Chapter 34: The quagmire is deep

Tian Hao rushed into the five thousand Hu horses with eight hundred cavalry, and cut off his flag. Seeing the big flag falling down, the morale of the Tang army in the city village was greatly boosted. Tian Hao said: "Crash the defeated soldiers and prepare to return to the city!"

But the deputy general said, "General, there is something strange, look!"

The two thousand cavalrymen who seemed sparse on the east side suddenly gathered and rushed over. The two thousand men were miscellaneous soldiers. At this time, the thousand cavalry in the middle rushed out, all wearing iron armor outside the black robe. The leader held a thick Byzantine sword with a curved blade, with a faint blood trough, and Tian Hao rushed straight over. After the three thousand soldiers on the west side fell down, they did not disintegrate, but instead arranged around to block Tian Hao's way back.

"Not good, it's a trap!"

As the two sides got closer and closer, Tian Hao suddenly saw the figure and appearance of the general: "It's Holland, the general under Satuk!"

When he first met Holland, Tian Hao was just an insignificant firefighter, but at that time Holland was already the leading general under Satuk. After a few years, Tian Hao had been promoted to General of the Central Army, but he still clearly remembered Holland's brave performance outside the city of Julan.

Tian Hao originally thought that the other party might not be able to trap him, but he didn't expect that such an elite force would be hidden among the five thousand people. More than 800 cavalry of his troops fought bloody battles this afternoon. Although he had rested a few times in the middle, he could not completely eliminate the fatigue. Tian Hao thought to himself: "Now, if you kill me, this village will be lost, and there are Uighur soldiers and horses around you that cannot be stopped. Holland chased me from behind. Even if my brothers who can return to the end of the city team will be seriously injured. I go out of the city to cheer up my morale, not to bring a blow to the soldiers in the city! No!" He glanced at Holland, who was getting closer and closer, and thought to himself: "If we can kill Holland, our morale will be greatly boosted, and this battle will be worth it!"

He took a deep breath to cheer up and shouted: "On the other side is the Uighur general. Brothers, please gather your strength to do this last rush, and then we will take the enemy general's head back to the city to seek credit!"

The soldiers responded in unison and rushed towards the Uighur black-clad knight.

The cavalry on both sides collided. Tian Hao knew at this moment that the black knights under Holan were waiting for their leisure, but he had been under Zhang Mai for a long time and had been accustomed to the passionate fighting method. He let go of the pressure and psychological burden, and he had only one thought in his mind: "Vict!"

The years he has been through the rain of arrows in the sword forest and arrows have established a belief that victory will surely win!

Yes, every time in the past, Tang Jun created many impossible opportunities in the crisis, and this time it will definitely be like this!

This belief made Tian Hao believe that he would definitely survive after this battle! Moreover, the soldiers under his command were all people who had experienced many battles. At this moment, the spirits of eight hundred people were mutually resonant, and a kind of pride of the Tang soldiers was inspired and turned into a powerful force that was brave and unparalleled.

"Good!" Holland shouted: "Okay, OK!"

As they rushed closer, the faces of the black knights became more and more obvious, and everyone's faces were filled with scars!

They are like Tian Hao and have experienced many battles. What's different from Tian Hao is that they have won too many defeats in the past few years, but they have survived many defeats, which gives them a urge to revenge that is more eager than anyone else!

Amid the shouts of both sides, two cavalry soldiers of similar numbers rushed together, and the sword light burst out with sparks under the sunset. Huoxunma and Ningyuanma squeezed and stomped each other under the urging of their master. There was clearly a vast grassland not far away, but these two thousand people squeezed into an extremely narrow space. The slanted waist of the entire mountain bag was soon messy by the horse's hooves, and the astonishing roar echoed like a wild beast. Two thousand people were fighting for life and death here!

Blood was splattering, including Tang army and Uighurs. The tragic battle situation made Guo Shiyong on the city and the militia in the village frightened! The two cavalrymen were not distinguished for a while in this round of battle, but the 4,000 Uighurs around slowly surrounded him to form pressure on the periphery.

The militia in the village could not bear it and finally rushed out to support under the leadership of the militia captain, but soon they wanted a stream to rush into the mud and quickly fell into it!

