"Are you coming for us?" Su Dingfang was also taken aback when he heard that there were tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's army around.

"I didn't know at first, but now that we can find them, they can naturally find us, and now the closest to us is due south, there are 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers who have reached ten miles away, and 20,000 foot soldiers on the east and west sides are all in the north of our army, and now the three sides have a tendency to encircle." Qiu Xinggong didn't realize that Su Dingfang's sentence was useless, and he told all the military information he had inquired about.

Li Chengqian listened to it and thought about a big triangle, and he was surrounded by enemy troops, and he felt uncomfortable, but ......

Li Chengqian looked up and saw Su Dingfang and Qiu Xinggong's solemn faces, so he said indifferently: "If you find out, you will find out, we are all cavalry with one person and two horses, even if we can't beat it, we can escape from the north." ”

Before he said that, a gust of wind blew down a burst of falling pine needles, and Li Chengqian's face was all over his face, Liu Kui hurriedly cleaned up for Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian's eyes were staring at Su Dingfang and Qiu Xinggong tightly.

Su Dingfang and Qiu Xinggong looked at each other without saying anything, understanding that although Li Chengqian was unique in strategy, he was still far behind in terms of specific tactics.

The so-called invincibility of the cavalry is a rumor created by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in fact, in the Tang Dynasty, the infantry formation can often stop the cavalry from charging into battle. In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, the cavalry led by Li Shiji lost the battle with Xue Yantuo's infantry, and led the army to dismount and line up to defeat Xue Yantuo's infantry, and then Xue Wanche led the cavalry to pursue and win a complete victory.

Xue Yantuo's infantry fought against the cavalry of the Eastern and Western Turks in the process of rising, and Xue Yantuo's infantry tactically discharged arrows in array, crushing the opposing cavalry that was attacking with a dense rain of arrows.

The last time Li Chengqian led his troops to attack Xue Yantuo's tent, he first used gunpowder to deter the other party before successfully capturing the opponent's camp, and at that time, the Tang Dynasty and Li Simo had more than 20,000 people than Xue Yantuo, and with the help of the right time, place and people, they were able to achieve this great victory.

Now with 8,000 cavalry against Xue Yantuo's tens of thousands of foot soldiers, even if he can break out of their infantry array, he may not be able to shake off their cavalry pursuit.

What's more, Li Chengqian can't have any accidents in the army, so Su Dingfang and Qiu Xinggong didn't dare to choose a breakthrough battle.

Li Chengqian saw that as soon as his words came out, Su Dingfang and Qiu Xinggong were all silent, and he understood that this matter might not be so easy, so he helped Liu Kui to stand up slowly, looked at Su Dingfang, and said seriously: "This battle is handed over to General Su to be fully responsible." ”

Su Dingfang showed a touched look on his face, and solemnly saluted Li Chengqian and said, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Su Dingfang straightened up as he spoke, and a momentum of contemplating the world rose on him, and he turned back to the guards beside him and said, "Go and gather everyone here." ”

Qiu Xinggong, who was standing next to him, saw that Su Dingfang's every move was a general's demeanor, and he nodded unconsciously and said to Li Chengqian: "On the way back, the minister has already sent spies to inquire in all directions, and he should come back later." ”

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, then turned back to look at Liu Kui and said, "Go and tell all the spies to do their best to help General Su win this battle." ”

"Slave obeys!" Liu Kui bowed down when he heard this.

Qiu Xinggong understood what Li Chengqian meant, looked at Su Dingfang and said: "General Su is fully responsible for this battle, if it is useful to get Qiu's place, just command." ”

Su Dingfang hurriedly said when he heard this: "General Qiu is polite. ”

After a while, Cheng Wuting, Li Simo and more than a dozen generals of the East Palace came to Li Chengqian to rest under the pine tree.

Su Dingfang simply explained the current situation to everyone, and Li Chengqian once again appointed Su Dingfang as the commander-in-chief of this battle in front of everyone.

The generals knew that the situation was urgent, and they all cheered up and listened to Su Dingfang's arrangement.

Su Dingfang narrowed his eyes and glanced around everyone's faces, and then said solemnly: "Now our army is still seven days away from Changze County, and it will take more than three days for the army behind to arrive at the earliest. So we only have two ways to break through or stick to the spot, breaking through with only 8,000 cavalry will definitely be seriously damaged, and we will be chased by the other side behind us, and there will definitely be enemy troops in front of the south, if we break through to the north, the enemy's cavalry will have at least 10,000 cavalry missing, I suspect that these cavalry will have rushed to the gourd valley behind us.

Moreover, even if we rush out of the Hulu Valley, Lingzhou City has insufficient troops, and there are only more than 40,000 people in General Wei Chi and the Turkic tribes, and it is very difficult to hold Lingzhou City.

Therefore, I would have decided to set up camp here and wait for reinforcements, and with the gunpowder in our hands, we should be able to hold on for more than seven days, and after three days, General Wei Chi will lead his troops south to inevitably contain a part of Xue Yantuo's troops. ”

Su Dingfang arranged this way, and he said that the breakout was seriously damaged, and what was more important was that Li Chengqian's safety could not be compromised. If Li Chengqian was injured or killed in battle during the breakout, it would not be the life or death of these 8,000 people, and the entire Datang would once again go to a crossroads.

