Blazing horses
Li Shimin's Telle fat, with yellow and white coat, white beak and slightly black, fat and strong, is a famous Turkic horse; It was a national gift given to the Tang Dynasty by Ye Hu Khan, the commander of the Western Regions, when the Tang Dynasty was founded.
When Li Shimin conquered Hedong, he rode on Teller's fat, and the momentum was like a storm and lightning, and he fought eight tough battles in one day, and he achieved great success.
At this time, Li Shimin took the lead, and in only two days, the forward Xuanjia Army led by him had already arrived at the forward position of the Zheng army-Cijian.
Wang Shichong had already prepared, and he personally led 30,000 soldiers and horses to guard here.
Li Shimin was full of confidence, he saw that the sun was still in the middle of the sky, so he didn't care about the follow-up army that was hundreds of miles away, and directly ordered the three thousand Xuanjia army to transform into a conical formation, and quickly rushed straight towards the enemy formation.
Wang Shichong is also a veteran of the battlefield, he knows that the Xuanjia Army is the trump card in the hands of Li Shimin, and he has been prepared for this, so he has fought and retreated all the way, and has been leading the Tang Army into the ambush site that has been arranged.
There are heavy antler trees in front of here, and there are high slopes on both sides, Zheng Jun saw that the Tang army entered the ambush circle, and suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired together, and the arrow rain covered the sky and the sun!
Li Shimin saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the forward troops to retreat quickly! Wang Shichong deployed heavy troops, wanting to cut off the return route of the Tang army.
Anyway, the Tang army's combat strength was too strong, and the sword was extremely sharp, and it didn't take long to open a bloody road and go west.
The war horses of the Tang army are all good horses with excellent foot strength, and Zheng Jun was thrown off a lot.
Wang Shichong ordered all the crossbowmen to mount their horses together, chasing and shooting.
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It was easy to shake off the pursuit of the enemy, and Li Shimin found that Teller had been hit by several arrows, and the blood had flowed down the horse's belly, legs, and hooves on the ground, spilling a long blood stain.
Because he had not yet returned to the middle of the camp, the pursuers in the rear bit too tightly, and Li Shimin did not have time to change horses, so he was ruthless and whipped the horse's buttocks, Teller hissed, jumped up and galloped away.
Not long after, the Xuanjia army came to the large military camp, but unexpectedly, the soldiers guarding the camp refused to let them in.
Only then did Li Shimin realize that a thick layer of dust had fallen on each of them, so he took out the marshal's waist card, and the soldiers guarding the camp let him go.
As soon as he entered the camp, Teller let out a wail and fell heavily to the ground.
Li Shimin's right leg was pressed by the horse's belly and he couldn't withdraw, and the generals hurriedly helped him up.
Only then did Li Shimin realize that Teller had more than ten arrows in his body, the blood had almost flowed, and the breath in his mouth and nose was like a gossamer, but his eyes were open and he refused to close his master.
Li Shimin knelt on his knees, picked up the horse's head, and kept stroking the mane on its neck.
Since joining the army at the age of eighteen, Li Shimin has ridden countless famous horses, and he has always regarded them as just livestock.
But at this time, he was so moved that he left tears. Teller has a strong temperament, strong feet, and desperately protects the master, which can be regarded as a god horse.
The army has always had the habit of cooking war horses, and Li Shimin specially ordered the whole body of Teller to be buried, and planted a willow tree above the corpse pit as a permanent memorial.