Countless light-armored archers suddenly appeared at the head of Dahuashi Gorge City. Their long arrows were aimed at the black-toothed Changzhi below, and they shot out fiercely.
The dense rain of arrows directly enveloped Hei Te Changzhi and the Tubo cavalry entangled with him.
In an instant, a piece of the ground fell.
Li Xuan watched Hei Te Changzhi hide under the horse's belly at the critical moment, and then escaped the bow and arrow.
Hei Te Changzhi's subordinates are all Fuyu people who have been fighting in Liaodong for many years. Although the bows and arrows on the city top were as fine as rain, most people dodged them in an instant.
The real unlucky ones were the Tubo cavalry who were fighting with him.
Li Xuan looked at Lun Qinling in shock, and then his eyes fell on the entire battlefield.
Under the charge of him, Hei Te Changzhi, Wang Xiaojie, Li Duozuo and others, the Tubo cavalry had been divided into several parts and formed a chaotic mess.
Only six groups of cavalry separated from the edge of the battlefield, seemingly wandering around in no hurry.
Under the commander's flag, Lun Qinling's face was calm, as if he saw all this very calmly.
Li Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn.
Although they had dispersed all the Tibetan cavalry before, in the final analysis, only half of the Tibetan cavalry died in their hands.
Six thousand people hit more than 20,000 people. No matter how sharp the blade is, the contact is limited.
The real elite of Qin Ling's men quietly withdrew from the core of the battlefield, came to the rear of the battlefield, and began to block Li Xuan's retreat.
A thousand heavy armored cavalry at the front attacked Liu Shenli's main formation, and nearly 20,000 cavalry in the middle consumed the combat power of Li Xuan, Hei Te Changzhi, Wang Xiaojie, Li Duozuo and others.
The real elite of the Tubo cavalry were preparing to pounce on them when they were weak and devour them in one bite.
Among the ranks of the Tubo army, the Zanpu Guards are the strongest, with complete military armor and armed with bows and crossbows. They are all nobles, equivalent to the Qianniu Guards of the Tang Dynasty, the Jinwu Guards; followed by the Khampa Tiger Guards, the Anduo Leopard Guards, and the elites Archers, then Yangtong, Supi and other state cavalry, the weakest is the Tuyuhun cavalry.
In addition, there are special services such as elephant cavalry and light army.
The Zanpu Imperial Guards belong to the Eagle Division; the Elephant Cavalry belongs to the Elephant Division; the Khampa Tiger Guards, and the Anduo Leopard Guards belong to the Tiger Division, and the Leopard Division sits in the local area and fights in all directions; the Yangtong, Supi, and Tuyuhun cavalry belong to the Yang Division, and their strength is Weakest, but outnumbered.
Those who rushed to kill Liu Shenli's main formation were the Zanpu guards and the heavy cavalry of the Tubo nobles.
The six cavalry groups were the Tubo Tiger Division and the Leopard Division. The ones who had been really fighting with Li Xuan and the others were the Sheep Division, which was the weakest.
The weakest Tuyuhun cavalry is not worthy of appearing.
Li Xuan's eyes crossed the Dahuashi Gorge behind the Lun Qin Mausoleum. He could imagine how many Tubo cavalry were behind this checkpoint, waiting for them to weaken before rushing out to hunt them down.
Now they only have one chance, and that is Lun Qinling.
The appearance of the archers on the city wall stopped Hei Te Changzhi's offensive, but almost instantly, Li Xuan and Wang Xiaojie led their troops towards the Lun Qin Mausoleum.
As long as Lun Qinling is killed, everything owned by the Tubo people will be destroyed.
Likewise, this is also the bait left by Lun Qinling.
…
In mid-air, a long arrow shot directly towards the direction of Lun Qinling.
In an instant, a large shield had been erected in front of Lun Qinling.
"Ding ding ding" countless long arrows landed on the shield.
But a long arrow crossed the shield first and headed directly towards Lun Qinling.
With a "bang" sound, a warrior in full armor brandished a long sword and instantly chopped the long arrow to the ground.
Wang Xiaojie in the distance put away his long bow, with a trace of regret in his eyes.
His eyes fell on the Dahuashixia Pass behind the Lun Qin Mausoleum. Countless heavy armored cavalry were pouring out crazily, heading towards the Lun Qin Mausoleum.
