Chaos, chaos! The Tang army, who was having lunch, obviously did not expect that Thurro's army would come from behind him at such a time, and then saw the billowing black smoke coming out of his own camp, all the officers and soldiers were panicked, and for a time the chickens and dogs in the army jumped, shouts and exclamations were everywhere, and the officers and soldiers shouted hoarsely, and the whole army was still in chaos, but at this time, a terrible horn sounded from the Chinese army, and the whole team did not run apart, but the scene of the officers and soldiers scrambling to get on the horse was still intense.

"Reinforcements are coming, kill the Tang people!"

"Kill, don't go Tang people!"

"Get out there and kill them all!"

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A group of young generals led by Ashina Kanning scolded the Tang army for a morning, and they were already suffocated, at this time, when they saw that their own reinforcements were coming, the Tang army was in chaos, how could they bear it, and they didn't care about asking Sogersos for instructions, they rushed down the wall, and each led the troops to open the gate of the wall, and covered the Tang army that was still in chaos.

"Don't go, be careful, come back quickly!" Sogsos saw a group of young generals rushing out, and he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, but unfortunately the situation was out of control at this time, and it was useless for him to shout loudly.

"Uncle Suo, it's the banner of the eldest brother! Big brother is back, kill out! Ashina Bexi's eyes were very good, although he couldn't see how many men and horses the Western Turkic army came to help in the smoke and dust, but he could see the emblem on the big banner in front of him, and immediately shouted excitedly.

Although he believed that Ashina Bexi's words were true, he was still not very stable in his heart, and he hurriedly reached out and grabbed Ashina Bexi, who was about to rush down the wall, and said uneasily: "Bexi, don't go first, let the children go up, you and I are here to watch the children kill the enemy." ”

Ashina Bexi turned his head to look at the clansmen who were swarming out of the village, and then looked at the Tang army who was retreating in a panic, hesitated, but stopped, shrugged his shoulders, cursed in a low voice, and finally walked back to the wall with a helpless face, stood behind the arrow saucer with a pale face, and watched his sons and daughters attack bravely.

Faced with the situation of being attacked on both sides, the Tang army obviously lost the courage to face the battle, and did not dare to stay where it was, leaving behind the dry food, water bladders, flags and other sundries all over the ground, turning around and fleeing northward, more than 6,000 Western Turkic cavalry led by Ashina Kanning saw that the Tang army was going to flee, how to be willing, all the way to the roar of the general up, and the Western Turkic reinforcements in the distance also changed the direction of their advance, drawing a beautiful arc in a cloud of smoke and dust, obliquely towards the defeated Tang army to kill the generals, Tried to give the Tang army a blow to the waist.

Dangerous, extremely dangerous! At this time, the Tang army was already in extreme danger, the entire formation was scattered, not to mention, the morale of the army was also extremely low, whether it was caught up by the Ashina Kanning behind him, or cut off by the Western Turkic reinforcements killed in the oblique stab, it would be an unprecedented rout - in this unobstructed steppe, it was almost impossible to escape the pursuit of the Western Turkic army, but at this time, the Tang army had no other choice than to run for its life, and when the rout was about to be inevitable, a change occurred- A poignant horn suddenly sounded in the Western Turkic cavalry army that came from afar, and then the Western Turkic battle flag fluttering in the wind was thrown to the ground, and at the same time, a fiery red battle flag of the Tang Army appeared in the queue, and the so-called reinforcements from afar revealed their original true colors - Tang Army, and the general led by Lin Ting was Lin Ting!

The number of this Tang army is actually not much, that is, more than 1,000 people away, the reason why it can create such a big momentum is just one person and two horses, and then tie branches to the tail of each war horse, and when the horn blows, this Tang army drew an arc in the gallop, forcibly changed the route of advance, and slaughtered into the Western Turkic rebel army that was pursuing vigorously without pity, and suddenly stirred up a bloody storm, and the Western Turkic cavalry who was caught off guard was immediately stopped and cut in two, and fell into extreme chaos.

