First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 386 Black Armor Elite Cavalry
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Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, beheaded two generals in a row. He raised his spear and shouted, "Kill the thief and make meritorious deeds. Today, kill."

Liu Heikai's face was solemn, and when he saw the Tang army coming out together, he ordered: "The infantry will fight, and the cavalry will cruise."

At the command of the army, the Eastern Han Army moved quickly. Cao Zhan led the cavalry to separate from the left and right, and attacked the left and right wings of the Tang army. Liu Shishan led the infantry to meet them head-on.

"General Zhai, follow me to take Liu Heita directly," Li Daoxuan shouted in a low voice.

Not far behind, a general in black armor heard the promise and raised a big black spear, "Xuanjia Army, pierce through."

This person is one of the four major commanders of the Xuanjia Army, named Zhai Changsun, from Jincheng, Xiliang.

Zhai Changsun is both civil and military. After Jincheng school lieutenant Xue raised his troops, he heard the name of the local Zhai Changsun.

In the third year of Wude, Li Yuan changed the Ministry of Internal History to the Ministry of Zhongshu, and the order of Internal History was changed to Zhongshu Ling, that is, he became the prime minister.

Zhai Changsun was the prime minister of the Western Qin State. Xue Ju and his son went to the east to fight in the west, and all the affairs of the Western Qin State were handed over to Zhai Changsun. It was Zhai Changsun who sat in the capital and raised food and grass until Xue Ju and his son were defeated. Dedicated land belongs to.

Although Zhai Changsun was the prime minister in the Western Qin Dynasty and governed the country, his martial arts skills were also top-notch. The iron spear in his hand was well-known in Longxi, and he was known as Xiliang Iron Spear General.

If the martial arts were unfamiliar, Li Shimin would not let Zhai Changsun command the Xuanjia Army, after all, the Xuanjia Army mostly rushed into battle.

As one of the four leading armies along with Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Zhang Shigui, Zhai Changsun is not only superior in force, but also responsible for all the complicated military affairs of the Xuanjia Army, including drills, luggage and so on.

Therefore, although Zhai Changsun's reputation is not obvious, Zhai Changsun's prestige is very high in the Xuanjia Army.

After Li Daoxuan and Zhai Changsun charged, the Xuanjia army was like a sharp arrow. With the two of them as arrows, they were unstoppable and pierced straight into the Handong army formation. Tear a hole.

Liu Heikai's expressionless face finally changed slightly, "Xuanjia fine cavalry... order Cao Zhan to encircle the two wings and trap the Xuanjia army."

Liu Heizai was quite afraid of this black armored Xuanjia army. The soldiers and horses of this elite cavalry are one in a thousand, with excellent armor and strong combat power. It was this soldier who was at Hulao Pass back then. A fine cavalry made extraordinary achievements and captured two kings in one battle.

After seeing the Xuanjia army rushing into the formation, the Handong soldiers turned their backs on their horses. Liu Heita knew that it was time for him to go out, so he immediately held a long knife and said, "Turkic cavalry, kill me."

Liu Heita took the lead, followed by more than a thousand fine Turkic cavalry screaming closely. The cavalry that can be called fine cavalry must be the elite of the elite.

In order to express his support for Liu Heita, Jieli Khan gave Liu Heita more than a thousand fine horses, which is the strongest force in Liu Heita's hands now.

The two elite cavalry were about to collide, Zhai Changsun looked left and right, his eyes froze for a moment, and he shouted: "Pierce through, don't want to fight."

The left and right cavalry led by Cao Zhan had encircled them. Once the Xuanjia army was blocked by the Turkic elite cavalry in front of them, they would be trapped in the encirclement. The cavalry must not lose their mobility, and they must not lose their horse speed.

Li Daoxuan is well aware of this point, so he braced himself up, clamped the horse lance under his armpit, and pierced a Turkic cavalry in one blow. At the moment of lightning, Li Daoxuan turned sideways to avoid a long spear that was stabbing him, and swept back with the lance .

