Chapter Seventy-One: The Decisive Battle of Nuo Zhenshui (7)
The speed of Xue Yantuo's army is not fast, after all, Xue Yantuo's troops are all frequent visitors, and now they want to make a cameo as foot soldiers, which is really a bit difficult, but the Tang army did not take advantage of Xue Yantuo's unstable foothold to attack, but stood in place and watched quietly, looking like he had nothing to do with himself, although the coach Li Ji had no expression on his face, but a trace of disdain flashed in the corner of his eyes - in Li Ji's opinion, Xue Yantuo's move was just to hold on first, and then find an opportunity to retreat after the horsepower recovered. There is nothing to say, if the time can be delayed until dark, maybe Xue Yantuo's army can escape by night, but well, this kind of opportunity can only be a dream, Li Ji doesn't care about delaying some time, without him, Li Ji is also waiting, waiting for the arrival of Li Yantuo's army that cuts off Xue Yantuo's back road.
In less than three minutes, although it was just after noon, the sky gradually became overcast, the dark clouds rolled and swept the entire sky, the wind was much stronger, a sign of imminent snowfall, the two armies had been facing each other for more than half an hour, but they had never fought each other, the Tang army didn't care, anyway, they had already eaten lunch, and they were full of physical strength, but the problem of Xue Yantuo's army was big - not to mention fighting a morning battle, he also chased Li Zhen for more than 30 miles, not only failed to eat lunch, but the sweat on his body was blown by the cold wind, At this time, the whole army is weak, and some of them are not able to stand steadily, let alone how low their morale is.
"It's almost time to go." Li Ji looked up at the gloomy sky, held the long beard on his chest, said to himself, and then waved his hand: "Attack!" The sound of trumpets and war drums in the Tang army array suddenly sounded, and the Tang army, surrounded on three sides, began to move forward, with shield swordsmen in front, pikemen behind, archers in the end, and cavalry wandering on the horns of the mouth-shaped array, ready to advance and charge at any time.
"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"
"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"
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The orderly battle horn sounded in the array of the Tang army that was slowly advancing, the battlefield situation suddenly became tense, the shouts of nearly 100,000 people were deafening, the two armies had not yet clashed, and the momentum of Xue Yantuo's army was already at an absolute disadvantage.
Seeing the Tang army slowly approaching, Da Dushe's hand trembled involuntarily, and he forcibly endured the uneasiness in his heart, raised his hand and said, "Archers prepare!" When the Tang army approached about one hundred and fifty paces, Da Dushe waved his hand violently and said, "Release the arrow!" Suddenly, tens of thousands of feather arrows shot out from the circle formation of Xue Yantuo's army, and at the same time, a loud roar came from the Tang army's array: "Stand shield!" Shoot the arrows! The shield swordsmen in the Tang army array immediately raised the huge shield in their hands, and they were close to each other, forming a thick shield wall in an instant, and the archers at the end of the Tang army array also shot out the arrows in their hands in the way of upward shooting at the same time, and tens of thousands of feather arrows also covered the Xue Yantuo army in the middle from three sides, and the sky was full of whistling feather arrows, covering the sky and the sun.
The ,——shield of the shield knife hand in the Tang army array is a special shield, and they cooperate with each other and are skilled, and the shield wall built is solid and reliable, although the flying arrows cannot be completely blocked, but after all, most of them are blocked, only some fish that slipped through the net flew into the Tang army array, killing and wounding more than 300 people, but Xue Yantuo's army was unlucky, the shield in the hands of those so-called shield swordsmen was originally a round shield for cavalry, not to mention the small area, but it was not round. There is no way to form a reliable shield wall at all, and this round of shooting down, more than 2,000 people were killed and wounded, and I was so distressed that I trembled - no more, just according to the current casualty ratio, a few more rounds, how many more rounds will Xue Yantuo's army have? There will be no more fighting.
"The wolf battalion is attacking!" Seeing that the Tang army was approaching step by step, Dadu finally couldn't bear to send the trump card in his hand, intending to rely on the powerful impact of the wolf camp to disrupt the infantry array on the front of the Tang army, and then drive the rout to take Li Ji's Chinese army, and capture the king first. Not to mention, as soon as the wolf camp came out, the atmosphere of the battlefield suddenly changed greatly, and the more than 5,000 cavalrymen in black clothes and black armor who were silently killed from Xue Yantuo's army were stunned with a dead breath, and the momentum was so powerful that the Tang army even shouted the sound of the battle horn.
Damn, it's a wolf camp, dog's day, and you're going to be desperate if you set up a child? Damn it! Li Zhen saw that Dadu set out the trump card in his hand so early, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized what kind of idea Dadu set was playing, just wanted to remind Li Ji of the fierceness of the wolf camp, but seeing that Li Ji was there, he took the words back, just looked at the battlefield silently, without him, Li Zhen was already angry with Li Ji at the lower level of command, and if he came to such a hand on the battlefield now, God knows what Old Man Li would think in his heart, Li Zhen wanted to pull the banner in the middle of the army, As the number two person in the army, Li Ji is a person who cannot be offended, and Li Zhen can only hold back any suggestions in his heart.
