When Geshuhan was leading the artillery soldiers to gallop towards the city gate, a team of Tubo soldiers appeared at the city gate, with helmets and armors running neatly.

The quick reaction was the characteristic of Geshuhan. He immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to annihilate the army. He drew out the horizontal sword and shouted: "Roar up and kill them all!" He slapped the horse's back and rushed out first.

The artillery was well-trained and was particularly convinced by Geshuhan. Although the order came suddenly, no one hesitated and drew out the horizontal sword and followed.

Yu Zebu's reaction was not comparable to Geshuhan. It was not until the artillery rushed to a distance that he realized that the situation was going bad. Although his reaction was not as good as Geshuhan, his courage was admirable. He did not panic, but shouted: "Brother, there is Tang army, retreat into the city and close the city gate!"

Cavalry fights infantry and kills. Yu Zebu's army has horses, but they are now undergoing physical training and do not ride horses. This pair of artillery soldiers galloping up will suffer a great loss. Retreat into the city and close the city gate is the best choice at present.

His judgment was correct, but Geshuhan would not give him a chance. Half of the Tubo army had left the city. Before he could retreat, the artillery rushed over and the horizontal knife in his hand shook the Tubo soldiers.

A sword flashed, and there were more corpses on the ground, and many broken limbs and arms, and the blood dyed the accumulated water red.

The most important thing at the moment is to seize the city rather than killing people. Ge Shuhan did not stop, slashing and rushing into the city. Yu Zebu saw something was wrong and ordered loudly: "Hurry up, close the city gate! Don't worry about them!"

If the Tang army did not take the method of cutting off the arm of a hero, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, it was too late, Geshuhan had already rushed into the city first, and the artillery behind him rushed in like a whirlwind.

The idea of ​​blocking the enemy outside the city was no longer possible, and Yu Zebu had to settle for the second best: "Let's array and prepare for battle!"

"Do you have a chance?" Ge Shuhan asked back, slashing over a Tubo soldier with one knife.

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to arrange the array!" After saying a word, Ge Shuhan rushed to the side with the artillery. The artillery rushed into the city, which was a long dragon, messy and disorderly. If it was arranged in a formation to charge, it would be much more powerful. It was from this point that Ge Shuhan pretended to be generous.

Yu Zebu didn't believe it at all. He was shocked and hurriedly commanded his army to arrange the array. However, their movements were not as fast as the artillery, and their formations had not been arranged yet, and the artillery formations had been arranged.

This battle was just to capture the city, and there were no other concerns. Unlike Chen Wanrong's battle yesterday, if you want to build confidence for the slaves, you just need to kill them all. Geshuhan is the best at seizing the opportunity, and the formation is good, and he waved his hand: "Run!" Chuo raised his horse spear and rushed towards the Tubo soldiers.

Five hundred artillery soldiers rushed over in neat battle formations, like a moving wall, unstoppable. Yu Zebu looked at the horse spear in the hand of the artillery soldiers, as if he saw death.

Yu Zebu still remembers the power of the Tang army's horse spear. It was the Tang army's "trump card" and it was long and heavy. Not to mention that they were infantrymen, even if they encountered Tubo cavalry, they would only suffer losses.

The artillery galloped over, and five hundred horse spears stabbed towards the Tubo soldiers like poisonous snakes. Yu Zebu's courage is commendable, but he does not have extraordinary military talent. Although his army is the elite of the Tubo army, it is still far from the artillery soldiers from the Longwu Army. When the formation is half-complete, the consequences are no wonder.

He stabbed more than 100 Tubo soldiers with a horse spear, which was half of Yu Zebu's strength. Then, the sword light was like snow and slashed down, and hundreds of people were killed and injured. With just one encounter, Yu Zebu's elite training was reimbursed.

On the other hand, the artillery was not dead, and only a few people were slightly injured.

Afterwards, when summing up this incident, Geshuhan attributed victory to several reasons: First, artillery is cavalry, and Tubo soldiers are infantry. Cavalry has great advantages in fighting infantry, and there is no difference between them and killing.

Second, the artillery soldiers came prepared, and the Tubo soldiers responded in a hurry, and the Tubo soldiers would not be in trouble.

Third, the advantages of the Tang army's equipment were very obvious, such as iron armor, horse spear, and horizontal swords, which were not available to the Tubo soldiers. Their leather armor could not withstand the stormy attacks of artillery soldiers.

