678 The Last Days of Tibet (2)
Songtsen Gampo's dream will soon come true, but in view of the fact that this dream was realized by Datang for him, the specific way to realize this dream will be changed, for example, it will be transformed according to Datang's wishes, and Datang's army will definitely come, but this result will be a little different, and it will be a little different from what Songtsan Gampo expected, Datang's army is not here to help him restore the country......
Of course, Songtsen Gampo still thinks this way, it is precisely because of this that he has hope, can hold on to this day, all the defenders of the regular army of Tubo are also like this, because there is an expectation in his heart, he has persevered until now, if there is no dream and hope, where will he persist until now?
Songtsen Gampo sat on the city wall, panting, just repelled a wave of rebel alliance army attack, and another group charge of 50,000 people to attack the city, and now the army that can fight in some cities is 50,000 people, in order to ensure that there is at least an army, even the old, weak, sick and disabled have been pulled up as cannon fodder, and every family has relatives who died in battle, and because of this, the city of Luo resisted for three more days, until there are really no men to use, only women are left, and the regular army goes into battle.
The families of those who died in the war only got their Zanpo Songtsen Gampo a phrase "I will compensate you when I destroy the rebels", and other than that, there was nothing, but for them, they could only get this, and Songtsen Gampo really had nothing, three days ago, Songtsen Gampo took the last 50,000 troops to the city wall and continued to defend the city of Raksha, he already had the idea that even if he could not hold it, he would not let the rebels get the city.
Once the city is broken, 5,000 troops will set fire to the city according to the predetermined plan. Completely destroy the city of Luo, and then protect him and his family to get out of here, seek help from other countries, and fight back, anyway, he is the king of Tibet, he has a noble bloodline, a bloodline that will never be denied, and that damn Scarface actually wants to take Zampu's position, it's ridiculous.
The rebels' attacks remained sharp, and it seemed that they would never run out. Hit until now. Songtsen Gampo felt that the other party had at least 100,000 losses or so, but why were there still so many men and horses attacking the city? They don't have any dead people? Didn't die in battle? No deaths from illness? Songtsen Gampo did not understand, but as one rebel after another climbed the walls, he could only wield his sword. Fight the rebels.
The disadvantages of weapons are indeed very strict. All I have here are sticks and stuff. The iron weapons are worn out, and there may be a few daggers, but what are the daggers for? The opponent can determine the advantage with a single knife with a machete. His own army still relied on several people to snatch a weapon to use, how much loss was that?
Songtsen Gampo still has weapons, the close guards also have weapons, the guardian Songtsen Gampo keeps fighting with the rebels, because of the existence of Songtsen Gampo, the city is defended, and when the rebels retreat like a tide, Songtsen Gampo sat on the city wall and kept wheezing, so tired, really tired, so tired that he could barely lift the knife in his hand, and the guard corps next to him was also tired like a dead dog, not to mention the surviving soldiers.
An air of despair permeated the walls.
Songtsen Gampo looked up at the gradually darkening sky, perhaps, this time will end soon, perhaps, this qiē will have no meaning, this city, which represents the glory and glory of the Great Tibetan Empire, has been completely destroyed, mentally and physically, even if the city is defended, except for the preservation of the regime, there is no meaning, the army of the Tang Dynasty, will it come?
Maybe it's useless to come, right?
However, the army of the Tang Dynasty still appeared, as Songtsen Gampo expected, the black and oppressive Tang army appeared, the iron cavalry corps with almost no end in sight appeared, and the Tang Iron Cavalry Corps, which represents the strongest force in this era, appeared, the flag fluttered, the sound of horses' hooves rumbled, just when the two sides were repairing and rectifying, whether it was the government army defending the city or the rebel alliance were ready to rest, but they did not expect the Tang army to appear at this time.
Speaking of which, the reason why the Tang army appeared at this time, Li Boyao contributed a lot, as expected by Suning, was carefully cultivated by Li Jing The second generation of the Tang Dynasty generals is the most gentle and modest gentleman, Li Boyao's future is unlimited, Suning believes that Li Boyao is a person like Di Qing, who has received a good military culture education since childhood, grew up under the teaching of the grandfather who used the first soldier in the Tang Dynasty, was influenced by many people, and received two years of experience in the military university. Li Boyao has indeed grown to a certain extent.
In this expedition, Li Boyao was only allowed to be the same as the top students in other military schools, from more to less, and was given soldiers and horses ranging from fifty to five hundred, as a trainee officer, Li Boyao's first task was to take Shibao City, under the influence of the right time, place and people, Li Boyao took Shibao City, and then, was transferred to Chai Shao's army, and fought with Chai Shao.
Chai Shao is a little interesting, he is famous not because of himself, but because of his former wife, the famous heroine, Li Erma's baby sister Princess Pingyang, he is a concubine, but Princess Pingyang died very early, Chai Shao has been single, but he is still a heavy minister, a general, the ability to use soldiers is very high, and he is deeply relied on by Li Erma, this time he went to the thirteen generals, he ranked sixth.
Chai Shao's route is straight from north to south, directly in the direction of Luo City, directly in charge of Luo City, no matter other places, unlike other armies that need to go to the southwest and then fold to Luo City, so all the way down, Chai Shao's army marched the fastest, closest to Luo City, and as the grandson of the military god Li Jing, he captured Shibao City with 500 people, and Li Boyao, who won the first battle in his life, was very favored by him.
