Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 518
Datang now has two difficult enemies, one is Goguryeo, and the other is Tubo.

These two are really difficult to deal with. The most important thing is the special geography of their country. Goguryeo has many mountains and Tubo has many plateaus. Both terrains are easy to defend and difficult to attack militarily.

So after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks in the north and Xue Yantuo were beaten to the ground, but Goguryeo in the east and Tubo in the west have not been able to conquer.

The reason is that the plain warfare that the Tang army is best at is useless in these two countries. To deal with ordinary enemies, the general will give an order, and thousands of troops will mobilize and crush the enemy directly.

And for these two, um, lack of oxygen, sprained feet, horses can't run.

For decades since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Tubo and Goguryeo have not been dealt with, and the three generations of emperors are actually aggrieved.

This time, Tubo invaded Tuyuhun. They chose to come down from the plateau and fight on the vast plain of Tuyuhun. In fact, they avoided their strengths and exploited their weaknesses. However, the Tubo army has always been fierce and brave in combat, even on the plains. He was beaten and retreated steadily.

Today, it is the turn of Tang Jun to confront Tubo.

Tubo fought Tuyuhun smoothly, but the Tang army was not Tuyuhun. The bronze opponent was suddenly replaced by the king opponent, and the taste of the battle was very different.

Amidst the sound of rumbling drums, more than a thousand soldiers of the Tang army were waiting in line. They were arranged in three rows, and each soldier calmly took out a handful of black things from his leather pouch at his waist and stuffed them into the bag. In the cavity of this weird weapon, after it was compacted, it was filled with iron pellets, and a lead wire was pulled out.

Seven or eight miles away, the Tubo army who had already set up their formation looked at the opposite army formation from a distance, and suddenly found that today's opponent had changed.

The armor of the Tang army was completely different from the leather armor of the Tuyuhun army. The metal luster was reflected in the sun. The formation of three horizontal rows was very strange, and the Tubo army had never seen it before.

Generally speaking, the front line of the army formation is usually a shield formation, or a long spear formation, followed by bows and arrows, followed by spear formations and sword formations, cavalry are arranged on the left and right wings, and the army will slowly advance after the bows and arrows are fired in turn.

But the more than a thousand soldiers of the Tang army in front of them only had three rows of horizontal formations, and the weapons in their hands were weird and cute...

The Tubo generals were puzzled, but it did not affect the mobilization of the army.The concept of the Tubo people is very simple. No matter what weapon you use, you still carry a head on your shoulders.

The lengthy ox horns stopped suddenly, and the rapid and fierce battle drums sounded, and the Tubo army began to move forward.

Behind the formation of Tuyuhun's central army, Nuohebo Khan squinted at the formation of the Tang army in front of him, feeling more and more uneasy.

At this time, more than 1000 Tang troops lined up in the front, and the center and left and right flanks were still dominated by the Tuyuhun army. However, the more than 1000 Tang troops appeared so weak and helpless among thousands of troops, like a group of wolves who fell into a wolf's den. Little chickens are not enough to fit between the teeth.

Moreover, the weapons in their hands are also weird, filled with medicine and small bullets. Just relying on such a broken stick, can it stop a ten-thousand-thousand charge of Tubo?
Khan Nuohebo stroked his messy beard uneasily. The oily thing was like a leek that was about to be harvested. He knew that the sickle was dangling in front of his eyes, but he still couldn't escape.

However, it was too late to correct everything, and the Tubo army on the opposite side had already launched.

Amidst the sound of war drums, the Tubo army roared loudly, and then the leader of the Tubo army rushed out of the front line. The horses galloped, and the black crowd rushed out with the Tubo generals.

The banners and flags were clouded, and the sky was full of dust. Ten thousand Tubo cavalry rushed to the front of Tuyuhun.

The murderous aura that was as cold as winter was overwhelming, like a black demon king with his bloody mouth wide open, he rushed towards Tang Jun viciously.

Under such a terrifying charging momentum, Tang Jun's formation suddenly became a little flustered, and some soldiers' legs were already weak.

As expected of the leading general, Sun Congdong saw that his robes were not stable, so he immediately raised a small black flag high in his hand, and shouted sharply: "Steady! Those who threaten the army before the battle will be killed!"

"Raise the gun flatly, listen to my orders."

The slightly chaotic Tang army immediately calmed down, and the soldiers raised their three-eyed guns according to orders, aiming straight ahead.

Sun Congdong stared at the Tubo army who were getting closer and closer, measuring the distance between them, five hundred steps, four hundred steps, three hundred steps...

When he was about two hundred paces away, Sun Congdong yelled, "Light it up!"

The soldiers immediately pointed the burning fire to the fuse of the three-eyed gun.

boom!
There was an earth-shattering thunder, not only the charging Tubo army fell down, but even the Tuyuhun army behind the Tang army was frightened into chaos, and the horses under everyone's crotches panicked. He got off his horse and fell heavily into the yellow sand.

Nuohebo Khan was also startled, subconsciously turned his horse's head and fled back, but saw puffs of white smoke rising from the Tang army's formation, and a large number of Tubo troops charging in the distance screamed and fell off their horses.

Nuohebo Khan's heart skipped a beat, his strong curiosity overcame his fear, until the front line of the Tang army ignited the fuse again, there was a loud bang, and the Tubo army fell down again.

Every time the Tang army ignited the fuse with a fire pocket, after the loud noise, a large number of the charging Tubo army would scream and fall off their horses.

Nohobo Khan is not stupid, at this moment he gradually understands something.

It turned out that the strange weapon held by the Tang soldiers was so powerful that almost half of the Tubo army's vanguard had been knocked down before the two sides fought.

But what the generals of the Tang army did was to ignite and fire mechanically. After the gunpowder projectiles in the three eyes were shot, the first row retreated quickly, and a row of Tang army soldiers with full ammunition quickly added them, and then continued to ignite. emission.

The attack speed of the Tubo army that was charging rapidly has been greatly slowed down. The weapons that make loud noises in the hands of the Tang army are already frightening. , Many war horses tripped over the fallen robes, and they fell into a large area.

The battlefield was in total chaos, and the charge speed of the Tubo cavalry was getting slower and slower. People in the ranks were screaming, screaming, swearing with swords, and fleeing because of fear...

If there is such a chaotic situation in a charge team, the charge already means failure.

Nuohebo Khan also saw the situation on the battlefield clearly, and immediately ordered thousands of Tuyuhun cavalry to outflank and press on the left and right flanks.

The sound of the war drums became more and more intense. The tens of thousands of Tuyuhun soldiers who were already on the weak side saw that more than a thousand Tang troops had caused such huge casualties to the Tubo army.

They cheered and roared in the ranks, raised their knives during the outflanking charge, and even the banners in front seemed to be cheering, hunting and dancing in the strong wind.

(End of this chapter)