Even more excited than Li Daoxuan was Li Keshi of the Left Army. He couldn't bear it anymore and rushed to the battlefield with more than a thousand cavalry. This time it was very likely that the Turks would be defeated. If they could capture and kill Dubu Khan, the sudden victory would be great.
Khan, maybe as a county prince, I can be promoted to a county prince or even a country prince.
But Dou Gui was able to hold his own, turned his head and looked at the military office, "Master Li!"
"Lead the cavalry out into battle and march a hundred paces to the northeast. No attack will be allowed. The whole army will march two hundred paces to the east."
Li Keshi was a little disappointed, but he did not dare to disobey the order. He led his cavalry to cover the infantry, and the car formation headed east. At the same time, Li Daoxuan of the right army began to move closer to the center without the attention of the Turkic cavalry.
After all, the right army still had to control several important roads on the east side of the hill and did not dare to move too much. However, Dou Gui led the left army to move twice in a row, almost to the north of the central army.
In other words, if Li Shan now orders the Chinese army to move forward and then starts building a camp, the camp will stretch for more than ten miles from east to west, tightly wrapping the Turks in the middle.
But what Li Shan wanted was not to stop the Turks here. As long as the main roads at the border were controlled by the Turks, the initiative would never fall into his own hands. This was also the most difficult thing for him to endure.
There are naturally more than one or two passages on the border between Yuanzhou and Jingzhou, but most of them are rugged and difficult for large groups of cavalry to pass. Only this one, although the road is not wide and has to pass through a valley with dangerous terrain, can allow the cavalry to pass.
Pass quickly.
Ashina She'er on the hill could naturally see this scene, and his teeth were itching with hatred, but now he could no longer care about the pressure of the Tang army's chariot formation. It took two kills by Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian to attack from two directions, making
There was great chaos among the Turkic army.
In order to avoid those heavy cavalry that looked like murderous gods, the Turkic cavalry gave way one after another, just blocking the reinforcements coming from the east and rear.
Duan Zhixuan watched with envy as Zhang Zhongjian led his cavalry to charge into the rebellious army. Although it was like sailing against the current, it was actually like going down the river. Then he turned around and looked far away, and saw that Su Dingfang and Feng Li were also making rapid progress.
Although he was envious, Duan Zhixuan also knew his responsibilities very well. The Tang army had already used almost all the cavalry. Even Ma Sanbao of the right army was rushing in front, and Li Keshi of the left army had not yet gone into battle.
It would only be enough if Zhang Zhongjian and Su Ding could attack the hill or force the Khan Banner to retreat. Otherwise, the two thousand cavalry under their command would bear the most critical cover task.
Casually inserting the horse's spear into the soft soil, Duan Zhixuan couldn't help but secretly cursed himself for seeking death the year before. Otherwise, why would Su Dingfang choose Feng Li instead of himself?
However, Duan Zhixuan did not dare to disobey military orders. Everyone had seen Wang Junhao's fate before. If he angered the King of Handan again this time, even if he survived as the favorite general of King Qin, he would probably be driven back to Chang'an again.
...It was a loss of face, and this time, not to mention the King of Qin, not even Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and other colleagues would sympathize with him.
Zhang Zhongjian and Su Dingfang used their heavy cavalry as the vanguard, sharply cutting through the layers of Turkic camps. Most of the Turks in front of them had experienced several battles in the past year, and many of them had survived. They had all witnessed the Tang army.
How he forced Jieli Khan to abandon his flag and flee again and again, and finally the whole army was defeated.
Ashina She'er on the hill finally couldn't sit still. Although he guessed that Li Shan would probably attack the Chinese army directly, he didn't expect that the opponent's offensive was so fierce, coming like a violent storm, but the Tang army took the initiative.
The battlefield was divided, so that although there were many troops on the hill, it was difficult to gather and form a formation, resulting in being defeated and penetrated by heavy cavalry in waves.
Of course, the most critical thing is that although there are many troops, they cannot be put into the frontal battlefield in a short time due to terrain reasons... The battlefield on the east side now has the advantage, but on the hillside, at least in the eyes of many people,
A little shaky.
"Great Khan, Great Khan." A guard advised: "Retreat first..."
Ashina Sheer suddenly turned his head and looked, his fierce gaze making the guard turn pale and close his mouth.
