The first thousand four hundred and sixty-one chapters of victory and defeat
No one could have imagined how the unruly Tubo Huqi who roamed across the plateau would be willing to be driven by Fang Jun and obey his orders in charging into battle.
Although the Tang Dynasty did not go to war with Tubo in the past two years, from the day Songtsen Gampo proposed to the Tang Dynasty, everyone in the Tang Dynasty realized the ambition of Tubo. However, the Tang Dynasty became increasingly powerful, and Tubo was in chaos.
The turbulent regimes are different, so all frictions are temporarily hidden.
However, it is the consensus of the Tang Dynasty and the public that there will be a war between the two countries in the future.
Either the Tang Dynasty suddenly declined in national power, or Songtsen Gampo suppressed the internal disputes in Tibet... There is no room for others to snore on the side of the bed. Two powerful countries live next to each other. How can one mountain accommodate two tigers?
Therefore, when the Tubo Huqi appeared in Fang Jun's army, everyone in the government and the public was puzzled. It cannot be said that Fang Jun defected to Tubo, or that he sold some interests of the Tang Dynasty to the Tubo people in exchange for their support? This kind of thing can't be said.
Others might be able to do it, but if Fang Jun did it, even Changsun Wuji wouldn't believe it.
When it comes to "feelings for family and country" and "respect for Han people", no one among the civil and military officials in the DPRK and Chinese cares more about this than Fang Jun. This man is a typical "family and country first"...
But in any case, the Tubo Huqi did indeed appear under Fang Jun's command, and they were driven at will.
But now, it was this Tubo Huqi that suddenly appeared when the Youtun Guards and Guanlong were in a stalemate, intending to penetrate behind the Guanlong army and complete the encirclement in one fell swoop.
The eldest son, Jiaqing, was terrified. He did not expect that Youtun Guard would dare to send out all the armored cavalry and light cavalry. He also forgot that such a group of Tubo barbarian cavalry was not included in the Youtun Guard establishment. As a result, the current main force and Youtun Guard
The guards were in a melee and couldn't get out, and they were in danger of being cut off by the Tubo cavalry.
He is also considered a veteran general in the army, and he naturally has a lot of strategic vision. He understands that once the Tubo Huqi are penetrated, the troops under his command will be completely surrounded, and then they will be eaten away bit by bit, and finally the whole army will be annihilated.
The ending.
"Retreat, retreat!"
Changsun Jiaqing hurriedly gave the order, and then turned around and ran away with the troops around him. At this point, the defeat was determined. The fall of Longshouyuan was irreversible, so he could only turn around and run away, as long as he could run.
When the military order was issued, the morale of the Guanlong army that was still fighting to the death with Youtunwei collapsed instantly. Countless soldiers simply threw away their weapons, ignored the enemies in front of them, turned around and ran away. For a time, the battlefield situation of endless melee was reversed, and the Guanlong soldiers seemed to be like
They fled like rabbits, while the right guard was not in a hurry. The armored cavalry gathered their formation and slowly advanced towards the Dragon Head Plain behind the broken troops. The light cavalry on the left and right wings joined the Tubo horsemen and chased Guan.
The Long army pursued and killed him all the way.
Under the heavy snow, the Guanlong army was defeated like a mountain. The Youtun Guard Cavalry and the Tubo Huqi pursued them all the way to the east side of Longshou Pond, and then gathered their troops and stopped the pursuit.
In the front, the defeated troops fled southward along the frozen Longshou Canal. Not far away was Tonghua Gate. From Tonghua Gate southward to Chunming Gate, more than 100,000 Guanlong troops were stationed, taking turns in tactics at all times.
Enter the city and storm Tai Chi Palace.
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The roar of cannons on Longshou Plain can be heard clearly from the inner gate.
Li Chengqian was discussing matters with Xiao Yu, Cen Wenwen, Li Jing, Ma Zhou and others. Everyone was stunned when they heard the sound of cannons. Ma Zhou asked in surprise: "Could it be that the rebels want to attack Xuanwu Gate?"
As the gateway to Tai Chi Palace, the importance of Xuanwu Gate cannot be overstated. It affects the nerves of everyone in the palace all the time. Although Youtun Guards has severely damaged the invading enemies several times, Xuanwu Gate is still safe and sound until now, but Xuanwu Gate is too
It is important and no one dares to take it lightly.
Li Jing listened for a while, shook his head and said: "If the rebels attack Xuanwu Gate, the sound of cannons should not be far from Xuanwu Gate, but now the sound of cannons occurs at Longshouyuan, so the battle should break out on Longshouyuan."
The monarch and his ministers were at a loss. No news had been received from the right guard beforehand. At this moment, a bombardment suddenly occurred, and they were completely confused about the situation.
Not long after, Li Junxian hurriedly entered and reported: "Your Majesty, the Youtun Guards have just sent a battle report. At noon, the Duke of Yue ordered to bombard the rebel camp on Longshouyuan. At the same time, the Youtun Guards cavalry and the Tubo Hu
The whole cavalry was dispatched and attacked Longshouyuan with the help of the power of artillery bombardment. Changsun Jiaqing's troops have now been defeated, and Changsun Jiaqing led the defeated troops to escape. The entire Longshouyuan, including the Daming Palace, has been recovered."
