The battlefield demarcated by Gu Qing was very large, and there were ambushes within a radius of dozens of miles.

It is difficult to imagine how much space the soldiers on both sides will occupy in a battle of tens of thousands of people, and as the commander, it is difficult for Gu Qing to take every detail of the battlefield into his eyes.

When the Tubo army was surrounded on three sides, but the rear of the Khotanese army was missing, Gu Qing's heart suddenly sank.

The signal had already been sent, but Shen Tian did not launch the Khotanese army according to the order, there was only one possibility, there was an accident on the side of the Khotanese army.

"Hurry up and send a personal guard to Shen Tian's headquarters to take a look, and ask him why he hasn't launched yet, if the enemy escapes from the back, I will kill Shen Tian!" Gu Qing said angrily.

The guards hurriedly rode their horses from the side of the battlefield and made a detour to the east.

"Send someone to tell Chang Zhong that if the Tibetan advance has been completely annihilated, he will immediately lead his troops to break through to the enemy's central army, complete the encirclement on three sides, and gather the enemy to annihilate him, as for the rear, if Shen Tian is not in place and the enemy army escapes, it is his responsibility, and his own military law is waiting for him." Gu Qing ordered in a hurried tone.

"Order the right army, if Shen Tian's headquarters is still not in place in another moment, a thousand soldiers and horses of the right army will make up for it, and cut off the enemy's rear road......" Gu Qing pondered for a moment, turned his head to look at the guards, and said: "There is a lot of pressure on the back road, there are only 1,000 people in the right army, it must be a difficult and bloody battle, you also make up with the right army......

Han Jie was shocked: "Master Hou, we are your personal guards, if the brothers are gone, who will protect you?" ”

"It's all too bone-eyed, protect the egg!" Gu Qing scolded: "If this battle is run away by the Tubo army, what awaits me is the holy decree of Chang'an, you always shout about making meritorious contributions on weekdays, and today I will give you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. ”

Han Jie and the guards looked at each other, but they still received the order after all.

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Thirty miles away from the ambush circle, Shen Tian's Khotanese army was in a bitter battle.

It was not the Tibetan army that fought with the Khotanese army, but a group of foreign cavalry that suddenly emerged from the direction of the Tianshan Mountains in the north.

The Khotanese army had been stationed in the desert for a long time, and it was only a glance that he could roughly discern the way this cavalry was coming.

They turned out to be a ragtag army, including the remnants of the Turkish tribe, the remnants of the Shi Kingdom army that was wiped out by Gao Xianzhi, and many remnant small Turkic tribes, adding up to a total of three or four thousand people, some riding camels, some riding horses, and looking at the strict formation they put on when they were fighting, it was obvious that this ragtag army had been trained for a long time, and the remnants of many countries and tribes were fused together, and they were like commanders and very experienced when fighting.

What's even more frightening is that this cavalry fights to death, when Shen Tian's Khotanese army accidentally encounters it, the other party quickly lined up in formation without saying a word, and then launched a fierce charge against Shen Tian's department.

In the early years, Gao Xianzhi used a far-fetched reason, calling it "losing the courtesy", and then brutally destroyed the Tuqi Shi and Shiguo, who had always been good friends with the Tang Dynasty, and today's retribution is coming.

These remnants of the forces who fled under the power of the Tang Dynasty soldiers quietly gathered together to form an army with good combat strength, and the Tang Dynasty had a grudge against them for the destruction of the country and the clan, so it is conceivable how crazy the revenge of this army would be when it encountered Shen Tian's subordinates.

The scouts sent out by the Anxi Protectorate were all focused on searching for the Tubo army in the Tulun Moraine Desert, and this motley army from the north was never discovered.

It is impossible to speculate why this army appeared near the Anxi Protectorate, let alone why they were far behind the Tubo army, whether it was to pick up a bargain or to fall into the well.

However, they finally appeared, and at this most critical juncture, Shengsheng dragged Shen Tian's Khotanese army in the desert yellow sand thirty miles away from the ambush circle.

The sins that Gao Xianzhi had created were now all repaid on Gu Qing.

Shen Tian's troops were originally soldiers who had fled from Khotan, and their morale and physical strength had just recovered, and they were caught off guard by a charge of this cavalry, and when they reacted and destroyed the formation, the enemy army was close in front of them.

Five thousand Khotanese soldiers and horses were forced to be penetrated by the enemy from beginning to end, countless soldiers of the Chinese army were knocked over by the enemy's first charge, the team was in a hurry, countless screams, and the tragic neighing of the horses after being killed were connected in the Khotanese army.

After the enemy charged, the officers and men of Shen Tian's department finally had time to react, so under the sharp orders of the generals, the soldiers quickly lined up and regrouped the morale of the army.

"Whatever crumbs come out of this nest, they will be slashed alive today!" One of the generals raised his halberd flat, and his red eyes showed an extremely angry look.

Shen Tian rode a horse and sat firmly on the Chinese army, constantly urging the formation of the array, and quickly glanced at the general when he heard this, and said: "This plain, it is better to attack than to defend, we must take the initiative to charge, otherwise it is just the enemy's fish and meat, let it be slaughtered!" ”

The general shouted: "Yes! Get ready to attack! ”

"Zhao Ping, after this charge, immediately lead 3,000 men and horses to break away, and then gallop to the ambush circle set up by Hou Ye to cut off the back road of the Tubo army, and the remaining 2,000 people will follow me here to snipe this enemy army!"

