Dafeichuan, south of the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), is an ancient battlefield where countless loyal souls and bones have been buried. Now that more than 100,000 living people have gathered here, Murong Xuan's Tuyuhun Iron Cavalry is camped in a higher area; In addition, the Tang army had 40,000 infantry troops, led by the eunuch Yang Siqiao, and built a fortress in another place three miles away.

This is by no means a good place to camp and defend, it is about 100 miles away from Dafeiling in the north, and about 300 miles away from the rushing cavalry led by Xue Chongxun. Stopping in the middle of the center was also forced to take shape, and there was no time to catch up and no time to retreat to Dafeiling.

As expected, three days after Xue Chongxun pursued some of his troops to Wuhai City, the Tubo light cavalry appeared near the Tang army camp in the north.

Both battalions of the Tang Army were on guard and guarded the baggage, waiting for the development of the form. After the arrival of the Tubo soldiers, they did not care about the Tuyuhun camp, and all of them rushed to the Tang army camp with lightning speed, and the Tang army had no danger to defend and all the infantry had to defend on all sides. The Tubo army relied on its mobile advantage to attack and attack from all sides, and the battle began just after encountering the enemy.

After Murong Xuan found out the situation in the tent of King Tuyuhun, he said: "The two battalions thought that the horns were in a situation, and now that the Tubo army is attacking, our army is attacking to support the Tang army, so that the Tubo army is in a situation of fighting on both sides. ”

The minister said: "Some tribes in the army are reluctant to take the initiative to attack the Tibetan army. The reason why the Tubo people did not attack our army and went straight to the Tang army is here, if they attack our army, the Tang army must fight two flanking attacks; On the contrary, our army is prone to slack. ”

Murong Xuan said: "Before the war, I had a word with the King of the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, and Yang Siqiao looked at each other to help each other, and now the war is expected, how can we passively slack off the war and miss the fight?" Spread the king's orders to all departments, and each army sent half of the cavalry to attack the flank of Tibet! ”

After the military order was issued, unexpectedly, the Tuyuhun tribes were slow to react, and less than half of the tribes sent troops to assemble in half a day. Because they were going to save the Tang Army, many people were unwilling and dissatisfied, and they were not ready to rebel, so they had to act passively.

Yang Siqiao's troops fought all sides on the high ground three miles away, and even if they defeated the invading enemy, they could not pursue and expand the results in time, and the battle was very difficult, but the Tuyuhun camp in the west did not move for a long time. Murong Xuan's constant urging of the generals in the king's tent was to no avail, and the ministers had nothing to do, and at this time, the enemy army was at present, and they did not dare to propose too radical construction to avoid causing civil strife.

Murong Xuan asked again, "How many horse teams have been assembled?" ”

The minister said: "Fifty thousand horsemen should have been mobilized, but now there are less than twenty thousand horsemen on standby." ”

Murong Xuan frowned and looked at the expectation in front of him and was silent for a moment, and said: "Give another order, the whole army will be mobilized, and those who are willing to go with me will be on standby immediately!" ”

After the order spread throughout the battalions, Murong Xuan ordered someone to fetch a pair of old armor and ask the attendants to put it on for him. The ministers hurriedly knelt down and admonished: "The Chinese army is like a cloud, and the king does not have to risk himself." ”

"I lead the troops in the front, if I ignore the safety of the Khan King and passively slack off in the back, from now on I will not be a member of the Tuyuhun tribe!" Murong Xuan said categorically.

So Murong Xuan put on a heavy iron armor, his body was not very good and he was not very old, after the armor left by the ancestors was put on, it was difficult for him to walk, and he couldn't still be helped up by a few people when he got on the horse. He put on a white cloak, put on a helmet mask, and led his personal Chinese army out of the camp tent slowly.

In front of the Chinese army, I saw a huge golden totem held high, which was the unique symbol of the Khan King, the banner was hung up, and all the cavalry gathered over.

Murong Xuan also ordered a minister to lead 30,000 cavalry to stay and prepare for battle, and authorized to attack if there was a rebellion in the camp. He slowly left the camp with 20,000 horsemen and marched eastward.

After a while, more tribes came in the direction of Wang Qi with soldiers and horses...... Because the Khan himself came out, if they did not follow the Khan, they would not abandon the king but be abandoned. Murong Xuan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this situation, and the crisis finally eased.

The sea of people followed the huge golden statue of Tuyuhun, which shone more and more in the sun, as if there was an invisible mysterious power and majesty.

The Tubo soldiers besieging the Tang army's camp had to break the siege and divide their troops to resist the sea of cavalry in Tuyuhun. Soon the Tuyuhun camp came out left and right, and a large force of cavalry rushed towards the side of the Tubo. In the distance, the column of the Tang Army's infantry army also advanced like a wall to the sound of drums.

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To the south of Wuhai City, hundreds of thousands of troops confronted each other in the continuous Gobi Desert, and the two sides fought only tentatively for a whole day. Xue Chongxun did not order the onslaught, and he waited with some worry in his heart, waiting for news from the northern front.

The next morning, the urgent report finally came, and the messenger rushed to the Chinese army and shouted: "Report! The Tibetan light cavalry attacked the rear army camp and was defeated by the coalition forces! ”

When the generals heard this, they cheered, and the vertical lines between Xue Chongxun's eyebrows gradually stretched, and he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Now we have no worries, just look at this battle, and give the order to prepare for the war!" ”

Xue Chongxun said that he would do it, and after a while, the big drum of the Chinese army shook the heavens and the earth, and the cavalry troops of dozens of regiments in the front line set up an attack formation, slowly leaving the camp and marching forward.

