Chapter 610: Half-Crossing Strike
Jieli rode across the Hun River, which was not deep, but very wide, and around him, countless Turks began to cross the river, and he had joined the royal court, and the size of the team was already quite large, especially since there were many herdsmen driving cattle and sheep on the periphery, and the speed of these cattle was very slow, which also seriously delayed their journey. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Khan, it's not a way to go on like this, our team is so huge, and it stretches for more than ten miles, if there is an enemy attack at this time, it will be very disadvantageous to us!" At this moment, I suddenly saw a general step forward and suggested to Jieli with a worried face, this person was the stubborn and thoughtless power of one of Jieli's henchmen.
"I also have this kind of worry, and I am also worried that the Tang army will know our retreat route, so after crossing the river, I decided to divide the team into three teams, and then change the direction to Yinshan!" Jieli also said with a calm face at this time, although there was still no news from Dingxiang's side, but he was already sure that Zhao Deyan had betrayed him, which also made him have to be cautious, but with such a large team, it was not easy to change the original route.
"The Khan is wise, the last general will lead people across the river first to open the way for the Khan!" Zhi Zhi Sili nodded in agreement when he heard this, and then he clasped his fists and saluted, although he had also heard some rumors, but he was still very loyal to Jieli, at least in this situation, if you want to protect the entire Turk, you must obey Jieli's orders.
Watching Zhi Wei Sili lead a team of men and horses to cross the river first, and prepare for defense to prevent someone from sneaking up on them when they go ashore, this made Ye Jieli nod with satisfaction, and then he suddenly regretted a little, compared to those foreigners, maybe Zhi Wei Sili, a person from a Turkic aristocratic background, is more worthy of his trust?
The Turkic royal court originally had a scale of tens of thousands of people, and this time he retreated north, Jieli also integrated the Turkic tribes scattered around, plus some tribes that depended on him, adding up to more than 100,000 people, these are also the core forces of the Turks, even if the Tang army wiped out the other tribes on the steppe, but as long as these hundreds of thousands of people are okay, Jieli has the confidence to make a comeback.
After a while, Jieli also arrived on the other side of the river, and then urged the team behind to speed up the river crossing, but the people and horses were better, but the cattle and sheep behind were a problem, especially the sheep were relatively short, although the river was not deep, but the sheep could not pass, fortunately there was a water area lower downstream, so the herdsmen could only drive the cattle and sheep to the downstream to cross the river, but in this way, the speed of the team was even slower.
Jie Li looked at the team crossing the river, while thinking about waiting to change the route in his mind, originally he chose this route is the shortest and smoothest route, but now it is possible to be attacked by the Tang army, although the grassland is full of roads, but some places are still inconvenient to pass, so he also has to think carefully.
"Boom~" But just when Jieli was pondering, he suddenly heard a roar of cavalry galloping from the other side of the river, which made him raise his head in shock, only to see a black cavalry rushing over like a rolling torrent, and the Turkic army was also panicked, and the sound of "enemy attack" was endless.
Jieli never expected that he had just crossed the river, and a cavalry was killed behind, and a big "Tang" word in the cavalry had already explained their identity, and there was a big flag in front of it, with a "Qin" word written on it, which also meant that the chief officer of this cavalry was surnamed Qin, and Jieli suddenly thought of Qin Qiong, the first brave general of the Tang Dynasty, when the battle between Gyeongju and Weishui, no matter how brave the generals, they were not the opponent of the other party's move, which also made the Turks afraid of Qin Qiong's name.
In the face of the surprise attack of the Tang army, the Turkic army in the rear was not completely defenseless, in fact, Jieli was also a person who knew the art of war, so he had already arranged an army to guard the rear when crossing the river, so when he saw the Tang army, the Turkic generals in the rear also shouted "meet the enemy", and then a Turkic cavalry of thousands of people met it head-on.
Qin Qiong had actually been ambushed near the Hunhe River a few days ago, and Zhao Deyan had already sent Jieli's retreat route to Li Jing, so Qin Qiong's ambush location was also very ingenious, and Jieli didn't notice that there was an ambush of Tang troops nearby in advance, and it wasn't until they crossed the river just over halfway that Qin Qiong took the opportunity to kill it, in order to eliminate the remaining half of the Turks.
"Kill!" Qin Qiong took the lead, this was not what a master general should do, but his own martial arts are amazing, and he has always led the cavalry to charge ahead, which has also become a symbol of him, and the soldiers in the army also worship bravery the most, so whenever Qin Qiong leads the troops, it will make the morale of this army soar.
