Chapter 355: Great War Nineteen
Of course, Li Ji would not ignore the 20,000 people, and Liu Shili's 10,000 horses immediately rushed over diagonally to plug the loophole, which Li Ji left specifically for them, just to lure out the last 20,000 people.
Just when the Bei Daguan and the crossbow were losing and leading the people to charge, Li Daozong and Qin Qiong, with the infantry formation, slowly moved forward to the beat of the drum.
Walked to a stone's throw from the Turks, abruptly stopped, and parted a large road from the middle.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! "A group of behemoths, with heavy steps, appeared in front of the Turks.
It turned out that Li Daozong used the sound of drums and the sound of the marching pace of the army to cover the footsteps of the elephants, and used a large number of flags to block the sight of the Turks.
The thousand elephants led by Feng Daiwu had long been hidden in Yizhou by Li Daozong as a killer weapon, which was one of the reasons why Li Ji decided to immediately fight a decisive battle with the Turks.
"Moo!" A thousand tall war elephants, clad in rattan armor and making a loud cry, with their long noses up, ran under the drive of the knights, their heavy feet crumbling to the ground, making the ground tremble, and their white teeth glistening.
Some of the Turks may have seen elephants, but so many of them have never been seen before, and they are so tall and like monsters, they are very afraid from the bottom of their hearts, and when they see the elephants appear, the Turks have begun to panic.
The war horses had never seen monsters much taller than themselves, and the loud neighing sound made them even more frightened, and no matter how the Turks appeased them, the war horses were in chaos.
A thousand war elephants, lined up as they advanced, pressed over like a high mountain, and kept roaring.
Accompanying the war elephants were 5,000 vine armor soldiers, of which 1,000 were riders, 3,000 archers, and 1,000 sword and shield soldiers, who rushed forward under the leadership of Feng Daiwu, and the army commanded by Li Daozong and Qin Qiong followed.
The Turks came to block the troops in the city, and although they were cavalry, they could only block them, but the appearance of war elephants had caused these people to be in a mess, and the horses were neighing and scurrying, making people turn on their backs.
"Brush! Brush! Brush! "The elephant archers were the first to act.
"Ahh Yes! Yes! "The Turks, who were already in disarray, were still on guard, and many of them were shot and screamed.
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
Li Daozong, Qin Qiong saw that this opportunity was rare, and he didn't have to settle for many formations, so he immediately shouted and led the army to rush forward quickly.
War elephants rushed into the Turks, all the way on a rampage, those who stood in front were knocked away, if they fell to the ground, were trampled by the legs of elephants, it was simply miserable, many elephants stepped on will not die immediately, will be in a variety of strange postures, slowly waiting for death.
Others were trampled on in the arms and thighs, which were completely powder fractures, lying down and wailing......
The cavalry that stood still was inferior to the infantry, not as agile as the infantry, without long weapons, and unable to reach the infantry on the ground.
The Tang soldiers rushed to the Turkic pile, it was simply picking up people's heads, they only needed to wave the weapons in their hands, and the harvest was just that, and the chaotic Turks had no backhand power.
In the face of the terrifying war elephants, many women and children were the first to run out, like monster-like war elephants, which was really unacceptable to the Turks, and brought huge psychological pressure, and saw the elephants with a clanging pace, unswervingly running over, the long teeth are also so terrible, and the thick nose can pull people up.
was almost slaughtered by the Tang Dynasty, the Turks quickly rushed and fled in all directions, and many Tang soldiers grabbed the war horses and began to chase and kill.
Feng Daiwu commanded the elephant soldiers to continue to charge towards the crowded place, and the archers in the elephant soldiers were all excellent hunters selected by Lingnan, trained, and all of them were masters of playing with bows and arrows.
And a thousand sword shield soldiers are the existence of guards, covering the archers' attacks, eliminating the living mouths along the way, not giving the slightest chance to hurt the archers, especially if they are injured by war elephants, they must make up for a knife, the prey, or die at ease.
Feng Daiwu led the war elephants and slowly chased after the Turks, Qin Qiong and the others were also far away from them, mainly the elephants rushed into battle, and the image left on them was too profound, it was simply impossible for people to resist, even if Qin Qiong was brave, he didn't want to get too close.
Although the group could not catch up with the Turks on horseback, they still pursued them and drove the Turks far away, occupying their camp by chance.
Leaving elephant soldiers to guard the camp and capture the prisoners, Li Daozong hurriedly commanded the men to gather the war horses in the Turkic camp, intending to bring the cavalry back to help.
"I've seen the Wing Kingdom!" Feng Daiwu walked up to Qin Qiong, who was waiting, and saluted.
"Good boy! Terrible! Qin Qiong praised with a smile.
"Hey, hey! You've won a prize! Feng Daiwu smirked, touched his head and said.
"The old man didn't talk nonsense, although he is not as good as your second brother, but he can stand in the army with elephant soldiers alone." Qin Qiong glanced at the war elephant in the distance and said with a little emotion.
You must know that elephant soldiers are not like cavalry, they can be carried by a general, and they must have special people to train and command, this is Feng Daiwu, and it can also be said that it is unique to the Feng family.
Being able to control such a huge force alone cannot be underestimated by anyone, which is also the reason why Qin Qiong sighed.
In the face of Qin Qiong's praise, Feng Daiwu didn't know how to answer, just smiled innocently.
"Wu Guogong is so blessed, all your brothers are not comparable to ordinary people." Qin Qiong thought about Feng Daiwen's brothers, and felt that the Feng family was deeply rooted, at least their generation had a stable status in Datang, and there would be no mistakes.
"Brother Huaiyu is also very powerful, they are all on one side, and the second brother often lets us learn from him." Feng Daiwu raised his head and said.
"Hey, hey! Take a good look at it, the old man is gone. Hearing that someone had broken his son, Qin Qiong was also very happy, and when he saw that the cavalry had already assembled, he told him to ride his horse and set off.
Li Daozong, Qin Qiong collected nearly 5,000 war horses, plus personal guards, a total of 5,000 people, and rushed towards the main battlefield.
Ten miles away, soon arrived, and before he got close to the battlefield, he found that a Turkic rout army was coming, and hurriedly commanded the army to meet it.
It turned out that when they defeated this part of the Turks, someone found out on the battlefield in the distance, but they didn't know the situation, and then everyone chased and killed, and there was no one outside the city gate, which made the Turks panic.
Although the war elephants did not affect the men and horses on the cavalry battlefield, and the cries of the war elephants were also covered by the huge shouts of killing, the tall figure of the war elephants was still discovered by many people.
(End of chapter)