"The Tang people are hateful!"

As soon as he saw that the Tang army dared to dismount and dispose of the corpses of the Turkic warriors outside the camp, Mo Si's face suddenly became gloomy to the extreme.

He didn't know the rewards offered by the Chang'an shogunate against these foreign criminals, so he only thought that Tang Jun's behavior was simply to humiliate him by torture and killing. Of course, even if you know this detail, you may not feel good in your heart.

"Khan, let's fight! The Tang people are so arrogant that they dare to humiliate my Turkic warriors like this! ”

In the camp surrounded by the chariots, the Turkic generals were also extremely ashamed and indignant when they saw this, and they asked for battle one after another.

However, after Mo Si's face changed a few times, he pointed to the direction where the smoke and dust were rising, and said hatefully: "The Tang people want to provoke our troops with torture and killing, and lure our troops into battle, don't fall for their tricks!" We have sacked the official warehouses of the Tang State, and it is them, not us, who are anxious to fight. As long as the supplies can be kept and not lost, any action of the Tang Army is just a joke! Now the only way to do this is to hold on to the camp and wait until the outgoing team returns after hearing the news, and then they can rush out and kill the enemy! ”

When the Turkic generals heard this, although they were still indignant in their hearts, they could only wait.

Li Ge and the others would not give the Turks a chance to join forces, and after making a fuss outside the Hewan camp for a while, they saw that the Turkic troops in the camp were just shrinking away, so they also withdrew from the battlefield before the Turkic team returned.

Seeing this, Mo Si sent a small team out to track, hoping to get a glimpse of the reality of the Tang Army. But after leaving this realm, the Tang army went all the way north, and there was no intention of stopping at all.

After tracking for more than ten miles, the Turkic troops in the rear saw that the sky was getting darker and darker, and they still did not dare to continue the pursuit, so they had no choice but to return.

This night, the Turkic tribes did not have an easy time, and finally felt the sense of powerlessness that lurked in the enemy territory. Although they only had tentative contact with this Tang army, they no longer felt as arbitrary as before, bound and uneasy.

Mo Si actually had a trace of remorse in his heart, the reason why he grew into the territory of the Tang State was mainly based on the situation of the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and the inability to send reinforcements in time.

Although there are also many Tang garrisons in the Hequ Prefectures, they do not have a unified dispatch and control, and they fight separately. In addition, there were many Hu tribes in Zhuzhou, and the situation was complicated, so the Tang army stationed there could not effectively restrain the movement of the Turkic troops after entering the country.

For example, the Tang army stationed in Wuyuan City in Yanzhou did not dare to cross the border to rescue Yuanzhou, because their main duty was to guard the salt pond of Hequ. Even if Wonju is saved, the riot in the headquarters is also a big crime.

Mo Si has been in Monan for a long time, and there are frequent frictions with the Tang army, so he is naturally quite familiar with the Tang army's offensive and defensive laws. This attack on Wonju seems to be risky, but in fact, it is to avoid the important and light.

For example, Fengzhou above the Hetao, there are more than 50,000 soldiers of the Tang Army and the Tiele Tribes, and it is difficult to conquer even if the Turkic forces are under the control of the Turks. The garrison of Yuanzhou is only a few thousand soldiers, and its main responsibility is to guard the trade routes and control Zhuhu.

The main risk of attacking Yuanzhou is that the road is long, but as long as the Tang reinforcements do not come out or the strength of the reinforcements is insufficient, even if there are any twists and turns on the way, they are within the controllable level.

Now it is pointless to worry about how the Tang people can reinforce in time, the key is what to do next. Therefore, when the water team hurriedly returned, Mo Si led some of his troops to climb the slope and settle down, while guarding against the enemy army, and at the same time discussing the future plan with the people close to him.

"The Tang reinforcements have arrived, no matter how large or small the number is, the only way to leave this realm as soon as possible is to go into hiding and wandering in the river meander! Previously, Zhuhu was just planning for himself, regardless of the noise of the outside world, but after all, they lived under the protection of the Tang State, and if the Tang State military envoys were summoned by the ministry, they would not dare not! ”

Ye Gong had lived in the territory of the Tang State for many years, and naturally knew the temperament of these Hu tribes, although they had their own calculations on weekdays, but they did not dare to oppose the Tang State decree clearly, as long as the reinforcements held the Tang State court decree, they could quickly recruit the surrounding Hu.

