Chapter 161 Artillery

"Good come! I'm worried that I can't find you!" Chen Wanrong found another imperial guard rushing over, and was very excited.

In the first battle yesterday, although nearly 50,000 people were killed, it was not only harmless for the Tubo army, but also beneficial. The Tang army's fighting style has been adjusted, and it was changed from Zhang Shuo's proposal to focus on attacking the Tubo imperial guards. Today, the war started again. Although the Tubo army fought bravely and tenaciously, its tragic level exceeded people's imagination, it was an ordinary Tubo army.

Not only Chen Wanrong is excited, but also Ge ​​Shuhan and Wang Shaohua. Isn’t every artillery man so passionate?

Another imperial guard rushed up and surrounded the artillery, attacking wave after wave, preparing to eat the artillery, and capture Chen Wanrong alive. Jide Zuzan gave Chen Wanrong a disagreement and was determined to promote innovation in Tubo. What he needed most was talents. Chen Wanrong was already the talent he was determined to win, so he sent this imperial guard to complete this mission.

Although the number of artillery soldiers was not as large as that of the imperial guards, their combat power was beyond imagination. They were afraid at all. They slashed and killed the imperial guards, repelling the wave after wave of offensives of the imperial guards.

The more than 10,000 imperial guards surrounded the artillery of less than 1,000 people, which took a long time, but they could not do anything. Jide Zuzan saw it and was shocked in his heart, and he sighed: "This is the real elite army. Its combat power is even stronger than that of the imperial guards! How great would it be if the Great Tubo had such an army!"

While feeling moved, he was a little strange: "The same person, the same iron armor protector, the same well-equipped and well-trained, why is the combat power of the Dragon Martial Army so strong?"

The reason why an army is invincible is not only because of its well-equipped and well-trained, but also because of their "soul". It is not easy to forge the "soul" of an army. It requires a great commander and more importantly, advanced civilization, which is not something that Tubo can possess.

Cheng Xiaotian and Fei Junxing commanded the cavalry to surround him, attacked the imperial guards from outside, and attacked the artillery inside and outside, echoing each other. However, the imperial guards had twice the number of personnel that the Tang army had, and they were still not afraid, and they were hard to distinguish.

During the battle of Sunset City, Geshuhan met with 500 artillery soldiers and 2,000 Sambuza's army, and almost wiped out the entire army. The problem was that Sambuza formed a dense formation at that time, so that the artillery advantages could not be exerted. In addition, there were not many artillery soldiers. Now, thousands of artillery soldiers were together, and the power was increased by more than twice, several times, so that they could deal with Yuru in the encirclement of the imperial guards.

Just as Tang Han's cavalry and the imperial guards were in a difficult situation, a thunderous sound of footsteps sounded, and the heavy infantry had defeated the Tubo army on the other side and rushed to clean up the imperial guards.

Heavy infantry is conducive to attacking and not to pursue. After defeating the Tubo army, they cannot catch up if they want to chase them. Guo Qianguan will not give up his strengths and use his shortcomings, so he immediately transferred the heavy infantry to deal with the imperial guards.

Looking at the heavy infantry lined up in an orderly battle formation and holding a Modao to press the imperial guards, Ji Dezuzan browned and knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly ordered the imperial guards to retreat.

The imperial guards received the order and immediately retreated to the camp. However, they had no chance. Cheng Xiaotian and Fei Junxing did not hesitate to make an attack to intercept, and the Tang cavalry rushed to the front of the imperial guards like a storm.

As soon as the imperial guard retreated, the artillery also freed up its hands and concealed it from behind, so that the imperial guards would not be able to retreat.

In just a short while, the imperial guards fell into the siege of the Tang cavalry again. There was only one place where there were no cavalry, which was facing the direction of heavy infantry. What Cheng Litian and the others wanted was to press the imperial guards towards the heavy infantry and let the heavy infantry deal with them.

As long as the heavy infantry was pressed up, the consequences of the Tubo imperial guards were unpredictable. Jide Zuzan hurriedly sent a light cavalry to attack the heavy infantry from behind.

This is a very good move. No matter how powerful the heavy infantry is, it cannot be attacked from both sides. Guo Qianguan raised his eyebrows and sent a cavalry of 5,000 people to protect the heavy infantry. In addition, the original two thousand cavalry, a total of 7,000 cavalry were guarded by heavy infantry. It was impossible for the Tubo army to threaten the heavy infantry again.

