I don’t know Xiangji Temple, but it is only a few miles away from Yunfeng.

There are no people walking through the ancient trees, and there is no clock in the deep mountains.

The sound of the spring swallows the rocks, and the sun is cold and green.

The music of the empty pond at dusk, calming down the poisonous dragon."

——"Passing Xiangji Temple" Wang Wei

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On the 25th day of the ninth month of the second year of Zhide, all the soldiers and horses of the Tang army set off at the same time.

On September 27, the Tang Army's Eastern Expedition arrived at the western suburbs of Chang'an and set up camp north of Xiangji Temple and east of Fengshui River.

Xiangji Temple is the ancestral hall of the "Pure Land Sect". It is located directly north of Ziwu Valley in Zhongnan Mountain and on the west bank of Shenheyuan, more than 30 miles away from Chang'an City. Xiangji Temple faces south from the north and is on a high terrain. It is adjacent to the Shenhe River in the south and the Piao River in the west.

Jianshui River is connected to Fanchuan River in the north, Liaohe River and Jiaohe River converge in the southwest, and Ziwu Avenue passes through its east side.

On the same day, Yan general An Shouzhong and Li Guiren also led an army of 100,000 troops to form a formation north of the Tang army's camp.

The war is about to break out.

This was the largest battle between the Tang and Yan armies since An Lushan's rebellion, and it was also a decisive battle between the main forces of the two armies.

Everyone knows that this battle will determine the fate of the Tang Dynasty and the fate of the people in the world. It is of great significance and cannot be lost.

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Early that morning, the officers and soldiers of the Tang army had just had breakfast. The scouts came to report that the gates of the Yan army's camp were opened wide and the whole army was dispatched.

The Tang army also moved accordingly, pulling the three armies out of the camp, facing the Yan army across the bank, and arrayed themselves to fight.

Li Siye, the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, led the front army, Guo Ziyi, deputy marshal of the world's military force, led the middle army, and Wang Sili, the military envoy of Guan Neijie, led the rear army.

Li Siye's former army totaled 12,500 people, divided into three levels from outside to inside:

The first level is the crossbow array, which protects the front and the left and right wings. There are 3,750 archers, wearing leather armor, holding cubic shields, carrying a bow, a crossbow, a spear, and armor arrows.

Fifty thousand arrows, 25,000 sharp arrows, and 12,500 long stack arrows.

The bottom edge of the square shield is flush, the upper end is formed into a gourd shape by two arcs, the middle ridge is raised, and the upper and lower sharp hooks become hooks, which can be used for offense and defense.

The bow and crossbow array is unified and commanded by Duan Xiushi.

On the left and right wings of the first floor, in addition to crossbowmen, there are 2,500 cavalry. The soldiers are wearing bright armor, holding horse spears, and their horses are armored. The cavalry are elite chargers, equipped with spears, horse spears, and round shields.

Card, roaming around the military formation. It can not only help the archers and crossbowmen to defend, but also can attack the enemy formation at any time.

The cavalry formation was commanded by Li Fei Yuanli.

The second level is the spear formation, which is like a forest. There are 3,750 spear soldiers, wearing bright armor, carrying bows and arrows, carrying horizontal knives on their waists, and holding cowhide shields.

The spear formation was commanded by Bai Xiaode.

The third level is the Mo Dao Army. This Mo Dao army is invincible across the Western Regions. The 2,500 Mo Dao hands are all muscular, strong and mighty, wearing improved Mingguang armor, holding Mo Dao. The sword array

The cold light is shining, not angry but self-powerful.

The Mo Sword Army was personally commanded by Li Siye. Bai Fu and He Lou Yurun each led 500 Mo Swordsmen to protect Li Siye's left and right wings.

Wearing a white lion helmet and silver armor, holding a long sword in his hand, he is handsome and heroic. His face is clear-cut and has strong lines, like a sculpture. The bridge of his nose is straight and his lips are pressed into a line, which shows his determination.

Guo Ziyi, wearing a helmet and armor, embroidered robes and brocade armor, stood on horseback in the Chinese military formation with a horizontal sword, and was guarded by a thousand soldiers. In the hunting wind, the flag of the Tang Dynasty was fluttering in the wind!

The marshal of the world's soldiers and horses, Li Chu, the king of Guangping County, wore a golden helmet and a red cloak. He stood on a hanging bucket in the Tang army's camp, overlooking the battle formation.

