Chapter 92: The Ritual of Winter (6) The Ministries of the Tianshan Mountains
Anyone with high martial arts skills has better sensory abilities than ordinary people.
In the night, Bai Xiaode suddenly felt a little ominous. He subconsciously laid his head behind the horse's neck. In an instant, he felt a black shadow flashing from his head!
“Woo…”
There was a muffled groan from behind that he wanted to scream but couldn't make a sound. Bai Xiaode did not look back. He knew that his personal soldiers were hit by the black shadow and hit the neck!
Now is not the time to ask about your well-being, it is only reasonable to kill the person in front of you!
The distance between the two sides was very short. When Cheng Qianli raised the second short iron spear, the distance between the two sides had been narrowed to only ten feet apart!
At this time, Bai Xiaode took the lead in launching.
As mentioned earlier, the cavalry battalion of the Shattered Ye Army (according to the organization of the Tang army, it occupies half of the head of the 3,000-man battalion, divided into three small battalions of 500 people, all equipped with short crossbows), Bai Xiaode rarely used short crossbows because his weapon was a double iron spear, but this time he took it to his left hand!
Before Cheng Qianli threw the short iron spear again, Bai Xiaode pulled the hanging knife of the short crossbow!
The distance of ten feet is naturally within the effective strike range of the short crossbow. However, it is not easy to hit Cheng Qianli, who is covered in Shanwenjia, but Bai Xiaode obviously did not go for Cheng Qianli this time, but for his war horse!
As a famous general in the Anshi Rebellion, he was still a Hu person. In addition to his famous double iron spear, Bai Xiaode naturally had his own skills in riding and shooting. Although he did not use short crossbows in most cases, it did not mean that he was not proficient in this skill.
A crossbow arrow about six inches long hit Cheng Qianli's war horse!
As a senior official of the military governor, Cheng Qianli's war horse was naturally one in a thousand. Not only that, the war horse was also wrapped in half of his body of leather armor, but at a distance of ten feet, the crossbow arrow still hit the chest of the war horse!
However, even at a distance of ten feet, the power of the short crossbow is not as good as that. After hitting the chest of the war horse, due to the barrier of solid leather armor, the crossbow arrows did not enter about an inch, but that was enough. Bai Xiaode had no hope of shooting the opponent's general's war horse with just one arrow.
The war horse rushed forward in pain. At this time, even if Cheng Qianli had his side in Anxi for more than ten years, the brave tooth soldiers collected from Beiting could not keep up (referring to the thrusts of horse boots that stimulated the war horses), he could only watch Cheng Qianli ride the war horse and jumped in front!
Bai Xiaode has arrived at this time!
"bite........................."
When he swung the weight, Cheng Qianli's iron spear in his hand was heavier than Bai Xiaode's, but the situation was different now. Bai Xiaode was ready to go, but Cheng Qianli was driving the duck to the shelves. The two who were originally evenly matched were distinguished in the moment they fired the gun!
Cheng Qianli's spear was out of hand!
As mentioned earlier, Cheng Qianli is a six-foot-high man, who is taller than the famous Modao General Li Siye, and is surprisingly strong. He climbed up step by step from a soldier. Although he has been in the ranks of senior officials above the deputy commander and above in the past ten years, he has never stopped practicing martial arts.
The heyday of Bai Xiaode has not yet arrived. Why can Bai Xiaode's hard work make Cheng Qianli defeated?
Because when Cheng Qianli's war horse rushed to Bai Xiaode, it could no longer bear the pain. After a whine, it fell down. In an instant, Cheng Qianli, who was originally tall, suddenly fell down, and his body and mind were all put on the war horse. At this time, Bai Xiaode's condescending iron spear hit the part where he held the gun!
In the night, Bai Xiaode naturally could not look down on who this person was, so he did not dismount and take his head or something. Instead, he let the short iron spear return to his left hand, one with a long spear and the other with a short spear, and soon entered the Tang cavalry formation!
And behind, Gao Tinghui's heavy cavalry met the heavy cavalry of the Tang army who was broken.
At this time, Gao Tinghui finally met a real opponent. The Tang army's heavy cavalry had the same idea as the Wu brothers. One thousand people were all heavy armor, iron whips, and iron maces!
The two sides fought on the river bank about two miles wide on the east bank of the Bayantu River.
At this time, with the strength of both sides, even if Cheng Qianli had an accident, it was not easy to decide the winner in a short time.
But this is a situation that only occurs under normal circumstances on the ground. If the two sides still fight on a road about ten feet wide, they may not be able to decide the outcome for a day or a night. However, when two cavalrymen of equal strength fight together, they will naturally not stick to the post road.
It is the middle of winter now, and the banks of the Bayantu River know how to be strong, but the closer they get to the river, the more slippery the ground is!
Later, the Sacred Ye Jun seemed to have realized this and deliberately led the battle group to the near river. When the battle was in full swing, it was a hazy night, and most people would not notice this detail.
So about half an hour later, the fight had extended to the entire east bank of Bayantu River!
At this time, another cavalry team from the other side of the river emerged.
Camp Cuomo in Geng Sidu.
Since Yang Shouzhong, one of the five Xi tribes, stayed in place, the captain of Kumo Camp has become Geng Sidu. This was the descendant of Geng Gong's army who first joined Sun Xiurong's team. The descendant of Geng Gong's army in the former Han Dynasty is also twenty-three years old this year. He first became his personal soldier in front of the horse and then became the first general in charge of the strong crossbow camp in the Snow Ye Army. Later, he was promoted to the deputy captain of the camp, and he walked extremely steadily along the way.
Although the camp of the Suoye Army is similar in terms of organization, there are still slight differences.
