Chapter 4866 Fierce battle on a snowy night
Serugondun has a short stature and strong muscles. He is wearing a bloated armor and his whole body is almost square. The hot air exhaled from his mouth and nose condenses with cold, making his thick beard stained with white frost. He stands in front of the handsome tent with his hands behind his hands, a pair of falcons. He also looked towards the direction of Zishan Pass with his sharp eyes, as if his sharp eyes could penetrate the wind and snow to see the swooping enemies.
In the wind and snow, there was a faint sound of thunderous hooves.
He asked a lieutenant beside him: "How many enemy cavalry are there?"
The lieutenant lay prone on the ground with his ears to the ground. After listening for a while, he stood up and shook his head: "The enemy swooped down from the mountain pass against the wind. The wind and snow covered up the sound of hoofs, so it is difficult to distinguish. But according to my experience, the number of people should be in Within a thousand.”
This was within Serugondun's expectation, but he asked: "Apart from this, can there be a large force following behind?"
"The wind and snow are too heavy, and we are upwind, so we can't hear it."
"Choosing to go down the mountain during such a heavy snowstorm, Lun Qinling is really dishonest."
Serugondun stretched out his hand to brush away the ice on his beard, his thick eyebrows furrowed.
If Lun Qinling really acted in accordance with the agreement, there would be no need to choose such a windy and snowy night. On the contrary, since Lun Qinling must choose such a time, he must use the wind and snow to cover up something.
A massive invasion and a fight to the death?
Serugondun thought that this was absolutely impossible before, but now he felt a little worried in his heart. He was no longer as sure as before. Lun Qinling was really cunning.
However, now that the enemy troops are approaching, they cannot redeploy or change their formations in the face of the enemy. We can only hope that Lun Qinling will not be so crazy...
After spending half his life following Zampu to pacify various tribes and unify Tibet, Seru Gondun went through countless battles and was able to remain calm and collected despite winning and losing. However, this time he held the handle of the knife tightly and felt nervous.
He regretted a little. It was clear that he only needed to block the Lun Qin Mausoleum at Zishan Pass. Why bother trying to lure the Lun Qin Mausoleum into the water in order to end the war as soon as possible?
"Report! The enemy is attacking. At the forefront are the armored cavalry and heavy armored cavalry, numbering around a thousand!"
"Which direction does the enemy charge?"
"The enemy cavalry has just rushed down from the mountain pass, and it is still unknown."
"Explore again and report again!"
"Yes!"
The other lieutenants and generals all understood Serugondun's concerns and couldn't help but become nervous. Although Tubo is known as an "empire", it is actually an "alliance" composed of a number of large and small tribes. The distribution of the core of power is also very obvious, that is, tribe-based leaders occupy high positions and in turn strive for the interests of their respective tribes.
Those who came to fight with Seru Gondun were all warriors of the "Seru" tribe, and they had the same interests as Seru Gondun, so once there was a loss in this battle, everyone's interests would be damaged...
On whether Qinling will get into the encirclement?
Everyone was on tenterhooks, and their original firm beliefs were shaken for no reason.
"Report!"
Tan Ma galloped from the front. Before he got close, he shouted loudly on his horse: "The enemy is riding fast and fiercely, coming straight towards the Chinese army!"
boom!
The most worrying thing happened. These battle-hardened soldiers and generals instantly became nervous and whispered among themselves.
As expected of Lun Qinling, he would definitely not fall into the trap...
Serugondun calmed down instead. The last time to panic was at this time. He raised his saber high and shouted: "Why are you panicking? Immediately ordered the encirclement to be broken up, and all ministries returned to support the Chinese army. They sent a force to go around to the front to block the enemy's cavalry from behind. We must block the enemy's main force that comes later. Let's eat up the enemy's heavy cavalry first, and then calmly defeat Lun Qinling! Everyone mount up and follow me to protect the central army and kill the enemy!"
"Yes!"
The generals and soldiers calmed down and formed an array, waiting to stop the enemy cavalry from charging into the formation.
In the distance, the elite troops who formed the encirclement were in a hurry but not panicked. Some of them retreated back to support the Chinese army, and some moved northward towards Zishan Pass, trying to cut off the enemy cavalry's retreat and block the main enemy force. , to separate the front and rear, so that the enemy cavalry is trapped in a tight encirclement, making it difficult for the head and tail to see each other.
As long as the enemy's charging cavalry is blocked, the situation will still be divided, surrounded, and defeated one by one, and the result will not be much worse than before.
The most important thing is to prevent the enemy's cavalry from charging into the formation.
It seems simple, but how difficult it is!
In the cold weapon age when firearms were not mastered, the armored cavalry was the "King of War" in field battles. It had impact, defense, destructive power and superior mobility compared to infantry, which was enough to make it possible to fight in the field. Rampant and invincible on the battlefield.
The only one who can defeat the armored cavalry is the armored cavalry...
It's a pity that Seru Gondon has none.
In Tubo, where iron was almost a luxury item, it was very expensive to build a suit of iron armor for the generals. It was extremely rare for the deputy generals and below to be able to wear an iron piece on the chest and back to protect the vital points, let alone a man and a horse.
Therefore, we can only use our flesh and blood to resist the steel swords and iron cavalry.
Serugondun looked grim and prepared.
