Chapter 214: The Brave Are Kings 10
The Qingfeng Gorge is very wide, and there is no problem for sixteen horses to stand side by side, which is why Li Hong chose to block the Tibetan pursuers here. Because when he kills back, if the road is too narrow, how can he kill to the original point and drive the Tibetan pursuers into the desert behind him?
Li Hong rode into the Qingfeng Gorge, and when he arrived at the predetermined place, he rode on his horse and quietly looked ahead.
The sky was as dark as ink, Zhao Zhongyong and Chen Gong beside Li Hong did not dare to be careless, and concentrated their energy on Li Hong, and a raging fire ignited in front of the army, because of the strength of the Tibetan pursuit, Li Hong was not afraid that this bonfire could make the Tibetan pursuers have any ideas, the only idea was that they could be more sure of their position, which was what Li Hong needed.
However, the went to stand in front of the ghost rider, but rode a horse and stood behind Li Hong.
Li Hong was silent, quietly waiting for the news from the front, Li Duoqi had already led his troops to lure the Tubo pursuers.
", do you ghost riders still have masks?" Suddenly, Li Hong asked.
"We each have a mask just in case." The replied. Li Hong said, "Show your mask to Lone." ”
The took the order and handed his spare mask to Li Hong.
The mask is cast in bronze and is very hard and heavy. The pattern of the mask is blue and fanged, which is very terrifying, and if a person wears this mask in such a dark night, and the macho man rushes out, it will definitely scare many people.
Li Hong stroked the mask, groaned for a while, and said, "Take eight hundred masks and give them to Chen Gong, and let the guards wear him too." ”
The sky is very dark tonight, if you wear this mask and charge the Tibetan pursuers, the effect will be better, so Li Hong will say this, and the guards are his elite, if you wear this mask, it will be more able to deter the Tibetan pursuers.
The didn't expect the prince to ask him for a mask, and he was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to answer, he was really reluctant!
This mask is all cast in bronze, Tubo not only lacks iron, but also lacks copper, if it were not for the ghost rider is the personal guard of the king of Tubo, Tubo is really reluctant to use bronze to cast masks for them.
Li Honghe and the others, how could they not guess what the was thinking, so he said lightly, "Don't worry, if the war is won, the mask will be returned to you, and this time you help Lone, Lone will not treat you badly, and when this war is over, Lone will reward you heavily." ”
Li Hong knows very well that no matter who it is, it is inseparable from profit. Now he made a promise to the three thousand ghost riders, and it was enough to draw a big pie. He didn't need to say what the reward was, which would attract the interest and curiosity of the three thousand Tibetan ghost riders even more.
"Yes." When the heard Li Hong's words, they immediately came to their senses, they guarded the Tubo palace all the year round, except for the necessary rewards, they basically had no income, unlike their comrades who fought outside, not only could they grab things, but they could also get rewards for their military exploits. Therefore, they listened to Li Hong's words to reward them, the was not stupid, he knew that as the crown prince of Li Hong, ordinary rewards could not be used, and rewards that could be obtained required them to make great efforts. However, they were born to be trained as warriors, that is, they were born for war, and it was their instinct to kill the enemy on the battlefield, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Hong asking them so.
Seeing that the's face changed, Li Hong knew that his goal had been achieved.
The received the order and immediately turned to leave, and Chen Gong followed him. In a moment, all the guards wore the masks of ghost riders, and with this gloomy sky, it looked even more weird.
In the canyon, the bonfire can only be a small part of the place, through the light of the bonfire, you can see the knights on horseback, murderous, all wearing ghost faces, the scene suddenly looks eerie and terrifying.
Li Hong did not return the mask of the to him, but put it on his own head, and since the guards wore the mask, he also wanted to wear it for fun.
In the distance, Li Duoqi led the army step by step close to the camp of the Tubo vanguard army in front, although the Tubo people chased Li Hong very quickly, but they did not have the idea of continuing the pursuit in the middle of the night, but stopped the pursuit less than twenty miles away from Li Hong, they knew that Li Hong also needed to rest, they didn't need to chase too closely, and besides, they pursued Li Hong for the prime minister, and they didn't want to start a war against Li Hong when the prime minister's army had not yet arrived.
However, the Tibetans seemed to be careless, how could they have known that Li Hong, who had only 4,000 men, would begin to fight back and send people to attack their camp.
Therefore, the commander of the Tibetan vanguard army was defenseless at all, and the number of scouts sent out at night was less than 200, and these less than 200 scouts were shot on horseback by several feathered arrows before they could see the enemy's appearance clearly when they encountered Li Duozhu's iron cavalry.
