The so-called enemy tower is a tower built above the city gate, which is higher than other places, and the commander can stand here to have a more comprehensive view of the entire battle situation, especially the offensive and defensive situation on the city wall, and command from this.

The enemy tower can also provide a place for the defenders to rest and store supplies, and all kinds of war equipment used by the defenders to defend the city, such as ash bottles, crossbow machines, etc., are generally stored in the ground floor.

Han Rui stood on top of the enemy tower, surrounded by the officers of the Fengxiang Army, Yin and the county commander of Fengxiang Mansion had just left, to organize the people in the city Ding Zhuang to prepare medicine and food, and by the way, to appease the people, the main task of the local civilian officials in the war was to do a good job in logistics.

The sound of the south gate closing creaked through the night, and after a heavy sound of horses' hooves, Su Che carried several heads up to the enemy tower.

"The last general commanded the forty-six horsemen to take advantage of the fact that the thieves were not stable in their footing, beheaded the fifty-six ranks, and captured the flag on all sides. Su Che half-knelt in front of Han Rui: "The thief retreated to the south of the city five miles to the village." ”

Su Che's account aroused widespread admiration among the officers around Han Rui, although everyone belonged to different mountains, but they were also robes who lived and died together, and they could defeat the enemy with fifty times their own strength with fifty horsemen, such a brave general and tiger minister could naturally make the officers praise from the bottom of their hearts.

The tactics of the Tibetan are all mounted infantry, using the mobility of the war horse to shuttle through the battlefield, and then using the hoplite as the main force, although there are also some elite cavalry, but most of them are used to win the pursuit.

Since the founding of Taizu, the main force of the Yu Dynasty is to use the cavalry of medium or light armor as the main force, and the assault as the main method of warfare.

The increase in combat power brought by the war horse to the sergeant is almost all-round. The first is speed, which brings an increase in battlefield mobility, and the impact of the assault charge is almost devastating. There are many examples of the famous battles of Taizu of the Yu Dynasty to complete the central breakthrough with light cavalry.

The assault cavalry charged with horsepower, and the strength on the spear was no worse than that of ordinary martial arts masters.

What's more, above the battle array, both the enemy and the enemy are in a tight formation, and there is no room for the martial arts masters to do the best thing. If the two sides are the same martial arts, holding ordinary spears, the one that can borrow horsepower is naturally much stronger than the one that has no horsepower to borrow.

The sergeants of the Shuofang Army led by Su Che immediately wore felt blankets, which were actually more retro in terms of tactics, more similar to the armor and cavalry equipment of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Just now, Su Che took advantage of the fact that the Tubo people had just dismounted and set up a village, and led a wave of assault cavalry to charge, and immediately penetrated the camp that the Tubo army had not yet built, and the panicked Tubo army immediately mounted and retreated.

In fact, the intention of the Tubo army is also obvious, they want to establish a camp with a surveillance nature in the south of Fengxiang City, but they didn't expect the Fengxiang army's counterattack to come so quickly, and they were caught off guard.

The Tubo army was not injured, and the effect of retreating five miles to the village was not much worse.

"General Su Shenwu. Han Rui nodded. "Present the flag. ”

The command of troops on the battlefield mainly depends on seeing and listening. The so-called listening is the sound of the golden drum, the so-called hearing the drum is advancing, and the gold is retreating.

The commander can judge the position of his own troops according to the flag on the battlefield, assess the situation on the battlefield and command the next step.

The banner of the Tubo army was brought up by the remaining Shuofang army knights and thrown heavily into the ground, and this heroic behavior attracted a burst of admiration from the officers of the Fengxiang army.

Han Rui looked at the flags of those flags, the banners of Tubo were not like Yu Jun's in addition to pictures and ornaments and words, but different colors with different patterns.

These flags are basically painted with a black eagle soaring above the green hills, although the weaver's skills are not good, the black eagle looks like a black chicken, and the green mountains are similar to stones. Han Rui still saw the general meaning on the picture, this emblem belonged to the Shanzhou Festival of Tibet.

Han Rui had read the description of this man in the Privy Council, this person had sought out scribes to learn military books such as "Sun Tzu", "Wei Xuanzi", and "Liutao Three Strategies", and had always been known for knowing military aircraft, and this person was especially good at using cavalry.

When the Tibetans and Uighurs fought in the Western Regions, he often led his subordinates to beat the Uighurs with iron horses, often winning more with less. However, Shanzhou is in the northwest of Lanzhou, close to Dafeichuan. Tubo actually had his soldiers and horses in this invasion, and the scale was really beyond Han Rui's expectations.

"It is the banner of Shanzhou Jiedu envoy Shang Wanwen. Han Rui said: "Since this person comes, Shang Dongzan and Shang Fearree must also be among them." ”

These three are all powerful aristocrats with heavy troops in their hands, and they can be called the three giants of Tibet. As soon as their names came out, the temperature inside the enemy tower seemed to drop a few points immediately.

Shang Wanwan, Shang Fear, and Shang Dongzan are enough for everyone to drink a pot, and now that the three of them are out, the officers on the enemy tower look at each other, not knowing how to deal with it.

"Each part is divided into three shifts, and they alternate with each other to guard the four gates, and they must not be neglected. Han Rui ordered: "The thieves are so powerful this time, they will be arrogant, General Su has succeeded in counterattacking this time, I am afraid that they will come to provoke and find a way back." ”

The war machine of Fengxiang City began to run slowly, preparing to defend against the counterattack of the Tibetan army. The commanders of Tubo also received a report that the troops that went north to monitor Fengxiang were thwarted by the defenders' counterattack and retreated five miles to the camp.

