"General, what should we do next?" Chisong Dezan asked nervously. Although he was only twelve years old and knew nothing about military affairs, he had already realized that the current situation of the Tibetan army was extremely bad.
Shang Jie sighed secretly, what should I do? What else can be done? It's already beyond repair, heir.
At that moment, Shang Jiexi said again: "Shang Jiezan, protect the heir and the prime minister and leave quickly!"
At this time, Shang Jiezan did not care to play against Shang Jiexi, and asked anxiously: "The question is where should we go? Should we go to Yangtong to join Zanpu, or should we retreat to our hometown in Shannan?"
"To go to Shannan, let's go to Shannan Pibo City first." Shang Jie sighed.
For some reason, Shang Jiexi always felt that the Zanpu army going to Yangtong was also in danger, so going to Yangtong to protect his heir was undoubtedly the best way to go to Shannan.
But Zhong Bajie said in confusion: "General, isn't this the winner yet?"
"Prime Minister, the defeat of the Tubo army has been decided." Shang Jiexi sighed, "I also ask the Prime Minister to protect the heir and rush to Shannan. After arriving at Pibo City, he will summon the nobles of Shannan and mobilize the army to counterattack Luocei as soon as possible."
"Has it really reached this point?" Zhong Bajie asked in shock.
"Prime Minister, please leave quickly!" Shang Jie breathed, "You won't be able to leave any longer."
"General, what about you?" Chisong Dezan asked with concern.
"I am the commander-in-chief of the garrison. How can I abandon the army and leave?"
Shang Jie took a breath and straightened his head, with a solemn look on his face.
…
Shang Jiexi wanted to send Chisong Dezan away, but it was already too late.
Because Li Siye had already reacted first.
Summoning Li Zuoguo, Cui He, Lu Wen and other generals of the Anxi Army to the front, Li Siye lectured loudly: "Boys of the Anxi Army, we are the elite of the Tang Dynasty. We can't be inferior to the civilian army, right?"
"The Tubo civilian army has defeated the Tubo heavy cavalry and will soon defeat the Tubo heavy armored infantry."
"Next, it's our Anxi Army's turn. Send my order to the general, and the entire Anxi Army will attack!"
Li Siye's military order was quickly issued, and the 8,000 Anxi troops who had been waiting impatiently rushed out in separate directions.
The Anxi Army ignored the Tibetan infantry who were already surrounded by the Tubo civilian army, and instead directly targeted the Tibetan army's main formation a thousand steps away.
The Anxi Iron Army, mounted as cavalry and dismounted as able to fight on foot, is the most powerful army in the world.
This time riding on the Tubo war horses, the 8,000 Anxi Army immediately transformed into 8,000 cavalry. They were divided into two groups, the left and right, and circled towards the Tubo Army's main formation like a wind and a lingering cloud.
The Tibetan infantry on the front line discovered it, but they were unable to do anything.
The only ones who can still fight are the more than ten thousand Tubo light cavalry remaining on the wings of the formation.
Accompanied by the endless sound of horns and war drums, more than ten thousand Tubo light cavalry also rushed out from the left and right, facing the Anxi Army's cavalry tit for tat.
Although the Tubo light cavalry still had an advantage in terms of quantity, the equipment and the quality of the soldiers were crushed by the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. The Anxi army was mostly equipped with strong black hammer armor and a small amount of Mingguang armor, while the Tubo light cavalry Most of the equipment is leather armor. In addition to the excellent armor, the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty also has a wide variety of weapons and equipment. In addition to the main weapons such as Mo Dao or Ma Shu, there are also secondary weapons such as Zhang Crossbow, Gu Duo, Heng Dao and Horn Bow. .
Every Anxi army in the Tang Dynasty was almost a humanoid weapons arsenal.
The eight thousand Anxi troops who followed Li Siye and rushed thousands of miles to attack Luoche each strengthened their crossbows.
The weapons and equipment of the Tubo Qingqi are relatively simple. In addition to spears and scimitars, they only have a horn bow. However, the killing power of the horn bow is far inferior to that of the crossbow, and it cannot shoot through the black hammer armor of the Tang army.
Therefore, before the two armies met, the Tubo light cavalry suffered a heavy loss due to the rain of arrows.
Then, when the distance between the two armies was less than 50 steps, the Anxi army replaced the horn bows with crossbows. The casualties of the Tubo light cavalry increased sharply, and thousands of them were shot down in this wave alone.
After putting away the crossbows, the Anxi army changed to the crossbows again, and the Tubo light cavalry suffered thousands more casualties.
