Chapter 372: I Thought I Could Have More Fun
In a gap in the female wall of the castle of Whitewater City, Abu Muslim looked at the Tang cavalry outside the city with a solemn face, driving the soldiers of the Great Food Army into the Badam River like ducks. During the dry season in winter, although the river dries up, there is a lot of silt on the riverbed, and people can not move when they step into it.
Those big food soldiers trudged through the riverbed with difficulty, and then were shot by the Tang cavalry on the shore with horned bows and crossbows at will, which was easier than when they were practicing martial arts.
You must know that when the Tang Army was practicing martial arts, it was shooting a moving target!
Abu Muslim closed his eyes in pain and clenched his fists tightly, but there was nothing he could do.
Because of his paralysis and carelessness, the army suffered a crushing defeat, and the situation was irreparable.
It can be described as "one general is incompetent, affecting the three armies".
"Governor, taking advantage of the small number of troops in the Tang Army, after we counterattack, let's withdraw quickly!" Ziyadessari said anxiously. Now the circle around Whitewater City has become a mess, and there are one-sided battles everywhere.
Everywhere the cavalry of the Tang Army went, they wailed everywhere.
Ziyadesari was right when he said that some of the elite of the Great Food Army in the city were resting, and they were not affected by the disaster outside the city.
Although the army's heart is shaken, there is still the strength of a battle, and it is not impossible to break through.
As for the unlucky ones outside the city, in Ziyadessari's opinion, these people are already dead, and there is no need to save them, and they will have to throw all the little capital in their hands into it.
"Who is in command of this cavalry of the Tang Army?"
Abu Muslim asked with a slight frown.
Because he was shocked to find that this raiding team was extremely mature in skills and tactics, and it was even much stronger than Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army!
Where did this god come from? Why is such a team capable of playing only now?
"The last general doesn't know, but judging from the armor and attire, it is definitely not Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army. There is also a slight difference in the color of their uniforms. ”
Ziyadessari said in a very confident tone.
Even if it is the same Tang Army, from different places, the habits when fighting will be slightly different. At first glance, this army is not in the same group as the Anxi army.
The Anxi army fought "fiercely" and rampaged like a brute bull. This army, if you really want to describe it, is extremely ruthless, and it has excellent skills and tactics, and is skillful in coordination.
They could have directly killed the scattered soldiers of the Great Eater, but in order to save their physical strength, they consciously drove these people into the mud of the dry riverbed and shot them one by one.
Even if they don't get shot, it's hard for the rest of them to run away. Even from a hostile point of view, Ziyadessari admires the other party's level very much.
This is obviously not a tactic that a brutal army can come up with.
"Let's go, break through now."
Abu Muslim said immediately, his eyes firm.
Now it was Ziyadessaari's turn to hesitate. His original intention was to organize a counterattack, and after the Tang army retreated slightly, the whole army would retreat, and it could be divided into two teams to cover the retreat alternately. In this way, even if you retreat to Shiguo, the situation has not yet reached the point of collapse.
But if you don't fight back, you will retreat, that is not called retreat, that is called "only to be spared"!
"Uh, Governor, those Tang troops under the city, the last general thinks that the number is actually not much, do we really not resist before leaving?"
Ziyadessari asked uncertainly.
"Go back to Mulu City to clean up the mess, don't do what he thinks."
Abu Muslim coldly spat out a few words, which made Ziyad Saari's heart tremble.
He knelt down directly, grabbed the other party's sleeve, and pleaded and wailed: "Governor, we have defeated Gao Xianzhi after a bloody battle and seized control of the west side of the Green Ridge, so will we give it all up?" Back in Mulu City, there's nothing left! ”
"If you don't go back, you won't even be able to keep Mulu City."
Abu Muslim ignored Ziyadsari's pleadings and turned away, unusually decisively.
If he doesn't run away, he can't do it, he has already seen that the army he brought out has been completely finished.
It was only a matter of time before they were slaughtered. If you don't leave now, when will you stay?
……
He Changqi led the elite cavalry of the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army to rush to the front and became a sharp knife in the battle. This force divided the Great Food Army under the command of Abu Muslim into several parts, so that the subsequent troops could kill the enemy.
