Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Both sides sent troops early in the morning, and the generals conversed in front of the battle line. Li Shan deliberately delayed the battle. By the time the war officially began, the Tang army had already finished eating their dry food.

The continuous sound of horns echoed between heaven and earth. Li Shan on the chariot looked expressionlessly, while Qin Qiong not far away was giving orders... Specific operations in this area were not Li Shan's strong point, and he could only trust him. Qin Qiong.

In terms of ability, Su Dingfang is more suitable to lead the Chinese army. Qin Qiong and Yuchi Gong are both better at charging into battle rather than commanding from behind.

But Li Shan had no choice but to need Su Dingfang's sharp sword. He trusted Su Dingfang's military talent in finding fighter planes, and he also knew that Su Dingfang would give him absolute trust and be able to perfectly express his strategic intentions.

Hu Qi gradually began to approach, neither too fast nor too slow. The prairie cavalry never used frontal charges as their main means of attack. They did not like and were not used to frontal charges. Attacking the flanks or going around to the rear were their specialties.

The Tang army was divided into three parts, the left army led by Yu Chigong was on the south side, the right army led by Dou Gui was on the north side, and the Chinese army led by General Qin Qiong was slightly ahead in the middle. The Chinese army had the largest number of troops, and its formation extended to the north and south sides. Lift.

The three armies all use chariot formations. Behind the chariots are a large number of infantry, mainly archers, sword and shield soldiers, and spearmen. The cavalry is hidden in the formation. This has been the main battle since the Northern Wei Dynasty until now. The formation of the prairie cavalry.

The main force of the cavalry led by Su Dingfang was scattered on both wings, either in front or behind, led by Liu Heier, Liu Rengui, and Chang He.

Continuous orders came from the front, and within Li Shan's line of sight, a large number of crossbowmen fired upwards, scattering a wave of arrows. However, Hu Qi obviously knew the range of the Tang army's bows and arrows before they arrived. Turning the horse's head, the left and right armies were divided into two groups and moved around to the flanks. Only a few dozen people were shot down.

Dou Gui of the right army looked attentively at the group of Hu cavalry that circled the flanks, "They should be Turks."

Li Kai beside him nodded in agreement. He could hear the disappointment in Dou Gui's words... Huairen had previously ordered not to attack the Turks, focusing on Tiele.

The wandering Turkic cavalry fired arrows sideways, and waves of arrows rained down. Occasionally, the cavalry was seen throwing ropes from a distance, trying to trap the chariot and open a gap.

After all, the Tang army did not have enough troops to cover the horizontal battlefield. However, after hundreds of Turkic cavalry passed by, the right army's chariot formation suddenly withdrew. Li Mengchang led more than a thousand Tang cavalry to gallop out. Although he failed to cut off the formation of the Turkic cavalry, It also caused a big mess.

Wearing armor, Li Mengchang personally charged into the battle with a horse and a horse, and collided head-on with the Turks who were swooping in. Arrows, roars, and fighting suddenly broke out.

Dou Gui directed the right army to march to the north. The crossbowmen fired arrows desperately. There were sword and shield men around the chariot. The formation was not chaotic, so that Li Mengchang would not fall into the formation because he lost speed after rushing into the formation.

At the same time, Qin Qiong of the Chinese Army also sent troops to penetrate into the rear formation of the Right Army so that the overall formation would not be affected. Liu Heier and Chang He led the cavalry out of the formation, diagonally arrived at the west side of the Right Army, intercepted the Turkic reinforcements, and faintly blocked them The Turkic forces penetrated the flank of the right army.

After a stalemate for two-quarters of an hour, Li Shan slightly felt relieved and said with a smile: "If the Chinese army cannot break the formation, it will be difficult for the Hu cavalry to break the formation."

Su Xu nodded in agreement, "The geographical advantage is mine. Unless the Turks send heavy troops to attack from the center, it will be difficult to break the formation with only the flanks."