He then continued: "Andingju, in the south of Gyeongju, is home to the Dang Xiang Qiang Tuoba Department. These Xiqiang have no laws and regulations, they are scattered and do not know how to restrain them, and their places are also chaotic. Knowing that a trail can lead to several states of the party, those party-item Qiang traces are like wild beasts, as long as they enter there, the traces can be covered, bypass the pursuit of the Tang army, and turn to Yinzhou to Hebei. ”

Hearing this, Mo Si's eyes flashed, and he asked in a deep voice: "Since there is another way, why didn't you say it before?" ”

Ye Gong hurriedly said: "This trail can't pass through the brigade of cars and horses, there are too many disciples in our department, once you enter here, it will be winding, so don't say it." But now that the Tang Army is facing the front, if it really comes to a moment of crisis, this is also a choice. ”

After hearing this, he fell silent again, of course he was reluctant to abandon his capital and change to a path that was not in his previous plan. Being in an enemy country, danger lurking, like the current army, which only deviated more than ten miles from the original route, encountered a bitter river.

There were a few guides in the ledger, but nothing new was offered. Mo Si faintly regretted that he had given up those Hu Bu too early in Yuanzhou, if he remained in the team, even if he couldn't help the battle, at least he could provide some new ideas for contingencies.

"The most important thing at the moment is to return to the old way, and we can't be forced by the Tang Army to go on another path! Tomorrow, if the Tang army blocks it, it must win for a while, so that they are afraid to retreat temporarily, and if necessary, they need to give up part of the harvest and use Tang Guo's own wealth to block their pursuit! ”

After pondering for a long time, Mo Si made such a decision. The unexpected appearance of the Tang Army disrupted his original plan. The most important thing at the moment is to break out of the obstruction of the Tang Army, as for the harvest of this trip, as much as can be guaranteed, I dare not be optimistic anymore.

At present, there are more than 6,500 people in the Turkic Division, including the elite of nearly 3,000 people brought by Mo Si from Monan, the wolf riders who have less than 2,000 people, and the others are some small chieftains and horses of the tribe who have followed here from the tooth tent. Coupled with the Zhuhu laborers and Tang captives they controlled, there were more than 10,000 people.

Among them, the Mo Si headquarters and the wolf cavalry are both well-armed elites with extremely high combat effectiveness, and even if such a force encounters more than 10,000 Tang troops, it can fight viciously. Of course, if the loss is too great, it will also be a big drain on the strength of the Mo Si and the control of the entire khanate.

Because he didn't know how much military strength the Tang State had, in order to increase the strength of the Tang State, Mo Si ordered the bundled miscellaneous Hu Zhuangli to be untied and loosened, issued them with simple equipment, and mixed them with those Tang captives to consume the sharp energy of the Tang Army's first round of attack.

Then Mo Si went out to patrol the camp, ready to boost morale. But after entering the camp, he found that many of his soldiers were hungry, and when he asked, he learned that these troops were greedy for money and goods, and they did not prepare enough rations for ten days.

In the previous days, in order to hide their whereabouts, the brigade had been far away from the water source, and there was no chance to loot and replenish.

By now, most of the men's rations had been exhausted, and even since the last two days, the battalion had been killing horses to satisfy hunger, and the same was true of the small leaders, who also helped to cover up. Up to now, some of the main soldiers do not have enough war horses to spare, so they have to use pack horses to fill the number.

After learning of this, Mo Si was so angry that he couldn't get any more, but when the big war was imminent, he didn't dare to punish the people and demoralize them again, so he could only make some adjustments to ensure the maintenance of combat effectiveness.

Nearly dawn, all kinds of drums and trumpets continued to sound in the wilderness, which should be the Tang army deploying troops to besiege the Turks.

Although the sound of those drums and trumpets still sounded quite distant, the Turkic soldiers in this area were still in a bad mood, and there was a big problem with the water source of the place they chose to garrison, and if they did not take the initiative to attack, it was very likely that they would be directly trapped and killed by the Tang army. So in any case, they must continue to set off after dawn.

In the midst of this scorching torment, the sky gradually brightened. Because there was not enough drinking water, there was no official stove in the Turkic camp, and only some dry food was used.

Then, Mo Si sent the brave general Luo Teqin to leave the camp with a thousand elite horsemen and go out to investigate the condition of their original marching route.

