The reason why the hoplite is the hoplite is because of the thick armor it wears, the defensive ability is extremely outstanding, although it is slow to move because the soldiers are too heavily dressed, but once the whole phalanx rushes up, the momentum of its advance is also very fierce, the ordinary infantry phalanx can not block the impact of the hoplite, of course, if you want to train a hoplite, it is not an easy thing, in addition to the cost of weapons and equipment, the main thing is that the quality of the hoplite is extremely high, People who are not tall and strong cannot afford the staggering burden of hoplites, and in terms of these two points, it is not easy for hoplites to really form an army, however, for the Tubo people who were born in the bitter cold land, these two are not a problem - most of the Tubo people are tall and strong, and their body bones are much stronger than those of the Central Plains, and Tubo is located on the plateau, which has also created a very high lung capacity of the Tubo people, and they can play the hoplite guys, and because Tubo is a country of plateaus, From ancient times to the present, it has never been invaded by foreign people, and the financial resources accumulated by more than 30 Zampu before and after are also abundant, which can support the burden of hoplites, and it can be said that hoplites are the biggest capital that Tubo can rise on the plateau.

The attack and defense of the hoplites are extremely powerful, of course, it is not invincible in the world, according to the current tactical theory, there are three ways to break the phalanx of the hoplites - first, use the hoplite cavalry to impact the hoplite phalanx, and use the impact of the heavily armored horses to break the defense of the hoplites; Second, to use hoplites against hoplites, just as Hou Junji did in the Battle of Tuyuhun when he mobilized a large number of Baidaomen to completely defeat the Tubo army, and third, to take advantage of the slow movement of hoplites to attack the weakest flanks with light shield infantry, thereby disrupting the array of hoplites and causing their formations to collapse, which was used by the ancient Roman legions to defeat the Macedonian hoplite regiment. These three tactics have their own advantages and disadvantages, however, for the current Tang army, they are not very applicable - there has never been a heavy cavalry in the Tang army, not that the Tang Dynasty cannot afford the cost of heavy cavalry, but can not find a suitable war horse, without him, except for a small number of war horses produced in Ili and northern Sichuan, there is no war horse suitable for heavy cavalry in the whole East, and it is not easy to form heavy cavalry; As for the use of the Baidao team to defeat the Tibetan hoplites, the result was nothing more than a war of attrition in which 10,000 enemies were killed and 8,000 were lost, and the tactics of the light shield infantry attack were also lost due to the existence of the Tibetan light cavalry - because the Tibetan light cavalry could move forward to fight, so as to buy time for the hoplites' formation change, it was difficult for the light shield infantry to attack the soft underbelly of the hoplites. It is precisely because there are so many unfavorable factors that it is why, in the time and space where Li Zhen came from, the invincible Tang army in the world has always suffered big losses in front of the Tubo army, and the two sides have been entangled for more than a century.

Bu Nie Po is a veteran, more than ten years ago, when he was the head of a thousand households, he participated in the battle of Tuyuhun, personally experienced the sharpness of the Tang Army Baidao team, every time I think of the Tang Army Baidao team like a wall, blocking the power of all the pieces, always have palpitations, but not very convinced, without him, Bu Nie Po knows very well that although the Tang Army Baidaomen are powerful, they are definitely the elite of the Tang Dynasty, but the number is not much, every 10,000 Tang Army often only has two or three hundred qualified Baidaomen, when the Tuyuhun battle, Hou Junji mobilized all the swordsmen in the 100,000 army to fight together, which caused the rout of the Tubo army, but even so, the Tubo army also caused a lot of casualties to the Tang army's swordsmen. At this time, Bu Nie Po rushed out of the battle, in order to be ashamed, without him, the total number of Li Zhen's troops is only more than 10,000 people, although the proportion of Bai Dao hands is higher than that of other Tang troops, but it is only more than 800 people, far from enough to break the Tubo army's 3,000 heavy infantry phalanx, this good opportunity for revenge Bu Nie Po will not let go, when he sees that the Tang army did not send a Baidao team, but let the light cavalry out to meet the enemy, Bu Ni Po doubted, and couldn't help but be overjoyed- Attacking the hoplite phalanx with the extremely fragile defensive capabilities of light cavalry is simply the same as touching a stone with an egg, it is just looking for death!

