Chapter 284: The Iron Flow of the Desert (Part II)
This is a decisive battle between the desert cavalry, the Tang army is only half of the opponent's strength, but it is not afraid of the opponent's number of people, in the face of the fierce attack of the enemy, the Tang army not only does not take a defensive position, but the troops are divided into three ways to attack comprehensively, at first glance it seems to have made the mistake of dividing too many troops, resulting in the lack of strength of the Tang army on each road, but in fact it is not the case - the Anxi iron cavalry set off last night, although in such an unobstructed place in the desert was exposed to the sun all day, quite a little difficult, Compared with the Shule cavalry that marched for a day under the scorching sun, it is definitely a lot stronger in terms of physical strength, and the Shule cavalry seems to have a lot of men and horses, but in fact it is not an elite division - when Hersa led his troops to rescue Khotan, he had already taken away all the most elite divisions in the country, and now the combat power of this Shule cavalry itself is not much stronger, and it cannot compete with the elite Anxi Iron Cavalry at all, which can be seen by both Li Zhen and Chen Wu, who is waving his army behind, and it is because of this that there will be such a comprehensive attack. What is needed is to overwhelm the opponent in momentum, so as to crush the opponent's will to resist in one fell swoop, and completely annihilate the Shule army east of the Hotan River.
The Tang army, which was divided into three ways to attack, all adopted a conical assault formation, but the formation was different - Liu Whirlwind and You Sifan were all complete assault formations, and their sharpest cone angles were Liu and You, who were the main generals, and although Chen Wu's department also used a cone assault formation, it lacked a cone angle - Chen Wu and Lin Ting were neck and neck, but the position of the cone angle was vacant, obviously, this cone angle was the vacancy left for Li Zhen, without him, Chen and Lin had absolute confidence in Li Zhen's martial arts, I believe that Li Zhen can solve the four enemy generals who attacked the opponent before his own assault formation arrives.
It was too late, it was fast, as soon as the Tang army launched an attack, Li Zhen had already cut an enemy general under the horse, just thinking about slowing down the horse and waiting for his cavalry to kill from behind, but suddenly noticed that the sound of the horse's hooves behind him was urgent, and he turned his head slightly, and immediately saw that the three enemy generals who had rushed past from the side had already divided into three ways to kill from behind, and immediately felt furious - there is a way in heaven that refuses to go, and he wants to go to hell, so send him back to the west!
Li Zhen's brave name has already spread all over the world, the three enemy generals naturally know, knowing that the one-on-one is not Li Zhen's opponent, at this time bullying Li Zhen to fall alone, and angry at the death of the robe, desperately rushed up from behind, trying to cut Li Zhen off the horse, to capture the king first, but seeing the three of them riding in the horse galloping constantly adjusting each other's pace, in just a dozen steps has reached an amazing harmony, the three horses rise and fall in the same step, The three horses shot almost at the same time, crossing up and down, completely sealing all the dodging directions of Li Zhen, it is obvious that the tacit understanding of the cooperation of the three generals is by no means formed overnight, and they have definitely cooperated with each other many times.
Well done! Although Li Zhen never looked back, he had already sensed the direction of the attack of the three horse lances, and although he was slightly surprised by the shots of the three enemy generals, he didn't pay much attention to them, but when he saw Li Zhen kick the horse's belly, the jujube red horse suddenly accelerated, and instantly opened the distance between the three generals behind him, and the three horse lances that came from the thorns were all pierced into the air, and before the three enemy generals retracted the horse lance, he saw Li Zhen suddenly twist the horse's head, ** the war horse turned to the left in the sprint, and then with a long neigh, the person stood up, Forced to pause the pace of rushing forward, and the three enemy generals did not have time to react, they had already rushed over not far from Li Zhen's side, but the two enemy generals in the middle and the right side even led the horses over, as for the enemy general on the left side was not so lucky-but seeing Li Zhen riding on the war horse standing up, his right hand tightly pulled the reins to stabilize the horse, and his feet clamped the horse's belly to stabilize his body, and the gun in his left hand struck hard, and the bright silver spear in his hand stabbed out like thunder, Before the panicked enemy general made the slightest reaction, the spear had already pierced his chest, and the unlucky guy had not even had time to snort before he was picked off the horse by Li Zhen, and the other two enemy generals could not see the two face-to-face kung fu, and the two robes had already died tragically under Li Zhen's gun without resistance.
