Chapter 769: Capture the Flag
......The desolate horn sounded on the grassland, and the 30,000 Tubo coalition troops launched an attack at the same time, and the coalition troops that could not be seen at a glance were like a torrent of embankments, surging towards the Sui army.
Langri Zampu will not make any previous mistakes at this time, his biggest advantage is that there are many people, he will not fight one-on-one with the Sui army, and he will not let the Sui army break through one by one like a fighting general, only by pressing all the 30,000 troops can he give full play to his greatest advantage.
There is no difference between the Tibetan soldiers and the northern nomads, they pay attention to the momentum, do not care much about personal life and death, the battlefield is lucky for the soldiers, which is also directly related to the short life expectancy, the Tibetan people live in a harsh environment, not only have to fight with heaven and earth, but also fight with wolves, coupled with extremely poor medical conditions, so most people do not live to be fifty years old, for men, the battle is one of the best destinations when they die in the prime of life, which can bring real benefits and honor to themselves and their descendants.
However, the Tubo people, like other northern nomads, are easy to be agitated, but they are also easy to fade, once the morale fades, the sense of honor of seeing death as home will be gone, the soldiers began to fear death, worried that the tribe and family will be swallowed up by others, worried that their wives and children will become someone else's property, so they dare not be unwilling to fight to the death, once this fear forms a consensus, the army is easy to rout. This is a very contradictory psychological concept, and the fear of death is often reversed in a single thought.
Although today's Tibetan soldiers have high morale and regard death as home, they are not without a little offensive strategy, and when attacking, they often also use goose-shaped formations, with the strongest army as the first row of geese, first suppressing the opponent with bows and arrows, and then tearing apart the opponent's defense line with great momentum, and defeating the opponent in one fell swoop.
The 30,000-strong army of Langri Zampu is an invincible elite soldier in the vertical and horizontal grass, and its combat power, morale, and will are by no means within the reach of Tugu. But even if it is a raging sea, and the Sui army is an impregnable reef.
The Xiaoguo army rushed out of half the distance, and then formed a Mo sword formation according to the established tactics, they looked at the 10,000 cavalry rushing to kill, the other party had already rushed to two hundred steps away, and impatiently shot the arrows in their hands, and the arrow rain flew all over the sky, but the Sui army that was waiting for the battle did not move at all...... When they reached more than eighty paces, the Sui army's strong crossbow finally wielded its might.
Three thousand iron arrows came out of the string at the same time, and the powerful crossbow arrows were like a dense forest of arrows, and instantly shot into the galloping Tubo cavalry group, and suddenly the screams became one, and the Tubo cavalry running in the front rolled off their horses, and the war horses were shot with blood, and they fell out miserably.
In the first round of crossbow arrows, more than six or seven hundred people were shot down, but the crossbowmen did not look at the results, and at the moment when the crossbow arrows were fired, they immediately stepped on the bow and pulled the strings, one person raised the crossbow, and one person put two arrows on the crossbow trough, all in one go.
The death of hundreds of people seemed to have no effect on the 10,000 cavalry, and the Tibetan army accelerated its speed, and had rushed to a distance of one hundred and thirty paces.
The dense Tubo cavalry once again turned on their backs, this time the attack area was wider, nearly a thousand people were shot over, although in terms of time, the Great Sui crossbowmen still had time to attack again, but tactically it was not allowed.
This is the range of the enemy's cavalry bow is eighty paces, and it takes time for the crossbow army to retreat, and it must be evacuated within a hundred paces, otherwise it will cause heavy casualties and will also adversely affect the archers behind.
"Withdraw!"
With an order, three thousand heavy crossbowmen picked up the spears on the ground, mounted their horses, retreated to both sides like a tide, and then went to the back to line up, so as to expose the neat array of the Great Sui archers behind them, this is the traditional crossbow method of the Central Plains Dynasty, the crossbow first bow, the use of the length of the firing distance to kill and injure the enemy cavalry, but compared with the previous dynasties, although the archers of the Sui army also have bows, but the main focus is two single-person control of the ten-shot repeater, which can be called extremely luxurious.
