Chapter eight hundred and forty seventh retreat is technical work
Li Siye stared at the tassels on the flagpole every day. After waiting for nearly five or six days, he finally waited for winds of around level 3, and then ordered a few suicide squads selected from the army to carry the fierce fire thunder into the hanging basket, and then put the hanging basket into the hanging basket.
The basket was fastened to the balloon's rope, and the lamp oil in the copper furnace was lit.
The ignited hot air balloon was about to take off, with several sandbags hanging on the edge of the basket for weighting. Li Siye stood in front of the balloon and waved to them, indicating that it was ready to take off.
The soldiers took off the sandbags one by one, and the hot air balloon slowly rose upwards. The northwest wind in winter blew them towards the city. The Tubo soldiers on the top of the city saw these ten strange big guys and pointed at them one after another. But
These things did not arouse their alertness. Someone tried to shoot it down with arrows, but only hit the hanging basket.
They threw away another sandbag, and the hot air balloon floated higher, over the city wall and toward the center of the city. Looking down from above, the houses in the city were like small squares, and the piles of haystacks were connected together.
, like consecutive chess pieces on a chessboard.
The soldiers lit the canisters of fierce fire and thunder and threw them from the hanging baskets.
A violent thunder jar exploded in the air. The ignited grease turned into a waterfall of flames and poured on the forage. More jars exploded after falling to the ground. Several Tubo soldiers guarding the forage crawled out of the yard.
Come out, carrying burning flames on your back.
The wind blew the hot air balloon northward, and they continued to throw fierce fire thunder downwards. The flames continued to rise upwards, and black smoke filled the entire Kuozhou City.
Ruben ran out of the tent, looked anxiously at the flames in the distance, and shouted loudly: "Quick, quick! Go put out the fire quickly! Go quickly!"
Ruben drove his subordinate Higashimoto, and Higashimoto drove his soldiers to put out the fire, but the waves of fire from the burning haystacks were several feet high, making it impossible for anyone to get close. The soldiers carried buckets and ran back and forth between the fire scenes. There was no splash of water at all.
Unable to stop the spread of the fire wave.
The hot air balloon had already floated away from the top of Kuozhou City. Due to the reduction in counterweight, the hot air balloon floated higher. They had to find a way to reduce the size of the flame. As a result, two hot air balloons floated away to an unknown place, and one hot air balloon floated away.
The balloon crashed during its descent. The remaining seven landed elsewhere.
Li Siye stood in the distance and looked at the black smoke rising from the city, with a satisfied smile on his face. His strategy worked. The fodder stored in Kuozhou City was burned to the ground, and the Tibetan people lost the ability to persist.
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In the meeting hall of the city tower in Kuozhou City, it was buzzing like a fly's nest. Su Piru's subordinates were discussing how to deal with the current predicament. But what was hidden in these people's heads was
Immature ideas, the one who really needs to make a decision is Master Ruben of Supiru.
"My lord is here, my lord is here, please stand still."
For example, all the Ke Qing and Dong Dai under my command stood in their proper positions, and the hall suddenly became silent, and no one even dared to take a breath.
Ruben rubbed his brows and walked out from behind the screen, sat cross-legged on the sheep felt and thought for a moment, then raised his head and asked, "Where is Dong Daidong Ben who is in charge of forage?"
One of them respectfully stepped forward and crossed his hands: "This is my humble duty."
"How much fodder is left in my city, and how many days can it last for the horses, cattle, and sheep of the army?"
Dongben considered his tone and lowered his voice and said: "If we only supply the horses to Haonu Dongdai, it can still be used for a month and a half, but if we supply it together with all the cattle and sheep that have been tamed by Dongdai, I am afraid it will only last six days.
Ruben frowned and fell into silence again, leaving him little time to think. These people in front of him, as well as these tribal leaders, are all his family. It doesn't matter if he loses this time, Zamp will comfort him.
.But if nearly half of Su Ruru's troops were lost in the Kuozhou area, how could Zanpu and Dalun bypass him when he returned to Tubo in the future?
"Everyone, please tell me what I should do."
A guest came forward and crossed his arms and suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you expel all the people who tame Dong Dai from the city, leaving only Dong Dai, a powerful slave, to guard the city. As far as I know, there are many people in the city.
