Chen Wu is not very old, but in terms of experience in the battle formation, he can already be regarded as a veteran, in this waiting for the horse to rush and kill, although he can't see the situation behind the formation, he can listen to the rumbling horse's hooves that rush to his own rear formation, and he has already judged that this is Fu Yan Yong's department is sprinting with all his strength, trying to rush before his cavalry penetrates Fu Kui's department, and attack his own front and back, although he can't help but be a little angry, but his subordinates are not slow, the point steel spear in his hand stabs left and right, and constantly kills the enemy cavalry under the horse, with Chen Wu's divine power, There was no enemy under his gun, and in a few breaths, he had already broken through the Khotanese cavalry that had lost the unified command of Fu Kui, but looking at the two Khotanese infantry formations that were waiting in formation a hundred steps away, Chen Wu's heart immediately sank.

However, although the Khotanese people are Indo-European races, all of them are tall and large, but in terms of brute force and the ability to bear hardships and stand hard work, they are far inferior to the Tubo people, and the Khotanese has always survived in the cracks of the Tubo, Tang and Western Turks, and its financial resources are not too abundant, and not to talk about hoplites, both in terms of defensive ability and attack power are inferior to the boss of the Tubo hoplites, but even so, its defensive ability is still the strongest infantry in the entire Western Regions, at this time on the left flank of the battlefield of the two Khotanese infantry phalanx lined up in a figure of eight, the nearest place is only ten zhang apart, it seems to leave a way for the charging Tang army to escape, but in fact it is just a trap - as long as the Tang army dares to impact the phalanx or try to force a breakthrough between the two infantry phalanx, The result was a head-on attack by the heavy infantry, even if it could not inflict heavy damage on the Tang army, but there was no problem at all in delaying the Tang army's action.

Rushing forward does not work, it is definitely self-defeating, and it is impossible to turn around to meet the enemy, not to mention that there is no time to change the formation at this time, even if it can change the formation, how can the Tang cavalry that has lost the speed of the charge be able to resist the cavalry of the Fu Jayong Division, to the right is the central battlefield, at this time the central battlefield is in chaos, although the Tang Army occupies a certain advantage, but the advantage is not obvious, if the Fu Yong Division is all brought to the central battlefield, The combined strength of the two Tang armies will be at an absolute disadvantage compared with the enemy army, and the entire battle situation will fall into erosion because of this, obviously, it is absolutely impossible to move towards the central battlefield, the problem is that the left side is a large undulating sand dune, and the road is difficult to travel, once it is caught up by Fu Yanyong's department, the entire right-wing Tang army will immediately fall into a state of collapse! Faced with such a situation where there was almost no way out, Chen Wu had to take a gamble, but when he saw Chen Wu roaring violently: "The whole army assaults, kill!" "Horses rushed towards the passage between the two Khotanese infantry phalanxes.

Fu Yanyong hurried to catch up, but still failed to rush to the battlefield before the Tang cavalry broke through Fu Kui's department, and was angry with himself, but when he saw the Tang army directly killing the heavy infantry phalanx on his side, he was overjoyed, waved his hand, and ordered loudly: "Kill, catch up, kill all the Tang thieves!" More than 2,000 Khotanese cavalry immediately swarmed and followed Fu Jayong to the rear of Chen Wu's department, while the more than 1,800 cavalry of Fu Kui's department who was defeated followed by Fu Kui, who had managed to save his life in the Tang army array, circled not far away, and barely lined up into an irregular cavalry array, nearly a hundred steps behind Fu Jayong's department, and also chased and killed Chen Wu's department.

The distance of 100 steps is very short, and the speed of the cavalry sprint is just a breathing effort, seeing that the Tang cavalry is so large, the two Khotanese infantry phalanx immediately began to change formations, and the original eight-figure array began to slowly move closer to the middle, ready to wait for the Tang army to arrive, immediately backlog to the middle, strangled the Tang cavalry to death on the spot, leaving a gap for their own cavalry to strike a fatal blow, but at this moment, the Tang army that was originally sprinting took the first step to change the formation, but seeing the steel gun in Chen Wu's hand, he shouted: "The whole army is to the left." , cloth circle! As soon as the voice fell, he took the lead in twisting the horse's head and rushed towards the left side of the battlefield, and the entire Tang army drew a beautiful arc, passing by less than ten zhang in front of the Khotanese infantry phalanx, and at this time the Khotanese infantry cluster was busy changing formations, and there was no time to make a move, except for a small number of fast-reacting archers who shot some sporadic feather arrows, they could only watch the Tang cavalry go away in style.

