Ignoring the powerful strength of the Pingnan Army, the soldiers and horses of Nanzhao insisted on launching a full-scale attack, in this case, if they did not teach a hard lesson, how could they completely deter the Nanzhao soldiers and make them dare not easily challenge the Tang Army in the future. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Li An looked at the Nanzhao soldiers who were approaching with an expressionless face, stretched out his hand and waved lightly: "Repeat the crossbow ****, hit the Nanzhao army hard." ”

"Whoosh ......"

Five hundred soldiers of the Pingnan Army suddenly brought up the crossbows that had been prepared, and aimed at the Nanzhao soldiers who were rushing over, and kept pulling the trigger.

Five thousand eight-inch-long crossbow arrows were ****ed out in a very short period of time, and the losses caused by the dense rain of arrows to the attacking Nanzhao soldiers and horses can be imagined.

Although the Nanzhao soldiers had a lot of shield soldiers, which could block the edge of the arrows, the frequency of the crossbow shooting was too fast, and there were always some of the five thousand crossbow arrows that the shield could not cover, and these soldiers who were not blocked obviously caused great losses to the Nanzhao soldiers.

Although the Nanzhao army had experienced the war of unifying the six edicts and the war with the powerful army of Tubo, they had never experienced such a dense arrow rain attack in a short period of time, and this round of 5,000 arrow rain attacks was the second most serious damage to the Nanzhao army, and the blow to its confidence was the most serious.

This round of arrow rain went down, hundreds of Nanzhao soldiers were killed, and many Nanzhao soldiers were injured and fell to the ground, lying on the ground wailing in pain.

At the juncture when the Nanzhao army was hit hard and had a mental breakdown, the Pingnan army equipped its crossbow arrows and launched the second round of crossbow ****, followed by the third and fourth rounds.

20,000 eight-inch crossbow arrows frantically shot at the Nanzhao army, causing immeasurable losses to the besiegers of Nanzhao, at least 1,000 Nanzhao soldiers died because of the first round of attack, and the injured Nanzhao soldiers were as many as 35,000 people, and the time of this incident was extremely short, only the first round of attack.

"Retreat, retreat immediately."

Seeing that the losses of the soldiers under his command were extremely heavy, Ge Luofeng, the commander of Nanzhao, couldn't help it and was forced to issue a military order to retreat.

The attacking Nanzhao soldiers and horses, before the fifth round of arrow rain of the Tang army, left the corpses of more than 1,000 companions and quickly retreated, disengaging from the Tang army defending the city.

Seeing that the Nanzhao army was forced to retreat, Li An and all the soldiers under his command laughed.

"General, it is estimated that the army of Nanzhao was defeated, leaving more than a thousand corpses behind, and fled in a hurry! Ha ha! ”

"General, Nanzhao has made such a big loss, it is estimated that he will not dare to continue the siege."

"If the generals of Nanzhao are still not convinced, the loss will not be as simple as one or two thousand, and I still have a lot of killer weapons in the Nanjun Army, hahaha!"

After all, there was another victory, and the mood of the officers and men of the Pingnan Army was very high, and they all looked forward to the Nanzhao army being able to attack again, so that the fight would be even more enjoyable.

Li An's mood is naturally better, this trip to the land, not only did he not waste his power to seize important cities such as Nanning Prefecture and Queensland, but at the same time, he also taught the Nanzhao army a good lesson, so that the Nanzhao soldiers understood the strength of the Tang army.

"Ge Luofeng will definitely not be convinced, however, the ability of the Nanzhao army is so much, how is it the opponent of my Pingnan army, whether Ge Luofeng will attack again, this general can't grasp it, however, the four hundred elites of our army out of the city will definitely see the opportunity and teach the Nanzhao soldiers and horses a good lesson, and the general is not afraid that Ge Luofeng will not be convinced."

Ang Lee's face was confident.

The Nanzhao army retreated three miles and stopped, and the commander Ge Luofeng looked at the generals under his command with a black line, his eyes were full of helplessness and resentment.

He originally planned to annihilate all the Tang troops who seized Queensland City in one go, and there was no proof of his death, but this wish was not only not realized, but also caused the soldiers under his command to suffer huge losses, which Ge Luofeng never expected.

In Ge Luofeng's opinion, the Tang army's strength in Queensland City is only 3,000 people, and the training of this army is only a few months, it is not an elite main force, why such a newly formed army can have such a terrible combat effectiveness, which makes Ge Luofeng extremely surprised.

Of course, these days, Ge Luofeng has devoted all his energy to studying the land planing soldiers, ignoring the affairs of Luzhou, let alone understanding how the Pingnan Army is trained and what advanced weapons it has, so naturally he cannot correctly judge the combat strength of the Pingnan Army.

