At around 8:30 in the evening, there were only two and a half hours left before this mission was completely over.
After eating and drinking, and even digesting a little, the Tubo army finally got past the cannon fodder and officially launched an attack on Kucha City.
Coincidentally, there is a full moon in the sky tonight.
The bright moonlight illuminates everything on the earth brightly. It is a perfect weather for both attackers and defenders to fight and die.
Almost at the same time, the sound of horns outside the city and the sound of war drums inside the city rang out at the same time.
Amidst such sounds, tens of thousands of Tubo people finally officially moved out and launched their first attack; everyone on the city wall stood up from the ground in unison, once again getting ready for battle.
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Regardless of the attacking or defending side, they all know that this attack will probably completely destroy the city.
While clenching the horizontal knife in his hand, Zhang Tiezhu yelled at Hu Biao who had just finished writing his family letter:
"Baby named Hu, please stop writing.
You should quickly find a better place to bury these family letters.
If the city is broken later, if you really can't do it, you might as well surrender! You are still young and can be considered strong laborers. Those Tubo people may not kill you, and you still have a chance to survive being treated as slaves."
If Hu Biao and others had heard such a statement a day ago, they would not have hesitated much.
He will decisively choose to surrender in order to win this unlikely chance of survival.
After all, as long as they last until the mission time is up, they can go back.
But now, after hearing the words "surrender and register", when these losers from the modern plane looked at each other, they could only see the guilt of some veterans of the Anxi Army who had just been deceived.
What is more, there is some determination, the determination to fight to the death and fall to the ground.
Surrender to these Tubo people, or their lackeys? How brave do they have to be to be qualified to accept their own surrender?
In the following time, Hu Biao signaled to Lao Yang, Xufeng and others beside him, then turned around and started running.
I planned to find a place in the city, and after burying a baggage filled with family letters and relics, I immediately came back to fight with the Tubo people.
The irony is that these people who were originally greedy for life and afraid of death have undergone some earth-shaking changes in their psychology, and finally changed from cowards who were greedy for life and afraid of death to the current situation where they are willing to die generously.
Things have actually undergone some new changes.
Just as they turned around and were about to start trotting, preparing to bury these family letters quickly and then rush back to fight to the death, a voice came from afar:
"Stop, please stop quickly~"
Looking back, I saw three soldiers of Guo Shuai, dressed as old soldiers, running over in a hurry with the sound of their armor clanking.
In their hands, each of them actually held a package.
After running, before he could catch his breath, one of the leading guards said:
"Commander Guo ordered the second cavalry team of Xuange Battalion to immediately retreat from the city wall and prepare. When the war drums sound at the top of the city, after counting a hundred, all members will immediately break out of the city."
Under the authority of Guo Shuai for many years, team leader Zhang Tiezhu and other veterans of the Second Cavalry Team of Xuange Camp immediately took the order:
‘Here~’
However, after receiving the order, there was a very puzzled expression on his face; mainly because under the current circumstances, such an order from Guo Shuai seemed too strange.
But soon after, they figured out the situation.
After the leader of the bodyguards finished speaking, the three of them handed over a large bundle to Hu Biao and others.
When Hu Biao and the others looked confused, they subconsciously caught each of these packages, which weighed more than ten kilograms.
The leading bodyguard spoke in more detail: "After Guo Shuai heard about your plan, he thought it was a good idea to bring some memories back to his family.
All members of the Anxi Army died here today in order to defend the Han family's territory.
But brothers are raised by their parents, so it is only fair and just to bring a family letter and a bit of hair to their family before they die.
Therefore, Guo Shuai has also modified your plan according to the situation, and believes that you cannot place all your hopes on the luck of surviving the Tubo people.
You must take the initiative to fight out in order to have a chance to survive.
Listen carefully, I am afraid that the wall in the south of the city will not last long. Guo Shuai has sent people to gather a group of camels and horses. Once the wall falls, he will personally lead the cavalry to rush out from the main gate to attract some Tibetans for you.
people's attention.
At that time, you light the fire oil on the tails of the camels and horses, drive them to break through the enemy formation, and fight out together.
Then we must find a way to survive and escape back to Datang with these baggage.