"Look for death!" Seeing that Chen Wu's department suddenly changed direction, the idea of letting himself attack before and after fall into the void, although he was a little disappointed in his heart, he didn't care too much, his eyes narrowed, and he ordered loudly: "Order, the infantry phalanx immediately turned to the left, blocked the back road of the Tang thief, and the rest of the troops followed the commander to kill, don't let the Tang thief escape!" ”

Chen Wu's department drew an arc on the battlefield, and after going around the edge of the battlefield, it had become a circular defensive array connected from end to end, but after seeing the two thousand Tang cavalry passing through a dazzling row, the smoke and dust were in the middle of the dust, and they took their bows in their hands, and each fired arrows to shoot, and the arrow rain fell like a downpour. Even Fu Yanyong, the main general, failed to end well, an arrow in the left shoulder, although the injury was not serious, but it also hurt terribly, angry, regardless of the Tang army's fierce arrow rain, drank the whole army launched a general attack, and Fu Kui's joint forces, the whole army of more than 4,000 horsemen braved the Tang army's arrow rain desperately rushed forward, and in a few moments, the Khotanese cavalry and the Tang cavalry that had become a trapezoidal array collided fiercely together, and launched a large melee between the cavalry.

At this time, the battlefield presented a stalemate situation, the middle road is the Tang army has a slight advantage, and the left flank is the Khotanese cavalry with the absolute superiority in numbers to suppress the maneuver of Chen Wu's department, the two sides are inseparable, although the Tang army relies on well-trained, can still be a draw, but it is an indisputable fact that it is at a disadvantage, in the face of such a stalemate of the battle, Li Zhen is still standing firmly on the hill, and there is no intention of sending troops, and the battlefield on the opposite side of the Fu Yanxiong also did not dispatch as the 18,000 troops of the Chinese army, Also waiting for further changes in the battlefield situation, both sides were waiting, waiting for the appearance of the fighter, but at this moment, an accident happened - a flying horse suddenly rushed from behind the Khotanese army, the speed was extremely fast, but after being checked by the sentry behind the Khotanese formation, he immediately galloped up the hill where Fu Yanxiong was, and when he saw Fu Jiaxiong, the knight rolled the saddle and dismounted in a panic, and reported with a frightened face: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the Tang army has attacked Xicheng!" ”

"What?" When Fu Yanxiong heard this, he was immediately shocked, and he didn't care much, jumped off his horse, rushed forward, grabbed the cavalryman, and shouted loudly: "Nonsense, the Tang army is here, how can you go and take Xicheng!" ”

"Your Majesty, it is the Tang army from the Guannei, disguised as a caravan, and with the cooperation of the Tang army at the end of the day, they attacked our Minfeng, Moyu, and Yutian counties, and surrounded Xicheng at night before yesterday. The cavalryman, who was blind and pale, stammered and made things clear.

Fu Yanxiong's mind was dizzy, and he almost fainted, his face turned pale, gritted his teeth, stared at the trembling cavalryman, and suddenly broke off and said: "Er is a spy, he dares to confuse our army's heart with lies, look at the sword!" As soon as the words fell, he drew his scimitar from his waist and slashed the cavalryman who was screaming for help in fright.

"Pass the order, the whole army will attack, and Li Zhen must be captured alive!" Fu Jiaxiong is not stupid, at this time, he naturally knows that the cavalry reported that the matter is true, but he does not dare to let this news mess the army's heart, once the whole army knows that the country has been broken, it is bound to be a big chaos, this battle does not need to be fought and lost, if this is the case, Fu Jiaxiong is so lost that he has no capital to the last point, and now, Fu Jiaxiong is not thinking about returning to the army to save Xicheng, but to find a way to capture Li Zhen alive, and at the worst he has to fully defeat the main force of the Tang army in front of him, only in this way can he have the possibility of counterattacking Xicheng, Therefore, I had to borrow the head of the innocent cavalryman.

