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

Chapter 82 Turkic Wolf Banner
"what……"

When Chai Shao and Huang Junhan heard this, they became extremely anxious.

In Ganzhou, there is an army of 30,000 led by Huang Junhan, who is preparing to go to Suzhou to meet up with Chai Shao and his men, and then jointly conquer the Turks.

But upon hearing the news that the Sixth Prince had been attacked, Huang Junhan had no choice but to lead 5,000 cavalry to the rescue, leaving the remaining 25,000 people there.

Who would have thought that the Turks would suddenly take advantage of this moment to launch a surprise attack with 40,000 cavalrymen, intending to wipe out the 25,000-strong Tang army in one swoop!
This time, the Tang Dynasty only mobilized a total of 100,000 soldiers to conquer the Turks. If 25,000 of them were killed in one fell swoop, it would be equivalent to losing a quarter of their strength before they even fought.

What a slap in the face!

"Hurry, go back to Ganzhou!"

After hearing this, Chai Shao immediately jumped on his horse and shouted angrily:
"Order Ren Gui to mobilize 30,000 men from Suzhou Prefecture to support Ganzhou, and the rest to defend the city!"

"Let's go to Ganzhou immediately to command the battle!"

Huang Junhan listened and looked towards the north:
"The Sixth Prince..."

"do not care!"

Chai Shao said with hatred:
"Let this kid do whatever he wants. If an army of 25,000 people is lost, we will have no way to explain to the emperor!"

"We can't let this little brat ruin nearly 30,000 young men of the Tang Dynasty!"

The two men then led 6,000 cavalry and rushed towards Ganzhou.

Half a day later, the troops finally arrived near the Ganzhou battlefield.

Before reaching the battlefield, one could hear in the distance the deafening shouts of battle and the thundering sound of horses' hooves, as well as the sound of horns urging troops to fight and military bugles for command and dispatch.

On the Ganzhou battlefield in the distance, many cavalrymen were charging at each other, like iron streams colliding violently with each other.

Every fierce collision brought with it the sound of metal clashing and the hoarse shouts of killing, the wails of the wounded, the screams of the dead, the neighing of war horses, and the collision of weapons, all blending together to form a creepy symphony!

The Tang army's cavalry had suffered almost all casualties under the attack of the Turkic cavalry, and the remaining infantry formed a battle formation on the spot and fought to the death to hold on.

The Turkic wolf cavalry were divided into three groups and launched a fierce attack on the Tang positions.

Although the Tang soldiers defended very tenaciously and fought extremely bravely, the Turks outnumbered them by far and their cavalry's attack was extremely fierce.

After several charges, a gap was created in the Tang army's battle formation.

The Turkic wolf cavalry quickly took the opportunity to rush into the position and kill, trying to cause the Tang army soldiers to be defeated.

Only the Tang army soldiers were defeated, and the only thing left to do was to chase them and kill them one by one.

Just then, a loud horn sounded from a distance.

A Tang cavalry force of several thousand men quickly came from the east and charged directly towards the Turkic wolf cavalry that were attacking the battle formation.

Although this unit was small in number, it was very powerful. Each of them was wearing heavy armor and holding the Mo Dao and Ma Shuo weapons commonly used by the Tang army.

After they rushed to the front of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry, they hacked and killed them desperately, and in an instant they tore a hole in the attacking force of the Turkic Wolf Cavalry.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Turkic Wolf Cavalry quickly withdrew the troops that had already rushed into the Tang army's battle formation, and then joined their own troops to fight against the Tang cavalry.

Although the Tang cavalry fought bravely, the enemy's number of troops far exceeded their own by several times, and they soon fell into a disadvantage and had to retreat into the Tang army's battle formation.

Chai Shao arrived at the Tang army's position and quickly took over command.

"How many of us are left?"

A general covered in blood replied with a grim look on his face:
"Report to the Duke, most of our cavalry died in the charge, and now there are less than 2,000 people left. The casualties of the infantry were smaller, but there were still thousands of people. Now there are only about 17,000 soldiers who can fight!"

Chai Shao couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.

After the fierce battle they had just come to rescue the Tang army, nearly 2,000 of the 6,000 cavalry had been killed or wounded, leaving only 4,000 combat-ready soldiers. With such a large number of cavalry, they were definitely not able to engage the enemy head-on.

The enemy has 40,000 troops. Even if we exclude some casualties, there should be at least 30,000 of them now.

More than thirty thousand versus twenty thousand, that's almost twice the strength.

They only had infantry left on their side, and the four thousand cavalry could only serve as peripheral support.

Such a battle is very difficult to fight!

Now, we can only hold our ground and wait for reinforcements from Suzhou!

Otherwise, this battle is likely to end in a disastrous defeat!

It’s all because of that yellow-mouthed kid…

Chai Shao’s teeth were itching with hatred.

If this kid had not been ambushed, how could he have led thousands of people to rescue him, but let the Tang army in Ganzhou fall into encirclement!

Huang Junhan said at this time:

"Duke, please don't scold the Sixth Prince at this time. After all, he doesn't want to be ambushed by the Turkic Wolf Riders!"

Chai Shao sighed.

"Evacuate the wounded to the rear and consolidate the front. It's getting dark. As long as we can stop the Turks' attacks, they should be gone by night!"

"Once the rescue from Suzhou arrives, we'll be fine!"

"Yes!"

Huang Junhan immediately went down to arrange for the Tang army to strengthen the defense and concentrate all the injured soldiers at the rear of the position.

After a fierce battle, the Turks no longer had the energy to fight and no longer launched attacks on the Tang army.

The sky had gradually darkened. Under the gloomy sky, wisps of tragic smoke rose up. The battlefield was littered with abandoned horses and corpses of soldiers. It looked full of solemnity and desolation!
Chai Shao and Huang Junhan then personally went to the front of the positions to inspect to ensure that every position was secure, and instructed the soldiers to strengthen night defense to prevent night attacks by the Turks.

In the blink of an eye, it was midnight. The two had just finished their work and were about to return to the tent to rest for a while when they suddenly heard a vast horn sound coming from the north.

When they heard the horn, they were both stunned.

This is the horn sounding for the Turks to gather together.

Are the Turks getting reinforcements again?
"Report..."

Several scouts rode their horses quickly to Chai Shao's tent.

A scout leader jumped off his horse and bowed before him:
"Report to the Duke, another 20,000 Turkic troops are coming and joining the vanguard. Among these 20,000 troops is Ashina Helu Khan's wolf banner!"

(This part is different from the real history of the Tang Dynasty. In the history of the Tang Dynasty, Ashina Helu rebelled after the death of Emperor Taizong of Tang, but Ashina Helu in this book rebelled before that. You can think that the protagonist rewrote the history of the Tang Dynasty under the flapping of butterfly wings after traveling through time. Don't take it too seriously!)
Chai Shao was shocked when he heard this.

Before his reinforcements arrived, Ashina Helu's wolf flag had already arrived.

It seems that the Western Turks have come out in full force this time.

Twenty thousand Turkic wolf riders, plus the nearly forty thousand before, that’s a total of sixty thousand troops!

This time, the Turks are determined to devour the Tang army entirely in order to disrupt their offensive!

Thinking of this, a pair of large blood-red characters seemed to appear before Chai Shao's eyes:

Danger! ! !
(End of this chapter)