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Chapter 402: Attack of the Raiders (4)

"Pity!"

Just when Gar Sita was overwhelmed by the power of the flood, Lin Chengbin, standing on the gate tower, let out a low sigh, obviously not satisfied with the effect of the flood— — It is not uncommon for mountain torrents to erupt on the ground in Hexi, but they all happen at the turn of spring and summer. It seems that in the dry season of late autumn, there should be no chance of mountain torrents raging, let alone just in time for the Tubo army It happened while crossing the river. Of course, this incident was not a coincidence, but the result of Li Xian's careful arrangements - as early as half a month ago, the Tang army had received Li Xian's secret order to set up a dam on the upper reaches of the Datong River. This is also the reason why the depth of the Datong River is much shallower than in previous years. The original intention of this deployment is naturally to surprise the Tubo army, but it is not used in such occasions. However, Lin Chengbin's troops are in Tubo In the face of the powerful offensive of the army, it was impossible to defend the day and night as planned. In order to ensure the safety of Yunwu City, Lin Chengbin had no choice but to launch it in advance. It was inevitable that Lin Chengbin felt frustrated when he destroyed an ingenious ambush that completely wiped out Gar Sita's troops.

The flood came fast and receded quickly, and in just a few breaths, the Datong River had returned to its usual sluggish flow. Even so, the nearly ten thousand Tubo soldiers who had been hit by the flood had also died. Nearly half of them were missing, and the rest were struggling in the muddy water. Fortunately, at this time, the Tang army did not have the troops to attack and kill in disorder, so the Tubo army was able to save the panicked officers and soldiers with all their strength. , finally brought all the survivors to shore.

"Go back to the other side and set up camp!"

After being washed by such a flood, more than [-] troops were lost for no reason. Gar Sita was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. I want to think about it, but I can't do it, not to mention that it is dark now, and attacking the city at night is a taboo for military strategists. Besides, the morale of the army has been frustrated at this time, and there is really no fighting spirit at all. The result of the battle can only be self-defeating. After all, Gar Sita is not an idler. In view of this, he can only force himself to suppress the anger in his heart, and order the whole army back to the Datong River again with a livid face. On the west bank, a fort was set up along the river bank, and the Tang army did not make any provocative actions. They were also busy reinforcing various city defense measures at the top of the city. The war has come to an end for the time being.

The night passed quickly, and the continuous drizzle stopped in the middle of the night. At dawn, a round of red sun erupted from the horizon, and the remaining water vapor under the reflection of the sunlight rendered an extremely beautiful rainbow. Coupled with the bright red morning glow, the whole sky is as intoxicating as a dream world, but neither Lin Chengbin on the top of the city nor Gar Sita, who is leading the troops in the formation below the city, have the heart to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of them. Their eyes were intertwined with each other separated by a distance of more than a hundred steps, each other's eyes were full of hatred and fighting intent.

"Zodozan, Nakhbaci, Mansong Tsering, Solstu."

Gar Sita and Lin Chengbin looked at each other for a while, seeing that they couldn't overwhelm their opponents in terms of momentum, they didn't bother to spend so much effort, so they gritted their teeth and called the names of the four generals.

"The end is here!"

The chief general called the roll call, Zuo Duozan and the others did not dare to neglect, each of them stepped forward, bowing and answering in a hurry.

"This general ordered you and others to lead our troops to attack the city, Zodozan to attack the south, Nakhba to attack the west, Mangsong Tsering to take charge of the east, and Solstu to attack the north gate. , reward thousands of cattle and sheep, and those who retreat without authorization will be killed without mercy!"

Since the start of the war yesterday, Gar Sita has lost a total of more than [-] people. He has long since lost the blind optimism before the war, let alone the patience with Tang Jungu. This shot is going all out. Putting on the posture of killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, what he wants is to take down Yunwu City in the shortest time.

"promise!"

The four generals are all heads of thousands of households. Although there is only one level difference between the heads of ten thousand households, this level is the gap between nobles and commoners. Without great military exploits, it is absolutely impossible to cross Yes, at this time, when Gar Siduo offered such a reward, Li'er couldn't be more excited, each of them agreed loudly, and rushed back to the main camp excitedly, and immediately, there were bursts of mournful screams. In the sound of the horn, all the Tubo troops rushed out of the main formation, roaring and galloped to Yunwu City from all directions.

"Come on, fast, fast!"

Mangsong Tsering's troops were attacking the east gate, which was the farthest away from the main formation. Faced with the temptation of a big reward, he was so anxious that he was the first to lead his troops out of the main formation. They kept yelling along the way, desperately urging their subordinates to wait to speed up and then speed up, lest they go too late and all the great benefits will be taken away by others.

"Woooo, woooooo..."

Mangsong Tsering rushed thousands of times, and finally arrived at Dongcheng, but what awaited him was not the benefit of falling into the city, but a burst of passionate horns, and immediately, he saw a fiery red battle flag coming from a low place. Flashed out from the back of the mountain ridge, with five large black characters "Longzhou Dudu Ling" clearly marked on it, and one of the titans under his banner was none other than Longzhou Dudu Ling Zhong!
"The whole army goes out, kill all the thieves, kill!"

