Chapter 726, the defeat is like a mountain
The Tianzhu soldiers howled wildly, and the crossbowmen bent their bows and arrows to shoot at the rushing Ming army. And at this moment, the shield curtain of the Ming army closed again. The rain of arrows whistled away, crackling and striking again on the shield curtain. The Ming soldiers withdrew the shield curtain, took the lead in the Jin Kingdom, and led dozens of warriors to rush towards the enemy front, and the rest of the Ming soldiers rushed forward with their left hand shield and right hand sword, roaring like thunder.
Seeing the enemy's momentum, the Tianzhu soldiers couldn't help but be shocked, and the entire military formation took a step back.
Seeing the ferocity of the enemy army, Moïse was awe-inspiring in his heart, and shouted sharply: "Prepare for battle!" When the Tianzhu soldiers heard the roar of the boss, they suddenly thought of their responsibilities and hurriedly prepared to fight! The shield-bearer at the front formed a two-meter-high shield wall with layers of shields, and the scimitar hands rushed forward and gathered densely behind the shieldholders.
The scene suddenly fell silent. The Tianzhu soldiers felt a little puzzled. At this moment, the Tianzhu soldiers saw many black objects flying in over the shield wall and falling into the crowd. The Tianzhu soldiers didn't know what it was for a while, whether it was a stone, but how lethal could it be if it was thrown in like this? Just when the Tianzhu soldiers were puzzled, a ball of flames suddenly rose from the crowd, and at the same time, the explosion was extremely violent! The Tianzhu soldiers were stunned in horror, and in a trance, they saw countless human body stumps being lifted into the air by the flames, and the originally strict shield wall defense line was like an ice sculpture under the scorching sun, and the ice quickly disintegrated!
The roar of the Ming army came like a stormy wave, only to see the Ming soldiers crashing into it heavily, slashing and axe, flesh and blood flying, like a wolf raid, like a tiger slaughter; The Tianzhu soldiers in front only felt that the enemy was fierce and irresistible, and they couldn't help but feel infinite fear in their hearts, and they couldn't help but retreat one after another. Moïse shouted at the top of his lungs, urging the soldiers to fight bravely, and the Tianzhu soldiers continued to rush forward to meet the enemy army under his urging. The Ming army was indomitable, defeating countless enemy troops one after another, and the hundreds of thousands of Tianzhu troops were actually crumbling by their thousands of men!
Moïse was angry and anxious, and at the same time there was uncontrollable fear in his heart. Seeing the enemy army coming and going unstoppably among his own soldiers, he didn't know what to do for a while! When he came back to his senses, he only felt that the situation was already very critical now, so he immediately didn't think about it, and yelled at the soldiers around him: "Follow me!" Immediately, he urged the war horse and led hundreds of soldiers to rush into the battlefield.
These personal soldiers were all cavalry, and they suddenly rushed into the battlefield, and the Ming army was caught off guard and was overwhelmed by them. Immediately the Ming warriors pounced, the left hand shield protection, the right hand long knife cut the horse, for a while Moïse's pro-soldiers turned on their backs, and the pro-soldiers who fell to the ground did not have time to get up and were killed by the Daming army that rushed up!
Yang De policy horse rushed into the crowd of pro-soldiers, a pair of copper hammers flew up and down, smashing the enemy's flesh and blood, whether it was a soldier or a general, no one was his general. Yang Dezheng slaughtered the enemy and rushed straight in front of Moïse. Moïse couldn't help but be frightened when he saw the enemy Tiger Weihe, but he could only wave his scimitar and shout to meet him.
There was a loud snap, and the scimitar and the copper hammer slammed together. Moïse only felt a huge force that could not be resisted suddenly attack, and his whole body couldn't help but shake, and at the same time, the scimitar in his hand flew out violently. Moïse was horrified, and then saw another copper hammer roaring towards the other party! Moïse was so frightened that he rolled backwards and off his horse. Yang Dezheng followed with his right hand and smashed it on the horse's head, with a loud click, Moïse's war horse could not snort before his head exploded and fell to the ground. Yang Dezheng urged him to immediately pursue Moïse. Moïse crawled through the crowd for his life, and Yang Dezheng was blocked by the crowd and soon lost Moïse.
