"Captain, please leave quickly! Yanmen Pass can no longer be defended~!"
The Yanmen was closed, and the Tang army's arrows were about to be exhausted. Seeing this, a sergeant came to Xu Tingda's side and persuaded him anxiously.
Xu Tingda remained unmoved and said coldly, word by word: "I would rather die than retreat!"
After that, he turned around and shouted at the sergeants on the city tower: "Generals, listen to the order! Open the city gate with this captain and fight to the death with the Turkic army! Behind us are our parents, wives and children. We would rather die tonight." retreat!"
Giving up the advantage of the terrain and taking the initiative to open the city gate to fight was Xu Tingda's last choice, because their arrows were about to be exhausted, and without the means of "long-range attack", the Turkic soldiers would easily break through the city gate. Instead of rushing to fight then, it is better to open the city gate now and gather all the troops to fight the Turks for a life-and-death fight!
"I would rather die than retreat~!"
"I would rather die than retreat~!"
Xu Tingda's words affected all the Tang troops near Yanmen Pass, and everyone shouted loudly.
A tragic atmosphere suddenly filled the air!
"Report~!"
"General, the Tang Army took the initiative to open the city gate and wants to fight us outside Yanmen Pass!"
At the center of the Turkic army, a Turkic soldier ran over and reported to Ashina Sheerji.
"Oh? Tang Jun dared to leave seclusion?"
Ashina Sheerjiu raised his eyebrows in surprise when he heard this, then his face turned cold and he said: "Send the order, the three armies of the left, center and right attack together to capture Yanmen Pass as quickly as possible!"
"yes!"
The soldier crossed his fists and turned to leave.
"Woooo~!"
After a while, a desolate horn sound sounded in the open space outside Yanmen Pass. This was the clarion call for the Turkic army to launch a general offensive. So, countless Turkic soldiers got on their horses, brandished their scimitars, and rode towards the soldiers who had just left the city and set up their formations. The Tang army left!
"Generals, listen to your orders. Tonight, I, Xu Tingda, will advance and retreat with my brothers. We will defend Yanmen Pass to the death!"
Under the city wall, Xu Tingda drew out the long sword from his waist, pointed at the Turkic army from a distance, and shouted loudly.
"Swear to defend Yanmen Pass to the death!"
"Swear to defend Yanmen Pass to the death!"
After Xu Tingda finished speaking, ten thousand Tang troops roared in unison.
"Kill with me~!"
Xu Tingda roared, then took the lead and rushed towards the oncoming Turkic army.
Upon seeing this, the Tang army behind them quickly rode up to follow, and a battle officially began!
Xu Tingda was born in a poor family. He was able to reach his current position entirely due to his own ability and hard work step by step. Therefore, his personal strength is undoubtedly beyond doubt. Under his leadership, the Tang Army was so unstoppable that they directly attacked the enemy. Arriving at the heart of the Turkic army!
But the disadvantage of this is still obvious, that is, they can easily be "made dumplings" by the Turkic army. After all, the Turkic army is four or five times their number!
"Hmph! Get out of the way! Ben will meet him later~!"
Seeing Xu Tingda marching through the army, unstoppable, and killing dozens of Turkic soldiers in just a short period of time, Ashina Sheerji finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he shouted loudly and said.
Hearing this, the Turkic soldiers around Xu Tingda immediately dispersed, leaving an open space. Xu Tingda's eyes narrowed and he looked at Ashina Sheerjiu, who was riding a war horse. After hesitating for a moment, he raised his eyebrows towards the Tang army behind him. With his right palm, he said in a loud voice: "You all also stand down!"
Fighter!
A large-scale team battle turned into a one-on-one battle in the blink of an eye!
In costume war dramas similar to "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", we often see the commanders of both sides fighting one-on-one, and the one with superior force wins the battle. Many people will have doubts, is there really such a phenomenon of generals in history? In fact, this situation does happen. It is not a scene in the novel, but there are more restrictions.
First of all, general versus general has already appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, it was called "Zhishi", and after the Han Dynasty, it was called "Doujiang". Both have the same meaning. There is a record of the Battle of Bi between Jin and Chu in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. At that time, King Zhuang of Chu led an army to attack Handan and met Jin general Zhao Zhan by chance. Zhao Zhan was unable to resist and abandoned his carriage to escape. As a result, Zhao Zhan took off his clothes and armor. Throw it away, because the armor will affect the speed of escape. He was beaten by King Chuzhuang and lost his armor. This was the first recorded battle between generals and generals in history. Because of his extraordinary physical strength, King Zhuang of Chu was regarded as one of the most powerful in martial arts among the emperors of the past dynasties.
