Chapter 541: The Prestige of Lu Mountain in Youzhou
In the second year of Zhenguan, winter, twelfth lunar month.
The pro-terrorist army of the Turkic Jieli Khan attacked Yehuling, with a strength of 100,000.
In the wind and snow, the Turkic cavalry were like dark clouds covering the sky.
From Huaihuang Langwei Mountain to Yehuling Langwogou Badgerzui, for dozens of miles along the way, Su Lie's Qingyi army rangers watched from a distance, constantly reporting on the Turkic army's movements.
Snow dragon dances wildly.
On Badgerzui Mountain, Wu Huaiyu has not yet raised his own banner, and there are still only two banners of the Qingyi Army and the Beiyanzhou Tuanlian.
Flag hunting.
The extreme blizzard weather raged for several days, and the soldiers of the Tang army were miserable, but the military orders were overwhelming and no one flinched.
The tree house built temporarily by cutting down trees was almost covered with snow and blended into the mountain.
"Here comes the wolf."
Tu Diji came up the mountain excitedly. The man who gave the country the surname was actually getting stronger and stronger. It was cold and snowy this time, and Wu Huaiyu wanted him to stay behind, but he still insisted on going to the front line.
At present, nine tribes of Sumo Mohe and Fuyu Mohe, with five thousand elite tribesmen, are in the mountains. These Mohe people from the northeast, although the current warriors are mainly the second generation born in the Central Plains, they are used to the cold wind and snow in their bones. Such heavy snow still remains
Have no fear.
Gao Wei, Li Shouguang, and Liu Chengyue, three veterans from behind the mountain, were in high spirits when they heard the wolf was coming. Wu Huaiyu originally asked Gao Wei to assist Wei Siren in guarding Dushikou and Chicheng, but knowing that the main Turkic force was going to attack Yehuling, Gao
Wei, Li Shouguang, and Liu Chengyue still led three thousand descendants of the mountain queen to come.
These three thousand descendants of the mountain queens came from various villages in the Honghe, Baihe, and Heihe river basins. Li Shouguang and Liu Chengshou were also very young, with gray beards and hair. They had been veterans of the border guard in the Sui Dynasty.
"Let us from behind the mountain take the lead,"
Liu Chengshou was very direct, "The Qingyi army is an elite light cavalry, not suitable for guarding the mountains. We, the people behind the mountains, are the least afraid of fighting in the mountains."
"Yes, if the most elite soldiers from the old army come out as soon as they arrive, we won't be able to scare away the old wolf king Jieli. Let us go up the mountain first."
······ Beishankou.
The north side of the mountain pass is quite wide, but there is an earthen dam across it and there is only one ditch for access, so you have to climb over the mountain pass first.
The miscellaneous young man An Lushan squinted his eyes and stared straight ahead.
The snow was so heavy that it hurt my eyes to look at it for a long time.
However, this barbarian boy was very excited. This was his first real experience on the battlefield. Before that, he had only been accompanying the governor. In his spare time, the governor would personally give him instructions on riding and shooting, and even taught him the art of war.
An Zhu'er from Shuofang is now Anlu Mountain in Youzhou. He doesn't want to herd pigs for landlords all his life, nor does he want to set up a stall on the roadside to chop buckwheat noodles like his mother and sisters, nor does he want to work hard like his father all his life but lose his wife and children.
The food and clothing are not enough.
By chance, Governor Wu ate chop noodles several times at his mother's stall. Later, the family went bankrupt and moved to Xiazhou, where Governor Wu was newly appointed. They were allotted land, which was a blessing in disguise, and he boldly asked to follow Governor Wu. That bold move was also a blessing in disguise.
In exchange for a change in his destiny.
He followed his attendant Wu Dudu, and went to the camp of General Su Lie, the Dudu's senior brother, for training for several months. Later, they went to Chang'an and then to Youzhou, accompanying him all the way. He grew up very quickly, had no worries about food, and grew very tall, even a little bit taller.
Little fat.
There were many young men like him around the governor, such as Yuwen Chengdu, Li Keyong, etc. The governor treated them well, but An Lushan, who was sixteen years old, also longed to make achievements and become more than just an errand boy.
