Night, the dark blue night shrouded in the endless grassland, the pure sky seems to be the sapphire forgotten by the immortals, dotted with stars in the sky, one day after the army marched into Jinman and Luntai, the logistics and baggage troops of the Tang army arrived at the camp of the army one after another, at the same time that the army entered the camp, several horses on the high ground several miles away were watching the whereabouts of the Tang army from afar, for a long time, the leader waved his hand, and the number of horsemen quickly left the highlands, turned the horse's head and galloped south, and gradually disappeared into the night.

More than 30 miles away in a forest, 5,000 Qarlu cavalry has been gearing up, waiting for a fatal blow to the Tang army, there is no doubt that their target is the Tang army's logistics battalion, burning the Tang army's military rations, destroying the Tang army's baggage, this is also their real intention to evacuate Jinman, Luntai on the whole line, to show weakness to lure the Tang army to pursue, to open the distance between the logistics baggage and the main force, now it seems that their strategy has been successful.

Several war horses galloped from afar, rushed into the woods, and fused with the brigade of Qarluq cavalry, and in a moment, five thousand Qarluq cavalry started, they were like a knife out of the sheath, murderously rushed towards the Tang army's logistics camp.

Like all the nomads, the Qarluqs are skilled in horsemanship, and more wolf-like, they commit adultery and plunder, and have always been the notorious army of the entire Western Regions, although their individual abilities are extremely strong, but their weaknesses are also obvious, that is, they lack discipline, there is no discipline and formation in the battle of the large army, and they rely entirely on a momentum to attack the opponent. Of course. Their ability to impact the ground is also very impressive, and when fighting against weak peoples, they can often quickly break the will of the other side.

Five thousand horsemen galloped with iron hooves, swept by the wind, galloped on the steppe, and the thirty miles were for them in an instant, killing, plundering, burning, almost all of them had a picture of fire in their minds, and their eyes were already bloodshot. Under the pale starlight, a cold gaze unique to wolves was radiated.

The Tang army camp had been seen in the distance, and it seemed that the Tang army sentry had been seen in a panic, and the beast blood of the Qaluq people had boiled, and the scimitar was drawn out, flashing with a cold silver light.

The hundreds of cavalrymen who rushed to the front at 500 paces suddenly had an abnormality, and the war horses fell sharply, and suddenly fell to a large area, and the war horses neighed miserably, and the people turned over on their backs. The cavalry behind was unable to close the momentum, like dominoes, and collided and stepped on it. There was a wail in the wilderness.

Hit the trick! Some people began to wake up and were frightened, but it was too late, there was a bang around them, arrows came like a torrential rain, and the Qarluq cavalry fell one after another, screaming, exclaiming, and shouting, and the fighting spirit of the Qarluq cavalry was shattered in an instant. They began to break through from all sides, but the arrows of the Tang army seemed to be endless, and any cavalry that rushed to the front would be killed by a dense rain of arrows, and a full 10,000 Tang crossbowmen surrounded them, and to the north of the crossbowmen, black shadows and pupils. It was a wall that the Qarluq cavalry could not cross. 20,000 cavalry, Tang cavalry with a long lance and a horizontal sword at his waist. Their mission is to let no one slip through the net.

The arrows suddenly stopped firing, and there were more than 2,000 Qarluq cavalry, who formed a mountain with their shields, and squeezed into an irregular circle, stubbornly resisting, and at this moment, a loud trumpet sounded, and the crossbowmen quickly dispersed, and 20,000 cavalry rushed like a great tide, killing from all directions.

This is a ten-on-one killing, no gunpowder, no chariots, not even stones, it is completely the most primitive knife lance, people and people, Zhang Huan seems to use a bloody massacre, to sharpen the knives in the hands of the soldiers, to stimulate their fighting spirit and killing heart.

More than 2,000 Qarluq cavalry quickly collapsed under the onslaught of an enemy ten times their size, and in less than a quarter of an hour they were drowned in the monstrous black waves, while thousands of Tang troops searched around for enemy troops who might have slipped through the net.

