The air was filled with an unappetizingly bloody smell. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe afterglow of the setting sun shrouded obliquely over the wide plain at the foot of the Delay Mountain, the corpses of the Tang army or the Western Turkic cavalry mixed together, the weapons and swords scattered everywhere, the battle flags of both sides that were burning or emitting wisps of green smoke - the blood-colored remnant sun, the remnant sun was like blood!

Su Dingfang got off the horse, suddenly fell to the ground, his face changed greatly, he jumped up in a hurry, turned over his horse, and shouted angrily, "Soldiers, the Western Turks are here again, cheer up, get on the horse, and kill with Ben!" ”

"Kill!"

This time, it seems that the Western Turks are pouring out. Fiercely rushing westward, wielding a shouscitar, with a beastly roar from his mouth, he rushed over the world. The momentum was too great, and soon the Tang cavalry on the front line was divided into several square formations, but the Western Turks were mainly anti-guest, forming a counter-encirclement trend against the Tang soldiers.

Su Ding's face was pale, brandishing a spear, rushing back and forth in the enemy formation, looking at the Tang cavalry who were gradually trapped by the Western Turks and eaten a little bit, he sighed, took out a horn from his arms, put it to his mouth and whined.

The desolate and solemn trumpet sounded on this bloody and tragic battlefield, and the Tang cavalry were all shocked and enthusiastic. Most of these cavalrymen have followed Su Dingfang to fight in the east and west, and they know that he has such a "habit", when it comes to a crisis, once he blows the bull's horn, it is time to fight to the death and put life and death out of the way!

This is a signal, an agreement without words, and a passionate and fearless calling.

Su Dingfang roared angrily, "Kill!" It is better to die in battle than to take a step back! ”

"Marshal, you've retreated a hundred miles in a row, do you want to retreat? If you keep holding back like this, when will it be a head? Cheng Zhijie shouted loudly, dissatisfiedly dissatisfied, a long knife in his hand was ruthlessly removed, brushed the ground, and stuck horizontally on an uncle who fell on the left.

"There is no need to retreat, pass the order, turn the horse's head, rush forward, and annihilate the invading Western Turks!" An He looked up at the sky, then looked in the direction of Yanzhou, and waved his hand.

"Grandma's, brothers, rush to Lao Tzu!" Cheng Zhijie was overjoyed, and the horse rushed to the front.

The 40,000 Tang troops retreated calmly, and their physical strength was not consumed much at all. The Western Turkistan cavalry was different, coming from afar, chasing the Tang army all the way, attacking and blocking from time to time, more than half of the dead and wounded, and the people were sleepy and lacking. When they were thinking about camping and resting and marching again tomorrow, the Tang army pounced on them like a tiger out of a cage, shouting and killing in the twilight.

At the same time, Ouyang Feiyu also led tens of thousands of volunteers to make a detour to Lingzhou, and then attacked the main force of the Western Turks attacking Yanzhou.

The 150,000 people under the command of Gulakaina, who pretended to be the right of the Western Turks, suddenly defected, pulled up the banner, and took advantage of the hazy night to rush from the right side to kill. The Western Turks poured out of the country, with a total of 350,000 people, except for the old 10,000 people absolutely controlled by Gula China, in fact, Ashina Helu really controlled only 10,000 Dao 10,000 people, and then minus the part annihilated by the Tang Army, in fact, there were not even 150,000 people at this moment, and almost all of them were gathered in the front line of the battle between Yanzhou and Su Dingfang.

Su Dingfang's desperate blockade, Ouyang Feiyu's sneak attack from behind, coupled with Gula China's sudden sword, caught Ashina Helu off guard and was surrounded by regiments. This real battle of encirclement and annihilation lasted from evening to late at night, and Ashina Helu saw that the general trend had gone, and led the remnants to flee to the Delay Mountain, trying to escape across the Delay Mountain to Mobei.

It's a pity that the direction of Delay Mountain leading to Mobei has been blocked by the triumphant Cheng Zhijie's Tang army with a knife. After annihilating the Western Turkic cavalry along the way, An He led a team of personal soldiers to the front line of Yanzhou, and ordered Cheng Zhijie to lead the Tang army to quickly cross the river and occupy the exit pass of Yanshan Mountain.

There is interception in front, there are chasing soldiers in the back, and there are sieges everywhere, and Ashina Helu will not escape even if he has wings this time! By dawn the next day, the remnants of Ashina Helu either Xue or Xue took the initiative to throw themselves into the Gulakaina's department, and the upper part collapsed.

So far, this decisive battle has come to a successful end. At the cost of less than 60,000 casualties, the Tang army annihilated 150,000 Western Turkic troops and captured more than 40,000 people.

An He came to the horse, dismounted from a distance, and bowed deeply to Su Dingfang, who led the generals to usher, "The generals have worked hard, especially General Su Dingfang, who successfully contained the main force of the Xitu Lian people, successfully completed the encirclement of our army, and made great contributions to the victory of the battle. ”

"The marshal has won the award, it is all the work of the marshal's strategy, and the general is just doing his duty." Su Dingfang smiled slightly, after this battle, he admired Anhe's "strategic command" art so much. If, according to the convention, the Tang army and the Western Turks engaged in positional warfare, it would be impossible to annihilate such a large corps of the Western Turks in one fell swoop. And even if they are broken one by one, they will have to pay a heavy price.

An He smiled, stretched out his hand, and held Su Dingfang tightly. After this battle, he also had a further understanding of the famous generals of the Tang Dynasty. Although they have more scheming than themselves, and those who have more than four years of knowledge are a little worse, they are irreplaceable in their on-the-spot command role in actual battles, especially in terms of personal prestige and inspiration.

Needless to say, Su Dingfang even looked like Cheng Zhijie, who was very arrogant, was unambiguous when he really wanted to fight.

A group of Western Turkic captives lined up in despair, but Wei Chi Xunshan suddenly stepped forward and brought Ashina Helu, who was disguised as an ordinary soldier.

"Brother Shi Nahe, do you remember the little brother?" Wei Chi Xunyu looked at this desperate first generation of Xiaoya, the Great Khan of the Western Turks, and said in a low voice.

Ashinahru closed his eyes in despair.

An and swept his hands,

A group of soldiers rushed forward brandishing their swords, stabbing at Ashina Helu in a random manner, one and two......

An He said coldly, "This soldier has bad intentions, he has been killed, and he will be buried on the spot." ”

The Don army was victorious. The remnants of the Tubo people fled back to the Tibetan Plateau, and Gula Chena led 150,000 troops to the Maoqu Turkic tribe, and divided them into two large battalions with hundreds of thousands of Tang troops, which were stationed outside Lingzhou City and at the foot of the Delay Mountain.

The good news was returned, the government and the opposition were shaken, and Chang'an was a sensation! Li Xiaojiu was excited for a while, and immediately issued a decree, ordering the three armies to be rewarded, canonizing Gula China's younger brother Monda as the Western Turkic Liqun Khan, and leading his troops to return to his hometown, and to lead Gula China, the Tang army returned to their respective Zhechong Prefectures after their respective rectifications, and the army moved to Liangzhou, temporarily led by Cheng Zhijie. The defense of Lingzhou was taken over by Su Dingfang. Of course, in the Holy Decree, he praised Anhe's exploits. (To be continued.) )