Outside the city of Qiuzi in the Western Regions, heavy troops have gathered, and the 500,000 troops of the Western Turks have broken through the border and opened a long front.

On the opposite side of them, there were 50,000 soldiers and horses of Zuo Xiaowei led by Duan Zhixuan, the number of which was only one-tenth of that of the Western Turks, but the momentum was not lacking.

After months of confrontation with Duan Zhixuan, the Western Turkic Khan finally lost his patience and planned to finish the battle before the cold winter came.

People say that the Western Turks are not afraid of the Tang Dynasty? How can you think of committing a side?

In fact, if you follow the historical trend, the Western Turks did not launch an attack on the Tang Dynasty, but because the Tang Dynasty at this time had such a-stirring stick as Li Chengqian, everything changed.

In the past, the Western Turkic Khan once asked the Tang Dynasty for a kiss when he was in the ninth year of Zhenguan, although His Majesty Li Er did not agree at that time, but at least it was a good word to appease him.

But now with Li Chengqian's participation, the team that asked for relatives did not even enter the relationship, and was directly wiped out by Li Chengqian, who got the news, arranged for the Western Regions Army to be wiped out halfway, which led to the fact that Li Liqian has always been worried about this matter.

Later, in the new year, His Majesty Li Er withdrew his troops from the Western Regions, withdrew the entire Western Regions Army from the Western Regions, and at the same time sent General Duan Dawei to take Zuo Xiaowei into the Western Regions to station.

The Western Regions Legion has a reputation for killing in the Western Regions, and the number is also about 200,000, on the other hand, Zuo Xiaowei, not to mention the combat strength, the number is only 50,000.

This difference of nearly 100,000 people before entering and exiting was an excellent opportunity for the Western Turks, and at this time, there were some people with intentions who provoked it and went to the Western Turks to do things, which triggered the Western Turks' eastward advance.

Long story short, let's look at the two opposing armies.

The long-term confrontation made Yu Lixuan gradually lose patience, and the 500,000 army kept moving forward, with the intention of swallowing Duan Zhixuan's 50,000 people in one bite, but fortunately, the Tang army was good at defense, and the camp was unbreakable, so it did not make Yu Li lose his success.

But this confrontation didn't last long, and once they decided to fight desperately at any cost, 50,000 Zuo Xiaowei would be able to nibble at twice as many of their enemies at most.

"General Duan, how is it? Have you thought it through? Will you agree to Ben Khan's request? "I don't know how many times I have talked to Duan Zhixuan before the battle, and I have asked the same sentence no less than ten times, and I can memorize the old Duan.

"The Khan, this general solemnly warns you, don't make mistakes, Datang is by no means as easy to bully as you think, once the reinforcements arrive, I'm afraid that you can't retreat if you want to." Lao Duan is still in the same old tone, and he came up with an answer that he has said no less than ten times to perfunctory.

"General Duan, look at Ben Khan's back, how can you 50,000 troops be able to stop you with 500,000 troops? And Ben Khan has been waiting here for months, I wonder where your reinforcements are? "You Lixuan knows very well that what Duan Zhixuan said is true, but this product is not giving up, and he has to play with Lao Duan.

Don't you know that Duan Zhixuan has long seen that he is very inward, he has a thief's heart but no thief's courage, if he is really not afraid, it is estimated that there will be no such confrontation at all, how can the 500,000 army also take out a part of the detour to other places, and the soldiers are close to the Yumen.

So after he finished speaking, Lao Duan just smiled coldly: "Duan doesn't know where the reinforcements are, why don't you try it in person?" See if there are any reinforcements coming down from the sky? ”

To Duan Zhixuan's surprise, he didn't continue to fight with him this time, but laughed and said, "General Duan is right, Ben Khan really wants to try it today!" ”

"Woo ......" As soon as the words fell, the guards behind him had already picked up the horn on his waist, puffed out his cheeks and blew.

The sound of the horn spread farther and farther away, gradually dissipating into the distance, but at this moment, the entire ground suddenly began to tremble, and the Western Turkic cavalry in the distance began to move forward.

Damn, these guys are here for real! Duan Zhixuan chuckled in his heart and secretly screamed that it was not good.

Although the Western Turks have no rules to fight, they just rely on a large number of people to rush together, but there is no special terrain and landform in this broken place in the Western Regions, and the cavalry combat is completely hard fighting, so although the Western Turks have no rules to follow, it is not something that 50,000 people can stop.

Because 500,000 people can completely open a long front and rush up, if your 50,000 people are also stretched for that long, it will undoubtedly make the battle formation much weaker, which will cause the follow-up to be weak, and it will soon be broken through by the enemy.

And if you gather 50,000 people together, then it is possible to be surrounded by the enemy, and when the time comes, there will be enemies in front and back, left and right, and it is estimated that before the fight, the momentum will be weaker, and when the real fight starts, it is estimated that you can only be slaughtered by others.

Because after all, the Tang army is still mainly based on infantry troops, supplemented by cavalry, and even if the cavalry is powerful, it is not a little worse than the Western Turks who live on horseback all year round.

"How? Can General Duan now have a way to stop Ben Khan's 500,000 army? He noticed the change in Lao Duan's face, and his expression became more and more proud.

"Can I stop you and try it!" Duan Zhixuan didn't have any at this juncture, gritted his teeth and dropped a cruel word, and withdrew with people.

Immediately afterwards, Zuo Xiaowei's entire army formation moved, first the Mo sword soldiers came out of the formation, then the archers on both wings were prepared, and the cavalry behind also began to move slowly.

As for the pikemen, after the archers had completed their mission, they would step forward again and use their spears to form a line of defense to block the charge of the opposing cavalry.

The long-term training made this change very fast, and the defensive formation was completed in almost thirty breaths.

……

There was no time to mobilize, and there was no time to arrange, in the face of the Western Turkic cavalry that was close at hand, Duan Zhixuan's order was only two simple words: counterattack!

"Wind, wind, gale!" Even in the face of an enemy ten times the same, Zuo Xiaowei did not show the slightest fear, and the bowstring sounded sharply in the passionate battle cry, and sharp arrows rained down.

The powerful ejection force of the standard steel crossbow threw a rain of three-edged arrows at the oncoming Western Turks, causing countless enemies to fall in the path of advancement.

But despite this, the Western Turkic cavalry was still rushing to the left and the guard, and the cavalry that fell was simply negligible to the large army, thinking of the benefits promised by the leaders of the various divisions before the battle, these Western Turks did not care about death, except for wanting to kill the enemy, they no longer cared about anything else.

(End of chapter)