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Chapter 42 The Messenger of Light (4) Jizak Ambush Battle

Everything is two-sided.

When Sun Xiurong was still enjoying the pleasure of rushing out of the formation with just a few people, his real situation was actually somewhat dangerous.

In the past, no matter where he went, there were always ten people around him, including the flag bearer holding a big flag, and the bell drummer who conveyed his orders with drum sounds, bells and horns at any time. The other seven people surrounded three people, including him, tightly in the middle.

Sun Xiurong's current flag bearer is Sun Xiaoke, one of the hundred teenagers, who was given to him by Hu Luju's chief, Suo Shijin. He is tall and strong, and can hold a big banner weighing ten pounds for a long time with one hand. As the largest flag in the Governor's Office, it is also a flag used in wartime. Its existence is of great significance. As long as you see this flag, you will know where Sun Xiurong is.

If the flag is gone, either the flag bearer is killed or Sun Xiurong is in great danger. Therefore, the remaining seven people are personal guards on one hand and flag guards on the other hand, and are ready to take over the task of raising the flag when Sun Xiaoke is unexpected.

As a wartime banner, the flag is about six feet long and three feet wide, and is rectangular in shape, with black characters on red background, and the words "Governor Sun, the governor of the Tang Dynasty's Shattered Leaf Governor's Office" were written on it. There is a spearhead at the top of the banner, and the flag bearer can also wave the flag to fight in emergency situations.

Therefore, half of the flag bearers at this time were strong people. In addition to raising the flag with his left hand, Sun Xiaoke could also wave a knight in his right hand, so his strength should naturally not be underestimated.

"Sun Yaoqi" is the nickname of Sun Xiaoke since he became the flag bearer of Sun Xiurong's banner.

The same is true for other golden drummers. As the head coach, the golden drummer, the waist drum and golden bell, the horns must not be too small. It is too small to hear clearly in the noisy battlefield. People who can hang these things on their bodies are also very tall. Unlike the flag bearer, the golden drummer is not only tall, but also extremely smart and can convey the commands issued by the head coach through the drum, trumpet and bell in a short time.

If the commander of the Dashi Cavalry opposite is the Dashi Cavalry, or the Persians, there would be no special thing for the three people who suddenly broke through the siege and appeared in front of them, but it was a god-given opportunity for the Turkic Nasr!

After a long battle with the Tang Dynasty, the Turks naturally knew some of the regulations of the Tang army. Even if they fled to the river area, these things were passed on to their descendants.

After seeing these three people appear, Nasr on the opposite side immediately realized that it was a big fish, and he did not hesitate to use all the cavalry brigades in the end!

He personally led the last thousand cavalry to rush towards Sun Xiurong and the other two!

In the cavalry battle behind Sun Xiurong, as his killing star disappeared, the Dashi cavalry suddenly felt relaxed, and gradually stabilized his position and fought with the cavalry of the Thunder Ye Army. Just now, Sun Xiurong was able to break out of the siege with great pleasure because of the desperate guards of the other seven cavalrymen around him. Now the formation was killed in a group, entangled everywhere, and it was not easy to kill again.

Two hundred steps!

At this time, perhaps seeing Sun Xiurong's flag, some of the cavalry of the Shattered Ye Army gradually broke through the siege and gathered under the flag. When Nasr's brigade reached about two hundred steps, there were already about fifty cavalry around Sun Xiurong.

But this is still useless. Many people in history did it without any damage by passing through a small number of cavalry through a large formation with absolutely dominant numbers. The most typical one was Gan Ning and Ling Tong in the Three Kingdoms period. In the Tang Dynasty, it was done by Emperor Taizong when he drove the famous Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry when he fought against Dou Jiande. However, after decades of cavalry-based wars in the previous life, Sun Xiurong thought he could not do it.

His expression gradually became solemn.

At this time, he naturally had the choice to retreat, and no one would say anything about him afterwards, but in this way, his unyielding reputation would be greatly reduced.

Just as he was hesitating rarely, the speed of the cavalry brigade on the opposite side suddenly slowed down!

Sun Xiurong quickly looked around.

At this moment, his expression suddenly relaxed.

Geng Sidu’s powerful crossbow camp has arrived!

Just now, when Nan Gongxun's personal military camp rushed into the Dashi Infantry formation, although it almost defeated the Dashi Infantry Army, it was just a defeat. If you want to completely destroy this team, you still need to continue fighting. After completing the mission, Geng Sidu's crossbow battalion assisted Nan Gongxun's cavalry camp to fight for a while. When the overall situation was settled, he realized that Sun Xiurong's banner was gone.

When he gathered the powerful crossbowmen again and rushed to another battlefield, he couldn't help but feel a little scared when he found Sun Xiurong's banner - he was one step late and it would be very likely that an accident would be caused!

The top 500 crossbows suddenly appeared on his flank. No matter how brave Nasr was, he could not remain indifferent no matter how determined he was, so he hesitated.

He has two choices right now.

First, he divided half of his troops to fight Geng Sidu's troops, and the remaining half continued to rush towards Sun Xiurong's troops. Second, he ignored Geng Sidu's troops, because he saw that Geng Sidu's troops were all bows and crossbows and did not have close weapons. He also knew about the battle just now. His two thousand-man team came forward to fight and did not take any advantage in the enemy with a much smaller number of people. If he divided the troops again, he would still say whether he could succeed in one blow.

