The strong wind is like a knife, and the cold air is a barrier.
Su Dingfang stood on the side of the female wall at the head of the city at Yumen Pass, with one hand on his hips and one hand stroking the cold city bricks. He looked up at the sky with billowing black clouds and murmured: "Is it going to snow again?"
A group of soldiers ran past him, carrying some wood chopped from the demolition of the house. Black smoke billowed from the top of the city, and many military cookstoves were set up, and ice cubes as strong as iron were boiling in the pots.
"General, this is the last batch of firewood. All the houses in the city gate that can be demolished have been demolished." A deputy general came forward to report.
"Yeah, I got it." Su Dingfang responded, and a trace of sadness appeared on Yanxun's face, which was dark and dirty from work.
A gust of wind blew up, causing black smoke and sparks to fly messily above the city, and the broken battle flags rustled.
"On the eleventh day of the destruction of Yangguan City... Xue Wanche, Su, will come to accompany you to hell soon!" Su Dingfang took a deep breath and exhaled heavily, with a relieved smile on his lips, and said to himself, "Old Marshal, Marshal, Su is incompetent. It is estimated that he can only hold on until today. Yumen has been closed for a long time and now there are only 3000 soldiers left. Most of them have been injured. The method of defending the city could no longer be maintained. The Tibetan army, numbering in the tens of thousands, took turns attacking the city more than seven times a day, day and night... After the houses were demolished, Su followed Xue Wanche's example and committed a battle and died for his country!"
"General!! The Tibetans are attacking!"
"Bah! What a bunch of bastards! They won't let anyone rest for even a moment. They don't even have time to pee!"
Su Dingfang's heart sank. He looked up and saw a large number of soldiers and horses rushing towards the border of the sky and the earth where the black clouds rolled in front, like a black torrent overwhelming the sky and the earth.
"Soldiers!!"
Su Dingfang shouted and drew his sword out of its sheath - "Get ready to meet the enemy!"
After two consecutive months of uninterrupted city defense battles, the Tang army soldiers were accustomed to engaging in battle at any time. But today, everyone is tacitly determined to die and give it a last try. Even the soldiers who were seriously injured and bedridden helped each other to the top of the city.
Even if you can't kill the enemy, you can still die for your country with your comrades who depend on each other for life and death. Never abandon each other on the road to hell!
The enemy troops rolled in, overwhelming, with more troops than any previous siege. Obviously, they also expected that Yumen Pass had already run out of gas and was only waiting for a single blow to break it.
Facing the surging enemy troops, the soldiers of the Tang Army at the top of the city were quite calm. Everyone stood silently, like an ancient statue of a god, as if they were not facing enemies who were fighting for life and death, but rather believers who worshiped them.
Su Dingfang saw the perseverance and determination written on the faces of every soldier.
"General Su, let's fight in Kaicheng!" I don't know who it was, suddenly shouted.
"Please general, let's fight in Kaicheng!!" All the soldiers kneeled down in unison and shouted in unison.
Majestic!
Su Dingfang finally understood why Xue Wanche turned on and off to fight in the first place; because at this time he also felt that his soul was trembling.
“Heaven above!!!”
Su Dingfang drew his sword and pointed at the sky, his voice was hoarse and trembling, and he shouted: "Today, Su and three thousand brothers sacrificed their lives for the Tang Dynasty!"
"Recommend the Jade Gate with blood and die in the Tang Dynasty!" More than 3,000 people roared sadly and solemnly.
"Switch, meet the enemy—"
From more than ten days ago, for every soldier killed in Yumen Pass, a horse was killed. Today, there are still more than 3,500 people and more than 3,500 emaciated horses.
Su Dingfang led more than 3,000 people to give up the battle to defend the city and walked down the city to the campus. Everyone put on their armor and mounted their horses, even the seriously injured soldiers were carried on the backs of horses, with swords and guns in their hands.
Su Dingfang immediately raised his gun and looked around at the soldiers.
In my ears, I can clearly hear the sound of rolling horse hooves and the roar of Tibetan people. Their ladder was almost on the top of the city, but they were shocked to find that there was no Tang army guard at the top of the city.
"Open the city gate!!!"
Su Dingfang roared loudly, and several soldiers stepped forward, lifted the thick door latch, and struggled to open the huge iron door.
"Gah-gah..."
The western gate of Yumenguan, which the Tubo people had been unable to attack for a long time, slowly opened amid a dull sound and falling dust. At the same time, the Tang army also opened the east gate leading to Helong. Yumen Pass, a dangerous pass in the world, instantly became a thoroughfare, and the cold wind passed through the gates at both ends.
The Tibetans who were attacking the city hesitated for a while and stepped back.
Su Dingfang rode out and stood under the city gate, held his spear horizontally and roared loudly: "Soldiers, fight to the death!!"
"Fight to the death - kill!!"
Three thousand remnant soldiers, riding on weak and skinny horses, galloped out together with Su Dingfang and plunged into the Tubo enemy group...
