Chapter 297: Defeat and Landslide

On the battlefield of ambushing the Tibetan army, the Tubo advance had been annihilated by Chang Zhong's 3,000 soldiers and horses, leaving a small group of enemy Chang Zhong who had no time to pursue, and quickly assembled a team to count the casualties.

The losses were not small, and despite the favorable time and place occupied by the 3,000 soldiers and horses, hundreds of them were still killed in battle and hundreds were seriously wounded.

The vanguard of the Tubo army was originally caught off guard and rushed to the battle, but it still caused such a big loss to the Tang army, which shows that the Tang Dynasty has been helpless against Tubo for more than 100 years, and the courage and fierceness of the Tubo people can be seen from this.

After assembling and counting, Chang Zhong ordered to continue to advance towards the Tubo Chinese army, and according to the plan set by Gu Qing before the war, he quickly approached the east after annihilating the Tubo front, closing and narrowing the entire encirclement, and gathering and annihilating the enemy army.

The Tibetan vanguard was only ten miles apart from the Chinese army, and soon, Chang Zhong's troops and horses gradually approached the Tibetan Chinese army, and at this time the Tibetan Chinese army was being hit by the two Tang army soldiers and horses on the left and right.

After several thunderous charges, the Chinese army in Tubo was in chaos, unable to form a formation in a hurry, and even the organization was disrupted. The Tibetan commander was surrounded by personal guards in the center, and gave orders loudly, but in vain.

Under the charge of the cavalry of the Tang army again and again, the military orders of the commander of the Tubo army could not be conveyed at all, often the soldiers of the Tubo army just received the order, and the next moment the charge of the Tang army came suddenly, and the Chinese army was rushed out of a blank area, and the soldiers of the Tubo army were busy fighting for their own lives, and completely forgot the commander's order.

Under such an extremely disadvantaged situation, the Chinese army in Tibet has not yet collapsed. The commander's order could not be received, and the formation of the army was also disrupted, but the Tubo soldiers did not give up, they gathered the neighboring robes, five or six, seven or eight people as a group, each formed a small defensive formation, calmly self-protection in the chaotic army, and occasionally took a cold to give the galloping Tang army a spurt.

In the later stages of the fierce battle, the main casualties of the Tang army came from the small formations formed by these ordinary enemy soldiers and soldiers.

The trapped beast is still fighting, but after all, the general trend has gone.

If you don't count the accident of Shen Tian's department in the rear, this is the first battle planned by Gu Qing, the effect is not perfect, there were two accidents, and the final result is still roughly in line with Gu Qing's expectations.

Gu Qing was still lying on the sand dunes far away, looking alone at the battlefield where the two armies were fighting in the distance.

Han Jie and 100 guards have left, as the support of the right army, to fill the position that was originally Shen Tian's headquarters, and cut off the back road of the Tubo army.

More than 1,000 people, to alone resist the frenzy of defeat and retreat of tens of thousands of enemy troops, this task is really arduous, Gu Qing silently took care of Han Jie's heart.

There is also Shen Tian's department, although he has not spent much time with Shen Tian, but Gu Qing knows that he is a brave and heroic man, if the Khotanese army does not encounter an irresistible accident, Shen Tian will never delay the fighter at this important juncture.

An accident that can trap the hands and feet of 5,000 soldiers and horses must be a big trouble.

Gu Qing lay on the sand dunes alone and pondered, the Tubo army below was already a little overwhelmed, with Chang Zhong's troops annihilating the front and then encircling the siege, the pressure on the Tubo army was even greater, and it was in a three-sided encirclement, which was difficult to support, and gradually showed defeat.

Gu Qing cheered up, his eyes stared at the Tubo army, although he was not very familiar with the battlefield, he could detect that the defeat of the Tubo army was only in an instant, as long as the first person turned around and fled, the army's heart would collapse in an instant, and then the army would be defeated like a mountain, and no matter how powerful the commander was, he would not be able to recover the general trend.

Chang Zhong commanded the team to approach slowly, with the addition of Chang Zhong's department, the morale of the two Tang armies on the left and right became more and more excited, and the two generals were not mediocre, so they immediately launched a charge from the flank again, and the two armies rode into the enemy formation, and then dismounted, cut the Tubo army into pieces, and finally divided the troops and horses to surround the small Tubo army.

As the Tibetan army was cut off, the situation on the battlefield plummeted, the Tibetan army could no longer prevent a decent counterattack, the Chinese army was divided into countless pieces, and the Tibetan soldiers were heavily surrounded, struggling to resist the long halberd horizontal knives from all directions, as well as the cold arrows that suddenly burst from a corner.

At this moment, the cold arrow is especially a headache for the Tubo army, I don't know where to shoot it, it seems that there are Tang army marksmen in all directions, and what is even worse is that the target of the cold arrow is the general of the Tubo army, but whenever you see a certain Tubo person who is scolding and roaring in the team, the cold arrow will shoot mercilessly.

When the Tang army charged again and again, many Tibetan generals died under the cold arrows in a daze, and finally the Tibetan generals were terrified, and no matter how big or small the officials were, they did not dare to give orders, for fear of exposing their deeds and being targeted by the Tang army's marksmen.

This is also the direct cause of the scattered and almost collapsed command system of the Tibetan army.