Suddenly he heard the whistling wind, Li Daoxuan was terrified, before he had time to look carefully, he raised his spear to block it, with a sound, the pole bent, Li Daoxuan's arms trembled, and he almost fell off his horse.

"There is a bit of courage", Liu Heitai nodded in praise and said, "Take another stab at me."

Li Daoxuan was furious, he thrust his spear forward and stabbed, Liu Heitai didn't change his face, he pushed the knife away, twisted the handle of the knife with his right hand, and chopped straight at the top of Li Daoxuan's head. One shot, "don't love to fight".

Li Daoxuan regained his composure, pulled his horse and charged, "Pierce through, don't love to fight."

After forcing Liu Heita back with several moves, Zhai Changsun returned to his horse without any hesitation and rushed to kill him.

Liu Heitai felt the power in his hand and was quite shocked, "Tangle the Xuanjia army, order Liu Shishan, and the whole army presses down."

Turkic cavalry once again encircled.

However, under the leadership of Li Daoxuan and Zhai Changsun, although the Xuanjia Army suffered heavy losses, they finally broke through the blockade, which was quite penetrating.

Li Daoxuan looked surprised, "Why are these Hu Qi so weak?"

Zhai Changsun shook his head, "Turkic cavalry don't have the will to fight to the death."

Li Daoxuan suddenly realized.

After all, the Turkic elite cavalry is not the main force. Although Jieli Khan assigned him to command Liu Heita, it is impossible for the Turks to fight with their lives for Liu Heita.

"Not good," Zhai Zhangsun suddenly said in a low voice, "The bandit army wants to divide our army."

Li Daoxuan took a closer look and saw that the bandit army had been divided into three parts, one was the elite Turkic cavalry led by Liu Heita, the other was the Hebei cavalry led by Cao Zhan, and the third was the Hebei infantry led by Liu Shishan.

Among them, the Turkic cavalry and the Hebei cavalry were encircling from the rear and isolated Li Daoxuan's troops, while the rebel infantry of Shishan's troops were advancing and fighting with the infantry left by Li Daoxuan.

"Your Majesty, flank guerrilla attacks and never fall into a siege," Zhai Changsun shouted anxiously.

Li Daoxuan nodded in agreement, and immediately led the Xuanjia Jingqi around to the flank.

Liu Heikai in the battle was also furious, seeing the failure of the Turkic cavalry to work hard, he immediately shouted at Atulu and other Turkic generals: "If you lose this battle, you will never return!" Turks".

Atulu and the others changed their complexions, looked at each other and raised their weapons, shouting in the Turkic language, the Turkic elite cavalry was shocked immediately, as if they were alive, full of evil spirits, screaming and rushing to kill.

"Your Majesty, the pawns can't hold on any longer," the captain of the Tang Army rushed to report.

"Damn it, why didn't Shi Wanbao attack yet?" Seeing that all the rebel soldiers and horses had been mobilized, Shi Wanbao's troops still did not go out to fight.

"Your Majesty, we can't delay any longer," Zhai Zhangsun Wuji shouted urgently: "Quickly change the defensive formation."

If the Tang army still maintains the attacking arrow formation, once the infantry collapses, it will be a complete defeat. It is better to change the formation in advance while the formation is not in chaos.

"No way," Li Daoxuan gritted his teeth, "Continue to charge."

Zhai Changsun's face changed, and he turned to tell a knight, "Quickly inform Li Changshi."

At this time, in the Tang army camp, swords were on the verge of breaking out, and the atmosphere was very intense.

"Duke Yuan, don't be confused." Li Jing's beard and hair were all stretched out, and he changed from his cautious and honest temperament in the past, pointing at Shi Wanbao and shouting: "Once the frontline infantry is defeated, King Huaiyang will be in danger!"

"Li Jing!" Shi Wanbao slapped the table, "I am the deputy commander of the army, and the infantry obeys my orders, so how dare you tell me what to do?"

(End of this chapter)