Under the Tubo flag in the military formation in the distance, the two brothers of the Gar family saw this scene with their own eyes, and they all let out a sigh of relief and laughed.
"I got it! Haha, I finally got it!"
"This Su Dingfang is much more difficult to deal with than Xue Wanche! Thousands of remnant soldiers actually stayed on guard for eleven more days!"
"It is said that he is Li Jing's disciple, so he should be more capable."
"That's all. Once the Yumen Pass was broken, the Helong River became a smooth road! We brothers finally made a great contribution! After cutting off Su Dingfang's head, we carried it and marched directly to Lanzhou. We attacked with the eldest brother and devoured the Qin Dynasty alive. Mu Bai!”
"Yeah, it's not easy. I finally got through the second level! - I'm just wondering why the food and grass haven't arrived this time? Fortunately, we broke through the level in time and could later enter the Helong interior to rob food and grass. Otherwise, the three armies would have We’re all going to run out of food!”
"Perhaps the Kunlun Mountains are blocked by the snow and ice. Don't worry about it! After breaking through the barrier, kill and rob them all the way. Don't worry about food and grass, gold, silver, wine, and women. You don't have to worry about it!"
"Hahaha! -" Brother Gar laughed loudly.
At the head of Yumenguan City, the dragon flags of the Tang Dynasty and the battle flags of the Guanxi Army were cut down one by one and replaced with the flags of the Tubo people. After being unable to solve the problem for days, the Tubo people had accumulated too much hatred in their hearts. At this time, when they saw the cauldrons boiling water at the top of the city, the Tubo soldiers were furious. Several people pulled the ignited mountains out of the stove and threw them one by one on the arrow tower of Yumen Pass. Soon, thick smoke and fire filled the air.
At this moment, a large number of cavalry suddenly emerged from the southeast of Yumen Pass. In front of them was a handsome flag, galloping like a dragon and red as fierce as fire, with the word "Qin" written on it!
Qin Mubai galloped forward on his horse with his gun drawn. When he saw the smoke and flames covering the sky above Yumen from a distance, he was suddenly frightened and angry. He pointed his gun and shouted loudly - "The whole army attacks!"
"Kill-"
Twenty thousand cavalrymen came like thunder rolling through the sky!
On the top of Yumentou City, sharp-eyed Tubo soldiers saw the group of troops led by Qin Mubai from a distance. They immediately exclaimed loudly. Someone hurriedly blew the horn to call the police and went down to the city gate to close the gate.
Su Dingfang, who was fighting in the formation, suddenly saw a warning horn blowing from the top of Yumen Pass, and vaguely heard the deafening sound of horse hooves and shouts of death coming from the southeast of Yumen Pass. He was surprised and said in his heart: "Are there reinforcements coming to kill?"
The two Gar brothers, who were sure of victory, were also surprised. "Why did the horn suddenly sound as a warning? Could it be that the Han reinforcements have come?"
"It's true! Look - the big flag is waved on the top of Yumenguan City, and the crossbows are deployed on the other side!"
"Blow the horn - the whole army attacks! Destroy the remnants of Su Dingfang as soon as possible and face the Han reinforcements!!"
"W-Woo!"
In the formation of the Tubo army, loud trumpets sounded. The tens of thousands of Tubo cavalry who were originally on standby surged out with roaring waves and headed toward Yumen Pass!
Su Dingfang led the remaining three thousand troops and fought hard under the gate of Yumenguan. At this time, seeing the Tubo people launching a major charge, Su Dingfang was convinced that reinforcements must have come from his own side!
"Brothers! Divide the troops into two groups, one group guarding the west gate; the other group turns back into the city to prevent the Tibetans from closing the east gate!"
"yes!!"
There were only a thousand people left, and they were instantly divided into two groups. Both inside and outside Yumen Pass fell into a melee. Fortunately, the number of Tibetan soldiers who climbed to the top of the city was only a few hundred. Just as they ran down the city gate to close the east gate to prevent Qin Mubai's army from entering, a group of Tang cavalry came like a fierce wind and smashed them to pieces in an instant!
Yumen Pass is right in front of you.
Qin Mubai, who was galloping on his horse, could almost clearly see the cluster of arrows stuck diagonally above the city head!
"Kill -" he gritted his teeth and roared, Qin Mubai drew his spear and leaped on his horse, and was the first to enter Yumen Pass. The Yumenguan cavalry who had just stopped fighting felt their eyes blurred as several cavalry flew past them, but they saw the general flag with the word "Qin" clearly!
All the soldiers were so happy that they almost burst into tears and shouted - "Young Marshal! It's the Young Marshal!"
"The young marshal personally led his troops to help!"
"Brothers, Yumen Pass is saved!!"
Qin Mubai took the lead and rushed through the city of Yumen Pass. He rushed to the west gate in a blink of an eye and saw with his own eyes that Su Dingfang was leading a group of Tang troops with no more than a hundred people left, fighting to the death to defend the city gate, blocking the Tubo's rolling torrent. cavalry!
Seeing that Su Dingfang was exhausted, he was teetering on the horse!