Well done, well done! As soon as he saw that Lin Ting's subordinates had won his hands, Li Zhen, who was galloping, suddenly felt excited, raised the bright silver gun in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Blow the trumpet, kill the thief with this king!" As soon as the voice fell, he took the lead in twisting the horse's head, and the ** jujube red horse rushed out into the oblique thorn, leading the whole army to turn a corner on the grassland, and did not line up in a very formation, just roaring towards the chaotic battlefield to kill the past, the shouts of thousands of people were intertwined with the sound of horses' hooves, and the Western Turkic army, which was already in chaos, was even more panicked.

"Oops! Oops! "Sogsus is worthy of being a battle-hardened veteran, although he can't see the whole battle clearly because of the smoke and dust on the battlefield, but he knows that things have changed, and he immediately stomps his feet and screams, and Ashina Besi, who was standing beside him, obviously didn't expect such a change, and he was at a loss for a while, looking at the battlefield with a shocking sound of murder, not knowing what to do.

"Don't be Xi, quick, take someone out to answer, don't fall in love, pick up the children and retreat, the old man is here to cover the way back, go quickly! Just go! Seeing that the matter had come to this, Ashina Bexi was still standing there stupidly, suddenly became anxious, pushed Ashina Besi, and shouted loudly.

"Ah, good!" Ashina Bexi woke up like a dream, and without saying more, he rushed down the city in three steps and two steps, jumped on horseback, drew the scimitar at his waist, and shouted at the panicked 5,000 people: "Follow me, kill the Tang people, and rescue the children!" Kill! As soon as the words fell, the horse rushed out of the wide open camp gate, and took the lead in killing the battlefield in the distance......

At three o'clock in the afternoon, it is the time of the day when the yang energy is at its peak, although it is still early spring, but at this time, the temperature in the desert has risen sharply, although it is not as hot as midsummer, but for the army on the march, it is also uncomfortable, plus it is time for lunch, not only the soldiers are a little demoralized, but also Ashina Sello himself is a little drowsy and unable to lift his spirits, Rao is so, Ashina Sullo has not ordered the whole army to rest, without him, since he received news from the old camp, It is said that since Li Zhenzheng, the king of Yue, led his troops to besiege the old camp, Ashina Sero has always been on his mind, and he can't wait to rush to Yueling Lake immediately, but he is in a hurry, and Ashina Serro does not dare to risk being attacked by the elusive sand thieves who are sneak attacked, so he can only march step by step, fortunately, at this time, he finally walked to the edge of the desert, and then he can enter the grassland by crossing the low Niutouling Ridge not far away, and he is only less than forty miles away from Yueling Lake, and he can get home in half a day at most. Ashina Sero looked at the green peaks of Niutouling, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand to a trusted general beside him, and said: "Pass the order, the whole army will speed up, cross Niutouling and rest!" ”

"Yes, according to the commander's order!" The general answered, and just twisted the horse's head, and before he could give the order, he saw a great confusion at the front of the procession, and several rangers came frantically beating their horses, and could not help but be stunned on the spot, and completely forgot about the order.

"Report, Marshal, the Tang Army Brigade has been found on Niutouling!" A ranger rushed forward, rolled out of the saddle, touched the ground on one knee, and shouted loudly.

"Huh?" When Ashina Thero heard this, he immediately frowned, and a sense of foreboding surged in his heart, but he just snorted from his nose, and did not continue to ask, and even paid no attention to the ranger who fell to the ground, and suddenly raised his horsewhip and rushed towards the front of the team.

"Father, you ......" Ashina Heru, who was directing the front army to line up and prepare to meet the enemy, saw the old father who was rushing over, hurriedly turned his horse to meet him, pointed to Niutouling, and was waiting for a detailed explanation, but Ashina Sero didn't have the heart to listen to the report of his second son, and went straight to the front, raised his hand to cover his brows, and looked at the Tang army array arrayed on the mountain ridge, his face was full of anxiety.

Niutouling can not actually be called a mountain range, but a low mountain beam, because it is located at the junction of the desert and the grassland, in addition to some weeds, there are no trees on the mountain, not even shrubs, the slope is gentle, into a trumpet, strictly speaking is not an ideal ambush place, at this time, the Tang army on the mountain ridge is not much, on the surface there is only an infantry team of about 1,000 people and a cavalry team of 1,000 people, the infantry is in front, the cavalry is behind, in addition, I could vaguely see that there were still some cavalry waiting behind the mountains, but there was definitely not much more, at least for the Western Turkic army, this little bit of men and horses was just a small army, but the more Ashina Thero looked at it, the more frightened he became, so that his face became a little pale on weekdays.

