The battlefield designated by Gu Qing is very large, and there are ambushes within a radius of dozens of miles.

It's hard to imagine how much space a battle involving tens of thousands of people would take up if the soldiers from both sides calmly unfolded it. As a coach, it was difficult for Gu Qing to take into account every detail on the battlefield.

When the Tibetan army was surrounded on three sides, but the Khotanese army was missing from the rear to seal the area, Gu Qing's heart suddenly sank.

The signal had been sent out, but Shen Tian did not follow the order to mobilize the Khotanese army. There was only one possibility: something happened to the Khotanian army.

"Hurry up and send a personal guard to check on Shen Tian's headquarters and ask him why he hasn't started yet. If the enemy escapes from the back, I will kill Shen Tian!" Gu Qing said angrily.

The guards hurriedly rode eastward from the side of the battlefield.

"Send someone to tell Chang Zhong that if the Tibetan forwards have been completely wiped out, they will immediately lead their troops to rush towards the enemy's center, complete the encirclement on three sides, gather the enemies together and annihilate them. As for the rear, if Shen Tian is not in place and the enemy troops escape, what will happen? He has his own responsibility, and military law is waiting for him." Gu Qing ordered in a hurried tone.

"Instruct the right army, if Shen Tian's troops are still not in position in another moment, the right army will send a thousand soldiers and horses to make up for it and cut off the enemy's retreat..." Gu Qing pondered for a moment, turned around and glanced at the guards, and said: " The pressure on the rear is great. There are only a thousand men in the right army. It will be a difficult and bloody battle. You and the right army must also make up for it..."

Han Jie said in shock: "No, Lord Marquis, we are your personal guards. If all the brothers leave, who will protect you?"

"It's too late to protect yourself!" Gu Qing scolded: "If the Tubo army escapes in this battle, what awaits me is Chang'an's imperial edict of condemnation. You usually clamor for meritorious service, but today I will make meritorious deeds for you." If you have the opportunity, if you want to be promoted and get a heavy reward, I will kill the enemy with all my strength, and use my skills to make a future for myself."

Han Jie and the guards looked at each other, but finally accepted the order.

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Thirty miles away from the ambush circle, the Khotan army under Shen Tian was engaged in a bitter battle.

It was not the Tibetan army that was fighting against the Khotan army, but a group of foreign cavalry that suddenly emerged from the direction of the Tianshan Mountains in the north. The cavalry's uniforms and uniforms were also in a mess, and the weapons they held were also in a mess, but their uniforms were obviously different from the Tibetan army. .

The Khotanian army had been stationed in the desert for a long time, and it was possible to roughly distinguish the origin of this cavalry with just one glance.

They were actually a miscellaneous army, including the remaining soldiers and horses of the Tuqishi tribe, the remaining troops of the Shi Kingdom that were destroyed by Gao Xianzhi, and many scattered small remaining Turkic tribes. They totaled a total of three to four thousand people. Some Riding camels, some on horses, and looking at the strict formations they put in during the battle, it was obvious that this motley army had undergone long-term training, and the remnant forces of many countries and tribes had merged together, and they were able to command and control them like an arm during the battle. They were very experienced. .

What is even more frightening is that this group of cavalry was desperate to fight. When Shen Tian's Khotan army unexpectedly encountered it, the other party quickly formed a formation without saying a word, and then launched a fierce charge against Shen Tian's troops.

In the early years, Gao Xianzhi used a far-fetched reason, saying that he had "lost the courtesy of the Tibetan ministers", and then brutally destroyed Tuqi Shi and Shi Guo, who had always been friends with the Tang Dynasty. Today's retribution has come.

These remnants of the forces that had fled under the military might of the Tang Dynasty quietly gathered together to form a powerful army. However, the Tang Dynasty had a hatred for them to subjugate the country and annihilate their clans. It is conceivable that This army encountered a crazy revenge from General Shen Tian.

The scouts sent out by the Anxi Protectorate were entirely focused on searching for the Tibetan army in the Tulun Qi Desert. This motley army coming from the north was not discovered by anyone.

It is impossible to speculate why this army appeared near the Anxi Protectorate, let alone why they were far behind the Tibetan army, whether to take advantage or to add insult to injury.

However, they finally appeared, and at this most critical moment, they dragged Shen Tian's Khotan army into the yellow sand of the desert thirty miles away from the ambush circle.

The evil that Gao Xianzhi once committed has now all been repaid by Gu Qing.

Shen Tian's troops were soldiers who had fled from Khotan, and their morale and physical strength had just recovered. They were caught off guard by the charge of this cavalry. By the time they realized what they were doing and formed an angry formation, the enemy was already close in front of them.

Five thousand Khotan soldiers and horses were forcibly penetrated by the enemy from beginning to end. Countless soldiers of the Chinese army were knocked upside down by the enemy's first charge. The team was in a hurry. There were countless screams and the tragic neighing of the horses after they were killed. The Khotan army was united into one unit.

After the enemy charged once, the soldiers under Shen Tian finally had time to react. So under the stern orders of the generals, the soldiers quickly formed their formations and regrouped.

"No matter which den these bastards came from, they will be chopped up alive today!" A general raised his halberd and looked at him with extreme anger in his red eyes.

Shen Tian rode his horse and sat still in the middle of the army, constantly shouting to urge the formation to be prepared. Hearing this, he quickly glanced at the general and said: "This plain is suitable for attacking rather than defending. We must take the initiative to charge, otherwise it will only be the enemy's Fish and meat, let them be slaughtered!"

The general shouted: "Yes! Prepare to attack!"

"Zhao Ping, after this charge, immediately lead 3,000 men and horses to escape, and then rush towards the ambush set by the Marquis to cut off the Tibetan army's retreat. The remaining 2,000 men will follow me to snipe this enemy army. !”