Before dawn, the logistics army of the Tang Army continued to move westward

Luntai County (today Urumqi North), here is the westernmost administrative stronghold of the Beiting Protectorate, and then to the west is a series of castles to guard and capture, Zhang Huan personally led an army of 30,000 to arrive here two hours ago, Luntai County is already an empty city, the greedy Qarlu people will take away everything that can take away, even the wood of the house was demolished by them to burn the fire, the county town is empty, there is no one inhabitant, there are ruins everywhere, and the county government of Anxi to protect Guo Xiaokexiu was also razed to the ground.

Zhang Huan looked at this county town with four city walls left, his brows couldn't help but tighten, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Order the army to be stationed outside the city." The army immediately turned around and headed out of the city.

The current situation is favorable to the Tang army, but it is far from winning, the Qarluq people have withdrawn westward, but their withdrawal is only a tactical withdrawal, their ambition to go south has not been extinguished, they are like a group of wolves hiding in the distance waiting for an opportunity, once the Tang army goes south to fight with the Hui people, they will cover the army and kill back, reoccupy the north court, and even stab the Tang army in the back.

Therefore, only the annihilation of the main force of the Qarluqs is the way to long-term peace and stability, and the question is how to make the wolf-like cunning and greedy Qarluqs automatically send them to the door.

At noon on 20 June, less than two hours after the Tang army had just occupied Luntai County, the Tang army suddenly retreated on all fronts, and the withdrawal was so hasty that it did not even have time to pack up nearly half of the camp tents, the rice was still in the pot, the fire was only half extinguished in a hurry, and a large number of shoes and socks, blankets, and even some money and belongings of the soldiers could be seen everywhere in the camp tents.

Not only Luntai, but also the other 20,000 Tang troops who occupied Jinman also retreated in a hurry, it was obvious that something big happened in the rear of the Tang army, just after Zhang Huan retreated for half a day, the 50,000 Gelulu army swept from the west, they washed their greedy nature, disdained the Tang army's camp tents, food and other materials, and chased after the retreating Tang army non-stop. All this was expected by the Qarluqs.

Early in the morning of June 21. That is, five hours after the Tang army annihilated 5,000 sneak attack on the enemy army. The Qarluq people finally caught up with the Tang army in Shenxian Town, south of Jinman County, no! It should be said that it was the Tang army that waited for the main force of the Qarluqs.

A strong army from the east will face the most ferocious cavalry in the Yili River Valley, and a magnificent battle will slowly begin at the foot of the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains.

On the boundless prairie, the strong wind blew the pastures, the wind surged in the air, and large dark clouds sped low overhead. In the Tang army camp, the banners were hunting and fluttering in the wind, overwhelming, and the 20,000 Tang cavalry were lined up, they were dressed in black and bright bright light armor, holding long lances, bows and arrows on their backs, and round shields, and their horses seemed to be flying in the air, and their momentum was powerful and majestic.

Behind them, there was an invisible Tang army formation, Modao infantry, Thunderbolt chariot army, cavalry, and sword and shield army lined up in turn, and the 60,000 Tang army was already in full array.

On the biggest side under the banner of Tang Junlong. Zhang Huan, the general of the Tang Dynasty, was dressed in iron armor, a golden helmet on his head, and a war sword in his hand, and his eyes stared coldly into the distance.

Three miles away. The 50,000 Qarluq cavalry had already poured out, and they were like a large dark cloud floating from the west, without any formation, only divided into two armies, the front and the rear.

"The logistics of the Tang army have been broken by us, and their morale has been dispersed!" Dozens of Qarluq cavalrymen were repeatedly cheering up the soldiers, their fighting spirit was already burning, and the eyes of each cavalryman were full of excitement and expectation that they would not be afraid of death to defeat the Tang army. That means that a hundred years of groveling have been washed away by snow.

The same is true for the Tang army, the battle of Talas in the tenth year of Tianbao was also the defection of 10,000 Qarlu mercenaries, which led to the crushing defeat of the Tang army, and only a few thousand of the 20,000 Anxi army, the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty, were able to break through.

And now, the betrayer of the year is already strong, so strong that he can fight with Datang. In a way. This is all the more a battle to safeguard the dignity of the nation.

