Chapter 36: Ragnarok of the Gods (1)
The weather is warm and cold, and the bushes among the hills have just sprouted green, along with dead trees and rocks, whirring by the southeast wind.
Behind the bushes, the fifth son of Murong Daonu, the three great chiefs of Tuguhun Baigu, Berk Murong Hei Crow, slowly supported his body with his left hand, took out a handful of black beans from his arms with his right hand, sucked them into his mouth, and chewed them slowly.
The black beans didn't taste very good and were chewed, but they could make his stomach feel like it was swelling quickly. There was even a hint of warmth coming from his dantian, slowly dispelling the cold that had penetrated into the gaps of the bones.
However, he only ate a dozen pills and placed his hand under the mouth of the black-maned horse beside him. The spiritual black-maned horse sniffed gently, stretched out its scarlet tongue, and quickly rolled it in the palm of his hand. In an instant, he rolled all the remaining black beans clean.
Around the surroundings, the low chewing sound was like a mulberry silkworm gnawing on leaves. More than 500 carefully selected Tuyuhun die-hard soldiers were almost taking the same approach to resist the biting cold spring and the tension before the war.
Behind their team and in the bushes on the left and right sides, there were more than 19,000 Tuyuhun infantry hidden. Each infantry tried hard to squat very low, like a group of leopards preparing to hunt, quietly waiting for the prey to appear from the ancient silk road ahead.
A total of 20,000 elite troops, from the Murong clan of Tuyuhun, Helian clan of Tuyuhun and Bai clan of Tuyuhun, they were dispatched by the great chief Murong Daonu. Because these three surnames Tuyuhun people currently live near Baigu Mountain behind Chiling, they are called Baigu Three. In order to complete this ambush, the forty-eight young and strong tribes of Baigu Three surnames almost came out in full swing and vowed to do whatever it takes.
"Crying" several artificially domesticated falcons rushed from the southeast, making short and sharp crys in their mouths.
"Here you come!" Berk Murong Heiya's heart twitched and immediately pressed his hand on his waist.
Falcons are the eyes of Tuyuhun people, and can hover thousands of feet high to find traces of prey. Therefore, as long as the ambushed target is approached within two thousand steps of the ambush position, they will be discovered by the falcons and "reported" to their owners as quickly as possible.
The sound of "stricken" friction in clothes followed by Murong Heizhi. He frowned and looked back with a little anger, but found that almost all the brothers' movements were exactly the same as his! His body leaned forward slightly, his legs were half kneeling and tense, and he pressed one hand against his waist.
The place where everyone was originally tied with arrow bags on their waists was now tied with a sheepskin pocket. In the pocket, there were fire folds, moxa velvet, and two "fire thunders" the size of a fist.
After the "prey" officially entered the ambush range, Murong Hei Crow will lead the 500 dead soldiers behind him to jump on the war horses, and rush towards the "prey" as fast as possible under the cover of infantry. Then, the fire thunder that ignited the leads and directly hit the head of the "prey" with the inertia of the war horse sprinting.
Murong Heiya started to lead the dead soldiers to practice this attack plan seven days ago. He practiced it thirty times and was already so skillful that he was as skillful as flowing water.
The power of hundreds of "fire thunders" explosions can be described as the four words "the sky collapses and the earth cracks". Murong Hei Crow once witnessed with his own eyes that after a fire thunder landed, he flew both yaks into their stomachs and rotted. Therefore, he believed that no strong army in the world could stop the hundreds of "fire thunders" from the head. Including the Tubo wolf cavalry, which made the Tuyuhun tribes feared as tigers, had no choice but to run away in front of the "fire thunders" falling from the sky.
However, the cost of trying to use "fire thunder" to fight was also very huge. In order to avoid the war horses being shocked by the explosion and storm their own positions, the elders of the Forty-eight tribes of Baigu and the Forty-eight tribes discussed, and according to the suggestions of the "Nigui" from the Tang Dynasty who came from afar, they gave up their best cavalry tactics, almost all young and strong people turned into infantry.
Today, among the 20,000 elite troops who went to the battle, no one was equipped with mounts except Berk Murong Hei Crow and the 500 dead soldiers behind him. The war horses around Murong Hei Crow were all deafened with an awl more than half a month in advance and would no longer be frightened by any sound.
Due to the lack of veterinarians in the clan, in order to gather 500 deaf horses, Tuyuhun Murong, Bai and Helian all paid more than five times the price. This would undoubtedly add to the insult to the three surnames, which were not very wealthy. However, if the sneak attack succeeds, all the previous efforts will definitely be rewarded more than ten times the reward!
