Tens of thousands of Tibetan cavalry came overwhelmingly, surging like a huge wave. Since the beginning of the war, the Tibetans have lost two cities in a row, and have to retreat to defend in the stone castle city, in absolute passivity. But now that they finally have the opportunity to fight the Tang Army head-on, and the Tang Army in front of them is no longer the Tang Army that came a few months ago, how can they let go of this opportunity to be ashamed.

The earth trembled, and the snow and dust raised by the horses' hooves obscured the sun, approaching as quickly as a rolling sandstorm. The Tang soldiers were trembling and chilling, and although their bodies stood in place, the trembling hands holding their weapons and the fear in their eyes could not hide the fear in their hearts.

At this time, if one person shouts and turns his head to flee, he will definitely be defeated in an instant. But no one shouted that sentence, because these were the right soldiers and horses of Hexi Longyou under Wang Zhonghe, and they were two soldiers and horses with strict training and strict military discipline. Despite their fear, their feet were still nailed into the snow, ready to meet the enemy.

Wang Zhongsi's horizontal spear with a calm face immediately stood in the Tang army formation. Although the momentum of the Tibetan soldiers and horses charging in front of him was impressive, it was ordinary in Wang Zhongsi's eyes. Wang Zhongji had seen many times the cavalry charge. After nearly 200,000 cavalry charged each other, that scene was called a real big scene.

At that time, Wang Zhongsi became famous in the first battle of Yanmen Pass, leading 100,000 cavalry to defeat the combined forces of the Khitan and Xi tribes in three battles and three victories on the banks of the Sanggan River. The three battles defeated the combined forces of 120,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry of the Khitan and Xi tribes. In the final battle, Wang Zhongsi used 80,000 cavalry and nearly 100,000 cavalry of the enemy to confront the grassland next to the Sanggan River, smashing the enemy's cavalry and crushing the Xi and Khitan coalition forces, which were famous for cavalry combat.

Prior to this, the Tang border town spread the myth that the Hu cavalry was undefeated, and the cavalry of the Khitan Xi Turkic people was invincible, often hundreds of cavalry could break thousands of Tang troops, and the Tang army was terrified. But after this battle, the myth of the undefeated Hu cavalry was completely broken. It was after this battle that Wang Zhongsi also rose and became the Dinghai Shenzhu of the Tang Border Town, and he also served as the festival of the three towns. Until Huangfu Weiming's death, even Huangfu Weiming's Longyou Dao was handed over to him to concurrently.

Therefore, in Wang Zhongsi's view, the scene of the other party's more than 20,000 cavalry charging can only be regarded as a small scene. However, Wang Zhongsi also understood that even the 20,000 cavalry could not resist his own soldiers and horses at the moment. He had 30,000 cavalry under his command, and if he went head-to-head with the Tibetan cavalry, he would never lose the upper hand. It's a pity that the 30,000 cavalry a few days ago were still under his command, and now he only has 8,000 cavalry left, and the remaining 20,000 cavalry were all taken away by Dong Yanguang, and he doesn't know where he is at the moment.

But even so, Wang Zhongsi gave the order for the cavalry to attack, and he showed his wisdom as a well-known general, and he did not let the 8,000 cavalry meet the torrent of Tibetan cavalry to die, but chose a more intelligent approach.

"The cavalry flanks attacked, attacking the Tibetan infantry behind the cavalry. Infantry archers prepare, pikemen prepare, form formations to meet the enemy. Wang Zhongji ordered loudly.

Eight thousand cavalry galloped out from the left and right flanks of the army, and rushed out from the east and west sides with a snowy mist, far away from the Tubo cavalry. They made an oblique arc and charged towards the tens of thousands of Tibetan infantry who were shouting behind the Tibetan cavalry. It was wise to attack the infantry in the rear with cavalry. It's like if you hit my wife, I will beat your wife, and both sides use their strongest means to attack the weakest part of the other in order to inflict more damage.

