The moment when the Tang cavalry launched a charge was really spectacular.

The horse's hooves clattered, the horse's head jumped, and the Tang cavalry, wearing delicate Mingguang armor and holding up the banner of the Li character, lined up in an attack formation. They can be called the first-class elite cavalry of this era.

Qu Tutong raised his long sword and kept shouting the names of the generals of the Tang Army, and the generals of the Tang Army also shouted in response. Qu Tutong's means of motivating the soldiers made the morale of the Tang cavalry who rushed to the hillside very high.

Due to the rapid forward assault, Qu Tutong ordered the cavalry to line up in four columns, putting on an incomplete cavalry assault formation. This assault formation shortened the frontal width and strengthened the length of the column, of course, the purpose was to make the column faster when it was marching, and it was used to pursue the retreating Zhao army.

And Li Shimin, who was in the camp, saw the scene of Qu Tutong suddenly leading a cavalry assault, suddenly ran forward a few steps, and then turned back to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui asked angrily: "Qu Tutong, what's going on?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Weichen just saw the general of the Zhao army retreating backwards, maybe General Qu wants to pursue!" ”

Li Shimin threw his horsewhip on the ground and said: "I just want him to cut off the connection between the central army of the Zhao army and the right flank, how dare he make his own opinion, without infantry as a supplement, he uses cavalry to attack the infantry formation, this is self-defeating!" ”

"Immediately send the order down and let Qu Tutong withdraw!"

Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, Du Ruhui lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty, Qu Tutong has already begun to charge the whole army, at this time, even if you hear the order." I can't get it back. ”

"Your Majesty, right now the arrow is off the string!"

Li Shimin's body trembled when he heard this.

Zhao Jun camp side. Li Chongjiu also saw the scene of Qu Tutong leading the cavalry to assault, and smiled left and right: "Qu Tutong." is also a veteran of a hundred battles, but he also made this big mistake, Li Shimin has lost the only chance to win, and the order is given! ”

More than a dozen Tang horses knelt in front of Li Chongjiu and said, "Please give an order!" ”

General Li Chongjiu waved the flag and said: "Order Li Yuanji, Li Jin, and Wei Chigong to let go of the Qu Tutong Department and let them directly attack the Chinese army, they only need to intercept and kill the Turkic cavalry." Just tell them not to come. As for Luo Shixin's cavalry, outflanking Qu Tutong's troops, I want to annihilate Li Shimin's elite cavalry today. ”

"No!"

More than a dozen pond horses were ordered together, and then galloped away on fast horses.

Then Li Chongjiu's gaze swept over Ji Chuan, Zhang Xuansu and the others: "As for us to continue to retreat, the Ting Guard Army will set up a formation after withdrawing from the mountain beam to meet the Qu Tutong Division!" ”

Under Li Chongjiu's military order, Qu Tutong's 10,000 cavalry assaulted very smoothly. Li Yuanji, Li Yuanji. Wang Ma Han, they just held their positions, and when Qu Tutong's cavalry passed Guò, they shot with strong bows and crossbows. And Qu Tutong's cavalry was not entangled. Instead, they quickly got out of the fight.

Soon, the cavalry of the Qu Tutong Department captured the original camp of the Zhao army. However, after Qu Tutong crossed the mountain, he found that the Zhao Junting Guard, who had originally thought that it had collapsed, was waiting for it.

After the hillside. The Zhao army of 7,000 guards laid out ten infantry phalanxes.

Heavy shields were erected outside the infantry phalanx, and the heavy shields were inserted deep into the ground. Behind the heavy shields are heavily armored swordsmen armed to the teeth. Mosakemen, spearmen, lancers, and crossbowmen and archers in the back. Each phalanx has seven hundred soldiers, and the ten phalanxes are horns for each other and depend on each other.

At the back is the central phalanx where Li Chongjiu himself is located, and the Zhao army's foot soldiers are like a rock guarding the general flag where Li Chongjiu is.

"The Zhao army did not retreat!" Qu Tutong suddenly woke up.

However, the momentum of the Tang Army's charge could not be stopped at all, and the Tang Army's cavalry units, which were arranged in columns, had no time to rearrange their formations.

Although this hillside is not steep, the cavalry is condescending and has a good view, and the general flag of the Zhao army is clearly visible. And now Qu Tutong has only one fight.

However, in the face of the infantry who picked up the spear, even the war horses that had undergone strict training did not dare to rush into it, and for the Tang army, which had very scarce cavalry resources, it was even more impossible to use the cavalry for charging into battle.

The scene in front of me was like a surging wave, and suddenly encountered a reef on the river. Despite the ferocity of the waves and the hard rocks, the only way to do this is to take a detour, otherwise the head-on collision will only be shattered.

Therefore, at the moment of the impact of the war horses, the cavalry of the Tang Army reined in their horses one after another and rushed to the left and right sides of the infantry phalanx.

"Crossbowman, get ready to shoot!"

"Shoot at the enemy's horses!"

"Don't shoot people, shoot horses!"

After giving these orders, Zhao Junlang in the phalanx slashed his sword down.

Under the cover of the heavily armored infantry with spears like a forest, the crossbowmen of the Zhao army had long been ready, and in the face of the Tang cavalry that rushed into the sight, countless jumping horse heads, they could shoot even with their eyes closed.

"Shoot!"

After an order, the horse that was hit by the arrow was jumping wildly, or its hooves were lost, and the Tang sergeant rolled off the horse, or was swept away by the horse. The neighing of horses sounded one after another, and the cavalry of the Tang Army turned over on their backs, and the dull sound of falling to the ground and the sound of impact sounded.

