Chapter 27: The Legend of Ten Thousand Enemies

"Great Commander, the 10,000 Tubo troops finished breakfast, and then they didn't even care about the camp, and suddenly the whole army drove north."

Xiao Quzhi and Ma Sui glanced at each other, Ma Sui hurriedly ordered the trumpeters to blow the assembly horn, Xiao Quzhi asked: "Don't worry, tell me what you see carefully." ”

The special combat team member breathed two breaths of relief, and then said anxiously: "Everything was normal before, the 10,000 Tubo army finished eating and was going to the lake to wash the dishes, and at the same time sent out sentinels, and three teams of sentry spies went all the way to the south, not in the direction of the valley where we were ambushed, but directly in the direction of Eryuan."

As a result, they didn't go far, they all came back in a panic, and there were five more horses, it should be that the eleven horsemen heard some news yesterday. ”

Ma Sui shook his head and said: "Impossible, Li Liangqi is in Eryuan, how can they see the clues, unless they send hundreds of cavalry to search in a carpet way." ”

At this time, there were already two guards who brought the little white dragon and carried some steel guns, Xiao Qubing took the big gun, and said to Ma Sui: "No matter what, you can't let these 10,000 soldiers run away like this, I will go alone to delay for a while, and you and An Baozhen will take 800 light cavalry and 6,000 infantry to respond." ”

Ma Sui and An Baozhen nodded, and at this time, they came to ride at a gallop outside the valley, and shouted loudly from a distance: "Great Commander, the Tubo Sentinel seems to have discovered something, and they hurriedly ran back as soon as it was dawn, and we couldn't intercept it, and they ran five horses." ”

"Got it!" As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Quzhi stepped onto the little white dragon, his legs were lightly clamped, and the little white dragon hissed excitedly, almost without any acceleration action, like a white lightning rush out.

In a low rallying call. The valley, which had been silent, suddenly became busy. Two Haidong green war eagles were released. Hundreds of birds flew into the sky at once, and the eight hundred light cavalry in the camp jumped on their horses, and their commander An Baozhen shouted at the top of his voice: "Gather the Eagle Battalion, follow me into battle, and kill them all."

On the other side, the 10,000 Tibetan vanguard cavalry had already trotted up, and they couldn't run too fast, and if the distance was too far, the Tang army behind might not be able to catch up. Then you have to give up; Of course, you can't go slowly, so that the Tang army sentry can see at a glance that this is luring the enemy, and it is likely that they will also give up the pursuit.

Therefore, they must maintain a certain speed, creating a false impression that the Tubo army is unintentionally discovering the Tiance ambush and retreating in a hurry, and the 10,000 Tubo army is confident that as long as the Tiance army dares to pursue, it will definitely be able to eat the other party.

Such is the advantage of cavalry over infantry. The cavalry easily ran in front, and the infantry chased behind. When the infantry is tired and half dead, the cavalry will turn back and give the infantry a look, without waiting for the opponent to form a formation, just a charge can scatter the opponent, and then it will be a one-sided slaughter.

This point has been proven in countless actual battles, why the Tubo army was able to conquer the Shenchuan region and subdue the Nanzhao was not because of the cavalry advantage.

Zhang Xiancheng's intelligence made it very clear that only 3,000 veterans of the 30,000 Tiance Army were cavalry, and the other 27,000 were farmers and homeless people who had just been recruited for two and a half years, and most of them could not ride horses or only barely knew how to ride horses. And this time to go to Nanzhao, the cavalry led by the Tiance army was even less, only 1,000, and it can be said that the 20,000 Tiance army is basically an infantry team.

The commander of Tubo named Tashi Luobu thought proudly, don't look at the 20,000 Tiance army that destroyed Nanzhao in one battle, but Tashi Luobu still didn't take them seriously.

He felt that it was because Nanzhao was basically infantry, and it was a positional war, while his side was dominated by cavalry, and it was a movement war, and Tashi Lobu felt that his advantage on his side was simply too great.

As a result, before the 10,000 cavalry had run far, they heard a commotion from the rear team, and people kept exclaiming loudly, Tashi Lobu was a little stunned, and then said with joy and disdain: "Could it be that their 1,000 cavalry has caught up?" ”

More than a dozen guards escorted him to the rear, but before he arrived, a sentry horse ran towards him as if he was flying, his face was terrified, Tashi Lobu didn't care and said, "What's wrong, scared like this?" ”

"Chase and chase...... Chasing after you! ”

"Lao Tzu knows that the chase is coming, so let's say how many chasing soldiers there are?"