Ashina Sero is a figure who has fought an old war, and he will not be frightened by the Tang Army that blocks the way so much, and the reason why he is frightened is actually worried about the safety of the old camp - the formation of the Tang Army is a posture that intends to defend to the death, and its intentions are self-evident, nothing more than an intention to delay the speed of the Western Turks' reinforcements, it is obvious that since the Tang Army appeared here, there is a change in the old camp, although Ashina Serro did not get the accurate news of the old camp, but he has guessed a rough idea, As soon as he thought of Ashina Besina and the others' reckless appearance, Ashina Sero's heart immediately tightened - there is more than one road to Yueling Lake, but taking Niutouling is the nearest road, if it is a detour, it will take more than half a day, but time is the most unaffordable thing for Ashina Sero now, not to mention that there are many Western Turkic soldiers and horses, and they are not as flexible as the Tang Army. There is only one way left in front of Ashina Thero - to defeat the Tang army in front of him as soon as possible and kill a bloody way!

Ashina Thero's eyes were very spicy, and he saw the calculation of the Tang army at a glance, estimated the terrain of the mountain, raised his hand and called Ashina Heru to his side, and after giving a low command, but seeing the horn sounding in the middle of the Western Turkic army, a cavalry of about 500 people rushed out of the array, roaring towards the center of the Tang Army array on the mountain, and then, without waiting for the first 500 cavalry to kill at the foot of the mountain, two cavalry teams of 500 people rushed out, but the target was the left and right flanks of the Tang Army, and the three assault teams were one in front and two behind, The left and right staggered the air raids of less than 30 meters, and the finished glyph swept towards the Tang army on the mountain ridge.

Seeing that the Western Turkic Army launched a fierce attack as soon as it came up, Lin Chenghe, who was the commander of the Tang Army, sneered, waved his hand and said: "Shoot arrows, shoot half-back!" Knife hands ready! Suddenly, hundreds of feathered arrows roared towards the Western Turkic forward.

Niutouling is not high, the mountain is gentle, that little slope is negligible for the Western Turks who grew up on horseback, these three cavalry are extremely fierce, extremely fast, but a moment has been killed not far in front of the Tang army array, but it was entertained by a dense rain of arrows by the Tang army, and dozens of horses fell, and the arrow in front of the entire zigzag immediately appeared a little chaotic, and before the Western Turk army forward rushed into the Tang army array, But seeing that the rows of archers in front of the Tang army's array suddenly retreated to both sides, letting go of the front, revealing a group of strong men holding swords, such as Lin's giant blades flashing into a dead landscape in the sun.

"Kill!" With a loud shout in the Tang army array, more than 100 long and thick knives waved almost at the same time, and a knife light slashed towards the Western Turkic cavalry team that rushed to the front of the Tang army array like a rolling knife forest, but when they saw a piece of blood, no matter whether they were people or horses, as long as they were hit by the giant blade of the hundred knife, they were all one knife and two sections, and the five hundred cavalry who rushed to the front of the zigzag queue were first greeted by the rain of arrows, and then slashed by the hundred knives, and suddenly fell into a big chaos, left and right, gave way to a passage of more than five wide, a biao cavalry roared out, stepping on the blood all over the ground, condescendingly towards the Western Turkic forward to kill the generals, the courage was taken away by the Western Turkic cavalry immediately collapsed, the remnants of more than 300 horsemen hula turned around and fled down the mountain, and at the same time, the Tang army crossbowmen who retreated to the two sides unceremoniously greeted the two wings of the Western Turkic cavalry, and the Western Turkic army that was blocked by the offensive had to retreat from Niutouling, leaving more than 300 corpses on Niutouling.

