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Volume 3 Taihang Mountain Chapter 859 Opportunity to Win

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    The moment when the Tang Army cavalry launched their charge was really spectacular.  **

    The sound of horse hooves clattering, the heads of horses jumping, the Tang Army cavalry wearing exquisite bright armor and raising the banner with Li characters, arranged in an attack formation.  They can be called the first-class elite cavalry of this era.

    Qu Tutong raised his long sword and kept shouting the names of the generals of the Tang army, and the generals of the Tang army also shouted in response.  Qu Tutong's method of motivating the soldiers made the Tang army's cavalry charge towards the hillside very high in morale.

    Due to the rapid forward assault, Qu Tutong ordered the cavalry to line up in four columns, setting up an incomplete cavalry assault formation.  This assault formation shortened the frontal width and strengthened the length of the column. The purpose was of course to enable the column to advance faster and pursue the retreating Zhao army.

    Li Shimin, who was in the camp, saw Qu Tutong suddenly leading the cavalry to attack. He suddenly sprinted forward a few steps, then turned back to Fang Xuanling. Du Ruhui asked angrily: "What's going on with Qu Tutong?"  ?¡±

    Fang Xuanling said: "Wei Chen just saw Zhao Junzhongjun's flag retreating. It may be that General Qu wants to pursue him!"

    Li Shimin threw the riding whip heavily on the ground and said: "I just want him to cut off the connection between the Zhao army's center and the right wing. How dare he make his own decision? Without infantry as a supplement, he uses cavalry to attack the infantry formation. This is asking for death!"

    "Immediately pass the order and ask Qu Tutong to withdraw!"

    Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling looked at each other. Du Ruhui lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Qu Tutong has already begun to charge the entire army. At this time, even if he hears the order, he will not be able to retreat."

    "Your Majesty, the arrow has already left the string now!"

    Li Shimin trembled when he heard this.

    On the side of Zhao Jun¡¯s camp.  Li Chongjiu also saw the scene of Qu Tutong leading the cavalry to attack, and smiled to the left and right: "Qu Tutong. He can be considered a veteran who has experienced hundreds of battles, but he also made this big mistake. Li Shimin has lost his only chance to win.  Pass the order!"

    More than a dozen pond horses knelt in front of Li Chongjiu and said: "Your Majesty, please give me your order!"

    Li Chongjiu waved his flag and said: "Order Li Yuanji, Li Yuan, and Yuchi Gong to let go of Qu Tutong's troops and let them attack the Chinese army directly. They only need to intercept and kill the Turkic cavalry. Just tell them not to come. As for Luo Shixin  The cavalry will outflank Qu Tutong's troops. Today I will completely annihilate Li Shimin's elite cavalry."

    "No!"

    A dozen or so pond horses received the order at the same time, and then rode off on their fast horses.

    Then Li Chongjiu glanced at Ji Chuan, and Zhang Xuansu and others said: "As for us to continue to retreat, the Imperial Guards will retreat across the ridge and set up formations to meet Qu Tutong's troops!"

    Under Li Chongjiu¡¯s military order, Qu Tutong¡¯s 10,000 cavalry assault went very smoothly.  Li Yuanji, Li Yuan.  Wang Mahan's tribe just stood firm and waited for Qu Tutong's cavalry to pass by, and then shot them with strong bows and crossbows.  But Qu Tutong's cavalry did not entangle.  Instead, he quickly left the battle.

    Soon Qu Tutong¡¯s cavalry captured the original Zhao army¡¯s central camp.  However, after Qu Tutong rode his horse across the mountain ridge, he found that the Zhao army's imperial guards, who had originally thought they had collapsed, were in full battle formation.

    Behind the hillside.  Zhao Jun's seven thousand imperial guards set up ten infantry squares.

    A heavy shield was erected outside the infantry phalanx, and the heavy shield was inserted deeply into the ground.  After the heavy shield, there are heavy armored weapons armed to the teeth.  Mo sword soldiers, spear soldiers, infantry soldiers, followed by crossbowmen and archers.  Each square formation has seven hundred soldiers, and the ten square formations are the horns of each other and support each other.