This time, he once again asked the governor to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, instead of just serving as a messenger.
The governor agreed, and he now participated in the battle of Yehuling as a son of the Youzhou Yameni Army. He was equipped with armor, a large shield, a spear, a horizontal sword, and a bow and arrow.
In cold weather, dripping water turns into ice. Wearing iron armor on your body makes your whole body feel like a frozen turtle. Even if you have clothes inside and outside the armor, you will still shiver from the cold.
"Here they come, the Turks are coming."
In the vast white sky and earth, a black tide suddenly surged out from the distance.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
The sound of horns was heard from Badgerzui Mountain behind me, and two pillars of smoke were lit from the beacon tower.
The cowhide war drum beat, and An Lushan's young heart jumped violently. This was his real first battle, which he fought for personally. Today, either he will die here, or he will cut off the Turks' heads.
The brain makes meritorious deeds.
The battle is about to begin.
An Lushan first took out the bowstring that he had kept close to his chest and wound it up.
Then he took out a small cloth bag from his arms, which contained dried meat, which still contained some of his body temperature. While staring at the Turks who were still far away, he tore off a piece and put it in his mouth to chew. The dried meat was very hard.
But the more salted and air-dried it becomes, the more flavorful it gets.
After chewing a piece, put a handful of snow into your mouth and swallow it.
The leader of the team, who was wearing thick armor, waded through the thick snow and saw that the young men under his command were in good spirits and not afraid of fighting. This was good.
"You little bastards, although we are not elite soldiers, nor are we trained in the martial arts regiment, as young soldiers, we cannot be timid. It has been snowing for several days in a row. Although it is cold, it is a big help to us. Now
Make it more and more difficult for the Turkic wolves to attack the mountain,"
"Everyone remember the task I gave you earlier. When the arrow comes, raise your shield and hide your body. Don't lower your head and expose your butt. That will cause you to be hit by the arrow. Of course, you will be hit.
Don’t be afraid of arrows. We have medical soldiers and a field hospital. The governor has prepared everything for us. Unless your head falls off directly, there is still a chance to save it if the stretcher is lifted off."
"Remember, our mission is to defend, to defend against the dangers of the mountains, and to take advantage of the terrain. Even if the Turks come with one million, let alone one hundred thousand, the terrain cannot be used. What's more, with God's help, this wind
It’s harder to attack in the snow,”
The leader of the team mobilized before the battle to boost morale. Behind him were three soldiers.
One person is as tall as an iron tower, holding a team flag in his hand. The team is here and the flag is there. This flag is very important to their team. Although they are not regular soldiers, they are all soldiers on the battlefield. If they are soldiers, they must protect them.
If you lose your team leader and team flag, you will be punished.
The flag bearer of the Iron Tower also has two flag guards, each holding a spear and a large shield. The deputy of the team holds a Mo Dao and is walking in another place. This person also serves as a military judge during the battle and is responsible for the whole team.
The final battle.
The leader of the team is at the front and the deputy is at the end.
The whole team was divided into several columns and formed into a battle formation. Anyone who dared to retreat before the battle would be killed by the team deputy with a mo knife. Those who did not perform well would be remembered by the team deputy, and he would even cut his ear with a knife as a mark on the battlefield.
An Lushan studied with Wu Huaiyu for more than a year. He learned a lot about riding, shooting, and infantry combat, flag and drum orders, formations, and combat examples. However, this was the first time he actually fought in this team.
Even the leader of the team didn't know that this fat young boy with a mixed beard would be the pretender next to the governor, and thought he was just an ordinary young boy from Youzhou.
Afternoon.
The golden wolf-headed banner appeared in front of Beishan Pass, which was already crowded with Turkic soldiers and horses.
Jieli looked in front of him,
The mountain pass is narrow and the mountain road is rugged and steep. The Tang army had already taken advantage of the danger and defended it.
It's not easy to attack.
But Jieli was overjoyed after seeing this arrangement. Everything was as the intelligence said. There were five thousand Tang troops stationed at Beishan Pass. It was difficult for birds to cross. However, Jieli brought one hundred thousand cavalry, and he was still afraid of five thousand people.
