Zhao Chongxuan and Jia Chongjun went out to prepare one after another, someone in the big tent spoke, and Liang Zai, the deputy envoy of Jiedu, asked Gao Xianzhi: "General, now that General Cao, the envoy of soldiers and horses, has been dispatched to prepare to attack the enemy's left flank camp, do you want to order him to withdraw?" ”

Gao Xianzhi pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "No need to retreat, let him continue to lead the troops to attack the left flank camp of the Great Food Army!" ”

"No!"

However, it was said that Zhao Chongxuan immediately returned to his camp after receiving the task of sending troops, and gathered troops and horses to meet the array, and slowly approached the enemy camp, the two camps were ten miles apart, and it took some time to gather soldiers and horses and march, but Zhao Chongxuan led the army only three miles out of the front and collided with the five thousand cavalry of the main force of the Great Food Army from the front. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With 5,000 cavalry to deal with the Tang Army's 5,000 cavalry, the commander of the Great Food Army, who had never fought with the Tang Army, did not know the combat effectiveness of the Tang Army, and before the two armies stopped and reorganized the team to prepare to charge, the commander of the Great Food Army found that there were 2,000 infantry among the 5,000 people of the Tang Army, which made the mood relaxed, and attacked the 5,000 infantry with 5,000 light cavalry, and he had no pressure for half a year.

The Great Food Army took the lead in launching an attack, and it was the left flank, the middle army and the right flank attacking on all fronts, leaving no reserves at all, but both sides were 5,000 men and horses, even if they wanted to keep the reserves, there was no way, unless they thought that the army was very strong in combat and could win more with less, but when both sides did not understand each other's combat strength, the generals of their respective troops did not dare to take risks, so they could only put all their troops on it.

"General, the Great Food Army has charged on all fronts, how will our army respond?" A subordinate general asked Zhao Chongyu.

Zhao Chongxuan quickly issued a military order: "The infantry of the Chinese army will not move, prepare to meet the enemy, and the cavalry on the left and right flanks will attack to meet the Great Food Army!" ”

"Order!" ，

Zhao Chongyu has 2,000 infantry in his hands, and he can only defend on the spot with infantry and cavalry, and cannot take the initiative to attack, unless it is a Mo Dao team, but Zhao Chongyu does not have a Mo Dao team in his hands, so it is most appropriate to make this kind of deployment.

The left and right lieutenant generals received Zhao Chongxuan's military orders on the left and right flanks respectively, and immediately raised their spears and shouted: "Brothers, let the big eater see how powerful my Tang warriors are, kill-"

"Kill—"

Thousands of the main cavalry of the Tang Army killed the front from the left and right wings, and the five thousand cavalry of the Great Food Army were also rushing over on the whole line, when charging, the formation was difficult to maintain absolute neatness no matter what, both sides dispatched 5,000 troops, and at this time all of them had been dispatched, and it was too late to make tactical adjustments, so they could only rush to the end.

When the two sides were still some distance, the Tang cavalry first fired two rounds of bows and arrows in a row, and the cavalry in front of the Great Food Army was shrouded in the rain of arrows and suffered some losses, but this loss could not shake the will of the Great Food Army cavalry, they still brandished scimitars and rushed towards the Tang Army with loud shouts in their mouths.

There was no time to shoot another round of arrows, the cavalry of the Tang Army immediately changed into long weapons, the two wings collided together, the impact of weapons and armor and the shouting of killing were noisy, barbarism and iron blood were revealed at this moment, at the beginning of the big food cavalry suffered a big loss in the weapon, many soldiers in the front row were stabbed off the horse by the Tang army with spears, and the scimitar equipped by the big food army could not cut the Tang army soldiers, until the two sides staggered and melee together, the disadvantage of the length of this weapon was improved, but after the melee between the two sides, The cavalry of the Tang Army either threw their spears out to kill the enemy, or directly discarded the long weapons, pulled out the horizontal knives from their waists and slashed at the Great Food Army, and the equipment of the Tang Army always maintained an advantage in weapons.

