Chapter 3166: Big Defeat
The Tuyuhun vanguard army, like a tidal wave, broke through the wall on one side of the fortress. Thousands of horses rushed like rushing water and hit the rear of the fortress, splashing blood all over the sky.
Fuzhong heard the continuous gunshots and the earth-shattering thunder explosions from the other side of the fortress. Not only did the main force have smashed their heads in front of the fortress, he only knew that the rear of the fortress should be captured as soon as possible, and then Attacking from the front and back, they rushed to the fortress together, beheaded the Tang troops one by one, and opened the way to Hexi.
He blended into the crowd, holding his machete high, and kept shouting: "Charge up! Charge up!"
The Tuyuhun cavalry ignored the entrapment of the deer village in front of the fortress and charged forward without fear of death. They used the corpses of soldiers and horses to cut a bloody path to the fortress.
Yuchi Baohuan quickly ordered: "Fire the arrow!"
"Boom!"
Countless bowstrings vibrated, and a shower of arrows poured down from the fortress, drowning the Tyuhun soldiers attacking the city.
"Puff puff puff"
The sharp triangular arrow clusters pierced the bodies of the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses. Blood spurted out and all the men and horses fell down, and then were trampled into a pulp by the cavalry who came forward from behind.
Since ancient times, the crossbows of the Han people have been far superior to those of the Hu people. Thanks to the excellent manufacturing technology, they are not the same in terms of range or lethality. When the Tuyuhun cavalry charged, they fired back on horseback. This was not difficult for them who had grown up on horses since childhood. However, their short bows were far inferior to the equipment of the Tang army, and they could only shoot arrows at an angle. Throw it diagonally in mid-air to increase the strength of the arrow when it falls.
But it was easily blocked by Tang Jun's wooden shield.
The Tuyuhun cavalry could only brave the rain of arrows and launch a fierce attack without fear of death.
They continued to charge, and soon there were mountains of corpses in front of the fortress. The Tuyuhun people behind them simply dismounted, piled the corpses of their tribesmen and war horses together, and built a "meat mountain", and then used the height of the "meat mountain" to Climb up the fortress.
Due to the hasty construction, the overall height of the fortress was not high, only about ten feet. Countless human and horse corpses were stacked together, and the Tuyuhun people soon climbed up the fortress.
On top of the fortress, Yuchi Baohuan held a horizontal sword with a stern face and shouted: "Kill the enemy invaders and retreat!"
The crossbowmen retreated slightly, and the sword and shield men stepped forward. Countless wooden shields formed a shield wall to block the Tuyuhun people who climbed to the top of the city. The swordsmen slashed or stabbed from the gaps between the shields. Blood and flesh flew everywhere for a while, and they climbed to the top of the city. Everyone in Tuyuhun howled miserably and fell from the top of the city.
However, as the number of corpses of soldiers and horses increased, and the Tuyuhun people concentrated their strength to attack one point, the height gap between the upper and lower parts of the city was almost filled up. The Tuyuhun people continued to climb to the top of the city, and the blocking battle turned into an siege. The two sides fought endlessly at the top of the city, gradually becoming a fierce battle.
The Tang army had superior equipment and geographical advantages, but the Tuyuhun people were not afraid of death, and the two sides could only fight within ten feet of the city. Most of the troops could not form a formation, so for a while no one could do anything about the other. Tuyuhun The people could not attack, but the Tang army could not drive the Tuyuhun people away.
At the top of the city, which was more than ten feet long, blood spattered and stumps flew across the city, like an invisible millstone of flesh and blood lying there, wildly devouring the lives of soldiers on both sides.
In the direction of the valley mouth ahead, the battle was in full swing with loud killing sounds.
In the rear formation, the Tuyuhun people began to pile up the corpses of horses and soldiers under the fortress, so that more soldiers could climb to the top of the city and start a fierce battle with the Tang army.
The fortress lost the advantage of height difference, and the Tang army was forced to engage in a melee with the Tuyuhun soldiers. The two sides fought for an inch and strangled each other. The scene was extremely tragic.
As more and more Tuyuhun people attacked the city, the Tang army gradually showed its weakness and was killed and retreated a certain distance, losing the position at the city head.
Yuchi Baohuan's eyes were about to burst as he watched more and more Tuyuhun people rushing towards the city.
But he had no choice. The Hexi garrison was not an elite army, and the more than 10,000 people currently recruited from Hexi counties were temporarily transferred from various counties in Hexi. They were not under each other's control and lacked tacit understanding. It would be fine if it was a smooth battle, but when faced with such a brutal hand-to-hand combat, its weaknesses were fully exposed.
