Chapter 984 Battle of Taiyuan (twenty-five)
Ten miles away, Chuluo Khan was surrounded by hundreds of ten thousand men and thousands of men, looking at the Sui Army camp from a distance. The Sui Army camp built a slope of about a few feet high on the flat ground, about five miles from east to west and three miles from north to south. The entire camp was like a county town. A few miles to the west was the Fen River. A small river came from the east and passed through the camp, and finally poured into the Fen River. The Tang camp had been demolished and turned into a pile of soil. The Sui and Tang armies had joined forces.
From the perspective of offensive perspective, it is not difficult, and there are wilderness around it, but the terrain in the south is lower, which is not conducive to the attacking side. There are rivers on both sides of the east and west, so it cannot accommodate too many troops, so it is still most beneficial to attack from the north.
At this time, Chuluo Khan's eyes fell on the ground again. He was most worried that the Sui army would deploy poisonous thorns. They were repeatedly hit by thorns and trapped horse pits, which had become their nightmare.
Currently, there is still an Iron Army in the Turkic army, which is the 5,000 people from the Baye Gu tribe. led by Jin Luo, the nephew of the Great Chief Tule. Of course, Chuluo Khan knew the relationship between the Baye Gu tribe and Zhang Xuan, and also knew that the Sui army betrayed pig iron to the Baye Gu tribe. The Baye Gu tribe had long been a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
However, due to the alliance between Bayegu and the three tribes of Uighurs and Pugu, Chuluo Khan did not take action. After this southern expedition, he began to clean up the three tribes of the East and eliminate all forces that dared to oppose the rule of the Turks.
This time, the Baye Gu tribe also sent 5,000 people to participate in the southern expedition, and Chuluo Khan never used them. He wanted to save this army until the end to humiliate Zhang Xuan. Today, I will use the Baye Gu tribe to clear the obstacles!
"Where is General Jin Luo?"
A ten thousand men came out of the general, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He was Jin Luo, the leader of the Baye Gu Army. He looked very much like his uncle Tule, with a wide face and a low figure, but he was extremely strong.
Jin Luo stepped forward and bowed, "The last one is here!"
Chuluo Khan said coldly: "The army will establish authority first in the attack and battle. Today's first battle will be made by Baye Gu's army!"
Of course, Jin Luo knew what Chuluo Khan intended. He gritted his teeth and asked again: "I don't know what power we need?"
"Just break through a wall!"
At this time, the former general Zhi Shili stepped forward and said, "Khan, the Baye Gu army has only 5,000 troops, and the troops are too small. I am afraid that the establishment of power will not affect our army's morale. I am willing to fight the first battle with the Baye Gu army."
The Turkic generals behind were all secretly surprised. Everyone knew the purpose of Khan asking Bayegu to fight. Zhi was weak but did not know the best. He actually wanted to fight with Bayegu. Isn’t this embarrassing Khan?
Chuluo Khan's eyes narrowed into a slit, and his eyes were flashing with a terrifying light. This shows the anger in his heart. Chuluo Khan said coldly: "Since you want to go into battle, then fight the second round!"
Zhishili certainly knew the intention of Chuluo Khan, but he had always opposed the Khan's harsh treatment of Tielle people. You must know that the Tiel tribes and the Turks lived together on the grasslands and surrendered to the Turks for decades. Both sides were at peace. This southern expedition, almost all the more than 100,000 Tiel troops were killed and injured. Khan's unfair treatment of Tielle people had already made Tielle people feel heartbroken. I heard that even the Sijie tribe who was most loyal to the Turks rebelled. If this continues, it will sooner or later cause chaos in the grassland.
But Khan did not listen to the advice at all, which made Zhi Wusili worried. Today, Khan wanted to take the last Tieler man to attack him. Zhi Wusili finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he stood up and confronted Luo Khan in public.
"Khan, morale is already sluggish, so morale should be boosted at this time. If Khan is worried about thorns on the ground, hundreds of soldiers can go to investigate, and the Baye Gu tribe can go there."
"Shut up!"
Chuluo Khan's face turned red with anger and shouted fiercely: "I'm Khan, I'll go whoever I want to go. If you want to be a Khan, I'll give it to you!"
Zhi Shishi lowered his head and sighed in his heart, "I dare not be humble!"
Chuluo Khan raised the Golden Wolf Head Order and said, "Bang the drum for me!"
‘Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!Dong!”
The drums sounded loudly in the Turkic army, and Chuluo Khan shouted sternly: "Baye Gu tribe attacked!"
At this time, the five thousand cavalry of the Baye Gu tribe had already formed a formation. Jin Luo was helpless and had to draw his sword and wave it, "Strike!"
"Kill!"
Five thousand cavalry rush out like a broken river, sweeping towards the Sui army camp ten miles away.
Chuluo Khan said coldly to his guards' ten thousand guards, Amulun, again: "You can lead three thousand guards to supervise the battle. Who dares to escape back? Behead me immediately!"
"Abide by the order!"
