Chapter 372: Retreat is Advance

The soldiers and civilians of Xijian City woke up one night to find a hideous-looking human head hanging on the head of the city, and the notice said that its owner was a captain in the stone **, and this person and his 10,000 people were all wiped out by the general yesterday, and the resulting head became a mountain of human heads outside the 'gate' of Xicheng. The defenders at the head of the city could clearly see the strange landscape, and even thousands of representatives of the residents were allowed to go up to the city to feast their eyes and satisfy their curiosity.

In order to bring back these heads, the Flying Tiger Riders even gave up a large amount of the food they had stolen, and nothing did it better to boost the morale of the defenders than the enemy's heads. On that day, the Flying Tiger Cavalry hunted the real battle examples of the Turkish coalition army spread throughout the city of Xijian City, and everyone happily spread the stories they had heard from various sources, as if they had witnessed the battle with their own eyes on the battlefield at that time. With the worship of the Flying Tiger Rider, the 'shadow' shadow of the Turgish people in their hearts was gradually dispelled.

On the contrary, in the camp of the Turgish people, Que Yi was shocked, the life and death of the soldiers of the Shi Kingdom could not affect his mood, and even Suo suffered heavy casualties in the defeat, he could be indifferent, but what made him feel incredible was that the enemy's strength had swelled to such an astonishing extent: 7,000 horsemen, one man and two horses, three consecutive victories without leaving a single 'hair'. If the opponent is allowed to develop, in another two years, I am afraid that the Turgish people will not even have a foothold.

As Izu's 50,000-strong army arrived one after another, the generals of the Turgish people were in high spirits and shouted for a decisive battle with the enemy. Once again, public opinion was squeezed to the surface by Que Yi, on the grounds that the enemy's morale was rising.

Maybe the Tuqi Shi people don't understand Que Yi's intentions, but Li Huaitang's heart is like a mirror, the Tuqi Shi people suffered a big loss but chose to swallow their anger, the insult of Rentou Mountain stabbed 'excited' can not make them jump like thunder, the so-called forbearance and humiliation must have a 'yin' scheme, and the preliminary judgment reached by discussing with the two participating troops is that the Tuqi Shi people deliberately delay time, as long as they wait until Sulu Khan's army, as well as the Tubo people and the Great Food Army outflank from the direction of Ningyuan City in the east, and block the main force of Ningyuan Iron Cavalry in Xijian City, then the battle situation will be very favorable to the Tuqi Shi people. This situation is the last thing Li Huaitang wants to see, if the Tuqi Shi people still choose to retreat, then he can only retreat to Ningyuan City, unfortunately the results of the two days are not shocking enough, can not effectively suppress the enemy's courage.

I was really worried about whatever I wanted, and in the evening, a horse galloped from the east, bringing a new enemy situation to Li Huaitang.

"Sulu Khan is here!" Li Huaitang announced the latest news to his generals. According to the scouts' reports, Sulu Khan's army had crossed the Ferghana Mountains and was stationed at the southern foot of the mountain range to await the arrival of allies.

Lu Shangqing said with a smile: "It seems that Sulu Khan was frightened, and he didn't even have the courage to come to the city." ”

The generals laughed, and the news that Sulu Khan had been injured twice because of Li Huaitang had long been known to the soldiers, and the soldiers took this as a boasting pleasure, especially those who were fortunate enough to participate in the Northern Expedition, and they were even more proud.

Li Huaitang smiled faintly, stretched out his hand to signal the soldiers to be quiet, and then said, "If Sulu Khan finds out that we are here, I'm afraid he will rush over desperately." It seems that we will have to withdraw the camp and return to the division overnight. ”

"What a pity!" Bai Xiaode looked regretful, "Give us a few more days, and we will definitely be able to severely damage the Turkey Cavalry Alliance under the city of Xijian City." ”

The other generals thought so, especially the generals of the Tiger Horse, seeing that the robes of the Flying Tiger Horse had won a lot, but they had not achieved an inch, and they could not help but send a rough greeting to the time-consuming Raider General who did not move his troops and 'waved'.

"Not necessarily!" Li Huaitang smiled like a fox, making the generals puzzled.

"What does the Admiral mean?" Lu Shangqing seemed to feel it, but he couldn't grasp it.

Li Huaitang said: "Didn't they want us to stay? As they had hoped, we withdrew overnight, leaving the empty camp to them. ”

"What does the general mean to retreat as advance?" Lu Shangqing suddenly understood that the Tuqi people under Xijian City must not have known the movements of Sulu Khan's army, and the hasty withdrawal of Ningyuan's iron cavalry would definitely make them think about it, and most of them would think that Sulu Khan's army had attacked from the east. As long as they judge so, they will inevitably follow the pursuit.

Li Huaitang looked resolute and said, "That's right, we are waiting for them halfway!" ”

When the Turks found that the main force of the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry under the city of Xijian City had left the camp, it was already early in the morning.

Suo Wenzhi was overjoyed at the news: "It must be Sulu Khan who is coming!" We chased them back and forth with the Great Khan! ”

"Wait. I'm afraid it's not that simple, let's send scouts to investigate before making a decision. "Eating a trench and growing wisdom, Que Yi is as difficult as eating Li Huaitang's losses enough, and the wind and grass can cause his doubts.

