The two rounds of explosions resulted in more than 3,000 casualties. Not many were killed on the spot, only a few hundred people were injured. More than 2,800 people were injured, especially when poison nails were shot into the body.
The Dangxiang army withdrew ten miles away, and the poison broke out. Thousands of soldiers howled, and many soldiers were rolling on the ground in pain. Several Dangxiang army doctors were helpless.
Tuoba Black Thorn was still in shock, so he called several generals forward and asked: "Do you know what the weapon that sounded like a huge thunder just now was?"
The generals shook their heads, "General Qi, we have never heard of it."
Tuoba Black Thorn sighed and said, "We have a problem with our intelligence. Should we wait until Ma Wencui arrives and ask him what's going on?"
Tuoba Black Thorn led the army to Anjing County in the north. Anjing County was already an empty city, and all the people had evacuated to Lingwu County.
When the Dangxiang army entered the county, they began to search for food to satisfy their hunger, and the injured soldiers were placed in private houses.
Tuoba Black Thorn sat in the room frustrated. Although the soldiers had rumors that the Han people used magic, he knew that it was not magic.
But he couldn't figure out what kind of weapon that thunder-like thing could be. It was so terrifying and lethal. Could it be that God still wouldn't give the party members a chance to seize Lingzhou?
At this time, a subordinate walked in and saluted: "General Qi, we captured a farmer outside Lingzhou City. He may know something about the situation!"
"Bring him in!"
After a while, a Han man was brought in with his hands tied behind his back. The soldier kicked him hard in the crook of the leg. The man fell to his knees, frightened and covered with chaff.
"Tell me what you know honestly, or I will kill you with a knife!" a party soldier next to him said viciously.
"The villain is a farmer outside the city. I saw a cavalry team rushing to Lingwu County before dawn today..."
Tuoba Black Thorn perked up and asked quickly: "Where are the cavalry? How many are there?"
"I don't know where the cavalry is from. There are about three to four thousand people."
Tuoba Blackthorn pondered for a moment and asked, "Do they have a flag?"
"There's a flag!"
"What kind of flag is it? What color is it?"
"It seems...it seems to be red..." the man whispered.
‘Red flag!’ Tuoba Black Thorn realized something in his mind and asked again: “What is the pattern of the red flag?”
"I didn't see it clearly, it seems... black, a bit like... a dragon."
"Black Dragon Red Flag!"
Everyone exclaimed, this is the Hexi Tang Army!
All the doubts in Tuoba Black Thorn's mind were solved. It turned out to be the Hexi Army. No wonder they had such powerful weapons. How could those militia groups in the city do this?
Tuoba Black Thorn suddenly thought of the army to the south, and he suddenly became worried. They didn't know about the arrival of the Tang Army from Hexi yet.
........
Two days later, on the official road southeast of Lingzhou, 10,000 Dangxiang cavalry led thousands of Tang Army prisoners of war to the northwest. The reason why more than 4,000 physically strong prisoners of war were left behind was that Ma Wencai repeatedly persuaded his brother that Yanzhou
There were iron mines and salt lakes nearby, and Ma Wencui was finally convinced that the party members really needed slaves to mine and boil salt for them.
All the prisoners of war had their hands tied behind their backs and were strung up by a long rope. They stumbled forward, followed by hundreds of party cavalry on both sides. If they moved even slightly slowly, they would be severely whipped with whips.
The southern part of Lingzhou is part of the Loess Plateau, with criss-crossing ravines, numerous mountain valleys, sparse forests, and an arid climate. There are endless loess hills everywhere. Only when you go further north into the plains will you see large tracts of oases.
"Brother, Lingzhou should be taken by now!"
The speaker was Ma Tianyou, who had a duel with Guo Song in Lingzhou, and his right arm was broken off during the final sword fight. After more than ten years, he was already the commander of the Dangxiang Army.
Ma Wencui glanced darkly to the northwest and said calmly: "Tuoba Black Thorn is very powerful, and those big militia groups in Lingwu County can't stop it, so they should have captured it."
"Brother, after capturing Lingzhou, leave the Guo family and the Liang family to me." Ma Tianyou gritted his teeth and said, the hatred from more than ten years ago was still difficult to eliminate in his heart.
"Perhaps you can do it with people, but for money and land, I'm afraid you have to discuss it with Tuoba for assassination."
“I don’t want property or land, I only want people, and I want them to experience the most painful way to die!”
At this moment, there was a sudden chaos ahead, with screams and shouts of killing. Ma Wencui was stunned for a moment. What happened?
There was also chaos behind them. When Ma Wencui turned around, he saw an army charging out from the nearby mountain col, cutting off the back of their team, and those at the end were all prisoners of war from the Tang army.
"what's going on?"
