At dawn, the Tang army entered the border of Guazhou, surrounded by endless desolate Gobi Desert, tenaciously growing clusters of low sea buckthorn shrubs, where there was no snow, but the early morning was extremely cold, and the soldiers' eyebrows were covered with a layer of frost.

"Changshi, look!"

A soldier pointed behind him, only to see dust in the distance, about a dozen miles away, and the horse bandits actually chased after him.

Guo Song said hatefully: "Since they must fight, then simply fight to the death with them!" ”

Li Ji suggested: "It's better to go a little longer, we are two horses, and the other party is a single horse, and when the opponent's war horse can't support it, we will use the physical strength of the war horse to fight with the other party." ”

Li Ji is indeed experienced, and Guo Song has benefited a lot along the way, Guo Song said happily: "Then wait until noon to fight back!" ”

Everyone continued to gallop on horseback, and when it was almost noon, Guo Song suddenly found that there was a low post in the distance, running from north to south, about ten miles long and three or four miles wide, very much like a cow lying on the desert.

"Yang Teamzheng, what kind of mountain is that?" Guo Song asked, pointing to the low post in the distance.

Yang Xiaoyan looked at it and said: "Back to the long history, it is called Tuniu Mountain, also called Woniu Mountain, seeing this hill, it means that Jinchang County is coming, just more than ten miles in front of Tuniu Mountain." ”

"How many Shatuo troops are there in Jinchang County?"

"About 5,000 people."

Guo Song nodded, and then ordered: "Order the brothers to go up the mountain!" ”

Of course, Guo Song had to take advantage of all the favorable terrain, the mountains were very gentle, and the war horses could go up.

Guo Song ordered several soldiers to go north with horses, and he led three hundred Tang troops to ride a single horse up the mountain.

The reason why they are called horse bandits is that they are like wolves and will not stop until they kill their prey.

A more important reason is that Guo Song shot the leader Heiguang, and a strong sense of revenge filled Jinshan Mo Yi's heart, he knew that this Tang army was probably just passing by, and it was impossible to miss this opportunity, and it was unlikely that he wanted to take revenge again.

In a moment, nearly a thousand horse bandits chased to the bottom of the hill, Jinshan Mo Yi took the curtain and looked at the Tang army on the hill, he immediately understood the intention of the Tang army, and used the terrain advantage to condescend to fight with himself, but he could withdraw at any time.

He immediately turned back to his second brother Jin Shan Changyu and said, "You lead the headquarters to attack from behind, and we will attack each other back and forth!" ”

Jin Shan Changyu said with a bitter face: "Big brother, the brothers are all sleepy, do you want to rest for a while!" ”

"How can there be so much nonsense!"

Jinshan Mo Yi glared at the other party fiercely, "Give it to me immediately!" ”

Jinshan Changyu had no choice but to lead more than 300 people to make a detour to the north of the hill.

Guo Song could see clearly in the hill, and he smiled at Li Ji and Guo Chongqing and asked, "Do you know why I want to go up the mountain?" ”

Guo Chongqing said: "Condescending, both fighting and archery have an advantage. ”

Guo Song shook his head and looked at Li Ji again, Li Ji bowed and said, "I think that the real purpose of Changshi is to urge the other party to divide his troops, so that we can each break it!" ”

Guo Song laughed and said to the soldiers: "Cheer up, prepare bows and arrows, and we will kill the mountain." ”

As soon as they got off the hill, they saw three hundred horse bandits coming around from the south, and the Tang soldiers opened their bows and shot arrows like rain, killing dozens of people in an instant.

Guo Song brandished his halberd and shouted: "Meritorious service is today, kill!" ”

Three hundred cavalry stabbed at the enemy army in the chaos like a sharp sword, and instantly killed it, Guo Song took the lead with a long halberd, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere he passed, and the heads rolled to the ground, killing more than a dozen people in an instant.

He swept his gaze and saw a general in armor, and the other bandits were wearing cloth or leather armor, but he was wearing a chain mail and holding a spear, obviously the main commander of the other party.

Guo Song flicked the war horse with his legs, and the Fire Dragon King immediately turned around and rushed towards the opponent's main general.

Jin Shan Changyu was timid in his heart, so he had to stab Guo Song with a spear, Guo Song sneered, and held down the barrel of the gun with his halberd, and the halberd stabbed at the other party as fast as lightning along the barrel of the gun.

Jin Shan Changyu was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, and seeing that his hands were about to be stabbed by the halberd, he actually threw away the spear, but it was still useless, the halberd 'poof! The ground stabbed into his chest, Jin Shan Changyu screamed, and died tragically immediately, and the body was raised high by Guo Song.

The Tang army thundered with joy, morale was like a rainbow, killing the enemy army and retreating, leaving more than 100 people to turn around and flee, the Tang army chased and killed, at this moment, a low horn sound came from the south, and the main force of the horse bandits came from the south.