It's right to be cautious, but you also have to look at the time to see the object, a general's dissatisfaction is extreme, and he angrily asked: "Scout? Will our scouts fly? How do you get past the enemy and get to the west for information? It's what you said when the people of Shiguo arrived and fought again, and it was also you who said when Sulu Khan arrived and flanked, now it's all complete, you still have to wait, I doubt that you were cut off at the same time as your ears were cut, and even your guts were cut off together? If the Great Khan suffers losses due to the lack of troops this time, and we have absolute superiority and sit back and watch the enemy flee, who will be responsible for this crime? I don't know what you're afraid of, it's a disgrace to our Turgish warriors! ”

Que Yi is as 'colored' as a pig's liver, he is speechless, no one can afford this crime, he can't, he can't. Considering that his cavalry is twice as large as the enemy, and there are tens of thousands of Shiguo infantry covering behind, he can still retreat at worst, but if he misses the opportunity and makes Sulu Khan's army suffer, the guilt will be great.

Que Yi hesitated and fell silent. Without the restraint of elbows, the brave generals supported and encouraged, and instigated Suo, who had obvious fighting spirits, to launch a pursuit.

"Pursue, kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" Suo made up his mind, he wanted to be ashamed.

The turquoise soldiers who had been holding back for a long time screamed wildly, and as soon as the order to pursue the decisive battle was issued, they couldn't suppress the belligerent factor in the blood in their bodies, and they were ready to go as fast as possible, and even the brave cavalry of the Fire Seeking Country who had come from thousands of miles were also impressively listed. I heard that they were going to pick up cheap, and no one was far behind, and the most depressed were the infantry who did not have war horses, and they were envious but could not do anything.

Looking down from Xijian City, Heizi saw tens of thousands of iron horsemen rushing to the east, towards Ning Yuan's iron horsemen who retreated last night, and his heart was both nervous and excited. The battle between the two armies was about to break out, and he was full of confidence in the general, and the battle was about to be sent soon, and he was a little expectant, the greater the results, the more favorable it would be for his defensive battle.

The "Snow Ball" is the new companion of the Flying Eagle, and it is the proud work of the Eagle that came back last winter, so the "White 'Jade' Claw" has a companion. With the two goshawks, the range of early warning before and after the Ningyuan Iron Cavalry suddenly expanded, and they could also take turns on duty, increasing the time they were in the air, and they didn't have to worry about missing the enemy's situation.

Li Huaitang chose the battlefield in the middle of the west key city of Ningyuan City, whether it was to defend or attack the terrain here was the most favorable to him, the terrain was selected to be high in the east and low in the west, if the pursuers wanted to attack, they had to pass through a slope first.

Twelve thousand Tiger Cavalry soldiers lined up on the slope, and more than 5,000 strong crossbowmen stood at the forefront, the crossbow strings were tightly fastened, and the arrows were in the groove, and in front of them was a stone wall half a man high, composed of countless stones, and when the enemy approached, he only needed to raise his feet to kick the stones down the slope, and the sudden appearance of the slope of stones would inevitably cause trouble to the attacking Turgish. Behind the crossbowmen were thousands of soldiers in the spear and shield array, all holding longbows and waiting for them at the moment, they were in a phalanx of 500 people, and there was a gap between the phalanx, so that the retreating crossbowmen could continue to use the crossbows to block the follow-up enemy forces by reaching behind them. Because the Mo Sword Formation has not yet been trained, the strong Mo Sword Fighters unfortunately missed this battle.

On the left flank of the Tiger Cavalry were the Flying Tiger Cavalry soldiers, who dismounted their horses and exchanged their weapons for long bows before the enemy arrived.

It was still the sky that first came the alarm, and then the eagle listened to the sound again to confirm that the enemy was approaching.

The legendary goshawk's alarm was finally confirmed, but when he thought that he had 50,000 cavalry in his hands, a faint trace of worry was quickly forgotten by him, and he did not believe that he could not defeat the enemy with his superiority in strength.

It was past noon when the two armies faced each other, and the cold north wind was howling, as if it was shouting and cheering for the upcoming decisive battle between the two sides, and as if it was howling for the life that was about to die.

Suo Linzhen is experienced, he is not in a hurry to attack, the initiative is in his hands, the physical exertion of chasing people from afar is too much, and rashly engaging will only cheapen the opponent, so he chooses to line up and repair. The defender occupies the advantage of the geographical advantage, and the attacking side must attack from the back, which is not conducive to the play of speed, and the terrain is narrow, and the right flank of the defender is cut off and there is no road.

Although it did not match the imagination, Sulu Khan did not appear in the enemy's rear, but the Turgish people did not care at all, the advantage in strength made them have no scruples, and the battle intention was "exposed" on the Turgish knights who were eager to try, and the morale could not be dold, Suo had already made up his mind, and one after another orders were passed to the ears of every general with the heralds running back and forth in front of the formation, including the main general of the cavalry of the Fire Search Country, 'Hua' Razi, who received the order to serve as the vanguard to assault the opponent's infantry formation.

Hua Razi brought 5,000 camel cavalry from Huoxun country, it was the Turgish who promised him a large amount of silk and 'women' before he used his blood, these 5,000 knights were all warriors of a hundred battles, and the harsh environment in the desert tempered their strong combat power and tenacious will. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon