Nine hundred and fiftieth chapters encounter battle
The army Pei Xin encountered was the Tibetan garrison in Qiongzhou. The general was called Yiba. The order he received was that if the main force of the enemy army came to kill, he must immediately withdraw his troops and return to Yazhou. But if a small force came,
Tang Jun, he can decide whether to annihilate the enemy.
But Shang Dongzan did not explain clearly the range of the number of small groups of enemy troops. If three to five hundred people are a small group of enemy troops, then three thousand people are not considered a small group of enemy troops. Compared with an army of tens of thousands, three thousand people are indeed
It can only be considered a small group of enemy troops.
The general Yiba made the decision without hesitation. He wanted to block this 3,000-man forward army and give the Tang army a head-on blow.
The previous victory of annihilating 20,000 Tang troops and forcing the enemy troops to abandon the city and flee had already made the Tibetan soldiers somewhat forgetful, as if all the Tang troops were weak troops that could be defeated in one battle, but they had forgotten that in Hexi
, in Longyou, and in Anxi, the army in front of them beat them to pieces, and their national strength did not recover for many years.
From Linqiong County to the east is an endless wilderness. This is also the place where Wang Qingyang's 20,000 troops were completely wiped out half a month ago. The corpses have been burned and buried deeply, but stains of blood can still be seen everywhere on the grass by the roadside.
The Tibetan army rarely adopts the strategy of sneak attacks. This does not mean that they are aboveboard, but that their own combat characteristics make it easy for them to suffer losses when using sneak attacks.
The Tubo army was very particular about formations. They were mainly infantry. They relied on tight formations to deal with the Uighur cavalry in Tochar. The formation of the Tubo army was like a dense hammer, and it was difficult for the cavalry to break them up. They
Using shields and daggers to fight close to the enemy, taller cavalry may not have the upper hand.
In the wilderness, two thousand Tubo soldiers were already in formation, looking murderously at a black line in the distance. Three thousand cavalry were already coming. Each Tubo soldier had a cruel look in his eyes, as if a wild beast had seen the approaching soldiers.
The closer the prey.
When they were one mile away, Pei Xin ordered the army to stop. He looked at the Tibetan army compressed into a small black mass in front of him, with a sneer on his lips.
As expected, the Tubo people made no progress and still wanted to use a dense formation to deal with the cavalry. Little did they know that this method had been cracked at Longyou.
"Lao Yang, use the two dragon water formation to attack them first, and then use the cavalry to attack." Pei Xin said without hesitation.
Yang Xuanying nodded, and Pei Xin said to Zhonglang General Pang Yi: "You can lead a thousand cavalry in the formation and attack when you hear my order!"
Pang Yi bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"
Yang Xuanying also raised his gun and shouted: "Second Army, follow me!"
Two cavalry of a thousand men, one on the left and one on the right, led by General Pei Xin and Deputy General Yang Xuanying, attacked the enemy.
Two thousand cavalry were galloping at lightning speed, as fast as thunder. When they gradually approached the enemy, they had already put on their cavalry bows. Suddenly they opened their bows and nocked arrows to shoot at the Tibetan army dozens of steps away.
This is the Erlong Water Formation, where two cavalry archers use the advantage of their cavalry to launch bow and arrow attacks against the enemy.
The Tibetan soldiers raised their shields to resist, but some soldiers were still hit by the dense arrows and fell to the ground screaming. The two armies ran through the enemy's formation, crossed over, turned around and came back to continue shooting.
After five consecutive rounds of shooting, nearly 200 Tubo people were killed. Pei Xin saw that the enemy's defense was tight and his bows and arrows could no longer increase the results. He shouted: "The garrison troops attack!"
"Woo——"
The low horn sounded, and the thousand cavalry stationed in the formation shouted, and under the leadership of Zhonglang General Pang Yi, they charged towards the Tibetan army.
Horse hooves formed in formation and yellow dust billowed, and they were immediately in front of the Tibetan army. Hundreds of Tibetan soldiers gathered together, holding shields in hand to resist the impact of the cavalry.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the Tang army's cavalry and the Tubo army collided suddenly. A dozen Tibetan soldiers were knocked up and flew more than ten feet away.
The legs of the three war horses were also broken, and they fell to the ground with a miserable hiss. The three Tang army cavalry were thrown away. The Tibetan soldiers swarmed up and killed the fallen soldiers with swords.
Pang Yi's cavalry finally opened a gap and fought their way in, but they only managed to get in a few dozen feet before they were blocked by the dense Tibetan soldiers and could no longer get in.
At this time, Pei Xin's cavalry came from the left and Yang Xuanying's cavalry went to the right, simultaneously launching a fierce attack on the Tibetan army formation.
Both teams are extremely powerful troops. The Tang cavalry are all brave and well-trained, while the Tibetan soldiers are fierce and tenacious and will fight until death.
This fierce battle was inextricable for a while, with casualties accumulating on both sides. However, in the end, the Tang army had the advantage in numbers, and they were cavalry. The Tibetan army gradually could not resist it, and could no longer maintain its formation. The formation began to spread out, getting bigger and bigger.
The advantage of the cavalry began to show. Before, the two sides were too close and could only fight close to each other. The Tang army's cavalry could not take advantage of it. Now the cavalry used long weapons to fight against the Tubo's short swords, taking advantage of them.
The two sides fought fiercely for more than an hour. The Tubo army suffered more than half of its losses and the Tang army suffered more than 500 casualties. However, the Tubo army had no intention of withdrawing and instead became more fierce.
Pei Xin was furious and ordered: "Send the order and kill them all!"
"Woo~woo~" the deep horn sounded quickly, which was meant to urge the battle to speed up, and the Tang army stepped up its offensive.
The previous fierce battle was three to two, with three Tang troops fighting two Tibetan soldiers. As the casualties on both sides increased, it was now two and a half fighting one Tibetan soldier. The numerical advantage of the Tang army began to show.
Zhou Junyu killed three Tubo soldiers today, but he was also injured. He met a fierce Tubo leader of fifty. Although he pierced the opponent's back with a knife, the opponent did not dodge and hit him with a desperate knife.
The skin on his thigh was suddenly torn open and blood flowed like a profuse stream, but the arteries in his leg were not damaged. He took out a ball of hemostatic ointment from his horse bag, chewed it up, put it on his thigh, and applied another plaster on it.
This is the hemostatic formula of Cangjianlou. It has miraculous effects in stopping bleeding. It was popularized by Guo Song. Every soldier has a first aid kit. The bag contains five lychee-sized hemostatic ointments, which are made from hemostatic herbs and donkey skin.
, chew it in your mouth when you are injured, and then paste it on the wound. It has the functions of stopping bleeding, disinfecting and astringing the wound. In addition, there is a matching thin plaster that can be firmly adhered to the skin. Its main function is to fix the hemostatic ointment.
This hemostatic ointment has a positive effect on saving the lives of soldiers on the battlefield and preventing death from excessive bleeding, and can reduce the injury mortality rate by half.
Zhou Junyu bandaged the wound a little and continued fighting. At this time, he suddenly discovered the enemy general. He was surrounded and protected by more than a dozen soldiers in the northwest corner of the Tibetan army. His unique horn helmet made Zhou Junyu guess that he was the enemy general.
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Zhou Junyu galloped on his horse, took off his riding bow, pulled out a hooked wolf-tooth arrow engraved with his name, opened his bow and nocked the arrow, found an opening vacated by the enemy, aimed at the enemy general's back neck and shot an arrow.
This arrow was actually a sneak attack, and people would laugh at it if it was spread out, but Zhou Junyu didn't care so much. His mounted archery ranked fifth in the martial arts hall, and he could already shoot the bow left and right. This arrow was held in his right hand, which was his strength.
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The general, Yiba, was caught off guard. 'Poof!' an arrow hit him in the back of the neck. The arrow with a hook and a fleshy hook came out of his throat. The arrow actually penetrated his neck.
Yiba grabbed his throat, swayed, and fell from his horse. By the time the soldiers rescued him, he was already dead.
Although the death of the general did not directly lead to the collapse of the entire Tibetan army, it caused the Tibetan army to lose its command, the battle began to become chaotic, the defeat became more and more obvious, and the casualties became more and more serious.
Half an hour later, there were only more than 300 Tibetan soldiers left. A commander of 500 people shouted and wanted to lead the remaining troops to break out. Pei Xin saw his intention and shouted: "Surround them, don't allow it."
They break out!"
Yang Xuanying quickly suggested: "General, it is better to let them escape, and we will chase them from behind. The casualties among our brothers will be much smaller!"
Pei Xin suddenly realized that he immediately changed his order and let the Tibetan soldiers leave. The Tang army's cavalry opened a gap. Seeing that the 500-year-old Tibetans had an opportunity, he immediately led more than 300 soldiers to break out of the encirclement and flee south.
Pei Xin sneered and gave the order, "Pursue, leave no one behind, kill them all!"
The cavalry chased them, and the horses were much faster than their legs. The Tang army's cavalry stabbed and slashed at them while running. They only ran a few miles and killed more than 300 Tibetan soldiers who broke through.
In this battle, all 2,000 Tibetan soldiers were killed without a single prisoner of war. The Tang army's cavalry also killed 370 people and injured more than 260 people. Basically, they killed 3,000 enemies and suffered 800 losses.
Zhou Junyu was still bandaging the wound when a soldier ran forward and said: "Colonel Zhou, General Pei wants you to come over."
Zhou Junyu simply bandaged the wound and limped along with the soldiers to Pei Xin.
He was about to endure the pain and kneel down on one knee to salute, but Pei Xin stopped him and raised his brows, "Are you injured?"
"I got a knife on my thigh, but it was just a little flesh wound, it's not a problem."
Pei Xin could tell that the injury was minor. If the muscles and bones were damaged, he would not be able to walk at all.
He nodded and said, "You must have shot the enemy general! The arrow on his throat has your name on it."
"I feel ashamed of my humble position. I am attacking from behind and cannot find any chance from the front."
Pei Xin solemnly said: "You never use means to kill the enemy, only the victory or defeat, and don't be pedantic!"
Zhou Junyu suddenly woke up and said quickly: "Thank you, General, for your teaching!"
Pei Xin nodded again and said: "According to the rules of the army, since you shot and killed the enemy chief, the first contribution today will be yours."