Time seems to have stood still, three days have passed outside the Broken Leaf Valley, but the situation inside the Broken Leaf has not changed from three days ago, the Great Food Army is not moving, waiting for the other thousand cavalry of Dumo Zhi in He Hunting City, the Tang Army is also standing still, but there are no reinforcements coming in the direction of Broken Leaf City, and the Tang Army has not taken the initiative to attack, this seems to be a confusing chess game, which makes people unable to guess the intentions of the Tang Army.

Ning Yuanguo, west of the broken leaves, uncovered the mystery of the Tang army, and a Ning Yuan [***] of about 15,000 people swooped down on the empty Ashi Bulai City with the momentum of lightning to cover their ears.

Ning Yuanguo, also known as Bahanna, is a vassal state of the Lingxi countries that is relatively pro-Tang, the king was named the king of Fenghua by the Tang Dynasty, and its queen is the princess of Heyi of the Tang Dynasty, under the leadership of Princess Heyi, Ning Yuanguo has always been the suzerainty of the Tang Dynasty, in the Western Regions countries are a country that falls to the big food environment, Ning Yuanguo is alone, under great pressure, this time the Tang army wants to rebuild the Broken Leaf Military Town, Ning Yuanguo showed great enthusiasm.

Last night, when Li Qing'an's envoy rushed to Ning Yuanguo to meet with the king, Ning Yuanguo made the decision to send troops that night, and the king sent the eldest prince Yama as the commander to lead an army of 15,000 people to attack the city of Ashi Bulai and cut off the back route of the Great Food Army.

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In the camp of the Tang army, several scout cavalry galloped to the gate of the camp, they turned over and dismounted, and galloped towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Qingan was once again asking Yang Zaicheng about the details of the defeat, although Han Zhi paid the loss of two thousand troops, but they also brought first-hand valuable information about the battle with the Great Food Army, these days, almost every soldier who escaped back is describing in detail the situation of the Great Food Army and Shi [***] that he encountered, and a large amount of information was collected and sorted out, and gradually condensed into dozens of concise and practical information.

The speed of the war horses of the Great Food Army and the Shi [***] team is one percent faster than that of the Tang Army's war horses, and they are resistant to long-distance attacks, and they are all Dawan good horses. ’

'The Great Eater has a weak bow and arrows, but it has a short spear, which is thrown from thirty paces away, and it is extremely powerful. ’

'The Great Eater Army is dressed in leather armor, and its horned crossbow can shoot through a hundred paces away. ’

As such, this effective intelligence will guide Li Qing'an's final deployment.

Li Qing'an asked Yang Zaicheng to know more about the commander of the Great Food Army, he had learned a little bit of sporadic information from the Broken Leaf Tuqi Shi, the commander of the Great Food was called Zhu Dier, about forty years old, had been fighting in the Hezhong region for more than ten years, and had made great achievements in attacking Kang and Shi, and was known as the Eagle of Khorasan, but what Li Qing'an wanted to know was how this eagle soared on the battlefield?

"Envoy, in judging the commander of the enemy army, we suffered a big loss, Han Dudu always thought that the young prince Shi was the commander of the enemy army, therefore, we concentrated our forces to attack the prince of Shi, but we did not expect that a big food officer with a square face and a beard who led the troops to charge in front was their commander, he had five hundred guards around him, at first Han Dudu thought that there were few soldiers and did not pay too much attention to it, but unexpectedly, these five hundred cavalry were sharp and abnormal, and they tore the defense line of the Tang army at once, and Han Dudu was caught off guard, It was under the spear stab of this Great Food Officer that he shot from twenty paces away, and we learned afterwards that he was the commander of the Great Food Army. ”

When it came to the death of the governor, Yang Zaicheng's voice became more and more low, and his eyes were full of gloom, but Li Qingan didn't care about Han Zhi's death, Judir's sharp five hundred guards aroused his interest, and he would not let go of any valuable information.

"What kind of sharp method is the five hundred cavalry?"

"First of all, their spear throwing is accurate, each spear will stab a Tang army to death, at least half of the Shatuo people are killed by their spears, he is like our Tang Dynasty marksman, a charge will shoot most of the guards around Han Dudu, in addition, their horses are different, extremely fast, just tore a hole, fifty cavalry rushed to Han Dudu's eyes, which is unguardable."

"Are you sure that the horses of the five hundred guards are different?"

"Yes, their horses are indeed extraordinarily majestic and elegant, as if they were soaring through the air, and they are incredibly fast."

Li Qingan nodded slowly, it seems that the war horse of these five hundred guards is very likely to be the legendary Arabian horse.

