Chapter 607: Death Will Palace
The autumn wind is bleak, and the atmosphere of slaughter.
The veteran Qu Tutong changed into a new set of armor, wearing a silver helmet and holding a big knife, standing majestically in front of the battle.
Behind him, the 25,000 Tang troops had already completed the formation, waving their flags, flashing swords, spears like forests, and their eyes showed the spirit of seeing death as if they were at home.
In the distance, tens of thousands of Sui cavalry had already been overwhelmingly killed, the sound of horses' hooves galloping like thunder, and the yellow dust was flying, covering the sky and the sun.
Qu Tutong cleared his throat and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, Guan Long's sons. The ferocity of this battle must also know that your Royal Highness the King of Xiao Qin will make proper arrangements for you. But if any of you dares to escape, not only will you die, but your family will also be held accountable for it! ”
"Those who dare to escape from the battle will be killed by the Nine Clans!"
As soon as Qu Tutong's voice fell, Qu Tutong's brother Qu Tugai's voice sounded.
At this time, Qu Tugai was leading 2,000 sword and axe men in the final formation of the whole army, in addition to serving as the last line of defense, he also had the role of supervising the battle. Anyone who is found to have retreated in fear of war, no matter what his status, will be killed.
Qu Tutong Qu Tugai brothers are both upright and strict, not afraid of the powerful, not favoritism, iron-faced and selfless people, Chang'an City rumors "Rather eat three fights, do not see Qu Tugai." Rather eat three buckets of green onions, than Qu Tutong. ”
The Tang army under Qu Tutong's command was basically Guanlong, and he knew that the Qu Tu brothers were not scaring them anymore. Coupled with the fact that these Tang troops can choose to stay and buy time for Li Shimin to cross the river under such circumstances, it is enough to show the loyalty of these people.
"Fight to the death! Fight to the death! ”
At that moment, more than 20,000 Tang troops stomped on the earth together, shaking the earth slightly, tearing open their throats and roaring, responding to the Qu Tutong Qu Tugai brothers.
"Kill!"
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of Sui troops had already been killed. Xiao general Li Cunxiao took the lead, with Yu Wang Lance in his right hand and Bi Yan Laos in his left hand, and the red mane of the flame horse under his crotch fluttered in the wind.
Behind him, Gao Chong, Yang Zaixing, Xue Kui, Yuwen Chengdu, Chang Mao, and Gao Siji urged the horses to march together, the weapons in their hands were held high, and the murderous intent appeared in their eyes, like a tiger descending from the mountain, they pounced on the Tang army formation in the distance.
Qu Tutong's face was as pale as water, staring ahead and ordering in a deep voice: "The crossbowmen come forward to meet the enemy!" ”
Four thousand Tang army crossbowmen stepped forward to inquire, raised their crossbows in their hands, and aimed at the Sui cavalry in front of them.
Seeing that the cavalry of the Sui army had broken within a hundred steps, Qu Tutong immediately stretched out his hand and shouted, "Release the arrow!" ”
Four thousand crossbowmen opened their bows and arrows together, and in an instant, crossbow arrows came overwhelmingly. The cavalry of the Sui army immediately raised their shields to meet them, but under such a dense rain of arrows, many people were still shot by arrows, screaming and falling off their horses and dying.
However, such casualties were impossible to stop the impact of the Sui cavalry, seeing that the Sui cavalry had already killed, Qu Tutong waved the flag in his hand and ordered: "The crossbowmen retreat, and the pikemen go up to the front of the spear formation!" ”
In the Sui army's formation, Xue Rengui also ordered when he saw this: "The cavalry bypassed the frontal gun formation, flanked and flanked, and outflanked left and right. ”
Xue Rengui gave an order, and the cavalry rushing in front suddenly split into two branches, forming two arcs, and in an instant, they went around the flank of the Tang army, and rushed into the ranks of the Tang army like a storm. The war horses collided, slashed with knives and spears, and smashed the Tang army's battle array with a devastating momentum.
