It was another cloudy day, and the sky was gray. Even the green meadows seemed to be covered with a layer of dirty hazy dust, and the overwhelming army on the prairie was surging like a tsunami, and the gray and black hues continued to eat away at the only green on the earth. The armor of the army was mostly dark, especially the Turks, who were probably not very accustomed to bathing and washing clothes because of the lack of water in the steppe; The Tang army is a little better here, some cavalry are equipped with bright light armor, this kind of armor looks brighter in reflection, but it is not much bright on this cloudy day.

Xue Chongxun's field troops, mainly from the Guanzhong Army, came from the south, and the huge force of tens of thousands of people traveled hundreds of miles all the way, and naturally the Turks had already discovered their whereabouts, so the two armies approached relatively slowly, and the camps gradually faced each other.

The wind and sand are still very strong, and the wind direction is coming from the northwest. Someone around Xue Chongxun said: "We are a headwind." ”

Xue Chongxun remembered that Sun Tzu said in the Art of War that the three elements of war are the right time, the right place and the right people, and it is obvious that this time the sky is at a disadvantage: the direction of the wind is very important for the cavalry duel. What's more, the wind is so strong that it can't be ignored at all...... It was a gift from Siberia. In spring, the Hetao is called the "wind season", when the air flows fastest in Siberia, and it is higher in the northwest of China, so this is the situation now.

Everyone wore hoods over their heads and covered their mouths and noses with cloth towels so that they would not get a mouthful of sand and dirt as soon as they opened their mouths. However, in Xue Chongxun's opinion, there is not much sand in the wind, and the destruction of vegetation in the west is not strict in this era, and everyone has never seen what a "sandstorm" is.

The Turks and the Tang army were getting closer and closer, and some people couldn't help but say: "Look at the posture, there are no less than 100,000." ”

Xue Chongxun said with a smile: "Which time didn't we hit the crowd with less? ”

"Haha......" The army burst out laughing.

Xue Chongxun, as a general with a high victory rate and a relatively good reputation, gave the soldiers a great confidence bonus. Before the war began, everyone seemed to be more optimistic, and a very intuitive feeling was: since he could defeat the 500,000 Tibetan army with 60,000, it would not be a problem to defeat the Turkic army with 35,000, right? In this era, the most powerful empire in the Eastern world, except for the Tang Dynasty, was Tibet, and the Turks could not enter the top two.

Of course, there are also people who are not optimistic, that is, the three cities general. They were asked to launch a frontal assault on the Turkic army of 100,000 with fifty horsemen...... The difference in numbers is 2,000 to 1, and it is obvious that there is no optimism. It's really a strong man who is easy to be cold and cold, and he will never return.

The two armies stopped two or three miles apart, and both sides began to prepare for a frontal firefight, and it was necessary to first test the range of firepower with a small force of men and horses before organizing a pre-military battle.

However, Xue Chongxun didn't seem to expect that at all, he was more concerned about the about fifty generals in the three cities. Riding his horse to the front army, he saw that the generals had been escorted to the front, and they were wearing armor there.

Xue Chongxun immediately shouted: "Give them whatever you want, as long as you have something in the army!" ”

Li Gui and the others were also not polite, they wore the most sophisticated Mingguang armor, and asked for a horse lance and a long soldier, and the horizontal knife and obstacle knife were all prepared, no one carried several long and short weapons, and dozens of fat horses were also required.

Xue Chongxun took a big flag from his subordinates, dismounted and walked over to the generals. Bao Cheng and other generals were busy protecting the left and right, looking a little nervous, after all, those people were criminal generals who were going to die and were armed again. On the contrary, Xue Chongxun looked calm.

I saw a column of big characters written on the flag: Datang General Colonel Death Squad.

Xue Chongxun handed the flag to Li Gui, looked into his eyes and said loudly: "You are not guilty, you are the hero of the Tang Army, go on the road with peace of mind." ”

Li Gui took the flag and hugged his fist and said: "I have always hoped to die on the battlefield to serve the court, the horse leather shroud is a lifelong request, and this time it can finally be realized...... Thank you again for the completion of King Jin! ”

"Prepare wine and march for the brothers." Xue Chongxun gave an order. The sergeants came up with a large leather case.

Fifty bowls were placed, and everyone held the wine jar to fill the bowls, and the Chinese army stood solemnly around and watched. Xue Chongxun picked up a bowl, and the generals also stepped forward to the bowl when they saw this.

At this moment, Xue Chongxun thought that he wanted to say two words, such as "there will be a period later", but in his heart he thought that they were going to die; But I still want to live, so naturally I can't have a time later. He raised his wine and said: "I can only say four words to my brothers: don't practice." ”

After that, he brought the wine bowl to his mouth and tilted his head, grunted and drank it cleanly, and threw the bowl to the ground with a "bang" and broke it into several petals.

All the generals shouted in unison: "Everyone, farewell! Soon there was a crackling sound of bowls being smashed.

After drinking a bowl of farewell wine, the strong man shouted and got on the horse. The generals were armed to the teeth and led their horses out of the camp of the army, and formed two neat columns in front of them, and the general Li Gui was in the middle of the first column, and his highest rank naturally served as the leader of the death squad. The general next to him hung up the banner that Xue Chongxun sent to them with the words "Datang General Colonel Death Squad", and the whole team looked at them angrily and prepared to go. The title of the death squad was written by Xue Chongxun himself, and the Tang Dynasty didn't see much such a name, but the literal meaning is simple and clear, and everyone knows what it means, so they just go up and send it to death.

"Let's go!" With a loud shout, fifty horsemen instigated their war horses and slowly began to move forward.

Xue Chongxun also turned on his horse and ordered: "Order, all arms are ready for war." ”

The officers and men were ordered to gallop and shout in the battalions on horseback, and soon the camp became lively and noisy, and after a while, only the roar of the drums, the loud "dong dong" of the cowhide drums, and the war drums urged the war clouds, as if they were cheering for the thin fifty horsemen who had taken the lead on the grassland.

The Turks also saw the movement of the Tang army, but when they saw dozens of people, the Turkic general of the front army said: "I am here to test the truth, and there is no need to send troops and horses for a while, and let them go back with cavalry and shooting." ”

…… Li Gui and the others didn't think of going back to make the soldiers laugh, they quietly approached slowly, and when they were about four hundred paces, they stopped for a while to check their armor and equipment. Everyone stared at the crowded Turkic camp with round eyes, and some people took a few big breaths nervously, which was about the last moment to breathe the breath of this world; Someone looked up to the east, but there were only clouds in the sky, and not even the last glimpse of the sun.

Li Gui raised his sword, and all the generals raised their long weapons when they saw this, ready to charge.

"Long live Datang!" Li Gui shouted, and the army immediately shouted Long live. Li Gui slashed his knife downward, and the fifty horsemen rushed forward in unison, the sound of horses' hooves like a rapid drum beat.

This is a tentative attack, it is completely at the speed of the charge like an arrow off the string, the flag in the team crackles in the wind, and the word dare is written extra big. G