Chapter 66: The Decisive Battle with Nuo Zhenshui II
On October 28, the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, the snow finally fell this winter. It was not heavy, but the wind was strong. The fine snow particles were mixed in the wind, and they still hit people's faces.
It feels a little painful. Compared with the leather armor of the grassland tribes, the armor on Tang Jun's body seems to be extremely cold at this time. Not only can it not keep warm, it even has to take away a lot of heat. In this wind and snow,
Standing guard in the sky is simply an unspeakable torture. No, several patrol sentries at the gate of the Tang Army's camp are walking weakly back and forth in the wind and snow. They are not so much patrolling, but rather expecting to move.
The motion can make the body warmer. Not to mention the heavy steps, he basically puts his hands in his sleeves and has no energy at all. The lookout sentry on the high watchtower simply leans against the wood with his long gun in his arms.
On the pillar, with the help of the meager heat released by the torches stuck on the pillar, he fell into a deep sleep. The entire Tang Army camp was relaxed, and there was no tension at all before the war.
At four o'clock in the morning, several figures flashed out of the dark night and quietly sneaked in front of the Tang Army's camp. They lay down behind a small earthen bag dozens of feet away in front of the camp and looked at the movements of the Tang Army's camp. After a while,
, these men in black spread out, crawled and sneaked on the snow-covered grass, and wandered around the Tang Army camp for a while. With the cry of a night owl, these uninvited guests who came in a hurry quietly returned.
In the dark night, everything calmed down again.
"General, everything is normal in the Tang Army's camp. Except for dozens of guards at the camp entrance, there has been no movement in the entire camp, and no Tang Army ambush has been seen in the back camp and surrounding areas." Behind a small hill two miles away from the Tang Army.
, a man in black was kneeling in front of Gaiye’s horse, reporting the report respectfully.
"Okay, I'll take credit for taking down the Tang Army's camp!" Gaiye waved his hand excitedly, signaling the leader of the sentry to retreat. He smiled, then waved his hand and said: "Dismount, come out.
!" More than ten thousand fine cavalry who had been on standby for a long time immediately followed Ye should and rushed towards the Tang army's camp. The more than ten thousand people and horses were all held by men and horses, and their feet were all wrapped in thick rags.
Qi was stunned but didn't make much noise.
Yin Shizheng said, Gaiye's troops had already arrived more than a hundred feet away in front of the Tang Army's camp. Gaiye sat on his horse, looked at the flickering torch light in front of the Tang Army's camp, waved his hand fiercely, and ordered loudly:
: "All the troops mount up, follow me and rush in! Kill!" In an instant, more than ten thousand fine cavalry all got on their horses, shouting loudly and swarmed towards the Tang army's camp like a tide.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The patrol posts in front of the Tang army's camp were alerted by the sound of horse hooves and the shouts of killing. They suddenly became a mess, shouting and running around, and there were blasts of horns.
The sound came from the Tang Army's camp, and the whole camp was full of people, all in panic. It seemed that they were very happy, and they didn't pay attention to the Tang Army patrol posts that had fled. They rushed straight to the barracks gate, holding in their hands
The horse waved continuously, constantly pushing away obstacles such as antlers blocking the way. Finally, with a wild roar, using the momentum of the horse, the spear in his hand was whipped out like a whip, accurately hitting the door of the barracks.
But with a loud "boom", the seemingly thick camp gate suddenly fell down, and a surging flow of people rushed into the Tang army's camp along the broken barracks.
People? There were a lot of people in the Tang Army barracks. There was a large row of people standing at the entrance of the camp. They were all scarecrows wearing Tang Army armor. I should have picked one of them and felt something was wrong. It was a pity that one
Turns out, his horse had already started charging, and it was not easy to stop it. Furthermore, the tens of thousands of fine horsemen rushing in from behind now made it impossible for him to stop. Although he knew that he had fallen into the trap, there was nothing he could do about it.
Able to rush forward with all his strength, shouting while rushing: "The rear army stops, the whole army retreats!"
Kaiya's reaction was not unpleasant, and his orders were issued in a timely manner, but it was a pity that he could not control the situation. Not to mention the roaring and neighing, his orders were all mixed in with the shouts of killing, and there were not many of them at all.
I can hear it clearly personally. Besides, it is useless even if the entire army has received the order to retreat. How can the army that has already charged up safely turn around? Obviously, the Tang army will not give him this opportunity -
But after hearing a loud "boom", Gaiye suddenly felt his mount sinking while he was sprinting. Before he could understand what was going on, he had been knocked off his horse, and he was facing a thick stick.
The wooden picket, the unlucky guy didn't even have time to hum, it was already nailed to the wooden stake, and the thick sharp stake stabbed him to the core.
I fell into the trap, it was a horse trap! I thought of this angrily, my eyes darkened, and I lost my breath - the Tang army actually set up a huge horse trap at the entrance of the camp, which was thirty feet square.
They were all densely packed with wooden pickets. The hundreds of cavalrymen who first rushed into the Tang army's camp all fell into the pit. The cavalrymen behind them couldn't stop and fell into it one after another. People and horses were stacked on top of each other. How could there be "chaos"?
