Chapter 19: The Enemy Is Too Cunning

"Bell!" A burst of golden inscriptions was extremely harsh on the battlefield, and as Philip set his horse to leave the battlefield, the Turkic cavalry quickly retreated as soon as they took control of the reins. While retreating, they sorted out and restored their formation, and after only retreating for about a mile, they reorganized the cavalry formation, lined up in a strict array, and slowly retreated.

Standing on the tower of the city wall, Shi Yang, the governor of Lingzhou, was secretly frightened, these Turkic soldiers were so strong. If the Turks had attacked Lingzhou since September, I am afraid that Lingzhou City would have been lost long ago.

Although there is no shortage of war horses in the Tang Dynasty, the gap between the proportion of cavalry and infantry is quite large, generally speaking, the Tang army will only prepare a Yue cavalry regiment (both light cavalry) in one province, and ten provinces are an army, but only ten Yue cavalry regiments and 2,000 cavalry. An army, in its normal configuration, is a quarter of cavalry.

It is your infantry that wins every battle, but the enemy runs fast, and you cannot pursue the enemy; But if your infantry is defeated, and the enemy pursues you, you will be annihilated in a single battle.

"That's not right!"

Guo Zihe, who was drenched in blood, looked at the Turkic army that had gradually become invisible: "It's very wrong!" ”

"What's wrong?" Yang asked suspiciously.

Guo Zihe said: "We only have one breath left now, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it." Why did the Turks give up the fat that came to their mouths? ”

"This ......"

Yang thought for a while and said, "Unless, our reinforcements have arrived!" ”

"As it should be!" Guo Zihe said with a smile: "Looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, and finally looking forward to reinforcements!" ”

A soldier of the Lingzhou garrison said, "Chief, where are the reinforcements?" ”

"Reinforcements!"

At this moment, as if by juggling, a large group of cavalry suddenly appeared. In fact, they did not appear suddenly, but when the Turks attacked Lingzhou City, they had already appeared. This unit was the pure cavalry unit organized by the Wing Yue Cavalry Regiment on the right.

In fact, as early as when the Turks were attacking Lingzhou City, Luo Shixin led the Vietnamese cavalry to launch several raids, although they did not cause substantial damage to the Turks, but intermittently supported the defenders of Lingzhou. If it weren't for the fact that he had set up 3,000 cavalry to monitor Luo Shixin's department, and couldn't concentrate on attacking Lingzhou City, I'm afraid Lingzhou would really not be able to hold out.

Seeing that all the Turks retreated, Luo Shixin pulled the wind to camouflage the cloak and restore the standard armor of the Tang army. However, this made all the defenders of Lingzhou look like ghosts.

However, seeing the Tang army appear as if it was a ghost, the defenders of Lingzhou were stunned for a moment, and found that all the war horses were sneezing and emitting white smoke, obviously not ghosts, but living people.

A flag more than eight feet long and more than six feet wide was hunting in the wind. Xiuwu County Bo, Zhongwu General, Right Guard Rate.

One of them, riding a tall horse. Holding a black iron spear as thick as a child's arm, the blade of the spear more than a foot long was shining with cold light.

At this moment, more than 1,000 cavalry outside the city shouted in unison: "General Zhongwu, the right guard of the East Palace, and Chief Manager Chen are coming to help by holy order!" ”

The soldiers and civilians of Lingzhou, who were originally trapped in Lingzhou City, closed their eyes and waited for death, were overjoyed when they heard this.

Guo Zihe said: "Open the city gate and welcome reinforcements into the city!" ”

Yang Ze said with a solemn expression: "Manager Guo, please be cautious!" ”

"Don't be careful, the Turks don't have to bother at all!" Guo Zihe ordered the city gate to open at the same time. At the same time, he also informed Chen Ying of the news.

Sixty miles south of Lingzhou City, the city of thin bones is in the big tent of the Chinese army led by the right guard. Chen Ying just lay down and prepared to rest. Although the Tang Army's right guard rate was quite easy to win, Chen Ying's heart was always hanging. When the Thin Bone Law City settled down, Chen Ying felt extremely tired all over his body.

Just when Chen Ying's active brain had not stopped functioning and fell asleep. Suddenly, the silence was broken by the sound of horses' hooves. Chen Ying thought that the Turks were preparing to capture the city, so he hurriedly got up, and before Chen Ying put on his armor, he received the news that Luo Shixin led the Vietnamese cavalry army into Lingzhou City.

"The siege of Lingzhou was solved without a fight." Getting the news, Chen Ying said excitedly: "Inform the whole army of this good news!" ”

Not long after, the city of Thin Bone Law resounded with the cheers of the whole city.

"Datang Wansheng!"

"Datang Wansheng!"

"The Tang Dynasty is mighty!"

"Mr. Chen is mighty!"

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The right guard, who had already been lying down, led all the generals to get up one after another and came to say hello to Chen Ying. The first reaction of the generals led by the right guard was actually surprise.

There were too many fortuitous factors in this battle, and it will certainly not be able to be replicated in the future. At the same time, the right guard is also a very young army, although some generals have rich combat experience, but the whole army is new to the battlefield.

In the first battle, the set goal was exceeded, but the casualties paid were very small. At present, the casualties of the right guard rate are only 500, most of them are light and seriously wounded, and the battle of casualties mainly takes place in the Vietnamese cavalry. Including the non-combat deaths, including the people, there are only 300 people.

In any case, it was a brilliant victory. Especially in the case of the Tang Dynasty being surrounded by enemies on all sides, this battle was no less than Li Shimin's battle to destroy Xue Renguo, in fact, the battle of Xue Renguo, Li Shimin also occupied great luck, Li Shimin also did not engage in a fierce battle, everything was a matter of course, and the melon was ripe.

The morale of the right guard has also soared to the extreme, such a cold and bad weather will not affect the high mood of the generals at all, even if the Turks appear in front of the Tang army again, the Tang army officers and soldiers will not hesitate to draw their swords against each other.

Gao Yunquan looked at Chen Ying with a sour feeling in his heart, and there was an indescribable taste. In fact, the task of relieving Lingzhou this time was quite arduous, but Chen Ying hardly fought any decent battles, and the Turks estimated that they still felt defeated.

Not to mention Gao Yunquan, all the right guard generals were very jealous of Chen Ying's luck.

Although Chen Ying's luck is good, it is just good, to say that Chen Ying has not done anything is definitely talking nonsense with his eyes open. Whether it is the snow climbing plow, or the snow camouflage, and the snow trapping horse pits, these combat ideals and ideas are all epoch-making changes, if it were not for Chen Ying, an otherworldly butterfly, I am afraid that it would not be so easy to let Li Jing, the god of the Tang Dynasty, come over to fight such a battle.

Chen Ying couldn't sleep, so he drafted a report overnight and sent it to Chang'an.

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At the same time, Gulfershe, who arrived at Boar Ridge, also fell into deep thought. As a Ye Hu with more than 30,000 people, the strength of Tong Lifushi is actually not the four major Ye Hu, the most powerful of the twelve. In particular, the loss of Bogulu City made Tong Li lose more than 15,000 people, and the battle of Hongshan Fort and Lingzhou lost nearly 4,000 people.

is more than 10,000 remnants, in fact, a considerable number of women have no combat effectiveness. This battle was lost too badly, not only did it hurt the vitality of the Lifu set, but in fact, at this time, the Lifu was already at the bottom of the existence in the four major leaves and the twelve.

He carefully recalled the situation of a series of encounters with Chen Ying, and finally came to a conclusion.

It's not that they are too incompetent, but that the enemy is too cunning.