Chapter 538: Recovering Hexi

The red letterbox means that the situation is urgent, Luo Daxiao strode out of the camp, took the letterbox from the soldier's hand, took out a roll of eagle letters, and his eyes immediately glowed, five thousand Shatuo cavalry had already killed in Guazhou and were killing this side.

Luo Daxiao got the eagle letter yesterday, a 5,000-strong Shatuo cavalry left the Shazhou camp and ran north, but he didn't know the specific whereabouts of the enemy, whether to return to Shatuo or kill himself.

Now he could know that the enemy's target was himself, and that the enemy cavalry would probably arrive here in the afternoon, and he had to deploy immediately.

"Pass my orders, and the whole army will assemble!"

'Woo-' The horn of the Tang army's assembly sounded.

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In Jinchang County, Guazhou, a 5,000 Shatuo cavalry killed from Shazhou was resting and eating here, and the main general Zhu Xibao was really anxious, constantly urging the soldiers to speed up their meals, he was very worried that the Tang army received the news and returned to Jiuquan City, and they ran away in vain.

Before leaving, the commander Zhu Xie Jinhai told him that the Tang army had a powerful secret weapon, and it was unlikely that he would attack Dunhuang City, so the Tang cavalry in Suzhou might be their only result, and Zhu Xie Jinhai asked him to seize the opportunity and attack decisively, and he must not let the Tang army escape back to Jiuquan, and must take advantage of the strong field advantage of the Shatuo cavalry to completely annihilate the Tang cavalry.

Zhu Xie really saw that the soldiers had eaten almost enough, and immediately shouted: "Get on the horse and go!" ”

Many of the soldiers had not yet finished their lunch, but the order had been given, and they had to turn over their horses and walk as they ate, and the five thousand cavalry galloped away, and soon disappeared at the end of the steppe.

Two hours later, the five thousand Shatuo cavalry crossed the dark water and arrived at the junction of Guazhou and Suzhou, and saw the Yumen army fort from a distance, but did not see the Tang army cavalry.

Suddenly, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted: "General, the enemy cavalry has been found ahead!" ”

Zhu Xie Zhenzhen also saw that there was a black line a few miles away in the distance, and judging from his experience, the number of people should not be too much.

The nomads didn't think much about the enemy on the grassland, and Zhu Xie Zhenzhen waved his knife and ordered: "Kill it!" ”

Five thousand Shatuo cavalry launched, overwhelmingly killing the Tang army several miles away.

There were only 1,000 cavalry of the Tang Army in the distance, lined up in a line, they looked at the Shatuo cavalry who were getting closer and closer, and led the Shatuo cavalry to kill a hundred steps away, they lit the porcelain fire thunder on the horseback, threw it to the ground and turned around and galloped quickly.

The cavalry of the Tang Army threw down more than a hundred sneering porcelain fire thunders and rushed into the distance, and two miles away, the main force of the 7,000 cavalry of the Tang Army was gathering together, waiting for the enemy to kill.

The Shatuo cavalry also noticed the strange behavior of the Tang army, but they didn't know what those large porcelain vases were?

They were all cavalry of the Zhu Evil Army, and they did not participate in the battle against Dunhuang, and they did not know what the explosion was that made the commander fearful.

In their eyes, the other party threw down exquisite porcelain, and Zhu Xie fidelity misunderstood the other party's intentions, he thought that the other party was throwing down the property to lead them to rob, he shouted loudly: "Don't pick up the property, kill it!" ”

The cavalrymen stepped over the vase and continued to run wildly across the steppe.

At this moment, the first porcelain vase 'boom! The ground exploded, and the porcelain pieces and poisonous nails that burst out of the flames flew in all directions, and the cavalry of the war horses within fifty paces around were hit by the poisonous nails, and the war horses neighed and fell, and the cavalry rolled and rolled to the ground, and the dense poisonous nails shot in all directions in the crowd, and the wounded people and war horses accounted for more than half.

Without waiting for the Shatuo cavalry to react, the porcelain fire thunder exploded in the team one after another, and the Shatuo cavalry was suddenly in chaos, and even Zhu Xie Fizhen was hit in the back of the neck by a poisonous nail, drawing a long bloody wound.

At this moment, the cavalry of the Tang Army sounded the horn of attack, and the 8,000 cavalry launched, and the 1,000 cavalry who had fled before also turned their horses and killed the Shatuo army.

The morale of the Shatuo cavalry was low, and under the urging of the main general Zhu Xie Baozhen, they bravely went to meet the Tang army, and the two sides fought fiercely.

The cavalry of the Tang army was well-trained, with a team of 100 people, including spearmen and crossbowmen, who cooperated tacitly and did not lose the slightest advantage in the fierce battle.

Soon, the Shatuo soldier who was shot by the poison nail began to have a toxic attack, and the soldier's body began to itch incomparably, his vision was blurred, his limbs were sore, and he quickly lost his combat effectiveness.

"It's the devil! The devil is here again! ”

The Shatuo soldiers were all members of the Zhu Xie tribe, and they did not see the explosion of fire and thunder on the battlefield, but they witnessed the tragic situation of those wounded soldiers when they were possessed by the devil.

