Chapter 62: The Bloody War (9)
Sand Camel Ridge is just a small mountain bag, there is no fame at all, not to mention the national fame, that is, Shanxi Province people know that there are few here, the mountain is not high, that is, less than 100 meters, the trees on the mountain are not luxuriant, on the occasion of the early winter leaves and grass withering, the bare hill bag is really not much to see, the only thing worth mentioning is that this mountain is from Yanmen Pass to Shuozhou, Shenwu must pass through the main road, from Shenwu, Shuozhou to Yanmen Pass two avenues converge at the foot of this mountain, the terrain is open, in addition to the uplift of Sha Camel Ridge, Within a radius of several miles, it was flat, which was extremely suitable for cavalry combat, and the 60,000 troops of Xue Yantuo's department were hiding behind the mountain at the moment, waiting for the arrival of the Tang army.
At the end of the day, from the Yanmen Pass on the avenue of smoke and dust, groups of defeated troops who lost their armor fled from a distance to Shahuoling, and did not stay, went directly around the ridge, fled in the direction of Shuozhou, and saw that the banner was the defeated army of the two coalition armies of Tongluo and Afall; At the last moment, the smoke and dust rose again in the distance, and another defeated army rushed over, this time it was the remnants of the three divisions of Xue Zhu, Sijie, and Ba Ximi, and these three defeated soldiers also did not stay in the mountains for long, crossed the foot of the mountain, and also fled in the direction of Shuozhou.
"Rubbish!" Standing on the top of the mountain, Xue Yantuo's deputy governor Wu Bana couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, he had already known that these five cavalry were by no means the opponents of the Tang army, and he had long known that the ambush of these five cavalry was just a trick, but seeing that the five cavalry were defeated so miserably, he didn't even last half a day, Wu Bana still couldn't help but be secretly angry, if it was possible, he really wanted to wipe out all the useless things in this gang of troops, and turn around and annex those tribes, but it would save a lot of trouble, but unfortunately he couldn't, without him, The target of his trip was the Tang army that was about to pass here, not the small tribal cavalry like pigs and dogs.
Here it comes! It's finally here! Seeing the smoke and dust in the distance, the red battle flag of the Tang army was already faintly visible, and the mood of Wu Bana couldn't help but get excited, without him, this battle is related to whether Xue Yantuo's troops can rise and completely get rid of the Tang Dynasty's clamp - the so-called two ambushes in Niutouling and Dancao Gorge in the first five coalition armies are just false moves, and their intentions are nothing more than to make the Tang army mistakenly think that the ambushes of Xue Yantuo's troops are just in these two places, neither Dadushi nor Ubana can really defeat the Tang Dynasty army that comes to helpAs long as the Tang army believes that the ambush is all gone, and hurries to Shenwu to save the king of Yue, this battle Xue Yantuo will be considered a victory - there is only a commanding height in the area of Sha Huoling, once the Tang army, which is dominated by infantry, enters a mile in front of the mountain, Xue Yantuo's cavalry, which has been in ambush for a long time, can go down according to the mountain and rush into the Tang army on the march, at that time, even if the Tang army is strong, it will only be defeated, without him, the cavalry that rushes up at speed is not something that the infantry without formation can resist.
The Tang army was in a hurry, not to mention the formation, even the outpost rangers had no time to send out, and they seemed to be in a hurry to save Shenwu, all of this was expected by the Ubana, seeing that the Tang army was not on the slightest alert, the front army had arrived two miles away in front of the mountain, and the Ubana forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, and said to the herald standing beside him in a trembling voice: "The order goes down: the whole army is ready to attack, everything depends on the banner of the governor!" ”
Jin Wuwei Zhonglang rode Li Wanling to the front of the army, looking like he was rushing, but when he reached a distance of one and a half miles from Shahuoling, he looked up at Shamooling, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, raised the spear in his hand, and ordered loudly: "The front army stops, line up!" Suddenly, the officers and men of the Tang Army, who were letting go of their legs and hurrying all the way, immediately stopped, and lined up a defensive formation in place, and then the Tang Army also stopped at the same time and lined up the formation in an orderly manner.
The Tang army's formation was not tight, but it made Wu Bona depressed enough - he had the intention to take advantage of the Tang army's unstable foothold to launch a charge, but a calculation of the distance, even if Xue Yantuo's department immediately launched an impact, when it arrived at the Tang army, they had already arranged a defensive formation, and after Xue Yantuo's cavalry sprinted for a mile and a half, it was the time when the horsepower was the most tired, at that time, I was afraid that it was not Xue Yantuo's cavalry to slaughter the Tang army's infantry, but to send him to death, but to continue to hide in place, the Tang army would slowly advance after the formation, surrounded on all sides, At that time, Xue Yantuo's army, which had not yet formed a formation, was only afraid that it would be difficult to escape and retreat? At this time, Xue Yantuo's army is leaving, the Tang army is helpless, but Wu Bona can't swallow this breath, besides, Dadu is not easy to get along with, if you leave without a fight, God knows if Dadu will not take his own knife, without him, Wu Bana is not Dadu's henchman, and he has always been friendly with the second prince, who knows if Dadu will not fake the public and private.