At this time, the Tibetan cavalry had rushed to within 100 paces, and they skillfully controlled their horses with their feet, using their waist and arm strength to shoot arrows at high speed.
Many Sui troops could do this with the help of double pedals, but the Tibetan cavalry who grew up on horseback could easily complete a series of difficult maneuvers without the help of tools or special training.
At the same time that more than 8,000 Tubo cavalry fired arrows together, 2,000 Great Sui archers also fired the first round of 20,000 crossbow arrows, and the arrows were densely intertwined in the air, forming a dense network of arrows.
The dense arrows of the two armies were intertwined in the air, acting as arrows, and the Tubo people rolled on their backs, rolled to the ground, and were trampled into mud by the cavalry following behind, and then the second round of 20,000 arrows had been shot, making this 10,000-strong array empty.
At this time, the Sui army archers were also shot, but fortunately, the Sui soldiers were all wearing armor and wearing long hats and helmets, and the short bows of the Tubo cavalry were not strong enough, and they did not want the lives of the soldiers. Despite this, the horses of the archers suffered, and the horses were in pain, which also affected the lineup of the archers.
However, the mission of the archers was also completed, and they, like the heavy crossbowmen before, quickly retreated to both sides, guarding the two wings of the Mo swordsmen, they hung their crossbows, and the weapons in their hands also turned into spears and shields, arranged in a neat phalanx, and the dense guards were on both sides of the Mo swordsmen.
This also means that the sharpest weapons of the Sui army finally appeared in front of the eyes of the Tubo, and the five thousand Mo swordsmen with bright armor and neat arrays blocked the front of the Tubo cavalry like a copper wall. The sharp Mo knife suddenly swung out, and the handle end was inserted into the earth, forming a terrifying knife array, and the tips of the knives were densely gathered, aiming at the rushing Tubo cavalry.
The Tibetan cavalry had already rushed in, looking at the dense sword forest in front of them, the cavalry in front screamed in despair, and even the war horses neighed miserably, but they could not change the tragic fate that was coming.
Like a strong sea tide, the Tibetan cavalry finally crashed into the hard sea reef, but the final result was that the waves were smashed into pieces by the reef, and when they collided with the dense Mo knife, the flesh and blood flew in an instant, and the blood mist was filled.
The earthy smell in the air also turns into the smell of blood. It was disgusting, as the blood mist dissipated, a wall of flesh about three zhang wide and two miles long appeared in front of the Mo Dao Array, and the horse corpses and human corpses were mixed together, making it impossible to identify. Some of these Tibetan cavalry were stabbed to death by Modao, and many more stopped their horses and were trampled to death by their companions behind. But for the Modao Army, it was the inevitable result of the cavalry array attacking the Modao array.
After this blow, the 10,000-strong Tubo army that was used as an arrow had almost collapsed, and the remaining Tubo cavalry, which was less than 3,000, stopped in shock, causing the goose-shaped formation of the three armies to become a long snake formation, and the vigorous offensive was slowed down.
For the soldiers of the Sui army, the strength of the Tibetan army is nothing more than excellent cavalry and fierce blood, and the equipment on the body is mostly leather armor, short knives, and riding bows, not to mention that compared with the Sui army, even Li Tang, Goguryeo, and Dong/Turkic are inferior, and this kind of army is also the best army. Under the command of five Eagle Yang Lang generals and ten Lang generals, Huo Di got up and stepped on the corpse of the enemy to kill step by step......
The Mo Dao Army has a tall and mighty body, the power to move mountains and shake the mountains, indestructible heavy armor, and an indestructible Mo Dao!
In this way, the quality of individual soldiers and ordnance and equipment are all at the pinnacle of the times, and there is no need for tactics when facing the enemy.
Just repeat simple actions such as horizontal slashing, vertical slashing, and diagonal slashing.
Entering like a wall, everyone is shattered!
