Eight hundred and fortieth chapters vitality is seriously injured
When Ge Xiaqin saw this scene, he knew that something was wrong, and repeatedly ordered loudly: "Blow your horn quickly, retreat, retreat into the valley."
However, the right wing of the Flying Tiger Cavalry led by Bai Xiaode had already completed the outflanking and wanted to eliminate them on this triangular plain.
"Quick, charge with me and stand out!"
These Su Piru's Gui shooters protected Ge Xiaqin and rushed towards the right wing of the Flying Tiger Cavalry. However, Bai Xiaode concentrated his strength to stop them, so they had to turn to another direction to protrude, and were blocked by Tian Zhen on the left wing of the Flying Tiger Cavalry.
Bai Xiaode stared intently at Ge Xiaqin, who was surrounded by people running away, and shouted: "Don't let him escape! The one with the brightest helmet on his head and the wretched appearance is the general!"
Ge Xiaqin was so anxious that he took off his hat while galloping, and unexpectedly exchanged it with the felt hat of the warrior next to him.
The warrior was still confused when he touched his head, and was immediately greeted by arrows from all directions. His protection was much weaker than that of the general, and he fell under his horse after being struck by six arrows.
Ge Xiaqin took a breath of cold air, changed the direction and continued to break through. He lowered his body on the horse and started to escape. Unexpectedly, a yellow gelding horse crossed his side. Bai Xiaode held a spear in his hand and sneered: "You thought it was changed.
I can’t find you even if I’m a hater? I’m going to die!”
Ge Xiaqin hurriedly pulled out the broad-bladed knife to resist, and swung it in his hand widely. However, Bai Xiaode's marksmanship was even more tricky. He took the broad-bladed knife away with one move and stabbed him directly in the neck with the spear head.
, blood spurted out and fell to the ground.
Bai Xiaode picked up the enemy general's head and tied it to the side of his horse. While waving his spear and charging to kill him, he shouted loudly: "I have killed your general, why don't you get off your horse and surrender!"
A part of the Tubo army resisted stubbornly and broke through the encirclement and rushed into the valley. More Gui shooters had thrown away their weapons and honestly dismounted and knelt beside the horses.
Bai Xiaode continued the pursuit until he reached Tianzhu County and brought back five to six hundred heads before retreating to Gulang.
In this battle, the Hexi Army annihilated more than 10,400 Supiru's four Dongdai horses and captured more than 9,000 enemy troops. Only a few enemy troops escaped from the valley of Gulang and returned to Shanzhou.
This number of enemies killed may not seem to be much in the several battles between the Tang and Tubo, but the quality is incomparable to those victories in the past. In the past, most of the seizures of the Tang army were Dongdai, the tame slave of Tubo, and most of the trophies were yaks and
The sheep, the real fighting slave Dongdai, will often escape first, leaving the tame slave Dongdai responsible for production to the enemy. This is the same as the gecko's tail being docked.
These four cavalry Dongdai are the core military force of Subiru. Defeating them is equivalent to removing their backbone.
Li Siye was obviously not satisfied with just such a victory. This victory was not enough to completely eliminate the Tibetan threat to the Hexi Corridor. What he wanted was that Su Piru was seriously injured and would no longer be able to launch large-scale battles within four or five years. In this way,
Only then could he ensure that the rear in Hexi had no worries, and he could safely use his hands to eliminate Deng Jingshan in Hedong, Shi Siming in Youzhou and other local vassal towns.
He handed over the prisoners and horses he had obtained to Bai Xiaode, and ordered him to lead only 3,000 people with an artillery battalion to escort them to Baiting and Jiaocheng to guard the capture. He also used the labor of the prisoners to repair and expand the two places that were damaged by the artillery.
city wall.
"While Su Piru's cavalry is damaged and loses its main combat effectiveness, our army should take advantage of the victory to pursue it. Even if it is unable to regain the stone castle for the time being, it cannot spare the power to manage Shanzhou and Kuozhou, but it must cripple Su Piru.
