Flying Fox Road, an army of more than 10,000 people is marching along Laishui, this army is Zhu Tao was sent by the pressure of Hui and sent a harassing army, commanded by Zhu Tao himself, Zhu Tao twice attacked Hedong were defeated, the strength was seriously weakened, and he was unable to launch an offensive against Hedong again.

But if he wants to give Hui Hui an explanation, he symbolically sent out 10,000 troops, and he personally commanded them, preparing to harass Daizhou, what effect it will have, and whether he can force the Jin army to withdraw from the grassland, he doesn't know.

In the evening, the army arrived in Feihu County, a county seat in the eastern mountains of Taihang Mountain, which belonged to Ulzhou, which had previously been under Zhu Tao but was now under the jurisdiction of Hedong Province.

Feihu County has been affected by the war all year round, and the population in the county is very small, only a few hundred households.

10,000 people entered the city to rest, Zhu Tao ordered not to disturb the people, and he sent people to find the county order.

The county commander's surname is Zhou, and he has been a parent official in Feihu County for at least five or six years, Zhu Tao still remembers him, and the county commander of Zhou knelt down and saluted: "See the old prince!" ”

Zhu Tao nodded and asked, "If I'm not mistaken, I appointed you as the county magistrate, right!" ”

"Exactly!"

"Then why didn't Guo Song replace you?"

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin came to Feihu County to inspect last autumn, and the humble post told him that the humble post was appointed by the old prince, and he later ordered the soldiers to go to the county to investigate, and saw that the humble post had a good reputation among the people, so he promoted me to the governor of Ul, but the people didn't let me go, so I had to stay for another term."

"And this kind of thing?" Zhu Tao was surprised.

Zhou Xianling took out another letter, "This is the person sent by His Royal Highness the King of Jin last month, saying that if the old prince comes, he will hand over this letter to the old prince." ”

Zhu Tao was stunned, Guo Song actually knew that he was coming?

He hesitated to open the letter, after reading the letter he was immediately frightened and sweated, Guo Song made it very clear in the letter, once his army crossed Feihu County, it would be regarded as a declaration of war on the Jin army, and his army would unite Tian Yue and Wang Wujun, and the three would attack Hebei and carve up their own territory.

Zhu Tao pondered for a long time, and the speculative thoughts in his heart were finally suppressed by fear, it seems that Guo Song has long been on guard against himself, and the 10,000 troops led by himself will not be able to capture Hedong no matter what.

After resting for the night, at dawn the next day, Zhu Tao ordered the withdrawal of troops and returned to Yizhou.

.........

The unexpected death of the Hui Khan made the Hui internal chaos, some people clamored to avenge the Khan, but some people were thinking about how to inherit the Khan's position, but at this time there was news of the defeat of the southbound army, under the internal and external troubles, all the nobles of the Hui Hui focused their eyes on the Xiangguo Gu Lulu.

Gu Lulu has been serving as the prime minister of the Hui for ten years, with old qualifications and a clear mind, although he suggested that the 30,000 royal army go south and be completely annihilated by the Tang army, but it does not mean that his suggestion is wrong.

On the contrary, everyone agreed with Gu Lulu's latest proposal, on the one hand, to quickly transfer back the 50,000-strong army of Jiegangas, and on the other hand, to evacuate the herdsmen immediately.

The day after Doros' death, the Bone Roulu appointed Doros' nine-year-old son, Asi, as the new Khan, quelling the Khan dispute.

Everyone concentrated on dealing with the invading Tang army.

Gu Lulu began to recruit young and strong men from more than 100,000 herdsmen in the Yaoluoge Department, and more than 40,000 people were recruited in three days.

Gu Lulu ordered the brother of Doros, Ye Zaro, to lead an army of 40,000 herdsmen to stop the Tang army from moving north, and he began to organize a large-scale retreat of the elderly, weak, women and children to the north.

Ye Salo led the army only a hundred miles away, and encountered 60,000 Tang troops from the south.

Although Yezaro was very scared in his heart, he could only fight the enemy at this time.

He galloped all the way and shouted to the army of 40,000: "We must fight, in order to defend our wives and children, we have no way back, let the immortal heaven bless us!" ”

He shouted with all his might: "We will win!" ”

"Victory!" Forty thousand herdsmen raised their spears and shouted.

These 40,000 herdsmen are all from the Yaoluo Ge Department, but they are not elite, the elite have all been killed, they are the remaining men, as long as all the men who can ride horses go into battle, some are nearly fifty years old, and some are only in their teens.

If they were to be defeated again, then only the old men, women, and young children would be left in the Yao Luo Ge tribe, which would mean the complete defeat of the Hui royal family.