In short, if the enemy cannot put great pressure on the Tang Army's center in the middle, then Qin Qiong can calmly deploy troops to support the two wings. In addition, Su Dingfang and Liu Heier lead the cavalry brigades to attack at the right time on both wings. Both armies only had more than 3,000 troops, but it was difficult for the Turks to find a breakthrough from the flanks.

After another two-quarters of an hour, the Turks had to abandon hundreds of corpses and retreat. Dou Gui commanded the right army to shrink the front line and maintain a suitable distance between them and the Chinese army.

The battle on the left ended earlier. Su Dingfang and Yuchi Gong worked in perfect harmony and defeated the enemy calmly. If Li Shan had not ordered him first, Yuchi Gong would have led his cavalry to chase them all the way.

Li Shan knew in his heart that this was just a test by Dubu Khan, and the main course was next. Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the black Turkish cavalry slowly pressed forward and approached the Chinese army, with cavalry on both wings behind them.

Obviously, Dub Khan was trying to storm the center of the Tang Army, and then look for a breakthrough from the flanks, and might even go around to the rear of the Tang Army.

Li Shan sighed softly, is he so hated by others?

Most of the Turkic cavalry only have simple leather armor at most, which is difficult to resist arrows. However, the Turks were originally iron-smelting slaves of the Rouran tribe, so they are not without the ability to make armor.

At least the king's tent soldiers and standing soldiers had half-body armor, but even so, a frontal attack on the Tang army's infantry formation would inevitably result in heavy losses.

Dub Khan would rather pay such a high price to defeat the Tang army... Obviously, he was determined to win if he had the potential.

To put it bluntly, they want Li Shan’s head.

Li Shan squinted his eyes to observe the battle situation. He didn't have a good idea. The Turks attacked the middle, but the real breakthrough was on the two wings... But it was a fact that the troops were insufficient. Yuchi Gong and Dou Gui only had that few troops, and Du Buke Khan could also confirm this through previous testing.

Opposite, Yi Nan, the leader of Xue Yantuo, was riding on a tall war horse. He looked at the soldiers of the Turkic king who were slowly advancing and said with his tongue: "The Si King of Wei is really good at using troops."

"In the Battle of Cangtou River, the Turks had difficulty attacking from the side and around the rear, and were ultimately defeated." A general agreed: "It is said that the same was true in the Battle of Jingzhou last year. The Tang army blocked the Turks' route and attacked from the front."

"The same is true today. Although the Tang army is insufficient in strength, Ashina can still only fight head-on, and will definitely suffer heavy losses."

"The key is that the Tang army took advantage of the geographical location, but this is also the ability of King Wei Si." Yi Nan chuckled, "Let's see if we can get behind the Tang army this time..."

The general smiled and said: "Even if the Tang army fights to the death... they must defeat the Turks first."

Yi Nan nodded in agreement. He once heard Dubu Khan himself mention that he only regretted not killing the opponent outside Guantao City back then...but I guess King Wei Si also regretted not killing the opponent in Chang'an City back then.

At this time, another confrontation has begun. The Turkic cavalry began to charge like a torrent under the rain of arrows, but it was not a dense charge. They were dislocated front and back and kept as far away from each other as possible to avoid a large number of casualties.

Because the battle started in Jingzhao, the Tang army was extremely well equipped with weapons. Wave after wave of arrows covered the sky, seemingly endless. There were even a lot of crossbows in the army, and the range of the crossbows was longer than that of ordinary foot bows. , is also very powerful, and can often shoot a cavalryman off his saddle with one arrow.

Turkic cavalry or mounts were constantly being shot to the point of being turned upside down, but this did not stop the flow of the torrent. The subsequent cavalry used superb riding skills to bypass it and continue to move forward.

Qin Qiong kept giving orders, and the Chinese army was under tremendous pressure. There were dense spearmen piled behind the tanks. Wang Junhao and Er Zhuhuan were ready to attack at any time.

"boom!"

With a loud noise, more than a dozen war horses rushed into the formation, knocking over two chariots, and seven or eight Tang soldiers were crushed underneath.