"General, it's the Hexi Army!" the soldiers shouted.
Ma Wencui was shocked and shouted: "Gather for battle!"
His army was cut into three sections. The army he could command was only three to four thousand men, but he faced a pincer attack from 10,000 Hexi cavalry.
At this time, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Ma Tianyou's eyes. Without saying a word, he urged his horse to rush over.
Guo Song's army had also just arrived. They received reports from scouts and ambush on the only way to Lingwu County in advance. This was also because Dangxiang's army was marching slowly with prisoners of war, which bought the Hexi Army precious time.
Guo Song divided the 30,000-strong army into three groups and cut the enemy troops into three at the neck and waist. The Tang army was so explosive that they galloped with horses, chopped with swords, and stabbed with spears, killing them mercilessly.
If the team marches for a long time, the biggest fear is that it will be intercepted by the enemy, and they will not have time to organize the army.
The Dangxiang people never expected that the Hexi Army would suddenly attack. After they wiped out the Shuofang Army, there was basically no Tang Army north of Xiaoguan except Fengzhou. Unless the Fengzhou Tang Army went south, the Fengzhou Army would be the first to face it.
It's Tuoba Black Thorn's army.
It is for this reason that Dang Xiangjun was a little careless and was caught off guard by the Tang Army from Hexi Province.
"Hold it! Hold it!"
Ma Wencui shouted loudly, but it was no use. His army was cut and torn into countless small pieces by the Tang army. There were only hundreds of people around him, and he could not organize a formation at all.
A captain shouted: "General, we can't hold it anymore, give the order to retreat!"
Seeing that the defeat was certain, Ma Wencui could only sigh and said: "The whole army breaks out!"
He led hundreds of soldiers to break through, but was intercepted by two thousand cavalry led by Li Bing.
Guo Song had already issued an order to kill them in advance, just like he killed the Shatuo people. He would not give any chance to these ethnic groups that had caused trouble in the Central Plains in history. Physical annihilation was the best way.
The morale of the party's cavalry collapsed completely. They fought desperately to break through, but were tightly clamped by the Tang army and were killed continuously.
Guo Song immediately watched the changes on the battlefield, and suddenly someone shouted: "Please be careful!"
Guo Song suddenly felt a cold wind behind his head. He turned his head suddenly, and a wolf-fang arrow shot past his ear. Guo Song was furious. When he turned around, he saw a party general standing fifty steps away.
The horse is running away, and the figure on the back looks vaguely familiar.
Guo Song urged his horse to pursue him. He took off his bow, pulled out an arrow from behind, put on the bow and pulled the string. The arrow shot out like lightning and hit the opponent's neck.
Guo Song urged him to step forward, and when he saw the opponent struggling to get up, he struck him with his Fang Tianhua halberd. The opponent fell on his back, the tip of the halberd pressed against the opponent's chest, and the opponent grabbed his neck and gasped.
Although the other person's face was distorted and his appearance was unusually ferocious, Guo Song recognized him at a glance. It was Ma Tianyou, the third most cruel and vicious of the three Ma brothers.
"It turns out it's you, bastard!"
Ma Tianyou's breathing became more and more rapid, but he smiled ferociously, and the vicious words still flowed out from between his teeth, "You... know? If... if your woman falls into my hands, I will
What will happen...?"
Guo Song exerted force on his arm, and the tip of the halberd penetrated deeply into his heart. Ma Tianyou screamed heartbreakingly and died, ending his sinful life.
"Kill them all without leaving a single prisoner of war!" Guo Song gave the order in a low voice.
The Tang army launched an all-out attack, killing this brutal army mercilessly. Ma Wencui and hundreds of people were surrounded by three thousand Tang army cavalry. They fought desperately to break through, but failed again and again. The number of people was getting smaller and smaller, and the spears kept attacking them.
Pick up the war horse.
Ma Wencui suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting.
"Don't kill me, I have your death certificate for Guo Shijun, the governor of Jiedu!"
When he turned around, he saw his brother Marvin kneeling on the ground begging, holding a letter in his hand.
Ma Wencui immediately understood. No wonder the Hexi Tang Army arrived in time. It turned out that his brother was the traitor.
Ma Wencui was so angry that he almost went crazy. He rushed out from the protection of the guards and yelled: "I'm going to kill you!"
Without the protection of his own soldiers, dozens of Tang army spears stabbed Ma Wencui at the same time. His body was pierced by more than a dozen spears and he was hung high in the air. Ma Wencui's eyes widened with anger and he refused to close his eyes.
With the death of the general, the Tang army turned into a one-sided massacre. Dead bodies were everywhere on both sides of the loess official road. There were fewer and fewer Dangxiang cavalry. Although they fought desperately to break through, no one could escape. The entire 10,000 Dangxiang army was destroyed.