Section 383 The Great Flying Eagle Formation
"As long as you can follow Madam Xiao to make meritorious contributions this time, all sins can be avoided!" Liu Yu stared into the eyes of this former subordinate and said word by word. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Really!?" shouted Huwill.
"Really!" Liu Yu's expression was very serious, and it didn't look like a joke.
"I, Ho We, will not fail in my mission!" Hu Wei fell to the ground, knowing that he had escaped.
"Get up!"
Liu Yu glanced at him lightly, turned over on the horse, hugged his fists and said goodbye to Mrs. Xiao, and then walked away.
It took him only four hours to return to the army, far shorter than the six hours he had made with Jerodad.
Even so, it was not too early, and the sun had already set in the west.
The army marched for another hour, and finally reached the shores of Kurosawa. Under the setting sun, Kurosawa with a radius of hundreds of miles is in the shape of an oval, like a tear left in the world by the Nine Heavens Xuannu.
In the name of Khan, he began to set up a formation along Kurosawa. 100,000 Khitan soldiers and horses dug and built fortifications along the coast of Kurosawa, and between the camps and between the soldiers and horses, it seems that some wonderful law is followed, but this law is indescribable.
The overall outline of the 100,000 Khitan army looks like an earth eagle with wings ready to fly from a distance. This formation is called the "Great Flying Eagle Array", and it took him three years of hard work.
This battle was the only basis for him to start a battle to the death with the Tibetans, and it was only the first appearance that would decide the ups and downs of the Khitan and the Tibetans, and make the final end to the three-year war.
He called Yerodaku to his side and whispered in a low voice, and Yeroda nodded again and again.
"This battle must be fought quickly, and there must be no mud and water!" he instructed.
"Understood!" said Jeroda.
Two hours later, five thousand Khitan heavily armored iron horsemen disappeared from around Kurosawa without a trace under the cover of night. At the same time, Jerodarius himself quietly followed.
Just when the eight Khitan soldiers had just built the earthen wall and dug the ditch, the 700,000 troops of the Tubo people had already arrived and surrounded the 100,000 Khitan soldiers and horses on the bank of Heize. The boundless human horse is like a vast and boundless ocean, and the fear brought by it is also boundless.
Since the last defeat, these Tibetans have become cautious. They did not take advantage of the darkness of night to attack, but set up camp not far from the Khitans.
The tremendous pressure brought by the two confrontations made the air above Kurosawa seem to be iron. Within a radius of 100 miles, the smell of death permeated the air. These birds on the grassland seem to be psychic, and none of them are willing to fly over this land.
That night, no one slept.
The next day, when the sun was rising, the soldiers on both sides had scarlet eyes. The golden sunlight shone on the faces of the soldiers of the two armies, dazzling the tips of the spears and the edges of the knives. None of these soldiers would blink an eye, for this might be the last time they would see the sun shining on the world.
Both armies beat the drums of war to the ground, as if only by doing so could the deep fear of death be dispelled in the hearts of the soldiers.
100,000 Khitan soldiers and horses relied on Kurosawa to launch a defensive position, waiting for the attack of the Tibetans.
Liu Yu ordered the soldiers to set up a five-zhang high watchtower in the Chinese army, and he personally climbed the watchtower to observe the movements of the Tubo army condescendingly.
After the stalemate between the two sides for an hour, the Tubo people finally couldn't hold it back, their large array separated from the middle, and a cavalry wearing yellow armor, wearing yellow robes on their shoulders, and riding yellow horses danced with golden swords, galloped out of the formation, and everywhere they passed, the Tubo people cheered!
Anyone who knows a little about the history of the Tibetan State will know that this cavalry was established by the old king of Tubo in imitation of the first elite "Xuanjia Army" of the Tang Dynasty - called "Golden Cavalry"!
The Golden Cavalry selects the bravest soldiers of the Tibetan army, gives them the best horses, the best armor, the sharpest weapons and the highest salaries, and the only condition is that they must be unconditionally loyal to the old king of Tibet.
It is said that in order to establish this elite golden horse, the old king of Tubo spent three full years of national endowment. The serfs and Tusi in Tubo were overwhelmed by this and revolted one after another, but in the end they were all suppressed by him, and hundreds of thousands of people were killed and killed because of this.
No one thought that these Tubo people would send such an elite army as the "Golden Horse" at the beginning. Perhaps the three years of the campaign had worn out all their patience and made them eager to end it all as soon as possible.
Liu Ju condescendingly judged that there were about 20,000 golden horsemen rushing towards the main formation of the Khitans.
Of course, he could not let this Tibetan golden cavalry indulge on the battlefield, and they slaughtered the Khitan soldiers with impunity, so he passed down the military order through the mouth of the Khan's personal guards.
10,000 Khitan soldiers with huge shields on their shoulders were ordered to walk out of the formation, and they shouted in unison, smashing the huge shield on their shoulders to the ground, making a loud noise. The endless wall of giant shields blocked the path of the 20,000 Golden Riders.
Behind the shield wall, there were 20,000 Khitan pikemen, and these pikemen were staring at the movements of the Tibetan elite in front of them, and their expressions were very nervous. As soon as these so-called golden horsemen dared to approach, their spears would mercilessly pierce through the gaps in their shields, knocking their enemies off their horses one by one.
Unexpectedly, when this golden cavalry was still more than 50 steps away from the Khitan main formation, it suddenly divided into two groups and rushed towards the two wings of the Khitan army with lightning speed. Their cunning actions shocked most of the Khitan soldiers.
Everyone knows that the two wings are the weakest point of the army. But when the two wings of a great army are torn apart, the great army will fall into passivity, and the situation on the battlefield will be difficult to reverse. As for defeat, it's only a matter of time.
"Let the soldiers on both wings change formations and turn into the shape of 'swallowing'!" Liu Yu condescended, and saw the movement of the 20,000 golden horsemen of Tubo clearly. After receiving the order, one of the Khan's personal guards hurried to the guard tower.
The formation of the two wings of the Khitan army immediately changed, although the formation did not have the slightest understanding, the men and horses within the formation were hurriedly moving each other. Everything is very hidden, and the enemy is unaware.
These two Tibetan golden horsemen rushed to the front and back of the two flanks of the Khitan army, and they all danced the golden swords in their hands, shouting from their mouths, and the corners of their mouths showed wanton smiles, ready to meet the joy of the upcoming killing.
At this moment, the soldiers in front of the two wings of the Khitan army suddenly opened up in unison, releasing a road, allowing these Tibetan golden horsemen to rush into the formation.
These golden horsemen rushed down, where could they stop the horses' hooves, and by the time they reacted, most of the men and horses had been swallowed into the formation by the two wings of the Khitan army.