Chapter 354 Pincer attack(2/3)
In this way, his central army appears to be very weak.
Li Hui was like a sharp knife, stabbing Duan Jianwei's heart.
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Cui Guangyuan and Yan Wu were watching the battle from a high place.
Looking at this situation, as long as Xianyu Zhongtong can win, then he is right. He defeated the main force of Nanzhao's field battle steadily and steadily, laying the key to victory in this battle. His contribution is much greater than Wang Zhongsi's sudden attack on Longwei Pass.
"Xianyu Zhongtong can still fight." Cui Guangyuan said with emotion.
Yan Wudao: "If it wasn't for the sake of fighting for merit, he would have had other tactics."
Dust and smoke rose from the sky.
Cui Guangyuan said: "Are those Li Hui's soldiers and horses?"
"Yes, the timing was very good." Yan Wu said, "Once this cavalry arrives, the Nanzhao army will be defeated... No."
He suddenly frowned, and there was doubt in his eyes.
"There shouldn't be such a big battle with a thousand riders."
"Maybe Li Hui has more than a thousand riders?"
Yan Wu squinted his eyes and saw that there seemed to be two streams of dust and smoke. This was because from his angle, it looked like there was only one army coming, but it should be one coming from the south to kill the Nanzhao army, and another one.
Coming from the west.
Nanzhao could not have more troops.
That means Wang Jieshuai fought his way out of Longwei Pass?
Suddenly, Yan Wu felt a faint vibration coming from the sky and the earth. He turned around suddenly and looked to the north.
He saw a larger puff of dust and smoke rising just beside Erhai Lake.
More and more cavalry sprang out from the dust and smoke and went straight to the side and rear of Xianyu Zhongtong's army.
"What is that?"
"Tibet."
Yan Wu uttered two words in his mouth, reacted quickly, whistled hard, and ran straight down the mountain to where Xianyu Zhongtong's banner was.
The Tibetan army is coming.
Fallen.
Xianyu Zhongtong thought he had set up an ambush and was attacking from both sides, but he didn't know that he was the one being attacked from both sides.
Everyone thought that Ge Luofeng was going to be a coward and stick to Taihe City, but they didn't expect that Ge Luofeng's ambition was to annihilate the main force of the Tang army at the Erhai Lake.
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Longweiguan.
Today, Duan Quangezheng led his army to attack Guancheng in the north, denying the Tang army a chance to support Xianyu Zhongtong. Therefore, the fighting at Longwei Pass was also quite fierce.
Xue Bai followed Wang Zhongsi and stood on the tower to supervise the battle. Arrows shot at his feet from time to time.
Even so, they did not forget to pay attention to the situation on the main battlefield.
suddenly.
"What is that?"
All the generals saw the galloping soldiers and horses in the distance.
Wang Zhongsi looked at it silently for a while and handed the telescope to Xue Bai's hand.
"Yixiang Yele is here."
The telescope shook a few times and locked onto a large scroll.
There are no words on the large scroll, only the fluttering horse mane, which is majestic.
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Walking under the big banner is a huge camel with camel bells tied around its neck, making a jingling sound.
A thin old man is sitting precariously on a camel. He is the Tibetan Emperor Xiangye Le.
Thousands of troops and horses were fighting fiercely on the battlefield ahead, but Yixiang Ye Le didn't even look at it. He occasionally raised his eyes to look at Longwei Pass on the other side of Erhai Lake.
Seen from here, Longweiguan has only a small outline.
But it's strange that Yixiang Yele feels like being stared at.
He then patted the camel under him and murmured in a hoarse voice: "The most noble princess and the most humble slave are all captured there."
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"You take charge."
Suddenly, a command flag was handed into Xue Bai's hands.
When he came back to his senses, he saw Wang Zhongsi turning around and walking away.
"Jie Shuai?"
"I have to fight."
Xue Bai looked at the battlefield again and was frightened by the sight of thousands of troops. He could no longer believe that Wang Zhongsi's presence in the battle could change anything.
Just as he was about to say a few words of advice, exclamations of surprise could be heard from the other side of the city.
"The Nanzhao army is climbing up!"
It was a city wall connected to Cangshan Mountain in the west. A group of Nanzhao soldiers took advantage of the Tang army's unpreparedness and climbed up at some point.
"Tian Shengong! Block it!"
In a hurry, Xue Bai didn't know how to command, so he had to let people defend.
Wang Zhongsi didn't even look back, ignored the chaos on top of the city, and went to order all his soldiers, preparing to ride out of the city.
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"Jie Shuai! The Tubo people are coming!"
Xianyu Zhongtong didn't need anyone to tell him.
He had thought that the Tubo people would intervene in this war, but he did not expect it to be so soon. Yixiang Yele came from Langqiong faster than he came from Yaozhou, and even set up an ambush.
"Brother." Xianyu Shuming came over and said in a low voice: "The morale of the army is in great chaos. This battle cannot be won. Brother, I will retreat first, and I will stop the rear."
Xianyu Zhongtong said nothing and stood there in a daze. From the moment he saw the Tibetan army to now, he has not been able to react.
He has been a soldier all his life, and his ambition is naturally very strong. However, he has been a soldier all his life, and he already knows that he will be defeated today, and the defeat will be like a mountain. Due to the dangerous terrain of Yunnan and the large number of wounded and sick in the Tang army, this
Defeated, it was almost impossible for him to lead his troops to evacuate under the pursuit of Nanzhao and Tubo troops.
In other words, everything is over.
"Brother!" Xianyu Shuming put his hands on Xianyu Zhongtong's shoulders, shook it hard, and said: "If you keep the green hills here, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood. Please cheer up."
"I am a sinner." Xianyu Zhongtong murmured.
After saying these words, he finally came to his senses, looked around at the soldiers around him, and saw faces that were either confused, panicked, or sad and angry. He was thinking about whether he should fight to the death or order the troops to retreat.
If we retreat at this time, we may be able to preserve more troops.
Just as he was thinking about it, he felt a chill on his head, but it was Xianyu Shuming who took off his helmet and put it on his head.
"what you do?"
"Brother, please change your helmet to me and leave as soon as possible before it's too late."
"You want me to leave the soldiers and escape alone?!" Xianyu Zhongtong was furious, "Am I such a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death in your eyes?!"
Xianyu Shuming knelt down and cried: "I am not here for you and me. Today's defeat is a foregone conclusion. If I can go back alive, I can still find my uncle to save the lives of the whole family.
My brother also died in the battle, what should the Xianyu family do?!"
After hearing these words, Xianyu Zhongtong's expression froze, his anger dissipated a lot, and he was replaced by a sad look on his face.
"Take off your armor, brother."
Xianyu Shuming begged hard, but Xianyu Zhongtong finally closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.
Their intimate soldiers had already surrounded the commander's platform, but they were unexpectedly seen by the soldiers.
"Commander Jie, please see Yan Wu!"
The armor was being removed here, and suddenly a call came out.
"No." Xianyu Shuming responded directly.
"He said he had a plan to defeat the enemy."
Xianyu Shuming wanted to refuse again, but Xianyu Zhongtong said: "Recruit him over."
"Brother, you..."
To be continued...