At this moment, there was a hurried running sound outside the big tent, "General, urgent military situation!" ”

A scout appeared at the door of the tent, half-knelt down and said: "Report to the general, 1,000 Tuqi Shi people have joined the Great Food Army, the total strength of the enemy army is now nearly 14,000 people, the enemy army has set out from camp, and there are still 70 miles away from our army." ”

Li Qing'an looked at the map, seventy miles to the rapid march is half a day's journey, of course, Judier will never run a long distance, then, at the latest tomorrow morning, the Great Food Army will encounter the Tang Army.

"Pass my order, and the army will set off for camp!"

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The road winds in the valley, the Tang army marches very slowly, far and near from the broken leaf river on the rocky riverbed, the night falls quietly, the fog has disappeared, the cold wind blows, the moon is like a hook, the whole western sky reflects the cold glow of the moon, the huge mountain beam on the right extends to the west, and the end is as flat as a mirror of the broken leaf river, across the river, in front of a vast forest, and then to the west, the gray grassland is unobstructed.

The Tang army crossed the Shaye River at the first watch, and a group of Tang army camp posts galloped back and forth in the woods on the opposite bank, and the Tang army rested for half an hour after crossing the river, and then continued to advance westward.

At the fourth watch, the scouts came with the news that the main force of the Great Food Army was found twenty miles away, and the Tang Army immediately garrisoned the troops, the night wind howled in the vast field, the red banner hunted with the wind, and a hideous black dragon broke the flag on the banner and wanted to fly.

Under the banner, 12,000 Tang cavalry swords, bows and arrows, let the north wind blow their faces, they stared coldly ahead, half an hour later, the mighty Great Food Alliance appeared on the other side of the grassland, they also stopped their horses, waiting for the order to attack, a battle for broken leaves is about to begin.

The Tang army set up a cavalry-style crane wing array, a hundred bed crossbows with five consecutive rounds have been wound, the arrows used are thick long arrows up to two feet long, and the effective killing range of the enemy is up to 500 steps, and behind the bed crossbow is three thousand crossbow cavalry, using horn bows and crossbows, this kind of crossbow belongs to light crossbows, relying on arm strength to pull the bow on the wind, the effective killing range is about 150 steps, the crossbowmen and the bed crossbow constitute a double blow near and far, forming a crane head and crane neck in the formation, behind the crossbowmen are a hundred large bed crossbows, but on the bed crossbow are three short spears up to five feet, It has been twisted with beef tendons.

Behind these 100 bed crossbows are 6,000 pikemen, which are the main force of the Tang Army, divided into three armies and twelve battalions, holding a shield in one hand and a spear in the other, which is the body of a crane; On both flanks were mixed lancers and archers, each with 1,500 men, firing from a distance and attacking closely, mainly on the flanks of the enemy.

And Hewei is a thousand crossbow cavalry, mainly used for mobile reinforcements, this time, the Tang army will give full play to the advantages of their strong bow and hard crossbow, 16,000 cavalry, bow and crossbow cavalry accounted for half, which is also the reason why the commander of the Beiting Army is good at using bows.

Li Qing'an rode under the banner of the Chinese army, he held a horizontal sword, looked at the enemy troops in the distance, patiently waiting for the enemy's charge, in this battle, there was no fixed control tower, everything was commanded in high-speed movement.

At the same time, in this battle, Li Qingan did not intend to use gunpowder, he hoped to use blood and knives to sharpen the combat effectiveness of the Beiting army.

The sky with broken leaves was full of dark clouds, and the wind was blowing strongly across the grassland between the two armies about five miles wide, and at the other end of the grassland, the Great Food Army was also in full array, and the commander Judier was particularly confident, and the addition of three thousand Tuqi Shi people made them surpass the Tang Army in terms of strength, although they were weaker than the Tang Army in terms of equipment, but they had high morale, brave warriors, and excellent war horses, which were enough to make up for the lack of weapons and equipment.

In particular, the addition of the three thousand Tuqi Shi people in Dumo Zhi is more like a shot in the arm for them, these three thousand cavalry are not a rabble temporarily put together by the herdsmen, but are veterans of a hundred battles, when the Tuqi Shi people relied on their sharp attacks, swept across both sides of the Pearl River, beat the Zhaowu army to lose their armor, and even defeated the Great Food Army several times, with this cavalry to participate in the battle, Judir's victory was increased by three points.

In a battle with the Tang army a few days ago, Judier also found the advantage of the Tang army, that is, the bow and arrow are powerful, for which he specially deployed today's battle, whether it is a big cannibal or a turk Shi man, it is to rely on a strong impact to disrupt the opponent's position, in order not to be injured by the Tang army's long-distance bow and arrow, today's first wave of attack, he handed over to the army of Shi Guo.

War horses kicking the ground irrepressibly, black flags fluttering in the morning breeze, golden Saladin eagles spreading their wings, everything is ready.

