Yangguan, left.

The king of Khotan was shocked when he looked at the slowly advancing army, there were 10,000 Turkic cavalry, and they were the most capable guards, the Great Prince's Guard, how could this be done so quickly?

There are three types of Turkic troops, one is the Guards, similar to the Tang Forbidden Army, one in a hundred miles, well-trained; One is the man who controls the strings, that is, the various men who are temporarily signs, who also have a certain combat effectiveness, but are usually busy with grazing and do not have enough training, so they are not as good as the Guards; There is also a kind of slave soldiers, non-Turkic people who are robbed from all over the country, who are busy with affairs in peacetime, take care of their masters, and take them out as cannon fodder in wartime, and their combat effectiveness is weaker.

The Great Prince's Guards are even more elite of the elite, and they were defeated?

The king of Khotan was stunned, when did the combat effectiveness of the Tang army become so strong, less than 10,000 troops, but the 10,000 Turkic guards were powerless to fight back, and they were almost wiped out.

Also, that thing that can be attacked from a distance is so scary, almost incomprehensible, what is it?

With such a terrible weapon in the hands of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't the Turks want doomsday generals?

Where do you go from here?

At this moment, the king of Khotan was a little dazed and at a loss, and looked ahead in a daze, his face was extremely ugly.

"Father, we are left with soldiers and horses in Khotan, where to go, make a decision quickly." The man next to him said anxiously, and he was also shocked by the battle just now.

The king of Khotan looked around blankly, and reluctantly reacted that the eldest prince had already left with his troops, and only his own 20,000 or 30,000 horses were left on the battlefield. ”

The young man hurriedly said: "It is definitely not possible to retreat without a fight, in the future, the eldest prince will settle accounts with us, and the khan will also attack if he knows about it, they are worried that they will not have a chance to annex us." ”

"You mean war?" The king of Khotan frowned.

"If you don't fight, you can't do it, but you can't fight either, even if you win, it's a miserable victory, there won't be many soldiers and horses left, and the eldest prince will definitely take the opportunity to annex us, and he won't be able to go back alive."

"You can't fight, you can't fight if you don't fight, what the hell do you want to say?" The king of Khotan became a little irritable.

The man gritted his teeth: "Father, you lead the main army to withdraw first, and you will directly meet Khotan, as long as you are here, the Kingdom of Khotan will not be chaotic, I will stay and drag them." ”

"No, for the sake of the father, how can you stay and die." The king of Khotan said anxiously.

"But what if not? Let's go, if you don't leave, it's too late, Khotan can live without children, but you can't do without you, as long as the children fight to the death and don't retreat, the Khan and the eldest prince have no excuse to attack Khotan, otherwise it will chill the hearts of other tribes. The man said anxiously.

"No way!"

The king of Khotan could not bear to let his most beloved son take risks, and said solemnly: "You are still young, and you are the heir to the throne, no one dares to disobey, take people back, remember, rest and recuperate, everything is based on reproduction, do not act impulsively, you must let the tribe live." ”

"No, I can't leave my father behind."

The man's tone was resolute, seeing that the special operations division was already approaching and was lining up, the swarthy muzzle of the cannon looked at the seepage, and saw that the aiming direction was his position, and he was excited, cold sweat flowed, and he hurriedly said: "Father, they are going to face our opponent, it's too late, go quickly." ”

The king of Khotan also looked at the swarthy muzzle in front of him, and had no doubt that something terrible would be fired from it, and he was afraid that none of the generals around him would be spared, and if he died, the Chinese army would be chaotic, and when the morale of the army would plummet, how could this battle be fought?

The 10,000 guards of the eldest prince were his own mistakes.

His thoughts flashed, and the king of Khotan gritted his teeth and said, "The whole army retreats, this battle ...... Let's not fight, go back to Khotan, as long as 30,000 soldiers and horses are in hand, no one will want to bully us. ”

"Even if you withdraw, you have to leave one person behind, the father is wise, lead the army to withdraw first, and the child will arrive later." The man's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said.

"Take care!" The king of Khotan solemnly admonished.

"Father be careful all the way, it's best to avoid the eldest prince, go around and finish, and prepare for war when you go back, and the child will arrive later." The man solemnly admonished, pulled his war horse, and headed towards the front army.

The king of Khotan watched his son go away with relief, and suddenly felt that there was a successor, and quickly arranged to retreat.

……

Forward special operations division in the formation.

The artillery battalion has adjusted to shoot Zhu Yuan, and this time Luo Ying is ready to play a wave of more ruthless, first shelling and beheading, and then sending troops to rush and kill, forming a flanking attack with Li Jing's side, and taking it in one fell swoop.

