Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 477
The danger of Yanmen Pass can't be known unless you go there personally. It suddenly appears among the mountains and peaks, rising from the ground, condescending, with steep mountains outside the pass, steep slopes, and winding and rugged paths.

Yu Gushe, who was retreating slowly, tightly clenched the saber in his hand. After many days, he finally lured or forced Li Shan out of the fortress. If he wants to fight, there must be a battlefield... He is not worried about the opponent's sudden attack. Attacks, this kind of thing that is taken for granted will not appear on the battlefield.

The Turkic cavalry are best at gathering and dispersing. If the Tang army takes the opportunity to attack, Yugu has a [-]% certainty that it can command the cavalry to retreat or evade, frustrate the enemy's spirit, and then cut off the retreat, so that all the Tang army can be buried outside the blockade.

Squinting his eyes and staring at Taniguchi, Yugushe's pupils suddenly shrunk. Although he couldn't see clearly, although he couldn't see the face clearly, he could be sure that Li Shan was the first to approach the horse.

Yu Gushe reined in the reins almost without thinking, and took the risk to kill himself outside Yanmen Pass in the first month, wasn't it for this person?

The enemy was right in front of him, and Yu Gu set ignored the retreating brigade, and was about to rush forward with a loud roar. At this moment, someone beside him pointed to the sky in the direction of Yanmen Pass, "That's..."

A black column of smoke rises from inside the Yanmen Pass, rushing straight towards the clouds.

"Wolf smoke!" Yugu hesitated.

The function of the wolf smoke is nothing more than two, one is to warn, and the other is to send a message... But Yugu has set up an attack on Yanmen Pass for many days, it cannot be a warning, it can only be a message.

The appearance of the wolf smoke caused Yugu to hesitate, and the five thousand cavalry behind him also fell into chaos. Some tried to turn their horses around, and some continued to retreat westward. Great effect.

But Yugu hesitated, but Li Shan didn't.

Regardless of Zhao Da and Zhu Shitou's obstruction, Li Shan held a horse's lance, his legs slightly clamped the horse's belly, and was the first to charge towards the horse.

Now that the decision has been made, since the fortress has already been made, there should be no hesitation, no hesitation, and an indomitable momentum must be used to motivate the subordinates behind.

The dull sound of horseshoes interrupted Yugushe's thoughts like a heavy drum. He didn't expect that the Tang army had just left the fortress, and they didn't form a team or line up, so they came all the way so quickly.

There is no doubt that in this era, the leader's first charge is the biggest weight to boost morale... Maybe this is the real reason why Li Shimin died many times.

Li Shan only felt that in a very short period of time, countless figures had surrounded him, countless horses were accelerating crazily, and countless cavalry were screaming with all their strength in their spears.

Dozens of people including Sun Erlang rushed to the front, holding swords and spears at the same time, and galloping wildly on horses.

The goal of the cavalry of the Tang Army who left the pass was very clear, and they stayed at the back, Yugushe, which was closest to Yanmen Pass.

Bearing the brunt of the incident, Yu Gushe was about to burst into tears, his eyes spewing fire, but before he could make a move, the attendant next to him had already grabbed the reins of his mount, "Go, go!"

The cavalry behind were in chaos, and Yugu She wanted to whip his followers at first, but under the reminder, he suddenly turned his head and looked to the south...he saw a clear black smoke column.

This is the reason why the [-] Turkic cavalry were in chaos. They were retreating westward, but because Yugushe saw Li Shan, the formation was slightly chaotic. This should have been adjusted soon.

But after the fire at Yanmen Pass was lit, a fire suddenly appeared on the south side... The Turkic people are not stupid, it must be Tang Jun who came to help.

No matter where they came from, no matter how many reinforcements came, but one thing is for sure, the sudden exit of Yanmen Pass and the igniting of the wolf smoke in the south must be due to cooperation from inside and outside.

Within sight, more than a dozen Turkic scouts were galloping on horseback. The cavalry brigade behind them mercilessly tore apart everything in front of them. It seemed like a big river easily swallowed up the Turkic scouts, heading north without stopping. .

