Fifty Tang soldiers released arrows at the same time in the gallop, fifty arrows concentrated on the other party's leader, the other party's leader was a fifty people, he never thought that dozens of arrows were all shot at him, so startled that he dodged quickly, although he dodged a part, but still even people and horses were hit by more than a dozen arrows, the war horse neighed and fell to the ground, he himself was hit by five arrows, and died after landing.

The leader was the first to die, and the offensive of the Tubo cavalry was sluggish, and Han Qing shouted, "Kill!" ”

Five cavalry teams pounced on the enemy from three directions, and the two sides fought fiercely.

If it was an ordinary Tang army, maybe they would lose to the other party in momentum, and the hideous appearance and ferocity of the Tubo soldiers did make many Tang soldiers timid.

But what they encountered today was the most elite scout cavalry of the Hexi Army, all of them were strong in martial arts, tacit cooperation, and their willpower was equally strong, and their riding skills were not inferior to the Tubo cavalry.

The casualties of the Tibetan cavalry were getting heavier and heavier, and a commander of ten Tibetan soldiers realized that if they continued to fight like this, they would all be killed, and they would not be able to send a message to the main general.

He shouted a few words, and the Tibetan cavalry immediately came to their senses, and they turned their horses' heads one after another, broke away from the battlefield, and quickly withdrew to the west.

The reason why the Tang army stopped pursuing was that they found Tibetan reinforcements several miles away, more than 1,000 people.

Han Qing immediately became vigilant, this place was only more than a hundred miles away from the wheat harvesting area, and the sudden appearance of the Tubo army brigade here was by no means a good sign, he immediately shouted: "Evacuate with the casualties!" ”

Han Qing's soldiers were divided into two routes, he took ten soldiers to stay behind to continue to monitor the enemy army, and the rest of the Tang scouts left quickly with nine wounded companions and the bodies of the dead, and rushed towards the wheat harvesting area.

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The Tibetan army is about to attack the Tang army, Guo Song is not surprised, with the style of the Tubo people, they would rather burn the wheat with a fire, and never leave it to the Tang army, they can't always turn a blind eye, even if the Tubo army in Shanzhou is unwilling to fight, the Tubo court will not tolerate it, and the conflict between the two armies is inevitable.

Guo Song ordered the wheat army to continue to fight, he led 15,000 soldiers to the north, and in the early morning, the Tang army reached about fifty miles south of Longzhi County, with endless Juntun wheat fields on the left side of the official road, and gently undulating grasslands on the right.

At this time, the fierce man circled rapidly in the sky, making a sharp chirp.

Guo Song immediately shouted: "The whole army stops advancing and ranks on the grassland!" ”

At this time, several scouts also rushed from a distance, rushed to Guo Song, and bowed down on their horses to report: "Envoy Qiqi, twenty miles ahead, the main force of the enemy army has been discovered, about 8,000 people, and it is rushing to this side!" ”

"What about the types of soldiers?" Guo Song asked again.

"About three thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry, with average equipment, all in leather armor!"

Guo Song nodded, "Let's go to the periphery again!" ”

"Obey!" The scout turned around and sped away.

The 15,000 Tang army quickly lined up on the grassland, this time Guo Song brought 8,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantry, 7,000 infantry and 2,000 heavy armored infantry, including 1,000 Mo swordsmen and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers, the heavy crossbow army stayed in the Dadou Bagu to defend, but the crossbow army had 2,000 people, they were both crossbow troops and contradictory soldiers.

Just when the Tang army was quickly arranging the troops, the Tubo army also appeared in the distance, this time the attack was mainly due to the strong pressure in Tubo, Shang Jiezan sent a letter to him, bringing Zampu's order, never allow the Tang army to snatch the wheat of Longyou.

Zampu's order made the argument like a pins and needles, although he was also trying his best to harvest wheat, he had no energy to take care of anything else, but he had to do it, he had to arrange two thousand soldiers to continue to harvest wheat, he led eight thousand soldiers to stop the Tang army from grabbing wheat, he hoped that the Tang army could retreat when he heard the sound, but the final result was that he did not want to face, and had to face the situation, the outbreak of the wheat war.

'Woo-'

The muffled sound of trumpets sounded over the vast fields, the sky was overcast, the cold air from the north wind swept across the land, flags fluttered, and the grasslands became solemn.

The 8,000 Tibetan army marched slowly in a line on the grassland, with 3,000 cavalry in front and 5,000 infantry behind.

The Tibetan army was also slowly advancing, stopping about two miles from the Tang army, and the two sides faced each other on the grassland.

On the loss of Ze looked at the formation of the other Tang army, as he expected, the two thousand crossbow army was at the front, if his own cavalry attacked, it was inevitable to encounter the Tang army's strong crossbow attack, but taking the initiative to attack has always been the style of the Tubo army, how could he not fight because of fear?

