Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

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Seven or eight miles away, the Turkic camp was still in chaos. This was as it should be. The grassland tribes lived for water and grass. Setting up a camp was a skilled job, but it was not a military camp and the control was not strict.

Not to mention the fierce attack on Mingsha Camp some time ago, which resulted in the loss of soldiers and generals. There were constant complaints in the army. Some people were already thinking of bypassing Mingsha Camp and going to Huizhou to plunder.

Well, Lingwu County in the north and the nearby towns have long been plundered. This is also an important reason why the Turks did not notice when the Tang army disembarked... There is nothing left to rob in the north.

Anyway, now the Great Khan is no longer ready to continue to storm the Mingsha Camp. The generals below have also herded the sheep. The leader is Ashina Dewu, the cousin of Dubu Khan, who is hugging a bare buttock. The Han woman was fast asleep.

At this moment, three thousand Tang cavalry were approaching, and their raised horse-steeds were flashing with cold light, like a fierce beast with its strong white teeth charging towards them. The Turks did not even send out scouts to the north. Even the sound of horse hooves was loud, and the Turks Still confused, even guessing which small tribe is stupid enough to go to the north to plunder, don't you know where is already empty?
Until the waving Tang Army flag appeared in sight, there was a moment of silence, followed by roaring explosions, and riots broke out everywhere in the camp.

Hou Hongtao and Feng Li were overjoyed. They didn't expect the Turks to underestimate the enemy so much. They raised their horses, poked or swept them, and instantly defeated the hundreds of Turks soldiers in front of them. They didn't pay attention to those who were fleeing, but kept on keeping on. Chisel inwards.

Later, Guo Xiaoke was even more overjoyed. Although he had never thought about the fleet carrying cavalry sneaking around and attacking, he was greatly surprised that the Turks had no resistance at all.

Guo Xiaoke did not rush in immediately, but stood on horseback and looked from a distance. He selected the most chaotic area, led his troops to attack fiercely, and drove the rebels to other relatively calm areas.

At this time, Hou Hongtao was already in a killing mood. He happened to pass by a stove built by the Turks, picked up the lit firewood, and threw it around. By the time Hou Junji arrived from behind, the Turkic camp was already full of smoke and ablaze. ...Well, maybe it's not appropriate to call it smoke.

The tents that were set on fire, the horses that were driven away, and the black smoke that filled the air plunged the entire Turkic camp into a complete commotion from which recovery was impossible. Ashina Deu almost bit off his own tongue before he could sip out of the tent. ...Didn’t I hear what the association said about Mayi?

Why did you forget that Tang Jun could play such a trick?
By the way, Zhang Zhongjian happened to be Li Huairen's confidant, so why didn't he take precautions?
Ashina Dewu, who was not fully clothed, found a horse without peeing, turned over, and slipped from the other side... This was simply a shame for Ashina's children.

Under the protection of more than a hundred guards around him, Ashina Dewu fled southward. There was no other way. The rebels in the entire camp were forced to go southward by the Tang army. It was impossible for you to escape eastward. You would only be swarmed. The arriving rebels trampled him to death.

Guo Xiaoke took command and showed his superb commanding ability. He invested troops in every area where a reversal might occur, preventing the Turks from gathering troops. Hou Junji and Hou Hongtao killed many people, but Feng Li was the one who killed them. The most vicious.

There were more than a dozen iron spears in front of him. Feng Li grabbed a shield, clamped his legs, and his horse rushed forward. The shield blocked several iron spears, but Feng Li relied on the Mingguang armor to protect him. Two times, his right hand swept across and hit a Turkic general on the neck. With an inaudible crisp sound, the general collapsed.

Feng Li then waved the shield in his left hand wildly, pulled back the horse spear, held the middle end of the long spear, changed it to a short spear, and greeted the two Turks in front of him. One was stabbed in the mouth and the other in the cheek. .Hou Junji from the side had already arrived and urged his horses to rush into the formation. The Tang cavalry who arrived immediately followed the opening and killed them in. Some of the cavalrymen had already thrown away their horses or spears and drew out their long knives to chop at will. As the head of a Turkic general flew up, the nearly a thousand Turkic cavalry that had just gathered dispersed again.

Seeing that Feng Li would continue to pursue him, Hou Junji grabbed the reins of his opponent's mount and shouted loudly: "Go west, go west."

Feng Li came back to his senses, glanced at the flag behind him, turned his horse's head without saying a word, and took the lead in charging forward... Although the Turkic soldiers fleeing eastward lost their organization, it did not mean that they lost their ability to resist. Unless Tang Qi keeps chasing them, it is very likely that the Turks will turn around and surround them from a distance. After all, there is a huge disparity in strength.

But those who fled to the west were different. There were mountains and ridges there, and there was no place to escape. Although more than a thousand troops were gathered, after Feng Li broke the formation like a mad tiger, Guo Xiaoke personally led the troops around. After a flanking raid, in the space of a cup of tea, the ground was covered with corpses, dripping with sticky blood.

"Go south, go south!" Guo Xiaoke shouted loudly. He could only go south to defeat the last Turkic force, and then he could see the Mingsha Camp.

It is not unimaginable that the Turkic army of more than 1 people was defeated so easily, and the disparity in strength is not too exaggerated. However, the Turkic camps are not like the Han army that only camps in one place, but separate camps based on ethnic groups. .

Therefore, not far away in the southeast, a Turkic cavalry with a strength of about three to four thousand had gathered. Ashina Dewu, who was still in shock, did not think about it in his mind. The opponent's strength was about 2000. As long as he could If you entangle it, the gathered troops can be swallowed up in one gulp.

It cannot be said that Ashina Dewu's idea is wrong, but it should be outrageous, quite outrageous. Not to mention how the Tang army achieved such a sneak attack from behind, but the mobilization of two to three thousand troops... Do you expect Zhang Zhongjian from Mingsha Camp to be completely unaware?

What's more, the Turkic camp was only seven or eight miles away from the Mingsha camp. Just when Ashina Dewuchu was still hoping to turn defeat into victory, Duan Zhixuan had already appeared within their sight.

After listening to the words of the scout who was investigating the battle situation, Duan Zhixuan spat fiercely. He should have known that he should not have attacked rashly a few days ago, otherwise such military exploits... might be his own!

After Duan Zhixuan briefly watched the battle, he personally led a surprise attack with [-] heavy cavalry, and asked a thousand light cavalry to go around to the east, trying to block the most likely escape route of the Turkic cavalry.

Just this tactical move caused thousands of Turkic cavalry to collapse...or in other words, Ashina Dewu collapsed. As the general fled immediately, Dubu Khan arranged for the Mingsha Camp The army's strength completely collapsed.

(End of this chapter)