Along the way, Chai Shao also encountered a lot of Tibetan blockers, all of them were inadvertently encountered, there was no map indicating the location of the enemy's army, so he could only try his luck, Chai Shao's luck was good, he did not encounter too many blockers, in fact, Chai Shao also hoped to be the first to arrive in the city of Luo and then be the first to destroy the Tubo army. Entering the city of Luoqi, killing Songtsen Gampo, and completely destroying Tibet, that was his greatest wish.
He attaches great importance to Li Boyao, he thinks that Li Boyao is young but has a calmness that is different from ordinary people, very calm, he can quickly calm down and think about countermeasures when he encounters things, and his psychological quality is very good, he is worthy of being Li Jing's grandson, and he is also worthy of Suning, the person who has been praised by the ghost.
At the beginning, when everyone chatted and discussed the most anticipated person in the second generation of the Tang Dynasty generals during the military meeting. Almost everyone believes that Suning is the best heir. The most powerful successor, both in terms of combat performance and military skills, far surpasses his peers, and is definitely a famous handsome talent who can succeed Li Jing, but Suning himself does not agree. He said bluntly. If there is someone who can succeed Li Jing. It must be Li Boyao, he himself is not specialized in warfare, he has a lot of other things to do.
Li Jing, the son of the god of war, is of little use. is a very mediocre person, but this grandson has received such praise from Suning, and bluntly said that the first person in the Tang military circle in the future is not him Suning, but Li Boyao, which really surprised the generals, but whether it is Suning or Li Boyao, Li Jing is cultivated by Li Jing, even if Li Jing himself is a military god, he has to accompany a family of military gods to inherit his own position?
Everyone feels uncomfortable when they think about it, no one is willing to hand over the name of the first person in the Tang Dynasty military circle to the heirs of Li Jing's lineage, so once they heard that Li Boyao would participate in the war this time, everyone thought carefully, they must give it a good try, the results of the military academy do not represent the achievements after going to the battlefield, so it is necessary to wait for him to obtain achievements on the battlefield before he can judge whether Suning is wrong.
Facts have proved that Suning is not wrong, Li Boyao is indeed a rare military genius, Chai Shao will ask Li Boyao's opinion every time he encounters a battle, and he also takes Li Boyao with him, in order to test whether he is a Zhao Kuo Ma Jian on paper, and deliberately handed over a battle with only more than 1,000 enemy troops to Li Boyao to try to command, originally thought that Li Boyao would be so busy that he had to take action, who knew that Li Boyao took over the command very calmly.
Commanding the infantry to form an army formation to move forward step by step, the cavalry moved from the two wings to the middle, and the crossbowmen lined up in a queue to carry out long-term uninterrupted coverage and shooting of the Tubo Resistance Army with the method of three-stage shooting - since Suning used this trick, the method of three-stage shooting has been widely recognized by the Tang military circles and has been flexibly used in various battlefields, because the gap between the shots is well grasped so that it is impossible to get rid of the coverage of the rain of arrows until the enemy army breaks out of the effective range, so the enemy has suffered particularly heavy losses.
Flexible use of the command flag to command the drummers to accurately command the army's actions, constantly using the standard infantry and cavalry to play a beautiful stage of battle victory, and finally the cavalry flank to attack the opponent, breaking through the opponent's defense in one fell swoop, the infantry army formation stepped forward to crush, the crossbow soldiers platoon shot freely behind, more than 1,200 Tubo soldiers were wiped out, only three people were caught tongues and survived, and the Tang side only lost more than 50 people.
When Chai Shao stepped forward to check Li Boyao's state, he found that Li Boyao was covered in sweat, panting, and looked very nervous, as if he had just experienced a fierce exercise, and when he took Ling Qi in his hand, he found that Ling Qi's stick was crushed, Li Boyao was indeed very nervous, very, very nervous, but he still insisted on commanding the 2,000 people he allocated to him and successfully defeated this Tubo people's army.
Attaboy!
This is Chai Shao's first feeling, although his command was slightly wrong before, and the connection was not very perfect, but for a fledgling young general who tried to command the army for the first time, he could already score a hundred points, and it is estimated that Suning's first battle was like this, it seems that Suning is not wrong, it is estimated that in another ten years or so, when these old generals retire, Datang will look at these little generals.
Suning and Li Boyao must be the leaders at that time, counting Xue Rengui, Wang Xuance, Du He and others who graduated before, the future of Datang is very interesting!
After the end of this battle, Li Boyao has changed a little, he is more calm and calm, and he seems to be orderly when he goes into battle to kill the enemy, leading his own personal guards to cooperate perfectly, Chai Shao even feels that his personal guards can't cooperate so perfectly, and the division of labor for killing the enemy's defense and shooting is clear, just like a small military formation, which is especially conspicuous on the battlefield of fighting.
Chai Shao attaches more and more importance to Li Boyao, a young man.
It wasn't until Li Boyao told him that according to the road map, the frequency of encounters with the enemy and the strength of the enemy's resistance, it was not far from the city, Chai Shao's heart beat violently, because he realized that Li Boyao's judgment was definitely not unfounded, it must be grounded, the Tubo Resistance Army was becoming more and more elite, more and more organized, and the weapons were becoming more and more sophisticated, and it was not at the same level as the previous wooden stick mob.
The city of Logos is not far away! (To be continued......)