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Chapter 560 Xuanjia Army

The sun is setting, and it is already dusk before Hulao Pass.

Luo Shixin, the forward general of the Zhao army, led [-] Zhao army cavalry, and arrived more than ten miles in front of Hulao Pass.

There are dense forests, rolling hills, and a small river in front of it.

Zhao Jun cavalry ran for a day, the horses were sweating, and the soldiers were tired and thirsty.

Seeing this small river, Zhao Jun and the soldiers of the Nei Fan, regardless of the coldness of the water, bent down and took a few sips of water with their hands to moisten their burning throats.

People and horses by the river are vying for drinks, and there are bursts of noise.

But seeing a large flag with the word "Luo" erected on the hill behind him, Luo Shixin, the chief general of the [-] Zhao army cavalry, led his [-] fine cavalry, and stationed on the mountain condescendingly.

Ke Mulun also came to the water's edge. Ke Mulun picked up the clear stream water and poured it on his head, and he woke up immediately.

Compared with a few years ago, Ke Mulun's face has become a bit more weathered, and his beard is rooted out.He had already married a wife and had children on the grassland. As the deputy of the army, he managed the three hundred accountants and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in his building in an orderly manner.

However, one winter, the grassland was covered with white hair, and the tribe suffered from white disasters. More than half of the cattle and sheep froze to death. Yinghefu was furious when he found out about this. All gone.

Right now Ke Mulun is under the command of his good friend Qi'a Shu, seeing that Qi'a Shu is already a dignified army leader today, but he is a deputy, even Ke Mulun, who is always upbeat, is secretly unhappy.

Two thousand of the Zhao army's three thousand cavalry are Shide Xi's cavalry. Ke Mulun knows that Qi Ashu has performed well in the past few years, whether it is against the Khitan, the Xi clan, or the Han people. He is called the tiger of Shide by the Han people. .

"Why is it so chaotic!" Qi Ashu came on horseback, his eyes showed displeasure, and at the same time he looked warily into the deep jungle.

"Master, the troops are all tired, there's nothing to do!" Ke Mulun replied, and when he mentioned the word "Master", he still felt a little uncomfortable.

"No, wild wolves lie in ambush by the water, waiting for their prey to appear. Be careful [-] ​​million times, and no one will laugh at you for being timid." Qi Ashu looked cautious.

Ke Mulun nodded after listening, he has always been convinced of this brother's judgment.

"Ke Mulun, take two hundred cavalry and go to the woods on the left to investigate if there is a Tang army in ambush!" Qi Ashu said to Ke Mulun.

"it is good."

Ke Mulun agreed, and immediately ordered his subordinates not to drink any more water.
Shi Dexi's cavalry quickly led the war horse, and put the saddle on the standby horse.Shi Dexi's cavalry has three riders per person, one for riding, one for carrying loads, and one for preparation horses.

Ke Mulun also got on his horse, and two hundred riders waded across the river, ready to move forward.

At this time, a round of arrows shot out from the jungle, Ke Mulun yelled "no", and several Shi Dexi cavalrymen were shot off their horses.

The horn sounded quickly by the river bank, the gust of wind flickered, and the neighing of war horses beside the river came from afar.

Ke Mulun led the cavalry back to the river bank,
At this time, a few generals of the Tang Army walked out of the jungle, and one of them came to the river, and challenged Zhao Jun with a loud drink: "This is Xiliang Mawei, does anyone dare to cross the river and fight me?"

A soldier of the Han army stood beside Qi Ashu and said: "Master, the Tang army recruited many brave and strong soldiers from Xiliang, and their soldiers were very brave. During the Three Kingdoms period, there was a famous general Ma Chao, who was from Xiliang. His bravery was irresistible."

Qi Ashu nodded and said: "Prepare the bow and arrow, there must be an ambush behind the dense forest!"

As soon as the words fell, the torches by the forest were lit up, and the cavalry of the Tang army appeared and appeared.

