Chapter 1011
"Cross the river..." Everyone whined, and had to grit their teeth and persevere, urging their subordinates to get on the horse and cross the river.
At this time, when the river is rising, the water level of the Tam River is very high and the water flow is even more turbulent. The war horses must swim carefully before they can swim to the other side, and the speed of crossing the river is naturally very slow.
After two hours of tossing, the sun was already high in the air, and only half of the people came over. As soon as the soldiers crossed the river, they flipped off the horse's back, lay on the ground and fell asleep, and could not pull them up.
The front army crossed the river for a long time, and Tong'e also crossed the river. Although he had been running for several days, Tong'e's mental state was still very good. He rode on the horse and looked at the soldiers all over the ground, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's really worse than the next generation. I thought when I was young, I followed Datou Khan and ran for six hundred miles in one breath, but I didn't look like a bear."
Those nobles were tired at this moment, thinking that Datou Khan was not glorious back then, wasn't he also lost the battle and fled westward? When he ran away, what's worth talking about? After forcing a few words, he got off the horse and rested, wanting to make up for a quick sleep. But no one could sleep... It felt like he was hungry. He didn't eat when he was hungry, and he didn't want to eat when the food came. Finally, he had time to take a breath, and the feeling of fatigue came and couldn't help but hurt all over his body!
But there are also unexpected gains. After suffering such a lot of trouble, everyone felt a little angry. Can we beat your strange firearm, but can't beat people? When I arrive at your Dingxiang City, no matter how much the price it costs, I must take down the city.
Over the years, the Turks have had close contacts with Dingxiang, but they knew that the prosperity of Dingxiang City was incomparable to both Kucha. Especially the Tang people made the thing called potatoes, which were delicious and had high yields. If potatoes were available, the revitalization of the Turks was just around the corner.
Tong'e looked at the people around her. Although they were dejected, their eyes were filled with anger and their hearts were secretly relieved. Although each generation was worse than the other, the children of Changshengtian, the wolves on the grassland, would definitely not be defeated.
Tong'e said in his heart, 'I have to cheer them up.' Thinking of this, he burst into laughter: "Hahahaha!"
The Turkic nobles around suddenly heard the crazy laughter like night owls, and everyone was really shocked. Before they could dismount, they fell off the horse's back.
"Who is laughing at this ghost!" The person who fell to the ground was furious, looking for the cause of the accident all over the world. Suddenly, he saw Tong'e laughing, and was immediately embarrassed.
"The skill of Dashan is really profound..." The man immediately woke up and quickly changed his mind and said, "After marching at such a fast speed, he still had such energy and laughed like thunder, which shocked me off the horse!" He was also a capable person, and he was knocked fainted, and he could even flatter him.
Tong'e's face was hot and her face was still calm.
"I wonder why the Khan laughed just now?" After the man was disturbed, the nobles remembered their supportive duties.
"Cough cough..." Tong'e was also mixed up and almost forgot the words. She coughed a few times before remembering what she wanted to say. She looked up and raised her whip.
All the nobles quickly turned their heads and covered their faces... and realized that he was not trying to hit someone, but pointed at the other side of the river.
"Is Ben Khan laughing? Li Mu is just like this," Tong'e made a gesture of giving advice to the country, and then said slowly: "He is just bluffing and relied on strange firearms to show off his heroes. How come he dares to go out of the city to pursue him? If he really dares to fight us head-on, it will be a real man. He is so cowardly, Ben Khan is really ashamed to be an enemy of him."
"Khan, all the servants we saved along the way were broken in Kucha City. There are also those eight thousand female relatives, oh..." The nobles felt extremely distressed!
"Hey, those servants are consumables, so what if they are all consumed?" Tong'e said disapprovingly: "As for those female relatives, huh, what kind of beauty can compare to the Tang girl in Dingxiang City? After breaking the city, after the Great Scholarship, whoever robs who will be the one who will be!"
As he said that, he looked at the army that had already crossed the river, and had not crossed the river and said, "This is our foundation, we are not hurt at all, we are here again!" As he said, he raised his beard and looked around everyone confidently and said, "Remember, we are the people of the Heaven of Changsheng, the grassland is our territory, not their Tang people!"
"It's still a great Khan's level!!" The nobles were enlightened and sang praises one after another: "I can't wait to beat you!"
"Yes, yes, I must be under the wise leadership of the Khan to reappear the glory of our ancestors and regain our Hetao!"