The situation quickly turned one-sided.
However, this battle was fought, and the style of painting began to change abruptly, which made He Changqi, who was experienced in combat, unable to understand it.
The Great Food Army, which was supposed to resist to the death, neither fought nor resisted. Suddenly, as if they were sick, they all knelt on the ground, muttering something silently, and some people were kneeling and kowtowing.
You say it's surrender, it doesn't seem like it; Giving up treatment doesn't seem to be, much less like playing dead.
In the end, it was Che Guangqian who broke through: These people are begging the gods to defeat the Tang Army!
For a while, He Changqi couldn't believe that there was such a ridiculous thing in the world!
In the spirit of not believing in evil, He Changqi unceremoniously killed the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground and praying, without any mercy on his subordinates.
However, the ending is obvious, the gods they prayed to did not appear until the end, and there was no "turning the tables against the wind".
"Kill!"
He Changqi hesitated for a moment, and then he relented and ordered a killing spree!
Even if you kneel on the ground and pray to God, you are enemies, and to be merciful to your enemies is to be cruel to yourself, and there is nothing to say.
At this moment, the gates of Whitewater City were opened, and a group of armored cavalry, about hundreds of horsemen, rushed out of the city gate. They are all Arabian horses, with heads like wedges and broad foreheads, which are very different from the Hexi horses ridden by the Tang army.
He Changqi thought that these people would run to his side, hedge against his team, and save the battle.
After all, they were the most active team in the Tang Army in this battle.
Unexpectedly, those people didn't care about anything, they just ran away, and actually went directly in the direction of the west!
"General He! Abu Muslim is among those people, catch up and take the first credit! ”
Che Guangqian suddenly remembered something and shouted at He Changqi. As soon as he heard this, He Changqi was so excited that his hair stood on end.
"Brothers, the shadow of the wife is just around the corner! Take down the enemy chieftain, and the festival commander will be rewarded! ”
He Changqi shouted at the cavalry behind him, and let the flag officer beside him raise the banner of the charge.
They immediately began to speed up in pursuit of the fleeing large cannibal cavalry force.
The sharp-knife cavalry in this Tang army immediately aroused the alarm of those "escapees"!
Some of them separated, and under the call of a general of the Great Food Army wearing chain mail all over their bodies, they collided head-on with the Silver Spear Xiaojie Army led by He Changqi.
For a while, people turned on their backs, and the torrent of collision slammed violently, and then they were entangled and killed.
He Changqi knew that it was difficult for the horse lance to break through the armor, so he simply threw the valuable horse lance to the ground, took off the "mallet" hanging behind the saddle, and went directly towards the head of the general who led the other party.
The blow was heavy, but the man did not hurry, and also responded with a wooden club full of fangs.
As a result, he greatly underestimated He Changqi's brute strength, and with just one face, his right arm was dislocated, his right hand was shattered, his weapon was taken off, and his body suddenly fell to the left hand.
Probably thinking that this was a big fish, a few cavalrymen behind He Changqi directly turned over and dismounted, they picked up the mallet and smashed it hard at the general of the big food army lying on the ground, and after dozens of consecutive smashes, they found that the man was too dead to die, and blood flowed out of the fine chain mail.
The chain mail on his body has been smashed and deformed!
And the cavalry led by this man, when they saw that the lord was about to be thrown off his horse and beaten to death, had already been frightened, and disappeared into the chaotic battlefield.
He Changqi also turned over and dismounted, looked around, and found that the cavalry that broke through from Baishui City seemed to be nowhere to be found.
Only then did he realize that horses carrying heavily armored men would not be able to run far at all.
The unlucky guy in front of him actually had a will to die, just to cover the boss's escape, and deliberately chose to fight with the Tang Army.
In the end, he was knocked off the horse without accident.
Chain mail can defend against slashing swords, but it can't prevent "kinetic weapons", and a sledgehammer will bleed internally when smashed on the body.
Although this guy is unlucky, he is also a tough guy!
"Mader, it's almost! It's all good that you broke me! ”
He Changqi kicked the "Great Food Warrior" who fell to the ground with an angry face, but it was obvious that that person had already died and it was impossible to have any reaction.