Of course, there are not only the Yao Luo Ge Department in the Hui Hui, there are many small and medium-sized tribes in the Hui Hui, which are distributed around the grassland, but the Tang army concentrates its forces to attack the royal court, and there is only the largest Yao Luo Ge Department here, and it will take a month to transfer troops from other tribes at the earliest, and it will be too late to come up.

Guo Song looked coldly at the enemy troops in the distance, although they shouted loudly, it did not mean that they were brave and good at fighting, perhaps they used their shouts to cover up the fear in their hearts.

This army was poorly armoured and poorly equipped, with almost no ranks, and the ranks were uneven, and the soldiers were not full of killing, old and young, and it was obvious that it was an army of herdsmen who had just been organized.

Guo Song has seen a lot, this kind of army is just a morale, as long as they are allowed to see blood, they will quickly collapse.

Guo Song coldly ordered: "Yao Jinbu attacks the back of the enemy, does not accept surrender, and there is no mercy for killing!" ”

The Tang army quickly lined up, and they still listed the crossbow, knife, and cavalry three-stage formation, which was the most classic formation to deal with the steppe nomads, whether it was the brave and warlike royal army, or the newly organized herdsmen's army.

The characteristics of the nomadic warfare are that they fight with one blow, fight with one morale, fight fiercely, are more than fierce, and are not very tough, as long as they encounter stubborn resistance, their fighting spirit will gradually weaken, and if they are attacked again, the whole army will be defeated.

It was precisely this kind of combat characteristics that made it necessary for them to seize the opportunity and rush into the enemy's large array, which created conditions for the Central Plains crossbow army to play and create.

Yao Jin led an army of 20,000 to leave the big tent and run to the east, Ye Salo was slightly stunned, he didn't know the enemy's intention to divide the army, could it be that reinforcements came from the east?

Nightsaro's immediate thought of the army of the Servant Bone Division, and judging from the time, it should be almost there.

Nightsaro's heart was overjoyed, and he shouted with all his might: "Our reinforcements are coming, fight to kill the enemy, rush!" ”

"Rush—"

40,000 people shouted in unison, galloping together, 40,000 war horses galloped on the grassland, the earth trembled, and the sound was like rolling thunder.

This is a typical rabble tactics, there is no division of troops, no formation, there is no way to command, can only rely on the tactics of crowds, one-on-one fight with the Tang army.

The only advantage of the steppe herders is that their riding skills are generally excellent, and other than that, they are nothing good.

"Crossbowmen ready!"

Guo Song ordered 30,000 crossbowmen to be pressed, which concealed 3,000 heavy armored infantry, which was actually 27,000 crossbowmen, including 7,000 infantry crossbowmen and 20,000 mounted crossbowmen.

The previous 30,000 royal army was because the other party was all equipped with shields, and the crossbow arrows were of little significance, but these 40,000 troops almost had no shields, and they could fully exert the power of crossbow arrows.

The 27,000 crossbow army raised the crossbow together, at an oblique angle of sixty degrees, and the sharp crossbow arrows pointed coldly at the sky, this time the fire and thunder arrows were not used, and the normal crossbow arrows were enough.

The cavalry got closer and closer, and the faces of the herdsmen and soldiers running in front began to distort, and they were trembling with excitement, because of the excitement, the war stimulated the desire to kill in their hearts, they were eager to kill, they were eager to kill with a knife, and at this moment they were no longer herdsmen, but turned into fierce beasts on the battlefield.

Twenty-seven thousand arrows were still waiting patiently, they were as steady as Mount Tai, their eyes slowly narrowed, and the enemy army had already reached the line of two hundred paces.

"First row launch!"

Shi Linglang gave an order, and then there was a sound of crossbow machine collision, and the infantry's 7,000 crossbow arrows shot out strongly, instantly forming a cloud of arrows, moving rapidly, appearing above the galloping heads of 10,000 horses, and the crossbow arrows turned into a storm and shot wildly into the dense cavalry group.

"Ahh

The screams of the arrows resounded through the cavalry group, and the single leather armor of the herdsmen army could not stop the power of the crossbow arrows at all, and the sharp crossbow arrows penetrated the leather armor and shot into the body, and countless soldiers rolled and fell off their horses.

Immediately after that, a second batch of 10,000 crossbow bolts again rained into the crowd, the horses neighed, the cavalry wailed, the horses were shot down, and the cavalry fell out.

Before the herdsmen army could calm down, the third batch of 10,000 arrows roared again, and the Hui soldiers turned on their backs and wailed all over the field.

In the first round of 27,000 arrows, more than 7,000 soldiers fell to the ground, or were knocked down by arrows, or their horses were overturned.

But 7,000 soldiers were still a minority in an army of 40,000 after all, and the attack was not affected, and the cavalry behind rolled and killed, quickly erasing everything.