The Tianzhu army suffered heavy losses under the onslaught of the wolf-like Ming army, and the center of gravity was terrifying, and the army of more than 100,000 was crumbling. At this time, I saw that the generalissimo was shot down and dismounted by the extremely brave enemy, and he was even more frightened, and he could no longer resist the onslaught of the Ming army, and fled backwards, and in the blink of an eye, the army of more than 100,000 completely collapsed, and fled for his life to the south all over the mountains. The Ming army chased and killed for more than ten miles, and the corpses of the Tianzhu army were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river!
The soldiers of Tianzhu were miserable and panicked, and ran all the way for their lives, and went straight for half a day and a night, and saw that the enemy army did not chase after them again, so they gradually stopped to rest.
Moïse was tired and sent half of his men to collect the rout. The routs gathered one after another, and Moïse counted them and found that there were only 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses left in his Chinese army, and a third of them were lost. Moïse couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, and when he thought of the fierce and bloodthirsty appearance of the Ming army, he couldn't help but turn pale. Moïse originally expected that the Ming Army might be very strong, but he never expected that the Ming Army would be so incredibly strong! He almost felt that this should not be an army in the human world, it was simply the army of the Asura Hell, otherwise how could there be such a terrifying combat power?! Moïse smiled bitterly and muttered, "If I tell the people in the country about this, I'm afraid no one will believe it!" ”
At this time, Moïse had no ambition to compete with the Ming army, and the battle not long ago had completely destroyed his ambition. He only wanted to lead the army back to Gangtok and Tingbu now to prevent the Yanyun army from continuing southward.
After the army rested for half a day, Moïse impatiently led the army south.
A few days later, the army entered the Lozha area, and saw the snow-capped peaks, the clouds rising and falling, the green grass, the ancient trees towering to the sky, the thousand-year-old temple hidden in the mountains, and the voice of the lama chanting echoed in the sky, and couldn't help but sigh: "This is really like a paradise on earth!" "A thought suddenly popped into my heart: maybe heaven does not belong to our Tianzhu.
Hurried footsteps suddenly came from ahead. Moïse retracted his thoughts and looked at the sound, only to see an officer galloping towards him. Moïse thought that Baal should have felt that Gangtok had already broken out, maybe a battle had broken out with the Yanyun army, and he didn't know how the battle was going?
The officer galloped up to Moïse, reined in his horse suddenly, and hurriedly reported: "Generalissimo, General Barr has encountered Yanyun's war cavalry before he has entered Gangtok, and our army has been defeated!" ”
Moïse was shocked, but took it for granted, and asked urgently, "Have Gangtok and Tingbu been captured?" ”
The officer said, "Gangtok has fallen, Tingbu is resisting with all his might, and the situation is very bad." ”
Sensing the urgency of the situation, Moïse immediately ordered the army to rush to Tingbu at full speed. The sound of the order was carried all the way, and the army moved. Moïse asked the officer, "How are Barr and his knights doing?" The officer said, "Retreating." Moïse commanded: "Go and give my order at once, that Bar should lead his army to join me outside the city of Tingbu!" The officer answered, turned his horse's head, and ran down.
Moïse led a large army and hurried to the city of Tingbu two days later. But when he saw the banner of the Ming Dynasty flying high in the city, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
The city gate suddenly opened, and I saw thousands of Ming troops rushing out under the leadership of a Ming general, like a tiger out of the box. The Tianzhu army shook each other, and they all showed a look of panic. Moïse did not dare to fight, and immediately ordered a group of men and horses to be broken, and he led the army to retreat north in a hurry. The Ming army did not pursue, and when they saw the enemy retreating, they retreated to the city.
The Tianzhu army retreated all the way north, and on the way they converged with the Barr Division. The army retreated all the way to the Loza area and settled down. The Lozha region, located in the Himalayas, is a majestic and tall mountain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moïse retreated to this place, apparently taking a fancy to the steep and unusual terrain here.
