Chapter 196 Close the door and beat the dog
When Hou Junji saw that the other party was about to abandon the city and escape. How could this be done? The flag moved again. The entire army chased after him and chased him for thirty miles. After a hearty battle, more than 50,000 were killed in Tubo, and Songtsen Gampo even threw away his armor and fled in a hurry.
The Tang Dynasty also suffered a great loss, with a war loss of about 30,000. It can be said that this is the effect that the generals have put the front line command to the limit. After all, the two sides have 30,000 troops apart.
"General, let General Mo lead his men to pursue him, and you can't let them run away. If these 100,000 defeated soldiers flee to the border, General Niu Jinda's 30,000 army would probably not be able to stop it!" General Asundur asked.
This man was a surrendered general of the Eastern Turkic Republic back then. He was loyal and had been in power for many years. He was very famous for his bravery in combat. Emperor Li Er also betrothed his sister to him, which shows that he is highly used.
Hou Junji said calmly: "It's accurate. General Duer can lead 5,000 cavalry to chase after him, but you can't force him too much. Just follow him and don't give them a chance to breathe. I immediately ordered the army to repair it on the spot. We will replace people to pick you up tomorrow morning."
"Get orders!"
The generals were convinced by Hou Junji, which was to make the enemy have no time to rest. The Tang Dynasty had one night to regain energy.
In the border camp, Niu Jinda studied the map over and over again, frowned, and the scouts had already spread within fifty miles. Because most of them were mountains, the transportation was very inconvenient.
"It has been several days. Calculate the day. The second batch of reinforcements from the Tang Dynasty had arrived long ago. Did the general not attack? Or did the war ahead rebound? Why haven't there been a fleeing enemy troops yet?" Niu Jinda murmured to himself.
At this time, Du He was the only one guarding the Sima of the army. The other generals had their own defenses, including Du Shaoqing, who were busy preparing for the medical problem day by day, and there was only one idle person like Du He.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be in the past or two days. Although there are many Tubo troops, they are rootless trees. It is impossible to defeat General Hou. I am afraid that the other party will run away too many times at once, and our 30,000 troops will be a little tight." Du He said worriedly.
Niu Jinda looked up at the taciturn boy who had been silent all day and asked with some dissatisfaction: "Where do you think you are your father Du Keming? You have the ability to be like a god? Although I don't know why General Hou must keep you.
But I have heard of your reputation and things in Chang'an. The prodigal son turned around. Want to join the army and get his honor? Look at your own weight. Is it the material for being a soldier? Have you ever killed anyone?"
Du He is no longer surprised by such sarcasm. His heart is now like a pool of stagnant water, and the ancient well is not waved, because he knew that he was not here to make achievements, but to help his brother Du Shaoqing.
Seeing that the other party did not answer, Niu Jinda did not want to continue bullying the younger generation. He lowered his head and started studying the map again. Du He also got up and left the tent and looked away. There was still no enemy situation at the farthest point in his sight. Niu Jinda adopted the strategy of disguising the banner of the Tang Dynasty. He did gain something, but in the first few days, no one had been fooled in the past two days. The news would definitely reach Songtsen Gampo's ears.
He turned around and came to the camp of one hundred personal soldiers of his Du family. This was a personal soldier specially criticized by the army. Du He borrowed it to train himself. Du Shaoqing thought that his younger brother was very psychologically burdened all day long, so it would be better for him to have something to do, so he let him do it.
At first, these veterans were not convinced that a yellow-haired boy was training his own troops? Has he ever killed a chicken? But half a day later, everyone was obedient to Du He because this young man actually knew military tactics and taught everyone an effective team offensive and defensive formation, which was more effective than the traditional three-man or two-man assisting defense.
At this moment, a call came from the gate of the camp. The scout who was out came back and shouted at the enemy from afar!
It was like a stone breaking the tranquility of the water surface, and the camp became turbulent.
Niu Jinda's heart moved, and Du He really made the boy understand. The scout came to report that the enemy was already fifty miles away, all with defeated soldiers, with no less than 100,000 people!
Hum? One hundred thousand? What's going on? Is General Hou's war unfavorable? The 150,000 army participated in the bloody battle, and could still leave 100,000 living people to escape? In this way, I, the 30,000 people who were closed, would all have to be filled with their lives?
He didn't know that the original 100,000 defeated soldiers of Songtsen Gampo had 80,000 left after the relentless pursuit of the Tang army. The additional 20,000 were gathered by the scattered plundering teams in Jiannan Road.
Although these people reported to Songtsen Gampo that there was an ambush from the Tang people ahead and the way home was broken, more than 100,000 people from the Tang Dynasty were chewed tightly behind. Songtsen Gampo had no time to reorganize the army, so he could only grit his teeth and run forward.
"Warriors, we can go home after breaking through the Tang army camp in front of us. Don't die in a foreign land!" Songtsen Gampo shouted, and the defeated soldiers behind him seemed to see the direction of hope, and all rushed forward with red eyes.
When Niu Jinda saw it, he immediately ordered a team of ten thousand men to kill the defeated soldiers!
"General Niu, no, the enemy is in one go. We should avoid the edge of the enemy and shoot with a crossbow. As long as we can delay this wave of attack, we can only achieve results when we use the front arrow formation, otherwise both sides will be injured!" Du He rushed forward and suggested.
Niu Jinda pushed away, "Get out, dare to disrupt our morale and stop our general from issuing orders. Boy, be bold!"
Seeing that General Niu did not listen to the advice, Du He could only sigh and was pulled back by his brother Du Shaoqing.
Sure enough, it is unwise to attack and fight head-on at this time. The enemy is not an ordinary defeated soldier. These people have been fleeing for several days and have not even had a peaceful sleep. Now that I see my hometown in front of me, which one of them is not trying hard to push forward? So they are no longer considered defeated soldiers, but are desperate people without formation and layout.
The Tang Dynasty's wing arrow formation is powerful, but when it comes to life, I'm afraid there is nothing I can do. Soon, the army of 10,000-front arrow formations was like an arrow hitting a steel plate, and quickly lost the sharpness of the wing arrow, and the formation was scattered.
The two sides were entangled directly, fighting fiercely but failed to stop the enemy from returning home. The front arrow formation was forced to retreat step by step.
Niu Jinda's eyes shrank, this is not good, he is entangled with the enemy, and now he just wants to shoot arrows to support him, and he will accidentally hurt his own people. At this time, he regrets not listening to Du He's words.
I couldn't help but look back at Du He not far away. The other party seemed to have expected it, and immediately shook off his brother's hand and stood up again, "General, make a quick decision! The army pressed forward to rescue, and the archers shot and cut off the enemy behind the distance."
Chapter completed!