Chapter 196: Golden swords and iron horses

Time seemed to have stopped. Three days had passed outside the Suiye Valley, but the situation inside Suiye did not change from three days ago. The Dashi Army did not move, waiting for the other thousand cavalry of Dumozhi in Heli City. The Tang army also did not move, but there were no reinforcements to the direction of Suiye City, and the Tang army did not take the initiative to attack. This seemed to be a confusing game, which made people unable to guess the intentions of the Tang army.

Ningyuan Kingdom west of the Shattered Leaf revealed the mystery of the Tang army. A Ningyuan Army, with about 15,000 people, rushed towards the empty Ashibulai City with an unsightly force.

Ningyuan Kingdom, also known as Bahanna, is a relatively pro-Tang vassal state among the countries in Lingxi. The king was named King of Fenghua by the Tang Dynasty. His queen was Princess Heyi of the Tang Dynasty. Under the leadership of Princess Heyi, Ningyuan Kingdom has always regarded the Tang Dynasty as the sect leader. In the environment where the countries in the Western Regions turned to the great food, Ningyuan Kingdom was alone and under great pressure. This time, the Tang army wanted to rebuild the town of Shuye Army, and Ningyuan Kingdom showed great enthusiasm.

Last night, when Li Qing'an's special envoy arrived at Ningyuanguo to meet with the king, Ningyuanguo made the decision to send troops that night. King Bolie sent the eldest prince Wuma as the commander and led an army of 15,000 troops to attack Ashibucheng and cut off the retreat of the Dashi Army.

In the Tang army camp, several scouts cavalry rushed over and rushed to the gate of the camp. They turned over and dismounted and rushed towards the central army's tent.

In the central army tent, Li Qing'an once again asked Yang Zaicheng about the details of his defeat. Although Han Zhi suffered a loss of 2,000 troops, they also brought first-hand valuable information on fighting the Dashi Army. In the past few days, almost every soldier who fled back has described in detail the situation of the Dashi Army and Shi Guo Army that he encountered. A large amount of intelligence was collected and sorted out, gradually condensed into dozens of simple and practical information.

‘The horse speed of the Dashi Army and the Shiguo Army is 100% faster than that of the Tang Army, and they are resistant to long-distance raids. They are both good horses in Dayuan.’

‘The Great Food Army’s bows and arrows are weak, but they throw short spears and project them thirty steps away, which is extremely powerful.’

‘The Dashijun is wearing leather armor and can shoot through the horned crossbow with a hundred steps away.’

In this way, these effective intelligence will guide Li Qing'an's final deployment.

Li Qing'an asked Yang Zaicheng to learn more about the head coach of the Dashi Army. He had learned some sporadic information from the Thunderbolt Qi Shiren. The head coach of the Dashi Army was named Judyr. He was about 40 years old and had been fighting in the Hezhong area for more than a dozen years. He made great achievements in the attack on Kangguo and Shiguozhong and was known as the Khurashan eagle. But what Li Qing'an wanted to know was how this eagle soared on the battlefield?

"Empress, we suffered a great loss in judging the enemy's commander. Governor Han always thought that the young Stone Prince was the enemy's commander. Therefore, we concentrated our troops to attack the Stone Prince, but we did not expect that a Dashi officer with a square face and a bearded man was their commander. He had five hundred personal guards around him. At first, Governor Han thought that the young soldiers did not take it too seriously. Unexpectedly, these five hundred cavalrymen were extremely sharp and tore the Tang army's defense line in an instant. Governor Han was caught off guard and died under the spear shot from the Great Food officer twenty steps away. We later knew that he was the commander of the Great Food Army."

When talking about the death of the governor, Yang Zaicheng's voice became lower and lower, and his eyes were filled with dimness, but Li Qingan did not care about Han Zhi's death. Judil's sharp five hundred personal guards aroused his interest, and he would not let go of any valuable information.

"What's the sharp method of the five hundred cavalry?"

"First of all, their spears are accurate. Every spear is thrown to stab a Tang army to death. At least half of the Shatu people are killed by their spears. He is like the sharpshooter of our Tang Dynasty. He shot most of the personal guards around Governor Han with one charge. In addition, their horses are unique and very fast. Just as a hole is torn open, fifty cavalry rushed to Governor Han, making people unable to defend themselves."

"Did you confirm that the horses of the five hundred personal guards are different?"

"Yes, their horses are indeed extremely majestic and elegant, as if they are flying in the air, with an amazing speed."

Li Qingan nodded slowly, and it seemed that the five hundred personal guards' war horses were most likely the legendary Arab horses.

At this moment, a hurrying sound came from outside the tent, "General, emergency military information!"