Fu Yanxiong has ordered the whole army to attack, and the Khotanese Middle Route Army, which has been waiting for a long time, immediately made a big horn, the whole army assembled, began to press forward slowly, and prepared to launch a general attack on the Tang Army, and this is the fighter that Li Zhen has been waiting for for a long time - the original Li Zhen's strategy to take Khotan is to take two lines, one bright and one dark, needless to say, the bright line is naturally more than 10,000 people and horses of the Anxi Tang Army led by Li Zhen with great fanfare, and the momentum is huge, and its purpose is to attract all the attention of the Three Kingdoms Alliance, as for the dark line, That is the 3,000 cavalry of Xiao Dalong of Yumen Pass and the 1,000 Tang army garrison camp at the end of the day, as early as when Li Zhen sent troops, the defenders of Yumen Pass disguised as a caravan have quietly infiltrated the end of the road under the cover of the "Yan Ji business", at that time the war was about to start, the trade route was cut off, and there were many caravans gathered in the area of the end of the road, and the defenders of Yumen Pass were mixed during the period, and they were not obvious, and Li Zhen arrived at Tawakule Lake, but delayed not to launch an attack, just to create a favorable fighter for the other Tang army, At this time, although Li Zhen had not yet received the news that Xiao Dalong's troops had conquered Xicheng, he had already guessed the strangeness when he saw the movement of the Khotanese Middle Route Army, and knew that the other party was eager to fight with him, so he suddenly bent the corners of his mouth, smiled lightly, and then straightened his face, his face was solemn, and he ordered loudly: "Order: You Sifan's department will attack immediately, first defeat the Shule soldiers and horses in the middle road, and then take advantage of the situation to take the left flank directly, move fiercely, and defeat the enemy troops on both sides as soon as possible. ”

As the horn sounded in the Tang army's formation, You Sifan, who had been waiting impatiently, could be regarded as strong, laughed and turned over on the horse, raised the horse lance in his hand, and shouted: "The whole army is here, kill the thief with this general!" As soon as the words fell, the first horse stabbed into the center of the battlefield and killed it, and the two thousand Tang army iron cavalry that had been recuperating for a long time immediately roared out and surged out, like a sharp blade into the battlefield, and at this time, the Shule cavalry, which had already been killed by the Tang army's swordsmen and shield swordsmen, was already unable to support it, and was rushed by You Sifan's department, how could it still resist, and immediately the whole army was scattered, that is, the pretentious Shule prince Hersa did not have the courage to turn back and fight again, so he turned around and fled in the direction of his own formation. The remnants of the 3,000 cavalry Shule were defeated miserably, and You Sifan's department did not take advantage of the situation to chase the retreating Shule cavalry, but rushed through the central battlefield step by step, and went straight to the left flank battlefield where the battle was extremely fierce, and Chen Wu's department was flanked inside and outside, and immediately killed the cavalry of Fu Yanyong's department in a big defeat, and had to retreat in a panic in the direction where the infantry team was located, trying to rely on the defensive power of his own heavy infantry team to get rid of the pursuit of the Tang army's iron cavalry, but unfortunately, this calculation still fell into the empty place - Li Zhen led his troops to kill!

The same is the Chinese army attack, first, the battlefield is close to the side of the Tang army, and secondly, the Chinese army of Fu Yanxiong is a mixed army of infantry and cavalry, and it is not as fast as Li Zhen's department, which is all cavalry, in terms of scheduling, when You Sifan's department defeated the final resistance of the Shule cavalry, Li Zhen has already attacked, leading Dong Qianli's department after resting and rolling through the battlefield like a whirlwind, directly / inserting the junction between the cavalry and infantry of the Yan Yong department, and when You Sifan and Chen Wu joined forces to defeat the cavalry of the Fu Yan Yong department, Li Zhen just arrived at the point, However, seeing that more than 4,000 Tang rangers were stabbed obliquely under the leadership of Li Zhen, they just cut Fu Yanyong's headquarters into two parts, and before the infantry phalanx of Fu Yanyong's department launched a forward pressure to rescue their own cavalry, they saw that more than 3,000 infantry on the central battlefield of the Tang Army had already followed the footsteps of the Shule cavalry and had to stop, ready to meet the impact of the Tang infantry.

