Chapter 209: Meeting on a Narrow Road, the Brave is King 6
"Famous teachers and generals are not imprisoned, and thousands of soldiers avoid white robes." Li Hong chanted softly, this is a poem describing the white-robed general Chen Qingzhi, Chen Qingzhi is a long time away from Li Hong's age, but the current Li Hong is very much like a person like Chen Qingzhi, who was able to win more with less in the battle against Tubo, and destroyed Lu Dongzan and his Tubo elite horseman.
Chen Qingzhi, a white-robed general, has different evaluations of him, with some praise and disparagement. But in Li Hong's heart, he is an existence like a god of war.
"If nothing else, it's already in hand." Chen Gong replied.
"Let's go, let's take a look." Li Hongdao. Chen Gong received the order. Li Hong led eight hundred guards to gallop away in the direction where Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong had gone.
By a small river, a pinnacle battle between cavalry is being staged. Lu Dongzan deployed 6,000 elite cavalry here, and the cavalry was not an elite soldier, but for Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong, who only had more than 3,000 horses, it was still very difficult to destroy this elite cavalry. Besides, the orders Li Hong gave them were still very harsh, it was okay to kill people, but not horses, which made his soldiers a lot of distractions when fighting with the other party, for fear of hurting the war horse under the opponent's crotch.
It must be said that Zhao Zhongyong not only has excellent martial arts skills but also has very good acting skills, he led four hundred Tubo elite cavalry into the enemy's sphere of influence, and after gaining the initial trust of the leader of this Tubo elite cavalry, he suddenly pulled out his sword and beheaded the leader.
He moved so fast that the leader was killed, and the soldiers around him came to their senses only after a half-ring.
At this time, Zhao Zhongyong's army had already launched an attack, and at the same time sent a signal to Li Duoqi, who was hiding not far away.
Zhao Zhongyong only has 400 people, no matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, but they are forced to fight back when they fall into the opponent's battle circle, but fortunately, Li Duoqi killed them in time, which alleviated the danger of them being surrounded.
The two armies merged into one, and began to fight against this Tibetan elite cavalry without a leader.
At the beginning, the Tibetan elite cavalry did not panic, and the attack was very strong, because the leader was dead and there were still many leaders, they were still leading their men to fight, and slowly stabilized the situation.
But since Li Duoqi's army joined, the killing was tilted towards the Tang Dynasty step by step, and the formation of the Tubo soldiers was chaotic.
After all, without the leader in charge of the overall situation, his commanders were fighting on their own, how could they be the opponents of Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong's joint attack? After a while, the Tibetan soldiers fell to the ground, and they were terrified, and the idea of fleeing for their lives was born in their hearts.
If one person has such an idea, it will be transmitted to the second person, and the second person will be transmitted to the third person, and so on... The combat effectiveness of the Tubo elite cavalry has weakened, they are no longer afraid of death, and they no longer fight with the Tang elite cavalry, but choose to save their lives.
The hearts of the Tibetan soldiers changed, and the strength of their attacks weakened.
At this time, the combat effectiveness of the Tang elite cavalry did not decrease but increased, and the cavalry charged for a while, and there were people who fled in the Tubo army. As soon as these soldiers had the idea of escaping, they couldn't hold it, and when they were pressed too tightly by the Tang cavalry, they chose to turn their horses around and escape.
One person drives the second person, and two people run and a group of people run. And the Tibetan elite cavalry did not have a leader in the real sense, and no one could control the escape of the soldiers.
Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong seized the opportunity, they did not encircle, but chose to pursue. The encirclement will only make the Tubo soldiers have the idea of fighting desperately, which will only stimulate their survival and improve their combat effectiveness. It's different to chase and kill, give the enemy a glimmer of hope and he'll fight hard, and it's much easier for you to deal with him again.
"Don't run, come back to me!"
A thousand elders shouted loudly, but his voice was instantly drowned in screams, everyone was running away, who would pay attention to him at this time?
"Poof-" This commander killed a soldier next to him who wanted to escape, and wanted to roar at the fleeing soldier in a shocking way, but everyone couldn't take care of their own lives, how could they have time to watch you kill your companions, the commander shouted a few times, and saw that the soldiers ignored him, he also accepted his fate, and groaned for a while, he also chose to escape, because at this moment he saw a Tang general rushing towards him, if he didn't run, it was estimated that his life would have to stay here, he was a person who was not afraid of death, but he died aggrieved like this, He was really unwilling.
Without a leader, the commander is the biggest officer in this cavalry, and now even the commander has begun to flee for his life, what are you fighting for? Seeing that the commanders had all fled, the remaining Tubo soldiers who were still fighting had no intention of continuing to fight, and immediately turned their horses and ran into the distance.
This chain reaction affected the Tibetan army on the entire battlefield.
In an instant, the Tubo army was defeated, and the remaining 4,000 Tubo elite cavalry fled in all directions at once, no longer willing to fight with the Tang cavalry.