When the Tibetan army was cut into small pieces by the Tang army, the situation could no longer be recovered, I don't know which Tubo people took the lead on the battlefield, suddenly roared a few words sadly, and then turned around and ran, the battle was barely supported, but when he fled, he was brave, he actually fought for his life and waved his weapon indiscriminately, and he opened a way out of the encirclement, and finally ran away.

Gu Qing was overjoyed in his heart, he had seen that the victory of this war was beckoning to him from afar.

Sure enough, with the first one to take the lead in escaping, the fighting spirit of the rest of the Tubo army soldiers instantly collapsed, and they also turned around and ran backwards together.

In the face of the defeat of the army, the Tubo generals were shocked, and even did not hesitate to expose themselves, drawing their knives and frantically slashing and killing the fleeing sergeants.

Finally, the Tibetan generals could not support the great fear, and with a strong survival instinct, the first Tibetan general began to flee to the rear with the ordinary sergeants, followed by the second and third ......

Gu Qing watched the sudden change in the situation on the battlefield from a distance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, but when he looked at the approximate number of the Tubo army who had fled from defeat, he was overjoyed again.

In a fierce battle, the 20,000 troops of Tubo have been slaughtered, except for the enemy troops lying on the ground who are seriously wounded and groaning, it is negligible, and there are about 6,000 people who escaped.

But for Gu Qing, the number of people who fled was still too many, and he was very worried that the only 1,000 right troops and Han Jie and other personal guards would not be able to resist.

When people flee for their lives, they can often burst out more hysterical than usual, fighting for the so-called generals and kings, but survival is really for themselves, no matter who stops in front of them when fleeing for their lives, they will be like mad dogs being chased and killed, and when they flee for their lives, they will bite all the people or things that hinder their escape.

Gu Qing's eyelids jumped, and he suddenly rode his horse desperately and rushed towards the bottom of the sand dunes alone, whipping the war horse vigorously while yelling at Chang Zhong eagerly.

"The left and right divisions rode from the flanks to bypass the defeated army, press up, press up! Stop them before the defeat! ”

However, in the chaotic army, people called horses neighing, where could Gu Qing's voice be transmitted so far, roaring for a long time, the left and right armies were still closely chasing after the defeated army of Tubo, at this time, one side fled for his life, one side chased and killed, the teams of the two sides had already been chaotic, and the sergeants under the command of the generals of the Tang Army could not find an organization in the chaotic army at all, even if they carried out Gu Qing's orders, no one could listen.

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Ten miles behind the east, looking at the defeated Tubo army that was surging like a tide of black pressure in the distance, Han Jie took a deep breath and clenched the halberd in his hand.

"Array! The bow and arrow come forward, and the halberd presses back! Han Jie shouted violently.

The defeated army was outside the range of bows and arrows, the right army and a hundred guards were wound with arrows, not moving at all, and everyone's expressions were as calm as water, quietly watching the defeat of the Tubo army.

Han Jie held the halberd and kept adjusting his breathing, his mind was clear, and his breathing rhythm was integrated with the war horse.

A brown war horse quietly stepped forward and stood side by side with Han Jie.

Han Jie turned his head to look, but it was Wang Gui who was guarding him.

Wang Gui was originally in the second column of the queue, but for some reason he left the second column and came to the first column.

Han Jie frowned and said coldly, "Wang Gui, don't you understand the rules of the array?" Go back to your place. ”

Wang Gui smiled: "I exchanged places with my brother just now, and I want to rush to be the first." ”

Han Jie sneered: "Show your bravery?" Oh, I can't see that you are such a hero, I am out of sight. ”

The tone was a bit gunpowdery, and since he knew that Wang Gui was the eyeliner lurking beside Hou Ye above, Han Jie had never had a good face towards Wang Gui.

Wang Gui smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "General Han, I know you look down on me, but I am a member of the left guard after all, there are some things I can't choose, but some can be chosen." ”

Han Jie's face softened a little, and he said lightly: "What does the first column mean, do you know?" ”

"Yes, die faster." Wang Gui grinned and smiled innocently.

Han Jie was silent for a moment and said, "You...... Take care of yourself. ”

Wang Gui snorted, seeing that the defeated army of Tubo in the distance was getting closer and closer, Wang Gui still said calmly: "General Han, if I die in battle, please tell Lord Hou that I, Wang Gui, am not a villain, and I have never done anything to be sorry for him, I bent my knee for power, but I only knelt on one knee, and one knee is still standing." ”

Han Jie took a deep breath: "That's it, don't talk about this, after this battle, I will drink with you." ”

Wang Gui smiled: "I hope we can all survive, by the way, there is another sentence for you to tell Hou Ye, the mother-in-law of Fuzhi Inn is really seductive, Hou Ye don't let it go, that mother-in-law must be very comfortable to sleep, Hou Ye is blessed." ”

The Tubo army was getting closer and closer, and the halberd in Wang Gui's hand was flattened, trembling slightly.

Han Jie took a deep breath and yelled violently, "Bow and arrow ready!" ”

More than 1,000 bows and arrows pointed diagonally to the sky.

As the defeated army of Tibet got closer and closer, the yellow sand on the ground seemed to tremble slightly, and the rumbling sound was like thunder on the horizon, ruthlessly sweeping towards the right army and the guards.

"Shoot the arrowsβ€”"