"We must wash away Dingxiang City with blood, and then we will head south and take Chang'an City!"
The nobles were flattering, but they saw Tong'e's face suddenly changed drastically, and her whole body was frozen, and her beard was pulled off in her hand...
Seeing Tong'e still as motionless as a mountain, the nobles were confused, but when they saw the beard in his hand, they felt a vague premonition.
"What's wrong?"
"What happened?"
The nobles hurriedly got up from the ground and looked around for no reason, but many horses around blocked their sight and saw nothing unusual. The army was crossing the river, and the scene was extremely noisy and there was no abnormality.
Tong'e's teeth clattered, raised her hand and pointed to the north, and the horse whip in her hand fell to the ground without any sense. His throat trembled a few times, and finally he struggled to squeeze out a few words: "How come there are cavalry here?"
A group of people and others hurriedly climbed onto the horse's back. The sight was not blocked, and they suddenly discovered that a large cavalry army was surrounding them in a fan. The distance between the two sides was only a few miles away, and they could clearly see the other party's flag!
Especially the two-meter-high central army flag, with apricot yellow flag fluttering in the wind, and the word "Li" with its teeth and claws on it was surrounded by dragon patterns. It was obvious that the person who came was the royal family of Li and the princes! On this grassland, the only one who could use this flag was Li Xiaogong, the Hejian prince who had great military achievements in Dingxiang City!
Back then, the prince made military achievements that he made in the attack on Jiangnan were only one line less than the current emperor Li Shimin. Even the current military god Li Jing was just a member of his corps.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the prince gave up his military power and neglected his military affairs, becoming an idle prince in everyone's eyes. His belly became bigger, his behavior became erratic, and he no longer had the demeanor he had when he was fighting.
The tiger put away its minions and made the foolish people in the world think that he is already a sick cat.
However, a powerful general is a powerful general. No matter how dim the gold is, it will not turn into a stone. A fierce tiger goes down the mountain and hundreds of beasts bow their heads. In front of the military formation, Li Xiaogong held a spear, with a momentum like a tiger and a dragon! How could he look like a playboy when he was in Chang'an?
"Is this the Tang army of Dingxiang?" The Turkic nobles all burst into tears and exclaimed in a burst of voice: "How could he be here?!"
"Why are you still standing there?" Tong'e turned around and looked at most of the people who were still crossing the river, shouting loudly: "Everyone hurry up and meet the enemy! Don't let the Tang army attack halfway!"
Everyone woke up as if they were dreaming, quickly grabbed the weapons around them, and regardless of whether they were their armor or not, they all put them on their bodies. For a moment, the originally chaotic situation became even more chaotic.
At this time, the Tang army had already arrived, less than two miles away!
The Tang army that came was the main force of the Dingxiang Protectorate led by Li Xiaogong! Thirty thousand elite cavalry!
On the way he came, Li Mu and the generals who followed the army were planning for this day. The reason why they kept marching slowly was actually planning. Li Mu knew that he had no time to spend with the Turks, not only did the supply of food and grass be allowed, but the domestic situation was not allowed. Now that Li Shimin is leading the army, he mobilized almost all the remaining troops. The Tang Dynasty had a large-scale establishment, leaving only 20,000 people led by Hou Junji of Jiangnan. In such an empty internal situation, if someone really rose up, he would not be able to suppress the rebellion for a while.
He had to fight quickly, but the Turks were as big as 150,000, and they were all cavalrymen. They came and went like the wind, how could they fight quickly?
Opportunities sometimes come, but more are created actively. Li Mu naturally would not rely on the weather for his own sake, so he had to take the initiative to create this opportunity. He knew that Kucha was besieged, and a plan slowly formed in his mind. The first step was to release the group of carrier pigeons!
In the eyes of the Turks and the defenders, the role of the group of carrier pigeons was nothing more than to give the defenders a boost to the city, informing the reinforcements when they would arrive. Or there was an extra meaning to achieve the effect of confusing the Turks. But in fact, the real function of this group of carrier pigeons was to induce. Induce the Turks, making them believe that the Tang army was cautious and only produced 8,000 cavalry, but most of them still remained unmoved!
However, the real situation is that except for the three thousand defenders and eight thousand "rescue" cavalry in Dingxiang City, all the remaining main forces crossed the Tam River from the east of Dingxiang City and circled a big circle in the north!
