allonlinenovel Chapter 204 Arrival in Anxi
Chapter 204 Arrival in Anxi
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that the matter of Anxi a hundred years later will be really difficult. Since everyone can't sleep, let's discuss how to deal with it first."
Li Shimin waved to everyone and said, "Come here, and wake up Cheng Yaojin and the others!"
A quarter of an hour later, everyone gathered in Li Chengqian's tent.
But after analyzing the situation, they still couldn't come up with a better way to stabilize Anxi!
Three days is too short.
Perhaps it could be held temporarily with the help of gunpowder, but the loss of Anxi was inevitable.
If they want to take back the Western Regions, they can only wait for the Tang Dynasty to recover a hundred years later.
But the white-haired soldiers guarding Anxi couldn't wait, they couldn't wait that long...
Everyone was silent, and Chu Suiliang was the first to break the silence: "Your Majesty, I suggest that the main task of our trip should be to gather the troops from the Western Regions."
Pei Xingjian also said: "That's right, and we can't reveal our identity as time travelers, but should come to Anxi as Tang reinforcements to create the illusion that Tang is about to support the Western Regions.
This will shock the Western Regions and even scare off Tubo."
Zhang Sun Wuji added: "The key lies in gunpowder. We only have three days. In a short period of time, we may be able to use the power of gunpowder to intimidate the Western Regions and Tubo, but after a long time, when we disappear and the Tang Dynasty does not send more reinforcements, they will definitely be suspicious.
Moreover, after we leave, the sudden lack of troops will also cause these two forces to counterattack, which will be difficult to deal with!"
Cheng Yaojin said: "It would be great if we could leave 100-8000 people behind..."
Everyone looked at Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian smiled bitterly and said, "I also want to leave my troops behind, but..."
Li Shimin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. Everything depends on human efforts. Maybe there will be a turning point in the future."
Li Chengqian nodded: "Yes, I think there must be a hidden mission in this time travel. Since gunpowder is the key, let's bring as much gunpowder and cannons as possible, and also bring more cold weapons.
The weapons of the Anxi soldiers are already in tatters. Take everything you can. Five horses per person, all loaded with supplies. Our first priority is to supply the Anxi soldiers!"
After the tasks were assigned, everyone prepared overnight.
In the early morning, a thousand soldiers left the camp in the name of inspecting the movements of Goguryeo...
The winter-summer city of Qiuci looks so lonely with heavy snow falling across the desert!
The indigenous people of the Western Regions in Qiuci City had already moved away, and only a few hundred Anxi white-haired soldiers were left in the city!
But they still held their posts, standing on the not-so-high city wall, staring coldly at the thousands of Tibetan troops outside the city.
"Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, today may be the last battle. The glory of the Tang Dynasty is protected by us. Even if we die in battle, we must let the Tibetans know that there are only soldiers who died in battle in the Tang Dynasty, and no cowards who surrender!"
The white-haired Guo Xin gave his final morale encouragement with his old and hoarse voice.
“Kill, kill, kill~~”
The one who responded to him was his equally old brother!
Almost all of them were injured and had white hair.
The weapons in his hands were broken and not a single piece of armor on his body was intact.
But they are still full of fighting spirit, vowing to live and die with the City of Qiuci and guard the last glory of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.
At this moment, the Tibetan army outside the city launched the final general attack!
On one side was the main Tibetan army of up to 5,000 people.
On one side are the old, weak, sick and disabled white-haired soldiers.
Even with the defensive advantage of the city walls, can a few hundred white-haired soldiers withstand the siege of thousands of elite Tibetans?
“Kill~~~~”
Guo Xin brandished the broken Tang horizontal sword, and they let out a final roar.
"Kill~~~"
woohoo~~~
In the wind and snow, there seemed to be a force responding to Anxi's white-haired soldiers!
Kill~~
But this sound was drowned out by the whistling sound of wind and snow, and even more so by the screams and cries of the Tibetan soldiers who rushed forward.
Both parties seemed to have heard nothing, but Guo Xin seemed to sense something!
After killing a Tibetan soldier who climbed up to the top of the city wall with one sword, he looked into the distance!
"Am I too old and am I hallucinating..."
No, Guo Xin did not have auditory hallucinations!
Because Li Chengqian arrived with a thousand Tang soldiers.
Landed three miles behind the Tubo army!
The Tang soldiers during the Zhenguan period, as soon as they arrived on the battlefield, drew their Tang swords and charged directly without hesitation.
In the wind and snow, the compound crossbow cannot exert its full strength.
Flintlock rifles are of little use in horse battles.
At this time, the most reliable weapons are still the Tang sword and horse lance in your hands!
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong took the lead, holding lances in their hands and urging their horses to charge forward.
Following behind him were several generals including Hou Junji, Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui, as well as the heavily armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty armed to the teeth!
Li Shimin also wanted to lead the charge, but was held back by Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.
"Your Majesty, the overall situation is more important!!"
Li Shimin angrily threw his hands away: "I know, I won't charge, let go!!"
As for Crown Prince Li Chengqian, he valued his life very much and needed no persuasion. He consciously slowed down his horse and stayed at the end with Li Shimin and others, escorting the supplies carried by 4,000 war horses.
Amid the howling wind and snow, 1000 Tang soldiers suddenly rushed out and cut into the Tubo rear army smoothly like a sharp blade cutting into butter.
The fighting has begun!
Or it could be called a unilateral massacre!
Because the Tang Dynasty soldiers were heavily armored cavalry, the Tibetan soldiers' scimitars and spears had no way of breaking through their defense.
In addition, on one side there was a surprise attack, and on the other side there was forced defense.
Faced with the charge launched by the group of heavy cavalry, even though the vast majority of the Tibetan army were cavalry, they were still unable to resist!
Under the cold winter wind, the Tubo army had no time to react and were killed in large numbers!
Once the rear army was in chaos, the front army that had already started attacking the city was also in chaos!
With the absolute advantage of zero casualties, 1000 Tang Dynasty soldiers successfully broke through the earthquake and fought their way to the city!
But they did not enter the city. Instead, they turned their horses around and regrouped. Taking advantage of the chaos in the Tibetan army's formation, they turned around and attacked again!
At this time, Guo Xin finally saw the identity of the enemy! !
He was in tears and his lips were trembling!
He wiped his eyes vigorously, trying to confirm whether his eyes were blurry or not!
See clearly!
He finally saw clearly!
It is Ming Guang Armor, the Ming Guang Armor that only existed in the Tang Dynasty! !
"It's reinforcements. Chang'an has finally sent reinforcements. Soldiers, kill all the Tibetan soldiers on the city wall and follow me to fight your way out of the city!!"
"Kill~~~"
The situation reversed instantly.
The 5000 Tibetan troops were killed in pieces by the charge of 1000 Tang soldiers.
They couldn't hold on any longer, and at a shout from their leader, they fled in a panic and retreated!
God was very kind, the snow stopped at this time! !