Like Ge Luofeng, Duan Jianwei and the generals of Zhongnanzhao also despised the strength of the Tang army, they all thought that the Tang army did not have many soldiers and horses, and there was nothing to be afraid of, but they did not expect that they would be hit violently as soon as they came into contact, resulting in huge losses.

At this moment, no one dares to underestimate the combat power of the Tang Army, and the price they pay for changing this understanding is the lives of thousands of Nanzhao soldiers, which is somewhat more than worth the loss.

"Great Prince, our army has lost 1,256 killed and more than 3,000 wounded, and the losses are extremely heavy."

"The eldest prince, the combat power of the Tang army far exceeds that of our army, and I am afraid that Queensland City will not be able to be taken back."

"The eldest prince, we must not continue to attack Queensland City, otherwise, our army's losses will be even heavier."

"Great Prince, we can only accept defeat, there is no other way."

All the generals of Nanzhao were stupid by the strength of the Tang army, and they had completely lost the courage to continue to fight against the Tang army.

Ge Luofeng is of course very dissatisfied with the performance of his generals, but it has been like this, the losses of his soldiers and horses are extremely heavy, in this case, if he launches a siege battle again, the losses will of course be greater, and Ge Luofeng is obviously unwilling, and once again let his soldiers and horses suffer huge losses, giving up attacking Queensland City, is undoubtedly the best, but also the most helpless way.

"I really didn't expect that after just a few months of training, the recruits of the Tang Army would be able to burst out with such a strong combat effectiveness, and we underestimated the Tang Army."

Ge Luofeng sighed from the bottom of his heart.

"The eldest prince, the weapons possessed by the Tang army are very powerful, if our army also has the same weapons and fights outside the city, the Tang army may not be the opponent of our army."

Duan Jianwei said coldly.

When Ge Luofeng heard this, he suddenly felt justified, and the only trace of confidence in his heart finally burst out again, and nodded to Duan Jianwei very approvingly.

He believes that the reason for the defeat is not that the Tang soldiers are well trained, but that the Tang army has advanced weapons that they do not have.

Of course, the advanced weapons of the Tang Army will not be given to them, and the advanced weapons are also a very important element of the strength of the army, and it is an indisputable fact that the Tang Army is more powerful than them.

"The eldest prince, the Tang army's weapons to defend the city are too powerful, and it is difficult for our army to attack, so it is better to retreat and camp, and then find a way!"

Ge Luofeng nodded and said, "Retreat five miles and set up camp." ”

More than 10,000 soldiers of Nanzhao, under the leadership of Ge Luofeng, retreated for five miles in a row and set up camp in an open field.

After the camp was set up, the sun had gradually set, and just when the Nanzhao army was about to bury the pot for cooking, eight small units of the Tang army began to harass the Nanzhao camp and shot and wounded many Nanzhao soldiers.

"The eldest prince, a small group of troops of the Tang Army sneak attacked, in all directions, and the specific number is not very clear."

A scout told Ge Luofeng the news of the sneak attack of a small group of troops of the Tang Army.

Ge Luofeng was furious, stood up violently, and ordered: "Send the order to send three thousand men and horses to annihilate all these harassing Tang soldiers." ”

"Yes, Lordship."

Obviously, Ge Luofeng wanted to annihilate this small force of the Tang army in order to avenge the heavy losses of the army under his command.

"Prince, the Tang army sent a small force to harass it, most of which was a strategy to exhaust the enemy, in order to make it difficult for our army to rest, so as to weaken the strength of our army."

Duan Jianwei opened his mouth to analyze.

Ge Luofeng didn't care about this, and said loudly: "The Tang army has caused heavy losses to our army, and these small forces must all be annihilated, and none of them can be left, so that the Tang army can see the strength of our army." ”

After a pause, Ge Luofeng continued: "Sir, do you think that our army can annihilate these small Tang army troops." ”

"It's just a few small troops, how can the eldest prince not be able to win with three thousand troops."

Duan Jianwei had no doubts about the ability of the Nanzhao army, and felt that the Tang army sent a small force to come, which was undoubtedly a death, and the Nanzhao army was a very good force in jungle warfare, and it would definitely be able to completely annihilate these small-scale Tang army officers and soldiers.

Of course, this is just Duan Jianwei's personal speculation, he thinks that the Tang army's strong defense force is only advanced weapons, and the small force outside the city may not be very powerful, plus the Nanzhao army is good at jungle warfare, so he thinks that the Nanzhao army will definitely be able to annihilate the small force of the Tang army.

However, Duan Jianwei obviously guessed wrong, and it was very outrageous, three thousand Nanzhao soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were divided into small units harassed by the Tang army, but they were surprised to find that they could not outrun the Tang army soldiers at all, and there were continuous soldiers who were injured by the arrows fired by the Tang army soldiers.

