In a canyon thirty miles outside Dingxiang City, not long after Yuchi Jingde led his army and horses through the canyon, the ground in the canyon began to shake.
Li Ji and Hou Junji, who were ambushing at both ends of the canyon exit, were shocked and hurriedly stretched out their hands to signal their men to prepare. It was obvious that the Turks had arrived.
And when the Turks found that the exit of the canyon was blocked and unable to get out, that's when they took action.
On top of the city wall of Dingxiang City, Luo Zhang and Cheng Yaojin have been standing here quietly for an hour. Calculating the time, there should be results, but until now, no good news has come, which makes Luo Zhang feel a little uneasy.
This strategy was something he came up with and proposed. Although it was forced, it was still his strategy after all.
If something went wrong with this plan, then he would be the sinner. The total number of soldiers and horses that went out to ambush the Turks reached as many as 50,000. Yuchi Jingde took 30,000, and Li Ji took 20,000. Once the plan failed, these Fifty thousand people would suffer. How could this calm Luo Zhang?
Luo Zhang was like this, and Cheng Yaojin was even more unbearable. He stood on the city wall and kept cursing the Turks. He used almost all the curse words he could know on the Turks. Not only that, his hands were not strong enough. He kept patting the city wall bricks in front of him, and the city wall bricks in front of him were dented with a slap mark, which showed the anxiety in Cheng Yaojin's heart.
In the palace of the Lord of Dingxiang City, Luo Zhang and the two were so anxious, but Li Jing was writing big characters with a brush, looking calm and calm, as if he was confident about this battle, and I don't know where he got the confidence.
At the exit of the canyon, Li Ji and others were on full alert. The crossbowmen had already drawn their bowstrings, and the soldiers were already standing beside the rolling logs and stones. Just waiting for an order, the arrows, rolling logs, and stones would fall from the canyon. Water poured down from both sides to greet the Turks who arrived.
Time passed by, and when a dozen horses turned out of the corner of the canyon, Li Ji raised his hand. As long as he lowered his hand, it was a signal to shoot an arrow.
On the opposite side, Hou Junji was also waiting for Li Ji's order, and he was also ready.
When he saw a dozen horses appear, he looked to the opposite side, waiting for an order from the opposite side, and he would issue the order here.
A dozen horses were just the beginning, followed closely by more Turks, riding out on horses.
The earth shook more frequently. It was obvious that all the Turkic army had arrived, but it was limited by the width of the canyon and could not fully expand, so the Turkic team stretched as long as the sedan chair.
They didn't notice that a pair of eyes on both sides of the canyon were staring at them closely, with hatred and bloodlust in their eyes.
The hatred between the Han people and the Turks has a long history, and this hatred has been integrated into the bones and blood.
When the first batch of Turkic cavalry arrived at the exit, they were shocked to find that their way forward was blocked.
Seeing such a situation, they would be stupid if they didn't know what was going on.
Bursts of Turkic language echoed in the canyon, to the effect that there was an ambush.
However, even though they shouted loudly, the teams behind them kept pouring forward. Soon, the exit of the canyon was crowded with Turkic cavalry.
Realizing something was wrong, some Turks wanted to turn their horses around and leave. However, it was easy to move forward but difficult to leave. This was not an open grassland, but a narrow canyon.
The generals and leaders finally caught up. When they saw this situation, their expressions changed dramatically. They all sent messages to the back, hoping that the cavalry behind them would stop moving forward and retreat quickly!
Seeing more and more cavalry in the canyon and signs of escaping, Li Ji finally let go of his hand.
The flags of the messengers were waving continuously, and a famous team member saw this and issued orders to his men.
"put!"
"push!"
The words "over the canyon" quickly echoed.
Arrows poured down one after another, shooting towards the Turkic cavalry below.
Some of the arrows still contained sparks. When these arrows hit the exit, huge flames rose up and spread in the canyon.
"ah!!!"
"There's an ambush!!!"
"There's fire!!!"
"Quickly retreat! Quickly retreat!!"
As the fire ignited, the canyon was filled with flames and smoke. This caused the panicked Turkic cavalry to scurry around like headless flies, but they could not find a way out at all.
Not only that, but the huge rocks were also thrown downward at this time, causing the Turkic cavalry to flip over.
This is not counting those rolling logs that rolled down from the top of the canyon and swept away a row of cavalry.
Seeing this scene, Li Ji and the soldiers were extremely excited, but this was just the beginning. When Li Ji asked someone to take out a box, the fun really began.
When the first wooden knot was ignited and thrown down, bursts of roaring sounds suddenly sounded in the canyon. The sound was so loud that even Li Ji and others above the canyon had their ears roaring, and the Turks in the canyon were even louder. He was dizzy, but he had not been hit by the bombing. In the center where the lumps of wood fell, the horse fell down, and the Turks' corpses were mutilated, with blood everywhere.
Frightened by the explosion of the wooden lumps, the war horses, who were originally the best partners of the Turks, all went crazy. They did not stop the Turks' command at all and ran around. The horses collided with each other and trampled the Turks who fell off their horses. In short, the canyon There is chaos among them.
The Turkic coach at the rear was originally imagining what rewards he would get from the king after defeating these Tang troops. But as soon as he started imagining, he felt a commotion in front, which made him a little unhappy. He thought that the people in front must be grabbing things. The fight started again.
In this short period of time, he sent his men to persuade the Tang army several times, but each time they delayed the pursuit of the Tang army because of grabbing things.
However, this time there is something different. According to the previous practice, the fight over grabbing things only lasted for a while, but now there is no more fun. The commotion is getting bigger and bigger. The people in front are actually running backwards. What's going on?
"Ambush! There is an ambush!!! Run!"
This shout finally made the Turkic coach understand what was going on. There was an ambush from the Tang people ahead.
Before the Turkic coach could give the order, his position was shrouded in a rain of arrows, and the same drama as at the exit of the canyon was staged here.
There were screams, shouts, curses, and begging for mercy. But no matter what the Turks said, the Tang people on both sides of the canyon did not pay any attention to them. They should smash them or shoot them.
The most terrifying thing is the wooden bumps. If you put a few of these things down, the Turkic cavalry will be in chaos, and they will become the nemesis of the cavalry!
