Tibet

Chapter 229 Winning the Fortress

The order in which the attacks were launched was that Li Ye on the south bank wanted to kill the Tubo soldiers guarding the Tengqiao first, and then Bai Xiaode's actions. This order must not be reversed.

At four o'clock, Li Ye arrived at the south bridge. He observed for a while. There were a total of six Tubo soldiers on the south bridge, patrolling back and forth on the bridge. There was a tent next to the bridge, and there were probably Tubo soldiers sleeping in the tent.

How can we kill these six Tubo soldiers in one go?With a throwing knife of course.

Li Ye slowly approached the rattan bridge, hiding behind a big rock, about one foot away from the nearest soldier, and about three feet away from the farthest Tubo soldier. This position is good, Li Ye threw a piece of natural gold over there , and wait patiently for the opportunity.

Not long after, a Tubo soldier suddenly discovered the natural gold on the ground. He was surprised and delighted, and shouted, "It's gold!"

Two other soldiers hurried over to check, and the three of them gathered together, and the opportunity came.

Li Ye shot three flying knives like lightning, and three Tubo soldiers on the bridge fell down with a knife in their throat in a very short time. The other three soldiers were still checking the gold, but found nothing abnormal.

Li Ye pulled out his saber and moved closer, a cold light flashed, two heads fell to the ground at the same time, the other person was shocked, before he could react, Li Ye's saber had already cut off his neck.

He killed six Tubo soldiers while the rabbit was up and down, and Li Ye entered the big tent. After a while, there were muffled screams from inside, and the four sleeping soldiers were cut off by him. neck.

The ten soldiers were killed. Li Ye picked up the Tubo soldier's fire bag, shook it in the wind, lit the fire, and then extinguished it, doing this three times, sending a clear signal to the opposite side.

Bai Xiaode led a caravan of hundreds of camels to the checkpoint.
There is a special army in the Anxi Army, that is, the Fan Army or the Hu Renjun. As the name suggests, it is the Anxi Hu people in the army. The number is about 6000. The leader is Bai Xiaode. The prince of the King of Kucha is very powerful in riding and shooting. He is good at using two short spears, and he is brave enough to be undeserved.

Bai Xiaode led [-] soldiers dressed as Sogdian merchants, each wearing loose white robes, and approached the checkpoint with hundreds of camels loaded with goods. The camels and goods were real, and they borrowed them from the Sogdians. The Sogdian merchant, Slytherin, was at the front. Not only did he take out his camels and goods, but he also took the risk of walking in the front, otherwise he would be killed by the Tibetans.

Of course, Slytherin is also beneficial. Feng Changqing gave him a tax exemption form, and next year the goods he transported to Datang can be exempted from tax. Although it is only once, it still has hundreds of dollars.

More importantly, after killing the Tubo checkpoints, he would not have to pay tolls for his hundreds of camels, which were hundreds of dollars.

"stop!"

Someone yelled, but they spoke Chinese. Many Tubo soldiers were actually Tuyuhun people from the Hehuang area and could speak some Chinese.

Several Tubo soldiers rushed over, looked at the camel caravan and asked, "Where is the caravan?"

"The caravan of Xiaoshi Country!"

"No matter where the caravan is, you have to pay a tax, one gold coin per camel, or one copper coin."

Slytherin had no choice but to take out a bag of gold coins, "Five hundred camels in total!"

"Wait a minute, pay after counting!"

More than a dozen Tubo soldiers rushed to the back, Bai Xiaode gave his men a wink, the opportunity came.

Three hundred soldiers took off their robes and fought together. A dozen Tibetan soldiers who were counting the camels were the first to suffer, and were killed by random knives. Slytherin was too frightened to lie on the ground and dare not move.

Bai Xiaode took out two fine steel short spears, and led fifty soldiers to kill the Fuji Bridge. There were fifteen soldiers on the Fuji Bridge, which were divided into inner and outer floors. Bai Xiaode assassinated five of them, and the remaining soldiers were all killed by Tang soldiers.

The three Tubo soldiers on patrol on the bridge saw that the situation was not good, turned around and ran towards the south bank, yelling.

This was the scene that Feng Changqing was most worried about. They could kill the soldiers at the bridgehead, but they would definitely alarm the patrolling soldiers on the bridge, and it was too late to shoot arrows. The only way was Li Ye's proposal, to kill the soldiers on the south bank of the bridge first.

Bai Xiaode didn't chase the three soldiers, the rattan bridge was still one mile away from the Golden Fort, their yelling could not alarm the defenders of the Golden Fort, but could only remind Li Ye on the other side.

He turned around and roared, the spears were like two bolts of lightning, instantly piercing the chest of the Tubo centurion who was slashing at him with a knife, and the centurion fell to the ground dead.

On the south bank of the rattan bridge, Li Ye was half-kneeling at the head of the bridge, drawing his bow like a full moon, and three spiked arrows shot out. Three Tibetan soldiers who were running were headshot by the three arrows, and immediately fell off the rattan bridge.

The battle ended quickly, and a total of 25 Tibetan soldiers were killed or captured.

Tang Jun immediately interrogated and got the password to enter the city tonight, but he still found a loophole. The Tubo soldiers were not completely at the checkpoint. In order to prevent the Sogdian caravan from bypassing the checkpoint, some Tubo soldiers went elsewhere intercept.

Feng Changqing missed this point.

There should be 28 Tubo soldiers on the north bank, a centurion plus 27 soldiers.

But now there are three people missing, Bai Xiaode immediately reported to Feng Changqing, "Changshi, three Tubo soldiers are missing. According to the interrogation confession, these three people went to search for a caravan that sneaked across the border, far to the north."

Feng Changqing looked at the sky, it was almost dawn, and they had no time to procrastinate.

Feng Changqing immediately said: "You took three hundred soldiers to search for three soldiers, and the others still acted according to the original plan."

The Tubo general who guards the Golden Fort is an experienced veteran named Lunpo Ruoxi, who was born in a Tubo noble. , and was sent to Golden Fort by the Tubo general of Dabolu.

At this time, Lun Po Ruoxi happened to be patrolling the top of the city, and suddenly got the news that the defenders on the north bank had captured two scouts from the Tang army. Tang army soldiers with disheveled hair and hands tied behind their backs. He watched for a while, but he didn't see the general on the north bank. It stands to reason that the centurion should have come back to report to him.

He turned back and asked, "Did you ask for the password?"

"General Qi, there is no problem with the password!"

Lun Po Luo Si asked loudly, "Where is your centurion?"

Someone below replied: "There is a caravan passing through the border, and Da Qingniu said that it is important to collect money!"

Lunpo Ruoxi laughed, Daqingniu is the nickname of the centurion, a guy who has an eye for money.

"Open the city gate!"

Lun Po Ruoxi ordered to open the city gate, and the soldiers immediately pushed the winch and hoisted up the big iron bolt that locked the gate, only to hear a loud rattling sound.

Just as Lun Po Ruoxi was about to turn around and go down the city, suddenly three rockets were fired from the north bank in a row, flying straight into the sky, indicating that there was an enemy.

Lun Po Ruoxi's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly shouted: "Close the city gate quickly, and let me shoot arrows!"

The city gate that had just opened a crack was closed again, and dozens of arrows were shot from the top of the city. Several Tang soldiers pretending to be Tubo soldiers were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground screaming.

Feng Changqing suddenly felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave. The plan to defraud the city was seen through at the last moment, and they fell short.

(End of this chapter)