Chapter 447: Encounter
In response to Zhang Yi's questioning, the Tibetan officer did not answer.
He couldn't understand Chinese, so naturally he couldn't understand what the guy on the other side was saying.
However, they were clearly the people his master had asked him to find, and although they were very numerous and imposing, the officer had great confidence in himself and his soldiers.
Zhang Yi was waiting for the Tibetan officer to reply, but what answered him was dozens of sharp arrows fired in this direction.
"Be careful!"
Yue 11 always paid attention to the situation, and when he found that the other party was suddenly in trouble, he also protected Zhang Yi as soon as possible.
"Everyone do a good defense, Wang Wu, fight back immediately, don't pull me!"
Zhang Yi retreated backwards while being protected by Yue 11, and shouted loudly for Wang Wu and the others to fight back.
Now it's not just those Tubo people who have bows and arrows, Zhang Yi also has them here, and in order to facilitate carrying, and in order not to disgust the Tubo army, the number of bows and arrows they bring is pitiful, but the number of bows and crossbows is quite a lot.
After the formation stabilized, Wang Wu immediately organized people to start a counterattack, they were all well-trained, and they had all experienced a big battle, it can be said that everyone had the blood of the enemy on their hands, and now this kind of battle is nothing in their eyes.
Although there are 100 cavalry on the Tibetan side, everyone has a bow and arrow, and the Tang army only has dozens of bows and crossbows, but the rate of fire of the bows and crossbows is much faster than that of bows and arrows, so you come and go, but there is no difference between up and down.
The Tibetan cavalry officer frowned, and there was already an unusual look in his eyes.
The two teams haven't really met yet, they just attack each other with long-range weapons, so it can be said that they are just testing each other, and this wave, the Tubo people didn't take any advantage, both sides just had casualties on each other.
If it goes on like this, it won't be good for the Tibetans.
This group of people is obviously well-trained, where is it just a group of green forest heroes as the information they got said above, even if it is a regular Tang army, it is nothing more than that!
This made this group of Tibetan cavalry suffer, and now that the two sides have made a move, the next desperate effort will definitely not be avoided.
And they have to fulfill the orders given to them from above.
Ready to fly!
Zhang Yi doesn't care so much, since the fight has started, then he has to beat these guys to hurt, ah no, then he has to beat these guys to death.
While being protected by Yue 11, he was not idle, and immediately issued an order: "Everyone forms a formation, we can't be scattered by the Tubo people, and when they meet in short arms, if they can't break us up, it will be their death!" ”
Zhang Yi continued to cheer up the team, and those Tang Army soldiers were even more warlike at this time.
These Tibetan barbarians, encroaching on their land, and also burning, killing and looting on their land, can be said to be all evil, countless Tang people living on the border are scattered, and as Tang soldiers, now facing these enemies, they are naturally rigid.
Hundreds of men roared in low voices, like hundreds of lions ready to attack, holding the weapons in their hands tightly, ready to fight to the death with the rushing Tibetan cavalry.
Although Zhang Yi's team is all on horseback, it is not cavalry, to be precise, there are almost no pure cavalry in this team.
Either from Zhangjiazhuang or Xu Jingzong selected, they were not pure cavalry, and even the Tang soldiers they selected also selected the elite infantry because they had to transport goods and take mountain roads.
Usually they can ride war horses, but when they are fighting, they will dismount and form an infantry phalanx to meet the enemy.
Now, the formation they formed was a typical infantry defensive phalanx, which was specially designed to deal with cavalry.
Now both sides are full of fighting spirit, and under the urging of the Tibetan cavalry, the speed of the war horses has also accelerated, and soon, the two teams collided together.
This is not the first time Zhang Yi has experienced war, not long ago, he also followed Li Jing to conquer the Turks, and they won the victory, and he has a lot of credit.
But the current battle was very tragic, it happened right in front of Zhang Yi's eyes, and even some Tubo cavalry rushed in front of Zhang Yi, but it was only solved by Yue 11.
The battle continued, and both sides fought to the death.
The Tubo cavalry could not disperse the Tang army's phalanx for the time being, but in the current situation, the Tubo cavalry was charging, and the Tang army could only choose to defend for the time being.
Zhang Yi knows that whether they can win or not, defense is very important, but the most important and critical place is the moment when they choose to counterattack.
If the counterattack is done well, they will be able to directly reverse the situation on the battlefield, and even directly destroy this group of Tibetan cavalry.
But if the counterattack is weak, soon those Tibetan cavalry will be able to extinguish their counterattack, and at that time, the morale of their own troops will be absolutely chaotic, and the morale will be very low, and it is only a matter of time.
Watching the battle situation slowly enter a stalemate, Zhang Yi also knew that the time was almost ripe.
Seeing where the Tubo officer was, Zhang Yi was ruthless and rushed directly to that side.
If you want to set off a counterattack, if you want to counterattack, then he definitely has to rush to the front, he rushes to the front, not only can maximize morale, so that the soldiers willingly follow him to the soup.
What's more, Yue 11 and Wang Wu and the others have to protect themselves, and if they rush there, they have to follow themselves to that side, and Yue 11 and Wang Wu's combat power is almost unique here, almost invincible, and the two of them will inevitably attract more soldiers to follow.
When the time comes, they will form a torrent, a torrent that the Tibetan soldiers cannot resist, as long as they come together, then, this battle, they will win.
As Zhang Yi expected, he rushed directly with this ruthlessness, and plunged into the center of the battle between the Tubo soldiers and the Tang soldiers, and Wang Wu and others had no choice but to follow him to kill him.
And with Yue 11 and Wang Wu by his side to protect, Zhang Yi was not only unscathed, but also led the Tang soldiers to kill a piece of the sky.
Under Zhang Yi's leadership, more and more Tang soldiers followed him, and the formation of the Tubo cavalry became scattered because of the battle, but the Tang soldiers all gathered together because of Zhang Yi.
The shouts of killing shook the sky, and the Tang army was like a bamboo under the leadership of Zhang Yi, and those Tubo cavalry began to be unable to parry.
The situation of the war situation has undergone a fundamental change, the morale of the Tibetan side is low, and the Tang army is like a rainbow under the leadership of Zhang Yi.
"Resist, resist, follow me!"
And the cavalry officer in Tubo still wanted to fight to the death, trying to counterattack and suppress the momentum of Zhang Yi and others.
He kept gathering people, but he was a little overwhelmed.
After all, the cavalry they brought was still too few, only more than a hundred people, while the Tang army on the opposite side was a full three hundred.
The difference in quantity is too far, and in terms of quality, the Tang army does not lose too much to them, so their defeat is also expected.