The mountain wind was whistling, like a lonely wolf howling, the clouds rose and the fog fell, and the cold air enveloped the entire military camp. Bonfires were scattered throughout the mountainside and on the top of the mountain, and the Tianzhu soldiers sat around the bonfire silently and demoralized. The entire barracks, seventy or eighty thousand people, did not have a single voice, only the whistling sound of the mountain wind.
In the big tent, Moïse and his subordinates will gather together, and the atmosphere is very dull and oppressive.
A subordinate general said with a look of despair: "Gangtok and Tingbu have both fallen into the hands of the Ming people, and we are already in a desperate situation!" ”
Barr glared and shouted: "We still have seventy or eighty thousand troops, and we will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement!" The generals were silent, apparently not optimistic about Barr's words.
One of the generals said to Moïse: "Generalissimo, the most urgent thing we need at the moment is not how to break out of the encirclement, but how to solve the problem of grain and grass. Our army's current food and grass is only enough for five days. ”
Moïse frowned and asked, "Didn't I ask you to lead the army to the neighborhood to collect grain?" ”
The general sighed and said, "The people in the vicinity have long since fled. There are only a few lama temples where there are still people, but they only get a few hundred loads of food. I have captured all the hundreds of lamas, but that is not enough for our 70,000 or 80,000 troops. ”
Another general said, "We must ask Your Majesty for help immediately!" The crowd agreed. Immediately, everyone's eyes fell on Moïse.
Moïse is very good-looking, but when things get to this point, he can't care so much. Nodding his head, he said: "With our own strength, we can't get out of danger no matter what, so we can only ask Your Majesty for help!" Looking at one of his generals: "Teucer, release the pigeon immediately." The general, Toker, immediately agreed.
The emperor of Tianzhu and the ministers were anxiously waiting for the arrival of the good news, but the good news did not arrive, but the bad news came first, and Moïse's army was in a desperate situation!
When Tianzhu Junchen got the news, he only felt incredulous. Prusha, one of the four generalissimos of the Central Army, exclaimed with great annoyance: "Impossible! It's impossible! The enemy's army is only about 50,000 people, and our army is 1670,000, at least three times the enemy's army, how can it be impossible to defeat the enemy, let alone fall into a desperate situation! There was a buzz in the main hall, the ministers and nobles were talking about it, some were confused, some were angry, but the vast majority of them couldn't believe it, they didn't believe it anyway, the sixteen or seventy thousand army of the people of the gods would be beaten into a desperate situation by tens of thousands of horses on the other side, how could this be possible! The emperor naturally couldn't believe it, but Moïse's handwritten biography was in his hands, but he couldn't help but believe it.
The Minister of the Interior, Agar, came out and said: "Your Majesty, Generalissimo Moïse has always been very face-saving, and now he has sent a letter from a flying pigeon to urgently ask for help, which shows that this matter is true!" The hall was silent, and everyone frowned, although they didn't want to believe it, but as Agar said, so Moïse, who wanted to save face, actually asked for help with a flying pigeon, which means that he has indeed reached the point where he is at the end of his life.
The emperor frowned and said, "The Han people obviously only have about 50,000 soldiers and horses, how can they beat Moïse's army of 1670,000 to such a point?" ”
Agar said: "Your Majesty, the top priority now is not to find out the cause, but to immediately send troops to rescue!" Generalissimo Moïse's situation must already be extremely critical, and they will be even more dangerous in a moment! ”
The Emperor nodded, and immediately ordered: "Immediately send a message to the entire army of the Northern Legion near the Brahmaputra River to rescue Moïse!" ”
The order reached the Brahmaputra River as fast as it could. The Brahmaputra River is the garrison of the Northern Army, and the reason why only half of the 400,000 men and horses of the Northern Army entered Tibet to fight is because only about 200,000 of the 400,000 troops of the Northern Army are more suitable for the climate of the plateau, so Moïse only led 200,000 horses at the beginning. The commander of the 200,000 Northern Legion army left behind in the Brahmaputra River was Ha Yingde, who, like the vast majority of Tianzhu people, had a dirty skin and two thick beards, and his appearance was somewhat majestic. As soon as Ha Yingde received the emperor's urgent order, he learned that the generalissimo and his soldiers and horses had fallen into a desperate situation, and in panic, he hurriedly gathered a large army and marched north, and the front of the troops was directed at Gangtok, preparing to break through Gangtok in one fell swoop and open the retreat channel.