"The whole army stops, line up the shield array, raise the gun!" Bu Nipo squinted, looked at the Tang Army rangers who were rushing down the hill on horseback, and gave the first battle order with a cruel smile, and in an instant, the Tubo hoplite phalanx that was still slowly advancing immediately stopped, and the Tubo sergeants in the first row raised the giant shield in their hands almost at the same time, and then slammed it to the ground, and the two giant horns under the shield were deeply embedded in the soft grass, and at the same time, the Tubo sergeants in the first row all squatted down and carried the big shield with their shoulders, Behind him, the second row to the sixth row of the Tubo sergeants were close together, the five rows of spears stretched forward like a forest, the tips of the snowy guns shining in the sun with the cold light of death, as for the Tubo sergeants after the seventh row, they bent their bows and arrows, ready to give the Tang cavalry who came to charge the battle a baptism of feather arrows, from the order of Bu Nipo to the formation of the entire military formation, it was only a few breaths of time, showing the true face of the well-trained Tubo army!

"The cavalry flanks are assembled and ready to counter-charge!" When he saw that his own battle formation had been completed, Bu Nipo, who was already in the center of the military formation, issued the second battle order with a straight face, and the Tubo light cavalry, which was originally scattered on both flanks of the hoplite phalanx, immediately began to assemble, forming two cavalry phalanxes of 500 cavalry each, slightly behind the heavy infantry phalanx about ten paces, ready to wait for the Tang army's light cavalry to meet in front of their own spear array, and then kill the general, and give the Tang army light cavalry the most fatal blow.

Compared with the strict formation of the Tubo army, the Tang army's light cavalry seemed a little careless, the Tang cavalry who rushed down the hill not only did not take advantage of the momentum when they went down the mountain to launch an attack immediately, but they lined up at the foot of the mountain in an orderly manner. The power of the hoplite lies in the phalanx battle, once it stops to defend it, it is not easy to move forward, a careless, it may cause the result of loose formation, once the enemy takes advantage of the situation to rush in, the formation will fall into a state of collapse, and for the heavy infantry with too much weight, once there is no cover of the formation, its individual combat ability due to the inconvenience of the turn, it is extremely fragile, and it is very easy to be broken by each person, and furthermore, because the heavy weight of the hoplite is very large, standing under it for a long time, Physical exertion is also a big burden, at this time the Tang army wants to fight but does not fight, and the men and horses are far away from the range of the bow and arrow of the Tubo army, which really makes Bu Nie Po angry and anxious, but there is no way to take the Tang army's rogue behavior, just thinking about whether to pull out of the formation, but listen to a fierce drum beat in the Tang army's own formation, the two Tang army light cavalry that has already been assembled began to accelerate, divided into left and right two ways to the Tubo army to kill the general.

"Hold steady in the front row, archers ready!" Seeing that the Tang army finally launched an impact, Bu Nie Po's hanging heart was put down, secretly relieved, and gave the order to fight, but what Bu Nie Po didn't expect happened again - the Tang army was launched, but it did not directly rush to the Tubo army formation, but divided into two roads, and rushed forward around the edge of Baizhang Plain, one faction seemed to plan to bypass the Tubo army formation and attack the posture of the Three Kingdoms Alliance's main formation, which made Bu Nieva full of confusion, and couldn't figure out what the Tang army wanted to do, but, In his opinion, the 4,000 light cavalry to attack the main formation of the Three Kingdoms Alliance composed of more than 30,000 soldiers is just to send them to death in vain, and it is not worth mentioning at all, and he is pondering whether to ignore the Tang army's light cavalry and kill the Tang army's main formation with all his might, when the mutation occurred-but seeing the Tang army's two light cavalry suddenly changing formation diagonally, like two pincers, they were killing the generals on the flanks of the Tubo army formation in the center of the battlefield, and the target was the light cavalry phalanx on the two wings of the Tubo army!

Not good! Bu Niepa understood the intentions of the Tang army this time, seeing that the cavalry of the Tang army was menacing, and his light cavalry phalanx had not even had time to turn, let alone let go of the horse and charge, just standing like this and waiting for the Tang army to come over, the Tubo light cavalry had to be defeated, and in a hurry, he didn't care about thinking too much, and ordered loudly: "The archers release the arrows, the cavalry attack, block!" ”

The archers of the Tubo army, who were originally in front of the formation, heard the order, hurriedly turned to the two wings, and shot the arrows on the strings in a panic, but unfortunately they shot in a hurry, not to mention the sparse rain of arrows, and the accuracy and strength were also poor enough, although they also shot down more than a dozen Tang army light cavalry who rushed forward, but they were powerless to stop the charging momentum of the Tang army's light cavalry, and the Tubo light cavalry that was originally guarding the two wings of their infantry phalanx was in a hurry to turn around at this time, and the whole formation was chaotic, until the Tang army had rushed to about fifty steps, Only then did he rush out messily, trying to block the crazy charge of the Tang army, and his fate can be imagined!