"Kill, kill, kill!" Seeing that Li Zhen was so brave, the already strong morale of the Anxi Iron Cavalry, who was releasing his horse and charging, was even more boiling, and shouted wildly to kill the Shule cavalry who rushed forward, and the two wings moved first, while the Chen Wu Department in the middle was a little behind, waiting for Li Zhen to join the array, and then accelerated to rush forward, not afraid of the cold light flashing arrows on the strings of the Shule cavalry.
Taganda is a very cautious person, and he is also very self-aware, at this time, he just turned back to the Chinese army array, as soon as he saw the indomitable impact momentum of the Tang army, he already knew that the left and right flanks of his own attack were only afraid of being more than lucky, and then saw Li Zhen leading his troops to kill like a wolf and a tiger, his heart suddenly panicked, and before the Tang army rushed to the front of the formation, he shouted loudly: "Release the arrows, release the arrows quickly!" And he hurriedly retreated quietly from the front to the back.
All countries in the Western Regions are a nation on horseback, both horsemanship, archery are very good, although the current Shule cavalry is not the most elite troops in the country, but the ability to ride and shoot is not bad, Taganda's order has just been given, the Shule cavalry in the front and back three rows did not hesitate to open the bow and arrows, and suddenly more than 5,000 feather arrows were like flying locusts to the Li Zhen who rushed to the hurried Li Zhen to cover the past, the vast majority of the archers took Li Zhen who rushed to the forefront as the first target, and the dense posture made people can't help but feel numb at the sight.
Fuck, damn it! It is not the first time that Li Zhen has led his troops to attack the enemy formation, but most of them are fighting against the enemy cavalry, this is the first time to encounter the situation that the enemy army only uses bows and arrows to defend, at this time listening to the overwhelming roar, looking at the dense arrow rain like flying locusts, my heart can't help but be cold, but it is a pity that the impact has been launched at this time, there is no reason to stop, besides, if you stop the momentum of the impact, not only can you not avoid the baptism of the arrow rain, but will lose the speed of the impact because of this, if this happens, you can only become an arrow target in vain, Therefore, Li Zhen not only did not stop the pace of impact, but rushed a little faster, in the face of the rain of arrows that came from the wild attack, Li Zhen roared violently, and the bright silver gun in his hand danced rapidly, forming a huge gun wheel, covering the whole body without leaking, but listening to a tight impact sound like rain, countless arrows were shot by the gun wheel one by one, and did not hurt Li Zhen's cold hair, how could the arrow rain that came come be too dense, Li Zhen can take care of people, but he can't care about horses, Without paying attention, the jujube red horse who suddenly felt ** suddenly slammed down, and actually fell down in front of the battle - the jujube red horse's right front leg had been hit by three arrows at some point.
"Li Zhen is dead, Li Zhen is dead, kill it, kill it!" Taganda, who was hiding behind the formation, saw Li Zhen, who was rushing at the forefront, suddenly lost his horse, and immediately overjoyed and shouted loudly, and the more than 100 personal guards who followed closely behind him also shouted loudly, and suddenly the mood of the cavalry of the two armies that were facing each other on the battlefield all changed - the Tang officers and soldiers were not in disbelief but also with a trace of panic, while the Shule cavalry, which was originally low in morale because of the defeat of two generals in a row, was in great spirits, and the speed of the attack suddenly increased a few points, and the situation showed some signs of reversal for a while.
Damn it! Although Li Zhen fell off the horse because of the jujube red horse's hoof, but there was no trace of panic, the person had already determined the direction before he landed on the ground, not waiting for the horse to fall, the person had already run away with a gun, his toes slammed on the ground a little, took advantage of the situation to jump to the side, avoiding the cavalry who rushed behind him, the bright silver spear in his hand dialed the sporadic arrows that shot at the front of him left and right, but his eyes were aimed at several war horses that gradually fell out of the impact queue because the master was shot off the horse by the arrow, and just thought about changing a war horse, I heard the news that I had died in battle in the Shule army, and immediately understood the intention of Taganda's move, and immediately became very angry, yelled, and with a force under my feet, the person had already jumped into the air, and he was angry and dantian, and roared violently: "Li Zhen, the king of Yue, is here, who dares to come and die!" ”
Li Zhen's roar was full of "True Yang Jue", it was as loud as thunder, that is, even the sound of thousands of horses galloping on the battlefield could not cover it, and it spread far away, the aftermath was vibrating, and everyone who heard it changed color, and the two armies in the rush saw this amazing scene, and they couldn't help but slow down for a while, and everyone showed a look of awe in their eyes, and after a while, the Tang army thundered with joy, and the Shule cavalry was panicked, and the morale of the battle spirit dropped to the freezing point, although the Wuzi rushed forward, But the momentum has dropped a lot, and the decline is unstoppable.
