Chapter 905: Retreat
"Fuck! This group of cowards and bastards of the Bone Tribe! It's all rubbish! Seeing that the Knotted Bone Tribe was in a panic and failed to stop the enemy, he couldn't help but scold angrily.
Seeing that Hou Junji's soldiers had successfully broken through the flanks of the charging camp, throwing many thunderbolts into it, blowing up many soldiers, and Yu Gu was finally a little worried.
The Tang army has always been famous for its combat effectiveness, and it is invincible all over the world, if it is the same strength, it will definitely turn around and run, and there is no need to fight at all. It is best to bully the Tang Dynasty before stabilizing the Beiting Protectorate and before the cavalry is cultivated, it is best to take advantage of this opportunity to incorporate a large area of grassland into its own territory.
Because he concluded that the Tang army would not send a large-scale army to the northern steppes, the burden of marching was too heavy for the Tang Dynasty to bear.
Now 50,000 Western Turkic cavalry has a slight advantage over 35,000 Tang troops, and they are also better at horsemanship.
But nowγγγγγγγ Desire Gu Shi jumped his eyelids, the Tang army, which had been standing still, had already taken the initiative to attack his army, which was not a good sign.
Li Tao and Hou Junji cooperated very well, and Hou Junji broke through from the flank, seeking a chance for Li Tao to fight back. The cavalry, who had been standing still, suddenly launched a counterattack against the Western Turks.
If the Western Turks are an awl, attacking with the momentum of Wanjun, then the Tang Army is a net, no matter what you come from, cover it!
Moreover, a group of people in the front of the Tang army also carried thunderbolts, which were already ready from afar, and when the two armies were about to fight, the thunderbolts in their hands were lit and thrown out, killing and wounding a large number of Western Turkic soldiers.
Desire Valley set up a function gritted his teeth and watched the loss of his soldiers, at this time, it is impossible to withdraw from the battle, whoever retreats will become a fool, or a fool who is chased and bitten by the ass.
Since you can't retreat, let's fight! Let me see how powerful the so-called Tang Army really is! Lust Gushe personally dismounted in the rear and beat the drums for the warriors in front.
The drums were agitated, and when the Western Turk soldiers saw the Khan beating the drums for them personally, their morale could not help but soar, and they were not afraid of death and rushed towards the Tang army.
Tang Jun didn't expect that instead of blowing up the offensive of these barbarians, the thunderbolt made them ferocious and rushed towards them more quickly.
Thunderbolt took one with him, and when he finished throwing it, he took out his weapon and rushed towards the Western Turks.
When the two armies collided, the soldiers at the front inevitably collided together, those who were lucky avoided the impact, were slightly injured, and those who were unlucky were killed on the spot, and of course, there were even worse, and there were not a few who were trampled into mud on the spot.
The two sides engaged in a short battle, and a fierce fight ensued. Compared with the Western Turks, Datang's equestrianism is indeed a shortcoming, and the skills of riding a horse in a small area, turning around, and adjusting posture are not as good as those of the Western Turks. suffered a lot of losses during the battle.
Many soldiers were slashed and hacked to death in the melee because they were not as flexible as the Western Turkic soldiers, and the situation seemed to be getting out of control.
Li Tao, who was watching the battle in the rear, couldn't sit still when he saw this situation, he adjusted his tactics in time, so that the stalemate cavalry could get out of the battlefield first, and then... Remove!
That's right, it's a retreat! As soon as the war began, Li Tao ordered a retreat!
This made the Western Turkic soldiers, who had not yet enjoyed it, look confused: What is the situation? The thunder is loud and the rain is small, what about amusing us?
As soon as the Tang army withdrew, the desire valley in the rear was also confused, he had studied the tactics of the Tang army for ten years, and he also knew Li Tao this person, and the other party's withdrawal so quickly still surprised her.
Not only did he not expect it, but he didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Tang Jun's gourd at all.
But... The other party ran away, if he didn't take the opportunity to beat the water dog, he would be too sorry for this opportunity! Wanting to set up no reservations, he ordered the whole army to attack, and he took 10,000 soldiers to delay.
Seventy thousand Western Turkic soldiers ran after the Tang army with a scream. But if you take a closer look from a distance, you will find that although the Tang army is retreating, the army's formation is not chaotic, the battle flag is not falling, and it is still fleeing in a certain direction in an orderly manner.
The Western Turks were probably carried away by the sudden victory, and did not notice the strangeness of the Tang army at all, but accelerated to catch up.
Seeing that the Western Turkic cavalry was getting closer and closer, the Tang army was about to be caught up by the Western Turks, only to hear someone in the Tang army camp shouting: "Release!" β
And then... Then there was no more, and countless thunderbolts were thrown down by the Tang army that "fled" in front, and the Western Turks just hit it in one fell swoopγγγγγγ
"Boom, boom!"
The rear was blazing and screaming, and it was clear that the Western Turks had suffered a big loss.
This is not over, the Tang army that originally fled forward suddenly dispersed, into two roads, left and right, while running and turning the direction, but chased towards the left and right sides of the Western Turks, and if you look closely, every Tang army has a thunderbolt in their hands!
Wanting Gu Shi only saw the fire in front of him, and the secret path was not good, and then he saw that the left and right sides of his army were attacked by thunderbolts, and immediately knew that he had been deceived and fell into the tricks of the Tang army, and he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops.
The Tang Army's Thunderbolt Fire was really sharp, and Desire Valley originally thought that this thing could only be used in the attack and defense of the city, and it played a very small role in the cavalry battle on the grassland, but he still misestimated the Tang Army's use of Thunderbolt, even in cavalry combat, the other party could still flexibly use Thunderbolt to deal a blow to them.
This is simply terrible for the Western Turks! The Tang Army's thunderbolt can't be resisted at all, and there is no restriction on its use, how do you let them play? There's no way to fight fairly, okay?
The 70,000 cavalry on their own side can obviously defeat the more than 30,000 soldiers of the other side, but the Tang army has thunderbolts, and they can't fight! This hurt Desire Valley very much, and the frustration came to his heart.
But at this moment, he can't be allowed to think too much, the Tang army has already caught up, and escape is the most important thing.
In a short time, the pursuers and deserters were exchanged, and now it was the turn of the Western Turks to flee with their heads in their hands, and the 70,000-strong army fled in despairγγγγγ No, there are not 70,000 people, only more than 60,000 peopleγγγγγγ
After running for a while, Desire Gu Shi looked at the Tang army chasing more and more closely behind, and couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved, he ordered the soldiers to release arrows to the back, shooting over a lot of Tang troops, which made Li Tao order to stop the pursuit.
"General, such a good opportunity, why don't you chase it!?" Some generals were puzzled and stepped forward to ask Li Tao.
Li Tao looked at the direction in which the Western Turks had fled, shook his head and said, "The enemy's main force is still alive, and you can't chase it deeply, don't forget how we defeated the Western Turks just now." β
The general was silent and silent.
Li Tao sighed: "The Western Turks are more difficult to deal with than we imagined, I'm afraid this northern expedition will not be so smooth!" Alas, you wait for a few people to quickly clean up the battlefield and pick up all the thunderbolts that have been left behind, so that they will not fall into the hands of the enemy! β
"Yes!"
(End of chapter)