readx; Li Guangbi led 2,000 cavalry to gallop on the edge of the reckless forest, galloping parallel to the official road, but the official road was five miles away, Li Guangbi was full of confidence, but he did not know that the hill he had just crossed was the mouth of the trap laid by An Shouzhong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this time, a team of scouts rushed over, their faces were a little frightened, and they whispered a few words in Li Guangbi's ear, Li Guangbi's face changed, but he waved his hand and motioned for the soldiers to move on.

At night, it was already a watch hour, and there was a team of horse-drawn carriages parked on the official road twenty miles north of Fuyang County, about 500 of them, and the carriages were full of forage.

The coachmen and the soldiers were sleeping in the wagons, and they were to rest for two hours, and then they continued their journey southward, and the task of the wagons was to transport grain and grass, and they came and went, and they became so tired that they did not know where to hide from the necessary sentry posts.

The carriages were parked on the official road, and the horses ate fodder and drank water, and stood in front of the carriage to sleep, and the surroundings were quiet, filled with the sound of insects one after another.

Just then, a rocket 'whoosh!' The ground shot at the haystack on a carriage, and the flames crackled and ignited rapidly, and by the wind, the fire burned more and more, and in a moment it rose to the sky, and the groom, who was sleeping in the haystack, fell from the carriage screaming, and the fire had already burned his hair.

Rockets shot all over the sky, and in an instant, more than 300 carriages were set on fire, and there was chaos on the official road, and the soldiers guarding them turned on their horses and pulled the reins desperately, trying to stabilize the frightened horses.

"Kill!"

Li Guangbi roared, two thousand cavalry rushed out of the forest like a tiger, straight to the convoy, and the guard Yan army fought fiercely, the clanging sound of weapons colliding, the cavalry was cut and screamed and fell off the horse, the Yan army was obviously not the opponent of the Tang army, in a moment the carriage guards were killed and wounded more than half, the remaining guard cavalry scattered and fled, all the carriages were completely engulfed in the fire, countless burning carriages in the official road and fields desperately fled, and soon turned to the ground, and the horses were also buried by the burning forage shop.

At this time, Li Guangbi's eyes looked coldly around the forest, he had already heard the shouting and killing sound and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves coming from the front and back, left and right, and saw a dense Yan army appeared from all directions, most of them were infantry, judging by Li Guangbi's experience, it should be no less than 30,000 people.

Li Guangbi judged very accurately, 35,000 people, Li Guiren, Cai Xide, and Li Huaixian each sent 10,000 people, and 5,000 grain guards led by An Shouzhong.

He is responsible for taking the lead in this hunt for the Tang army, pay attention to the lead, not the commander, first of all, he can't command Li Huaixian's army, Li Huaixian can send troops at the order of An Qingxu, but the command will never be diplomatic.

The three armies were like a huge hunting net, quickly closing in on their prey, but when they were about 400 paces away from Li Guangbi's army, more than 30,000 Yan troops stopped.

It's as if the prey is a fierce lion, and no one dares to step forward to catch the prey, under normal circumstances, they are waiting for the male lion to die of hunger and thirst, not to mention that these are three hunters with different intentions, no one wants to risk catching the prey, but everyone wants the best trophy, Li Guangbi's head.

In the midst of the siege of the heavy army, Li Guangbi's 2,000 troops quickly formed a circle formation, with two large rings inside and outside, the horses in the outer ring were one step apart, and the war horses in the inner circle were also one step apart, and they were staggered with the outer ring, so that the two sides could enter and exit, forming two shots.

Each cavalryman had a latest-style mounted crossbow in his hand.

This is a newly developed bow and crossbow for cavalry, quite similar to the later god arm crossbow, the bow body is three feet long, the string length is two feet five, the firing range is as far as 300 steps, and the effective killing range is 180 steps.

Its main difference lies in the winding method, generally the crossbow arrow is forcefully pulled back, with the pedal or arm force, but this crossbow arrow has a crowbar-like copper rod, from the lower end of the reverse forward pull the crowbar, using the principle of leverage, can be easily wound.

For infantry, this reverse winding method is not very practical, but it is different for cavalry, the crossbow arrow has a wooden handle, the cavalry can hold the shield in one hand, and the other hand holds the handle on the winding, there is an iron ring on the side of the stirrup of the cavalry, this iron ring is the key to winding, with this riding crossbow and specially added, as long as the crowbar is inserted into the iron ring, one hand upwards to lift it hard, only to listen to the 'click', the winding is completed.

Arrows are also used box crossbows, a box of twenty arrows, as long as the end of the crossbow is horizontal, with the index finger to open the arrow cover baffle, a crossbow arrow will accurately fall into the arrow slot, even if there is a slight deviation, can also be manually adjusted, the arrow is only seven inches, but sharper, faster, better armor penetration, this kind of riding crossbow is convenient, fast, powerful, 10,000 riding crossbows just equipped to the army, it is deeply loved by the cavalry, because the arrow box is very similar to the rhinoceros horn, so the cavalry also called it 'rhinoceros moon crossbow'.

