Chapter 119: The Bloody Battle in the Wasteland (Part II)
The formation of the knights of the Dharma tribe had become scattered, and the feathered arrows were thrown in a disorderly manner, falling into the cavalry formation of the Tang army. The Tang cavalry on horseback bowed their heads slightly, put their crossbows into the crossbow boxes made of cowhide, and took off the heavy Mo knives from the saddle one by one.
The Mingguang armor has extremely strong defense, and the scattered arrow rain of the Dama tribe's cavalry basically did not cause any damage. The cavalry of the Tang Army, led by Han Wu, lined up in a dense formation of sharp arrows, piercing into the scattered Dama tribe cavalry formation like sharp knives.
Mo knives flew like snowflakes, and the knights of the Dama tribe were cut off their horses. Where are these old, weak, sick and disabled people of the Dama tribe who are the opponents of the elite Tang cavalry, they are rushed to pieces in an instant.
Over the wasteland, severed limbs were scattered and blood sprayed on the meadow, and the earth was soon stained red with blood.
The heavy Mo knife swept by, and the Tibetan knight was cut off the horse. Under the sharp Mo knife, the leather armor of the Tubo people was as if they were not worn.
It's a fundamentally unequal battle.
A few days ago, the elite of the Dama tribe had died, and the rest of these people were all old and weak in the clan, but they were facing the strongest and strongest killers in the Anxi army.
Since the steel winch was installed on the heavy crossbow of the Tang Army, the winding of the Eight Bull Crossbow did not need much strength, and the Fu Yuan Crossbow had withdrawn from the Anxi New Army.
Now the two thousand cavalry of Han Wu and Li An have become all Modao cavalry. This is the strongest guy selected among the 24,000 people of the Anxi Han Army, and everyone can use a heavy Mo knife weighing more than ten catties on a horse. Such a cavalry was originally formed to fight the most powerful enemies.
Although the crossbow array is strong, the iron-blooded spirit of the Anxi Army cannot be abandoned. If you only rely on a strong bow and a crossbow, and you don't dare to fight to the death with the enemy's intestines and blood splashed head-on, what else is it called the Anxi Iron Army?
A thousand knights dressed in bright light armor broke through among the knights of the Dama tribe, and it was like boiling soup and pouring snow, and rows of cavalry swept by like mountains and seas, and the place they passed was in a mess.
Not far behind the cavalry of the Dama tribe, the strong man with a mace saw that the situation was not good, and quietly beat his horse and galloped all the way back.
Dazarugon slowly galloped out of the brigade with more than a dozen knights, walked to the meadow and picked up a few steel crossbow arrows left by the Tang army, squinted at it, and then looked at the chaotic battlefield in front of him, his face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.
"General, this Tang army is full of good hands!" The strong man rode to Dazarukon's side and shouted.
Dazarugon nodded, carefully put away the steel arrow, and stood between the two armies watching the battle in the distance.
In the camp of the Tang Army, Ma Ling looked at a dirt slope in the camp, saw that the battle had no suspense, nodded lightly, looked at the group of young Zhuang generals around him and said with a smile: "A certain family will tell you a story about the Tubo people." ”
Everyone was stunned, but Ma Ling had already started talking with a smile.
"Once upon a time, there was a Tibetan Zampu, and his concubine gave birth to a handsome little prince. For this handsome little prince, Tubo Zampu is very fond of it. The little prince has grown up, and Tubo Zampu needs to marry him. Tubo Zanpu consulted with his ministers to marry the most noble woman in the world for the little prince. ”
The battle on the meadow has come to an end, but the generals are fascinated by Ma Lan's story.
"The most noble woman is naturally the princess of the Tang Dynasty. Tubo Zampu sent an envoy to Chang'an, offering a thousand horses and two thousand taels of gold, asking the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to marry his most beautiful princess to the prince. ”
"The Son of Heaven asked the princess what she meant, and the princess had a treasure mirror, and she took out the treasure mirror, and saw the prince's appearance, and thought that the prince was very handsome, so she happily agreed."
"The princess, with a large dowry and a large number of horses, went with the messenger to the Logos. When the prince heard of this, he was very happy, and rode out of the city to meet the princess, but he fell from his horse and died. ”
When Ma Lan said this, he paused slightly, and glanced at the Datang Iron Cavalry who was fighting on the grass.
"And then?" Du Huan, the son of the family, couldn't help but ask.
When Zampu learned about this, he was very sad and decided to marry the princess instead of the prince. The princess walked to the source of the river with her retinue, and again took out the treasure mirror to look at the prince, but saw an old man with a long beard. ”
"The princess was very disappointed, and the treasure mirror fell to the ground and split in half, turning into two peaks, which the Tubo people called Sun Moon Mountain."
