Chen Fei found a very strange point, that is, when he went to the battlefield, all the characters of the older generation liked to be the shopkeeper, and they didn't ask him if he was happy or not, and handed over the "burden" to him with a flick of his hand. For example, Cheng Yanjin is like this, and Li Ji is also like this.

Although he knew that Li Ji must have left in a hurry with 20,000 horses, there must be a reason, but... Do you also think a little about Chen Fei's feelings? He will lead the troops, but he doesn't know the way on the Nima grassland! It's too inauthentic to leave him without even leaving a copy of the map, and leaving with a group of middle-level generals, right?

Well, now that most of the troops are some reserve services, such as the fire head army, military doctors, food transporters and the like. In addition to the 10,000 soldiers with some combat effectiveness, there are also more than 5,000 requisitioned civilians, who are specially used to assist in transporting food, transporting equipment, or making military supplies. Of course, they can also be armed when it is critical.

"Alas!" Chen Fei looked at the vast prairie, and he didn't feel any appreciation, so he had to ask Fan Jiang beside him for help. Fan Jiang has been to the grassland, but he has not penetrated deeply, so he is also blind to the terrain here. But fortunately, he has more experience than Chen Fei, so it is not a problem for him to lead the army forward.

Along the way, they marched and sent scouts to find the tribesmen in order to ask the herders about the road.

Just when Chen Fei and the others led the army to Li Daozong. Li Ji, Hou Junji, and Ma Yuan reorganized their troops and horses, and finally launched a counterattack against the Western Turks.

The 10,000 Western Turks who came to pursue Hou Junji noticed that something was wrong, and when they saw the army rushing towards them, they did not hesitate, did not fight at all, and turned around and ran.

The soldiers who were still chasing Hou Junji the day before were chased by the Tang army a day later. Who has experienced this upside-down taste, who knows.

The Don army pursued for a day, and at sunset in the evening, it finally met with the large forces of the Western Turks. The 10,000 Western Turkic soldiers who were driven also integrated into the large army, far away from the 35,000 Tang army.

War, on the verge of breaking out!

The last rays of light before sunset seemed to stain the sky red with blood. Both sides sent troops to set up formations, but both sides had scruples, and in the end they did not start the battle, and each retreated ten miles, set up camp, and rested for one night.

The next day, the two sides inevitably collided together. There were more than 70,000 Western Turkic soldiers, and the Tang army had only more than 35,000 people, twice the number of the Tang army. And the 70,000 cavalry divided more than 50,000 people to form an awl formation, rushing towards the Tang army, both in terms of momentum and power, far surpassed the Tang army.

Although the Tang Army's comprehensive combat strength was much stronger, it suffered losses in terms of numbers and cavalry.

Even if the Tang army can fight two or even three or four with the battle formation, the premise is that the other party will fight with them on flat ground, if the other party is all cavalry, not to mention that the horse crashes into you, how can you fight? No formation works!

Fortunately, Li Tao and Hou Junji are both veterans who have experienced the battlefield, and they know very well how to deal with this situation.

Li Tao ordered Hou Junji's more than 5,000 soldiers and horses to carry thunderbolts and hit the enemy with thunderbolts from the flanks. His own subordinates and the 30,000 cavalry of Ma Yuan carried thunderbolts and formed a "V" formation, standing by in place.

That's right, it's standing still. Cavalry vs. cavalry, one side standing in place is undoubtedly an act of seeking death. But Li Tao dared to do so.

When the Western Turk soldiers rushed over with a roar, the five thousand light cavalry led by Hou Junji moved, and they prepared to detour to the flank of the Western Turk soldiers for a surprise attack.

The Western Turks are not vegetarians, especially after suffering a big loss from Hou Junji, they know the power of the thunderbolt.

"Thunderbolts must not be allowed to fall into the charging camp!" Desire Gu Sheh turned to the Knotch Khan and ordered: "Knotch Khan, let your men rush up and intercept that cavalry of the Tang Army!" ”

There were still more than 10,000 soldiers around the Khan who had not rushed up, but when he saw that the soldiers led by Hou Junji were carrying thunderbolts, he was a little frightened and didn't dare to go up.

Desire Gu Shi glared at him, and said angrily: "What are you afraid of, there are only a few thousand people on the other side, you don't dare to go up, your bone tribe is not a rat?" Shrunken head and brainless seed! ”

The Khan was embarrassed by what Desire Valley said, but he still stubbornly said: "They have thunderbolts and fires, and I have ten thousand horses... ”

"Idiot!" Desire Gu scolded angrily: "The other party's target is not your 10,000 cavalry, but the tens of thousands of subordinates I rushed to the front, you are afraid of a bird's egg!" If you rush to the enemy, they will not blow you up with a thunderbolt, and you will hurt your own people at such a close distance, you are so afraid of a bird! Get up to me! Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my face! ”

The knotted khan swallowed his stomach of resentment, and even though he was unhappy in his heart, he still silently led the troops away.

In terms of strength and strength, the knots are far inferior to the Western Turks, and it is not beneficial to fall out with Desire Valley, but it will cause countless troubles for yourself, so you have to endure it when you should endure it.

Seeing that the Khan finally led someone to intercept the Tang army, Yugu Shicai breathed a sigh of relief, and greeted the Khan again, "This damn coward, sooner or later it will ruin my big deal!" Hum! When the war is over, I want you to look good at the bone-knotted tribe! ”

Looking at Hou Junji again, although there were more than 10,000 enemies rushing towards him, he did not seem panicked, waved his hand and gave an order behind him, and divided 2,000 people to meet the 10,000 people, and prepared a thunderbolt fire in his hand, and when the two sides rushed closer, he threw out the thunderbolt fire and let them drink a pot!

The remaining 3,000 men, according to the original plan, lit the thunderbolt in their hands and threw them into the enemy's camp from the side.

At the same time, the 2,000 cavalrymen in charge of blocking the attack also pulled their horses' heads sideways and threw thunderbolts at the 10,000 people who rushed towards them.

The soldiers of the Bone Tribe were really blown out of the shadows by the thunderbolts, and when they saw the thunderbolts thrown at them, they didn't care about charging to stop the enemy, and they screamed and dodged one after another.

This dodge is interesting, if the debris produced after the explosion of the thunderbolt fire is lying on the ground, it is easy to dodge, if you are on a horse, you are undoubtedly a live target, no matter how fast you dodge, it is not as fast as the thunderbolt explosion. Moreover, the formation in front was chaotic, and the people behind were also suffering, rushing up to dodge and crashing together, plus the light and fire generated by the thunderbolt explosion frightened some horses, so the 10,000 soldiers had a faint tendency to collapse before they rushed in front of the Tang army.

After the 2,000 soldiers of the Tang Army pulled their horses horizontally, they aimed their bows at the soldiers of the bones, and shot indiscriminately, finally breaking the morale of the bones tribe. As soon as the morale collapsed, even if the number of people was disparity, the bone tribe had no intention of fighting, and as soon as the people in front ran, the people behind also ran, and the rout could not be stopped.

On the other side, Hou Junji also threw a thunderbolt into the Western Turkic camp, and the explosion caused a great chaos in the Western Turkic charging camp, and the momentum of the charge slowed down. Charge! ”

(End of chapter)