The battle plan was spread through the banner soldiers, and Li Jing was also shocked by the battle just now, and it was artillery bombardment, and even crossbows, and even Mo knives, and there were a lot of them, this equipment was simply invincible, no wonder he could hold Yangguan, so he naturally agreed.

Everything is ready to go.

Luo Ying shouted murderously: "Artillery battalion, aim at the big tent of the Turkic Chinese army in front of me, and give me a round of test firing!" ”

"Tong!"

A shell whistled away, but it was more than ten meters away.

Decapitation is different from artillery coverage, it must be accurate, and test firing can obtain accurate data.

"One degree to the left, two degrees lower in height, a salvo." The commander of the artillery battalion announced the ruler loudly.

The artilleryman skillfully adjusted the angle, picked up the shell and slipped in.

"All of them!"

One after another, the shells whistled away, and all of them fell precisely near the big tent of the Chinese army.

The tent was blown up, the flames burned, and the surrounding area was razed to the ground, and countless people fell to the ground wailing, and the horses were frightened, and they were running around roaring.

"Huh?"

Qin Huaidao suddenly let out a voice in surprise, staring at the front tightly, feeling that something was wrong, seeing that the second round of shelling was about to start, he hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute!" ”

The artillery battalion stopped attacking, and Luo Ying also looked at it in surprise.

"Something is wrong, wait a minute." Qin Huaidao said in a deep voice, there are fewer and fewer shells, they have to be used on the blade, and they can't be wasted on the soldiers.

Luo Ying turned his head in surprise and saw that something was wrong, a huge cavalry broke away from the position and roared towards the rear, leaving only a force of several thousand people to hold on, and reacted reluctantly, this is to run, and quickly said: "Uncle, the other party wants to escape, can you chase it?" ”

"What do you think?" Qin Huaidao took the school road.

Luo Ying didn't answer immediately, stared carefully at the fleeing army, and found that the route was wrong, not chasing the eldest prince and them to the west, but to the south, and suddenly wondered - what does it mean to go south? Shouldn't you go west to support the Great Prince?

"They're going to run." Luo Wumeng reacted and shouted.

Qin Huaidao nodded appreciatively and smiled: "Tell me about your judgment." ”

"This army doesn't look like the Great Prince's Guards, it should be a tribe rushing to support, such an army can't afford to lose, because losing means that the tribe's strength is weakened, or even annexed, so I don't dare to fight to the death with our army, but I can't help but fight, it will fall into the handle, and in the future, I will leave a team behind the palace, and the rest will retreat, and go south to avoid the eldest prince."

"Not bad!" Qin Huaidao praised.

"Then chase or not?" Luo Ying asked.

Qin Huaidao didn't answer immediately, but looked at Luo Wu, and thought it was full of it.

Luo Wu shook his head decisively: "Don't chase, keep them, go to fight the eldest prince, the eldest prince lost a lot, lost face, and must find someone to take the blame, this team is just right, let them eat dogs, it is beneficial to us, not to mention that our army is tired of fighting, and the combat effectiveness is only half left, and I don't know what Luo Zhang is like to them, the top priority is to meet the division." ”

"What about the troops of the Royal Highness?" Qin Huaidao continued to take the school test.

"Kill them all, hurt them, but it's best to capture them alive, so that the eldest prince misunderstands, thinking that there is evidence of surrender and planting, maybe you can force the fleeing army to really take refuge."

"Hahaha, yes, just do it, send an order to Wei Guogong, go up together, and then send people to persuade them to surrender, if they can't persuade them to surrender, they will all be killed, and they will be hurt." Qin Huaidao said and looked at Luo Ying.

"I'll go and persuade you to surrender myself." Luo Ying agreed and hurried away.

The tactics were quickly passed to Li Jing through the banner soldiers, and the army pressed up.

Li Jing is so experienced, as soon as he heard the order, he guessed Qin Huaidao's intentions, and praised him, he thought that Qin Huaidao was young and not calm enough, but now it seems that he is completely worried in vain, fighting without a fight, and dividing the enemy, even a general can't think of such means.

The two armies went up together and surrounded the soldiers and horses behind the palace.

The Khotanese army that stayed behind had no will to fight, but in order to delay time, they did not flee.

Luo Yingce immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Who is the main general, come out and talk about it." ”

The son of the king of Khotan hesitated for a moment, rode forward, and asked in a loud voice in Tang dialect, which was not very proficient: "Prince of Khotan, who are you?" ”

"Prince of Khotan? Are you from the Kingdom of Khotan? Luo Ying was stunned, and reacted reluctantly, no wonder he ran away when he saw that the situation was not good, and preserved his strength, it turned out that he was not a Turkic guard, and immediately said loudly: "The Kingdom of Khotan is only under the control of the Turks, not under the control, why did you send troops to help?" ”

"Something to say." The prince of Khotan did not speak too much Tang language, so he simply got straight to the point.