These five thousand Mo swordsmen stood in front of the position, and with the footsteps forward, the Tubo cavalry rushed forward and charged one after another, but they crashed headlong into the mainstay like a rushing river, hitting the stumps and blood gushing out.
However, the Mo Dao Array stood still!
With each step they advanced, at least a thousand enemy troops were strangled under the sword. The archers on both sides also began to exert their might, using their spears to stab at the Tibetan soldiers.
Langri Zampu watched the Tubo soldiers rush towards the Tang army's Mo Dao formation one after another, and then turned into a pile of minced meat, his heart became colder and colder, and his heart ached like a knife.
But the matter has come to this point, and the Sui army still has thousands of elite horsemen to watch and delay, if the order to withdraw is issued, the scattered Tubo soldiers will be crushed and killed by the Sui soldiers.
Faced with a gap in equipment, what can he do?
There is no way around it.
can only continue to urge the brave soldiers, with the heart of death to launch a decisive charge......
He didn't believe that the soldiers of the Sui army with heavy armor and sharp blades would not get tired, and he didn't believe that the Tubo iron cavalry would not be able to kill them?
If one person is not enough, there are only two people......
Thinking of this, Langri Zampu shouted an order: "Generals, gather up your soldiers, charge desperately, and you will definitely break through the lineup of the Sui army!" ”
"The last will obey."
The generals of Tubo also knew that they would be defeated if they retreated, so they responded to the call of Langri Zampu, quickly gathered the soldiers who were killed and scattered, and gradually gathered more than 10,000 people, and lined up to shake the Great Sui Mo Sword Army with flesh and blood!
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Yang Tong, who had retreated to the front of the two thousand Xuanjia Army, looked at the situation of the enemy army, and watched the chaotic position of the enemy's army gradually become neat, and the soldiers gathered more and more, and this was also the last strength of Tubo, knowing that the time was ripe, he said to Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda and other generals beside him: "The Tubo people are ready to launch the final charge, and it is inevitable that the outlaw charge will bring huge casualties to the Mo swordsman, and they will rush into battle with me!" ”
Every Mo knife hand is the elite of the elite, just the basic quality of superhuman individual soldier quality, so that many soldiers are discouraged, in addition, but also have to face the overwhelming, menacing enemy color unchanged extraordinary psychology, without these two hard conditions, simply not qualified to be a Mo knife hand, so every Mo knife hand carefully selected Mo knife hand is a veritable treasure, no general is willing to let them die under the enemy's desperate charge.
Moreover, the Mo Dao Formation has never been a single class, and it is simply unrealistic to rely solely on Mo Dao to kill the enemy, so each battle needs appropriate tactics to cooperate!
"Yes!"
As the first strong team of the Great Sui brought out by Yang Tong, they were never afraid of war, not afraid of war, they were afraid of no battle to fight, until they were replaced by other brother armies as the first strong team.
But over the years, due to the change of Yang Tong's mission, this first guard of the Son of Heaven has rarely fought a battle, and everyone is holding a breath in their chests.
Now that they saw the emperor wearing armor and leading them to fight again, the blood and sleepiness in their chests were ignited, and many soldiers who had been looking forward to this day for a long time were so excited that they shed tears, and the generosity and pride of being willing to die for the country stirred in their hearts.
Yang Tong raised the horse lance in his hand and roared: "Rush into battle!" ”
"Charge!"
"Charge!"
Yang Tong was the Emperor of the Great Sui and the commander of the First Army, but at this time, like the soldiers of the Xuanjia Army, the blood that had been suppressed for a long time broke out.
He took the lead, grabbed the horse's belly fiercely, let out a long neighing full of excitement from the string, and slammed out!
"Boom."
Behind him, two thousand Xuanjia troops followed closely behind, the horn sounded, and the soldiers in front heard the order, so they cracked a gap, allowing Yang Tong to lead the Xuanjia army to pass through from the northeast, and plunged into the Tubo array with the sun on his back.
