Chapter 162 Complete collapse
Looking at the flying shells, Jide Zuzan's eyes widened and he was surprised. Just when he was surprised, the shells fell down, followed by a flash of fire and a loud explosion. When everything calmed down, there were only a few guards around him. Some had broken limbs and arms, some had their bodies torn apart, some screamed loudly, some were dying, and some had different behaviors, but they had one thing in common, that is, the situation was tragic, and even the bloodthirsty demons were rampant.
Such a tragic scene, Jide Zuzan encountered the first encounter in his life. Although he was very brave and did not know what fear was, he could not help but change his face and gasped.
At this moment, another round of shells flew over. His surviving guards rushed up and overthrew Jide Zuzan to the ground, then pounced on him and protected him with their bodies. After a burst of explosion, Jide Zuzan felt a warm and hot liquid on his face, flowing into his mouth with a fishy smell.
He pushed the guard away in a hurry, and saw a few guards, two of whom were killed, one was seriously injured and the other was slightly injured. If the guards hadn't reacted quickly, Jide Zuzan would have been reimbursed.
Geshuhan was thinking about the beautiful things and wanted to capture Jide Zuzan alive. However, the accuracy of the artillery was far from enough and there was deviation. In this round, a shell was actually fired at Jide Zuzan. If his personal guard had not sacrificed his life to save him, Jide Zuzan would have been reimbursed.
"Zanpu, leave quickly!" The guard said without hesitation, pushed Jide Zuzan onto his horse and ran away with him. He ran too hurriedly, and didn't even know that the golden helmet on Jide Zuzan's head had fallen off.
Looking at the escaped Jide Zuzan, Chen Wanrong was very dissatisfied and blamed Geshuhan: "Brother Geshu, look at you, you still want to catch the alive. Forget it, one round of artillery will kill him."
"Can you run away from the monk or the temple?" Ge Shuhan asked back: "No matter how much you run away, you will be surrounded by us."
Wang Shaohua agreed very much: "Brother Chen, Brother Brother Shu is right. I can't capture him alive this time, and there is another time. I remember that Li Jing attacked Yinshan at night and did not capture Jie Li alive. Was he caught him when he fled to Jikou?"
"Hey, he didn't wear a helmet! Could it be that it fell off?" Chen Wanrong was surprised to find that Jide Zuzan's golden helmet was not worn on his head.
"Hurry up, go and look for it! That's very useful!" Ge Shuhan was very excited.
Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Brother Brother Shu, your mind is really fast, and you actually want to use your helmet."
"Don't you think so too?" Ge Shuhan asked back, and led a group of people over. He saw Jide Zuzan's helmet on the ground, and under the sunlight, it was emitting golden light, which was particularly conspicuous.
"With this thing, Jide Zuzan's 200,000 army should be finished!" Chen Wanrong jumped off the horse, picked up his helmet excitedly, and knocked it on it.
Brother Shuhan gave Chen Wanrong a thumbs up: "Brother Chen, you need a head to be useful!" He jumped off the horse, waved his sword, and moved the head of a Tubo soldier who was still wailing in pain.
Wang Shaohua stabbed a spear at the head of a person's head and raised it. Chen Wanrong put the golden helmet on the head and shouted: "Roar, roar! Jide Zuzan is the first to be praised!"
"Zhu Zan is the first one!" Geshuhan, Wang Shaohua, and the artillery soldiers who came here roared together. This was a great opportunity to make a fool. They all used their strength to slaughter, and the sound was as loud as if they were thunder, which attracted the attention of the two soldiers fighting not far away.
When the Tang army saw it, their spirits suddenly increased, and the Tubo soldiers were immediately frustrated and could no longer resist it, so they slashed and killed the Tang army.
Chen Wanrong waved his hand, and Wang Shaohua held up his horse's spear and rode his horse to show off on the battlefield. Behind him, a team of artillery soldiers, shouting: "Jide Zuzan is the first to be named!"
The battlefield is vast. From a distance, I saw the golden helmet shining with golden light in the sunlight, which was particularly dazzling. On the entire battlefield, only Jide Zuzan had a pair of golden helmets and golden armor. Whose helmets could be his?
As for whom the bloody head belongs to, it is too far away and no one can see clearly, and no one cares about this. It is enough to have a golden helmet.
The Tang army really thought that Jide Zuzan was dead and had high morale. They all shouted, "Jide Zuzan is awarded the title! Long live the Tang Dynasty!" Tens of thousands of Tang soldiers shouted in unison. What a great reputation was that? The heaven and earth trembled!
