Chapter 454: Jingguan
In the dense rain of arrows, the warriors of the Kalun tribe fell a large piece, and at such a close distance, the arrows fired from the crossbow could easily tear through the leather armor, even those that looked quite exquisite, and they could not defend against the direct shot of the crossbow steel arrows at close range. And some of them are Yuanrong crossbows, which have faster muzzle velocity and are more powerful.
The next moment, the two armies collided fiercely. More than 2,000 Tang army knights wearing bright light armor were condescending, roaring down the slope, rushing the cavalry of the Kalun tribe to pieces, Mo knives flew like snowflakes, spears pierced into the body with the momentum of war horses, blood flew, and severed limbs flew everywhere in the smoke and dust.
In fact, at this time, there were not many people from the Kalang tribe, at least no less than the Tang army that rushed down, but first encountered the bombardment of the heavenly thunder arrows, and then was shot by the Tang army's hard crossbow, and the two consecutive blows had already made the herdsmen frightened, and the already small fighting spirit had disappeared in an instant.
Of course, even if they have a high fighting spirit, such a tough encounter is definitely not the opponent of the Anxi pawn after a hundred battles.
In fact, the Kalun tribe is only a small tribe in Xiangxiong, with more than 10,000 people to the surrendered city to eat white food, these more than 10,000 people are all the strength of the clan, these thousands of cavalry are all the men and horses that Kalang can take out, that is, all the men in the clan who can get on the horse. Such a force is naturally not called an elite, it is simply a rabble.
The Qiang people fought fiercely, and the front team died before the rear team went up, which actually refers to the Qiang tribes close to the Tang Dynasty, such as Dangxiang, Bailan and other tribes, and the Qiang tribe is far away from the war, but in fact, there is no experience in large-scale combat, and the combat power is incomparable with the Qiang people close to the Central Plains. At the beginning, Songtsen Gampo annexed the kingdom of Zhangzhung. Outside the elephant male because of the distance from the law. Separated by mountains. Therefore, it was not annexed by Tubo, and still maintained its independence, because of this, for more than 100 years, Tubo and the Tang Dynasty repeatedly fought in Heyuan, and these tribes were not requisitioned, and they had no direct experience in fighting with the Tang army.
If it weren't for that, Kalang wouldn't be so big.
is a rabble, and has lost the will to fight. Although there were quite a few of them, when the ironclad cavalry of the Tang army rushed straight down the slope in a neat array, the battle immediately became a one-sided killing.
Ma Lan rushed to the front, and with a wave of the Mo knife, he directly slapped the earth-colored Kalang off the horse, and then rushed straight into the Qiang people, and the knife light rushed down like snow, like boiling soup and pouring snow, cutting off all the Qiang people.
In fact, if you want to annihilate these Qiang people as quickly as possible, there are many means, such as fire thunder and short spears, etc. However, relatively speaking, it is this close-range fight that is more shocking. This battle is just for Liwei, so a hand-to-hand fight is still necessary. As for the use of Sky Thunder Arrows and Riding Crossbows, this is to avoid casualties on your own side.
The Anxi Iron Cavalry rushed down from the high slope, and the herdsmen of the Kalang tribe fell one after another, and this impact was not only heavy, but like a wave, it was layered like a wave, dodging the impact of a sharp arrow array, and then another sharp arrow array crushed over.
In the cold sunshine, the blood is like a spring, the flesh and blood are flying, the screams of the Qiang people are endless, and the Anxi knights are roaring loudly, and the momentum is like a rainbow.
Ma Lan rushed to the bottom of the slope, his body was already covered with blood, but it was not his, it was all Qiang people who were blocking the road.
Perfectly chiseled through the Qiang crowd, and when he looked back, the Qiang people had become sparse, followed by dozens of pro-soldiers, all with heavy Mo knives in their hands, and the formation was still tight.
Turning the horse's head and turning around and killing back, at this time the formation is actually not important, the rest of the Qiang people fled in confusion, and they have long lost the mind to fight, and some people jumped directly from the war horse, kneeling on the ground and wanted to ask for forgiveness, but before the words of begging for mercy were spoken, the head and half of the body had already flown into the sky.
In the distance outside the city, the leaders and their subordinates were watching from afar, with different expressions. Most of the leaders participated in the battle of Zhangxiong's restoration of the country, and their respective tribes shed a lot of blood in the battle of the surrendered city, and they also saw the strength of the Tang army with their own eyes. Kalang looked for his own death, and this result was expected.
But compared to the war a few years ago...... The Tang Army is even stronger.
In that battle, they had seen the Eight Bull Crossbow and the Yuan Rong Crossbow, and had heard the legend of the Protector of the God of War Ancestor summoning the Divine Thunder to kill the enemy, but they had never seen such a terrifying attack as the Heavenly Thunder Arrow.
And there are some leaders who have not participated in the battle to kill Jide Zuzan like Kalang, and their awe of the Tang Dynasty is not as deep as that of other leaders. Not everyone is ambitious, most of the Zhangxiong people are in awe of the royal family, will not choose to rebel, they are here to watch the play, just because there are not enough soldiers and horses in their hands, if there are enough soldiers and horses, I am afraid that they will take the initiative to stop the Kalun tribe.
