Chapter 632: A New Star
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A wave of tips from the G brothers. )
The rain of arrows was dense and ferocious, and the Tibetan cavalry was in disarray, and thousands of cavalry archers fired arrows everywhere in the surrounding area with the intention of counterattacking. But their rain of arrows is not as ferocious and dense as **. Although there are only 8,000 Jiannan cavalry, under the idea of merging and transforming Wang Yuan's arms, these 8,000 cavalry are not only good at charging into battle, but also cavalry archers with bows.
On the other hand, the Tibetan cavalry, with 20,000 cavalry, only had 5,000 full-time cavalry archers, and the rest of the cavalry played melee roles. Therefore, in this battle of bows and arrows, the number of archers was at a disadvantage. What's more, the Jiannan army launched a surprise attack and completely defeated the Tubo cavalry. Before the Tibetan soldiers and horses launched an effective counterattack, ** had already taken the opportunity to shoot thousands with bows and arrows.
The long-range was followed by close combat, and with the earth-shattering shout, the Jiannan cavalry charged down from the hillsides on both sides. Like two huge waves surging down from the hillside, crashing on the formation of the Tibetans. The Tubo soldiers, who were already crowded in the valley, were even more chaotic, and were scattered by the cavalry of the Jiannan Army and fell into a melee.
At the narrow crossing in front of the valley, Liu Jun sacrificed his Kunlun Nu meat grinder Dafa, and his Kunlun Nu cavalry guards had reached two hundred, all of whom were physically strong and large men carefully selected by Liu Jun. The mission of these two hundred Kunlun slaves is to protect Liu Jun on a rampage. They wore heavy helmets, rode the strongest horses in the army, and held heavy weapons such as copper sticks, gourd hammers, axes, machetes, etc. This is the heavy cavalry that Wang Yuan hopes to have, although the number is small, but it is as unshakable as an iron wall.
These Kunlun slaves, who were as strong as oxen, tightly protected Liu Jun and rushed into the Tubo army, killing people like cutting melons and vegetables. The way they kill people is also terrifying, and the big copper sticks are swept on people, and the Tibetan soldiers will be swept away. When the big gourd hammer is rammed on the head, it will directly smash the person's head and helmet flat. Machetes and axes will split the opponent's body as long as they hit the opponent. Like a flock of tigers entering a flock of sheep, the crushing of light cavalry by heavy cavalry is as terrible as the crushing of cavalry against infantry.
Liu Jun didn't need to worry about his own safety at all under their protection, and the silver spear in his hand flew up and down, always stabbing his opponent's body at the right time. Although they may have had their heads cut off by the Kunlun slaves around them, Liu Jun didn't care, so he killed people and counted: "Eighteen ...... Nineteen...... Twenty ......". In fact, even if he counted all the enemies killed by the Kunlun slaves on his own head, these people had no opinion. Because these Kunlun slaves are the most loyal people in the world today, their existence is to serve the master, but there is no such thing as stealing merit.
These two hundred Kunlun slaves were like a heavy tank, crushing and interspersing in the formation of the Tubo people, stirring up the center of the Tubo cavalry. Behind them, countless Jiannan cavalry rushed back and forth around the heavy tank, further tearing apart the enemy formation scattered by the Kunlun Nu cavalry.
Another comparable torrent of slaughter was the 2,000 cavalry led by Geshuhan. Li Guangbi led 2,000 people on the top of the cliff at the entrance to the valley. Originally, Liu Jun asked Ge Shuhan to also be responsible for pushing down boulders and trees on the top of the cliff to block the enemy's retreat, because in Liu Jun's opinion, the 4,000 cavalry of the Northern Route Army could no longer fight. But Geshuhan insisted on charging and killing the enemy, and 2,000 cavalry also expressed their willingness to follow him to charge and kill. Liu Jun couldn't help him, although Liu Jun was confident that his 8,000 cavalry was enough, but if he had more than 2,000 helpers fighting head-on, it would be a good thing, so he agreed to him.
Geshuhan and the two thousand cavalry can be said to have killed the enemy with hatred. The humiliation of the past few days and the humiliation of the bereaved dog-like rout is incomprehensible. With great anger and shame, the more than 2,000 cavalry of the Northern Route broke out with great combat effectiveness. Under the leadership of Geshuhan, they ran over the crowd like a train, bleeding and countless corpses everywhere they went.
**'s ambush has caused chaos among the Tubo people, and **'s bravery has made the Tubo people even more frightened. Without knowing the enemy's situation, everyone in the Tibetan cavalry was in danger. Although they fought hard, they had been waiting for the general to give the order to retreat, and they were ready to escape.
