Chastity Layman

Qin Lang was sitting in the central army, and heard that the vanguard You Yijun Qingqi came to report, saying that the Tibetans felled trees, pushed rocks, dug ditches and blocked the valley roads, making it difficult for the Tang army to advance, so he immediately asked someone to fetch a map to watch. who.

"This Sanguo Miqin is really ruthless. You see, the blocking position he chose is exactly where the three troops of our Jiannan Army finally converge. Whether it is the Ningyuan Army and Jingbian Army on the left, or the right The Baoning Army, Pingqiang Army, and Tianbao Army, or our forwards Youyi and Tabai armies in the middle, plus the Zhongwu and Beiwei armies of the Chinese army, our Ninth Army will eventually be on the banks of the Maiwa River This valley mouth converges."

Only 30,000 people were blocked at this entrance, but they guarded the place that the Tang army must pass through. If they did not get through here, they would not be able to continue to pursue the Tubo army, let alone rush to Hequ and the Qiang tribe to encircle and wipe out the Tubo army.

"It seems that the whereabouts of the Qiang people have been leaked."

"These Qiang people are really not doing enough, and they are doing more than failure." The Zhongwu Army envoy Cun Xiao hated.

"Actually, it's nothing. One hundred thousand cavalry, it's impossible to hide completely. After all, Tubo has already gone this way, and they must send scouts to clear the way. It's impossible to hide. They can hide their traces until now. They are already very good. In the end, no matter what schemes and plans are used, there will always be a battle of swords in the end."

Qin Lang thought about it more, but even if Tubo found out now, it would be too late.

Don't look at this Sanguo Miqin's skillful use of troops and his speed, but how can he stop Tang Jun with only about 30,000 troops?

You know, the Ninth Army that came out of Songzhou this time, together with the Unity Battalion and Fan soldiers from Xie Cong, had a total of 80,000 soldiers left behind to guard the house. Tang Jun is also more than 25,000. With so many elites, not to mention a temporary field camp, even a fortified city, Qin Lang is sure to take it down.

"Three days is too long, at most one day, we have to get through."

"The order was given to all the armies to speed up and rush to the Maiwa River Valley. After the ministries arrived, they did not need to rest and immediately launched an attack on the blocking army in the back of the Tubo Palace, making it hard for them to look left and right until they collapsed. Only the generals are asking!"

As a result, Qin Lang's personal soldiers and knights came out in all directions, galloping and passing on the Commander in Chief to each army. The generals of the armies also didn't care about resting, and even didn't care about the formation. They advanced at full speed.

First come, first fight, there is no need to wait for those behind, and there is no need to maintain formation on the road. Anyway, you are not afraid of attacks, and the enemy's situation is already clear.

The Ninth Army, with 80,000 horses and horses, divided into three groups, marched together, and rushed to the Quwa River Valley.

The You Yi and Ta Bai armies had already rested all night, so they naturally launched an offensive immediately after receiving the order. Qiu Xinggong, who has always been cruel, ordered the attack regardless of casualties. Soldiers armed with crossbows followed by long-range fire support.

The terrain of the valley is narrow, and there are fallen trees and leaves, rocky ditches, etc., but when the Tang army started to advance desperately, it still relied on its strong firepower to quickly beat the Tubo crossbowmen. step back.

Tang Jun continued to push forward, and then the people behind did not clear the valley road, and followed closely.

In the valley, bows and arrows flew wildly, screaming to kill and shaking the sky. When both sides began to fight hand-to-hand and fought chaotically in the valley, it was obvious that the Tubo people's weakness was fully revealed. One was the lack of troops, and the other was that the equipment was not strong. In terms of momentum, it far surpassed the Tubo army, so it only took half a day. Qiu Xinggong and Yu Guni did not even wait for the arrival of the troops behind, they opened up the valley that was originally planned to slowly advance and clear in three days, and directly hit Taniguchi .

Outside the valley, on the wide Quwa River valley beach, Senguo Miqin urged the Tubo army and civilians to spend less than a day and a night, and already dug three trenches and erected two fence walls, which are still deepening and widening. Trench, reinforcement and high wall, and even the wall of rejecting horses are inserted more and more.

The Tubo defeated soldiers who retreated from the valley retreated into the camp along the plank road on the trench.

The Tubo defenders pulled the planks on the ditch, which made the chasing You Yitabai and the two armies helpless for a while.

Qiu Xinggong arrived, saw the fortifications of the Tubo people, just sneered a few times, and then called the crossbowmen to put down the bows and arrows along the ditch first, to stabilize the valley entrance, and shoot and kill all the Tubo soldiers who approached, and to meet the soldiers behind The horse went out of the valley, and left some behind to start clearing the valley road with its hands and feet.

"Logging, digging!"

It’s not only the Tubo people who can cut and dig the soil. The wood is ready-made. In the valley road, there are trees that were cut down by the Tubo people to block the road. This time, the branches are directly cut off and transported out. Trees are simply processed into pallets for erecting ditches.

Sanguo Miqin watched quietly from the camp fence, but did not send troops to fight for it. Instead, he just ordered to continue digging a new trench in the camp and erect a fence wall. He obviously planned to hold the ground to defend the enemy Attacked.

By dusk, You Yitabai's two vanguard troops had basically cleared the valley road, and under the cover of crossbowmen, they took down the first ditch outside the Tubo camp and approached the second ditch. Trench and horse refusal wall.