"Dingfang! I'm coming too!!"
Qin Mubai's eyes were all red, Shen roared and rushed over with a desperate horse.
Su Dingfang's physical strength had long been exhausted and he could no longer hold on. When he heard the thunderous roar, he was as surprised as if he had received a shot in the arm - "Young Marshal!? Is it the Young Marshal?!"
"Kill-"
The deafening cry of death instantly drowned out his cry. Countless iron cavalry passed by, all of them wearing bright light armor and iron red robes—the Yue cavalry of the Tang Dynasty!
On that flag, which is as red as blood, is the word "Qin"!
"Heaven will never stop people!!!" All Su Dingfang's emotions erupted like a volcano at this moment. He raised his horizontal sword high and roared to the sky, shouting three times - "Heaven will never stop us, Heaven will never stop us, Heaven will never stop us!"
After shouting, he fell down under the horse, unconscious. The soldiers on the left and right hurriedly rescued him...
Qin Mubai personally led the cavalry into the battle. He came quickly and suddenly, catching the Tubo people by surprise. However, after all, the Tubo soldiers and horses were outnumbered and occupied favorable terrain outside the city gates. After they were attacked by a wave of cavalry led by Qin Mubai, they retreated briefly to avoid the attack, and immediately regrouped to fight, and launched a massacre against Qin Mubai's troops.
There was a huge battle outside Yumen Pass, and the killing was so shocking that the stars fell and the clouds scattered.
In the battle formation, Chen Yan abandoned her horse and followed Qin Mubai on foot with her sword in hand, floating like a ghost. The ruthless sword was always stained with blood on the tip, but it cut the throats of many people.
Qin Mubai was already jealous and feverish. Most of the new white horse had been stained red. But she was surprised to find that Chen Yan, who was following her closely, lost her horse at some point and was flying around beside him like a sword. From time to time, she raised her sword and passed it, and she saw a Tubo cavalry spraying from his throat. The horse fell down with blood in the sky.
"What are you looking at? Didn't you just kill a few people?" Chen Yan returned her hand and held a sword flower, and even smiled at Qin Mubai.
"It's time to kill! Kill more of them!" Qin Mubai laughed loudly, and he charged up with his horse's belly, and stabbed out with a sharp whistling sound from the tiger-head-chiselled gold gun in his hand.
"Pfft!" A Tibetan cavalryman was stabbed through the chest, with the gun tip sticking out of his back, and blood spurting out like a fountain.
Before Qin Mubai could pull back the gun, he felt his eyes blurred as a black shadow stepped on his gun pole and jumped over. In an instant, he saw a Tubo colonel next to him, carrying a command flag, his head rising into the sky. , the severed neck is like a fire hydrant with its head broken off, thick blood spurting out!
"Twenty-seven." Chen Yan landed gracefully, with a slight grin on her lips and turned back to Qin Mubai with a smile, "The battlefield is nothing more than this!"
Seeing Chen Yan who was killing people and beheadings as calmly as washing hands and making soup, Qin Mubai thought in a strange way - "What a bug!..."
The war situation fell into a stalemate. The Tubo people were so numerous that they were about to surround one-third of the front army led by Qin Mubai.
At this moment, the reinforcements, thousands of cavalrymen, who were following up from behind, all arrived and killed them. Among them were hundreds of cavalry, all wearing red armor, red robes, and snow-white feathered helmets. However, they stood quietly in a square formation under the head of Yumen City and did not immediately go into battle.
"Mubai, your Vulcan is in place!" Chen Yan reminded Qin Mubai.
Qin Mubai danced with his spear to kill, and with understanding, he glanced at the gate of Yumen Pass and shouted: "Get ready to withdraw and defend the city gate! Send the order, the God of Fire will cover you!"
The Zhonghou guards who followed Qin Mubai closely sounded the horn to withdraw. Zhang Tongxin, who led the Vulcan stationed at the door, accepted the meeting and shouted: "Set up the formation - cover the Marshal's withdrawal!"
The eight hundred fire gods were immediately divided into four rows, arranged in front and back. Eight hundred muskets are ready.
Almost at the same time that Zhang Tongfa gave the order, the sound of thundering horse hooves and shouts of death suddenly sounded in the distant northwest!
The Gar brothers, who were concentrating on supervising and commanding the battle at the rear, were shocked. When they looked back, they saw the cavalry in the mountains and fields in the northeast, rolling towards the ground like the stormy waves of the Milky Way!
"Then, who are those soldiers and horses?!" The Tubo people were shocked! !
"Quick, quick! The rear army forms a formation to defend!"
Countless armies are coming from the northeast like a flood. One rides to the forefront, with white horses and white robes. Fang Tian paints his halberd like a wild dragon and goes out to sea, shining with the captivating starlight!
Xue Rengui!
Following closely behind him were 100,000 coalition troops! !
"Order - the whole army charges and breaks the enemy's formation!!" Xue Rengui shouted loudly, and his horse flew forward like a dysprosium with a single gun, charging towards the Tubo army...