"General He, this fish is not small. You see, he's Ziyadesari. ”
Che Guangqian squatted on the ground, took off the other party's helmet, and when she saw the other party's hair and face clearly, she suddenly showed excitement.
"The general under the command of Abu Muslim? Are you sure? ”
He Changqi asked suspiciously, and the depression just now was swept away.
"Sure, sure! Pretty sure! ”
Che Guangqian took out a few pieces of parchment from her arms, rummaged in them, took out one of them and handed it to He Changqi and said, "General He, please see if this painting is very similar to him." ”
"That's right! It's really like! ”
He Changqi looked at this "stick figure" head drawn with charcoal, and with a few brushstrokes, he had already depicted the facial features and hairstyle of Qiyadesari. In particular, the position of the moles on the face is exactly the same as mine.
"He is the most relied on general under the command of Abu Muslims, and taking him down is also a great achievement, no less than cutting off Abu Muslim's arm!"
Che Guangqian said with some excitement.
"Well, you're pretty good!"
He Changqi patted Che Guangqian's shoulder and said.
Originally, he was still angry about this person slapping himself in the face before, but it turned out that Che Guangqian's vision was very accurate and he did have a few brushes.
If Fang Chongyong hadn't chosen Che Guangqian's proposal against public opinion, he was afraid that it would not be so easy to defeat the Great Food Army.
Of course, this is also the time before, Fang Chongyong took a multi-pronged approach, paralyzed the big cannibals, deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, and spread rumors to blacken himself. Until a few days before the counterattack, Fang Chongyong did not hesitate to send Feng Changqing to fool Abu Muslims once, which can be said to have achieved the four words "soldiers are not tired of cheating" to the extreme.
If it weren't for his previous series of operations, it would not have been possible to win today.
It's like a man who eats five loaves and drinks a bowl of porridge before he is satisfied. You have to count the five "inconspicuous" breads in front of you, and you can't say that he is full after eating a bowl of porridge.
No victory ever falls into your pocket easily. It's all warring sides fighting wits and courage.
"It's a pity that Abu Muslims were not caught."
He Changqi sighed with some regret, it was a pity that such a hearty battle was unfinished.
Maybe there will never be such a good opportunity again.
"General Ho ......"
Che Guangqian beckoned to He Changqi lightly and motioned for him to go to the side for a private chat.
He Changqi looked around and found that the battle had come to an end, and the big cannibals were only left with some fish that had slipped through the net to fight on their own, so he followed Che Guangqian to an inconspicuous big rock, and the two talked privately.
"General He, we don't have much grain, and the small countries in the Western Regions can't squeeze out much supplies, but there are a lot of prisoners in this battle.
We will continue to march into Mulu, Kushan, Anxib and other places, and we will not be able to do without grain.
The marshal is kind-hearted, and he definitely can't bear to kill prisoners. Why don't you give the order now, and kill all the big cannibals on the battlefield?
Since it was a death in battle, it is ominous to not kill prisoners.
To be cruel, we can let those small countries understand what the fate of offending Datang Tianwei is, which is conducive to our next move.
There were too many killings in this battle, and it will definitely be criticized by the world. If General He bears it with all his might, outsiders will not blame Fang Jieshuai for the responsibility. ”
Che Guangqian said in a low voice, and suddenly He Changqi's face became cloudy.
"What you say is not unreasonable."
After a long time, He Changqi nodded slightly, noncommittal. Although he has a big head and a simple appearance, he is not a pure reckless man, and he will not be casually picked up and do irrational things.
But then again, does he do less of those taboo things?
An Lushan's head was cut off by his own hands! If this matter is known by the Son of Heaven, ten heads will not be enough to cut off!
It's just a big cannibal, so what does it matter? It's just that the debt is not pressing!
"Got it!"
He Changqi took a deep breath and had already made a decision. With Fang Chongyong's wisdom and human being, he must have understood the ins and outs of these things and their implications.
I wouldn't say it to my face, but I certainly wouldn't say it without it.
Now is the time for him to show his loyalty.
"Pass on my military order, Whitewater City and its surroundings, if you encounter a big cannibal, you will not be forgiven!
