With two "buzzing" sounds, two Fuyuan crossbows were fired at the same time on both sides of the bridge head on the north bank, hitting the raft bridge three hundred meters away.
Two foot-long crossbow arrows passed through the air at high speed, and finally nailed hard to the raft bridge.
This time, the angle of Fuyuan's crossbow was too wide, and it was nailed to the raft bridge without hurting anyone.
But at this moment, everyone was shocked.
Because behind these two Fuyuan crossbow arrows, there is a fist-thick cable hanging on each side.
The cable has been connected to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Someone had already erected new wooden stakes there, and then tied the cables tightly to them.
At this time, there was a "buzz" sound, and more rockets shot towards the south bank from high in the sky.
More rockets were nailed to the cables on the shore, and the flames immediately spread.
With a "collapse" sound, a cable was completely disconnected.
Then, several times in succession, more cables were disconnected at the same time.
The bridge began to sway even more immediately, and everyone on it was a little unsteady.
And in comparison, the Tubo people were more unstable, but this time, everyone could see clearly.
Li Xuan wanted to completely cut off the raft bridge and completely control the entire bridge in his own hands.
Especially the Tibetan soldiers on the bridge, Li Xuan wanted all of them to die.
As for the wooden bridge after it broke, the cables on the north bank were enough to continue to maintain the raft bridge.
As long as all the Tibetan soldiers on the bridge are killed, the right guard soldiers can immediately attack the bridge head and re-fix the raft bridge.
Not to mention, in addition to the raft bridge, Li Xuan also has other methods of landing.
When Usiza saw this scene, his face was livid, but his eyes were a little dazed. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.
Li Xuan just finished what he wanted to do in advance, but it greatly shook his military morale.
But soon, Usiza reacted and shouted loudly: "What are you still doing? Find a rope quickly and fix the raft. Hurry up, hurry up."
Usiza's soldiers immediately turned around to look for ropes, but at this moment, they could not find so many ropes.
A slight sneer flashed at the corner of Li Xuan's mouth. At this time, it was too late to do anything.
On the raft bridge, the morale of the Tibetan soldiers was already in chaos. Every wave of rockets passed by in the sky above their heads. They couldn't help but look up and look back.
At this time, the right guard of the raft bridge immediately became excited.
The rifle in his hand stabbed more ferociously, the crossbow changed its arrow case again, and then shot at the Tubo people without hesitation.
Fierce generals like Li Duozuo and Cui Ding could easily seize the Tubo people's weaknesses and move forward twenty or thirty meters in an instant.
At this time, a Tibetan soldier suddenly took a step back. The next moment, he had retreated to the shore.
Before the soldiers around him could slash with their swords, more Tibetan soldiers had already retreated.
The soldiers were confused.
It can never be saved again.
At this moment, the sound of drums between heaven and earth suddenly changed.
All the archers stopped shooting completely at this moment. Cui Ding and Li Duozuo immediately split to the two sides and killed in different directions.
At this time, more Tubo finally saw that Li Xuan, who had arrived on the raft south of the middle of the Yellow River, had climbed back on his horse.
Five rafts side by side and a wider space in front are enough for the cavalry to gallop.
Li Xuan raised the gun in his hand and snorted coldly: "Charge!"
The tall horse rushed out first, and the cavalry behind Li Xuan all rushed out at the same time.
The horses charge, the blood is flowing, the swords are waving, but no one can defeat the enemy.
The overall situation has been decided.
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With a "Bibo" sound, the torch suddenly exploded on the top of the mountain.
Li Xuan stood on the hillside on the west side of the Tubo military camp, his eyes calmly scanning the entire camp. After a fierce battle, the place was all theirs.
At this moment, Li Duozuo, who was covered in blood and had already bandaged several wounds, quickly ran to Li Xuan and held his hands in excitement: "Your Majesty, we found five hundred Tubo war horses in the rear village."
"Immediately select good knights and form a cavalry regiment. Half an hour later, we will send troops to Tongren County." Li Xuan immediately issued the order without any hesitation.
"Follow the order!" Li Duozuo turned around and walked away.
Previously, Li Xuan led the cavalry to rush out from the raft bridge and dispersed all the Tibetan soldiers at the bridge in a blink of an eye.
Then, like driving sheep, all the Tibetan soldiers were driven from the front camp to the back camp.
In a very short period of time, the entire Tibetan army in the camp completely collapsed.
For a time, the army could not see the general, and the general could not see the army.
After several killings, the Tubo people ran away and dispersed. Even Usiza led his own soldiers and fled on horseback with a man.
If Li Xuan hadn't stopped him, his men would have hunted him down.
Fortunately, Li Xuan was sober enough. Their current task was not to hunt down these Tibetan soldiers, but to capture their colleagues.
As long as Tongren County is captured, the other Tibetan soldiers will be the turtles in the jar, and they can kill them at will.
A middle-aged general wearing black fish scale armor and a beard quickly walked towards Li Xuan with his soldiers, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, a rough inventory has been carried out. There are four thousand loads of food and grass in the camp. , five hundred war horses, three hundred prisoners captured, and a large number of abandoned swords, bows, armor, etc.!"
"Collect it carefully and write it down." After a pause, Li Xuan said quickly: "Li Yi, you stay here, stabilize the bridge, count the achievements, then mobilize the soldiers, transfer the grain and grass, and at the same time write down what happened today. , protect the camp, wipe out the remaining Tibetan bandits in the surrounding areas, and be sure to hold on to this stronghold."
Li Yi, who is now the captain of the right guard, immediately raised his hand and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, my subordinates will handle it properly."
"Yes!" Li Xuan nodded, looked up at the full moon that had set in the west, and said softly: "Now, the most important thing is to immediately capture Tongren County and block the Anya Pass in the west so that the Tibetans cannot counterattack. , and then slowly clean up the territory."