Zampu's handsome flag is about three feet high, with a huge ox head emblem on it, and the ox is also the symbol that Langdarma admires the most. Strong and powerful, but can carry weight and go far.

"These men are so bold. I think it was those Shuofang Raiders under Han Rui. "The prime minister, Shang Dongzan, knows very well how many belongings his neighbor has. Most of the Fengxiang army were hoplites, with strong bows and crossbows with large axes and long knives.

Han Rui brought two cavalry generals of the Shuofang army to Fengxiang, and also brought some Shuofang cavalry over, and trained two or three hundred cavalry according to Shuofang's tactics.

Shuofang Town is close to Dangxiang, Dangxiang's tactics are learned from the Turks, and most of the troops are light horsemen with bows and bows, and the troops are first harassed with bows and arrows, and the enemy retreats immediately after counterattacking.

After doing this a few times, lure them deep and then take advantage of the enemy's fatigue to attack from the flanks and rear to defeat them.

In the face of these party light cavalry, the Shuofang army naturally tended to use heavy cavalry. The knights of the Shuofang army had better horses, faster and more endurance than those of the Dangxiang tribe, and their armor and armament were superior.

Shang Dongzan saw these changes after Han Rui took up his post in the Fengxiang Army, and a fierce elite cavalry could not only enhance the Fengxiang Army's originally insufficient field combat capabilities, but also increase the risk of lightly armed plundering by small forces.

"Let's teach Han Rui a lesson, just take Feng Xiang down. "Shang Weire has always felt that there is a stronghold of the Yu army behind him, which is not stable.

"The Lord will not raise up the division with anger, nor will he fight with discouragement. Shang Wanwen said a word in Chinese, Lang Dama nodded after listening, but Shang Weire and Shang Dongzan were a little incomprehensible.

"Han Rui is not capable of field battles, and is looking forward to us attacking the city, how can I follow his wishes. "Shang Wanwen is very aware of the limits of Han Rui's ability.

"I'll just keep my eyes on Fengxiang. Shang Wanwan looked at Zampu and said. The three or four thousand people sent to Fengxiang were actually the main force brought by Shang Wanwen this time, but the elite were all taken by Shang Wanwen, so they would give Su Che a cold look.

Shang Wanwen's statement undoubtedly meant that he would not participate in the raids further east. This made Shang Weire and Shang Dongzan feel that Shanzhou Jiedu was very good.

Now the situation of the Yu Dynasty is self-evident, this raid will definitely be able to return with a full load, Shang Wanwen will not eat the meat in front of her, and she will stand guard for a few brothers, this realization is really nothing to say.

"I will give you some of the slave goods that I have plundered this time. Shang Dongzan said, Shang Wanwan is so righteous, Shang Dongzan should also pay attention to it.

"I share it too. "It's not nonsense to be afraid of heat.

Rhondama also nodded, everyone is considerate of each other is the best situation, if you cheat me, I cheat you, then there will be endless troubles.

This eastward invasion advanced along Weishui, and the defenders of Fengxiang's army stationed everywhere had already dispersed in the face of the huge army of Tibet. Using the masters of the army to go directly to the city, Chencang County and Yu County, which have low city walls, have been captured by the Tubo army, and the children of the two counties have been included in everyone's bag.

Langdarma ordered the Tibetan army to gather the plundered slaves in the city of Chencang County, and then left an elite army to guard it. Everyone's only concern is that if Chencang County is attacked by the Yu army, everyone will return empty-handed this time.

Since Shang Wanwen is willing to go north to keep an eye on the Fengxiang Army, then everyone can attack the states and counties in the east without any worries.

The plan was decided, and Shang Wanwen led the elite guards around her to leave the brigade and run to Fengxiang.

Although there is a lack of Shang Wanwen's men and horses, the number of remaining Tubo troops is also more than 20,000, and the so-called army is more than 10,000, which moves the earth and the sky. The brigade was like a long dragon, carrying torches all the way east.

Not long after, Langdarma received a military report that the striker had passed the Wuzhang Plain.

Wuzhang Yuan is the Wuzhang Yuan of Zhuge Liang's soldiers, not far from here is Yi County, there is the place where Dong Zhuo repaired the Yi Wu back then, the distance between Yi County and Bai Yujing is only more than 250 miles, and after Yi County is Wugong County, it is considered to be on the ground of Jingzhao Mansion.

The Tubo army can break through to this point in just one day and one night, which can really be called speed, and it can also show the weakness of the Fengxiang army.

The Tubo army played triumphantly all the way, Li Xu was not idle, the lights in the Qingliang Hall were bright, Li Deyu and Yuan Zhen, who had just returned to Bai Yujing, stood on both sides, Bai Lotian and Niu Monks and Children were silent, Pei Du and Han Gang frowned, they had just received a notice from the emperor and were temporarily in charge of the general government.

Li Xu had just made up his mind to attack it against him and take the initiative to seek an opportunity to fight with the Tubo army in the field.

This strategy made Pei Du and Han Gang dumbfounded, in fact, don't talk about them, even Li Deyu and Yuan Zhi have been persuading Li Xu for a long time, but the emperor's firm will does not seem to be something that Zai Zhi and these fortunate ministers can shake.