Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1580 Mischief

After the Turkic Qingqi launched the attack, the collapse of the Uighurs was inevitable.

Iluge was the first to feel that the situation was wrong, and immediately gathered his cronies around him to launch the last wave of counterattack.

They chanted slogans, their expressions were full of piety, even though they were staggered by the rout and the formation was scattered, they still struggled to move forward, like salmon swimming upstream in the Liaodong River, vowing not to give up until they reach their goal.

But this world is materialistic after all.

The oncoming Xia Jun knife slashed with an axe and stabbed with a long lance, quickly shattering their recoil.

Irug's head was severed and held in his hand.

Xia Jun's cavalry also launched a charge.

They followed behind the rout soldiers slowly, and whoever ran too slowly would directly pick them up and throw them to the ground.

There were also people outflanking to the two sides and crossing obliquely.After the dust from the horseshoes had settled, there were already a large number of corpses lying on the ground.

Chasing death and chasing north is really a cruel killing game invented by human beings.

Yang Liang looked back at Gumozhou City on the other side of the river. The saint's yellow canopy was already on top of the city.

"Hahaha!" He laughed three times, and the naughty expression on his face became more and more intense.

The main force is still on the east bank of the river, stationed inside and outside the city of Gumo Prefecture.The more than 1 of them are entirely the vanguard troops stationed on the west bank of the river. The purpose is to prevent the enemy from crossing the river comfortably and consume them.

Today's battle is purely an attack while the enemy's foothold is not stable.It is estimated that the saint did not pay much attention to the victory or defeat, but now something big happened——

The enemy's vanguard is quite elite!
Then get crushed by them!

Thinking back a few days ago, the sage asked the right, he advocated to hit the enemy head-on, face-to-face head-on, and sweep all the way.But the sage vetoed it, requesting that prudence should be the main priority, first consume the enemy's spirit, and then cooperate with news from other fronts to shake the morale of the army, and launch the final decisive battle when the morale and strength gap between the enemy and ourselves is the greatest.

The combat effectiveness of each unit fluctuates up and down, this is the truth that the martial arts hall has always emphasized.The saint wants to launch a decisive battle when the fighting power of his own troops is at its peak and the enemy's fighting power is at its lowest point. This is the right way of war, but Yang Liang now has the pleasure of succeeding in a prank...

"Haha, it's so funny." Yang Liang got on his horse and said, "Give me the chase! Don't stop!"

After giving the order, he flicked his horsewhip and rushed out like an arrow off the string.

The soldiers hurriedly followed.

On top of the city of Gumozhou, Shao Shude was slightly surprised.

After a while, he sat down leisurely and said, "Serve me wine."

The battlefield on the other side of the river is full of dust and smoke, which is not very clear, but there are no accidents in the entire battlefield.

The enemy's vanguard has about [-] steps and cavalry, and the overall strength should be pretty good.In today's battle, the defeat comes from a long way away, the foothold is not stable, and after being besieged by superior forces, the defeat is a big loss.

Nearly [-] troops commanded by Yang Liang have already started to pursue, except for a few people who stayed in the camp, almost the whole army has been dispatched.

Most of the enemy infantry could not escape, and Xia Bing, who was chasing behind, hacked and killed all the way, and no one survived in the end.

The Gulam heavy cavalry turned their horses' heads and "attacked backward", smashing a group of Turkic light cavalry, and then fled all the way.

With their horse speed, if there were no light cavalry guards, they would have basically confessed.The final outcome was probably played to death by the Turkic cavalry archers with bows and arrows.

This hearty victory shook Shao Shude's inherent view of the enemy.

Perhaps, they really overestimated their combat effectiveness before, and they were too cautious.

"Let Zheng Yong and Li Siyuan each lead their own troops across the river as backup." The guards served the wine, and Shao Shude took the glass and ordered: "Flying Bear Army Wang Chong's troops also cross the river and return to Zheng Yong. command."

After giving the order, he stood up and looked at the crowded battlefield.

A Uyghur rout fell to the ground while running. Looking back, a horse was behind him, and the huge horse's hoof stepped straight towards his face.

Some Uighur soldiers knelt down and begged for surrender. They galloped past, and with a slash of their saber, their heads soared into the sky.

