Tibet

Chapter 151 Bloody Battle Canyon
Ding Te sent another [-] soldiers to attack from the side slope. When the enemy rushed to the hundred paces, Li Ye shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

Fifty soldiers fired arrows together, and the crackling arrows shot at the crowd. A small number of soldiers were constantly shot by the arrows, screaming and rolling down the hillside.

But the soldiers of the same Chen army held shields, and the casualties were very small. The bows and arrows of the Tang army did not pose much threat to them. They kept climbing up, and they had already reached the thirty paces.

Li Ye shouted, "Overturn the cart!"

Together, the crowd overturned the carts and rolled them down the hillside, knocking over pieces of soldiers. The attacking soldiers were so frightened that they lay down on the hillside, not daring to move.

But what was really troublesome was the [-] enemy troops coming from the side slope. The slope was not steep, but relatively gentle. Tens of thousands of people came from the slope.

At this time, thousands of abandoned carts were piled up on the slope, and [-] Tongluo soldiers approached the crack in the valley little by little with the help of the carts.

"The team is right, they are coming!"

Li Ye rolled forward, turned out of the valley, and shot a round of ten arrows at the enemy. The enemy soldiers had already rushed thirty steps away. The round of ten arrows caught the enemy by surprise. There was a lot of screams.

"Shield! Hold up your shield!"

The centurion yelled loudly, and the soldiers woke up like a dream. They raised their shields one after another and replaced them with spears in one hand.

Li Ye saw that all the rebel soldiers raised their shields, and the bows and arrows were not effective, so he immediately ordered: "Retreat, light the fire!"

Hundreds of carts were piled up in the canyon at least [-] feet long, leaving only a narrow passage with a width of one person. The soldiers sprinkled a lot of sulfur, lamp oil and other fire starters.

The soldiers retreated one after another. Li Ye threw a few torches and ignited the lamp oil on the cart and a large number of dead branches and leaves inside. He finally pulled the rope hard, and the cart above collapsed, flooding the passage.

When the rebel soldiers reached the canyon, a raging fire was ignited at the mouth of the canyon, which was several feet wide. The thick smoke rushed straight to the top of the mountain, and the fire blocked the way.

Ding Te hurriedly sent someone to report to Nagus, and after a while, Nagus came to the mouth of the canyon, and saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't get close to put out the fire.

He was really annoyed in his heart, but his soldiers were too tired from running all the way and needed rest, so he said patiently: "Order the whole army to rest, and attack after dawn!"

Li Ye and the soldiers hid in the depths of the canyon. The fire was so fierce that it would not burn out for a while, and the rebels could not attack.

Li Ye asked Yu Chiguang to guard the valley entrance, and he went into the valley to check the situation.

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the grass to rest in groups of three or four. The elderly and children were wrapped in blankets and sheepskins. Many people brought firewood for cooking. , the water quality is clear, just can be used to boil water for drinking.

It was already five o'clock at this time, and it was very cold in the valley. Magistrate Wei ordered several large bonfires to be lit. Many old and weak women and children gathered around the bonfire for the night.

Li Ye sat down in front of the bonfire, and asked the county magistrate Wei to find the previous guide. Not long after, the old guide came and put his palms together to be rude to Li Ye.

"Old man, please sit down!"

Li Ye asked the guide to sit down, and asked with a smile, "May I ask, is there any other way out of this valley?"

The old man smiled wryly and said, "It's a way for us herb pickers, but not for ordinary old people and children. If you want to use ropes to climb rocks, tens of thousands of people must be unrealistic. You can only go out through the entrance."

In fact, Li Ye also guessed that there was no other way out, and the guide had already said something, but he would give up only after asking clearly.

"Is it possible for the rebels to climb to the top of the mountain from the outside and then climb in?"

The old man shook his head, "There is no road to the mountain outside. The three roads up the mountain are all in this canyon. We used to bring tents to collect herbs. We set up tents by the lake, and then people climbed up the mountain to collect herbs. They go there for two or three days, and when they come back, they rest in the tent for a day before going home."

"Thank you old man, I have nothing more to ask."

The guide saluted Li Ye with palms together, took his leave and left.

Li Ye asked the county magistrate again, "How is the digging of the dirt bag going?"

"I have dug 1000 or [-] bags, take a short break, and continue digging at dawn. I am a little curious. What is the team planning to do with the soil bags?"

Li Ye said slowly: "Using soil bags to block the narrowest part of the canyon is our last defense. If we break even the last defense, we will have to fight the other party desperately!"

In the morning of the next day, the fire finally subsided, and the Tongluo rebels had almost rested. Nagus gave an order, "Get ready to attack!"

"Ugh-"

The low-pitched horn blew, and the soldiers of Ding Te began to continue their attack. Each cavalryman had a sheepskin water bag, which was used to hold water or milk wine. They filled the bag with clean water and sprayed it on the remaining fire in the valley go.

The fire was already very small, and it was extinguished immediately after being sprayed with water. Hundreds of soldiers worked together to clean up the charred remains of the cart.

Piles of charcoal were cleared out, and the rebels pushed forward into the valley.

"what--"

A soldier screamed, was shot in the head by an arrow, and fell on his back.

Immediately afterwards, several other soldiers also fell down with screams, and they were all shot in the head with an arrow. The other soldiers were so frightened that they lay on the ground and shouted: "Send the shield in!"

The soldiers outside hurried in with their shields in hand, and gave the shields to the soldiers in the valley.

Hundreds of soldiers raised their shields and continued to clean up the debris in the valley. They piled up the burnt residue on wooden boards, and the soldiers outside dragged it out to clean it up.

But it doesn't mean that a shield can resist cold arrows. Another rebel soldier screamed and fell to the ground. He was shot in the thigh by an arrow. Arrow in the leg.

The soldiers wailed and crawled out, but they couldn't climb a few steps before they were shot to the ground by an arrow.

Ding Te was furious, and ordered: "Fire crossbow arrows!"

Hundreds of soldiers raised their crossbows and shot into the valley. The last few feet of burning residues were smashed to pieces by the powerful arrows.

Dozens of corpses were lying on the ground, the ground was wet, blood and black water mixed together, it looked very dirty, I saw a fortification built with big stones thirty feet away, and dozens of soldiers hid behind the fortification.

Ding Te waved his saber, "Continue to shoot arrows!"

Hundreds of bows and crossbows continued to shoot into the valley. The dense arrows made the soldiers of the Tang army unable to lift their heads. Ding Te gestured to a centurion,

The centurion understood, and led a hundred soldiers holding spears and shields, crawling forward on the ground, putting the shields on their heads, while hundreds of rebels suppressed each other with crossbow arrows, creating conditions for them.

Seeing the opponent getting closer and closer, Li Ye was at a loss for what to do.

When there were more than ten feet left, the centurion crawling on the ground suddenly shouted, "Kill!"

The soldiers jumped up from the ground one after another, threw away their shields, and rushed towards the soldiers of the Tang army with spears in their hands, and the shooting of arrows stopped outside the valley.

"Fire the arrow!" Li Ye shouted.

Dozens of soldiers shot arrows together, and the dozen or so soldiers running in the front fell down one after another.

But the distance was too short, before Tang Jun played the second round, the enemy had already killed several feet away, and Li Ye roared, "Fight with them!"

He swung his saber and rushed up first, and dozens of soldiers rushed up after him roaring.

(End of this chapter)