These heavy armored cavalry are the last trump card of Lun Qinling.
Even though Wang Xiaojie had already rushed over, he was not confident enough to kill Lun Qinling and escape under the rain of countless arrows.
With a wave of his hand, Wang Xiaojie's cavalry fired the last handful of crossbow arrows, then turned and left.
The drums in the distance were already beating fast, and all the troops turned in order, aiming directly at the elite Tibetan tiger and leopard cavalry.
Hei Te Changzhi, Wang Xiaojie, and Li Duozuo have completed the turn at the same time.
Li Xuan was at the end, and countless long arrows under his command were already flying in the air.
Looking at the Tubo heavy cavalry that was quickly approaching the Lun Qin Mausoleum, Li Xuan always felt that something was wrong.
How could Qin Ling have more than 2,000 cavalry?
Even now in the Qinghai Army Formation of the Tang Dynasty, the number of heavy cavalry that can be assembled together does not exceed a thousand.
You know, this is not the fake heavy cavalry created by Li Xuan in Taozhou City, but the real heavy cavalry.
The Tang Dynasty could only produce one thousand, so how could Qinling produce two thousand.
Therefore, it is very possible that these pseudo heavy cavalry are.
But so what, with such people around, it has become extremely difficult for them to kill Lun Qinling.
The rapid drumbeat behind them told the coach's decision.
…
Li Xuan led his army and quickly passed in front of the Tubo army formation, his eyes scanning quickly.
He is now nearly 500 steps away from Lun Qin Ling. If he has a crossbow in his hand, he is confident enough to shoot Lun Qin Ling to death with one crossbow.
but now……
Li Xuan looked at Lun Qinling. At this time, a pair of sarcastic eyes fell on him in the endless gaps in the steel.
With a cold expression on his face, Li Xuan instantly put down the long bow in his hand, and a long bow that he rarely used appeared in his hand.
The two feathers were connected, and in an instant, the two arrows flew out quickly.
The next moment, Li Xuan didn't look at the result. He turned around and led his black-armored cavalry to charge towards the Tubo Sheep Division.
Now that he already knows the truth and falsehood of these Tubo cavalry, the rest will be easy to handle.
Lun Qinling looked at the arrows in mid-air with a slight smile of disdain in his eyes.
The King of Nanchang was a great bow expert, but the range of his bow and arrow was only about three hundred paces. How could he shoot to five hundred paces...
Lun Qinling took a breath and raised his eyes high. He suddenly saw that the long arrow shot first began to fall rapidly when it reached the highest altitude. But at this moment, the long arrow shot from behind But he shot it on its tail with unusual precision.
The next moment, the long arrow at the front suddenly accelerated, and in the blink of an eye it was shooting towards the sight of Lun Qinling.
The armored soldiers on the side immediately came to guard him with long knives, and in a blink of an eye he relaxed because the direction of the long arrow was a little off.
With a "swish" sound, the long arrow flashed across his eyes in an instant, and then nailed directly into the neck of a Tibetan general who was standing in front of him.
That person turned out to be Shang Jiezan.
The Protector of Tubo, Qinghai and Tibet, Shang Jiezan.
He was shot to death by Li Xuan with an arrow.
Lun Qinling couldn't help but take a step forward, but at this time he was blocked by the guards in front of him.
Seeing Shang Jiezan holding his neck, but the blood was still flowing out, with a look of stunned pain on his face, Lun Qinling stepped forward with infinite hatred in his heart, raised his head, and stared in the direction of Li Xuan in the distance.
At this time, Li Xuan had already driven a group of sheep and cavalry towards a Tubo Leopard Division.
…
When night falls, everyone withdraws their troops.
Bonfires are burning and cattle and sheep are barbecued.
"Shang Jiezan, the Protector of Tubo and Qinghai, is dead. He was shot to death by an arrow from the King of Nanchang."
After Liu Shenli finished speaking, all the generals were stunned at the same time.
Even Li Xuan put down the leg of lamb in his hand with a confused expression.
"Commander, is the news reliable?" Li Xuan looked at Liu Shenli in disbelief.
