Chapter 333: The Great War (3)
At this time, Shang Daze's face was also a little worried, and he naturally saw that the battle situation was unfavorable to the coalition forces.
The 10,000 cavalry led by Shang Ying was in danger, who would have thought that the infantry who seemed to them to be like lambs to the slaughter would have such great power, and they could block the charge of 10,000 cavalry just by relying on the infantry.
The situation was also not good on the other side of the Hun End, where the cavalry was stronger.
The most important thing is that the 20,000 cavalry led by him was unable to defeat the 10,000 Tang Army in front, but fell into a stalemate.
Moreover, at this time, the Tang army still had nearly 10,000 cavalry not dispatched, whether it was thrown into the end of the Hun or Shang Ying's side, it could become the last straw that crushed the camel.
However, Shang Daze still had a chance, looked at the southwest direction, gritted his teeth, as if he had made a very difficult decision, "Tell Shang Guangsi that as long as he sends troops, I can give him both Diezhou and Tangzhou!" ”
At this moment, a patrol sentry rushed to report, "Chief, it's not good, nearly 10,000 Tang Army cavalry have appeared ten miles behind our army, and they are killing us!" ”
"Impossible, it is impossible for the cavalry of the Don Army to go around behind us." Shang Daze thought that the other party was talking about the cavalry from Songzhou, and he also knew that this cavalry was confronting Shang Guangsi's department, and there were so many cavalry, it was impossible not to alarm him to go around to their rear.
"Leader, it's not the Tang army, it's from the northwest."
"Northwest?"
Shang Daze was stunned.
"It's the Righteous Army!"
"What?"
"It's Guiyijun, we have dealt with him for many years, and we won't admit our mistakes."
At this moment, the whole earth was trembling, and both sides of the war discovered the cavalry that suddenly appeared, and when the coalition army saw the banner of the Guiyi Army, their faces changed greatly, and the soldiers of several tribes such as the Hun Mo Division, who were fighting with the cavalry of the Right Tiance Army, panicked directly.
On the Tang Army's side, the morale was greatly boosted, and one by one they became excited.
"Order Wang Jian, cooperate with the Right Shenwu Army, and defeat the cavalry in front of the Right Shenwu Army!"
Seeing the arrival of the Guiyi army, Liu Kui was not worried about Shang Guangsi's army, and believed that the other party could also see who was the winner in this battle, even if the other party joined the coalition side, it would not help.
"Horse, what should I do with Taozhou Tubo?" Someone next to him was worried.
"Don't worry about him, he can't make big waves!" Liu Kui's eyes were blazing, and his tone was affirmative.
The first to collapse was the warriors of several tribes such as the end of the Hun Dynasty, and the first goal of the Guiyi Army was to cooperate with the Right Tiance Army to defeat the cavalry in front of them, and then the two cavalry would merge into one force to kill the main force of the coalition army.
The sudden killing of the Guiyi army made several soldiers such as Hun Mo look panicked, and some of the timid ones began to retreat directly, and the cavalry behind did not know why, and rushed forward again, causing the entire camp to be very chaotic.
And at this time, the Guiyi army finally reached the battlefield, like a sharp knife, piercing into the abdomen of the Tubo cavalry in front of them. And the Youtiance army over there also intensified its attack, and in less than a quarter of an hour, these thousands of Tubo cavalry could not bear it, and collectively turned around and ran to the back.
And the Right Tiance Army and the Guiyi Army continued to gain momentum, and directly attacked the main force of the coalition army.
Before Shang Daze's order could be issued, the suddenly killed Tang cavalry broke up the formation of the main force of the coalition army, and he could only watch there as his elite soldiers were wantonly slaughtered by the Tang army.
"Ah。。。。。h
Shang Daze suddenly roared like crazy, his eyes were red, and grief surged above his head, while the Tang army on the opposite side was full of spirit and killed in all directions!
"Defeated, we lost!"
Looking at the situation in front of him, Shang Daze realized that there was no point in continuing to fight this big war. Flash Dance www
In fact, when the left flank was broken through, it was announced that the war was defeated by the coalition forces.
The coalition army in the middle is the main force of the coalition army, and as the main force of the coalition army begins to collapse, the whole war also begins to come to an end.
Tens of thousands of Tang troops began to pursue the fleeing Tubo cavalry all over the mountains, and the infantry of the Right Shenwu Army behind could only watch with their eyes, they didn't have war horses, and they couldn't catch up if they wanted to.
Seeing a lot of military achievements in front of them, and not being able to obtain them, can be described as the most tragic thing in their lives.
Liu Kui naturally did not go to pursue the defeated Tubo coalition army in person, but asked the cavalry of the Youtiance Army, the Songzhou Governor's Mansion and the Guiyi Army to complete it, and he found a military doctor to bandage his wounds.
In the previous battle, the Right Shence Army was attacked by 20,000 Tubo cavalry, and the pressure was very great.
But fortunately, it is protected by armor, although it is injured, but it is not a big problem, just bandage it.
"Horse, there are a few wounds that need to be taken off to be bandaged." The military doctor next to him said.
