Chapter 68: Rolling up a Thousand Knife Blood

In the northeast direction of Yinshan, the Tang army marching in dozens of groups is galloping north at a very fast speed, and the Tang soldiers running in front are still wearing Turkic clothing, and there is no flag in the army to indicate their belonging.

The weather has begun to warm, the ice on the grassland has thawed, which also brings great convenience to the march of the army, although the spring grass is still only showing a faint shadow, but because of the impact of the war last year, there are not many herdsmen grazing in this place, and no one has harvested the dry grass of the previous year, and there is still golden dead grass everywhere, which is the ready-made forage for war horses, so as to avoid the trouble of soldiers needing to bring forage in the battle. These dead grasses not only provide forage for the war horses, but also make the grassland look more majestic, lined with the continuous mountains in the distance, even a person like Liu Yi who has a heavy responsibility, is greedily admiring the extremely beautiful scenery around him while traveling.

It's a pity, today's traffic situation is very inconvenient, from Chang'an to this grassland in the south of the desert, it will take several months to take a carriage, and people with weak bodies may not be able to eat, Liu Yi really wants to take a few beauties from Chang'an to this place for a walk, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of different seasons on this grassland, but unfortunately, such a willingness may not be realized in a lifetime. If it is really a whim to bring Guan Wan'er or Princess Taiping here, not to mention enjoying the beautiful scenery, it is not necessary for these two delicate beauties to throw their lives away at this time.

The scouts sent out kept coming back to report the situation, and from the information gathered, there was no movement from the Turks, and there were not even any scouts sent to inquire about the news, which was an excellent situation for our army.

Liu Yi still led the soldiers and marched at the fastest speed that he could achieve.

Liu Yi, who led the army, did not expect that before his troops arrived at the tents of the Turks, the battle between Ashina Funian and Cheng Wuting's troops had already entered a white heat-

Under the blow of the dense arrows of the Tang army, the Turks still rushed to the front with their lives, and they understood that as long as they rushed to the Tang army's formation, the Tang army, which was inferior in numbers, would definitely not be their opponent.

After several rounds of arrows by the Tang army, this originally extremely beautiful grassland was covered with corpses, and thousands of Turks were killed by arrows, or were wounded, fell to the ground, and were trampled by the war horses running behind, and lost their lives.

The blow of our army's arrows has given the Turks a certain degree of heavy damage, but the Turks still did not retreat, and the men and horses of several waves of continuous impact have all converged, and the Turkic cavalry who were fortunate enough to escape the arrow blows of the Tang army still rushed quickly to the Tang army's formation, and in the face of the Turks who came over like a desperate kill, Cheng Wuting had already taken the cavalry guarding the archers on both sides to meet him.

Cavalry and cavalry killing, many times speed is very critical, with the speed of the cavalry, must be stronger than the cavalry that has just started, the speed has not been raised, Cheng Wuting of course did not allow the Turkic cavalry to rush to their own formation, only to passively meet the attack, thousands of Turkic cavalry were killed or wounded by our arrows, this situation is still quite morale-inspiring, Cheng Wuting also has to take advantage of the morale of the soldiers, and the Turks to kill.

Cheng Wuting rushed to the front of the whole team under the escort of a group of personal guards, they charged from the left side of the cavalry who had just shot in formation, another lieutenant general in the army called Li Xiaotu, led thousands of men and horses to rush over from the right side, those archers were still shooting, until the cavalry of our army rushed to their own front, they stopped shooting, abandoned the bow, took the spear, and under the protection of the shield of the sergeant in the front row, stretched the spear out of the gap between the shields, ready to kill the Turkic cavalry who rushed over.

Cheng Wuting was also holding a spear, and in the continuous roar, he ordered the soldiers around him to rush over.

The men and horses on both sides rushed at a relatively high speed, and soon encountered, and as the two armies met, the speed of the impact of the war horses slowed down, and the shouts of killing and screams kept coming, and the sergeants on both sides kept falling in the waving swords and guns-

"Khan, the combat effectiveness of the Tang army is very strong, we may not be able to resist it!" One of his subordinates approached Ashina Fu Nian and said loudly.

There are nearly 10,000 sergeants around Ashina Funian, and more than 20,000 of the more than 30,000 horses led by him have already rushed over, and they have lost thousands of people when they were attacked by the Tang army's dense arrow attack that surprised them.

This is an expected loss, but Ashina Fu Nian is still very heartbroken, because he has been hesitating during this time, many times thinking about whether to re-show favor to the Tang Dynasty and stop the rebellion, so as not to suffer bad luck to the people he leads, but the conditions promised by Ashina Fu when he instigated him to rebel against the Tang Dynasty are too generous, if he can successfully resist the attack of the Tang army and gain a firm foothold in this land, he will be respected as a khan for generations with other tribes, and everything will obey his orders, the pastures of other tribes, It is also in his charge, and each tribe contributes a certain number of cattle and horses to him every year, in the face of such a temptation, Ashina Fu Nian was moved in hesitation, and also made many actions to firmly resist the Tang Dynasty in hesitation.

