Chapter 411: Rivalry Pastoral songs are intertwined
Fu Meng Lingcha raised his head and pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "My Tang Dynasty criminal law is tolerant, he has committed rebellion and injustice among the ten heinous crimes, I can give leniency and hang, and the violent corpse can be collected back after three days, and the heavenly burial will be carried out according to your customs of turbulence." ”
Du Mo took a breath, spit out a long breath, and asked, "Is this the fate of all the sons of Mohe?" ”
Fumon Lingcha was silent, but the results were already clear.
After a short consultation meeting, Fumontinga and Dumochi had agreed on an exchange of interests, and the next thing to do was to join together in the war and win.
After waiting for another two days, the army of Bakhana came to the aid with herds of cattle, and Asiranda brought with them 10,000 soldiers, half of whom were surnamed Tuqi Shihei, who, after joining up with the Tang army, began to advance in the direction of Kadan Mountain.
Li Siye could already see from the mental outlook of these soldiers surnamed Shi Hei that the low-level soldiers might not be willing to participate in the war. They are not like the upper rulers who compromise for vested interests, and the feelings they show are the simplest and most blazing - even if there are disputes and differences between the black and yellow surnames, they are reluctant to help outsiders to slaughter their own people.
He Mo Dagan led the people surnamed Huang to fight under the Katan Mountain, and they numbered more than 20,000 people. Compared with the opposite camp of the Tang Army, they were at a disadvantage in terms of both numbers and equipment.
More than 10,000 Tang troops led by Fumeng Lingcha put out a six-flower array, which was a simplified formation by the military god Li Jing on the basis of the cumbersome Zhuge Liang's eight formations. The Bagua Array originally had nine armies, with the Chinese army in the center, and the remaining eight armies corresponding to the eight sides of the Fuxi Bagua, with more than 1,000 variations in the configuration of the troops. The Six Flowers Array is more simple, the Chinese army is located in the center, the left and rear armies, the right front and rear armies, and the left and right Yuhou armies are distributed in the periphery of the Chinese army, forming a hexagonal structure with both offense and defense.
Comrade Li Jing also did not know whether he had studied beehives or was proficient in geometry, and the hexagon was the most material-saving shape, both for architecture and for the army. It is more stable than the Bagua Array, and the requirements for commanding generals are also lower, and both novices and veteran drivers can be proficient in manipulation. Moreover, it can also absorb other troops into the battle formation, and it is also very easy to use with cavalry, which is simply an economical and versatile formation.
Infantry-based, cavalry-supplemented Liuhua Array has undergone countless war tests, from the early Tang Dynasty to the end of the Tang Dynasty during the period of the five dynasties, it has no opponents, the only defect is that the army's professionalism and equipment and cavalry dependence is too high, so it is only suitable to survive in the Sui and Tang dynasties.
The six-flower formation of Fumeng Lingcha was in the center, the 8,000 cavalry of Dumozhi was on the left, and the mixed formation of 10,000 infantry cavalry of Bahanna was on the right. On the opposite side, Mohe Dagan set up a phalanx with a character structure, with two cavalry teams on the left and right sides, and the phalanx in the center was also coordinated by various military branches.
Under the white wolf skin in the center, Mohe Khan, dressed in a white military uniform and wearing scale armor, rode out of the crowd alone, and rode a white horse towards the center of the battlefield, making the Turgish leader even more tragic and righteous.
He stopped at a stone's throw from the Tang army, and stopped and waited with the reins of his horse.
Fumeng Lingcha stepped out of the six guards, and he rode a black horse, the dark bronze bright light armor reflecting the sun's rays, making him dazzling. And the crimson cloak behind him, and the colorful Yingluo on the war horse, look like a villain.
Mo He's messy beard fluttered in the summer breeze, and the two of them met in the middle of the battlefield on their horses, no more than a few feet apart.
"Fu Meng Lingcha, I first plotted to kill Sulu and take the lead in submitting to the Tang Dynasty, but you led the army to come to me today, isn't this an ungrateful act?"