After a long-standing volley, none of the Zhao crossbowmen observed the results, but lowered their heads to reload their crossbows.

"Crossbowmen, free fire! Infantry forward, cover! The phalanx of Lang will yell to the left and right.

"No!" Sergeant Zhao agreed abruptly, and two rows of spears were erected outside, posing as a wall of spears and shields.

In the face of this, the Tang cavalry did not dare to charge into battle, but they also drew their bows and arrows from the saddle and shot arrows with heavy armor-piercing arrows.

Shout! Shout!

The arrows were flying, the Zhao army's heavy armor foot soldiers were on the armor, and the heavy shield was suddenly shot by a lot of arrows, and there was a muffled snort from time to time in the phalanx, and the soldiers who were hit by the arrows suddenly weakened and fell from a row of people. The crossbowmen of the Zhao army also had no time to glance at the fallen robes beside them, although many of them used their bodies to block the arrows of the Tang cavalry to save their lives.

With a firm infantry phalanx, the Zhao army withstood the cavalry of the Tang army. Unable to break through the infantry phalanx, the Tang cavalry was like a pack of wolves in danger, they could only go around in front of the Zhao army's ten strong wall infantry formations, and the open space between each phalanx became the grave of the Tang cavalry.

Under the fire of the Zhao army's crossbowmen, the Tang cavalry was shot down as if they had been cut grass, and the battlefield was filled with a suffocating smell of blood, the soldiers were yelling and screaming, the spears were broken, the sabers were stuck diagonally on the ground, and the battle flags were trampled over and over again by countless horses' hooves.

The corpses of the war horses were piled up together, and the open space was full of corpses of men and horses, and some of the undead war horses writhed their bodies, and the dying soldiers crawled in vain through the gaps trampled by the horses' hooves.

Qu Tutong commanded the Tang army to fight bravely, but the courage was not worth the casualties. Before the heavy casualties, the Tang cavalry attack failed, and the Tang cavalry retreated in panic.

Qu Tutong and his guards desperately protected the general flag and came to the open space on the side. Qu Tutong saw that the other two Tang Army generals who attacked with him, Cheng Yanjin and Zhang Gongjin, were no longer in the formation, and he was afraid that there would be more than one luck. And now if you want to regroup your troops, you can only rely on him all the way.

Qu Tutong erected the general flag and was about to reorganize the men and horses, but at this time, from the left flank, the sound of horses' hooves was loud, and a large banner appeared, which turned out to be the Zhao army general Luo Shixin led 3,000 cavalry from behind to cover up.

Qu Tutong and his subordinates were bloodless at this moment.

At this moment, on the other side of the hillside, the fierce battle between the eldest grandson Wuji and Wang Mahan's village has also entered a stalemate. The Tang army's 50,000 horses besieged Wang Mahan's 30,000 Zhao army, and fought for three hours, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides were scattered all over the village.

As a general, the eldest grandson Wuji, commanded for a day, his voice was hoarse, his lips were chapped, and he had not drunk a sip of water.

The eldest grandson Wuji stared at the battle situation, clenched his fists and said: "Give me a little more men, give me another 10,000 people, no, even if it is a thousand fresh troops, I can break through the left flank of the Zhao army." ”

Speaking of this, the eldest grandson Wuji turned around and asked, "Has the person who asked His Majesty for reinforcements come back?" ”

As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words fell, a pond horse arrived and said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "General, Your Majesty said that he has no extra troops in his hands. At present, only General Changsun led the soldiers to fight bravely. ”

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, he couldn't help but pause.

Just a moment ago, in the camp of the Tang Army, Tangma kept coming and going, delivering military information.

Fang Xuanling picked up the horse whip thrown by Li Shimin, handed it to Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, should you send troops to reinforce General Changsun, or should you send people and horses to rescue Qu Tutong who was under siege?" ”

Li Shimin looked at the Chinese army in the fierce battle and said: "Qu Tutong has entered the place of death, what is the use of saving it, now it is the best policy to break through the left flank of the Zhao army, and then encircle the left and right to attack the central army of Zhao State!" ”

Du Ruhui said: "What His Majesty said is extremely true, and Weichen thinks the same. ”

Li Shimin was giving an order, and the Tang horse on the side came to report in a hurry: "Your Majesty, on the west side of Weishui, Yang Dudu led the army to fight fiercely with the large cavalry of the Zhao army, but it was no longer able to support it, and at least 30,000 cavalry of the Zhao army were crossing the river!" ”

Li Shimin turned his head and asked, "Where did this cavalry come from?" ”

"It should be the Western Route Army of the Zhao Army Wang Junkuo, and the 30,000 horses of General Chai who pursued Wang Junkuo before Yang Dudu were thrown off by Wang Junkuo's design, and now he is leading more than 100,000 cavalry to approach Sanyuan, and it will not take an hour to arrive here."

Hearing the news of Li Shimin's left and right generals, the faces of the nearby soldiers turned pale, and the Zhao Guoxi Route Army, which they had defeated with all their stratagems, not only came back now, but also rushed to copy Li Shimin's back road on the occasion of this war.

"Your Majesty, the situation in the direction of Chang'an is also unstable, the Zhao army that attacked the Meridian Road from Hanzhong has just captured Lantian, south of Chang'an."

Another piece of bad news reached the Tang army barracks, and now there was silence on the battlefield.

PS: There are a lot of things in the New Year, and it could have been written hastily, but when it comes to the finale, I'm worried about the bad ending, so I'd rather slow down. So the update is a bit unstable.,Forgive me.,Anyway, there's only two chapters left.。 (To be continued......)