The prosperous era is full of prosperity, singing and dancing brings peace.

The poet raised his glass and chanted in the moonlight, drank in the bustling streets of Chang'an, and the powerful drank and were addicted to the long sleeves of the spiraling dancers. He slept in the military dining area on the side, and his rusty iron armor was old and unyielding.

The willow leaves beside Ba Bridge, the Qiang flute at Yumen Pass, the horns of the warriors, the powerful jindengs, and the tears of the old farmer, these pictures form the last trace of afterglow in the prosperous era.

The enemy was getting closer and closer, and Gu Qing, who was hiding behind the sand dunes, became more and more nervous.

The scouts kept coming from behind. The Tubo enemy troops were thirty or twenty miles away. The Tubo vanguard scout had been silently shot and killed from a distance by our sharpshooter...

Gu Qing's face was as deep as water, sitting behind the sand dunes, his eyes closed and restlessly, but his mind kept thinking and reviewing.

Every detail of the arrangement before the war was re-written from my mind, from a rolling wood in Kucha City defense to the deployment of soldiers and horses on all sides in this ambush circle.

Gu Qing almost had a paranoid mentality about this battle, striving to be seamless. Any small loophole may be the cause of major failure. Gu Qing did not want to leave any loopholes and really did his best for something. Even if he really failed in the future, at least Gu Qing could reduce some guilt in his heart.

After the ultimate effort, everything will be left to God.

The scout came again to report that the enemy was still ten miles away from the ambush circle. The little black dots of the enemy's vanishing in a scattered manner could be vaguely seen in the distance of the sand dunes.

Gu Qing observed the movement speed of the small black dots in the distance and the distance from the ambush circle. After a long time, he signaled to the guard beside him.

The guard climbed to the top of the dune and shook the red flag at the opposite dune. After shaking it three times, the opposite dune also shook the red flag at this side.

Gu Qing sat patiently on the back of the dune and continued to wait, and turned to ask Han Jie.

"Except for the troops lying on all sides, how many troops are left?"

Han Jie thought for a while and said, "According to the orders of the Marquis, the Khotan army was raided by 5,000 people, and a total of 7,000 people were ambushed from three sides of the north and south. The Marquis deliberately left a Right Army, about 1,000 people, and was on standby outside the sand dunes five miles away."

The so-called "right army" is the standard configuration during the war between the Tang Dynasty. When the Tang army fights with the enemy, the left and right armies are usually divided into left and right armies. The left army is the first echelon fighting, while the right army is on standby. Once the situation on the battlefield is at a disadvantage, the commander will order the right army to make up.

The "Youjun" is the reserve team in the war thousands of years later. The concept of reserve team had already been established in the Tang Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.

"Send someone to the Right Army to ask, summon the archer, and transfer them here." Gu Qing narrowed his eyes and looked at the Tubo army in the distance, watching them climb down from the back of the sand dune, and the growing snake team walked.

"The Marquis means..."

"Organize a team of sharpshooters, quietly approach the battlefield after the battle, let them decide to form a team or work alone, and judge the situation on the battlefield by themselves. If they see a person who looks like an enemy general, they will shoot them."

Han Jie was puzzled, but he turned around and sent a personal guard to run quickly towards the distance.

Gu Qing is too lazy to explain, and sometimes it is better to explain directly to others than to explain anything.

The principle of doing this is actually the sniper team in the previous life, but there were no guns in this era, so if it were an arrow, the effective range of the arrow is 60 to 100 steps. This distance is not too long when the two armies are fighting. If a sniper team unknowingly intervenes into the group of soldiers and soldiers, draws cold sons to kill enemy generals and destroys their command system, the probability of victory or defeat may be more inclined to oneself.

After everything was arranged, all 20,000 troops from the Tubo army appeared in sight, and thousands of vanguards were approaching the ambush circle.