Some Uyghur soldiers turned back and fought desperately, and were directly picked up by the five-meter-long lance, as if to show off to the public.

The rout soldiers ran all the way, throwing away armor, equipment, and even drinking water that got in the way, just hoping to survive.

Some people panicked and even ran into the desert...

Shao Shude's expression didn't change at all, he picked up the wine glass and tasted the old wine.

There are thieves in all kinds of embarrassments to accompany wine, these days, they just want it!

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Satuk fled all the way for several miles, and when he saw the reinforcements rushing from a distance, he felt a little bit in his heart.

Why did Samani not obey the military order and ran over to meet him?
Before he could figure it out, he saw that Samani had already rushed over on his horse.

"I heard from the scouts that there were Turkic detours and wanted to sneak attack you, so they gathered up their troops and rushed over. This is--the fight is over?" Samani asked Satuk with his eyes on his face. road.

Satuk's helmet fell off accidentally, and his horse was panting heavily.

The dozens of relatives who followed him were also in a panic, and everyone's face was gloomy and dejected.

Behind them, Gulam's armored cavalry raised a puff of smoke and ran back in a hurry. Everyone was bloody, and some people still had arrows stuck in their bodies.

How can this scene be described as "the fight is over", is this a defeat?
"The fight is over!" Satuk replied vaguely, and then said: "You immediately organize a manpower array and resist it, I—"

Samani looked a little shocked, and asked: "Where is Gulam Jihad?"

"It's too late to explain." Satuk said; "Most of them were lost on the battlefield. Can you run back to see your fate? The rest are here."

While the two were talking, a large group of rout soldiers appeared on the horizon.

Behind them and on both sides are the tall cavalry of the Xia Army, who drove these rout soldiers like sheep.

"Hungry" will kill one and feast on it.They seemed to be very hungry, and the knives were like flying, and a head of sheep was slaughtered without any resistance, very obedient.

"There is no Gulam..." Samani looked a little dazed.

He was born in the Persian royal family, and because of internal strife, he fled to the Uighurs, and was taken in by Ogulchak and given the position of Deputy Khan.

Ogulchak's motivation for this move is unknown, but it was probably the worst mistake he could have made.

Samani built a temple in Artush as the starting point for all his capricious means. Over the past 20 years, he has used the stupidity of the king of camels to create a great career, and Gulam is the foundation of all this.

The untold secret of Dashi that he personally taught to Satuk!
Ghulam (Persian Ghulam), meaning "trained slave".The selection of its members is very harsh. They are generally strong young men from the Uyghur, Turkic, Ge Luolu, and Yangmo tribes. They have been trained together for seven years, and they are all proficient in horse martial arts. They are well-equipped and invincible. , very pious, but it is said to be the most elite army in the entire Great Uighur Kingdom, and lost most of it like this?
"Samani, my friend!" Satuk grabbed his shoulder and said, "Sometimes, we have to make sacrifices. The Gulam infantry are surrounded on the battlefield, and they will not surrender. And Their presence can buy time for others to retreat."

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and asked: "There are [-] troops behind you, all of whom are recruited by various tribes. Their courage is very limited, and their loyalty is also very suspicious. Now, you go to collect horses, can you Collect as much as you want, and give it to a reliable confidant..."

"You mean..." Samani came back to his senses and asked.

"That's what you think." Satuk nodded emphatically, and said, "Let these people buy time for our escape with their blood. It is their honor to dedicate their lives to the great cause of the Creator."

"You're right." Samani sighed, and then said with a serious face: "They don't believe in the Creator, this is punishment. Let them use blood to wash away their sins and shame."

Samani immediately returned to the formation, ordered the formation on the spot, and prepared to fight.

The leaders of the various ministries were uncertain and panicked.

Sutuk came back in a big defeat, and all the fools could see it.How many enemies have come?Isn't it great?Can they stop it?

Everyone has no idea.

They subconsciously obeyed Samani's order and formed a loose formation with their own soldiers and slaves.

Satuk gave them a cold look, led the Gulam heavy cavalry, walked around the side of the formation, and disappeared into the billowing dust and smoke.