"Governor, let's fight, while the Tang army has not yet set up a formation, our army can kill him."
"Governor, withdraw, the Tang army has seen through our army's plan, I'm afraid there will be a follow-up."
"Governor, let's go to war!"
"It's better to retreat."
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Not only did Ubalna's behavior be uncertain, but his group of high-ranking generals such as the commander of ten thousand and the commander of the thousand were all in a mess at this time, and they didn't care about commanding their own troops, so they gathered around Ubalna, and they made a big noise, so that the head of the vulbana was bigger.
"Pass this order, and all armies will immediately reorganize their armies and line up against the mountains." Wu Ba Na thought about it for a while, but he still didn't dare not fight, but he didn't dare to attack immediately, so he had to order the whole army to line up against the mountains, planning to fight and try it, and then withdraw if it didn't work, fortunately, Xue Yantuo's department was full of cavalry, and if he wanted to withdraw, the Tang army might not be able to catch up, and it could be regarded as being able to block Dadu's mouth.
A terrible horn sounded on the sand camel ridge, a team of Xue Yantuo cavalry from the back of the mountain, the top of the mountain swarmed out of the horse, leaning on the mountain began to arrange the cavalry impact formation, the Tang army array in the distance did not move, still standing quietly in place, the two sides held each other a mile and a half apart, no one took the lead in launching an attack, there was a strange atmosphere on the battlefield, but most people did not notice that a huge fiery red kite in the Tang army array flew high.
At the end of the five o'clock, a Tang army ranger rushed out from a distance, bypassing the Xue Yantuo army on the Shahuo Ridge, and rushed straight into the Tang army's Chinese army. ”
"Good!" A glimmer of light flashed in Li Ji's eyes, he flicked the long beard on his chest, waved his hand, and ordered in a calm voice: "Attack!" Suddenly, the horns in the Tang army array were terrible, the drums were like thunder, and tens of thousands of troops broke out with the battle horn of "Tang Army mighty", and slowly pressed towards the sand camel ridge where Xue Yantuo's army was located, although the speed was not fast, but the majestic footsteps of the army on the ground made the Xue Yantuo cavalry on the sand camel ridge appear a little chaotic.
The prestige of the Tang army is not blown out, it is caused by the destruction of countless countries, most of the generals of Xue Yantuo participated in the two battles of Tang Dynasty and Tuyuhun, and they know the strength of the Tang army, at this time, seeing the oppression of 100,000 Tang troops, everyone is terrified, even the main general Wu Bana also felt that his mouth was dry, and finally stabilized his mind, and ordered loudly: "Order, prepare for war!" Suddenly, Xue Yantuo's cavalry was unsheathed, and the sound of arrows being wound became a ring, and everyone was nervously waiting for the order to attack.
Closer, closer, although the Tang army walked very slowly, but as time passed, the Tang army finally came to the most favorable place for cavalry to charge one mile away from Xue Yantuo's army. ”
"What?" Wu Bona was startled, almost fell off the horse, hurriedly turned the horse back to the mountain, fixed his eyes, from the Shenwu direction of the mountain road raised a large stream of smoke and dust, with the rumbling of the horse's hooves, a fiery red battle flag is waving in the wind, a big word "Li" on the book, but it is the head of the Xiliang Road march, the deputy marshal of the Tang Army Li Xiyu of the 40,000 Xiliang cavalry killed - the Xiliang cavalry is different from the Tang Dynasty armies, more than half of which are composed of soldiers from the grassland tribe, plus the strict military training of the Tang army, It was one of the most powerful cavalry units in the Tang Dynasty cavalry, and the troops marched rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they had rushed to the vicinity of the Sand Camel Ridge.
Finished! It's all over! Wu Bana knew very well that his defeat had been decided - at this moment, although Xue Yantuo's troops were leaning on the mountain in formation, they were all in the front mountain, and the rear was just a few thousand heavy soldiers plus some rangers, how could they withstand the impact of the Xiliang cavalry, once the rear army lost, the front army would be chaotic, and under the attack of the Tang Dynasty, how could there be a chance of victory?
"Quick, go to the Governor of Tongyu and ask him to send troops to the rescue!" Ubana hurriedly gave orders to the several rangers around him, and shouted at a high level: "The front army is on alert, and the rear army will go up the mountain and go down the mountain with Bendu!" ”
With the order of Wu Bana, the poignant horn sounded, and the originally neatly arranged Xue Yantuo army suddenly became chaotic - although the front army was still facing the Tang Army Li Ji Department, it was immovable, quite like the same thing, but the rear army was busy turning the horse's head, although the cavalry of Xue Yantuo was also a soldier of a hundred battles, but after all, it was not a regular army trained all year round, and if the action of completing the whole army turned in a hurry could not be achieved for a while and a half, chaos was inevitable.
Take advantage of your illness to kill you! Datang Coach Li Ji is a veteran of the battlefield, how could he not see that the fighter plane has appeared, and he did not hesitate to order loudly: "The whole army will attack!" ”
The drums of war in the Tang army's formation changed, from calm to urgent, the horn sounded into the sky, and the 100,000-strong army shouted and swept towards the Shahuo Ridge like a tide......