Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 472 I’m here!

Cheng Wuting knew that this time the target was Qin Ling, and he also knew Qin Ling's intentions and ambitions.

The other party just wanted to trap him here and force Su Xinggong to take command.

In fact, his mission was to drag Lun Qinling here. As long as he dragged Lun Qinling here, the mission would be accomplished.

From a mission perspective, doing nothing is the best option.

This way, there will be no huge casualties due to fighting, and the strength can be preserved intact.

It’s just that Qin Ling’s sense of battlefield is too sensitive. If he really doesn’t take any action, he will put himself in danger.

With his talent and strategy, he would most likely see something unusual, which would lead to failure.

In order to implement the grand strategy smoothly, he must come up with the most reasonable response.

Breakout, a real breakout.

Taking advantage of the howling north wind, Cheng Wuting took the lead, roaring and urging his horse forward. He succeeded in one strike, and his horse lance circled left and right, knocking the enemies in front of him off their horses one by one. He circled left and right, splitting the waves of flesh and blood of the Tubo army and forcibly tearing open a hole.

He rushed in the front, without distinguishing between friend and foe, and killed anyone who stood in front of his horse!

Cheng Wuting was born into a family of generals. His father, Cheng Mingzhen, was a great general who fought his way out of the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty and had a solid background in the Li Tang military.

The personal guards on Cheng Wuting's left and right were all selected by Cheng Mingzhen himself for his beloved son. Each of them has the strength of a captain and is the elite among the elite.

They followed behind Cheng Wuting, not only escorting their general but also assisting him in tearing open a gap and creating a bloody path for the Tang army behind him.

Lun Qinling watched with emotion as the fight between the enemy and us turned into a chaotic battle. There was a hint of helplessness and indignation in his eyes.

It was obvious that they had a huge advantage, but from the situation, it seemed that the Tang army had the advantage.

Damn!

This is the most terrifying thing about the Tang army.

The Tang army is invincible. The Tang army is invincible.

The Tang Dynasty had been victorious for so long that it developed an invincible mentality.

This mentality has both advantages and disadvantages.

The downside is pride, the upside is faith.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty all had a belief in invincibility. Even when they were in dangerous situations, they were still able to maintain this belief and were able to defeat the larger force with the smaller one and the strong with the weak many times.

The opponent just took advantage of the wind and snow to swoop down and attack from a high altitude, almost shaking his own troops.

Zanpo was stunned by Cheng Wuting's sudden attack and said, "If it weren't for my brother by my side, I would have thought we were at a disadvantage."

Lun Qinling said: "One day, my brother will break their golden bodies, suppress their arrogance, and make them tremble with fear when they hear Lun Qinling..."

"Send my order to General Xianyu and General Tu. Each of you will form a left wing or a right wing and cut off the Tang army from the side."

"General Qiu, hold the front and do not force an attack. This wind will not last long..."

"Send an order, tell the soldiers in the rear not to get entangled with the troops at the rear, but to attack their breakout troops directly..."

As he spoke, he issued several orders in succession, blocking Cheng Wuting and asking the soldiers responsible for the flanking attack to attack from behind.

The north wind was blowing fiercely, and they could not open their eyes as they faced the Tang army.

Under such circumstances, there is no chance of winning a head-on battle against the Tang army.

They blocked the direction of the Tang army's breakout, divided their troops to intercept the Tang army from the left and right, and attacked the Tibetan army in the rear camp from the leeward side to cause casualties.

A series of scheduling arrangements took only a moment.

Lun Qinling's dispatch was quick, but Cheng Wuting's reaction was even faster.

Cheng Wuting was not just a general who only knew how to charge, he also had a strong sense of the overall situation. He had been paying attention to the movements of the Tubo army during the assault.

When faced with a sudden attack, the officers' immediate reaction is the best reflection of their abilities and character.

Because of this momentary contact, the commander in the rear had no time to pass his orders to the front line. Everything was due to the instinctive reaction of the generals when they encountered threats.

For example, the generals of the army he faced were very steady. They kept fighting and retreating, not giving them the chance to break out by force. They were also delaying time to give the commander in the rear time to make adjustments, trying to delay until the north wind weakened or changed direction.

Faced with such an opponent, Cheng Wuting decisively chose to avoid it.

The situation of the Tibetan generals on the right was just the opposite. Faced with their breakout, the enemy was eager to show off, and the army had already made an offensive gesture, as if waiting for an order to immediately engage in battle.

Cheng Wuting pointed the lance in his hand at the Tibetan army on the right without hesitation.

The Tang army that broke through the encirclement rushed towards the enemy from the side.