.We need to let the Tubo people know that even if the Central Plains is temporarily in war, our power is enough to contain them so that they will not dare to invade the country."
Xu Bin followed Li Siye's words and added: "What my lord said is absolutely true. This battle is related to the security of the Hexi Corridor in the next five years. Only by pursuing the victory can we gain the greatest advantage."
The generals of the Flying Tiger Cavalry had won a great victory for the first time, and their momentum was strong. They immediately prepared dry food and replenished fresh water, and entered Tianzhu County early the next morning.
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Lord Su Piruru is waiting sixty miles southeast of Shanzhou City, and he is confident that what Ge Xiaqin brings him must be good news about annihilating the enemy army.
The "good news" finally arrived on the afternoon of the third day. Several ragged Tubo and Gui warriors stumbled into Mucheng Village and knelt down in Ruben's big tent to report.
Ruben's face had turned gloomy, and he only asked with a crooked smile: "How many of you came back with 20,000 cavalry? And you lost my horse?"
The leading warrior replied bravely: "We are not the only ones. Others did not dare to come back to see you, sir, and ran away and hid in the nearby mountains. We thought we must bring the bad news back so that it can be as good as before.
Be prepared in advance.”
"So, you still have gong?"
Several warriors kowtowed: "I don't dare, I don't dare, we just want to make up for it."
"If you die on the battlefield, I will still think that you have meritorious service, and I will also pay homage to you in front of God Gesang. Ge Xiaqin died on the battlefield, and you are still alive. Come here, give these two guys
I pushed it out and chopped it!"
"But because you dare to come back and report, I will allow your corpses to be buried in the sky and fed to vultures and wild wolves."
Several warriors burst into tears with gratitude: "Thank you Ruben for giving us a clean burial. In the next life, we will be warriors of Subiru and die on the battlefield for Ruben."
Su Piruben waved his hands in disgust and ordered the executioners to escort them out of the tent. At this time, the generals and soldiers under his command began to keep silent, for fear of saying something wrong or offering some bad idea and being angered by Ruben.
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"Why aren't you talking? Normally, everyone is like flies giving me advice. Now that our army has lost the main four Dongdai, don't you have any ideas at all?"
Under the suppression of Ruben's intimidating eyes, the leader of the Tuyuhun tribe stood up and spoke: "Ruben, the Han people have a saying that victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs. I have been fighting with the Tang Dynasty for nearly a hundred years, and this is usually the case.
It’s my business. Even if you lose the battle, as long as you can preserve your strength, you can still get back what you lost today tomorrow.”
There is nothing wrong with what he said. Ruben had no reason to lose his temper. He just lamented that the four Dongdai of his direct line were completely destroyed. This directly caused the decline of his Subiru deterrence. It not only made those who were dependent on him Subiru
His small tribe had undue ambitions, which also weakened his voice in the Potala Palace and caused him to be squeezed out by the other Suru.
Su Piru is the strongest member of the Tubo Wuru military system, so his failure will have disastrous consequences.
Ruben lamented in his heart and asked the Tuyuhun leader: "In your opinion, what should I do?"
The leader crossed his chest and said: "The Tang army will win a great victory again, and they must take advantage of the victory to expand their results. Our army should avoid its edge and retreat proactively."
"What do you mean? We retreat to Kuozhou City and hold on?"
The leader replied sincerely: "No, it is difficult to hold Kuozhou City. Our army should completely withdraw from the Huangyuan area and flee to the north of the Tianxian Stone Castle."
Ruben fell completely silent after hearing this. Entering the Longyou Huangyuan area has always been his main strategic plan, and it has consumed a lot of energy, manpower and material resources. If they have to withdraw from Kuozhou today, then what they have achieved here in the past
His exploits will become a joke.
Su Piru did not have the determination to cut off the strength of a strong man, so he finally decided to lead his troops to retreat to Kuozhou City to resist the Tang army.