Yang Dezheng led 20,000 soldiers and horses to approach Luozha, set up a camp, and wanted to confront the Tianzhu military camp on the mountain. At this time, three days have passed, and the problem of lack of food in the Tianzhu military camp has been highlighted, which has made the already demoralized Tianzhu army even more turbulent.
Barr hurried to the big tent, saw Moïse with a frown, and said loudly: "Generalissimo, the reinforcements don't know when they will arrive, we can't wait for them!" ”
Moïse glanced at Barr and asked, "What do you want to do?" ”
Barr raised his eyebrows and said loudly: "We still have seventy or eighty thousand horses, and we will definitely be able to defeat the twenty-thousand Ming army under the mountain!" As long as we defeat them, we can take advantage of the situation and win the horse in one go! There is plenty of grain and grass in the city, as long as we take the seed, we will be safe! When the reinforcements recapture Gangtok and Tingbu, the south of the Brahmaputra River will still be our Tianzhu! ”
Moïse hesitated, feeling that what Barr said was not unreasonable. It is really not a good way to wait for reinforcements, not to mention that the reinforcements may not be able to recapture Gangtok and Tingbu in time, if this happens, the 70,000 or 80,000 troops on their side will not be fought by the enemy, and they will all starve to death! Although the combat strength of the Ming army is terrifying, if they are fully prepared, with nearly four times the strength of the troops, the two sides should be able to defeat them! If you can defeat them, then you can indeed take advantage of the situation as Barr said, and then the whole game will be alive!
At this thought, Moïse couldn't help but be impulsive, and after thinking for a while, he immediately summoned the generals.
Yang Dezheng is assigning tasks to his generals in the big tent. At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound outside the big tent, and the loud noise was continuous, like rolling thunder. Yang Dezheng frowned, hurriedly ran out of the big tent, and looked towards the mountain. I saw that the military camp on the mountain was crowded, and the Tianzhu army was moving on a large scale, obviously going to war!
Yang Dezheng was not surprised and rejoiced, and urgently ordered the whole army to fight.
At the opening of the camp gate, 20,000 Ming troops rushed out, and lined up with their backs to the camp. At the same time, the army of seventy or eighty thousand Tianzhu also poured out, rushing down from the mountain, and lined up in an army formation with their backs to the mountain. In terms of the size of the military array alone, the Ming army is much smaller than the Tianzhu army, completely disproportionate, but in terms of momentum, although the Ming army only has 20,000 soldiers and horses, it seems to have a tendency to suppress the Tianzhu army.
Moïse thought of the sharpness and ferocity of the previous attack of the Ming army, which was simply unstoppable, and he only felt that he could not let the Ming army launch an offensive first. As soon as he thought of this, he immediately ordered the drum to attack!
The unique war drums of Tianzhu sounded loudly again, and the first wave of 20,000 Tianzhu troops left the big array with a howl and rushed towards the Ming army in front.
Yang Dezheng raised the horse lance, and the Ming war drums roared sky-high. The defense line was separated, and Yang Dezheng personally led five hundred war horses to rush out, iron hooves like a tide, war horses like dragons, smoke and dust rolling, murderous.
The 20,000 Tianzhu attack troops saw the ferocity of the Ming army, and they couldn't help but be horrified, and they couldn't help but stop their advances.
The five hundred Ming war cavalry rushed faster and faster, and later, the roar was like a landslide and tsunami, and the momentum seemed to be the sky falling. The Tianzhu soldiers were extremely frightened, and before they could engage in battle, they turned around and ran backwards. The Ming war cavalry slammed into the enemy bushes, the horses slashed with knives, the hooves stepped on the guns, the flesh and blood flew on the scene, the Tianzhu soldiers rolled to the ground one by one, and the chaotic shouts rang out.
