Chapter 0272: The First Battle
For several nights on end, a strong wind blew every evening. Li Ang asked, according to what Murong Heshun said, this is usually the case from February to May in the area of Qinghai Lake, and the northwest wind begins to blow in the evening.
This was very beneficial to Li Ang, and in the faint moonlight, one tent after another was whistling by the night wind, and Li Ang and they were just fifty horsemen, approaching the settlement of the Tibetans like ghosts, and the whistling northwest wind obscured their movements;
Even the shepherd dogs in the tent area only heard the movement and began to bark loudly after they were very close, but it was too late!
"Kill!"
Li Ang pointed at the horizontal knife in his hand, roared lowly, and the thousand-mile good horse that stepped down rushed away. The forty-nine horsemen behind him were like silent beasts, following closely behind, rushing to the tent area of the Tibetans.
The horses' hooves wrapped in cloth did not rumble, and were unusually dull, and the knife edge in the moonlight was frighteningly cold. Everyone worked in pairs, one by one the ropes were carried up by the war horses, hooked on the tent, the war horses whistled left and right, one by one the tents were torn down by the wind, the sleeping Tubo people were pressed under the tents, and the screams soon converged.
In the tent behind, the disheveled Tubo people hurriedly ran out, but they were knocked away by the galloping war horses, or slashed by Sen Leng's knife, let out a short scream, and fell to the ground.
Riding the horse with the wind, its speed is incomparable, "Kill!" Although it was the first time for Li Ang to go to the battlefield, the dim night covered up the cruel blood, which made him feel that this was not killing, but chopping melons and vegetables, and there was no discomfort in the first time on the battlefield, on the contrary, killing made his blood boil and roar.
He divided the fifty horsemen into groups of two and crossed the tent area, the green and strong part of the Tibetan tribe had been transferred, and the remaining few were worthy of a battle. Under such a sudden night attack, there was no time to organize effective resistance, and they were quickly killed.
The Fifty Iron Horsemen endured it for three days, and now they were like tigers coming out of the gate, croaking excitedly, howling like ghosts in the wind!
Before. The Tubo people were mostly cavalry, and they usually invaded the Tang Dynasty, killed people and set fires, raped and plundered. Now, the fifty Tang cavalry attacked the Tubo people in turn, as if they were in a no-man's land, their blood was open, and they raised their eyebrows!
If there is revenge, it is not a gentleman, let alone a lone army going deep behind enemy lines. There is no room for a trace of a woman's kindness, the iron rides through, the corpses are all over the ground, the bloody wind gusts, and in the night, the screams come and go;
Tibetans scurried around like headless flies, children cried, and adults screamed. However, no matter which way they fled, all that awaited them was a roaring iron horseman. The chilly light of the sword.
Burst! Li Ang swung his knife again, slashing the head of a Tubo man who had just rushed out of the tent, and blood sprayed his face, "There will be no seed, the man should be self-reliant, kill!" ”
There were terrifying shouts of killing everywhere. From this night on, the phrase "there will be no seeds, men should be self-reliant" has become the slogan of the 50th Tang Army, inspiring them to continue to move forward! Forward!!
It took half an hour for this sheep and all those of the small tribe who dared to resist. They were easily slaughtered, and the rest of the people were driven together, kneeling on the ground, one by one frightened.
Next, it's time to grab property, drink wine, eat meat, and play with women.
The soldiers were willing to risk their lives to kill in the hinterland of Tibet, of course Li Ang couldn't be too restrained by them, money, women, let them take it, let them play, only in this way could the soldiers be willing to follow him and continue to take risks.
A pile of fires was lit, and Li Ang changed into a Tibetan leather armor, and his hair and hat were also dressed up in the style of the Tibetans, looking like a Tibetan chieftain.
On the fire, the roasted whole sheep was already dripping with oil, and the aroma was permeating, Wu Xuan wiped the blood on his face, sat down beside Li Ang, pointed to the pile of Tubo remnants who were kneeling on the ground and trembling, and asked, "Lang Jun, how to deal with these people?" ”
Li Ang beckoned to Shi Chang Nie Feng, and this guy dragged a Tibetan girl out, only to come back quickly, and saw Li Ang waving to him, and hurriedly ran over and gave a military salute: "What do you want Li Bingcao to order?" ”
Li Ang looked at the remnants of the Tubo people and asked, "If it was the Tubo people, what would they do with the people of my Tang Dynasty?" ”
"Back to Li Bingcao, the Tubo people are very cruel, if they are them, the slaves who can be brought back will be taken back, and those who can't be taken away will be killed."
Li Ang said lightly: "We are now on someone else's territory, so let's follow the customs!" ”
"Whoa!"
"Wait, leave the old man behind."
Nie Feng listened, and secretly said that this is called ruthless, the old man has lost his combat effectiveness, and even his ability to work, there is no point in killing him, but keeping it can leave a burden to the Tubo people.
Just when Nie Feng was taking the soldiers and preparing to make a move, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "The general of the Tang Dynasty, spare your life, a certain is not a Tubo person, a certain Tang person, he was taken as a slave by the Tubo people, general, spare the villain, the villain is willing to follow the generals, lead the way for you, and kill the Tubo dog......