The regiments marched calmly until they were 300 paces away from the Tibetan men, because the Tibetan army almost had almost no ordnance that could reach 300 paces. Then the Tang army and horses charged from a distance of three hundred paces and pounced on the enemy, and the battle from the center immediately ushered in the decisive moment of thousands of troops and horses.

The galloping horses charged at a speed of ten paces per finger (second), approaching as if flying. The 300-step charge was launched, and it took only one-fifth of the incense stick (one minute) to rush in front of the Tubo army, and in such a short period of time, the opponent only had time to shoot a messy cavalry, and the casualties caused to the iron-clad Tang cavalry were negligible.

The long first column of lancers instantly poured into the enemy group, and the front was suddenly overturned. In an instant, the second wave had arrived, and the impact continued for dozens of rounds.

In the vast sea of Tibetan soldiers, the column of knights who did not hesitate was as small as ants. The ants shook the tree but the Tubo army was not a tree, and this continuous charge killed people every moment, and the psychological shock caused by it can be imagined, and the front of the Tubo army was quickly chaotic.

At this time, the left wing of Tubo rushed diagonally, and as soon as the gong sounded and the military flag waved on the side of the Tang army, the forward quickly transferred his horse and ran back. A moment later, the drums played again, and a voice shouted: "King Jin Order, the right army assaults!" The man carried three small red flags with the word "Ling" written on them, and galloped wildly.

The cavalry units in front of the right flank (west) of the Tang army quickly adjusted their formation and marched forward, and after walking for a while, all the troops raised their long horses and spears, shouting and galloping.

In the rough music of drums and trumpets, the Tang army's horse corps sometimes galloped south, sometimes retreated north, and then became more and more complicated, and the three armies were all mobilized. The vast land seems to be staged a singing and dancing event.

The men and horses between the two camps of black pressure ran back and forth like ant colonies, and from the early morning battle to the noon roar of horses' hooves, it was as if there had been a great earthquake here. Casualties on both sides continued to mount but there were no real victories or defeats, the ground was littered with corpses, and ownerless horses were running in panic.

The Tang army rotated camps, the front army was repaired for the rear army, and a new group of men and horses who were in good spirits and geared up came up with weapons again.

Xue Chongxun asked left and right: "If you can't fight for a long time, tomorrow's sharpness will be even weaker, if it takes a few days, our army will not have much grain and grass, and I am afraid that there will be no follow-up power." Do you have a way to break the enemy? ”

The generals had nothing to offer, only to see that the Tubo camp on the opposite side was crowded, the depth was large, the left and right were also wide, and there were still difficult mountains since such a large area of the battlefield, and it was difficult to even make a detour.

Xue Chongxun groaned: "The books say that one drum and then three times and exhaustion, we don't break the enemy today and it will be more difficult tomorrow, we must break the formation in the afternoon!" ”

Looking at the battlefield, the battle continued, and the tent of the king of Tubo was faintly in the middle, and the banner was fierce and motionless. The position where Xue Chongxun stood was also where the battle flags of the Chinese army were located, and the various battle flags and golden drums were all in order, and no one showed their defeated appearance.

At this time, Xue Chongxun said coldly: "I personally led the elite of the Shence Army to break through from the center, and the left and right formed a zigzag to respond, and attacked with all my might!" ”

The generals listened and hurriedly said: "The prince is in the center, and we are the forerunner!" Yin Ci also hugged his fists and said: "I am the general of the Shence Army, please ask Xue Lang for authorization to lead the army with me to assault head-on." ”

Xue Chongxun rudely refused: "My will has been decided!" He turned around and pointed to a group of heralds beside him and said, "Now hand over the military power, and the generals will obey the order." ”

Everyone hurriedly clasped their fists and bowed to listen. Xue Chongxun said: "The Chinese army is ordered by Du Xian to advance and retreat, Yin resigns as the deputy, the generals answer his order, and the violators will be beheaded immediately!" ”

"Order!"

Xue Chongxun then hung up three long and short knives on his body and shouted: "The Shence army is invincible!" Let's go! With that, he rode away, and the generals and the elite of the Flying Tiger Regiment followed, and the Shence Army also stepped forward and began to adjust the queue.

"Life and death advance and retreat together, rise and fall in this battle! Banzai! ”

The Shence army shouted "Long live", and the earth shook. Eight thousand cavalry moved forward together, and more than 10,000 iron cavalry on the left and right also moved slowly behind, and the three armies approached the Tibetan camp in a zigzag shape. Du Xian of the Chinese army turned pale, nervously holding the order flag in his hand, and staring intently ahead.

Xue Chongxun glanced sideways at the westerly sun, the radiant sunlight drying the ground and making the air as clean as a spring. At this time, he was very excited and a little nervous, but he was not a little afraid, and everyone was not much afraid, after all, so many people together would only make people's feelings soar.

Xue Chongxun's mind even appeared in the excitement and joy of Princess Taiping after winning an unprecedented victory, I don't know when he began to rely on his mother psychologically, at this time he remembered to pray, so he silently said a few words to Princess Taiping in his heart...... As an atheist, he did it all about getting a spiritual uplift.

"Silk!" With a soft, metallic sound, the long knife quietly left its scabbard. Xue Chongxun clenched the hilt of the knife and closed his eyes in wish, waved his flat finger forward, and the horse's hooves went from slow to urgent, ticking and ticking...... G