The enemy had 10,000 cavalry on each flank, while the Chinese army numbered between 20,000 and 30,000.

Xie Tong gasped, although he had been mentally prepared, but in the face of such a large number of Turkic wolf army, he still had palpitations, the number of wolf troops was about 40,000 to 50,000, all brown horses, the wolf army was dressed in leather jackets, deerskin boots, a horse chopping knife hung on the saddle, and the back was carrying an arrow and a longbow, and there was no armor on the whole body, although the equipment was not as good as the Tang army, but the momentum was far higher than that of the Tang army.

Looking at this posture, it was completely prepared in accordance with the 20,000 horses of the Tang Army, but fortunately, Li Zheng and the others had left first last night.

The Turkic Chinese army pulled out of a carriage, and Chongli was sitting in it.

Xie Tong looked at him from a distance on the sentry tower, only to see that his face was pale, obviously the sword last night caused him a lot of injuries.

Chongli also saw Xie Tong, he laughed wildly, and said, "Only 20,000 Tang troops dare to come to my grassland to spread wild, it is simply presumptuous, and it is also a blasphemy against the god of the grassland, Xie Tong, if you are willing to surrender and hand over Li Zheng and Princess Khitan, the national division can consider letting these poor Tang soldiers go, of course, I will also leave you a whole corpse, how about it!"

Xie Tong jumped down from the sentry tower, seeing that the Tang army had been frightened by the enemy's formation, and the battle had not yet been fought, and half of it had already been lost, he intended to raise morale, but it was meaningless to say anything at the moment.

Thinking of this, he jumped on a horse, clamped his legs between the horse's belly, and rushed straight out of the Tang army camp.

There were exclamations of soldiers behind him, and Hong Shan and Cai Wei were already about to cry.

The two armies faced each other, and Xie Tong rushed out alone.

Xie Tong was not timid, he knew that if he wanted to awaken Tang Jun's fighting spirit at this time, he could only risk his life.

He rushed straight towards the Turkic wolf army, and galloped to Chongli's carriage.

He was only a dozen paces away from the tens of thousands of lions of the Turks.

At this moment, even the Turkic wolf army that dominates the steppe has to admire his courage, is this a lone hero?

Xie Tong could almost feel the killing machine of the wolf army that was close at hand, and as long as these tens of thousands of horses were dispatched, they could crush Xie Tong to pieces in an instant.

Xie Tong looked at Chongli with a smile and said, "Respected national teacher, maybe the Turkic wolf army can defeat our troops and kill us, but in the vocabulary of my Tang Empire, there has never been such a thing as surrender, Xie Tong can be shrouded in horse leather, but he will not kneel and beg for mercy from the national teacher, so does the national teacher understand?"

Chongli's face did not change, and said, "General Xie, the old man admires your bravery, but have you ever thought about the soldiers behind you?

Xie Tong secretly scolded Chongli for being cunning, and when he said this, if all the soldiers complained about him and hated him.

Xie Tong smiled and said, "The national teacher's words are wrong, as the people of the Tang Dynasty, if we can't maintain the dignity of the empire and can't guarantee the safety of King Wu, then what's the point of living, if you bow down to a small country outside the country, then it might as well be really dead."

As soon as these words came out, many Turks were immediately angry, and many of them could understand Chinese, and there was a riot.

They shouted and threatened to kill Xie Tong.

Chongli said, "The two armies will not fight each other, Xie Tong, you can go back! Let's see you on the battlefield, it won't take a stick of incense, the old man told you to kneel and beg for mercy, haha!"

Xie Tong knew that he was not boasting, he reined in his horse and walked towards the Tang military camp, and said as he walked, "It's better for the national teacher not to go to the battlefield in person, otherwise the sword wound will attack and he will die!"

Chongliqi's seven orifices smoked, but he still maintained his demeanor and said, "It's useless to say more, please go back!"

The Turks value face the most, so people watched Xie Tong return, and even tens of thousands of wolf troops admired Xie Tong's bravery.

Xie Tong returned to the Tang army camp, and all the Tang troops here broke out in a cold sweat, and Hong Shan and Cai Wei immediately caught up.

Hong Shan said angrily, "How dangerous!"

Xie Tong smiled but said nothing.

Cai Wei also gave a thumbs up in admiration, and at this moment she knew that Xie Tong's great achievements in the Southern Expedition did not rely on luck, but a combination of wisdom and courage.

Guan Yong followed behind Xie Tong and said, "General, Guan Yong is served." I don't have that courage to ask myself!"

Xie Tong said, "This battle will be very dangerous, tell the brothers, take out the strength of my Tang army, even if you run out of ammunition and food, you must hold on until dusk, as long as it is dark, we must have a chance to escape."

Guan Yong said, "Don't worry, general! When the brothers saw the general's brave appearance, they all admired the five-body body to the ground, even if they died, they would not insult the dignity of the empire." ”

While the two were talking, a long horn sounded, and the Turkic attack began.

