Chapter 34: Siege

The sudden killing machine made Xue Yantuo's cavalry panic suddenly.

There is no deep valley and danger in the Evil Yang Ridge, but the ridge is rugged and rugged, where the army passes here, there is a steep mountain wall on one side, and a curved ravine on the other, although it is not deep, but the ice and snow all over the mountains make the slope of the ravine extremely slippery, which is equivalent to a moat for the cavalry.

From the top of the mountain wall, the white feathers of the wolf's teeth shot down like flying locusts.

Condescendingly, the power of the Tang army's bow and crossbow is unique in the world, and the Xue Yantuo cavalry who is marching cannot avoid it, and they are suddenly hit by arrows, wailing and scolding angrily waving the blade in their hands to block the arrows that come from the shot, but what is the use of this?

One after another, they were hit by arrows and fell off their horses.

The troops marching behind continued to move forward, and the soldiers and horses in front of them fell to the ground, and immediately trampled each other into a mess.

The magnanimity in the crowd was stunned, and hurriedly brandished his waist knife to kill the two soldiers who blocked the arrows, and shouted angrily: "Forward! Advance! Don't stay, violators will be killed immediately! ”

He really couldn't understand why the Tang army was so bold and dared to ambush halfway to start a war, wasn't he afraid that the Xue Yantuo Khanate would forcibly intervene in their eastern crusade?

When he left the tent, the chieftains and commanders of the Khanate had conducted a very detailed analysis of the current situation in the Tang Dynasty, although his father Khan sternly warned him not to start a war with the Tang Dynasty without authorization, and not to offend the majestic emperor in the south, but no one thought that the Tang Dynasty dared to take the lead in starting a war with Xue Yantuo, so as not to attract Xue Yantuo's revenge.

However, now, the Tang army is arrogantly ambushed in the Evil Yang Ridge and copied his own back road......

Could it be that Datang is really not afraid of Xue Yantuo's revenge?

It's impossible!

Dadu set a little crazy, although it is the first time to lead the army to go out, but he is not a person who knows nothing about military affairs, just look at the terrain near here, he knows that it is carefully selected by the Tang army, one side of the mountain wall and one side of the deep ditch, Xue Yantuo's cavalry can only pass through the flat land of dozens of zhang in the middle, and will face the arrows of the Tang army's rainstorm.

Or, abandon the war horse, run to the ditch on the other side and retreat north, no matter how good the Tang army's arrows and crossbows are, it is impossible to have such a long range......

But if you abandon your horse and go, even if you escape the ambush of the Tang army, how will these tens of thousands of soldiers return to Mobei?

Measure these thousands of miles of ice-covered grassland desert with your feet?

Magnanimity almost fell into despair.

The hatred for the Tang army in his heart was incomprehensible, and this gang of insidious and cunning Nanban always kept their troops to confuse their vigilance, thinking that they were hindered by the upcoming Eastern Crusade and had to swallow their anger at Xue Yantuo's slightly liveable behavior.

But I never thought that people were simply trying to get away with it, and they had already made plans to cut off their own back roads......

The surrounding soldiers also woke up when they heard the shouting of Dadushe.

This place is narrow, and the slower it travels, the more it has to withstand the more arrows of the Tang army, but it passes quickly, and the less chance it is to be hit by the arrows.

Several commanders hurriedly shouted again and again, whipped and smashed, and finally stabilized the chaotic troops, and galloped towards the north with locust-like arrows on their heads.

Even so, there are still people who are hit by arrows and fall from their horses, and even the comrades behind them can't dodge and collide with them, and the rear-end accidents from time to time cause chaos......

"Second Prince!"

Dadu set up from the cat on horseback riding wildly, unexpectedly someone behind him shouted to himself, in a hurry to look back, found that the temple behind the Tu Midu chased up.

As soon as he saw this man's head covered with densely bandaged gauze and a dogskin hat on the outside, he was filled with anger.

If it weren't for this person's instigation, how could he go straight to Yanmen Pass?

If you don't come to Yanmen Pass, it is naturally impossible to cross the Evil Yang Ridge, and as a result, you will be ambushed by the Tang army, otherwise if it is a flat and open place under Dingxiang City, even if the Tang army is brave, how can it help Xue Yantuo's cavalry?

I really want to chop this bastard with a knife!

It's just that the current situation is critical, and although it is enjoyable to chop the confusion, it is inevitable that he will be in chaos, and if he rebels with thousands of iron horses, he is afraid that he will have to die here......

Suppressing his anger, he asked coldly, "What's the matter?" ”

Tu Midu didn't notice the murderous aura set by Dadu, he could understand that the tone was not good, he could understand that if he got into the ambush of the Tang army, the loss of troops would be inevitable, and if the whole army was exhausted, who would be in a good mood?

