Chapter 8: The Corpses Are the Wall

On the battlefield, the morale of the offensive and defensive sides is growing and waning each other, and if the enemy's morale is booming. It is also possible for your own soldiers to become sluggish as a result.

The Turkic Bulu root was first dragged tired by Luo Shixin's way of transferring flowers and trees, and then was ambushed by Duan Zhigan's troops, although the formation was not dispersed, but the morale was seriously frustrated.

"Kill" Luo Shixin raised the iron spear in his hand and led the Tang Dynasty Yue cavalry to rush towards the root of the deer.

Bu Lugen's lungs were about to explode, if it weren't for the exhaustion of his own physical strength, Luo Shixin led the Tang cavalry to charge, he would definitely be in his arms. It's just that there are not so many ifs on the battlefield, as a Turkic general, Bu Lugen knows very well that in this case, there must be no retreat, and once retreated, it is easy to form a rout.

More than eighty percent of the kills on the battlefield are formed in the process of pursuit.

War, as it sounds very mysterious, is actually very simple to sum up. That is to maximize the advantages of the side as much as possible and expand the enemy's disadvantages.

The strength of the Tang army was the physical strength of the soldiers and the physical strength of the horses, and secondly, it was obviously superior to the Turks in terms of equipment. The shortcomings of the Tang army will not become a drag, and in comparison, the Tang Dynasty Yue cavalry has the upper hand, even if the Turks have a numerical advantage, they cannot offset this gap.

Luo Shixin took the lead, roared and rushed into the enemy formation, and immediately inserted it. He and Zhang Shigui were on the left and right, interspersed from the left and right angles at the same time, and Bu Lugen didn't expect that the Tang Army was so powerful, and he was secretly screaming that it was not good, and it had been cut into three pieces by the Tang Dynasty Yue cavalry.

"Kill!" Luo Shixin swept away the iron spear in his hand, and three or four Turks were swept off their horses. In a cavalry melee of this magnitude, a fall from a horse meant death.

There is a way to reduce ten meetings with one force, and Luo Shixin's natural divine power has been fully exerted in such a chaotic battlefield. The iron spear in his hand has become the deadly nemesis of the Turks, which is to die when touched, and to die when touched.

In comparison, Zhang Shigui's attack was much gentler. Although Zhang Shigui was also good at using a horse lance, he picked up the iron-tired bow at this time and shot a series of arrows. Shoot an arrow almost against the enemy's head.

The arrows came out like the wind, and the sound of breaking the air with a roar was endless. The Turkic cavalry facing Zhang Shigui couldn't even get close to Zhang Shigui's twenty paces, and they were shot down one after another.

The two sides fought, and between the teas, the two sides came out of the battle.

Bu Lugen counted the number of people at this time, and he was so angry that the green tendons on his forehead bulged. He led more than 2,000 cavalry to pursue Luo Shixin's department, and the loss of four or five hundred cavalry was already depressing enough, but now after this contact battle, there are less than 1,000 soldiers who can still ride on horses. In other words, in just a few cups of tea, five or six hundred people have been killed in his department.

On the other hand, the corpses of the Tang cavalry on the battlefield were less than 100.

Six to one, such a battle loss rate is simply a great shame for the Turks.

Duan Zhigan cut off the Turkic cavalry whose upper name and lower body had been trampled into flesh but were injured but did not die, and ended his life of sin very mercifully.

"Well played!"

Zhang Shigui also exclaimed in his heart, it was really amazing. He unconsciously looked at Luo Shixin with a black line on his face.

I'm afraid that Li Shimin, the king of Qin, will not be able to achieve such an amazing record, you must know that the Turks are not anti-kings everywhere. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the thirty-six roads were against the king, and the seventy-two roads were dusty, although all the roads were against the king, claiming to be tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, in fact, they were just a group of peasants who had just taken up arms, and some of them were against the king, not to mention weapons, and even the cheapest spears could not be handled by each person.

At that time, Yang Guang was besieged at Yanmen Pass, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Great Sui were poured into the king, but he failed to open the encirclement of the Turks. If it weren't for Princess Yicheng risking her life, I'm afraid Yang Guang would have become a captive of the Turks.

1,200 horsemen against 2,000 horsemen, but they had an overwhelming advantage and won an overwhelming victory.

This great victory, all the soldiers of the Tang Army were overjoyed and excited.

In contrast, the Turks on the other side were like mourning and disgraced.

Luo Shixin waved the iron gun in his hand, raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers, do you still have strength?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The voice of the thousand horsemen and Tang horses was like thunder, and the sound was so loud that it soared into the sky.

Luo Shixin shouted: "Brothers, be my wings, follow me to take the Turkic head under the black flag!" ”

Luo Shixin took the lead, and the horse ran like wind and lightning.