Xie Tong said in a loud voice, "Order the whole army, prepare for battle."

The Turkic wolf army slowly rushed towards the Tang army's camp, and tens of thousands of horses stepped on the Eguna Plain together, suddenly making a deafening sound, and Xie Tong felt that the earth was trembling.

He whispered, "Shan'er, Caiwei, come with me, don't charge."

With that, he took up the whirlwind footwork, and climbed up to the sentry tower again with a few ups and downs.

The Turkic attack was one-sided, and this time, only from the front, with both flanks holding still.

He had to sigh that his luck was too good, Chongli attacked blindly and arrogantly, and did not send troops on both wings, this time, he may have to pay an extremely painful price.

Xie Tong stood on the sentry tower, condescending, and after seeing the layout of the enemy army clearly, he said in a loud voice, "Guan Yong, immediately divide three thousand men and horses to rest, these men and horses are not allowed to participate in the battle without my order." ”

The enemy's cavalry charged, getting closer and closer to the camp tent, Xie Tong took out the moon-chasing bow, pulled it into a full moon, and shot straight towards the enemy's central army.

The bamboo arrow seemed to be like a meteor, instantly slashing through the camps of the two armies, shooting directly at the flagpole of the handsome flag opposite, and the flagpole was broken when it landed, and the big flag printed with the wolf's head suddenly fell.

A roaring cheer erupted in the camp of the Tang Army, and at this moment the fighting spirit rose to the extreme.

Xie Tong said in a loud voice, "Brothers, beat the drums and cheer."

The rumbling drums resounded on the battlefield in an instant, directly drowning out the sound of the enemy's horses' hooves.

At this moment, the wolf army has entered the range of the crossbowmen.

Xie Tong said in a loud voice, "Archery."

With that, he directly pulled three bamboo arrows and shot them towards the dense wolf army.

The archers of the Tang army also shot arrows one after another, and the arrows rained down on the crowd of wolf troops, and the people who shot the enemy were turned on their backs.

The wolf cavalry who were hit by the arrow either shot down their horses, or drooped on their horses, dragged out by the galloping horses for a long distance, and some were directly trampled under the horses by the cavalry who followed up, and the situation was terrible.

At this time, the bloody nature of the wolf army was stimulated, although the comrades-in-arms fell one by one, but it did not affect their emotions and fighting spirit at all, they rushed up one after another, not afraid of the bow and arrows of the Tang army.

Xie Tong commanded the release of arrows while observing the situation on the field, and the enemy army rushed up fearlessly under the dense rain of arrows, and arrived in front of the camp in an instant. The wolf army clenched their swords, cut directly through the wooden fence in front of them, and rushed to the camp.

Xie Tong said, "Shan'er, Caiwei, order the second echelon to set off and fight the enemy fiercely." ”

The infantry of the Tang army was ready for battle, and under Xie Tong's order, thousands of Tang troops lined up in a line, rushed forward with spears in hand, and the infantry and cavalry fought in one place.

Xie Tong did not jump off the sentry tower, he still pulled his bow and shot arrows, every arrow shot, it would take away a life of the enemy, and suddenly he found that the wolf cavalry was followed by a large number of infantry, the number was about 5,000, and it was following behind the cavalry, covering and killing.

Xie Tong couldn't sit still on the sentry tower, he had to immediately repel the cavalry that rushed into the camp, otherwise once the infantry of the wolf army rushed into the camp, the battle would be over.

He hurriedly said, "Shan'er, Caiwei, you come to the sentry tower and inform me of the enemy's troop deployment at any time."

With that, he drew his green steel sword, flew down from the sentry tower, and directly crossed above a Turkic cavalryman, and with a kick of both feet, he directly kicked the enemy off his horse, but sat calmly on the horse's back.

The two enemy soldiers beside him clenched their swords and slashed directly at him.

Xie Tong shook the Qingyu sword, slashed from left to right, and directly cut off the two horse swords, and the sword qi rolled up by the sword directly cut the throats of the two, and suddenly, blood splashed, and the two fell from the horseback.

Xie Tong rushed towards the Turkic wolf army, wielding a green steel sword, and slashed down more than ten enemies in a row.

In just a few moments, Xie Tong disrupted the enemy's way.

One of the leaders of the enemy army discovered Xie Tong's bravery and hurriedly commanded dozens of cavalry to surround Xie Tong.

Xie Tong knew the essence of the battlefield, that is, he could not give the enemy a chance to besiege him, he pulled the reins, and the horse rushed forward.

A few bamboo arrows shot behind him, Xie Tong listened to the sound of the wind, his figure immediately leaned on the horseback, the bamboo arrows shot into the air, he immediately got up, brandished the green steel sword again, cut down the two cavalry in front, and got out of the enemy's encirclement and returned to the Tang army's camp.