Compared to the Tang army, they needed these 8,000 cavalry to hold back the tidal tide of Tibetan infantry in the rear, and slow them down in order to effectively resist the powerful Tibetan cavalry charging head-on.

In the front of the Tang army, the pikemen formed a phalanx, and countless spears were pointed diagonally upwards in the direction of the attack of the Tibetan cavalry. This is a standard defensive formation for infantry and cavalry charges. With a shield as a wall, and a spear as a forest. The charging cavalry will collide with this thorny human fortification, which will cushion the enemy's charge and prevent the cavalry from trampling and crushing.

Moreover, before these flesh fortifications, there was another line of defense, and that was the attack of crossbow arrows. Tens of thousands of Tang army archers stood behind the human flesh of the spears and shields, bent their bows and arrows, and fired at the rolling Tubo cavalry.

The arrows let out a piercing scream, and tens of thousands of feathered arrows formed a dark cloud in the air, drifting and falling at great speed. Countless feathered arrows fell into the charging array of the Tibetan cavalry. The horses tumbled and fell, and the camels spewed foam and beat their heads. Immediately he and the knights on the camels fell into the snow, and then the men and horses were trampled into the snow, merging their flesh and blood into the mud and snow.

The archers of the Tang army inflicted the first wave of casualties on the Tibetan cavalry, and after a round of arrow rain, thousands of cavalry rolled in the snow. Although these men were not dead, none of them survived, even if they were only slightly injured. As long as you fall into the snow, you will not escape the fate of being trampled by thousands of troops.

"Buzz, buzz!" The dull vibration of the bowstring sounded like the sound of the vibrating wings of countless locusts. Although the archers of the Don Army did their best to shoot arrows as quickly as possible, the range of arrows determined their limited number of shots. From the time the Tibetan cavalry came within two hundred paces of the firing range, to the cavalry charging to the wall of spears and shields in front of the battle, it only took a few dozen breaths. During this time, a well-trained archer could only shoot a maximum of four arrows, while most archers could only shoot three.

The archers of the Don Army also shot only three or four rounds of arrows in total during this time. These three or four rounds of arrows took the lives of more than 3,000 Tibetan cavalrymen, and then, like a wave hitting a reef, the torrent of cavalry slammed into the wall of human flesh composed of shields and spears of the Tang infantry. Countless terrible shouts, the neighing of horses and camels, the clashing of blades, the sound of swords and guns like flesh rang out in all directions.

Flesh and blood flew everywhere where the two armies met, and while the powerful impact of the cavalry collapsed the human fortifications, the huge impact also brought great damage to themselves. The slanted spear pierced the mounts or knights' bodies mercilessly, the armor was as useless as paper at this point, and the huge impact could easily allow the spear to penetrate the men and horses. The corpses of mounts and soldiers fell in front of the battle.

The Tubo cavalry did not stop, and the follow-up cavalry leaped up, trampled on the corpses on the ground, and rushed into the Tang army formation like a tiger entering a flock. The infantry of the Tang Army also fearlessly swarmed up, besieging and killing the cavalry that rushed in. An even more brutal melee between the two sides began.

In the rear, the 8,000 cavalry of the Tang Army made a half-circle diagonally and charged the Tubo infantry array from both sides. Although there was too much difference in strength, the 8,000 cavalry faced 40,000 Tibetan infantry, and more than 2,000 had been shot and killed when they approached, and the remaining 6,000 cavalry still rushed into the enemy formation.

On the vast snowfield, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting to the death on the harsh and cold earth, and if you look at them from above, you will find that they are like a swarm of ants. But when you get up close on the ground, you will find how cruel and bloody these ants are fighting. Every moment, there are heads flying into the sky, severed limbs and stumps falling on the snow, and blood spilling in the air. The air reverberated with the sound of blades slicing into flesh and bones, the sound of heavy gasps, the dull sound of blades and armor clashing, and the hoarse cries of despair before life was gone.

The battlefield is like a black hole with a powerful attraction, sucking countless living souls into, and no one can escape from it, only to fight to the death.

