Chapter 390: Vanguard Duel (I)
It was late autumn, the grass blades withered and yellowed quickly, it was only a few days, and the prairie that was still a little deep and green was already a bleak group, and all I could see was a piece of withered yellow, the autumn wind was sorrowful, desolate and bleak, just like Hertzzan's mood at the moment - to fight the vanguard, obviously another vicious battle, so after the fight, how much can there be left of the only more than 7,000 troops under his command after the war? The general without soldiers is worse than a burning stick, even if you want to eat and wait for death, it is difficult to be afraid, after all, for the general, who has few mortal enemies, it is really to the time when someone is trampled on the soles of his feet, I am afraid that it is crying sky, heaven should not, shouting the earth, the earth does not answer, and there is no room for refusal in this battle Hertzzan, otherwise, the old and new accounts are counted together, and he Hertzzan has a few lives that are not enough to compensate.
Grumble? That can only die faster, I didn't see Gar Qinling's personal guard captain like a nasty gadfly riding a horse to follow closely by his side, but as long as he Hertzzan has a little complaint, he will have to eat and hang when he turns back, so even if there is more resentment, Hertzzan can only knock out his teeth and swallow blood, so far, in addition to taking one step at a time, Hertzzan has no other way to think about, only in his heart can pray vigorously ** Don't be serious with himself, otherwise, he Hertzzan is only afraid that he will really have to study "death." "How the hell is the word?
"Report, general, three miles ahead, the Anxi cavalry was found, and they were arrayed in the field!"
While Hertzzan was absent-mindedly thinking, a newspaper horse galloped from a distance, and a saddle fell off his horse, and uttered a sentence on one knee.
"Huh?" As soon as he heard that it was the Anxi cavalry again, Hertzzan immediately remembered Li He, who forced him to flee in the wilderness, his eyes turned red, his teeth were gritted, and he couldn't wait to immediately wave his army to kill, and break Li He's corpse into ten thousand pieces, so as to vent a bad breath in his chest, but he wanted to think about it, but Hertzzan didn't dare to be so reckless, and after groaning with a black face, he waved his hand and stopped the whole army that was pulling out, and then shouted coldly: "Probe again, see if there are Tang thieves ambushing soldiers on the left and right!" ”
"No!"
Hertzzan had given the order, and the horses did not dare to slack off, so they hurried to the front of the procession, and with the shouting and cheering, the rangers galloped for miles to the right and left.
"Report, general, the left wing has not found the Tang thieves!"
"Report, general, there is no ambush on the right flank!"
"Report, general, there is no movement in the enemy's camp, and the Anxi cavalry is really alone!"
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The efficiency of the Tibetan sentinels was extremely high, and after a short time, one news after another came back, and the suspicion on Hertzzan's face gradually disappeared, and the anger gradually rose - with 7,000 against 3,000, when fighting in a dignified manner, Hertzzan did not believe that he would still lose, and in the face of such a disgraceful opportunity, the ambition in Hertzzan's heart spread uncontrollably like a weed in spring!
"The whole army obeys the order, the whole army moves forward, and the Tang thieves are leveled, in one move!"
Now that he was ready for a decisive battle, Hertz no longer hesitated, raised his hand, and shouted loudly to give the order to attack.
"Ho-ho, ho-ho......"
As soon as the commander ordered, all the Tibetan officers and soldiers immediately shouted, and the swords and guns were raised together like a forest, but they also had a mighty momentum......
"Report, General, the thieves have stopped at three miles!"
"Report, General, the thieves are scouting and exploring everywhere!"
"Report, General, the thieves have been drawn up and are rushing here!"
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At the same time as the Tubo scouts rode around, the ** rangers were also not idle, and reported every move of the Tubo army to Li He, and the interesting thing is that although the two rangers did not meet less, they had a tacit understanding to turn a blind eye and busy with each other.
"Get on the horse!"
The scout cavalry reported the news one by one, but Li He stood in front of the army as if he had not heard it, until the Tubo army came in a burst and lined up four hundred steps away from the opposite side, then he waved his hand and broke off.
"Boom, boom!"
Li He only gave an order, and the three thousand Tang horsemen brushed the horses like one person, and they could only hear two neat and muffled sounds, and as soon as the neat and uniform posture came out, the Tubo soldiers standing opposite couldn't help but change their faces, and they were stunned by the sharp momentum of ** and secretly beat the drum in their hearts.
"The sons and daughters have listened well, the prime minister has an order, this battle is only allowed to win, not defeated, if not won, the whole army will be killed!"
Seeing that his soldiers were cowardly before fighting, Hertzzan was so angry that his nose was crooked, and he didn't dare to let this trend continue, so he took out the big knife at his waist regardless of it, slashed it violently, and shouted loudly.
"Ho-ho, ho-ho......"
If you can't win, you will have to die, and the wildness in the hearts of all the Tibetan officers and soldiers was immediately puffed up, and one by one they roared with red eyes, and the morale of the decadent Tang Dynasty instantly rose again.