Li Duoqi judged that the guards of the Tubo camp were very loose through the number of scouts and the vigilance of the scouts, so he made a bold decision, that is, he did not follow Li Hong's designation to attract the Tubo army and introduce them into the Qingfeng Gorge, and decided to attack the camp directly, wanting to solve the 20,000 Tubo elite cavalry in front of him with 3,000 iron cavalry.
Of course, Li Duoqi was not stupid, he also knew that it was impossible for 3,000 people to annihilate 20,000 people, so his plan was to attack the camp first, completely disrupt the position of the Tubo people, and then drive the leaderless Tubo people to Qingfeng Gorge. In this way, when this remnant army fled to Qingfeng Gorge, and then passed through the ambush and killing of the nearby Tubo army, it is estimated that in front of Li Hong, there will be only a few thousand people left, so that the prince can kill thousands of Tubo people to have a good time, so that he can participate in the fight, but will not endanger his life, wouldn't it be better?
As soon as Li Duoqi thought about it, he made a decision in his heart.
He led the army to reduce the speed of the march, and when he was far from the camp of the Tibetan army, he ordered his soldiers to ride on horses and cautiously approach the camp of the Tibetan army step by step.
The camp defense of the Tubo army was very loose, and there were no guards at the camp gate, Li Duoqi rode on a horse, looking at the silent camp in front of him, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
The Tibetan vanguard army of 20,000 horses, the camp is very large, but it is very loose, there is no rule at all, except for the main general's tent in the center, the rest of the tents are scattered on a flat ground.
How could such a camp defend against the enemy, the Tubo people were also bold, and they didn't take Li Hong in their eyes at all.
"General, do you want to attack now?". A lieutenant asked.
"Wait!" Li Duoqi said that he was thinking about how to attack better so that he could drive all the remnants to the Qingfeng Canyon. After thinking for a while, Li Duoqi divided the 3,000 army into three groups, each with 1,000 people, he asked the captain who had just spoken to lead a thousand iron cavalry, acting as a left wing army, and killing from the left side of the camp, and he asked another captain to lead a thousand iron cavalry, acting as a right wing army, killing from the right side of the army, he led a thousand iron cavalry as the middle army, and went straight to the enemy's Chinese army tent, and then the three army joined forces in one place, and the enemy in panic wanted to think about the direction of Qingfeng Canyon.
As soon as his order was given, the two lieutenants received the order slightly. These two captains are also veterans of the battlefield, and they have a very strong ability to command troops, and Li Duoqi let them lead an army to fight alone, and he is very relieved.
"Do you understand our battle plan?" Li Duoqi asked.
"Understood, please rest assured, general!" The two lieutenants replied immediately. After following Li Duoqi for many years, they are familiar with Li Duoqi, know what kind of person Li Duoqi is, and know what they should do.
"Let's start marching, let's shout kill." Li Duoqi said. The two lieutenants bowed and rode away, along with two thousand iron horsemen.
The two lieutenants left, and after a stick of incense, Li Duoqi was sure that they had arrived at the designated place, and Li Duoqi no longer hesitated and gave the order to attack.
"Brothers, these days the enemy has pursued and killed us, making us run away like lost dogs, but are we lost dogs? We're not. So tonight, His Highness ordered us to fight back, and asked us to fight fiercely and give the Tibetan people a little color. Now that the Tibetans are in front of our eyes, what should we do? Li Duoqi asked.
"Kill! Kill! Kill! A thousand horsemen roared.
"Yes, it's kill!" Li Duoqi shouted loudly, "Kill! Kill! Kill! Defend our dignity with their blood and wash away our shame. Soldiers, kill! ”
After Li Duoqi finished speaking, he was the first to rush out on horseback and kill the camp of the Tubo army.
"Kill!" A thousand iron horsemen followed him closely, raising their swords and slaughtering the camp of the Tibetans. As Li Hong's personal guards, they are usually treated very well, and they are all elites selected from the elite soldiers of a hundred battles. In the past few days, they have been involved in battles with Li Hong's side, but they have been playing the role of escaping, and they are also very aggrieved. Now that they have enemies and objects to vent to, they naturally unleash the killing that has been suppressed in their hearts for so many days.
The two lieutenants who had already arrived on the left and right flanks of the Tubo camp were already ready to charge, and when they heard the shouting from Li Duozhu, they knew that the Chinese army had launched a charge, so they immediately ordered their men to charge.
"Soldiers, kill!" The lieutenants on the left and right flanks gave military orders.
"Kill!" A thousand iron horsemen on the left and right flanks led the order, released the killing aura that had suppressed them for a long time, and rode towards the camp of the Tibetan army.
In an instant, the three iron horsemen entered the camp of the Tibetans.