Late Tang

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In the big tent of the Shatuo Central Army, Li Keyong and Li Youjin looked at Gai Yu together, wondering what else he could come up with to achieve the best of both worlds.

Facing everyone's eyes, Gai Yu coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and said in a leisurely manner: "After staying, I propose that the governor stay and lead [-] infantry to launch an attack to cover the breakout. I agree with this decision very much. In the current army, except for staying behind, only the governor has some prestige and can command [-] troops. Moreover, the governor has commanded troops for a long time and has rich command experience. Leading infantry to attack is not a feint attack. You must show momentum and hit the Tang army in pain Zheng Congxuan will deploy cavalry on both wings to support him. Except for the governor, no one in the army, whether it is me or Siyuan and the three of them, has neither such prestige nor such ability."

The corner of Li Youjin's mouth twitched a few times, and Gai Yu really helped Li Ya'er.What is this? Seeing that the situation is not right, you have to push yourself into the fire pit?What should I do, they all have to die by themselves, what can I do, surrender to Tang Jun?

Just as he was thinking like this, he heard Gai Yu say again: "Although the governor led troops to cover the cavalry to break through, it seems that there is no return. Actually, I don't think so."

"Is there still a way out?" Li Ke couldn't help asking, the relationship between him and Li Youjin was actually very good.It's just that letting this uncle stay at the moment is a decision after careful consideration. His choice is the same as what Gai Yu said just now. He has no other more suitable candidates.

"The governor only needs to wait for the remaining troops to lead the cavalry to break through, and then he can immediately surrender to the Tang army!" Gai Yu said slowly.

"Surrender to Tang Jun?" There was an exclamation in the tent.

Even Li Youjin couldn't help being surprised, and even thought it was Li Keyong and Gai Yu's reaction to test him.

Gai Yu explained: "Madam said very well in this battle. Only a strong man cut off his wrist can save the Shatuo family for the future. However, I don't think that the remaining people will fight with the court. The court is actually very weak now. , the number of troops that can be mobilized is limited. Although we have lost this battle, the court did not seek much favor from them, and many of them died in the battle. If we retreat to the north of Yinshan Mountain, the land of Daibei will be destroyed by the Tang Dynasty itself. They also have no ability to control them. This land will be handed over to the Sage, Anqing, and Qibi tribes, while Tuoba and Helian also occupy Xiasui and Tiande in Hequ respectively. I am very confident that if the governor surrenders to the court, the court will Not only will they not kill the governor and soldiers, on the contrary, they will treat the soldiers of Shatuo who surrendered kindly, and use our Shatuo tribe to check and balance other tribes in Daibei."

Speaking of this, Gai Yu said with firm eyes: "Even if we withdraw to the north of Yinshan Mountain this time, it is not that we have no chance to come back. Now Li Tang is in the world, the emperor is young, the officials are in power, the southern yamen and the northern divisions, the prime ministers But they can't compete with the eunuchs, and they are basically attached to the eunuchs. Above the localities, the feudal towns are becoming more and more self-reliant, and there are soldiers who are kings. Now the Tianping Army and the Ziqing area are rebelling, and even the rebels in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are everywhere. As you can imagine, The Tang Dynasty is already in turmoil. When we enter Saibei, we only need to recuperate, recruit troops and buy horses, and we will be able to fight back in a short time. At that time, if our Shatuo forces are still in Daibei, it will be more convenient to return to Central Earth .This is one of our pawns, and it will be used at a critical time in the future."

Hearing Gai Yu's explanation, everyone couldn't help but nod.Li Youjin's mood is also much better now, just now he was just a pawn, but now it is a pawn.

Li Keyong knelt directly in front of Li Youjin: "Uncle, for the sake of the Shatuo tribe, Ke Yong begs Uncle to stay."

Li Youjin supported Li Keyong with both hands: "Don't worry, I am willing to stay for the sake of Shatuo." Several leaders of the older generation of the Shatuo tribe, Li Guochang and Li Jinzhong were also captured. Now if Li Youjin also surrenders , I believe the court must feel satisfied.

On the night of the 28th day of the first month of the second year of Qianfu, Li Youjin led [-] Shatuo infantry on the south bank of the Zihe River, the border between Yunzhou and Zhenwu Army, and led an attack on the Seven Towns Bingma Zhongjun camp led by Zheng Congyu.

There were [-] infantry stationed in Zheng Congyu's central camp, and [-] cavalry stationed in the camps on the left and right wings.A total of [-] soldiers and horses were blocked behind the Shatuo people, and there were [-] town troops across the river.

After sunset and dusk, the Shatuo people's camp horns blare, and the drums of war are like thunder.Countless soldiers and horses shouted like a mountain torrent and a tsunami, rushing straight towards Zheng Congyu's Zhongjun Road like a flood breaking a bank.

The camps of the two armies were less than [-] miles apart, and the Tang army soon learned of the flood-like attack of the Shatuo people.

Zheng Congxuan immediately ordered [-] infantry to stick to the camp, relying on the barracks as a cover, and also sent an order to the cavalry on the two wings to keep an eye on the battlefield and wait for the order to attack at any time.

To the north of the camp, countless soldiers with shields and guns lined up behind the barracks. Outside the barracks, there was a newly dug ditch to protect the camp.

