656、The Encirclement (Part 1)
When Gao Kan successfully used Mo Dao Soldiers to kill Tubo people in large numbers, the Tubo people were indeed furious. Because Mo Dao Soldier's killing efficiency can be said to be the highest, otherwise it would not be called the first melee army in the cold weapon era. Mo Dao Soldier's melee ability can be said to be the best in ancient times. If a cavalry wants to kill Mo Dao Soldiers several times, it will be difficult to wipe out the entire cost. Infantry wants to wipe out Mo Dao Soldiers without more than ten times the cost. Therefore, although Songtsen Gampo almost wiped out a Mo Dao Soldier.
The camp, but the price should not be too heavy. The losses of more than 3,000 people were enough to make the Tubo people heartbroken. The deaths of these people were also very miserable, and many of them were cut in half, looking very terrifying. However, not only did this not scare the Tubo people, but instead inspired the fierce character of the Tubo people. They chased them desperately and wanted to take revenge. And they also knew that there should not be too many troops like the enemy, and the remaining troops were relatively weak, so this was the reason why they dared to chase them out.
"Maintain the queue and retreat in an orderly manner! Be optimistic about the ranks of nearby officers. If you lose contact with your superiors, follow up with nearby officers with higher ranks and don't do your own thing." Gao Kan kept giving orders.
Gao Kan is a marching force, and the whole team is obviously very concerned about this queue. In ancient battlefields, retreat and retreat were often separated by a line. If the retreat was not well mastered, it would probably turn into retreat, so this was a test of the elite level of the soldiers. For the Tang army, which had undergone preliminary military reform, this was not a big problem. Because they had military ranks, with the help of military ranks, soldiers would not be unable to find the officers, so they did their own things. This allowed orderly retreats to be guaranteed, and this was the reason why Gao Kan dared to retreat on his own initiative.
"Chasing!" Songtsen Gampo continued to shout.
The Tubo people rushed forward, and more than 50,000 people chased the Tang army, obviously they wanted to kill these troops that brought huge damage to themselves. And they were very determined to chase the Tang army, because they had to give the Tang army some color, otherwise they would be really embarrassing.
But at this time, Qin Ling said: "Zanpu, do you think this is the Tang army's plan to lure the enemy?"
But Songtsen Gampo said with certainty: "Impossible! Anyone who lures the enemy must tempt us to a place where ambush is available, but there are not many places where we can ambush along the way to Lanzhou. Even if there are, it is not suitable to ambush our army of 50,000 people. Moreover, if they want to surround us, it is impossible. We have a total of 50,000 troops. They only have more than 20,000 people, and it is impossible to surround us. The Han people have military tactics, and they surround them ten times the enemy's strength. They have fewer people than us, and it is impossible to surround us at all. If they dare to surround us, we can break through and don't be afraid of anything."
I have to say that Songtsen Gampo's idea is very correct. Under normal circumstances, Jing Wen and others are indeed unlikely to surround the Tubo people. But the current situation is different, and the combat methods and weapons and equipment of the Tang army are different from those in the past, so the Tubo people are destined to miscalculate.
"Board and crossbow. Retreat and shoot at the back!" Gao Kan shouted.
Soon, Dugu Mou led the crossbowmen and then fired alternately in the rear.
"Swoosh swish swish..."
"Swoosh swish swish..."
These crossbowmen shot on one side. After shooting an arrow, they immediately started running again, and it was another group of soldiers who turned to shoot. Then they repeated this action again, constantly alternating. The arrows kept shooting at the Tubo people like rain.
"Damn it, what's wrong with the bows and arrows of the Tang Dynasty?" Songtsen Gampo shouted.
Songtsen Gampo saw it very clearly that these Tang Dynasty people's crossbows were actually standing and squinted. According to Songtsen Gampo's understanding of strong crossbows, strong crossbows should have to step on the ground and then use their hands to break them back before they can be squinted. But now the Tang Dynasty people's crossbows can actually run and squint while running. However, the power has not decreased at all, which is simply incredible. Songtsen Gampo didn't know at all, this is the power of technology. As long as a pulley set is added to the crossbow's arm, the winding will save a lot of effort, and the power has almost not changed much. Tubo cannot understand these things with very "high" technological content, because Tubo has just escaped from ignorance and has just gradually become a real civilized person, so they cannot know too much about technology.
"Pick up the shield and block their crossbow arrows!" shouted Songtsen Gampo.
After paying the price of hundreds of people, the Tubo people finally knew that they would raise their shields. However, after raising the shields, Gao Kan had no good idea. However, Gao Kan ran for three hours and was almost within his own encirclement.
On the other side, the command headquarters of the Western Army outside the city.
"Where has the enemy-tempting troops led by Gao Kan?" Jing Wen asked.
Soon, a deputy director of the Staff Office immediately said: "Jie Shuai, they have reached the center of the encirclement. They will soon come to the periphery of our encirclement. At that time, we can join the encirclement!"
Gao Kan saw a sign line, and immediately knew that this was the periphery of the encirclement and knew that he could stop. Next, after the Tubo people failed, the one who beat the dog in the water still needed to do it himself. Therefore, his task had been initially completed, and the next step was to rest. When the Tubo people completely lost their combat power, they would be to raise their energy and beat the dog in the water.
"Huhhuh..." A big flag began to wave, which is the ancient flag-speaking soldiers who were giving orders to everyone.
When everyone saw this order, they immediately started to fight out.
"kill--"
The soldiers began to shout, and 20,000 soldiers began to kill from the ambushed ground, and then prepared to surround the Tubo people who entered the encirclement. More than 20,000 people were enough to form a large encirclement, but more than 50,000 people were surrounded. If we were to be military-oriented, this could be said to be very risky. More than 20,000 people surrounded more than 50,000 people, which often seemed a fantasy. However, in the eyes of Jing Wen and the Tang soldiers, it was not something that could not be done. Because their next tactics were enough to ensure that there was no chaos in the encirclement.
Chapter completed!