Chapter 139: Bloody battle breaks out

Not long after Fei Jun walked, the Tang army arrived again. After that, Tang army continued to come, and Geshuhan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was three days later that Chen Wanrong left Jishi Mountain and came to Sunset City. The artillery was very heavy, and the artillery carried the artillery and walked forward in the rain. Where did he go faster?

When Ge Shuhan saw Chen Wanrong's face, he was extremely excited. First, the two had a close relationship and had not seen each other for several days. When they first met, they were all happy. Second, the artillery finally took the most difficult path, which was an amazing event and worthy of happiness.

What Ge Shuhan unexpectedly expected was that Zhang Shuo was also here with Chen Wanrong. Zhang Shuo was tall, very handsome, with very bright eyes. He was a master of his generation, with a peerless charm, and made people like him.

"Brother Geshu, this is Mr. Zhang." Chen Wanrong introduced Geshuhan.

Zhang Shuo is as famous as Yao Chong and Song Jing, and is the three pillars of the early Tang Xuanzong Dynasty. The three have one common characteristic, they are talented and do not attach to Princess Taiping. They are jealous of Princess Taiping and are demoted to Chang'an. The governance of Tubo is of great importance, and Princess Taiping also abandons prejudice and specially recommends Zhang Shuo to take charge of this matter.

There are two most famous historical allusions related to Zhang Shuo. One is that "You are worse than you die in your life than Yao Chong", which tells the story of Zhang Shuo and Yao Chong's natural misconduct and the two fights. The other is that "Zhang Shuo does not make perjury". During the Wu Zetian period, Wei Yuanzhong was upright and generous, and was a convincing tough guy. Zhang Changzong wanted to frame Wei Yuanzhong, so he forced Zhang Shuo to make perjury. When he arrived in front of Wu Zetian, Zhang Shuo quit, which made Zhang Changzong helpless. Although Wei Yuanzhong's death penalty was spared, he lost the prime minister. Zhang Shuo was also sentenced to prison for this, but his moral character of not making perjury was widely praised by people and became a good story for a while.

Zhang Shuo not only has high power and talent, but his poetry is also unique. He has led the literary world of the Tang Dynasty for more than 30 years. Many special orders that are difficult to draft are written by him. There are only one person who is famous and talented in the court. Even Yao Chong and Song Jing are only famous.

Chen Wanrong is a famous person who has heard of Zhang for a long time. When he saw him, he realized that rumors were better than meeting him. Zhang said that he was far away from rumors and admired this capable minister who was famous for his long time. Zhang said that he was generous and did not care about details. He could also talk with Chen Wanrong. The two met for only one day, but they were as good as old friends.

Zhang Shuo was even more praised for Chen Wanrong's artillery. The meaning of artillery, Zhang Shuo's statement was very interesting. "It has been more than 700 years since Zhao Chong's army was about to accumulate stone mountain. In the past seven hundred years, China has repeatedly used troops to this land. The natives here have accepted Chinese civilization and yearned for China, and are waiting for a large army to come and incorporate this land into the territory. Emperor Yang of the previous dynasty wanted to do this, but he did not have a sharp weapon to open the switch, but he just built the stone castle city. Now, with the Tang Dynasty having artillery, it is natural! "

Ge Shuhan also admired this loyal and capable minister and hurriedly came forward to meet him: "I have met Lord Zhang!"

Zhang Shuo returned home with his left hand and held Ge Shuhan's hand with his right hand, and said with a smile: "You two are very close and cooperate well, just like the sun and moon in the sky, indispensable! Chen Jianjun abolished his slaves and brought them into the army. This is very good! I thought so too, but I haven't done it yet, you do it first! General Ge Shu collects food and grass, and is far-sighted and profound! I rushed here just to raise food and grass for the army. Unexpectedly, your General Ge Shu also did it."

During these three days, Geshuhan sent people to move around and collected hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food and grass, which solved the army's urgent needs. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was in danger, and it was difficult to replenish supplies. In addition, heavy rainstorms continued for several days, mountain torrents broke out, roads were muddy, and transportation was even more difficult, and it could only be solved from the local area.

Hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain and grass are just a drop in the bucket for a hundred thousand troops. They can still keep the army for a period of time, especially the vanguard troops who have not received supplies. Only after obtaining this batch of grain and grass can they recover.

"Mr. Zhang is over the award, this is what we should do." Chen Wanrong and Ge Shuhan spoke in a humble voice.

