Chapter 411: Fighting against each other, pastoral songs intertwined
Fumeng Lingcha raised his head and pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "We in the Tang Dynasty have a tolerant criminal code. If he commits treason and injustice among the ten heinous crimes, I can give him leniency and hang him, and he can be recovered after three days.
, conduct a sky burial according to the custom of your Tuqishi."
Dumo took a deep breath, let it out for a long time, and asked: "Is this the same fate for all Mohe disciples?"
Fumeng Lingzha remained silent, but the result was already obvious.
After a short consultation meeting, Fumeng Lingcha and Dumozhi had reached an agreement on the exchange of interests. The next thing to do was to jointly participate in the war and achieve victory.
After waiting for another two days, Bukhan's army came to help with herds of livestock. Axilanda brought 10,000 soldiers, half of whom were Tuqi Shihei. After they joined the Tang army, they began to march toward
Head towards Jiedan Mountain.
Li Siye had already seen from the mental outlook of these black soldiers on horseback that the lower-level soldiers may not be willing to participate in the war. They are not like the upper-level rulers who compromise for vested interests. Their emotional desires are all for the best.
Simple and fierce, even if there are disputes and differences between the black and yellow surnames, they are not willing to help outsiders massacre their own people.
Hemo Dagan led his troops surnamed Huang to form a formation under Jiedan Mountain. There were more than 20,000 of them. Compared with the Tang army camp opposite, they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers and equipment.
More than 10,000 Tang troops led by Fu Meng Lingcha formed the Six Flower Formation, which was simplified by the military god Li Jing on the basis of Zhuge Liang's complicated eight-formation diagram. The Bagua Formation initially had nine armies, with the center in the center and the remaining eight.
The armies correspond to the eight directions of Fuxi Bagua, and there are more than a thousand changes in the configuration of the arms. The Liuhua formation is more simple, with the center army in the center, the front and rear armies in the left chamber, the front and rear armies in the right chamber, and the left and right Yuhou armies. Six armies are distributed around the periphery of the center army.
, forming a hexagonal structure with both offense and defense.
Comrade Li Jing does not know whether he has studied beehives or is proficient in geometry. The hexagon is the most material-saving shape, both for buildings and for the army. It is more stable than the Bagua array and has higher requirements for commanding generals.
It is also low-cost, and both novices and experienced operators can master and operate it skillfully. Moreover, it can also absorb other arms into the battle formation, and it is also easy to use when paired with cavalry. It is simply an economical and versatile formation method.
The Liuhua Formation, with infantry as the main component and cavalry as the supplement, has gone through countless war tests. From the early Tang Dynasty to the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, it had no rivals. The only flaw was its reliance on the professionalism and equipment of the army and the cavalry.
The sex is too high, so it was only adapted to survive in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
Fumeng Lingcha's Liuhua formation is in the center, Dumozhi's eight thousand cavalry formation is on the left, and Ba Khanna's ten thousand infantry and cavalry mixed formation is on the right. Mohe Dagan on the opposite side has arranged a square formation with a pin character structure.
, two cavalry are located on the left and right sides, and the square formation in the center is also coordinated by various military services.
Under the white wolf-skin banner in the center, Mohe Khan, wearing a white military uniform and scaly armor, rode out alone from the crowd. The white horse under him came galloping towards the center of the battlefield, making the sudden rider Shi
The leader has a more tragic and righteous atmosphere.
He stopped within a stone's throw of the Tang army, pulled the reins of his horse and waited.
Fumeng Lingcha rode out from the six-band guard. He was riding a black horse. His dark copper-colored bright armor reflected the sun's rays, making him dazzling. Behind him was a crimson cloak and colorful necklaces on the horse.
, but he looks like a villain.
Mohe's messy beard was fluttering in the summer wind. The two met on horseback in the center of the battlefield, only a few feet apart.
"Fu Meng has noticed that I was the first to plot to kill Sulu and was the first to surrender to the Tang Dynasty. Today you lead your army to attack me. Isn't this an ungrateful act?"
Fu Meng Zhongcheng pulled the reins of the horse. The black horse under him looked very irritable and kept kicking the dust on the ground. He stroked his beard and said coldly: "You sent troops to murder Shi Xin, the tenth surnamed Khan, the Protector of Mengchi." , you are a saint and are not tolerated by the imperial court. You are to blame for your current fate." "It is your fault in the Tang Dynasty!" Mo He's roar was like the shrill cry of an eagle: "How can my achievements be inferior to those of Wu Zile? , Suo Ge, Sulu. Can’t you be a Khan with the ten surnames? But your court has ulterior motives and arbitrarily gave the position of Khan to a puppet wearing the surname Ashina. How can you blame me for killing him. "
"Hey!" Fumeng Ling shouted: "You keep shouting about your merits and deeds, but you are not even half loyal to the imperial court. If you can't tolerate even a puppet, when you gradually become a big man in the future, I, the Protector of Anxi, will Has the government also become a thorn in your side?"