"Kill! Kill! Yan Eighteen, who led the troops to attack for the first time, watched the Tubo light cavalry rush closer and closer, and his blood suddenly boiled - although he had gone into battle to kill the enemy many times, but it was all following Li Zhen to pick up leaks, not to mention that it was not fun to kill, and there were no big fish to catch, this time he finally got a great opportunity to lead the troops to attack, and it was not good to show when to wait, and the roar in his mouth kept stopping, but his eyes had already locked on a Tubo officer who was sprinting at the forefront of the Tubo cavalry in the costume of a thousand households, and when the two horses met, but listened to Yan Eighteen roar: "Look at the guns!" The steel spear in his hand was already stabbing out like an angry dragon going out to sea, and the speed of the gun was extremely fast, with a whistling sound that tore through the air, and it went straight to the throat of the head of a thousand Tibetan households.

The head of the Tubo Thousand Households is obviously not a weak person, seeing that Yan Eighteen horses are quick and ruthless, but they are not panicked, they have great self-sustaining strength, roar violently, and the horse lance in his hand is pushed up, trying to block Yan Eighteen's fatal blow, but he never thought that Yan Eighteen's seemingly extremely fast shot turned out to be a false move, and when the horse lance in the hands of the head of the Tubo Thousand Households was raised, he saw Yan Eighteen's wrist shake, and the gun suddenly deviated, avoiding the Tubo Thousand Households Chief's upper lance, and then both hands were strengthened, The steel spear in his hand has been like a whip towards the waist of the head of the Tubo thousand households, at this time, the head of the Tubo thousand households has a lance away, the horse lance has been outside the gun, how can it block the blow of the waist, when the two horses crossed, but saw that Yan Eighteen's gun was drawn squarely on the waist of the head of the Tubo thousand households, and immediately hit it upside down and flew out, falling in the Tubo rebels who rushed up, and was trampled into a pulp by the chaotic horse.

It will be the courage of the soldiers, the Tubo cavalry was launched in a hurry, and at this time it lost its commander, and the morale was immediately greatly frustrated, and the soldiers had no fighting spirit, how could they resist the Tang army light cavalry like a wolf and a tiger, just one collision in the two, the Tubo light cavalry had collapsed into an army, the Tubo light cavalry on the left and right wings of a thousand horses, except for more than 400 cavalry who abandoned their own infantry phalanx, and fled back to the main formation of the Three Kingdoms Alliance in a panic, the rest were killed and wounded, and the victorious Tang army light cavalry did not go to chase the scattered Tubo light cavalry, He didn't even attack the Tibetan infantry phalanx, which was busy shrinking the formation, but circled around the Tibetan infantry phalanx in the center of the battlefield.

"How so? How so? Hersa, who was standing beside Fu Jaxiong, didn't expect that just a face, the seemingly invincible Tubo army had fallen into a trapped predicament, and for a while it was hard to believe his eyes, but he rubbed his eyelids vigorously, and muttered unconsciously in his mouth.

Although Fu Jiaxiong did not expect that the Tubo light cavalry would be defeated so quickly, but when he saw that the Tang army was just circling around the well-guarded Tubo infantry phalanx, but he never dared to impact the shield wall and gun forest of the Tubo army array, but he was not flustered in his heart. Just smiled indifferently and watched the changes on the battlefield indifferently.

Hersa peeked at the smile on Fu Yanxiong's face, and immediately understood that his cowardice just now had fallen into the eyes of the other party, although Fu Jiaxiong didn't say anything, but as the eldest son of King Shule, he couldn't allow himself to be looked down upon, and for a while he drew his knife out in annoyance, and asked for his life loudly: "Your Majesty, and Prince Rong Ben will lead his troops and horses to kill the generals and defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop!" ”

Fu Jiaxiong is an old fox, how could he not see the intentions of Hersa's move, although he despised the eldest son of this impulsive King Shule in his heart, but he explained mildly: "Your Royal Highness the prince, don't worry, Tubo is a strong army, not so easy to defeat, don't you see, the Tang army only dares to go around in circles outside, but never dares to attack, hehe, once the Tang army can't bear to attack, then there will be hardship, and the Marshal Bunie Po can handle it." ”

Fu Jiaxiong's words point out a layer of meaning, that is, at this time, even if the siege of the Tubo infantry phalanx is relieved, Bu Nipo will definitely not appreciate it, but will think that this is cutting his face, after all, the prestige of the Tibetan strong army can not be damaged, Hersa can lead the troops to the battle, and he will not be a fool, as soon as he heard it, he already understood the meaning of Fu Jiaxiong's words, and he no longer proposed the rescue of the troops, and retreated to the side in a dazzle, his eyes widened, looking at the strange confrontation situation in the field.