But I saw that the cavalry of the Tang Army were all wearing black armor, with white caps on their iron helmets, each cavalry was carrying a bow and crossbow, each holding a horse in each hand, and they swept towards them like the wind.

Qi Ashu knew that it must be Tang Jun who saw that his side was unwilling to be fooled and pursued, so he took the initiative to ask for a fight.And this Tang army is definitely very strong. It takes at least three to seven years to train a cavalry who can wield a horse.

"Fire the arrow!" Qi Ashu shouted.

Shi Dexi's cavalry shot arrows together, and more than a dozen cavalrymen of the Tang Army were hit by arrows, but many of them were shot on the black armor on the cavalry of the Tang Army, and none of them fell off their horses.At this time, the cavalry of the Tang Army suddenly bent in front of them.

"No, they want to grab the upper hand."

When Qi Ashu reacted, it was true that the cavalry of the Tang army had seized the limelight. The soldiers raised the Fuyuan crossbow and horn bow behind them, and shot at the cavalry of Shi Dexi.Shi Dexi, who only wears leather armor, can't stop such sharp arrows.

The cavalry of the two armies drew their arrows at each other and shot at each other. Although the Tang army only had two or three hundred cavalry, their arrows flew like flying. Whether it was a strong crossbow or a big bow, they were better than Shi Dexi.But seeing the neighing of the war horses, many cavalrymen of Shi Dexi's army were shot at by arrows, and the soldiers were also injured by the arrows of the Tang army.

Suddenly, Qi Ashu's war horse was also hit by an arrow, his horse was a good Ujumqin horse, after being hit by the arrow, he leaped wildly for several feet, and then died.

Qi Ashu immediately changed to another horse, and shouted to the left and right: "Stand up my big banner! Stand against the Tang army!"

The horse fell to death, which made Qi Ashu startled and angry. Although he had heard about the elite cavalry of the Tang army for a long time, he thought it would not be stronger than the Turkic cavalry who were best at bow and horse, but the cavalry of the Tang army were even stronger than the Turkic cavalry.

Horse control, riding and shooting may still be a little behind the Turkic cavalry, but the Turkic people do not have excellent equipment and strict discipline.The cavalry of the two armies exchanged bows and arrows, and Shi Dexi, who was good at bowing and riding horses, was inferior to the cavalry of the Tang army.

But under Qi Ashu's calm command, Shi Dexi's cavalry still fought back tenaciously.At this time, the Tang army in front of them all raised their horses, obviously wanting to attack their own side.

Begging Ashu, Luo Shixin didn't know that they were facing Li Shimin, the chief general of the Tang army. After he heard that the Zhao army's forward was approaching the tiger prison, he immediately led Cheng Zhijie, Shi Danai, Zhai Changsun, Zhang Shigui and other generals to lead [-] Xuanjia cavalry to decide. Ambush Zhao Jun's forward.

The Xuanjia Army is the elite of the Tang Army. When Li Yuan was stationed in Yanmen, he selected the elite of the army and his own trilogy, imitating the Turkic cavalry, and established a cavalry unit of thousands of horses, forming the prototype of the Xuanjia Army.After Li Yuan raised his troops in Jinyang, he also got Western Turkic General Shi Danai, Eastern Turkic General Kang Jiaoli, and nearly a thousand elite Turkic cavalry to help him fight. After receiving this Turkic blood injection, the Xuanjia Army became the leader of the Turkic and Han cavalry. And there is no short of two cavalry.

When Li Shimin fought with Wang Shichong, he led more than a thousand Xuanjia troops to defeat the 6000 troops of the Jianghuai Army in the battle on the outskirts of Luoyang, which made the Xuanjia army famous.

This time Li Shimin knew that Li Chongjiu was helping Zheng, so he decided to concentrate on riding against Zhao Jun.Li Shimin selected [-] fine cavalry from the [-] Tang army, and then mobilized his troops to Hulao Pass at night, including the Xuanjia army.

But now I heard that the forward of Zhao Jun had [-] cavalry, but Li Shimin only led [-] cavalry to fight, obviously he has absolute confidence.