For example, Ma Lin, Bai Xiaode, Gao Tinghui, and Suha were all brave generals, and heavy cavalry charges naturally became the priority choice. Abus and Yuque cavalry unparalleled, and naturally took the tactics of light cavalry as the main body. Geng Si had long been in charge of the powerful crossbow camp, and his Kumo camp naturally had his mark.
Generally speaking, the distribution of troops in a 3,000-man camp of a shattered Ye Army is roughly as follows:
There were 1,500 cavalrymen, including a heavy cavalry battalion of five hundred men, each with a short crossbow;
The 500-strong crossbow camp, a single crossbow carrying two stone power and half of each of the three stone power;
Five hundred heavy barracks, carrying tiger spears, long swords with both hands, strong bows and crossbows with more than one stone, cavalry battles, and infantry battles;
Five hundred light barracks, carrying ordinary spears, one-handed horizontal swords, single-body bows, and cavalry battles and infantry battles.
But in this camp in Geng Sidu, the light barracks were not equipped with bows and arrows, but a single crossbow with two stone powers!
So, when the Tang cavalry, Bai Xiaode and Gao Tinghui's cavalry were almost about to reach the river, Geng Sidu and his two camps with powerful crossbows were able to stand on the ice and shoot at the Tang cavalry!
Since Bai Xiaode was in the north and Gao Tinghui was in the south, the Tang army was in the middle, and the Thunder Ye Army's penis were made of sheepskin, which was particularly white in the night. However, the penis made of leather by the Tang cavalry was not conspicuous, so Geng Si could roughly distinguish between the enemy and us.
Of course, in this case, accidental injury is inevitable, but there is nothing we can do about it.
The battle here will not be able to decide the outcome for a while, so let us turn our attention to others.
At the end of the Thunder Ye Army Brigade, there is naturally Sun Xiaoke's Bogda Camp, plus Su Xijie's 200 Renyongdu, but there is an extra camp here tonight.
Yuyuling Camp in Nan Jiyun.
Originally, Sun Xiurong regarded Bogda and Bogla as his own personal military camp. Later, he thought about it and it would not be appropriate to appoint all Hu generals as the leaders of his personal military camp. So he asked Gao Tinghui, a Goguryeo native, to join the Pogla battalion to join the southern legion, and to join Nan Jiyun's Yuyuling camp to his own personal military camp.
Unintentionally planting willows.
If it were Nan Jiyun who was fighting against the Tang army in the west at this time, the effect would probably not be good.
When the fireworks, shouts of killing and the neighing of horses completely defeated the tranquility around Kala Lake, Zhu Xiegu Chuzhi finally emerged from the night with his ten thousand tribal cavalry.
Compared with the Tang army, tribal cavalry believed in the legend of "thunder and fire".
It seemed to be to deepen this impression. As soon as the tribal cavalry appeared, a volley of ten artillery fired from Sun Xiaoke's Bogda camp!
Ten short-barrel cannons shot out ten iron eggs at a time!
Although the ten artillery were still short-barrel artillery, it still made heavy muffled groans, which made the tribal cavalry tremble. The lethality caused by the ten iron eggs falling into the tribal cavalry formation further aggravated this tremor!
With deep fear, the tribal cavalry retreated and stationed about five miles from Bogda Camp.
Confrontation is also a strategy. If Cheng Qianli and Ye Hu defeat it, he will be fine if he fights out.
Confrontation is also what Sun Xiurong wants.
When the war reached this point, his destination suddenly changed.
......
The battle lasted until noon the next day.
At this time, Gu Chuzhi, who was nervous, received a letter (Gu Chuzhi once served as a qualifier in Chang'an and knew Chinese).
After receiving this letter, Gu Chuzhi's face suddenly turned pale.
Of course, Su Xijie was the one who delivered the letter.
After a while, Gu Chuzhi recruited Su Xijie into the tent.
Gu Chuzhi is not unfamiliar with Su Xijie. When he saw him, he quickly asked, "What is said in the letter is true?"
The letter was written by Sun Xiurong, and Su Xijie had never read it. After hearing this, Su Xijie smiled and said, "Of course it's true."
"I wish to hear it carefully"
"Okay, just half a day and midnight not long ago, our army had already discovered that the Gelulu people were going to be unfavorable to us. They deliberately placed the army not far from Yehu's tent, and emptyed the side close to Kala Lake. Yehu believed it was true and dispatched 10,000 elite cavalry and rode all Basimi horses to lurk from Kala Lake."
"They originally wanted to go ashore from the side of Lake Kala and then attack our army sideways, but our army could detect it early in the morning. General Ma Lin led three battalions to the lake and fight with them. They were defeated and almost wiped out the elite Geluo..."
"How did you do it..."
"This is our army's secret."
"That......"
"On the other side, my Khan guessed early in the morning that only Geluo and his team would not dare to challenge our army. After thinking about it, only the nearby Tang army might make him determined. If the Tang army can arrive here in the middle of winter, they will definitely not dare to show up casually."
"So the Khan appointed General Bai Xiaode to take a small path to seize the Tang army's retreat, seized its camp, and after a long battle, he eventually wiped out the Tang army."
"That Ye Hu, Cheng Qianli..."
"Hmph, my Khan's usual strategy is that if someone does not offend me, I will not offend others. If someone attacks me, I will repay you ten times! Ye Hu and his son were killed on the spot in the battle on the lake. The centurion and noble chiefs who followed him were all killed. The Muluo tribe, one of the three surnames of Geluo, is over. Now our army has taken control of the unit."
"As for Cheng Qianli, unfortunately, although he was brave, he met the more brave Bai Xiaode. He unfortunately fell off his horse because of his war horse and was trampled to death by the subsequent horses. His subordinates, He Lou Yurun, Bi Sichen, and Li Fei Yuanli, all died in battle!"
"this......."
Chapter completed!