Tiantang

Chapter 273 Epic Battle (2)

Chapter 280 Epic Battle (2)

The three fortresses were the military fortresses built by Li Guangbi's Hegang Governor's Mansion on the edge of Tuyuhun's old place. The north of the fortresses was the territory of the Tubo people.That is, the boundary guarded by the Gyatso Department, with a radius of four to five hundred miles, with the Shaliu River as the center.

The three cities of Triangle City, Wuhai, and Buha are guarding the periphery of Shaliuhe City.It's like the relationship between a main city and the three acropolis.

This time, although the new king of Tubo, Stanley, ordered Gyatso to lead the main force of 1 people to go south to attack Liangning Prefecture, but in fact, Gyatso did not take Stanley's military order to heart, but sent 5000 people to respond to the story , 3500 people were stationed in Triangle City on standby for observation, while 1500 people rushed to Feichuan Garrison Fort to test the movements of the Tang army.

Gyatso is regarded as a local separatist force in Tubo, with nearly 3 soldiers and horses, not too many, but not too few.If you count the personal slaves of the Tubo nobles and tribal leaders in several cities such as Shaliuhe, the real army and horse strength that Gyatso can mobilize should be close to [-].

For a warlord like Gyatso, his own influence and strength are the most important.He would never risk his entire army to be wiped out, and foolishly work for Stanley.

From Gyatso's point of view, whether Stanley can secure the position of Tubo Zanpu is still unknown.

Gyatso's front troops captured the three non-chuan garrison fortresses with little effort and returned with great victories.

Hundreds of Tang troops either died in battle or fled back to the camp.

The so-called garrison can actually be understood as a smaller city.

The three fortresses in front of us are basically similar, covering an area of ​​about 1 square kilometer, in a rectangular shape, divided into three layers inside and outside, with basement warehouses built underneath, and the walls of the fortresses are built with sandstone plates, and the trunks of tamarisk are tied between them. The walls are 4 meters high and 3 meters wide. , set up a beacon tower about 10 meters high.Horses are stationed at the bottom, soldiers are stationed at the middle, and observation is at the top, forming a complete fortress.

With the reflection of the white snow, Zhang Xuan straddled his horse and looked down at Nan Jiyun leading the army to attack the Feichuan Fortress occupied by the Tubo army and horses at night.

The 5000 cavalry rushed down like a rainbow, concentrating their strength on a fortress in the middle.

Zhang Xuan turned his head and smiled softly at Xiao Shisanlang, "Brother, Nanba is very smart. He didn't divide his troops to attack three forts at the same time, but concentrated his forces to attack the middle one first... Among the forts, the Tubo soldiers are no more than mere horses. With 500 troops, Nan is eighty times larger than the enemy, and the fortress should be captured very quickly!"

Xiao Shisanlang smiled and nodded, "Well, it's not a big problem. The Tubo people can't defend it...Look, the Tubo people are going to fight!"

Zhang Xuan turned his head to look, and saw Tubo soldiers marching in panic, holding torches high in one hand and scimitars in the other, screaming and charging towards Nan Jiyun's cavalry team.

This heavy snow concealed the movement of the Nanjiyun cavalry, and when the Tubo people found out that the Tang army counterattacked the fort, it was too late to retreat, so they could only rush out of the fort and fight the Tang army.

To be honest, the Tubo army and horses are not good at defending the city, and they like to fight head-on, because most of them are cavalry.

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When the knife and gun collided, people shouted and screamed, and the screams suddenly broke the silent night sky.Hundreds of Tubo cavalry were divided and surrounded by Nan Jiyun's 5000 cavalry in an instant. Although the Tubo cavalry was extremely ferocious, they were still outnumbered.

"Two wings attack, rush to the past! Desperate to kill the enemy, serve the court!"

Nan Jiyun drank loudly, brandished his long spear, and tried his best to knock down a Tubo soldier who was rushing over.

The cavalry of the Shence Army automatically divided into formations, covering up the past like a torrent of steel, submerging hundreds of Tubo cavalry.Looking from Zhang Xuan's direction, he could only faintly see the figures of three small regiments of Tubo cavalry being cut by the rain of guns and knives all over the world, killing one and turning his back on his back.

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled softly, "Brother, if the Tubo people didn't go to war and stick to the fortress, they could still hold on for a while, and rushing out now is just seeking their own death."

"The Tubo people are not good at defending the city, and they rushed out to make it easier to escape." Xiao Shisanlang laughed loudly, "A certain family is here to watch the battle, but it is a bit itchy, and I wish I could rush down and kill a few Tubo people. To vent the hatred of a certain family!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing.

Of course, the movements in the central fortress were known to the Tubo soldiers and horses in the two adjacent fortresses. From each of the two fortresses, hundreds of Tubo cavalry rushed out to the middle for reinforcements.

However, when these two Tubo cavalrymen galloped over, Nan Jiyun's troops had basically ended the battle. All 500 Tubo cavalrymen were killed, and blood flowed like rivers. Hanyue's scimitar is truly tragic.

The Shence Army suffered few casualties.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the two Tubo cavalry turned their horses and fled in the direction of Triangle City.

Nan Jiyun set up an arrow and drew the bow, and shot three arrows in succession, shooting three Tubo soldiers off their horses.

He put his bow behind his back, and suddenly shouted, "Divide the troops into two groups, cover and kill them! The archers are in front!"

The 5000 cavalry of the Shence Army suddenly split from one square into two squares. Nan Jiyun led 2500 people to pursue the Tubo cavalry on the left, while on the right, another general, Ma Ping, led the army to pursue. Kill another Tubo defeated army.

