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Chapter 398 Ambush and counter-ambush (4)

The importance of food and fodder to the army is self-evident. The reason why the Tubo army attacked the border states of the Tang Dynasty this time was to grab enough food. Now there are so many food trucks in front of them. There is no reason not to grab it, regardless of whether it is a friendly army or not, the food must be grabbed by one's own hands first. With this mentality, the two Tubo cavalry troops rushed towards the food without giving in to each other. The car parked rushed over, but no one paid any attention to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were tensely forming a formation on the top of the hill. Of course, no one noticed the strangeness in those grain trucks.

"Missing like a thorn, what do you mean, why did you launch it in advance? It's not like you are so quick to grab power!"

The two Tubo armies do not belong to each other, so there is no room for humility between them. They both want to pull as many grain carts as possible to their own side. The problem is that Mirupo's troops arrive first, Dawang's troops came later, so the disputes between the two sides were inevitable, not only the soldiers below were arguing around the grain cart, but even Dawang, who thought he had suffered a loss, also quarreled. He charged aggressively in front of Miru Poci, brandished his whip, and roared angrily.

"Dawang, I'm going to talk nonsense. Your family arrived late, and someone was ordered to attack. Did you stay on the mountain without seeing the Tang thief? Hey, I'm not good at equestrian skills, but I blame my family for coming too fast. Are you being so reasonable?"

Mi Ru Po Ci is not a humble master, he is not willing to suffer from words, seeing that most of the grain trucks are in the hands of his own army, he has no intention of giving them up for nothing, so he bluntly He refuted it.

"Zizzizi..."

Just when the two groups of Tubo officers and soldiers were arguing, a slight sizzle sound suddenly sounded in most of the grain carts. There was a pungent smell of gunpowder smoke floating out of the grain pile.

"It's not good, the grain truck is about to catch fire, put out the fire, put out the fire!"

The Tubo officers and soldiers who were arguing didn't understand what happened at all. They all looked at the green smoke on the grain trucks in a daze. All the Tubo officers and soldiers came to their senses, and when they were about to rush forward to see what happened, a sudden change happened!

"Boom, boom..."

Before the Tubo soldiers figured out what was going on, all the carriages exploded. Amidst a series of loud noises, countless shrapnel and sundries flew around like the scythe of death. The Tubo soldiers clustered around the carriage swept down a large area like cutting rice. The two Tubo armies combined had more than [-] vanguard troops, and they were blown into gourds in this violent explosion. Fortunately, they survived, and those were seriously injured. Although the officers and soldiers who were a little far away were not injured by the bombing, most of the horses under their crotches lost control. The sound one after another resounded in the valley.

"How can this happen, how can this happen?"

Miru Poci was preoccupied with arguing with Dawang, but never leaned against those grain trucks. After the huge explosion subsided, he saw stumps and broken arms all over the ground, and countless people's blood flowed into rivers. He was seized in an instant, his face was dull, and he murmured unconsciously, unable to believe everything in front of him.

"what……"

Compared with Miru Poci who was only frightened, Dawang was more unlucky. He rode his horse and stood on the side close to the grain truck. The flying shrapnel broke through the armor on his body abruptly, embedding it fiercely in his body, and a huge pain hit him. Even though Dawang was fierce by nature, he was also so stimulated that he howled to the sky up.

"This, this, this..."

Not only the Tubo army was shocked by the huge explosion, but the soldiers of the Tang army who were preparing for the battle on the top of the mountain were all stunned. Even Xu Yuanmao, the leading general, was also shocked, staring dumbfounded at the tragic situation down the mountain. , Stuttering in his mouth, he didn't know what to say--Xu Yuanmao personally supervised the shipment of these grain carts, and he already knew what was in them, except for the sacks on the surface of each cart. In addition to the real rice, the sacks below were filled with all kinds of clay pot bombs, and the gaps in the sacks were just filled with straw. The bomb in the car is equipped with a white phosphorus package to ignite the fuse of the bomb, and is drawn to the roadside by thin wires. As long as the Tubo army rushes forward, they will definitely pull these thin wires, and the fallen and hanging on the fuse of the bomb will be thrown away. The slipknot on the leather bag was torn off, and the white phosphorus soaked in water fell out. Once the water evaporated, the white phosphorus would spontaneously ignite when it met the air, thus igniting the fuse of the bomb. The reason Xu Yuanmao had heard countless times from the professional technicians sent by "Ming Di" said that the reason why the marching speed was extremely slow in the past two days was because he was afraid that the grain truck would vibrate too much and detonate the bomb in the grain truck. But what I heard is what I heard, when I saw the power of such an explosion with my own eyes, even though Xu Yuanmao was naturally calm, he was shocked and stunned.

"Attack, kill, go down the mountain, kill!"

After all, it was the instigator, Xu Yuanmao was shocked, but he never forgot the business, seeing that the two groups of Tubo officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain were in a mess, he would not miss this good opportunity to destroy the enemy. Waving the horizontal saber in his hand, he let out a loud roar, and led his troops to rush down the hill, and charged into the Tubo army like a thunderbolt.