Kill, kill, kill! Li Zhen, who has not done it for a long time, once he made a move, he was ruthless, the bright silver spear in his hand danced into a group, and the gun must see blood, where he passed, the blockers were invincible, and he did not count the breath, and the Khotanese cavalry who died under Li Zhen's gun had reached more than a dozen people, and the Khotanese cavalry, which was already in a state of defeat, could withstand Li Zhen's crazy killing, and the original remaining breath of war spirit was gone, and then Chen Wu and You Sifan were killed from behind, and they all collapsed immediately, and the people and horses ran the entire battlefield. Many cavalrymen didn't even care that their infantry was adjusting their formation to prepare to meet the Tang infantry, so they crashed into their own infantry array without a head, and even the infantry array fell into a state of collapse, which can really be described as a mountain of defeat.

As soon as Li Zhen saw that the left and right flanks of Khotan had been defeated, how could he let go of such a great opportunity to completely defeat the Three Kingdoms Alliance, he simply ignored the routs who scattered and fled, waved the bright silver spear in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!" He led the army to follow the defeated Fu Jayong who had retreated to his own position, and killed the Khotanese army who had just rushed to the battlefield.

It's over, it's over! Seeing the defeat of the troops in front of him, Fu Yanxiong suddenly felt cold in his hands and feet, knowing that his defeat was decided, even if he threw all the strength in his hands into the general, he could not reverse the decline, and what was more troublesome was that at this time, his own army rushed forward by his own army, and he could not form a formation, how could he resist the attack of the Tang army that followed, the problem was that at this time he had no way to retreat, and he had no choice but to order loudly: "Kill!" There is no forgiveness for those who dare to rush into battle! As soon as this order came out, when the Khotan Central Route Army was neutral, the swords were waved indiscriminately, and the defeated and retreated soldiers were killed under the sword, and the rest saw this, and they did not dare to break into their own formations again, and hurriedly scattered and fled, revealing Li Zhen's troops who rushed forward.

Oh, good fellows, enough seeds! As soon as Li Zhen saw the Khotanese army slashing and killing his own army as if he was playing with his life, he also admired the ruthlessness of Fu Yanxiong a few times, but well, admiration is admiration, Li Zhen's subordinates will not have the slightest tolerance, and unceremoniously took advantage of the fact that the Khotanese army had not had time to adjust the formation, and took the lead in the chaos of the army.

At this time, although the Khotanese army that rushed up was full of more than 18,000 people, and the Tang army only put into the attack less than 8,000 cavalry, the problem is that at this time, the Khotanese army has not yet taken a breath from the impact of its own rout, nor has it lined up to meet the enemy, and was so rushed by the Tang army, and it was all in chaos, whether it was the infantry team or the cavalry cluster, all fell into a panic, and the morale of the army has been fully frustrated. But Fu Yanxiong understood that the defeat was irretrievable, and in desperation, regardless of his own front army, which was in a state of being slaughtered, he led more than 6,000 cavalry of the rear army to turn around and flee backwards.

"Pass the order down, there is no need to chase, the whole army will clean up the battlefield on the spot!" Li Zhen watched the Khotanese army Wang Qi flee backwards, but contrary to the style of chasing the poor in the past, he gave a strange order, although the generals of the Tang Dynasty were a little puzzled, but no one dared to disobey Li Zhen's order, since the whole army stopped, all over the battlefield to pursue those scattered defeated soldiers, let Fu Yanxiong lead the defeated soldiers to flee in the direction of Hotan City.

In this battle, Li Zhen broke more than 40,000 people of the Three Kingdoms Alliance with 12,000 soldiers and horses, killed more than 4,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and suffered less than 2,000 casualties, which can be described as a great victory......

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