The Tubo cavalry was also a morale-staring army, but they were first hit by the tragic battlefield outside the mountain, and then because of the defeat of the generals, now, now by the Mo knife array to kill people on their backs, corpses all over the field, morale can be said to be extremely low, plus at this time is a hasty assembly, and there is no fierce general to press the formation, and then by the Xuanjia army that waits for work and recuperates, it is suddenly collapsed.
Yang Tong, who was in armor and horse warfare, reflected a dazzling light all over his body, and the whole person seemed to come from the northeast like a god of war, leading the army to roll forward.
The Tibetan army tried to flee from this place, but was forced back by the iron cavalry.
The cold wind of the two thousand iron horsemen roared like an iceberg, making them desperate.
Each pair of armor was as black as ink, mixed with a layer of blood. Under the reflection of the sun, it exudes a bewitching cold glow, as if it is an army of devils from hell.
Yang Dong's splitting the sky lance is like a swimming dragon, the neighing of the arrows from the string, the iron hooves trample the earth, the place where it passes is like a locust sweeping the territory, the Tubo army that kills is frightened, hugging the head of the rat, followed by the two thousand iron horsemen under the leadership of Yang Dong, Pei Xingyan, Niu Jinda, Wang Xiongdan, Yang Feng, Shui Tianji, Yin Mingyue, Yang Qinfang and other generals will tear a huge hole in the Tubo Chinese army, and then the 6,000 soldiers and horses of the Tenth Army galloped vertically and horizontally, responding to the Xuanjia Army, and further tore the gap.
The two Great Sui Iron Cavalry gathered and dispersed, changing for no reason, bringing a bloody storm all over the sky.
For a time, the Tibetan army was defeated and retreated.
"Shoot the arrows."
Lang Ri Zanpu's face sank like water, at this moment watching the Sui army generals galloping in the formation, but he was extremely calm, he did not pay attention to the chaotic army that fell into the melee, behind him, Lu Dongzan had already organized an archer, with Lang Ri Zanpu's order, the arrows rained down, and the cold arrows swept the ground, densely covering Yang Dong's position, and even the surrounding Tubo army was also attacked, and began to retreat in a hurry.
Yang Tong's momentum suddenly stopped, glanced at the direction where Langri Zampu was, snorted coldly, took off the Thunder Bow, and didn't look closely, and raised his hand in the direction of Langri Zampu is an arrow.
Among the three armies, Langri Zampu was dispatching troops and horses to reorganize the defense, and suddenly felt a chill rushing, he didn't have time to think about it, Tunmi Sambuza beside him had already found that something was wrong, and hurriedly pushed Langri Zampu away.
"Hum~"
The icy strong wind crossed Langri Zampu's ears, blowing his eardrums buzzing, followed by a muffled sound behind him, subconsciously looking back, but saw that the handsome flag had been broken by an arrow, and the flagpole the size of a calf could not block the power of an arrow, looking at the handsome flag that fell to the ground, Langri Zampu felt a chill in his heart, if it wasn't for Thunmi Sambuza to push himself away in time, I'm afraid the end would not be much better than this flagpole.
"Lang Ri Zampu is dead, and the whole army is killed."
Seeing this, Pei Xingyan, who was beside Yang Tong, shouted loudly.
"Lang Ri Zampu is dead, and the whole army is killed."
"Lang Ri Zampu is dead, and the whole army is killed."
This voice started with Pei Xingyan, spread among the Xuanjia army, and soon swept the entire battlefield.
On the war, the handsome flag represents the commander and the soul of the army, and the commander of the Tubo army collapsed, and the army no longer has the will to fight.
"Summons the order!" Langri Zamp shouted hysterically in astonishment.
'When! While! While! The bell for the collection of troops was struck fiercely, and the Tibetan soldiers retreated like a tide.
But at this time, Wei Fengwu on the watchtower sounded the horn of the whole army to attack under the prompting of the herald.
Xiaoguo's heavy crossbowmen and archers rushed to kill, and the Tubo army was defeated, and the people who were killed turned over on their backs fled in embarrassment.