"Chase!" Li Duoqi ordered, and the first to lead the cavalry to chase after him.
"Chase them!" Zhao Zhongyong also ordered, and led the elite cavalry around him to chase after the fleeing Tubo soldiers.
It was at this time that Li Hong appeared on the battlefield.
Standing on the high hillside, he looked at Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong, who were chasing and killing the Tubo army, and was very satisfied with the battle between the two today. Judging from the current situation, even if Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong were not able to complete the task of collecting war horses, he believed that Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong did not lose many men and horses after defeating the Tubo army in this battle alone. He doesn't have many soldiers around him now, and being able to lose fewer men and horses in a big battle is the most important thing.
"Your Highness, we have won this battle." Chen Gong said happily.
"Yes, we won." Li Hong nodded slightly.
Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong can win such a battle, and they can be so clean, he is not unhappy?
"Your Highnessβ"
Suddenly, at this moment, a fast horse came galloping from a distance, and the knight looked very panicked.
Immediately, the knight rushed in front of Li Hong, and before the war horse could stand firmly, he rolled off his horse and said breathlessly, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, we have found the enemy ten miles to the right of our army, and the number is about 20,000. β
Airplanes!
Li Hong was shocked, and 20,000 Tubo elite horsemen appeared on his right side, only ten miles away from him, doesn't this mean that the enemy has discovered him? And the battle on his side is not over yet, Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong have not returned, if the enemy attacks at this time, won't he give the enemy a chance to take advantage of?
What to do?
Li Hong didn't know what to do all of a sudden?
Calm down, Li Hong said to himself, he had to come up with a solution immediately, otherwise his life might be left here today.
"Immediately order Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong to give up the pursuit and join Gu." Li Hong pondered for a moment, then ordered aloud. Ten miles away, since the enemy has already discovered him, and it is still 20,000 elite horsemen, it is impossible for him to run, so he can only call Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong to his side, and then think of countermeasures.
"No!" Chen Gong received the order, then rode around and left. Li Hong ordered the scout in front of him again, "You continue to investigate their news, and report to Gu as soon as there is a situation." β
"No!" The scout received the order, and regardless of how tired he was, he turned over and rode away.
The scouts released today are all elite rangers trained by Li Duoqi, and they are more powerful than the guards, and they are very relieved to have them to detect the whereabouts of the enemy, the reason why he doesn't believe that the scouts get the news at all.
Chen Gong left for a moment and returned to Li Hong's side, and after half a pillar of incense, Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong also came to him, the two of them looked out of breath, obviously exerting a lot of physical strength, but neither of them was injured, which made Li Hong feel a lot more relieved.
"Your Highness, why did you summon us back?" Li Duoqi asked, as long as he was given another half an hour, he would be able to annihilate this Tubo elite cavalry with Zhao Zhongyong, but at this time, the herald said that he should come back and stop pursuing, and Li Duoqi complained a little in his heart. Li Hong was not angry at Li Duoqi's attitude, and it was normal for the military general to have a little temper, so he said lightly, "The scouts found the enemy ten miles on our right, about 20,000 Tibetan elite horsemen. β
"What? 20,000 people? Zhao Zhongyong exclaimed, they are already very difficult to deal with 6,000 people today, and now there are 20,000 enemies, and there are less than 5,000 people on their side.
"They found us?" Li Duoqi asked.
"Naturally, we were discovered, but we haven't launched an attack, I don't know what we're thinking, but we can't be careless, so Lone will call you back, we have very few people, and we can't disperse them to break each one." Li Hong said.
Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong nodded slightly and didn't say anything more.
"How's it going to be today?" Li Hong asked expectantly.
"On my side I wounded thirty men, killed twenty, slew a thousand enemies, and received eight hundred horses." Zhao Zhongyong said. Li Duoqi replied, "The vanguard and the cavalry guards lost 200 men in this battle, killed 2,800 enemies, and obtained 3,000 horses. β
"Are the wounded serious?". Li Hong asked in a solemn tone. He wouldn't have cared too much about this casualty before, but now that he has a shortage of troops, he can't ignore it.
"The seriously wounded are all killed in the battle, and the rest are all lightly wounded, so they can continue to fight." Zhao Zhongyong said without a little expression.
"That's good!" Li Hong sighed, now in this situation, he can only do this, even if you are injured, as long as you are not dead, you must fight, "Lone has already sent a large number of scouts, as soon as the enemy moves, news will come immediately, you go down first and let the soldiers rest, maybe there will be a bitter battle later." By the way, get the war horse and immediately replenish your soldiers. β
"No!" Li Duoqi and Zhao Zhongyong took the order and turned around and left. After the two left, Chen Gong walked up to Li Hong and said, "Your Highness, are you ready to fight?" β
"Don't worry, let's see the situation!" Li Hong thought for a moment and replied. Since the enemy has discovered himself and has not launched an attack until now, it means that there must be something wrong here. The enemy has given his side time to rest, how can he not make good use of it?