At present, there is no need to conceal it, anyway, no matter how they go around, the Maling Fort in front is the only way for them, and the Turkic army understands this, and the Tang people naturally know it. If the Tang army chooses to wait for work, they can also take the opportunity to move the camp and at least solve the problem of drinking water.

But Mo Si obviously miscalculated, today the Tang army is no longer just a small intrusion like yesterday, when Luo Teqin led his troops out of the camp, not long after the line, there was a Tang army battle formation at the valley mouth in front.

They are miles away from each other, and they are far away. Just when Luo Teqin was still hesitating whether to advance or retreat, the Tang army on the opposite side had already sounded the horn of attack, and the cavalry formation of thousands of people formed its own arrow, marching straight towards the Turkic team.

The Tang Army's vanguard team was mainly composed of Tiele cavalry, and the leader of the team was Qi Biming's eldest son, Qi Bi Ming. Although Qi Bi Ming is a general of the Tang Dynasty, he is also the chief of the Tiele Qi Tribe, and his father Qi Bi He Li is the most trusted general of the court after the Tiele generals entered the Tang Dynasty.

Qi Bi is not yet thirty years old, but because of his father's merits, he has already received the title of three grades, and this time he went out with his father, and he was also full of fighting spirit. When they approached each other to a certain distance, he drew his saber, pointed ahead and shouted: "King Yong's martial arts, push Shang Righteous and brave, kill thieves and repay the king, and succeed on this day!" ”

Drums and trumpets sounded, horses' hooves thundered, although most of the knights were born in the Qibi department, but the two generations of Qibi father and son soldiers have long been accustomed to the tactics of the Tang army. When the cavalry rushed up, the front team was already half-clinging to the strings, and the arrows were shooting!

On the other hand, the Turkic centaurs also corresponded in this way. Cavalry combat, the first weight is clutched, and hedging and fighting is the next strategy.

Even for a nomadic tribe like the Turks, the elite who are truly skilled in riding and can kill the enemy bravely are not everywhere, especially the wolf rider, which is one in a hundred warriors, once it is worn out too much, it is even more difficult to replenish.

The two teams staggered past, and a round of free-fire didn't do much damage to each other.

At the same time, with the exchange of battle lines, the camps of the headquarters of the two sides also rushed out of a team to wait for the enemy outside the camp line, one is to prevent the cavalry on the battlefield from attacking the headquarters, and the other is to not give the enemy time to rest and recuperate, forcing the enemy to continue to wander.

As a result, the teams of the two sides constantly changed their battle formations on this battlefield, wandering and killing the enemy. In the process of this kind of fighting, the losses of each other gradually increased, and from the situation, the losses of the Tang army's Qibi division exceeded that of the Turkic army. schoolbag

After all, the Turks have long been the overlords of the desert, and the wolf cavalry, as the Khan guard, is at least the first-class elite in the cavalry team of the world. In the first battle with each other, it was light and sharp, and it was difficult for the Tang army of the Qibi Department to occupy a clear upper hand.

However, this slight advantage and disadvantage on the battlefield fell in the eyes of their respective commanders, but the feeling was not the same.

Despite the superiority of the wolf riders, Mo Si's face became extremely gloomy. He has the belief that he will win today, and if he does not win, the future of the army is in doubt. The elite wolf riders sent to the battlefield thought that the first battle would be easily won, but they didn't expect it to be such a stalemate at the beginning.

It must be known that the Khambi tribe is only one of the nine surnamed Tiele, and the entire Tiele ethnic group was just their Turkic slaves in the Eastern Turkic era. Now, only a few decades have passed, and the elite of the Chebi Department has hidden the combat power on an equal footing with the Turkic wolf cavalry, which shows the rapid growth of strength.

As for the commander of the Tang Army, Qi Biming, although he also stared at the battlefield with his eyes wide open, his expression was relatively relaxed.

He was in charge of the aspect this time, and he knew that His Royal Highness King Yong had great hopes for him, so at the beginning of the war, he did not keep his own personal interests, sent his own elite, and even let his son-in-law personally go into battle to fight, just to announce to the soldiers that he was inseparable from the Turkic thief Hu and implement the military orders of King Yong to the end.

Although he had such a belief in his heart, at the beginning of the war, Qi Ming was still a little worried, worried that his son would not be able to match the Turkic brave generals.

