9. Baijia Mountain meets the enemy
When the 4,000 cavalry of the Tang Army, including the Yicong cavalry of the Yelong clan, chased them to the forty miles northwest of Gyeongju City, the first thing they caught was the bone tail of the rear, men and women together, a total of 5,000 tents, and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, but there were no horses, let alone war horses, so they could only rely on their feet, difficult and slow trek to Maling.
When the Bone Tail Fan Luo saw the hillside behind him, the Tang cavalry chased up violently, and once the black and white Pixiu battle flag appeared in their eyes, the Bone Tail Fan Luo immediately "exploded": the chiefs and handsomes had no horses, so they stepped on the camels, drilled into the gaps, and began to run for their lives, and more Fan Luo people could only scream, pull the cattle with both hands, and then run with their feet, and were thrown farther and farther away by the chiefs.
They also hoped that the Tang army could rest due to fatigue, but the speed of the cavalry was much faster, especially the party war horses under their crotch were even more miraculous, and soon the Tang army stretched its galloping wings and rushed to the high ground on both sides of the bone tail, and then the central front also launched a surprise attack:
The 4,000 Tang cavalry were divided into three major directions, and different teams dispersed, leveling the horse lance and horse fork, or wielding a simple knife and mace, and launched a cruel and fierce pursuit of the bone tail and the fall.
Luo Shrimp at the tail of the bone, only thirteen years old at this time, he saw that the people next to him, including his parents, were running with their heads in their hands, and a group of women were cursing in despair and annoyance, they wanted to fight with the pursuers, but they did not have any weapons in their hands to fight - soon, arrows were whistling, flying from both sides of Luo Shrimp, first sparse, then dense and very rhythmic, which indicated that the Tang Army was getting closer and closer, and the arrows of "Woo Xiu" and "Hu Xiu" were from the top of Luo Shrimp's head, or from the side of the shoulder, swept over, frightened his scalp numb, and his steps became more and more messy.
Soon one of Luo Xiazi's sisters screamed, and an arrow pierced her back, and the sister slid forward on her back, and fell into the long grass, silently, and countless human feet and cow and sheep hooves ran around her.
It was a sunny day in July, and the entire field on the east bank of the Maling River was unobstructed by light and smoke.
Luo Xiazi's sister was shot to death in broad daylight like this, or trampled to death, who knows?
She was just one of the thousands of bone-tailed members who suffered at the same time.
More and more people were shot down, and the chieftain's surname ran away again, "Even if you get to Maling, what can you do!" This is the general psychology of the entire Tibetan people.
At this time, the cavalry of the Tang army had savagely rushed in, and with the shouting and scolding of the Chinese language, the panicked Luo Xiazi fell to the ground, and the few sheep that his father had told him to take good care of in advance did not know where to run away - in his frightened eyes, a Tang cavalryman was wearing fine chain mail in the style of Xifan, and the men and horses were covered with beads of sweat, shouting, and then holding the sharp Pu knife in both hands, with the strength of the horse, a party member splashed a dazzling blood on the back shoulder, and fell under the horse's hooves, and the back ridge was cut open. The flesh and fur of the clothes turned out at the same time, mixed with the grass mustard raised in the air, so that the fishy smell immediately penetrated into the nasal cavity of Luo shrimp, making him gag.
More cavalrymen followed with swords and lances, killing everyone they could see.
In front of Luo Xiazi's eyes, the human head was kicked around under the horse's hooves, and the blood-stained mustard covered his braids, and he broke down and was frightened silly, until a noose was put around his neck and dragged him to the ground......
After the destruction of the bones, the cavalry of the Fan Xi Dynasty began to clear the battlefield, and used ropes to pull more than 3,000 surrendered party men and women, including Luo Shrimp, back to the camp.
Almost at the same moment, Ming Huaiyi led the second battle horse, also with a total of 4,000 people, who had already taken over the gallop, and began to cross the battlefield full of corpses and continue to pursue.
In the evening, the second cavalry captured the two camper tents of Ah Bury and Wei Xi, and set fire to the camper tents of the two campers, which were filled with fire, so that they could be seen in the city of Gyeongju, and everyone was thrilled.
After a full night of scuffle and slaughter, Ah Bury and Wei Xiluo, who were squeezed to the bank of the Maling River, saw that the third cavalry of the Tang family had arrived under the command of Gao Gu, and begged for surrender in complete despair.
This time, Ming Huaiyi and Gao Gu did not rush to kill them all, because they had received orders in advance, and those who were willing to surrender along the road were acceptable—since Gao Yue's previous deterrence had worked, there was no need to kill all the precious laborers.
When it comes to fighting, Gao Yue likes to calculate and measure costs and benefits.
After that, Gao Gu and Ming Huaiyi combined 8,000 cavalry, carrying the food and straw needed for three days' men and horses, and continued to pursue the other fleeing party items.
As a result, at noon the next day, there was a herald Si Yuhou who was full of sweat, galloped to Dachangyuan, where the Gaoyue tent was located, and shouted that the thirteen surnamed Dangxiang Fan who had been ordered to be pursued and annihilated by the previous section had fallen into the mountains and rivers, and had surrendered in the wilderness more than 50 miles south of the Maling Mountains, and that I had captured more than 21,000 men and women, and more than 100,000 cattle and sheep!
Then plus the gains from the previous attack on the three clans of Qiaoshan, the total number of raw mouths obtained is no less than 30,000.
"Without the party of war horses, even two-legged sheep are not as good." Gao Yue said in his heart.
He would not miss such a great opportunity, which means that he had no intention of giving up until he completely wiped out the party in Gyeongju.
Gao Yue asked Su Yan, the secretary of the expedition, to write Lubu, and quickly sent the description of the battle in Gyeongju to Daming Palace, and he deliberately wrote a piece of paper with a pen to invite the emperor to reward the soldiers who made specific meritorious contributions.
For the time being, Shu Hurong, the chief of the Great Zerg who did not know that the A-Bury, Wei Xi, Guwei, Qu Xibao, and Diao-Ji clans had been destroyed, was pulling more than 4,000 elites of his clan and marching towards Mubo Fort.
On the other hand, Ye Li Qi led nearly 6,000 children of the clan to march on the road to Maling.
Almost at the same time, a detachment composed of 3,600 generals of the second general of the Yining Army under the command of Fuyu Huai, and hundreds of artillery men of the fifth battalion of Feishan under Supu and Guo Zaizhen, had arrived at Baijiabao, 30 miles south of Mubo Fort, and was camping to rest.
Guo Zaizhen carried the scabbard on his shoulder, pointed to the beacon platform on the opposite valley, and suggested to Fuyu Huai: The valley here is winding, which is conducive to ambush, we will raise the beacon fire first, and then march there after getting a response.
Fuyu Huai also agreed, so the soldiers of the fifth battalion of Feishan piled up the reeds and grass they brought with them into three parts, lit them one by one, and soon the orange flames rose into the air.
Soon, the beacon fire on the opposite side rose, but it was emitting black wolf smoke.
"In the valley, there is a party Xiang Fanzi haunting!" Guo Zaizhen, Fuyu Huai, and Su Pu immediately judged.
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