Anda escaped, and Ju Wentai escaped even faster. As early as when the Turks were hit by the first wave of destruction, Ju Wentai ran away decisively. He admitted that he was frightened.
He never thought that the infantry could actually withstand the cavalry's assault head-on. The point is that the cavalry didn't even have a chance to get close! The continuous rain of crossbow arrows every few breaths became Ju Wentai's nightmare.
He also abandoned his army and fled. Fortunately, when he was escaping, he also issued an order for all troops to retreat. This is why when the Turks retreated, their retreat route was blocked by chaotic infantry, baggage and other messy things. .
But what happened next was what made him collapse even more. The Tang Dynasty sent out 500 cavalry, but the Turks ran away without fighting.
The problem was that the five hundred cavalrymen also caught up. According to Ju Wentai's idea, the thousands of infantrymen he left behind were enough to hold back the cavalrymen. But what he didn't expect was that the cavalrymen did not fight head-on with the infantrymen at all. idea.
They just got close to these infantrymen and sprayed wave after wave of arrow rain within the range of the bow and arrow!
And the arrows of the Tang Dynasty... were so powerful, so powerful that after just a few waves of arrows from the cavalry, the infantry dropped their weapons and knelt down to surrender. Because the leather armor on their bodies has no way of blocking those arrows, and being hit by arrows means death.
After these infantrymen knelt down and surrendered, the cavalry continued to go around them to pursue the next wave, with no intention of gathering the surrendering troops. Until the sun set, all the infantrymen abandoned by Ju Wentai surrendered.
Fortunately, because of these infantry, the Tang Dynasty's cavalry could not track them, and it was impossible for the horses under their crotches to pursue them continuously with high intensity. After all, they were heavy armored cavalry.
At night, in a leeward area of the Tianshan Mountains, campfires were lit. Ju Wentai and Anda gathered together again. Ju Wentai, the five hundred cavalrymen from Gaochang, had brought them with him. He was missing one person, but the number of cavalrymen around Anda was also small. There were less than a thousand left, just over 800 people.
The remaining Turkic cavalry stayed in front of Yiwu City.
They had to rest here, because their horses could no longer move forward. If the horses were exhausted, they would not be able to return to Gaochang. Anda did not bring any spare horses when he came here, and the people of Gaochang naturally did not have any spare horses.
The main goal of Yibi Duolu is to gain profits and losses. Naturally, it is impossible to bring thousands of spare war horses to Anda, so these Turks and Gaochang people are all one man and one horse. They all know that they must give their horses adequate rest time.
The two people looked at each other in silence. The Turks below glared at these Gaochang people, but they did not take action without giving orders. But if Anda ordered them, they would probably wave the steel knives in their hands without hesitation.
These Gaochang people...are all trash! Even a dog is more useful than them!
"General Anda, I'm sorry for you." After a long silence, Ju Wentai took the initiative to speak.
Anda looked at Ju Wentai. His eyes were bloodshot, but he didn't say anything. He knew that there was no point in saying this. After a long time, he said directly: "Remember! King Ju Wentai! You owe us Turks !Those Turkic warriors died for you!"
"I know, General Anda! Don't worry, after I return to Gaochang, I will send out a batch of gold and silver. Please send this gold and silver to the families of these warriors for me, and it will be regarded as my pension for their families!" Ju Wentai is very aware of the current situation, so he is very single.
Hearing Ju Wentai's words, Anda took a deep breath, and his face looked better. At least he didn't have no explanation for the warriors who died in the battle.
Moreover... he had no choice. If he was now within the actual control of their Yibidulu Khan, he would not hesitate to kill Ju Wentai directly and avenge these Turkic warriors.
But obviously, that's not the case here, and they still need Ju Wentai, so he can't take action and can only endure it!
And let’s talk about everything before escaping to Gaochang!
As long as he returns to Gaochang, he will immediately retreat to Khan's side. As for Ju Wentai, he doesn't bother to care about his life or death! But he has to pay some money!
Soon, the surroundings became quiet. Only the horses, which had been tired all day, were eating the surrounding weeds to replenish their physical strength and take a rest.
It was getting brighter the next day, and Anda and Ju Wentai were ready to set off. The reason why they didn't hurry was because they wanted to give their horses more rest time. The most important thing was that the scouts they left behind also came to report. Discover the figure that the enemy is following.
This relieved them.
That's why they have more opportunities here to let their war horses get enough rest. At this time, even if the scouts in the rear find that the enemy is catching up, they can retreat in time, because after their horses get a rest, they will naturally be heavier than the enemy's. The armored cavalry runs faster.
But the enemy probably won't be able to track them.
Soon, more than a thousand riders from both sides quickly gathered together and retreated outside the Tianshan Pass. They wanted to return to the foot of the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and then follow the Tianshan Mountain back to the territory of Gaochang.
Because the enemies in the rear did not follow them, and they also left enough scouts, Anda and the others did not rush on their way, but just allowed their horses to move slowly.
It was not until the hottest time near noon that they left the pass of Tianshan Mountain.
But when they left the mountain pass, the scouts in front of them ran towards them.
"General... cavalry of the Tang Dynasty!" the scout said with a horrified look on his face.
"What?!" Anda and Ju Wentai were both shocked.
"It's the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty... They blocked the mountain pass ahead... We... our retreat is blocked!" the scout said after swallowing his saliva.
"Let's take a detour... let's take a detour and go around from other places." Ju Wentai immediately said with a panic look on his face.
"It's... useless... the enemy... the enemy is one person and three horses... they can easily catch up with us." The scout's face was full of despair.
When they heard that there were one person and three horses, Ju Wentai and Anda also had a trace of despair on their faces. They only had one horse. It was impossible to outrun each other in any case. The horses under their crotches were exhausted, let alone the enemy's. War horses are already more elite than them!
"Let's... get out." After a long time, Anda said. He knew that the enemy only blocked the mountain pass and did not advance. They were just waiting for them to surrender. "Now... we can only surrender."
Ju Wentai said nothing. For a long time, Andacai and Ju Wentai led more than a thousand cavalry to move forward slowly until they stepped out of the Tianshan Pass.
Just outside the mountain pass, a black line under the sunlight seemed to have stood there since ancient times, and they stood there motionless.
Anda saw a scene that made him extremely desperate and shocking: there were at least five thousand enemies, not to mention one person and three horses... The point is, including the two spare horses, they were all covered in armor! One person and three horses all wearing armor!
How shameless!