But after watching the battle for a while, his mood gradually stabilized, pointed to his own team on the battlefield, and said with a smile to the soldiers around him: "The children have been raised for many years, and they often cannot inherit the tragic and heroic aspirations of their ancestors. Everyone, let me show a little favoritism, let the child fight the jackpot first, today's battle, will make the Turkic thieves not leave a piece of armor! ”

The people on standby under the flag heard Qi Mingming's jokes, and they all responded with a smile and promised each other.

Because the battlefield is blocked, although the cavalry has the tendency to clutch, it can only change in a fixed area. This is extremely demanding for the evolution of the battle formation of the army participating in the war, and it is difficult to hold out for a long time unless it is elite.

Particularly short-distance charging and killing quickly consumes all the physical strength of the people and horses, so soon, the rhythm of charging and killing on the battlefield becomes slightly slow.

The morning sun gradually climbed, the sunlight was projected on the battlefield, and the Tang Army's Mingguang armor appeared more bright and dazzling. On the other hand, the Turkic army is a little weak.

Although the Turkic forging slaves were born and had good forging skills, compared with the Tang Army, they only did not have a significant gap like other Hu tribes. For example, although the Tang Army was strong, it still could not completely catch up with the Turks at the field level of cutting-edge cavalry. Both sides win, it just depends on how well it is applied.

After all, war is a comprehensive game, and it is inevitable that it will be biased to talk about the aspects of the whole as a whole. In particular, when it rises to the level of hegemony, it is necessary to win with momentum after all.

In the battle on the field, although the Turkic wolf cavalry began to have a certain advantage, with the increase in the loss of strength, the disadvantages of the Turks who had not recuperated for a long time were reflected.

"Concentrate your forces and charge the enemy's waist!"

Luo Teqin on the battlefield felt the rough breath of the war horse under his crotch and the sweat wet into felt, and felt that it was no longer enough to maintain the continued swimming with the Tang army, so he decided to fight hard and shouted loudly in Turkic, ready to gather all his strength, cut down the enemy's formation, and expand the results as much as possible in a short time.

At the same time, Qi Bi shrug in the Tang army also shouted: "Sticky and guerrilla, not short soldiers!" ”

The two sides will give instructions to each other, and then the execution of the knights will be examined.

Under the leadership of Luo Teqin, the Turkic wolf cavalry on the battlefield suddenly turned, and the side rampant Tang cavalry formation that was sweeping from the left side of the battlefield, but this sudden turn suddenly revealed the shortcomings of the Turkic people's lack of strength.

Some of the war horses couldn't turn around and were directly thrown out of the formation. Although Luo Teqin and his party also attacked horizontally, the Tang army behind the center had to turn to the Turkic cavalry and gallop, and the two sides exchanged swords and guns, and the casualties surged. However, there was chaos in the rear of the Turks, and they were unable to unite and completely wrap the Tang army in the separated men.

"Thieves are exhausted! Kill the thief! ”

Seeing this scene, Qi Bi was overjoyed, although the middle part was cut off, but he turned back from the back road, swept through the chaos of the Turkic rear team, and connected with the head and end of the headquarters, but successfully intercepted the Turkic army array.

Cavalry fighting skills, horses are the first, once the enemy is wrapped up in the trajectory of the movement, it loses the blessing of horsepower. Although the Turkic wolf rider is also spear in hand, and the armor is hard, the force and force have been bent below, and even if the spear is stabbed back, most of them slide. The so-called return to the horse gun is only a combination of the two sides that are very close, and a surprise counterattack can be effective.

But now, the Tang Army's Qibi Department has mastered the rhythm and initiative of the battlefield, slashing with knives and guns on the front road, shooting and shooting on the rear road, and in the high-speed gallop, there are constantly wolf cavalry soldiers who are injured and fall off their horses.

As for the other part of the wolf riders who have been separated, although they are also trying to rejoin the battle circle. However, the cavalry fought at high speed and speed, because of the lack of horsepower, they failed to prevent the connection between the head and tail of the Tang army, and it was already quite difficult to join in, and they soon became the abandoned side on the battlefield.

"Reinforcements, reinforcements!"

In the Turkic camp, Mo Si saw the reversal of the situation, and he was also panicked for a while, and hurriedly ordered the whole array of men and horses outside the camp to reinforce the battlefield.

However, the Tang army was also not idle, seeing the Turkic army moving, Qi Ming waved his big arm, and all roads in the formation came out, and a full 3,000 men and horses pressed onto the battlefield!

