Chapter 364: Battle of Qingshui River (3)

This knife came extremely fast, like lightning cut through the space, in an instant it had been slashed above Ge Xia's head, the snowy blade in the sunlight, flashing the cold light of death, the knife did not arrive, the knife wind has blown the face and hurt, it is too late to hide, not to mention that at this time Ge Xia's left and right are people, behind him is a group of comrades who have not yet had time to form a formation, once Ge Xia gets out of the way, the entire Mo knife team formation will be rushed by the enemy, block and can not stop, at this time Ge Xia's Mo knife is trapped in the depths of the horse corpse, and it is impossible to pull it out in a hurry, As for the horizontal knife on his waist, he didn't have time to draw it, and in the face of the lightning-like knife of the enemy horseman, Ge Xia had to fight, but he heard Ge Xia roar violently: "Come down to Lao Tzu!" As soon as he stomped on his feet, he pounced on him, ignoring the blade that was about to fall on his head, and grabbed the waist of the head of a hundred households, and with all his might, he dragged the enemy off his horse, and the two rolled on the ground and scuffled together.

Although Ge Xia has great strength but does not know the art of wrestling, the head of the hundred households is obviously a master of wrestling, although he was suddenly dragged off the horse by Ge Xia before, and received a few old punches in a row, but once he came back to his senses, he relied on his skills, but pressed Ge Xia under him, and secretly pulled out a short knife hidden in the riding boots, and stabbed Ge Xia in the chest, fortunately, Ge Xia reacted quickly, his hands were closed, and he grabbed the wrist of the head of the hundred households, and he tried to snatch the short knife away, but the other party's whole body was pressed on the knife, Ge Xia couldn't succeed, so he could only support it hard, and the situation was already precarious.

Ge Xia is powerful, but not so big that he is as innate as Gao Heng and others, at this time he was pressed under the tall and strong opponent, his qi gradually tightened, and the strength in his hand gradually weakened a lot, the sharp tip of the knife gradually approached Ge Xia's chest, just when Ge Xia was about to lose his support, a snowy knife flashed, and the huge head of the Hui Baihu grew like a watermelon and fell to the ground like a watermelon, jumped on the ground a few times, and rolled into the chaos of the army, Scarlet blood spurted out like a fountain from the broken part of his neck, spilling all over Ge Xia's head and face, and before Ge Xia could understand what was going on, he saw a big hand suddenly stretched out, and actually lifted Ge Xia's burly body up easily, and a loud roar sounded in his ears: "Good boy, continue to kill thieves!" As soon as the words fell, the man had already struck the rebels in front of him.

Ge Xia escaped from death, and his shock was just settled, only then did he notice that it was Lin Ting, the deputy commander of the infantry army, who saved his life, and his heart suddenly became hot, he reached out to wipe the blood from his face, leaned over and exercised a scimitar that he didn't know who left on the battlefield, and roared: "Kill the thief!" "Swiftly marched into the chaos of the army......

The power of the Mo knife lies in the formation of the formation like a wall, if the battle is dispersed, the power is very limited, it is almost impossible to crush the surging cavalry charge, just when Ge Xia fell into a bitter battle, the Tang army Mo knife team also launched a bloody battle with the fierce Hui cavalry - the Hui cavalry after paying the price of hundreds of horses, finally got their wish and took advantage of the opportunity of the Tang army's Mo knife team to gain a foothold in the Tang army's two wings, but at this time, the impact momentum of the Hui cavalry was also completely contained, It's just relying on the condescending advantage of riding on a horse to fight, and it can't really defeat the two wings of the Tang army, and after the Tang army's shield swordsmen rush forward, the two sides immediately strangled into a ball, and it was difficult to solve for a while, but at this time, the middle road battle situation has been divided into winners and losers - Hui is a nation on horseback, good at cavalry combat, although there is also a certain ability to fight on foot, how can it be compared with the strictly trained Tang army infantry, Don't look at the number of Hui infantry soldiers who rushed up to kill nearly twice as many as the Tang army's shield knife hands, but both individual combat strength and overall tactics are a cut behind the boss, the two sides just fought, the Hui infantry suffered a big loss, and was defeated and retreated by the Tang army's infantry soldiers, and then was greeted by the Tang army archers who were hiding behind the formation with cold arrows, and after a few faces, they collapsed, and were killed by the Tang army's infantry in embarrassment, and almost collapsed.

