The Tibetan troops attacked heavily, and the Nanli frontline shrank its defenses. Troops of all sizes entered the city, relying on the city fortress to prepare for resistance, leaving a large open space in the wild... Even so, Li Heba wanted to lead 40,000 soldiers to sneak around
Qingyang, it is not easy to sneak to the edge of Yanziping without being noticed by the Nanli people.
Liheba did it.
There were hundreds of thousands of people in the Tibetan army. If we break it down, he and his men were the only ones who could possibly do this.
Liheba is the marshal's nephew, and the troops in this unit come from him and the marshal's clan army. However, the fact that these 40,000 people can become the "reliance" of the grand marshal is not just because they are of the same clan.
Not only are they members of the same race, they are also the real elites, and among these 40,000 people there are 10,000 who are the elites among the elites, the best in the military.
Just like the former Great Living Buddha's forbidden army "Buddha's Light", these ten thousand people also have a resounding reputation on the plateau and have their own unique name: Vuriluo.
In Sanskrit, the ancient meaning refers to a ferocious weapon in scripture mythology, and later it was gradually extended to mean 'King Kong'.
It doesn't matter what they are called, whether they are artifacts or diamonds, the key is just that they are ferocious enough.
There is a saying on the plateau that there is only one place where the 'Vurira' can't compare to the 'Buddha's Light': their number is smaller...
Thirty thousand elites plus ten thousand 'Furiluo' quietly sneaked to the edge of Song Yang's lair and lay dormant. It was not until Qingyang City was defeated that they finally received the order from the commander, and gave the order with force and strength.
, 40,000 warriors showed their banners and rushed into the feudal city.
Li Heba is a rare soldier. For him, the most interesting part of this mission was the previous 'infiltration'. As for the final attack, it was a bit boring... He had already discovered that the city was empty. When Song Yang sent out troops, this place was empty.
The people evacuated. Even in the auspicious land of Miaoxiang, there were still monks, believers, and maybe some protective monks, which were completely worth mentioning. What is a war without enemies? Capture the fiefdom of Changchun Marquis? It sounds like it.
I'm addicted to it, but it's actually very boring.
However, elite combat has its own schedule. Even if there is no decent opponent, they still act according to the wartime deployment. Each team supports each other and advances step by step. It will take Song Yang three days at the fastest to escape from Qingyang to his hometown.
The men had plenty of time, they were not in a hurry, and they didn't want to be hurt by a cold arrow... But what Rang Liheba didn't expect was that his troops had just entered the feudal city and received a message before they had even advanced three miles.
: Two hundred-man troops disappeared. Inexplicably and silently, two hundred men were just lost and could not be found.
Li Heba frowned slightly, but before he could speak, new military information arrived: another hundred-man team disappeared... The general did not care about being surprised, and immediately sent an order to shrink the formation and strengthen the response.
As soon as they entered the fiefdom, three hundred people were gone. Even a fool could understand that this place was by no means undefended. What really surprised Li and Ba was that no one knew his son better than him. He was one of the best on the plateau.
Great warriors, every one of them has received strict training and experienced iron-blooded experience. From skill to belief, they are the best. It is not that they will not die, but three hundred people died without making a sound. No one can be seen alive and no corpses are seen. This way
What happened was a bit too scary. If it wasn't for the power of gods and ghosts, the only explanation would be that the enemy was also an elite.
The formation of the soldiers began to shrink, their marching speed further slowed down, and they strengthened their connection with each other, leaving almost no space or opening for the sneak attackers. However, nothing changed. After advancing three miles, they lost two more centurions. What's even more hateful is that
After advancing another mile, the enemy seemed to feel that the sneak attack was too convenient, and became bolder, and actually attacked a thousand-man team!
This time there was quite a commotion, and the surrounding soldiers immediately outflanked them, but unfortunately they were still half a step too late. When the soldiers arrived, the enemy had already retreated, and the thousand-man team that was attacked could not even fight from the beginning to the end.
In less than a stick of incense, there were more than half casualties: 300 dead and 300 injured. There were almost no minor injuries. The injured person had either a broken arm or a broken leg. The wounds were flush, which was obviously caused by a powerful sharp knife.
But the enemy finally revealed his true colors. According to reports from the surviving soldiers of the Thousand-Man Team, the attacker was wearing black armor, wearing fangs to cover his face, and the long knife in his hand was strangely shaped and did not look like a 'modern' military blade... Lihe
Ba Di Di snorted coldly, he had heard of this team with grimaces.