Fourth, Ge Shuhan responded quickly. As soon as he rushed into the city, he saw Yu Zebu trying to reorganize his formation and took this opportunity to take out the artillery formation. His power was much greater than that of a melee.

With these four advantages, it is normal to reimburse 300 Tubo soldiers with just one charge. Not to mention, artillery soldiers have an advantage in numbers.

What surprised Geshuhan was that Yu Zebu's courage was commendable. Seeing that the soldiers were killed and injured, he not only did not fear, but instead took his weapons and rushed towards the Tang army with the few remaining soldiers, shouted: "Brothers: Let the Tang army know that there are also good men in the Great Tubo!"

With his inspiration, no one of the surviving Tubo soldiers retreated. Knowing that they were defeated, they still rushed up with weapons.

Geshuhan admired their courage and waved his hand to stop the artillery from rushing: "What's your name? It's good, very good! There are not many people with the courage of you!"

"My name is Yu Zebu!" Yu Zebu still admired the general who reimbursed his army in just one round and answered truthfully.

Ge Shuhan raised his thumb: "Yu Zebu, good! Ask your man to put down his weapons, I will spare you all the time!"

Yu Zebu shook his head and said, "You are grateful for your kindness! I am the general of Tubo, so I should be loyal to the Great Tubo! Just as you should be loyal to the Tang Dynasty!"

"You are foolish!" Geshuhan still had no intention of killing him: "Our Tang Dynasty marched thousands of miles away and did not encounter any decent resistance. Those commanders, whose army is more than you, but they escape faster than you! Only you, Yu Zebu, have only a mere 300 people, have shown such momentum. It is precious! If you are willing to do things for the Tang Dynasty, I will take you as a lieutenant!"

The Tang army's captain was about the same as the Tubo army's 500, but the Tang army's promotion had much greater chances than the Tubo army. If Yu Zebu surrendered, it would indicate a bright future.

Yu Zebu refused: "I was born as a Tubo person, and I died as a Tubo soul! I think you are a man, so you will make me die like a hero!"

"Okay! I will fulfill your courage to do it to you! Before you die, I tell you that I will use your Tubo etiquette to deal with your funeral! And your brother!" Geshuhan was determined to be sure.

Yu Zebu said "thank you" and rushed up with the people.

Under the leadership of Geshuhan, the artillery launched another charge, with the sound of hooves and the light of swords flashing.

After all this stopped, there was a piece of minced meat on the ground! Three hundred Tubo soldiers were wiped out!

Knowing that they were dead, they still rushed up, with a commendable courage! Ge Shuhan shouted: "Rise the knife, pay tribute!" The artillery fired, raised the horizontal knife to his nose, and paid tribute to the Tubo soldiers.

"Liu Fuqing, please bring someone to clean up!" Ge Shuhan also got into the sheath and flew off the horse.

Liu Fuqing responded and took the people to clean up. Geshuhan walked around to check the situation in the city. What made Geshuhan the most happy was that there were a lot of food, jerky meat, and hundreds of good war horses stored in the city.

These war horses belong to Yu Zebu's army, and they are also cavalrymen. They only train in the morning to run and kill Geshuhan with no cavalry. They are so unlucky. If they ride on the war horse and set up their formation, Geshuhan will still win, but they will lose a considerable price.

After noon, Geshuhan was busy, Liu Fuqing ran over in panic: "General, the Tubo army is here!"

"Tubo army?" Geshuhan was a little surprised.

Liu Fuqing then reported: "There are so many people, probably one or two thousand people. They are racing towards Sunset City."

This was a major military situation. Without saying a word, Ge Shuhan hurriedly threw down the work at hand and followed Liu Fuqing to the top of the city to see a Tubo army rushing towards him in the distance. The water splashed from horse hooves was splashing in pieces, with a very majestic momentum.

What surprised Geshuhan even more was that this Tubo army was different from other troops. Although they were moving, the formation was still purged and the flag was clear. What was even more rare was that everyone was wearing iron armor and iron helmets.

Tubo lacks iron, so he has to be imported from the Tang Dynasty. Iron is not easy to obtain, so Zanpu naturally needs to use good steel to the blade to equip the most elite army. A brave Big Five Hundred like Yu Zebu is only a pair of iron armor, and his soldiers can only wear leather armor. This Tubo army has all the iron armor, so you don’t have to think that it is the elite army of Tubo.