Looking at the frequently mobilized Western Turkic army at the foot of the mountain, Lin Chenghe did not have the slightest joy of winning the first battle on his face, but frowned - the Tang army has always been known for its skillful foot and horse coordination, which is often the magic weapon of the Tang army to win more with less, but now the infantry itself is lacking in training, and the Baidao team is not very rich in training, after all, it has only been a little more than two months since the official formation of this team of Baidaomen, and it is not very good in terms of personal skills and mutual cooperation. Otherwise, there is no need to send out the cavalry to completely defeat the attacking Western Turkic forward, as for the cavalry, the problem is even greater, after all, these slave soldiers have only been trained for a short period of seven or eight days, and it is very problematic in terms of tactical literacy and discipline - they have obviously given an order not to chase them to the foot of the mountain, but this group of slave soldiers can be killed, and they actually plan to rush the Western Turkic army array, and the result is conceivable, so that a rain of arrows put more than 100 people, just these subordinates, can they block the fierce attack of the Western Turkic army, Persist until the arrival of Li Zhen's army, Lin Chenghe is really not completely sure in his heart - it is natural that the battle is not easy to fight, and it is difficult to block the attack of more than 40,000 Western Turkic troops with 2,000 infantry and 3,000 cavalry, even if it occupies a geographical advantage, not to mention that it is still a newly trained army to meet the enemy's elite division, but unfortunately Lin Chenghe has no choice, even if it is difficult, he can only insist on holding on.

The first attack of the Western Turkic Army was defeated in just a moment, but Ashina Serro's face did not show the slightest anger, without him, Ashina Serro did not expect to be able to capture Niutouling in the first sortie, the attack just now was just a test - in addition to testing the combat strength of the Tang Army, the main thing is to test the command ability of the commander of the Tang Army, it is obvious that Ashnathro got the result he wanted - in his opinion, the commander of the Tang Army is indeed a good guard, and he is extremely cautious in the use of troops, The ability to grasp the battlefield is extremely strong, but well, the Tang army is not without weaknesses, in addition to the lack of troops, that is, the cooperation between the infantry and cavalry is obviously very unfamiliar, and it is not as elite as the Tang army that Ashina Serro has encountered before, and this is where Ashina Serro can be used, but he did not immediately put into the attack again, in addition to mobilizing manpower to prepare for a strong attack, Ashina Sero sent people to the rear army, and invited Yibi to the front of the battle.

"Why, the big handsome was frightened by a few little lambs? Oh, interesting, interesting! "When Yibi Baduo came to the front army, he just glanced at the Tang army on Niutou Ridge, and immediately made fun of Ashina Sero with no care, and he was still so arrogant to the extreme.

Ashina Thero's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Your Highness is laughing, although you are not talented, these clowns who jump off the beam are not taken to heart, but if our department launches a strong attack, I am afraid that the headache of the sand thieves will take advantage of the chaos to attack, and one will have to suffer a big loss if he is not careful, so I want to ask His Highness for a favor: once the attack of our department starts, please also ask His Highness's department to guard the rear wing of our army to calm the hearts of the army." ”

"That's it?" Obita glanced at Ashina Thro in disbelief, and muttered for a moment before asking.

"Yes, please ask Your Highness to take a lot of pain, the old man is grateful!" Ashina Therro politely bowed his hand.

"Well, Cheng, the handsome man has an order, and the last general will not dare to disobey, hehe, it's easy to say, it's easy to say." After rolling his eyes several times, he burst out laughing.

Ashina Serro said with a grateful look on his face: "Thank you Your Highness for your love, the old man will not forget His Highness's kindness, how about I ask Your Highness to line up behind my department?" Our department immediately launched an attack. ”

"Haha......, good, good, good, the last general will not bother the commander to annihilate the enemy, hehe, farewell, farewell!" Ebi Batto seemed to be in a very good mood, and arched his hand at Ashina Sero with a smile, and as soon as his voice fell, he turned his horse's head and led his guards away.

Ashina Sero looked at the figure of Yibi Ba taking the horse and leaving, his face changed for a while, and then he turned his head, glanced at the generals who came around, waved his big hand, and ordered loudly: "Attack!" Suddenly, the trumpets of the Western Turkic army sounded, and the army that had been ready for a long time began to move forward slowly, and a fierce battle began......

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