Section 339 Battle of Longyi (2)

The Tang Army Brigade was on the march, and Liu Xianli and Feng Xiaobao received a report from the scout: The left side found a thousand Tubo horsemen!

"Report, the Tubo thousand cavalry attacked the right flank of our front army!" Another scout flew in. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two generals hurriedly rushed to the high ground and pulled out their binoculars in unison.

Telescopes are not popular, of course Feng Xiaobao has, Liu Xianli is the second and third person in the army, Feng Xiaobao will definitely send one.

Looking at the dragon-like troops, smoke and dust rose from the right flank in front, and the tidal wave of cavalry overflowed in the deafening sound of horses' hooves.

Liu Xianli said confidently: "They can't take advantage of us." ”

His words were right, even the infantry of the Tang Army, against the Tubo cavalry, was also well-trained, and immediately assembled, in front of which was a dense array of hedgehogs---- spears outward, and the infantry behind were not in a hurry, picked up longbows, and mounted arrows.

No matter how fast the Tubo people came, they were also well prepared for the Tang army.

The infantry configuration of the Tang Army's heavy army group was 12,500 infantry, including 7,500 armor soldiers, mainly using Mingguang armor. Among the 7,500 armor soldiers, there are 2,500 Mo knife soldiers, each of whom has a bow and 30 arrows hanging on their waists, and a long-handled Mo knife and a spear are crossed behind their backs. In addition, 5,000 armor soldiers also have a bow, 30 arrows, a gun, and a heavy knife with a broken handle.

Among the 5,000 light infantry, 2,500 were equipped with a bow, 30 arrows, a heavy knife with a broken handle, a spear, and a square cowhide shield. Another 2,500 light soldiers with a bow and 30 arrows. On his back he carried a larger arrow, loaded with 100 arrows, a crossbow, and a spear.

The Tang Army's bow and crossbow armament rate was 120%, and each soldier was equipped with more than three weapons. Compared with the Qin and Han armies, the firepower is 3-5 times stronger, and the impact power is also greatly improved!

And under Feng Xiaobao's proposal, the infantry set off an upsurge of learning Li Ling's good example, thousands of infantry in Li Ling in the Han Dynasty against tens of thousands of cavalry of the Huns, and shot the Huns with arrows to kill as many as they wanted, if it was not for the end of the arrows, the Huns would have watched him lead his troops to laugh and return to the Han Pass.

Learn from Li Ling, the infantry practiced hard with arrows, and the strength of the foot bow and arrow was stronger than that of the riding bow!

It's very simple, shoot arrows 500 times a day, chop knives tens of thousands of times, even the gods and Buddhas can also shoot, can also be chopped!

This kind of training also brought the benefit of confidence, and Valentine, who came to attack, was very experienced, and as soon as he saw the spirit of the infantry of the Tang Army, he knew that he had encountered a hard stubble.

Sure enough, when he sent a hundred horsemen to launch a tentative assault on the Tang army, the Tang army's formation was not chaotic.

There are few people in Tubo, of course, they will not rush to the hedgehog array, but just send arrows diagonally to attack the Tang army, sneering and sneering!

The sound of "Pengpengpeng", which is more powerful than the Tibetan riding bow, is the power of the step bow.

Even if they were some distance away, Valentine knew that it was broken as soon as he heard the sound of the bowstring, and the opponent's bow was stronger than it was.

The arrows were scattered in the air, and the Tubo people fell to the ground one after another, and the people and horses were bathed in blood.

Similarly, there were also people in the Tang army who were hit by arrows and fell into the arms of their comrades screaming.

To the annoyance of the Tubo people, the Tang army's spear array and archers strode forward under the orders of the officers!

In this way, the injured Tubo people who fell entered the attack range of the Tang army (it was the edge before, and there was a certain chance to escape), and the Tubo people could only watch the Tang army wipe out all the injured Tubos!

"Ahh Yes! Yes! The screams of about six or seven wounded Tibetans quickly died down, and the Tang army shot them to death in a "line of shot" fashion.