The cavalry on both sides was the first to collide with the right flank, the commander of the Tang Army on this road was the new deputy commander of the cavalry You Sifan, who was originally the captain of the infantry battalion, and later was promoted to the deputy commander of the infantry army because of his great achievements in the first battle of Niutouling, but this kid has always longed for the cavalry, and he wanted to transfer to the cavalry. only defeated Lin Ting on the exercise ground and was able to serve as the deputy commander of the cavalry, although he was only the second-ranked right deputy commander, half a level lower than his original left deputy commander of the infantry army, but You Sifan didn't care at all, but he was very excited, but, because he was born in the infantry army, his subordinates and lieutenants were not very convinced of him, this time with the army, You Sifan held his breath to justify his name - in the previous battle of Tawakule Lake, although he led the army to sweep the battlefield, In the end, he defeated the enemy army that occupied the advantage of troops, but most of the credit has to be counted in the complete annihilation of the Tibetan hoplite phalanx of the rangers and the head of Chen Wusuo, who entangled the Khotanese cavalry, as for the siege war at the back, it is not as much as he thinks about everything, at most it is to shoot arrows, suppress the archers at the head of the city, and he has never let go of his hands to fight a good life, this attack on the desert, Li Zhen is the first to say, that cavalry fought well, and who will pick up the burden of attacking Shule country next, This kind of credit for destroying the country is not trivial, You Sifan never wants such a great opportunity to slip away from his hands, when will he not fight at this time?
"Kill!" Looking at the Shule cavalry array that was getting closer and closer, You Sifan's blood boiled all over his body, he held the sword in his hand tightly, shouted wildly, and swung it out violently, and in an instant, he cut the oncoming Shule cavalry company with the head of the horse into two, and then one diagonally horizontally, while swinging away the two horse lances that were stabbing and stabbing, he took advantage of the situation and chopped off the horse with a shouting Shule Qianhu chief, and led the troops to rush into the Shule cavalry array like an arrow, and the place where he passed was invincible. In an instant, the cavalry on the right flank of Shule was rushed to pieces, and then regardless of the rout troops who fled in all directions, the whole army turned sharply, made a beautiful arc around the desert, and killed the cavalry array of the Shule Chinese army that was starting in chaos.
Liu Whirlwind, the left deputy commander of the cavalry, is also a competitive master, he naturally knows that after this battle, the person with the greatest meritorious service will be qualified to lead the army to Shule, compared to You Sifan who simply wants to prove his ability, Liu Whirlwind thinks more, without him, compared to You Sifan, a general who followed Li Zhen as soon as he debuted, Liu Whirlwind can only be regarded as an outsider who joined halfway, although he is now high and powerful, and is also appreciated by Li Zhenzhi, however, he has never really integrated into the group of generals who came from the palace guard, There is always a sense of crisis hanging in his heart, he understands very well that the problem of origin has always been a hidden danger in his career, if he wants not to be replaced by other generals, the only way to continue to make great achievements, therefore, he never wants to let go of the great miracle of being able to lead the army to destroy a country alone, at this time, seeing that You Sifan has led his troops to rush into the enemy formation, he suddenly became a little anxious, roared violently, accelerated the speed of the horse, and led his cavalry to unceremoniously crash into the oncoming Shule left wing cavalry array, and the straight-handled scimitar in his hand danced quickly, Cut off those who dared to stand in the way one by one, how could the Shule cavalry, who was already frightened by Li Zhen's earth-shattering roar, be able to block such a fierce assault by Liu Whirlwind's department, just one face, the entire left wing was completely collapsed, and no one even had the courage to turn back and fight again, and the fleeing men and horses ran all over the desert.