Although Li Chu wanted to go to the battle in person, he was left in the heavily defended camp after Guo Ziyi and other generals strongly dissuaded him.

Guo Ziyi was a well-mannered person and refused to let Li Chu go into battle no matter what. Guo Ziyi said in her heart: "The prince of Guangping County is your majesty's eldest son. He has a body of ten thousand gold and cannot allow any mistakes.

As the general commander of the army, he is capable of supervising the army, but if he falls among the rebels, none of the nine Yiguo clans will be able to relieve the hatred in His Majesty's heart."

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The Yan army numbered 100,000, all of which were prairie cavalry. Smoke and dust billowed as they marched towards the Tang army.

"Bang the drum!"

Guo Ziyi ordered.

After receiving the order, the drummers in the military formation immediately beat the drums! Dozens of large drums played in unison, and the drums sounded loudly.

The main herald officer waved the command flag in front of the central flag. The sub-command officers in each military formation saw the main command flag waving, and immediately followed the main command flag's flag, waved the command flag in their hands, and conveyed the command of the commander-in-chief Guo Ziyi on dispatching troops.

Go to various military formations.

The drums rumbled, and the heartbeats of the soldiers of the Tang Army also beat to the rhythm of the drums. The new recruits in the army were especially nervous, their hearts seemed to jump out of their throats, goosebumps appeared on their arms, and their legs and feet shook uncontrollably.

Veterans! Only veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles can still look neat and tidy at this moment, standing tall like a javelin.

The reason why Guo Ziyi chose the Anxi army as the front army was because the Anxi soldiers who had experienced battles for a long time could stabilize their position before the war.

An Xijun's eyes were deep and he stared into the distance, as if waiting for a coronation ceremony.

Smoke and dust are billowing, and the Yan army is getting closer and closer, with swords and guns standing everywhere and bright armor.

"Two toms!"

Guo Ziyi ordered. The sound of drums resounded through the sky, the earth shook, and the war horses neighed.

Many recruits could not hear the beating of drums, but could only hear the violent beating of their hearts.

Mo Daojun's sword was silent and silent, except for his slow and long breathing.

Three miles away from the Tang army's position, the Yan army stopped their horses and lined up to clean up their formation. It was as if they could see the ferocious expressions of each of the Hu riders and the foam at the mouths of the horses as they panted.

"Tee drum!"

The war horse's ears were erect, its teeth were bared and it was glaring angrily, ready to move. The cavalry stepped on the stirrups, clamped the horse's belly tightly, held the reins tightly, and reined in the horse firmly.

The moment of decisive battle is coming soon.

Bai Fu took a deep breath, his blood surged up, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, shining with fierce light.

"Woo..." The Hu people's horn sounded, and Yan general Li Guiren took the lead to challenge.

The 20,000 cavalrymen waved their maces and spread out like a tide in Qiantang, roaring towards the Tang army's front line.

"Crossbowmen prepare!"

Duan Xiushi was calm and commanding as usual.

"promise!"

With a shout, the 3,750 archers marched out in unison, thrust their square shields into the ground, tilted them toward the sky, bent their bows and nocked arrows. They shot armored arrows, sniped arrows, and long stacks of arrows, and the arrow clusters glowed coldly.

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A long-range weapon - a large bed crossbow drawn by several people. Each crossbow is equipped with 100 arrows and can shoot dozens of iron arrows at the same time. The iron arrows are cold and eager to drink the blood of the rebels.

"Fire the arrow!"

Seeing that the Yan army's cavalry entered the range of the crossbows, Duan Xiushi immediately gave the order.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"...

Thousands of arrows were fired in unison, like locusts, shooting into the sky, drawing a beautiful arc, and then flew into the enemy's formation!

The first row of crossbowmen immediately retreated after releasing the arrow and replaced the second arrow. The second row of crossbowmen immediately stepped forward and fired a second wave of arrows! The third row of crossbowmen had finished loading their arrows and were waiting.

shooting.

Three rows of crossbowmen fired in turns, and the arrows were like a downpour. Wherever the arrows hit, people fell off their backs, and the cavalry fell off their horses one after another.

Especially the crossbow iron arrows. Wherever they hit, men and horses were pierced by the arrows, splashing a cloud of blood mist.

In less than a stick of incense, Li Guiren's 20,000 cavalry were killed and wounded by three waves of arrows, causing heavy casualties.

On the battlefield, the Yan army wailed all over the field, their horses fled, and the Yan army's forward troops fell into chaos.
Chapter completed!