The imperial guards were extremely important to Tubo, and were even more precious than the Longwu Army of the Tang Dynasty. The precious thing is not that the imperial guards' combat power was stronger than the Longwu Army, but that the Tang Dynasty's national strength was strong, and even if the Longwu Army was completely destroyed, it could be easily rebuilt. However, Tubo is different. Not to mention the national strength is not strong, the most important thing is that the iron shortage and the population is not large. Once the imperial guards lose it, it is basically impossible to rebuild it.

Li Longji established the Longwu Army and reached its current scale in more than a year. However, the Tubo imperial guards had achieved such achievements today after hundreds of years of efforts by Zanpu in all dynasties. If these 20,000 imperial guards were lost, it would be unnecessary to say that morale was severely hit, but it was because Jide Zuzan could not bear the loss.

In order to rescue the 20,000 imperial guards, Jide Zuzan gritted his teeth and shouted: "Go to fight, send another 50,000 people to fight! The troops from the Western Regions will also fight for me!"

The Tubo army that came from the Western Regions was struggling and needed the most was rest. However, this army was an elite soldier who had been through many battles and fought with the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions and refined a rare elite army. Now, it is important to rescue the imperial guards, and Jide Zuzan didn't care about anything else, so he could only send them to the battlefield.

As soon as the order was passed, the Tubo camp gate opened and the Tubo army surged out like a tide.

The Tubo army that came from the Western Regions was exhausted due to the long war, but was still in a neat formation, no less than the imperial guards. Guo Qianguan saw it in his eyes, and his eyes were particularly bright: "Mr. Zhang, do you think this army is the Tubo army in the Western Regions? I think so!"

"I'm sure you'll never get along!" Zhang said nodded.

"That's great! It's great!" Guo Qianguan couldn't help but clench his fists, excited Mo Ming: "I originally thought that today was just a tentative battle, and even the artillery was not ready to be used. Unexpectedly, Jide Zuzan first sent the imperial guards and then the army from the Western Regions. He spent a lot of money today! We took all of them!"

Zhang joked: "The sooner the final battle, the better!"

Once the decisive battle is over, the war is basically over. The Tang army should be preparing to withdraw its troops, otherwise the mountains will be blocked with heavy snow, and the 100,000 troops will not be able to replenish supplies, and the consequences will be unpredictable. This is what he is talking about.

"Okay! Let's fight to the decisive battle today!" Guo Qianguan immediately ordered all the Tang troops in the camp to launch and prepare for a battle with Tubo.

Originally, he thought that today was a tentative attack, but Guo Qianguan only sent 30,000 Tang troops to join the battle. Jide Zuzan invested 20,000 imperial guards to surround the Tang army and had to send troops to aid. The originally tentative battle turned into a grand showdown, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

This is how war is, there are too many things that people can't imagine!

Seventy thousand Tang troops set up their formation, with people like dragons and horses like tigers, pressing towards the Tubo army. Jide Zuzan took a breath. He knew the combat power of the Tang army very well. Once the Tang army cooperated, ten thousand could fight Tubo 30,000, or even more.

There are many examples of the Tang army winning with fewer battles. Shi Bujue wrote a book, and the famous general Cheng Wuting defeated the 100,000 Turks with 30,000 Tang troops. This is a classic battle.

The Imperial Guard and the Tubo army in the Western Regions were the two most important troops that Jide Zuzan relied on. The Tang army was dispatched in full swing. If Tubo did not invest more troops, the two troops would be wiped out. As for the withdrawal of the camp, it was impossible, because the Tang army was very fast and had cut off their retreat.

There was no other way, so he could only send more troops to the battle. Jide Zuzan ordered all Tubo troops to fight, flew on his horse, rushed to the front of the battlefield with his personal guards, and commanded the Tubo troops to fight.

What he cares most about is of course his 20,000 imperial guards, and personally led 50,000 Tubo troops to rush there.

The 20,000 imperial guards rushed towards the heavy infantry for the Tang army. Although the imperial guards did not want to, they would not be able to go in the face of the fierce attacks of the Tang army. They could only lean towards the heavy infantry little by little.

What everyone unexpectedly thought was that the heavy infantry actually stopped and did not attack the imperial guards. The 20,000 imperial guards were just bait. In order to catch the big fish, Guo Qianguan used them as bait and wanted to call out the main force of Jide Zuzan and then deal with them again. Otherwise, the imperial guards would have been finished long ago.