Amulun immediately led three thousand guard cavalry to run forward, holding sharp blades in their hands to supervise the battle behind them. More than a hundred Bayegu cavalry who hesitated and did not dare to go forward were killed on the spot. Under the fierce killing of the guards, five thousand Bayegu cavalry were forced to attack the Sui army camp.
The overwhelming cavalry rushed towards the Sui army camp like a black tide. On the camp wall, Zhang Xuan shook his head. The Turks started to attack before they could stand firm. Even if the pressure was too high, they would not be so anxious. This must be the other party to test the defense of the Sui army, or even to test whether the Sui army laid thorns.
At this time, Fang Xuanling next to him whispered: "Your Highness, look at their battle flags as if they were the Ancient Tribe of Baye."
Zhang Xuan was stunned and looked at the battle flag carefully. There were dozens of battle flags in front of him, most of which were the wolf-headed flags of the Turks, but there was a black flag among them, which was the flag of the club, and now it was also the battle flag of the Paogu tribe.
Moreover, judging from the equipment of the soldiers, they are different from the Turkic soldiers. These cavalry wear snatched hats and are very different from the helmets of the Turkic army, which is also the characteristic of the Eastern Tielite people.
Although it is not entirely certain that this army is the Bayegu tribe, the possibility is already very high.
"Master, do you want to fire a honeycomb crossbow?" Pei Xingyan whispered.
Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Don't use honeycomb crossbows or catapults, just shoot with crossbows when they get close."
Zhang Xuan was not sympathetic, but his pity for the enemy on the battlefield was cruel to his own army. The key was that he did not want to be tempted by the Turks. Five thousand cavalrymen were enough to use bows and crossbows.
The cavalry of Bayegu tribe rushed to a mile. To their surprise, there were no thorns and horse pits on the ground, which made the Turkic army behind breathe a sigh of relief at the same time. Chuluo Khan was secretly happy. Without the thorns and horse pits on the ground, their greatest threat also disappeared.
But surprises came one after another. Not only did there be no thorn formation, but even the trencher and long-range crossbow did not appear. This really made the Turkic generals feel strange. Everyone was talking about it, wondering what the Sui army sold in the gourd?
Chu Luo Khan sneered, can the Baye Ancient Tribe enjoy preferential treatment? Kill the camp to see how Zhang Xuan treats preferential treatment.
The cavalry of Baye Gu's tribe was getting closer and closer to the camp wall and had already entered the range of killing and killing of the horn crossbow. The cavalrymen drew their swords and shouted. Hundreds of cavalry in front had prepared rope covers and were ready to cover the camp wall, and used the power of the horse running to drag down a section of the camp wall.
This is also the difference between siege and attacking camp. Siege must be used to siege ladders to climb the city, and infantry must be used. However, in addition to using siege ladders, attacking camps can also use rope sleeves to drag down high walls, because the walls of the camp are thinner and far less thick than the city walls.
In contrast, the Turkic cavalry were more willing to attack with ropes, so they could not leave the war horses. These nomadic soldiers who grew up on horseback lost dependence after leaving the war horses and seemed to be unable to walk.
But the Sui army did not make a move just because they were the Baye Gu tribe. When they rushed into the range of crossbow arrows, the chung in the camp sounded, and tens of thousands of arrows were fired at the top of the wall. This was the first to shoot the crossbow arrows. However, within the city wall, tens of thousands of archers were also lined up to wait. As long as the enemy cavalry advanced within a hundred steps, the archers would also shoot tens of thousands of arrows at the same time.
The dense crossbow arrows shot towards the rushing cavalry, and the cavalry fell down one after another. The hundreds of cavalry holding ropes were destroyed. The crossbow arrows were far more lethal to the cavalry than infantry. This is because the running of the cavalry increased the impact of the arrows, making it easier for the crossbow arrows to shoot through armor and shields, and the lethality was stronger.
But it was difficult for the running cavalry group to stop. The first round of crossbow arrows shot more than a thousand cavalry, while the cavalry behind continued to charge forward. At this time, the archers of the Sui army began to attack, and ten thousand archers shot long arrows into the air. The long arrows fell densely from the sky like raindrops, and the cavalry raised their shields to greet them.
But the heavy armor-breaking power of the soldiers and arrows was stronger than the crossbow arrows. Feng Di was bloodthirsty and shot through the shields and leather armor, and shot into the bodies of the cavalry and war horses. There was a wailing sound on the battlefield. Although many soldiers avoided the crossbow arrows and long arrows, their war horses were difficult to escape. The war horses fell to the ground and the cavalry got up from the ground and ran back and fled back.
With just two rounds of forty thousand arrows shot out, the five thousand cavalry lost nearly 70% of them. Jin Luo was also frightened and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"
Jin Luo led more than 1,600 cavalrymen to flee back, but Chuluo Khan refused to spare them easily. The three thousand guards forced them to continue to attack the camp. After the Turkic generals pleaded with each other, Chuluo Khan finally let go and allowed them to return to the battlefield.
At this time, it was already dark, and Chuluo Khan had no intention of continuing to attack the camp, so he ordered: "The army stationed on the spot!" (To be continued.)
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Chapter completed!