Coupled with the uniqueness of its handle, many smart soldiers used the grooves on the shield to use this crossbow in conjunction with it, and could shoot with one hand, which quickly swept the barracks and attracted the attention of military craftsmen, and began to study the combination of shields and crossbow arrows.

Two thousand cavalry formed two large circles inside and outside, and two thousand crossbows were coldly aimed at the enemy three hundred paces away, and the two sides formed a confrontation situation.

But this confrontation situation only lasted for a moment, Li Guiren's army in the southwest took the lead in attacking, followed by Cai Xide's troops in the east, and An Shouzhong's 5,000 grain guards also killed, but the 10,000 Li Huaixian army in the north did not move, they waved their flags and shouted, beating drums and cheering, but no one killed.

Li Huaixian's subordinate general Li Yueyue received instructions from the commander: to send troops without contribution, in order to preserve strength.

The 25,000 Yan army came from three directions quickly, the momentum was like a sea of mountains, it was terrifying, but Li Guangbi was motionless, he had a secret weapon, and he was not panicked, Li Guangbi saw that although the army in the north shouted and killed, but did not actually attack, he quickly adjusted the formation in his heart, from the circle formation to the half-moon array, and the launch area was larger.

Although the Tang army only had 2,000 people, they were as dignified as Mount Tai, their eyes were cold, their crossbows were in their hands, and they aimed at the Yan army that was rushing in front of them, they did not have the slightest fear and retreat, and the powerful murderous aura exuded by the two thousand groups was no less than that of the 25,000 Yan army.

The Yan army is rapidly rushing towards the Tang army, three hundred steps.... Two hundred and fifty steps..... Two hundred steps.... One hundred and eighty steps, the cavalry took the lead in entering the killing distance, a rapid sound of bangzi suddenly sounded in the Tang army, following the sound of bangzi, a thousand crossbow arrows shot out like a torrential rain, pounced on the dense Yan cavalry, only to see a piece of people on their backs and turned over, hundreds of Yan cavalry were shot, tumbling and falling to the ground, making a mess, and then the cavalry in the inner circle urged the horse forward, and another thousand crossbow arrows shot out, dense as rain, and three or four hundred cavalry were planted by arrows.

Another thousand cavalrymen had already mounted their crossbow arrows and fired them again, and the soldiers of the Tang Army had gradually tacitly understood, they no longer went one after the other, but fired arrows side by side, and everyone formed a time difference with their comrades next to them, one round of arrows was fired, and another round of arrows was fired immediately.

Entering the ring, lifting the crossbow, falling into the groove, and shooting, almost in one go, the action is extremely skillful, so that the arrow array does not have any pause, as comfortable as flowing water, the overwhelming arrows are shot at the enemy army formation round by round, in a short distance of 100 steps, six rounds of 12,000 arrows have been shot, the cavalry dead and wounded have been close to 5,000, Li Guiren's 8,000 cavalry is the first to collapse, withdraw from the siege.

An Shouzhong was also an experienced veteran, and he was shocked to see that the crossbow arrows of the Tang cavalry were so sharp, and Li Huaixian's army did not participate in the siege, so there would be a hole in the strength of the two sides, and the Tang army could escape calmly from these two loopholes.

He immediately shouted: "Collect the troops!" ”

Collect the gong when the gong sounds! While! While! The ground rang, and the Yan army, which felt unfavorable, retreated like a tide, and retreated to three hundred steps away, when the Tang army's shooting did not stop, but shot intensively to the ground, thousands of wounded Yan soldiers struggling on the ground, and the war horses lying on the ground bleeding and convulsing, after a while, there was silence on the battlefield, and all the wounded soldiers and horses were all shot.

And the soldiers of the Tang Army were also wounded more than 30 people, wounded by stray arrows shot by the other side, but none of them were killed, the battlefield was quiet, and the two sides entered a new round of confrontation.

An Shouzhong galloped to the north on his horse, and angrily reprimanded the general Li Yueyue and said: "The soldiers of the three armies are all using their lives, why can't you come out?" ”

Li Yueyue replied coldly: "The time is not right, the casualties of the troops are too great, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

An Shouzhong was angry and scolded: "You..... Bastard! If you hadn't sent troops, we wouldn't have suffered so many casualties, you have selfish intentions! ”

"General An!"

Li Yueyue still said in a cold tone: "It is up to us to decide whether to send troops or not, you are not the young prince of An, and you have no right to command us, so please don't exceed your authority." ”

"You!"

An Shouzhong was so angry that he trembled, he pulled out an arrow, broke it in two, turned around and urged the horse to leave, Li Yueyue glanced at the broken arrow on the ground, and sneered disdainfully.

In the Tang Army, Li Guangbi was full of passion, he loudly encouraged his soldiers, "Good job, worthy of the Anxi Army, Mount Tai collapsed without being shocked, let the Yan Army dog thieves take a look, what is the first army in the world, what is one to block ten, brothers, today we want to let the world know that the soldiers killed from the Tocharian battlefield are invincible!" ”

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On the official road, 2,000 Tang troops were confronting 30,000 Yan troops, and the Yan army granary in Linhao County was shouting and killing in the granary, Linhao originally had 8,000 Yan army heavy troops stationed, but An Shouzhong took 5,000 people to ambush Li Guangbi, and another 1,000 cavalry went to disguise and escort grain and grass, and only 2,000 troops were left in the granary, and the troops were very weak.

