At dawn, the Tang army entered the territory of Guazhou, surrounded by the endless desolate Gobi Desert, with clusters of low sea-buckthorn shrubs growing tenaciously. There was no snow here, but it was extremely cold in the early morning. The soldiers' eyebrows were knitted.
Layer of frost.
"Changshi, look!"
A soldier pointed behind him and saw flying dust in the distance, about ten miles away, and the horse bandits were chasing him.
Guo Song said bitterly: "Since they must fight, then just fight them to the death!"
Li Ji suggested: "It's better to go a little further. We have two horses, and the opponent has one horse. When the opponent's horse cannot support the physical strength, we can then use the physical strength of the horse to fight the opponent."
Li Ji is indeed very experienced, and he has benefited Guo Song a lot along the way. Guo Song happily said: "Then we will wait until noon to counterattack!"
Everyone continued to gallop on horseback, and when it was almost noon, Guo Song suddenly discovered a low hill in the distance, running north to south, about ten miles long and three or four miles wide, looking like a cow lying on the desert.
"Captain Yang, what kind of mountain is that?" Guo Song asked, pointing to the low hill in the distance.
Yang Xiaoyan looked at it and said: "Reporting to Chang Shi, it is called Tuniu Mountain, also known as Woniu Mountain. Seeing this hill means that Jinchang County is coming, just ten miles in front of Tuniu Mountain."
"How many Shatuo troops are there in Jinchang County?"
"About five thousand people."
Guo Song nodded and immediately ordered: "Send orders to the brothers to go up the mountain!"
Of course, Guo Song had to take advantage of all the favorable terrain. The mountains were very gentle and war horses could climb up them.
Guo Song ordered several soldiers to go north with their horses, and he led three hundred Tang troops on a single horse up the mountain. At this time, dust was flying in the distance again, and the horse bandits continued to pursue them.
The reason why they are called horse bandits is that they are like wolves and will never give up until they kill their prey.
A more important reason is that Guo Song shot and killed the leader Hei Guang. A strong desire for revenge filled Jinshan Mo Yi's heart. He knew that this Tang army was probably just passing by and missed this opportunity. It would be impossible for him to seek revenge again.
In a moment, nearly a thousand horse bandits chased him to the foot of the hill. Jinshan Mo Yi held up his hand curtain and looked at the Tang army on the hill. He immediately understood the Tang army's intention and took advantage of the terrain to fight with him from a high position, but he could withdraw at any time.
He immediately turned back to his second brother Jinshan Changyu and said: "You lead your headquarters to attack from behind, and we will attack each other from the front and back!"
Jinshan Changyu said with a bitter face: "Brother, the brothers are all exhausted. Do you want to rest for a while?"
"There's so much nonsense!"
Jinshan Mo Yi glared at the other party fiercely, "Fuck me immediately!"
Jinshan Changyu had no choice but to lead more than 300 people to take a detour to the north of the hill.
Guo Song could see clearly from the hill. He smiled slightly at Li Ji and Guo Chongqing and asked, "Do you know why I want to go up the mountain?"
Guo Chongqing said: "By being condescending, you have an advantage in both fighting and archery."
Guo Song shook his head and looked at Li Ji. Li Ji bowed and said: "I believe that Chang Shi's real purpose is to prompt the opponent to divide his troops so that we can defeat them individually!"
Guo Song laughed and said to the soldiers: "Cheer up and prepare your bows and arrows. Let's go down the mountain to kill them."
He galloped towards the north of the mountain, and three hundred cavalry followed him. As soon as they came down from the hill, they saw three hundred horse bandits coming around from the south. The soldiers of the Tang army opened their bows and fired. The arrows were like a rain of arrows, and they were fired instantly.
Killed dozens of people.
Guo Song waved his halberd and shouted: "The meritorious service is today, kill!"
The three hundred cavalrymen stabbed the enemy in chaos like a sharp sword, killing them in an instant. Guo Song took the lead with his halberd, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep. Blood and flesh flew everywhere in his path, and heads rolled to the ground, killing them instantly.
More than a dozen people.
He glanced around and saw a general wearing armor. The other horse bandits were all wearing cloth or leather armor, but he was the only one wearing chain mail and holding a spear in his hand. He was obviously the opponent's general.
Guo Song used his legs to push the war horse, and the Fire Dragon King immediately turned around and rushed towards the opponent's general.
Jinshan Changyu was timid, so he had to bite the bullet and stab Guo Song with his spear. Guo Song sneered and pressed the barrel of the spear with his halberd. The halberd followed the barrel of the spear and stabbed the opponent as fast as lightning.
Jinshan Changyu was so frightened that he saw that his hands were about to be stabbed by the halberd tip. He actually threw away the spear, but it was still useless. The halberd stabbed into his chest with a 'poof!'. Jinshan Changyu screamed and immediately
He died tragically, and his body was lifted high by Guo Song.
The Tang army roared with joy and their morale was like a rainbow. They killed the enemy troops and retreated steadily. The remaining more than a hundred people turned around and ran away. The Tang army chased after them. At this moment, a low horn sound came from the south, and the main force of the horse bandits came from the south.
Killing is coming.