However, when the first wave of Shatuo soldiers arrived, the Tang army soldiers in front were still shocked.The Shatuo soldiers and horses in front of the formation were not Shatuo cavalry, nor their infantry, nor even their Hu tribe soldiers and horses, but were all Han captives.

These captives were all Han men and women, and most of them were taken away by Li Keyong when he was retreating. Li Keyong originally wanted to escape to Mobei and serve as their slaves.Now that Qingqi was going to escape, these people would naturally not be able to take them away. Li Keyong simply asked Li Youjin to push tens of thousands of young and strong Han slaves to the front line.

These young and strong men and women were driven by Shatuo's soldiers and horses, stabbing them with guns and smashing them with knives, forcing them to move forward.They carried sandbags on their shoulders, and those in the front row held rafts.

Driven by the Shatuo people, they had to slowly approach the Tang army camp.

Looking at the gleaming spears, bright horizontal knives, and countless bows and arrows in the camp, he couldn't help but wailed as he walked: "Don't shoot the arrows, we are our own people, our own people." Chong Yunxiao.

This scene makes people feel sad when they hear it and cry when they look at it.

The morale of many Tang soldiers guarding the village could not help but plummeted. Some soldiers even put down their raised spears and could not hold the knives tightly.

Du Yuhou, who was in charge of battlefield discipline, and Yuhou below, shouted: "Take shields, raise guns, prepare bows and arrows, don't let them approach!"

But no matter how loud the Marquis Yu shouted, the soldiers in front still hesitated, their hands shaking the soldiers and horses.These are tens of thousands of compatriots, how could they have the heart to kill their own compatriots.Several young soldiers even started to cry, and some soft-hearted soldiers shouted to the front of the formation: "Don't come, run, don't come!"

Some Han captives stopped for a while, but they were immediately hacked and killed by the Shatuo people without hesitation, and dozens of hundreds of dead bodies were scattered all over the ground in an instant.The remaining captives were horrified and began to move forward helplessly.

Zheng Congxuan personally rushed to the front line with his sword in hand, and seeing the approaching Shatuo people, he couldn't help but burst into anger and trembled all over his body.But he is a commander-in-chief, and he knows very well what choices he can make at such a time.

Old Xiangguo burst into tears, and let out a voice of grief and anger: "Listen to my commander-in-chief, anyone who approaches the camp within a hundred steps will be killed without mercy!"

"Fire the arrow!" Yu Yu also had an angry face at this time, but they had no choice.On the battlefield, either you die or he dies, kindness does not command soldiers!

Cui Anqian, commander of the Zhongwu Festival, plunged his sword into the ground, took a bow from a soldier himself, set up an arrow and shot it out first.With one arrow, a Han man who had been driven to Haobian was shot and killed on the spot.

Cui Anqian shot the first arrow, and with the military orders of Zheng Congxuan and Yu Jian, the two principal and deputy envoys, the soldiers could only shoot bows and arrows at this time.The second arrow, the third arrow, and countless arrows rained down.

Arrows are raining down!

Seeing the death of his own people and compatriots under his own arrows, not only the generals shed tears, but even the hardest-hearted Du Yuhou and Yuhou were all choked up.

The soldiers opened their bows and arrows, and cursed the Shatuo people loudly. The boundless anger made the morale of the soldiers of the camp high.

But the Shatuo people did not hesitate, and continued to drive the Tang captives forward with sandbags and wooden rafts.One after another, one group died and another group was caught up.Although the ditch in front of the camp was deep, the Shatuo people finally used tens of thousands of Tang people to capture the corpses, finally filled up the ditch, and successfully approached the gate.

Stepping on the smooth road built by the Tang dynasty's corpse tower, the Shatuo soldiers also completely broke out their fierceness at this time. They didn't know that they were destined to be abandoned, but they were bewitched by Li Youjin and Li Keyong, saying that they wanted tonight Deus Ex.

The ones rushing to the front were as many as 3000 elite infantrymen. These [-] soldiers had been guarding Jincheng. Although they seldom went to the battlefield, their elites should not be underestimated.These soldiers were dressed in cowhide armor, carrying horizontal knives and large shields, and even maces, maces, and iron bars, and Hulala rushed up.

A little behind them, there were as many as 1 recruits. These soldiers were all recruited by the Liu family in Shuozhou, and they were all Daibeihu.The Hu people in Daibei are naturally brave, and they don't need training from their wives to be qualified soldiers.Right now, these people didn't even have armor, they were wearing leather robes, holding simple spears or even hunting forks, and they swarmed up with bows and arrows like a swarm.

In the end, there were two thousand elite infantry, all of whom were veterans of Shatuo.Li Youjin is not willing to fight these soldiers, unless it is a last resort, these soldiers will not use them to fight them.He planned to take them to surrender as soon as he covered Li Ke to leave. From now on, these will still be his foundation.

Before the battle started, Li Keyong and Li Youjin had promised them that if they break through the siege of the Tang army today, everyone will get a generous reward.The first warrior to break into the Tang camp will immediately receive a reward of [-] guan, and will be promoted to the deputy envoy of the Tielin Army.And every beheaded head of the Tang army can be replaced with a reward of ten strings.

With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man. With this high and frightening reward, all Shatuo soldiers became warriors.

Before the battle, Li Ke used all the wine he brought with the army and rewarded the [-] infantry.

Jiu Zhuang is cowardly, stimulated by money, official position and alcohol, [-] Shatuo infantry rushed up like crazy! (To be continued.)