"That's a great word.
"Fire arrows!" Just as Xue Yantuo's army was in chaos, a loud roar was heard from the dark place. Thousands of arrows rained down, and the army that was caught off guard suddenly burst into flames.
A large area was shot, and screams resounded through the night sky. Xue Yantuo's rear army, who felt that they were lying in a trap, did not dare to rush into the camp again. They turned their horses and rushed towards the way they came.
Haha, it’s cool! You’re so generous, you’re trying to rob the camp with me, hehe, I’ve been waiting for you! Li Zhen snapped her fingers proudly and ordered loudly: “Send the order, all ministries will clean up the battlefield immediately, Liu Changhe
, go and catch a few alive, I will be of use to you." Liu Changhe, who was standing behind Li Zhen, responded loudly and led his officers and soldiers straight to the pit, directing his men to keep the top few of the pit intact.
After Xue Yantuo's soldiers slipped up, with a wave of their hands, more than a thousand Tang officers and soldiers came down with swords and guns, killing all the rest of Xue Yantuo's cavalry who were struggling to escape from the trap.
At four o'clock in the Yin hour, Amuda, who was leading the army to pick up Ying Ye's troops, suddenly stopped, listened for a while, waved his hand, and loudly ordered: "The whole army is on alert, arrows are on string!"
Following Amuda's order, the more than 10,000 fine cavalry who had stopped long ago immediately formed a formation. Everyone drew their bows and arrows and stared quietly ahead. However, when they heard the rumble of horse hooves, a group of cavalry troops were about to launch their weapons.
The soldiers were riding horses and galloping from the direction of the Tang army's camp, shouting wildly. Amuda only listened for a while, and his heart suddenly sank - the soldiers shouting and screaming were clearly members of the tribe, Amuda
Without even asking, I knew that the hijacking of the camp must have failed.
"Birondo, light the torch and go up to ask about the situation." Amuda turned to a captain standing next to him with a livid face.
"Yes!" Birondo agreed, and he called his men to light dozens of torches and rushed towards the defeated army. However, after a while, he led the famous captain back.
"Well, where is the general?" Amuda asked hurriedly when he saw the captain who was sweating profusely from running.
You are the commander of Gaiye's rear army. His troops retreated back before they could break into the Tang army's camp. At this time, when Amuda asked, he said with a pale face: "General Amuda, our troops were ambushed and all the front troops were killed."
Mo, the last general did not see General Gai Ye leave the camp, I think he was trapped in the Tang camp."
"What? What's going on? Say it quickly!" When Amuda heard that he must have died, he suddenly became anxious, grabbed your leather armor, and shouted loudly.
"General, we are trapped in a horse trap. The general should have rushed into the Tang camp alone. The last general couldn't see clearly from behind. The Tang army took advantage of the situation to attack. Our army's morale was in chaos and its morale was completely lost. The last general's headquarters was also rushed by the rebel army.
I had no choice but to turn around. I hope the general will forgive me." I mistakenly thought that Amuda was going to accuse him, so I was so frightened that I trembled all over and explained stammeringly.
Amuda was in a bad mood and didn't bother to talk to you anymore. He pushed you and shouted: "You trash, get out!"
Birondo held a torch, approached Amuda, and whispered: "General, the Tang army is well prepared. This camp is unstoppable. We'd better go back to the camp and discuss it later."
Amuda didn't say a word, frowned and looked at the dark night sky, then looked at the direction of the Tang army's camp, shook his head thoughtfully and said: "Although the Tang army was well prepared, it's time to ambush them."
The troops must have slacked off at this time. If our army goes to rob the camp again, the Tang army will definitely not be on guard. There is still an hour before dawn, which is enough for our army to move. As for falling into the horse trap, our army will not enter the camp, but only
Use rockets to attack first and then take advantage of the chaos. There will be no danger. Send an order and the whole army will sneak towards the Tang camp. Everything will be done according to my orders!"
At 9:00 a.m., it was the darkest hour of the day. The originally pitch-black night was now even darker. In addition, the snow was getting heavier, and you could no longer see your fingers when you stretched out your hand. The Tang Army camp had been in chaos for a while.
Order has been restored, and there are bonfires in the camp. From a distance, it looks like the Tang army is preparing breakfast. You can hear laughter and conversations in the camp from a long distance away, and the damaged camp gate is still there.
It was not erected, but there were not many soldiers patrolling the empty barracks door. There seemed to be more than a hundred people, but the vigilance was not too tight. The patrols were just wandering around the barracks and did not send patrols far away.
Riding, secretly sentry.
Amuda personally led several personal guards to the vicinity of the Tang Army's camp and inspected it. Seeing the Tang Army's camp filled with laughter and laughter, he felt relieved. He sneered and quietly returned to his tribe more than a hundred battles away.
, quietly explained to the surrounding captains, and then waved his hand, more than ten thousand fine cavalry roared at the same time, and rushed towards the Tang Army camp... dd