Chapter 35: The Battle of Dingxiang

The armor of the Tang army shimmered with golden light in the sunlight, and in the snow-white ice and snow scenery, the drums and horns sounded in the sky, and in the melee, the two sides were stained with blood into red clay like rouge, which condensed into purple at night.

The battle outside the city was endless, the frost and snow were heavy before dawn, the weather was cold, even the drums were dull, the Tang army and the Turks fought a bloody battle, the sound of killing shook the sky, the Tang army was all cavalry with strong mobility, relying on the excellent blades to harvest countless morale and the Turkic souls.

The poorly equipped Turkic army suffered losses in the confrontation with the Tang army's blades, and countless swords and axes somersaulted and flew away at the unlucky ghosts. Pity those unlucky ghosts who didn't have time to parry, and they were smashed by countless swords and axes of Party B, and countless casualties were inflicted.

The Turkic army composed of different tribes, whose morale plummeted, fought separately, ran and ran, and the Turks who were alone or in small groups were surrounded by the brothers of the Tang army on the battlefield, and were chopped into meat by countless blades.

The remnants of the Turkic people who lost their fighting spirit were torn apart, and under the silent blood-stained blood of Cheng, they led the troops to charge and kill angrily, and their heads flew and they were so frightened that their souls were scattered, and they only hated that their legs and feet were short, and they all cried for their fathers and mothers to flee for their lives......

On the side of the city, Jieli Khan commanded more than 30,000 relatives and tribes to storm the city, which rabble coalition army dragged Cheng Biting Jin cavalry, as long as he went all out to capture Dingxiang City, Cheng Biting Jin's main force was the lost dog.

The corpses of Dingxiang City Tower are all over the field, all the corpses of the Tang Army and the corpses of the Turks, the city gate tower is full of dense arrows, the Tang Army fought bloodily and slashed the Turks with the barrier knife, and the Turks who climbed up the city fell down one after another.

"Kill!!"

The fierce battle outside Dingxiang City was in full swing, Li Decheng and Wei Chi Bao's bed reinforcements arrived in time, wearing a full set of armor, knives, spears, bows and arrows, in front of the lancer phalanx, as the main force of the attack, and behind there was a sword cavalry column, responsible for the mobile roundabout troops, ready to pursue the scattered enemy.

In the Tang Dynasty, both infantry and cavalry used phalanxes, mostly with "capital" as the basic combat unit, equivalent to a modern "company", lancers and cavalry were all wearing heavy armor, acting as the vanguard, responsible for resisting such as locust arrows, and at the same time responsible for resisting the occasional strong enemy who rushed in front of them, and the rest were sword cavalry or archers.

In the actual battle, the army does not need to give orders from the main general, each listens to the orders of the main and deputy captains, and shoots one person with eight arrows, so there is almost no miss, and there is an unstoppable momentum, and the demoralized Turkic army has long lost its fighting spirit, and the main force of the siege and the containment force are completely broken and collapsed after being charged by the reinforcements.

Compared with the elite Tang army, the Turkic side was extremely shabby, not only did it not have armor, but even the few shields, spears and bows and arrows that were only a few were incomplete, so the lineup was backward and suffered, and it was difficult to resist the fierce attack of the Tang army.

Tens of thousands of Turkic troops had no fighting spirit and fled blindly, and the number of reinforcements was limited, and it was difficult to pursue and defeat the army for a while, and they were afraid of accidentally injuring the people in the melee, so the battle array advanced very cautiously, and outflanked and suppressed the Turks who had no time to flee.

The Tang Army's forward reinforcements arrived, and Jieli Khan shouted with red eyes: "Rush, rush for me......"

Jieli Khan personally guarded the general, killed a Tang cavalry and ran to persuade him to retreat: "Great Khan, Tang army support is coming, retreat!" ”

The red-eyed Jieli Khan put a knife against the neck of the guard, and the general, who regarded death as home, closed his eyes sincerely, hoping to wake up the Jieli Khan who had lost his mind with his death.

Woowoo......

The sound of the horn of the charge came from the left rear flank, and the crimson eyes of Jieli Khan gradually returned to normal, and his face changed greatly when he looked in the direction of the left rear flank, and Li Jing's army appeared overwhelmingly, and the army contained in the rear had already collapsed.

Jieli Khan gritted his teeth and shouted: "Withdraw!" ”

The excited Turkic soldiers climbed up the city one after another, and fell down one after another, and Jieli Khan retreated without a horn to collect his troops, and fled the battlefield with only a few thousand people, leaving the rest behind to contain Cheng Yanjin and others.

The short-tempered Cheng Biting Jin killed the Quartet, seeing that Jieli Khan was about to break through the blockade, he was stopped by a group of minions and Turkic soldiers, and he was so angry that he scolded: "Grandma is a bear, go and kill that old Turkic thief, don't let him escape!" ”

There are too many inexhaustible Turkic soldiers, Cheng Biting Jin's hands are numb, but there are too many Turkic soldiers and it is difficult to rush out, and he can't chase him out to kill Jieli Khan, and the blood stains Cheng Biting Jin's entire armor red.

The exhausted Cheng Chumo had no strength to spare, feeling that his hands were no longer his own hands, if it weren't for the protection of his loyal subordinates around him, Cheng Chumo estimated that he would fall down after being hit at will, and the ground was full of countless corpses.

On this side of the city tower, the city tower that is about to fall is constantly killed, Yin Li, who has no time to escape, is trapped in the city tower, the ground is full of corpses with sloppy feet, and the Yin who was stabbed several times in the melee, plus the internal injuries affect the face like wax, and he regrets not slipping away earlier, and now he is trapped in the city tower and it is difficult to fly in the melee.

Laugh at......

Yin Li, who was holding a knife to save himself, spurted out of his mouth, and the obstacle knife in his hand was cut down by two Turkic people who played with his life, and Yin Li, who was injured in the ribs, was overwhelmed, and sat in the bloody city gate tower in embarrassment.

Finished!

The cruel end of life is doomed, and his eyes are dilated, and he feels that everything is over, property, status, honor, and life...... Everything has been abandoned far away, and in the stiff mind, a sad question mark is drawn.

Yin Li resigned himself to his fate and closed his eyes, knowing that Cheng Biting Jin was unreliable and slipped away, now it's okay, life is going to be lost here, the girl didn't soak it, the money earned was not spent, and all the hopes of life collapsed without a trace, so cold and silent, like a passing dream.

"Staff Yin, hurry, go!" Huasheng's heavenly voice appeared like an angel, and Yin Li was dumbfounded when he opened his eyes.

Two bloody holes appeared in Huasheng's chest, two bloody knives pierced his chest, Huasheng blocked the knife for Yin Li with his body, when Yin Li opened his eyes, Huasheng showed a resolute gaze, and in Yin Li's shocked gaze, he hit back hard and fell into the city tower with the two Turks.

Yin Li screamed and shouted: "Huasheng!! ”

When Yin Li picked up the ground barrier knife to take revenge, Wang Mao grabbed Yin Li and said with tears streaming down his face: "Staff Yin, go quickly, don't let Hua Sheng die in vain!" ”

Li Jing's reinforcement horn sounded, knowing that the reinforcements had arrived, Wang Mao desperately protected the internal injuries of Yin Li to evacuate the tower, and now the Turks have become the courage of the trapped beasts, and they will only be more auspicious than good luck in their stay, and Cheng Chumo has also explained that he must protect Yin Li's thoughtfulness.

While resisting the stairs of the city, Li Tai suddenly broke through and slashed Wang Mao, raising his knife to slash at Yin Li with a hideous face: "Untouchables, you give this king to die!" ”