Fu Mengzhong dragged the reins of the horse, and the black horse under him looked very irritable, constantly kicking the dust on the ground, he stroked his beard and said coldly: "You sent troops to murder the ten surnamed Khan Shi Xin of Mengchidu, which is not tolerated by the sage for the imperial court, and you are to blame for today's fate." ”
"It's your Datang injustice!" Mohe's roar was like the shrill chirping of a goshawk: "My merits are no match for Uzil, Sugo, and Sulu." Can't afford to be a Khan with ten surnames? But your court has ill intentions and vainly wants to give the position of Khan to a puppet with the surname Ashina, how can you blame me for killing the killer. ”
"Homo!" Fu Mengling snorted: "What kind of meritorious deeds do you keep shouting, but you have half a point of loyalty to the court, if you can't even tolerate a puppet, when you slowly sit down in the future, will my Anxi Protectorate also become a thorn in your side?" ”
"Strong words! The land through which the Broken Leaf River flows is the land of my Turgish! It's my He Mo's home, you broke into my house, and you want to install a master on my head, you want to make my whole clan surnamed Huang become Ashina's slaves, how can there be such a reason in the world! “
"Under the whole world, it is not the king's land, and no matter the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, they are all saints."
"Phew! It's useless to say more, we see the high and low in the knife and gun! ”
In fact, this verbal meeting between the two men did not have much significance, and it was unlikely to increase the momentum of the two armies, and it was not known whether it would affect the will of the enemy's commander.
They each turned their horses back and returned to their camp, and Fumeng Lingcha gave the order to the Ya Ya, waving the command flag to prepare for battle, and the Fuyuan crossbow used by the two stood in the front row, and the crossbow used by the individual soldiers stood in the back row.
He Mo ordered the horns to blow, and the cavalry on both sides did not dispatch, but charged forward with the infantry formation supporting the wooden tower shield in the front of the center.
Li Siye's left and right Yu Marquis army was at the forefront of the Liuhua array, the officers of the six pillars of the Chinese army waved their flags and ordered to change the formation, the left and right armies in the front compartment slowly moved forward to level with him, and the left and right sides of the rear compartment and the Chinese army pressed behind the formation, and the horizontal expansion of the formation made the enemy's attack intensity much higher.
The Turgish people didn't care about the Tang army's change of formation at all, and they were already rushing towards them in a strict line.
"Fuyuan crossbow! Shoot! ”
Fu Yuan's crossbow was placed on the ground, and the soldiers sat on it and wound it with their waists. When the enemy rushed to a distance of three or four hundred meters, the Tang army began to fire, and the arrows shot out like a rain of locusts and fell into the turbulent cavalry formation, and the scattered soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.
The infantry formation continued to charge forward, and the Chinese army waved the trumpet flag and ordered: "Fu Yuan crossbow, retreat!" ”
The crossbowmen retreated directly to the rear of the formation with the crossbow of Fuyuan, and stepped forward with the soldiers with crossbows on their backs, their standard configuration was infantry guns and crossbows, and the spears were placed on the ground when shooting the enemy, and they were divided into three teams, one team was wound with crossbows, one team was prepared, one team was aimed, and after the string was shot, they retreated to the back row, and so on and so on.
The heavy infantry formation of the Tuqi Shi people rushed to a distance of two hundred paces against the crossbow arrows of the Tang army, and their formation changed from dense to sparse, leaving many corpses on the way forward. Mo He ordered the horns to be blown in the rear, and the heavy infantry with wooden shields suddenly stopped, and the shields were removed, revealing the yaks that were being driven forward behind.
"Running Bulls! Get ready! ”
The Turks dipped the yak's tail with grease, and the people in the back row held torches ready to light them.
On the Tang side, however, they pushed a group of sturdy-tied men, who were captured in the previous battle, including the third son of Hemo Khan, Que Si, to the front.
The herdsmen holding torches stopped their movements, and the strange sound of gurgling spread among the crowd, and some people were angry and scolded, and soon the Chinese army in the rear learned that Mohe Khan shouted angrily: "Fumeng Lao'er, you are despicable and shameless!" ”
It's a pity that the military formations of the two armies are too far apart, and his scolding can't reach the Tang army camp.
"Khan! How? The general holding the command flag asked in a loud voice.
"Ignition! Hit me! Kill me all! The home is gone, what's the use of asking for someone! ”
Mo He gave the order, and he staked the entire clan on this battle, not to mention the thousands of lives.
"Hit me!"
The herdsmen sang a pastoral song, a memorial song for the deceased, but the song was not poignant, but it was so in tune with the mountains and the magnificent pastures. The bound Trolls also raised their heads and looked at the other side in response, and the two dissonant tunes were mixed together, which was a desolate melody that had existed on the Tianshan grassland since ancient times.
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"Towering snow-capped mountains, green grasslands, big rivers flowing, spreading endlessly, feed my cattle and sheep, raise my sons and ......"
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Li Siye faintly felt that something was wrong, the act of using prisoners of war as hostages should be a bad move, and he immediately shouted an order to the left and right Yu Houjun: "Withdraw the prisoners!" Block with shields and spears! ”
"Withdraw the captives!"