This time, the army and horses led by Luo Zhang were lightly dressed. They only wore leather armor and no heavy armor, so they could march faster.
Of course, there is nothing Luo Zhang can do about this. He is leading a group of old and weak people. If he marches in heavy armor to come to the rescue, he is afraid that when he comes here, the army and horses will be tired and paralyzed on the ground. Let alone rescue, they are afraid that the collective will be destroyed. It is possible for people to be captured.
"Report!"
"The Turkic cavalry in front is approaching us!"
Luo Zhang looked up and saw to his left front, from the direction of the Turkic camp, a group of cavalry broke away from the formation besieging the Turkic camp and were heading towards where he was.
Obviously the Turkic king wanted to use his cavalry to block Luo Zhang and prevent Luo Zhang from approaching the Turkic camp for rescue.
"Send an order to order our cavalry to go and meet the enemy. We don't want to defeat the enemy, just hold them back!" Luo Zhang ordered.
The 30,000 horses Luo Zhang brought this time included 5,000 cavalry. This was the last cavalry team in the city and was used to guard Dingxiang City. Li Jing assigned it to Luo Zhang, otherwise he would have brought 30,000 cavalry with him. Li Jing couldn't bear the old and the weak coming.
Upon receiving the order, the five thousand cavalry immediately separated from the queue and rushed towards the Turks' cavalry.
"Everyone, listen to the order and move forward at full speed. The target is the barren mountain! We are going to capture the Turkic King alive!"
"Capture the Turkic King alive!!!"
"Capture the Turkic King alive!!!"
After hearing Luo Zhang's call, a group of soldiers also shouted together, and the momentum was quite good.
The effect of resting for half an hour before took effect at this time. Although they are old and weak, they are not ordinary people after all, but soldiers. If they did not rest before, but rushed directly to the barren mountains, they may not have much success. If you use more energy to march in a hurry, you are afraid that you will be exhausted halfway through, but after resting for half an hour, the army's physical strength has been restored a lot, and running now is not very strenuous.
When Luo Zhang was running towards the barren mountains, Luo Zhang's cavalry also encountered the Turkic cavalry. As soon as they came into contact, the two sides entered into a fierce battle and the killing was in full swing.
The movements here naturally attracted the attention of the Tang army in the Turkic camp. After discovering the arrival of reinforcements, the morale of the Tang army, which had originally dropped, became high again.
The arrival of reinforcements means hope, it means that they are about to get out of trouble, and they don't have to die here. Anyone else would be happy.
However, the mood of Cheng Yaojin and others was not optimistic. They had analyzed the arrival of reinforcements in the big tent before, and they knew the remaining strength of the Tang Army in Dingxiang City.
In addition to the border troops, there are only more than 30,000 people in the full force, and more than half of these people are old and weak who were left behind by them, not to mention that at this time, except for Li Ji who rushed back, there is no general in the city who can fight. , unless Li Jing comes with his own troops.
But even if Li Jing comes with his troops, it will be useless. Those are not 30,000 elite soldiers, but 30,000 old and weak soldiers. You must know that what is besieging them is an army of more than 200,000 Turks. With so many soldiers and horses, even if Li Jing brings 30,000 Even if people come, they won’t be able to see enough. The end result is that they will be completely annihilated by the Turks.
They thought they would not be able to wait for reinforcements and were already preparing to break out, but who would have expected that reinforcements actually arrived.
This greatly exceeded their expectations.
"Yuchi Laohei, Hou Junji, Lao Niu, since the reinforcements have arrived, let's prepare to break out. If this opportunity is missed, it will be gone. I don't know who led this army to come to the rescue!" Cheng Yao! Jin looked at the smoke and dust billowing in the distance and said slowly.
"This is indeed an excellent opportunity. If we miss it, we will not be able to break out even if we want to." Hou Junji nodded in agreement.
The others had no objections. After the discussion, they went to command their troops and prepare to break out.
Before, the Tang army in the Turkic camp had already discussed the strategy for breaking out. This time they did not choose to disperse and break out. Instead, they planned to concentrate on breaking out. Only in this way could they catch the Turks by surprise. If they broke out separately, they would not only be able to break out. If they don't go out, they may even be beaten back by the Turks again. After all, the Turks besieging them have nearly 100,000 more troops than the Tang army, so spreading them out will have no effect at all.
After some preparations, Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde took the lead and led their troops and horses to kill out of the south gate of the Turkic camp. Hou Junji and Niu Jinda followed closely with their troops and horses. More than 70,000 people gathered together to charge. A hole was opened in the Turkic encirclement at the south gate. ,
But before they could really rush out, the Turks on the left and right surrounded them, preventing Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin from breaking out.
What makes Yuchi Jingde and Cheng Yaojin strange is that according to the speed of the reinforcements, they should appear behind the Turks at this time and cooperate with them to rush out together. However, they were blocked and did not see any trace of the reinforcements. , which made them puzzled and even more angry. You know, rescue should be coordinated inside and outside. They had already broken through from the south gate, but there was no sign of reinforcements. How could they break out?
Just when they were about to return to the camp and hold on, the Turks who besieged them withdrew. Not a group of people retreated, but all the Turks who besieged them retreated. This made Cheng Yaojin and others even more worried. People are confused.
"Yuchi Laohei, aren't they cheating?" Cheng Yaojin asked.
"Cheating? We are surrounded. If they retreat, they will clear the way. I have never seen anyone cheating like this!" Yuchi Jingde said.
"No matter what they are doing, if the Turks retreat, something must have happened that we don't know about. We can't let go of such a good opportunity!" Hou Junji said, licking his lips.
"Yes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don't let it go!" Niu Jinda followed.
"All officers and men listen to the order and follow me to kill! Kill all these Turks!"
"Kill! Kill all the Turks!"
Under the call of Cheng Yaojin and other generals, the army rushed towards the Turks who fled in a hurry.
These Tang troops have been extremely frustrated these days. They originally came to attack the Turks, but instead they were besieged by the Turks in their camp. It was impossible to break out of the encirclement. They originally numbered 150,000 people, but after several After the round of battle, only more than 70,000 people were left, and more than 70,000 people were damaged in the battle. This was a blood debt!
Now that they had such an opportunity, how could the 70,000 Tang troops let it go? They followed the Turks and killed them. The Turks they killed were left in a state of panic and abandoned their helmets.
The Turkic soldiers who were already in chaos were even more confused by their charge. Many Turks were scurrying around like headless flies, trying to escape from here, but how could Cheng Yaojin and others let them go? He stopped and charged towards the Turks.
