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Chapter 766 Tianhuang Mountain Blocking Battle (4)

The terrain of Tianhuang Mountain is quite characteristic. The stretch of mountain is cut off in the middle, and a grand canyon with a width of about [-] feet winds through the entire mountain range. Both sides of the canyon are steep and high cliffs. The high cliff only stretches for tens of feet, and it is a gentle slope hundreds of feet long. After that, there is a mixture of high cliffs and gentle slopes. There are not few places that can go up the mountain. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. As for who can have the last laugh, it depends on whose means are better.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

The food army that was advancing slowly did not reach the foot of the mountain, but stopped three hundred steps away from the mountain. Obviously, it was defending against the artillery attack of the Tang army. , several large food infantry began to press forward, each with only about 700 troops, and their destinations were different. Generally speaking, a small army aimed at a gentle slope, and the forward speed was not fast. , They are also quite cautious in their actions. The front row is always shield swordsmen, the bowmen are in the middle, and the last are spearmen and javelin soldiers.

"Decree: The artillery doesn't move, each regiment and each company will fight on their own, and beat down the thieves!"

At the command post on the top of the mountain, Xiao Sanlang only glanced at the attack lineup of the Dashi Army, and he already guessed the opponent's intentions. The left and right were just testing the Tang Army's true and false, so he didn't take it to heart, and gave the general order expressionlessly. .

"promise!"

Xiao Sanlang gave an order, and the messengers standing beside him hurriedly agreed, and quickly waved two small flags to convey the order to all the frontier ministries.

"Listen to my order, don't worry, hit it when you get closer!"

Lu Sansheng is a fierce general. Although he is already the commander of the regiment, he is always on the front line when fighting, and this time is no exception. After receiving the order from the Ministry, he regained his energy. He glanced at the forward of the Great Food Army who was slowly advancing towards the foot of the mountain. With a sneer of disdain, he gave the order in a low voice.

"Grenade!"

The actions of the small army of the Great Food Army were really cautious. It took a full quarter of an hour to reach the foot of the mountain, and then climbed up the mountainside, stopping and going, and there were signs from time to time. The gunman tentatively threw a few javelins into the hidden place on the mountain to test the Tang army's ambush. Of course, no matter how cautious he was, the road would come to an end. When there were less than fifty steps left, but hearing Lu Sansheng's roar, the officers and soldiers of the first company ambushing in the trench stood up straight, and everyone swung their arms round, and slammed the grenade already in their hands. Throw it at the big food army that is climbing up.

"Boom, boom..."

Tang Jun's grenade is no longer the big, heavy and clumsy thing it used to be, but a small and exquisite long-handled grenade, which is no longer filled with low-power black powder, but the latest smokeless gunpowder with built-in shrapnel , although the size is much smaller, but the power is not too big, more than a hundred grenades hit the big food army formation like this, and instantly exploded into a cloud of black mist, and the shrapnel flew horizontally. The unprepared food army was swept down a large area, the stumps flew around, the pieces of meat splashed, and the screams were extremely shrill, creating a scene of hell on earth.

"Call me!"

Before the chaotic Dashi army came back to their senses, Lu Sansheng yelled again, pulled the trigger with his finger, and knocked down a Dashi officer who was stupefied by the continuous explosions on the spot with one shot.

"Bah, bah..."

This is the first time that a long-handled grenade has been officially used on the stage of war. Even though all the soldiers of the Tang Army have already known its power during the exercise, they still cannot help but be shocked by the scene when the results of the battle are revealed. Frightened, he couldn't react in time, but fortunately Lu Sansheng's order was given in time, and all the officers and soldiers of the Tang army woke up suddenly, pulled the triggers one after another, and fired rows of bullets at Wuzi, who was in chaos. The officers and soldiers of the regiment.

The rout, the unstoppable rout, in the face of such fierce firepower of the Tang army, the armor and shields in the hands of the Dashi officers and soldiers were of little use at all. Under the sudden attack, there was not even a trace of resistance. , even rolled down the mountain in embarrassment, under the continuous greeting of the Tang army's bullets, I don't know how many corpses were left along the way, not only in the main position, but also in the battles on the gentle slopes in other places. When all the Expeditionary troops retreated to a safe distance, more than one-third of the [-] officers and soldiers who participated in the attack on the mountain were lost, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

"Damn it, a bunch of trash!"

The purpose of Aziz ibn Abdul to send these small troops was to use the lives of these soldiers to find out the reality of the Tang army. He could accept the fact that he was defeated, but such a heavy loss Apparently beyond his expectations, Aziz ibn Abdul's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot when he saw the reconnaissance troops returning home in a state of distress. Phlegm, cursed viciously.