In the middle of the road, Zhao Chongxuan rode steadily and stood in the middle position to command, he saw that the middle of the cavalry of the Great Food Army had entered the range of the bow, and immediately shouted: "Bow - prepare - release arrows!" ”

"Ready—release the arrow—"

Zhao Chongyu kept issuing orders to release arrows, the arrows in the hands of the Tang infantry kept shooting out, and the big food cavalry that was rushing over had never seen arrows that could be fired so far and so fast, and so dense, the middle of the big food cavalry stepped on the corpses of a large number of companions on the way to charge, and the arrows of the Tang army caused them too many casualties, and the big food cavalry that galloped at high speed fell in pieces and were trampled into flesh by the war horses behind.

The heavy casualties caused by long-range bow strikes frightened the cavalry in the middle of the Great Eclipse Army, and the scattered men and horses in their front row were still charging wildly, while the middle and rear were slow down the charge for fear of being hit by arrows.

Zhao Chongxuan rode on horseback and looked at the battle situation in front of him, and immediately ordered: "The first five rows of spears resist the enemy, and the rear bows and arrows continue to release arrows!" ”

After the order was issued, the first five rows of infantry of the Tang Army immediately collected their bows and arrows, stuck their spears obliquely on the ground, the head of the spear forward, and at the same time protected the front of them with a big shield, the shields were tightly connected, without the slightest gap in the middle, the first few rows of sporadic cavalry in the middle of the Great Food rushed to the front of the shield array, many people were directly pierced by the spears because they did not slow down, and some people stopped in time, and after losing their speed, they were also stabbed to death by the spears stabbed by the Tang Army from above the shield.

The wounded soldiers let out a large number of screams, more soldiers slashed the enemy with weapons, and shouted killing in their mouths, the rear of the Tang infantry was still constantly firing arrows, and the people who rushed from behind in the middle of the Great Food Army were still suffering from bows and arrows, suffering heavy casualties. Such heavy casualties are enough to prove that the defensive equipment of the Great Food Light Cavalry is too rudimentary, if their opponent is an army with less lethality with bows and arrows, their combat effectiveness can be maximized, but they encountered the Tang infantry with super bow and arrow strike ability, and the result can be imagined.

In less than half an hour of fighting, the charge of the cavalry in the middle of the Great Food completely stopped, and the cavalry in front of them was blocked by the spear formation of the Tang infantry, unable to take a step further, while the Tang army in the shield array had been stabbing the Great Food cavalry with their spears.

Zhao Chongyu saw that the middle route army of the Great Food Army was blocked and completely lost its speed, and the front of the cavalry on both wings was already staggered and mixed with the cavalry on both wings of the Great Food Army, so he immediately ordered: "Order the rear of the left and right wings to move closer to the middle, and give the general the cavalry of the Great Food Central Army to encircle and annihilate the cavalry of the Great Food Army!" ”

"Obey!"

The field of vision of the commander of the Great Food Army stretched out in the melee was too small, and he was fighting fiercely with the soldiers of the Tang Army at this time, so he couldn't see the specific situation of the entire battlefield at all, and he didn't know that the rear of the cavalry on the left and right wings of the Tang Army was moving closer to the middle, preparing to encircle and annihilate the Chinese army he was in with the infantry.

However, Ziad on the watchtower of the camp went to see that the Tang army had made tactical adjustments, he knew that if the Chinese cavalry was surrounded by the Tang army, he was afraid that it would be annihilated, and all the troops dispatched at this time had been put into battle, and it was impossible to adjust the tactics, if the rear of the cavalry on both wings was drawn out to reinforce the Chinese army, he was afraid that the two wings would not be able to block the attack of the Tang cavalry, and to save this army of soldiers and horses, he could only send another army of soldiers and horses out of the camp from the camp for reinforcements!

