Chapter 856: Xue Shao's Blessing
The narrow and rugged Helan Mountain Road is an excellent ambush location. The Tang army, which was ambushed at the highest point with ease and labor, had already prepared countless boulders, rolling logs, and fireweed balls. When these things fell from the sky, the defeated Turkic soldiers, who meandered like ant colonies, suffered the biggest and perhaps final nightmare of their lives.
Niu Ben only brought dozens of horses to block the only exit of the mountain road, a typical one-man pass. After the battle began, his rare calmness did not rush forward to slash the enemy, but quietly stationed his horse to guard the exit of the mountain road, and blocked the entire mountain road with the huge mace horizontally.
Dogs naturally want to jump over the wall when they are in a hurry, and they don't want to be smashed into meat sauce by the boulder above their heads, or burned into charcoal by the fire. He drew his sword and roared hysterically, directing the dozen or so guards who followed closely around him to charge forward, trying to fight a bloody way to break through.
Niu Ben shouted, "You all stand back!" ”
The Taka cavalry retreated obediently, convinced of their new leader.
The Ye Hu Tiewei is one of the best warriors among the Turkic people, and he is also well-known in the grassland. When they saw that Niu Ben was going to deal with his own group of people on his own, they felt humiliated.
For people like them, humiliation can be even more embarrassing than death.
So, like a pack of enraged wolves, they pounced on Niu Ben like crazy.
The ox ran on his horse and did not move. Years of military life and battlefield battles have given him a lot of useful experience, and this place is relatively narrow and rugged, which is not suitable for horse sprinting and fighting. At this moment, the huge mace in his hand, which is one foot long, is far more advantageous than the scimitar in the hands of the Turks!
The guards charged fiercely, but the ground was uneven and the mountain roads were narrow, and their ranks were a little messy. Niu Ben saw the right time to cross the horse and slammed it out, and the iron guard who rushed to the front exploded on the spot, and even the horse neighed and fell to the ground.
The corpses of men and horses created obstacles for the guards who rushed behind. In addition, Niu Ben's kill was too violent and bloody, which made the furious guards who jumped over the wall in a hurry to stop in horror, and the team was even more messy under the forward and backward collisions. Niu Ben was accustomed to such strange fighters, and he jumped off his horse and slashed into the messy crowd of cavalry with his stick.
It was really a tiger entering the flock, and the Tutuo cavalry guarding the rear only saw a splash of blood and flesh, and horses and people were screaming.
Moments later, they saw only a giant standing in the middle of a pile of mutilated and bloody corpses, carrying a bloody mace.
His eyes widened, and his expression was like a ghost. He felt stiff and chilly, almost forgetting his thoughts, as if he had gone completely numb.
The bull ran and roared, and rushed towards the big stick.
He turned over and dismounted. Everyone thought he was going to run away, but he lay on the ground on the couch, looking like he was about to be killed.
"Do it, I'll admit it." After saying this, he closed his eyes.
"It's not that cheap!" Niu Ben slapped him in the back of his neck and knocked him unconscious, then grabbed him under his arm like a three-year-old child, and strode back.
Several Turkic soldiers, from far and near, watched as Niu Ben captured the prisoner and left, but no one stepped forward to stop him.
The Taka cavalry stepped forward, brandishing their scimitars at their unrivaled leader, and let out loud cheers. Not far away, many Turkic soldiers stood dumbfounded, watching, neither fleeing nor fighting, as if they were all stupid.
"Chief, the enemy has lost their fighting spirit. How to dispose of it? Alitir came up and asked.
Niu Ben snorted, "Kill them all, not a single one will be left!" ”
At this moment, the crossing of the Yellow River in the territory of Fengzhou.
When Xue Chuyu and Guo Yuanzhen decided to evacuate Fengzhou, they burned all the ships and bridges in one fell swoop to slow down the Turkic pursuit. This trick had a certain effect, but the Turks chose to temporarily build three sturdy pontoon bridges in the narrower part of the Yellow River, allowing their cavalry to cross the river and invade the south.
Now these three pontoon bridges have been burned again.
At the same time, the chief of the Tongluo tribe, Shenasi, withdrew with most of his men and horses, and was fleeing to the bridge with his life.
Shena Si was deeply suspicious of Guo Yuanzhen early on, but he couldn't convince Du Xilu to be free from Guo's mercy. Although he couldn't guess what Guo Yuanzhen's conspiracy was, he always felt that disaster was not far away. So he had secretly prepared for an "emergency" escape, and even the camp was selected in the most suitable marginal area for escape.
In the first moment of the explosion, Shenasi and most of his tribal soldiers fled. Of the entire Turkic camp of 70,000 men, Shenasi's men and horses suffered the fewest losses.
But when Shena Si and his men rushed to the vicinity of the bridge, he saw a burst of billowing fireworks rising into the sky from a distance, and he shouted in despair on the spot, and almost fell off his horse.
The soldiers of the Tongluo tribe who were traveling with him were also deflated and dumbfounded.
