Chapter 138 A tough battle
According to Geshuhan's vision, Sambuza should be busy setting up a formation to fight. First, his army cannot be developed, and second, he will suffer a great loss when he responds hastily. Geshuhan can fully utilize the advantages of artillery and deal a heavy blow to the Tubo army.
However, the development of things far exceeded Geshuhan's expectations. Sambuza actually sent the most elite imperial guards to fight. Geshuhan put a lot of effort into the situation of Tubo and knew very well that the imperial guards were the backbone of the Tubo army and the elite among the elites, equivalent to the Longwu Army of the Tang Dynasty. This was a point of facing Maimang.
Geshuhan admired Sambuza's bright reaction and said heroically: "Let's try it out, it's because of whether the Longwu Army of the Tang Dynasty is powerful or the Tubo imperial guards are powerful! Brothers, you are ahead of you, Zamp's imperial guards, and you are a tough fight. We must not lose to them!"
In addition to being well-trained and extremely well-equipped, the Dragon Martial Army also had something that was beyond the reach of people, that is, it was extremely brave. It can be said that there was nothing in this world that scared them. When they heard that their opponent was the Tubo imperial guards, they were all very energetic, as if a greedy cat met a salted fish, and shouted, holding the horse spear in both hands, and rushed straight over.
Songtsen Gampo's contribution to Tubo was not only to unify the entire Tibet, but also to carry out comprehensive reforms to Tubo, create texts, establish legal systems, and absorb Indian and Chinese civilizations, which made Tubo achieve a leap. In terms of military, Tubo changed with the Tang army as a model, and the Tubo imperial guards were also equipped with a weapon for sprinting, spear.
The imperial guards rushed up to the artillery with a spear. The two armies met, as if two mountains collided with each other, and there were neighs and killing, and the sound of horses sounded.
More than a dozen people were caught in the Longwu Army, and more than twenty were injured. The Tubo Imperial Army suffered much more casualties than theirs. There were no less than 30 people who were caught, and nearly fifty people were injured, which was twice as many as the artillery.
Although the Tubo Imperial Army was formed in the imitation of the Tang army and equipped with extremely excellent weapons, the Tubo civilization at that time was far less advanced than the Tang Dynasty and its tactics were not as profound as the Tang army, which was a flaw in itself. Furthermore, the advantage of artillery occupies a number of people, which was between 500 and 300, so the consequences were not to be considered.
It has to be admitted that the Tubo Imperial Army is indeed good at fighting, but they encountered artillery soldiers from the Dragon Martial Army who were only stronger than them. If other troops met them, the Tubo Imperial Army would not suffer any loss by fighting head-on.
The reason why the Tang army's combat effectiveness is stronger than the Tubo army is not because the Tang army is stronger when they are head-on, but because the Tang army has extremely advanced equipment, and the number of iron armor is far beyond that of Tubo and Turks. At the same time, the Tang army also has a large number of long-range weapons such as Fuyuan Crossbow, and also has heavy equipment and cavalry stances holding Modao.
Generally, when encountering on the battlefield, the Tang army always line up and plays its equipment advantage. They use long-range weapons such as Fuyuan Crossbow to kill the enemy's live power. When the enemy rushes closer, the Tang army will bend their bows and shoot arrows to further kill the enemy.
After this attack, the enemy had suffered heavy casualties. The Tang army's infantry were wearing heavy armor and holding a sword. Hundreds, thousands of people advanced together, "advanced like a wall", and were invincible.
The Tang army's attack was not only carried out by infantry, but even the cavalry would also take action together and launch a charge, first with bows and arrows, then with horse spears, and then with horizontal swords.
The Tang army carried out very little in such a way that artillery and imperial guards fought head-on. Whenever the Tang army wanted to launch a close-range battle, the enemy had already given Fuyuan crossbows and bows and arrows to almost kill them, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, so they could only let the Tang army kill them. Therefore, the Tang army could often win with less on the grassland, and Cheng Wuting once defeated the 100,000 Turks with 30,000.
Sambuza had twelve percent of confidence in the imperial guards. He originally thought that even if Geshuhan had the advantage of numbers, it would be fine. Unexpectedly, in the first round of the two armies, the imperial guards suffered a lot of casualties, twice that of the Tang army. Sambuza secretly shouted, "It's a bad thing," and saw the artillery pulling out a horizontal knife and slashing.
