Lu Dongzan and Tu Shi had long been prepared to hold on, just to prevent Yun Ye from breaking out. Forty thousand troops were trapped in the small Yematan, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of enemies. As long as they were individuals, they would feel extremely The earth is under pressure, so they are ready to wait for work. Since attacking Tuocheng will cause a lot of casualties, it is better to let Tuocheng take the initiative to attack them.
In an instant, ten days flew by. Lu Dongzan gritted his teeth and watched the soldiers of the Tang army fetching water from the clear spring. Some people even took off their clothes and took a bath. Women could even see clothes hanging to dry in the camel city. , except for the daily uninterrupted patrols of the cavalry, Yun Ye's place was surprisingly quiet, and he didn't seem to care how many people were besieged.
The longer time goes by, the more Lu Dongzan's heart sinks. Only then will the moving camel city have room for itself. Now it stands there like a fortified city, just like a walnut. If you want to eat the pulp, just The outer shell must be cracked.
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain fell. When he thought of Li Daozong's ugly face, Lu Dongzan was so angry that he couldn't help himself. He fired his bow without turning back. Since he believed that the situation in the Western Region was more important than the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, this was the price he should pay.
"I don't believe that Yun Ye's Camel City can continue to be so carefree forever. I even think that this is a trap. They deliberately set it up for us. As long as we wait patiently for a few more days, Yun Ye will not be able to sit still. Therefore, if he takes the initiative to attack, we will annihilate his entire army in the process of breaking through."
Lu Dongzan shook his head and said to Tu Shi: "Yun Ye is full of ingenuity and is the most intelligent man in the Tang Dynasty. He cannot be judged by ordinary people. I have been in the Tang Dynasty for five years and I am very familiar with that country. I have visited almost all the streets and alleys of Chang'an City, but there is only one place that I have never set foot in, and that place is Yushan Academy!"
"It's just an academy. It's all literati studying, so there's nothing to worry about. In the future, when we set foot in Chang'an, it won't be a problem for you to live in it." Tu Shi answered boringly.
Lu Dongzan looked at his allies sadly, slammed his fist on the table and said, "Yun Ye must have something to rely on if he doesn't attack. I have carefully observed the Tang army in the past few days. Their demeanor is leisurely. This is definitely not pretending." Coming out can only mean that they have no worries about food and clothing in Tuocheng. If they continue to consume like this, we will have no chance at all after Li Jing's army and Yun Ye's army join forces. In any case, we will send troops to try tomorrow."
Lu Dongzan said what he said but did not get the response he deserved from Tu Shi. He raised his head and looked into Tu Shi's eyes and said word by word: "I know what your intention is. I feel that in addition to the eastward expedition, there is also a westward expedition." Is this possible?
Stop dreaming. You killed Guo Xiaoke and the 20,000 soldiers under his command. How could the arrogant emperor of the Tang Dynasty swallow this? Once we fail, he will find you and smash you to pieces even if we exhaust all the wasteland. There are tens of thousands of corpses. In fact, since we started the Eastern Expedition, no one has a way out. They can only grit their teeth and go on.
Let’s go to war tomorrow. Even if we pay with human lives, we still have to test Yun Ye’s strength. If you can’t do it, let’s go up, the Tubo people.”
Lu Dongzan saw the situation of the entire Eastern Expedition very clearly, that is, there is absolutely no way for people like him to retreat. Since they have betrayed the suzerain country, there is only one way to go to the dark side, and no one can withstand it. Punishment in Tang Dynasty.
Tu Shi nodded helplessly and annihilated Guo Xiaoke's troops, which had severely damaged the strength of the Turkic coalition forces. Now they had to deal with Yun Ye, who was several times more powerful than Guo Xiaoke. He seemed to see the mountains of corpses piled under the city of Qiuci again.
The letter from the great elder was like a branding iron in his arms, ironing his mind all the time. It turns out that Sha Zha is very easy to fight. It turns out that the Great Eater is very weak in this generation. It turns out that the Tianzhu people
The army is so vulnerable.
After the hatred was shattered by the cruel reality, all that was left was the consideration of the stakes. The great elder told him the truth behind the scenes and the difficult situation of the tribe, and finally said to refute the horse.
One sentence was used to describe the situation of entering the Shazha Kingdom: ten thousand people could attack the city with just one drum.
Ten thousand people can defeat Sha Zha. Why did he, with more than 400,000 soldiers, have to find the most ferocious enemy in the desert to fight head-on? Only then did Tu Shi understand that the price of revenge was too heavy.
Method accepted.
There was still a slight chill in the early morning in the desert, and Tuocheng had already begun to get busy, because today was different from the past. A large group of Turks and Tibetans crossed the trench and began to attack Tuocheng.
Since the cavalry patrol route had been occupied by Tibetans and Turks, Cheng Chumo and his cavalry stood on a high slope and looked at the enemies coming in like a tide from a distance. Yun Ye did not allow his cavalry to enter the small area.
