Ji Tang

Chapter 1158 The two armies face off!

The drums are thundering, the flags are flying, the north wind is whistling, and everything is chilling!

The Western Turks, the former overlords of the grasslands, controlled thousands of miles of territory, recruited thousands of ethnic groups, and became the assets of the grassland overlords. They conquered the east and west, and succeeded in hundreds of battles.Xihu!First it split the East and the West, it was defeated one after another, and now it has become a lost dog.

The Tang Dynasty established the country through hundreds of battles and made great contributions to calming the troubled times.But at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people were tired and exhausted, and everything was in ruins waiting to be revitalized.First there was the shame of submitting to the Turks, and then there was the shame of the Wei River.

In the spring of the fourth year of Zhenguan, a thunderous blow defeated the Eastern Turks, captured Jieli Khan, and captured countless nobles. The north had no worries!

But today, the former overlord has become a weakling, and the former Tang Dynasty has become the overlord of the East. Wherever the Tang flag is located, it is Datang.When the iron cavalry arrives, it is the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

One hundred miles east of Suiye City and 230 miles west of Khotan Pond, murderous intent filled the air in front of the two armies!
He Lu rode forward, waved his whip, and shouted angrily: "Jisong, come out!"

As if they were worried that Tang Jun wouldn't hear, He Lu's guards shouted in unison: "Jisong, come out!"

"Jisong come out!"

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"Oh, what a majesty? Just wait for me to hold the line, and I'll go meet him!"

Cheng Yaojin rode forward without waiting for Guo Xiaoke to speak.

"The entire army is on alert and ready to assist Duke Lu at any time!"

Guo Xiaoke had no choice but to give instructions.

Cheng Yaojin did not worry at all that the other party would kill in front of the two armies. He stepped forward alone and smiled when he saw He Ludun in the lead.

"He Lu, why did you rebel against the Tang Dynasty and establish yourself on your own? Is it because the Tang Dynasty is not kind to you? Or are you too ambitious and don't know how to repay your kindness? Your Majesty will treat you well!"

He Lu, who was originally angry, suddenly huffed, but then cursed angrily: "So it's you, this old man? Where's Ji Song, tell him to come out."

"The dignified Duke of Tang Dynasty, the commander-in-chief of an army, is extremely shameless!"

"The massacre of my people for no reason, the kidnapping of my cattle and sheep, and the persecution of me are too much. This Khan also heard that Ji Song is also a learned man and taught by saints, but he still has the slightest compassion?"

"He's just a butcher, a devil!"

"You asked him to come out. Don't you dare to admit what you have done? I want me to ask him, why do my Turkic people deserve it? How could he commit such a murder?"

Cheng Yaojin almost laughed angrily when he heard this. He pointed at He Lu who was talking nonsense and said: "Are you afraid that you are stupid? Then how should you explain the fact that the Turks killed my people in the first place?"

"You still want to see me, the Great General of the Tang Dynasty? Bah! You deserve it too!"

"He Lu, I'm telling you now, get off your horse and surrender immediately, otherwise the Turks will disappear completely."

"From the day you rebelled, you had only one identity, and that was rebelling. The Tang Dynasty had one and only one way to deal with rebellion. That was to kill, until you dare not do it anymore!"

"If you hadn't insisted on going your own way, I'm afraid you would have been enjoying the hot food and drinking spicy food in the west, and you could still eat sand here? I would like to advise you, you are not that material, so get off your horse and accept the surrender!"

"Hahahahaha!"

He Lu's face was livid, and when he saw the soldiers around him looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, he was trembling with anger.This old man was rebellious when he opened his mouth and refused to acknowledge his position as the Great Khan, which made them extremely angry.

"Kill! Shoot this old thing to death for me. I will cut him into pieces!"

"Shoot!"

swoosh~
"Hahaha, you are not just a common man. It seems that I think highly of you. You are just a coward. I will take the first step and wait until you die!"

Cheng Yaojin was not a fool. After saying those words, he was ready to retreat at any time.Seeing the opponent's movements, he galloped towards the back without saying a word. Only a few arrows hit his armor, but they didn't leave even a white mark.

"Are you OK!"

Seeing Cheng Yaojin return, Guo Xiaoke quickly stepped forward to check.

"Bullshit, what can happen to me?"

Cheng Yaojin said with disdain: "That guy is probably driven crazy by us, so it's no longer anything to worry about!"

"That's good!"

Guo Xiaoke breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, he also said with a smile: "It is good to subjugate the enemy's army without fighting. Although this battle will still be fought, at this time, they still have some points. Chances of winning?"

"Okay, you can raid the formation for me, and then I'll teach them a lesson first!"

After saying that, he waved his hand: "Shoot the gun!"

Whoa!
The captains from all sides, who had already lined up and were waiting, roared angrily: "Pull out your guns!"