In the baggage here are some family letters and relics from our Anxi Army, as well as a handwritten letter from Commander Guo to His Majesty, so no matter how difficult it is, please take care of me."
After saying that, several personal guards solemnly saluted Zhang Tiezhu, Hu Biao and other survivors of the Second Cavalry with clasped fists.
Seeing this, Hu Biao and others quickly returned the gift...
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"Nurse, tie it up tighter for me." Hu Biao said to Fengrui.
Taking advantage of the gap before the Tibetans reached the city, a group of people from the second cavalry team took the baggage and retreated to the foot of the inner wall in the south of the city, where they got ready.
All in all, there were more than 50 people in the second cavalry team yesterday, and now there are still 27 people in total.
Among them, Zhang Tiezhu, Liang Daya, One-eyed Dragon and other veterans totaled 14 people. Including Hu Biao, there were a total of 13 netizens.
Relying on these people, they need to fight their way through the Tubo army.
It has to be said that it is an almost impossible task to escape the opponent's pursuit.
But at this point, not to mention the veterans, even Hu Biao and the others were surprised by his inner peace, which had a bit of a "man's plan and God's plan" flavor.
And their preparations are now as perfect as possible.
Everyone found a war horse. Among them, Hu Biao and other 13 rookies found some relatively docile young mares, which were easier to control.
On the saddle, some necessary water bags and dry millet biscuits were hung to prevent him from starving to death in the vast Gobi desert.
In addition, those who did not have armor took a piece of armor from their fallen comrades and put it on themselves.
And all the old soldiers were armed to the teeth. In addition to bows and arrows, long-handled horse weapons, and one-handed shields, Zhang Tiezhu only had short horizontal knives behind him, carrying three in total.
The most important thing is that after they got together, they took the time to formulate a strategy.
Specifically, in addition to relying on fire horses and camels to attack the enemy's formation, Zhang Tiezhu and other soldiers discussed it before setting up an arrow formation.
Taking Zhang Tiezhu, the leader of the team, as an arrow, 14 old pawns are on the outermost periphery, wrapping 13 netizens among them.
On the one hand, they have stronger fighting power, and on the other hand, they have good intentions and a simple idea of letting these young people live if they can survive.
Netizens, on the other hand, instinctively placed Hu Biao at the center and surrounded him.
After all, according to the system, if a trainee commander like Hu Biao died, they would also be wiped out.
There are another four large packages, all of which are now carried on Hu Biao's back. These items can be said to be very important and cannot be lost.
As for why the above-mentioned "binding" thing happened, it is because Hu Biao and other rookies are still a bit weak. They have only ridden a war horse for one day, and their level is very limited.
If the war horse runs a little faster, it will definitely fall off the war horse.
And once you are thrown off your horse during the breakout process, you don't have to think too much about the outcome.
So in desperation, he could only adopt this stupid method: use a rope to tie his lower body to the horse to prevent him from being thrown off the horse in the bumps.
After hearing Hu Biao's request, Fengrui tugged hard on the rope in his hand, then tied the rope into a tight knot, and then gave up completely.
Just like that, everyone was ready.
I just suppressed my excitement and waited, waiting for the time to pass by.
During this period, looking at the crumbling city wall in front of me, all the logs that were supported by some wounded soldiers were removed.
Silently, I listened to the shouts of killing getting louder and louder, and saw more and more Tibetans rushing up the city wall.
Then, the two sides fought desperately with the Tang army who tried to drive them away.
Finally, with a muffled sound that echoed through the battlefield, a section of the city wall not far in front of them suddenly fell down, and dozens of people who were still fighting were buried in the loess.
Huge amounts of dust flew up, making it difficult to see the surroundings clearly.
It was also at this time that the sound of war drums at the top of the city began to sound; Hu Biao and others instinctively began to count numbers.
When the count reached 30, there were shouts of death and the sound of horse hooves coming from the direction of the city gate.
Suddenly, there were the sound of horns in many places outside the city, and the sound of more intensive horse hooves began to gather towards the city gate.
Guo Shuai must have followed the plan and took the lead to attract the attention of the Tibetan people.