"Kill the horse, speed up!" Liu Whirlwind, who had just killed the left wing cavalry of Shule, saw that You Sifan had killed the right wing of the Shule cavalry one step earlier than him, and suddenly became a little anxious, and then saw that his own Chinese cavalry array was about to collide with the enemy's Chinese army, Liu Whirlwind kept an eye on it, and did not directly wave the army to reinforce the Chinese army, but led the army to make an arc around the desert and outflank the rear of the Shule cavalry array.
The Tang army in the middle was originally in the charge, and suddenly found that his main general Li Zhen had fallen off his horse, not to mention the loss of the cone angle, and the morale of the army was also a setback, if it were not for Chen Wu to see that the situation was not good, he rushed forward first, replacing Li Zhen's original cone tip position, only afraid that under the chaos of the army, the entire cone assault array would fall into a complete collapse, Rao is so, the Tang army soldiers who were worried about Li Zhen's safety heard the shouts of "Li Zhen is dead" in the Shule army array, and the whole formation still looked messy, if it was rushed by the Shule cavalry at this time, I was afraid that it would be difficult to escape the end of failure, but fortunately, Li Zhen's roar sounded in time, and the Anxi iron cavalry completely relieved their hearts, and they were full of resentment against the Shule people who dared to spread rumors, and the speed of the sprint suddenly accelerated to the young and old, and before the Shule cavalry launched another arrow rain attack, Chen Wu's department had already rushed to the front, and at this time, the horses of the Shule army who attacked in a hurry did not get up, not to mention, the entire formation also appeared extremely chaotic, and it was not vulnerable at all, and it was rushed by Chen Wu's department in an instant. Coupled with the two ways of killing the gods from the right You Sifan and Liu Whirlwind, who came from the side and rear in a roundabout way, the entire Shule army completely fell into a state of collapse, and at this time, it was only a little more than a quarter of an hour to leave the battle.
Flee as far as you can. When Li Zhen's roar that shook the audience sounded, Taganda knew that everything was over, and the cavalry under his hand, who were far from elite and exhausted, could not be the opponent of the Tang army, and it was only humiliating to fight again, but it was a pity that at this time it was impossible to retreat with the whole army, and the strong man's broken wrist became his only choice. He led more than 100 guards to flee in the direction of the Hotan River.
Taganda fled quickly, but unfortunately he failed to deceive Liu Whirlwind, who was killing from the side and rear to the middle, Liu Whirlwind, who was rushing to kill, saw that Taganda's Wang Qi was still standing in the Chinese army array, but there was a small army behind him who was quietly fleeing, and immediately became suspicious, and ordered the deputy to continue to lead the team to attack the Shule Chinese army, and he led dozens of guards around him to chase after the fleeing Taganda and his party.
Taganda is the king, Shule is the place where the good horses are produced, and the horses of its ** are good horses, that is, the horses of its left and right guards are also Ili good horses, which are much better than the horses of Liu Whirlwind and others, how can the war horses of the Tang Army be recuperated all day, and its physical strength can be compared with the mounts of Taganda and others who have marched for a day, and the two sides chased and fled, Taganda not only failed to get rid of Liu Whirlwind's pursuit, but was caught up by Liu Whirlwind from behind, and lost morale, Although the pro-guards who had lost their physical strength launched a small-scale cavalry battle with the pursuing Liu Whirlwind's subordinates, they were heroic and heroic, but they were completely useless, but they were wiped out by the Tang army after only a few face-to-face chase battles, leaving only Taganda to lead a few guards to watch the one-sided killing in the field dumbfounded.
"The general spared his life, the widow fell, the widow surrendered!" Seeing that there were few of his guards dead, Taganda panicked, and could no longer care about the king's honor, so he turned over and dismounted, fell to his knees on the sand, and shouted loudly.
Liu Whirlwind suspected that there were important people in this small Shule cavalry, and when he heard Tagan answer report to his home, he was immediately overjoyed, but he didn't bring it to his face, just coldly glanced at Taganda, who was kneeling on the ground, waved his hand, and ordered loudly: "Take it away!" At this order, several of his own guards swarmed up, tied Taganda into a rice dumpling, put it on horseback, and rushed to the central battlefield that had already ended......
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