Chapter 10: The Prologue to the Decisive Battle

An iron hoof trampled on the dry sand, and with a crisp sound, it raised a piece of sand; Thousands of iron hooves, the sound was like thunder, bringing up a cloud of dust.

"Kill! Kill all the Turkic dogs! Li Yuanji took the lead, carrying the dust clouds brought up by five thousand horses and chiseled into the Turkic siege array from the side.

The chief of the Shatuo tribe had been staring at the besieging tribe in the rear of the military formation, and suddenly saw the smoke and clouds rising on the side of Longzhou City, and at the end of the city wall, a cavalry rushed out, followed by thousands of troops and horses.

At this time, he was shocked to realize that he was only concerned about attacking the city, and he carelessly forgot to spread widely and did not collect it at night, and the only exploration horse was estimated to have been eaten by the Tang army scouts.

Seeing the cavalry of the Tang Army that suddenly appeared, his heart tightened, he didn't expect the Tang reinforcements to come so quickly, and they were at the critical time when the whole army was attacking the city. He got up from his horse and roared loudly:

"Quick, Mingjin, get our men down; The cavalry mounted and prepared to meet the enemy! ”

All this was in vain, and it was only a few hundred meters from the corner, and the cavalry charge was instantaneous; Where did he have time to let the Turkic chieftains reorganize their armies for war, Li Yuanji's army was like a hot knife that cut through butter, easily cutting through the Turkic array. Many Turks had not even had time to hear the sound of Mingjin before they had fallen under their iron hooves and were trampled into pulp.

By the time the sound of Ming Jin finally drowned out the sound of fighting on the battlefield, Li Yuanji had already cut the Turkic camp from the middle, and after completing the first charge, he turned around not far away, preparing to cut for the second time.

The Turks who were attacking the city retreated like a tide, and the Tang troops defending the city let out tired cheers. The Tang general leaned against the female wall and looked at the embarrassed Turkic people, and as soon as he smiled a little, the smile froze on his face, staring straight at the back of the Turks; At some point, there were boundless military horses!

The Tang general on the city wall stood tall and saw far away, facing the chief of the Shatuo tribe in Longzhou City, but he didn't know what was behind him; just stared at the silver-armored general under Li Zi, his eyes burst out, and his heart was dripping blood. In less than a pillar of incense just now, the deaths and injuries of the sons and daughters of the Shatuo Department increased by hundreds, these people are the future of the Shatuo Ministry, they should have a better future, but today they are all lost here. It's all thanks to this silver-armored Tang general. I wanted to fight again, but I looked at the corpses laid under the city wall, and the wounded soldiers screaming next to the corpses; He flinched.

The tribe could no longer lose blood, and the priority now was how to keep more tribal warriors under the attack of that group of cavalry. Just as he was about to grit his teeth and continue to Mingjin to let the whole army withdraw, a large wave of cavalry suddenly appeared in the rear of the army formation, and they crossed the large camp of the Shatuo Department and rushed straight towards the cavalry of the Tang Army.

Where did this cavalry come from? The chief was puzzled, and another knight broke through the guard and came closer, shouting:

"Where is the chief of the Shatuo tribe? Jieli Khan invited the chieftain of the Shatuo tribe to the king's tent to make a statement. ”

It turned out that the army of Jieli Khan had arrived, and the chief of Shatuo breathed a sigh of relief, and the tribe's sons should be able to save him. It's just that he wonders why Jieli Khan's army came so quickly.

He also wondered about Li Yuanji, who bore the brunt of the attack, and he also wanted to ask why Jieli's army came so quickly, and yesterday's spies also reported that this Jieli had just arrived in Qinzhou, why did he appear on the outskirts of Longzhou today.

But now is not the time to think about it, because the Turkic cavalry has already slaughtered his formation. To fight or to avoid? The eyes of the five thousand cavalry were all looking at him, waiting for his answer.

As far as the eye can see, the Turkic cavalry is estimated to be around 8,000 to 10,000 people, far more numerous than on their own side; When Li Yuanji was hesitating, Li Zhi'an led the crown prince Qianniuwei around the city and appeared in the rear of Li Yuanji's department. There are almost 3,000 people in the crown prince Qianniuwei, and these 3,000 people are completely new forces, plus them, Li Yuanji feels that he can fight! It happened that Li Zhi'an also saw the smoke and dust raised by the Turkic cavalry, and hurriedly moved closer to the Qi Wangjun.

