Chapter 448 Gao Xianzhi and Seleucid(1/2)
The Western Regions are thousands of miles of yellow sand, and the vast Gobi Desert is endless. An army marchs eastward on camels and war horses.
The yellow sand is wearing golden armor for hundreds of battles, and the military flag is broken and vaguely visible. The flag is embroidered with the word Tang embroidered on it.
The Tang army commander Gao Xianzhi showed a tired expression, and the continuous battles in the Western Regions almost exhausted his spirit.
The powerful enemy in the Western Regions was stronger than he thought.
The army poet Wang Changling sat on a camel, looking at the endless Tianshan Mountains, with a haggard expression and a few sword marks on his face. These were scars left when fighting with the Macedonians and other tribes of cavalry.
The Anxi Protectorate established by Gao Xianzhi, because Gao Xianzhi's main force was defeated, the tribes of the Western Regions successively betrayed Gao Xianzhi and the four Anxi towns were completely lost.
Gao Xianzhi could only return to the Central Plains with the remaining Tang army.
The power of Anxi Protectorate also relies on the support of the Central Plains.
Now the princes of the Central Plains are fighting each other, and Gao Xianzhi is deeply involved in Central Asia, and she is unable to support her.
"The bright moon in the Qin Dynasty was the Han Dynasty, and the people of thousands of miles of Long March had not returned. But the flying general in Longcheng was there, and the Hu horses were not allowed to cross Yinshan!"
Wang Changling sang generously on the way home.
"But let the flying general in Longcheng be here, and I won't teach Hu Ma to cross Yinshan!"
When he heard Wang Changling's poem, the Tang army around him was also passionate.
They were outnumbered and defeated by the Western Regions coalition, but China's truly powerful troops were within the pass!
As long as they return to the pass, regroup and gain the support of major forces, they can also rebuild the Anxi Protectorate!
"There is the Jiaohe City of Xizhou, which is the hometown of Gaochang Kingdom. I heard that the city lord there is our Tang people. With his power, he may be able to block powerful enemies from the Western Regions."
Feng Changqing, deputy guardian of Anxi, held the map of the Western Regions drawn in his hand.
Between the Anxi Protectorate and the Qin State of King Wu of Qin, there are also several important towns in Xizhou, Yizhou, Shazhou and Guazhou, which were occupied by a Han lord of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing had no choice but to try to go and surrender.
A Tang cavalry rushed to report: "The Great Protector, Macedonia, Turks, and Tiel tribes have arrived!"
"Give up the baggage and march quickly!"
Under Gao Xianzhi's order, the Tang army abandoned some unnecessary supplies, accelerated the marching speed, and marched towards Xizhou.
At the forefront, the Turkish cavalry had already detoured, hoping to completely annihilate the Tang army that once dominated the Western Regions.
Gao Xianzhi led tens of thousands of Tang troops to attack Central Asia, causing the surrounding tribes to tremble.
Now that Gao Xianzhi's power has declined, various tribes that were suppressed by Gao Xianzhi with tough measures have begun to fight back, among which the Turks and Tiele tribes are the most ferocious.
"Prepare for the fight!"
Li Siye, the vanguard general of the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty, held a Mo knife.
Beside him, there are more than a thousand Tang Dynasty soldiers.
He had already seen the dust rolling in front of him, and tens of thousands of Turkic cavalrymen walked around the front of the Tang army in advance and attacked the Tang army.
In the eyes of the Turkic cavalry, the number of Tang soldiers was less than 10,000. They could destroy this powerful army that once made them tremble!
The Tang army, with less than ten thousand people, expanded its formation, and arrows were like rain. Turkic cavalry continued to be killed while charging, rolled down from the horse's back, and were trampled by war horses coming from behind!
The Tang army's crossbows were still as strong as ever!
"kill!"
Li Siye roared and led more than a thousand Tang Dynasty Modao teams to fight tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry!
The big swords in the hands of the Tang Dynasty Modao Team were neatly arranged, forming a knife wall, and the Modao slashed forward!
The row of Turkic cavalry rushed in the front and saw the fierce sword aura slashing towards him. Before he could react, he was cut into two pieces by the Mo Dao!
Flesh and blood are flying everywhere, and people are shattered!
The Turkic cavalry in the back row had no time to change the formation and had already collided with Li Siye's Modao Formation!
The Tang Dynasty Modao Team continued to move forward and killed another row of Turkic cavalry!
"No!"
A Turkic general was killed by Li Siye in fear and was shattered by a sword!
His war horse also turned into shatter under Li Siye's violent sword aura!
The Modao team stood in front, comparable to a cutting machine. The Tang army in the rear continued to shoot arrows and harvested the lives of the Turkic cavalry.
The Turkic leader found that although the Tang army was less than ten thousand, he was still able to fight as before. He quickly gave up the idea of a frontal breakthrough and used his huge force to separate the cavalry and attacked from both sides of the Tang army and even behind him.
