Zhao Ziliang thought that this place was not far from the enemy, in order to be able to better observe the enemy's formation and movements, he jumped off the horseback and climbed onto the specially built platform, Chen Qing, Cen Shen and other generals and officials followed one after another. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The handsome platform is ten zhang high, the top area is about 40 square meters, equipped with war drums, horns, drummers and trumpeters, there are several heralds, several flag bearers, one flag officer, several observers, the flag is inserted around, Zhao Ziliang's handsome flag is inserted in the middle, towering into the clouds.

Zhao Ziliang came to the railing in front of the Shuaitai, took the telescope on his chest and looked into the distance, ten zhang high can see far away, the enemy army ten miles away has entered the telescope of vision, although it is not very clear, but can already see the general situation, look at the scale of the cavalry, there are indeed about 8,000 horsemen, but the formation is scattered, the specific situation can not be seen clearly.

Putting down the binoculars, Zhao Ziliang looked at the surrounding terrain, at this time the Tang Fan coalition army was in a depression, where the weeds were particularly lush, and the terrain on both sides was slightly higher, if he walked out of the depression in the first mile, he ordered: "The cavalry on the left and right wings move slightly higher on both sides, the front army will stand in the depression, and the infantry will stand in the depression, and the whole army will stop advancing and wait for the enemy to fight a decisive battle!" ”

As soon as the Tang Fan coalition army set up a position, Lu Li led the army of the stepping force to four miles in front of the formation, the marching speed was not fast, but the formation had been adjusted during the march, and the soldiers still retained sufficient physical strength, Zhao Ziliang knew that it would not take advantage of launching an attack at this time, so he continued to wait.

Picking up the binoculars again to observe the enemy's military formation, this place is full of grasslands, there is no yellow sand in the sky, Zhao Ziliang clearly observed the enemy's military formation this time.

"Huh-" Zhao Ziliang discovered the abnormal situation in the opponent's military formation, one person and two horses? He immediately became vigilant, this army has the size of 8,000 people, but it is one man and two horses, so doesn't that mean that there are only 4,000 horsemen? Where did the other half go?

Zhao Ziliang raised his eyebrows, put down the binoculars and looked at his right wing, the right wing is 1,500 people in the plot, originally there were 3,000 men and horses, but they lost half of them in the last attack, 1,500 cavalry for the entire army, the right wing is too thin, if the enemy detectives detect this situation, Lu Li wants to divide his troops to sneak attack the flank, and he will inevitably choose the weak right wing of the Tang army!

Want to resist a full-scale attack by my main force with 4,000 men and horses, and raid my right flank with the other half of my troops? Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to withstand being defeated by me first? Unless you work in tandem with the flanks and make a surprise attack on my right flank with all my forces and without my knowledge, it will be possible, but now that you have an insight into your ideas, how can I still let you succeed?

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziliang pondered for a moment, and said to Chen Qing: "Pass the order, order Xuan Yi and a thousand cavalry to detour back to the right flank from the rear, if you find that an enemy army is coming, you don't have to fight to the death, you can only fight and drag the other party, and don't let the other party attack the right flank of our army, if the other party ignores it, then stop the other party's advance at all costs!" Let him take all of the Whirlwind Eighteen Horsemen with him, just in case! ”

"No!" Chen Qing looked puzzled, and after agreeing, he gave an order to a herald.

After receiving the order, Xuanyi immediately took the whirlwind eighteen cavalry, the remaining seventeen and a thousand cavalry quietly left the main formation from the back and made a detour to the right flank.

Whether the other half of Luli's men and horses will launch a surprise attack from the right flank, Zhao Ziliang is not sure, this is the home field of the strong people, and the reconnaissance has been fully suppressed by the strength of the outpost, so Zhao Ziliang has no knowledge of the intelligence ten miles away, and in the case of not being able to detect more information and farther away, Zhao Ziliang can only make many preparations, so he found Nuer again, and ordered him to lead the remaining 700 cavalry of the Tang Army to be ready to reinforce the left flank or prevent the enemy from killing from behind.

Lu Li and his men and horses finally came to the Tang army two miles in front of the formation, through the telescope, Zhao Ziliang found that Lu Li is very good at controlling the speed of the army's advance, and can adjust the formation, although the other party has not yet gained a firm foothold, but at this time it is not possible to take advantage of the attack, and the first attack will expose his intentions, so he did not give the attack order first.

In the waiting time, the Tang army was also recovering its strength, the other party was sorting out the formation, and quickly set up a military formation, although the formation was a little scattered, and the Tang army could not be so neat and tight, but this was not bad.

Zhao Ziliang ordered the heralds: "Tell the former army to transfer the Khan, if Ben will order an attack, his front army of 1,000 men and horses will quickly divide into two teams and outflank the enemy's two flanks, and the Huluju Division, the Sesheti Division, and the Mouluo Division on the left and right flanks of our army will immediately go to reinforce him!" Be sure to keep the enemy in the middle! ”

"No!"

