Chapter 427 Counterattack, Ambush
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The two armies are getting closer, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, sixty steps, fifty steps.
The cavalry of the five tribes roared like thunder: "Tang Dynasty!Tang Dynasty!Tang Dynasty!"
As they shouted for the title of the most powerful empire of this era, the Hu cavalry of the five tribes immediately increased their morale. Even the Tang Empire, which was not as strong as before, was still the empire that the Hu people who were attached to the Tang Dynasty and lived on the frontiers of the Tang Dynasty. Shouting out the title of the empire seemed to inject an intense fighting spirit into their hearts.
Fighting for the Tang Dynasty, using swords and swords, blood and sweat to exchange for fame and fortune given by the Tang Dynasty, this is the most anticipated dream of every Hu Qi. Taking the reward from the Tang Empire and living on the territory of the Tang Empire, if you can get the official position of the empire or even marry an empire woman, this is the expectation that every Hu Qi dreams of.
Now, the arrogant and endless wolf cubs of Shatu tribe are the time to show the power of warriors in various tribes. In the past, Shatu people have always been the most brave cavalry among the tribes under the empire. Every time the empire is summoned, these damn Shatu people are most valued. Every time they follow the Tang Empire to eat meat and drink soup, they can only chew a little bone.
Tuoba Sigong and other tribal leaders were already used to living in the Tang Dynasty. They yearned for the life of the empire and were unwilling to live such a barbaric life. The damn Shatuolang cubs were all given the surname from the Li Tang royal family and could not become descendants of King Zheng, so they were not satisfied. If he had Tuoba Sigong, he could also get the surname of the Li Tang emperor and become a member of the Li Tang royal family. How good would it be to change his name to Li Sigong?
With such a dream, the bloody battle of the Six Hu began.
Before the two sides had contacted each other, they were already showing their excellent riding and shooting skills immediately.
Ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and cavalry fell down in front of the two armies, but no one was afraid and panic.
This is a war between the warriors. The Shatu tribe faced the younger brothers behind them in the past, full of contempt. When fighting for the Tang Dynasty, these Hu cavalry always placed under their command and obeyed their commands. Now, if they dared to challenge the bravery of the Shatu warriors, they had to pay the price.
Tuoba Sigong and others were not afraid of the leaders of the past. The Shatu people sought death to challenge the Tang Empire. Now they are the ones who show themselves to fight for the status of the Shatu people in the empire.
This is a war between wolves fighting for the wolf king, without fear or retreat. All of them are just to die and never stop!
The two armies were less than twenty steps in the attack, and Tuoba Sigong yelled: "Change the spear!"
The front row of Dangxiang cavalry, who were constantly approaching the Shatuo cavalry, immediately replaced the bow and replaced it with the cavalry spear. With the eight-foot spear in hand, the Tuoba cavalry began to lower their bodies, with the right hand flattened the spear and the spear clamped the spear.
The figures of both sides became clearer and clearer. Finally, the two cavalrymen suddenly collided with each other. A horse was neighing and the spear broke, and the screams of the knights falling off the horse sounded. With the huge impact force, the cavalry often had only one move to fight. Whoever spear stabbed the opponent first, with such a huge impact force, could directly penetrate the knight on the horse and stab the horse down.
Cavalry hedging may be the most tragic battle. The cavalry rushing in front often stabs the opponent to death, but he is immediately stabbed to death by other cavalry. Under these violent collisions, if you accidentally fall off the horse, you will definitely die. In cavalry war, almost no serious wounded person can survive except death.
In just a moment, hundreds of elite cavalry fell down on both sides of the collision.
The subsequent cavalry of both sides continued to charge, without fear or chaos. They did not wander or chase, and there was only the simplest and most violent charge against each other. Under the gaze of countless Tang troops, the Six Hu cavalry fought to the death, showing their most fierce and tenacious side.
The thousand cavalry of the Zhenguo Army did not rush up to join the battle group. Under the leadership of Zhang Chengye, the thousand cavalry were galloping on the other side of the battlefield, with branches tied to the horse's tail, and countless smoke and dust were raised. The tall flag of the Zhenguo Army Li Jing's commander flag appeared and disappeared, which made the Shatuo people very nervous. They had to draw some troops from some of the troops to guard against the flanking Li Jing's cavalry to join the battle group at any time.
Yu Junsou led the number of Hu cavalry in the five tribes to reach 15,000, with an absolute advantage. Although they were tired, the Shatu soldiers were even more tired than them. Although the Shatu people have been the most powerful combat-capable Hu tribes in the Tang Empire for decades, the five tribes joined forces and did not lose much to them.
"Don't fight with them, just rush over and join the army of the camp!" Yu Qian saw that the Shatuo people had drawn out a lot of troops and joined the intercepted cavalry. Li Siyuan and Li Sizhao got reinforcements at this time, but instead stopped forcibly, he began to fight.
Seeing that the Shatuo people were shocked by them, the Five Barbarians cavalry became even more excited and burst into a huge roar again: "Da Tang! Da Tang! Da Tang!" Just like a hungry wolf pack, they rushed towards the Shatuo people in front of them even more fiercely.