The imperial guards were also good at fighting and had iron armor to protect themselves, but their number was not as large as that of artillery, and they suffered a great loss when they fought in close combat. When the two armies separated, the imperial guards were caught in dozens of people. In just one round of attacks, the imperial guards suffered nearly 100 casualties, while the artillery only suffered forty or fifty casualties.
Even so, Geshuhan was also secretly shocked. The combat power of the Tubo imperial guards was really not to be ripped off. The artillery did not pay much casualties after traveling more than a thousand miles. Just like this, it was the first time that it was the first time to pay forty or fifty people in just one round of attacks.
Geshuhan regretted it. If he had known that the Tubo army had such a difficult imperial guard to deal with, he would not have fought head-on with them. Even if all three hundred Tubo imperial guards were lost, it would be no big deal. However, the artillery was different. It was the only artillery soldier in the Tang Dynasty. Each of them was a treasure and would be of great use in the future.
However, in this situation where the situation is difficult to get on the brink, Ge Shuhan has no choice but to fight.
Sambuza had never seen the imperial guards suffer losses. He looked at Geshuhan in surprise and asked, "Who are you?"
"Nonsense! We are the army of the Tang Dynasty." Ge Shuhan was preparing to charge again while ridiculing.
Sambuza hurriedly corrected: "I know you are the Tang army. I am asking which branch you are from the Tang army."
"We are the Dragon Martial Army! In this battle, the Tang Dynasty is bound to win, and 50,000 Dragon Martial Army was dispatched!" Geshuhan used fraud.
Although the Longwu Army was established for only more than a year, it was not small, and Tubo had been paying attention. Sangbuza knew the power of the Longwu Army and thought that no wonder it was so, even the imperial guards suffered a loss. At the same time, he was also secretly surprised, "The Tang army dispatched 50,000 Dragonwu Army. This news is too important. I have to report to the general! Well, 50,000? It is unlikely! It is still possible for 30,000 to 20,000, and I will report that it will be fine for 20,000 Dragonwu Army."
Just as he changed his mind, Geshuhan led the artillery to confront the Tubo Imperial Army again. In this round, the Tubo Imperial Army suffered more casualties. In the first round, the Imperial Army suffered hundreds of casualties, and the disadvantage of the number of people became more obvious.
If the imperial guards were wiped out as soon as they arrived, the consequences would be unimaginable, and there was no need to care about anything else. With a wave of his hand, he shouted: "Kill!" and rushed up with a knife.
"You finally moved!" Ge Shuhan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and directed the Longwu Army to meet the enemy.
The Tubo army rushed up in an orderly manner, collided with the Longwu Army, and started to kill each other. This was the toughest Tubo army that Geshuhan encountered. Its chopping skills and adaptability were all first-class. The artillery could deal with these. What made Geshuhan the most headache was the iron armor of the Tubo army, which greatly reduced the power of the chopping and killing of the artillery.
The reason why Xiang Zupu and Puwang's army was defeated so quickly in front of the artillery was because they were wearing leather armor and the artillery slashed on them, either dead or seriously injured.
Fortunately, Sambuza sent an imperial guards to meet the enemy as soon as he came up. After a head-on battle with the artillery, the imperial guards suffered heavy casualties and could no longer pose a great threat. Otherwise, while the artillery was entangled by other Tubo troops, the imperial guards would come up to participate in the war, and then whether the artillery could cope with it would be a big problem.
The artillery was born in the Longwu Army. It was well-trained and well-equipped. Although it was insufficient, it could still cope with it. After several rushes, there were a lot of corpses accumulated on the ground, and the blood dyed the water in the city red, looking like a sea of blood.
Sambuza became more and more frightened the more he fought. The Dragon Martial Army was really too powerful. They often had to pay three or five casualties to exchange for the Dragon Martial Army's casualties. If they continued to fight like this, even if they won, they would be a tragic victory. By the time the battle was over, how many people could be left of his two thousand troops? It would be great to have three or five hundred remaining soldiers, so how could they even talk about closure of the mountain?
Especially the artillery charge, which made Sambuza even more troubled, and it was like entering a no-man. Sambuza knew very clearly that the most important thing for him now was to curb the artillery charge, and it would be better to unfold the army, so that everything would be easier.
The city is so big, it is not easy to expand its troops. Sambuza has trouble saying that he has to secretly praise Brother Shuhan for being smart. He has thought of this level for a long time before putting them into the city to fight.
Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed by, and Sambuza was overjoyed and ordered all the Tubo troops to form a dense formation and press up on the artillery. The Tubo soldiers lined up in dense formations, with swords and spears like forests, and when they moved, they would face a wall. No matter how brave the artillery was, it would be impossible for them to disrupt their formation.
With just one breath, the Tubo soldiers compressed the artillery to a corner. Without the space for charge, the artillery's advantages could not be used, and they could only face-to-face battles with the Tubo soldiers. This is because they have lost their strengths and have suffered huge casualties.
Sambuza thought that since I can't expand my troops, why should I let you expand my troops? Arranged into dense formations to compress the space for artillery charges, which certainly requires a high price, but the effect is indeed good, and the advantage of the artillery cannot be exerted.
In this way, the Tubo army's numerical advantage was no longer used to change one by one, but to change one by one or two artillery soldiers. Sambuza was very proud and wanted to destroy this Wulong army, which was a great achievement.
Geshuhan was smart but was mistaken for being clever and became crazy. He would not misunderstand the importance of artillery. Every time an artillery fell down, Geshuhan's heart felt as uncomfortable as a needle.
Seeing that the victory was getting closer and closer, Sambuza was very happy and even gave orders, he shouted, as if he had endless strength.
"Rumbling! Rumble!" A dull sound came, and the fighting between the two armies was drowned.
The sound came too abruptly, and the two armies couldn't help but stop, looking at each other with a confused look on their faces. No one knew what had happened.
Sambuza frowned and said softly, but Ge Shuhan waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers: Kill! Reinforcements are coming! Our reinforcements are coming!"
"Reinforcements? Who can save you here?" Sambuza didn't believe it at all.
Just as he was disdainful, the artillery howled and waved the sword, and rushed up as if mad. Sambuza hurriedly directed the Tubo army to fight. However, what Sambuza did not expect was that a team of bright and bright armour appeared at the gate of the city, galloping towards the water splashed by the horse's hooves, and flew out from a distance. Countless knights raised their swords and rushed towards the backs of the Tubo soldiers.
"Can they fall from the sky?" Sambuza didn't believe that the Tang army would arrive at this time of the season, and his chin hit the foot.
Just when he was depressed, Geshuhan's hearty laughter rang: "I tell you how I knew the reinforcements arrived? It was because I could hear the sound of the hooves. Not only can I hear it, but my brothers can hear it."
Each army has its own characteristics. Of course, the Tang army is familiar with the Tang army. Ge Shuhan's words are the truth. Not only did he hear it, but even the artillery soldiers such as Liu Fuqing also heard it. They were all extremely excited and rushed up like a swarm.
Looking at the Tang army that was rushing in like a tide, Sambuza knew that the situation was going to go and it was impossible to close the mountain. The most important thing for him was to escape quickly, otherwise he would become a prisoner of the Tang army. He had a certain idea and Sambuza ordered a breakout.
Sambuza's breakthrough was unique, and the surviving imperial guards of Tubo rushed in front, and he followed behind with defeated soldiers. By the time he rushed to the gate of the city, countless casualties were already injured. However, Tubo's imperial guards were good at fighting after all, and they actually broke through more than a dozen of them, including Sambuza.
"Chasing!" Fei Junxing was very unwilling to accept it. With a wave of his hand, he was about to chase after him.
Geshuhan stopped him and said, "General Fei, there is no need to chase him."
"That's the general of Tubo!" Fei Junxing could not listen.
Geshuhan smiled and said, "I asked him to go back to report to Zanpu of Tubo. We brought tens of thousands of Dragon Martial Army troops to come, right?"
"You're using a fraud?" Fei Junxing looked at Ge Shuhan in surprise: "Your mind is turning fast enough. Well, 50,000 is definitely not possible. They will still believe it for 20,000 or 30,000. What does it mean to join the war? Tubo will be in chaos!"
As an enemy, Tubo must pay close attention to two things: one is who the commander of the Tang army is, whether it is a famous general or a mediocre general. The other is what elite troops of the Tang army have participated in the war. If Tubo believes that 20,000 Longwu Army will participate in the war, it will also cause misjudgment to Tubo, which will be of great benefit.
No matter what, it is worth a try. After all, it is an indisputable fact that Tubo imperial guards are suppressing the Longwu Army and it is impossible for Tubo to not pay attention to it.
Wang Shaohua breathed and asked, "Brother Geshu, how are the casualties of brothers?"
