Thousands of Tibetan cavalry descended from the southeast along the upper banks of the Tao River, and the roaring sound of horses' hooves trampled on countless wheat fields on the bank.

Soon, these Tibetan cavalry had already merged with the Brenzan Blade.

At this moment, the number of Tubo cavalry on the other side of the Tao River has exceeded two thousand.

……

"Knock knock knock...... I don't know when, a war drum has sounded on the wall above.

Li Xuan looked up in the southeast direction, and he knew that someone was telling him that the remaining five hundred people of the Tubo cavalry had gone to it.

Of the 3,000 Tibetan cavalry, 500 had already rushed over to the Taohe, but under the killing of bows and crossbows and traps, more than half of them had been killed or wounded.

There were 2,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and 500 Tibetan cavalry were missing.

They did not disappear, but went to the upper reaches of the Tao River, and they were going to cross the Tao River from the upper reaches and then attack the south gate of the state city.

Today, most of the defenders of Taohe are at the west gate, and the guards at the other east, north and south gates are immediately very weak.

The only way to avoid the attack of the Tibetans was to close the city gates.

The Tibetans were all cavalry, and apart from shooting arrows at the head of the city, they did not have many real siege methods......

At this time, Li Xuan saw a commotion of the cavalry on the opposite side, and the next moment, a cavalry of five hundred people had galloped towards the lower reaches of the Tao River, in the direction of the north gate of the state city.

They seized the weakness of Taozhou's city defense, and there were still too few people, even if the cavalry attacked the city, it was easy to capture.

At this time, Li Xuan's breathing strangely gradually stabilized.

He raised his head and crossed the wide Tao River, his gaze falling directly on the man opposite the Brenzan Blade.

At this moment, a hideous smile appeared on Brunzan's face.

With just a wave of his hand, more Tibetan cavalry rushed towards the east side of the stone bridge.

The stone bridge is 50 meters wide, and below it is the headless rushing Tao River.

After the Tibetan cavalry rushed across the stone bridge, more began to follow the east bank of the river, close to the river, avoiding the rain of arrows, and extended in a north-south direction.

At the same time, there were quite a few cavalrymen who continued to move forward against the rain of arrows and rushed to the pit.

On the battlefield, only military orders are followed.

Although Li Xuan asked people to dig more than a dozen pits about five zhang long in front of the city gate, there was still a gap of about one zhang in the middle of the pits.

As long as the cavalry avoided the pit, they could charge directly from the gap to the city gate.

Li Xuan looked sideways at the left and right, on each side there was a team of heavily armored Qianniuwei with full armor, the long knife had been put into the scabbard by Qianniuwei, and the long lance was placed on the iron hook behind the waistcoat, and then placed next to the horse's neck, stabbing obliquely from the top of the horse's head to the front.

The lance blade is cold.

As soon as the charge begins, the heavy cavalry will immediately break through all obstacles in front of them.

"Raise your bow and shoot freely." Li Xuan calmly ordered.

The next moment, a hundred thousand cattle cavalry raised their longbows on the left side at the same time, and shot directly at the Tubo cavalry who rushed through the pit.

Still shoot the horse's neck first, then the cavalry, a ruthless and efficient hunt.

In the blink of an eye, the Tubo cavalry who had just rushed through the pit all fell to the ground, the blood on their necks flowed to the ground, and their hands were on their longbows, but they had no chance to shoot arrows.

……

Li Xian stood on the city wall, the black flag behind him fluttering in the wind.

Looking down from above, whether it is Qianniuwei or the crossbowmen on both sides, they are all rhythmically hunting and killing the Tubo cavalry within the shooting range.

As for the Tibetan cavalry that was outside the range, they couldn't take care of it at all.

More and more cavalry rushed to the north and south sides, rushing out of the shooting range of bows and arrows and traps, and with only one turn, they could immediately stick to the city wall and charge at Li Xuan and the others at the city gate.

But on the front, there are still as many cavalry, charging and killing regardless of life and death.

On the front, the Tang army had already occupied the absolute lead, but they simply could not free up their hands to deal with the enemy on both sides.

As long as it takes a while, then there is no doubt that the Tibetan cavalry on both sides will completely crush them.

Li Xian was already very anxious, he raised his head and looked at the Brenzan blade on the other side of the river, but Li Xian's eyesight was not very good, and he could only see a figure from the center of countless cavalry, and he couldn't see the appearance of the Brenzan blade at all.

Then, Li Xian turned his head and said to Zhang Yungong on the side: "Zhang Tingshi, what do you think we have a chance to win this time?" ”

There was a hint of worry in Li Xian's tone, but Zhang Yungong didn't really dare to believe that Li Xian was worried, and bowed slightly and said: "Back to Your Highness, with the current military strength of my dynasty, the Tubo people don't have much chance at all; His Royal Highness has made careful arrangements, and so far, there have been no casualties among the soldiers of our court, which is really rare. ”

"Oh!" Li Xian turned his head in surprise and looked under the city wall.

Sure enough, up to now, whether it was Qianniuwei or crossbowmen, the attacks of the Tubo people had not hurt them at all.

At this time, there was a burst of exclamations from the north and south at the same time, and there were already Tubo cavalry sprinting against the base of the wall.

At the same time, someone jumped up from his horse and climbed directly above the city walls.

Although Taozhou City is a state city, it is not as high as the city, only six meters.

A rope was thrown up from below, directly lassosing the female wall, and the next moment, the Tibetan cavalry had already jumped up from their horses, pulled the rope and began to quickly climb towards the city wall.

With a "dang" sound, a sharp long knife had directly cut the noose, and the Tibetan cavalry who was climbing immediately jumped down.

At this moment, a bow and arrow shot directly from above, and an arrow pierced the throat of the Tibetan cavalryman.