"Let their vanguard pass by, the ambush circle in the west is ten miles away and cannot escape." Gu Qing held his breath and lay on the sand and looked at the Tubo army slowly moving not far away.

This is the first time Gu Qing saw the established Tubo army. Tubo is located on the plateau, and its national strength is much worse than that of the Tang Dynasty. The plateau crops only produce barley and the business is very barren, so Tubo is actually relatively poor, but their people are brave and good at fighting and are aggressive. They often fight with the Tang Dynasty and also have the meaning of robbing and subsidizing.

The soldiers of the Tubo army were dressed in chaos. They did not have uniform clothes. They were all wearing leather robes and felt hats. They had a variety of weapons and had farm tools. They marched loosely all the way. The soldiers were not energetic, like a defeated soldier who had just defeated the battle.

But Gu Qing did not dare to underestimate this army that looked like a mob. From the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the present, it has not been able to beat Tubo down for more than a hundred years, and even had to acquiesce to destroy Tuyuhun. The Tubo army has extraordinary combat power, and fighting with it often involves huge casualties.

Seeing that the main force of the Tubo army's central army was getting closer and closer to the ambush circle, Gu Qing's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he silently calculated the distance. The whole army went forward about three miles and the ambush circle could be launched.

His eyes were staring at the Tubo army, and Gu Qing and Han Jie and other personal guards beside him were nervous. Han Jie's right hand was always on the hilt of the sword on his waist, and his breathing rhythm gradually accelerated.

The Tubo army walked forward a mile, and thousands of vanguards were almost ten miles away. But for some reason, several strong men suddenly walked out of the Tubo army, carrying long horns and whimpering horns. The long and sobbing horns echoed in the desolate desert.

Hearing the sound of the horn, the entire Tubo army stopped and remained still.

Gu Qing's eyelids twitched.

At this time, it was still half the time before the entire Tubo army entered the ambush circle. The enemy commander ordered a stop for some reason, which was obviously an unexpected situation.

"Marty, do you want to change the military order?" Han Jie said in a hurry from the side.

Gu Qing shook his head and stared at the Tubo army and said, "Stay calm and see what they stopped to do. It shouldn't be that they discovered the ambush, otherwise they wouldn't be so calm."

After the Tubo army stopped, several camel-riding knights ran out of the team. The knights marched towards the left and right sand dunes, and the knights headed forward, as if they were sending orders to the forward.

Gu Qing frowned. The direction of the camel-riding knights was the ambushing circles on both sides of the north and south. As long as they climbed the dune, they would find dense ambushing on the back of the dune.

The situation has gone out of control, and everything has exceeded Gu Qing's plan.

Seeing the knight whipping the camel and climbing the dunes hard, getting closer and closer to him, Gu Qing sighed bitterly.

Never underestimate ancient people, nor underestimate ancient enemies.

"The opponent's coach did not find the ambush, but he should be uneasy about the terrain of the left and right sand dunes of the team, so he sent a scout to inquire first... The enemy's coach is a powerful figure, and this is the first mistake I made. The perfect ambush terrain itself is a huge loophole, I remember it." Gu Qing sighed.

Han Jie comforted: "It was the first time that the Marquis commanded a war, and it was not easy to achieve this level. The great wars from ancient times to the present have never been perfect in strategy."

Seeing that there was still a small half of the Tubo team at the end of the ambush circle, and the enemy's scouts were getting closer and closer to the top of the sand dune, Gu Qing sighed regretfully and said, "Shoot the scout first, and then start it. There was still a small half of the enemy's rear who had not entered the ambush circle. The sinking of the Khotan army may be more difficult..."

Han Jie waved, and the guard next to him handed a strong bow. Han Jie put the strong bow on the arrow and said, "Please give the order."

Gu Qing nodded, and a cold murderous intent flashed in his eyes: "Shake the flag and launch an ambush!"

Han Jieteng stood up from the back of the sand dune, and pulled the strong bow into a full moon in his hand. With a whoosh, the arrow shot out. The enemy scout who was about to climb the sand dune fell down, leaving only the camel standing in a daze.