Ge Shuhan said angrily: "Around hundreds of people died, almost everyone was injured. I have never fought such a cowardly battle, hey!"
"Don't feel sorry for you. It's great that you can exchange for the destruction of two thousand Tubo troops at such a small price." Fei Junxing comforted Ge Shuhan: "How many such wars can be seen throughout the ages?"
"This is the artillery, the treasure of the Tang Dynasty, the only artillery! Why are you here?" The casualties of 10 to 20 are indeed a miracle in the history of war, and Geshuhan still regrets it.
Wang Shaohua knew very well that this artillery was not easy to get. If hundreds of dead artillery were killed, it would be a huge loss. Among these hundred dead artillery, there were more than 20 artillery soldiers with strength and memory. They were the real essence of artillery, and it would not be enough to not be sad.
"It was Brother Chen who was worried that something would happen to you, so he asked General Fei and me to come first." Wang Shaohua replied.
Last night, Chen Wanrong took a rest after dealing with the slave army. Not long after, the Tang army led by Fei Junxing and Wang Shaohua arrived. Chen Wanrong hurriedly got up to find out the situation. He was also happy to see Fei Junxing bringing tens of thousands of people, all of them cavalry.
Geshuhan's trip to Sunset City is of great importance. He only has 500 people, and the effect is limited. Chen Wanrong asked Fei Junxing to bring people to come overnight to help collect supplies.
Fei Junxing will not be unclear how important the matter of supplies is. The troops behind can be replenished, and tens of thousands of troops in front have no supplies these days, and they are all raised by themselves.
Fei Junxing set out with the army without saying a word. Chen Wanrong knew that Ge Shuhan needed great hands here. He needed not only troops, but also people like Wang Shaohua, so he wanted Wang Shaohua to follow him.
Wang Shaohua believed that he had no choice but to blame for this matter, so he followed Fei Junxing. The two led their troops to advance in the rain without any burden. The army left the mountain pass and heard the sound of killing in the city from afar. The two knew that something was wrong and immediately led their troops to rush over. Unexpectedly, they attacked Sambuza from both sides and wiped out his army.
"It seems that God helps the Tang Dynasty!" Ge Shuhan was filled with emotion.
If Wang Shaohua and the others had not arrived in time, the 500 artillery soldiers might have been wiped out. Even if they were not annihilated, the cost would be too great.
"General Geshu, I heard that you have become rich, share some things for me, this poor beggar!" Fei Junxing didn't want to make Geshuhan sad and changed the topic.
Geshuhan shook his head and said, "I took Sunset City less than half a day before I made up my mind and arrived at the Tubo army. There was a fierce battle and I had no time to get supplies."
Fei Junxing didn't care: "That's right, I'll do this too, so that you won't have to finish all the good things alone."
Ge Shuhan said with a solemn face: "General Fei, take people to Doma immediately! Remember, don't stay on the road for a moment, and you can't rest until you see Cheng Xiaotian."
"Why is this? General Geshu, aren't you afraid that I will take your credit, right?" Fei Junxing didn't understand what he meant and was still joking.
Geshuhan explained: "General Fei, don't you think about why this Tubo army came here? They came to block the mountain to prevent our reinforcements from coming. What is their real purpose?"
He led his troops to the battlefield and galloped across the board. Fei Junxing didn't say anything, he was definitely a good player. When talking about these strategies, he was far inferior to Geshuhan. He touched his forehead: "General Geshu, I don't understand. If you have something to say."
If someone who is good at strategy had already understood the seriousness of the problem, he was stunned and confused.
The military situation was urgent, and he had no time to figure it out by himself. Geshu Han said straightforwardly: "The real purpose of the Tubo people blocking reinforcements. If I was not wrong, I should have to attack Cheng Xiaotian. Cheng Xiaotian has left the army these days and has not received any supplies, and is trapped in the crowd. Besides, they are all light-fit and plundering. They are still fine. They are head-on to confront the Tubo people and suffer a great loss."
Fei Junxing suddenly understood and jumped up: "Oh! Cheng Xiaotian is too greedy for merit and progress! He doesn't think about the consequences!"
"It's too late to say anything now. You can rush to reinforce him immediately, that's the right thing!" Ge Shuhan ordered: "You leave a group of people, I want them to bring the food and grass and send it to you. You can set off now!"
"General Geshu, thank you!" Fei Junxing said nothing, clasped his fists and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!