A scout appeared at the door of the tent and half-kneeled and said, "Report to the general, a thousand thrust cavalry and squatters have joined the Dashi Army. At present, the total strength of the enemy troops is nearly 14,000. The enemy has set out to set out, and it is still seventy miles away from our army."

Li Qing'an looked at the map and it took only half a day to march for seventy miles. Of course, Judil would never attack for a long distance. Then, at the latest tomorrow morning, the general of the Dashi Army would encounter the Tang army.

"Tell me the order, and the army will set off!"

The road winds in the valley, and the Tang army marchs very slowly. The Broken Ye River, which is sometimes far away from the rocky riverbed, is sometimes close to the night falls quietly, the fog has disappeared, and gusts of cold wind blowing, the moon is like a hook, the entire western sky shines with the cold glow of the moon, the huge ridge on the right extends westward, and the end is as flat as a mirror, crossing the river water, there is a vast forest in front, and then to the west, the gray grassland is visible.

The Tang army all crossed the Saiye River at the first update, and teams of Tang army camps ran back and forth in the woods on the other side. After crossing the river, the Tang army rested for half an hour, and then continued to move westward.

At the fourth update, the scout heard that the main force of the Dashi Army was found twenty miles away. The Tang army immediately stopped sending troops. The night wind roared in the vast field, and the red flag was fluttering in the wind, and a hideous black dragon broke the flag and was about to fly on the flag.

Under the banner, 12,000 Tang army cavalry were standing with their swords and horses, and they opened their bows and arrows, allowing the north wind to blow across their faces. They looked coldly at the front. Half an hour later, the mighty Da Food Alliance appeared on the other side of the grassland. They also stopped their war horses and waited for the order of attack. A battle for Shattered Leaves was about to begin.

The Tang army set up a cavalry-style crane wing formation. One hundred five-shot bed crossbows had been twisted. The arrows used were thick and long arrows two feet long, effectively killing the enemy at a range of 500 steps. Behind the crossbow are three thousand crossbows, using horned crossbows. This crossbow is a light crossbow. It is pulled by the arm force and has an effective range of about 150 steps. The crossbows and the bed crossbows constituted two strikes from far and near, forming a crane head and a crane neck in the formation. Behind the crossbows are 100 large bed crossbows, and there are three short spears up to five feet long, which have been twisted with cow tendons.

Behind these hundred crossbows are only six thousand long lancers. This is the main force of the Tang army. It is divided into the 12th battalion of the three armies, holding shields in one hand and spear in the other, and is a crane body. On both wings, there are mixed gun archers, 1,500 people each, shooting from a distance and close attack, mainly shooting at the enemy's flanks.

Hewei was another thousand crossbow cavalry, mainly used for mobile reinforcements. In this battle, the Tang army fully utilized their advantages of strong bows and hard crossbows. Sixteen thousand cavalry, and half of the bows and crossbows cavalry accounted for half. This is also the reason why the commander of the Beiting Army was good at using bows.

Li Qing'an stood under the banner of the central army on a horse. He held a horizontal knife in his hand and stared at the enemy in the distance, waiting patiently for the enemy's charge. In this battle, there was no fixed command tower, and everything was commanded in high-speed movement.

At the same time, in this battle, Li Qingan did not intend to use gunpowder. He hoped to use blood and knife to sharpen the combat effectiveness of the Beiting Army.

The sky of broken leaves was covered with dark clouds, and the north wind blew strongly across the grassland about five miles wide between the two armies. On the other end of the grassland, the Dashi Army was also ready for battle. The commander Judil was particularly confident. The joining of three thousand thunderbolts made them surpass the Tang army in terms of military strength. Although they were weaker than the Tang army in terms of equipment, they had high morale, brave warriors, and excellent war horses, which were enough to make up for the shortcomings in weapons and equipment.

Especially the addition of the three thousand Tuks Shiren of Dumozhi seemed to give them a shot of a heart attack. These three thousand cavalry were not a mob pieced up by herders, but were veterans who had experienced many battles. The Tuks Shiren swept across the banks of the Zhenzhu River with their sharp attacks, defeating Zhaowu's army and even defeating the Dashi Army several times. With this cavalry participating in the battle, Judil's confidence in winning was increased by three points.

In a battle with the Tang army a few days ago, Judil also discovered the advantage of the Tang army, that is, the powerful bows and arrows. For this reason, he specially deployed today's battle. Whether it was the big cannibals or the thunderbolts, he relied on strong impact to disrupt the opponent's position. In order not to be injured by the Tang army's long-distance bows and arrows, he handed over the first wave of attacks today to the Shi Kingdom's army.