    At the very back is the central square formation where Li Chongjiu himself is located. Zhao Jun's infantry are like rocks guarding the general flag where Li Chongjiu is.

    "Zhao Jun did not retreat!" Qu Tutong suddenly woke up.

    But the momentum of the Tang Army's charge could not be stopped at all. The Tang Army's cavalry units, which were arranged in columns, had no time to rearrange their formations. The moment they crossed the mountain ridge, they had already begun to gallop with all their strength and charge down the hillside.

    Although the hillside is not steep, the cavalry has a good view from a high position, and the Zhao army's general flag is clearly visible. At this moment, Qu Tutong ordered a retreat, but these brave Tang army cavalry also refused.  But now Qu Tutong only has one chance.

    But facing the infantrymen who picked up spears, even the rigorously trained war horses did not dare to charge forward. For the Tang army, which had very scarce cavalry resources, it was even less possible to use cavalry to charge into the formation.

    The scene in front of me was like a huge wave that suddenly encountered a reef on the river.  Although the huge waves are fierce, if they encounter hard rocks, they have to take a detour, otherwise they will be shattered into pieces if they collide head-on.

    So at the moment when the horses charged, the Tang Army cavalry reined up their horses and charged towards the left and right sides of the infantry phalanx.

    "Crossbowmen, prepare to shoot!"

    ? ??Shoot at the enemy's horse!  "

    ¡°Don¡¯t shoot people, shoot horses!¡±

    After giving these instructions, Zhao Junlang in the phalanx slashed his sword down hard.

    Under the cover of the heavy armored infantry with forest of spears, Zhao Jun's crossbowmen were ready. Facing the Tang Jun cavalry that rushed into the sight, countless jumping horse heads, they could shoot even with their eyes closed.  middle.

    "shoot!"

    After the order was given, the war horse that had been hit by the arrow was jumping wildly, or its hooves fell, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty rolled off the horse, or were thrown away by the war horse.  Horses neighed loudly, and as far as the eye could see, Tang Army cavalrymen turned on their backs, with a dull sound of falling to the ground, and a loud crash.

    After a row of long-prepared volleys, none of the Zhao army's crossbowmen observed the results of the battle, but lowered their heads to load their crossbows.

    "Crossbowmen, fire freely! Infantry forward, cover!" the phalanx leader shouted to the left and right.

    "Promise!" Sergeant Zhao agreed loudly. Two rows of long spears stood outside, forming a shield-wall posture.

    Faced with this, the cavalry of the Tang Army did not dare to charge into the formation, but they also drew their bows and arrows from their saddles and shot with armor-piercing heavy arrows.

    Whoops!  call out!

    Arrows were flying like arrows. The armor and heavy shields of Zhao Jun's heavy-armored infantry were suddenly hit by many arrows. From time to time, groans were heard from the square formation. The soldiers who were hit by the arrows suddenly went limp and fell from a row of people.  .  Zhao Jun's crossbowmen had no time to take a look at Pao Ze who fell beside them, although many of them used their bodies to block the arrows of Tang Jun's cavalry to save their own lives.

    With a firm infantry phalanx, the Zhao army withstood the cavalry fire of the Tang army¡¯s cavalry.  Unable to break through the infantry phalanx, the Tang cavalry was like a pack of wolves that had strayed into danger. They could only circle around in confusion in front of the Zhao army's ten solid wall infantry formations. The open space between each phalanx became the Tang cavalry.  's grave.

    Under the fire of the Zhao army's crossbowmen, the Tang army's cavalry was shot down as if they were being cut down. The battlefield was filled with the suffocating smell of blood. The soldiers were roaring and screaming, their spears were broken, and their sabers were stuck on the ground.  The battle flag was trampled over and over again by countless horse hooves.