After finishing the polite words, Zhang Shuhan stopped talking and asked Ge Shuhan about the situation and was ready to handle the main business. The follow-up troops continued to spread, with military affairs urgent and too many affairs. Ge Shuhan explained what he had done in the past few days one by one, and what other matters needed to be done and what urgent matters were also mentioned together.

After hearing this, Zhang Shu nodded and praised: "General Geshu, you are an artillery general, with such courage and talent, which is really unexpected. You are such a talented person to be this artillery general. I have to write a letter to the emperor and recommend you."

Geshuhan hurriedly said, "Mr. Zhang said where I went, I just tried my best."

As Zhang Shuhan said, what Ge Shuhan has done in the past three days, not to mention a skilled veteran, even if Zhang Shuhe does it, he may not be able to do better than him, and he has to accept it.

Zhang said with a righteous expression: "The matter here will be handled by Zhang, and the two of them can lead their troops to set off."

It’s not that he is unkind, but that he is eager for official duties. This is public intention. Chen Wanrong and Ge Shuhan not only have no complaints, but instead admire him even more: “Thank you Lord Zhang to remind me.”

Zhang said that he did not come alone, but brought dozens of officials and officials in charge of business, a total of hundreds of people. Guo Qianguan assigned him an army for his dispatch, and Chen Wanrong also sent Zhuang Dachu to Zhang.

The slave army led by Zhuang Dachu was not very useful on the battlefield because they were not trained and their equipment was also Tubo's equipment. But they were familiar with this place and would be helpful to Zhang Shuo. Furthermore, they came from slaves and had a great effect on Zhang Shuo's implementation of abolition measures.

Zhang Shuo was overjoyed and thanked Chen Wanrong repeatedly: "With them, I, Zhang, want to implement the new policy of the court, and there are still unsuccessful ones?"

As Zhang Shuo said, Zhuang Dachu and others have a great appeal, which has contributed to the implementation of Zhang Shuo's new policy.

After explaining the matter, Chen Wanrong and Geshuhan took the artillery and carried the artillery and embarked on the journey to Doma again.

The City of Doma is a strategic location of Sun Boru of Tubo, and is the barrier of the capital of Tubo in the north. Its strategic position is extremely important, so Tubo sent large troops here.

If there is "wing" and "flag", it means the military administrative unit of Tubo. It was established during the restructuring of Songtsen Gampo, which is equivalent to the Tao of the Tang Dynasty. Songtsen Gampo divided Tubo into four Ru, Wu Ru was the area north of the Yarlung Zangbo River centered on Luoshe City; about the Jiangnan area centered on the Yarlung River Valley; Ye Ru was the area north and south of the upper reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River; La Ru was the area north and south of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River.

After conquering Su Piling, Sun Boru was set up.

Each of the two divisions has two divisions, each division has four thousand households, and each division has another thousand households. In order to strengthen the jurisdiction of the two divisions, an imperial guards, a thousand households are established in each division. Each division has one marshal, deputy general, and judge.

The city of Doma is where Sun Bo Rufenru is located, with imperial guards and garrisons stationed. The marshal here is called Darran. He is a shrewd man, talented and proficient in military affairs.

Carefulness is the characteristic of Daran. It is his carefulness that Cheng Xiaotian was frustrated at the city of Doma. At any time, sending enough scouts to inquire about the situation in various places is something that Daran must do. Cheng Xiaotian discovered that Daran was preparing for it. When Cheng Xiaotian arrived at the city of Doma, he thought that Tubo did not realize it and launched an attack. As a result, he did not capture the city, but suffered losses and lost more than a thousand people.

Daran's general's office, deputy general Zaji, judge Cuoxi, imperial guard Qianhu Nowang, and a group of generals were all there, standing straight, as if a wooden stake was pierced into the soil.

With his eyes like a hawk, Daran slowly glanced at the generals. He was extremely strict in his military administration, and the generals did not dare to come out. Even the imperial guard Qianhu Nowang was respectful and afraid of him and was cautious.

"Call you here, not to discuss military aircraft with you, but to give you orders. Now is the time to annihilate the Tang army outside the city!" Dalan spoke slowly and analyzed the enemy situation: "The reason why I did not allow you to ask for what you asked and did not launch an attack on them is because the Tang army came with the desire for victory, and the troops were sharp. If we attack rashly, there would be many losses."

As soon as the stone castle city was broken, the Tang army was in high morale. Cheng Xiaotian advanced thousands of miles, as if he had entered a no-man's land. It was no need to say the morale of his army. If the Tubo army wanted to take advantage of Cheng Xiaotian's unstable opportunity to attack rashly, it would inevitably hit the iron plate and avoid its edge. When Cheng Xiaotian's morale dropped, it would be wise to kill him again.