Li Keyong did not expect that the cavalry of these five tribes would be so dedicated to the Tang Dynasty. He forgot that the Zhu Xie family had worked hard for the Tang Dynasty for generations, but he hated that these Hu cavalry were too stupid. In anger, Li Keyong personally led the cavalry to kill.
The Shatuo cavalry fought bloody battles with the cavalry of the five tribes, killing them to the darkness.
After the infantry in the Tang army camp saw the arrival of reinforcements, their original despair had already turned into surprise. When Zheng Congyi saw that the cavalry coming to reinforcements were so powerful, he couldn't help but laugh, waved the jade sword in his hand forward, shouting: "Where are the generals!"
The generals responded to the order, and Zheng Cong-sei waved his sword: "Roar all the war drums to cheer for the army, blow the charge horn, pass the command of the general, and fight back, kill all the rebels!"
The whimpering horns kept ringing passionately, and the sound of the thunderous war agitation also vibrated.
The Tang generals who were still struggling to support the front line jumped up one after another, waved their swords and shouted forward: "Get off, attack, attack!"
"Kill Shatuo Dog!"
The Tang soldiers, who were still in desperate situation, were excited at this time, and their fatigue and hunger were temporarily wiped out. They carried spears, swords and shields, rushed out from the broken camp like a tide, and bursts of noisy roars rushed towards the Shatuo people.
Li Keyong's cavalry had just blocked the impact of the cavalry of the five tribes. The dying Tang camp infantry behind him rushed out again, directly causing Li Keyong to be attacked from both sides. At this time, the situation was gradually detrimental to the Shatuo Army. What made Li Keyong particularly worried was that on one side of the battlefield, the flag of Li Jing of the Zhenguo Army was flying there, and a cavalry was there in countless smoke and dust.
He was very afraid of Li Jing. Although Li Jing had not fought a few decent wars with them since he entered the Jin Dynasty. However, Li Jing was the one who feared him the most among all the Tang generals, because the other Tang generals had basically fought with him and were defeated by him. Only Li Jing was quite cunning, both like a cunning fox and more like a poisonous snake that had been hiding in the grass and preparing to give him a fatal blow.
Li Jing likes to seize power and seize people with power. Every time he doesn't move, he moves like thunder. Just like the current battlefield, Li Jing's thousands of cavalry have been placed on one side of the battlefield and have never been willing to join the battlefield. This has caused Li Keyong to score a portion of his troops to deal with it at any time. The flag flying on the battlefield is like a sharp sword hanging on his head. He can never know when he will fall down, so he has always threatened him.
"We should use it, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable to us. It is better to retreat to Shanyang City for a while." Seeing that the situation is unfavorable, Li Youjin hurried to propose, "The Tang army's food and grass have been burned by us. The Tang army suffered heavy losses last night. Since the Tang army's cavalry has attracted both Yu Ju and Li Jing's cavalry, let's retreat to the city."
Li Keyong pondered for a while, and while pondering, his one-eye kept staring at the Li Jing's flag on the flank of the battlefield. In the end, he was still worried about Li Jing's cavalry and had to decide to withdraw his troops and return to the city.
The sound of trumpeting down was heard, and the 15,000 cavalrymen who left the Shatuo army to fight, were still 10,000 cavalry left, three thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry were killed and seriously injured, and remained on the battlefield.
The result was a loss. Although Li Keyong estimated that they had killed at least more than multiples of the Tang army, they still failed to defeat the 40,000 Tang army infantry in the end. Although they were unwilling to accept it, Yu Yan and Li Jing have arrived at the moment, and Li Keyong dared not take the risk and continue to fight.
Although the Shatuo people retreated, they were worthy of being the elite troops of a hundred battles. Their retreat was orderly and orderly. The cavalry of the five tribes wanted to take advantage of the enemy's retreat and directly defeated the Shatuo people. In the end, because they were too aggressive, Li Keyong suddenly killed a resurgent and rushed to the front of Helian and Tuoba tribes, who were in front, ran away with their heads and almost collapsed.
Zheng Cong-qi quickly sent an order to prevent the five tribes from pursuing them, so he let Li Keyong go.
Seeing that the Tang army stopped pursuing, Li Keyong led 10,000 cavalry to quickly go to Shanyang City. The troops arrived at the city. When the defenders on the city saw Li Keyong return to the city, they quickly opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge.
The cavalry of the front army had already entered the city, and Li Keyong was in the back of the palace all the way, but was still in the rear army at this time. He was riding on the horse, and Li Keyong was full of confusion. He was thinking about how to solve the current situation when he suddenly heard a shout of killing in front of him.
My face changed drastically. I quickly looked up and saw that when it started, the south gate of Shanyang City was in chaos and shouting and killing.
"Sir, the big thing is not good. Shanyang City was taken away by Li Jing. The army of Zhenguo pretended to be our army and guarded the city, letting our front army enter, and then suddenly blocked the city gate with huge rocks. Now the front army Xue Zhiqin and the three thousand cavalry are completely blocked in the city." Li Siyuan rode his horse, reporting with a pale face and a terrified face.
Chapter completed!