When Tubo sent troops from Tanglou, Li Heba led his troops to leave the brigade. At about the same time, Song Yang's two most ferocious troops also left Qingyang. The power of Liu's army in the battle to defend the city was greatly reduced.
He lay in ambush in the south, waiting to support Song Yang and his party's final breakout; Cicada Yaksha returned to defend Yanziping, during which time he detached a thousand people to destroy the sluice gate. After completing the task, he returned to the feudal city to join the main army.
Cicada Yaksha was sent back to Feng Yi, not because Song Yang and others were sure that Fanzi would sneak in quietly, but because even if Qingyang was lost, the battle around Qingyang was not over yet. Feng Yi, Yanziping, Miaoxiang auspicious place
This is the last position of Marquis Chang Chun.
Forty thousand soldiers with great strength and strength sneaked to the edge of the feudal city without anyone noticing? They just thought that no one knew about it. The actions of this army and Xingzang all fell into the eyes of Cicada Yaksha, and as for the existence of Cicada Yaksha, Fan
You are the one who truly knows nothing.
The deeper they advanced into the feudal city, the more frequent raids and attacks the Fan army encountered. In terms of combat quality alone, both sides were at odds. There were casualties among the Fan army at all times, but Cicada Yaksha was always hard to find, as if out of thin air.
Appear and then disappear with the wind...
Although Li Heba could still afford the current losses, fear had slowly begun to spread in the team. It was not an option to continue like this, and people would have to panic. Li Heba changed the formation again, and the forwards retreated.
'Vurira', who was in the middle of the formation, stepped forward to serve as the blade.
The most powerful Fan army was pushed to the front. Two elites in the true sense, King Kong from the plateau and Yaksha who had been dormant for generations, faced each other tit for tat.
Perhaps because of his high self-esteem, or perhaps because of the arrogance of elite soldiers, 'Vurira' made a request to the general when he accepted the order to be the vanguard: he did not want the cooperation and support of friendly forces, and wished to fight independently and fight against the ghosts in front.
The army dukes it out.
Li Heba nodded in agreement.
The battlefield was open, wide and deep. There was no large-scale fighting between the two sides. It even felt a little too calm and boring. However, this does not mean that the battle between the two elite teams was not fierce. Quite the opposite.
Attacks, strangulations, ambushes, attacks and many other means were staged one after another. The only way to describe this battle is: sinister.
A dangerous battle.
At this point, Cicada Yaksha finally began to suffer casualties in the real sense. They were not killed in twos and threes, but the casualties of ten-man squads, hundred-man troops, and even the thousand-man brigade were hit. Compared to 'Vurira', Cicada Yaksha
There is one disadvantage: lack of actual combat experience. The survivors of the Great Flood have experienced far less battlefield baptism than the enemy.
But even so, Cicada Yaksha still won steadily in this confrontation. The shortcomings were obvious, but their advantages were even more obvious: terrifying weapons, amazing physiques, a killing formation with the greatest power at the smallest scale, and 'geographical location'.
Even if this 'Virvana' is really a Vajra, they are Vajras who have come from afar; Cicada Yaksha has been living in Nanli Mountain for generations, and has been coming to Yanziping for a while. Emperor Hong and his secret envoys are always stationed here.
Protecting their safety is the most important duty of Cicada Yaksha. Zheng Zhuan and Zheng Ji have never neglected this. Training and exercises on imagining various situations of enemy invasion and how to deal with them have been carried out countless times. There are people everywhere in the feudal city.
They have developed positions and built secret fortifications. They are familiar with every plant and tree here. They are the local evil spirits.
Not all foreign monks can recite sutras, at least here, 'Vurira', in front of Cicada Yaksha, the sutras recited are not so effective...
If this battle takes place on the plateau, Cicada Yaksha may not be able to take advantage, but in a feudal city they can win, and win for sure.
The army followed Vuriluo and advanced for another seven or eight miles. When they gradually approached the center of the feudal city, they stopped again: Vuriluo could no longer move.