Even though Jide Zuzan knew it was a plan, he would not be able to fall into this plan. Unless he left behind 20,000 imperial guards and ignored it, that would be impossible.

As soon as he moved, Guo Qianguan personally led the Tang army to meet him and stopped Jide Zuzan. Then, Guo Qianguan ordered the heavy infantry to start acting. This time, they held up the Mo sword and slashed the imperial guards. Every time they chopped down, countless imperial guards were chopped into pieces. Not only blood was flowing on the ground, but also the filth in their stomachs, which was terrible.

While packing up the 20,000 imperial guards, other Tang troops also took action. The crossbow soldiers kept moving on the battlefield under the protection of light infantry. They appeared wherever there were dense Tubo troops. After the dense rain of arrows, the Tubo troops became sparse.

The remaining heavy infantry were lined up in neat battle formations under the escort of the cavalry, holding up the Modao and heading towards the most intense battle. The heavy infantry was invincible. As long as they arrived, the originally inseparable battle would immediately turn into one side and turn into a big killing.

Once the Tang army cooperated, the most powerful weapons were crossbows and Modao. In this battle, the Tang army fully utilized this advantage and ruthlessly reaped the lives of the Tubo army.

The Tang army was good at fighting, and the Tubo army was not outdone. Especially the imperial guards and the Tubo army that came from the Western Regions, everyone was brave and fought for the first place, slashing and killing, fighting without hesitation, and fighting very bravely.

However, their opponent was the Tang army, and their heroic actions turned into a futile death in front of the Tang army's modao and crossbow arrows.

After a fight, it took more than an hour to kill, and the 20,000 imperial guards finally turned into minced meat.

Looking at the layers of minced meat on the ground, Chen Wanrong breathed a sigh of relief and looked at his body, all the blood stains seemed to have been soaked in blood.

Look at Ge Shu Han and the others again, they are like him. It is really too satisfying to cut and kill! A long time later, Chen Wanrong recalled this incident and said, "At that time, there was only one thought in his mind, kill and kill! For us who were so arrogant, the one in front of us was not a living person, but just a carrot, just waiting for us to harvest!"

Looking at the battlefield, the two armies were hard to tell, and there was no chance of winning or losing. In this battle, the Tang army had only 70,000 troops, while the Tubo army had 200,000 troops, and the troops were very different. The Tang army was not at all inferior. Its combat power was really strong, so powerful that it was unimaginable.

"Supervisor, let's rush again!" Liu Fuqing and the others were gasping for breath, their eyes were as red as rabbits. This was a manifestation of their killing nature. At this time, they only had one idea, that is, to kill all their enemies and would not have any other thoughts.

Chen Wanrong was also passionate and wanted to kill him again. He smiled and said, "Although we were from the Dragon Martial Army, we were artillerymen and could not give up our strengths. Now, we all went back with me, pulled out the artillery, and bombarded Jide Zuzan to the sky!"

Artillery is used for attacking difficulties. In such a large-scale decisive battle, thirty-five cannons were simply not helpful. In the decisive battle of nearly 300,000 people, not to mention the bronze cannons made by Chen Wanrong, even modern cannons, thirty-five cannons were not very useful. At least hundreds were needed to effectively kill the Tubo army.

It is precisely because of this point that we did not intend to use artillery today. However, in this situation, the two sides are fighting together and it is hard to part with each other. The power of the artillery may have unexpected and wonderful uses.

"Yes! We are artillery!" The artillery woke up and became even more excited.

"However, it's still satisfying to cut and slap!" Liu Fuqing muttered.

It's right. If something is really the most satisfying on the battlefield, it is to cut off the enemy's head with your own hands. However, the cannon is very powerful. If it is not used, it is a pity that everyone wants to cut and kill, but they still follow Chen Wanrong to push the cannon out.

After a brief look, Chen Wanrong found a place to use cannons. Not far away, there were Tubo soldiers fighting with the Tang army. There were very dense Tubo soldiers here, and Chen Wanrong pointed excitedly: "It's there! Beat me hard!"

"Prepare! Let it go!" Geshuhan gave the order, and the artillery was powerful. Thirty-five shells, carrying bright tail flames, fell into the pile of Tubo soldiers.

In the battle between the 300,000 troops, the thirty-five shells were just a small wave in the sea, and they could not attract attention at all. It was not until the shells fell into the pile of Tubo soldiers and made a shocking explosion that the soldiers on both sides who were slashing nearby were alarmed, and they stopped involuntarily and looked at them in surprise.