The Turkic cavalry is getting closer and closer, and if it is not decided, the speed of the horse's impact will not be raised;

A mouthful of turbid air was exhaled, and the turbid air carried the heat of the body, and suddenly encountered cold air, forming a condensed white gas, and the white gas dissipated in the cold air in an instant.

Li Yuanji raised the spear in his hand and roared: "Fight!" His voice infected the entire cavalry, and five thousand throats shouted at the same time: "Fight! War! War! Prince Qianniuwei also shouted: "Fight! War! War! ”

The "......" leather whip was thrown on the horse's ass, and the military formation began to start to attack.

The sound of nearly 20,000 horses' hooves made the earth tremble; Tang Jiang on the city wall held the handle of the knife with his right hand, and his eyes were fixed on the two knights as they collided quickly; Suddenly he shouted, "Drumming!!" ”

The sound of the cowhide drum of "Dong Dong Dong ......" spread far and wide, all the way to the royal tent of the Turkic Jieli Khan.

Jieli Khan was very confident in his knights, and now when he saw the Tang army actually beating the drum and marching, he couldn't help but say: "I don't know who the Tang general who led the army this time is, he has good courage and dares to carry my Turkic iron cavalry." But I didn't know that this was a move to use the mantis arm as a car. ”

"Report to the Great Khan, the enemy general who leads the army in front is Li Yuanji, the king of Tang Qi."

After saluting Jieli Khan, he explained: "The banner of that silver-armored general is Qi, and under the control of the Tang people, it must be Li Yuanji, the king of Qi." ”

During the conversation between the two, the Tang army and the Turkic cavalry in front of them had collided fiercely; There is no right or wrong on the battlefield, there is no reason, only you live and die, if you want to survive, you can only hack the enemy to death. Death is terrifying, but at this moment, both sides don't even have time to think about fear, everyone concentrates their minds on their weapons, and only by cutting down all the enemies who stand in front of them can they have the possibility of surviving and the opportunity to think about fear.

The Turks were familiar with horseback, and the Don army was well-armed; Between the charges, from time to time someone dies and someone falls off their horses; Whether it is death or falling off the horse, as long as it falls to the ground, it will immediately be trampled into meat sauce by countless iron hooves. The originally dim earth was gradually stained red and blackened by blood; More and more corpses were trampled and turned into organic matter.

The sound of slashing and slashing gradually weakened, the sound of weapons colliding, and the sound of sharp blades entering flesh changed from less to more, and from more to less, and the only thing that became louder and louder was the wail of the wounded man who fell off his horse and the mournful cry of the horse that lost its knight.

rushed and killed for a while, I don't know how long it took to cut, I don't know how many people I cut, and the front suddenly opened up; Li Yuanji suddenly found that there were no Turks in front of him, and looked around, beside him were the elite guards of the Qi Palace, and they were tightly guarding beside him; Looking further back, the 5,000 cavalry led by him and the 3,000 princes and Qianniuwei were no longer half left at this moment.

It turned out that in the hedge with the Turks, both sides chiseled each other through each other. Seeing that the Turkic cavalry rushed through, after rushing over, they had already begun to turn around and continue to kill back. Li Yuanji hurriedly shouted:

"Turn around! Quick, turn around and run! ”

The remnants of the armies on both sides rushed towards each other again, and the corpses and wounded soldiers lying on the ground once again ushered in the trampling of iron hooves.

The Jieli Khan in the rear looked at the battle situation that was almost 1-1, and even the Turkic side had to lose a little, and his face sank. just now boasted that Tang Jun was a mantis arm as a car, and he was slapped in the face in less than a pillar of incense; The face is very bad.

There are many people on his side and few Tang soldiers, so he doesn't need to talk to Tang Jun about any military formation, just use strong troops to crush the past.

Jieli Khan, who felt that he had lost face, decided to directly suppress people; The whole army swept over directly and crushed the 30,000 Tang reinforcements to death like a car and ants!