Late Tang

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The Shatuo infantry roared wildly, slapped their chests, breathed out the smell of alcohol, and had red eyes, and rushed towards the Tang army's middle camp without fear.

Li Youjin, who was in charge of commanding this battle, didn't arrange any formations at all, and he didn't try any tactics at all. His command was only one sentence, and they all rushed forward.This battle is a battle that does not seek victory. The purpose of this battle is only for momentum. From the beginning, all the troops must be pressed up. Only the cavalry that can be used can break through from the flanks.

This is a real battle where a strong man cuts his wrist and abandons his son to save his car.

There are so many soldiers and horses crowded in front of the camp, they are shoulder to shoulder, you push each other, squeeze each other, densely packed.Li Youjin now only expects to rely on this momentum and use these soldiers to directly submerge the Tang camp under the stimulation of high rewards and alcohol.Although in fact, the front of the Tang army's camp is already full of Shatuo infantry.But Li Youjin did not stop mobilizing troops, he was increasing troops, no, it was a lot of troops.

The 3000 soldiers of the former army had already gone up, and half of the 1 soldiers of the Chinese army had also gone up. He still didn't stop, and planned to send all the remaining [-] infantry soldiers of the Chinese army up.He personally led two thousand of the most elite infantry, pushing the troops in front behind.

Such a desperate attack method in front of the camp made the defenders both happy and worried.The joy is that the opponent's style of play, they don't need to aim when they stand behind the barracks, they shoot directly from their backs, and every arrow can hit the target.But what worried them was that the Shatuo people rushed up like crazy, saying that the defense line of the battalion fence would really be broken by their desperate style of play.

Zheng Congxuan personally sat at the front line, observing the crazy and abnormal attack method of the Shatuo people with a calm face.

Shatuo people want to break through, that's for sure.But this method of breaking out was no different from sending him to death. He was looking for the cavalry of the Shatuo people.But after watching for a long time, almost all the Shatuo people's infantry came up, but the cavalry was still missing.

"The Shatuo people seem to be planning to abandon their pawns to protect their chariots, and use infantry to cover the cavalry to break through." Yu Jian walked up to Zheng Congxuan with his sword in hand, and expressed his opinion.

Cui Anqian also rushed over, "Should we dispatch the cavalry to directly attack the Shatuo people's camp and kill the Shatuo cavalry first?"

This proposal is quite bold and risky. The Shatuo people's infantry are all killed now, and they don't care about the rear at all.At this time, it is almost certain that the Shatuo people must want to use infantry to cover the cavalry to break through.At this time, if [-] cavalry were directly transferred from the two wings, directly bypassing the Shatuo infantry, and directly encircling the Shatuo cavalry, this is a tactic that is likely to succeed.After all, although the Shatuo cavalry is strong, they only have five thousand cavalry, which is one-third of the cavalry of the Tang army.

But Zheng Congxuan had to think more. First of all, the Shatuo infantry is fighting so fiercely now. If the cavalry is transferred to fight the Shatuo camp, will the [-] infantry in his battalion be able to block the same number of Shatuo infantry? ?

One more thing, what if this is a trap set by the Shatuo people, and their cavalry is waiting for the cavalry of the Tang army to kill them?

The cavalry of the Shatuo people are too powerful, especially the Shatuo cavalry led by Li Keyong.

It can be said that the final defeat of the Shatuo people is a foregone conclusion.After experiencing a thrilling experience in Shanyang City last time, where he was almost defeated and died, Zheng Congxuan has become more stable now.

If the cavalry of the Tang army sent cavalry to kill the Shatuo soldiers camp like last time in Shanyang, but Li Keyong led the Shatuo cavalry directly to the camp, then they would definitely be unstoppable.If Li Keyong was allowed to run away, Zheng Congxuan would not be able to handle this failure.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to fight steadily, "The enemy's situation is unknown, first deal with the Shatuo infantry, as for the Shatuo cavalry, if the enemy does not move, I will not move, if the enemy moves, I will move again!"

Cui Anqian was a little disappointed, but he also knew that his plan was a bit risky, so he stopped talking now.

In front of Tang Jun's formation, row after row of archers took turns shooting intensively. Thousands of strong bows kept "squeaking" into a full moon, and shot out with a "squeak", and the arrows poured down like a continuous rainstorm. Sha Tuo's head.

On the ditch filled with the corpses of Han Chinese slaves, countless Shatuo soldiers fell to the ground with arrows.The corpses slowly piled up into a long dike in front of the barracks, but the Shatuo people were not afraid, they were still charging.

Tang Jun's sharp arrows poured over the heads of the Shatuo people. While charging, the Shatuo people also kept firing arrows at the front of Tang Jun's formation.Shatuo people are even better at archery than Tang Jun, with arrows coming and going.

Although the Tang army in front of the barracks was holding the shield formation, the dense upward shooting arrows were the most able to stop them.Rows and rows of Tang Jun fell!

The [-] elite infantry of the former army were almost lost an hour after the start of the battle, but Li Youjin had no intention of letting them retreat.Even if they wanted to retreat at this time, they couldn't.Countless Shatuo people rushed up from behind, and many Shatuo soldiers from the former army were only injured, but they were finally overwhelmed by the soldiers behind and trampled to death.

The corpses of the Shatuo people in front of the barracks had piled up the second long embankment, but the fierce attack of the Shatuo people continued.Under the supervision of the [-] elite soldiers led by Li Youjin, the [-] infantry soldiers of the Chinese army rushed forward continuously, and these Shatuo people seemed to be rushing to die.