"General, the little one is also a Tang person, spare your life..."
"Villains are also ......."
The prisoners, who were kneeling on the ground and huddled together in a heap, suddenly began to stir, and twenty or thirty people crawled out on their knees, they were ragged, men and women, most of them young and middle.
When Li Ang saw this, he hurriedly stopped Nie Feng and personally stepped forward to inquire about these people, and even questioned them separately and asked them to testify against each other. In the end, it was determined that these people were indeed captives taken by the Tibetans.
Under the flickering firelight, these people were unclothed, I don't know whether they were cold or afraid, one by one curled up and shivered, and the eyes full of longing and apprehension looked at Li Ang.
Hua Qiu came over and whispered to Li Ang: "Li Bingcao, although it is true that these people are Tang people who have been taken captive, we can't take them with us, absolutely not." ”
Hua Qiu said, Li Ang didn't know, they were fifty men and horses, deep behind enemy lines, relying on flexibility and surprise. Half of these captives were women, and if you take these people with you, I am afraid that all of them will die in Tibet.
Even Wu Xuan came up and said, "Team Leader Hua is right, Lang Jun, these people can't take it." ”
"Don't worry, I'm in control." Leon called aside all the captive Tang men and asked, "Which of you will raise his hand on horseback?" ”
"General, I will!"
"General, I will too."
“……”
"Good!" Li Ang counted, a total of thirteen men, twelve raised their hands, they were probably from the northwest frontier, most of them could ride horses is not a miracle. Li Ang said, "Those who dare to use a knife to kill raise their hands." ”
This time, six immediately raised their hands, and the remaining few hesitated for a moment before slowly raising their hands.
"Good!" Li Ang turned his head to Nie Feng and instructed, "Give them each a knife and let them prove their words." ”
"Whoa!"
These people were taken captive and enslaved, living like pigs and dogs, and now, let them take revenge by slashing at the people who enslaved them.
Of the twelve people, only one of the timid ones didn't dare to make a move, so he and the man who couldn't ride a horse were left behind by Li Ang and took those Tang women to flee for their lives.
Those women begged several times, but Li Ang was unmoved, so he had to take advantage of the night and hurriedly run away, as for whether they can escape back to the Tang Dynasty, it depends on their creation.
The reality is cruel, even if Li Angken takes them, the soldiers will not be.
After dealing with the Tibetans, Li Ang and the others took eleven young men who could ride horses, as well as dozens of captured horses, set off to the east and hurriedly disappeared into the night.
Why east? The soldiers who followed behind Li Ang were full of questions, did Li Bingcao decide not to go deeper and return to Longyou?
After running two or three miles to the east, Li Ang ordered to hide his tracks as much as possible, turned around and ran two miles to the south, and then resolutely turned west, which was tantamount to a detour.
Some of the soldiers who were a little sluggish couldn't help but ask Li Ang: "Li Bingcao, didn't we just go directly to the west just now, why do you want to go around this big circle?" ”
While galloping on his horse, Li Ang asked rhetorically, "Do you want to be a general?" ”
"Yes."
"Have you ever seen a general always ask a soldier why he is like this, why is he like that?"
"I haven't seen it!"
"So, if you want to be a general, you must first think of yourself as a general, and when you encounter a problem, you must think about it with your heart, understand?"
"Thank you Li Bingcao!"
This night, a complete victory, among the fifty people, only Liu 12 fell because of the horse's stumbling hooves, suffered a little skin injury, everyone happily grabbed gold and silver treasures, happily played with women, cool and crooked!
With such a victory, Leon's prestige was much higher, everyone's confidence in him was doubled, and they had a little more hope for the future, and by daybreak Leon and his men had traveled seventy miles to the west.
After snatching sixty or seventy war horses from the Tibetan people, they now not only have special horses to carry things, but also enough for one person to ride, which greatly reduces the burden of war horses, and the speed is much faster.
At dawn, everyone rested in a relatively secluded mountain col. Hua Qiu and the five chiefs, Nie Feng, Li Qi, Wang Guangguang, Lin Dayu, and Murong Heshun, took the initiative to come to Li Ang's side and ask him about his next plan.
Li Ang clenched his fists, and then his five fingers suddenly flicked away, and said: "The world's martial arts are invincible, only fast and unbreakable, and the art of war is the same, as long as you are fast enough, the enemy will be caught off guard, and you will be left behind, and you will be dizzy." ”
Hua Qiu nodded and said: "Yes, now the nearby Tubo tribes, the strength has been withdrawn, it is the emptiest time, let's try to speed up the action, pick some small tribes, quickly break them, and then quickly transfer, as long as it is fast enough, we can make the enemy dizzy, I can't tell how many troops we have, when and where to attack." ”
Li Ang smiled confidently: "The champion Hou led the troops for the first time, and the eight hundred horsemen flew like flying, which caught the Huns off guard, captured thousands, and captured the Huns' prime minister, uncle, etc., using a quick word.
Now the situation is very favorable for us, we need to be fast, faster! Everyone hurry up and rest, let's continue to set off after an hour, in the next few days, we will fight a lot of high-intensity raids, kill him a bloody storm, and the mountains and rivers will change color! ”
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(To be continued.) )