"Move the Khan flag twenty steps forward!" Ashina She'er stared coldly at the Tang Qi who were still attacking. What stood in front of them now was the most elite royal army of the Turkic clan.
Seeing the hesitation of several guards, Ashina Sheer kicked the guards away, raised the Khan flag himself and strode forward. Tuli Khan hesitated for a while, then also raised his Khan flag and stepped forward.
The slightly scattered defense line was immediately improved. Su Dingfang stretched his body and blocked the spear that was stabbing Hu Yan. He swept several Turkic soldiers back. At the same time, he pulled out a long knife with his right hand and threw it hard. The tip of the knife was on the opposite side.
A Turkic general had a big gash on his face.
Unexpectedly, the Turkic general's face was stained with blood, but he still did not retreat. He bravely stepped forward with a spear and stabbed Hu Yan with all his strength. The sharp spear tip pierced the armor, knocking Hu Yan off his horse.
The Turkic soldiers on the opposite side shouted loudly and surged forward. Everyone saw how brave the disheveled Tang general was just now, and also saw how he was injured and fell off his horse. Su Dingfang swung his arms sideways, knocked down the Turkic general, and drove his horse forward.
, protected Hu Yan, and while ordering his personal guards to help him up, he thought to himself that he should retreat.
Generally speaking, the weapons of the Turks are divided into long and short weapons. The short weapons are mainly sabers, supplemented by daggers and swords. The saber is also the most common weapon of Turkic soldiers.
Long weapons are mainly iron spears and horse hoops.
The so-called horse trip is a lasso, which is not only a herdsman's animal husbandry tool, but also can be used as a weapon. For example, when the Turks attacked the Youjun chariot formation before, they used a horse trip to break the formation and dragged away more than a dozen soldiers.
But the iron spear is different. Although there are iron mines on the vast steppes, the manpower is insufficient and it is not easy to dig, so the iron material is extremely precious. Even if ordinary Turkic soldiers have iron spears, the spear tips are only made of iron.
The barrel of the gun is still made of wood.
But Su Dingfang could see clearly that the iron spear used by the Turkic general just now was entirely made of iron, and the spear tip was so narrow that it could actually break armor.
Those facing him should be the most elite royal soldiers of the Ashina clan, otherwise they wouldn't be so well-equipped.
In fact, there were royal soldiers in several battles last year, but Jieli Khan was still killed and fled in embarrassment without his armor. Why?
It was not because the king's soldiers did not dare to fight to the death, but because Jieli Khan abandoned the army and fled three times, which led to the disastrous defeat of the army. However, Ashina Sheer ordered the Khan's flag to be moved forward twenty steps and loudly announced the report.
, the morale of the king's soldiers at the foot of the hill was immediately boosted, and they fought desperately.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Ashina Sheer breathed a sigh of relief, looked back, and prepared to send the reinforcements that had barely formed a team in the rear to the east side to defeat or force back the first part of the Tang Army... By then, although the battlefield would be
It was narrow, but the large group of Turkic cavalry could quickly move south in the way they were best at, making roundabout maneuvers and trapping Su Dingfang, the main force of the Tang cavalry.
Although the left and right armies of the Tang Army moved closer to the center, they were all infantry and had difficulty coming out to respond. Even if they dared to come, they would never be a match for the cavalry.
Ashina She'er had an indescribable sense of pride in his heart. Compared with Jieli Khan who abandoned the Khan's flag and fled last year, he was not afraid of danger, moved forward with the Khan's flag, and finally defeated the Tang army and revived the Afghan army.
The Shina clan is famous.
As soon as this idea appeared in my mind, a desolate horn sound suddenly entered my ears, and Ashina Sheer and Tuli Khan were both excited.
The grassland barbarians roamed the battlefield, and the Khan's flag was just a symbol. The trumpets were used to command operations. Both Khans started going to the battlefield when they were teenagers. They were so familiar with the sound of the trumpet that they knew it was not their own trumpet sound.
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The two Khans knew in their hearts, and the Turkic soldiers below knew even more. Su Dingfang and Zhang Zhongjian's personal guards shouted loudly, and all the Turkic generals facing them were on guard.
But at this moment, Duan Zhixuan on the east side had moved to the northwest without knowing when, and suddenly dug in from the flank.
Before Tuli Khan could understand, Ashina Sheer turned pale and blurted out, "They want to escape!"