Chapter 658: Hezhou is lost again

At this moment, a group of Tibetan soldiers chased dozens of Song soldiers and killed them. The crossbow volunteers stepped forward and fired wildly without waiting. The Tibetan soldiers' offensive was blocked, and the Song army finally broke away from the Tibetan army.

Withdrew.

The situation was almost the same everywhere. By the time He Zun led the Song army to retreat to the east of the city, Guo Long had already organized his sergeants to dismantle the houses, block the street entrances, and set up a temporary position.

A hundred steps in front of the position, many fires were lit.

Powerful crossbows, bows, arrows, and spears have been distributed to the soldiers, and they are ready to prepare.

He Zun finally pressed the formation and supervised the sergeants entering the temporary fence, only to see that countless crossbow arrows had been brought out, and many sergeants were firing crossbows and loading arrows behind the fence.

A group of Tibetan people rushed over, but were blocked by Guo Long.

A man among the Tibetan people shouted: "Commander... I am the commander..."

He Zun was surprised: "Inspector Guo... shouldn't you be escorting the grain and grass?"

Guo Long asked He Zun in a low voice: "Are you familiar with this person?"

He Zun said: "I'm not very familiar with the tribal leader over at Niu Jing Valley..."

Guo Long immediately waved his hand: "Fire the arrow!"

Guo Sidun was also shrewd. When he saw Guo Long raising his hand, he immediately rolled back and jumped into the shadow of the fire to escape the pursuit.

Sure enough, outside the firelight, countless Tibetan people came to kill him.

This makes it clear that Guo Sidun is an internal agent.

Guo Long sneered: "You are covered in blood, but your underwear is so clean, who can you deceive?!"

Although Guo Long's men were righteous and brave, they were skilled in crossbow skills. A hundred paces away from the village fence, the corpses of the Tibetan people were soon piled up.

The Tibetan people began to rush to extinguish the fire and reduce the light. Soon some porcelain bottles were thrown high from behind the stockade fence, falling to the ground and shattering. Then it turned into a raging fire, burning the Tibetan people who tried to put out the fire until they howled like ghosts.

…

Niu Jing Valley, Jiqing Temple.

Seven hundred horses galloped all the way down the mountain, and the riders on the horses were wearing red battle clothes, like blazing fire.

The horn of the horn sounded in the temple, and ambushes broke out in the Niu Jing Valley.

The large banner of Ba Zhanjiao appeared in front. Tian Qiong, the leader of the team, pulled out his riding sword, stood up from the stirrup, and got into a charging posture: "Be loyal to the country, today only, kill!"

His son Tian Yongji was beside him, also drawing his riding sword: "Kill!"

The father and son, together with the 700 cavalry behind them, charged towards the camp at Ba Zhanjiao.

…

On a high ground outside Niu Jing Valley, Wang Shao and Li Xian were observing the situation inside Jiqing Temple with telescopes.

Li Xian was observing the military map.

Wang Shao looked at it for a while, shook his head and said: "Mu Zheng is still powerful in Hezhou, Zifan, this has defeated us."

Li Xian studied the map for a while, but could not find a good way to break the situation: "If we lose supplies, our army will have to quickly return to Xizhou to regroup."

Wang Shao punched the ground hard: "Li Shizhong and Han Jiang missed our military plane!"

Li Xian put away the map: "Su Tanhua said that if you did not consider being held back by civilian officials before sending out troops, it would be a general dereliction of duty. March is about to enter, and it is not the time for our army to go out and fight for victory. Tian Qiong is definitely dead this time, but

We cannot let his death be in vain. We must make a strategy and find a way around Niu Jing Valley and withdraw."

Wang Shao smiled bitterly: "Tian Qiong is a member of the inner class and has a close friendship with you. Zifan is really hard-hearted."

Li Xian put the map into the leather case: "From the first day of entering the palace, this life is no longer his. Tian Qiong should have realized this. This time he can bring all the soldiers back to Xizhou.

, it’s a small loss but a big profit.”

Wang Shao was speechless and grateful for Li Xian's lack of support: "Supervisor...Thank you for your trust."

Li Xian tidied up: "I don't know what your Majesty and the Privy Council are thinking. They obviously have powerful weapons... Sigh..."

The two got up and went down the mountain and walked to the horse. Wang Shao suddenly grabbed Li Xian and said, "That's not right!"

Li Xian was surprised: "What's wrong?"

Wang Shao listened for a while longer: "Why didn't you hear the sound of tripping thunder? If Xiangzi City fell, wouldn't the Tibetan people get any of those things?"

Li Xian suddenly realized: "Is Xiangzi City still in my hands?"

Wang Shao got on his horse and said, "Let's go! Tian Qiong can still be saved!"

…

Of the seven hundred cavalry, there were very few left.

The flaming battle flag was broken, the shoulder armor was shattered, and there was still a crossbow arrow stuck on his waist.

His father, Tian Qiong, had already fallen off his horse midway, and Tian Yongji knew that he was in danger.

