The prosperity of the times, singing and dancing.

The poet raised his glass and chanted the moon, drunk and slept on the bustling streets of Chang'an, the powerful and the powerful were staggered, and indulged in the long sleeves of the Maiko. The border army slept in the open air, and the rusty iron armor was old and unyielding.

The willow leaves by the Baqiao, the Qiang flute at the Yumen Pass, the horns of the warriors, the marigold of the powerful, and the tears of the old peasants, these pictures constitute the last trace of afterglow in the prosperous era.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, and Gu Qing, who was hiding behind the sand dunes, became more and more nervous.

The scouts kept coming new news from the rear, and the Tibetan enemy army was thirty or twenty miles away, and the Tibetan forward scouts had been silently shot from a long distance by our army's marksmen......

Gu Qing's face sank like water, sitting behind the sand dune and closing his eyes to recuperate, but his mind kept thinking and reviewing.

Every detail of the arrangement before the war was revisited from my mind, from a rolling log in the defense of Qiuzi City to the deployment of soldiers and horses on all sides in this ambush circle.

For this battle, Gu Qing almost has a paranoid mentality, trying to be seamless, any small loophole may be the cause of a major failure, Gu Qing doesn't want to leave any loopholes, and really does his best for one thing, even if he really fails in the future, at least Gu Qing can reduce some guilt in his heart.

After extreme effort, everything is left to Providence.

The scouts came again to report that the enemy was still ten miles away from the ambush circle. In the distance of the dunes, small black dots could be faintly seen scattered by the enemy forwards.

Gu Qing observed the movement speed of those small black dots in the distance, as well as the distance from the ambush circle, and after a long time, he signaled to the guards beside him.

The guards climbed to the top of the dune and waved the red flag at the opposite dune, and after waving it three times, the opposite dune also waved the red flag three times in this direction.

Gu Qing patiently sat on the back of the sand dune and continued to wait, turning his head to ask Han Jie.

"Except for the soldiers and horses in ambush on all sides, how many soldiers and horses are left?"

Han Jie thought for a while and said: "According to Hou Ye's orders, after the 5,000 people of the Khotanese army copied, a total of 7,000 people were ambushed on the north, south and west sides, and Hou Ye deliberately left a right army, about 1,000 people, who were waiting outside the sand dunes five miles away. ”

The so-called "right army" is the standard configuration of the Tang Dynasty when fighting, the Tang army is usually divided into two armies on the left and right when fighting with the enemy, the left army is the first echelon to fight, and the right army is on standby, once the situation on the battlefield falls into the upper hand, the commander will order the right army to make up.

The "Right Army" is the reserve in the war after a thousand years, and the concept of reserve was already in the Tang Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago.

"Send someone to the right army to ask, gather the shooters, as many people as you want, and transfer them here." Gu Qing squinted at the Tubo army in the distance, watching them climb down from the back of the sand dunes, and the long snake team marched in a hurry.

"Hou Ye means ......"

"Organize a team of sharpshooters, quietly approach the battlefield after the battle, let them decide to form a team or go it alone, judge the situation on the battlefield by themselves, and shoot them if they see someone who looks like an enemy general."

Han Jie was puzzled, but he still turned around and sent a personal guard to ride his horse and gallop into the distance.

Gu Qing was too lazy to explain, and sometimes it was better to show others the facts directly than any explanation.

The principle of doing this is actually the sniper team in the previous life, but there are no guns in this era, so it is replaced by arrows, and the effective range of arrows is 60 to 100 steps, which is not too long when the two armies are fighting.

After everything was arranged, all the 20,000 horses of the Tubo army had appeared in sight, and the thousands of people in the vanguard were almost close to the ambush circle.

"Let their strikers pass, the ambush circle on the west side is ten miles away, and they can't run." Gu Qing held his breath and lay on the sand to look at the Tubo army walking slowly not far away.