Finally, when the distance between the two sides was less than twenty steps, the cavalrymen on both sides threw away their crossbows, took out their swords, swords, or spears from the side of their saddles, and began to clash.
In the final wave of confrontation between the two armies, the Anxi Army had an absolute advantage.
In terms of pure equestrian skills, the Tubo Qingqi is actually slightly better, but the Tubo Qingqi's fault tolerance rate is almost zero. Once stabbed in the body by a horse or swept by a Mo knife, they will either be seriously injured and fall off the horse, or they will be directly beheaded. On the spot, the casualty rate of the Tubo Qingqi was a bit ridiculously high.
However, the Anxi Army's fault tolerance rate is relatively high.
Because the Anxi army wore strong black hammer armor or Mingguang armor, unless it was stabbed vertically by the Tubo army's spear, it would be possible to pierce through the armor and die. As long as the angle was so slightly inclined, the Tubo army's spear would The iron will definitely slide to both sides, making it impossible to cause damage to the Anxi Army.
This is the crushing advantage of iron armor over leather armor.
I wear armor and can make many mistakes.
And you only have leather armor. If you make one mistake, you will die!
First there was a rain of arrows, then two waves of direct fire from the crossbow and the crossbow, and then there was a head-on confrontation without any tricks. Three consecutive waves of strikes caused more than half of the more than 10,000 Tubo Qingqi to be directly killed or injured.
The casualties of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty were minimal, only a few hundred riders.
The Anxi Army did not turn around and charge after carving out the Tubo Qingqi cavalry formation. Instead, they directly killed the Tubo Army's main formation. Their intention was very clear, it was the Tubo Army's main formation!
The remaining thousands of Tubo Qingqi fell into chaos.
I don't know whether it's better to turn around and charge, or to kill the Anxi Army's main formation directly?
Finally, the leading Tubo general gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, and decided to make a fool of himself. It was already too late to go back and save his own formation anyway, so he might as well attack the main formation of the Anxi Army and maybe kill the commander of the Anxi Army.
At that moment, the remaining four thousand cavalry rumbled towards the Anxi Army's main formation.
However, it is very regrettable that there are still Mo Dao soldiers in the Anxi Army's main formation.
Li Siye left a group of Mo Dao soldiers to protect the formation, which came in handy.
This group of two hundred Mo Dao soldiers formed a formation with their backs and formed a horizontal formation.
The Tubo Qingqi came in like a tidal wave, but exploded like waves hitting a rock.
The battle was extremely bloody. The Tubo Qingqi rushed up like crazy, but under the Mo Dao of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty, all the men and horses were shattered to pieces.
…
"Let's go, protect the heir and leave quickly!"
Shang Jiexi took a riding whip and whipped it hard on the buttocks of Chisong Dezan's horse. In pain, Chisong Dezan's horse raised its head and hissed sadly, then threw off its hooves and ran forward wildly.
"Take care, General." Zhong Bajie hugged his chest and chased after him.
Then Shang Jiezan and other Tubo nobles followed suit.
Shang Jiexi began to organize the last tens of thousands of slaves to prepare for a desperate fight.
However, the reality is very cruel. Although the tens of thousands of slaves who followed Shang Jiexi back from Jishi Mountain did not know what happened to the hundreds of thousands of slaves on the opposite side, these hundreds of thousands of slaves suddenly became so brave. They all saw that he was good at fighting, so all of them had lost their fighting spirit a long time ago.
Therefore, no matter how hard Shang Jiexi tried, he could not drive away these tens of thousands of slaves.
The Anxi cavalry was approaching within 500 steps. They hadn't even started to fire arrows, and the formation hadn't even been set yet. The 50,000 to 60,000 Tubo slaves fell apart in an instant, and hundreds of them were still alive in the chaos. The soldiers rushed into chaos, and even Shang Jiexi himself was knocked to the ground by the panicked slaves.
More than 50,000 slaves collapsed at the first touch, but Anxi's army did not stop.
After piercing through the Tubo slaves, the Anxi cavalry launched a pursuit of the fleeing Tubo nobles. Although the Tubo nobles had about a quarter of an hour more time to escape, it was of no use because their horses had experienced three After many months of long-distance marches lasting thousands of miles, the reality of losing weight has become serious.
In the end, none of the hundreds of Tubo nobles, including the Tubo heir Chisong Dezan and the Prime Minister Zhongbajie, escaped. They all became prisoners and were captured alive by the Anxi army.
When the Anxi army led Chisong Dezan, Zhongbajie and other nobles back with hemp ropes, the large-scale melee outside Luoxe City involving nearly 400,000 people had also ended. As a result, the army that was still resting was completely destroyed. Annihilate.
