Chapter 703: Shepherd Horse Yin Mountain
readx; Nuozhen Water City is located at the northern foot of Yin Mountain, named because it is close to Nuozhen Water, like Heicheng, it was also a sentry fort of the Tang Army at the earliest, but at this time it has been barren and collapsed, without any effect, not far from Nuozhen Water City is a mountain pasture about dozens of miles wide, due to long-term erosion, the mountain appears very gentle, and the cavalry can gallop across Yin Mountain from here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, the sky was getting dark, the night wind of Yin Mountain was whistling, echoing in the mountains, making a terrible roar, on the gentle hill in the mountains about ten miles away from Nuozhen Water City, the huge Tang army team had appeared, and the 100,000 Tang army cavalry caught up with Shi Siming's team, Li Qing'an was at the head of the team, and he looked coldly at the large camp ten miles away.
Nuozhenshui divides the camp into two, the west is the camp of the tribesmen of the servant bone tribe, under the cold moonlight, you can faintly see large and small tents, dense, endless, the lights are scattered and chaotic, and to the east of Nuozhenshui, it is obviously a military camp, the camp tent is neat, the lights are orderly, from the scale of the military camp, there are at least 100,000 people.
"General, Shi Siming's military camp should be on the far right, and in the middle is the military camp of Fu Gujing, now it is dark, they should leave, on the left is the 30,000 troops of the Servant Bone Department, their army is not much, only 50,000 people, there is no camp fence and trench, it is recommended to start from Shi Siming's subordinates."
Lei Wanchun was briefly introducing the distribution of the enemy army, they knew the general military situation of the other party from the captured Turkic outposts, now it is 100,000 against 50,000, the Tang army has an absolute advantage, the corners of Li Qingan's mouth showed a cruel sneer, this battle, he wants to make Yinshan a cemetery for the Turks.
"Yes, let the horse convoy storm Shi Siming's barracks!"
Li Qing'an's order was given, and a convoy of seventy wagons of salt and tea began to move slowly towards the enemy camp, the wagons were covered with tarpaulin, and each carriage was followed by two Turkic cavalrymen, who had no coachmen, so they relied on these two cavalrymen to drive the wagons.
This is the carriage and the carriage carrying salt tea, but the carriage and the things on the carriage, as well as the Turks next to the carriage are no longer the original salt tea team, the carriage descended the low slope and began to accelerate, behind them a few miles away is the Tang army's 70,000 troops, a long black line, at least ten miles long, slowly advancing forward, like a scroll slowly pulling away a spectacular carpet of people.
70,000 cavalry, through the sky, this spectacular momentum, as if the Yin Mountain can be leveled, this is 70,000 cavalry, and 30,000 cavalry have been under the leadership of Li Sheng, around the back of the enemy, the Tang army will be flanked before and after.
The camp of Shi Siming's army is still quiet, most of the soldiers have fallen asleep, the tents in the barracks are next to each other, there are no fences, and there are no trenches and antlers, on the one hand, it is true that Shi Siming's northward retreat is very embarrassing, and most of the baggage has not been taken away, on the other hand, it is more than a thousand miles away from the Tang Dynasty, no one would have thought that the Tang army would come with the tail, and it was Li Qing'an's army.
They are guarding against internal threats to each other, Shi Siming's more than 1,000 sentries are basically deployed on the left side, guarding against a possible sneak attack by the servant army, on the front, opposite the side of Yinshan, there are only more than 100 sentinels.
They received news that the team transporting the salt tea had returned, and this salt tea team was very important to Shi Siming and the Servant Bone Department, otherwise they would not have waited here.
Their salt tea is almost exhausted, and without tea, they can endure it, but without salt, they will have no physical strength, and the long journey will be a severe test for them.