Morale was high, and the Tang army was more powerful when they cut and killed. The Tubo soldiers didn't know that this was a fraud, but they really thought that Jide Zuzan was dead. They were all very depressed and had no intention of fighting again. They threw away their weapons and turned around and fled. Even the war-friendly imperial guards and the Tubo Western Regions army had no intention of fighting again and began to retreat.
The scene where the Tang army had a slight advantage because of the artillery force, suddenly became one-sided. The Tang army had an overwhelming advantage and chased after him. The Tubo army suffered heavy casualties and left behind the corpses.
Hearing the Tang army's roar, Jide Zuzan knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly asked someone to fight his ceremonial war and transfer a team of imperial guards to ask them to yell: "Zanpu is here!"
In order to let all the Tubo soldiers know that he is still alive, he chose to be on a high place, wearing golden armor, riding a BMW, and standing on a high place, which is particularly conspicuous.
Jide Zuzan's handling was good, but unfortunately, it was too late and the defeat was already achieved and it was impossible to save it again.
The army was defeated like a mountain, and the Tubo soldiers fled like a lifeless person. The Tang army chased after him, as if a tiger had entered a flock of sheep and was rampant at will. The Tubo army had no power to fight back.
If you continue to fight, it is just to let the Tang army practice sword skills. The best way now is to withdraw the troops and return to the camp, and then fight with the Tang army after the rectification is completed. Jide Zuzan is well aware of the military strategy and is well aware of this point. He sent an order and the Tubo army began to rush into the camp.
The Tubo army rushed over like a tide. There was no enough place for the camp gate. It was crowded at the camp gate, densely packed like wheat in the field. The cannons were not far from the camp gate, and Chen Wanrong's eyes were red with excitement: "This is a good opportunity. What are you waiting for? Bang me quickly and fight in places with many people!"
Those dense crowds will inevitably kill many of them if they shoot one shot. This opportunity is too rare. The artillery soldiers were so excited that their eyes were congested and they were in a hurry to fire. A group of shells passed by. The Tubo soldiers, who were originally dense like hemp stalks, disappeared, and a hole appeared in the crowd.
The Tubo soldiers rushed back to the camp and squeezed in, filling the void instantly.
"The faster you fill, the more you die!" Chen Wanrong was very excited and ordered the artillery to fire.
Where can I find such a good thing? He didn't give an order, and the artillery knew what to do. It seemed like a shell was worthless and bombarded the camp gate. When each round of shells went down, many Tubo soldiers would inevitably be killed or injured. A hole appeared, and the Tubo soldiers behind him would be filled immediately, as if a stone fell into the water, smashed a hole, and filled it with the water.
However, what fell was not the stones, but the deadly shells. What was filled with was not water, but Tubo soldiers. Every time they filled, many Tubo soldiers would lose their lives.
They lost their lives not only because of artillery, but also because the Tubo soldiers were eager to return to the camp, regardless of their lives, and would step on anyone they were on. Some soldiers were injured by the bomb but were not dead, but they were trampled to death by their companions.
It would be impossible for the Tubo soldiers to return to the camp if they were not in a hurry, because the Tang army chased after them from behind. Wherever the Tubo soldiers were dense, there would be Tang army's crossbows, and there would be heavy infantry like meat grinders.
In this case, is it worth mentioning the power of crossbow arrows and heavy infantry? A rain of arrows passed, and the Tubo soldiers fell in pieces. Some arrows not only shot through the bodies of the Tubo soldiers, but also shot and killed the Tubo soldiers behind them, forming a series of strings.
Every time the Mo sword in the hands of the heavy infantry was slashed, many Tubo soldiers turned into minced meat, and the heavy infantry was empty. What was surprising was that the Tubo soldiers seemed to live impatiently and filled in an instant. Then, the Mo sword of the heavy infantry was slashed off and harvested their lives.
This situation was caused by the good coordination of the Tang army. Jide Zuzan was unable to turn things around, and the Tubo army could not pose a threat to heavy infantry and crossbow soldiers. Therefore, cavalry and light infantry no longer guarded them, and all drove away the fleeing Tubo soldiers and forced them to crowded places.
At this time, the battlefield was full of defeated Tubo soldiers, and they were both despaired. As long as they saw the shadow of the Tang army, they were afraid, and often there were a small group of Tang troops rushing hundreds of defeated Tubo soldiers.