At this time, a 3,000 Tang army led by Li Guangbi's general Yong Xihao broke through the desperate resistance of the 2,000 grain protection Yan army, and entered the granary, bags of fire oil sprayed on the granary, a torch ignited the fire oil, the flames rose into the air, and the granaries were engulfed in the raging fire, the flames soared into the sky, illuminating the dark night sky, and red flames and billowing smoke could be seen hundreds of miles away.

Thirty miles away on the official road, the Tang army and the Yan army were still facing each other, and a Tang army suddenly pointed to the north and shouted: "General, General Yong has succeeded!" ”

Yan Jun also discovered the abnormality, and suddenly there was a shock, the army was in an uproar, everyone was dumbfounded, An Shouzhong slapped his head heavily, his eyes were full of pain, he fell for Li Guangbi's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Guangbi shouted, "Heaven-shattering thunder shoots out!" ”

Immediately, more than a dozen Tang army craftsmen unloaded a small catapult from the horse, the small stone shooter was divided into four parts, and the installation was completed in a moment, and dozens of Tang soldiers lifted the small stone shooter dozens of steps away.

This kind of catapult is like a large bed crossbow, up to one zhang long, and with the force of the winch, it can shoot an object weighing 300 pounds to a distance of 300 steps.

The 20,000 people of the Yan army all looked at them in a daze, no one knew what the Tang army was doing, and they were going to fight with stones? But what's the point of having only one stone shooter?

A Tang soldier ignited a black pumpkin-like sky-shattering thunder, the fuse burned rapidly, and when it burned to a scale of three hundred paces, the catapult was launched, and a swarthy sky-shattering thunderbolt crossed an arc in mid-air, snorting in the air! Laugh at! White smoke rose from the ground and shot towards the head of the most dense infantry group of the Yan army, which was Cai Xide's subordinates, and more than 10,000 Yan soldiers looked up together, watching the black sphere smash towards their heads.

At this time, the two thousand Tang troops turned around and galloped northward, rushed out one hundred and fifty steps away in one go, and escaped the killing radius of the earth-shattering thunder, and many people blocked their ears, even the ears of the war horses.

An Shouzhong suddenly realized that something was wrong, and he shouted, "Not good! ”

As soon as the words fell, the earth-shattering thunder exploded violently in the crowd of the Yan army, only to see a red flame burst out, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, the red light flashed, the smoke billowed out, and the gray-white smoke rose into the air, quickly forming a mushroom cloud.

Under the triple blow of gunpowder, air waves and iron-shelled broken leaves, the Yan army suffered heavy casualties, the center of the explosion was full of stumps and broken arms, blown up heads, blown up bodies, and soldiers who were killed by the air waves, the wounded soldiers were lying all over the ground, and there were painful moans everywhere, the Yan army crowd was too dense, so that the earth-shattering thunder killing effect was exerted to the extreme, and more than 1,000 Yan soldiers were killed and injured.

But the impact of the earth-shattering thunder was more terrifying, and the more than 20,000 Yan troops present were all frightened, they had never seen such a powerful weapon, this was simply the anger of the thunder god.

Most of the soldiers were Hu people, and they fell to their knees, desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy, which was the damnation of heaven, the cruelty of them.

Although the Tang army was prepared, they were still startled into confusion by the huge explosion of the earth-shaking thunder, but they quickly returned to normal, Li Guangbi waved his sword and shouted: "Brothers! The time of heroes has come, let the thieves tremble under our horses' hooves! ”

The Tang army roared in unison, two thousand horizontal knives slashed out a monstrous murderous aura, and two thousand cavalry were as fast as thunder, sweeping towards the lost Yan army with a devastating momentum.

The Yan army was already in turmoil, they had no intention of resisting, and collapsed in an instant, they scattered and fled, crying and screaming, the heads rolled under the hooves of the Tang army, and the cry turned into a scream of death.

An Shouzhong saw that the Yan army was powerless to resist, especially the granary he was responsible for had been burned down by the Tang army, he knew that Li Guiren would not spare himself, so he led two thousand henchmen to flee to the southeast and took refuge in Tian Chenghei, Li Yueyue was also stunned by the earth-shaking thunder, he was even more unwilling to fight, bent on preserving strength, and led 10,000 headquarters to quickly evacuate the battlefield.

The most tragic is Li Guiren and Cai Xide's army, especially Li Guiren's army, is the focus of the Tang army's offensive massacre, this battle, killed the Yan army blood into a river, corpses all over the field, 35,000 Yan army was killed more than 18,000 people, and the Tang army only 2,000 cavalry, the last 2,000 Tang cavalry casualties of less than 200 people, creating the most glorious battle in the Anshi Rebellion with less victories.

This battle made Li Guangbi famous all over the world and was known as the 'God of the Army', and his aura quickly surpassed that of Li Siye and became the second person in the Anxi Army after Li Qing'an.

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(To be continued)