There are spears like a forest, with the end of the spear touching the ground and the spear standing straight forward at a 45 degree angle.

"The ballista is ready!"

wow~
Behind the spearmen, hundreds of crossbow carts were seen waiting in full formation. The oilcloth on the crossbow carts was removed, and the stainless steel crossbow carts with cold light suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

"preparation!"

Each crossbow cart is equipped with ten soldiers, five to load the arrows, five to pull the string, and one to smash the machine with a hammer!

"Reporting to the Supervisory Army, the enemy is eight hundred steps away from our army."

"Explore again!"

"Seven hundred steps!"

"Six hundred steps!"

"Five hundred steps!"

"preparation!"

"shoot!"

hum~
Like a trembling string, the buzzing sound resounded throughout the world.When the Turkic cavalry reacted, they saw that the top of their heads was suddenly covered by a black shadow.

"That is."

The commander was stunned for a moment, but as the black shadow got closer and bigger, the giant arrow with cold light made his pupils gradually dilate.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

"Withdraw!"

puff!

"what!"

But how fast is the arrow?How can you just run away if you can?Before everyone could react, a large chunk of the Turkic vanguard suddenly disappeared in front of them. The cavalry, who had no time to stop, continued to move forward.

As the gap was filled, another buzzing and trembling sound sounded.
Seeing that a large chunk of Turkic cavalry was missing, both the Tang army and the Turks were shocked!

They knew about the ballista.But there was no equipment in Anxi's army.I only saw him once in Chang'an, and he was kept secret by the emperor after that.

Guo Xiaoke only knew that during the Battle of Mobei, Ji Song used a ballista to defeat Jie Li and completely disintegrate their mental strength.I thought it was just a legend before. After all, how powerful can a weapon be?
But today, he saw it.The cavalry shoots thousands of arrows, which are iron arrows as thick as a baby's wrist. A crossbow can fire fifty in a row. This time they brought a hundred, and this time they fired five thousand.

Just two rounds of arrows were shot accidentally, only [-] arrows, but the damage caused was at least hundreds of people killed.

Although there was a reason for the dense formation of the Turks, the huge force of the ballistae did not decrease after it shot through a person. It took another hundred steps to shoot before it stopped. Such lethality was simply appalling!
He Lu was also dumbfounded at this time, what was that?
But the Tang army would not give them a chance to react. You must know that the distance of the crossbow is [-] steps. The reason why it fired at [-] steps was to kill more enemies.

So, while both sides were stunned, they withdrew for three more rounds, which had already caused thousands of casualties to the Turkic vanguard army!
As long as the horse falls off under the intensive charge of the galloping cavalry, it means that the hope of survival is extremely slim, because the cavalry behind them do not dare to stop at all!
"Damn, it's so enjoyable!"

How could Cheng Yao, who had been fighting for poverty all his life, fight for such a wealthy life?There were just hundreds of arrows, which represented thousands of dollars.This is because the price of steel has dropped too much now. If it were before, Datang would not dare to build it like this!
The shooting here in the Tang Dynasty was quite enjoyable, but the Turks had a hard time.Seeing his own soldiers falling one after another like wheat, He Lu's heart was bleeding!

"Withdraw! Let the army withdraw!"

Then he said to the general beside him with red eyes: "You two will rush in from the left and right wings immediately, and you will definitely disrupt their formation."

"Yes, sweat!"

Soon, the two men each led [-] cavalry towards the two wings of the Tang army.

However, is it so easy for He Lu to withdraw his troops?The soldiers who heard the order were overjoyed and quickly turned their horses and retreated to the rear.

Whizzing!

But the arrows would not pay attention to them, so in a short distance of [-] steps, the Tang army fired ten more rounds. In panic, the Turkic vanguard army huddled together, those behind moved forward, and those in front turned their horses' heads, and Time has become a mess.

"Cum, hurry up!"

Guo Xiaoke was very excited. He was a fucking target for them.

So, when the [-] Turkic vanguards withdrew from the rain of arrows, they discovered that they had not even seen the enemy, but had lost a total of [-] soldiers. This made He Lu pale!

"Stand back!"

"Yes, sweat!"

The vanguard general said quickly.

To be honest, he was scared, really scared!

The giant arrow struck with such force that it could even tear apart a war horse, let alone a human being.In less than a quarter of an hour, he lost thousands of men under his command. It would be great to have half of them left before they could come into contact with the enemy!
How can such a battle be fought?
The words were divided into two parts, and the Turkic general named He Lu divided into two groups and headed towards the two wings of the Tang army.But before they could step forward, they saw the steel monster change its direction flexibly. This made them, who had just seen it clearly from behind, suddenly feel like they were dead!
"Withdraw, withdraw quickly!"

swoosh~
But can Tang Jun give them a chance?Take the opportunity and start shooting!

"It's over!"