Experiencing the same symptoms themselves, they suddenly came to their senses and began to shout.

The Shatuo cavalry collapsed in an instant, and countless soldiers were picked off their horses by the Tang cavalry, and the remaining cavalry panicked and turned around and fled.

Luo Daxiao shouted: "Kill! ”

"Kill—"

The morale of the Tang cavalry was high, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and they pursued and killed the Shatuo cavalry........

Eight thousand Tang cavalry chased and killed all the way, killing more than 100 miles, the grassland was full of corpses, countless surrenderers, 5,000 Shatuo cavalry lost most of them, and the main general Zhu Xie Baozhen died in the chaos because of the poison attack, and more than 2,400 cavalry became prisoners of war.

Only a few hundred people fled back to Yizhou in panic, and in the afternoon of the same day, the Tang army arrived in Jinchang County.

The five hundred Shatuo defenders of Jinchang County have also fled, the Tang army took the lead in recovering Jinchang County, Jinchang County is the only county seat in Guazhou, most of the Han people living in the county and nearby were captured by Shatuo to mine mines, and a few years ago had been exchanged by the Tang army for Shatuo prisoners of war back to Ganzhou, they did not dare to return to Jinchang, so they settled in Ganzhou.

Jinchang County is actually already a military city, and in addition to the garrison, there are only hundreds of Wusun people from the Western Regions living here.

Luo Daxiao ordered Lang General Ma Wenxiu to lead a thousand soldiers to clean up the battlefield and garrison Jinchang County, while he gathered a large army and turned to Shazhou, and the Tang army turned to the counter-defense as an attack, preparing to join forces with the 12,000 Tang army in Dunhuang City to attack the Shatuo army.

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As soon as the morning dawned, Zhu Xie Jinhai received an express report from Suzhou, the news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, the whole person was stunned, he had been waiting for the good news of 5,000 cavalry, but he never thought that what he was waiting for was such a bad news, more than 4,000 people were wiped out, and only a few hundred people fled back to Shatuo.

Zhu Xie Jinhai suddenly had a fear from the bottom of his heart, how powerful the Tang army he was facing, if he didn't withdraw his troops, I am afraid that his entire army would die here.

He couldn't wait for the evening, and immediately shouted: "Pass my order, the whole army pack up and withdraw back to Shatuo!" ”

This wise decision cheered the war-weary Shatuo soldiers, and everyone began to quickly pack up and evacuate.

There are still more than 11,500 people in the Shatuo army, of which 3,000 are still poisonous, and still have no combat effectiveness, so they can only barely ride on war horses, and they do not even have the strength to gallop on horseback, and there are only more than 8,000 soldiers with combat effectiveness, but their morale is low and their war-weariness is serious.

There were also hundreds of thousands of sheep, and the Shatuo army was also taken away, and the tents were loaded on the carts, but the camp fence could not be taken away, so they could only be abandoned, and an hour later, the Shatuo army left the camp and was evacuated.

At this time, the main general Yao Jin was standing on the city wall, and he had just received an eagle letter from Luo Daxiao, destroying 5,000 enemy troops, and he had led the army to Shazhou, hoping that the two armies could cooperate and completely annihilate the enemy army in Shazhou.

Of course, this is what Yao Jin is looking forward to, and he also realizes that the Sha Tuojun will definitely make a move.

Yao Jin stood at the head of the city and looked at the Shatuo camp in the distance, the Shatuo camp was three miles away, and he could see it clearly.

At this moment, he saw the enemy army leaving the barracks in a mighty manner, followed by a large cart and a heavy car, and the camp tent disappeared.

Yao Jin immediately shouted: "Command the army, prepare to attack!" ”

10,000 cavalry had been assembled in the city, leaving only 2,000 men to defend the city, and the rest of the army would follow him in pursuit of the enemy.

The Tang army also rushed back to report, "I found that the enemy army had withdrawn, except for the camp fence, the entire enemy camp was empty!" ”

Yao Jin nodded and shouted, "Kaicheng!" ”

The southern gate of the city slowly opened, and Yao Jin led 10,000 cavalry out of the city, but he was not in a hurry to pursue the enemy, but followed from a distance of more than ten miles.

In the afternoon, the 7,000 cavalry led by Luo Daxiao also appeared on the top of a mound a few miles to the north, watching the enemy army in Shatuo from a distance.

A cavalryman rushed from a distance and reported: "General Qiyu, the Tang army in Dunhuang is ten miles away!" ”

"Blow the trumpet!" Luo Daxiao turned around and ordered.

"Woo-" Dozens of Tang soldiers blew their horns together, and the low sound of horns echoed between heaven and earth.

"Uhhhh

Luo Daxiao waved his sword and shouted: "Kill-"

Seven thousand cavalry shouted in unison and slaughtered the Shatuo army several miles away, and at this time, Yao Jin led 10,000 Tang troops to also kill from behind.

The two Tang armies formed a flank attack on the Shatuo army, the Shatuo army had no morale and collapsed without a fight, Zhu Xie Jinhai had no intention of fighting, and shouted: "The whole army withdraws!" ”

He urged his horse to flee, and the army behind him followed, and the two Tang armies were killed in an instant, and the dust flew and swept towards the Shatuo army.........