Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 601 Reinforcements Arrived, Defeated and Fleeing

Su Dingfang came very embarrassed. At the age of more than 60 years, he ran wild all the way, relying on the guidance of the beacon fire of the fleeing people along the way, and finally arrived at the last critical moment.

His subordinates only led [-] soldiers and horses, but they each had two horses. They changed horses along the way without changing people, and there was no rest for hundreds of miles. From the moment they received Xu Yanbo's report, Su Dingfang's army rushed here like lightning. Outside an unnamed mountain.

Ten thousand cavalrymen held brand new three-eyed blunderbusses. As soon as the horses stopped, they lined up. The whole army dismounted and advanced on foot in three stages.

The Tubo rear army was in chaos. It was unexpected that Su Dingfang's army would arrive so quickly at this critical moment when Li Qinzai's troops were about to be wiped out.

According to Lu Dongzan's estimate, Su Dingfang's troops should arrive at least six hours later. During these six hours, Lu Dongzan was absolutely sure that Li Qinzai's entire army would be wiped out.

However, Su Dingfang finally came, and he came earlier than everyone expected.

The [-] Tang troops holding three-eyed guns advanced step by step, while the Tubo army retreated in panic. Every round of volley, thousands of Tubo troops fell. This scene was like a village harvesting wheat. Lu Dongzan could only watch helplessly. Seeing the warriors under his command being harvested piece by piece like wheat waves.

Su Dingfang rode on the horse, looked up while panting heavily, and said viciously: "The rear army dispatched five thousand soldiers and horses, went around to the front of the Tubo army, and cut off their retreat. My good nephew didn't know that he was smashed by these dogs What kind of bullying has become, don't let anyone go, kill them all!"

"And that Prime Minister of Tubo, bah! It's best to catch this old man alive, tie him to a pillar, and let my good nephew play with it piece by piece."

As Su Dingfang's military orders were issued one after another, the [-] Tang soldiers immediately changed their formation.

The [-] soldiers kept their formation and advanced towards the Tubo rear army, while the other [-] soldiers turned their horses, bypassed the battlefield where the two armies were fighting, and rushed towards the front of the Tubo army on both sides.

Outside the tent of the Tubo army commander, Lu Dongzan's expression changed. He had never experienced such a dangerous situation in his life. Originally he had the initiative in his hands, and he was willing to kill Li Qinzai. In the blink of an eye, the situation suddenly reversed, and he was actually surrounded by the Tang army. up.

The Tubo army has been chasing Li Qinzai's troops around for the past few days. Lu Dongzan's tens of thousands of main forces of the Tubo army have been on the road almost day and night in order to plan to wipe out Li Qinzai.

In order to form a complete siege to Li Qinzai, today he fought an arduous bloody battle with Li Qinzai's troops under this unknown mountain.

It can be said that the Tubo army at this moment is at the end of its strength regardless of its morale, physical strength and spirit.

Although the Tang army came from afar, they have not fought a battle since leaving Chang'an. Today is the first battle, and it is the time when morale is like a rainbow. Coupled with the invincible three-eyed blunderbuss, it is even more powerful and unstoppable. .

One or two thousand three-eyed guns may not have much impact on the entire war, but ten thousand three-eyed guns is different. This is a qualitative change caused by quantitative changes.

With [-] three-eyed guns in formation, there is no army in the world to break through, and no one can rush within a hundred steps of the formation.

"Retreat to the west! Quick!" Lu Dongzan ordered decisively.

As soon as Su Dingfang's army appeared, Lu Dongzan realized that today was a doomed situation, and there was no suspense.

Although there are still more than [-] soldiers under his command at this moment, the [-] Tubo army is nothing in front of [-] three-eyed guns.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and Lu Dongzan knew very well what the consequences would be if an army lost its morale.

The collapse of one person can completely affect the entire army, leading to a total collapse.

At this time, there is no way to save the situation except retreat.

As for Li Qinzai who was besieged, Lu Dongzan couldn't care less about it. With Li Qinzai's tenacious resistance, it was impossible to strangle him for a while, and instead delayed his retreat.

There are still thousands of soldiers and horses in the Tubo army who are not afraid of death and launch a suicide charge towards the Tang army. However, amidst bursts of smoke and loud noises, thousands of soldiers and horses are like small stones thrown into a lake. After slight ripples, Calm was quickly restored without any impact on the calm lake.

Ignoring the Tubo rear army who risked their lives to charge, Lu Dongzan rode on his horse with the support of his personal guards, and fled westward without looking back.

In front of the rear army formation, Su Dingfang, who had arranged everything, squinted his eyes at the smoky hilltop in the distance, and said in a deep voice, "It's easy to defend and difficult to attack there, Jing Chuding led his troops to defend there, where are the personal guards?"

Several personal guards jumped out, clasped their fists and saluted.

Su Dingfang said: "Go, five hundred personal guards will go out together, rush to kill the enemy, meet Li Jingchu, and protect him."

The bodyguards suddenly agreed, and five hundred bodyguards rushed towards the hill together.

At this time, the Tubo army had collapsed, and the Tubo army surrounding Li Qinzai also gave up their attack, turned around and fled westward.

Li Qinzai and the remaining hundreds of soldiers gathered together, still maintaining a defensive formation, not daring to relax at all.

Seeing the Tubo army receding like a tide, Li Qinzai gritted his teeth: "I'm afraid we won't be able to capture Lu Dongzan alive this time, what a pity!"

Zi Nu hugged his waist tightly, as if afraid that he would disappear suddenly.

Li Qinzai patted her hand wearily, and said with a smile, "You can let go, our reinforcements are here, we are saved, and we don't have to say goodbye..."

"No!" Zi Nu buried her head in his back, crying.

"Let go, you're strangling me so hard that I can't breathe."

"No!"

"Now is the time for a happy ending, don't artificially create a bloody tragedy..."

"No!"

Zi Nu's cheek was pressed against his cold armor, and every nail leaf on his back was covered with her tears.

"Li Qinzai, you won't die, will you?"

"Reinforcements are coming, I won't die."

Zi Nu still hugged his waist, and suddenly burst into tears.

It was only a split second before, and there was a gap between life and death. Zi Nu couldn't help feeling a bit of fear when he recalled it now.

Holding his waist and crying for a long time, Zi Nu choked and said, "Li Qinzai, it's good that you are alive."

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The army was defeated like a mountain, and in an instant, the Tubo army ran clean like an ebb tide.

It was only at this moment that the soldiers around Li Qinzai breathed a sigh of relief, slowly put down their swords, hugged each other, shouted hoarsely to vent their long-suppressed emotions, and finally squatted on the ground and covered their faces with their hands, sobbing.

Of the more than five thousand soldiers, only a few hundred survived in the end.

The Paoze who died in battle will be buried forever in this strange land.

Li Qinzai also wanted to cry. He had faced death several times in his life, but this time, he almost stepped into the gate of hell. When he made the final charge, he could even smell the blood on the enemy's sword.

Thousands of Tang troops surrounded them, watching Li Qinzai and the soldiers squatting on the ground to vent their emotions, everyone looked at them with understanding.

People who have been on the battlefield are well aware of the emotions that need to be vented after the war. If you don't completely release this energy, you will get sick.

Su Dingfang came galloping on horseback, and the soldiers stepped aside one after another.

Seeing Li Qinzai who was squatting on the ground, Su Dingfang dismounted and stepped forward, pulled Li Qinzai up, looked him up and down, nodded and said, "That's right, there are no arms or legs missing, this battle was done beautifully, as expected of the Li family." kind!"

(End of this chapter)