Chapter 744 The decisive battle between Tang and Tibet (7)
The heavy rain fell on the armor and weapons, and the splashes of water formed a continuous mass. Viewed from a high altitude, the entire battlefield was like a huge lake under a waterfall, with constant turbulence.
The horns and war drums sounded at the same time, and the Tang and Tibetan armies facing each other began to march towards each other's battle formations.
The projected bows and arrows arced through the air, raising dark clouds on the battlefield.
When the shield formations of the two armies collided, the sounds of fighting and shouting and killing merged together, and actually drowned out all the sounds between heaven and earth.
The forward troops of the Tang army were the frontier soldiers of Anxi and Beiting, and were the most elite troops of the Tang Dynasty; while the front troops of the Tubo army were composed of personal guards. Sang Chiruo arranged his own bodyguard soldiers at the forefront to defeat the Tang army.
offensive.
As soon as the soldiers of the two armies clashed, the war instantly entered a white-hot stage.
A shield wall hundreds of meters long spread from one end of the battlefield to the other.
Heavy troops, spears, bows and arrows, and crossbows were constantly moving back and forth between the two lines of defense. Every time they met, they would always cause countless bloodshed.
The Tubo guards waved their heavy flails and hit the shield wall. Instead of retreating, the Tang army did not retreat. Instead, the soldiers at the forefront rushed forward, resisting the enemy's offensive and squeezing the opponent's battle line.
Spears, like a forest of spikes, stretched out from behind the shield wall of the Tang army and stabbed heavily at the front row of the Tibetan army.
Hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers from the Golden Tent of the Tubo Army were stabbed in the lower abdomen by spears, and their intestines and blood flowed all over the floor. However, they did not care about anything else. They held long knives in their mouths, stepped on the shoulders of their own people, and jumped directly in.
The shield wall of the Tang army.
The Tang army did not show weakness at all. The soldiers of the forward battalion abandoned their shields and held Mo Dao. They broke the shields of the Tibetan warriors from top to bottom, and then rushed into the enemy's formation, opening and closing, completely disregarding life and death.
Less than a quarter of an hour after the war started, the rain became heavier again.
There seemed to be a big hole in the sky, and heavy rain poured down, blocking everyone's sight.
The battlefield with extremely poor visibility, coupled with the high-intensity fighting, caused the front lines of the two armies to change from their original regular formations to becoming uneven, and finally became intertwined.
Every soldier on the front line had red eyes. The diffuse water vapor made it difficult for them to see the direction of the rear formation and the situation in the distance. The only thing they could do was to stay close to their comrades and keep moving forward.
charge.
When you lose your sense of direction, whether you run away or stay where you are, you are waiting to die.
Only by keeping moving forward can we find a glimmer of hope for survival in the faint light.
The frontal battlefield between the Tang and Tibetan armies was in a stalemate. At this moment, six thousand dragon cavalry troops bypassed the wooden wall of the Tubo camp and took advantage of the heavy rain to reach the rear camp.
Long Qi said to his generals: "The main force of our army has arrived at the front battlefield. The Tibetan army will definitely focus on the front camp. As long as we can attack the rear camp and then attack the enemy with the main force from the front and back, we can attract
The Tubo people are in chaos."
Feeling the pouring rain on his body, Lieutenant General Wu Kedi asked Long Qi: "General, it's raining so hard that firearms can no longer be used. Why do we have to wrap them in oil paper after we have abandoned muskets and used cold soldiers instead?"
Live gunpowder and hide it on your body?"
Long Qi: "Although muskets cannot be used, gunpowder can be of great use. There are countless seizures and baggage in the Tubo rear camp. We can burn them to disrupt the enemy. The rain is too heavy, so it may not be easy to light a fire directly, but with cooperation
Gunpowder is much simpler."
When Wu Kedi heard this, he finally understood and responded.
The dragoons abandoned their muskets and took advantage of the heavy rain to arrive at Tubo's rear camp.
The Tibetan soldiers in front of the camp gate quickly blew their horns when they saw the cavalry approaching.
Long Qi took the lead. While urging the horses to gallop, he ordered: "Seize the door!"
The dragoons in the front threw out hooks and hooks to catch the horses, and then used their horse power to pull away the obstacles in front of the rear camp.