Li Ji's prestige was not given for nothing, as soon as he saw the wolf battalion coming out, he immediately noticed that this black-clothed cavalry was very different from the other Xue Yantuo tribesmen, his face suddenly sank, and he snorted coldly: "Order: The cavalry on the left and right wings will attack and entangle the enemy cavalry!" ”
With the Tang Army's flag waving, the drum sounded, Qin Huaiyu on the left wing, and Li Wanling on the right wing each led six thousand elite cavalry from the corner of the formation to kill the generals, and rushed towards the wolf army in the oblique stab, the center of the battlefield suddenly became a mess, and the three cavalry armies were inseparable, Rao is the Tang Army's elite cavalry to fight more and less, but they couldn't take the wolf camp, the two sides fought desperately in the center of the battlefield, the shouts, the impact of weapons, and the screams of the dead and wounded sounded together, and the smoke and dust rolled out, although the momentum of the wolf camp impact was stopped, But the elite cavalry of the Tang Army, which was outnumbered, was unable to repel the wolf camp, and even the proportion of dead and wounded was more than that of the wolf camp.
"The two wings are on guard in place, the Chinese army is on the horse, and the governor is on board!" Seeing that the wolf battalion's offensive was frustrated, Dadu set up a real place and was a little anxious, and waved his hand to issue a combat order for the Chinese army to attack.
Most of Li Ji's troops are mainly infantry, and the cavalry has a total of more than 12,000 cavalry, all of which have been put into the battlefield at this time, and the infantry is hindered by the melee in the battlefield, and cannot be put into a total attack at all, so they can only use bows and arrows to interfere with the actions of the Chinese army of Xue Yantuo's army, but unfortunately the distance is farther, and the effect is not great, two rounds of arrow rain past, it is just to kill more than 200 Xue Yantuo cavalry, the impact on the entire battle situation is not great, if you really let Xue Yantuo's cavalry rush up, Although it may not be possible to really kill through the strict infantry formation in the middle of the Tang army, but the more than 10,000 Tang cavalry in the battlefield are afraid of danger, but it is a pity that Tianshi has never been on Xue Yantuo's side, just when Xue Yantuo's Chinese army was busy getting on the horse, the back of Xue Yantuo's army suddenly rose with smoke and dust - more than 35,000 Xiliang cavalry arrived!
According to Li Zhen's strategic deployment: Li Zhen led his troops to follow Xue Yantuo's army and was responsible for fishing, while Li Ji's department went out to kill the tiger's mouth and ambushed more than 30 miles away in the White Wolf Plain, as for Li Zhenyu's department, he used the high mobility of the Xiliang cavalry to drive 200 miles in one night, and attacked from Yungang, first taking Xue Yantuo's camp, and then outflanking Xue Yantuo's main force from behind. Finally fell into the trap carefully planned by Li Zhen, and at this moment, the arrival of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was like an iron rope that tightened the throat of Xue Yantuo's army, and at this time, Xue Yantuo's army had nowhere to escape.
It's messed up, it's all messed up! The Xiliang Iron Cavalry has already been killed, Xue Yantuo's Chinese army is still chaotic and has no shape, even if there are not many cavalry on horseback, let alone what formation, being rushed by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, the entire Chinese army has completely collapsed, everyone only cares about fleeing for their lives, how can they care about what orders are not ordered, but it is a pity that the Xue Yantuo army surrounded on all sides has no way to escape, and the left and right are just running blindly in place. The rear army was not in a hurry, and the wolf camp in front of it was in a bitter battle at first sight, and it was suddenly chaotic, some planned to continue to rush forward to kill, and some wanted to turn back to save Dadushe, but the chaos was not good, and the Tang cavalry seized the opportunity immediately, and the army was defeated.
"Those who surrender will not die, and those who do not surrender will not be killed!" Seeing that the odds of victory were in hand, Li Ji's serious face showed a hint of a smile, waved his hand, and signaled the whole army to attack at the same time, hundreds of thousands of Tang army soldiers who had been waiting impatiently immediately roared and rushed over, like a tide to the chaos of Xue Yantuo's army to pieces, the desperate Xue Yantuo soldiers no longer had the determination to resist, except for a few diehards who resisted, most of the soldiers dropped their weapons as soon as they saw the Tang army rushing over, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and raised their hands to surrender.
Well? Not good! Dadu set up a child to escape! Li Zhen, who has always been paying attention to Dadu's every move, has sharp eyes, and sees that the handsome flag set by Dadu is under the protection of a group of wolf battalion soldiers who are desperately fighting back, and is rushing to the side and rear, where it is the junction of the Xiliang cavalry and the Tang army in the north, the strength is already thin, at this time the battlefield has been chaotic, and it has become a small gap. As soon as the words fell, he was about to rush to the battlefield, but unfortunately Li Ji didn't give Li Zhen this chance this time, and said coldly: "Your Highness stays!" ”
What the hell, people are going to run away, and if you don't chase it, you won't be able to catch up! Li Zhen was angry and anxious, but he didn't dare to disobey the military order on the spot, his face suddenly became ugly, his brows furrowed, and he was about to ask a question, Li Ji glanced at Li Zhen and said lightly: "It's better for him to go, this is the holy will." As soon as he finished speaking, he ignored Li Zhen and looked at the battlefield that was gradually calming down, with a strange look passing through the corners of his eyes.
Divine will? Damn, what do you mean by this, what kind of trick is our old man playing, there is no reason, is it possible that the old man can pinch and calculate, and he knows that he will be able to capture magnanimity? Damn, is what this old man Li Ji said true? Although Li Zhen had a fire in his heart, after all, the city was deep, and he had never had a seizure, seeing that Li Ji was reluctant to talk about it, he didn't bother to ask, just silently thinking about the mystery......