Finally, General Danba's order to withdraw from the valley came, and the psychological last line of defense of all the Tibetan cavalry collapsed in an instant. At the sound of an order, the army was defeated. Tens of thousands of cavalry scrambled to retreat to the mouth of the valley. Although the entrance to the valley is blocked by boulders and trees, after all, there are more than 100 steps between the two cliffs, and the back road cannot be cut off in a short time. It was precisely because he saw the hope of escape that Danba ordered an immediate evacuation. If the back road is really blocked, then there is only a fight to the end.
This is actually Liu Jun's cleverness. Following Wang Yuan to learn a lot of knowledge in the book of war, Liu Jun not only learned the art of war, but also learned what he learned to put it into practice. In the arrangement of this battle, Liu Jun used the method of encircling three queyi in the siege plan, deliberately leaving an escape road, so that the Tubo people would not fight desperately. Because Liu Jun himself understands that after all, his troops are less than half of his opponent's, and once he really fights to the death, there may not be a good result.
Therefore, Liu Jun's strategy was to hit the Mongolian and Tibetan people first, so that they could not figure out their heads. No matter how ferocious the rush is, it makes them tremble and chill. In this case, the opponent does not know the details, and if there is a way to escape, he will definitely choose to retreat. This is a kind of combat mentality.
But even if they want to escape, it can't make it so easy and enjoyable for them to escape. Therefore, the boulders and trees dropped on the cliffs on both sides are not only a psychological deterrent to annihilate all opponents in the valley, which makes the Tubo people more worried, but also an obstacle to the escape of the Tubo people. Even if they can escape, slow them down and let your men and horses inflict more damage on the enemy.
I have to say that Liu Jun has a high talent in military affairs, and this battle is the first time he has led the army independently.
As expected, the obstacle at the mouth of the valley made the retreat of the Tibetan soldiers extremely slow and awkward. At the mouth of the valley, there were only a few dozen paces left wide, and the ground was full of sharp rocks falling from huge rocks. The panicked Tubo cavalry rushed out lifelessly, many people directly hit the trunk rocks, and many people's war horses were injured by sharp stones, slipped and fell out and became dead souls under the horses' hooves.
In the rear, the slashing of the cavalry of the Jiannan Army was like a leather whip that tended to them rushing out of the valley, and they fled desperately, and even after you didn't long, they smashed the trunks of several large trees with their bodies and horses, knocked several huge stones out of position, and widened the exit by more than a dozen steps.
After a nightmarish hour, 9,000 lucky men of the Tibetan cavalry escaped from the valley. They galloped across the wilderness, not daring to even glance at the valley behind them, which gave them nightmares.
Danba is among the lucky ones, and Langa is among the lucky ones. However, neither Danba nor Langa was in the mood to quarrel. Danba thought that when he returned, he would definitely put the blame on Langa, if it weren't for this fool saying that there could be no ambush, he wouldn't have been so defeated. What Langa thought was that Danba, a fool, as a leading general, did not have the slightest opinion, I just said it casually, and he believed it. He didn't even send soldiers and horses to explore the way. Could it be that if I let him eat, he won't be able to eat? After going back, you must report this to General Wangmu, so that General Wangmu understands that this Danba is a fool who has no opinions.
At the mouth of the valley, Liu Jun rode his horse and stood on the slope to watch the figures of the Tubo people fleeing in a hurry, and listened to the sound of their fleeing hooves rumbling and disappearing in the dark night, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. This battle was the first battle he had made a decision to design alone, and Liu Jun's small heart was actually hanging from the beginning of the battle. But as the battle progressed step by step according to his own vision, Liu Jun finally understood how important the art of war and strategies he had learned from Wang Yuan before. 'Plan and then act, and the result will appear spontaneously, like holding a palm. Wang Yuan once said that Liu Jun only really understood it now.
"Hahaha, it's so enjoyable, it's so enjoyable. Kill more than 10,000 enemies at the cost of only 2,000 men. General Liu, you really admire yourself. What I didn't say, what I said counts, from now on, you can tell people that you are my brother Shuhan's brother-in-law. Geshuhan laughed and rode his horse out of the valley and shouted.
Liu Jun smiled slightly: "It's thanks to the handsome brother Shu." But you are too old, more than twenty years older than my stepfather, and if I marry you as brothers, wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to see my stepfather? ”
Ge Shuhan was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "I didn't expect this. That's it, all in all, I admire General Liu very much. In time, General Liu Xiao will undoubtedly be my famous general in the Tang Dynasty. ”
Liu Jun arched his hand and smiled: "Don't dare to be, my little ability is not as good as my father-in-law's fur." If my father-in-law had come to fight this battle, I am afraid that none of these Tibetans would have been able to get out alive. ”
Ge Shuhan was surprised: "If Wang Jiedu is really as you say, then my brother Shuhan will be willing to be sent by him." ”