"..."
Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, then he was overjoyed and said excitedly: "Okay, okay, okay! Erlang is worthy of being a world-famous general. As soon as he took action, he successively severely damaged the rebels. Today, he first raided Baqiao to destroy the enemy's morale, and then regained the dragon head.
Well done, Yuan!”
Now the entire city of Chang'an has been occupied by rebels, and the Sixth Army of the East Palace is defending Taiji Palace. The situation is extremely unfavorable. Longshou was originally the commanding height of Chang'an, and the rebels are stationed here, always threatening the safety of Taiji Palace. If Xuanwu
If the gate cannot be attacked for a long time, the rebels will surely launch an attack from the Daming Palace to the Taiji Palace. The Sixth Army of the East Palace will be attacked from both sides and will be exhausted to deal with it.
Moreover, since the retreat route was always under threat from the rebels, the leaders of the Sixth Army of the East Palace were inevitably worried, leading to low morale.
The current recovery of Longshouyuan means that the Sixth Army of the East Palace has a safe escape channel. Even if they lose to the rebels head-on and Taiji Palace falls, they can still evacuate safely from Xuanwu Gate.
It plays a great role in stabilizing the morale of the military.
Li Jingyi patted the table with excitement and laughed: "This guy is really awesome. I thought that the artillery in Youtunwei was seriously damaged and it would be difficult to show off the power of the artillery as it did at the beginning of the war. But unexpectedly, today they shelled the rebels again."
The army, to recapture Longshouyuan, must have deliberately released false news in the past to paralyze the rebels, but even we were concealed."
Xiao Yu frowned at the side and said worriedly: "Gong Wei is the commander-in-chief of the entire army. He should know the details of the entire army in order to control the entire army and formulate strategies. If everyone in the East Palace conceals the truth like this, it will lead to Duke Wei formulating strategies."
If something goes wrong, no one can bear the responsibility."
Li Jing glanced at Xiao Yu, who was "speaking uprightly" for him, and said with a smile: "The general will be outside, and you will not accept your orders. Erlang led his troops outside, not only to guard the safety of Xuanwu Gate, but also to continuously weaken the rebel forces and attack them."
Regarding the morale of the rebels, if everything is reported, it will easily delay the military aircraft and lead to big mistakes. The Duke of Song Dynasty does not need to worry at this time. Erlang has made great achievements in battle, and his subordinates are all elites who have fought in hundreds of battles. How can they not know the way to advance, retreat, attack and defend? We only know how to advance, retreat, attack and defend.
We need to stick to the Taiji Palace and wait for the Anxi Army to rush to help. Outside the Xuanwu Gate, we can leave everything to Erlang."
Although as a nominal commander, it would be "disrespectful" for his generals to conceal the truth, but Li Jing would definitely not care about this with Fang Jun. Moreover, "soldiers never tire of deceit", and both Dong Gong and the rebels were former colleagues.
Pao Ze, they are deeply entangled with each other. Who can figure out how many rebel spies there are in the East Palace now? Only by hiding it from everyone can the rebels be hidden, otherwise there will be no great victory at the moment.
What's more, is Xiao Yuzhi's "speak uprightly" really just to safeguard Li Jing's authority?
Even if he lacks political talent, he will not easily fall for such simple alienation tactics...
However, he thought that Fang Jun was "hiding the truth from the sky" and had a sophisticated plan to deliberately conceal the strength of Youtun Guard while catching him by surprise. Unexpectedly, Li Junxian smiled bitterly and said: "It is well known that Duke Wei knows that Duke Yue did not conceal the artillery of Youtun Guard."
Quantity. Indeed, a large number of artillery pieces have been scrapped after several battles, and only thirty or fifty can be used."
"oh?"
Li Jing became more and more surprised: "A mere thirty or fifty cannons can blow up the more than thirty thousand rebels in Longshou Plain, throwing away their helmets and armor, and fleeing in panic?"
Li Junxian said: "It's not that the artillery severely damaged the enemy, but when the artillery fired, the rebels' morale collapsed and their morale was unstable. The Duke of Yue sent armored cavalry and light cavalry to entangle the main force of the rebels, and ordered Zan Po to lead the Tubo army.
Hu Qi penetrated the rebels' rear line from one side and attempted to outflank them, forcing Changsun Jiaqing to make the decision to retreat as he did not dare to risk being surrounded."
Hearing this, Li Jing turned to Li Chengqian and said: "Erlang's use of troops has already reached the state of not being trapped in the shape and reaching directly to the inside. Given time, his achievements will not be inferior to those of the old ministers."
Li Chengqian was immediately astonished. Although he relied on Fang Jun to help him. The greater Fang Jun's ability, the better for him. However, he could not believe that one day Fang Jun would be able to compare with Li Jing, who was known as the "God of War." He hurriedly said: "Erlang
He is young, his personality is a little less calm, and his abilities are certainly good, but how can he be compared with Duke Wei? If he can get some advice from Duke Wei, it will be considered an honor for him. Duke Wei must not praise him too much to avoid his arrogance.