Chapter 236: Yellow Sand Stained with Blood (4)

Yueling Lake is undoubtedly extremely beautiful, it is early spring, the green mountains and green waters are full of blooming flowers, the fat fish swim in the blue waves, jump out of the water from time to time, splash up the waves, the lake is full of rippling waves, in the past, there are often birds hovering on this lake, occasionally there are beasts to take advantage of the silence and no one to come here to drink, play, but although the Yueling Lake at this time is the same as a hundred flowers blooming, but the air is not the fragrance of flowers, but the smell of blood is very strong, the frightened birds have already fled, The swimming fish who have nowhere to go can only bury their heads in the water, and the lake is full of dead silence, that is, even the lake water is still, a bleak dead silence. Looking at the beautiful and weird Yueling Lake in front of him, the originally straight spine of Sogsos, who was sitting upright, unconsciously slumped down, and a pair of old eyes flashed with painful struggle, and after a long silence, he turned his head to Li Zhen, the king of Yue, who was also silent, and sighed and said: "Your Highness invited, the old man took the liberty to come, it is really something to ask for, of course, what the old man said is also beneficial to His Royal Highness." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen didn't ask what was going on, but raised her eyebrows and replied noncommittally, her face was very calm, and she had a calm bearing.

"Your Highness, the father of Lao Yu and Thur is a friend of eight worships, and he is also the father-in-law of Thurro, the two tribes can be said to be one, and Lao Yu can be the master of Thurro." Speaking of this, Soghsos paused, peeked at Li Zhen's face, and then continued: "Your Highness Mingjian, our troops sent troops to attack Tang this time is really a last resort, hey, don't hide it from Your Highness, my Western Turks say that it is a country, in fact, each ministry has its own affairs, since the middle of last year, after the Khan led his troops to destroy the rice country, the various ministries have already had their own different intentions because of the unfair distribution of the property they have obtained, and Thuro is upright by nature, and said something that the Khan does not want to hear, which has fallen to the point of being forced to attack the Tang Dynasty, The Khan's intentions are nothing more than to take this opportunity to weaken the strength of my five crossbows and Suo Ge Mohe's two divisions, which is really not enough for outsiders, and now His Royal Highness's army has arrived, and the old man knows that he is unable to defend the old camp, and he does not dare to resist the divine power of His Highness, however, the old man wants to discuss with His Highness, and the old man and others are willing to withdraw all my two tribes from the Tianshan Mountains and hand over the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains to His Highness, in exchange for a way for my two tribes to live, I don't know if His Highness thinks it is possible? ”

Hmm, is this old boy talking better than singing, hey, if these two tribes once they withdraw from the Tianshan Mountains, it will inevitably clash with Yibi Lulu, so that the Western Turks themselves will have to rise up in chaos, no matter who wins or loses, it is a good thing for Anxi, but if this old man plays a delaying tactic, or when the time comes, then Lao Tzu will not be planted on this grassland? Although Li Zhen's face was calm, but he thought about it in his heart, and always felt that this deal seemed feasible, but he was not necessarily sure, so Li Zhen did not speak, but looked at the lake indifferently, waiting for Soghsos to continue.

Although Li Zhen didn't speak, he roughly guessed Li Zhen's scruples, and immediately smiled and said: "Your Highness, you led the army to attack our old camp, and its intention must be to take the women and children of the old camp as hostages, and force Thuro to retreat, the old man can be a hostage, and go with His Highness to see Thurrow, as for the old camp, His Highness can still surround this place, if the old man can't persuade Thuro to withdraw his army, His Highness will not be too late to let go of the attack." ”

I have to say that Sogsos's proposal has a great temptation for Li Zhen - if Li Zhen wants to win this battle, the key is not here, without him, with the strength that Li Zhen has at this time, it is a sure victory to attack the old camp guarded by only 1,000 people, and it is a matter of time before the camp is broken, but the problem is how long Lin Chenghe can hold out Li Zhen is not sure, after all, the 5,000 men and horses are just a newly trained army, not the elite of the Tang army, otherwise, with Li Zhen's unwillingness to suffer, how can he talk to Sogsos, I already let go of the attack, but I really had to accept Sogersos's request, but Li Zhen was a little uneasy, after all, besieging but not attacking is just a situational possession, not really controlling the old and young of the two tribes in his hands, once Ashina Thro learned the details, he may not necessarily be willing to give in, if he takes advantage of the situation to forcibly break through Lin Chenghe's troops and horses and rush to the old camp, he is afraid that he will have to be replaced by Li Zhen himself, such an uncertain thing, Li Zhen is unwilling to do it.