The most fatal thing is that several small units of the Tang Army cooperate with each other, and from time to time they make a small ambush, so that they are unable to guard against it and suffer considerable losses.

The soldiers of the Tang Army, like loaches, came and went freely in the jungle, constantly shooting and wounding the Nanzhao soldiers who pursued them, causing more and more losses to the Nanzhao soldiers.

Half an hour later, a large number of wounded Nanzhao soldiers were either carried back by their comrades, or walked back with each other in their arms, grinning and howling in the camp because of the severe pain.

Ge Luofeng, who was in the big tent of the Chinese army, was discussing the current situation with Duan Jianwei with his head down, when he heard the miserable sound outside getting louder and louder, he felt extremely bored in his heart, and stood up and strode outside the tent.

Looking at the wounded soldiers in the camp, Ge Luofeng's heart was even more clogged, and he couldn't help clenching his fists.

"In just half an hour, there are as many as 300 wounded soldiers, and we still underestimate the strength of the Tang Army."

Duan Jianwei looked at the three hundred wounded soldiers lying on the camp, as well as the more wounded soldiers who were walking into the camp, and his heart became heavier and heavier.

Ge Luofeng looked at the captain who was already injured and asked, "How is the battle situation ahead, why are so many soldiers injured?" ”

The captain grinned and endured the pain, and replied: "The eldest prince, the Tang army is haunted, and our army has suffered heavy casualties. ”

When Ge Luofeng heard this, he and Duan Jianwei glanced at each other, and they both showed surprised expressions.

"How many soldiers and horses does the Tang army have, and why do we suffer so many casualties?"

"Only a few hundred people! However, they were elusive, and their archery skills were very good, and our troops were very wounded, but few were killed, so far only one was killed by a shot in the thigh, and the rest were wounded, and most of them were shot in the hands and feet. ”

The lieutenant replied truthfully.

Ge Luofeng and Duan Jianwei took a closer look, it was really like this, a large number of injured soldiers, most of them were shot in the arms and calves by arrows, and very few were shot in the thighs.

This is obviously deliberate by the Tang Army, because the human torso is the most vulnerable part of the arrow, and now, so many soldiers' torso have no loss, but they are injured in the arms and legs, which is enough to explain the problem.

Ge Luofeng looked at Duan Jianwei beside him suspiciously, and asked softly: "Mr. Duan, what does this think, why did the Tang army shoot the hands and feet of our soldiers and leave their lives?" ”

Obviously, this prince of Nanzhao has been completely stunned, and this situation is the first time he has encountered it.

Duan Jian Wei Xuchang Pavilion Luo Feng is a few years old, and his knowledge is naturally higher, he already understands that this is Tang Jun's deliberate mercy and showing excellent strength, so that they bow their heads and admit defeat, and obediently give up the land, and this also shows from the side that the Tang Dynasty still needs Nanzhao, and he doesn't want to be too fierce with Nanzhao, so it is easy to reconcile with some affection.

"The eldest prince, my subordinates need to go to Queensland City."

Duan Jianwei sighed and said.

Ge Luofeng frowned: "Queensland City is under the control of the Tang Army, what is Mr. going to do?" ”

Duan Jianwei pointed to a large number of wounded soldiers in the camp, and said helplessly: "The eldest prince also saw that our army is far inferior to the Tang army whether it is defending the city or fighting in the jungle, if the hostility continues, the losses of our army will become bigger and bigger. ”

When he said this, Duan Jianwei was obviously very reluctant, but his strength was not as good as that of the Tang Army, so what could he do if he didn't accept softness, at this moment, he only hated himself for being clever, and tried in vain to open up territory for Nanzhao, but in the end not only did not realize this wish, but made Nanzhao suffer heavy losses for it.

Duan Jianwei, who was in a depressed mood, even had the urge to commit suicide to apologize, and in order to survive the current predicament, he had to live first.

Ge Luofeng had also fully realized the strength of the soldiers and horses under his command, and he couldn't defeat the Tang army at all, and this cruel reality made him extremely painful and helpless.

Perhaps, what Duan Jianwei said is right, when it is time to be soft, you must be soft, and you must not hold it hard, otherwise, you will be asking for hardship.

After thinking about it for a while, Ge Luofeng nodded lightly: "Okay! Sir, don't worry! ”

Duan Jianwei saluted lightly, turned to leave, and with five or six guards, rode his horse to Queensland City, five or six miles away, to see Li An, the commander of the Tang army.

"General, Duan Jianwei asks to see you outside the city."

A Tang military lieutenant walked into the big tent and reported to Li An. (To be continued.) )