Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 138 Anxi, grain transport team
This suspected Tang army's food transport team only had a total of more than fifty people.There were more than [-] Tubo cavalry besieging them.

Relying on their huge advantage in numbers, the Tubo cavalry were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they acted like a cat and mouse, shooting arrows from time to time around the grain transport team.

Of course there is a sense of consuming their energy, but more importantly, it is a playful mentality.

"Commander, what are these beasts going to do?" A soldier held the spear tightly in his hand and lowered his head slightly to prevent the arrow from hitting his eyes through the gap in his mask.

The man who was called the team leader sneered: "You are just kidding us. You haven't understood these Tubo dogs all these years? They will ridicule you when they have the advantage. They will scatter like birds and beasts when they are at a slight disadvantage. They bully the weak and fear the strong!"

After that, he spit on his hand twice, rubbed it on his spear, and stared at the group of cavalry with his bright eyes.

"Gentleman, there are quite a few Tibetan dogs here!" said a soldier on the other side of him.

"Er Han, are you scared?" Team Zheng was still staring at the cavalry circling in front of him.

"Afraid? I'm afraid there won't be enough of him, and I won't be able to kill enough!" Erhan grinned, his weathered face showing ravines, "You won't lose if you kill one, but you will gain blood if you kill two!"

"Fuck you!" Duan Zheng cursed fiercely: "Fuck you, listen to me. We can only win this battle! We can't lose! Behind us are the folks from the two states who are trying their best to fight. The food and grass we raised! Those brothers who died and the villagers who were killed by Tibetan dogs are looking at us in the sky! The brothers in Kucha City are still waiting for us!"

"Don't worry, Captain, even if I die, I will die after I get to Kucha City!" Erhan looked determined.

At this moment, the Tibetan cavalry, which had been besieged for a long time, finally moved.After the leader said something jabbering, a desolate horn sounded, and the cavalry made a final circle, gathered into a sharp cone, and advanced quickly towards the Tang Army's grain transport team.

When they were about 30 steps away, the team was shouting a slogan. The Tang army immediately gathered, faced the direction of the Tibetan cavalry, pressed against the baggage, and poked the tail of the lance in their hands on the ground, preparing to resist the impact of the Tibetan cavalry.

At the same time, under the loud orders of the Tubo leader, the Tubo cavalry began to charge at full speed.

The eyes of the Tubo leader flashed with greed and bloodthirsty. In his opinion, the Tang Army's grain transport team of more than 50 people was no match for him. It only took one round of sprinting to easily overwhelm them. Eight falls.

However, he miscalculated. His cavalry galloped past, but failed to open even a single opening.Accompanied by the screams of "huihui" from the war horses, the first few rows of cavalry were stabbed by spears like hedgehogs and turned upside down.

As a French officer in the Napoleonic era said, out of a hundred cavalry, only two or three can really be used, five or six can follow up, and the rest are all useless.In fact, in war, it is extremely rare for cavalry to attack a well-formed infantry square, and few commanders can make such a desperate choice.

However, if you want to use a spear formation to counter the cavalry, you must first have extremely high requirements for the quality of the soldiers. It is very difficult for the soldiers to face the cavalry and sprint without fear, especially in this situation of using less to resist more. Next, it was even more difficult than usual.

But when faced with the charging cavalry, these soldiers looked almost unmoved. Not to mention they were afraid, they even wanted to laugh.

After all, each of them has seen this kind of battle at least dozens of times.After decades of service, they have become accustomed to it. It is no exaggeration to say that each of them is an elite who has survived through hundreds of battles.

Decades of killing career have long made their mentality stable. Facing the oncoming cavalry, they skillfully put their bodies into the most suitable posture. After a round of sprinting, only a few of them were repelled by the impact of the horses. .

The Tubo people didn't panic, they seemed to have expected this outcome.He blew the horn again, and the cavalry quickly broke away from the battle, reorganized their formation, and charged the grain transport team again.

After all, the grain transport team was small and old. After several rounds of desperate attacks, nearly half of them had almost lost their combat effectiveness under the impact of the horses.Under this life-changing style of play, the food transport team gradually began to suffer casualties, and their weapons also suffered varying degrees of wear and tear.

Seeing this, the Tubo cavalry also began to change their formation. They no longer used the sharp arrow formation, but expanded the contact area and charged directly towards the Tang Army squad.