Looking at the army that was on its back but had suffered heavy losses without even touching the enemy's clothes, He Lu closed his eyes in pain!
"Sweaty."

The general next to him looked at He Lu hesitantly, gritted his teeth and said: "We can't fight this battle like this, sweat!"

"Ben Khan knows, but do we have a choice?"

The general was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly.Now, even though they are fools, they have noticed something.Starting from the twelve Qingqi that came and went like the wind, they fell into Datang's conspiracy step by step.

If we had put all our efforts at that time, maybe we wouldn't be like this now.

At that time, the Turks' vitality was not damaged, and the hundreds of thousands of cavalry were enough to make everyone fearful.but now
The soldiers surrendered before the battle, and if [-]% of the strength can be used with [-]%, it is good.People were in panic, and the battle was already over before it was even fought.But they also have reasons why they have to fight!

Not only do they have cavalry, they also have hundreds of thousands of Turkic people behind them.Once defeated, their fate can be imagined.Before that, they had to fight even if they knew they were outmatched, just to show the Tang army that if they were forced into a hurry, it would be a dead end.

But now it seems that the fish is dead, but the net may not be broken!
"Let the soldiers be prepared, a tough battle is coming!"

He Lu took a deep breath. He knew that Datang was not in the habit of passively being beaten.

He didn't know what the steel thing was, but judging from the situation just now, although the thing could turn, it was extremely heavy and inconvenient to move.As long as you don't attack the Tang army, you won't touch it.

woo~
A low, whimpering horn sounded!
boom!boom!boom!
The neat footsteps seemed like the earth was shaking!

He Lu guessed right, Tang Jun was dispatched!

Guo Xiaoke had no choice but to wait for work, but the Turks were not fools. They knew that a direct attack on the military formation would cause heavy losses, so how could they attack again?

In addition, the arrows of the ballista had just been shot. Although it felt like it was shot with money, the effect was overwhelming. Five thousand arrows were enough to take away no less than 6000 casualties from the opponent.

In fact, it would be good if only one or two thousand people were shot directly, but most of them were stumbled by the corpses and horses in front and then trampled to death alive.

Now that the arrows have been shot, the Turks will not rush into the formation again, and it will take at least half an hour to wind up the crossbow.During this period, he must protect the ballista and face the possible surprise attack from the Turks!
Therefore, now we can only fight head-on.

The better thing is that the Turks have been frightened by the scene just now. If they don't expand the results at this time, what are they waiting for?
Clang!

Guo Xiaoke drew his sword and ordered: "Su Lie led five thousand Tang troops and fifteen thousand servants to charge from the left wing!"

"Xue Li led five thousand Tang troops and fifteen thousand servants to attack the right wing!"

"Xue Wanche, you lead [-] Tang troops and charge from the front with all your servants. Remember, bite the opponent and beat him to death!"

"promise!"

Seeing the three men leading the army galloping away, Guo Xiaoke praised Ludong, who had been silent beside him: "Prime Minister, please lead the Tibetan soldiers and I to support you. Once that side shows signs of decline, we will immediately support you!"

"Old Cheng, lead five thousand soldiers to guard this formation!"

Then, without waiting for the two men to answer, he raised his sword high and roared: "Soldiers, let me kill you!"

"Kill!"

"Wan Sheng!"

"Great Tang Wansheng!"

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Lu Dongzan glanced at the ballista behind him, suppressed the greed in his heart, nodded to Cheng Yaojin, and headed forward.He was worried that if he stayed any longer, he couldn't help but snatch these things away.

Too powerful and too cruel!

Nearly ten thousand people were shot dead without even touching a corner of their own side?Who the hell can resist this?

Although he was happy as an ally, after all, his own people won, right?But the thought of facing such a thing one day made him tremble with fear.

He knew that these one hundred crossbow chariots were only one hundred in the Khotan camp, and there were hundreds more left.If we had brought them all just now, the Turkic vanguard army and the [-] cavalry who attacked on both sides would probably have been wiped out!
"Tibetan warriors, it's time to show my Tibetan bravery!"

Slowly drew out the scimitar and roared: "Kill!"

"Ouch! Kill!"

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Seeing Lu Dongzan leaving, Cheng Yaojin smiled.What do you think the old boy thinks he doesn't know?Fortunately, I didn't move. If you really have evil intentions, do you really think there is no way to cure you?

Seeing the fierce fighting ahead, he suppressed his eagerness to try and ordered the soldiers to speed up the winding speed.Although this thing costs money, it is indeed a great weapon, so it would be a shame not to use it!

As for the high cost?hehe!The God of Wealth of the Tang Dynasty is the commander-in-chief of the army, but no one will be without them!

I finally got this opportunity to fight for wealth, but I must not miss it. Who knows if there will be a next time?
So, cherish this opportunity!
(End of this chapter)