Fuzhong galloped his horse and raised his whip, and the battle fell to the mouth of the valley. The terrain was slightly flat, which could increase the speed of the horse and facilitate the charge. He held the reins in one hand, raised the scimitar in the other, and shouted: "My dear men,
Go ahead! Go out of the valley and you will find the hinterland of Hexi, where you can find cattle, sheep, food, gold, silver, and women! We have been suffering in Qinghai Lake for almost twenty years, and today is the time to indulge and enjoy ourselves!"
"Ho ho ho!"
The soldiers under his command were extremely excited, their blood was surging, they clapped their horses and wielded their swords, and rushed towards the entrance of the valley. Twenty thousand people leaped on their horses and whipped their whips to launch a charge, pouring out from the Dadouba Valley like a cross current. The sound of horse hooves shook the valley road like thunder.
, even the snow on the distant peaks is rolling down.
For the Hu people, the realm of the Han people is paradise.
The Han people know how to build, and each of them has accumulated a wealth of wealth. Just rushing to the Han people's base, burning, killing and looting is enough for the Hu people to live peacefully for several years.
Especially Han women, who are gentle and delicate, with white skin and beautiful appearance. They cry softly when pressed, and are charming and charming. How can a Hu woman with a fishy body and rough skin be compared?
From the perspective of the Hu people, what is the meaning of their existence?
Just to rob the Han people!
What are you doing working so hard in the ice and snow? Stealing Han people's food, Han people's wealth, and Han people's women!
The 20,000 Tuyuhun cavalrymen all had ferocious faces and galloped forward, their hearts burning like fire. As the vanguard of the army, although they had to fight a fierce battle, they also had the privilege of being the first to enter the city and plunder. This was also what the Hu army did.
Maximum power.
They have no feelings about family and country, and they don’t even have any attachment to the land. In their eyes, they only see killing and looting...
Fuzhong stayed in the middle army, urging the vanguard army to run wildly with high morale. Then the hillsides on both sides suddenly expanded sharply to both sides like trumpets, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
A fortress suddenly appeared outside the entrance of the valley. The fortress was not high, but the horses could not jump up. There were walls on both sides extending from the fortress to the hillside, blocking the entrance of the valley so tightly that only birds could fly.
Wings pass by.
Fuzhong didn't understand how the Tang people built such a fortress in such a short period of time, nor did he understand why the Tang people thought that such a fortress could withstand the charge of the brave and fearless Tuyuhun cavalry. He raised his scimitar high and shouted at the top of his lungs: "
Charge up! Charge up!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Twenty thousand Tuyuhun cavalry galloped out from the valley road, their horses' hooves trampled the ground and raised up billowing smoke. The sound of their hooves shook the sky, pouring out like a surging torrent, and arrived in front of the fortress in the blink of an eye.
The Tuyuhun people did not just charge blindly. They were skilled with bows and horses, and were good at fighting. When they rushed to a place dozens of feet away from the fortress, the cavalry in front slowed down one after another, bent their bows on horseback, nocked arrows, and shot arrows.
He headed towards the fortress, then reined in his horse and galloped to both sides in front of the Luzhai Juma in front of the fortress. The cavalry behind him followed closely and fired another round of arrows.
For a time, countless arrows rained down on the fortress.
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When the Tuyuhun cavalry rushed out of the valley road, the soldiers of the Youtun Guards were already on the alert. All the muskets were loaded with ammunition. The soldiers hid behind the arrow stacks to watch the rushing enemies. Thunderbolts were placed one by one at their feet.
Set aside.
But he remained unmoved.
When the enemy rushed forward and released arrows, a shield-bearer immediately raised a huge wooden shield to cover his head. There was a dense muffled sound of "snatching, snatching, snatching". Suddenly, a piece of reed grew out of thin air on the wooden shield, and the arrows
The white feathers are like blooming reed flowers, swaying in the wind, which is really beautiful.
After dodging a hail of arrows from the enemy, the captains of each department held up their shields and raised their arms and shouted: "No firearms are allowed, only bows and crossbows can be used to meet the enemy. Ready! Release!"
The soldiers don't understand the general's tactics, and of course they don't need to. A soldier's duty is to obey military orders. Whatever the military order is, he must execute it.
He immediately bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and when he heard the sound of "let go", a rain of arrows that looked like a dark cloud rose from the fortress, spanning a distance of tens of feet in an instant, and poured into the Tuyuhun cavalry formation.
Different from the crudely made bows and arrows of the Tuyuhun people, the Tang army's crossbows were all standard equipment, manufactured by the Weapons Supervision and Crossbow Factory Department, using the finest rubbing wood, beef tendon and other materials. Every bow and every bow was carefully crafted.
Production, strict inspection, and then equipped with the army.