In this contact, the Tubo leaders did not give orders to break away from the battle.Due to the loss of men and spears, the aging Tang army was unable to withstand the impact of the Tibetan cavalry this time, and a gap was created in the formation.

Erhan was stabbed in the arm. Fortunately, he was wearing armor, otherwise the stab would have cut off his arm.Even though his arm was injured, he still held the broken spear in his hand tightly, looking for opportunities.

"Kill!" He roared angrily, thrust out the broken spear in his hand, and knocked off the horse the Tibetan cavalryman who was slashing at the leader.

The team member looked sideways and was horrified.

"Erhan!" he shouted desperately.

Erhan raised his head and saw a mace hitting his head.

Just when he thought he was going to die, suddenly a big hole appeared in the chest of the Tibetan cavalryman carrying the mace, and then he flew up and landed heavily on the ground.

He saw a big black man as strong as an iron tower, holding a horse spear, with golden sunlight shining behind him, riding a black horse and charging wantonly among the Tibetan cavalry.Wherever Ma Shan went, the Tibetan soldiers were like being gored by angry bulls, flying all over the sky.

The Tubo man was shocked by the big black man who suddenly appeared, when an arrow flew out of nowhere and hit him in the neck.

He reached forward to grab in vain, but couldn't catch anything. He felt that all the strength was rushing towards his neck, and his body gradually became unruly.

The Tubo man fell under his horse. At the last moment of his life, he saw a man holding a bow and arrow, riding a black horse with white hooves.

After the two joined the battle, the balance gradually tilted. Yu Chigong was too brave and there was no enemy wherever he went.In addition, the leader was dead, so the Tubo people immediately drove their horses and dispersed.

The two of them did not give chase. Li Shimin only shot two arrows, shot several Tibetan cavalry, and then urged his horse to come here.

When he saw the two of them, the captain immediately beat his chest and saluted.

"Thank you two martyrs for your help!"

With his sharp eyes, he saw that Li Shimin and Yu Chigong's hairstyles were not Tibetan or Hu people at all, but Tang Dynasty hairstyles that were the same as theirs.Coupled with the help the two of them gave them, Team Zheng also let down his guard.

After all, without the two of them, their food transport team might have been wiped out.

Li Shimin and Li Shimin also crossed their hands and returned the greeting.

"We are all from Tang Dynasty, we should help each other!"

The team leader did not show any politeness, but immediately went to count the casualties and losses.After counting, a total of 11 people in this grain transport team were killed, 16 were seriously injured, and the rest were all injured.Several of the horses carrying the baggage were broken and two were injured.

He took off his helmet, revealing a weathered face.Seeing his gray hair, Li Shimin and Yu Chigong looked at each other in shock.The team was looking at the dead brothers, kneeling beside them, holding the carriage with one hand and holding the helmet under his arm; the other hand was beating his chest, with tears streaming down his face full of grooves, but he didn't make a sound. , just wailing silently.

After a while, he quickly collected his emotions and began to issue orders.

"Treat the wounds of the seriously injured brothers and put them in the car; the dead brothers..."

His lips trembled for a long time, and it seemed that he had used all his strength to say those words.

"...Bury it on the spot!"

According to the custom of the Tang people, even if the fallen leaves do not return to their roots, they should be brought back to Qiuci for burial, so that they can still have some incense during the holidays.But now is a special time and special situation after all. It is hot and corpses are prone to decay. In addition, the dead cannot occupy the parking spaces of seriously injured people, so he can only order them to be buried on the spot.

Li Shimin and Li Shimin looked at each other and unanimously went to help the grain transport team dig a hole.

The troops did not refuse their kindness. Both the wounded and those soldiers who were still standing beat their chests to show their respect.

At this time, Li Qing also arrived on a camel. Seeing such a tragic situation, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Brother Xian." Li Shimin immediately came over and stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve: "You must save them!"

Li Qing got off the camel, took out sixteen pills from the system and handed them to Li Shimin.

Due to the limitations of the system, these sixteen pills will not take effect immediately. Instead, they will hang on to their lives and make them suffer less. They will not take effect quickly until they arrive in Kucha.

After all, it's really unbelievable that an arm grew out of a hula.

As for the brothers who died in battle, Li Qing was really powerless. The so-called resurrecting pill could only save the seriously injured and dying, but could not resurrect the dead.

Li Qing even complained to the system about this, but was only compensated with [-] emotion points.