"Boom~" The black Tang army and the brown Turkic cavalry were like two torrents, colliding together, but Qin Qiong, who was the main general, was unstoppable, one person and one shot were like arrows, splitting the "torrent" that rushed in half, and the Tang cavalry behind him also followed closely behind, expanding the gap that Qin Qiong rushed out of.
"Boom boom~" At the same time, countless black balls suddenly threw out in the Tang army, and then these balls exploded in the Turkic army, and countless fragments flew out, although they rarely killed people directly, but they made the Turkic war horses injured and frightened, and even the war horses were paralyzed to the ground in fright.
Firearms have become the trump card in the Tang army, this time Qin Qiong marched thousands of miles, carrying not many materials, and even firearms were a little insufficient, so this was used when the two armies were handed over, in order to achieve the greatest effect, so taking advantage of the opportunity of firearms raging, Qin Qiong roared again, picked off a Turkic general in front of him from his horse, trampled on his horse, and the Tang army behind him also followed closely, scattering the Turkic cavalry in one fell swoop.
The Turks didn't expect their cavalry to be so vulnerable, and it was too late for the armies of other parties to stop them, and Jieli and others on the other side of the Hunhe River were even more anxious and had no choice, and finally could only watch this Tang cavalry rush into the rear team, you must know that in addition to the army, most of the rest of the team are the women and women of the tribe, the old and weak, as well as all kinds of materials and livestock.
War has always been cruel, and there are no men, women, or children on the battlefield at all, so the cavalry led by Qin Qiong scattered the cavalry on the periphery, and immediately rushed into the Turks like a tiger like a flock, long knives and horse lances flying, blood and scraps of flesh flying, and countless lives disappear under their weapons and horses' hooves.
Qin Qiong is a benevolent and righteous person, but his benevolence will never be used on the enemy, when the Turks went south countless times, I don't know how many unarmed ordinary people died in the slaughter of the Turks, and even he remembered the scene when he was young, when his father was stabbed to death by the Turks, when he thought of this, Qin Qiong was like a red-eyed beast, in addition to killing or killing!
"呯~呯~呯~" Seeing that the Tang cavalry rushed into the Turkic team transporting supplies, and then countless fuel oil bottles flew out and smashed on the Turkic material convoy, the black fire oil was flowed everywhere, and countless materials were ignited, these are the guarantee for the Turks to survive this cold winter, but now they have been burned.
"Stop them! River! Seeing that his supplies were ignited, Jieli screamed in distress at the moment, and commanded the army that had already crossed the river to kill back.
"The Khan must not, the other party's cavalry is extremely elite, only the army on the other side can't stop them at all, when we cross the river, I'm afraid the other party has already run away, and there may be other ambushes nearby, in case they take advantage of our crossing the river to kill again, then I'm afraid there will be a danger of annihilation!" When he heard Jieli's order, he hurriedly stepped forward to block it, after all, this order was too irrational.
"Then you can't do this and watch the enemy slaughter our people, you lead a cavalry to cross the river immediately and go to the rescue of the supplies in the rear!" Jieli also glared at a pair of blood-red eyes and roared angrily at this time, but he didn't completely ignore the words of his insistence, at least he didn't let everyone kill them back.
"Whoa!" Although he felt that it was useless to kill back now, he didn't dare to provoke Jieli at this time, and immediately promised to lead the tribe's men and horses to cross the river again, but at this time, Qin Qiong's army had already killed the Turks in the rear, and then reflexively killed again, and at this time another Turkic cavalry finally arrived, but their fate was similar to that of the first cavalry, and they became scattered under the impact of Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong led the army to kill three in and three out of the Turks, and the Turks suffered countless casualties, but in comparison, the heaviest losses were all kinds of materials, in fact, the main target of Qin Qiong's sneak attack was these materials, for which they carried a large number of fire oil bottles, and even had to reduce the number of firearms they carried, so everywhere they passed, there were flames and thick smoke.
When the army crossed the Hunhe River again, wanting to stop Qin Qiong's army, the other party did not give him a chance at all, Qin Qiong commanded the soldiers to throw the last batch of oil bottles on his body into the Turkic crowd, and immediately turned his horse away without hesitation, and the retreating party was also the lower reaches of the river, where all the cattle and sheep were crossing the river, but they were killed and robbed by the Tang army, and the cattle and sheep fled in all directions as if they were crazy, and it was impossible to find them back without spending a few days, and the pursuing stubborn thinking force did not even touch the side of the other party.
Looking at the Tang army in the distance, and then looking at the material team that was emitting black smoke, Jieli was almost angry and vomiting blood, he didn't expect the Tang army's ambush to come so quickly, and he didn't give him time to react at all, now they suffered heavy losses, I'm afraid that even if they fled to Mobei, I don't know how many people will die of freezing and starvation?