The cavalry and light infantry were like shepherds, driving the escaped "sheep" of the defeated Tubo soldiers to the crossbow soldiers and heavy infantry. The crossbow soldiers and heavy infantry played the role of "wolf who eats sheep" and reaped their lives to the fullest.
Coordination and cooperation are the magic weapons for the Tang army to win! The Tang army was very well-equipped, with cavalry and light infantry responsible for driving away, artillery, crossbows, and heavy infantry responsible for killing, and a bloody killing was carried out in an orderly manner.
Under the attacks of artillery, crossbow soldiers and heavy infantry, the Tubo people left countless bodies and finally fled into the camp. Jide Zuzan had good adaptability. As soon as he returned to the camp, he immediately carried out rectification with the imperial guards as the core. After a little rectification, he gave them tasks and asked them to guard the camp gate.
After all the defeated Tubo troops rushed back to the camp, the imperial guards immediately closed the camp gate and prepared to fight against the Tang army's rush to the camp.
According to Jide Zuzan's idea, after completing the killing of the defeated soldiers, the Tang army was about to rush to the camp. However, in fact, it was not like that, and the Tang army was staring blankly outside the Tubo camp.
After the pacification, the Tang army was surprised to find that they had killed so many Tubo soldiers. There were countless corpses piled up at the gate of each camp, and the corpses were even higher than the gate of the camp. This was caused by the death of the front, and the ones behind were trampling their bodies to the camp, and people kept dying on the corpses, and people kept escaping into the camp. In this way, the corpses were stacked layer by layer, and finally it became like this.
Blood gathered together, rushing through the soil, forming a stream of blood, making gurgling sounds.
How tragic this battle was, you will know just one thing. Fifty years later, the herdsmen were surprised to find that the grass here was red, with a slight smell of blood, and even cattle and sheep were not eaten.
As for how many people the Tang army killed, there is no accurate number, so we can only estimate it. Judging from the corpses piled up into mountains, there is no 100,000, and 70,000 or 80,000 cannot escape.
Guo Qianguan joined the army at a young age and fought a war for his whole life. He killed so many things in one battle. He encountered it for the first time in his life and couldn't help but be stunned.
Although Zhang Shuo advocated not to leave any living mouths and to kill all these Tubo troops, when everything became a fact, he still couldn't help but feel palpitations, his eyes turned red, his nose was sore, he shook his head and sighed.
Fei Junxing and Cheng Xiaotian rolled on the battlefield, their hearts were as hard as iron, but when they saw the corpses piled up in mountains and the blood stream flowing, they were shocked, and they didn't even think of taking the opportunity to attack the camp gate.
A long time later, Chen Wanrong recalled this incident and said, "The people on the battlefield are really a strange and complex animal! When blood comes to life, they only know how to kill and think about nothing! But when everything is calmed down, the enemy will be sad and shed tears for the enemy! Don't ask us what we will do next time we encounter an enemy? The old rules are, kill! This is the man on the battlefield: ruthless and compassionate!"
Today was originally a tentative battle, but I didn't expect that the battle was so great that it exceeded anyone's imagination. All of this was because of artillery and the sudden appearance of artillery on the battlefield. First, it aroused the morale of the Tang army, and then it seized the golden helmet of Jide Zuzan and gave Chen Wanrong, Geshuhan, and Wang Shaohua, one by one, forming a clever plan to disintegrate the fighting spirit of the Tubo army.
And Chen Wanrong is the initiator again for all this!
Chen Wanrong woke up and rushed to Guo Qianguan's side with a horse and shouted: "Master, please adjust your deployment. I will use artillery to blow up the camp gate, and the war will end today!"
The biggest advantage of the army is that it has a group and discipline, and the Tang army has good coordination and cooperation. It is very simple to open the camp gate by artillery bombardment, but this requires the Tang army to adjust its deployment first. At that time, the camp will be destroyed and it will rush in and kill. Therefore, Chen Wanrong came to remind Guo Qianguan.
Guo Qianguan looked at the piles of corpses, sighed, shook his head and said, "Get out of the army first!"
"Get out?" Chen Wanrong was dissatisfied and reminded: "Master, the war has been fought until now, like peeling a cow on its tail. It's only one breath away. Tubo has suffered more than half of its casualties. You only need to blow up the camp bars and decide the outcome in one battle."
It is initially estimated that 70,000 to 80,000 Tubo soldiers were killed in battle, and at least 100,000 people were injured and fled, and at least 100,000 people lost their combat power. More importantly, after this battle, the morale of the Tubo army dropped and almost disappeared. If they took the opportunity to attack, the decisive battle could end today. Guo Qianguan actually disagreed. How could Chen Wanrong not be anxious?
