Chapter 993 Another Confrontation Between the Two Sides

While Zhang Xiaosong continued to look for the Tibetan baggage troops, the main Tibetan army in front was about to be overwhelmed.

The soldiers in Ashinaxian and Karluk were like crazy, charging with grenades whenever they got the chance.

The key is that Ashinaxian and Karluk's horses are not afraid of explosions, but Tibetan horses are afraid.

Both sides set up camps, and scouts went back and forth, all wanting to go around behind each other to see the enemy's deployment.

No, Ashinaxian and his men were not looking for deployment, they were looking for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

Because there were hot air balloons in the camps of Ashinaxian and Karluk, the deployment of the Tibetan army was clear at a glance.

Fortunately for the Tibetan general Boze Ke Lao (mǔ), Ashinaxian and Karluk seemed to have only one hot air balloon.

He was looking forward to the other side's alcohol, or gasoline, or diesel running out.

He thought that the Tang Dynasty was not confident in these two tribes, so it did not give them so many good things.

Now he is waiting, waiting for the food and grass to come, and he wants to defeat the two tribes in one go.

In that case, the two tribes would definitely feel that the Tang Dynasty court did not value them and gave them little.

What Boze Ke Lao did not know was that in normal history, the two tribes faced the Turkic Shi tribe of Sulu, the White-robed Dashi tribe and his Tubo tribe.

The two tribes held on, and then he did not have time to go back. In July, when Guo Zhiyun had sufficient food and grass, he took the opportunity to attack Jiuqu.

He brought 40,000 soldiers and horses, and the rear was short of 40,000, plus the transportation of food and grass, which involved more.

Now Ashina Xian's two tribes only had one to deal with him, and there were hot air balloons and grenades, so he thought he could defeat the other side in one go.

A hot air balloon was floating in the sky, fixed with ropes below.

The people of Ashina Xian's tribe looked up and observed the flag signals with a telescope. There were also several large boxes next to them.

These boxes were the same as the boxes for the hot air balloons in the sky, and the soldiers felt confident when they saw them.

They had five, and the Karluk had three, a total of eight hot air balloons.

The reason they put one up was that they were reluctant to use it. In their opinion, this was something given by the gods.

And the gods were the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty gave them telescopes and hot air balloons, as well as grenades that exploded with a bang when they caught fire.

The people of the two tribes were also waiting, waiting for Zhang Xiaosong.

They had received the news that Zhang Xiaosong had defeated the White Arabs and Sulu.

Now they didn't know where he had gone, but they should be looking for an opportunity.

They were also very satisfied with the food. They didn't have canned food, meat floss, or compressed biscuits.

But they had oil tea noodles, flour fried with oil, sesame seeds, cooked bean powder, and then mixed with dried onion powder and dried cabbage powder.

You can drink it with water and stir it. It's still very sweet, because sugar has been added.

They saw that Tubo was going to launch a large-scale attack, but they were not afraid. They had the advantage in numbers.

During the confrontation between the two sides, Zhang Xiaosong was looking for him.

Guo Zhiyun launched an offensive against the Jiuqu area, with cavalry gathering and infantry arrayed.

The Tubo in Jiuqu Land only realized that something was wrong at this time. The flag of the Tang army was not that of the Longyou Jiedushi, but that of the Hexi Jiedushi.

Anyone with a bit of a war mind would understand what it meant.

To attack by force, draw troops from behind and prepare to retreat after defeat.

At the same time, if necessary, the troops of the Longyou Jiedushi would also attack.

The combined forces of the two Jiedushi exceeded 140,000. Was this place worthy of such treatment by the Tang Dynasty?

As the highest commander of the garrison troops in Jiuqu Land, Zhaxi Kure did not dare to neglect it and urgently mobilized his own troops.

He had to organize the troops, otherwise the scattered small teams would be swallowed up by the tide of troops of the Hexi Jiedushi.

Guo Zhiyun waited for the other side to prepare. He was anxious to launch an offensive today because the wind was blowing westward and it was a breeze.

He wanted to play a big game, achieve the tactical goal today, and make a good start for the strategic arrangement.

The two sides lined up, not all cavalry, but also bowmen, spearmen, and shieldmen.

The Tang Dynasty had an additional 4,000 Mo Dao troops, divided into two formations, facing the enemy's cavalry formation.

The Tibetan cavalry would rather fight against the Tang Dynasty cavalry than face the Mo Dao.

Because the Mo Dao soldiers were followed by strong archers, they could not fight such a formation with bows and arrows.

Either use speed to dodge, or charge hard.

The Tang Dynasty Mo Dao, fight to the death. Charge it, it's a life-and-death battle.

If you can break through, it's easy, but if you can't, it's completely over.

So far, it has never been broken through.

Both sides lined up, with a large number of people.

In the back, Guo Zhiyun looked up at the flag and drew his sword.

The messenger conveyed the order, and the twenty hot air balloons in the back that could take off at any time rose slowly.

The cavalry jogged in the back, ready to speed up at any time.

Then twenty vehicles were pushed to the empty space between the central army and the front army, with rows of large sky-high monkeys on the vehicles.

The hot air balloon rose to a height of 100 feet and stopped, and the people below pulled hard.

Guo Zhiyun looked back and waved his sword.

The soldiers holding the rope let go, the people on the hot air balloon adjusted the blowtorch, and someone else quickly collected the rope.

The hot air balloon slowly floated towards the other side, the monkey car adjusted the angle, and the people behind lit the torch.

Not long after, the hot air balloon floated to the middle of the battlefield between the two sides.

One hot air balloon suddenly fell down, and the people on it quickly increased the firepower and rose again, higher than the others.

Then it fell down a little more, up and down.

No one on both sides laughed, and they couldn't laugh.

In the central position behind the Tubo army, Zhaxi Kure looked at the hot air balloon in the sky, his face full of helplessness.

As a general of Tubo, he knew how to fight with hot air balloons. Tubo was also deceived by Li Yi.

The hot air balloons were made, the alcohol was bought, and they kept burning their own balloons.

The alcohol was used up, but the hot air balloons still couldn't rise.

"All the troops, don't move." Zhaxi Kure passed the order, one by one.

The formation in front really didn't move, and the soldiers didn't even look at the things in the sky.

Just like when attacking a city, the army was not within the range of the enemy's crossbows on the top of the city. The army moved forward, and the enemy's catapults and bed crossbows fired.

Whoever was hit or shot was just unlucky. The person in front fell down, and the person behind filled the position.

When they were within the range of the bows and arrows of both sides, they started to charge.

Now the Tubo soldiers knew that they could throw things down from the hot air balloon, so they held on. How much stuff can the hot air balloon hold?

The hot air balloon was floating, floating above the head of the front formation of Tubo, UU reading www.uukanshu.net The Tubo formation didn't react at all.

The hot air balloon continued to float, floating backwards. Zhaxi Kure looked up, his palms were full of sweat.

He didn't order the crossbow to fire into the air. A hundred feet, the range was not enough.

His Tubo tried with a larger Kongming lantern, tied a thin rope to the sky, and then shot with the bed crossbow with the longest range.

Not to mention a hundred feet, even forty feet would be too weak to fly up, and would fall down.

Moreover, the crossbow arrows flew up, all kinds of deviations.

It seems that only hot air balloons can be used to hit the enemy's hot air balloons. The wind direction is also a problem. It depends on which direction it blows. If it blows towards the enemy, your side will take the initiative.

Zhaxi Kure thought, sighed, and ordered: "The central army moves and dodges."

He had no choice. The opponent was obviously coming for him. Should he dodge?

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