Because after seeing Li Mu's tiger cannon, Li Xiaogong concluded that in the face of such an unreasonable firearm, the Turks would definitely cherish their lives. They would definitely not dare to take the risk of fighting hard. They would definitely choose to surround the river to avoid the sentry and take Dingxiang City directly.
If Tong'e knew that Li Xiaogong was thinking this way, she would definitely shout that the experts were experts. The two of them had the same idea. Wouldn't the hero have similar views?
Li Xiaogong walked around and stood guard across the river. As long as he saw the whereabouts of the Turks, the probe would ignite a secret spice made of reeds on the grassland. This spice cannot be smelled by people, but dogs who have been trained for many years can smell it. Li Xiaogong and his cavalry arrived in this basin one day earlier than Tong'e. The hunting dogs were roaring this morning, and Li Xiaogong knew that the Turks had arrived! After hearing this news, Li Xiaogong was shocked and sweated. It was estimated that the Turks were the fastest.
It would take another night to get here, but they actually went half a day ahead. If the Tang army had not marched half a day earlier, they would have been driven ahead by them. If the Turks had crossed the river, the plan would have failed. Just as Tong'e thought, the grassland was the world of the Turks. When the cavalry fought head-on, the Tang army would have to have 30% more people to defeat the Turks. Faced with 150,000 cavalry, Li Xiaogong could only become a prey driven away, and there was no possibility of victory!
Fortunately! God belongs to Tang, but Tang army arrived first. I took a day off and had enough food and drink!
He quietly sent out a few short whistle detectives, squatting in the grass by the river, and waiting for the Turks to cross the river halfway, and suddenly launched an attack.
Although his troops are far fewer than those of the Turks, in war, they are never more than the number of people. Otherwise, what else can I fight? I will report to each other directly. I have more people than you, so you can surrender?
Such a battle is simply too cool!
Two miles, one mile, Li Xiaogong raised his arms and shouted: "Arrow!"
"Wind! Wind! Wind!"
The archers all shouted, and the arrows roared away with the wind. Before they could get on the horse, the Turks were immediately caught in the arrow and started to wail. They wanted to pull the arrow down, but found that the shameless Tang people actually made all the arrows into barbs. When they pulled them out, they would be a big blood hole, and the wailing sound became even louder.
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When the Tang army appeared, all the Turks were shocked...
You know, it is probably more than 500 miles away from Dingxiang here. They are not guarding the city, so why are they still attacking first when we go over?
There is no such thing in war, right? The Tang army doesn’t want Dingxiang City anymore?
"Hold on, don't let them hit you halfway!"
The Turkic nobles shouted at the top of their lungs, "None of them are fools, they know in their hearts that the Tang army broke through the front army, and the army was completely over!" The situation was extremely urgent, and the Turks finally burst out with courage hidden in their bloodlines. They all got on horseback and faced the enemy, regardless of their superiority and inferiority!
But at this moment, their situation was extremely bad. The army marched with super strength, and the people were trapped and horses were exhausted. Many people were lying in the grass, snoring like thunder, and no matter how loud the noise was, they could not be called. It was difficult for people who were awake, and their bodies were exhausted. The key was that they kept running for life and had no reorganization. They were crowded together like headless flies. Suddenly, they found that the enemy was attacking. The soldiers could not find the general, the general could not find the soldiers, and they could not even find weapons and horses!
As a result, 30,000 people had crossed the river. In a hurry, only one or two thousand people found war horses and weapons, and followed the nobles to meet the enemy.
The Tang army arrived in a blink of an eye, and the bows and arrows crossed their heads and poured into the Turkic camp. Although the Tang army's archers were not as good as the Turkic people who grew up holding bows and arrows, there was no need to aim at this time. It might be more accurate to shoot casually, because the ground was full of Turkic people. The bows and arrows covered the sky, and the Turkic people who snore like thunder had no consciousness at all, just like the cattails that were destroyed by the north wind, falling to the ground one by one!
All the Turks were shocked. How could they have suffered such a loss? More than two thousand people rushed in front of them were more than half of them lost in one meeting, and they were overwhelmed by the horse, and they were killed and injured...
Immediately afterwards, another round of volleys, now that the rest are all accounted for...
The Turkic nobles were shocked to find that they had become the front line, and the Tang army was approaching within dozens of steps!
When the Tang army raised the musket and crossbow again, the nobles all had their souls rising from the ground, and the bloody courage evaporated in an instant, and there was only one word left in their minds - escape!
Chapter completed!