The highland barley is enough to feed 60,000 people for two months. And the soldiers of the Tang Army are tired and may not be able to last two months."
These words completely angered the Dongbens of Tongnu Dongdai, and they all stood up and accused: "Shut up your stinky mouth, and drive Tong Dongdai out, leaving only Haonu Dongdai, even if he can persist.
Two months, but what will happen to Haonu Dongdai’s supplies after two months?”
"That is, by driving us out of the city, isn't this forcing us to surrender to the Tang army? The slave Dongdai is important, but the tame slave Dongdai is also the property of Supiru. The palms and backs of our hands are all flesh. How can we treat one favorably over another? We are like this
Once the many cattle and sheep surrendered to the Tang Army, wouldn't it strengthen the Tang Army's momentum? They got so many cattle and sheep for nothing, as well as fire-throwing weapons flying in the sky. Without us, Dong Dai, the tame slave, I may not be able to use them.
Defeat the Tang army."
Keqing retorted angrily: "You! You are not thinking about this. In fact, you are only thinking about yourself. Now Supiru is at a critical juncture. It requires strong men to cut off their wrists and sacrifice part of the population. Shouldn't you sacrifice your lives for justice?
"
"Fuck you, are you willing to sacrifice your life for righteousness and throw you to Tang Jun?"
"Okay! Stop arguing!" Ru Bengao raised his palm and slapped it heavily on the armrest. He glanced at everyone in the hall with a stern face, then squeezed out a smile and said, "No matter if it's Hao Nu
Dong Dai and the tame slave Dong Dai are both my sons of Tubo Subiru. How can I abandon them and ignore them? Now the Tang army has 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry besieging the city, and our army, the heroic slave Dong Dai, also has 60,000. Both sides are evenly matched.
You can break out of the city and fight. Each of the tame slaves Dongdai can take advantage of the fierce battle between us and the Tang army to retreat out of the city towards the stone castle. Once you pass the stone castle, you will be safe and sound. In this way, our army can go into battle lightly, no matter whether we win or lose.
Preserve most of your strength."
"My lord, you must not do this." The guest minister quickly advised: "The terrain of Kuozhou City is flat, and the Tang army has superior cavalry. Once they abandon the city, the outcome will be unpredictable."
"You don't need to persuade me anymore, I've made up my mind!"
Ruben's image in the hearts of the tame slaves suddenly grew taller. They all knelt down and hugged their chests gratefully: "As you command, we will swear allegiance to Ruben to the death!"
After the generals and officials in the meeting hall left, the guest minister with deer-headed and rat-like eyes hurriedly came to Ruben and said bitterly: "Ruben, in the battle in Gulang County, the people and horses of my Supi clan, Yangtong, were lost.
Tuyuhun and other troops were unscathed. How can these people be willing to work hard to advance our army in tomorrow's battle? So you can't put yourself in danger."
Ruben put his hands behind his back and turned his head and asked with a smile: "Who told you that I will have a decisive battle with Tang Jun tomorrow?"
"But you just..."
"That's just a temporary measure. Now that the fodder has been burned and the morale of the army is unstable, how can we retreat with so many troops and outrun the Flying Tiger Cavalry? But if they knew in advance that I was planning to retreat, they wouldn't know what would happen tomorrow.
What trouble is going on? So I pretended to lead the army out of the city to fight, and personally served as the vanguard. In fact, I passed through the gap between the Tang army. By then, all the armies were running behind us, and no matter how fast the Flying Tiger Cavalry chased, they could only capture us.
Some serfs tending sheep, by that time our army had already withdrawn to the west of the Stone Castle."
The guest pretended to be surprised and praised: "Wonderful! If you do this, you can easily get out of trouble, and you also informed these slaves Dongdai in advance to retreat. Even if they find out later, they can't blame you in their hearts."
"Come here," Ruben whispered into the guest's ear and ordered him to go down and make arrangements secretly.
Escape and retreat is also a technical job. For example, I only informed a few of Supiru's confidant generals about my secret retreat plan. Not only did I have to hide it from Dongdai, the tame slave, but I also had to hide all the Yangtong, Tuyuhun and Qiang Dongdai.
If they are thrown behind their backs, whether they can escape or not depends entirely on their own destiny.