After receiving Zhao Ziliang's military order, the transfer khan was a little puzzled, if according to Zhao Ziliang's deployment, his front army moved to the two wings to outflank the enemy's two wings, and in the face of the enemy's menacing approach, it became the three thousand Tang Army infantry in the middle, and these three thousand infantry could block the attack of the enemy's eight thousand cavalry? Even if the enemy army had to divide part of its forces to the left and right flanks to reach the outflanks of our army from both flanks, the enemy cavalry rushing over would not be able to stop only 3,000 infantry, right? If the Chinese army is defeated, will it be in vain even if the two flanks make progress?

Although the doubts were doubtful, the transfer khan still decided to follow Zhao Ziliang's military order, and the implementation of this military order would reduce his troop losses a lot, and his subordinates would not have to directly face the impact of the enemy, and the casualties would naturally be reduced to a minimum.

After an hour of confrontation between the two sides, Lu Li first couldn't hold his breath, his military formation was facing the southeast, at this time the sun had risen, although the sun in July had just risen, it was also hot on people's faces, the sun just shone on his military formation, and the Tang Fan coalition army was facing the northwest, with its back to the sun, almost every effect, as long as it was not at noon, the longer the time dragged on, the more unfavorable the situation was for the stepping force, How many armies in this day and age can stand in the same posture for a morning?

Lu Li is not a fool, in order not to put himself in a disadvantageous position in the situation, he decided to attack immediately, he did not understand what military formation, he directly waved his troops to launch a full-scale attack, the barbarian horn soldier dragged a long horn and blew a desolate sound, this is the attack order.

When the centurions of each faction heard this voice, they immediately raised their weapons and pointed at the Tang Fan coalition army formation, and rushed forward first, and the barbarians behind also beat their horses to maintain their formation, and followed the centurions to rush forward.

The weapons of the cavalry of the stepping force are varied, there are spears, iron spears, maces, axes, iron rods, etc., although the barbarians all have heavy weapons or long weapons, but they can not form a unified and standard, coupled with the lack of unified and strict training, so the stepping strength department can only nest in the southwest of Jinshan Xuanchi around this area for grazing, can not sit big. At that time, the Western Turkic Kingdom not only divided the army into different arms, but also unified weapons and equipment, formed a system, and also made unified arrangements for the training of the army, which was far beyond the comparison of these small tribes.

Zhao Ziliang, who was standing on the platform, immediately discovered that the enemy army had launched a full-scale attack, and immediately ordered: "Beat the drum and order the front army to attack!" ”

Marching Sima Chen Qing nodded, and gave an order to the drummers, the fist-sized drum hammer struck on the cowhide drum to make a deafening sound, this drum sound is extremely penetrating, and the transmission distance is also very long, the soldiers listened to this drum and their blood surged, and the fighting spirit rose.

The Khan immediately raised his glittering mace and shouted, "Sons, kill with me!" ”

"Kill!" As the Khan rushed out with his mace, a thousand cavalry behind him also rushed towards the oncoming enemy army with their weapons.

The tactic of splitting the army in two to outflank the enemy's left and right flanks during the charge was not unfamiliar to the Khan, but his subordinates had never practiced this tactic, and it was not ordinarily difficult to complete it perfectly.

After rushing out of a distance, he gave the order with his mace, fortunately he had already consulted with his ten centurions and made preparations, if it was a temporary division of troops, I was afraid that the soldiers in the back row would not know the situation at all.

Just when the Heluo Shi Department was about to complete the tactic of dividing it into two, Zhao Ziliang issued a second military order, ordering the left and right flanks to rush up to support the two troops and horses of the He Luoshi Division.

The left flank of the Sheti and Huluju divisions and the right flank of the Mouluo division moved after receiving the military order, but at this time the soldiers in the rear of the Helushi division had not yet completed the final division, and a tail of about 200 horses was hit by the front of the enemy army that rushed towards them, and they were immediately knocked to pieces, although the loss of 200 men of the Heluoshi division with only 1,000 men and horses felt that the loss was quite large, but they had completed this tactic and began to encircle the left and right flanks of the enemy.

At this time, Lu Li was leading the team to rush to the front, he found that the front of the Tang army was outflanking his left and right flanks, he was in a hurry, it was too late to issue an order at this time, he was on the battlefield, and he was the first soldier, the order could not be passed on at all, so he could only continue to rush forward.

After smashing the tail of the Heluo Shi Division, Lu Li found that the front was empty, and he and his army seemed to have suddenly lost the enemy, and there was no opponent to attack, but at this time, not far from the front was a dense infantry.

Belch? How can there be infantry? Want to put your infantry up against my iron horse? Lu Li is very angry, the Tang army also looks down on people too much, even if the iron cavalry of my strength department is not good, it is definitely not something that your infantry can resist! He immediately brandished the bloody wolf's tooth hammer and continued to rush towards the opposite Tang infantry phalanx without stopping, although at this time the formation of the army behind him was already a little scattered, and when the military formation could still be seen, the formation of a spearhead formed with him as the tip had become a little blurred and deformed. (To be continued.) )