"Here!" Li Yi bowed slightly, and then stepped back carefully.
Although Li Yi is the captain of the right guard, he is not a general who charges into battle. Most of what he does is recorded in the long history. He is the person Li Xuan relies on most, besides Yu Ze.
Li Duozuo, Cui Ding, Zhou Qian, and Li Cheng, the captain of Li Duozuo, came quickly, raised their hands to Li Xuan and said, "Your Majesty, the cavalry is ready."
"Let's go, head to Tongren County immediately." Li Xuan quickly walked down the hillside and led everyone ahead to occupy the front camp of Jiazhai.
All nine hundred cavalry were ready. The wooden horse training technique that Li Xuan had used before could not train elite cavalry, but there were still many infantry who could ride horses.
Of these nine hundred cavalry, 400 are right-guard cavalry who came with Li Xuan, there are also 100 Qianniu Guards, 100 Jinwu Guards, 200 Right-Leading Guards, and 100 are newly elected Cavalrymen, if successful, will quickly turn into cavalry.
Li Xuan got on the horse and shouted: "Let's go to Tongren County."
With a slap on the horse, Li Xuan took the lead and rushed out of the camp like crazy, and everyone behind him quickly followed.
A torrent of cavalry rushed toward Tongren County at extremely high speed.
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High in the sky, a gray eagle flew straight away under the moonlight, and its eyes fell directly on the mountain road in front of Li Xuan and others.
Tongren County is like two opposite horoscopes, with only one mountain road in the middle leading to the county seat.
The mountain road has twists and turns and is not straight.
At a turning point called Caojiachong, a stone cliff cuts out abruptly.
There was originally no such stone cliff here, but during an earthquake a few years ago, it suddenly appeared.
If it were in the Central Plains, the county magistrate would have led his subordinates to clear out all the county residents, but this is in Tubo territory, and no one cares about it at all.
In addition, it does not affect the transportation of troops and grain, so no one clears it.
Under the moonlit night, on the back slope of the stone cliff, Wu Xiza led a group of soldiers and lurked quietly with bows and arrows in hand.
Behind them, under the cliff, there were three hundred cavalry in formation in the distance, ready to charge at any time.
Wusiza lay down on the hillside and grabbed a handful of weeds with fierce eyes.
He had been here for some time. After leaving the military camp, he was keenly aware that he might not be able to recapture the camp.
The only way to stand up is to kill Li Xuan. Once Li Xuan dies, the Tang army will be in chaos.
He originally thought that Li Xuan would rush out in the middle of the night, but he didn't expect that two hours had passed and he hadn't come yet.
If he doesn't come, it will be dawn.
Suddenly, a loud sound of horse hooves came from the ground. Wusiza looked happy. He immediately stretched out his hand and saw that all the Tibetan soldiers had lowered their bodies and hid themselves.
The bow and arrow in his hand were pointed forward, and he could shoot at any time according to Usiza's orders.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed over like a stream, with an astonishing speed.
Li Xuan took the lead. He saw the stone cliff in the distance at a glance, and a sneer flashed in the corner of his eyes.
Originally, there was a problem with this part of the sand table provided by Shi Qin.
There was obviously a section of rock cliff here, but he was stunned and said there wasn't one. Even the other two people were convinced by him.
If Li Xuan hadn't seen it with eagle eyes, he might have thought that this was a straight mountain road.
But alas, he does.
Also, the terrain here is really suitable for setting up an ambush, and he remembered it from the beginning.
During the rapid galloping, Li Xuan raised his head and glanced at the cliff. He did not stop his horse, but made a gesture to the rear. The next moment, the Jinwu Guards, Qianniu Guards, right guards and right-leading Taoist soldiers behind him had already turned over at the same time. The crossbow came out.
Li Xuan was the first to draw his bow and nock an arrow. Before he could get into the shooting range of the Tubo people, he had already shot an arrow directly.
Immediately afterwards, countless flying arrows flashed through the high air like black clouds, and then crashed down behind the stone cliff.
"Ding ding ding" countless feather arrows directly penetrated the bodies of the Tubo soldiers and nailed them hard to the rocks beneath them.
Only a few people were not affected, but before they could open their bows, countless feather arrows flew up again with a buzzing sound in the air, and struck down hard.
In an instant, Shiya was already dead and injured.
It was at this time that countless cavalrymen rushed out from the side of the stone cliff, and then rushed into the valley behind.
The speed was so amazing that Usiza and his soldiers could not react at all.
Li Xuan didn't care about Wu Xiza on the cliff, and the 900 cavalrymen went straight towards the 300 cavalrymen at the bottom of the cliff and killed them.
Li Xuan directly made a gesture, and the cavalry was divided into two teams, one left and one right, in an instant, he was on the one team, and Li Duozuo was on the other team.
Two groups of cavalry dodged past the three hundred cavalry group.
The long spear, eight inches long, passed directly over the Tibetan cavalry, regardless of whether it was injured or not, and rushed straight over.
Countless blades are like rapidly undulating waves of knives, and in a blink of an eye, they will cause waves of blood.
When the waves of swords stopped and the cavalry rushed through, less than half of the Tubo cavalry were still standing.
On the opposite side, only a few unlucky ones among the nine hundred cavalry were brought down by the Tubo counterattack, while the others were unharmed.
A large arc passed through, and Li Xuan and Li Duozuo had changed their positions. .
The next moment, they charged towards the Tubo cavalry again.
Under the huge wave of swords, the few Tubo people were completely annihilated.
The cavalry is only fast.
Li Xuan's eyes immediately focused on Wu Xiza.
(End of chapter)
