The Passionate Guns of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 984 Outsmarting Dongying Bridge

In the Battle of Shatupo, although the rebel army temporarily won, the number of casualties far exceeded the Tang army. The 5000 troops guarding Shatupo were almost wiped out, leaving only Shen Liang and other 300 people, and the 1 troops brought by Qu Tutong. More than 500 people were also lost. In this way, the rebel army lost more than 7000 people in this battle.

To put it bluntly, Qu Tutong was lucky to win this battle.

But at this time, Qu Tutong was a little dazzled by the victory, and he can't be blamed entirely. In this support battle, he won more with less, and it was the famous Luo Cheng who defeated him. Anyone would be proud of it. Winning is also a kind of victory, and sometimes it is also very gratifying to the winner.

Qu Tutong was like this at this time. Regardless of the heavy price of the war, he made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and finally defeated Luo Cheng. Normally, he should be stationed in Shatupo, speed up the rescue of the damaged fortifications, and defend against danger. In this case, Luo Cheng's men would not dare to cross the river easily, and their defense purpose would be achieved, and Su Dingfang would handle the rest.

But Qu Tutong didn't do that, thinking that Luo Cheng was nothing special, he was going to take advantage of the victory and pursue to completely defeat Luo Cheng's team, so he chose to take the initiative.

Before Luo Cheng's camp was set up, Qu Tutong led more than 7000 horses and killed them.

Luo Cheng was furious when he heard the words, and rushed out with his troops.

When the sun was setting, the two sides set up a battlefield on the banks of the Mingshui River.

Before the battle between the two armies, Luo Cheng fought against Qu Tutong.

Although Qu Tutong was exceptionally brave, he was still far behind Luo Cheng, so after twenty bouts, Qu Tutong lost and was defeated by Luo Cheng.Once the main general is defeated, the subordinate soldiers have no choice but to follow suit.

Luo Cheng was enraged, and led his troops to chase after him. After several hours of pursuit, Luo Cheng not only took down the sand slope in one fell swoop, but also forcibly crossed the Ming River overnight. In the end, Qu Tutong took only three thousand The remaining soldiers were defeated and retreated to Dongying Bridge.

At midnight, Luo Cheng's men chased him to the vicinity of Dongying Bridge.

Dongying Bridge is more than 3000 miles away from Shatupo, and more than 8000 miles away from Mingzhou County. The natural barrier of Shui County, now the stronghold of Shatupo was taken by Luo Chengduan, Qu Tutong retreated to Dongying Bridge with more than [-] remnants of defeated soldiers, plus the defenders of Dongying Bridge, a total of more than [-] rebels.

Qu Tutong planned to stick to Dongying Bridge, and it didn't matter if he lost a sandy slope. As long as Dongying Bridge was there, Luo Chengcheng would not dare to attack Mingzhou County rashly, because the two places could become horns.

Qu Tutong believed that Luo Cheng would definitely not attack Dongying Bridge overnight. After dawn, the soldiers defending the city of Mingzhou would come again.

But Qu Tujuetong's thinking was too simple, he underestimated Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng and Luo Yi had discussed it long ago, and they had a clear understanding of the situation here in Mingzhou and Mingshui.

At this time, Luo Chengren was exhausted, and the Dongying Bridge in front of him would definitely not be able to attack hard, but it could not be delayed. This stronghold of the rebel army had to be destroyed as soon as possible, and then sent troops to Mingzhou. How should we fight?If the situation in front of him does not advance, it will retreat, but it is absolutely impossible to retreat, and finally crossed the Mingshui.

Luo Cheng turned his eyes to his heart, and sent two lieutenants to give instructions. The two generals each led 1 troops to follow orders under the cover of night, and then Luo Cheng led the [-] people under the Dongying Bridge, sitting on the ground. And sleep.