The war horses were kicking the ground irresistibly, the black flags were flying in the morning breeze, and the golden Saladin eagle spread its wings and was about to fly, and everything was ready.

Judil looked back at Dumochi, wearing a golden helmet and a golden armor, and smiled and said, "I will leave the first battle to you. Is your army competent?"

Dumozhi's eyes were as cruel as a wolf, staring at Tang Jun's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's Shin-shi's son-killing enemy Li Qing'an. He had been waiting for almost three years for the day to kill his enemy. Although the hatred was boiling in his heart, he still said without saying: "My soldiers are tired from afar. I'm afraid they will lose their physical strength. We will fight the second round."

The slickness of Dumochi made Judil a little dissatisfied. He was just a temptation and suddenly he found out the old background of Dumochi. They were not really working for the big food. Judil didn't say much, and his eyes turned to the somewhat timid prince Yuanen. There was no room for negotiation. He ordered firmly: "The army of Shiguo is ready to attack, listen to my drum sound."

He raised his hand and the rumbling skin drum sounded. The Shi Kingdom army had a natural fear of the Tang army. For nearly a hundred years, the Tang Dynasty had always been their sect leader. The prosperity and strength of the Tang Dynasty made generations of people yearn for it, and cast a shadow of inferiority in their hearts. They never dreamed of fighting head-on with the powerful Tang army, but the might of the Dashi made them swallow the bitter fruit of betraying the old master.

Yuanen waved his sword nervously in his heart, and his trembling voice continued in the wind, "Listen to my orders and charge with all his might."

Judil heard the weakness in his tone, and glared at him and said angrily: "Withless and useless thing, do you still want to be the king of the Stone Kingdom?"

Yuan'en's face suddenly turned red, and he suddenly shouted hysterically, "Prepare to rush!"

Judil waved his hand coldly, and the low horn suddenly sounded. This was the order to charge, "Kill!" Yuan'en waved his sword and rushed out first.

"Kill!" The overwhelming cavalry of Shiguo shouted and launched an attack, and instantly pulled out a long human blanket on the grassland.

At this time, Judil said to Dumozhiling again: "Then the cavalry and the people are defeated, if the Shiguo army is defeated, you will come out from the left!"

Dumochi nodded, he pulled out his long sword and roared like a wolf: "Brothers, follow me!"

The thunder cavalry and Shiren also launched, and the Dashi Army also charged, and 14,000 cavalry launched a fierce attack on the Tang army.

The Tang army was still waiting. They were as quiet as Mount Tai. The violent sound of horse hooves almost swayed the earth, but they could not shake the Tang army's slightest. Li Qingan turned around and looked east. The red sun had broken through the clouds. There was no morning glow, but there was a strange blood color, as if it represented the beginning of a bloodthirsty morning.

He waved his hand gently, and the Tang army's drum also rang, and the three thousand crossbows and cavalry were arranged in three rows, pulling the strings and raising arrows, brushing the ground to tilt the crossbow, at an elevation angle of thirty degrees, and starting to adjust Wangshan.

At this time, the elite cavalry of the Seven Thousand Stone Kingdom began to assault, one thousand steps, eight hundred steps, and seven hundred steps.

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The dust was like clouds, the rising sun was like blood, and the killing aura had already made the palms of Tang soldiers who had fought for a hundred years of war. The crossbow commander Li Fei Shouyu kept reminding the crossbowman to stay calm and stabilize...

Suddenly, the sound of drums stopped abruptly, "Flash!" The captain who was commanding the crossbow shouted. The first round of crossbows was fired, and five hundred long arrows were shot out strongly. The sound of breaking through the air was loud. The long arrows came out against the wind and rushed into the group of cavalry three hundred steps away. The long arrows penetrated the shields and human bodies, screaming everywhere, and more than two hundred people and horses were immediately knocked down. The war horses were shot down and the cavalry were thrown away. After a moment, they were stepped into flesh mud by the rolling iron hooves behind, and the corpse was stepped into the soil, leaving nothing left.

More than 200 people died in battle, just like a wave splashing in the sea, without any effect. The morale of the cavalry in the Shi Kingdom increased greatly, dancing with spears and swords, screams resounded throughout the grassland. One hundred and fifty steps had passed, and the second round of crossbow shot out again, and hundreds of people fell down.

At this time, the soldiers who operated the crossbow turned around and ran away, discarded the crossbow on the grassland. The three thousand crossbow cavalry behind slowly stepped forward and stopped their pace when they were eighty steps away from the crossbow. The iron hooves knocked on the ground and made a shocking sound, like a faint roar in the distance before the thunder landed. The breathing had stopped in tension. The only thing that could be felt was the trembling of the earth.