?
Zhao Deyan looked at the Qingyi military flag on the mountain and couldn't help but ridicule, "Wu Huaiyu is overestimating his capabilities. The mantis wall is blocking the car. If all 30,000 people are guarding here, they will cause us some trouble. But now there are only 5,000 people guarding it."
It’s really ridiculous here.”
Then he added, "It's a pity that time is tight and our army doesn't have trebuchets. Otherwise, if we just set up trebuchets in front of the mountain and hit them violently on the mountain, we could smash them to pieces."
Jie Li is conceited, "If there is no catapult, so what, I am obsessed with thinking."
"The end will be here."
"You lead the troops and shoot with bows first,"
As a blue Turk nobleman and the leader of the Zhihu tribe, Zhi lost his thoughts. Although he was imprisoned in Menxia Province for many days because he angered Li Shimin as an envoy during the Weiqiao Alliance, his martial arts was still very powerful. Even the previous Ninety-nine Springs
In the first battle, Jieli arranged for him to lead an elite ambush on the flank. After Tuli and Jieli's army fought together, he led his troops to rush out from Tuli's flank, defeated him in one fell swoop, and captured him alive.
Zhi lost his thoughts and rode away, mobilized his troops and horses to rush to the mountain pass, and started firing from a distance.
Suddenly there were bursts of thunderbolts in the sky, and then countless arrows flew into the sky, forming a dense cloud of arrows in the sky.
When they fly over the battlefield, they fall down with a curve.
An Lushan was still chewing a piece of dried meat in his mouth. He looked up and looked at the cloud of arrows turning into a rain of arrows falling down. His ears were filled with a strange sound of breaking through the air, like countless swarms of bees flying by. "Raise your shield!"
The leader of the team's voice sounded loudly from the front. An Lushan quickly raised the big shield and tried his best to hide his whole body under the shield. Although Governor Wu gave him two pieces of armor, one set of iron armor on the outside and one set of soft leather on the inside.
A, but he also knew how powerful the arrow rain was.
The Turks are the most ferocious. It is said that they like to soak arrowheads in horse excrement before fighting. In this way, the arrowheads will not only become rusty but also poisonous. Those who are injured will easily fester and cannot be treated properly, which can range from amputation to death.
He touched his left chest. There was a battlefield first-aid kit there, which included debridement and hemostasis and disinfection and swelling. This was given to him personally by the governor.
After calming down for a while, he huddled there, surrounded by thick snow. This might be able to slow down the impact of the arrow. He thought to himself that he even had time to think that he would no longer be so fat.
If you were fatter, this shield wouldn't be able to block you, and you would be easily hit by arrows.
Arrows rained down from the sky.
An Lushan felt the constant thumping sound on the shield. In an instant, several arrows were shot into the shield. The force was so strong that his arms were numb from the shock.
There were screams nearby, and a comrade had been hit by an arrow.
But An Lushan was not in a hurry to look. He still held up his shield and huddled underneath.
The loud voice of the leader of the team soon rang out, and the captains of each group also asked about their group's situation, and then compiled a report to the leader of the team. There were three people in the team who were hit by arrows, but they were all slightly injured and could still fight. Briefly included
Just one click will do.
The thunderbolt sounded again,
"Raise the shield!" the leader of the team shouted again, and An Lushan continued to huddle under the shield.
The north wind howls, and the arrows rain continuously.
However, An Lushan knew that although this kind of arrow rain was fierce, it could not last long. At most, after a few rounds, the Turks would probably start to dismount and attack the mountain. That would be a real hand-to-hand battle.
In front of the mountain, Zhi lost his thoughts and commanded. He saw that the dense arrow rain did not exert any lethality. The Tang army's large shield made their efforts almost useless.
Seeing this situation, Zhi lost his mind and decisively ordered the Turkic warriors behind him who had been prepared to dismount and fight on foot, directly crushing the Tang Army's infantry at the mountain pass, and then climbed up the mountain to capture the badger's mouth! The sound of horn horns sounded over and over again.
Group after group of Turkic cavalry dismounted, carrying shields, swords, axes and spears, and charged towards the mountain pass! (End of this chapter)