The team member once again expressed his gratitude to Li Qing and the others, and without the slightest doubt, he fed the seriously injured people.

He didn't think it would be useful to attack the seriously wounded. Anyway, they were just being slaughtered and had no ability to resist. If it was poison, it would make the brothers walk more happily and reduce their pain.

Seeing that the moans of the wounded gradually stabilized, the captain knelt down again and expressed his gratitude to Li Qing.

"Don't..." Li Qing quickly pulled him up and wanted to say something, but didn't know how to comfort him.

After burying the fallen soldiers, the grain transport team once again embarked on the journey back to Kucha City.

After hearing that Li Qing and the others wanted to help, the team was happy to accept.

Since the convoy was short of horses, Li Qing and the others contributed camels and horses.When Li Shimin saw Bai Ti Wu being put into the car, he tried hard to turn his head away and couldn't bear to look anymore.

In order to divert attention, Li Shimin asked Team Zhengdao: "Where did you buy this grain?"

"This grain is not bought." The team member reached out to pat the white hoofed crow, then held the horse's mouth with his hand and took a look at the teeth. After saying "good horse", he continued to explain to Li Shimin: "This is the harvest of the folks. There are also donations from the caravans along the way, in order to give us the strength to continue killing the Tibetan dogs. They would rather risk being beheaded by the Tibetan dogs to give these grains and grass to us..."

Li Shimin couldn't help but be a little stunned. He thought about countless possibilities, but he never thought that these grains were donated by so many people, and their purpose was so unified - just to let the Tang army kill the enemy.

"More than 20 years have passed since we asked for help from the imperial court in the second year of Jianzhong. It should be now..." The team member was reaching out to do some calculations: "This year should be almost the 24th year of Jianzhong. In fact, we also know that the imperial court may not send troops. Help is coming, but those caravans and those folks don't know that as long as we are here, they have hope; as long as we are here, there is a nail firmly wedged here in the Western Regions; as long as we are here, The Tubo dogs will know that this is my Tang Dynasty!"

Li Qing opened his mouth, but the correction was not uttered.

Now it is not the 24th year of Jianzhong, but the 21st year of Zhenyuan...

Li Shi had changed his reign title twice since he was in Jianzhong, but how could these veterans who had cut off contact with the imperial court for more than 20 years know?

"You must have seen this along the way. The Tubo dogs regard me as a slave, a pig, and a dog, and they kill them at will." The captain's words contained overwhelming hatred: "All we can do is kill more people." An enemy..."

"I just regret that because of the lack of troops, we can only stay in the city and cannot drive the enemy out of the Western Region!" Team Zheng cursed bitterly.

Li Shimin couldn't help but be silent. He looked up to the sky and sighed, but had no words to reply.

Rejecting the suggestion of getting on a camel, Li Qing and the others chose to go on foot.When they rested in the evening, everyone sat on the ground around the fire. Li Qing took off his shoes and grinned at the blisters on his feet.

Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong looked at each other and felt happy.I had known for a long time that Brother Xian was following them in a mortal form this time, but I didn't expect that a mortal would reach this level.

Erhan came forward, held a needle with a smile, burned it on the fire for a long time, and said to Li Qing: "Young Master looks like a nobleman who doesn't go out all the year round. How can rough people like us walk a few steps?" Everything is fine...here, just use this to pick out the blisters."

"Thank you." Li Qing thanked him with a cupped hand. He allowed Erhan to pick out the blisters for him, and made up his mind to go back and stuff a pill to heal the wound and relieve the pain. "Didn't you ask for advice?"

"My name is Wang Erhan, and my courtesy name is Junpu." Wang Erhan chuckled.

"You actually have words?" Yuchi was delighted. Logically speaking, soldiers in this era generally had no words due to their origins.In addition, the name Wang Erhan does not look like a family of intellectuals, so it is really unexpected that it has the same name.

Unexpectedly, Wang Erhan replied very proudly: "The prince of the county gave it to me. We both have words."

Since Li Qing had known about the situation in Qiuci for a long time, he could probably guess from this detail that after so many years of getting along, Guo Xin, the prince of Wuwei County, had already become familiar with each of his brothers.

Just as Li Shimin was about to speak, the soldiers guarding the sentry outside came over and reported to Yang De, "Commander, there is a group of cavalry outside, approaching my camp!"

(End of this chapter)