At this time, on the high horizon in the direction of the Yellow River, like the slowly rising tide of the sea, a large force of cavalry came in a line. A big red flag was waving in the wind, and the word "Xue" was written on it.
In front of this banner, there was a handsome general in white robe and silver armor, riding a red horse covered in blood and sweat, carrying a cold Fang Tian painting halberd, and carrying a huge bow far larger than the usual system behind him.
Xue ...... Clear...... Jade! Shena muttered to herself, her expression like a dying man had seen the ghost of the Netherworld.
Xue Chuyu lifted the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand, and the jumping army behind him stopped neatly and shouted, pneumatic mountains and rivers!
Along with Shenasi, all the Tongluo people trembled neatly and retreated in unison.
The Jumping Army came to a halt en masse, and the ranks fanned out, keeping the Tongluo within range of their bows and arrows.
Xue Chuyu's vision of choosing the battlefield has always been tricky, and the terrain here is very conducive to cavalry combat. And now his man is condescending, which is conducive to both the vision and range of archery, and the cavalry to launch a sprint attack.
"Chief, let's surrender......" said someone next to Shenasi, and there was more than one person.
In other words, Shena Si would have personally drawn his sword and hacked to death this bastard who shook the morale of the army. But now, there was no reason for him to do so. Because he himself wanted to surrender right away...... If, Xue Chuyu is willing to accept it!
Xue Chuyu stopped his command, but he took the big flag from the flag envoy's hand, and then the single horse with a halberd in one hand and a flag in the other ran forward, thrust the red Xuezi flag in front of the team of Shenasi, and shouted: "I really want to kill you all." But perhaps, we can also consider giving you a way out! ”
Shena Si and his men trembled once again and retreated en masse.
"If you want to die, stand still, I will definitely fulfill you!"
"If you want to live, immediately dismount and unload your armor, and walk behind the flag with your head in your hands - kneel!"
"You only have one hour!"
With that, Xue Chuyu turned his horse's head and ran back to his main formation with Fang Tian's halberd.
Before Xue Chuyu could run back to the original point, Shena Si was the first to turn over and dismount, throw the knife on the ground, and shouted loudly: "Clansmen, we have done our best, there is no need to bury Du Xilu again!" …… Listen to me and surrender! ”
The Tongluo people dismounted one after another, unloaded their armor and threw their swords, and walked behind the Xuezi banner, whether they were unwilling to die or had no temper, they all knelt down one after another, and fell down like the sea at a low tide.
The jumping army raised its swords and guns high, just like the rushing Yellow River behind them, and let out an earth-shattering roar.
Three days later.
Xue Shao rode the Weilong Treasure Horse and walked out of the Yinchuan Military Fort. Behind him, followed by Guo An's scouts and subordinates. In front of him, there were thousands of troops and horses cheering endlessly.
- Military parade!
Li Duozuo's 20,000 horses looked the most spectacular, because he had 3,000 well-dressed and well-armored horses. Most of the remaining troops were the government soldiers he temporarily recruited in the area of Fengxiang and Huiyuan after receiving the holy order.
The worst ones are Duan Feng's men, who have been hiding in the mountains for a long time and are about to become a "savage army". However, the momentum of the Savage Army is not inferior at all, because in this battle they killed the most enemies and captured the most booty.
Guo Yuanzhen's subordinates were close to Duan Feng's people, and the two men and horses who had just fought side by side on the battlefield seemed quite close at this time.
The two most dazzling men and horses are the Tuanqi cavalry and the jumping army. They are small in number, but they are definitely the center of attention.
They had just returned victoriously and were preparing to sacrifice their captives. This military parade is more like a celebration of the sacrifice of prisoners held by the special authorities.
Xue Chuyu offered four or five times as many prisoners as his own troops, and all the troops were amazed.
Niu Ben only offered one captive, Duxi!
In the deafening cheers, Xue Shao rode his horse and walked in front of the Duxilu.
Lu Xilu was not bound, walked in full clothes, looked up at Xue Shao expressionlessly, and said coldly, "You are very proud?" ”
Xue Shao said indifferently: "Only a person like you will be triumphant after killing thousands of people." He sneered, turned his face away, and didn't speak.
"Seeing your expression like this, I am even more determined." Xue Shao said, "As much as I am reluctant, I will continue to kill more of you!" ”
He looked up at Xue Shao again, didn't speak, but expressed everything with his angry and hateful expression.
"You and I both know very well in our hearts that between the Central Plains and the desert, all reconciliation will only be short-lived and false." Xue Shao said, "One day, one side of the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will completely fall." Otherwise, the war will never stop. ”
"You're right, wolves are born to eat sheep. And, never get enough! He replied.
Xue Shao smiled, "So, hunters are born to fight wolves." If the threat of the wolf is not lifted, the hunter will not stop his fight for a day! ”
"I curse you, one day you will be torn to pieces by thousands of fangs!" These fragments will be thrown in every corner of the grassland to rot and stink, and will be covered in the coldest winter snow, and will never return to your southern homeland! ”
"Then I bless you." Xue Shao smiled indifferently, "Reincarnated in the next life, don't be Xue Shao's enemy anymore." ”.
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