The Tuyuhun people are different. They do have good beef tendons with excellent tension. However, like other grassland tribes, they lack high-quality wood, so the range and power of their bows and arrows are insufficient. In addition, the iron smelting industry is not advanced enough. This is also the case in all dynasties.
The main reason why the Hu nationality’s ordnance in all dynasties lagged behind the Central Plains dynasty.
Tuyuhun's bows and arrows hit the fortress and were blocked by the Tang army's wooden shields. However, the Tang army's bows and crossbows came flying towards their heads, and the Tuyuhun people had no way to avoid them.
They could only try their best to stick their bodies to the horse's back to reduce the body area facing the arrows, but despite this, the dense rain of arrows still left them nowhere to hide.
The sharp triangular arrow clusters easily penetrated a handful of leather armors and thin clothing, and more were directly nailed to the bodies of war horses. After a round of arrow rain, the person hit by the arrow fell off the horse's back, and the horses neighed and roared.
The charging queue suddenly became chaotic.
Fuzhong, wearing armor, was hiding in the middle of the army, shouting orders: "Charge up! Charge up!"
As long as they keep a sufficient distance, the Han people's crossbows can easily kill enemies ten times their size. Therefore, when the Hu people fight against the Han people, they can only use human lives to fill the gap. They lower their heads and charge fiercely.
In hand-to-hand combat, the Han people would fail and collapse most of the time.
It seems that the higher the level of civilization and the more advanced the technology, the more afraid soldiers are of death...
The Tuyuhun people braved the rain of arrows and kept charging without fear of death. They allowed the Luzhai and the horses to pierce the horses and even their own bodies, but they still did not stop for a moment. They used the corpses of soldiers and horses to destroy the people in front of the fortress.
Obstacles are completely cleared.
Tuyuhun's army rushed directly to the fortress.
Then, they discovered that although this fortress was not as majestic and majestic as the previous Han cities, it could not be climbed up by just riding a horse...
The cavalry charged to the base of the fortress, but could not advance and were extremely congested. The Tang army fired condescendingly from behind the arrow stacks at the top of the city. The nearest Tuyuhun cavalry suddenly screamed in agony, and each one looked like a porcupine with arrows stuck all over its body.
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The cavalry following behind saw that they could not move forward, so they bent their bows and fired arrows towards the city. The Tang army, which was unable to block with wooden shields when shooting, also began to suffer casualties.
Fuzhong, who was in the Chinese army, was almost angry to death when he looked at the situation in front of him.
Are these a bunch of pigs? They are so stupid!
He shouted angrily: "Charge on both sides, don't fight head-on!" He then sent his own soldiers to the front and led the soldiers to charge towards the walls on both sides.
The 20,000-strong army was immediately like water hitting a rock, split in two, and swept towards both sides.
There were several walls between the fortress and the mountain. The Tuyuhun cavalry rode fiercely, knocking down the walls with the bodies of their war horses, and rushed towards the entrance of the valley.
The shape of the fortress is like a huge bunker. Not only can it resist the enemy from the front, but arrow stacks are also built on the sides and rear. The Tang army sits on top of it and shoots wildly at the Tuyuhun cavalry who are browsing the walls. Arrows rain down from the sky like raindrops. There is no protective gear.
The Tuyuhun cavalry were hit with arrows one after another. This section of the breakout road was completely filled with the blood and bodies of the Tuyuhun cavalry.
The losses were extremely heavy.
But Fuzhong didn't feel distressed at all. In which siege battle by the Han people did the Hu people not suffer serious losses? Even if the losses were serious again, they only needed to break through these walls and go around to the back of the fortress, and then attack from front to back with the main force led by his father.
, it would be worthwhile to uproot the fortress blocking the valley entrance and open up the passage for the great battle to pull out the valley.
As long as this fortress is pulled down and all the Tang troops in the fortress are wiped out, the counties in Hexi will be like completely defenseless women, allowing themselves to be ravaged and destroyed by the warriors of Tuyuhun.
Finally, stepping on the corpses of his tribesmen, Fuzhong finally led the vanguard to break out of the defense line constructed with several walls and circled behind the fortress.
Fuzhong leaped on his horse and wielded his sword, shouting: "My sons, follow me and kill them!" He galloped his horse and charged towards the rear of the fortress.
At the same time, Nuohebo, who was waiting anxiously in the battle valley, finally heard the news that his son had rushed out of the valley entrance and was launching an attack on the rear of the fortress. He immediately stopped hesitating and waved his whip: "Everyone, follow me and fight out of the valley entrance.
, Hexi counties, let them plunder for three days!"
"kill!"
The 50,000-strong army all let out an earth-shattering shout, urged their horses, and charged like a frenzy towards the mouth of the valley.