This was the first time Gu Qing had seen the Tubo army. Tubo is located on the plateau, the national strength is much worse than the Tang Dynasty, the plateau crops only produce barley, and the business is also very poor, so the Tubo is actually relatively poor, but their people are brave and good at war, aggressive, and often warring with the Tang Dynasty also have the meaning of robbery and subsidy.

The soldiers of the Tibetan army were dressed very chaotically, they did not have uniform clothing, they were all wearing leather robes and felt hats, the weapons in their hands were varied, and there were those who copied farm tools, and they marched loosely all the way, and the soldiers had no spirit, like a remnant of a defeated army that had just been defeated.

But Gu Qing didn't dare to underestimate this army that looked like a rabble, from the founding of the country to the present, the Tang Dynasty has not been able to beat Tubo down for more than a hundred years, and even had to acquiesce to Tubo to destroy Tuyuhun, it is really the combat power of the Tubo army is extraordinary, and fighting with it often requires huge casualties.

Seeing that the main force of the Chinese army of the Tubo army was getting closer and closer to the ambush circle, Gu Qing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he silently calculated the distance, and the whole army moved forward about three miles, and the ambush circle could be launched.

His eyes were fixed on the Tubo army, Gu Qing and Han Jie and other guards beside him were very nervous, Han Jie's right hand was always on the hilt of the sword on his waist, and the rhythm of his breathing gradually increased.

The Tubo army walked forward another mile, and the thousands of people in the front were almost ten miles away, but for some reason a few wrestlers suddenly came out of the Tubo army, carrying long horns, blowing whimpering horns, and the long, low weeping horns echoed leisurely in the desolate desert.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the entire Tibetan army stood still and stood still.

Gu Qing's eyelids jumped.

At this time, it was still half a minute before the whole Tibetan army entered the ambush circle, and the enemy commander ordered to stop for some reason, which was obviously an unexpected situation.

"Master Hou, do you want to change the military order?" Han Jie said in a somewhat hurried tone beside him.

Gu Qing shook his head, stared at the Tubo army and said, "Calm down, look at what they stop and do, it shouldn't be that they found an ambush, otherwise they wouldn't be so calm." ”

After the Tibetan army stopped, several knights on camels quickly ran out of the ranks, the knights marched in the direction of the left and right dunes, and some knights went forward, as if to convey orders to the forward.

Gu Qing frowned, the direction in which the knights on camels were walking was the ambush circle on the north and south sides, as long as they crossed the sand dunes, they would find the ambush soldiers dense on the back of the dunes.

The situation was out of control, and everything was beyond Gu Qing's plan.

Watching the knight whip the camel and climb the sand dunes hard, getting closer and closer to him, Gu Qing sighed with a wry smile.

We must not underestimate the ancient people, let alone the enemies of the ancients.

"The opposing boss didn't notice the ambush, but he should have been disturbed by the terrain of the sand dunes left and right of the team, so he sent scouts to investigate first...... The enemy commander was a great guy, and that was the first mistake I made, and the perfect ambush terrain was a huge hole in itself, I remembered. Gu Qing sighed.

Han Jie said with relief: "Master Hou is the first time to command a battle, and it is not easy to do this. In the great wars of the past and present, the strategy and strategy have never been perfect. ”

Seeing that there was still a small half of the end of the Tubo team that had not entered the ambush circle, and the enemy scouts were getting closer and closer to the top of the sand dunes, Gu Qing sighed regretfully and said, "Shoot the scouts first, and then launch, there is still a small half of the enemy's rear that has not entered the ambush circle, and Shen Tian of the Khotanese army may be more difficult......"

Han Jie beckoned, and the guard next to him handed over a strong bow, Han Jie put the strong bow on the arrow, and said, "Please give the order." ”

Gu Qing nodded, a cold killing intent flashed in his eyes: "Wave the flag and launch an ambush!" "Dream Chinese

Han Jieteng stood up from the back of the sand dune, and at the same time drew the strong bow in his hand into a full moon, and with a whoosh, arrows shot out, and the enemy scouts who were about to climb the sand dunes fell in response, leaving only the camel standing in place blankly.