The Tibetan general on the right was Jiyatai, a Bailang Qiang. In the first year of Xianqing, Gar Dongzan led a Tibetan army of 120,000 to attack and destroy the Bailang tribe. He took the Bailang Qiang people as Tibetan slaves, specifically to herd cattle for the Tibetans.

However, due to the pressure from the Tang court, Tubo lost a lot of troops at the hands of Su Dingfang.

In order to ease the pressure on manpower, Galdongzan began to show favor to the herdsmen, giving them certain powers, space to survive, and land to survive, until he let them fight for Tubo.

Jiyatai was a warrior of the Bailang Qiang. Before this battle, he had been promised that as long as the warriors of his tribe made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, the Bailang Qiang would be freed from their status as slaves and be rewarded with land at the foot of the Gebutia Mountain.

Gebutia is a snow-capped mountain. The land at the foot of the mountain is irrigated by snow water all year round and is extremely fertile.

If their people can get this place, they will have no worries about food and clothing in the future.

Jiyatai went to this battle with the hope of the entire tribe on his shoulders, and he was eager to win a place for his people to survive.

Seeing the Tang army rushing towards them, the desire in his eyes was completely aroused. He squinted his eyes and shouted in the biting north wind: "Warriors of Bailang Qiang, think about your wives and children, think about your people, and fight for them!"

"Draw the bow and string it!"

Seeing that the Tang army was within an arrow's reach, Ji Yatai shouted, "Shoot!"

The arrows whistled towards the Tang army against the north wind.

The well-trained Tang army lowered their heads and protected their faces with their forehead guards. Under the dual influence of wind direction and armor, a round of arrows did not cause any casualties to the Tang army, but only slightly slowed down their sprint speed.

Ji Yatai didn't mind and shouted again: "Fire your guns!"

The high and low sounds approached in an instant, and an arrow came in front of Jiatai's face like lightning.

Jiyatai's face turned pale and he quickly turned his head away.

The arrow flew past his cheek, leaving a cut, shot off half of his earlobe, and penetrated the face of the soldier behind him.

Jiyatai was sweating profusely, feeling shocked and angry. He looked up to find the person who shot the arrow. He put his hands in front of his eyes to block the wind and snow. He barely saw a young general hanging a large bow on his back and rushing towards him with the lance across his horse's back.

no way.

The Ming Guang armor of the Tang army was so dazzling that even in this bad weather, it still attracted the attention of both the enemy and us.

Ji Yatai gritted his teeth, waved the bone flower in his hand and shouted: "Show them a little color, let the world know the bravery of Bailang Qiang!"

Jiyatai urged his horse to charge, and the Bailang Qiang all wanted to fight for a place to survive for their people, so everyone fought bravely.

It was when Jiyatai was charging that Lun Qinling's order arrived.

It was obviously too late.

Jiyatai's vision was obstructed, and he could only squint to observe the situation. Through the slits of his eyes, the figures of the Tang army generals were getting closer and closer.

In the blink of an eye, the man had rushed within two meters.

Jiyatai raised the bone flower high and chopped it down fiercely, feeling ruthless in his heart. No matter whether you are wearing Ming Guang Armor or something else, all beings are equal under the bone flower.

With a whoosh, the buds flew down against the north wind, as if to split the strong wind in their direction.

It is very powerful, but it is useless.

The Tang army generals actually disappeared before their eyes?
For a moment, Jiyatai opened his eyes wide, and the result was a sharp pain.

The snowflakes shot into my eyes like knives, and I closed my eyes subconsciously.

However, at the moment he closed his eyes, the lance pierced through his chest.

Cheng Wuting revealed himself from behind the horse, grabbed the lance behind Jiatai, and pulled his magic weapon out of the opponent's body.

Blood splattered and the two knights separated as soon as they joined together.

Taking advantage of the Tubo army's unrest, Cheng Wuting immediately expanded his victory.

"Damn it!"

Lun Qinling cried out.

Zan Po said angrily, "Brother, I'll go stop him."

"No!" Lun Qinling did not lose his mind, but said: "Go and help General Xianyu to cut off the Tang army for me."

Xianyu Hu's attack was very successful and had already repelled a part of the Tang army.

Xian Yuhu is now being attacked from both sides, and this is also the time when he is under the greatest pressure.

Cheng Wuting had already opened up a path. If he continued to send troops to fill the gap, it would only lead to a situation of tearing down the east wall to repair the west wall: they divided their troops to attack the rear of the Tang army, and the troops on the front were slightly insufficient.

This kind of additional support makes the originally clear situation even more confusing.

At this point, Cheng Wuting just left. As long as he could intercept the main force of the Tang army, he could inflict the greatest damage to the Tang army.

Cheng Wuting's front troops were no more than 3,000 men. If Xianyu Hu could successfully cut off the Tang army's breakout, at least 10,000 Tang troops could be left behind.