"Just one...... One rider per person! ”

"Alone?" Tashi Rob was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "One person and one ride scared you like this? Come back with me, little ones, and tear him apart! ”

Tashi Lobu loudly ordered the whole army to temporarily stop advancing, and the Tubo rear army behind the two thousand palaces turned around to meet the enemy, and even Tashi Lobu felt a little excited. However, although it is said that his side is deceitful and luring the enemy, if 10,000 people are chased by one, the blow to morale will be too great.

Tashi Lobu soon came to the end of the team, and the two thousand Tubo rear troops also completed the U-turn, and before they could speed up, the centurion of the centurion Tsering Gongmu, who was patrolling the rear outpost, ran back in a panic with the two horsemen in embarrassment, and shouted loudly: "Commander Wanfu, that Tang general is too strong, with the courage of ten thousand people, our hundred most elite sentry cavalry can't stop him, and he killed more than half of him in only two rounds!" ”

Tashi Rob sneered: "The courage of bullshit is invincible, do you really think of yourself as the heir of Wang Zhong?" Thinking that anyone can ride alone to break 10,000, Lao Tzu wants him to know what it means to find death! ”

A loud eagle chirp sounded over their heads, and they saw a black dot hovering in the sky, and Tashi Rob couldn't help but praise: "Good eagle, fly so high!" ”

At this moment, Xiao Qubing rode the little white dragon like electricity, and the centurion named Tsering Gongmu screamed again and again, shouting: "Captain Wan, the Tang general has been killed, my hundred sentinels are ......."

Tashi Rob has good eyesight, he didn't feel anything when he saw Xiao Quai, his face was not very clear, his white robe was half red with blood, he was thin and thin, nothing special; But after seeing the little white dragon, his eyes lit up, this horse is too miraculous, one head taller than the tallest war horse he has ever seen before, and he can still run so fast in armor, a peerless horse!

Tashi Lobu said nonchalantly: "Gayang Ram, Basang Jiapa, take two teams of 100 people to cut this man off the horse, snatch the white horse, don't hurt the white horse!" ”

As soon as the words fell, before the two centurions could lead the team into battle, Xiao Quzhi gently pulled the reins. At the same time, the horse's speed is reduced slightly. shouted loudly: "Tibetan thief." Cowardly as a fox, why did he turn around and flee before the battle? ”

Tashi Luobu raised his right hand dashingly, let the two hundred people slowly detour from both sides, and then said proudly in the Tang dialect: "Stupid Tang people, your ambush plan has been seen through by me. ”

"Hey!" Xiao didn't look at the two hundred-person teams that started trotting from both sides, he sighed, showed a pity expression, and said with a wry smile: "We are in a good ambush." Can you tell me how you found out? ”

"Nonsense, we ...... early," Tashi Rob said proudly, then reacted suddenly and said angrily: "Who are you, why should I tell you?" ”

Xiao Quzhi smiled and said: "I, listen up, this king is the general of the Tang Hussars, the king of Lanling, and the commander of the Tiance Mansion. Who are you? ”

"King Lanling? This general is the general of Tibet. Captain Tashi Lobu. Tashi Rob said it casually.

"Okay, then you can take your life!" There was hardly any warning. Xiao Quai's legs clamped the horse's belly slightly, and the little white dragon neighed excitedly, and with a kick of his head and hooves, it rushed out like a white lightning bolt.

If it weren't for the purpose of determining his identity, Lao Tzu would not have bothered to talk so much nonsense with you.

"Kill him!" On the other side, Tashi Lobu was slightly stunned, and then shouted, and the cavalry of the two hundred-man teams jogging on both sides also kicked the horse's belly heavily, raising the speed at once, and the two hundred Tibetan soldiers shouted and rushed towards Xiao Quai.

Then these two hundred-man teams were killed by Xiao Qu's illness almost instantly, and their speed did not decrease at all, and they rushed straight towards Tashi Lobu.

At this moment, Tashi Luobu was almost stunned, before Wang Zhonghei rode more than 10,000 horses, and was rumored to be the enemy of 10,000 people by the Tubo army, although he admired it, but after all, he had not seen it with his own eyes, and he did not think that the rumors were too exaggerated; Just now, Tsering Gongmu reported to him that it was only two rounds, and a hundred sentry horses were killed by the pursuing Tang General, and he didn't feel much.

But at this moment, he obviously felt a huge fear, the other party dared to rush directly like this, there were still 1,800 horsemen around him, more than 100 steps away and 8,000 horses, this Tang general also had more than 100 horsemen behind him to outflank him, he didn't even care about it and rushed over directly, did he not want to die?