Less than ten miles away, but they walked for several hours. The constant strangulation and fighting caused Furila to suffer heavy casualties and lost more than 2,500 elite soldiers, approaching the 3,000 mark. For this team,
In other words, the 30% attrition is a bar. Their usual tactics, coordinated battle formations, tacit understanding between the teams, etc. The minimum requirement is based on 7,000 people. Once the 'bar' is exceeded, the team's combat effectiveness will be reduced.
will decrease sharply. When approaching the critical point, the chief officer of Fururiluo finally did not dare to show off his strength anymore. No matter how hard he lost his face, it was not as important as preserving his strength. No matter how unwilling he was to lose, he could not annihilate the entire army. The troops temporarily stopped and went to work in person.
Go to see Liheba and ask the brigade to cooperate.
Li and Ba immediately agreed without thinking. In order to cultivate Vurira, the clan spent countless manpower and material resources. If they really wanted to hand them over to Yanziping, the marshal would have to cook him alive when the marshal came later.
Not only did he agree to Commander Vuriluo's request, but Li Heba also tried to blame him. Instead, he patted the other person's shoulder to comfort him, and then asked with some curiosity: "We have injured more than two thousand men, where are the Southern Barbarians?"
?How much did they lose?"
The commander was a fierce warrior, and his face was always expressionless. However, the cold look on his face still failed to hide the embarrassment in his eyes, and he responded stiffly: "I don't know."
Li Heba wondered: "I don't know? How could you not know? Don't you have a rough count of how many corpses they left behind?"
"They had casualties, but... basically no bodies were left behind. They were all taken away by their comrades."
"Facing you, will the Ghost Faced Army still have a chance to take away the bodies of the dead?" Li Heba took a breath of air.
Chief Fu Riluo snorted, which was regarded as acknowledging Li Heba's statement.
Li Heba waved his hands and retreated, lowering his voice: "Ba Tuo, please explain to me, how do these ghost-faced soldiers of the Southern Barbarians compare to our Furiluo?" Furiluo is a clan army, and the chief officer is Ba.
Tuo, Li and Ba are naturally related, and they are direct relatives within three generations. The two have met often since they were young, and there is no need to have any scruples about speaking.
"We can't compare with them. They are different." Ba Tuo's face was very ugly and he shook his head slowly. He said this only because of two insignificant details during the battle of Cicada Yaksha: they were 'laughing'
', they are 'looking'.
During battles and actions, Cicada Yaksha always laughed in a very low voice. Their eyes were full of joy and comfort. Even when the blade penetrated their vital parts and their bodies twitched uncontrollably before death, they were still laughing...
On the child's side, the soldiers who can be selected into the Vajra are all desperadoes. They will become wild and excited as soon as they go to the battlefield. However, the two teams are different. 'Vajra' is not afraid of death at best and likes to fight.
'Yaksha' is enjoying it, and even dying on the battlefield has become part of that enjoyment;
As for 'looking', before dying, look at the eyes. Whenever Cicada Yaksha kills the enemy on the ground, they will look at the opponent's eyes, and look at them so seriously. The enemy's eyes will change from bright to dim, and finally
Lifeless, this terrible process seems to them to be the most beautiful scenery in the world, which they never tire of watching. And when Cicada Yaksha is killed, their eyes will still be firmly locked on the eyes of their enemies, still full of emotion.
happy.
Ba Tuo really didn't dare to let Fu Riluo tangle with the Ghost Faced Army alone anymore. Although his expression was always cold and ruthless, he clearly felt that a little fear had quietly arisen in his heart towards this elite southern barbarian.
The chief officer is like this, not to mention his subordinates. If the battle continues, it will not only exceed 30% of the casualties, but Vurila's belief, self-confidence and morale will collapse. They cannot be afraid. Once there is another army in the world, they will feel fear in their hearts.
The team, Vastu Ra is finished...
Even if the elite soldiers are called 'King Kong', no matter how powerful they are, they are still human beings.
But Cicada Yaksha is a ghost: a fierce ghost who has been wandering outside the world for hundreds of years, and has been looking forward to returning to the world for generations to start killing again. Now he finally got his wish!
Ba Tuo coughed and changed the subject. This journey made their ace in a state of embarrassment, but it was not all without gain. At least he could see one thing: "The Ghost Faced Army is protecting the feudal city."
It was nonsense, but Liheba was not angry... If he really said such nonsense, Ba Tuo would not be qualified to lead Vurira. What he said meant something else: the two countries were at war, and there was a fierce battle in the wild, no matter what
Such tactics are all aimed at destroying the enemy's vitality. The Nanman Ghost-faced Army, which is always hidden in the dark, rarely goes back to the side to attack the enemy. It basically launches snipers and ambushes from the front. As the Tubo army advances,
They retreated slowly. To put it bluntly, although they were killing enemies, their more important purpose was to 'block' them.