Ling Zhong arrived at Yunwu City in the middle of the night yesterday, and he had been laying in ambush outside the city for a long time, waiting for the moment when the Tubo army launched a siege battle, seeing that the enemy army was already scattered, how can there be any politeness Yes, with a loud cry, he swung the horizontal knife, and led his five thousand cavalry to launch a fierce charge.

"Set up the formation, quickly set up the formation!"

Mangsong Tsering wanted to rush to the city with all his heart, but he didn't expect the cavalry of the Tang army to rush out suddenly, he panicked immediately, and shouted anxiously, trying to order all his men to line up to meet the enemy, but the order was very strict In time, Nai He's soldiers were already in disarray. Besides, all of them had just run out of breath at the moment, and they carried the equipment of heroes on their shoulders and hands. No matter how loud it was, it would be in vain. The more than [-] soldiers of the entire army broke up and dispersed when they were rushed by the roaring Tang Jun Tie Liu.

"Keep your head!"

Seeing that all the soldiers under his command had fled, Mangsong Tsering immediately panicked and tried to run away as soon as he twisted his horse's head, but Ling Zhong refused to let him go. He accelerated his horse and rushed to Mansong Tsering Beside Ren, the horizontal knife in his hand took advantage of the momentum, and Mangsong Tsering's head flew up into the sky when the light of the knife passed, but Ling Zhong ignored it at all, and led his troops to chase after the defeated soldiers.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Zuo Duozan's troops had just launched an siege formation in the south city, and were about to launch an attack on the city, but before they could issue an attack order, the entire army was disrupted by the turbulent soldiers fleeing from the east gate. Tang's army had come to kill like an unstoppable stream of iron, there was no fighting spirit at all, and he didn't care about the life or death of the infantry who dismounted and prepared to attack the city. With a loud cry, he led the cavalry and fled to the main formation. It didn't matter if he escaped, even Nahebaci's troops who attacked the west city were rushed into chaos, and the defeated soldiers and horses from the three routes trampled on each other, and the casualties were insignificant.

"Report, Dongcheng discovered that the main cavalry force of the Tang army is the enemy from Longzhou, with a scale of more than [-] people. Please tell the general!"

Gar Siddha was waiting for the news of the victory of his four troops, but he did not expect that what he was waiting for was the bad news from the horse. Hearing this, he was a little dumbfounded—this surprise attack What Lanzhou is most afraid of is the Tang army coming to the rescue from the direction of Longzhou. For this reason, Gar Qinling arranged a lot of internal responses at the Yellow River ferry to monitor the movement in the direction of Longzhou, but he didn't expect to be afraid of anything. What happened? Facing the sudden attack of Longzhou iron cavalry, Gar Siduo's heart was already half-cooled. Then he saw that under the chaotic collision of the three routed troops, he was about to disrupt his own fundamentals. After a while, he became anxious immediately.

"Fire the arrow, let the arrow go!"

Gar Sita was also an old man who had fought battles, and he knew that once his main formation was disrupted by rout troops, it would be impossible to escape the whole army's annihilation, so he recklessly ordered the crossbowmen of the main formation to attack Their own rebels fired a rain of arrows of death.

"Assault, assault!"

The rout of the rout army was shot by the rain of arrows from their own formation, and the chaos immediately became more chaotic. They didn't dare to run forward, and fled in all directions, revealing the Tang army cavalry who were chasing after them. Seeing that the idea of ​​charging the enemy with the defeated army fell to nothing, Ling Zhong was a little bit regretful, but he didn't have time to think about it. He roared, and led his troops to accelerate again, charging towards the enemy's main formation like a sharp knife past.

It's messed up, it's all messed up!Although the Tubo army escaped the misfortune of being crushed by their own chaos, firstly, the bows and crossbows had been fired, and it was too late to reload them. Secondly, Gar Siduo did not expect the Tang army's counterattack in this formation. , the layout of the formation is not so strict, how can it stand up to such a fierce rush by Ling Zhong's troops, just a face-to-face sprint, the entire Tubo army formation has been completely torn into pieces, and the chaos has been completely destroyed. If the soldiers cannot find the generals, the generals will not be able to restrain the soldiers, and the moment a collapse occurs, it will be like a landslide.

"Hahaha... come again, come again!"

As soon as he broke through the enemy's formation, Ling Zhong didn't stop there, but led his troops to ride around in a circle, and rushed into the Tubo rebellion army again, slashing the horse and stepping on them, killing the Tubo army, throwing away their helmets and armor, causing chaos The ground retreated across the Datong River and fled into the valley, but Ling Zhong didn't go after them, but just stopped a part of the rout soldiers and killed them happily.

After a scuffle, Ling Zhong's troops killed more than [-] enemies, and captured more than [-] alive. Counting the results of yesterday's battle, the invading [-] Tubo army has completely lost the ability to fight again. Full of reluctance, he could only lead the remaining troops back to Tuyuhun sadly, and the Lanzhou war came to an end.

(End of this chapter)