"A bunch of rubbish!"
Although Li He couldn't understand Hertzzan's shouting in front of the formation, when he saw that he had set up a defensive formation with 3,000 infantry troops in front and 4,000 cavalry scattered on both wings and rearguards, he knew that this Tibetan general was fighting the idea of defending and counterattacking, so he couldn't help but sneer and scolded disdainfully.
"Wang Yu, Agutai!"
Li He scolded and scolded, but he would not forget the business, this time he saw that the Tubo army played the trick of the turtle not coming out, but Li He was too lazy to play a game of silent confrontation with him, so he raised his voice and drank a sigh.
"The last general!"
As soon as Li He's voice fell, the two horses behind him flashed out, and the stout person on the left was Wang Yu, a native of Wanxian County, Hebei, who was originally a team leader of the Longyou Iron Cavalry, because he was promoted to the position of captain with Li Xian's meritorious service in sweeping Tuyuhun the year before last, and led a battalion of cavalry; The burly giant on the right hand side is Agutai, a Hui man, originally subordinate to the cavalry team of the Anxi Protectorate, because of his martial bravery, he was favored by Li He, and he tried his best to dig people from Ashina's true place, and he was one of the three tiger generals under Li He's seat.
"The two of them each led 500 cavalry from their headquarters to attack left and right, disturbing the enemy with guerrilla shooting, and be sure to transfer the thief cavalry out!"
Li He bit his lip lightly, and ordered with a cold look on his face.
"The last general obeys!"
Wang Yu and Agutai were both warlike people, and they were not very dissatisfied when they heard that they could take the lead, so they bowed down and responded to their promises, rode their horses and rushed back to their own formations, shouting and mobilizing their troops and horses.
"Woo, woo......"
**The speed of mobilizing troops and horses was amazingly fast, and before the Tubo army on the opposite side could figure out what was going on, a terrible horn suddenly sounded, and the two wings** suddenly launched, and each had 500 horses rushing out of the formation, rushing through the center of the field, and covering the past to the Tubo army formation like thunder.
"Crossbowmen ready!"
In his opinion, this group of rushing over ** to the Tibetan crossbowmen, is tantamount to a pile of good meat targets, in ** rushed to their own positions, at least half of the troops will fall under the greeting of the crossbowmen, as for the remaining troops, it is not to be afraid, after all, the shield array of the Tibetan hoplites is not a good-looking virtual shelf, therefore, as soon as he saw ** rushed through the field, Hertzzan's hand was immediately raised, roared, ready to give ** a head-on blow at any time.
"Turn!"
Just when the Tubo army thought that it was going to speed up the battle, they heard Wang Yu and Agutai roar at the same time, twisted the horse's head, and each led his troops to run away obliquely.
"Hold the bow, shoot the arrow, throw it, and release!"
The well-trained Anxi iron cavalry can be seen at this time, just when the Tubo army shook its head with the turn of **, Wang Yu and Agutai a series of orders have come out one after another, but seeing that the two cavalry 1,000 cavalry almost at the same time took off the hard bow hanging from their waists, each with a bow and arrows, with the order, a wave of feather arrows immediately rose from the charging queue, roaring through the sky in a parabolic way, and fell into the cavalry queue on both wings of Tubo like raindrops. Suddenly, the unprepared Tubo cavalry suffered a big loss, and many unlucky people who had no time to relieve the defense of the round shield were stunned by this projectile and roared wolf, of course, because of the power of the projectile, there were not many dead in the Tubo army, and only the most unlucky dozen people were hit by the vital point and returned to the underworld, but the injured were not old and young.
"Throw, put!"
Without waiting for a group of Tubo officers and soldiers to recover from the first round of blows, they bypassed the ** in the distance and killed again, as usual, it was a projectile greeting, and once again made the Tubo cavalry phalanx on both wings a good mess, of course, because most of the Tubo cavalry had taken off the round shield to protect the vital point, the looting effect of this arrow rain was slightly worse than the last time, just shot seven or eight Tubo cavalry, but again, it added more than 100 wounded to the Tubo army, which is okayThe blow to the morale of the Tibetan army was extremely damaging, and the poor Tubo cavalry did not dare to launch a counter-charge without the general's order, so they could only be beaten twice in vain.
"The crossbowmen move left and right to shoot at each other and suppress the Tang thief!"
Seeing that the situation was not right, Hertz Zanden was a little anxious and red-eyed, but when the main force did not move, he did not dare to easily put the cavalry on both wings into the attack, otherwise, it was very easy to be broken by the ** cavalry to seize the gap, and in desperation, he had to order the three columns of crossbowmen who were originally lined up behind the shield array to move to the left and right, trying to rely on the advantage of the longbow's range being farther than the horse bow to suppress the shameless harassment of the cavalry on both wings.
"Turn left!"
"Turn right!"
As soon as the Tubo crossbowmen moved, the trumpeters in this formation immediately used the horn to inform the king and the two generals, and when the two of them heard it, they didn't dare to slack off, they each shouted, and led the troops to turn again......