Before he had time to think about it, Tashi Rob subconsciously waved his spear forward and shouted, "Rush, kill him!" ”

In fact, there is no need for him to say that Xiao Qubing is extremely arrogant, and his attitude of ignoring the tens of thousands of Tibetan cavalry has already angered the more than 1,000 Tibetan cavalry.

However, before they could lift up the speed of the horse, the little white dragon felt Xiao Quai's crazy and strong fighting intent, and in an instant, he also burst out with the greatest potential, and raised the speed to the fastest, these Tubo cavalry who rushed towards Xiao Quai's speed almost saw a white phantom, and rushed to the front in the blink of an eye.

Then an incomparably terrifying thing appeared, the tall and divine horse under the crotch of this Tang general, with an extremely strange tiger and leopard mouth, a long neighing like a tiger's roar, the war horses under his crotch all screamed again and again, and kept trembling, more than a thousand war horses were frightened by a war horse of the other party, as if it was not a horse, but a fierce beast from hell!

And the white-robed Tang army general on the horse, fierce place, is a thousand times better than the war horse under the crotch, the big gun in his hand more than two feet long is actually made of pure steel, he wielded it lightly like a windmill, covering himself and the war horse from the wind and rain, just so hard to plunge into the Tubo cavalry plough out a bloody way, but if you get close to two zhang, next to each other, it is the end of broken bones.

The blood of the tent was soaring, the blood mist was filled, the stumps and broken bodies were flying wildly, and the screams were one after another, and more than a thousand people couldn't stop him in the slightest, and in an instant, he was killed by Xiao Qu's illness in front of Tashi Lobu.

Tashi Luobu, as the commander of Tubo, is naturally experienced in a hundred battles, but now he was frightened by Xiao Quai's indomitable progress, the momentum of tens of millions of enemy troops and nothing, and this brutal and ferocious style of play, until Xiao Qubing effortlessly broke through several layers of military formations and killed in front of him, he reacted.

This Lanling Wang Xiao is sick and brave, and he is no less than Wang Zhonghei, and he wants to go straight in and out of the army and take my life!

By this time, this Tubo general, who had fought in the harsh environment on the Tibetan Plateau, also burst out with the most primitive barbaric blood, ignoring Xiao Qu's illness and crashing straight into him like a steel fortress. Facing the horse's head of the little white dragon. If you hold up a spear, you will stab.

Die and die. But he fought to the death, and he also wanted to stab the king of Lanling off his horse, without the war horse, how could he not break through this layer of encirclement, although he died, what was it?

Hearing a bang, the spear that had just been handed out was instantly interrupted by the big gun in Xiao Quzhi's hand, and at the same time, the little white dragon under his crotch hissed like a tiger roaring again. He hurriedly turned around before he was about to crash into Tashi Lobu's crotch mount, grazing its body and about to pass it.

At this time, the war horse under Tashi Lobu's crotch was frightened and his limbs were unstable and almost fell to one side, and Tashi Rob on the horse almost couldn't do it on the horse, and before he could clamp his legs and press the horse to stabilize the mount, he felt a strong force from his left belt, and then he was lifted from the horse, and then slammed on the saddle iron lintel.

God is pitiful, but there is a high protrusion at the front end of the saddle iron lintel, such a heavy blow. Tashi Lobu was immediately so painful that he fell unconscious.

Meanwhile. Xiao Qubing held the gun in both hands again, castrated unabated, and quickly killed the 1,800-strong military formation, before the 8,000 Tubo cavalry behind did not react, a beautiful small angle turned and completed the U-turn, and once again fought a bloody way in the Tubo army formation that had been rushed into chaos by himself, and came out of the encirclement, and walked away in the astonishment of everyone.

All the Tubo people present were stunned, and their captain was captured alive by the other party in a military formation of 2,000 people.

After being stunned for a moment, the more than 1,000 Tubo light cavalry, together with the 8,000 cavalry behind them, all scolded loudly and angrily, and chased in the direction where Xiao Qu's illness ran away.

The long-term conquest has made the military discipline of Tubo and Datang extremely strict, Datang lost its main general in the battle, and his entourage was beheaded, and the same is true for Tubo, and now their lord will be captured alive, if they don't grab it back, they will be beheaded when they go back.

Although Enlan Dazarugon is a peerless famous general in Tibet, and it is possible to be flexible if the military discipline is not enforced, but this group of small soldiers does not know, as soon as they saw that their main general was snatched away by the Tang Army under their noses, they naturally had a blank mind for an instant, and they were desperate to snatch the commander back.

