Chapter 296: Rush to Kill
The commander of the Imperial Forest Army, surnamed Liu, who was in charge of sending off his relatives this time, immediately panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly said to Lu Jinping with a smile: "Lord, you can't do it, we are sending relatives." Although these people have contradictions with the Turkic Khan, they are the people of the Turkic Khan, and it is impossible to say whether they win or lose if they want to fight with them. ”
Lu Jinping's eyes widened, and he scolded sharply: "You dare not obey the orders of this prince? Do you want to rebel? ”
Commander Liu was so frightened that he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "The last general will not dare, the last general will obey the orders of the prince,"
"That's good, line up and prepare to fight, he wants us to go over and pay back, he has to dare to make a move, beat him up!"
"The last general will line up the troops."
Commander Liu secretly smiled bitterly, wiped a handful of cold sweat, stood up and immediately ordered the troops to be arranged to protect the prince, as long as the other party dared to use force, he would do it with the other party.
At this time, the black line on the horizon slowly approached, and it became clearer and clearer, sure enough, it was thousands of iron horsemen, walking neatly in the snowfield, and the formation was not chaotic, which made people look at it like a well-trained and brave division.
This made the smug smile on the corner of Lu Jinping's mouth thicker. He rode his horse and rushed out, pulled out his sword and waved it in the air, and said in a loud voice: "Brothers, if these Turkic barbarians make way for us to pass, if they dare to move strong, we will let them know that the swords of our **** soldiers are not vegetarian, and there are no people who are afraid of death?" ”
Although these Imperial Forest Army are known as the elite of the elite, in fact, most of them are inherited positions, and they are used to showing off their power in the capital, but there is relatively little real military training, so they don't really go into battle. Now I heard the prince ask. Who dares to say that he is afraid of death, so he can only raise his arms and shout that he wants to fight to the death with the Turks.
Lu Jinping rode his horse back and forth, then nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Commander Liu: "Listen to my orders, I will charge when I call the charge." If someone stagnates, shoot and kill. ”
Commander Liu agreed with a bitter face and passed on the order, and the five hundred imperial forest soldiers changed color on their faces, but the prince said so, who dared not obey the order.
The iron cavalry of the Snow Ridge tribe was getting closer and closer, and stopped more than a hundred steps away from the front of the Royal Forest Army lined up, the other party was twice as large as the Tang Army, and it was the ironclad cavalry. It is much more powerful than the light cavalry of the Tang Imperial Forest Army. They originally thought that the Tang Dynasty would respectfully and obediently give the gold and silver and leave the money to buy the road, but they didn't expect that the Tang army actually put on a fighting posture, which made the chief a little annoyed.
He stepped forward on his horse, stood in front of the two armies and said in a loud voice: "Your Royal Highness Princess, please come up and speak, which one is the prince of the Tang Dynasty?" Please come up and speak. ”
Princess Siyun was about to ride her horse out, but was grabbed by Lu Jinping and shook her head and said, "The princess can't take risks." I'll take care of it, and now we're going to greet you. It's not your internal affairs in Tubo, if he doesn't give us face in the Tang Dynasty, I won't let him curry favor, everything depends on how the husband deals with them. ”
The princess originally thought that Lu Jinping was joking before, or just talking, to show off her majesty, and she would definitely retreat when it was really time for the two armies to fight. After all, they are outnumbered, and the Tang Dynasty is deep in the Turkic hinterland, so they can't fight at will, otherwise they will definitely be wiped out.
But I didn't expect Lu Jinping to come to the real thing, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised. But before he could ask, Lu Jinping had already ridden his horse to the front of the lined up Royal Forest Army, rode his horse and stood, and pointed at the chief: "You barbarian old man, listen to me, I am the prince of the Tang Dynasty, we went to Tubo to welcome our relatives, not only did you not send wine to each other, but blocked our way, but also blackmailed, what is the reason?" How could I, Datang Tianwei, dare to be harassed by such a young man as you? I tell you, get out of the way at once, send the beef and mutton and supplies, and I can spare you for your rudeness, or I will teach you a good lesson for the Khan, old boy. ”
The chief of the Xueling tribe is already an old man of sixty or seventy years old, even with the Turkic Khan, he is arrogant, and now he is actually reprimanded and insulted as an old boy by a prince of the Tang Dynasty in front of so many people, and he can't help but be so angry that his beard flies, Canglang pulled out his waist knife, pointed at Lu Jinping and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? To my Turkic territory, how dare you be so rampant, believe it or not, I will destroy you......"
Lu Jinping laughed, slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and said loudly: "The Tang soldiers obey orders and prepare to charge!" I'll count to three, and if this old boy and his turtle bastards don't get out of the way, we'll fight a bloody way and let them know what the rules are. One! Two......! ”
The tribal chief laughed angrily, slashed twice in the air with the waist knife in his hand, and said loudly: "The soldiers of Tieling listen to the order and prepare to charge!" These turtle grandsons of Datang dare to make a move, and kill all of them! ”
"Three! - Charge! ”
After saying that, Lu Jinping shook the reins of his horse and rushed forward first.
Commander Liu took a look at the back, the prince led the charge, where did he dare to slack off, the sword in his hand was raised high, and he shouted: "Protect the prince, kill the Turkic barbarians, fight with them, charge!" ”
These pampered Imperial Guards originally thought that it was a beauty difference to be a messenger to welcome relatives, but they didn't expect to work hard, but now who dares to lag behind? The prince rushed to the front, roaring wildly and riding his horse towards the Turkic ironclad cavalry.