"Withdraw the troops, quick, blow the trumpet!" Tudu Mi, who was still angry to break the Tang army, saw that his own infantry was beaten to pieces, and he was afraid that even the cavalry on both wings would fall in, so he hurriedly issued a withdrawal order, and as soon as the horn sounded, the two armies of the Hui infantry cavalry were all defeated and retreated back to their own horse wall, and the Tang army did not take advantage of the victory to catch up, but only sent the defeated army back to the defeated army with bows and arrows in the same place, and this tragic and short hand-to-hand combat came to an end.

From the beginning of the war to this time, it was only more than half an hour before and after, the Tang army killed more than 1,000 people, but killed more than 4,500 Hui troops, it can be said that it was a small victory, however, the situation of the enemy's strength and my weakness has not changed fundamentally, and the situation of our defense of the enemy's attack is still the same, and with the disappearance of the war horse wall that was originally used as a cover, the situation is a little more severe for the Tang army that is holding on to the river, but fortunately, there are many corpses of people and horses lying in front of the two armies' arrays. This also created an obstacle for the Hui cavalry to sprint at full speed, which was barely a blessing in misfortune.

Distressed, extremely distressed, looking at the defeated remnants of the defeated generals, Tudu Fan was so distressed that his face was green, he had the heart to retreat, but he didn't hear the horn sound in this formation, he really didn't have the courage to retreat like this, what he was afraid of was that Xue Yantuo Khanting would kill himself in front of the battle under the pretext of withdrawing the army without authorization, but if Tudu Mi launched this kind of decisive charge again, he refused to play with his life anymore, at this time, seeing that the Tang Army had no intention of attacking, he was happy to relax, and simply led his soldiers and horses to hide behind the war horse wall, played "no war on the Western Front" with the Tang Army more than 60 zhang away.

In addition to deceiving himself, the little tricks of Tudu Mi and other small tricks to hide his ears and steal the bell can all be seen clearly by others - the Tang army saw that the Hui did not attack, so they were too lazy to pay more attention, in addition to the front army waiting in formation, the officers and soldiers in the rear stepped up the construction of the pontoon bridge, dozens of large trebuchets also took this opportunity to set up, and more than ten assembled large ballistae moved from the rear to the front of the army, lined up, but did not attack the Hui army within the range, Instead, they tacitly maintained a peaceful confrontation with the Hui army in which the well water did not interfere with the river water; The Tang army didn't intend to get along with Tudu, but Xue Yantuo's Arutai in his own formation was a Tudu fan, and when he saw Tudumi, he didn't launch an offensive after grinding there for a long time, so he immediately sent a herald and gave an attack order with strong words, and at the same time, thousands of Xue Yantuo's cavalry in this formation, as a supervising army, began to slowly press forward, although the number was not large, but the psychological pressure that could be brought to the officers and soldiers of Hui was huge.

Go on the offensive? Nothing like that! As soon as Tudu Mi remembered the tragedy of the previous battle, he was shocked for a while, how could he casually continue to stuff such a small number of troops into the human flesh grinding plate, but he could not attack and succeed, and the Xue Yantuo cavalry behind the formation was not used as a vase, and under the dilemma, Tudu Mi came up with an idea, sent a herald back to the Chinese army, asked for reinforcements to support, and named the commander of the Servant Gu Department to lead the whole army to help, saying that if it can be like this, it will definitely be able to break the Tang army in a battle. No one knows whether Tudu Mi blows out the cowhide Arutai believes it or not, but Arutai is not embarrassed by Tudu Mi, and even thinks about it and puts on a posture without hesitation, and without hesitation, he ordered Tong Jin Yeda to lead 15,000 soldiers and horses to attack, and cooperate with Tudu Mi to defeat the Tang army in front of him.

"Brother Yeda, I finally have you here." As soon as Tudu Fan saw that Qi Jin Yeda led the department to arrive, he didn't care that Qi Jin Yeda's face was as black as the bottom of the pot, and he greeted the general with a smile, and shouted with a sincere face.