While Han Jie shot and killed the scout, the guard next to him also stood on the top of the sand dune and shook the red flag quickly in his hand.

On the peak of the sand dunes in the distance, the same red flag shook a few times, and then some blurry small black dots appeared on the top. The small black dots were first dozens, then hundreds, thousands, and thousands...

On the sand dunes to the north, a trumpet sound of drums was shocking, and it spread slowly in the empty desert. Countless Tang soldiers emerged from the sand dunes on three sides, slowly surrounding the Tubo army.

The Tubo army below was shocked and hurriedly formed a formation under the scolding of the generals, and rushed to list a not-so-complete defensive formation.

While the Tubo army was busy lined up to defend, the Tang cavalry on the three sides had already swept down from the peak, and the ambush led by Chang Zhong to the west had already begun to fight with the Tubo army vanguard.

Gu Qing was still lying on the sand dune and motionless. As the head coach, he certainly could not participate in the fight in person. Their personal guards beside him did not move. Their duty was to protect Gu Qing, not to make achievements.

Squinted at the sand dune in the west, a charge of three thousand Tang cavalry had already broken the defensive formation just listed by the enemy's vanguard, while the other two ambushers, one left and one right, charged against the Tubo central army.

"Although something unexpected happens, it should not be defeated..." Gu Qing murmured to himself.

After the ambush was launched, Gu Qing had nothing to do. He had already said that the specific details of the battle were handed over to the generals like Chang Zhong, and Gu Qing did not intervene, so all Gu Qing could do now was wait.

Han Jie looked at Gu Qing strangely and said, "The Marquis must have never seen the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty when they were fighting, right?"

"I haven't seen it before. This is not only my first time commanding, but also my first time on the battlefield."

Han Jie smiled: "The Marquis kept calm and took a look first. The general kept saying that the Marquis' plan was perfect, and it didn't matter if there was a little accident. The Marquis' ability of the King of the Tang Dynasty will be known after seeing it with his own eyes."

Gu Qing was in a bad mood and glanced at him lightly and said, "Are you teaching me to do things?"

"The last general dare not, but the marquis is too pursuing perfection. The last general can conclude that in today's battle, I will win the Tang Dynasty. The marquis set up an ambush first, and we are all cavalry, and we have sufficient weapons. Each of them is equipped with long arrows, long halberds and horizontal swords, which can be shot from a long distance and close combat. The terrain here is a plain open area, suitable for cavalry charges. It can be said that the time, place, people and all are on our side. If you can't win, it would be unreasonable."

Han Jie said with a proud look: "A such an excellent cavalry, even without any strategy, can still be invincible in the world when encountering the plains."

Gu Qing narrowed his eyes: "What you mean is that my plan is actually unnecessary, just do it right, right?"

Han Jie was furious and hurriedly said, "I dare not, the marquis misunderstood."

"Sexy young, be more aware. I am the commander of the first army. I am qualified to show my arrogant and arrogant look of beating."

As the two talked, on the battlefield below, the three ambushes had already collided with the Tubo army fiercely.

The main function of cavalry is to charge, and use the irresistible charge of war horses to disrupt the enemy formation. After some interweaving, the enemy formation is chaotic and the combat power is basically lost.

The characteristic of the Tang cavalry is flanking charge. If it is compared to humans fighting, the Tang cavalry is an elusive dagger. When the battle is in full swing, it suddenly stabs the enemy's ribs and defeats the enemy with one move.

Given the combat characteristics of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, Gu Qing specially chose this place to ambush. There were high sand dunes on both sides, and the low-lying area in the middle was exactly the only way for the enemy. After the ambush was launched, the ambushers on both sides charged down from a high point and happened to pass by the Tubo central army.

At this time, Gu Qing had handed over the command to Chang Zhong.

