If I let you stay in Lingnan, how could you become the crown prince of the Tang Dynasty?

Chapter 77 Turkic Wolf Riders
"Damn, this horrible weather..."

Li An walked out of the bushes in some pain, tying his belt as he walked.

After leaving Liangzhou, the road became even more desolate, with yellow sand and withered grass everywhere, and almost no houses to be seen.

The wind and sun along the way, coupled with the dry food and dried meat,

He got angry...

At this time, he did not know that the Liangzhou Ci he wrote had already been sent to Chang'an by a fast horse of 800 miles, and was printed by Li Shimin as a special issue of Chang'an Daily, causing a sensation in the entire Chang'an city.

Moreover, Li Shimin took advantage of this opportunity to make 100,000 taels of silver in just one day!

If he knew, he would definitely sigh that his cheap father's business acumen was not inferior to his own.

"Your Highness!"

Feng Lang glanced at the sky and said with some concern:

"This place is still hundreds of miles away from Suzhou, and there are few people around. We need to be careful!"

This place is close to the sphere of influence of the Western Turks. Although it still belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, because of the harassment of the Turkish cavalry, many residents were either captured and taken to the northern desert, or moved to other places to avoid disaster.

Therefore, it is difficult to see human habitation within hundreds of miles!

Moreover, they would often encounter Turkic rangers here. These rangers were usually scouts, and would often avoid Li An's troops when they saw them from afar. Since they could not catch up anyway, Li An simply ignored them.

However, this would certainly lead to the whereabouts of his troops being known to the Turks. If a cavalry suddenly attacked, that would be bad!
Thinking of this, Li An nodded:
"Order the entire army to speed up and reach Suzhou today!"

"Yes!"

The centurion Xue Rengui in front was the first to agree, and he led his soldiers from the Shenji Camp to urge their mounts to speed up.

However, these days, it is impossible to march faster even if you want to.

The fastest speed a horse can run is only 60 to 70 kilometers per hour, and it cannot run very fast for a long time, otherwise it will soon die of exhaustion.

If you jog slowly, the maximum speed is 20 kilometers per hour.

At this speed, it will take at least three days to reach Suzhou!
Thinking of this, Li An couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

Unfortunately, even if he had the ability to invent a car in this era, he couldn't do it.

The most important thing, oil, is not easy to get, not to mention the troublesome things like refining and processing.

It seems that time travelers are not omnipotent!

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard a desolate horn sound coming from afar.

Feng Lang was shocked:
"There are enemies!"

This kind of ox-horn horn was commonly used by the Turks, while the military bugles commonly used by the Tang people were basically copper-horn horns, which were made of copper sheets and animal horns. They were sharper and louder than the ox-horn horns of the Turks.

So, when Feng Lang heard the sound of the horn, he knew that the Turks were attacking in large numbers!

Sure enough, not long after the horn sounded, a cloud of dust rose in the distance, as if a sandstorm suddenly blew up from the end of the horizon!

Amidst the dust and smoke, a group of cavalrymen galloped towards Li An and his team, and soon they were a mile away.

This is a team of Turkic cavalry. Judging from their formation, there are at least a thousand of them!

"They are indeed here!"

Li An was not panicked when he saw these Turkic cavalry.

He had personally led troops to fight in Lingnan and killed many people with his own hands, so he was not at all nervous about the battle between the two armies.

Moreover, the Turkic scouts they had encountered by chance before meant that the Turkic people were not too far away from them. These Turkic people must have also received some news and knew that the prince of the Tang Dynasty had set out from Chang'an to Suzhou. If they could capture the prince of the Tang Dynasty as a hostage, it would definitely be a very favorable condition!

Therefore, after these Turks received the news from the scout cavalry, they immediately gathered their men and horses and rushed over.

"Why panic!"

He glanced at Feng Lang and Xue Rengui, who was staring with wide eyes, a little nervously, and said with a faint smile:

"Didn't we come out of Chang'an just for these Turkic wolf riders?"

"Since they are here and heading straight for this prince, let them taste the Tang Dynasty specialties we brought from Chang'an!"

Seeing that the Sixth Prince was not panicking at all, Xue Rengui, who was the bravest of the three soldiers but was also going to an expedition for the first time, also calmed down immediately.

He drew the long sword from his waist and said loudly:
"Hundreds, form up!"

Following Xue Rengui's order, his hundred-man team immediately lined up in a row.

Feng Lang also ordered the other four centurions to form a battle array together with Xue Rengui's soldiers.

Five hundred soldiers were arranged into three rows in an instant, forming a long, thin team on the desolate Gobi Desert!

In the distance, the Turks couldn't help laughing when they saw the Tang people lined up in three long rows.

The leading Turkic general was none other than Ashina Hawke, a general under Ashina Helu!
He was also a brave general and made many contributions to the Ashina tribe.

During this period, he led and commanded most of the battles that invaded the Tang Dynasty's borders, and he had a lot of experience in fighting against the Tang army.

According to his memory, if the Tang people encountered Turkic cavalry, they would either charge forward bravely like the Turks, or form a square formation to defend themselves. This was the first time he had seen a battle formation of soldiers arranged in three thin rows.

"The Tang people really don't know how to live or die!"

In his opinion, such a weak long snake formation could not withstand the swift charge of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry.

In the blink of an eye, they will be killed by the wolf cavalry, then cut into several pieces, and finally dispersed and slaughtered!

A deputy general next to him said with a smile:
"General Hawke, this formation shows that this team belongs to the Tang prince! The Tang prince has lived a life of luxury and has no idea how to fight against our Turkic wolf cavalry, so he formed a long snake formation like this!"

"Let me see. Let's charge straight in, kill our way through their battle formation, and then capture the Tang prince. The Khan will definitely be happy!"

Ashina Hawke nodded:
"That's right, let's charge over now!"

"kill!"

"Kill all these Tang people and capture the Tang prince alive!"

A group of Turkic wolf cavalry, led by Ashina Hawk, rushed forward on their horses, howling.

They brandished their sabers and shouted loudly, their eyes filled with cruelty and excitement.

It seemed that, in their eyes, the three rows of Tang soldiers were already dead!
Here, the soldiers of the Shenji Camp were still lined up in three rows, standing still like a mountain.

Feng Lang led them to conduct special training in the Qinling Mountains, and the killing in the night raid on Night Crow Farm made many soldiers who had never had blood on their hands no longer fear killing.

At this time, although facing the aggressive Turkic Wolf Cavalry, there was no fear in the eyes of most of the soldiers.

They are confident in the weapons in their hands.

Feng Lang stared at the Turkic wolf riders rushing towards him from a distance. When he saw that the other side was less than 200 meters away from him, he immediately let out a loud shout.

"First row, meet the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)