"Humph!" Although Tong Jin Yeda and Tudu fans have always been good friends, they are still children and daughters of each other, and they have supported each other in the past, but at this time, I saw that Tudu fans insisted on pulling themselves into the water, how could they have a good reputation, after all, a few years ago in Shenwu City, Tong Jin also reached a lot of defeats under Li Zhen, and he was already scared. The anger in his heart was surprisingly big, and he couldn't wait to chop Tudu Mi with a knife, so he snorted coldly, so he didn't look over, and he didn't even look at Tudu Mi.

At this time, seeing that Tong Jin also Da showed his face to himself, Tu Du Fan did not have the slightest sense of being ashamed of himself, and came to Tong Jin Yeda's side with a smile, and asked in a low voice in his ear: "Brother Yeda, in your opinion, can this battle be won?" ”

Tudumi's questioning action seemed very private, but this "low voice" was really not low, not only could he hear it clearly, but also the generals around him could hear it, so that he was stunned for a while before he reacted, and looked at Tudu Mi suspiciously, but he didn't speak, but his eyes were on Tang Jun's side, which clearly meant that he was not optimistic that Xue Yantuo's army could defeat Li Zhen's fierce god.

Tudu fans are not surprised by the reaction of Qi Jin Yeda, not to mention the battle under the Shenwu City back then, that is, after the previous battle, Tu Du fans have long not wanted to fight with Tang Jun like this, at this time, seeing that Qi Jin also tacitly acquiesced to the reality that his side is not as good as Tang Jun, and the decision in his heart was even more resolute, hehe smiled, and came to Tong Jin Yeda's side, and his voice was very low to recount, and he was dumbfounded, his eyes were like copper bells, and after being stupid for a while, he said in a curtled manner: "Can this be done?" ”

"Cheng, no problem, how can being a brother hurt you, brother?" Tudu saw that Tong Jin also had a heart to move, and immediately patted his chest wildly, comforting with confidence.

Tong Jin also didn't say a word for a long time, but his face kept changing, and at the end, he let out a sigh, clenched his fists, his eyes flashed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, then it's done according to my brother's wishes." ”

"Hahaha...... okay, refreshing, then it's decided." Tudu saw that Tong Jin Yeda agreed to his approach, and immediately laughed proudly, arched his hand at Tong Jin Yeda, and turned back to the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, gathered all his henchmen and generals together, and commanded in a low voice. The Tang infantry phalanx on the opposite side also had to hurry up to line up in a dense defensive formation, dozens of trebuchets and more than a dozen large ballistas were in place one by one, ready to meet the wild charge of the two cavalry, at this point, the atmosphere of the battlefield that had just been silent for less than half an hour suddenly became hot again, and a hard-fought bloody battle seemed to be about to be staged again.

In the solemn atmosphere before the battle, the poignant horn sounded first in the Hui army array, more than 35,000 grassland cavalry began to move slowly forward at the same time, the snow bright Mo knives in the Tang army formation have been raised like a forest, and the Tang officers and soldiers who operated the trebuchet and large ballista have also tightened the rope for launching, just waiting for the order to launch, however, at this moment, something unexpected happened to both warring parties - the alliance of the two tribes that had just been launched suddenly turned the horse's head in unison, Not only did they not launch a charge against the Tang army, which was waiting for the battle, but they galloped away on the right side of the battlefield, and before the warring sides could figure out what was going on, the allied forces of the two tribes had already fled from the battlefield and marched all the way east without looking back.

Dumbfounded, this time they were all dumbfounded, not only the soldiers on both sides, but also the commanders of both sides did not expect such a strange thing to happen, at this moment, whether it was the Tang army or Xue Yantuo's army, they were all unable to catch up, and they did not dare to divide their troops to pursue at the cost of scattered formations, they could only watch in amazement as more than 35,000 people from the Hui and Fugu tribes disappeared into the distance, leaving only a mess and dust in the sky.