In the Qianli Mile Mile, seeing one of the two thousand black-clothed Hu cavalry became enthusiastic. Guo Shiyong was secretly surprised. Ma Jirong looked over at his reminder. The cavalry led by Holland was initially mixed with the cavalry and was not conspicuous. At this time, he suddenly exerted force and immediately became the focus of the entire southern front. Tian Hao and eight hundred cavalry rushed desperately. In the afternoon, the Po Jian Dao could quickly tear a bloody road wherever Po Jian Dao passed. But at this time, facing Holland's troops, everyone in the hand had two sets of weapons: a light shield was bound with a side hand, and the shield was inlaid with iron sheets and cast copper edges with a brace. He held a knife in his hand to resist the attack of Po Jian Dao with a scimitar, and chopped Tang army people and horses with a scimitar. More than a thousand people had the ability to gallop without holding a horse bridle!

Surrounded by thousands of Humas, in front of enemies with the advantage of numbers, Tian Haobu still did not lose the passion for victory, but their number was decreasing little by little!

These are all the soldiers who come from Lingxi! Every knight has at least the rank of deputy fire chief or above! Every time one falls, Guo Shiyong's heart is bleeding, which is a kind of pain of being pestered!

"It's him! It's him!" Li Bin also saw Holland in the Qianli Mile Mile Mile: "It's Holland! Why didn't we find it before? This is a trap! Tian Hao must be asked to withdraw quickly!"

"It's too late!" Ma Jirong said: "Let me go out and pick you up."

Guo Shiyong hesitated that Tian Hao's 800 cavalry were like the blade of a knife. He could not throw it away. If it was lost, it would not only greatly reduce its combat power, but also cause a huge blow to morale! It is likely that the Tang army will not be able to leave the city from now on! In that case, Beiluntai City would be like being blocked. But if people were to be sent...

When I saw the flag falling on the west and east sides of Beiluntai City, I sent troops to reinforce it as soon as possible. The flag was not the beginning of the depressed morale of the Uighurs, but a signal. The Hu people were gathering in the south. No matter how they decided at this time, it seemed that the current situation would face a huge crisis.

"Get out of the city!" Guo Shiyong ordered: "You can't let your soldiers sacrifice in front of us so freely and do nothing, as that will make the soldiers in the city feel heartbroken!"

"yes!"

After Ma Jirong's order was issued, more than 5,000 cavalry immediately rushed out of the city. The tired Tian Hao on the mountain buns saw him and shouted to rush down. However, Holan's troops showed extremely strong resilience at this time, and no matter how hard Tian Hao rushed, he would not retreat.

Ma Jirong's cavalry arrived ahead of schedule than the enemy on the east and west sides, causing changes in the local battlefields in the south. However, although his soldiers had more than 5,000, they were not as elite as Tian Hao's troops. Holland also had four or five thousand people at hand, but although he was attacked from both sides, he did not show any defeat.

"Ship Guo!" Li Bin said: "Satuk has seen through our weaknesses! He wants to lead us out of the city to fight!"

It was already dusk now, but the Uighurs seemed not tired at all. Li Bin suddenly thought that the fierce battle in the afternoon could have the upper hand in part, which was probably because the Uighurs did not do their best, and some of their soldiers might be in a state of rest.

"Satuk doesn't necessarily have to rush over," said Li Bin: "Maybe he is just trying to capture this Beiluntai City! Guo Shuai, ignite the beacon! Deputy Governor Murong's cavalry is only half a day away from here. ignite the beacon and he will arrive tomorrow!"

"Call Huichunhua? Such a defense line in the Northeast..."

"I can only give up!" Li Bin said: "The first priority at present is to guard Beiluntai City! Keep it at all costs and guard it until the marshal returns!"

"But that would be afraid that the Khitan and the Uighurs would meet at the city of Beiluntai!" Guo Shiyong said: "That situation would be even more unfavorable!"

"But we need the field force of Deputy Governor Murong!" Li Bin said: "Or..."

Suddenly he stopped talking because he saw fireworks suddenly shot out from the east, which was a signal emitted when the Tang army encountered danger during the marching. As for what the content of the signal meant, only the senior generals of the Tang army could understand it.

Li Bin was stunned, and Guo Shiyong was stunned...

"Chunhua, you have arrived nearby..." said Guo Shiyong.

Outside the city, Tian Hao failed to rush down as he wished, and Ma Jirong failed to defeat Holland before the Uighur reinforcements on the east and west sides arrived. Seeing that the Uighur reinforcements were hidden from the rear, I was afraid that he would be dragged out of the city.

There was only half of the sun left, and the setting sun shone like blood, but the more eye-catching red was the blood of the battlefield. Ma Jirong gritted his teeth, no longer had the luck, and shouted: "I won't go back! Go up! Meeting with Hiroshi Ho!"

His troops rushed up fiercely and finally met with Tian Hao's troops, who were less than 700 people left, but their retreat was also cut off.

"Enter the fort!" Ma Jirong ordered.

Holland lined up his troops under the mountain and surrounded them again.