Because Nan Jiyun is a sharpshooter, the cavalry unit he leads is well-trained in archery, and almost all the soldiers are good at archery, although they can't reach the level of Nan Jiyun's ability to shoot arrows without vain.

Thousands of archers rode their horses in front, galloping and chasing, while setting up arrows to attract bows and arrows like rain.The fleeing Tubo army soldiers screamed and fell off their horses, while the remnants fled desperately, trying to escape into the defense area of ​​the triangle city.

It is a hundred miles away from Feichuan Shubao to Triangle City.

Under the night, Nan Jiyun led the army to chase and kill for dozens of miles, then stopped the horse's head, and led the army back.Along the way, the corpses of Tubo people fell in twos and threes on the snowy ground. I am afraid that not many people actually fled back to Triangle City.

That night, the heavy snow stopped.Despite this, the entire wilderness is still covered with snow, and the snow layer in some areas is as thick as half a meter, almost covering all the traces of the tragic and bloody battlefield last night.

Because the road was covered by snow, Guo Ziyi's [-] soldiers and horses were late for half a day even though they marched hard, and did not arrive at Feichuan Garrison Fort until the afternoon.

Standing on the watchtower of the garrison in the middle, Zhang Xuan saw a Tang Army flag marching fiercely and slowly approaching behind him, and said with great joy, "Nanba, Guo Ziyi is here!"

Nan Jiyun smiled softly, "Commander, it's hard for Guo Linggong to cover the road with heavy snow. Commander, now that our army is converging, should we stay where we are and wait for the snow to melt, or continue to move forward and strive to take down Triangle City?"

Zhang Xuan looked around the vast snow field, and laughed, "It will take at least half a month to wait for the snow to melt in this kind of weather. There is no need to wait, our army will rest here for a day, and march into Triangle City early tomorrow morning! After taking Triangle City, it is estimated that Gyatso of Shaliuhe couldn't sit still."

Not long after, Guo Ziyi took Lei Wanchun and other generals to the observation tower of the garrison fort, and greeted Zhang Xuan, "The last general is waiting to meet the commander. Congratulations to the commander for the victory of the garrison of the fort, and victory over Tubo!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, walked over and patted Guo Ziyi on the shoulder affectionately, then glanced at Lei Wanchun who was full of depression, and said: "It's just a thousand or so Tubo soldiers, it's nothing if they won't win by force. Yi, you and I will join forces, and an army of [-] will march into Triangle City tomorrow morning, and I hope that the day after tomorrow——we can enter Triangle City to drink celebration wine!"

He said again, "Wan Chun, why are you so downcast?"

Guo Ziyi smiled, bowed and said, "The commander-in-chief is wise, there are only less than 3 Tubo defenders in Sanjiao City, and the road is buried in heavy snow. Although our army is advancing hard, the Tubo people are also unable to rescue them. Besides, there is Zhang Tong, the guard of Shancheng. If there are more than ten thousand soldiers and horses in our army, [-] of our army can't take down this small town, wouldn't it be a big joke!"

Lei Wanchun smiled wryly and said loudly, "Commander, if it wasn't for this unlucky heavy snow, a certain family would have rushed over with an army, if a certain family had led an army, how could this boy Nan Ba ​​take the lead alone? achievement?"

Nan Jiyun curled his lips, "You are so ignorant—well, don't look like this, there will be several battles to come, and there will be times when you, Old Lei, will show your life!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said nothing.

Guo Ziyi and other generals laughed out loud.

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The remnants of the Tubo garrison fort were defeated and fled into Triangle City, reporting to Raba, the lord of Triangle City.

Laba was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly sent someone to report to Shaliuhe coach Gyatso.Although many generals of his subordinates proposed to temporarily evacuate the Triangle City to avoid the attack of the Tang army, but Raba did not have Gyatso's order, so how could he dare to abandon the city and flee without authorization.

And at this time, from the east side of the Triangle City, another Tang army with a large number of people marching in the snow field was advancing. It was the Heyuan Shancheng guards and horses who had crossed the Chiling Mountains. All commanded 1 people led by Zhang Tong.

Raba's mind was greatly shaken, and he quickly led his men to the top of the city and looked towards the southeast. Seeing the huge number of the Tang army, obviously not less than 1, Raba's face became extremely pale.

It is reported that there are nearly [-] Tang troops on the front line of the non-Sichuan garrison. If you add the Tang army from the east and attack from left and right, how can Triangle City be able to defend?Moreover, the Tubo army and horses were not good at defending the city.

The news of the Tang army's attack quickly spread in Triangle City. The slaves and civilians in the city were fine, but the Tubo aristocrats who were usually high above were panicked and began to pack their money and luggage, ready to escape from Triangle City at any time.It's just that the city gate was blocked by the defenders, and they couldn't get out for a while.

Cars and horses in the city sparkled, people shouted and jumped, and it was a mess.

General Nima bowed his hands as a salute and said anxiously, "General, the Tang army is attacking from two directions, our army is outnumbered, why don't you withdraw from Triangle City for now, retreat to the Shaliu River, and join forces with Lord Gyatso to resist the Tang army? "

Laba ignored Nima's advice, and just frowned and muttered to himself, "Could it be that the [-] Tang troops in Liangning Prefecture are all dispatched? No, Stanley's army is approaching the front line of Jishi Mountain, and the Tang army is unlikely to give up the front line of defense. So, where did these two Tang armies come from..."

The corner of Laba's mouth twitched suddenly, "Could it be Hexi Ge Shuhan's men?"

(End of this chapter)