While Han Jie shot the scout, the guards next to him also stood on the top of the sand dune, waving the red flag in their hands.

On the summit of the sand dunes in the distance, the same red flag also waved a few times, and then some faint small black dots appeared on the peak, and the small black dots were first dozens, then hundreds, thousands, thousands......

On the sand dunes in the north, the horn sounded, and a rumbling drum shook people's hearts, spreading leisurely on the empty desert, and countless Tang soldiers emerged from the sand dunes on three sides, slowly surrounding the Tubo army.

The Tubo army below was shocked, and hurriedly reorganized the formation under the reprimand of the generals, and hurriedly listed a defensive formation that was not very strict.

When the Tubo army was busy lining up to defend, the Tang cavalry on three sides of the sand dunes had already swooped down from the peak, and the ambush troops led by Chang Zhong in the west had already begun to engage the Tubo army's forward.

Gu Qing was still lying motionless on the sand dunes, as the boss, of course he could not personally participate in the fight, and the guards beside him did not move, their duty was to protect Gu Qing, not to make meritorious contributions.

Squinting at the sand dunes in the west, the 3,000-strong Tang cavalry had already charged the defensive formation just listed by the enemy's forwards, while the ambushes in the other two places charged the Chinese army in Tibet, one left and one right.

"Although there was an accident, it shouldn't be ......defeated," Gu Qing muttered to himself.

After the ambush was launched, Gu Qing had nothing to do, he had already said it in advance, and the specific details of the battle were handed over to the generals of Chang Zhong, and Gu Qing did not interfere, so all Gu Qing could do now was wait.

Han Jie glanced at Gu Qing strangely and said, "Master Hou shouldn't have seen the appearance of the Tang Dynasty soldiers when they were fighting, right?" ”

"I haven't seen it, this is not only my first time commanding, but also my first time on the battlefield."

Han Jie smiled: "Hou Ye calmed down and took a look first, the last general kept saying that Hou Ye's plan was perfect, even if there was an accident, it didn't matter, the ability of the Tang Dynasty Wangshi, Hou Ye would know it after seeing it with his own eyes." ”

Gu Qing was not in a good mood, glanced at him lightly, and said, "Are you teaching me to do things?" ”

"The last general doesn't dare, it's just that Hou Ye is too passionate about perfection, and the last general can conclude that I will win today's battle. Hou Ye set up an ambush first, we are all cavalry, and the weapons are sufficient, each person is equipped with a bow and arrow, halberd and horizontal knife, can shoot from a distance and can be close combat, the terrain here is an open area of the plain, suitable for cavalry to charge and fight, it can be said that the time and place are all on our side, if you still win, it is really unreasonable. ”

Han Jie said with a proud expression: "Such a sophisticated cavalry, even if there is no strategy, the plain encounter can be invincible in the world." ”

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes: "You mean that my plan is actually not necessary at all, just do it, right?" ”

Han Jie was stunned and hurriedly said: "The last general doesn't dare, Master Hou misunderstood." ”

"Sao Nian, be sober, I am the commander of the first army, and I am qualified to show a proud and underbeaten appearance."

The two were talking, and on the battlefield below, the ambush soldiers on three sides had already collided fiercely with the Tubo army.

The main role of the cavalry is to charge, with the irresistible charge of the war horse to disrupt the enemy formation, after some intersperse, the enemy formation is chaotic, and the combat effectiveness is basically lost.

The characteristics of the Tang cavalry are flank charges, if the metaphor is to fight with people, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty is a dagger that is elusive, and when the battle is in full swing, it stabs the enemy's ribs coldly, and defeats the enemy with one move.

In view of the combat characteristics of the Tang cavalry, Gu Qing deliberately chose this place to ambush, there are high sand dunes on both sides, and the low-lying area in the middle is just the enemy's only way.

At this time, Gu Qing had already handed over the command to Chang Zhong.