It's just that after Pei Xingjian's envoy secretly arrived, the uneasy mood reoccupied his heart, and he also understood a little, it is likely that Ashstewin Fu was unwilling to fall down after the last rebellion, so he gathered and instigated some tribes, including his department, to rebel again, so that he was also tied to the chariot that fought against the Tang army, and the last time hundreds of thousands of Turks were annihilated was not a year ago, it is likely to repeat the mistakes of the past, so he will become a prisoner like Ashde's service. Also, if the rebellion is successful, Ashdwin Fu is likely to tear his face and compete with him for pastureland, Pei Xingjian's envoy also made it clear to him after stating the benefits, if he is attached to the Tang Dynasty at this time, Pei Xingjian can protect him from punishment, and will also report to the court not to investigate his rebellion, and still let him lead the Ye Guardian and live on this land.

At the insistence of some leaders, Ashina Fu Nian did not listen to the words of Pei Xingjian's envoy, and continued to prepare to fight against the Tang army, but also left a way back for himself, and did not embarrass the envoy, and in the words that the envoy brought back, he also said to Pei Xingjian that if the Tang army returned to Shan Yu Duhufu, he would consider Pei Xingjian's suggestion.

Ashina Fu Nian was thinking about things while looking at the situation on the battlefield, now that there is a fierce battle of such a scale with the Tang army, there is no room for recovery, only by defeating the Tang army led by Cheng Wuting can he have the opportunity to think about the next thing.

The battle between the two sides on the battlefield is fiercely carried out, although the number of Turks is large, but the morale of the Tang army is in full swing, under the leadership of the independent generals, they are desperately rushing to kill, after several rounds of arrow strikes, suffering heavy losses, and encountering the stubborn attack of the Tang army, many Turks have been afraid, which also makes the battlefield did not appear in favor of the Turkic scene, the two sides are hanging.

Ashina Fu Nian saw such a situation, and was also anxious, knowing that the two sides strangled together could not tell the winner for the time being, if there was any more Tang army support, the situation would be very miserable, and it was necessary to eliminate the Tang army in front of him as soon as possible It was the best policy, so he immediately ordered that of the remaining 10,000 people around him, only 2,000 men and horses were left by his side, and the others also joined the battlefield.

The morale of the Turks, who had joined the active forces, was noticeably restored, and the situation on the battlefield turned in favor of the Turks.

At this time, a group of cavalry rushed out from the distance on the right side of the Turks, and the dust behind them was flying, stretching for several miles, and the Tang army with tens of thousands of sizes rushed over, and to the surprise of the Tang generals and the Turks, in the southern direction, the sand and dust were also raised, and a large number of men and horses rushed out of the dust.

What made Cheng Wu quite happy was that the men and horses rushing over from the south were also under the banner of the Tang Army, and he somewhat understood that this group of men and horses should be the men and horses led by Li Zhishi, who had sent people to contact him two days ago, and with the support of this army, which was no less than his own troops, the Turks lost this battle.

The Tang army that rushed out of the smoke and dust was very fast, and they did not go to assist the friendly forces that were strangled with the Turks, but rushed directly to the hillside where Ashina Funian was.

Seeing this scene, Ashina Fu Nian was shocked, the worst situation really appeared, the Tang army also set up an ambush in this area, waiting for him to send out all the men and horses, to raid him and the leaders he led, Ashina Fu Nian ordered the thousands of men and horses around him to prepare to meet the enemy at the same time, but also sent someone to order the people and horses who had just rushed over to hurry back to help.

The soldiers of the Tang Army, who were struggling to support, were overjoyed to see their men and horses rushing out from the side, while the Turks were terrified when they saw the smoke and dust rolling in, and someone came from behind, so that the men and horses strangled together with the Tang Army in front of them came back to help protect the Khan, and some people also quickly turned their horses' heads and galloped back to help, while some people were so frightened that they turned their horses and ran away in the Tang Army's wave after wave of shouting and killing.

The scene of the close match just now was fundamentally changed by this sudden situation, and the Turks showed signs of defeat.

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield had changed, Cheng Wu was overjoyed, and after stabbing to death a Turk in front of him with a spear, he waved his gun and shouted: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, and the Turks can't resist it, follow me, kill..."

The guards around him followed Cheng Wuting to shout and kill, and drove the mounts under him to chase and kill the Turks who turned around and ran back.

The rush on the battlefield sometimes pays attention to a momentum, one side of the soldiers and horses are chaotic, and there are signs of rout immediately, and when Cheng Wuting arranged these thousands of people to rush and kill from the side, the Turks are afraid that our army will come to support, and the army's heart is shaken.

The countless swords of the Tang army soldiers were raised, shining with the light of death in the sun, and slashed into the Turkic crowd, and for a while, the countless Turks who fled and returned to help were cut off their horses, and the blood flowing from the swords dripped down like rain, and the horizontal knives in the hands of the Tang soldiers rolled up a thousand knives of blood...

(To be continued)