It was already night, but Satuk seemed to be not ready to rest!

"Report!" A cavalry came from the east: "The enemy army divided up about 4,000 cavalry, and when they arrived fifteen miles away, they were trapped by nine thousand people in the Khitan skin chamber of our friendly army!"

Ge Lan came to Satuk's side and was extremely surprised: "The Khitans still have troops?"

Satuk smiled and said, "The one who surrounded Yang Yi in the north was Huweili, and the one who set up a trap on the road to lure Zhang Mai to the north was Yelu Chache, but he did not continue to wait for Zhang Mai on the way and went directly to attack Murong Chunhua. Now he is the one who cooperates with us nearby. When Yelu Chache attacked Murong Chunhua, his troops were not used all. In order to paralyze Murong Chunhua, he thought that his Northeast Defense Line had enough strength and made a wrong judgment to reinforce Beiluntai City."

Ge Lan said: "But the Khitans' troops were also limited. They besieged Yang Yi and attacked Murong Chunhua. Where else did they get their troops now?"

Satuk said leisurely: "That was naturally transferred from the East..."

"Oriental?" Ge Lan said in surprise: "Is it..."

"He transferred most of the troops attacking Zheluomanshan City, leaving only a few as suspicious soldiers." Satuk said: "This time the Khitan's fighting spirit is not inferior to us. It seems that they can replace our Uighurs and become the dominant Mobei, which is not without reason..."

Ge Lan was shocked: "Change all the troops in the east...are they not afraid that the road to the east will be cut off?"

"Go back to the east... Hum!" Satuk said: "As long as you capture Beiluntai City and kill Zhang Mai, the Tiance army will collapse! Why worry about not being able to return to the east at that time? Yelu Chache dared to be so cruel, but he was determined to win!"

On the mountain bag southwest of Beiluntai City, watching the lights at the foot of the mountain, Tian Hao suddenly spit out a mouthful of blood. He used too much force in the fierce battle during the day.

Ma Jirong supported him, and Tian Hao smiled bitterly and said, "This battle... we fought too badly! We don't know how to face the marshal!" Ma Jirong said, "Our military strength is not as strong as the other party, and we failed to cut off our arms and shrink the front line in time, so we seemed in a hurry. But... as long as we wait until the marshal comes back, it will be our chance to turn defeat into victory!"

Tian Hao couldn't help but feel a little sad: "Although the 30,000 troops led by the Marshal were elite, even if he came back, the current situation of the battle should not be too corrupt, otherwise how could he deal with it? Alas, if we took back all the troops from the northeast, northwest and north from the beginning, it would be great. If we gathered the troops at a little bit..." He stopped here, after all, he didn't want to show the intention of blaming Guo Shiyong at this time. After all, if Guo Shiyong could be more decisive and more decisive, he might as well not send Ma Jirong to the battle, so that Ma Jirong would not be trapped here, but he was afraid he would have died here at dusk.

Ma Jirong said: "We are all hindsights. No one expected that the attacks between the Uighurs and the Khitans would come so quickly and so fiercely..."

In Beiluntai City, Guo Shiyong seemed extremely tired. Looking at the fire, he seemed to be more than teenager older than when he was in Lanzhou!

He felt that his feet were weak, not because he was afraid, but because he was exhausted. He did not participate in the battle during the day, but the unusual tension and the continuous blows made him no less than to participate in the hand-to-hand combat. Facing the darkness of Hu Ma under the city, who was rushing over like a wild wolf and a mad dog, Guo Shiyong felt powerless and unable to control the situation.

"Am I really old?"

Regarding the current situation, he felt that he had made too many mistakes, so many that he could not forgive.

Although he used the most reliable solution to solve every step and every move, every safe countermeasure seemed to be expected by the enemy, and he fell into a more passive situation.

He was not worried about the defense of Beiluntai City. The infantry, crossbows, equipment soldiers and militia in the city were enough to defend this small city and could protect Zhang Mai's arrival. However, the city had lost the mobile cavalry to fight out of the city. If Murong Chunhua came to rescue, Ma Jirong and Tian Hao who were cut off after leaving the city were both defeated by Satuk, even if Zhang Mai returned from the north, I was afraid that Beiluntai City would not be able to use enough powerful power to fight with Zhang Mai in the north and south!

But how to reverse this crisis?

Guo Shiyong couldn't think of a solution. It was not that there was no way, but that he couldn't think of the troops that could break the current crisis!

"Tang Army lost!" Satuk sneered: "I have already understood Zhang Mai's various tricks. How would he do it? I had figured it out before the war started! Now even if he rushes back, it's useless!"
Chapter completed!