Bu Neipa deserves to be a veteran of the battle formation, taking advantage of the moment when his light cavalry desperately met the Tang army rangers, he has completed the transformation of the formation, from the phalanx to an oval defensive array, still the shield wall in front, the gun forest in the back, and the archers are cowering in the formation, like a hedgehog covered in thorns shrunk into a ball, just waiting for the Tang army to come and die.

The two Tang armies that defeated the Tubo light cavalry were not blindly circling in circles, but taking this opportunity to adjust the horse pace, and reintegrate the Tang army, which was originally divided into two roads, into a complete team, hanging far away from the range of the Tubo army's bow and arrows, and slowly circled the horse a few times, waiting for the integration to be completed, but listening to a bleak horn sound in the Tang army's cavalry array, the Tang army rangers who were originally walking slowly began to accelerate, the horse speed became faster and faster, and the circle became smaller and smaller, gradually approaching the Tubo infantry phalanx, in the smoke and dust, Suddenly, I heard Dong Qianli yelling: "Release the arrow!" Suddenly, taking advantage of the smoke and dust, the four thousand Tang army rangers who had already put down their guns and held bows in their hands raised the bows and arrows hidden in the horse's belly in unison, and the four thousand feathered arrows covered the Tubo army like a storm.

"Raise your shield, raise your shield!" As soon as he saw the Tang army launch a rain of arrows attack, Bu Nipo hurriedly ordered loudly, and in an instant, the Tubo pikemen, who were originally holding a gun in one hand and a shield in the other, immediately obeyed the order and raised their shields, forming a thick shield and putting it on their heads.

This rain of arrows is not sudden, nor is it not sharp, however, for the hoplites with strong defense, the effect of this rain of arrows is very general, except for dozens of unlucky Tubo soldiers who were shot in the face and fell, most of the feather arrows were blocked by the big shield held by the Tubo army, but the Tang army did not seem to be discouraged at all by this, and still kept circling outside, firing volleys again and again, without giving the Tubo army a chance to breathe- Each light cavalry of the Tang army carried two quivers, each with twenty arrows, but it was not enough to use the feather arrows.

The Tang army shot very happily, the Tubo soldiers at that end were difficult, at the beginning it was okay, the protection of the big shield and heavy armor was full, no matter how the Tang army fired a salvo, the casualties were not great, but as the battle continued, the physical strength of the Tubo soldiers had problems, and the originally amazingly heavy shield was as heavy as Mount Tai at the end, and the Tubo soldiers who were exhausted of physical strength were no longer able to maintain the integrity of the shield array, and there were very few big shields that could still be held. Without the cover of the shield array, the Tibetan soldiers naturally became the best target of the Tang army, although the archers of the Tibetan army were also desperately fighting back, but the problem was that the archers in the Tibetan army were only auxiliary troops, and the number was not large, how could they shoot at the Tang army's light cavalry, and the battle was less than half an hour, and the Tubo infantry phalanx was already on the verge of collapse.

It's over, it's completely over! Seeing that his defeat was irreversible, Bu Nipo suddenly felt a lot cold, and at this time, he didn't care about the glory of the Tubo army, so he anxiously called the trumpeter to his side, and ordered to immediately send a distress signal to Fu Yanxiong in the rear, and at the same time constantly cheered up the soldiers in the crippled own formation, trying to hold out until the arrival of his own reinforcements.

As soon as the horn for help sounded in the Tubo army's array, Fu Jiaxiong could no longer hold his breath, waved his big hand, and ordered loudly: "Pass the order, the left and right wings come out together, Prince Hersa, Er led his troops to reinforce Marshal Bu Nipo, be sure to rescue people, Fu Jayong, Er led his troops to attack the Tang army's main formation, contain the main force of the Tang army, and act quickly!" ”

As soon as Fu Yanxiong's order was issued, the trumpets of the three kingdoms were loud in the army, and the two wings of the alliance army immediately poured out, and the battle had reached a critical turning point......

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