Chapter 471: Blood Debt and Blood Repayment
When he found that the weapon he was proud of suddenly lost its effect, this moment of confusion determined the outcome of the battle, one side came prepared, the other side was paralyzed with pride, and the outcome of the battle was already doomed.
In recent years, the Tang army, which has been accustomed to crushing the opponent with grenades, is now not used to returning to that barbaric charge. Now facing the Turkic and Tibetan cavalry face to face, the poorly prepared Tang army is not the opponent of the prepared Turkic iron cavalry, and the two sides of the people and horses are facing each other, and hundreds of Tang troops are hit by the war horses and fly out, and they are also killed by the enemy's scimitar in confusion, shedding their own blood on the hillside, which becomes the background cloth for the enemy to boast of their military exploits.
Gao Kan's eyes were bared when he looked below, how could the originally invincible Tang Army become so flabby. I think that the Tang Army didn't win more with less when it fought back then, but now it has become the target of being slaughtered by others.
He also had to lead people to rush up, and the soldiers around him had already seen that something was wrong: "Dudu, these people are prepared to ambush us, we have to leave quickly, if we fall here, it will be all over." The entire situation in the Western Regions will collapse! ”
The rest of the Tang army was also shouting: "Governor, you go first, and then bring people to avenge us!" ”
A moment of dazed recovery is the courage of the Tang soldiers, and the fucking pride does not allow them to have any cowardice, they have to face death.
Even if they die, they will bite off the flesh and blood of the Turks, and some will die with them, anyway, they will die, no matter how before they die, they will take one together on the Huangquan Road.
The soldiers of the Tang Army also burst out with strong combat effectiveness, they stared at the blood-red eyes, raised the horizontal knives in their hands, and urged the war horses to rush towards the cavalry ranks of the Turks.
This wave of impact also caused a lot of trouble to the enemy, and Gao Kan took advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement.
The commanders of the Turks and Tibetans originally thought that the foolproof ambush had failed, and their iron cavalry was actually disturbed by the desperate Tang army.
They shouted angrily: "Kill me, none of these Tang troops will be left!" "Anyway, I have already torn my face, kill them first to relieve the depression in my heart, I have been suppressed by these Tang troops for many years, and now I can finally take revenge.
Li Zhi urgently convened a meeting of the ministers, and the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Ji, Cheng Yanjin and other important civil and military ministers all entered the political hall with solemn faces, and they all received information. Tubo and the Western Turks entangled hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to attack the Tang army of Anxi Protectorate, and ambushed the governor Gao Kan in Feiliang Mountain, the Tang army suffered heavy casualties, and now the situation in the Western Regions has been critical, and the Tubo and Western Turkic armies can advance eastward at any time!
The military situation is extremely urgent, and Datang has not had such a dangerous time for a long time.
Everyone looked at the battle report in their hands and had different interpretations in their hearts, but the same point of agreement was: this time the matter is more troublesome, the two powerful countries have joined forces to attack the Tang Dynasty, such a situation has never been before, and the surrounding small countries are also waiting, and it is estimated that many countries in the Western Regions have begun to prepare to change their courts.
Li Zhi's face is very ugly, everyone didn't dare to blow up when his father was there, and now it's not been a few years since he died, and all the demons and monsters have come out, isn't this a slap in the face?
He asked in a deep voice: "Tubo and the Western Turks have joined forces to attack the Tang Dynasty, and the war is urgent, so please discuss how to deal with it?" ”
Li Ji is also the secretary of the Ministry of War, so this matter should be handled by him first. He bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the battle report explains the Turkic and Tibetan alliances, but the specific situation has not been confirmed, since they killed my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, then we must fight back, otherwise the surrounding countries will attack in groups, and the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
Cheng Yanjin also nodded and said: "Yes, now this battle is also a national war, which will determine the fate of my Datang for decades, and I must deal with it with all my might." But I read the war report that the Tibetan and Turkic cavalry are not afraid of grenades now? Didn't even let a single grenade go off? This is a bit more serious. ”
Datang has been accustomed to using grenades in recent years, and now that his killer weapon has suddenly failed, many people are a little panicked and don't know how to deal with it.
Li Zhi nodded and said: "Firearms have been available for many years, and the surrounding countries have also learned how powerful it is, and it is not a problem for them to find a way to suppress its effect, and now our key is how to win this battle without grenades?" ”
Li Ji got up and asked Li Zhi for his life: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to the Western Regions to personally command, although firearms have lost their effect, but my Tang Dynasty soldiers are not relying on grenades to defeat the country." ”
Li Ji's self-recommendation surprised everyone, he who had already become such a high-ranking official would take the initiative to ask to go to the front line to command, so who would be in charge of the entire military department, and should the political hall be controlled by civilian officials?
Li Zhi frowned and said: "This is not appropriate, the British Duke still wants to sit in Chang'an and unify the dispatch of the whole country." ”
"Your Majesty, Wechen is willing to lead the army to teach those guys a lesson." Cheng Yanjin also took the initiative to ask. The Tang Dynasty has been established for decades, and the generals who founded the country are all old, even Cheng Yanjin is almost sixty years old.
Li Zhi looked at the gray-bearded Cheng Biting Jin, and he really couldn't make up his mind to let him go. It's not about his age, but about his combat ability, among the generals who founded the country in the DPRK at the moment, Cheng Yanjin is a fierce general, but he doesn't have the talent to be a commander. It's okay to be a pioneer, but it's still not easy to be a coach.
But Li Ji can't be let out, and now the eldest grandson Wuji is already in power, and one less Li Ji who restricts him will have to go. Li Zhi fell into deep thought.
The civil officials were a little breathless, and a guy in the shape of the imperial history came out and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the Western Regions is a land of chicken ribs, since the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasties have invested a lot in the Western Regions, but the results all ended in tragedy, so Weichen suggested that he take this opportunity to revoke the Anxi Protectorate... ”
"Shut up! Get him out of here! "Li Zhi has just been taught a lesson by Li Dongsheng, the dignity of the country cannot be humiliated, and the country's land cannot be lost.
"Rotten!" Cheng Yanjin was also furious: "This is my Datang land, you don't want to grab it back when others come to seize it, and you also said that you will give the land to others, are you worthy of our dead brother?" ”
"Moreover, the Western Regions connect several major countries in the east and west, there are countless interests stirring here, and the Silk Road is also the focus of my Datang customs and trade, how can it be easy for people?"