On the loss of Ze pondered for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "The cavalry attacks the enemy's flanks!" ”

The three thousand cavalry immediately divided into two branches, like two long snakes, one left and one right to kill the Tang army on both sides, and when the cavalry ran out of a hundred steps, he waved his sword and ordered: "Infantry attack!" ”

Five thousand infantry shouted, like a raging tide, and slaughtered the Tang army.

This is a tactic to evade the opposing crossbowmen, the cavalry on both sides strikes first, and although the main force of the opponent then kills from the front, the crossbowmen have to withdraw from the crossbow array, otherwise the cavalry will directly enter the crossbow array.

Guo Song saw the other party's intentions, and he sneered and ordered: "The cavalry will fight, and the crossbowmen will turn back to the contradictory soldiers to protect both sides of the Modao Army!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The drum of the changing formation is beating, the flag is waving, and it is difficult to judge the intention of the coach just by listening to the drum, so it needs to be judged in combination with the flag at this time.

Eight thousand cavalry attacked, respectively facing the Tibetan cavalry killed on both sides, like two iron fists smashing into the wooden sticks attacking on both sides.

The two thousand crossbowmen did not have a chance to fire crossbow arrows, they quickly carried their crossbows behind their backs, raised their short spears and large shields, and rushed towards the left and right sides of the Modao army in two directions.

The contradiction of the Tang army is a short spear, not a cavalry spear, but even a short spear is seven feet long, about two meters long, such a short spear is slightly lighter, you can hold a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.

Their role is to protect the left and right sides of the Modao Army, and a thousand aid soldiers protect the back of the Modao soldiers, who are also contradictory troops.

The main force of the Tang army was still the Modao soldiers, whether it was against the Tubo cavalry or the Tubo infantry, they were invincible and invincible, and no army could stop their killing.

But the hoplites also had weaknesses, that is, they were slow and inflexible, and if the war was going on at high speeds, the hoplites would not be able to keep up with this rhythm.

Therefore, other armies are needed to assist and compress the enemy army to the death in the area where the heavy infantry can exert its power, this is the concept of Guo Song's deployment of this great war, all branches of the army are around the heavy infantry to fight, including protecting his weaknesses and playing to its strengths.

The 8,000 cavalry suppressed the expansion of the Tibetan army from both sides, and never allowed the other side to expand the battlefield, and the 5,000 Tibetan infantry could only fight into the framework drawn for them by the two cavalry teams, and they inevitably encountered a head-on attack from the 1,000 heavy armored infantry.

The cavalry was fighting fiercely on the periphery, while the infantry was fighting in the inner circle, and when Guo Song saw that the enemy infantry had already engaged with the heavy infantry, he immediately ordered: "The spear infantry is interspersed and attacks behind the enemy infantry!" ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

The war drums of the transfer of troops sounded, the black order flag waved, and the Zhonglang general Xiao Lingfeng shouted, "Follow me!" ”

He led the last 3,000 spear infantry of the large array to run and intersperse from the side, killed behind the enemy, formed a formation behind the Tubo infantry, and launched an offensive, and the Tubo infantry had to be divided into two, back to back and fierce battles with the two infantry of the Tang army.

It's just that the heavy infantry of the Tang army is too powerful, the Mo knife slashes mercilessly, the flesh and blood fly, and the limbs are all over the ground, no matter how fierce the Tubo is, they are powerless to resist, and they are killed and retreated, and the heavy infantry marches forward on the enemy's blood and flesh and bones.

Seeing that the opponent's Mo Sword Army was too strong, he hurriedly ordered: "The cavalry attacks the flanks and backs of the opponent's heavy armor!" ”

The Tibetan cavalry wanted to change their tactics, but they were dragged by the Tang cavalry, only killing a few hundred, attacking the flank of the heavy infantry, which was the cover door of the heavy infantry, but the sides were already closely guarded by the contradictory army.

Hundreds of Tibetan cavalry encountered the sea of shields and spears, and they couldn't kill them at all, but were constantly picked off their horses by the other party and killed.

After all, the number of the Tang army is twice that of the other party, and it is the most elite Hexi army, the Tang army soon gained the upper hand, the number of the Tubo army is getting smaller and smaller, and the more passive the more they fight, after an hour of fierce fighting, the Tubo army saw that the casualties had been more than half, and the defeat was decided. ”

He wanted to save the next part of the army, and he didn't want to destroy it all here.

'Woo-'

The horns of a deer sounded like a cow's bark, which was the order for the Tibetan army to retreat.

At this time, there were less than 4,000 soldiers left in the Tubo army, and more than 1,000 cavalry were the first to leave the battlefield, followed by the Tubo infantry, but Guo Song issued an order to annihilate to the end at the same time.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of the attack sounded fiercely again, and the morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted, and the cavalry and infantry shouted and pursued the enemy.

The Tibetan army was defeated.

(End of chapter)