By the Warring States Period, this phenomenon rarely existed. At that time, the tactics of the Seven Kingdoms had been perfected, and they still relied on large-scale legion operations. When Huo Qubing, Li Guang and others of the Han Dynasty repelled the Huns, they fought with enemy generals. However, this was a confrontation between Central Plains soldiers and nomadic enemies. It was somewhat similar to the current situation between Xu Tingda and Ashina Sheerji.
During the conflict between Chu and Han, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang had a duel, and this phenomenon also occurred. It's just that Liu Bang sent his generals to challenge the Overlord, but Xiang Yu took care of him after three encounters. The end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was also the period of the Three Kingdoms. There are records that Sun Ce and Taishi Ci fought at Shenting Ridge, and Sun Ce took over Taishi Ci, a fierce general. There is also a duel between Ma Chao and Cao Wei's generals. Apart from this, there are no other records in the Three Kingdoms.
Generally speaking, there are situations where generals fight in front of battle, but it is by no means as common as in costume dramas. After all, most generals in ancient times were familiar with military books, and they would understand the truth that "the good will defeat the enemy". Therefore, the purpose of these generals fighting is to win. Unless they are at the end of their rope and want to fight to the death, they will compete head-on with the enemy generals.
But now, for Xu Tingda, he has indeed reached the end of his rope! Although he just rushed over and killed many Turkic soldiers, his soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties. According to this situation, in less than half an hour, these ten thousand Tang troops will be defeated by the Turkic army!
"Your name is Xu Tingda? Okay! If I defeat you today, then you will let all the Tang troops retreat; if you defeat me, I will withdraw immediately, how about that?"
Ashina Sheerji stared at Xu Tingda and said in a loud voice.
"Hmph! Even if you defeat Xu, the army behind Xu will never take a step back tonight! The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can only die standing, and they will never kneel down and survive!"
Xu Tingda said with a cold face.
Hearing this, Ashina Sheerji's face suddenly sank. The reason why he proposed to "one-on-one" with Xu Tingda was, on the one hand, to reduce his own casualties in this way, and on the other hand, he wanted to save time. , after all, Wu Jie is still waiting for them to respond!
"Hmph! In that case, I will kill you first! Let's see if these Tang troops will stick to their positions as you said!"
Ashina Sheerji snorted coldly, and then he bent his bow and drew an arrow, and unexpectedly three arrows shot out at Xu Tingda's eyebrows, neck, and heart!
"General, be careful~!"
Many sergeants in the Tang Army camp let out a burst of exclamations.
Xu Tingda lay down on his back, and the three sharp arrows missed his body, grazing the bridge of his nose and shooting towards the back!
But on the other side, Ashina Sheerjiu took advantage of Xu Tingda's gap to hide from the arrow, quickly stepped forward, and slashed directly at Xu Tingda's neck with a slender sword!
This man is actually good at long-range attacks and close combat at the same time!
Moreover, the speed of both attack methods is as fast as lightning, making it difficult to guard against!
Xu Tingda was caught off guard for a moment. He hurriedly swung his sword to block Ashina Sheerjiu's killing sword, but Ashina Sheerjiu was a master and the speed of the sword was astonishing. Xu Tingda's haste How can one resist a sword?
"Keng~!"
"Bang~!"
First there was a metallic clang sound of swords intersecting, and then, Xu Tingda was directly knocked away by the powerful internal force attached to Ashina Sheer's sword, and fell solidly to the ground!
In just one round, the Tang Army general was knocked off his horse. The surrounding soldiers were frightened and rushed towards Xu Tingda like a swarm of swarms, trying to protect him.
But there was someone faster than them. After repelling Xu Tingda, Ashina Sheerjiu dodged and bullied him directly. He raised his sword and stabbed Xu Tingda's throat!
Xu Tingda was shocked and quickly raised his sword in front of him. Ashina Sheerji's long sword pierced Xu Tingda's blade. Xu Tingda took advantage of the situation and retreated. With this force, he finally stood up from the ground. !
Under the bright light of the torch, the sword light flickered, and the two were fighting together again!
However, although Xu Tingda himself is not weak in martial arts, he is still not a master at the master level after all, and Ashina Sheerjiu is not only at a higher level than him, but the opponent will fight at close range for a while, then take three steps back, and directly bend his bow and draw an arrow. Completed in one go, Xu Tingda could not withstand this combination of far and near attacks. After a few rounds, he was already showing his defeat!