Guo Song stopped the whole army, and he said to Li Ji: "Shoot people and horses first, capture thieves and capture kings first, you come to command the brothers to fight, and I am responsible for hunting and killing the opponent's main general." ”

At this time, Guo Chongqing quickly counted the soldiers, no casualties, only three soldiers were slightly injured, and he immediately asked the military doctor to send the three wounded soldiers to withdraw first.

Finding that the deceived Jinshan Mo Yi had led more than 600 horse bandits to kill, he quickly gathered more than 100 remnants, and when he saw that the other party was rapidly lining up, he immediately waved his knife and shouted: "Kill it!" ”

More than 700 horse bandits shouted loudly and slaughtered the Tang army 300 paces away.

At this time, nearly 300 Tang troops had finished arraing, and they took 10 people as a combat team, with 10 groups of 100 people in front waiting for the opponent to kill each other with spears, while 200 people in the back stretched out their bows and arrows, and the arrows were like dense raindrops, shooting at the horse bandits who had rushed within 150 paces.

The soldiers who rushed in front were hit by arrows and fell off their horses, but the horse bandits were not affected, and they still attacked the Tang army one after another, and the Tang army shot the second round of arrows and shot dozens of enemy soldiers again, so they immediately put away their bows and arrows and raised their spears.

As soon as Li Ji gave the order, the Tang Army soldiers who were originally densely lined up immediately retreated, and three rows of small steel spears appeared on the ground, densely packed, with more than 300 of them. This is a classic cavalry tactic, arranging spear formations when the enemy army is less than fifty paces, which can greatly reduce the impact of the enemy's onslaught.

However, this tactic is extremely demanding on training, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will cause self-damage, or form several straight channels, or you will move too slowly, but you will mess up.

More than 600 horse bandits swept in like a storm, and when they reached 30 paces, they suddenly found a dense steel spear formation on the ground, and the sharp spear tips were aimed at them, and the cavalry had no time to change direction, and the dozens of cavalry who were running in front couldn't help but scream.

One by one, the steel spears pierced into the bodies of the horses and soldiers, only in an instant, more than 50 cavalry were pierced through the body by the steel spears, and the blood mist was filled, and the cavalry behind continued to rush up, trampling into the steel spear thicket, and suffered heavy casualties, until the casualties exceeded 100 people, and the attacking team did not stop.

At this time, Li Ji blew the horn, and three hundred Tang troops attacked, and they smashed into the ranks of the enemy like a sharp battle.

Guo Song galloped on the periphery, he aimed at the enemy's main general, Jinshan Moyi, who was supervising the battle in the rear, Guo Song found an opportunity, he immediately drew an arrow, ran diagonally, one hundred and twenty steps away, an arrow shot at the enemy commander, the arrow was like lightning, through the gap between the two horse bandits, Jinshan Moyi seemed to feel something, turned around, wolf tooth arrow 'poof! The ground shot into the center of his eyebrows, and the tip of the arrow came out of the heavenly spirit cover, and Jinshan Mo Yi immediately fell from his horse and died.

Guo Song galloped and shouted in the steppe Tiele language: "The leader has been shot!" The leader was shot! ”

The death of Jinshan Moyi shook the military spirit of the horse bandits, and the military spirit began to slacken, and people continued to flee from the war.

In the battle between the two armies, morale and military spirit are very important, once someone escapes, it will form a butterfly effect, driving the whole army to rout, just like when two people are fighting side by side against the enemy, one person next to him is the first to escape, which will have a huge impact on the other person.

Therefore, any army will immediately kill the soldiers who flee during the war, and even when the two armies face each other, the same soldiers will be killed, if they are shot in the chest, they will be rewarded, and their families will receive double pensions, but if they are killed by an arrow in the back, not only will they not have any honor, but their family members will also be implicated, severely punished or confiscated as official slaves.

Therefore, in the real fierce battle, when one side Mingjin withdrew his troops, the soldiers did not dare to turn around and run back, but slowly retreated, never leaving their backs to the other party.

But after all, the horse bandits are a rabble, when the main general is killed, the fighting spirit of the horse bandits will quickly fade, plus they are sleepy and lack of horses, they are unable to fight at all, and they were killed and wounded by the Tang army, and the remaining cavalry turned their horses to flee, but the Tang army did not let them go, chased and killed for more than 30 miles, and almost killed this horse bandit.

However, in the battle of Tuniu Mountain, the expeditionary Tang army also paid a lot of price, wounding eleven people, two of them were seriously injured and died, and finally nine people were killed.

At the foot of Tuniu Mountain, the Tang army burned the bodies of nine fallen soldiers, and the bones and ashes were packed into clay pots, which would be brought back to their hometowns and returned to their relatives.

Guo Song's voice was low and slow, and he sent a final eulogy to the nine fallen soldiers, "You may not be able to be famous for eternity, but you are real heroes, abandoning your homeland and wife and children, and generously going to the border for the country. ”