The generals have always been convinced of his judgment and said together: "The Grand Marshal is wise!"

Dalan then analyzed: "The Tang army's light troops advance and the army goes deep alone is a taboo for military strategists. The reason why the Tang army dared to advance so aggressively was because their reinforcements would arrive in a steady stream. God helped the Great Tubo, and suddenly it rained heavily and a mountain torrent broke out. The Tang army's reinforcements would inevitably not be able to arrive, let alone food and grass. This Tang army was trapped outside the city these days and could not obtain supplies. It was the end of its strength and a good opportunity to annihilate it."

"Master, please give an order!" The generals asked for battle.

Dalan’s plan is far more than annihilation of Cheng Xiaotian: “As soon as this Tang army is destroyed, it is time for us to free up our hands to deal with the Tang army reinforcements. We block their roads. Even if the Tang army opens the passage, it will take time and effort, and it will be too scarce for the people and horses. When we arrive, it will be the time for us to win!”

Smart is the advantage of Dalan, but what he never expected was that the Tang army had 100,000 people advancing to the heart of Tubo. According to his inference, the Tang army was at most 30,000 or 20,000 yuan, otherwise the food and grass alone would be enough for them to bear. Besides, the terrain of Tubo was dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the 100,000 army could not be expanded at all, and they were just a trap.

Of course, if he knew that the Tang army had a powerful weapon like artillery and that the Tubo pass was vulnerable in front of the artillery, he would definitely not have made such a judgment.

Although the heavy rain blocked the Tang army's advancement and caused a misjudgment to Dalan, he would never have expected that the 100,000 Tang troops did not stop because of the heavy rain, but instead advanced rapidly and pressed against Tubo's heart.

More importantly, he had not received any news of Sambuza's defeat, and he did not know that the Dragon Martial Army had participated in the war.

"The order: The warriors of the Great Tubo, it is time for you to make achievements! In this battle, everyone must fight and strive for the first place! If there is any violation of the order and fail to the former, behead!" Dalan issued a combat order expressionless face.

Once the order was passed, 20,000 Tubo troops, including the 3,000 imperial guards led by the thousand imperial guards, also drove out of the city to prepare to encircle and annihilate Cheng Xiaotian.

The troops under the jurisdiction of the Thousand Houses of Tubo were uncertain. Some were under the jurisdiction of one thousand people, and some were under the jurisdiction of tens of thousands of people. Later, the thousands of households under the jurisdiction of tens of thousands of troops were converted into tens of thousands of households. If there were tens of thousands of imperial guards in each division, in this battle, Dalan thought that three thousand imperial guards would be enough to participate in the war.

Looking at the Tubo army driving out of the city, Deputy General Shao Sheng was very surprised and reminded Cheng Xiaotian: "General, the Tubo people are not good at coming! What should we do? We are light-fitting!"

Looking at the situation of the Tubo army's formation, you will know that the Tubo people have a big appetite and are determined to win this battle. Dalan invested two thousand troops and was preparing to encircle and annihilate Cheng Xiaotian with four times the strength. The gap in the number of people is very large.

Furthermore, Tubo has heavy equipment, while the Tang army is all light-fit, wearing leather armor, no iron armor, no Fuyuan crossbow, and no heavy infantry holding a Modao cooperates with it.

The most important thing is that Cheng Xiaotian is fighting alone, and it is impossible to be afraid of Shao Sheng.

What Shao Sheng could not have imagined was that Cheng Xiaotian smiled and said with a smile: "What's wrong with lightweight clothing? If you don't have a lightweight clothing, you won't be war?"

Shao Sheng couldn't understand what Cheng Xiaotian was thinking, so he hurriedly said, "General, I don't mean that, I mean, we are light-fitting, which is not conducive to head-on confrontation. If something is wrong, we will withdraw quickly."

Cheng Xiaotian's answer made him inexplicably: "I tell you: First, I will not retreat; second, I will not confront you head-on!"

"Then how do you fight?" Shao Sheng touched his forehead and thought.

Cheng Xiaotian did not answer his plan: "You will know then, just follow my order." When he said this, Cheng Xiaotian stopped talking, but watched the Tubo army set up its formation leisurely, as if he was watching a monkey jumping around.

It took a lot of time for the 20,000 troops to set up a formation. It took a full half an hour to pass, and Ye Fan's army then set up a formation.

Cheng Xiaotian's lips cracked and he mocked him disdainfully: "What a bullshit? It takes so much time for 20,000 troops to set up a formation, it's really slow! If our Tang army comes to set up a formation, it will only take half of your time!"