The hatred of the Tibetan people is itching, and if the people in front of them are not rushing into battle, or they are not shooting, they will not be able to save their brothers.

They looked earnestly at the Lord Valentine, but he was unmoved.

The Tubo people have their own charter to deal with the Tang people, and there are a few who do not fight:

The cavalry does not fight the infantry, especially the sword soldiers, and the archers.

As for not fighting fortified cities and not fighting more with less, they are all rules for winning.

The cavalry was used to destroy the cavalry of the Tang army, and as long as the Tang cavalry failed, the infantry of the Tang army was in a state of inability to catch the blind.

When they attacked, it was difficult to defeat the plateau climate and terrain, and they were even more afraid that the Tibetan cavalry would block the front road, intercept and kill in the middle, and run out of food on the back road!

Therefore, the first priority of the Tubo cavalry is to eliminate the Tang cavalry, before the Tang cavalry is eliminated, it is stupid behavior to fight the Tang army infantry, and the smart Tubo people will never face the Tang army's Mo sword soldiers, they will only greet them with bows and arrows.

The Tubo generals who had this consciousness were all alive, and the Tubo generals who did not have this consciousness met in front of the Tang army infantry and broke their blood.

In this way, the Tang army won a small battle, shooting and killing more than 30 Tubo people, killing less than 10 people and wounding more than 10 people, and the wounded had almost no possibility of dying in the Tang army's "field hospital".

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Valentin wanted to deal with the Don Cavalry, and as he wished, two thousand Tang Cavalry came.

Looking at the rolling Tang Horse, Valentine's eyes narrowed.

They're a bit hard to deal with!

The survival situation on the plateau is difficult, and the nobles who can become masters are often veterans of old battles (excluding the second generation of officials), and their eyes are very poisonous, and when they saw the momentum of Tang riding over, Valentine immediately ordered: "Retreat!" ”

So the Tibetans fled with a bang, but they did not completely leave the distance, ten miles away from the Tang army.

However, Tang Cai was only five miles away from his army, and he refused to step forward.

Why do you want to go over with the Tubo people, it's not good to be private under the cover of the infantry, as long as you fight with the Tubo cavalry, the infantry runs over to help the battle, and the Tubo cavalry will have fun and be happy... Go down to the underworld and go happily.

The Tang cavalry only circled around the infantry, and Valentine had no choice but to tease in front of the Tang army, trying to lure out a team of Tang cavalry to kill.

However, Liu Xianli, the general of the Tang army, was a cautious man and did not let the Tang cavalry leave the infantry five miles away.

And Feng Xiaobao is in his army, Feng Xiaobao is a belligerent person, even if he brings thirty snakes and kisses, he dares to go to a thousand horses, but he will also respect the commander, there is no need to make himself too prominent.

In this way, under the command of Liu Xianli, the Tang army drove towards Longyi City.

There was also an Ashina Chixin ambush in the middle of the way, he let go of the front army of the Tang Army and went to the Chinese army to kill heavily!

There was part of the Tang Army's military rations, grain and grass, which were transported by 2,000 soldiers.

Avoiding the strong and attacking the weak is the true character of the Tibetan people.

However, thousands of ironclad soldiers ran from the side of the baggage soldiers, they were holding big swords, and when they saw the Tibetan cavalry, they were not only not afraid, but also strode forward.

Damn it, Mo Knife Soldier!

Ashina Chixin turned around and ran, but fortunately, the Mo Dao soldiers ran slowly and couldn't catch up with them.

Mo Dao soldiers are a big trouble for nomads, they have thick armor, and they don't necessarily die if they are shot into hedgehogs, and they are still alive.

If they were allowed to get close, those 1,000 Mo sword soldiers could fight 5,000 cavalry!

Listening to the Mo Dao soldiers shouting behind him: "Don't run!" "The Tibetans are running faster!

After that, the Tubo people lit fires and shouted at night, attacked before dawn, and the Tang army gathered when they were resting, but it had little effect, and the Tang army advanced towards Longyi step by step. (To be continued.) )