"Come on! Protect Captain Xu~!"
When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they all understood that Xu Tingda couldn't hold on much longer. Someone shouted. Suddenly, more than 10,000 soldiers rushed forward to protect Xu Tingda!
"Hmph~! It's time to end!"
Ashina Sheerjiu saw that the Tang army was coming towards this direction. He slashed at Xu Tingda with a sword in his hand. Xu Tingda swung his sword to block. Then Ashina Sheerjiu struck at Xu Tingda with his left palm with lightning speed. It hit Xu Tingda’s heart!
"Bang~!"
After receiving Ashina Sheerji's palm full of true energy, Xu Tingda fell to the ground like a kite with its strings broken!
"Captain! Captain!"
The ten thousand soldiers were all shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xu Tingda up!
"Kill~! Flatten Yanmen Pass!"
Ashina Sheerjiu estimated that Xu Tingda would not survive. He waved his hand and gave instructions to the Turkic soldiers around him.
………………………………
Ashina Sheerji snorted coldly, and then he bent his bow and drew an arrow, and unexpectedly three arrows shot out at Xu Tingda's eyebrows, neck, and heart!
"General, be careful~!"
Many sergeants in the Tang Army camp let out a burst of exclamations.
Xu Tingda lay down on his back, and the three sharp arrows missed his body, grazing the bridge of his nose and shooting towards the back!
But on the other side, Ashina Sheerjiu took advantage of Xu Tingda's gap to hide from the arrow, quickly stepped forward, and slashed directly at Xu Tingda's neck with a slender sword!
This man is actually good at long-range attacks and close combat at the same time!
Moreover, the speed of both attack methods is as fast as lightning, making it difficult to guard against!
Xu Tingda was caught off guard for a moment. He hurriedly swung his sword to block Ashina Sheerjiu's killing sword, but Ashina Sheerjiu was a master and the speed of the sword was astonishing. Xu Tingda's haste How can one resist a sword?
"Keng~!"
"Bang~!"
First there was a metallic clang sound of swords intersecting, and then, Xu Tingda was directly knocked away by the powerful internal force attached to Ashina Sheer's sword, and fell solidly to the ground!
In just one round, the Tang Army general was knocked off his horse. The surrounding soldiers were frightened and rushed towards Xu Tingda like a swarm of swarms, trying to protect him.
But there was someone faster than them. After repelling Xu Tingda, Ashina Sheerjiu dodged and bullied him directly. He raised his sword and stabbed Xu Tingda's throat!
Xu Tingda was shocked and quickly raised his sword in front of him. Ashina Sheerji's long sword pierced Xu Tingda's blade. Xu Tingda took advantage of the situation and retreated. With this force, he finally stood up from the ground. !
Under the bright light of the torch, the sword light flickered, and the two were fighting together again!
However, although Xu Tingda himself is not weak in martial arts, he is still not a master at the master level after all, and Ashina Sheerjiu is not only at a higher level than him, but the opponent will fight at close range for a while, then take three steps back, and directly bend his bow and draw an arrow. Completed in one go, Xu Tingda could not withstand this combination of far and near attacks. After a few rounds, he was already showing his defeat!
"Come on! Protect Captain Xu~!"
When the surrounding soldiers saw this, they all understood that Xu Tingda couldn't hold on much longer. Someone shouted. Suddenly, more than 10,000 soldiers rushed forward to protect Xu Tingda!
"Hmph~! It's time to end!"
Ashina Sheerjiu saw that the Tang army was coming towards this direction. He slashed at Xu Tingda with a sword in his hand. Xu Tingda swung his sword to block. Then Ashina Sheerjiu struck at Xu Tingda with his left palm with lightning speed. It hit Xu Tingda’s heart!
"Bang~!"
After receiving Ashina Sheerji's palm full of true energy, Xu Tingda fell to the ground like a kite with its strings broken!
"Captain! Captain!"
The ten thousand soldiers were all shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help Xu Tingda up!
"Kill~! Flatten Yanmen Pass!"
Ashina Sheerjiu estimated that Xu Tingda would not survive. He waved his hand and gave instructions to the Turkic soldiers around him.
"Kill~! Flatten Yanmen Pass!"
Ashina Sheerjiu estimated that Xu Tingda would not survive. He waved his hand and gave instructions to the Turkic soldiers around him.
Ashina Sheerjiu estimated that Xu Tingda would not survive. He waved his hand and gave instructions to the Turkic soldiers around him.