Luo Cheng told the generals of the Tang Army under his command that if they were not camping, and if they were in a fortress, they would be as easy as possible. Then he poked his gun on the ground, took off his helmet and armor, and he lay down first.

These soldiers walked such a long distance and fought in the middle of the night. They were all exhausted. They fell asleep when they heard this, and couldn't care about anything else.As for how to capture the Dongying Bridge, whether to win or lose the battle, that is the matter of the general. How dangerous it is to sleep under the eyes of the enemy camp, they are also resigned to their fate, because these soldiers who eat food have long been used to keeping their heads Tucked into the waistband to get by.

Therefore, soon, under Luo Cheng's demonstration, more than 1 Tang troops lay down on the earth as their bed and the sky as their quilt. Untied, some Tang soldiers also followed Luo Cheng's example, taking off their armor and exposing their heads, and what's more, some people just lay down in a pair of shorts.

It's really grotesque and varied.Fortunately, the night was neither cold nor hot, and under the breeze, Luo Cheng and the others quickly snored like thunder.

A spies had reported to Qu Tutong about Luo Cheng sleeping under the bridge, Qu Tutong climbed up and took a look, scolded: "Little Luo Cheng, there are quite a lot of tricks, and I want to use this kind of trick to lure the general to send troops. This general will never be fooled, go to sleep and ignore him."

Qu Tutong ordered people to patrol strictly, and told them that as long as Luo Cheng did not come to attack, he was not allowed to fight, and those who disobeyed the order would be beheaded, and then he went to sleep.

Qu Tutong thought that Luo Cheng was pretending here, and if he wasn't fooled, he would have to leave with his men in a while, but he was wrong, until dawn when Qu Tuyong woke up, and Luo Cheng took more than 1 people with him He didn't leave either. Qu Tutong was very surprised when he heard the news, so he hurried up to the watchtower to watch.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, Qu Tu's ventilation is broken.

Under the Dongying Bridge, one or two hundred steps away from their fortifications, there were Tang Jun lying down and sleeping all over the ground. The formation was the same as last night. They couldn't see the side at a glance, messy, disheveled, and in any posture.

He even saw Luo Cheng's long spear poking the ground, the armor and helmet were hanging on the gun, and the white horse was tied to the gun shaft, lying on the ground. It is fragrant.

Not only Luo Cheng, but all these people remained motionless as if they had been beaten to death. When they listened carefully, Chenfeng sent them snoring, one after another.

"How long has this been going on?" Qu Tutong asked.

"Back to the general, since the third watch last night, they have been lying down like this."

"Damn, it's too deceptive. You really think this is a post house? This general let you sleep well! Pass my order, all gather, follow this general and rush out, kill them all!" Qu Tutong gave an order, More than 8000 people mobilized, like a flood that broke through the gates, Qu Tutong took the lead and killed Luo Cheng's men.

The sound of shouting and killing shook the heavens and earth, and now Luo Cheng's men woke up. When they saw the rebels coming out, they all panicked. Some ran, some shouted, some scolded, and some dressed. They looked for swords and guns and mounted their horses to fight. Yes, it became a mess.

But when Qu Tutong's men approached, they could run faster than the thieves.

"Chasing!" Qu Tutong led his troops to chase after him.

When chasing five or six miles away, Qu Tutong realized that something was wrong. These people only ran but did not fight. They seemed to be in a panic on the surface, but they were not chaotic. They seemed to be prepared, and Luo Cheng did not fight. Tutong felt that he had been fooled.

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!" Qu Tutong understood, just as he said this, ambushes were everywhere in the jungle on both sides, and ten thousand ambushed soldiers came out from the left and right. The next Qu Tutong was defeated.

In the end, even the Dongying Bridge was lost. In the afternoon, Qu Tutong fled into Mingzhou with the remnants of the defeated generals, and stayed behind closed doors.This time, no matter how Luo Cheng yelled and cursed in the city, he vowed not to fight again.

(End of this chapter)