Guo Songhu stopped the entire army and said to Li Ji: "If you shoot the men first, shoot the horses, and if you capture the thieves first capture the king. You will command the brothers to fight, and I will be responsible for hunting down the opponent's general."
At this time, Guo Chongqing quickly counted the soldiers and found that no one was killed and only three soldiers were slightly injured. He immediately asked the military doctor to send these three wounded soldiers to evacuate first.
Realizing that Jinshan Moyi had been deceived, he had led more than 600 main horse bandits to kill him. He quickly gathered more than 100 remaining soldiers. Seeing that the other party was quickly lining up, he immediately waved his sword and shouted: "Kill them!"
More than 700 horse bandits shouted loudly and charged towards the Tang army 300 steps away.
At this time, nearly 300 Tang troops had lined up. They formed a fighting team of ten people. The ten groups of a hundred people in the front were holding spears and waiting for the opponent to kill, while the two hundred people in the back were holding their bows and arrows. The arrows were like dense raindrops, shooting
He rushed towards the horse bandit who had already rushed within 150 steps.
The soldiers who rushed in front were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, but the horse bandits were not affected. They continued to attack the Tang army one after another. After the Tang army shot the second round of arrows and killed dozens of enemy soldiers again, they immediately put away their bows and arrows and stood up.
Pick up the spear.
Li Ji gave the order, and the Tang army soldiers who were originally densely arranged immediately retreated. Three rows of small steel spears appeared on the ground, densely packed with more than 300 spears. This is a classic cavalry tactic, and when the enemy has less than
Arranging a spear formation at fifty steps can greatly reduce the impact of the enemy's attack.
However, this tactic requires extremely high training. If you are not careful, you will cause damage to yourself, or form several straight passages. If you don't move too slowly, you will mess up your position.
More than 600 horse bandits swept in like a storm. When they reached thirty steps, they suddenly discovered a dense array of steel spears on the ground. The sharp spear points were pointed at them. The cavalry had no time to change direction. Dozens of soldiers running in front were
The cavalry couldn't help but scream.
Steel spears pierced the bodies of war horses and soldiers one after another. In just an instant, more than fifty cavalrymen were pierced by steel spears. Blood mist filled the air. The cavalry behind them kept running up and trampled into the thicket of steel spears, causing heavy casualties until
Only after more than a hundred casualties did the attacking team stop.
At this time, Li Ji blew the trumpet, and three hundred Tang troops launched an attack. They were like a sharp battle, smashing into the enemy's ranks.
Guo Song rushed around the perimeter. He targeted the enemy general Jinshan Mo Yi, who was supervising the battle in the rear. Guo Song discovered the opportunity. He immediately drew an arrow and stabbed it diagonally. One hundred and twenty steps away, an arrow shot out.
The arrow shot towards the enemy commander. Like lightning, the arrow passed through the gap between the two horse bandits. Jinshan Mo Yi seemed to feel something. When he turned around, the wolf-toothed arrow shot into his eyebrow with a 'pop!'
From the Tianling Gai, Jinshan Mo Yi immediately fell off his horse and died tragically.
Guo Song galloped on his horse and shouted in the grassland Tiele language: "The leader has been shot! The leader has been shot!"
The death of Jinshan Moyi shook the military morale of the horse bandits, and the military morale began to weaken. People kept deserting the war and fleeing.
In the battle between two armies, morale and morale are extremely important. Once someone escapes, a butterfly effect will be formed, causing the entire army to collapse. This is like when two people are fighting side by side against the enemy, and one person next to him escapes first, and the other person will be defeated.
Cause huge impact.
Therefore, any army will kill soldiers who run away during the war. Even when the two armies are facing each other, the same soldiers who are killed in battle will be rewarded if they are shot in the chest by an arrow, and their families will receive double pensions. But if they are killed by an arrow in the back,
, not only do they not have any honor, their family members will also be implicated, be heavily fined, or be forced to become official slaves.
Therefore, in a real fierce battle, when one side calls for gold and withdraws its troops, the soldiers do not dare to turn around and run back, but slowly retreat, never leaving their backs to the other side.
But the horse bandits were a mob after all. When their leader was killed in battle, the horse bandits' fighting spirit quickly faded. In addition, they were exhausted and unable to fight. They were killed and wounded heavily by the Tang army. The remaining cavalry turned their horses and fled, but the Tang army did not let them go.
He passed them and chased them for more than thirty miles, almost killing the horse bandits.
However, in the battle of Tuniu Mountain, the expeditionary Tang army also paid a heavy price. Eleven people were injured, two people died of serious injuries, and nine people were killed in the end.
At the foot of Tuniu Mountain, the Tang army burned the bodies of nine fallen soldiers, put the bones and ashes into clay pots, and took them back to their hometowns and handed them back to their relatives. The bodies were burned by the fire, and nearly three hundred soldiers stood in line and silently.
Collectively mourn the first batch of fallen brothers.
Guo Song's voice was low and slow, and he delivered his final eulogy to the nine fallen soldiers, "You may not be famous throughout the ages, but you are the real heroes. You abandoned your home and your wives and children and generously went to the border for the country. There are countless people like you.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who poured their blood into the Western Regions finally forged a solid road leading to the Western Regions for us. Thousands of years later, the Western Regions still belong to us. Rest in peace!"