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"Kill!" Feeling the rain of arrows thinning, Yang Tong raised the Sky Splitting Lance and launched a charge again.
A trace of chagrin flashed in Langri Zampu's eyes, but he also knew that even if he continued to fight at this time, it would only allow the Sui army to expand its results, and today's battle was considered a complete defeat, seeing that the forces organized by Thunmi Sambuza, Lu Dongzan and others could not resist, and could only retreat with the rout.
"Hugh away!"
At this moment, how could Yang Tong let the enemy commander leave? As soon as he urged away from the string arrow, a strange wind rolled up in the Sky Splitting Lance, killing a bloody path through the crowd like a splitting wave, and killing towards Langri Zampu.
"I'm dying!"
Looking at the fierce and unimpeded armor warriors who came all the way, Lang Ri Zamp was shocked, and hurriedly ran for his life, he sat down and was also a rare horse, but how could he compare to the off-string arrow of the king of horses?
The detached arrows in the crowd had completely let go of their speed, rushing through the crowd like a streamer, and they were about to catch up with Langri Zamp.
"Look for death!"
With an angry shout, a fierce general rode his horse and danced his sword, blocking Yang Dong's way, Yang Dong didn't say much, and the Sky Splitting Lance stabbed at the enemy general like a winding python that devoured everything.
"Dang!" The lances collided, and a loud bang was found, which shocked the audience.
Yang Tong took advantage of the momentum to push, and the sharp lance instantly pierced the enemy's heart, and rushed forward without abating, and when he staggered, he released the lance, pulled out behind it, and continued to chase forward. The enemy stiffened and fell from his horse.
"Roar~" Another figure blocked Yang Tong's way, roaring wildly and swinging a big knife to slash at the head of the off-string arrow, but he wanted to kill the off-string arrow first, and then Yang Dong would not want to catch up with Langri Zampu even if he had great ability.
"Look for death!" Yang Tong was furious, and the Sky Splitting Lance was placed on top of the big knife, and with a twist of force, the enemy almost flew off the big knife, and he tried his best to resist the strange force.
"Whew." The man blocked the Sky Splitting Lance, but the war horse under the crotch couldn't withstand the suppression of that force, and screamed and stepped on four deep pits on the ground.
Yang Tong took advantage of the situation, and in the screams of the enemy general, the four-foot-long lance blade was cut in half by the enemy in the future.
The first general was furious, turned the horse's head and threw the spear in his hand at Yang Dong's back.
Yang Tong, who was running wildly, heard the strong wind behind him, leaned back with the spear, and held the spear thrown by the other party, his heart moved, and the splitting lance turned around, and hung the fork spear with the handle of the lance, and ignored the general, and saw the direction of Langri Zampu and threw it suddenly, and the spear stuck on the fork whistled out, leaving a string of afterimages in the air.
Lang Ri Zampu was galloping on his horse, and suddenly a deadly sense of crisis struck, and he instinctively wanted to dodge, but the spear thrown out by Yang Tong was too powerful and too fast, and he couldn't dodge it at all.
But it was Thunmi Sambuza next to him who saw that the situation was not good, and took the killing move instead of Langri Zampu, Langri Zampu looked incredulous, but saw half a spear coming out of Thunmi Sambuza's chest, he gritted his teeth and galloped on horseback.
At this time, Yang Tong had been stopped by many soldiers risking his life, and it was too late to chase him, and it was impossible to put down his horse lance and hunt with a bow, otherwise he would be killed by the Tubo soldiers. In desperation, he could only be angry with the Tibetan soldiers.
The horse lance flew up and down, but all the enemies in front of him were killed, and even if the enemy resisted, the blades were often picked up and the weapons were flying, and even the heads and faces were directly smashed off the horse......
On the battlefield, Yang Tong is the arrow of the arrow, and everywhere the enemy howls and falls from his horse, there is almost no general.
Seeing that the emperor was in full swing, the soldiers of the Sui army clamored to raise their weapons and frantically pursued and killed the remnants of the Tibetan army, until they reached the enemy's camp before they were forced to withdraw.