I saw a large area where Tubo soldiers were gathering together, dozens of craters appeared on the ground, and many limbs and broken bodies were torn by the shock wave.

Before he could react, another round of shells hit him and fell into the pile of Tubo soldiers. The Tubo soldiers disappeared suddenly and a piece of space was empty.

The sound alarmed more Tang army soldiers. They were very familiar with the power of the cannons. The stone castle city was so strong that it was not enough to clean up the cannons? When they saw the cannons showing their power again, they all had a sharp increase in their spirits.

"Long live the artillery!" I don't know which Tang army soldier was so excited that he actually shouted long live.

Many soldiers yelled together. Later, all the Tang soldiers yelled, "Long live artillery!" For a moment, the entire battlefield shook and the ground, and there were roars of "Long live artillery".

"Architecture? What is that?" Jide Zuzan didn't know what a cannon was, and was very confused.

"Look, look!" A soldier pointed at the shells flying through the air curiously.

When Jide Zuzan saw that the cannonballs were dragging their long tails and landed in the pile of Tubo soldiers. There were originally a crowd of people. After a group of fireballs flashed by, the Tubo soldiers disappeared, as if they had disappeared out of thin air.

Just when Jide Zuzan was surprised, the Tang army rushed and killed fiercely with weapons, each of which was like a tiger in the South Mountain, as if it had endless energy.

Originally, it was a game of no victory or defeat, but this change in the Tang army immediately put the Tubo army at a disadvantage. Why did the Tang army have such a big change? Jide Zuzan couldn't understand at all.

He didn't know that artillery had been spread in the Tang army so amazingly. It can be said that it was a legend. When the cannons were showing their power, how could the Tang army not be motivated and be energetic?

Chen Wanrong handed over the command artillery to Geshuhan, but he looked around and looked around to find where to target. Chen Wanrong's eyes were poisonous. As long as he said "there", there would inevitably be a large number of Tubo soldiers who could not be beaten into human form, because Chen Wanrong only found people to attack them from many places.

The most valuable goal of the Tubo army was Jide Zuzan. Chen Wanrong was always looking for it. It was just a decisive battle with a large army of 300,000. This battlefield was dozens of miles, so it was not so easy to find.

The cannon was firing and moving. Not long after, Chen Wanrong discovered Jide Zuzan. He was so excited that he was like a rooster crowing and jumped up: "Hurry, there, there! That's Jide Zuzan! Don't save me a fucking shell, and I'll kill him!"

The bombardment of Jide Zuzan is exciting enough to think about it, let alone really attacking. Chen Wanrong was so happy that he actually spoke swear words.

"Jide Zuzan? Where is it?" Ge Shuhan raised his thick eyebrows, and his eyes were almost as bright as the sun in the sky.

"Then! That's the man with golden helmet and golden armor! Set up a cannon and kill him!" Chen Wanrong and Ji Dezuzan had drunk wine, and would never admit their mistakes.

Wang Shaohua reminded him: "Brother Chen, it is better to capture Jide Zuzan alive!"

Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night, and Jie Li Khan captured him alive at Jikou. It was said that leaders like Jide Zuzan were captured and killed alive, with the effect of being completely different. Ge Shuhan nodded and echoed: "Yes! Brother Chen, he cannot die, he wants to live!"

Capturing Jide Zuzan alive is the perfect ending, but judging by the current situation, this possibility is not great. Chen Wanrong thought for a while and said, "Don't worry, I'll blow it first. If I kill him, he will be lucky!"

"Actually, he is clean only when he dies! He is life is bad!" Wang Shaohua said with a laugh.

If Jide Zuzan died in battle, he would be famous. If he was captured alive, he would have endless shame, but he would rather die than die. This is the truth.

It is not necessarily possible for anyone to bombard the enemy leader for a hundred years. The artillery soldiers were so interested that their eyes were almost bleeding. They were ready with quick hands and feet and must hit it with one blow.

When the artillery was ready, Ge Shuhan checked briefly and said to Liu Fuqing: "Your artillery is a little bit off and you can't really kill him! You are so accurate in adjusting it, is it really going to kill others? I don't want his life yet! I want to live!"

It would be great if Zuzan Zan died. However, capturing alive is perfect, and Geshuhan still does not give up!

"Didn't the military supervisor say to fight to death?" Liu Fuqing murmured and adjusted his muzzle.
Chapter completed!