In the snow and wind, the sound of hooves was like thunder rolling in the sky and the sound of war drums beating from far to near. Then, the cavalry with both men and horses suddenly jumped out of the wind and snow. The war horses raised their hooves and neighed, and the soldiers Holding the spear high, he smashed into the garrison array amid the wind and snow.
The rigorous array was scattered in an instant. The huge impact of the war horses knocked down the soldiers in the front row and kicked them away. The sharp spears stabbed and killed the soldiers in the back row by row, and blood spattered on the ground. As the ice and snow melted, the shrill howls and the neighing of the war horses suddenly overwhelmed the howling of the wind and snow, and the entire camp turned into a battlefield, with blood and flesh flying everywhere in extreme cruelty.
Even though the defenders suffered heavy casualties, they still fought hard and rushed forward one after another like the tide hitting the rocks, trying to block and hold back this torrent of steel with their flesh and blood.
Although the armored cavalry is invincible on the battlefield, it also has a fatal flaw - it is not durable!
As long as it can be trapped in the battle formation and lose its mobility, the huge load will be enough to exhaust the warriors and horses, and eventually become a beast hunted by infantry. However, at the same time, if you want to block its invincible charge, The price to be paid for trapping it is naturally huge.
Sairu Gongdun's face was as cold as iron. He watched the soldiers of the tribe rush forward desperately, but their stumps were thrown away under the iron hoofs and spears, and corpses were scattered across the field. His teeth were almost bleeding from the bite.
However, although the sacrifice was huge, the effect was also obvious. The armored cavalry slowed down little by little, and the advantage of rushing into the formation was gradually offset by the human sea tactics. More and more soldiers surrounded them. As long as they waited a little longer to wait for the elite encirclement over there. If we rush over to support them, we will be able to gather these armored cavalry together and annihilate them.
A dozen huge arrows broke through the wind and snow and flew towards them. The arrow tails dragged sparks to a high place and then fell diagonally. They flew across the melee battlefield and fell into the camp behind. When the arrow hit the ground, the gunpowder contained inside exploded, igniting the kerosene and throwing it in all directions. Countless tents burned instantly.
The fire took advantage of the wind, and the wind assisted the fire. Even if it was windy and snowy, the entire camp was quickly burned to the ground.
The fire was raging.
During the civil war in the camp, the horses were frightened by the fire and ran wildly, neighing and hoofing. The soldiers in the rear army tried to put out the fire but were unable to put it out. They could only watch the fire getting bigger and bigger. The morale of the defenders quickly collapsed under the fire.
The speed of the armored cavalry picked up again after being suppressed for a period of time, and they galloped freely in the defenders' formation, charging back and forth, killing people like rivers of blood and mountains of corpses.
Seru Gongdun's face turned livid and he cursed loudly: "As for the Qinling child, I will fight you until death!"
Looking back at the commander's tent that was ignited by the fire and the soldiers who were running and screaming in the fire, collapsed and scattered, a trace of despair appeared in my heart.
He was now faced with a difficult choice: should he immediately order a retreat, preserve his strength, and retreat to the Yakniu River behind to regroup for another fight, or should he insist on not retreating and wait for the elite troops on the other side of the encirclement to withdraw before the entire army retreats?
The former choice will cause the elite troops to be attacked and attacked by armored cavalry. If they are entangled by the Lun Qinling who arrives later, the probability of the entire army being destroyed is extremely high; while the latter choice means that they may also be trapped in a tight siege and die in battle. This place...
After only struggling for a moment, the scouts came to report that Lun Qinling had led thousands of infantry and cavalry to attack from behind. Serugondun briefly estimated the time it would take for the elite troops on the other side of the encirclement to withdraw, and immediately ordered the entire army retreat.
Just as he rode his horse around surrounded by guards and turned around, he heard someone from behind shouting: "Serugongdun, don't leave, don't you dare to fight me!"
Seru Gondon turned around and saw the armored cavalry running like a torrent of steel and galloping unstoppably. They were about to break through the siege. The leader was charging forward with a tall body and a strange-shaped weapon mace, shouting at him.
Serugondun snorted angrily: "The courage of an ordinary man!"
He whipped the horse's butt hard with a riding crop and took the lead in retreating south. The formation that could barely be maintained under the charge of the armored cavalry collapsed instantly.
Measuring the combat effectiveness of an army not only depends on whether it is brave and fearless when charging, and whether it is rigorous and measured when forming a formation, but also whether it can "retreat without chaos" when retreating. The last point is especially important. Many armies fight Be brave when the wind is blowing There is no one to advance, but once they suffer a setback, their morale will instantly drop and collapse. Although the army of the "Seru" tribe will not collapse at the first moment under the command of Seru Gondun, a famous Tibetan general, it is obvious that they want to "retreat without chaos." Nothing can be done.
When the more than ten thousand troops saw their commander retreating, they had no intention of fighting and ran away. They were defeated like a mountain.
Lun Qinling led the main force to swoop down from Zishan Pass to capture the enemy's center. Halfway through the charge, he saw many enemy troops rushing back from where they had stored grain and fodder. He also received news that Serugongdun had retreated. , made a prompt decision, and immediately sent someone to signal to Bolunzanren that he could not pursue, and ordered him to quickly turn his horse's head to cooperate with him to completely defeat these elite enemy troops. In the wind and snow, the remaining soldiers of the "Seru" tribe were defeated and were completely defeated.