These people don't know much about Tang Jun, after all, they haven't seen Tang Jun's move, but they have only heard about it. This time, the trouble of the Kalang tribe gave them a chance to see the strength of the Tang army.
Because they don't understand, the development of things seems especially strange to them.
More than 5,000 cavalry, which was dense just now, suddenly died like this!
First there was a fire in the crowd, and people fell one by one, then a rain of arrows fell, and then a large number of them fell, and finally the heavily armored cavalry of the Tang army rushed down from the high slope...... The battle is over!
More than 5,000 cavalry is an extremely powerful force for every tribe, and more than 5,000 people will take a lot of time to line up and cut off their heads...... Just a dozen breaths have passed, and it's all gone!
The rich bloody atmosphere rose in the cold wind, spreading in all directions, the Tang soldiers standing at the head of the city cheered loudly, the Tang cavalry up and down the slope was extremely quiet, riding horses back and forth, cutting off a person's head and provoking it, and when he saw that there was not a dead person, he made up for it, and still cut off his head.
The breath of blood wafted through the area of the abandoned trenches and towards the chiefs and Qiang knights outside. At this time, in the camp of the Kalun tribe in the distance, a miserable cry suddenly sounded.
The leaders reacted, and when they looked over, they found that several teams had pressed towards the camp of the Kalon, and the war horses of the Kalons were coming and going, and it was obvious that someone had already taken the lead and was slaughtering the women and children of the Kalon.
A head is worth two dollars!
Thinking of this, the leaders immediately gave the order and rushed over with their own men. The Kalun tribe is looking for their own death, and they must blame others. There is a lack of coins on the plateau, but two coins can buy a lot of things.
Each tribal leader had at least a few hundred people, and with so many people rushing over, the fate of the Kalun tribe was unchangeable. At this time, it is not only for money, but also to show respect to the ancestor of the Dharma Protector God of War.
Bands of cavalry rushed into the camp of the Kalons, the crowd of running, the galloping cavalry...... Soon the camp became even more chaotic. One tent after another was broken, the people inside were killed one by one and their heads were cut off, and there were also cavalrymen from different tribes who clashed and used knives because of the fight for heads, but with the leaders restraining them, it was not to cause death. There are not many absolute fools among the leaders, and at this time, they will not let their subordinates fight for the life and death of a few heads, after all, this is the royal capital, and the ancestor of the Protector of the God of War is here, so you can't go too far.
Outside the main gate of the surrendered city, the cleaning of the battlefield was soon completed. The Heavenly Thunder Arrow cannot be recovered, but most of the steel arrows used for riding crossbows and Yuanrong crossbows can be recovered. The slope became a little muddy up and down, and there was a lot of blood from more than 5,000 people after all, plus everyone had their heads cut off, so the blood that flowed out was naturally more.
The blood was cooling, and the ground was full of headless corpses except for severed hands and feet. Du Huan, Cen Shen and others had already walked down from the city, commanding the soldiers to put their heads into Jingguan, both of them were not weak scholars in the past, and they did not change their faces when they did these things.
Gao Qianqian followed Ma Lu to go back to Hui, and such things have long been strange. Compared with the time when the people of the Huangjia died, this time is really nothing, the Northern Expedition has killed more than one million, and the number of killings of more than 5,000 people at a time is unknown, no matter how soft the heart is, it can be hardened at this time.
Yang Youniang pursed her lips vigorously, and her little face turned slightly pale. It's nothing if more than 5,000 Qiang people died, but looking at Du Huancen Shen and them posing their heads here, the heads of the Qiang people were clustered together, and they all looked bloody and hideous, and they almost forgot to breathe for a while.
Thinking of the words that the master said to her in front of her father's tomb outside Tingzhou City, Yang Youniang's mood became extremely complicated, and her small fists clenched hard.
Anyway...... He's her husband after all......
After glancing at Ma Lu, who had a cold look, Yang Youniang said secretly in her heart.
The Anxi army athletes are accustomed to seeing life and death, and they are all good men who draw blood from their intestines, and there is no obstacle to doing these things. After a while, a troop of cavalry galloped along the avenue left between the abandoned trenches. It was a man with a male head, and he brought his subordinates over to deliver the head.
The head man went up the slope, and when he saw the Jingguan that had been formed, his face immediately turned white. The faces of the Qiang knights with human heads hanging on the saddle behind them also changed greatly, and such a scene also shocked them extremely much.
"Have you counted it? How many are there? Ma Lan was covered in blood, and looked at the man with his hands behind his back and smiled.
Only then did the man react, and led his subordinates to dismount and salute Ma Lu: "More than a thousand heads, all those who can be killed have been killed." ”
"Go and put it over there." Ma Lan pointed to Du Huan and Cen Shen's feet, "After counting, go to the city and take the money." ”
The head man nodded silently, his face was still pale, he glanced at the dense human head with a complicated expression, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to send the human head over.
The Qiang people are also known as brave, when hundreds of people took the heads, they were all pale, threw their heads on the ground and turned around and left, as for the sound of the Tang officials on the side checking the number, they didn't hear it at all.
Finally, someone couldn't help it, and as soon as he put down his head, he turned around and vomited. As if it was an infection, dozens of Qiang people who had handed over their heads and did not hand over their heads bent down at the same time and vomited loudly, which made Tang Junjian'er laugh.
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