"Hold on, hold on, line up, line up!"

Dawang was in pain, but his reaction was extremely fast. When he saw the officers and soldiers of the Tang army on the top of the mountain killing them down the mountain in chaos, he ignored his own injuries. He waved his long horse and roared desperately, trying to stabilize The army was in chaos, but at this moment, the hearts of the Tubo soldiers had been taken away by the previous big explosion. Under the panic, no one would listen to what Tawang was yelling, and react quickly Those who reacted slowly turned their horses' heads and fled backwards, while those who reacted slowly were still staring at the hellish scene at the explosion.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Miru Poci didn't have the courage of Dawang to shout and fight fiercely. When he saw the Tang army approaching on the mountain, he was shocked suddenly. He woke up from the shock, and his first reaction was to turn the horse's head, regardless of The horse fled to the way it came, and after several steps, it roared and gave the order. It didn't matter if he ran away, the already chaotic Tubo army became even more chaotic, and the people and horses trampled on each other. In the next attack, the casualties were extremely heavy. Before the Tang army could kill them, the Tubo army had completely collapsed without any helmets or armor!

"kill!"

"Keep your head!"

"Cut! Chop! Chop!"

Two thousand Tang troops are two thousand tigers descending the mountain. With one charge, they have already cut deeply into the chaotic Tubo army. Between the blades, the heads rolled to the ground. After this charge, the army was completely panicked, no one dared to turn back and fight, everyone fled desperately, within less than a quarter of an hour, all the Tibetans who could escape had escaped cleanly, and the rest were all down. When they landed on the ground, they either turned into dead bodies, or were wailing on the ground with serious injuries. The whole battlefield was as bloody as hell.

"call……"

After defeating the Tubo army, the officers and soldiers of the Tang army without their horses could not go after them. They could only watch the Tubo army rats rushing away. He was in a pool of blood, panting heavily, and accidentally looked back at the scene of the explosion, and was immediately retched by the hell-like scene, not only him, but other officers and soldiers of the Tang Army were not much better Going, everyone's faces turned green, and no one could believe that the result of this battle would be so great.

"rumble……"

Just when all the officers and soldiers of the Tang army were nauseated due to the tragic situation on the battlefield, they saw a burst of smoke and dust on the road, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes exploded like a dense drum. All the officers and soldiers jumped up in shock. Seeing the red battle flag of Anxi cavalry in the smoke and dust waving in the wind, they all sat down on the ground loosely.

"Brother Xu, what's going on here? The thief just broke down like this?"

When Li He who rushed over saw the bloody and terrifying scene on the battlefield, he was also terribly disgusted, but his mental quality was strong, but he didn't show anything special, he just frowned and turned over. On horseback, he strode up to Xu Yuanmao, who was sitting upright, and asked sullenly.

"Well, it's broken, everyone who can run has run away, and there is no need to run for the rest of this life. Well, they all lay down on the ground to rest."

Seeing Li He rushing over, Xu Yuanmao's last lingering nervousness disappeared. He straightened his back, struggled to stand up from the ground, and swiped left and right with the horizontal knife dripping blood in his hand. Sweeping, he teased with a hint of pride.

"Oh, oh..."

Li He had been lying in ambush behind the food transport team early in the morning, and rushed over as soon as he got the news of the Tubo army's appearance, but he didn't expect that he came too late despite his haste. Looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, not to mention how crooked and tired he was, but he couldn't help but sighed angrily, stomped his feet, and hurriedly directed a The officers and soldiers did not mention sweeping the battlefield.

"What, there is such a thing?"

If it is said that Li He was only depressed after hearing the story of the battle, Gar Qinling's reaction was beyond shock, and when he saw Dawang and Mirupoci who were kneeling in front of him in such a state of embarrassment, his heart skipped a beat. Anger surged up involuntarily, and with a sudden push, the children in front of him were thrown aside, and he jumped up anxiously and angrily, glaring at the two defeated generals, panting urgently and heavily.

"The Great Prime Minister appeases his anger, this matter is indeed the case, if it were not for Mi Rupo's assassination of greed, there would not be such a big defeat..."

Seeing that Gar Qinling was so angry, Dawang was afraid of being severely punished, so he did not hesitate to shirk his responsibility.

"Fart, someone acted according to orders. You are greedy for merit and want to fight for food, so you blame someone."

Mi Rupo is not a fool, he knows that he can't be soft-spoken at this moment, before Dawang finishes speaking, he has already cut back, and the two defeated opponents started arguing with each other. , the noise made Gar Qinling's eardrums hurt.

"Enough is enough, shut up to the truth, get out, get out!"

Under the fury of Gar Qinling, his expression was not very good, he roared unceremoniously, and drove the two of them out of the tent of the Chinese army, but he quickly moved in the tent like an angry lion. Pacing back and forth, the shock in my heart became stronger and stronger. Finally, I stood still suddenly, with my face fixedly facing the southeast, and my eyes were full of unconcealable worry.

(End of this chapter)