Liu Shenli nodded and said, "The scouts caught the tongue, and Qinling has held a funeral for Shang Jiezan overnight."
The funeral has been held.
There is no doubt that Shang Jiezan is dead.
Aware of everyone's gaze, Li Xuan shook his head slowly and said: "Although I shot an arrow today, it was aimed at Lun Qinling. If I could shoot Shang Jiezan to death, and in front of the army, I would not hide the news of his death." That’s all, why are you still holding a funeral, Marshal, something is wrong.”
The fire flickered, Xiao Siye nodded and said: "I'm afraid this is a plan to mourn the troops. What the King of Nanchang said today has been carefully investigated by the general. Today, the damage to the Tubo Tiger Division and Leopard Division does not exceed 3,000, and there are also heavy cavalry. , after 300 damage, they immediately evacuated, and we couldn’t stop them."
The Tubo Tiger Division and the Leopard Division have been wandering around. Even though Li Xuan drove the Sheep Division, those people either hid far away or drove the Sheep Division to turn around and fight back. They then took advantage of the situation and made a surprise attack. In the war, although Li Xuan and the others had the upper hand, the Tubo people were far from being exhausted.
In addition, there are heavy cavalry of Tubo nobles.
Those guys only suffered less than 20% damage. Seeing that they could not take down Liu Shenli for a while, they turned around and retreated without hesitation.
If Xiao Siye hadn't been chasing him closely, he might not have been able to get even the hundred.
Li Jinxing nodded and said, "Although we have an advantage in today's battle, we are still far from defeating Lun Qinling."
"We will fight again tomorrow. The strategy needs to be adjusted." Li Xuan spoke, looked at Liu Shenli and said: "Commander, fighting is useless. Even if the Tubo people lose tens of thousands today, they can make up for it at any time tomorrow. The key is to capture the Big Flower Stone. Gorge, cut off the Tibetan people's front and rear communication, in order to completely capture them."
"There is also the method of mourning the soldiers. Tomorrow's battle will be dangerous. If we fight head-on, our army will probably suffer heavy casualties." Wang Xiaojie couldn't help but speak.
Today, the Tubo people suffered heavy casualties, and the Tang Dynasty also suffered nearly two thousand casualties, and they were all elites.
Leaving aside the sheep masters, the casualties today were 2,000 casualties from the Tang Dynasty and 3,000 casualties from the Tubo people.
If this war continues, they will be the first to be exhausted.
"There will be a battle tomorrow..." Liu Shenli looked cautious. Today, the army defeated more than 30,000 Tibetan troops and killed nearly 10,000 people. Although most of them were sheep divisions, there were also 3,000 casualties among the Tibetan elite. If this is the case, So for North Korea and China...
Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps sounded outside the tent.
Immediately, Lou Shide quickly walked in from the outside with a solemn expression.
A military report was handed into Liu Shenli's hands by Lou Shide.
Liu Shenli just glanced at it and his expression suddenly changed.
"Commander!" Xiao Siye couldn't help but speak.
Liu Shenli put down the military report and said: "Three things. There were signs of a large army marching in the south of Delingha, but it did not attack Delingha and its whereabouts are now unknown; Maqu sent troops to attack the grain team, but was blocked by Jiannan Road left The Wuwei army ambushed them; finally, Chaka's Turkic cavalry seemed to be unstable."
Everyone was suddenly in awe.
Delingha's army was undoubtedly the Tubo Army. They did not attack Delingha directly, which shows that Lun Qinling had other plans.
The instability of the Turkic cavalry at this time was particularly disturbing.
Especially in connection with Guangjun.
In the end, the Maqu cavalry was ambushed, and the Tubo strategy of attacking the Tang Dynasty grain road failed. Lun Qinling was afraid that he would become nervous immediately.
"Send the order." Liu Shenli raised his head, looked at the crowd and said: "Li Duozuo, with his black teeth, Wang Xiaojie, and the Nanchang King's troops took turns to attack the Dahuashi Gorge at night. After the Nanchang King's palace, there is no need to go back to the bitter sea and go straight to the Xiaohuashi Gorge. , delaying Tibet’s pursuit.”
"Here!" Everyone stood up at the same time.
Li Xuan's eyes sparkled.
The Battle of Dafeichuan is about to begin.
(End of chapter)
