Chapter 39: The Battle of Shibu Valley

Scout Pegasus reported that the Tibetan army had appeared and was about to arrive in the Shishi Valley.

Li Jing ordered to set up a formation in front of the Shishi Valley to meet the enemy.

The shield-bearer was at the front of the array, and behind the shield-bearer was the musketeers, and whenever the Tibetans attacked, the musketeers behind them would shoot the enemy with flintlock muskets.

If the enemy fires arrows, the shield-bearers will defend themselves, keep the musketeers under them, keep the enemy in the valley, and wait until the time is right before beating the drums and attacking the whole army.

This time, he must eat the vanguard of Tibet, and the first battle must be won!

Ashina glanced at the Shishi Valley in front of him, worried that there would be an ambush inside, and told Bo Lunzan Blade to be careful, it is best to send someone to investigate first, so as not to be ambushed.

If it weren't for the Tuyuhun people telling him about the situation in Shishi Valley, he wouldn't know that there was Shishi Valley, and Tang Jun couldn't have predicted the route they were going to take in advance, so Ashina didn't have to be suspicious.

The victory will eventually belong to them, just wait to enter Diezhou City, relax and relax!

For the sake of safety, Ashina secretly ordered the Western Turkic soldiers to walk at the rear, allowing the Tibetan army to go first.

If there is really any danger, there are also Tubo people who go to the thunder, if there is no danger, you will not suffer if you walk behind!

The Tibetans entered the Shishi Valley, walked half the way, and found that the Tang army had already lined up and waited for them.

"Report! General Qiyu, the Tang Army has been found in front!"

"What? How many people are there? ”

"There are probably a few thousand people, all of them infantry!"

"There are only a few thousand people, and they dare to argue with us and give them some color!"

When he heard the news from the soldiers, he was shocked, and after hearing that there were only a few thousand people, he breathed a sigh of relief, such a few people were not enough for him to stuff his teeth.

Immediately full of confidence, "Archer!"

The archers immediately stretched out their bows and arrows, and listened to orders at any time.

"Alert!"

The Tang army set up a defensive formation, and the musketeers half-knelt behind the shield bearers to prevent the Tibetan army from injuring them by shooting arrows.

"Shoot the arrows!"

As soon as he gave the order, countless arrows shot towards the Tang army, and the shield bearer immediately hid behind the shield and let the rain of arrows cover the shield.

Seeing that the bow and arrow could not effectively hurt the Tang army, Bo Lunzanjian immediately ordered the cavalry to charge.

More than 10,000 Tubo cavalry rushed towards the Tang army on the opposite side, the hooves roared, and the earth shook!

The Tang army soldiers stared at the Tubo cavalry rushing towards them, and the Tang army musketeers stood up with flintlock pistols in their hands, aiming at the Tubo cavalry rushing towards them.

Looking at the Tubo cavalry getting closer and closer, the musketeers put their fingers on the trigger, and when they rushed into the firing range, they would pull the trigger and kill them all!

One-meter, two-meter, three-meter......

The Tibetan cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the musketeers stared intently at the Tibetan cavalry.

"Bang ......"

A series of gunshots rang out, and at the same time as a pellet of projectiles erupted from the muzzle, a puff of white smoke rose from the muzzle, condensing a thick puff of smoke above their heads.

After the front row of musketeers fired, they immediately stepped back, the second row of musketeers stepped forward to shoot, then retreated to the back, the third row of musketeers made up the shots, and so on, the three rows of musketeers took turns to come forward and fire, and retreat to the back to reload.

Under the intensive projectile attack, the Tubo cavalry could not dodge at all, and the projectiles shot fiercely into the bodies of the war horses and cavalry, and the war horses fell one after another, and threw off the wounded or dead cavalry on their backs!

The cavalry behind rushed forward and charged, and the horse's hooves stepped on the body of the cavalry in front, or trampled the wounded cavalry to death under the horse's hooves, and continued to charge!

Bo Ronzan looked at the charging cavalry, revealing a hint of amusement.

More than 10,000 cavalry versus several thousand infantry is not a piece of cake, a trivial matter to be handled casually.

Not to mention thousands, even in the face of tens of thousands, his more than 10,000 cavalry can be defeated, cavalry has a natural advantage in the face of infantry, and his more than 10,000 cavalry is the elite of the elite, and it only takes one charge to kill thousands of infantry in front of him!

However.

As the gunshots rang out, the situation on the battlefield changed and developed in a direction that he did not dare to imagine!

A strange sound sounded in the formation of the Tang army on the opposite side, and then a light smoke rose from the pipe they held in their hands, and the cavalry that Bo Lunzan was proud of fell one after another.

"How so?"

Bo Lunzan Blade and Ashina were stunned!

The cavalry couldn't even get close to the opposing infantry, and was put down by the opponent's strange weapons?

He has fought with Tang Jun many times, and this is the first time he has encountered this situation!

"When did the Tang Army have such a powerful weapon?"

Bo Lunzan's brows were furrowed, and he didn't have a clue for a while.

"General, please also order the cavalry to withdraw, otherwise, more than 10,000 heroic Tubo soldiers will all die here!"

Ashina on the side was glad that he was smart and didn't let the Turks stand in front of him to fight with the Tang army, otherwise he would have suffered heavy losses!

Ashina did not forget to remind Bo Lunzan to ask him to withdraw the cavalry.

Only then did he come back to his senses, and just when he was distracted, the Tubo cavalry had already lost more than half.

"Blow the trumpet, withdraw the cavalry, quick!"

"Woo~Woo~Woo~"

The trumpeter immediately picked up the horn in his hand, put it on his mouth and blew it, and the melodious sound of the horn sounded, signaling the retreat to the charging cavalry.

The Tibetan cavalry immediately turned their horses around and quickly fled back to the Tibetan army.

Seeing this, the Tang army immediately pushed forward, passing the wounded Tubo soldiers lying on the ground and moaning in pain, they would not hesitate to make up for it, eliminate the physical pain for these wounded soldiers, and send these Tubo soldiers on the road by the way!

"Archer shoots!"

Bo Lunzan immediately let the archers shoot arrows, covering the retreat of the cavalry and suppressing the Tang army.

Bang~Bang~Bang......

The bow and arrow in the archer's hand raised the bow and arrow in his hand, facing the sky at a forty-five degree angle, shooting countless arrows, and the arrows in the sky crossed an arc in the air, falling towards the Tang army like a rainstorm!

The Tang army immediately stopped, the shields in front of the formation stood in front of the formation, the shields on both sides were raised above their heads, everyone moved closer to the middle, and all the shields were connected together, forming an impermeable shield wall, allowing the rain of arrows to fall.

The rain of arrows fell on the shield, making a crashing sound, but it could not break through the shield array like a tortoiseshell.

"Beat the drums, the whole army attack!"

Li Jing saw that the time was almost up, and estimated that Mu Li and Wen Sha should also go around behind the enemy, and it was time to close the net!

"Whoa!"

The herald took the order and departed.

Knock~knock~knock~

"Soldiers, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The war drums sounded, and Shazha Zhongyi and Lou Shide, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately led their respective soldiers and horses to kill from the mountains on the left and right, and rushed towards the enemy army below.

Sha Zha was the first to rush into the enemy formation, rushing back and forth.