The state of chaos and chaos lasted for an unknown amount of time, but the situation on the battlefield gradually became clearer. As the last of the 8,000 Tang cavalry who rushed into the Tubo army was dismembered by random knives, the Tubo infantry paid the price of more than 10,000 casualties, but finally succeeded in rushing to the main formation of the Tang army in front.

The 30,000 Tibetan cavalry also lost more than half, and more Tang soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Wang Zhonghe's army of 50,000 lost thousands of losses during the siege, and only more than 30,000 infantry formed the main formation in addition to the 8,000 cavalry, including thousands of wounded soldiers who were wounded during the siege. The number of Tibetan cavalry was 30,000, and it was almost impossible to win with 30,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. After all their efforts, all the officers and men of the Tang Army have fought fiercely and killed more than half of the 30,000 Tubo cavalry, but the remaining soldiers and horses of the Tang Army are less than 6,000 people, and the remaining 20,000 people have all been killed.

Ge Shuhan, who was covered in blood, didn't know how many Tibetan cavalry he had slashed, and the blade of his machete had become jagged. Seeing that there was no hope of victory, and that the Tibetan infantry would soon arrive, and that there would be no hope of escape under the siege on all sides, Ge Shuhan slashed and killed a Tibetan cavalryman with his sword, and then galloped towards the rear.

In the rear, Li Guangbi led more than 1,000 guards to protect Wang Zhongsi tightly, Wang Zhongsi sat on the horse, his face was pale, his lips were closed and he didn't say a word, and the hand holding the spear trembled slightly. That's detachment, not fear.

"Guangbi, protect the handsome and leave immediately, I'll cut off the queen." Ge Shuhan rushed to the horse, and with thousands of soldiers, he scattered the Tibetan cavalry gathered around Li Guangbi and Wang Zhonghe.

Li Guangbi shouted loudly: "Five hundred people will evacuate with me to protect the marshal, and the rest will follow General Geshu to break off." ”

Five hundred guards quickly surrounded Wang Zhonghe's horse, and Wang Zhongsi said angrily: "If Ben Shuai doesn't leave, it's a big deal to die, and Ben Shuai will never escape." ”

Li Guangbi did not answer, leaned over and snatched the reins from Wang Zhonghe's hand, turned the war horse around, and a personal guard shone on the horse's buttocks, and the horse galloped wildly in pain. Li Guangbi and five hundred guards followed and galloped away with Wang Zhonghe. Wang Zhongji shouted loudly, but the shouting became farther and farther away.

The Tibetan cavalry swarmed up to chase Wang Zhonghe's mount, but Ge Shuhan scolded loudly, and led the remaining thousands of soldiers and horses to block the way, and entangled the Tibetan soldiers and horses.

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As the sun set in the west, calm returned to the vast snowfield, the snow was covered with corpses, and scattered blades and armor were scattered across the ground. The blood on the ground melted the ice and froze into ice, like blood-colored flowers blooming on the snowfield, reflecting a dazzling light in the setting sun. This battlefield within a radius of several miles has also become a blood-flowered plain, with a strange beauty in the horror.

The sound of fighting is gone, countless souls have passed away, and everything that happened above this land is like a nightmare. A dozen horses galloped along the snowfield to the west, and when they saw the scene on the snow, they immediately turned around and galloped back, never looking back.

They were the scout cavalry sent by Dong Yanguang, and they brought back to Dong Yanguang the news of Wang Zhonghe's defeat. Dong Yanguang was stunned for a long time, and immediately ordered the camp to be pulled out overnight, and fled north from Shibao City with 50,000 soldiers and horses. Ironically, from the beginning to the end, General Dong, who was appointed by Xuanzong as the main general of the siege, did not even have a single battle with the Tubo people and returned in a hurry.

The battle for the attack on Stone Fort City ended with the annihilation of Wang Zhonghe's army of 50,000 troops. A mighty and well-prepared crusade against Tibet ended with the defeat of the Tang Dynasty's soldiers and horses.