"Strong words! This place where Broken Leaf River flows is my Tuqishi's land! It is my home, He Mo. You broke into my home and put a master on my head. You want to make me yellow." There is no such logic in the world for the whole clan to become Ashina's slaves!"
"In the whole world, there is no royal land, no matter north or south of the Tianshan Mountains, it belongs to the saints."
"Bah! There's no point in talking more. We'll see who's better with swords and guns!"
This quarrel-like meeting between the two actually has little significance, and it is unlikely to increase the momentum of the two armies. It is also unknown whether it can have an impact on the will of the enemy's commander.
They each turned their horses around and returned to their own camps. Fumeng Lingcha gave orders to Yamen and waved his flag to order to prepare for battle. The Fuyuan crossbow used by two people stood in the front row, and the Zhangzhang crossbow used by single soldiers stood in the front row. In the back row.
He Mo ordered his men to blow the horns, but the cavalry on both sides did not move out. Instead, the infantry formation in the center supported the wooden tower shield and charged forward.
Li Siye's left and right Yuhou troops were at the forefront of the Liuhua formation. The six officers of the Chinese army waved flags and ordered the formation to change. The left and right troops in the front compartment slowly moved forward to be level with him, and the left and right troops in the rear compartment pressed against the rear of the formation with the Chinese army. The horizontal expansion of the formation made the enemy's attack intensity much more intensive.
The Tuqishi people didn't care at all about the Tang army's change of formation, and were already rushing toward them in neat formation.
"Fuyuan Crossbow! Shoot!"
The Fuyuan crossbow was placed on the ground, and the soldiers sat on it and pedaled with their waists to wind it. The enemy troops rushed to a distance of three to four hundred meters, and the Tang army began to fire. The arrows shot out like a rain of locusts and fell into the Tuqishi In the formation, scattered soldiers fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.
The infantry formation continued to charge forward, and the Chinese army waved its flag and ordered: "Fuyuan Nu, retreat!"
The crossbowmen retreated directly to the rear of the formation with the Fuyuan crossbow, and the soldiers carrying the crossbow came forward. Their standard equipment was infantry guns and crossbows. When shooting the enemy, they placed their spears on the ground, which were divided into three parts: front and rear. Teams, one team loaded the crossbows, another team prepared, the other team aimed and fired, cocked the crossbows and then retreated to the back row, this alternation continued.
The heavy infantry formation of Tuqishi rushed to a distance of 200 steps against the crossbows of the Tang army. Their formation went from dense to sparse, leaving many corpses on the way forward. Mo He ordered people to blow blows from behind. Raising their horns, these heavy infantrymen holding wooden shields suddenly stopped and withdrew their shields, revealing the yaks being driven forward behind them.
"Running Bull Formation! Get ready!"
The Tuqishi people dipped the yak's tail in grease, and the people in the back row held torches and prepared to light it.
However, the Tang army pushed a group of tightly tied people to the front. These people were the prisoners captured in the previous battle, including Hemo Khan's third son Quechu.
The herdsmen holding torches stopped what they were doing, and strange chirping sounds spread among the crowd. Some people cursed angrily. Soon the Chinese army in the rear learned that Mohe Khan shouted angrily: "Old man Fumeng, you are despicable!
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Unfortunately, the formations of the two armies were too far apart, and his curses could not reach the Tang army's camp.
"Khan! What can I do?" the general holding the flag asked loudly.
"Sign the fire! Hit me! Hit them all to death! My home is gone, what's the use of asking for people!"
Mohe issued the order, and he staked the entire tribe on this battle, not to mention the lives of thousands of people.
"Bump me!"
The herdsmen sang a pastoral song, which is always a mourning song for the deceased. The song was not sad, but it fit so well with the mountains and the magnificent grassland. The bound Tuqishi prisoners actually raised their chests and raised their heads, looking across the way.
The two voices echoed, and the two tuneless tunes were mixed together. It was a desolate melody that had existed on the Tianshan grassland since ancient times.
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"Towering snow-capped mountains, green grasslands, and rushing rivers spread endlessly, feeding my cattle and sheep, and raising my sons..."
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Li Siye vaguely felt that something was wrong, and using prisoners of war as hostages was a bad move. He immediately loudly ordered the Yuhou troops on his left and right: "Take the prisoners back! Use shields, spears and spears as a formation to block them!"