A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 542 The Brave Wins
The north wind danced wildly, and the sky was covered with snow.

A large number of Turks dismounted and charged on foot.

"Captain, the Turks are attacking."

On the top of Badger's Mouth, Wu Huaiyu's Ming Guangjia was covered with a bearskin cloak. The wind and snow blocked some of his sight, but the Turks still stepped into their trap.

The Turkic people are very strong, but Wu Huaiyu doesn't care. The terrain here completely limits the Turkic people's advantage in numbers. Even if they are [-] to [-], they can't squeeze here.

"Everything is going according to the plan, and the ministries are not allowed to attack without authorization. They must be ordered by the governor."

Everyone suffered from the cold here for several days, and finally they caught Xieli, so we couldn't scare them away all at once.

Wu Huaiyu would not be reconciled if he didn't bite off a large piece of Xieli's flesh.

The more urgent the trumpets and drums, the more urgent the wind and snow.

The first batch of Turkic people, only about a thousand people rushed up, they abandoned their horses and fought on foot, carrying shields and axes, looking very elite.

Amidst the passionate sound of horn horns and cowhide war drums, and under the reward of perseverance, they launched a fierce attack on the Tang army and marched forward on the thick snow.

An Lushan felt that the ground under his feet was trembling. He opened his shield a little bit and looked towards the mountain pass. The white snow field was now crowded with black Turkic soldiers.

The team leader shouted there again.

An Lushan's heart beat faster and faster,
As the enemy army approached, his heartbeat began to slow down again, and his eyes became more resolute. As a young man with a beard, he followed Duke Yi from Shuofang. The hometown that many people will never leave in their lifetime.

But he is also very clear that although he is now the son of Yi Guogong, in order to have a better future, in addition to the usual hard work, diligence and respect, he also needs more opportunities, and war is the best opportunity.

The mountain pass is narrow, narrower and steeper as you go forward.

Kang Ayi huddled in the attacking team, marching slowly with the beat of drums, not because they were afraid of fighting, but because the terrain became narrower and steeper as they went forward, everyone naturally crowded together.

The leather armor on his body was frozen stiff, which also hindered his progress.

The more and more crowded team made them even come to a standstill, and Kang Ayiqu was so crowded that his back was sweating a little.

The people behind were still pushing forward desperately, shouting and rushing as they squeezed.

Kang Ayi wanted to rush at your mother, how could he rush because they were all crowded together, the road was narrow and steep, and there was so much snow, people trampled on it for a while, the snow turned into slush, making it extremely slippery.

He can't even see left and right, he thinks this offense sucks.

Fortunately, there are thousands of troops in the back, which made him feel a bit more at ease, one hundred thousand against five thousand, how to fight, how to win, and even felt very lucky in his heart, he was able to draw the first batch of attacks, and if he rushed for a while, he would win Yamaguchi, that would require a large reward.

As a Sogdian Hu, his father was Kang Hulu Dagan, a close minister of the Shi clan of the mother of the Great Khan, Jieli Khan. There were many Sogdian close subjects in the court of Jieli Khan, but their Sogdian Hus status in the Turkic Khanate was still not high. His father also has many sons, and Kang Ah Yiqu can only work hard by himself.

The drums kept beating.

Even though Kang A Yiqu was sweating from being squeezed, he didn't dare to stop, so he could only continue to squeeze forward slowly.

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An Lushan saw that the Turkic people were getting closer and closer, he clenched his shield tightly and didn't even dare to look around.

Although they belonged to the children of the Yanei Army, they enforced the court's military laws when they went to the battlefield. Once they entered the barracks, the officers read out all the military laws.
The seven bans and 54 cuts are clearly stated.

On the occasion of the battle, looking left and right and whispering to each other may be beheaded.

He looked ahead, and they were standing guard at the front of the mountain pass. There were a few shallow trenches dug temporarily in front of them, and several low walls half chest high were built with ice and snow.

In the middle, there are many defensive means such as sharp piles, cabinet horses, and barbed wire.

Restricted by the terrain, they did not set up a traditional infantry battle formation, but relying on the terrain, each team fought in a relatively scattered manner, occupying favorable terrain, and condescendingly defended.

