After the battle at Jishishan, this was the second head-on battle between Li Qinzai's troops and the Tibetan army.
This was a relatively sudden encounter, with no prior formation of troops and no cheering from horns and drums.
The scouts of the two armies met and fought, each understood the other's movements, and then gathered their troops and took action.
Two thousand soldiers, holding three-eyed blunderbuss, lined up in front.
The three-eyed gun is a typical matchlock gun. Each shot of the three-eye gun relies on igniting the match to detonate the gunpowder.
The disadvantage is that the firing process is relatively slow and each shot needs to be ignited. The advantage is that each soldier can fire three shots in a row, then quickly get out of the way, and the second row will take over, and continue to fire three shots in a row.
Two thousand three-eyed muskets were fired in unison, with astonishing lethality.
Li Qinzai once destroyed a country with 6,000 three-eyed blunderbuss. Although the 30,000 Tibetan troops in front of him were much more powerful than the Japanese massed charge, the Tang army was still able to hold its own against the enemy's thousands of troops. Reap the lives of your enemies without mercy.
When the Tibetan army charged, the Tang army stood firmly in front of the formation and remained motionless. There were loud noises from the front formation and bursts of white smoke filled the air.
In the smoke and flames of war, when tens of thousands of Tibetan troops charged within a hundred steps, their casualties increased, and the morale of the troops became increasingly low.
However, the Tibetan army was not without resistance, and the range of their bows and arrows was within a hundred steps. So after suffering heavy casualties, the Tibetan army's arrow rain finally came.
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After a volley of fire, the black rain of arrows was like black clouds in the sky, covering the Tang army.
With just one round of arrow rain, hundreds of people in the Tang army fell down wailing.
"Fill the spot!" Sun Congdong shouted with eyes wide open.
The injured soldiers were carried to the rear. The gunmen took up the positions of the injured soldiers without saying a word. Under the command of Ling Qi, they continued to fire the three-eyed muskets.
Sun Congdong commanded the musketry, while Song and Jin Tu commanded the cavalry.
Seeing that his own formation was already within the range of the enemy's bows and arrows, Song Jintu drew his sword and pointed to the sky, shouting: "Fight to the death with righteousness, serve the country with loyalty, the Tang Dynasty will be victorious!"
"Hand the flag! Enter the cavalry! Surround the central army on the left and right and cut the enemy's formation!"
The black command flag waved down, and more than 3,000 cavalrymen rode out, bypassing the charging enemy army in the center, and headed towards the Tibetan central army from the left and right flanks.
Song Jintu took the lead and rushed to the front. This man who was usually taciturn was like a murderous god descending from the sky on the battlefield, leading the soldiers into the battle fiercely.
In the Chinese army's formation, the fire gunners suffered hundreds of casualties, but the remaining more than a thousand people were still able to hold down the position, because during the charge of the Tibetan army, the fire gunmen's volleys also hit the Tubo army. The army suffered heavy casualties.
When thousands of horses are galloping, once the front row is shot off the horse, not only will the end be tragic, but the charging speed of the entire charging team will be slowed down.
Whether it is trampling the body of the robe in front or jumping over the horse, it will seriously affect the speed of the war horse.
The enemy army slowed down, but the Tang army's three-eyed musket did not slow down. They still braved the rain of arrows and fired volley after round.
Both sides go back and forth, but in this era, firearms still have an absolute advantage. It can be clearly seen from the comparison of casualties on both sides that when the wheel of history rolls forward, those who try to stop it will eventually be crushed into mud.
The Tubo army suffered thousands of casualties, but when they were a hundred steps away from the Tang army's front line, their charging speed had to slow down due to Paoze's fall, and even greater casualties came.
The artillerymen of the Tang Army were like nails, clinging to their position without taking a step back.
The Tubo army waved their machetes and roared, but rounds of firearm projectiles still penetrated their bodies mercilessly.
Li Qinzai has been watching the game from the back.
Commanding battles was not his strong point, and he had decisively handed over the command to Sun Congdong and Song Jintu.
But he could see the changes in the battlefield situation every moment.
Seeing that the momentum of the Tibetan army's charge was getting slower and slower, and there were even signs of turning around and escaping from behind, Li Qinzai finally felt a big stone in his heart.
If the central formation is stable, we will not suffer a big loss in this encounter.
The focus now is the cavalry charge led by Song Jintu.
Looking around, more than 3,000 cavalrymen led by Song Jintu were galloping away, bypassing the Tibetan front formation from the left and right sides, and like two sharp swords, pierced hard into the Tibetan army.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Army has been invincible in the world. The greatest advantage of the Tang Army's invincibility lies in plain warfare, especially the bravery of the cavalry. Looking at the world today, there are few neighboring armies that can compete with the Tang Army's cavalry.
The cavalry charge of the Tang Army relied on their bravery. Once the cavalry was launched, they often risked their lives. The enemy army would not be defeated and would charge endlessly.
The more than 3,000 cavalrymen under Song Jintu's command were originally brave and capable Tang Dynasty frontier troops. They were much stronger than the Tubo army in terms of combat experience and ferocious aura.
With Song Jintu taking the lead, the cavalry soldiers were divided into two groups, the left and right groups, and quickly inserted into the center of the Tibetan army.
In the chaotic army formation, dust and smoke billowed. Song Jintu and his soldiers quickly blended into the dust and smoke that filled the sky and were no longer visible.
Li Qinzai watched from a distance, his heart lifted, and he looked around uneasily.
While Sun Congdong was commanding the gunmen, he was also constantly observing the movements of Song Jintu's troops. Seeing more than three thousand soldiers disappearing in the smoke, Sun Congdong was a little anxious and shouted: "Firegunsmen, come in -!"
The more than a thousand gunmen finally took a step forward. After taking a few steps, the first one squatted down and fired two rounds, and then continued to move forward.
When Li Qinzai was in a hurry, he suddenly saw a cloud of yellow dust rising in the distance from Shanzhou City, rushing toward the Tibetan army. He couldn't help but feel nervous.
"Ah Si, call Jin quickly and order Sun Congdong and Song Jintu to retreat!" Li Qinzai gave the decisive order.
The troops hurriedly sounded the gold and blew the trumpets. Sun Congdong, who was originally attacking, was stunned, but he did not dare to disobey in front of the formation, so he ordered to retreat and fire his guns.
Not long after, Song Jintu's troops also withdrew from the dust and smoke and ran towards Li Qinzai quickly.
Sun Congdong ran to Li Qinzai and said in astonishment: "Uncle Li, why do you call me gold?"
Li Qinzai raised his chin, motioned to the yellow dust in the direction of Shanzhou City, and said: "The enemy's reinforcements have arrived, we must withdraw."
In today's encounter, the Tibetan army faced the enemy Li Qinzai's troops of about 20,000, and 10,000 were still surrounding Shanzhou City. Perhaps seeing signs that the fighting Tibetan army was exhausted, the Tibetan army general had no choice but to move the besieged city. Ten thousand Tibetan troops were also mobilized.
The gradually exhausted division was fighting against the new reinforcements. Li Qinzai was not sure and would not do such a stupid thing, so he decisively ordered a retreat.
Song Jintu's troops quickly joined Li Qinzai. Under Li Qinzai's order, thousands of soldiers and horses turned around and retreated westward, while Tibetans were also chasing after them. After pursuing for about 20 miles, the Tubo army was worried about an ambush in front, so they ordered The horse turned back.