The three women, Xiao Xiao, Yunzi and Ye Qingqing, had been following Lu Jinping, and when he rushed to the front of the formation, the three of them also rode behind him. I thought he was just pretending to scare the other party, but I didn't expect him to really, swing his sword and kill the other party, I couldn't help but be startled, and quickly urged the horse to chase after him.
Of course, Lu Jinping is not a reckless person, there are three masters around him, especially Yunzi, who is good at confrontation between the two armies, once followed his father to charge into battle, fought countless bloody battles, and has rich experience in fighting against the two armies, and Xiao Xiao is a generation of masters, no one can match, although Ye Qingqing's martial arts are not as good as the two, but in terms of loyalty, no one can be outstanding, and personal protection is twice safer.
With the three of them, where else can you go? What's more, there is Khan's daughter as a bodyguard behind him, and no matter how arrogant the other party is, he will not dare to openly confront Khan.
Because he has hole cards in his heart, Lu Jinping doesn't have to worry about it at all, not to mention that he has a bigger purpose hidden behind.
When the tribal chieftain saw that the Tang army was really charging at them, and it was the prince of the Tang Dynasty who rushed to the front, he retreated again and again. However, it was too late for him to change formation, and the speed of the horse rushing over, let alone the light horse.
Five hundred Tang soldiers quickly entered the enemy formation, before the charge, these pampered Imperial Forest Army was still beating drums in their hearts, and some were even scared to death, but when it really fought, these were all big-shouldered and round-waisted and arrogant, and when it was really time to fight hard, they were not stunned, and they didn't have time to be stunned, and they were crazy to slash and kill each other.
Although the Turkic soldiers had already received orders from the chieftain to kill him as long as the Tang soldiers dared to make a move, they actually knew that this was just a bluff by the chief. Because this Tang army is different from others, they are here to see off their relatives, and there is the Khan's daughter behind. As long as you get the money, it is enough, therefore, when the Tang army rushed over, these people were confused in their guiding ideology, whether they really fought or retreated?
Since then, the Royal Forest Army, which was led by the prince himself, charged into battle with firm thinking, although its combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the other party, but it fought the Turkic army with a chaotic mind and inconsistent pace, and it was as invincible as chopping melons and vegetables.
Fortunately, these Turkic iron horsemen were also experienced in a hundred battles, and they soon knew that they should protect themselves first. So, immediately three or five groups gathered together to fight against the Tang army, and began a desperate fight with the Tang army, and the battle immediately fell into a stalemate.
Shouts of killing and screams came and went, and from time to time someone fell, blood splattered.
Lu Jinping's own martial arts are far from what they used to be, plus the three master guards, it is really as Changshan Zhao Zilong is invincible to a million male soldiers, and the killing is rising, and the Turkic iron cavalry will fall when the long sword is swung.
Seeing that the prince was so brave, the Tang Dynasty soldiers were even more uplifted, and even took out the strength to eat milk and fought desperately. They also know that it is an iron law that the brave of the two armies wins. At this point, the battle will depend on who can hold out to the end.
The chief of the Snow Ridge tribe couldn't resist it at first, he couldn't imagine that Lu Jinping was really playing, and he was a little overwhelmed for a while. When he saw the Tang Dynasty light cavalry rushing over, he hurriedly rode his horse and retreated behind the formation, and did not fall into the two armies.
When he found out that the two armies had fought seriously, and hundreds of people were killed and wounded in front of the two armies, he panicked, knowing that they intercepted and sniped the Tang Dynasty team, which made the khan know that when he was really angry, he couldn't eat and walk around, because he was in a loss.
Princess Siyun was also stunned in the back, she couldn't imagine that Lu Jinping really said that she would fight, and when she came, she was playing with her life, and when she realized it, the two armies had already been fighting together, she immediately rode her horse and rushed up, shouting loudly to stop. But who could hear her cry in the midst of the chaos?
Seeing this scene, the chief of the Snow Ridge tribe hurriedly raised the scimitar in his hand and shouted: "Stop, stop!" Tieling soldiers retreat, get out of the way, back up, get out of the way! ”
But the two armies had already risen to the top, and the shouts of killing shook the sky, and where could they hear his voice.
He hurriedly called the herald behind him to withdraw his troops.
There was a gong sound, and the Turkic army had strict military laws, although they knew that when the two armies were fighting, it was extremely dangerous to retreat, but the military order was like a mountain, how dare not obey it, and immediately wipe their heads and run. The Tang army was unforgiving, frantically chasing and killing more than a dozen Turkic soldiers.
Lu Jinping laughed, and then ordered Liu to lead Mingjin to withdraw his troops. The Tang army retreated.
More than 100 corpses were left in front of the two armies, as well as hundreds of wounded, most of them Turkic soldiers.
The military doctor hurriedly stepped forward to wrap the wound, but just now, it was considered that Datang won more with fewer victories, so the soldiers were all overjoyed.
Commander Liu suddenly broke into a cold sweat, although he won, but the losses were heavy, after all, the other party was a heavy cavalry, and he dealt with heavy cavalry with light horses, and he really had the feeling of eggs hitting stones, but fortunately, the prince had a decisive sense of battle, so he won by luck. (To be continued.) )