Chang Zhong led the way, facing the vanguard of the Tubo army. After rushing down from the sand dunes, the formation of thousands of Tubo vanguards was in chaos. Chang Zhong led 3,000 cavalry to see a gap in the middle of the vanguard's defensive formation. He raised the long halberd in his hand flat without using force. He just held the long halberd and released the speed of the war horse. The tip of the halberd was facing forward. When the war horse rushed into the enemy crowd, it was a bang, as if two iron balls collided in mid-air, causing dazzling sparks.

Chang Zhong rushed to the first place, and several enemy arrows shot from the armor on his chest were inserted into the armor leaves. Fortunately, he had armor to protect him and did not hurt his body.

Three thousand people behind him were like the wind and swept the clouds. They followed Chang Zhong into the enemy's vanguard formation. They did not slow down at all and allowed the war horses to neigh and run wildly. The purpose of the first charge was to disrupt the enemy formation, and they did not focus on killing the enemy.

Three thousand war horses were like three thousand angry bulls, and they rushed out of a bloody path from the enemy's crowd, like a bullet shooting through the water, rushing the enemy's formation out of a long blank area.

The formation of the enemy's vanguard had been running through the enemy's vanguard. Chang Zhong and three thousand men came to the open space and turned their heads one after another. Chang Zhong shouted: "Come on another charge, follow me!"

After saying that, Chang Zhong and three thousand soldiers rode their horses to charge again at the vanguard, and still penetrated the enemy's vanguard formation like a bullet.

After repeated charges three times, the enemy's vanguard was defeated. Han Jie was right. In this era, if the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty fought in the plains, it would be an invincible existence in the world.

Seeing that the enemy's vanguard was in chaos and could no longer form a formation, Chang Zhong commanded the last charge and suddenly shouted: "The whole army dismounted and lined up to annihilate the enemy!"

Three thousand left guards dismounted one after another, holding long halberds in their hands, and the formation was like a black iron cone. The tip of the cone was facing the Tubo army vanguard. The enemy vanguard became more and more panicked, and the generals scolded and ordered the formation to fight the enemy.

Several charges defeated the Tubo army's morale, and they were ambushed and then raided by cavalry. The morale of the Tubo vanguard was hit hard. Under the constant whip of the furious generals, the Tubo army quickly arranged a scattered defensive formation.

Chang Zhong looked at the loose formation not far away in front of him, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously, then shouted: "Foreign Army, bow and arrow, go!"

A dense rain of arrows shot out with a loud bang, and the Tubo army vanguards fell to the ground one after another. The rain of arrows caused hundreds of casualties.

It is completely different from the cavalry's charge style, the Tang army's infantry attacked in an orderly manner according to the formation. It does not seek speed, but seeks stability.

The shield array is usually listed in front of the formation. Of course, it is not necessarily standard. For example, Chang Zhong's troops were converted into infantry soldiers, and shields were not very useful, so the ones listed in the front are bows and arrows.

First, there are bows and arrows, and after rounds of arrow rain effectively hit the enemy's formation, followed by the long halberd spear formation, and the last of the formation is the horizontal sword formation suitable for close-fitting melee combat.

After the arrow rain shot five rounds in a row, the formations listed by the Tubo vanguard were in chaos again.

Chang Zhong ordered the bow and arrow to be paused, and the soldiers held long halberds in their hands and advanced in an array.

The soldiers waved the flags in their hands quickly, and the soldiers took neat steps under the command of the flags, holding up their long halberds and approaching the Tubo vanguard step by step.

On the sand dune in the distance, Gu Qing breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the Tubo vanguard defeated by Chang Zhong's troops.

"Chang Zhong's side is stable..."

Turning his head and looking at the rear of the Tubo army, he saw that the enemy troops behind were arranged in an orderly manner, but the Khotan army under Shen Tian's troops did not launch an attack as promised, and even the figure of a Tang army soldier could not be seen.
Chapter completed!