The soldiers of the Tang Army watched the battle for a while, and they were already full of fighting spirit, and they were able to rush into the battlefield at this time.

At this time, the focus on the battlefield was still the battle between the Chebi Department and the thousand wolf riders.

Because the rhythm of the fight has become rapid, the cavalry formations of the two sides are no longer as clear as before, with the increase in the number of wolf cavalry losses, the cavalry of the Tang Army has penetrated seriously into its formation, and this wolf cavalry has enemies in front and behind, and it is more difficult to get out of the battlefield, and it has lost the ability to fight together, and has fallen into the dilemma of fighting separately.

Luo Teqin, the leader of the wolf cavalry, could not outflank him, but he fell into a great passivity, and at the same time he was also taken care of by the Tang army, and at least a dozen armored soldiers in the Tang army's formation drove him all the way, making him gradually disconnected from the people of the headquarters.

A Turkic nobleman of Luo Teqin's level, once he personally entered the battle array, he would have many descendants around him to follow, and he would not be so targeted. But not long before that, the Khan had just deprived him of the right to command the wolf horse, and although he was asked to lead the team to fight when the battle was about to go, the men and horses of the descendants were not transferred back in time, so that the soldiers on the battlefield did not follow him closely, and he was forced out of the team by the Tang army.

The so-called battlefield 100 people are killed, that is a specific combat environment, in this kind of high-intensity outlaw killing, all kinds of accidents occur frequently, although no one can fight to kill the general.

Although Naluo Teqin was brave, he had also killed and bullied several people, but with the consumption of strength, his arms were sore and unbearable, and the spear in his hand was even slashed by the Tang Army when he returned to the Tang Army, so he could only lie on the side of the saddle to avoid the follow-up pursuit of the Tang Army, and his thighs were cut to blood, and he forcibly took a Tang Army sword in severe pain, and hurriedly looked around but found that the Tang Army was as far as the eye could see.

At this time, the Turkic reinforcements were also approaching the battlefield and were waiting for an opportunity to join the battle. Seeing this in a hurry, in order to attract the troops to come to the rescue, Luo Teqin shouted loudly while galloping on his horse: "The wolf rides Luo Teqin here, and Tang will dare to fight!" ”

Luo Teqin declared his identity like this, just to delay the rhythm of the Tang army's pursuit. Killing the enemy generals on the battlefield is undoubtedly a great achievement, not to mention that the number of special services is an official position that can only be obtained by the top nobles of the Turks.

However, although Luo Teqin's idea was good, after the battle, he was already hoarse, and his shouting was hoarse, and the sound of fighting on the battlefield was extremely chaotic, and not many people heard his shouts at all.

What's more serious is that after Luo Teqin shouted this, the war horse under his crotch finally fell to the ground, and Luo Teqin rolled to the side with this momentum, and actually broke away from the most rapid battle line with this remaining momentum.

In this kind of high-intensity pursuit, everyone has to rely on horses to chase them, and after the Tang Army soldiers who were guarding Luo Teqin lost their targets, they did not dare to rashly turn around to disrupt the pursuit rhythm of the entire team, so they could only turn to kill other targets.

Previously, there were war horses carrying people, and Luo Teqin still had the power to act, but after landing, his thigh was severely injured, and his body was painful, making it even more difficult to run. But he is still trying to crawl towards a war horse that has lost its owner and wanders in a daze, and the idea of survival is not lost.

But in the chaotic battlefield, there was not enough time for him to survive, the ground under him shook, the war horse was frightened and left, and then looked up, Luo Teqin saw more than a dozen Tang knights rushing towards him, and some of them were looking at him, a man who was injured by a lost horse.

"I am a secret agent of the Khanate, and I can invite ...... live"

Seeing this, Luo Teqin hurriedly shouted loudly in Tang language, but what greeted him was the armor-piercing sledgehammer that the Tang army armor soldier came back with his hand, directly smashing his head in the hood!

"A thief slave, a lot of nonsense!"

After smashing the head of the enemy general, the Tang army armor said angrily. Someone next to him said: "Looking at its drape, it seems that he has a good background, and he should be asked." ”

"There is no need, the lord said, the longer the braided hair of the Turkic thief, the more expensive his background, and the more money he will reward. What his price is, we'll find out later when we measure the braids. His Royal Highness King Yong has an order that no prisoners will be kept, and even if he is a Turkic Khan, he will die. With this time, it's better to kill a few more thieves! ”