"Suo Lao said it very beautifully, but this king doesn't think so." Li Zhen shook his head expressionlessly and said: "If you want to fight, you will fight, if Suo Lao really has the heart to promote this matter, this king has only one condition, that is, you will lay down your weapons first, and then talk about the rest." ”

As soon as he heard Li Zhen say so toughly, Sogsos's face turned white, and he shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It is human nature for His Highness to believe that he is not old, but although he has admitted defeat, he is not without the strength to fight, why is His Highness so pressing?" ”

Hey, if you don't have a little strength, wouldn't Lao Tzu need to talk nonsense with you? That's! Li Zhen secretly sneered in his heart, but his face was still very calm, he withdrew his gaze from the lake, glanced sideways at Sogsos and said: "This king acts, never subject to others, if Suo Lao is not convinced, then the battle will be good, but when the time comes, the jade will be burned, no wonder this king, of course, this king is not an unreasonable person, Suo Lao can have a quarter of an hour to think about it, this king's words are ahead, if your department puts down your arms, this king's department can not enter the camp, otherwise, The consequences are borne by your ministry itself, so please go back! As soon as Li Zhen's voice fell, he no longer gave Sogthos a chance to speak, and rode back into the military formation.

"Alas!" Sogsos's already old face immediately became a little more gloomy, he sighed, and slowly rode his horse into the camp gate, and the whole battlefield immediately fell silent, except for the occasional cry of pain from the wounded and the sound of the horse's nose, there was no other sound, but the atmosphere of murder in the air became thicker and thicker......

At the moment of Shen, when Li Zhen's soldiers surrounded the five crossbows and lost the old camp, the bloody battle of Niutouling continued, and Lin Chenghe's department, which had repelled several fierce attacks by the Western Turkic army, was now in an extremely dangerous situation, not only were there few arrows left, but the casualties of the soldiers were even heavier, at this time, except for the five hundred slave soldiers and cavalry, there was no rest of the reserves, and the soldiers of the battalion of Ying San, who were originally reserves, had already filled in the position. After several counter-charges, not counting the 500 reserves, there were only more than 700 people left, although after a few rounds of fighting, the number of the Western Turkic attack troops fell in front of the battle as many as 4,000, but for the Western Turkic army with a total strength of more than 40,000 people, it was only a fraction, and it did not break the bones at all, and the situation had reached the most dangerous situation for the Tang army.

"Lao Lin, I can't fight like this, I can only defend passively, but I can't fight back, if I continue to consume it like this, everyone will die, how can I fight?" You Sifan's infantry battalion was the first to enter the battle, and at this moment, there were only about 500 people left who could still breathe, and even he himself was stabbed, taking advantage of the fact that he had just repelled another round of wild rush of the Western Turkic cavalry, You Sifan didn't care about bandaging the wound on his left arm, and carried a knife full of meat scraps, and ran to Lin Chenghe, who was observing the movement in the Western Turkic army, and threw the knife in his hand to the ground, panting and saying.

The battle is like this, how can Lin Chenghe not be anxious in his heart, it has just been more than an hour since the start of the battle, and there is not much left of Wu Qianmen, how long can it be supported if he fights again? Only because there is only such a commanding heights as Niutouling nearby that can be defended, the Tang army can't maneuver at all, and he is already upset, and when he saw You Sifan running to complain, he immediately glared at You Sifan angrily, and asked rhetorically: "Then how do you say to fight?" His Royal Highness has made it very clear, no one is allowed to retreat without an order, and there will be no forgiveness for violators! ”