The two sides began to shoot bows and arrows, and competed fiercely.

At this time, the five armies on the left and right, with tens of thousands of horses, also began to arrive with cavalry first.

The temporary camp was only that big, and the trenches, fences, and horses were not built much. It was better to just face You Yitabai's two vanguard light cavalry at the beginning.

But when the soldiers and horses from the left and right also arrived from both sides, the situation began to be different.

The number of the Tang army continued to increase, and the Tubo people soon lost all the fortifications outside the camp. They were still struggling to support their horses against the fence, but the Tang army had already begun to gather the infantry who had just arrived.

Those big ballistas are also beginning to be assembled, and there are even small catapults.

Not to mention that the heavy infantry are wearing heavy armor with the help of the light infantry, armed to the teeth, those huge long cards, the long iron spears, rifles, sharp knives, heavy axes, all of them Showing their ferocious attacking ability.

Those simple Tubo walls were obviously difficult to hold on under the impact of their group.

The Tubo people looked desperately at the Tang army coming from three sides like ants, as well as the many Qiang and Tibetan soldiers following the Tang army, united bravely.

"How did the Tang people come so fast?"

Sanguo Miqin tried his best. He thought he could stop the Tang people for more than three days, or even seven or eight days or ten days, but who would have thought that it was only one night and one day, and even this day has not passed.

As the horn blew, Tang Jun's crossbowmen took the lead in showing their power.

Countless bows and crossbows shot towards the camp, and the rain of arrows all over the sky blocked the light of the sky, and the sky above the camp was dark, and then there was an extremely sharp howling sound.

The rain of arrows and crossbows never stopped, and those arrows poured down as if they didn't want money, and then amidst the beating of war drums, the infantry of the Tang army began to advance in an orderly manner.

They held large shields, wore iron armor, and even marched with battle horns.

The Tubo wall was extremely fragile and thin under their battle horns. The Tubo soldiers couldn't even stand on the wall, and couldn't stand up at all. Under the dense arrow rain, they could only hold their shields and squat on the ground curl up.

Once they stood up and tried to block the approaching infantry, they would be shot and killed by the crossbows of the Tang people before firing two arrows.

And the 20,000 mediocre people who still had a lot of use when blocking roads and building villages, now have no use in this kind of battle.

They only have simple spears in their hands, and Udo.

Udo was originally used by mediocre people to drive away cattle and sheep when grazing. Yaks were twisted into thick threads and then braided into braids. A loop was made on the top of the braid, and the loop was put on the finger when using it. Weave a palm-sized black ladder at the other end to put stones or clods of soil. When driving cattle and sheep, hold the two ends of the black ladder with your hands, put stones or clods of soil in the black ladder, lift the whip and wave it, and then Aim at the target and let go of one end, and you can hit a hundred steps away.

The mediocre people use Udo for a long time when grazing, and they can often hit a hundred shots. Even if it is used on the battlefield, it is a cheap, convenient and effective weapon. Putting hard stones on the enemy, if there is no armor defense, it is also a weapon. Severely injured, severely killed.

But the problem is that these people who lack armor and helmets can't even go up the wall of the village. Under the cover of such dense and sharp bows and crossbows, they just go up and send them off.

Under the cover of the archers, the infantrymen of the Tang army held up their large shields and held their spears, paved trenches with wooden planks, cut down walls that resisted horses, and finally came to the front of the barracks.

Throwing a hook to hook the wooden fence to mission pull, swinging a big knife and heavy ax to slash, and some simply lifted the wood to hit it.

At this time, the Tubo army did not care about the casualties, and defended desperately, shooting arrows at the infantry in front of the wall, but the Tang army had a stronger will to fight, and their own defense was good, so the casualties were not too great.

It lasted less than half an hour, and the simple wooden fence of the Tubo people was pulled down several sections in a row, and the infantry swarmed in, chopping melons and vegetables.

And the cavalry who had assembled in the back and stood by were like a fishy cat. Under the guidance of the military flag, their iron hoofs were like thunder, and they rushed towards the collapsed gap.

Sanguo Miqin held a long knife, his eyes were red and mad, and he led his subordinates to block from left to right, but in the end it was difficult to support them alone. More and more Tubo soldiers were cut down by the Tang army, and there were more and more gaps in the camp. It's useless, because too many Tang troops entered.

On the battlefield for several miles, there was a massacre.

But at this time, the Tang army was still coming from the three valley roads continuously, and as soon as they left the valley, they immediately rushed to the battlefield.

It's like Mount Tai is overwhelming.

The Tubo people were completely desperate. Under the leadership of the fierce general Sanguo Miqin, they fought tenaciously until dusk, and then they were completely defeated.

Next, it was the killing time of the Tang army. The Tubo army had begun to disperse and flee, and the Tang army lit torches to chase and kill the Tubo army.

The moon was dark, the wind was high and the stars were sparse, but they concealed their killing intent. Tang Jun was so red-eyed that he didn't ask for gold to withdraw his troops at all.

In the middle of the moon, Qin Lang, commander of the whole army, Jiannan Jiedu, also rushed to the battlefield under the escort of Beiwei and Zhongwu armies. At this time, the battlefield was broken and bloody, but Tubo had already been defeated and fled, and the Tang army was still chasing.

Qin Lang had a limit of one day to break through the army of the queen of Tubo, and all the generals did it.

"Order all the troops to stop the pursuit, gather and rest on the spot, and be careful to guard against the foreign army!"