Even Shi Siming heard the news come out, at this time the salt tea carriage was still a few miles away, they just heard the report of the sentinel, in the night, they had already heard the sound of the horse's hooves running and the wheeling of the carriage, it should be a mile or two away, although there was a little moonlight, but the huge shadow of the Yin Mountain made them not very good to distinguish the line of sight, and they couldn't see the situation in the distance clearly, and after a while, a soldier pointed ahead and shouted, "Here it is!" ”
I saw dozens of small black dots appear a mile away, but Shi Siming was stunned, the convoy should be in a longitudinal column, why did it form a long row, and it was so sparse, he immediately pointed with his hand, "Go and investigate!" ”
A group of cavalry rushed up to meet it, and at this time, the speed of the carriage increased, and Shi Siming also felt the shaking of the earth, as if it were an earthquake, "Not good!" He reacted, it was a cavalry attack at night, and he shouted, "Order the army to prepare for battle immediately!" ”
As soon as the words fell, I only heard a scream in the distance, the soldiers who had just gone to check the situation were attacked, at this time, dozens of carriages 'boomed' and burned, and one by one red fire points appeared, Shi Siming's face was frightened white, in his eyes was not only a fire point, but the endless black wave behind the fire point, the earth was trembling, like a thunderbolt rolling over the grassland.
He turned his horse's head and galloped towards the back of the camp, when chaos began to begin. While! When!' The alarm bell rang everywhere in the camp, including the 30,000 troops of the servant bone department, were also alarmed, the sneak attack on the grassland is difficult, the key is whether there is cover, and the flat grassland is as far as the eye can see.
The soldiers were in disarray, they put on leather armor, they were armed with knives, and they did not care about their belongings, and they rushed to the stables to the west, and the barracks were in chaos.
Seventy carriages have reached dozens of paces away, the fire on the carriage is soaring, the war horses are running forward frantically, the soldiers who control the war horses on both sides have already left, the 70,000 Tang troops stopped hundreds of steps away, many people instinctively covered their ears, and even the ears of their war horses were plugged with sackcloth, waiting for that thrilling moment to come.
A carriage exploded first, an earth-shattering explosion, flames rose into the air, black smoke shrouded it, the carriage was blown to pieces, broken wood and vehicles flew into the sky, several horses were blown to pieces, and half a horse was blown into the air, and the broken flesh was splashed.
The sound of a huge explosion could be heard dozens of miles away, and all the Turkic soldiers were stunned, standing in the camp in a daze, as if they were frozen, looking at the flames and black smoke rising into the sky.
But this is just the beginning of the nightmare, under the shock of the explosion, the other horses are even more frightened, they desperately rushed into the barracks with a raging fire, hundreds of soldiers did not dare to stop, they all ran away with shouts, the nightmare began to erupt in a concentrated manner, a series of explosions like devastating the world exploded in Shi Siming's camp, only to see the flames soaring into the sky, the camp tent flew over, the corpses were blown into the sky, the stumps and arms were broken, and there were corpses that were blown up miserably, and black smoke filled the sky over the camp.
If just now many soldiers were stunned, and at this time, tens of thousands of soldiers and war horses were crazy, the war horses neighed, running wildly in the camp, the soldiers were so frightened that they were not possessed, some were lying on the ground and shivering, some were kneeling, desperately kowtowing to the gods, for the Turks who had never seen or heard of the explosion of gunpowder, this was undoubtedly the thunder god descending on their heads.
The entire camp was in chaos, and a series of seventy explosions not only blew up Shi Siming and the servant army, but even the Tang army was slightly chaotic, it was the war horse that was frightened, and the team was a little out of order, but soon, Li Qing'an gave the order to charge, he waved his sword, and ordered sharply: "Kill!" ”
"Woo-woo-"
The muffled sound of trumpets rose into the sky, one after another, one after another, and the whole grassland echoed with the sound of the trumpets of attack.
100,000 Tang cavalry launched an attack at the same time, Li Sheng's army from the north, Li Qing'an's army from the south, north and south, 100,000 cavalry rushed like a tide, like a magnificent epic song echoed on the grassland: the strong horses' hooves stepped on the tent, the war knife waved over the head, blood burst out, the spear pierced the chest, the Turkic soldiers who had not yet died were lifted high, the crossbow machine sounded, the Tang cavalry coldly withdrew the bow and crossbow, a Turkic soldier opened his arms, screamed and fell to the ground, an arrow pierced his vest.
This is a Yinshan meat grinder, a 100,000 fierce Tang army cavalry slaughtered 50,000 Turks in the Shura field, and the destruction and explosion brought by seventy carriages completely destroyed the Turks' will to resist.
The war horse ran wildly in the stream of blood, splashing a large area of blood, staining the limbs of the war horse, Shi Siming was already frightened, when the first thunder explosion sounded, he knew that the general trend had gone, it was the Tang army coming, he had only one thought, escape from the camp, save his surname, the life and death of the 20,000 troops, he didn't care anymore, he still had 30,000 troops outside, only left for one afternoon, he was extremely glad that his decision allowed him to find a way to survive in a desperate situation.
