"What did you say, the stone bridge was taken away?"
Sanji was shocked, grabbed Tsedan by the collar and shouted: "Tell me, what's going on?"
"After lunch, a fleet of more than sixty ships suddenly appeared on the river, and each ship was full of people..."
Cidan quickly told what happened.
When it came to the fact that the opponent's two to three hundred men had killed more than 150 Tibetan infantry through hand-to-hand combat, while the opponent only suffered casualties of more than 30 people, Sanchi immediately interrupted Tsedan.
"It is impossible for Dakang to have such elite soldiers!"
"General, I swear to the Great Immortal Shenguang that I will never lie to you, otherwise you will hang me!"
Tsedan raised his hand and swore: "I saw clearly by the river. They have a kind of armor that is very strong and cannot be cut at all."
"Armor that cannot be cut?"
Sanji frowned slightly.
Shenguang Immortal is their belief. Since Cidan dares to swear to Shenguang Immortal, 90% of what he said is true.
An elite division of thousands of people is enough to change the situation of the war.
Sanji couldn't figure it out. It was well known to everyone that Dakang's soldiers were weak, otherwise Gada would not have dared to send only 20,000 people to attack Xichuan Prefecture.
"Do you know which army they are?" Sanchi asked.
He had to figure out where this elite team came from?
"I don't know..." Cidan shook his head.
Dakang has too many teams. Not to mention that he is a Tibetan, even Dakang's military department cannot remember the numbers of all the teams in Dakang.
"Then you've always seen their flags, right? What kind of flags are they?"
"I saw it. It's black, with two characters embroidered on it, but I don't know what characters they are..."
Tsedan said: "By the way, their armor, military uniforms and swords are all black."
"Why would anyone use black flag armor and a sword?"
Sanchi was also confused.
Black represents darkness and ominousness on the plateau. Although Dakang does not say this, there are very few people who use black flags.
After thinking for a while and not understanding, Sanji asked again: "Where is your captain?"
"The captain went to support the West Bank, but they used a catapult to kill him!" Cidan replied: "The captain asked me to report to you before he went to the West Bank."
"Damn catapult!"
Sanchi punched the table.
After learning that Dakang had a catapult, Gada also sent craftsmen to develop it.
The principle of the catapult is actually very simple, and craftsmen quickly produced imitations.
It's just that the imitation is very crude.
Set up a horizontal bar in the middle, hang heavy objects on one side, and make a basket on the other side to hold rocks, that's all.
Although it can also throw stones, the range is only a dozen feet, and filling it up is extremely troublesome.
The catapult made by Jin Feng not only uses the force of falling heavy objects, but also adds various steel components. It can easily throw a basket full of stones thirty feet away. If a precise strike is required and there are fewer stones to fill,
It can be thrown up to a hundred feet away.
The imitations made by Tibetan craftsmen are simply incomparable.
Bringing this kind of thing to the battlefield is a complete burden.
"General Sanji, when I left, the Dakang people had already started to demolish the bridge. You must send someone to stop them!" Cidan cried and begged.
Without large-scale machinery, it is not that easy to demolish a stone bridge.
Mao'er Mountain is not far from Stone Bridge. If Sangji leads his troops to rescue now, it will still be too late.
"I understand, you go out first!"
Sanchi waved his hand and drove Tsedan away, pacing back and forth in the tent.
Danzhu asked him to stay here. In addition to sealing Meng Tianhai in Mao'er Mountain, his other task was to guard the retreat of the Tubo army.
If the stone bridge is demolished, the mission will be considered a failure.
After thinking for a moment, Sanji asked his bodyguard to call all three of his lieutenants over.
"Mima, pass the order, order one flag, two flags and three flags to set off immediately to recapture the stone bridge!"
Sanji looked at the first lieutenant.
"General, we only have troops from five banners in total. If we withdraw three banners at once, what will happen if the Dakang people in Mao'er Mountain are captured?" asked the deputy general.
The banner is the Tibetan army organization, with about a thousand people per banner.
"You don't need to worry about this, just take the bridge back!" Sanji shouted.
"Yes!" the deputy general agreed, turned around and ran out of the tent.
"If Meng Tianhai finds out that we have withdrawn the troops of the Three Banners, he will most likely break through." Sanji then looked at the second lieutenant general: "Dawa, you lead the Four Banners and the Five Banners, and you must defend Yazuiling no matter what. You must not
Let Meng Tianhai run out of Mao'er Mountain!"
The terrain of Yazuiling is dangerous. As long as Mao'er Mountain is blocked, Meng Tianhai will be firmly locked in Mao'er Mountain.
"General, don't worry. Meng Tianhai's group of cowards have been hungry for several days now. If I let them escape, you can hang me!"
The deputy general named Dawa patted his chest and promised.
In fact, only three banners usually block Yazuiling, and the remaining two banners take turns to be ready to reinforce the Xichuan side.
This was also the reason why Sangji dared to send the Three Banners troops to seize the bridge.
They had already fought against Meng Tianhai and knew his weight.
In that battle, Meng Tianhai had a good location and was still unable to defeat the Tubo bannermen. Now that the good location is in their hands, Meng Tianhai has been without food for many days. Now they have begun to chew tree bark and it is impossible to rush out.
Relatively speaking, Sangji was more worried about the unknown elites seizing the bridge.
Even so, Sanji was still cautious and stopped the lieutenant general who was about to leave the tent, reminding him: "Meng Tianhai's troops have at least thousands of people. You must not underestimate the enemy! If he really escapes, none of us will."
Want to live!"
"Yes!" The deputy general's expression also became cautious.
"Awang, take Shang Dan personally and quickly go to Xichuan Fucheng. Tell Lord Danzhu about the situation here and ask him to make a decision!"
Sanji looked at the last lieutenant again.
"yes!"
Awang agreed and exited the tent.
Outside the big tent, there was chaos and chaos.
There were soldiers gathering urgently everywhere.
Soon, the deputy general named Mima quickly left the camp with three thousand troops and headed straight for the stone bridge.
Knowing that the situation was urgent, after leaving the camp, Mima ordered to move forward at full speed. It only took half an hour to get from Mao'er Mountain to Rabbit Valley.
As soon as you pass Rabbit Valley, there is a stone bridge two miles ahead.
On the west bank of the Jinma River, Jin Feng, Ninth Princess and a group of people stood on the top of the mountain, watching the boatmen busy going back and forth on the river.
"Sir, why did you suddenly change your mind?" Ninth Princess asked.
If Jin Feng is willing, he can command the escort to tear down the bridge in half an hour at most.
But he did not do that. When all the Tibetans were dead, Jin Feng ordered the escorts who were demolishing the bridge to stop.
He also asked all the people on the boat to disembark and hide in the mountains, and then asked the boatmen to secure all the boats.
"I heard Mr. Wei say that in order to build this stone bridge, the previous dynasty mobilized thousands of people and first stopped the upper reaches of the Jinma River. Then it took a year to complete it. If it was demolished, it would cause great harm to both sides of the Jinma River.
It has had a huge impact on people’s lives.”
Jin Feng said: "And the mourning troops are bound to win. If the Tubo people's retreat is completely cut off, it will stimulate their belief that they must die, which is not good for the war. It is better to keep it temporarily."
"But what if the Tibetans really take away the bridge?" Ninth Princess asked.