The general named Zhao Ping was stunned for a moment and exclaimed: "General Shen, don't be kidding, the enemy army in front of you is not good, how can two thousand people stop it?" ”

Shen Tian said with a gloomy face: "It is the right thing to completely annihilate the Tibetan thieves, don't miss the military plane of the Hou Ye!" ”

"General Shen, you and these two thousand brothers are sent to death if you stay!" Zhao Ping said coldly: "This enemy army is an accident, we are dragged here, even if the fighter plane is delayed, Hou Ye will not blame us." ”

Shen Tian looked at him sternly and said, "The military order is like a mountain, do you need me to teach you this rule?" ”

Zhao Ping gritted his teeth and said, "General Shen, you and I are brothers in Paoze, how can I leave you alone?" Gu Hou Ye ran a few Tubo thieves over there and ran away, what does it matter! ”

As soon as the words fell, Shen Tian slapped Zhao Ping's face with a horsewhip, and Zhao Ping's dark face suddenly left a bloodstained bloodstain.

"Shut up! You and I retreated from Khotan City, and we already had no shame to see the fathers and elders in Guanzhong, who took us in? Who gave us horses, weapons, and food? Who treats us like brothers? Eating Hou Ye's meal, riding Hou Ye's horse, and holding the weapon given by Hou Ye, how did you repay Hou Ye? If you say one more word ungrateful, you will not be the robe of my Khotanese army from now on! Shen Tian roared sharply.

Zhao Ping's face was pale, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Shen Tian, you misjudged me!" You read me wrong! ”

After speaking, Zhao Ping suddenly raised his halberd and roared: "Array!" Get ready to attack! ”

The 5,000 Khotanese troops quickly formed an iron cone attack formation, the halberds in their hands were raised flat, and the other hand grabbed the reins of the war horse.

"Wave the flag! Attack-" Zhao Ping roared loudly, but tears couldn't stop falling, and after giving the military order, Zhao Ping rushed out first.

"Kill ——!"

The Khotanese soldiers behind him let out an earth-shattering roar and rode their horses towards the enemy troops hundreds of feet away from each other.

The generals of the enemy army were also quite surprised, it stands to reason that they took the initiative to launch a surprise attack, and a charge will disrupt the formation of the Tang army, at this time the Tang army should be panicked, and hurriedly form a defensive formation, but I did not expect that the Tang army dared to take the initiative to attack after the initial panic.

The Tang Army, which is invincible in the world, really has the ability to be invincible in the world, and its reputation is full of fame.

The commander of the enemy army cheered up and gave the order to attack.

The two armies attacked each on the flat desert, galloping away like two sharp arrows fired at each other.

On one side is the bitter hatred of the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the clan, and on the other side is the pride of the invincible Tang Dynasty Wangshi in the world, the tip of the needle is not to be outdone to Mai Mang, the two cavalry risked their lives, and on the high-speed galloping war horse with a mortal heart, the lightning and flint collided fiercely together, making a bang.

The heavens and the earth changed color, and the ghosts and gods cried.

Charge, kill, scream, stump...... The sun overhead seemed to turn blood-red, and everyone gambled their lives in this blood-red mist, using all their strength to create death and enter reincarnation.

The two sides charged face to face, without any tactics and stratagems, fighting for life and luck, after a charge, the two sides rushed to safety with their horses, staring at each other from a distance.

This is an irresolvable hatred, and the only thing that can solve it is to be buried forever with the corpses of the enemy.

Shen Tian gasped, his arm was cut with a long wound from the charge just now, the armor on his chest was also cut to pieces by the enemy's weapons, his hair was messily scattered on his shoulders, but his eyes were still as calm as ice.

The two sides looked at each other for a long time, and Shen Tian suddenly threw a cold glance at Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping gritted his teeth, raised his halberd in a trembling voice, and shouted: "Three thousand people from each regiment of the Left Military Mansion will go with me!" ”

The regimental and brigade-level generals were stunned, but they still quickly dispatched 3,000 soldiers and horses according to the military order, Zhao Ping whistled, and the generals turned their horses' heads and galloped towards the west.

The enemy commander became more and more shocked, it was the time of fierce fighting, why did the Tang army suddenly transfer most of the troops and horses to leave the team and go west?

Shen Tian was still motionless on his horse, watching the movements of the enemy army. There were only a thousand people left behind him, and hundreds had been lost in the two charges just now, and those once fresh lives had been laid to rest in this desolate and barbaric desert in a short moment.

Their names were also buried with the corpses, and their names were not eligible to appear on them.

Seeing Zhao Ping's 3,000 men and horses running farther and farther, the enemy commander was in a hurry, raised the scimitar in his hand, and issued a series of grunting orders, and the enemy began to assemble in formation in the sound of orders, ready to charge again.

The remaining more than 1,000 soldiers of the Khotanese army saw the enemy army overwhelmingly enveloping the sky like a black cloud, and their faces showed fear.

At this time, the warring sides are already unfair in numbers, and the probability of their own death has greatly increased.

Who wouldn't be afraid of those who didn't live enough?

Shen Tian suddenly raised his knife and shouted: "Brothers, don't forget the oath we made in front of the Hou Ye, never retreat!" The defeat and retreat of Khotan is a lifelong shame for us, and we will never retreat today! ”

The originally frustrated and turbulent military spirit instantly lifted up in Shen Tian's words.

Whether it was to die or to save face, everyone's thoughts were different, but no one escaped, and all the soldiers raised their halberds one after another.

"Never go back!"

Shen Tian stared at the formation of the enemy army slowly pressing, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and suddenly raised his sword and waved it forward, shouting: "Khotanese army, attack-"