The Tubo envoy promised 20,000 horses and 10,000 yaks! The nobles of the Tang Dynasty were even more generous, promising 10,000 stones of grain, 10,000 stones of tea, and 30,000 coins for copper! And he also vaguely implied that if the three surnames could successfully cut off Zhang Qian's head, he could help operate and let the court allocate hundreds of thousands of acres of land south of the Huangshui River to Chiling to the forty-eight tribes of the three surnames for rest and rest.
Compared to Baigu Mountain, which snows for four months in a year, the south bank of Huangshui River to Chiling is a fertile land. Murong Heiya remembers that he lived on the bank of Huangshui River when he was a child. Every year until August, he could still find green grass and white mushrooms. However, one day twenty years ago, Tuyuhun tribes were defeated in the war with the Tang Dynasty and were driven across Chiling. From then on, drinking the horse and Huangshui River completely became the dream of two generations of Tuyuhun people who could not wake up.
"I have children. When the Heaven of Changsheng favors the Central Plains, you should not take the initiative to provoke the war, just wait patiently. When the Central Plains lose the Heaven of Changsheng, when the next civil strife broke out in the Tang Dynasty, you can return to your home!" Before the previous generation of Murong's Ajin Murong Deguang died, he left a few last words to his descendants. From then on, the Murong family in Tuyuhun began to wait patiently, and wait for a full fifteen years. :(/
And this year, the opportunity finally came. Tuyuhun, the forty-eight tribes of Baigu, did not take the initiative to provoke the war. Tubo and the Tang Dynasty sent envoys almost at the same time, inviting them to go deep into the territory of the Tang Dynasty to intercept and kill the most war-going generals in the entire Tang Dynasty!
As the most outstanding prince of the Murong clan, Murong Heiya knew that if he won this battle, the Tuyuhun people from the three Tuyuhun tribes of the Baihua family would definitely gain more than a fertile land.
When the nobles of the Tang Dynasty began to use outsiders to kill their own generals, civil strife was basically a foregone conclusion! And without three to five years, peace could not be restored.
In three to five years, it not only allowed the forty-eight tribes of Baigu, the three surnames, to return to their respective hometowns to gain a foothold. It also allowed them to resummon all the tribesmen of the prefectures who were greedy for the stability of the Tang Dynasty in the past few years and took the initiative to move to Gan, Liang, Su, and Tao.
By then, Tuyuhun will become a major force that is comparable to the Tang Dynasty and Tubo again, just like the Northern Turks that just destroyed last winter.
Thinking back to the time, the brothers Ashinagu Tolu and Mo Chuo took advantage of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and rebelled with seven hundred brothers, they could rebuild the Turks. Murong Heiya believed that if they led the tribe back to the bank of the Huangshui River again, their father Murong Daonu and their brothers would definitely recreate the glory of the Murong family.
As for himself, Murong Hei Crow gently wiped the corner of his eyes and looked at the sheepskin pockets with "fire thunder" on his waist again. The Tuyuhun people could not make it, and they could not buy the catapult cart that was said to be able to cast fire thunder more than a hundred steps away. They could only rely on the dead soldiers to ride deaf horses to attack the Tang army. The dead soldiers were destined to never return. If two "fire thunders" were successfully thrown out, he could continue to sit on the back of the deaf horse, and he would proudly raise the scimitar and fight until the last breath.
The falcon's screams became more and more rapid, and the flight trajectory also became circling.
This means that the prey has reached the edge of the ambush. If nothing unexpected happens, soon the figure of the Tang army scout will appear on the ancient silk road ahead that was stepped on by vendors with camels.
Murong Heizai quickly grabbed a wooden stick and stuffed it into his mouth. Then, he gently pressed the eyes of the dark horse beside him with his hand. The dark horse, who had lost all his hearing, felt the thoughts of his master, lying gentlely on the ground, hiding his head behind the bushes. In a blink of an eye, one person and one horse were completely integrated with the surrounding environment.
The dead soldiers around them also used the same action to hide their bodies and deaf horses behind the green bushes. The noise caused by everyone and horses quickly disappeared. The chilly spring breeze blew over the bushes, "Hulala", "Hulala", and "Hulala" were like the sound of waves in the middle of the night in Qinghai Lake.
A harsh whistle suddenly appeared, shattering the sound of "waves". Immediately afterwards, there was a violent sound of horse hooves. More than 20 Tang army scouts, riding strong Western Regions foes, divided into four groups, and swept across the road like lightning. Each scout widened his eyes and looked around quickly.