"Finally, I have a hard bone to bite!" Ge Shuhan is the kind of person who is happy when encountering a strong man, smacking his lips: "The soft persimmons I have squeezed these days are boring!"

"General, what should we do?" Liu Fuqing was a little anxious.

Look at this formation, there are not two thousand Tubo soldiers, and they are not far behind. Moreover, they are all iron armor, and they are the elite of Tubo. No matter how good the artillery is, Liu Fuqing is really not sure about the two thousand elite Tubo troops with 500 against two thousand elite Tubo troops.

"Are you scared?" Ge Shuhan asked with his eyes flashing.

Liu Fuqing hurriedly said, "General, you're not afraid! I'm worried that we have such a big appetite."

Geshuhan smiled heroically and waved his hand: "Don't worry, our appetite is enough! I'll send an order to prepare for the battle immediately! The city gates are opened, so that everything will be the same as usual!"

"Open the city gate?" Liu Fuqing thought he had heard it wrong.

Geshuhan affirmed: "That's right, it's open. Also, please move the tent away as soon as possible and make a clearing of space!"

"Why is this?" Liu Fuqing was puzzled.

Ge Shuhan smiled and reminded: "You said that the two thousand cavalrymen should set up their formation. How big is this?"

Liu Fuqing blurted out without thinking, and replied, "I know this, I don't want it, but I still need it for more than three miles and four miles."

Geshuhan nodded: "Then how big is this?"

"It's more than two miles, less than three miles!" Liu Fuqing replied in a daze, very strange: "General, what are you asking about this?"

Geshuhan urged: "Think about it yourself, don't ask me to tell you everything. Go and pass the order!"

Although Liu Fuqing wanted to know Ge Shuhan’s thoughts, time was tight now, so he suppressed his curiosity and responded to the order. After walking for a while, he turned around suddenly and asked loudly: “General, will the Tubo people enter the city?”

Ge Shuhan knew that he had figured it out and praised it very much: "I must go to the city! Camping in the city is better than outside the city!"

Although Sunset City is not big, it is a city after all, and it is much better than camping in the wild. The heavy rain just stopped for a short time and started to fall again, and there was a lot of water accumulation. If camping in the wild, it would be uncomfortable.

"Gao Ming!" Liu Fuqing's happy words came and he ran away.

The conditions required for the use of cavalry are, first, the terrain is flat, so the cavalry cannot be deployed on the mountain. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, the puppet Qi emperor Liu Yu and Yue Fei fought. After the two armies set up their formation, Yue Fei looked at the generals and told the generals that this battle would be sure to win. The generals did not believe it, and after one battle, the Yue family army won a great victory as Yue Fei expected. The generals were puzzled and asked Yue Fei why he expected to win before the battle. Yue Fei said that Liu Yu did not know the army and deployed the army incorrectly. He placed the infantry on the flat ground and the cavalry on the mountain.

Second, the advantage of cavalry is to charge, which requires enough space. If there is not enough space, it will instead trap the troops. If two thousand cavalry fully expand their formation, the space required will be three or five miles. Sunset City is only two or three miles in size, and even if all two thousand cavalry enter the city, it will be powerful. This is like trapping a tiger in a cage.

On the other hand, there were only 500 artillery soldiers. Although Sunset City was small, it was enough for them to set up their formation and could be charged without any restrictions. The reason for cleaning up the tent was to facilitate the cavalry to charge and exert greater power.

This is Ge Shuhan, a famous general who passed down from generation to generation who saw the opportunity, only in a short while he thought of a solution to it.

Standing on the top of the city, looking at the Tubo soldiers, Geshuhan then got off the city, jumped onto the war horse, came to the artillery formation, looked at the artillery, and the formation was neat, and everyone's eyes were blazing with a bright light: "We are so lucky! We will eat meat twice today!"

A relaxed joke makes the artillery joking on his face.

As Geshuhan expected, the Tubo army had no intention of staying outside the city and went straight to the city. The leader was a big man like an iron tower, wearing an iron helmet and armor, with bright armor, carrying a hard bow, and a spirit all over his body.

His name is Sambuza, and he is the general of this army. According to his ideas, they have a great momentum into the city. Yu Zebu, the guard here, should have known it for a long time, and he should have come to greet him. However, there was no sign of Yu Zebu.

Just as I was strangely seeing a team of neatly formed troops lined up in the west of the city, with bows and arrows, horizontal swords, horse spears, iron helmets and armor, and standard Tang army equipment.