However, Li Youjin's tactics were also successful. After the former army was dead, the Shatuo soldiers of the Chinese army finally broke through a barracks along the road made of countless corpses.

"Kill!" Shatuo's army burst into earth-shattering cheers. For a while, everyone was extremely excited, and finally opened a gap, and they would be able to break through the encirclement immediately.

The two sides had put down their bows and arrows at this time, and finally began a melee melee with long spears and horizontal knives.

The Shatuo people in the back saw a gap opened in the front, and they kept rushing wildly. The barracks of the Tang army camp was like a breached dam. All of a sudden the gap widened.More and more Shatuo people finally rushed into the camp, and many archers in the camp had to take up spears and swords in close combat.

Cui Anqian led Zhongwu Badu, who had only 3000 people left, to kill them. They successfully contained the Shatuo people's charge.But it was only a wave, and then the Shatuo people's impact was even greater. The three thousand loyal soldiers were quickly overwhelmed by this wave and had to retreat again and again.

Soon, after the fall of Haogou, the Tang army camp, the most important defense line of the battalion was also completely lost.

"Commander, the cavalry must be brought here, otherwise, the battalion will collapse if it can't stand it for a long time!" Li Zhong, the governor of the Yicheng Army, has almost become a bare commander, and almost all the soldiers under him have been exhausted.

Li Zhuo's Heyang army also suffered heavy losses. Zhuge Shuang retreated and cursed: "This group of Niaoshatuo people have all taken blood and medicine, and they are so fierce!" Li Hanzhi's one The bald head was very conspicuous in the camp, and he was also shot at this time, and he sighed while covering his wound. "Fucking these Shatuo wolf cubs, there are even fewer Li Jing soldiers on the opposite side. Why the hell don't you believe in Bei Da, but they always find us to be unlucky."

As soon as Li Jing was mentioned, Zhuge Shuang felt a little upset. This reminded him that Li Jing only used one horse and replaced two fierce generals with a hundred enemies.If there were these two people, they would not be so embarrassed by the Shatuo people now.

Zheng Congxuan also saw that the camp was broken by the Shatuo people at this time. These Shatuo people really saw a ghost today. Crazy and desperate are not enough to describe.But right now, the most important thing is to stabilize the situation.

But what he was most worried about was the Shatuo cavalry. When the two-winged cavalry came, the Shatuo cavalry might take the opportunity to break through.But don't drop the cavalry, if the Shatuo cavalry come directly to the camp, the camp will collapse immediately.

It seemed that the Shatuo people were really determined to abandon the fifteen thousand infantry. This move was so cruel that it was simply impossible to crack.

He thought of Li Jing's [-] troops, but unfortunately they were still on the other side of the river, so they couldn't come to help immediately.

It was terrible, Zheng Congxuan looked at the camp several times again, and finally said helplessly: "Send the [-] cavalry from the left-wing Tuoba and Helian to come to help, and order the [-] cavalry from the right-wing three tribes to continue to stand by!" He felt that the Shatuo cavalry seemed to be spying on the side. At this time, he had to leave a mobile reserve force to deal with the Shatuo cavalry.

Tuoba Sigong, Helian Duo and the Zhenwu Army, a total of [-] cavalry rushed to help the camp and joined the battle.

With the reinforcement of [-] cavalry, the situation of the Tang army began to improve.Just as all the generals breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly there was a violent vibration in the direction of the left wing, and the sound of thunderous iron hoofs sounded, and the Shatuo cavalry was dispatched, and they rushed directly to the left wing that happened to be vacant.

Zheng Congxuan's face changed, and the Shatuo people were about to flee.

"Immediately order the cavalry of the three tribes on the right to attack, and must stop the cavalry of Shatuo!"

Eight thousand cavalry from the three tribes were dispatched, and when they came to kill them, they found that the five thousand Shatuo cavalry had already galloped all the way to the south, and they were not willing to fight.The cavalry of the three tribes pursued the cavalry in the middle of the night until dawn, but failed to intercept the cavalry of Shatuo.

At dawn, the town police built two pontoon bridges on the Zihe River, and rushed to the camp where they were still fighting.

The 4 town soldiers killed, and the [-] cavalry from the three tribes returned without success. The Tang army gathered more than [-] horses in the entire camp. Li Youjin, who had fought a bloody night, saw this and directly surrendered to the Tang army.

On the battlefield, the envoys of the eight towns gathered together. Zheng Congxuan stood in the center as the recruiting envoy, and the deputy recruiting envoys Yu Juan and Li Jing stood on the left and right.In addition, several supervisors participated in the surrender ceremony.

Li Youjin took off his armor and clothes, only wearing a pair of trousers, tied a few thorns with ropes, knelt on the cold ground, and formally surrendered to the Tang army.

Fifteen thousand Shatuo infantrymen, after a night of bloody battle, killed as many as 2000, seriously injured more than 3000, and suffered countless minor injuries.It can be said that except for the 1 troops around Li Youjin who basically maintained the organizational system, the rest of the [-] troops in the former army were wiped out, and the [-] troops in the Chinese army were almost dead.

Although Li Ke used [-] cavalry soldiers, in the eyes of the imperial court recruiting the generals of the towns, the military envoys of the three tribes of Shatuo, Li Guochang, the Jiedu envoy of the Zhenwu Army, and Li Jinzhong, the envoy of Shatuo soldiers and horses, were captured. Tuo Dudu Li Youjin also surrendered, and with the surrender of Mi Haiwan from the Sage tribe, Shi Jingsi from the Anqing tribe, brothers Gao Wenshun and Fu Wenda, the rebellion against Shatuo has been settled. (To be continued.)