"The princess arrived in Ros, married the old Zampu, and a year later gave birth to a son. Zampu also had a concubine, and she was jealous that the princess gave birth to a son for Zampu, so she snatched the princess's son and lied that he had given birth to him. ”
The princess cried and went to tell Zampu about it, and took out her tat with her milky tat as a witness. The concubine ate an herb that also caused milk to flow from the nipple. Zampu couldn't tell the difference, so he decided to wait until the child was able to speak, and let him tell him which of his maternal uncle's house was. ”
"This little prince is very clever and will be able to speak in a year. Zampu asked the two concubines' maiden families to go to the main hall, and asked the little prince to tell who his mother was and which side was his uncle's house. ”
"The concubine's maiden family had all sorts of things and wanted to attract the little prince. The little prince didn't look at it, and walked directly to the envoy of the Tang Dynasty Emperor, and said: "This is my maternal uncle's family, my maternal uncle's family is the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, but it is not any other pig and dog!" ’”
"The princess and the little prince hugged and cried, and the mother and son were reunited."
"Finished?" Du Huan asked.
"It's over." Ma Lan smiled.
"And then? Did the prince become Zampu? Du Huan asked again.
Ma Lan smiled but didn't answer, and said in his heart that the prince was just killed by us a few days ago.
Cen Shen frowned and said: "The general's story is a bit interesting, but it is false. Since the beginning of the dynasty, those who have married Tubo are Princess Wencheng and Princess Jincheng. When Princess Wencheng married Abandoned Zong Rongzan, Abandoned Zong Rongzan was just a teenager. Princess Jincheng married the current Tubo Zampu, this Zampu is a famous beard, but when Princess Jincheng got married, Tubo Zampu was just a child, a few years younger than Princess Jincheng. These two princesses do not match the princesses in the story, but there is no other princess of the Tang Dynasty who marries Tubo. ”
Ma Lan smiled and said, "Master, I'm just telling a story that is circulated among the Tibetan people, it's just a story, why should you take it seriously." ”
"Groundless wind may not be without cause......"
Ma Xuan ignored this guy's chatter, and saw that Han Wu had killed all the Tubo cavalry that rushed over, so he issued an order for Han Wu to withdraw.
Eventually, the bleeding began.
After killing all the old and weak of these Dama tribes, Han Wu's athletes also lost more than a dozen, and dozens of them were injured.
Hand-to-hand combat, life and death are all things that must be in the blink of an eye. Although they are the most robust Modao knights, they are not invulnerable. The heavy Mingguang armor still has gaps.
He told this story just to hide his inner tension.
At the beginning, there was only one way to fight to the death in the river, but he was fearless, but now that everything was under control, he was a little nervous.
The last thing he wants to see is the death of the Han family's son. However, this is war, and death is inevitable.
Cen Shen was still frowning and thinking hard, Ma Lan knew that he would never understand, because this was indeed a story, but it was circulated in his time.
The princess and Zampu in the story are the princesses of Jincheng and the ruler of Zhudan, and the little prince in the story is the little guy who was shot dead a few days ago, the famous Trisong Dezan in history.
Princess Jincheng naturally does not have any treasure mirrors, and the Sun Moon Mountain in Huangyuan, Qinghai is not made by the shattering of Princess Jincheng's treasure mirrors. Tri Song Detsen could not be the son of Princess Jincheng, when Tri Song Detsen was born, Princess Jincheng had already passed away, all this was just the Tubo people putting gold on their faces.
Han Wu received the military order, half of the knights dismounted to clean the battlefield, and the other half of the knights were on guard on horseback. The so-called cleaning of the battlefield is actually mainly to pick up the steel arrows, and the other is to bring back the war horses that the Tubo people can still use.
Dazarugon watched this scene from afar, without any expression on his face. After cleaning up the battlefield, Han Wu slowly galloped back with the athletes under his command.
Dazarugon stood between the two armies for a long time, and also urged the war horse to go back. With his order, the Tibetan knights who followed him from Luo rushed to the rear with murderous violence, surrounding the tribesmen of the Dharma tribe in the middle.
All the men who could fight were dead, and there were only thousands of women and children here, who had just been killed by some cavalry, and now they had to face the steel knives of the cavalry.
The women dragged the children and knelt on the ground with tears in their eyes, pleading and pleading. The other two Dongdai cavalrymen and clansmen looked at all this with extremely sad expressions.
Their strength cannot be compared with that of the powerful Tibetans. So knowing that a tragedy was going to happen, there was nothing to be done.
The Xiangxiong and the Luo Tubo people have always been in harmony with each other, and the Luo people have always had bad intentions towards the Xiong. If it weren't for the Zhangxiong people who had their own strength, I am afraid that they would have been killed by the Luo people a long time ago.
And now, the Dharma tribe has lost all its warriors, and they will face the fate of extermination.
"The Great General's Order! The Dharma tribe did not protect the prince effectively, and should have exterminated the clan, but now they have failed to make meritorious contributions to their crimes, and they should all be executed! ”
The Tibetan man with the mace shouted loudly, and then the cavalry closed on the tribesmen of the Dama tribe.
The women fell to the ground in tears, waiting for a miserable fate. The younger children cried out loud in fright, but the older boys rushed forward one by one with their weapons in hand, like a pack of crazy wolves.
Dazarugon smiled coldly, and his big hand fell gently. The knights rained down arrows, killing all the boys who rushed up, and then the steel knives flew and killed the people on their knees. (To be continued.) )