However, before everyone on the city wall could rejoice, at this moment, more Tibetan cavalry began to climb towards the city wall with the female wall.

In other words, there was a special team of Tibetan cavalry, which was responsible for climbing the city wall and attacking Taozhou from the other side when the other cavalry was rushing to kill.

When Li Xian saw this scene, his breathing couldn't help but become heavy.

Before he could say anything, he heard a "boom", and a total of six trap pits suddenly appeared on the front road of the Tubo cavalry rushing on the north and south sides.

Before they could react, dozens of Tubo cavalry who were rushing into the pit had already fallen into the trap and were directly pierced by the sharp wooden stakes inside.

"Bang bang bang" More Tibetan cavalry fell immediately, but more people stopped in time.

They were not like the Tibetan cavalry who rushed head-on before, quickly passing through the area covered by crossbow arrows, and then rushed directly into the trap without slowing down at all.

They had just turned a corner from the side, and the speed was not fast, and at the critical moment, more people stopped in time.

At this time, the Tibetan cavalry at the front suddenly dispersed, and the next moment, a Tibetan cavalry carrying straw bags on their backs came up from behind and directly threw the straw bags full of mud into the pit, and more Tibetan cavalry in the back also began to do the same.

Fill the pit, they're filling the hole.

The Tang people could dig the pit, and the Tubo people could naturally fill the pit.

Not only that, but the Tibetan cavalry that was attacking the crossbow array was also unconsciously and quickly scattered to both sides.

The density of the Tubo cavalry that rushed into the crossbow array was rapidly decreasing, but the firing of crossbow arrows did not decrease at all, and it would not be long before the bows and arrows of the Tang crossbowmen would be consumed.

Li Xuan raised his head, looked at the Brenzan blade opposite, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Sure enough, it's a veteran of the battlefield!" ”

On these people in the Qinling family, they are all talents.

On Qinling's father, Lu Dongzan, helped Songtsen Gampo rise to the plateau all his life, and his two sons, who successively served as the minister of Tubo, and the remaining three sons, also contributed to the whole family in different fields in various places.

As a general who leads the party, he doesn't know how many wars he has experienced in his life, and he participated in the battle of Dafeichuan a few years ago.

Ignoring life and death, full of cunning, if it weren't for Li Xuan's preparation today, I'm afraid that in today's battle, who will win and who will lose, it is uncertain.

……

Almost in a very short period of time, the traps have been filled one by one, and the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to Taozhou.

"Stop shooting." Li Xuan gave an order.

In an instant, the drum beat overhead stopped and changed.

In the courtyards of the barns on both sides, the crossbow arrows all stopped firing in an instant.

"Rush!" Among the countless Tibetan cavalry, I don't know who shouted, and the next moment, they were already rushing towards the city gate.

At this time, Li Xuan raised his right hand high, and at this moment, I don't know how many people's breathing stagnated.

On the other side of the riverbank, the Brunzan Blade looked straight at Li Xuan, his fists clenched, looking at the red-clothed and gold-armored Qianniuwei on both sides of Li Xuan, the Brenzan Blade really wanted to kill them all and make them all his own merits.

More Tibetan cavalry began to rush up at a rapid pace, and the cavalry was nothing more than a speed, those who were one step faster killed people, and those who were one step slower died.

"Order, throw thistles." Li Xuan's right hand waved down violently, and the next moment, he saw a handful of black thistles, which were directly thrown out by the trebuchet on the city wall, like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, directly falling on the ground a hundred meters away from the city wall, and it was still spreading rapidly into the distance.

The Tubo cavalry, which was rushing at great speed, encountered these thistles, and just after a few steps of rushing, the horses under them couldn't help but neigh violently.

The next moment, the war horse fell to the side, and in an instant, countless thistles had pierced into their bodies, and blood flowed to the ground in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, on the front and on both sides, the Tibetan cavalry who were charging at great speed immediately fell to the ground.

Not only that, but more thistles were being hurled into the distance.

The Tibetan cavalry within this range all fell into the range of the thistle, and with a slight move, they immediately stepped on the thistle.

More than that, there was the wailing of miserable horses, and although they were pierced into their bodies by the ignorant thistles, they were not dead after all.

The miserable wail, on the battlefield, inexplicably carried a hint of misfortune.

Li Xian, who was on the city wall, was shocked when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but look at Dou Xiao and asked, "When were these catapults sent to the city wall?" ”

"It was yesterday, but after these catapults were delivered, they were not assembled, but they were quickly assembled in the early hours of this morning, and they were not debugged, who knew that these thistles were so easy to use." Dou Xiao couldn't help but scratch his head.

These trebuchets, which were originally used to project stones, were replaced by thistles that projected thistles, and the Tibetan cavalry lost dozens of cavalry and horses at once.

Not only that, but more war horses, even if they were quickly strangled, were also forced to be trapped in countless thistles and couldn't move at all.

Li Xian looked at this scene and couldn't help sighing: "No wonder my father once said that Uncle Wang guards the throne, with him, the safety of this king will not have to worry at all, it seems that what he said is true!" ”

Zhang Yungong's face on the side couldn't help but change, he seemed to have made a mistake.

Today, it seems that it is not Li Xian who has created such a situation, but Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang.

If that's the case, then the heavy-armored Qianniuwei below, they, are just bait.

made the Tubo cavalry on the opposite side think that they could take advantage of the opportunity, thinking that they would be able to rush into Taozhou City by killing Li Xuan, but they didn't know that Li Xuan had already laid a defense like an iron bucket outside the city, not to mention, there were thousands of Tang Iron Cavalry who did not show up.

Now, if nothing else, these 3,000 Tibetan cavalry are afraid that they are over.

(End of chapter)