The long crossbow became an obstacle, but the Shi Kingdom cavalry who rushed to the front did not take them seriously. When they mentioned the war horses, the horses flew into the air and flew past the crossbow.

But just as the Shi Kingdom cavalry rose into the air, the Tang army crossbow cavalry launched, and a thousand arrows broke out into the air, weaving a black rain of arrows in the air, and slapped into the Shi Kingdom cavalry in a dense manner. The first round of cavalry fell down with screams, but their fall seriously hindered the second round of cavalry from passing the crossbow, and the war horses stopped in front of the crossbow, throwing the cavalry on the horse's back. The cavalry behind could not stop and collided one after another, and the Shi Kingdom army was in chaos.

In the chaos, the advantage of the Tang army's bows and arrows began to be exerted. The archers rushed forward in line, rolled the strings, and fired arrows without aiming. The overwhelming arrows reflected the sky into black. One round after another, in an instant, 18,000 arrows shot into the dense group of Shiguo cavalry, and the wailing sounded across the grassland. More than 2,000 cavalry were either killed or injured. The Shiguo army was furious and turned around and fled.

At this moment, the thunder cavalry and the Dashi Brigade used the Shiguo army as shields and suddenly came out from both sides, especially the Dashi Army. The horse speed was extremely fast and rushed to forty steps away from the Tang army's archers and cavalrymen. More than 100 short spears were thrown out by the Dashi Army with strong arms, drawing sharp arcs and shooting into the Tang army. The sharp spear edge penetrated the armor, and the Tang army suffered casualties.

Lizhi Shouyu was shocked and immediately ordered: "The front army retreats, and the left and right bow camps suppress the enemy."

The crossbow cavalry on both sides had been replaced with bows that could be fired quickly. The arrows were like rain. More than a hundred Dashi Army soldiers rushing in the front fell from their horses. The attack was agitated. Taking advantage of the moment when the speed of the Dashi Ren and the thunder cavalry slowed down, the archers quickly retreated. The Tang army fought and retreated. The Dashi Army chased after the tail of the spear and arrows, and the spears and arrows were like rain, and both sides suffered casualties.

At this time, nearly 4,000 Dashi coalition forces rushed into the dangerous range of 100 steps, and the impact of cavalry within 100 steps was within a few seconds. Even if the archers could still kill and injure the enemy in large quantities, they themselves would face heavy casualties.

Li Qing'an had no expression on his face. The Dashi Army and the Tuqi Shiren suddenly came out of his expectations. From the narratives of countless Yiwu soldiers and the performance of the Dashi Army these days, he had gradually touched the military routine of the Dashi Commander Judy. This was a very cautious commander who liked to overwhelm the enemy in terms of military strength and gained psychological advantages. It was also true that he liked to invest the entire army during combat and defeat the opponent with superior forces in one fell swoop, and would never give the opponent a chance to gradually encroach on himself. In the battle against the Yiwu Army, he did this.

Today he took the lead with the Shiguo army, and it would never be just a test. Their main force must be behind the Shiguo army. At the moment when the Dashi Army and the Tuqi Shi army suddenly came out, Li Qingan also issued an order: the archers and cavalrymen retreated!

As the commander's military order came, the crossbow cavalry retreated from the main battlefield, and the three thousand crossbow cavalry retreated like a tide, revealing a hundred black large crossbows, arranged in a half-moon shape, and short spears were coldly aimed at the enemy.

The Great Food Army had reached fifty steps away. They suddenly found that there were hundreds of crossbows hidden behind Tang Army. They were all stunned. Judil in the distance was the first to react. He shouted that something was wrong and was about to order the Great Food Cavalry to retreat, but it was too late.

Suddenly, a hundred hammer-holding cavalry rushed out of the Tang army's phalanx. They rushed up and swung their hammers to hit the firing trigger of the crossbow. Since the half-moon-shaped attack surface of the crossbow was very small, the closer the Dashi cavalry was to attack, the greater the density the closer they were to. At this time, they had reached thirty steps away. They accelerated their horse speed and prepared to use a spear formation to attack the Tang cavalry.

But one hundred crossbows brought them unexpected killings. Three hundred short spears with the strongest speed shot out of the Tang army's crossbows. "Puff, puff, puff!" I saw that the short spear passed by, a group of people were surging up and over, screaming one after another. After piercing through four or five people, the short spear landed. In an instant, there were only a few dozen people left in front of them.

The three adopted sons of Dumozhi were also shot in front of their backs and fell from the horse with their terrified eyes. The fear brought by the brutal killing enveloped the hearts of the attacking army of cannibals and the thunder cavalry. Their team was in chaos.
Chapter completed!