Yipin Tang

Chapter 373
At this time, Wang Xiang was naturally not in the mood to return to Xunzhou. Seeing Wang Xiang running towards the pass, the soldier sent to protect Wang Xiang hurriedly caught up and said anxiously: "Tubo is almost at the bottom of the city, and the front is dangerous. You should return to Xunzhou, Lord Hou." .”

Wang Xiang ignored the dissuading soldiers behind him, and speeded up his pace with a sullen face. The closer he got to the pass, the more anxious he felt.

There were not many people in the border town, and Zhang Cheng had already done the evacuation work in advance. Now those who stay in the border town are the Lingnan defenders and a small number of rebels. There is no end, once Tubo captures Lingnan, their good days will come to an end, so without Zhang Cheng mobilizing them, they will take the initiative to send guards and guards in the mansion to act as rebels, although these rebels cannot fight the regular Tubo army. It can help the Lingnan defenders do some logistical work.

The [-] Tubo army, Chen Jun, and Zhang Cheng at the border did not dare to sleep at all, and let the soldiers guarding the city take turns to rest. He put on this armor and took a nap on the command platform of the city wall, and then received the news from the scouts, and the Tubo army took advantage At night, he drove towards the pass.

When Wang Xiang boarded the city wall, Zhang Cheng was commanding the defenders and didn't notice him at all.

"Master Zhang, where is the Tubo army?"

"Master Hou?" Zhang Cheng frowned, and shouted: "Hu Liu! Didn't you escort Master Hou to retreat to Xunzhou? The Tubo army will soon attack the city, and quickly take Master Hou away!"

Hu Liu, who came trotting all the way behind Wang Xiang, was full of grievances. He wanted to escort Wang Xiang back to Xunzhou, but Wang Xiang didn't want him, so he couldn't knock him out and take him away.

Wang Xiang said seriously: "Don't blame him, I'm the one who wants to come, Master Zhang, don't worry about me, I can protect my own safety, where is the Tubo army now?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a deep roar in the distance, and the ground seemed to be trembling slightly, and everyone was shocked.

It was still dark, and the vision was greatly affected, so it was impossible to see the movement in the distance. Zhang Cheng moved his ears and said in a deep voice: "Listening to the sound, the Tubo cavalry is less than three miles away from us."

Three miles is 500 meters, and it doesn't take long for the cavalry to rush over the distance of 500 meters. Zhang Cheng hurriedly shouted: "Archers get ready! Archers get ready!"

There was a sound of "swiping, swishing" on the city wall. Thousands of archers drew their bows and arrows, and only waited for an order to shoot them collectively. This is the most common method used by the defenders, and it can effectively block the attacking troops.

However, such a low visibility is not optimistic in the face of the 100 Tubo army. The range of ordinary archers is only about 200 meters. No matter how far away, they will have no lethality. Counting the height of the city wall and the method of projectile, it will have to wait until Only when the opponent enters the range of [-] meters can effective damage be done, everyone becomes nervous.

200 meters is too dangerous!Wang Xiang stared.

If the opponent has a magical person like Tie Dan, it will be dangerous once they enter the city gate within 200 meters!
The [-] defenders rely on the city wall to defend the [-] Tubo army, and the city gate must not be lost!
"Machine gun team ready!"

Wang Xiang yelled, and the eight machine gun teams arranged earlier immediately adjusted their machine gun positions and stood by in awe. The effective range of heavy machine guns is about 500 meters. At this time, Tubo has entered the effective range!

Before Zhang Cheng understood the meaning of Wang Xiang's words, he heard him issue another order.

"shooting!"

Zhang Cheng was horrified when he heard the words, Tubo was still nearly three miles away from the pass, such a distance, even if Li Guang was reborn, it would be impossible to cause harm to the Tubo army, wouldn't this add to the chaos!
The archers defending the city heard Wang Xiang's words, but they were not fools on the battlefield for the first time. Naturally, they knew that bows and arrows at such a long distance had no effect at all, and the real commander Zhang hadn't spoken yet, so they all No slack.

Zhang Cheng heaved a sigh of relief, fearing that Wang Xiang would "make trouble" again, he was about to be "invited" away by someone, when he suddenly heard a roar of "chug chug" in his ears, rapid and loud, and the burst of flames was hazy. Very visible in the dark of night.

Everyone didn't know what happened, and they all looked in astonishment at the machine gun team lying on the wall of the city wall and firing.

The roar of the machine gun completely covered up other sounds. Zhang Cheng had no idea what was going on ahead. He couldn't judge the distance of the Tubo army and he couldn't command the archers to defend. His heart suddenly became cold.

If I knew it earlier, I should have asked someone to knock Lord Hou unconscious and send him back to Xunzhou!Now Lingnan is over...

Wang Xiang didn't know Zhang Cheng's thoughts, and the eight heavy machine guns fired for about 2 minutes, and tens of thousands of bullets were sent into the Tubo army.

Suddenly, a strong and loud voice pierced the sky, and the roar of machine guns could be heard clearly. Zhang Cheng, who was originally ashamed, showed a trace of doubt. Has Tubo retreated?

Why did Tubo suddenly retreat?
Although Wang Xiang didn't know much about ancient wars, he still knew about Mingjin's retreat. In order not to waste bullets, he fired for another half a minute. Wang Xiang ordered the machine gun team to stop shooting.

As soon as the gunfire stopped, the sounds in the distance suddenly became clear, the neighing of war horses, the screams of soldiers... The Tubo army seemed to have suffered heavy losses.

Zhang Cheng was puzzled, and looked at the heavy machine gun closest to him. Ding Xiaoan was twisting his body excitedly, and his whole body was slightly numb after shooting for nearly 3 minutes, but his heart was extremely excited.

Tubo did not launch a second attack until the sky turned pale. The pass was quiet, and everyone seemed to be waiting for something.

Finally, the sky was getting brighter, and the field of vision became wider. The people guarding the city wall looked into the distance one after another, and when they saw the situation ahead, they all let out an exclamation.

Zhang Cheng couldn't believe it. The open space a kilometer away was full of corpses of horses and soldiers. It was roughly estimated that there were thousands of corpses. Naturally, these corpses belonged to the Tubo army.

Thousands of casualties are nothing to the 200 Tubo army, but such a large casualty was caused at a distance of less than [-] meters, and they didn't even know what happened. Of course they dare not attack rashly at this time, so they decisively called for gold withdraw troops.

Zhang Cheng heaved a sigh of relief seeing the Tubo army retreating five miles away, and the expression on his face became even weirder when he looked at Wang Xiang.

"This... is this caused by the secret weapon that Master Hou said?"

After experiencing many things, Wang Xiang is no longer as jerky as before. The battlefield is life and death. In order to protect the people around him, he must not show mercy to the enemy.

Wang Xiang took a deep breath and nodded, his eyes full of determination: We must defend Lingnan!

(End of this chapter)