Judir looked back at Dumozhi, who was dressed in golden helmets and armor, and said with a smile: "The first battle will be handed over to you, your army may be competent?" ”

Du Mozhi's eyes were as cruel as a wolf, staring viciously at the handsome banner of the Tang army, under the handsome banner was his murderous enemy Li Qing'an, for the day of the enemy, he had been waiting for almost three years, although the hatred had boiled in his heart, he still said quietly: "My soldiers are tired from afar, the first battle will be on the road, I am afraid that the physical strength will be exhausted, we will fight the second battle." ”

Judier's slippery oil made Judier a little dissatisfied, he was just a temptation, and suddenly found out the old bottom of Dumozhi, they didn't really work hard for the big food, Judier didn't say anything, and his eyes fell on the somewhat timid prince Yuanen, there was no room for negotiation, he ordered categorically: "The stone [***] team is ready to attack, listen to my drum sound." ”

He raised his hand, the rumbling leather drum sounded, the stone [***] team has a natural fear of the Tang army, in the past hundred years, the Tang Dynasty has been their suzerain, the prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty has made several generations of Shi people yearn for it, but also cast a shadow of inferiority in their hearts, they never dreamed of fighting the powerful Tang army head-on, but the strength of the big food made them swallow the bitter fruit of betraying the old master.

Yuan En waved his sword in his heart, and his trembling voice was intermittent in the wind, "Listen to my orders and charge with all your might." ”

Judir heard the weakness in his tone, he glared, and said angrily: "Weak and useless thing, do you still want to be the king of the stone country?" ”

Yuan'en's face suddenly swollen red, and he suddenly shouted hysterically, "Prepare to kill!" ”

Judir waved his hand coldly, and a low horn suddenly sounded, this was the order to charge, "Kill!" With a wave of his sword, Yuan En took the lead in rushing out.

"Kill!" The overwhelming Shiguo cavalry roared and launched an attack, and in an instant, a long human blanket was pulled out on the grassland.

At this time, Judir ordered Dumo Zhi again: "After the Tuqi Shi people, if the stone [***] is defeated, you will kill from the left!" ”

Dumozhi nodded, he drew his long knife, and roared like a wolf: "Brothers, follow me!" ”

The Tuqi Shi people also launched, the Great Food Army also charged, and 14,000 cavalry launched a fierce assault on the Tang army.

The Tang army is still waiting, they are as quiet as Mount Tai, the violent sound of horses' hooves almost tramples the earth over, but it can't shake the slightest trace of the Tang army, Li Qingan turned his head and looked to the east, the red morning sun has broken through the clouds, there is no morning glow, but there is a strange blood color, as if it indicates the beginning of a bloodthirsty morning.

He waved his hand slightly, and Tang Jun's drum also 'bang!' Boom! The earth rang, and the three thousand crossbow cavalry lined up in three rows, and they all pulled the strings and arrows, brushed the ground and beveled the end of the bow and crossbow, at an angle of thirty degrees, and began to adjust the lookout mountain.

At this time, the elite cavalry of the Seven Thousand Stone Kingdom began to assault, one thousand, eight hundred, and seven hundred steps...... The dust is like a cloud, the morning sun is like blood, and the killing breath has made the palms of the Tang soldiers who have fought a hundred battles also oozing sweat......

Suddenly, the drumming stopped, "Fire!" The captain who commanded the bed crossbow shouted, the first round of bed crossbow fired, five hundred long arrows shot out strongly, the sound of breaking the air was loud, the long arrows came out against the wind, whistling into the cavalry group three hundred steps away, the long arrows penetrated the shield and the human body, the screams were everywhere, and more than 200 horses fell down at once, and the horses were hit by arrows and fell down, and the cavalry was thrown out heavily, and in a moment they were trampled into flesh by the rolling iron hooves behind, and the bones were stepped into the dirt, and there was nothing left.

More than 200 people were killed like a splash in the sea, without any effect, the morale of the cavalry of the Shi Kingdom soared, dancing spears and knives, and the screams resounded through the grassland, it was already one hundred and fifty steps, and the second round of bed crossbows shot out again, and hundreds of people and horses fell.

At this time, the soldier who was making the bed crossbow turned around and ran, discarding the bed crossbow on the grassland, and the three thousand crossbow cavalry behind slowly stepped forward, and stopped walking eighty steps away from the bed crossbow, and the iron hooves knocked out a shocking sound on the earth, like a faint roar in the distance before the thunder landed, and the breathing had stopped in the tension, and the only thing I could feel was that the earth was trembling.

The long bed crossbow became an obstacle, but the stone cavalry who rushed to the front did not take them to heart, and as soon as they mentioned their war horses, the war horses flew away and swept over the bed crossbows.