In the grassy area, the soldiers cut the grass and fed it to the camels. By the way, they buried gunpowder in that area. This is also a new type of gunpowder shell. I heard it was specially made for infantry. It is not very powerful. Generally
It won't kill people, but it can cause great harm to the legs.
A soldier discovered that all the Tubo people had entered the gunpowder area, lit a thick fuse and ran towards the formation in a very orderly manner.
Even if the earth collapsed, the Turks had seen gunpowder bombs, and they never imagined that the earth they trusted most would collapse and become dangerous. The explosions were so dense that many people thought that there was only one sound and the smoke cleared.
In the end, wounded soldiers were everywhere, and all the elite soldiers who were at the front fell in a pool of blood and screamed miserably.
Yun Ye took back the telescope and said to Du Ruhui: "In the future, the use of gunpowder will reach a superb level on the battlefield. I even dare to assert that whoever masters the secret of gunpowder will be able to master the greatest success in the remaining hundreds of years."
Initiative. At this point, we are one step ahead for the time being, and there is still a lot of road to go."
Du Ruhui also put down the telescope in his hand and sighed: "I am worried that if the war develops to the extreme in the future, everyone will use all possible weapons. As long as they are weapons that can effectively kill the enemy, they will use them, just like before the Turks
It's the same thing as people throwing dead bodies everywhere.
Just as the explosion in the front ended, another earth-shattering sound came from the rear. Du Ruhui looked at the rising black smoke and said: "Is the memorial you gave to His Majesty appropriate? We are as stable as Mount Tai in Tuocheng. You must
To say that she is in critical danger, your aunt is old and I don’t know if she can withstand it." "Old man, this is a common practice in the military. If you don’t make the crisis tragic, it won’t be easy for the soldiers to return to Chang'an in the future to claim their merits, right?
Look, Tu Shi left as soon as he touched it, obviously he was conserving his strength. I can guarantee that this guy must be thinking about returning to Talas in Broken Leaf City, and then immediately starting the Western Expedition." "Do you think Tu Shi will trick Tubo?
"It's hard to say. It depends on whether Tu Shi has a heroic mind. In fact, now that we are being dragged away by the Tubo people, he can retreat calmly and turn to attack westward with all his strength. So far,
He hasn't made a decision yet, which means this guy can't become a great weapon." "Listen, the Tubo people are still attacking non-stop, and the sound of gunpowder explosions has sounded three times. Lu Dongzan is a ruthless person, knowing that if
If he didn't continue, all his previous efforts would be in vain, but he didn't expect that the Turks had already returned to the trench."
Du Ruhui felt a little pity for the stubborn Tubo people, who were probably already covered in corpses.
"Put those wounded soldiers in front of the trench so that the Turks can take them away." Yun Ye looked at the battle situation for a while and then issued an order to Liu Zhengwu.
"Those people will not survive. They were injured in the summer, especially gunpowder injuries, which are difficult to recover from. If you pity them, it would be better to kill them with one knife." Lao Du felt that Yun Ye's methods were a bit excessive.
"I will never let go when I can effectively attack the enemy. Dying in one's own arms is more shocking than dying on the battlefield. These wounded soldiers may be able to help Tu Shi make up his mind earlier."
After Yun Ye finished speaking, he went directly to the back city. He wanted to see what supported the Tubo people to bravely step in even though they knew it was a trap.
When we arrived at the back city, we saw a Tibetan man holding a fox tail on the tip of his spear and understood everything. Whoever backed away would have the fox tail on that guy's neck, indicating that he was as timid as a fox.
"Commander! These guys are really ruthless. So far, no one has retreated behind that fox's tail. Lu Dongzan is determined to let these thousand Tubo people find out what is true." Fan Hongyi is responsible for the defense of the back city.
Facing the Tibetan people's strength, I also secretly admired them.
The Tubo people were very careful with every step they took, thus unconsciously opening up the skirmish line. As a result, the gunpowder was not as lethal as it was at first. Lu Dongzan's thousand men were not thrown away in vain. At least he now knew
When fighting Yun Ye's army, a loose battle line must be much better than a dense battle formation.
As the Tibetan people's big feet crossed the cordon, the sound of the Eight Bull Crossbows rang out, and there was only a wave of arrows. Only the guy with the fox tail was left standing in the entire battle formation. He
After hesitating for a moment, Yun Ye actually chose to move forward. Yun Ye saw this guy crying through the telescope, with a very ferocious expression. However, he found that this guy didn't hesitate at all. He even walked faster and faster, and even stood up straight after walking.
The spear rushed through the three-hundred-meter crossbow defense area,
Yun Ye didn't give the order, knowing that the guy was able to pass through the crossbow's defensive area, all thanks to the damn sense of honor of his men. The people of the Tang Dynasty had this kind of virtue, they liked to admire powerful enemies, and they would smile even if they died.
This was a small child with a childlike look on his face. He stood under the city and attacked Tuocheng crazily with a spear. He got nothing except being able to make shallow dents on the giant shield.
Just when Fan Hong was about to order the Tubo man to be killed, a white yak slowly walked out from the Tubo military formation. This was the noblest etiquette of the Tubo people. They wanted to exchange this white yak for the brave man.