"Kill!" Gelulu Yehu roared, and the 30,000 former army erupted into a wild scream. The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder on the ground, and it was like a mountain torrent erupting, enveloping the killing of all the wilderness, and the dense Qarluq cavalry roared to cover the Tang army, and it was this monstrous murderous aura and impact that made them kill in the Western Regions, exterminating one weak nation after another, and making his land continue to expand south and west.

Three miles, two miles, five hundred steps, four hundred steps, Zhang Huan's face still has no expression, as cold as a marble sculpture, at this time the two sides have arrived at the battle area, the two armies suddenly arrows rained down, weaving an arrow net in the air, the two armies each pulled a huge shield, resisting the first round of confrontation, and people kept falling to the ground with arrows.

The Qarluq cavalry had already rushed two hundred paces away, and even their hideous faces and red eyes could be seen, and the arrows were becoming scarce, and they were about to begin hand-to-hand combat.

Zhang Huan pointed his sword forward, and gave a short but powerful order: "Mo Dao."

As if the prelude had begun, the 20,000 cavalry quickly spread out to both sides, forming two wings, and outflanked the Qarluq army in the oblique stab, and the army withdrew, revealing the 10,000 Mo sword army in the middle.

This is the most brave and elite army of the Xiliang Army, selected from nearly 400,000 troops, each of whom is tall and long-armed, infinitely powerful, in three years of almost cruel training, they have become a steel-like team, they are wearing heavy armor, holding two-zhang long Mo swords, arrayed like a wall.

But they are far from the secret weapon of the Tang Army, behind the Modao Army is three rows of a total of 500 Thunderbolt chariots, after several rounds of actual combat exercises, the Tang Army finally determined the formation of the Modao Army with the Thunderbolt Chariot combat site, the Modao Army is in front, the Thunderbolt Chariot is behind, the Modao Army is the protection of the chariot, and the chariot is the supplement to the Modao Army's backing and long-distance attack.

One hundred steps

The Mo knife army slowly moved forward, as dignified as a mountain, the Mo knife pushed horizontally, drew a snowy blade, the chariot behind has been started, the arrow is like a storm, shot out from the arrow holes of five hundred chariots, the crossbow archers in the car cooperate tacitly, the action is skillful, a group of five people retreats after the arrow is loaded, another group steps forward to release the arrow, and then retreats, the third group steps forward to release the arrow, and takes turns to shoot over and over again.

Each chariot is surrounded by thirty sword and shield guards to prevent the enemy from chopping the wheels.

A rain of arrows converged in the air and shot at the enemy in a parabola. Arrows from the Qarluq cavalry continued to fall. In the rain of arrows, they began to be distracted, and the sharp spirit of the attack was not so strong, and in front of the arrows falling to their companions, under the suppression of the strong bows and crossbows of the Tang army, the attack of the Qarluq cavalry began to hesitate.

"Boom!" As if the waves collided, the Qarluq cavalry finally rushed into the camp of the Modao army, and the Qarluqs had fought side by side with the Anxi army. They knew very well the power of the Mo Sword Army, but it was already a long time ago, and after twenty years in the Western Regions, they no longer knew what fear was.

Death finally came, a strange knife slashed, flesh and blood flew in front of him, the head of the war horse was cut off, the two front hooves were cut off, and the person was cut into two pieces by the waist. Blood poured out, internal organs rolled out, screams and wails erupted.

If the eyes of the Qarluq cavalry were full of wolf wildness, then the eyes of the Mo Dao Army were rocks. Cold and expressionless granite hard rock, one soldier fell, and immediately another soldier filled it, and a row of soldiers was rushed through the gap, and immediately another row of soldiers rushed up.

"Kill!" Another flash of swords flashed, and hundreds of Qarluq cavalry fell like an avalanche, and the rows of heads of Heilu Longdong disappeared under the slash of the sword. But the Qarluqs were so tenacious that they switched to spears in an attempt to carve a bloody path through the dense army of Moswords, and the violent horse teams raced like a storm. At this moment, the nightmare of the Qarluq cavalry finally came, Pong! A low crash sounded almost simultaneously, as if two logs were colliding in the air. It did not cause any alarm among the Qarluqs. But Tang Jun was as indifferent as a rock, but an inexplicable excitement suddenly flashed in his eyes.