Shi Siming's reaction was extremely fast, and at the moment when the Tang army's vanguard had just entered the barracks, he had already led two hundred guards to rush to the northernmost part of the camp, with the vast grassland in front, but his wishful thinking was wrong, and 30,000 Tang cavalry killed him from behind, cutting off his back road and his hope of escape.
At this moment, the ** of survival was so strong, he took away his own soldiers, because it would be noticed by the Tang army, he took off his golden armor, because it would make him stand out from the crowd, he pretended to be a small soldier, a little soldier who seemed to have just woken up from his sleep, lost his armor and was embarrassed.
He did succeed, and thousands of cavalry of the Tang Army chased after his personal army, and they obviously noticed the difference of that personal army, and also guessed that Shi Siming was among them.
But Shi Siming did not lose the war horse, without the war horse, he would not be able to travel far, he mixed in a group of small soldiers who fled westward in a hurry, he suddenly found a loophole in the Tang army, that is, the southwest corner, it seems that there is no Tang army to enter, Shi Siming shouted loudly: "To that side!" You can run for your life over there! ”
More than a thousand soldiers let go like headless flies, any gap where they could escape for their lives was their last hope, they were encouraged by Shi Siming, and ran towards the gap in the southwest corner, Shi Siming was the only one among them who rode a horse, it was so conspicuous, he also realized that he was too conspicuous, but he was reluctant to abandon the horse, and was dragged forward by the flow of people in the hesitation.
But after only escaping a few hundred steps, they found that something was wrong, it was not that there was no one here, but that the army on this side did not participate in the rush to kill the camp, and they saw thousands of troops lined up dozens of steps away.
At this time, Shi Siming suddenly remembered something, he was suddenly frightened, there was only one possibility for the Tang army formation that did not attack, that is, this was the location of the Tang army commander.
Is it Lee Kyung-an? He instinctively thought of this name in his mind, this name that made him frightened all his life, this person who made him the most afraid in his life, he felt that he was about to run out of strength, and his courage was lost, as if the moment when he competed in the pot and arrow at Yang Huahua's birthday banquet eight years ago, he returned to his eyes again, in the light of the fire, he seemed to see a golden helmet shining, his heart was so frightened that he was about to stop beating, so he stared at the golden helmet in the distance, his mind was at a loss, he forgot to escape, suddenly, he suddenly took off his bow and arrow, and put on an arrow, Aimed at the Golden Helmet in the distance.
It is the deliberate arrangement of God, this southwest corner is where Li Qing'an, the commander of the Tang Army, is located, Li Qing'an and Shi Siming met again, the fire reflected on Shi Siming's body, his sparse yellow hair was particularly eye-catching, Li Qing'an also took off his bow and arrow, he recognized Shi Siming at a glance, sixty steps away, the ** of conquest strongly impacted his mind. His bow and arrow were drawn as well, an iron arrow, glittering with metallic sheen, aimed at the thin-haired head sixty paces away.
Eight years ago, they were competing pot arrows, that is also called Wen Shooting, he broke Shi Siming's will with the last arrow, and today, they aimed their bows and arrows at each other at the same time, as if they were having another competition, the difference is that this time it is called Wu Shooting, and there is only one arrow.
Li Qing'an's personal guards just reacted, and rushed forward with a shield, Li Qing'an's iron arrow shot out at this moment, at this time, Shi Siming's hand trembled violently, just like he couldn't throw the last arrow that year, he couldn't shoot this arrow, he felt that his hand no longer belonged to him, he was just a bystander, and only the sound of drums was ringing in his ears.
Just when he hesitated for the last time, he only saw a black shadow floating through his pupils, and then there was a sharp pain in his forehead, as if his brain was cracked, and an iron arrow pierced his skull, at the last moment of his life, Shi Siming seemed to hear the last drum stop, he was in a golden and splendid hall, the hall was holding a feast, full of richly dressed guests, Li Qingan stood opposite him, with a victory smile on his face, as young as he was back then.
He was defeated again and for the last time at the hands of Li Qing'an, Shi Siming looked up to the sky and planted it from his horse, his eyes staring straight at the sky, and there was no life in his eyes.
In April of the third year of Qing'an, Shi Siming was shot by Li Qing'an with an arrow in Nuozhen Water City.
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(To be continued)