The general named Zhao Ping was stunned and said in shock: "General Shen, don't be kidding me. This enemy force in front of you is not a good enemy. How can two thousand people stop it?"

Shen Tian said with a sullen face: "The important thing is to annihilate all the Tibetan traitors. Don't miss the Marquis's military plane!"

"General Shen, you and these two thousand brothers will die if you stay here!" Zhao Ping said coldly: "This enemy force was an accident. We were dragged here. Even if we missed the opportunity to fight, the Marquis will not blame us. .”

Shen Tian looked at him sternly and said, "Military orders are like mountains, do you need me to teach you this rule?"

Zhao Ping gritted his teeth and said: "General Shen, you and I are brothers from Paoze, how can I leave you alone? Lord Gu has a few Tubo thieves running over there, so what does it matter!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Tian struck Zhao Ping hard on the face with a riding crop, leaving a bloody trail on Zhao Ping's dark face.

"Shut up! You and I were defeated from the city of Khotan. We had no face to see the elders in Guanzhong. Who took us in? Who gave us war horses, weapons and food? Who treated us like brothers? We ate the Marquis's. Rice, riding the Marquis's horse, holding the weapons given by the Marquis, this is how you repay the Marquis? You ungrateful person, if you say one more thing, you will no longer be the leader of my Khotan army from now on!" Shen Tian snapped. roared.

Zhao Ping's face was livid, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Shen Tian, ​​you are wrong about me! You are wrong about me!"

After saying this, Zhao Ping suddenly raised his halberd and roared: "Arrange yourself in formation! Prepare to attack!"

The five thousand Khotanese troops quickly formed an iron cone attack formation, holding their halberds levelly and grabbing the reins of their horses with the other hand.

"Wave the flag! Attack -" Zhao Ping roared loudly, but his tears couldn't stop falling. After giving the military order, Zhao Ping rushed out first, one man and one horse.

"kill--!"

The Khotanese soldiers behind him let out a roar that shook the sky, and rode their horses to kill the enemy troops hundreds of feet away.

The enemy generals were also quite surprised. It stands to reason that they took the initiative to launch a surprise attack and disrupted the Tang Army's formation with one charge. At this time, the Tang Army should be panicking and hurriedly forming defensive formations. Unexpectedly, after the initial panic, the Tang Army

, how dare you take the initiative to launch an attack.

The Tang army, which was invincible in the world, really had the ability to be invincible in the world, and its reputation shocked the world and was well-deserved.

The enemy commander cheered up and issued a stern order to attack.

The two armies launched their own attacks on the flat desert, and flew away like two sharp arrows shooting at each other.

On one side is the deep-rooted hatred of the subjugation of the country and the annihilation of the clan, and on the other side is the pride of the invincible Tang Dynasty king. No one will be outdone by Maimang. The two cavalrymen risked their lives, with the heart of death on the high-speed horses,

The lightning and flint collided fiercely together, making a loud explosion.

The color of the sky and the earth changes, and the ghosts and gods cry.

Charges, killings, screams, mutilated limbs... the sun above our heads seemed to turn blood red. Everyone risked their lives in this bloody mist, trying their best to create death and enter reincarnation.

The two sides faced each other in a face-to-face charge, without any tactics or strategy. They were fighting for their lives and luck. After the charge, both sides rode their horses and rushed to a safe area, staring at each other from a distance.

This is irresolvable hatred. The only way to solve it is to be buried underground forever with the enemy's corpse.

Shen Tian was breathing heavily. His arm had a long gash from the charge just now, and the armor on his chest was also chopped to pieces by the enemy's weapons. His hair was messy on his shoulders, but his eyes remained calm.

Like ice.

The two sides looked at each other for a long time, and Shen Tian suddenly cast a cold glance at Zhao Ping.

Zhao Ping gritted his teeth, raised his halberd high with a trembling voice, and shouted: "Each regiment of the Zuojun Mansion has allocated three thousand men to follow me!"

The regimental and brigade-level generals were stunned, but they quickly mobilized three thousand troops and horses according to the military order. Zhao Ping whistled, and all the soldiers turned their horses and galloped away towards the west.

The enemy commander became more and more alarmed. Why did the Tang army suddenly transfer most of its troops to the west during a fierce battle?

Shen Tian remained motionless on his horse, watching the movements of the enemy troops. There were only more than a thousand people left behind him. Hundreds of people had been killed in the two charges just now. Those who were once alive had lost their lives in a short period of time.

For a moment, he fell asleep in this desolate and barren desert.

Their names were also buried with the corpses. The history was ruthless and there were only a few lines. Their names were not qualified to appear on it.

Seeing Zhao Ping's 3,000 troops running further and further away, the enemy commander became anxious, raised the scimitar in his hand high, and issued a series of jabbering orders. At the sound of orders, the enemy troops began to gather into formation, preparing to charge again.

When the more than a thousand soldiers of the Khotanian army saw the overwhelming enemy troops approaching like black clouds, their faces showed fear.

At this time, the numbers of the two warring parties are no longer fair, and the probability of one's own death is also greatly increased.

Who wouldn’t be afraid of people who haven’t lived enough?

Shen Tian suddenly raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers Pao Ze, don't forget the oath we swore in front of the Marquis, never to retreat! The defeat in Khotan was a lifelong shame for us, and today we will never do it again. retreat!"

The military morale, which was originally depressed and turbulent, was instantly cheered up by Shen Tian's words.

Whether they risked their lives or tried to save face, everyone had different thoughts, but no one escaped, and all the soldiers raised their halberds.

"Never back down!"
Chapter completed!