In an instant, Murong Heiya's heart rose to his throat. The bushes had not yet grown leaves and the stems were not dense enough, making it difficult to cover all the elite Tuyuhun figures. If they were discovered by the Tang army scouts, the ambush would have been wasted!
"God of immortality bless you!" Murong Hei Crow prayed devoutly with his heart. "Bless me, Tuyuhun people, can rise again! Bless this time, can completely wipe out Ye Jun and cut off the head of the head general named Zhang. Bless the dead soldiers can successfully launch a charge and blow the Tang army's formation. For this reason, Murong's fifth son is willing to pay any price, or even fall into the Black Prison of Death forever, and be burned by ten thousand years."
Changshengtian seemed to have really heard his call. The first team of Tang army scouts quickly "passed by" in front of the ambush position without finding any flaws.
Immediately afterwards, the second and third team of Tang army scouts, also widened their eyes but found nothing.
When the fourth team scout appeared on the ancient silk road, Murong Hei Crow raised his head and stopped praying.
It is enough. Each team of Tang army scouts is three hundred steps away. After the three teams of scouts, the distance between the large group of troops of the Shattered Ye Army and the ambush position will definitely not exceed five hundred steps. At a distance of five hundred steps, even if the Shattered Ye Army finds danger, it immediately turns around and flies, and there is no time to bring baggage and supplies.
Without supplies and supplies, the prey would not be able to escape too far in the deserted Western Regions! As long as the Tuyuhun elites were unloaded from the baggage cart, they could still ride on them and chase the dead and chase the north!
The facts that were happening in front of him were just as Murong Heiya expected. Among the fourth Tang army scouts, someone discovered the murderous intent hidden behind the bushes. While turning his horse's head and fleeing in a hurry, he blew the copper whistle in his mouth with force.
The shrill whistle sounded through the fields in an instant. Immediately afterwards, all the scouts quickly turned their horses' heads and blew the copper whistles in their mouths one after another. "Squeak squeak"..., one after another, sent the alarm to the team moving forward not far away.
The prey immediately stopped moving forward and then began to unfold on the spot, preparing to form an army and retreat. However, the elite Tuyuhun hiding behind the bushes refused to give their opponents time to prepare. Under the leadership of Burke, Big Arrows and Little Arrows, they rushed out like a tide, holding the weapons high into the air, dazzling and cold.
The shouts of killing soared into the sky, covering all the noises in an instant. The prey was three hundred steps away, but the Tuyuhun warriors couldn't wait.
The distance of 300 steps is really not far away for the Tuyuhun warriors who have been making a living in the wild for many years. They only need to run for more than fifty breaths to reach. As long as they can rush to the "prey", they will definitely win with six times the number of people on the other side.
What's more, they followed the guidance of the Tang Dynasty nobles and concentrated their troops on the left and right sides, leaving a fast passage for their deceased soldiers in the central area! When the attention of the Tang army archers and the catapults were attracted by them, the deceased soldiers would instigate war horses and rush up at high speed along the passage, using the fire thunder produced by the Tang Dynasty to give a fatal blow to the Tang army who fell into the trap!
"Everyone has it, get on the horse!" The fifth son of Murong, the Murong family of Tuyuhun, was burned with the shouts of the black-maned horse, and he jumped up and flew onto the back of the black-maned horse.
The black-maned horse that had just struggled to stand was shaking by him, and a low sniff sounded in his mouth. However, he quickly adapted to his weight and began to thrust the ground with his front hooves excitedly.
Taking a deep breath, Murong Heiya turned his head and looked around. When he saw the dead soldiers around him, he jumped onto the horse's back neatly. He saw everyone around him with a determined face. He saw a brother taking out a fire note from his sheepskin pocket and couldn't wait to ignite the moxa velvet. He saw a brother holding the "fire thunder" in his hand, and the long leads danced with the wind.
Everything was ready, but Murong Heiyao was not giving an offensive order. He just lit the moxa velvet with a fire sniffle, and then stopped all movements, as if in an instant, it turned into a clay sculpture and wood sculpture.
He was waiting for the opportunity to succeed with one blow. Now, the enemy and us have not yet officially contacted each other, and the prey's attention has not been completely attracted by his own infantry. He rushed forward rashly, and it is difficult for him to exchange for the predetermined attack effect.
"Wait, wait, wait..." The black-maned horse understood the owner's mood and continued to dig the ground with its front hooves. In a blink of an eye, a pit was dug out on the ground.
"Wait, wait, wait..." The noises came one after another, and the other mounts under the crotch of the dead men also protested anxiously. However, Murong Hei Crow turned a deaf ear to all the noise.