"Change the array!"
Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing have been observing the attack direction of the Turkic cavalry. They found that the Turkic cavalry changed their tactics and also commanded the Tang army to change their formations.
The Tang army on both sides and behind used spears, with long spears standing in front of them, blocking any direction of attack by the Turkic cavalry.
The Turkic cavalry found it difficult to find the breakthrough of the Tang army's phalanx, and several attacks were fruitless.
The Tang army's phalanx is impeccable.
The cavalry of the Turkic cavalry was at a disadvantage in front of the Tang army's powerful crossbows and was shot and killed by the Tang army.
Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry attacked the Tang army many times, but after leaving behind thousands of corpses, the Turkic cavalry was still unable to break through the Tang army formation.
The Turkic leader's face looked ugly.
The Tang army was still as strong as ever.
"No, not good..."
Wang Changling was in the Tang army's formation, observing the smoke and dust everywhere, and saw sand and dust flying on the west side of the Tianshan Mountains. Obviously, a large number of cavalry were approaching the battlefield quickly.
The powerful enemies who occupied the four towns of Anxi have already been hunting down!
Tang Jun was finally moved at this time.
After the other party united various tribes in the Western Regions, they still chased after them.
The thunderous sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, and Tang Jun was in a deeper mood.
"It's a friend of the cavalry again..."
Gao Xianzhi looked pale when he saw the elite cavalry chasing him.
The Cavalry of Friends, also known as the Macedonian Imperial Guards, is the most important assault force of the Macedonian Army. Even the close guard officers of the King of Macedonia selected from the Cavalry of Friends.
Gao Xianzhi didn't understand why such an elite cavalry appeared in the Western Regions.
Not only the Macedonians, but also the Tiel people active in the Western Regions, pursued them, and together, the number of people was tens of thousands.
The rushing forward were the Macedonian cavalry and the silver shield soldiers.
When the Turks saw reinforcements coming and stopped fighting with the Tang army, the Turkic leader showed a cunning smile.
He took the initiative to attack the Tang army. In addition to consuming the Tang army, he was also restraining the Tang army, waiting for the arrival of the Macedonians and the Tielites to launch a pincer attack.
"Well!"
The cavalry of the Tiel tribe tied the reins of the war horses, and tens of thousands of cavalry stopped.
The Macedonian friends, the cavalry and the silver shield soldiers, also stopped.
The cavalry and silver shield soldiers who were responsible for pursuing Gao Xianzhi had only 5,000 people, while the cavalry of the Tiel Tribe had 30,000 people.
The Tang army, with less than 10,000 people, was besieged on the edge of Xizhou by the Western Regions coalition forces such as the Turks, Tiel, Macedonia and other Western Regions.
A burly Macedonian general came out surrounded by silver shield soldiers and coldly glanced at the besieged Tang army.
At his signal, a Tieler, who knew Chinese, came to the two armies and shouted to Gao Xianzhi: "Major Protector, Lord Seleucci admires your bravery very much. I hope you can lead this Tang army to serve Lord Seleucci. The king behind Lord Seleucci is not an existence you can compete with. There is an old saying in the Central Plains that those who know the current affairs are..."
Before Tiele's words were finished, Gao Xianzhi shot an arrow in front of him, causing Tiele to shut up quickly.
"I, Gao Xianzhi, are from the Tang Dynasty. How could I serve that shitty king of Macedonia!"
Although Gao Xianzhi was a native of Goguryeo, Gao Xianzhi has always been proud of the Tang Dynasty. As the Great Protector of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, his self-esteem did not allow Gao Xianzhi to surrender.
To Gao Xianzhi, the Macedonians were barbarians.
Gao Xianzhi believed that he was not the top commander of China. As long as he found reinforcements from the Central Plains, all the Macedonians who had mistakenly entered the Tianshan Mountains would die.
Although Seleugu, the general of the Macedonian civilization, did not understand Chinese, did not need to translate the Tieler people. It can be judged just from Gao Xianzhi's tone that Gao Xianzhi refused his persuasion.
"This military general of the Eastern Empire doesn't know how terrible powerful enemies he is facing, and he doesn't know how deadly he is."
Seleugu no longer had the patience to consume Gao Xianzhi.
Seleucus waved his hand, and the silver shield soldiers dismounted and formed a large Macedonian formation. The silver shield reflected the dazzling sunlight, like a silver ocean.
Thirty thousand Tieler cavalry also made an offensive posture.
"It seems that this time, it is impossible to escape, but even if you die in the battlefield, you will have to kill a few enemy soldiers."
Wang Changling drew out his sword and was full of fighting spirit.
The Tang Dynasty had abundant martial ethics. Even poets learned swordsmanship and wore long swords with them.
Although Wang Changling is a civil servant, he can also use swordsmanship.
"All the soldiers, are you scary?"
To be continued...