When the cavalry officers of the Tang Army saw that Luo Shixin was so brave, it was as if they were greatly stimulated, and everyone was brave and roared like beasts: "Datang Wansheng, General Luo is mighty, Datang Wansheng, General Luo is mighty!" ”

The cavalry of the Tang Army did not want to rush with their lives! More than 1,000 cavalry here are in a group, and there are less than 1,000 people under Bu Lugen, who are inferior to the Tang cavalry in terms of strength and even worse in terms of morale. At this time, he was shocked by the high morale of the Tang army, where could he resist it?

Although Bu Lugen was unwilling, the Turkic cavalry in front of Luo Shixin was like a knife cutting tofu, and there was no delay.

"General, get out of here!" A Turkic governor shouted: "In the words of the Tang people, keep the green mountains here, and you are not afraid of running out of firewood!" ”

Bu Lugen was still hesitating, but where would Luo Shixin give him a chance. The iron spear flew up and down, killing the souls of the Turks, and all the Turkic cavalry retreated. There was only one thought left in the minds of these Turks.

I only hate my father and mother for having two legs less.

Duan Zhigan took advantage of the retreat of the Turks and took advantage of the situation to take the Red Mountain Fort.

Although the Red Mountain Fort is very small, it is precisely because of its small size that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if it is not for the Turks to take the initiative to retreat, I am afraid that it will cost hundreds of lives to take this small fort within a radius of more than 400 steps.

"Win!"

Luo Shixin spoke out. The results of this battle of the Tang army were not small, and the number of Turks who fled was estimated to be less than 300. Left 1,78 Turkic cavalrymen, with less than 200 casualties, more than half of which were slightly wounded, and they could be alive and well after recuperating for a while.

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The snow plows with armor and shield walls were speeding on the snow. Chen Ying did not care about the cold wind that was as cold as a knife, and stood on the watchtower that commanded the climbing plow, carefully looking into the distance.

The walls of the armor shield were covered with white silk, and even the horses that pulled the ploughs were also covered in white silk. Chen Ying's approach made Wei Wenzhong complain. In this era, cloth is almost equal to currency. According to the "Six Classics" food and goods records, the cloth and silk of the Tang Dynasty accounted for about one-third of the total fiscal revenue. When Chen Ying supported Lingzhou from Chang'an, he carried 3,000 pieces of cloth, which was worth more than 3,000 yuan.

But Chen Ying was good, not only misappropriated the cloth that was originally awarded to the meritorious soldiers, but also wasted it

Duan Zhigan's department used more than 140 horses, and now more than 100 chariots and mules and horses have used more than 300 horses. These cloths are used here, which makes Wei Wenzhong puzzled.

Chen Ying did not have nothing to do, and explained it all to the soldiers, in Chen Ying's eyes, the lives of the soldiers are priceless, not something that can be measured by money and goods, as long as the casualties of the soldiers can be reduced or reduced, Chen Ying will not care about the loss of goods. Chen Ying only knew that the white cloth could well conceal the whereabouts of the troops, and that was enough.

At this time, the Tang Army camp in the hot spring pool had already been empty. In addition to the four regiments under Duan Zhigan's department, the four regiments led by Luo Shixin, and the nine regiments (plus the pro-guard regiment) plus the people and craftsmen, a total of more than 4,000 people rode the snow plow and advanced towards the city of Bogulu.

Chen Ying stood on the watchtower, anxiously looking into the distance.

Heavy snow piled up and messaging was very unsmooth. Chen Ying had more than a dozen light snow climbing plows, fixed and camouflaged according to the distance and proximity of the thin bone law city. These light climbing plows are equipped with a cauldron and wolf dung, which will light the wolf smoke in time as soon as they see the news of the success of the Red Mountain Fort.

Although these snow plows, which act as mobile beacons, once discovered by the Turks, have no ability to protect themselves at all, they can only do their best to obey the fate of heaven in order to pass on the news.

Just under the Red Mountain Fort, the Tang soldiers were excitedly cleaning the battlefield. The Tang army also counted merit by its head, but in the melee, the heads of many Turks were trampled by horses' hooves, and there was no way to identify them. In the end, the first level collected was only one thousand one hundred and fifty-one.

However, more than 2,000 war horses were captured, of which more than half were wounded and discarded.

Hongshan Fort is too small to accommodate more than 2,000 people under the command of Luo Shixin and Duan Zhigan. Luo Shixin thought about it, and asked the soldiers to collect the corpses of the Turks and build the corpses outside the Red Mountain Fort as a wall.

All kinds of mutilated corpses were piled up, and a pot of hot water went down, and soon froze into a wall of corpses. Fortunately, tens of thousands of catties of charcoal are stored in Hongshan Fort, otherwise boiling water will become a problem.

Just when the corpse wall was three feet high, suddenly the sentry rider made an urgent announcement.

"General Luo, a large force of Turkic cavalry in the south is coming, and it is estimated that there are seven or eight thousand cavalry in the few!"