As a senior general, You Sifan knew Li Zhen's overall deployment, but he was a dry man, and he couldn't hide his words in his heart, seeing that more than half of his subordinates were killed or wounded, he was extremely impatient in his heart, and he angrily chopped the knife in his hand to the ground, and said hatefully: "Your Highness just said that you can't lose Niutouling, but you didn't say that you won't let me wait to launch a counter-raid, hey, how can it be a game if you are so cowering and passively beaten, how can it be a game, there are many Western Turks, and it is on the wheel, but our army can only stand to the death, how can it survive?" According to the general, this stupid method will not work, and he has to try to disrupt the rhythm of the Western Turks' attack! ”

Several attacks by the Western Turkic army were all chaotic battles, as soon as they were defeated, they were transferred to the rear army to rest, and then a group of new forces, except for the time spent about a quarter of an hour due to the adjustment when the defeated army retreated to the main formation, the attack never stopped, relying on the absolute superiority in numbers to consume the physical strength and strength of the Tang army, the sense of rhythm was extremely in place, and the Tang army was not given the slightest time to adjust and breathe. After fighting like this several times, the Tang army's casualties were more than double as expected due to the decline in physical strength.

Ying San is a man who doesn't talk much, at this time, seeing that Lin and You were arguing, he hurriedly walked over, stretched out his hand to separate Lin and You, who were staring at Lin and You, and looked at Lin Chenghe calmly and said: "Commander Lin, what Captain You said has some truth, you see, the more than 10,000 white wolf troops in the rear formation of the Western Turks are far away from the front army, although they are also in formation, but they have not interfered in the attack of the front army at all. ”

The white wolf army of the Yibi Batu Department is lined up about a mile away from the front army, but the posture does not look like there is a support for the front army, but it seems to be the style of the overseer, although the whole army is lined up and down, but the people and horses are very lax, the horses are not saddled, the people are not riding, watching the excitement, but also pointing and frolicking, this Lin Chenghe has long found out, only because Ashina Thuro is in a hurry, it is really impossible to divide the troops to Yibi to take it for a while, at this time listening to Ying San's words, my heart moved, Raising his eyes to look at the Western Turkic army that was busy rearranging the formation, he calmly asked, "What is the good plan of General Ying?" ”

"Commander Lin, the last general thinks that taking advantage of the chaotic opportunity of the Western Turk offensive being blocked and retreating back to his own position, if he can lead the troops to disguise and rout the army and take advantage of the chaos to bypass the Western Turkic front army from the right side, it is not impossible to sneak attack the White Wolf Army, once the White Wolf Army is attacked, the enemy formation will be chaotic, although our army cannot win a complete victory, but at least it can breathe, but this attack is not trivial, when there is Jing Ke's ambition, otherwise it may be difficult to work." Ying San groaned for a moment and said freely.

Ying San's words have been made very clear, that is, the number of military horses sent to attack the White Wolf Army must not be large, only a small group of soldiers and horses, so that it is possible not to be recognized by the Western Turkic Army, and to attack the powerful White Wolf Army with a small group of soldiers and horses, even if it is unprepared, but it is also difficult to survive, the only possible benefit is to cause suspicion between the two Western Turkic armies, thereby creating chaos and winning a respite for the Tang Army, of course, The effect depends on the results of the attack and how deep the suspicion between the two Western Turkic armies is, the risk is extremely high, but the effect is still unknown, Lin Chenghe, as the main general, had to weigh it well, frowned for a while, and did not immediately express his position, but You Sifan couldn't help it, and said first: "If you can do it, you can do it like this, and you will lead the five hundred people in the reserve team to do him, see how those Turkic dogs deal with it!" ”

"It's better for the last general to propose it, or for the last general to go by himself." Ying San patted Downstream Sifan's shoulder and said, "Lao You, you won't be able to go back once you go, if you go, there will be some hope." ”

"You ......" Of course, You Sifan knew that it was extremely dangerous to go, and he also knew that Ying Sanyi's martial arts were not comparable to his own, but he refused to give in, his eyes were red, and he said that he was about to argue, but he saw Lin Chenghe waved his hand and said: "Don't fight, a certain self-led three hundred slave soldiers will go, and the responsibility of defending the formation will be taken over by Ying San, and the thief army will come up again, so they will all go back to their own formation, and they will withstand this round of war first." ”

At the moment when the three generals of the Tang army discussed, the Western Turkic army at the foot of the mountain had completed the arrangement of the rotation change, and with a terrible horn sounded, more than 4,000 Western Turkic cavalry lined up in two large phalanxes and began to move forward slowly, towards the Tang army at the top of the mountain.