Hundreds of dragoons from behind filed through the gap and rushed directly into the Tubo camp.
Long Qi, who was in the front line, waved and shouted: "Look for the enemy's baggage and set fire to disturb the enemy!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a howling wind sounded, and a heavy ax quickly flew through the air and struck Long Qi.
Long Qi has developed good martial arts skills through many years of hunting and appreciating reds.
With his extraordinary reflexes, Long Qi raised his weapon and blocked the flying ax.
What surprised Long Qi was that the huge force from the flying ax made him almost lose control of his balance and fell off his horse.
"What a strength."
Long Qi said secretly and cast his gaze in the direction of the attacker.
A group of barbarians wearing rattan armor and bone crowns walked out of the camp.
The leader among them was tall, as strong as an ox, and had a face like a tiger or leopard.
When Wu Kedi saw the man, he was startled for a moment, then he quickly approached Long Qi on horseback, gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "General, this man is Yin Tu, the general of the Shankai Army."
Yin Tu was carrying a huge iron bone flower, and with every step he took, the ground seemed to be shaking slightly.
He stood still in the camp, looked at Long Qi, grinned and said: "Da Lun asked me to stay at the back camp, saying that someone would come to attack. I originally waited until I was bored, but luckily someone did come."
Long Qi, who was riding on the horse, looked Yin Tu up and down. He was tall and strong, and seemed to be good at strength. But if you look closely, you can see that the latter's calves and thighs are muscular, and he also has explosive power.
Outstanding.
In other words, the opponent in front of him has reached a balance between strength and speed, making him a difficult enemy.
Just as Long Qi was sizing up Yin Tu, the latter was also observing the former.
Yin Tu frowned and thought for a while, then said: "You are a little different from the generals I met... There is something about you that is very similar to me..."
Long Qi adjusted the hidden limb-severing mechanism and asked: "It's very similar?"
Yin Tu: "You are just like me...you all have the smell of beasts..."
Before he finished speaking, Yin Tu seemed to have seen through Long Qi's preparation, and suddenly used his legs to force himself and rushed towards the dragon cavalry formation.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The cavalrymen at the forefront of the Dragoon Army did not expect that at a distance of nearly a hundred meters, the ground was full of debris. This tall barbarian was actually walking as fast as flying.
Almost in the blink of an eye, he rushed to the front.
The dragoon at the head saw Yin Tu rushing over and subconsciously wanted to raise his horse to block.
Unexpectedly, Yin Tu's weapon was made of pig iron and was very powerful. With just one blow, it hit a man and a horse directly, causing their flesh and bones to be separated and blood to splash everywhere.
At the same time, nearly a thousand barbarians wearing rattan armor rushed out of the camp and ran quickly towards the dragoons in the front line.
The dragoon army has a total of six thousand riders, but less than a thousand people entered the camp gate at the moment, and most of them were still blocked outside the gate.
Long Qi observed the terrain and shouted decisively: "The forwards retreated, exited the enemy's camp area, and fought back with crossbows! The rear troops demolished the horses near the camp gate, cleared the road, and expanded the battlefield!"
Facing the swarming Shankui troops, the dragoons fought and retreated. While fighting, they tried to enter an open area where the cavalry could move.
However, the Shankai Army did not seem to intend to allow the dragoons to retreat safely to the camp gate.
Countless barbarian warriors from the Shankai Army climbed directly onto the wooden walls of the camp, circled around the cavalry's heads from above, and then used throwing axes, slings and other weapons to attack the Tang army.
The dragoons sitting on horses were already in a high position and had an eye-catching target. However, they were attacked from all directions by the enemy, causing a lot of casualties in a short time.
Seeing this, Long Qi ordered again: "The cavalry of the former army dismounted, placed the horses in the outer formation, and the people formed a circular formation in the middle!"
The dragoon's mount is equipped with cotton armor, and the interlayer is also decorated with iron sheets and other protections. The outside is also stained with a lot of mud. After being soaked by rain, it forms a pad armor with strong buffering force, which can effectively resist
Blunt damage from throwing axes and stones.
With the help of the cover of the war horses, the number of dragoon casualties was greatly reduced for a while, and the situation gradually stabilized.