Li Shimin said: "The Zhao army's cavalry is not a mob."

At that moment, one of Li Shimin's generals with a big axe said in a buzzing voice: "King Qin, you are holding a bow, and a certain one is following you with an axe. Although there are millions of people, what can I do?"

Li Shimin laughed out loud when he heard the words, at that moment Li Shimin led several generals and leaped out of the forest.Seeing that Li Shimin was holding a bow in front of him, all the cavalry of the Tang army immediately followed up bravely.

Seeing the ferocious approach of the Tang army, Qi Ashu knew it was not good, but if he retreated at this time, he would be defeated, which would definitely affect Luo Shixin's troops behind him.At that moment, Qi Ashu gritted his teeth and stood by the river.

Tang Jun's bows and arrows were like locusts, and two soldiers on Qi'ashu's left and right were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Soon his horse was also hit by arrows, jumped up and fell to the ground.

Qi'a Shu replaced it with a yellow puma. Ma Wei, a Xiliang warrior from the Tang Army who had just fought, saw where Qi'a Shu's banner was, and immediately led more than [-] riders to grab the banner.Ke Mulun immediately stepped forward, fighting against this general.

Ke Mulun is one of the most powerful fighters in Shi Dexi, and his opponent is also Li Tang's Xiliang athlete.Ma Wei and Ke Mulun also met each other, and after several rounds of battles, Ma Wei's Ma Li was shot dead by Ke Mulun, leaving his weapon gone.The horse's power was no match for Ke Mulun, so he drew the javelin from beside the horse and threw it at Qi'a Shu under the banner.

At that time, Ma Chao's Xiliang army was not good at bows and crossbows, but javelins.The same is true for Ma Wei, the next javelin was thrown at Qi Ashu, but he was not in a hurry when he saw that Qi Ashu rode his horse to dodge, but he saw the horse's head raised, and the javelin sank into the horse's body.

When Ke Mulun saw his good friend fell off his horse, he was furious and shot Ma Wei to death.

However, when Li Shimin saw that Qi Ashu had brought down the flag, the cavalry on all sides came up bravely, and the cavalry of Xi's troops with [-] rooms were defeated immediately.

When Luo Shixin saw the scene, he immediately flew into a rage and led five hundred cavalrymen to rush down from the mountain.Luo Shixin led [-] cavalry to fight with the cavalry of the Tang army. At this time, a general with a big ax resisted Luo Shixin.

Luo Shixin saw the other party clearly and shouted: "You bite the gold?"

The other party pointed the big ax at Luo Shixin and shot it, he said with a smile: "Brother Luo, I have changed my name to Zhijie, instead of that rustic name."

Luo Shixin sneered and said, "So what if you change your name? Does it mean that you don't even recognize your brother? Do you still want to drink and eat meat together in Wagangzhai?"

Cheng Yaojin said: "Right now, the two families are their own masters, so what's the point of sharing the love in the past?"

"Okay! If you die under my gun, I will take care of your wife and children."

"You are too."

At the moment Cheng Yaojin was fighting against Luo Shixin, and the two fought together.Seeing Shide Xi's cavalry being chased by the Xuanjia army of the Tang army, Luo Shi was confident that he could no longer entangle with the opponent, so he shot Cheng Yaojin away with one shot, and immediately rode his horse to rescue him.

"How's brother?"

Ke Mulun supported Qi Ashu and yelled, Qi Ashu slowly opened his eyes and said: "Send the order to retreat, the Tang army is really powerful, we can't fight recklessly. You command the whole army instead of me."

"it is good!"

Ke Mulun immediately ordered someone to take care of Qi Ashu.

Ke Mulun himself gathered Shide Xi's cavalry, and they fought and retreated.Seeing that Ke Mulun was there, Shi Dexi's cavalry also rode their horses and gathered together.

Fighting until dark, Li Shimin saw that it was impossible to have more victories, so he immediately ordered to retreat.

(End of this chapter)