Because the cavalry was hindered from running, it limited their attack power.

At this time, the superiority of the infantry of the Don Army was manifested.

The iron spear, about a zhang long, was in the hands of the infantry, and the attack range was very far, and before the cavalry could get close, it was stabbed down by the Tang army.

The Turkic cavalry could only dodge on horseback, as the so-called inch long and strong, short and dangerous.

Xie Tong said, "Brothers, stabbing horses don't stabbing people."

The Tang soldiers heard it very well, and stabbed at the horses one after another, but the horses would not dodge, and after being shot, they became furious, and then they became uncontrollable, and began to rampage, and they hit many enemies when they landed.

Cai Wei and Hong Shan were not idle on the sentry tower, they also followed Xie Tong's example, shooting arrows with bows, and because of their condescending advantages, they also shot and killed many enemy soldiers.

Suddenly, Cai Wei said in a loud voice, "Xie Tong, the enemy's infantry is about to rush in."

Xie Tong knew that something was wrong, the enemy's infantry came so quickly. Hurriedly opened his throat and shouted, "Guan Yong, send the second echelon reinforcements."

The addition of this new force turned the situation on the battlefield at that time.

The soldiers of the second echelon used swords, about four feet long, and they were specially selected to slash and kill the cavalry who had fallen from their horses, and they surrounded the cavalry, and from time to time carried out sneak attacks, or cut at the enemy on the horses, or picked the horses to attack, in the crowd, the horses turned very slowly, and the enemies on horseback were also affected by this, and they were powerless in the face of the attack of two weapons, one long and one short.

In a short time, the cavalry that had previously stormed the camp had been lost, but the losses of the Tang army were also quite serious, and the corpses of both sides were scattered in every corner of the camp. Barely a single step is taken, stepping on the corpses of men or horses, and the blood is already soaked in the ground.

Xie Tong scolded Chongli for being stupid, the cavalry is suitable for charging, but not good at close attacks, does he really think that the Turkic wolf army is invincible? But this is also exactly what he wants, in this way, he can pick up a great bargain for nothing.

The enemy's infantry finally rushed into the camp of the Don army, and the two sides began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Xie Tong gasped for a moment, clenched his grip on the Qingyu Sword, and rejoined the battlefield.

To deal with these ordinary soldiers, he doesn't need to use his true qi excessively, just with the sharpness of the Qing Yu Sword, he can easily complete the kill, and the enemy has no one to do, and he is often killed by him in one or two moves.

However, the enemy's infantry superiority was manifested, and the fresh force of 5,000 infantry, facing the Tang army, which had been trembling for a long time, began to show superiority.

The Turkic infantry also used spears, although the quality of the weapons was not as good as that of the Tang army, but it was superior in numbers, and in a short time, the Tang army had been overwhelmed.

The Tang army was defeated and retreated, and many soldiers who could not retreat were tragically killed under the enemy's spears, and those who were pierced by a single shot abounded.

Xie Tong had no choice but to use the last hole card, which was the only remaining 500 Tang troops in addition to the reserved 3,000 men and horses, and he had to put this last new force into the battlefield.

However, it only lasted for a moment, and it was difficult to recover the situation in the face of the disadvantage in numbers.

Both the enemy and the enemy were all red-eyed, desperately slashing and slashing in one place.

Cai Wei and Hong Shan also jumped off the sentry tower and joined the ranks of the hand-to-hand combat.

Hong Shan's green bamboo sword is also a rare divine weapon in the world, she held the sword and killed several people in a row.

Cai Wei's martial arts are much stronger than Hong Shan's, her soft sword is superb, relying on the speed of her body, she does not fight hard with the enemy, but from different angles, the soft sword pierces the enemy's body, and the effect is actually very significant.

Xie Tong looked at it in his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if Lao Lai, Huo Zixin, and Yi Wuxing were here at the same time, they could be used as a thousand people and horses, and they could completely repel the enemy's attacks.

In the face of a flood of attacks, the battalion could be lost at any time.

Xie Tong really couldn't think of any other way, so he had to draw another thousand from the three thousand men and horses of the reserve army and join the battlefield.

These 1,000 men were the troops he could use to the best of his ability.

New units joined the battlefield, the situation suddenly improved, the Don army did not retreat, withstood the onslaught of the enemy.

Xie Tong held the green steel sword in his hand, always at the forefront of the battle, and he didn't care about retaining his physical strength and true qi at the moment, and slashed fiercely.

The Turkic wolf army stormed for a whole morning, until noon, still did not take the Tang army camp, at this moment both the attack and defense were exhausted, Xie Tong was covered in blood, and he couldn't tell whether it was the enemy's blood or his blood.

Chongli saw that the wolf army suffered heavy losses, they marched all the way, and fought for a few hours, the fighting spirit had dropped to the freezing point, he knew that he could no longer take the Tang army camp, and hurriedly ordered the troops to be collected. (To be continued.) )