Just as the chief officer of Furila said, they were protecting the fiefdom. This kind of resistance launched for the purpose of blocking was essentially different from guerrilla killing of the enemy.
Liheba frowned, pondered, and then slowly spoke after a moment: "This team is a Buddhist soldier?"
"This is not the way to protect the road." Ba Tuo nodded steadily...
Changchun Hou has been defeated, what else can the feudal city have to protect? There are only two possibilities: to save a way for Changchun Hou to escape into the mountains; or to protect the auspicious place of Miaoxiang. If it is the former, the "Ghost Face Army" will not be able to protect it at all.
This was their strategy. They should continue to hide and wait until Song Yang led the barbarians to the feudal city before they launched an attack. They would attack front and back with friendly forces and create a way for Changchun Hou to escape to the mountains.
Then there is only one explanation left.
Judging from previous military intelligence reports: the vanguard army previously divided its forces to circle the city and attack the feudal city, but was stalked by the Ghost Face Army and was eventually destroyed. The Ghost Face Army indeed accompanied Song Yang to reinforce Qingyang.
, but they also left Qingyang shortly after Nanli Buddha Wuyan returned to the Holy Land, and did not even participate in the Qingyang defense battle against the main Tibetan force.
Combining the past and looking at the present, Liheba and Batuo naturally came to a conclusion: the "ghost face" is the Buddhist army, loyal to the auspicious place of wonderful fragrance.
After identifying this point, it was completely clear how to fight the war at hand. Liheba discussed with the chief officer of Furila for a few more words, and then issued an order: assemble the entire army and go straight to the auspicious place of Miaoxiang.
Attack the vital point directly, attack the enemy and save them, forcing the ghost-faced army to show up for a decisive battle.
Although he did not know the specific number of enemies, Li Heba was at least certain that he would win in a battle of numbers, forcing Ghost Face to give up their guerrilla fighting style, thereby eliminating the enemy's advantage; a frontal attack would undoubtedly increase the opponent's number.
The disadvantage... Sure enough, when the army ignored any minor snipers or traps and focused on launching an attack on the auspicious place, the 'Ghost Faced Army' lost its composure.
When the Fan army rushed to the edge of the sign area, the 'Ghost Face' army finally jumped out of the darkness and showed their formation.
The fans who invaded the feudal city were so lucky to have the opportunity to see the Modao military formation that had been lost for hundreds of years.
The Mo Dao is as long as a full-grown man and a half tall, and weighs dozens of kilograms. It can attack in formation like a wall, and its frontal attack power is unparalleled. At that time, the Great Hong Dynasty used the Mo Dao fighting method to sweep across all corners of the country, and even left some behind.
The legend of three thousand Mo swords destroying thirty thousand barbarians.
The legend is unknown, and I don’t know if it has been deliberately exaggerated, but there is no doubt about the power of Mo Dao. This weapon has a huge range of damage. It can decapitate cavalry with an upward swing, cut hoofs with a downward swing, stab the neck diagonally, and slash with a jumping attack.
There are many kinds of fighting methods, because they are so heavy and sharp that even a tall horse can't take a single blow; when fighting infantry, the killing methods are more flexible and diverse. Mo Dao has always been the main force in the order of arms of the Hong Dynasty.
It is used to challenge the enemy's army head-on and destroy the enemy's front line.
In addition to the rigid requirements for soldiers, Mo Dao's tactics also require soldiers to practice formations for a long time... Even if we can turn back time and return to the heyday of the Great Flood seven hundred years ago, which Mo Dao team will have soldiers who have been trained since birth?
When you start training, you eat, live and train together to develop a tacit understanding?
Sneaking, strangulation, ambushes, raids and other field combat methods are just "side jobs" in the eyes of Cicada Yaksha. In the past, they had too much time and they had to strive for excellence, so they learned these. But their real profession and main business is fanfare.
The array in front of him was neat and tidy, the swords were shining brightly, and he moved quickly to unify the 'Mo Dao Chong' that was coming towards him.
Li Heba indeed forced the Ghost Faced Army to give up the guerrilla tactics they were good at... and also forced the Mo Dao Killing Formation that Cicada Yaksha was better at!