More than 300 black porcelain balls the size of a human head flew up from the chariot, drawing a high parabola. Falling into the densest cavalry ranks three hundred paces away, the red lead on the black porcelain ball was burning wildly, and it had come to an end.

Earth-shattering explosions erupted violently in the Qarluq cavalry, and the waves of air even threw hundreds of cavalrymen into the air, and the bones flew sideways, and large swaths of the Qarluqs separated their bodies in the howls and screams, and thousands died in this horrific explosion, and the terrified horses with long manes and mournful neighings left the battlefield from the dark clouds of gunpowder, and in the background of the war clouds and fire, they looked as if they had come from the region.

Immediately after the second and third rounds, the violent explosions were one after another, making people breathless, the Qarluq cavalry suffered heavy casualties, but what was even more terrifying was that a huge sense of psychological fear shrouded in everyone's heart, in front of them was a high-walled Modao army, and now the Tang army had devilish weapons, and their fighting spirit began to be lost,- A-p.101DunET In the dense rain of arrows of the Tang army, someone finally turned around and fled, just like the fall of a small stone on a snow-capped mountain, and some people fled and finally triggered an avalanche-like rout of the Qarluq cavalry Zhang Huan's Chinese army was located on a high ground, and five thousand ironclad knights stayed beside the governor, looking from a distance, they were like a black hill rising from the ground, it is true that these five thousand cavalry were a terrifying avalanche torrent of iron horses and sharp spears, and the clear breeze blew the banner above their heads, the cavalry just stood quietly, without orders, they would never rashly enter the battle.

Zhang Huan rode on his horse and watched the battle, the front army of the Qarluqs was finally defeated, but their rear army did not meet them, but slowly began to move backwards, they were obviously also frightened by the gunpowder shells of the Tang army, and they were ready to retreat, and they could not be given a chance to escape.

Zhang Huan's sword pointed forward again, and he gave a categorical order: "The cavalry on both wings will attack the rear of the enemy's army. ”

20,000 cavalry withdrew the oppression of the enemy's front army, like two long swords, one left and one right stabbed at the enemy's rear, at this time the Tang army's formation also began to change, rows of Modao troops advanced, the chariots behind slowly followed, the chariots were overwhelming with arrows shooting at the enemy's back, and the explosion continued to sound in the scattered and fleeing Qarlu cavalry.

At this moment, the balance of victory has been tilted in favor of the Tang army, with Zhang Huan's order, the five thousand elite cavalry guarding him also suddenly launched, they are like a torrent of breaking the embankment, unstoppably rushing towards the enemy, becoming the last straw that bent the camel, and Qarlu has been defeated on all fronts. On June 21, the seventh year of Xuanren, the main force of 60,000 Tang troops and 50,000 Qarlu cavalry launched a decisive battle for the north court in the west of Shenxian Town, and the Tang army finally defeated the Qarluq people by virtue of the power of the Modao army and the thunderbolt chariot, in this battle, the Tang army killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured 10,000 people, and only a few thousand Qarluq people escaped.

After this battle, not only did the Tang army completely control Beiting, but also the Qarluq people began to gradually weaken due to the loss of their elite in this war, and two years later, the Qarluq tribe began to move westward under the persecution of the Uighurs, and finally settled west of the Amu Darya River and became a vassal of the Great Cannibals.

(The Tubo, the Hui, and the Qarluq people fought for the Western Regions, which is a real history, in order to prevent the Hui from going south to Anxi, the Tubo people and the Hui people broke out in war, and later the Tubo people united with the Qarluq people to defeat the Hui people, not long after the death of the Hui Khan, Jiegan Jiasi led the Hui army to the south again, and defeated the Tubo and the Qarlu people in one fell swoop, that is, in this war, the Tang army that remained in the Western Regions was wiped out and disappeared in the long river of history.

The background and time are also about the same time in my book, at this time, there are feudal towns outside the Tang Dynasty, and there is a eunuch dictatorship inside, and it has long been unable to recover the Western Regions, although history cannot be changed, but Lao Gao hopes that his pen can retain a bit of the blood of the Tang Dynasty)