The generals also vaguely understood, so they all nodded in agreement when they heard Su Dingfang's arrangement.

Seeing that everyone agreed with his strategy, Su Dingfang looked at Qiu Xinggong and said, "I was originally a young general who was ordered to set up camp, but now it seems that there can only be General Laoqiu." ”

Qiu Xinggong nodded when he heard this: "The current situation is naturally supervised by me. As he spoke, he walked to the hillside that Su Dingfang had chosen first.

Li Chengqian saw that the strategy had been decided, so he said to Liu Kui: "Give all the gunpowder to Cheng Wuting."

"Yes!" Liu Kui should go and arrange it.

Su Dingfang looked at Cheng Wuting walking to his side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "When the camp is repaired, you will protect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and retreat into the village, and you must protect His Royal Highness the Prince's safety." ”

In the past, the use of gunpowder was given priority to Xue Rengui, then Wang Fangyi, and then Wang Qun, and Cheng Wuting rarely touched gunpowder, but today Li Chengqian wants to hand over all the gunpowder they brought to Cheng Wuting, that is, Cheng Wuting is set to guard the camp.

"Obey." Cheng Wuting did not have a trace of excitement on his face when he received this heavy responsibility, only the perseverance to not give up until he reached his goal.

Su Dingfang arranged Cheng Wuting and then arranged others, and finally Su Dingfang arranged all the tasks, walked in front of Li Chengqian, clasped his hands into fists, and saluted Li Chengqian: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, since the enemy army in the south has come ten miles away, and when we find that our army is camped here, we will definitely send troops to attack and disturb it." In order to avoid the enemy's attack, the minister should lead a thousand cavalry to inspect the periphery, and if he encounters the enemy's advance, he should directly break it. ”

Li Chengqian knew that what Su Dingfang said was reasonable, so he nodded and said: "The general is careful, I can't be without the general at this time." ”

Su Dingfang's heart trembled slightly when he heard this, Li Chengqian has always treated him as a handsome talent, and he has the grace of knowing him, and he is also very optimistic about Li Chengqian's ability to govern the country and is willing to be used by Li Chengqian, so as long as he is within his ability, he doesn't want Li Chengqian to be hurt at all.

Su Dingfang stabilized his mind and saluted Li Chengqian again: "The minister has written it down." ”

Li Chengqian hurriedly helped Su Dingfang and said: "This time, the soldiers are in danger of war, let the soldiers eat and then set off." ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Su Dingfang said that he would arrange it.

Soon after Su Dingfang left, spies came back one after another, reporting on the enemy's advances in all directions.

According to the news obtained by the spies, it seems that Xue Yantuo's army marched north in three ways, and suddenly discovered that their Tang cavalry wanted to solve them first.

Except for the middle route army, which was only ten miles away from them, the other two route armies were still twenty miles, but just as Su Dingfang expected, the spies found the traces of Xue Yantuo's large number of cavalry in the north direction, and they should have occupied the main road behind them, Hulu Valley.

When Li Chengqian heard this, he immediately ordered someone to send these news to Su Dingfang, and then ordered Liu Kui to use the flying pigeon to send a message to all parties for help.

Su Dingfang took a thousand cavalry, left the place where Li Chengqian was camped, and went directly to the south, because only the enemy in the south had cavalry to launch a surprise attack on them.

Sure enough, he didn't go far before he heard the sound of rumbling horses' hooves in the distance, and a black line moved quickly in this direction a few miles away, and just by listening to the sound, he knew that the cavalry from the south was at least more than five thousand. Seeing this, Su Dingfang and the 1,000 cavalry behind him all stood on their horses, sat on their horses with their waists straight, and waited for the enemy to approach.

The sun has set in the west, and in front of it is a vast flat grassland, and it is almost the third month of the lunar calendar, and there are some tender green grasses emerging under the gray dead grass that is prostrating.

Su Dingfang watched all this, and later, this was his battlefield.

The sound of horses' hooves grew louder and louder, and the black line had turned into a black belt and galloped towards them.

Su Dingfang still sat firmly on the horse, lifting the spear expressionlessly, holding the barrel of the gun with one hand and holding the reins tightly with the other.

As the minutes passed, the enemy army was getting closer and closer, and Su Dingfang could already see the billowing smoke and dust behind the enemy, and he could hear the heavy breathing of the cavalry behind him in the rumbling sound of horses' hooves.

Soon the enemy army reached about 500 steps, and Su Dingfang could already see the color of the enemy troops stepping down the war horses in the distance, and he felt the pressure like a mountain and a sea in the face of thousands of troops and horses rushing into battle at such a close distance.

"Rush!"

With a loud roar, Su Dingfang shook the barrel of his gun and hit the war horse, and was the first to rush up against the same pressure as the mountain.

Su Dingfang did not mobilize the soldiers before the battle, but just roared loudly and then rushed forward, and a thousand Tang soldiers behind him rushed towards the mountains in front of him like a raging river.