The team leader of their team stood at the front with the standard bearer and the flag, and behind them were the five lines of troops of their team, ranging from seven to eighty-nine to ten and 11 people, and finally the team deputy, forming a conical formation.

Their team is the basic infantry, equipped with large shields, spears, bows and arrows, and horizontal knives. Behind their team is a team of crossbowmen, and behind them are infantry.

An Lushan was standing in the first row of the five-column line. The seven of them were divided into two groups of three, and the other was the group leader who was in the middle to command and support.

An Lushan was holding the shield, and the other two were actually standing next to him. Due to the constraints of the terrain, it was not the front row of shield soldiers followed by a row of spearmen.

During normal training, An Lushan still worked very hard. He also practiced well with swords, guns, shields and bows, and he was also good at riding and shooting. superior.

As the children of the yamen, their task is not to stick to this place, they are just the first batch, as long as they can stick to it for a period of time, they can be handed over, replaced and rested.

But as the leader, it is both an honor and a lot of pressure.

An Lushan looked at the shields in his hands, and he felt a little more confident. The shields in their hands were also called Peng Pai. This kind of shield was relatively large. The lower end is sharper, the center line is raised, and the center is decorated with tiger head-shaped decorations. Compared with the cowhide round shields commonly equipped by light infantry, this long row is longer and heavier, and its defense is naturally stronger.

In the current terrain of the battlefield, this kind of long shield gave him a great sense of security. Just now, the Turkic arrows rained down on the sky one after another, just adding many feathers to his shield.

"Shield!"

The loud voice at the head of the team sounded again.

An Lushan immediately put Peng Pai on the ground, took out a wooden stick behind the shield, and supported it on the ground. Compared with holding it directly, although the defense is weaker, it can free the soldiers' hands, and the soldiers can Hit the enemy with a spear or spear.

Following the shout of the team leader, everyone put the big shield on the ground, opened the shield and rotated the shaft, propped up the stick, and then took up the spear.

A hard spear spear stood up.

This spear is also known as Yizhangwei, because it is one zhang long.

This kind of spear is actually an ordinary spear. The real spear in the Tang army measures [-] feet, which is [-] feet longer than this one.

Although this kind of one-zhang spear is not as powerful as the eight-zhang spear, but the spearhead is also prismatic and sword-shaped, and its killing power is stronger than that of ordinary spears.

The large shield on the door panel is equipped with a ten-foot-high spear, and all the soldiers of the yamen are young and brave.
Conscripted voluntarily to serve the country.

We didn't want to use them as cannon fodder in order to take the lead, but I didn't want to completely expose the elite of the Tang army as soon as they came up and scare Xieli away.

The familiar whistling sound came.

The Turks started to shoot arrows again at the foot of the mountain to cover the Turkic soldiers approaching the mountain.

An Lushan has already shrunk under the big shield calmly, without the slightest wave on his face.

But the crossbowmen behind them remained silent.

Those crossbowmen with long arms and strong arms measured the distance in advance at the foot of the mountain and made marks one by one. The crossbowmen started shooting when the enemy was 150 steps away.

Now that the drum is not sounding, it means that the enemy has not entered 150 steps, and the crossbowmen cannot shoot randomly, otherwise they will be dealt with by military law.

The snow was heavy and the wind was cold.

An Lushan felt hot all over.

The Turkic people came over densely, they walked very slowly, and many of them fell down, looking a little embarrassed. Seeing how they fell and trampled, An Lushan felt a lot easier.

A thud.

Behind him came the sound of a war drum, followed by a second,
The sound of war drums was beating loudly.

This shows that the enemy is nearly 150 steps away, and the crossbowmen in the crossbowman team can shoot.

An Lushan didn't look back,

But soon the overhead was like locusts passing by, and a large number of crossbow bolts were shot out. The crossbowmen team had a condescending advantage on the mountain, and the range could be increased.

The Turkic people attacking the mountain were too densely packed, and they were simply easy targets for the crossbowmen.