Li Shan glanced sideways, determined in his heart that Liu Shirang's choice was just right!
In this era, the accuracy of battlefield intelligence is difficult to guarantee, but after He Lou Xingshu found out Yanmen Pass to Mayi for the first time, Li Shan discovered a loophole in Yugu's setup.

Turks did not send many scouts on the south side to cover and spy... In fact, there is nothing wrong with this. If there is a Tang army outside Yanmen Pass, it must be the Tang army from Mayi.

And the association rate of [-] riders is around Mayi. Even if the Tang army comes to help, it should come from the west... Therefore, Yugushe only sent a large number of scouts to the west of the retreat route. He is also afraid of being caught by Yanmen Pass and Mayi. Tang Jun attacked.

And Li Shan took advantage of this loophole, mobilized the association to lead the army to move westward, and ordered Liu Shirang to go south from Mayi with all the cavalry he could carry, and spared a large circle to hide outside Yanmen Pass, on the south side of the Turkic army. place of discovery.

The most critical thing in this battle is the timing of Liu Shirang's appearance. Whether it is early or late, it is difficult to achieve the goal perfectly. Therefore, Li Shan arranged these two beacons, hoping to play a role.

But unexpectedly, the timing of Liu Shirang's arrival on the battlefield was so perfect.

"Desire to set up!"

The familiar shout suddenly rang in his ears, and Yu Gushe, who was surrounded by his entourage, turned his head to see that Su Dingfang, who had lifted his mask, kicked the horse's belly fiercely with both feet, and accelerated to kill. Turkic cavalry fell.

Li Shan did not slow down his horse, but roared loudly, "Su Dingfang, Zhang Baoxiang!"

After a short period of confusion, the Turkic cavalry split into two wings. Yugu led his troops to the north, and the other cavalry went south to try to hold Liu Shirang's charge, but the middle road became empty.

Yugu's formation was originally empty in the middle, and the heavy troops were divided into two wings, trying to cut off the Tang army's back, but Su Dingfang and Zhang Baoxiang did not stop, but accelerated.

After breaking through the middle of the Turkic army, Zhang Baoxiang led his army to the north and took a small turn to stare at Yugushe. Although the Turkic troops had the upper hand, it was the Tang army's advantage to advance, but the Turkic cavalry quickly deployed after the chaos. Battle ranks, but the troops are scattered, it is difficult to resist the Tang army's charge.

Yugushe's face was ashen, unwilling to admit defeat, and kept calling his subordinates, but Zhang Baoxiang kept staring at Yugushe, completely ignoring the other Turkic cavalry, and even ignored the scattered Turkic cavalry faintly surrounding him.

At this time, stopping is tantamount to death, and killing to the outside of the formation is tantamount to taking poison. Only by grabbing Yugu and setting up a fierce pursuit can we sustain it and ensure that the Turkic soldiers cannot gather.

Zhang Baoxiang led his personal guards to charge forward, and immediately swung his lance, unstoppable, the bright light armor he was wearing had been shot like a hedgehog, but he was still shouting and fighting fiercely.

Li Shan in the cavalry was a little helpless. He was the first to charge with a lance, but so far he hadn't encountered a Turkic soldier. More than a dozen guards around him wrapped him up tightly, and Guo Pu stayed by his side to protect him. His daima and even his personal guards were still holding shields, for fear of flying arrows.

It was a mess here, Yugushe gathered troops several times but was dispersed by the Tang army, Zhang Baoxiang stuck to Yugushe and chased them fiercely, stalking... basically it was a bad battle.

Li Shan looked back, and the other side was different.

After Su Dingfang led his army to break through the middle of the Turkic road, he made a circle and mercilessly charged into the flank of the Turkic cavalry who was fighting Liu Shirang diagonally, cutting off the Turkic formation completely like a sharp knife cutting into tofu.

Although there was no prior contact, Liu Shirang tacitly slowed down the speed of the horse, let Su Dingfang and Wang Junhao lead the army to charge through, and then rushed to the formation, but Su Dingfang came out through the formation, and before he had time to return to the horse again, he did not take advantage of the troops. The dominant Turkic division completely collapsed.

The Yanmen closed, and Xue Zhong, who was holding a telescope, watched the scene excitedly. In just two quarters of an hour, it seemed that the moment the two beams of smoke rose, the victory was sealed!

(End of this chapter)