The battlefield changed rapidly. Just as hesitated, more and more people gathered around Sun Xiurong, and a large number of crossbow arrows fell from the sky above Nasr brigade!

After Geng Sidu shot this round of crossbow arrows, according to common sense, he should put down his powerful crossbow, then draw out his hands and horizontal swords to break into the enemy formation. He thought that Sun Xiurong left the battlefield to create opportunities, but he did not do so. All the powerful crossbow soldiers put the powerful crossbow back and took out the bow and arrow!

As mentioned earlier, the configuration of the powerful crossbow camp is: strong crossbow, bow and arrow, cotton armor, two-handed horizontal sword, and two-handed horizontal sword can be used barely on the horse, but its main purpose is still in infantry battles. The Nasr brigade on the opposite side is its most elite cavalry, about half of which are equipped with iron armor and half are leather armor. If the powerful crossbow soldiers have a cavalry or a cavalry knife in their hands, Geng Si will naturally kill in without hesitation, but it is a wise man who will kill in with a two-handed horizontal sword.

Geng Sidu and his strong crossbow camp wandered around Naser's brigade. While walking, he turned around and shot out arrows from time to time. After wandering back and forth for a few times, the more and more cavalrymen around Sun Xiurong gathered, and Naser finally could only sigh and retreat.

This time, Sun Xiurong did not pursue, but turned around and entered the cavalry war that was still fighting fiercely.

In the evening, the battlefield finally calmed down. The Talas Brigade annihilated about 1,800 Dashi cavalry at the cost of more than 300 cavalry, almost completely annihilated the Damascus infantry, including more than 500 cavalry and more than 1,000 infantry.

On the way to retreat, Nasr met the cavalry of Sedihen City who was coming to support. After the two cavalry gathered together, they did not enter Samo Jiancheng, but ran westward until the west end of the oasis (the later generations of Bukhara City).

Here, there are also a thousand riders of Nasr.

Although he suffered heavy losses in this battle, nearly three thousand cavalry were still preserved, and one thousand Turkic cavalry among them was his foundation. If even these thousand cavalry were gone, let alone the "Governor of Hebei", it is still a question whether his Nasr family can stay in Khorasan.

On his way to Abumi City, he sent cavalry to Shiguo to withdraw the Sodian infantry, which was besieging the city there. His idea was that the possibility of the five thousand Damascus infantry brought this time being able to retreat under the attack of the Tang army was slim. Without these elite infantry troops, he could only retrain the Sodian infantry.

After arriving in Abumi City, the governors of Hebei also belonged to Anxi Prefecture, Kushan Prefecture, Mulu Prefecture, half of the Shi Kingdom (Nasebo) and the Jumi and Jiesu north of the Amu River, but no, Guchu Four. In the past, they were all the governor's offices of the Tang Dynasty, and their strength should not be underestimated.

In the valley, Suha's heavy barracks still fought fiercely with the two thousand Damascus infantry. As time went on, the heavy barracks that had received mountain training were obviously more adaptable to mountain combat than the Damascus infantry. The excessive spear of the Damascus infantry commander was indeed unable to be expanded on the mountain. In the end, they had to abandon the spear and switch to short swords and shields.

But this is still no match for the heavy army camp. After an hour, Suha's heavy army camp drove all the Damascus infantry on one side of the hillside down. At this time, the Chuchebi Bishi arrived with the cavalry of the two thousand stone kingdom. At the same time, a small number of Damascus infantry also ran here after being defeated by the Saoye cavalry on the main battlefield.

So, the ending was obvious, and the remaining Damascus infantry surrendered.

During the Battle of the Valley, the heavy barracks also lost hundreds of elite troops. In addition, the losses on the main battlefield were nearly 500 less troops from the Talas Brigade.

After learning about the outcome of the war near the Yamaguchi, King Duo of Kang quickly came out to work on the army. Sun Xiurong was naturally not polite and took all the army and prisoners to the city to rest.

Three days later, Steyranmyon also arrived with a small number of cavalry.

The battle to rescue Shiguo ended like this.

Many days later, Sun Xiurong reached a secret agreement with Nasr. Kang State, Cao State and half of the Shi State were under the jurisdiction of the Tang Dynasty, and the remaining Kushan Prefecture (He State), Mulu Prefecture (Dong'an State), and Anxi Prefecture (Anguo) in the Namishui (later Zelavshang River) basin were still under the jurisdiction of the Kushan Prefecture (He State), Mulu Prefecture (Dong'an State), and Anxi Prefecture (Anguo) in the Namishui (Later Zelavshang River) basin were still under the jurisdiction of the vast majority.

He did not mention the prisoner, perhaps he did it on purpose. As a Turkic general, his control over the cavalry was much greater than that of the infantry, and it was also his hope that the five thousand Damascus infantry would be destroyed to avoid a large amount of news leaking to Assad, Governor of Khorasan.

Because at this time, Harris, the general under the former Governor of Khorasan, was "rebelled" in Hesina City (later Ghazni) and Huwen City (later Kabul) and Governor Assad was in a state of great trouble. In this case, if he forced his rebellion against Nasr, the entire Governor of Khorasan would be scorched earth, which Assad could not bear.

Nasr has been planning for a long time and is preparing to decide the ambush in the valley in Hebei.

However, for Sun Xiurong, things are far from over.
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