"Chase, snatch the captain back......"

"His war horse with two people, he must not be able to run fast, chase after ......"

"Kill him......"

As a result, more than 9,000 Tubo cavalry, who were supposed to retreat and lure the enemy, all rushed to the south again like crazy at this time.

Then not far away, they saw the 800 Tang Army cavalry in front of them, and these 9,000 cavalry still didn't care, desperately kicking the horse's belly to squeeze out the horsepower to the maximum.

They could see that the Tang Army knight who captured his captain alive was more than a hundred steps in front, and in order to reduce the load, he also threw away the pure steel spear.

Then they learned what it means to fly a kite, of course, their more than 9,000 Tibetan cavalry did not know this word, but it did not affect how uncomfortable it was for them to feel how uncomfortable it was to be flown by someone.

Both sides are light cavalry, both equipped with cavalry bows, but the other side is also equipped with two strong crossbows with stronger bows, and their own side is all in the wind, the result is that the cavalry bow on their side cannot shoot the opponent, but the opponent can shoot themselves. The archery skills of these 800 Tiance cavalry were very good, so before they could run out of ten miles, more than 2,000 of the 9,000 Tubo troops were killed.

This is almost a collapse of the casualty ratio, but the remaining seven thousand Tibetan knights are still nervous, there is no way, their captain has been captured, and he will die if he goes back, so it is better to fight with the enemy.

Then they were pleased to find that the Tiance cavalry in front of them seemed to be running slower and slower, and when they took out their riding bows one by one and wanted to bend their bows and arrows, they saw that the other party suddenly galloped towards both sides from the middle into two, and what appeared in front of them was a very strict Tang infantry formation.

The centurion named Tsering Gongmu Tubo Sentinel Cavalry secretly screamed in his heart that he wanted to lure the enemy into an ambush, but now he was lured by the Tang army to ambush the enemy.

Tsering Gongmu hurriedly looked back, from the woods on the side, thousands of Tang army crossbowmen and spear and shield soldiers also drilled out, Tsering Gongmu shouted badly, but there was no way, the commander Tashi Lobu was captured alive, and most of the commanders and centurions were also turned around by the Tang general who captured the captain alive and shot them one by one with a bow, and at this moment the seven thousand cavalry on his side were completely out of a state of no command.

Like Tsering Gongmu, at this time, all the Tibetan cavalry found out that the situation was not good, but they also had no choice but to follow the crowd and fight separately.

Of course, there were also a few remaining centurions and many ten-captains who shouted hoarsely, or continued to rush forward, or chased in both directions, or turned around, but it was so chaotic that everyone didn't know who to listen to, and they were at a loss.

At this moment, by inertia, they rushed to the range of the Tang infantry formation in front, and a rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun shot directly at them, and the Tubo knights who ran in the front two or three rows were almost swept away, and then before they could react, there was a second round of arrow rain and a third round of arrow rain.

The Tubo light cavalry, which was not dead for the time being, finally broke down at this time, and began to run away in all directions as if they were crazy, and the result was that the back road was blocked and surrounded on all sides, and these scattered Tubo cavalry were quickly shot and killed by the Tang army one by one, and the few remaining ones were also lost in the reprimand of the Tang army.

At this time, Tashi Luobu, the commander of the 10,000 who was captured alive, finally woke up shortly after being put off his horse by Xiao Quai, and as if he was still in a dream, he saw a scene of thousands of Tibetan cavalry suffering heavy casualties.

Before he could wake up from the shock, Tashi Lobu's eyes appeared with a handsome face with clear eyebrows and extraordinary handsomeness, and he asked him kindly: "Commander Tashi Lobu, now can you tell this king, how did you find out that we have ambush soldiers?" (To be continued.) )

PS: ps1: Regarding the names of the Tubo people, at the time of Xiao Quai's illness, Buddhism had not yet completely occupied the absolute dominance of the Tibetans, and the Tubo people had a surname, but the names that appeared in this chapter were all nameless, because I couldn't make it up, so I casually took a few names of the later generations of Western ~ Tibetans. So why do the Western~Tibetans only have names and no surnames now? The reason is that the surname represents the bloodline, and Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all beings, so now Tibetans do not have a surname.

PS2: Why do the archers chase each other, the one who runs in front has the advantage over the one who chases behind, imagine this scene, two cars next to each other, driving at the same speed, both passenger passengers in the passenger seat poke their heads out of the window, the person in front can spit on the face of the person in the back, and the person in the back can't spit on the face of the person in front.