Moïse saw that his 20,000 soldiers and horses were beaten by the opponent's 500 war horses in an instant, crying and crying and fleeing in all directions, and he couldn't help but be frightened and inexplicable, and all the soldiers were also frightened and at a loss. "Oh no! General Barr! One of them suddenly shouted in a terrified voice. Everyone saw that the terrible Ming warrior picked up the big knife in Baal's hand with a hammer, followed by the other hand to swing the hammer and smashed it on the head, and Baal's head burst instantly, and then the great Ming warrior stabbed Baal in the chest with a right hand, knocking Baal's body out of the horse! The first fierce general of the Northern Army, and that Yan Yun fierce general died tragically in just one face, which was really shocking for the officers and men of the Tianzhu Army!
The Tianzhu soldiers' faces were pale, their hearts were shaken, and many people turned around and ran backwards towards the mountain, and then more and more people turned around and ran backwards, and the entire army was out of control. Moïse and the others were carried by the army and also ran towards the mountain.
Yang Dezheng led the war cavalry to chase straight to the foot of the mountain before stopping, and the wilderness behind him was very full, and thousands of Tianzhu people were ghosts in other places.
Yang Dezheng did not take the opportunity to attack the mountain, but collected his troops and returned to the camp.
In the big tent of the Tianzhu army, Moïse and the generals sat in the tent, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was very depressing and dull. Today's defeat made them completely lose the confidence to break through, and they only felt that Yan Yunjun was even more terrifying than demons, and they were clearly invincible. In fact, at this time, Moïse still wants to fight desperately, and the soldiers under his command may not listen to him, the big defeat just now has made all the Tianzhu soldiers completely frightened, and they no longer dare to fight with the Yanyun army, the only thing they want now is to live.
Moïse glanced at the generals, sighed, and said, "Now we can only hope that Hayingde can break Gangtok in time to rescue us!" The hearts of all the generals couldn't help but hope, and now Ha Yingde's reinforcements were their only hope.
Hayingde's army of 200,000, while the defenders of Gangtok are only 2,000 people, 200,000 against 2,000, a hundred times the strength, under normal circumstances, there will be no suspense. Even Sparta, the god of war in the minds of Westerners, under the same circumstances, can only withstand the dangerous hot spring pass for three days.
Hayingde led an army of 200,000 men to the city of Gangtok and immediately launched a fierce attack. The fierce battle lasted from morning to night, the Tianzhu people were not all misgiving, these Tianzhu troops continued to attack Gangtok one after another, and the flesh and blood flew on the battlefield, and the strength of the Ming army also felt extremely heavy pressure!
The sun has set in the west, and the corpses on the battlefield are piling up like mountains, and the Tianzhu army still has no intention of stopping, but the offensive seems to be getting stronger and stronger!
The gate suddenly opened, and the fierce general Yang Xin suddenly rushed out of the city with hundreds of soldiers with two guns in his hand! Rush into the enemy army beneath the city, and kill them in one step! The Tianzhu army, which was concentrating on attacking the city, did not expect that the Ming army would dare to rush out of the city, and they were beaten up in a hurry, and the army was in chaos! The Ming army went all the way forward, sacrificing their lives in a bloody battle, and killed the corpses of the Tianzhu army in horror, although the Tianzhu people were extremely large, but they could not stop these hundreds of enemy troops, the army was in turmoil, and the army began to retreat!
Seeing that the enemy was like a tiger, a wolf, a lion and a leopard, unstoppable, he couldn't help but panic. Seeing that the Ming warrior was crisscrossing the thousands of troops and horses, as if he had entered a no-man's land, Ha Yingde felt extremely frightened while marveling. Immediately saw that the terrifying Ming warrior who was as terrible as the demon king smashed through the army and killed him directly, he couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly shouted that the guards around him would fight! Although the guards were afraid, when they heard the commander's order, they involuntarily shouted to meet them.
Yang Xin single-handedly rushed into the enemy group, only to see his two spears flying up and down, like two swimming dragons, the Tianzhu soldiers were killed so that people turned on their backs, and hundreds of people couldn't stop him alone. Ha Yingde was extremely scared, and when he saw Yang Xinzhi rushing towards him, he immediately didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled for his life!
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.