Of the 700 cavalry, there are still a dozen cavalry left. The Tibetan people have poor weapons but excellent riding skills. To achieve the commander's tactical goal of holding back the enemy, he can only attack the Chinese enemy's formation and attract the enemy to concentrate their forces to intercept.

This was a life-threatening task, but Uncle Li took it as lightly as if he was sending his father off for an outing.

My father just gave me a military salute and didn't say a word.

A Tibetan man rode up to meet him on horseback. Almost out of instinct, Tian Yongji slightly adjusted the angle of his sword.

The arm holding the Tibetan knife was cut off by the sharp blade and easily thrown into the air.

The screams of the Tibetan people came from behind the horses, and then stopped abruptly.

Tian Yongji knew that the man was taken care of by his colleagues behind him.

The battlefield became extremely strange, and some of the five senses seemed to become more acute, while others disappeared completely.

For example, I can't feel any pain at all, and the sound of hoofbeats and the tremor of horses running are also very slight.

Between heaven and earth, only vision seems to be left, and the body seems to have disappeared. There is only a horse and a knife, moving forward bravely.

My father said that this is what it feels like to be a cavalryman. Once you experience this feeling, you will never be able to do without a horse for the rest of your life.

A long spear stabbed from the front right.

Tian Yongji lay down along the direction of the gun, but did not fully withdraw his right hand. He only turned the blade forward on the side of the horse.

This was a move taught to him by an old soldier, followed by the sword slicing across the opponent's horse's neck, reins, and rider's waist, and finally drew a perfect arc, flashing out from behind the Fan's horse.

Then, Tian Yongji got up again, but his opponent fell to the ground with both men and horses.

Immediately afterwards, there was a shock in his shoulder, and Tian Yongji knew that he had been hit by another arrow.

Being hit by an arrow means that the enemy's last intercepted cavalry has been penetrated. According to the regulations, it is time to return to the horse at this time, or pass by the enemy's Chinese camp.

But those are all regular tactics and are no longer needed today.

Tian Yongji dropped his riding sword, reached for the horse's buttocks, pulled off the drawstrings on the wooden handle of the thunderbolt behind him one by one, beat the horse's belly crazily, and rushed towards the Chinese army camp at Ba Zhanjiao: "

You bitch! Let’s die——”

With a huge explosion, the camp gate of Ba Zhanjiao collapsed.

Immediately afterwards, the Song army rode into the camp one after another. In order to control the horses until the last moment, many sergeants did not dismount at all, but directly rode into the most densely populated areas of the camp with enemies.

The tens of thousands of troops were unexpectedly overwhelmed by a suicide attack by a dozen mounted Song troops, and the large banner at Ba Zhanjiao began to move crazily backwards.

Just when the Tibetan army began to be in chaos, the Song army from all over the mountains and plains came over to kill them.

The flags of the Qin Feng Road generals are flying in the camp - Miao Shuo, Jing Sili, Wang Junwan, Qin Feng Road's strategic pacifier, Wang Shao!

The most terrifying banner is bright yellow, with seven characters written on it, written by Zhao Xu himself - "Those who use their lives to defeat thieves will be rewarded twice as much."

The Yellow Flag of the Emperor!

This battle was fought in darkness. Ba Zhanjiao originally wanted to lay an ambush and take advantage, but now it turned into a tough battle. In the end, he couldn't bear it any longer. He left behind more than 3,000 corpses and withdrew his troops.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Shao attacked Xiangzi City again and counterattacked with Guo Longhe Zun who was guarding the weapons warehouse in the city. They killed more than 5,000 Tubo people who were besieging Xiangzi City and recaptured some of the stolen supplies.

However, no trace of Mu Zheng was found.

Just when the Song army focused its attention around Xiangzi City, Mu Zheng took the opportunity to lead his troops to recapture Hezhou City!

After Hezhou was lost, Xiangzi City and Jiqing Temple were left alone to attack each other. Wang Shao was worried about falling into a tight siege by the Mu Zheng tribes, so he "stopped attacking Xiangzi City and destroyed Jiqing Temple before returning."

The first Hezhou strategy ended in failure.

Wang Shao, who returned to Xizhou, felt that Hezhou was difficult to capture at once, so he changed his strategy. He postponed the attack and continued to recruit the Tibetan tribes around Hezhou to surrender.

The situation in the Qing and Tang Dynasties reached a stalemate.

However, Tian Yongji miraculously survived. When the horses crossed the Luzhai, they threw him in the ditch in front of the village. When the battlefield was cleared after the war, he was dug out of the mud again.

After hearing this, Li Xian finally couldn't pretend anymore and rushed to the wounded barracks to hug him and cry bitterly.

Then he went to the court to ask for merit and asked Zhao Xu to encourage the morale of the Song army.

Zhao Xuzhao approved the request for merit and gave a reward of "five pieces of silk for each first-level achievement".

In the third month of the month, Jiyou, the imperial edict was given to Xihe, the general who died, and Tian Qiong, the envoy of protocol, and three of his sons and one grandson.
Chapter completed!