Hurriedly whipped the war horse a few times, hurried forward, and got closer, and then said loudly: "The Tang army has an ambush, and it will definitely not just arrange archers, and there will be ambushes when they go!" When it comes to the lower ridge, please also ask the second prince to slow down, gather the soldiers, and then condescendingly rush the mountain road, otherwise once the Tang army is ambushed with heavy troops, we will not be able to raise the speed because of the chaos, and we will not be able to charge, and we will die here! ”

Dadu set up a surprise in his heart, and the secret road was dangerous.

He only cared about running for his life, and seemed to be galloping wildly, but in fact, because there were too many cavalry and the formation was already chaotic, it was not fast, but he didn't think that if the Tang army ambushed a heavy army under the Evil Yang Ridge, it was likely that Xue Yantuo's army would be dragged there when Xue Yantuo's cavalry could not give full play to its speed advantage to charge......

wiped his face, endured the sharp pain in his shoulder blade, and said loudly: "I gathered my soldiers in front of me, launched a charge, and the rear formation will be handed over to you, we must not let the Tang army embellish, otherwise we will all be in danger!" ”

Tumidu hurriedly responded: "The second prince can rest assured, if there is still one person left, he will fight to the death with the Tang army!" ”

After that, he turned his horse's head and ran towards the Hui Iron Cavalry behind the palace, facing Xue Yantuo's cavalry who was running in a hurry, and almost knocked him off the horse several times, so angry that the horse whip in his hand flew left and right, and he rushed out of the chaotic army.

At this time, he also regretted it, how could he listen to Zhao Deyan's nonsense?

Although Xue Yantuo suffered heavy losses on this trip, he led the most elite iron cavalry in the clan to accompany him, even if he was able to escape, but this loss was not small!

Looking at the posture of the Tang army, there are no less than 3,000 crossbowmen who put arrows on the mountain wall alone, and the total strength should be no less than 40,000 or 50,000 people.

Returning to the Hui Iron Cavalry Array, Tu Midu secretly made up his mind that if the Tang Army was ambushed by heavy troops under the Evil Yang Ridge later, Xue Yantuo would not be able to resist it, so he would lead the Hui Iron Cavalry to break through, and let him die generously!

His army composed of thousands of iron cavalry is naturally a dish in the mouth of the Tang army in the war, but if he spreads his hooves and runs for his life, he still doesn't believe that there is an army in this world that can keep them!

The matter has come to this point, after all, it is necessary to bring these thousands of people back, as long as the strength of the Hui people is maintained, no matter how angry the Yinan Khan is afterwards, he can't take care of it......

At this time, the terrain gradually opened up, and there were very few arrows shot on the mountain wall, and the life of Xue Yantuo's soldiers could no longer be threatened, and the situation gradually stabilized.

When I arrived at the open land with obvious slopes at the lower ridge, I saw from a distance that the Tang army under the mountain range had already been waiting for it, densely packed with rejecting horses, and shining Modao arrays, like a lion that had been opening its mouth wide, waiting for the little lamb to send it to the door by itself......

Standing on the top of the mountain, Xue Yantuo looked at the Tang army's position under the mountain, and they all felt their scalps tingle.

Even though the Tang Dynasty has attacked the grassland several times since the founding of the country, Li Jing even raided the Yinshan Jieli Khan's tooth tent all the way, but for a long time, the Han people have given the impression to the Hu people that they are good at guarding. The formation of troops is the specialty of the Han people, the athletes on the grassland are invincible in archery and horse shooting, and the Han people stick to the camp, which is also unparalleled in the world.

Dadu set secretly swallowed saliva, so many Tang troops, such a tight formation, how to rush?

No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, it has to be rushed!

Enduring the sharp pain in his shoulder blade, the arrow cluster had already penetrated deep into the muscles and bones, and the blood stained half of his body, but he ignored it, raised his waist knife high with his other hand, glared angrily, and shouted: "The Tang people are treacherous and treacherous!" We are only chasing and killing the Turks, but the Tang people ignore the peace agreement between the two countries and brazenly tear up the agreement, intending to annihilate the warriors of Wu Xue Yantuo! But we are all warriors of the steppe, fearing the gods, but we will not stand still! The Tang people want us to die, and we will bite off a piece of his flesh and blood! There are still parents, wives and children waiting for our triumph at home, and the Great Khan is still waiting for our good news in the tooth tent of Yu Du Jun Mountain, will we be destroyed here, and achieve the feats of the Tang people, so that our parents will be grieved, and my wife and children will cry, and the Great Khan will be disappointed? ”