Liu Kui frowned and waved his hand, "Then let's talk about it later, how can the commander take off his armor before the battle is over." ”
Just when the military doctor retreated, a group of Guiyi Army supported a middle-aged man to come closer, and Liu Kui also knew about the person who came.
"Liangzhou Assassin Zhang Huaiding saw the general, Liangzhou Guiyi Army reinforcements were late, and I hope the general will surrender."
When he came to a few thousand, Zhang Huaiding immediately turned over and dismounted, bowed to Liu Kui, and lowered his attitude.
Liu Kui immediately turned over and dismounted and helped the other party up, "Zhang Tingshi is serious, if it weren't for Zhang Tingshi's help this time, the outcome of this battle would not be certain." ”
Zhang Huaiding was a little frightened, and hurriedly said, "The general is joking, even if the lower officials don't come, the general can win this battle, how can a group of rabble be the opponents of the imperial court." The lower official is just the icing on the cake, and he deserves such praise from the general. ”
"Okay, Zhang Tingshi, let's not praise each other like this. Zhang Tingshi may not know that the Tubo people are not only the tens of thousands of people in front of them, but also a Tubo army is eyeing them from the side. Liu Kui pointed out.
"Oh?" For this, Zhang Huaiding didn't know, and said curiously, "Then why didn't the lower officials see this army?" ”
Liu Kui was about to answer, but as soon as he looked up, he saw a pair of Tibetan cavalry walking towards him in the distance.
"Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrives!"
A great battle that changed the entire pattern of Longyou ended in a crushing defeat for the Tubo coalition army.
In this battle, the Tubo coalition army killed 220,000 people, captured 130,000 people, and the rest fled, but it could not change the pattern of the entire Longyou.
The Tang army also paid a lot of casualties, with more than 2,000 killed in the Right Tiance Army, more than 4,000 killed in the Right Shence Army, more than 3,000 killed in the Right Shenwu Army, plus other troops, a total of 110,000 killed.
Although the losses were not small, the results were exceptionally brilliant.
On February 10, the Tang army approached the city of Hezhou, and Shang Daze opened the city and surrendered.
On 15 February, the Tang army occupied the city of Lanzhou, and the leaders of the tribes in the territory went to the city to plead guilty.
On February 27, the Tang army broke through Huizhou.
On March 10, Shang Guangsi, the leader of Taozhou and Tubo, led seven people to surrender to the Tang Dynasty, and since then all the areas of Longyou have returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and also announced the end of the first western expedition of the Tang Dynasty.
In this war, the vitality of the Tubo, Wenmo, Qiang and other tribes in Longyou was greatly damaged, and Datang took the opportunity to open up the connection with the Hexi Guiyi Army, and at the same time, the recovery of Longyou also allowed Datang to obtain tens of thousands of high-quality war horses.
In order to commend Liu Kui and others for their outstanding performance in the First Battle of Longyou, in April of the second year of Qianning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court issued an order to canonize Liu Kui, the general of the Right Shence Army and the concubine, as the Marquis of Wulan (from the third product), Wang Jian, the governor of the Songzhou Governor's Mansion, as Pingliangbo (from the fourth product), Yuan Zhiqing of the forbidden army of the Right Tiance Army as the male of Gaoping County (from the fifth product), Gu Yanlang, the general of the Right Shenwu Army, as the male of Anle County (from the fifth product), Shang Guangsi as the Wuquan Bo (from the fourth product), and everyone rewarded a number of money and silk.
At the same time, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was established in Lanzhou, which governed Lanzhou, Hezhou, Weizhou, Linzhou, Danzhou, Taozhou, Diezhou and other Longyou regions.
With Liu Qi as the capital protector (from the second product), Wang Jian and Shang Guangsi as the deputy capital protector (from the third product), the garrison is mainly the right Tiance army.
In addition, at the same time, Gu Yanlang was transferred to the Songzhou Governor's Mansion as the governor, Wang Shu was transferred to the Lanzhou Assassin History (from the third product), Wen Xian was transferred to the Wei Governor Shi (Zheng Liupins), and Shang Guangsi's brother Shang Guangming was the Taozhou Assassin History.
At the same time, for the tens of thousands of soldiers who participated in the war, they were each rewarded with three months' military salary, and the news spread to the army, and the whole army was boiling.
Although the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was established, Li Ye did not plan to station too many troops in Longyou, and the forbidden army only had one Youtiance army, and the others returned to the garrison after the situation stabilized.
However, there were many tribes in the Longyou region, so Li Ye ordered the formation of an army directly under the command of the Anxi Protectorate, and the total number of these garrisons was capped at 15,000 people.
In addition to being recruited from the Han Chinese in the various states, the rest were drawn from the tribes and thus weakened the tribes within the territory.
The pacification of Longyou is good news for the merchants of Chang'an, and with the opening of the trade route to Liangzhou, the reopening of the Silk Road is no longer a dream.
The goods of Shu and Guannai can be sold to Hexi in a steady stream, and horses and other treasures in Hexi and even the Western Regions can also be transported to Chang'an for sale through this trade route.
It can be said that the smooth flow of the Silk Road is tantamount to a new financial route for Datang.
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