Cheng Wuting clearly felt that the pressure of breaking out was greatly reduced. How could the Tubo army not even arrange new troops to block them?

This……

Cheng Wuting immediately realized that something was wrong. He wanted to look back to see what was going on, but the north wind was blinding and all he could see were dense black shadows like a swarm of ants. He couldn't tell what was going on.

"There must be something wrong!"

Cheng Wuting was standing on a high ground, and he could see the general deployment of the Tibetan army. The Tibetan army had more than 10,000 soldiers, but some of them were deployed to attack the rear, and the soldiers in the front were about 15,000, which was equal to his total strength.

There will not be a situation where there are no soldiers available unless the other side has used its troops elsewhere.

Cheng Wuting quickly realized that the rear was blocked.

He pulled the reins and said, "Uncle Meng, you lead the wounded to continue breaking out, and I will go to rescue the brothers behind."

Uncle Meng is an orphan named Meng Yi who was rescued by Cheng Mingzhen during the war. He was kept by his side for training and cultivation. He grew from a personal guard as a child to the commander of the personal guards. He was also handed over to Cheng Wuting for assistance.

Meng Yi shouted anxiously: "Young Master, I will go back to rescue them, you break out!"

Cheng Wuting laughed and said, "If I go back this time, even if the court tolerates me, my father will kill me. There is no reason for a man of the Cheng family to abandon his tribe and run away! It's settled..."

Cheng Wuting didn't hesitate at all, turned around and rushed forward into the wind and snow.

The blood-stained Ming Guang armor still emitted a unique glow. He re-entered the battlefield without saying anything extra. He just relied on the glow reflected from his body and shouted to the Tibetan army, "I'm here!"

At the same time, he shouted to the Tang army that was trapped in the siege: "I'm coming!"

The north wind gradually stopped.

The night on the plateau comes late, but it arrives gradually.

Lun Qinling pursued in the night with a somewhat unhappy expression.

There is no doubt that he won this battle.

There is no time to count the losses.

But what is certain is that the Tang army’s losses must have been greater than theirs.

The weapons and armor left behind by the Tang army were all excellent war supplies, and it would be a huge profit to sort them out and collect them.

However, they should have achieved more brilliant results and caused more losses to the Tang army.

However, due to various unstable factors on the battlefield, the Tang army, under the command of Cheng Wuting, succeeded in breaking through, which greatly reduced the results of his victory.

Lun Qinling looked at the surrounding terrain in the dim night, and an ominous feeling came over him.

He suddenly pulled the reins, his face changing from gloomy to happy.

"Brother!"

Zanpo was also very dissatisfied with this result.

They did have the last laugh, but it was not a happy one, as if there was something stuck in their throat. They just hoped to achieve the greatest results by pursuing the enemy.

When Lun Qinling stopped, Zanpo could not help but shout out.

The Tang army was the pinnacle of horse management in the agricultural dynasty. When the four barbarians surrendered, they literally knocked their heads to the ground and dared not move.

Nomadic peoples from all directions paid tribute almost every year. Their specialties were nothing more than cattle, sheep and horses, and their war horse resources were extremely abundant.

When Tang soldiers went to war, even the infantry were equipped with horses.

Those elite armored cavalrymen had three horses each: one for transportation, one for carrying heavy armor, and one for fighting.

Therefore, the Tang army's retreat and escape speed was also extremely fast, and they did not fall into the trap of the Song Dynasty, running on two legs and four legs.

If we delay for just a while, the Tang army might disappear.

"wrong!"

Lun Qinling's keen sense of battlefield detected something amiss.

In front is a mountain stream called Dilong Stream.

This is a mountain stream formed by a land dragon three years ago. The terrain is complex, deep and narrow, and it is the most suitable for an ambush.

The Tang army ran in this direction, obviously intending to use the dangerous terrain of Dilongjian to curb the downward trend.

Take advantage of the fact that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and reorganize the troops to fight again.

Cheng Wuting is a general, so it is not surprising that he made this decision.

What is really strange is that since Cheng Wuting even knew about this unpopular place called Dilongjian, why did he station troops at Longjuling before?
Longjuling is indeed the most suitable place for stationing troops within a radius of ten miles, but it is definitely not the most suitable place that Cheng Wuting encountered along the way to Qinghai.

Lun Qinling initially thought that Cheng Wuting was unfamiliar with the terrain and chose a place that was neither high nor low.

Now that he even knows about Dilongjian, why would he still station troops at Longjuling today to give him the opportunity to encircle and annihilate him?

Is this an accident?

Or have ulterior motives?

Could Su Dingfang’s illness be a fake?

But my father said so confidently that Su Dingfang was sick. Could it be that my father was wrong?

Or am I overthinking?
(End of this chapter)