Four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, the slowly approaching Western Turkic cavalry began to accelerate, the speed became faster and faster, and in an instant rushed to the mountainside of Niutouling, the number of Western Turks attacking this wave far exceeded the last few times, such as the thunderous sound of horses' hooves was deafening, more than 10,000 iron hooves shook the entire mountain range with it, the corpses left by the last wave of attacks of the Western Turkic army turned into a splash of flesh under the trampling of the horse's hooves, and the faces of the Tang Army soldiers who had been exhausted for a long time showed a little fear for the first time- Although the Tang Army Baidao team is the nemesis of the cavalry, the problem is that the Baidaoist is not something that everyone can deserve, a Baidao weighs more than 50 catties, if you want to dance, you have to be a strong man, and after several attacks by the Western Turkic army, the original Baidaoist who was only more than 300 people has now lost more than half, and most of the remaining Baidaomen are exhausted. In the face of the menacing Western Turkic cavalry, the Tang officers and men's belief in holding Niutouling was severely tested.

"Shoot the arrows!" When the Western Turkic army rushed to the mountainside, Lin Chenghe waved his hand violently and issued a battle order in a loud voice, but with this order, there were only a few hundreds of arrows shot from the array of the Tang army's infantry and cavalry, although it also shot down dozens of Western Turkic cavalry, but compared with the shock force of as many as 4,000 men and horses, the damage was very limited, and it could not slow down the momentum of the Western Turkic army's impact at all.

The Western Turkic general who led the army to charge this time was Ashinahru, and the army led by him was the most elite unit of the five crossbows, and the momentum was very strong, and he was not affected by the previous rounds of attacks, and he ignored the sparse rain of arrows shot in the Tang army's array, roared and rode his horse wildly, brandishing a scimitar towards the Tang army's array to kill the generals, and had the courage to break through the Tang army's array in one fell swoop, and Ashinahru rushed to the forefront of the entire army.

Seeing that the Western Turkic army was going to play with his life, Ying San suddenly became anxious, and then saw that there were signs of instability in his own ranks, and he was even more angry, he knew very well that if he could not stop the momentum of the Western Turks, the end of the defeat was just around the corner, and he didn't care much, holding a big knife, he rushed out of the array, and the tall figure rushed up like a tank, and went straight to Ashinahru alone.

"Kill!" Looking at Ashinahru, who rushed to the front, Yingsan roared, jumped high, waved his hands violently, and slashed at Ashinahru without any skill. Don't look at Ying San's burly figure, in fact, what he practiced was a small kung fu such as a grappler, and this kind of hard kung fu like a big horse golden knife is not his forte, however, Ying San is a martial arts master after all, and his internal strength is so high that he can be regarded as the number one figure in the talent-rich Yue Wang's Mansion.

"Ahh Although Ashinahru is a general's talent, his martial arts are also clever, but after all, he is not a person in the martial arts, how can he really compete with Eagle San, at this time, seeing that Eagle Three is fierce, he does not dare to take it hard, and even dare not ride his horse and flee, without him, Eagle San's knife came too fast, so fast that Ashina Heru didn't even have time to rein in the horse, seeing that the knife was cut down on the head, Ashina Heru desperately rolled the saddle and dismounted, and regardless of whether the own soldiers who rushed up behind would step on themselves, he rolled on the spot and jumped to the side. He himself dodged it, but the ** war horse was not so good, it was split by a knife, and it suddenly became two pieces, the horse's blood was splashed, and Ashinahru was covered with a full face, and the Western Turkic cavalry behind was afraid of trampling on his own commander, and he was busy reining in the horse, and the momentum of the whole charge was suddenly suffocated.

Ying Sanyi failed to kill Ashina Heru, secretly screamed a pity, but did not retreat into the military formation, but took advantage of the chaos of the Western Turkic army, shouted and danced the big Bai knife, swept around, and opened the killing ring, the Tang officers and soldiers behind saw that Ying San was so brave, their morale soared, and they each rushed over bravely, and the Bai knife hand and the shield knife hand all rushed up, and the Western Turk cavalry who rushed to kill was strangled together, and a tragic and extremely fierce fighting battle was staged again......

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