Zhang joked: "Judge Chen, it's not that the general doesn't fight, but the timing is wrong! Think about it, until now, the brothers are exhausted, especially the heavy infantry, who are so tired that they are almost exhausted. Stop the troops first, let the brothers rest and recover. Besides, it's not the best time to take action now. You have to wait until midnight and take action while the Tubo people are asleep. What would that look like?"
When they rushed into the Tubo military camp to chop and kill, because there were too many tents, the cavalry could not charge and could not exert their power. Infantry was the main force, especially heavy infantry, which was indispensable. However, after fighting for a whole day, the heavy infantry was so tired that they were almost exhausted. They were exhausted and needed recovery.
After defeating the war today, the Tubo army must be depressed. Now they are rushing to the camp, and they will still feel a little wary. In the middle of the night, they are sleeping soundly, and suddenly attacking will inevitably be in chaos, which makes their already depressed heart even more depressed.
This was indeed a clever plan. Chen Wanrong suddenly realized and said embarrassedly: "Master, I'm too impatient."
Chen Wanrong experienced such a big battle for the first time in his life. He was very excited and did not think deeply, and he was indeed impatient.
Guo Qianguan laughed and said, "The military supervisor doesn't have to blame himself! I think so too, but the situation is not good, so let's put it aside!"
As soon as the order was passed, the Tang army withdrew back to the camp. Looking at the withdrawn Tang army, Jide Zuzan finally breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that the Tang army took the opportunity to attack the camp.
When he returned to the military camp, Guo Qianguan issued an order, ordering all the Tang army soldiers to have dinner immediately, rest immediately after dinner, and not allow anyone to walk around. If anyone does not sleep, he will beat thirty military sticks again.
The better the rest, the more energetic the Tang army will be when fighting at night. This is a necessary measure! The Tang army has always acted in accordance with the orders and will never be careless. Although he was extremely puzzled by this strange order, he still followed the execution. He hurriedly finished his meal, washed up and rested.
Chen Wanrong returned to the camp and took off the Mingguang Armor and was shocked when he saw that one knife mark after another on the Mingguang Armor. After a rough calculation, there were no less than dozens of them. If it weren't for the Mingguang Armor's protection ability, Chen Wanrong would have died countless times.
"This is why the Tang army can create countless glory in history!" Chen Wanrong stroked the Ming Guang armor and sighed very much.
This sentimental word came to the point. The Tang army was well-equipped, sharp weapons, and good protection capabilities. This is an important reason why the Tang army was able to dominate the world. In this fierce battle, all the Tang army involved in the battle had countless knife marks on their armor, but the Tang army suffered very few casualties, and this is the reason.
Just after the meal, Guo Qianguan sent someone to invite Chen Wanrong to discuss military aircraft. Chen Wanrong knew that it was the deployment of the evening and went there happily.
The generals came and did not exchange greetings. Guo Qianguan first reported the casualties of the Tang army: "Today's battle, we paid the price of more than 2,000 people killed and more than 4,000 people injured. The price was heavy, but the results were great. At least 70,000 to 80,000 people died in the Tubo army, and the injured should be around 30,000 to 50,000 people fled, and only 70,000 to 80,000 left in the Tubo army can still fight. However, today's battle was originally a morale battle. After such a big defeat, the Tubo army has combat power but has no desire to fight. Now, it is time to completely solve the problem.
"Mr. Zhang and I have discussed it and decided to bombard the Tubo camp at the third hour tonight, and you will rush in again. The sun is rising tomorrow morning, and I hope none of them can see the rising sun!"
The Tang army achieved such a major result at the cost of six or seven thousand casualties, which should be exciting, but the reactions of the generals were very calm, because the Tang army often staged such a thing as achieving major result with small casualties.
Historians estimate that during the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties, the combat power of a Chinese soldier was equivalent to twenty Hu soldiers. It was not a random statement, but a factual basis.
Fei Junxing was a little confused: "Master, since he was taking action in the middle of the night, why did he still use artillery? Such a big noise has awakened the Tubo people and told them that we have taken action."
Zhang said laughing: "The more the movement, the better! The cannons are powerful today, which makes the Tubo people remember clearly. If they hear the sound of the cannons, how can they not be shocked?"
"Wonderful!" Cheng Xiaotian took the lead in high-fives and praised him.
Chapter completed!