The pikeman's frontal spear formation is indeed a great weapon for the cavalry, but his mobility is extremely poor, once he is outflanked and assaulted by the cavalry, then the fate of slaughter awaits him. In the blink of an eye, the Tang army's formation had been slaughtered in chaos, with rolling heads, blood splashing, stabbed by horse lances, cut down by long knives, trampled by war horses, and countless dead.
"The soldiers of the Tang Army, fight with the Sui Army, and swear not to retreat!"
Qu Tutong originally thought that the cavalry of the Sui army might rush straight into the battle formation at all costs in order to buy time to catch up with Li Shimin, so he sent pikemen to the front of the spear formation. After all, the gap in the number of pikemen and Sui cavalry was too great, and as long as they were ruthless and paid a few casualties, they could cross the gun formation.
But who would have thought that Xue Rengui, the commander of the Sui army, would order the two wings to be outflanked, wanting to annihilate the thousands of pikemen in the array in one fell swoop, not caring at all that this move would consume a lot of time.
Seeing that the pikemen formation was in chaos, there were dead and wounded everywhere. Qu Tutong had no choice but to lead the whole army to move forward.
"Kill!"
Tens of thousands of Tang troops broke out with earth-shattering shouts, like a torrent, and rushed into the crowd in an instant, long knives collided, horses collided, shouts of killing, wailing, neighing one after another, and the Sui and Tang Liang armies fought fiercely together.
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At the crossing of the Yellow River, Li Shimin had already boarded the ferry to Hedong County, he stood at the bow of the boat, looking into the distance with deep eyes, and his ears seemed to be able to hear the sound of Qu Tutong's department and the Sui army fighting bloodily, and a tear slipped from the corner of his eye.
Standing beside Li Shimin was his confidant Du Ruhui, who noticed Li Shimin's tears, and stepped forward to persuade in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years!" The revenge of the old general Qu Tu, we will find Yang Gao to avenge sooner or later! ”
Li Shimin slowly wiped away the tears in his eyes, smashed his fist on the gunwale, stared at Luoyang City and said: "You are right, not only the old general Qu Tu, but also Daoxuan, Su Baotong, Xu Wen, Dang Jin, Gongsun Mei, all the brothers who died in the battle, Gu will find Yang Gao'er to settle this account sooner or later." Sooner or later, this Luoyang City will be lonely! ”
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"Resist, resist me, even if it is death, I have to pull a Sui dog back!"
Tang General Qu Tu was covered in blood, brandished a spear, and stabbed forward with all his might, knocking down an oncoming Sui sergeant to the ground, and immediately raised his head and shouted at the surroundings.
Although Qu Tutong is very good at arranging troops, the Tang army has too few troops, and Xue Rengui, the chief general of the Sui army, is not an ordinary person. The two armies of the Sui and Tang dynasties fought for only half a day, and Qu Tutong had already transferred Qu Tugai, who was the last to press the formation, and the two thousand sword and axe men under his command.
"Dingdong detected that Pang Wanchun has entered a state of divine shooting, with force +6, base force 94, and the current force has risen to 100."
Qu Tugai was waving a spear and roaring, when he suddenly felt the wind whirring in his ears, and before he could react, his eyes had become pitch black, and the corners of his mouth were slightly open and he fell off the horse with a "bang".
"Ding Dong, Pang Wanchun was detected to shoot Qu Tugai, Qu Tugai's four-dimensional ability, commander 87, force 89, intelligence 72, politics 76. The host earns 9 soul points, and the current total number of soul points has increased to 334. ”
"Good archery!"
Pang Wanchun had just withdrawn his bow and arrow, when a compliment suddenly sounded in his ears. Pang Wanchun turned his head to look, but saw that the main general Xue Rengui raised the strong bow in his hand, and said with a slight smile: "Ben Shuai also wanted to shoot this fang with an arrow just now, but I didn't expect your movements to be faster than Ben Shuai." I don't know what your surname is, and where you are? ”