Sambuza frowned, not caring about it, and shouted at the leader of the man, "Yu Zebu, why didn't you come to see me? Also, where did you get so much Tang army equipment? The Tang army's equipment is urgently needed by the Great Tubo, you should report to the Grand Marshal! If you embezzle, what should you be guilty of?"

Cheng Xiaotian was blocked by the city of Doma, which had already awakened Tubo. Knowing that the Tang army had launched a large-scale attack, the sudden advantage of the attack enjoyed by the Tang army no longer existed. However, Tubo had not yet fully awakened, and an important reason for this situation was the sudden arrival of heavy rain.

The rain was heavy, and the mountain torrent broke out. The Tang army was just arriving, and the terrain was not familiar. It would be difficult to march as if it were to climb to the sky. The most important point was that if the Tang army marched in such a heavy rain, the food and grass supply would not be replenished, and the consequences would be very serious.

It was precisely based on this judgment that it was hard for Sambuza to believe that the Tang army was in front of him, and he thought that Yu Zebu got the advantage. He had never seen Yu Zebu before, but he heard from the coach who sent him that he mistakenly regarded Ge Shuhan as Yu Zebu.

After hearing his words, Geshuhan couldn't help laughing: "I tell you, I'm not Yu Zebu, my name is Geshuhan! Yu Zebu, he is dead! Also, what you are in front of you is not the Tubo army, but the Tang army! The place where you stand is also the Tang Dynasty!"

This is all facts, but Sambuza still doesn't believe it. He has calculated that it would be impossible for the Tang army to arrive at Sunset City in front of them, unless they have wings to fly. It cannot be said that his calculations are inaccurate. In fact, Geshuhan won the city only half a day earlier than him. If Geshuhan's surprise attack would not be successful in half a day in the evening.

The Tubo people thought that heavy rain would hinder the advancement of the Tang army. Similarly, Yi Geshuhan thought that heavy rain would slow down Tubo's movements, even if their messengers sent orders, they were much slower. Sambuza's arrival was completely beyond Geshuhan's expectations, otherwise he would not have brought only 500 people to come.

Sambuza's face sank and shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! The general has an order, hurry up and block the mountain pass and strictly prevent the Tang army from passing."

Cheng Xiaotian was blocked at the city of Doma and could not advance, so the Tubo commander judged that this was the vanguard of the Tang army. Since this was the vanguard of the Tang army, the subsequent troops of the Tang army would arrive one after another. The most important task at present is to cut off the passage of the Tang army's march.

The road Cheng Xiaotian passed through was dangerous and there was no big problem to block it. This terrain was flattering, and the road was wider. If he wanted to block the Tang army, there would inevitably be a fierce battle. It was because the Tubo commander sent two thousand people to carry out this mission.

The Tubo commander was very smart and calculated everything, but there was one thing that was not calculated, that was, Geshuhan took Sunset City first.

The Tufan lag behind the Tang Dynasty not only civilization and technology, but also military tactics. Although heavy rain can certainly stop the advancement of the Tang army, there is also one advantage of advancing in the rain, that is, it can be surprising and unexpected for the enemy. Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night, and was braved by heavy rain and thick fog. The Turks would never have imagined that the Tang army would dare to attack at this time of the season, which would eventually lead to the demise of the Eastern Turks.

This kind of tactic is easy to understand for the Tang army, but for the Tubo people, it is a bit difficult to accept because their military tactics have not reached this level.

"Closing the mountain? OK! I'll help you seal it now!" Ge Shuhan laughed, waved his hand, and the artillery rushed forward, his hooves sounded like thunder, and rushed towards the Tubo army.

At this level, if Sambuza still didn't believe that the Tang army was in front of him, it would be a pig. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Sambuza was shocked. However, he did not panic, but calmly responded and shouted: "Imperial Guard, go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a team of tall Tubo soldiers wearing iron armor jumped out from behind, with people like dragons and horses like tigers, and their momentum was not inferior to the artillery. They shouted and greeted the artillery.

The imperial guards of the Tang Dynasty were mainly responsible for the order of Chang'an, and the imperial guards of Tubo were divided into four Ru. The Tubo commander considered that there must be a fierce battle at this mountain pass, so he specially transferred 300 imperial guards to assist in the battle. Sambuza was also a person who had been on the battlefield. He knew that fighting with artillery forces in Sunset City would not be able to spread his troops, and he would suffer a great loss. Instead, it would be better to send out the most elite imperial guards.
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