Ziad was about to send his generals to lead reinforcements, when a light cavalry ran from the direction of the left flank, rushed up the watchtower and reported to him: "General, the Tang army is attacking the camp of the Sogdians on the left flank of our army, the Sogdians on the left flank are less than 10,000, while the Tang army has nearly 20,000, and we have no strong fortifications, and now the left flank camp is in danger."

Ziad's face changed when he heard this, and he immediately ordered: "Quick, order the 20,000 cavalry to quickly reinforce the left flank camp, and then transfer 2,000 people from the 5,000 people left by the 10,000 cavalry to reinforce the Chinese army, and the Chinese army must not be surrounded!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

A large number of cavalry rushed out of the camp of the Chinese army of the Great Food Army and rushed towards the left flank, this scene was immediately observed by the Tang army scouts, and the news quickly spread to the Tang army and the central army agreed.

After Gao Xianzhi got the news, he ordered: "Judging from the battle between Zhao Chongyu and the other party just now, the main combat effectiveness of the Great Food Army is not weak, they dispatched 10,000 horses to rescue the left flank, if Cao Lingzhong's troops are raided on the flank, they are afraid that they will not be able to resist, and they ordered Cao Lingzhong to withdraw!" ”

"No!"

The herald rode his horse at the fastest speed to convey the military order to Cao Lingzhong, and the reinforcements of the Great Food Army had 10,000 men and horses, although it was cavalry, but the marching speed was not fast, the herald of the Tang Army still arrived before the reinforcements of the Great Food Army, Cao Lingzhong learned that 10,000 people of the Great Food Army were rushing to reinforce, and got the order of Gao Xianzhi to retreat, and immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw to the camp, waiting for the 20,000 horsemen and horses of the Great Food Army to arrive, the left wing camp was already a mess, and there were dense arrows inserted everywhere, Many Sogdian servants were nailed to the ground by the dense number of arrows, many tents were also knocked down by arrows, the camp was full of flames, many tents were hit by the rockets of the Tang army and burned, and many wounded soldiers were lying on the ground and wailing and rolling around the camp.

On the side of the middle battlefield, although Ziyad has sent 2,000 cavalry to reinforce the middle road, the Great Food Army is still unable to resist the attack of the Tang Army and is defeated and retreated, but the Great Food Army is still not defeated, and is still resisting stubbornly, which reflects the fact that the regular army of the Great Food is completely different from the rabble of the barbarians, if the barbarian soldiers and horses who are not strong in organization and discipline must have been dispersed at this time, but the regular army of the Great Food is different, although they were killed and retreated, their morale did not plummet.

In order to stabilize the situation, Ziad had to send 3,000 men and horses to reinforce again, this time the Tang army was a little overwhelmed, Gao Xianzhi discovered the situation in time, and also ordered Li Fei Yuanli to bring 2,000 Guizi troops to reinforce.

In this middle battlefield, the two sides continue to increase troops and reinforcements, you come and go, no one wants to suffer, this battle was fought from morning to dusk, the total number of troops invested by both sides reached 30,000, of which the Great Food Army sent the main force of 20,000 people, the loss of 5,000, the Tang Army sent 10,000 people, the loss reached more than 2,000 people, and the wounded on both sides were countless.

On June 15, the third day of the war, the two armies again sent troops to duel in the left, center and right three battlefields, the Tang army was inferior to the Great Food Army in terms of the number of cavalry, the quality of the war horse was not as good as the Great Food War Horse, and the combat effectiveness was naturally slightly worse, in order to stabilize the situation and win the opportunity, Gao Xianzhi gave full play to the strengths of the Tang Army, and used a large number of long-range bows and arrows to strike at the Great Food Army before the start of each battle, and the light cavalry of the Great Food Army suffered a big loss under the blow of the Tang Army's long-range bow and arrow, and suffered heavy losses, but this could not be avoided, Although the Great Food Army was equipped with some bows and arrows, the number and range were more than a grade different from the Tang Army's bows and arrows, and if they wanted to engage the Tang Army in close combat, they had to brave the overwhelming rain of arrows to rush in front of the Tang Army. (To be continued.) )