Seeing that the Tang army was retreating steadily and almost the entire city was lost. The corpses of both sides were densely packed and blood flowed into rivers. Yuchi Baohuan couldn't hold himself still. He simply took the horizontal sword and shouted: "Fight to the death with me!"< br>
He rushed forward with his personal soldiers and ordered more than a hundred personal soldiers to supervise the battle. Anyone who dared to retreat would be killed on the spot!
Yuchi Baohuan rushed into the enemy camp with a horizontal sword in his hand, and split a Tyuhun man in half with his sword. The soldiers behind him protected his left and right sides, surrounded him, and drove into the enemy crowd like an arrow. The sword was flying up and down, full of murderous intent, and no one was able to stop it.
However, no matter how brave he was, he could not conceal the fact that the Tang army was not as elite as the enemy. Even if the Tuyuhun people abandoned their horses and fought on foot, they were still extremely fierce. More and more soldiers jumped onto the fortress, suppressed the Tang army, and continued to expand their occupation. battlefield.
The Tang army was also aroused. Seeing that the general went into battle in person, how could they be willing to be completely overwhelmed by the Tuyuhun people and give up the back of the right guard who was blocking the enemy's main force to the enemy?
Everyone knows the importance of this battle. Over the past few days, the order "You can only win, not lose" has been heard over and over again. The military lieutenant general has taken the trouble to make it clear and clear what the consequences will be if the battle is defeated. No one is willing to be timid and afraid of the enemy, causing Hexi to fall.
In battle, courage can offset part of the power gap. Both sides were furious, and they fought and fought fiercely near the fortress near the arrow stack. No one was willing to take a step back.
At this moment, an earth-shattering cheer suddenly erupted from the right guard in front. Countless people shouted, "The enemy has retreated, the enemy has retreated." Upon hearing this, the Tang army's morale was greatly boosted. However, the Tuyuhun vanguard army led by Fuzhong was frightened and their morale was unstable.
Immediately afterwards, the horn sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo [Mosess!"
Fuzhong was in the army, so he would inevitably become suspicious when he heard the sound of the trumpet. My father personally led an army of tens of thousands. Even if he could not capture the fortress here, it would still be a hard and fierce battle. Without a brutal fight, neither side would take a step back.
How long has it been?
Tang Jun actually blew the clarion call to pursue...
However, after a moment, he was dumbfounded. Team after team of right guards moved from the front of the fortress, the muskets in their hands roared and smoked, and began to shoot at the rear formation of Tuyuhun's army. Smoke filled the air, and lead bullets penetrated into the Tuyuhun array like raindrops. The fierce and brave Tuyuhun soldiers screamed one by one like wheat in the autumn harvest.
To avoid accidentally injuring their comrades, the soldiers of the right garrison formed a formation, with the musketeers in front and the sword and shield soldiers guarding them. They fired continuously at Tuyuhun's rear formation and both wings, wiping out the Tuyuhun soldiers layer by layer like peeling onions.
The situation of the war suddenly reversed.
Bravery can enhance the combat effectiveness of an army, but in the face of firearms, all bravery is just a layer of paper that can be easily penetrated by raging projectiles.
Seeing that his soldiers were unable to fight back in front of the firearms of the Youtun Guard, and could only wait to be slaughtered like dogs, Fu Zhong's eyes were about to burst, and he rushed forward with all his strength, waving the scimitar in his hand, and shouted: "Fight to the death" ! Fight to the death!”
Naturally, it is a fight to the death.
When he saw the Youtun Guard blowing the horn of pursuit and then dividing his troops to attack his vanguard, he knew that the main force led by his father must have collapsed.
He couldn't understand how the 50,000 elite Tuyuhun cavalry were defeated in such a short period of time. He also couldn't understand why the long-planned and accurately calculated invasion of Hexi would be so miserable. He didn't expect that if they were defeated here, their father and son would be so miserable. What kind of crisis he would face... The situation no longer allowed him to think about it.
Under the sniper fire from Youtunwei's firearms, Tuyuhun suffered heavy casualties. The suppressed Tang army completely recovered and began to launch a counterattack. Tuyuhun's army was unstable and could only retreat step by step.
More and more Youtun guardsmen withdrew from the front, tightly surrounding less than half of the remaining Tuyuhun vanguard army, and strictly preventing the defeated troops from taking the opportunity to break through the defenses and retreat to the heart of Hexi. Once this happens, these Tuyuhun soldiers will become rogue bandits, running around, killing and looting, and their destructiveness is extremely serious.
The long trumpet sound resounded across the sky and the earth, and the dark clouds in the sky gathered here at some point, giving people a heavy sense of oppression.
Tang troops were constantly surrounding them from all directions. Fuzhong, who was wearing a blood-stained military robe, was filled with despair...(End of Chapter)