As soon as he left, the leaders of all ministries were in an uproar.

Some people whispered to each other, not even listening to military orders.

Some people looked around, as if they wanted to see if Satuk had brought someone into the formation to serve as a reserve team.

Someone told the slave not to give up all the horses, but to keep a few for himself.

At this time, there were only more than 2000 rout soldiers who had rushed not far away, crying and shouting.

The complexions of the young men who had just finished forming the formation changed suddenly.

"Fire the arrows!" Samani gave the order.

As if waking up from a dream, everyone drew their bows one after another.

Some people shot arrows immediately, while others were still scrambling to string their bows.

Obviously, it didn't work out.

The rout soldiers rushed forward, disrupting the first few rows of people at once.

Xia army cavalry appeared not far away, further exacerbating the chaos.

"Satuk is gone!"

"Satuk is gone!"

Someone yelled alternately in Uyghur and Turkic.

The news spread throughout the army like a plague, and the speed was very fast.

"Satuke has run away!" The tribal leaders gritted their teeth, poked their horses' heads, smashed a passage with whips and scabbards, and walked away.

"Satuk is gone!" The first sergeant threw away his spear, turned and ran away.

"Satuk is gone!" The second sergeant broke the bowstring with too much force under tension, then turned and ran away crying.

The third, the fourth...

2 people collapsed immediately, without fighting spirit, and fled one after another.

Xia Jun's cavalry looked cheap, and surrounded them with a whimper.

A new round of sheep herding has begun.

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On the west bank of the Sihun River, more than a thousand Gulam remnants were surrounded like hedgehogs in the middle of the battlefield.

Within half an hour, they barely moved dozens of steps.

Who makes them so dazzling?Isn't this being targeted?
Yang Liang froze and commanded the ministries, he must not let these people escape.

In fact, he once wanted to surrender, but the enemy was stinky and tough, and if he refused to surrender, there was no other way.

Surrounding Gulam is mainly Turkic light cavalry.

They are professional counterparts, surrounding them from a distance, hiding out of the range of their bows, and if the enemy moves a little, they will immediately pounce on them, forcing them to form an army formation again.

There was a sound of horseshoes not far away, and it turned out to be more than a hundred heavy swordsmen of the Golden Sword Army.

The Turkic cavalry who received the order dispersed immediately.

Epee hand or Mo Dao hand are not simply melee arms in the Tang army.In fact they double as crossbowmen, both near and far.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, if the feudal towns had long-sword troops, they would generally distribute a certain number of crossbows, but not everyone had them, because not every feudal town possessed the ability to make crossbows.

In the 13th year of Kaiyuan (725) of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, all armies recruited crossbowmen, and stipulated: "Anyone who is far away from the crossbow can stretch it by itself. The vertical arrow is 230 steps, four shots and two hits; the broken crossbow is [-] steps, four shots is two hits. [-] paces for the horned crossbow, four shots and three hits; single bow crossbow one hundred and sixty steps, four shots and two hits: all of them are in the first place."

The Golden Sword Army is mounted infantry, but what they carry is the horned crossbow used by cavalry.The assessment standard is the same as that of Tang Dynasty, and it is required to pass four rounds and three hits in a distance of [-] steps.

But in actual combat, they usually launch at a distance of 150 steps, and now it is...

After the Turkic cavalry dispersed, the besieged Sergeant Gulam's eyes suddenly brightened, and he was a little puzzled, but saw the overwhelming crossbow arrows coming, and the screams were continuous.

After the Golden Sword Sergeant finished shooting, he immediately loaded his crossbow arrows, walked twenty steps closer, and shot again.

Soon, the last Gulam also fell down.

There was a mess on the battlefield, and blood flowed like rivers.

Yang Liang watched from a distance, smacked his mouth, and said: "It's a pity that those iron armors still have to be repaired."

Based on the army-first politics of the Great Xia, not all the imperial guards are armored.Not to mention, what everyone values ​​is the armor, not the armor.

Iron armor is definitely more useful than leather armor, and Gulam is full of iron armor, which is very luxurious.

"This battle was fought happily." Yang Liang turned his horse's head and looked to the south.

Next, march into Shule and take it down.

No one can stop them!
(End of this chapter)