"General Abdul, the Tang army's weapons are fierce. If our army attacks head-on, the damage will be heavy. We must find another way."

Mohammad Subbn Hussain had suffered several times in the hands of the Tang Army, so he knew the sharpness of the Tang Army's firearms troops, and he would not be surprised by the fiasco of the test troops. At this moment, seeing that Aziz ibn Abdul was showing signs of losing his temper, and fearing that he would be blind and forceful, he made a remonstrance from the sidelines.

"Humph!"

Aziz ibn Abdul is a famous general on the western front, he has always been proud and arrogant. On the fire, he would not give Mohammad Subbn Hussein a very good look, so he snorted impatiently, and then turned his face away, not intending to listen to Mohammad at all. The following by De Suben Hussain.

"Hey……"

Seeing Aziz ibn Abdul's attitude, Muhammad Subbn Hussein had no choice but to swallow the suggestion he was about to export and sigh slightly. He took a deep breath and stepped back silently.

"Abud, lead your men to attack the left hillside. Ashlef, you lead [-] infantry to detour from the flanking hillside. Adil, you lead [-] cavalry to monitor the Tang Kou on the right flank. Don't let Tang Kou come down the mountain to harass me. All the troops attacking the mountain, and the rest of the troops are on standby, ready for reinforcements at any time!"

Although Aziz ibn Abdul is arrogant, he is an experienced battlefield veteran after all. When he arranges tactics, he is not ambiguous at all. After issuing various attack orders, nearly half of the troops were invested in one breath, and they were obviously planning to take Tianhuang Mountain in one fell swoop.

"Yes, the last general waits to obey!"

The chief general had an order, and the generals did not dare to be negligent. After they all responded, they all returned to their headquarters in a hurry, and began the tense deployment of troops and generals.

"General Abdul, the last general was ordered by His Royal Highness to come to assist, and I dare not sit idly by. I don't know if the general can send a thousand soldiers to the last general. The last general is willing to lead his troops to go far up the mountain to see if they can attack the Tang army's rear. .”

Seeing that Aziz ibn Abdul's formation was quite satisfactory, and he made it clear that he wanted to launch a series of strong attacks based on the superiority of his troops, Muhammad Subbn Hussein couldn't sit still , because he knows how sharp Tang Jun's guns are, even if he has made sufficient preparations before the battle, it is not easy to win Tianhuang Mountain. Ben Abdul deployed to fight in this way, and the casualties were definitely not too small, so he was a little anxious, but he couldn't expressly propose an objection, so he could only make a suggestion in an inquiring tone.

"Um……"

Hearing that Mohammad Subbn Hussein spoke politely, but used the crown prince to suppress himself in words, Aziz ibn Abdul's face immediately turned a little ugly He got up, but it was not easy to have a seizure. After pondering for a while with a dark face, he waved his hands and shouted: "Hamid!"

"The end is here!"

As soon as Aziz ibn Abdul finished speaking, a lean general appeared from the side, bowed, and hurriedly agreed.

"Send 500 of your people out and give them to General Hussein to command."

Aziz ibn Abdul waved his hand impatiently, gave a casual order, and then turned around regardless of Mohammad Subbn Hussein's expression , Staring at the Tang Army's position on Tianhuang Mountain like a falcon.

"This……"

As soon as he heard that Aziz ibn Abdul had forcibly reduced his troops by half, Muhammad Subbn Hussain's heart sank to the bottom of the valley immediately. Because with such a small number of troops, if you want to copy the back of the Tang army, you are simply joking, and you are still joking with the lives of the soldiers, including his old life of Mohammad Suben Hussein .

"General Hussein, please!"

The soldiers on the Western Front are proud soldiers from top to bottom. They have never looked down on such defeated generals as Muhammad Subbn Hussein, not only Aziz ibn Abdul In this way, the same is true for the partial generals under him. Even if Hamid is only a low-level officer at the level of a thousand households, he did not give much attention to Mohammad Suben Hussein, an unarmed soldier with the title of emir. The general saw it in his eyes, seeing that he didn't respond for a long time, it was the boss's impatience, and he urged him without a good voice.

"Ah."

Seeing that there was no room for negotiation, Muhammad Subbn Hussain felt helpless in his heart, but he had no other options. He could only shake his head with a wry smile, and refused Talking too much, silently followed Hamid and left the Central Army Office, and went to dispatch troops without mentioning it.

(End of this chapter)