Chang Zhong took the lead, he faced the vanguard of the Tubo army, after rushing down from the dunes, the formation of thousands of Tubo forwards has been chaotic, Chang Zhong led three thousand cavalry to see a gap in the middle of the forward defensive formation, the halberd in his hand is raised, and there is no need to exert force, just holding the halberd to let go of the speed of the war horse, the tip of the halberd is facing the front, when the war horse rushes into the enemy crowd, boom, as if two iron balls collide in mid-air, arousing dazzling sparks.

Chang Zhong rushed to the first, and several arrows from the enemy had been inserted in the armor leaves of the armor on his chest, but fortunately, he was protected by armor and did not hurt his body.

The three thousand people behind him were like a whirlwind and clouds, and followed Chang Zhong into the enemy's forward formation, without slowing down at all, letting the war horses neigh and gallop wildly, the purpose of the first charge was to disrupt the enemy's formation, and not to kill the enemy.

Three thousand war horses, like three thousand angry bulls, rushed out of the crowd of enemy troops, like a bullet in the water, and rushed out of a long blank area in the center of the enemy's formation.

All the way through the formation of the enemy's forward, Chang Zhong and the other three thousand men and horses came to the open field, turned their horses' heads one after another, Chang Zhong shouted: "Another charge, come with me!" ”

After saying that, Chang Zhong and 3,000 soldiers rode their horses and charged towards the forward again, still running through the enemy's forward formation again like a bullet.

Repeatedly charged three times, the enemy's forward has been defeated, Han Jie is not wrong, in this era, if the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty fights in the plains, it is really an invincible existence in the world.

Seeing that the enemy's forward was in chaos and could no longer form a formation, Chang Zhong commanded the last charge, and suddenly shouted: "The whole army dismounts and ranks to annihilate the enemy!" ”

The three thousand left guards dismounted one after another, holding halberds in their hands, the formation was like a black iron cone, the tip of the cone was facing the advance of the Tubo army, the enemy forward became more and more panicked, and the generals scolded and ordered to line up to resist the enemy.

Several charges have crushed the Tibetan army's heart, and the ambush was again a cavalry raid, and the military spirit of the Tibetan vanguard was dealt a heavy blow.

Chang Zhong looked at the loose formation not far in front of him, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously, and then shouted: "Front army, bow and arrow, up!" ”

A dense rain of arrows swished out, and the forward sergeants of the Tubo army fell to the ground one after another. A rain of arrows is hundreds of casualties.

Completely different from the style of cavalry charge, the combat of the infantry army of the Tang Army was to attack in an orderly manner according to the formation. Not fast, but stable.

The shield array in front of the formation is usually the shield array, of course, it is not necessarily the standard configuration, for example, at this moment, Chang Zhong's department is a cavalry to infantry, and the shield is not very useful, so the bow and arrow are listed at the front.

The first is a salvo of bows and arrows, after round after round of arrow rain has effectively hit the enemy's formation, followed by the halberd and spear formation, and finally the horizontal knife formation suitable for close melee combat.

After five consecutive rounds of arrow rain, the formation hastily listed by the Tibetan strikers was chaotic again.

Chang Zhong ordered the bows and arrows to stop, and the soldiers marched forward in formation with halberds in hand.

The flag in the herald's hand waved rapidly, and the soldiers marched neatly under the command of the banner, holding their halberds flat and approaching the Tibetan advance step by step.

On the sand dunes in the distance, Gu Qing watched the Tubo striker being defeated by Chang Zhong's troops, and exhaled easily.

"Chang Zhong's side is stable......"

Turning his head to look at the rear of the Tubo army, he saw that the enemy troops in the rear were arrayed in an orderly manner, but the Khotanese army under Shen Tian had not launched an attack as promised, and he couldn't even see the figure of a Tang army soldier.

Gu Qing's brows furrowed: "What is Shen Tian doing?" Why hasn't the enemy's rear road been sealed? ”