Decapitation! There are many rewards for the festival handsome! ”
He Changqi walked over and yelled at the team under his command and said.
As soon as these words came out, the Qiu Ba behind him suddenly became excited!
I've been waiting for so long, isn't that just for this sentence?
Like fierce tigers, these mounds rushed into the Great Food Eater soldiers who knelt on the ground and prayed for the blessing of the gods, one by one, similar to slaughtering chickens.
They don't feel like they're killing people at all, they think they're doing something. Those great cannibals kneeling on the ground were not human lives, but horses of silk, gold, silver and jewelry.
Che Guangqian watched the killing in front of her coldly and didn't say a word.
The immortal deeds are cut by the knife in the hand, one by one, and there is no shortcut.
What Fang Chongyong can't do inconveniently, these minions will do it!
After Fang Jieshuai adopted his own suggestion, Che Guangqian decided to sell this life to the other party!
Is the battle for Whitewater over?
No, no, no, the storm that the Anxi expeditionary force swept through Hezhong Province has just begun.
Thinking of this, a cruel smile appeared on Che Guangqian's handsome face.
What is the name of the big husband to take it immediately, this is it, and now it is taking.
……
Next to the big rock on the right-hand side, there seemed to be a large cannibal soldier moaning. Soon, a silver-speared filial piety sergeant in the distance found that there were still living people, and immediately rode forward, turned over and dismounted, and stabbed it.
And then the Great Food Eater soldier, who was groaning in pain on the ground, would never moan again.
may have felt that this scene was too arrogant, this Qiu Ba embarrassed opponent bravely clasped his fists and saluted, and then ran faster than a rabbit, and disappeared in a blink of an eye when he climbed over the mountain and got on the horse.
As far as the eye can see, many Tang soldiers are looking for fish to slip through the net on the battlefield, whether those soldiers of the Great Food Army are injured or not, after they see it, the one who is close is a knife, and the one who is far away is a bow and crossbow, the whole picture is extremely cruel!
Since Fang Chongyong came to this world, he had never seen so many people die in battle. He endured the discomfort in his stomach and did not stop the soldiers under his command who were mending their swords.
Mending the knife and it's over? Just tinkering?
No, no, no, these will be counted in the battle merits, and the commander came forward to prevent the soldiers from being beheaded and recorded for meritorious service, that is, to prevent them from being promoted and making a fortune, it will offend people, and it is completely unnecessary.
Although this scene is indeed cruel.
Che Guangqian's desperate attack is indeed fierce. It can be seen that the big cannibal is not at all guarded, similar to a lamb to the slaughter.
Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh that the soldiers on the battlefield were fierce and dangerous, and if he was not careful, the whole army would be wiped out.
"The marshal, the general of the Great Food Army, Qiyadesari, has been beheaded by the last general, and the head is here."
Seeing Fang Chongyong coming to inspect the battlefield, He Changqi strode forward with a human head, threw the human head on the ground, and said with excitement on his face.
Ziyadesari was hammered to death with maces and hammers, but the so-called decapitation was the use of a saw to cut off the head of the corpse afterwards as evidence of his exploits.
"What about the captives? The morale of the big cannibals quickly collapsed, and there should be a lot of prisoners of war, right? ”
Fang Chongyong asked with a frown.
"Hui Jieshuai, there is not a single captive, their resistance is fierce, and the last general does not dare to leave his hand, for fear that they will sneak attack."
He Changqi touched his head, said disappreciatively, and casually snorted.
This kind of lie also deceived a three-year-old child, but it was rare to win a big victory, and Fang Chongyong didn't want to spoil his interest.
"Alright, let's clean up the battlefield."
Fang Chongyong waved his hand with some interest and said.
I thought it would be a heart-wrenching raid, and the two sides came and went, exciting, and fought to the death.
It turned out to be a one-sided massacre, and he didn't feel any sense of accomplishment.
"Gao Xianzhi often said that the big food soldiers are weak, it seems that he is not bragging. A slut should lie down on the bed, what kind of chaste martyr are you pretending, it's not like you will fall down with a push. ”
Fang Chongyong held up his chin, looked at Baishui City not far away, and muttered to himself thoughtfully.
There was doubt and contempt in the words.
(End of chapter)