The Turkic people raised their shields one after another. Most of their shields were round cavalry leather. They were usually tied to their arms when they were on horseback. The shields were so small that they could only cover their heads when they were lifted up.

The densely lobbed crossbow bolts swoop down from the air,

A conical crossbow swooped down, and shot at the shoulder of a Turkic soldier at high speed, splashing a flower of blood, and another crossbow even shot directly at the neck of a Turkic soldier, making him fall to the ground......
An Lushan hid most of his body behind the shield, only showing a pair of eyes under the helmet, sizing up mercilessly.

Screaming again and again.

The dense crossbow arrows caused a lot of damage, mainly due to the condescending advantage, and the Turkic people were too densely packed. On the narrow and steep mountain pass, thousands of Turkic soldiers crowded and attacked, all crowded together, and they could only slowly attack. Moving is completely a living target.

However, although the rain of arrows made the dense Turkic soldiers thinner, they did not stop, but accelerated their speed.

Tang Jun's crossbowmen did not stop either.

Each crossbowman has fifty crossbow arrows in front of him. Although the individual crossbows they use are not as fast to reload as bows and arrows, skilled crossbowmen can also fire them at a distance of 150 steps from [-] steps to [-] steps. Multiple rounds.

With this favorable terrain right now, they can shoot twice as much as usual.

With a single command, the arrows of the crossbowmen flew down like locusts one after another. Every time, blood splashed among the Turkic people, causing considerable damage.

"The thief approached a hundred steps!"

An Lushan heard someone shouting from behind, and the rhythm of the drums changed.

At this time, all the Tang soldiers on the mountain immediately picked up the bows they had prepared in the morning, including Anlu Mountain, and immediately picked up their own bows.

The Tang army pays the most attention to long-range shooting. Regardless of infantry, whether it is spear-shield soldiers, sword-shield soldiers or other arms, all soldiers are equipped with bows and arrows, 100% equipped. Before fighting, shoot him for a few rounds.

An Lushan, the shield spearman, immediately picked up his bow and arrow.

"Sixty steps, shoot!"

"shoot!"

The enemy approached sixty steps, and the archers shot three times.

Normally, from [-] to [-], [-] steps, you can shoot three times in a row, but the terrain is favorable now, and during the [-] steps, An Lushan shot ten arrows in a row.

He showed how powerful a fast archer is, and even the team leader at the side noticed this young fat man, "Boy, shoot ten arrows in a row, good skill,"

This wave of bow and arrow strikes by the Tang army was more ferocious than crossbow strikes, fast and dense. The Turkic soldiers were also close, and the casualties were greater.

But they are still charging up the mountain without fear of death.

"gun!"

The team leader started shouting again,
Behind the tough tall figure, the team flag fluttered,

After shooting ten rounds, An Lushan put down his bow, and immediately pulled out another spear from the ground.
"Huh!"

The shield soldiers fired a volley of javelins. These short spears are much more lethal than bows and crossbows at a distance of twenty or thirty steps. Neither leather shields nor leather armor can block this blow.
Just shoot over the row of Turkic people in front of them.

"Come again!"

An Lushan quickly pulled out another javelin, charged up and threw it, all in one breath.

Come again,

After three bursts of javelin shots, An Lushan felt his forehead was sweating. At this time, the team leader and the flag bearers were already holding the flag guns and Mo Dao, and were fighting hand-to-hand with the rushing Turkic people.

An Lushan also quickly raised his head, stood behind the large shield on the door panel, and began to stab forward with his colleagues.

A Turkic soldier rushed forward, An Lushan roared, a spear pierced through his abdomen fiercely, "Death!"

An Lushan shot arrows and spears just now, and also hit two Turks, but they were not as exciting as directly piercing through the enemy at such a close range.

Seeing the Turkic man's painful expression and the hot blood spurting out, An Lushan was extremely excited.

"kill!"

There was the sound of tearing and roaring from colleagues everywhere. After suffering heavy casualties, a thousand Turkic soldiers finally rushed into the first line of defense of the Tang army, fighting hand-to-hand with hand-to-hand combat!

The bright red blood sprinkled on the pure white snow, blooming gorgeous blood flowers.

(End of this chapter)