    The corpses of war horses were piled together, and the open space was full of corpses of men and horses. Some of the undead war horses were twisting their bodies, and the dying soldiers were crawling in vain in the gaps trampled by the horses' hooves.

    Qu Tutong commanded the Tang army to fight bravely, but his courage was not worth the casualties.  Before suffering heavy casualties, the Tang Army's cavalry attack failed, and the Tang Army's cavalry retreated in panic.

    Qu Tutong and his guards protected the general's flag with all their might and came to the open space aside.  Qu Tutong saw that Cheng Yaojin and Zhang Gongjin, the other two generals of the Tang army who were attacking the formation with him, were no longer in the formation, and they were probably in danger.  But now if he wants to reorganize his troops, he can only rely on his troops.

    Qu Tutong raised the general's flag and was about to reorganize his troops, but at this time there was a loud sound of horse hooves from the left wing, and a large Luo-shaped flag appeared. It turned out that Zhao Army General Luo Shixin led 3,000 cavalry to cover up the enemy from behind.

    Qu Tutong and his men's faces turned pale at this moment.

    At this moment, on the other side of the hillside, the fierce battle between Changsun Wuji and Wang Mahan's village has entered a stalemate.  The Tang army's 50,000 troops besieged Wang Mahan's 30,000 Zhao troops and fought for three hours. The corpses of soldiers from both sides were scattered inside and outside the village.

    As a general, Changsun Wuji commanded for a day, his voice was hoarse, his lips were chapped, and he didn't take a sip of water.

    Changsun Wuji stared at the battle situation, clenched his fists and said: "Give me a few more troops, give me another 10,000 troops, no, even a thousand troops, and I can break through Zhao Jun's left wing."

    Having said this, Changsun Wuji turned around and asked, "Have the people who requested reinforcements come back?"

    As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, a pond horse arrived and said to Changsun Wuji: "General, Your Majesty said that he has no extra troops on hand. Now we can only rely on General Changsun to lead the soldiers to fight bravely."

    When Changsun Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but stamp his feet.

    Just a moment ago, in the Tang Army¡¯s central camp, Tang horses kept coming and going, conveying military information.

    Fang Xuanling picked up the riding whip thrown by Li Shimin, handed it to Li Shimin and asked: "Your Majesty, should you send troops to reinforce General Changsun, or should you send troops to rescue Qu Tutong who is trapped in a tight siege?"

    Li Shimin looked at the Chinese army that was fighting fiercely and said: "Qu Tutong is already dead, what's the point of saving him? It's the best way to break the left wing of Zhao army first, and then encircle and attack Zhao's middle army from left to right!"

    Du Ruhui said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true, and I think so too."

    Li Shimin was delivering the order when Tang Ma came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, on the west side of the Wei River, Governor Yang led his army to fight fiercely with a large number of Zhao army's cavalry, but they could no longer hold up. The Zhao army had at least 30,000 cavalry.  Crossing the river!¡±

      Li Shimin turned around and asked, "Where did this cavalry come from?"

    "It should be Zhao Jun Wang Junkuo's West Route Army. General Chai's 30,000-horse cavalry, which Governor Yang had previously pursued Wang Junkuo, was thrown away by Wang Junkuo's design. Now he has led more than 100,000 cavalry to approach Miyuan, and can reach here in less than an hour."

    Hearing the news, the generals around Li Shimin and the soldiers nearby turned pale. The Zhao Guoxi Route Army, which they had defeated with all their tricks, not only came back, but also came during this war to steal Li Shimin's rear.  road.

    "Your Majesty, the situation in the direction of Chang'an is also unstable. The Zhao army that made a surprise attack on Ziwu Road from Hanzhong has just captured Lantian and Chen Bing is south of Chang'an."

    Another piece of bad news reached the Tang Army camp, and now there was silence on the battlefield.

    PS: There is a lot to do in the New Year, so I could have written it hastily, but when it comes to the finale, I am worried about the ending, so I would rather go slower.  So the update is a bit unstable, please forgive me, there are only two chapters left anyway.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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