Accidents, another accident, there are too many accidents today, so many that even Li Zhen and other calculation masters feel that the situation is completely out of control, and for a while some are at a loss - according to the practice of fighting in the Xue Yantuo Khanate, it has always been to let those small tribesmen act as cannon fodder to take the lead, which was already expected by Li Zhen, even if the Hui Hui, the tribe second only to Xue Yantuo in the Xue Yantuo Khanate, took the lead Li Zhen had already calculated, according to Li Zhen's original tactical arrangement, Originally, it was to use Lin Chenghe's more than 10,000 infantry as bait to attract Xue Yantuo's army to send troops to attack in turn, in order to exterminate as many small tribesmen as possible, and clear some obstacles for the future march into the Xue Yantuo Khanate. Thus forcing Xue Yantuo's army to withdraw to the Ulastai Pass, it is not necessarily necessary to annihilate Xue Yantuo's army, Li Zhen also plans to keep the fool to go back to Xue Yantuo and make trouble with Dadu, but he didn't expect that the war had just started less than two hours, and there was an escape in front of the two armies of Hui and Fugu, which made Li Zhen feel very depressed that he had punched into the empty place - Li Shimin's strategic idea of winning over Hui and Fugu to divide the Xue Yantuo Khanate was simply a tiger in Li Zhen's view. It seems that this kind of jackal grassland people have never known what it means to be grateful, rather than let the Hui grow stronger, replacing Xue Yantuo as the frontier disaster of the imperial court, it is better to take advantage of the Hui and Fugu tribes before the wings of the two tribes have not grown hard to completely defeat it, there are two brothers in the Xue Yantuo Khanate, there are two brothers in the Xue Yantuo Khanate, how can it be too peaceful, at this time, if you can eliminate some more Hui and Fugu soldiers and horses, it will be much easier to enter the Xue Yantuo Khanate in the future, Even after conquering the Xue Yantuo Khanate, the division of states and counties and other government affairs can also have a lot less resistance, but unfortunately Li Zhen didn't expect that the old boy Tudu Mi would be shameless to such a point, and it is impossible to change the formation to catch up at this time, after all, Xue Yantuo's army is still staring at it on the other side, and secondly, it is too late in time, so he can only watch the Tudu Mi Department go away depressedly.

"Order: The infantry army moves forward, and the armies cross the river in turn!" Li Zhen frowned and pondered for a while, then gritted his teeth and issued a battle order, and in an instant, the horn sounded loudly in the Tang army's formation, and the troops who had been waiting on the south bank for a long time immediately rushed along the improvised pontoon bridge that had just been built to the other side of the river.

If Li Zhen is just depressed, Arutai is angry, the reason why he knew that the purpose of the Tang army to cross the river was to attract himself to send troops to attack, but he still decided to send the two major grassland tribes of Hui and Fugu to die, naturally he also had his considerations - over the years, the two major tribes of Hui and Fugu have become closer and closer, and they have developed very rapidly, and they have gradually become an extremely unstable factor in the Xue Yantuo Khanate, and what worries Arutai even more is that these two tribes are not only secretly talking to the Tang Dynasty, It is also inextricably linked with Dadu, the reason why the two tribes were forced to send troops to attack the Tang infantry phalanx that was waiting for the battle, in addition to testing the hole cards of the Tang army, the main thing is to think about borrowing a knife to kill, but unfortunately although he calculated well, he didn't expect Tudu Fan to be a step ahead, so he played a dashing battle before slipping away, which made Arutai eager to leave the Tang Army opposite, and the whole army went out to chase and kill Tudu Mi, even if it was broken into thousands of pieces, it was not enough to eliminate the anger in his heart, but unfortunately he couldn't and didn't dare, Without him, not long after the Hui army withdrew from the battlefield, a horn sounded in the Tang army's main formation, and the Tang army's infantry phalanx, which had been lined up in a square to meet the enemy, began to press forward slowly, and at the same time, a group of Tang cavalry also began to march towards the north bank along the four pontoon bridges that had been built.

Is it a war? Is it keep? Or withdraw? Arutai frowned and looked at the Tang officers and soldiers who were crossing the river, and for a while he was in a trance, not knowing how to decide, at this moment, there was a sudden commotion behind his own formation, and Arutai, who was disturbed by his train of thought, turned his head angrily, but as soon as he saw the person, his face immediately changed......

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