But at the moment when the Shiguo cavalry rose into the air, the Tang crossbow cavalry launched, a thousand arrows broke through the air, weaving a black arrow rain in the air, and shot intensively into the Shiguo cavalry, the first round of cavalry fell down with screams, but their fall seriously hindered the second round of cavalry from crossing the bed crossbow, and the war horses stopped in front of the bed crossbow and threw out the cavalry on horseback.

In the chaos, the advantage of the Tang army's bow and arrow began to play, the archers rushed forward in formation, wound, release the arrows, no need to aim, the overwhelming arrows reflected the sky black, round after round, in an instant, 18,000 arrows shot into the dense Shiguo cavalry group, the wail resounded through the grassland, more than 2,000 cavalry were killed or wounded, the Shi [***] team was chilled, turned around and fled.

At this moment, the Raider Shi Wolf Soldiers and the Great Food Brigade used the stone [***] team as a shield, and suddenly killed from both sides, especially the Great Food Army, the horse speed was extremely fast, and in an instant they rushed to forty steps away from the Tang Army archers, more than a hundred short spears were thrown by the strong arm strength of the Great Food Army, drawing a sharp arc, shooting into the Tang Army, the sharp spear edge penetrated the armor, and the Tang Army suffered casualties.

Lychee Shouyu was taken aback, and he immediately ordered: "The front army retreats, and the left and right bow battalions suppress the enemy army. ”

The crossbow cavalry on both sides has been replaced with a bow that can be fired quickly, the arrows are like rain, more than 100 big food troops who rushed to the front have fallen from their horses, the sharp spirit of the attack is a setback, taking advantage of the moment when the horse speed of the big cannibals and the turk Shi people slowed down, the archers quickly retreated, the Tang army fought and retreated, the big food army pursued at the end, spears and arrows rained, and both sides had casualties.

At this time, nearly 4,000 Great Food Coalition troops had rushed into the dangerous range of 100 paces, and the cavalry charge within 100 paces was within a few seconds, even if the archers could still kill and injure a large number of enemy troops, they themselves would face heavy casualties.

Li Qing'an was expressionless, the Great Food Army and the Turk Shi people suddenly killed in his expectations, he from the countless Yiwu Army soldiers and the performance of the Great Food Army these days, has gradually touched the big food boss Judir's troop routine, this is a very cautious general, like to overwhelm the enemy in terms of troops, so as to gain a psychological advantage, it is precisely like this, he likes to invest the whole army in battle, with superior forces to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, and will never give the other party the opportunity to gradually eat himself, in the battle of the Yiwu army to fight more and less, That's what he did.

Today, he took the lead with the Shi [***] team, it will never be just a temptation, their main force must be behind the Shi [***], at the moment when the Great Food Army and the Tucai Shi Army suddenly killed, Li Qingan also issued an order: The archers retreat!

As the commander's military order came, the crossbow cavalry withdrew from the main battlefield, and the three thousand crossbow cavalry retreated like a tide, revealing a hundred swarthy large-sized bed crossbows, arranged in a half-moon shape, and one short spear was coldly aimed at the enemy.

The Great Food Army had reached fifty steps away, and they suddenly found that there were hundreds of bed crossbows hidden behind the Tang Army, and they were all stunned, and Judier in the distance was the first to react, he shouted that it was not good, and he was about to order the Great Food Cavalry to retreat, but it was too late.

Suddenly, a hundred cavalrymen with hammers rushed out of the phalanx of the Tang army, they galloped up, swung their hammers and smashed the trigger of the bed crossbow, because the half-moon shaped attack surface of the bed crossbow was very small, so the big food cavalry in the impact, the closer to the density, at this time they had reached thirty paces away, they accelerated their horses, ready to use the spear array to attack the Tang cavalry.

But a hundred bed crossbows brought them an unexpected killing, and three hundred short spears with the most powerful muzzle velocity were shot out of the bed crossbows of the Tang army, 'Poof, poof, poof!' I saw the short spear pass by, a group of people turned over on their horses, screams came and went, and the short spear fell to the ground after piercing four or five people, and only a few dozen of the more than 1,000 people who rushed in front of them were still on the horses.

The three sons of Dumochi were also shot in the back and back, and fell from their horses with terrified eyes, and the fear of the murderous slaughter hung over the hearts of the attacking army, the Great Cannibals and Turgish, and they were in great confusion.

At this moment, the loud horn of the charge suddenly sounded, and the cavalry of the 6,000 Tang Army burst the embankment like a flood that had been gathering momentum for a long time, rolling up a monstrous murderous aura, like a torrent of white waves rolling, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse swept towards the Great Food Army.

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(To be continued)