Just as Cheng Xiaotian commented, Dalan stood in the open space, pulled out the scimitar, held it high above his head, waved it heavily, and shouted: "Kill!"

Suddenly, a loud rumbling sound shocked the earth, and 20,000 Tubo troops began to attack the Tang army. Three thousand imperial guards were the main force, ready to attack the Tang army's middle road and tear the Tang army apart. The two cavalry spread into fan shapes, like iron pliers, diverging towards the Tang army's back.

Dalan really has too much appetite. As soon as he comes, he is ready to surround the Tang army, and then divide and interweave and defeat them one by one.

The Tang army was light and fast, and came and went like the wind. If the Tang army was not protected from the beginning, if Cheng Xiaotian led his army to retreat, it would be impossible for the Tubo army to pursue it.

Twenty thousand Tubo soldiers launched one after another, splashing water in pieces, as if surging waves. If you look from the air, Wei Cheng will be a wonder.

Looking at the Tubo army that was coming like a tide, Shao Sheng was very surprised and secretly sucked the air. If the Tubo army was surrounded, the next one would be a fierce battle of siege and annihilation, and the consequences would be unimaginable. He looked at Cheng Xiaotian involuntarily, but Cheng Xiaotian had a sneer on the corner of his mouth, raised his right hand suddenly, and shouted: "Retreat! Get out of the encirclement!"

He pulled the horse's head and rushed away with the Tang army. The Tang army was light-fit and moved much faster than the Tubo army. He soon broke out of the cavalry's encirclement range.

Dalan was not afraid of bloody battles, but was afraid of the Tang army's retreat. When he saw the Tang army break out of the encirclement of the Tubo army, his heart tensed up. However, what surprised him was that the Tang army did not withdraw. He only saw the Tang army take off the hard bow on his back, bend the bow and arrow, and rushed towards his left-wing cavalry.

As they rushed to the range, a dense rain of arrows in the Tang army passed by, and many of the left-wing cavalrymen of Tubo were caught in the arrows and were all dismissed.

The Tubo cavalry was light and fast, and they were not necessarily worse than the Tang army. Dalan knew that the Tang army was light and was afraid that the Tang army would escape, so he had to use light cavalry to pursue. This was his plan.

Dalan's abacus was good, but Cheng Xiaotian had absolutely no intention to escape. Not only did Cheng Xiaotian not have the intention to escape, but decided to deal with the Tubo army severely. If it were strategy, Cheng Xiaotian was not very good. If it were tactical, he would definitely have a set of tactics and minds. He had already thought of a set of tactics and tactics against the Tubo people.

His tactics were beyond anyone's expectations. If he really wanted to fight according to his ideas, let alone the 20,000 Tubo army, even 30,000 or 50,000 would be helpless.

Under Cheng Xiaotian's command, the Tang army finished shooting a round of bows and arrows, and attacked the left-wing cavalry of Tubo. They did not stop and immediately left and rushed away. The left-wing Tubo cavalry would not let them go, and then chased them. They did not chase them far away, and shot many of them with dense rain of arrows.

As soon as the arrow was fired, the Tang army immediately retreated. When the Tubo cavalry caught up, there was another dense rain of arrows, fleeing and chasing. After three miles, there were more than a thousand casualties in the left-wing cavalry of Tubo, while the Tang army only suffered a hundred casualties.

If we talk about the strength of the troops, the Tubo civilization was underdeveloped and the technology was backward, and they were far inferior to the Tang army. Their bows and arrows were not as good as those of the Tang army. This was the advantage of the Tang army. The Tubo cavalry had already entered the range of the Tang army, but the Tubo army could not reach the Tang army. After many times, the Tubo cavalry could not suffer any loss.

"General, you actually used the Turkic tactics! This tactic is absolutely useful to us now!" Shao Sheng finally understood and was overjoyed.

Nomads from the northern grasslands, whether they are the Huns, Xianbei, or Turks, have one common feature, that is, they are skilled in riding and shooting, backward technology, and poor equipment. The reason why these nomads can harass the Chinese border without heavy equipment and make the Chinese border restless is that they have their own set of tactics.

Without heavy equipment, the Turks could not form heavy cavalry, but they used the advantage of light cavalry to be fast and coming and going like the wind, and they would go and leave when they fought and retreat. This tactic was fully demonstrated by the Mongols in later generations. The Mongols used this tactic to defeat the heavy infantry in Europe. The heavy infantry was the nemesis of the cavalry, but they defeated the Mongols and created miracles in military history.
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