His eyes always followed the figure of his infantrymen. He watched the latter rush forward like waves. He watched the latter rush, reducing the distance between himself and the Tang army from 300 steps to 200 steps, and then to 150 steps, 120 steps, 100 steps, and even closer!
In the wilderness, the wind was howling and the shouts were deafening.
In the air, suddenly, dense feather arrows fell down, and hundreds of Tuyuhun infantry were put on the ground by feather arrows. The blood quickly dyed the wilderness red.
The injured man screamed in a shrill voice, and the dead man's eyes were wide open. However, most of the Tuyuhun people who were not hit by the feather arrow continued to pounce on the front of the scimitar with no slow speed.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" sounded like a ghost crying, making people's scalp burst. The archers in the Tuyuhun team ran and returned to the Tang army with color. The arrow shafts that soared into the air made the sunlight in the sky darkened instantly.
Some people in the Tang army also fell to the ground by arrows. However, the movements of the military formation were still in order. The fastest update was made on mobile phone::
The Datang sword and shield hands standing at the front of the team raised the shields to provide protection for themselves and their companions as much as possible. The archers who were slightly behind quickly pulled the bowstrings and delayed the Tuyuhun people approaching their side as much as possible.
Between the swordsman and the archer, thousands of other brothers were busy. Everyone cooperated with each other and tried to unfold the side panels of the car, lift the catapult frame, and put the lit fire thunder into the throwing bag as fast as possible.
When the distance between the two sides approached eighty steps, dozens of fire thunders rose into the air and hit the head of the Tuyuhun Warriors. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The explosion sounded overwhelmed the shouts of killing in a blink of an eye, and it was one after another. Even greater casualties appeared, and the Tuyuhun Warriors' advance speed was stagnant. Immediately, the entire team turned from waves into slender rivers, but continued to move forward.
Actively reducing the density of participants in the military formation can resolve the power of some "fire thunder". This is the experience taught by the "Neons" of the Tang Dynasty and has been personally verified by the Tuyuhun elders.
Although the impact on the Tang army will also decrease after the density of participants decreases. However, the degree of decline is within an acceptable range. What's more, in the mind of Murong Daonu, the three great chiefs of Baigu, the task of breaking the formation was not expected to be completed by infantry!
The real killer move is hidden behind the infantry. According to the introduction of the noble man sent by the Tang Dynasty, the Tang army's catapult cart loaded relatively slowly. Even if the three-car turn-fired launch tactic is adopted, a short gap will appear after each launch.
This gap is the key to the Tuyuhun people's victory! The great chief Murong Daonu knew that his youngest son Murong Heiya also knew.
Taking a deep breath, Murong Hei Crow suddenly roared and instigated the mount, "Come with me, never stop until death."
"Don't die! Don't die! Don't die!" The dead soldiers let out a series of howls of ghosts and wolves, and they also instigated their mounts. Five hundred deaf horses accelerated one after another, and in the gallop, they turned into a thunderbolt with sparks and rushed towards the Tang army three hundred steps away.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Another round of explosions sounded, and the Tuyuhun warriors who were trying to approach the Tang army were blown away.
Many uninjured warriors hesitated to slow down. Torrents composed of warrior figures also broke one after another, which was unsustainable. However, in the middle of the battlefield, between the two "torrents" with the farthest distance, Murong Hei Crow led the dead soldiers to lightning, and in a blink of an eye, he surpassed most of the figures of his accomplices!
Eighty steps, seventy steps, sixty steps, fifty steps..., Murong Hei Crow put the moxa velvet towards the fire thunder lead, and gave a crazy grin, "Hahahaha..."
He knew that he was about to get what he wanted. The strength of the man's arm and the inertia of the war horse sprint were enough to throw the fire thunder thirty steps away. However, the fire dragon chariot was less than thirty steps away, and the angle of the catapult was not too late to make adjustments.
Amid the crazy laughter, Murong Heiya saw the Tang army's shield players starting to retreat one after another, and saw the Tang army archers retreating to both sides in a panic. He saw someone in the Tang army waving the corner flag desperately, trying to change the tactics temporarily. He saw several golden thick tubes exposed from behind the Tang army's shield players and pointing to him. Then, a vague flash of flames at the mouth of the pipe.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"... The muffled thunder rolled, and tens of thousands of projectiles ejected from the mouths of ten copper pipes, swept towards the thunder cavalry who were riding their horses like a whirlwind.
Murong Hei Crow was beaten upside down, with holes all over his body. The dead soldiers beside him and behind him, as well as the mounts, fell down one by one. The fire thunder that had not had time to throw rolled around the corpse and exploded, one by one, like flowers in full bloom!
Chapter completed!