Chapter 1071 The strong man eats barbarian meat

   "Dog slave, die."

  Qiu Xinggong galloped past on his horse, swung his Mo Dao and chopped off a Tubo warrior in tiger and leopard skin. Urging his horse forward, he swung his knife again and again, and killed several Tubo cavalry in a row, before retreating under the guard of his own soldiers.

   When returning to the back of the Mo Dao formation, he still did not forget to use the Mo Dao to pick up a corpse of a Tubo soldier from the ground and bring it back to the rear of the formation.

As soon as he got back to the banner, Qiu Xinggong jumped off his horse, and cut open the abdomen of the Tubo cavalrymen he brought back, took out the heart and liver, then cut them off piece by piece under the banner, took out the salt bag he brought with him and sprinkled some fine grains on it. Salt and pepper to taste.

   Eat up the big pieces.

  Qiu Xinggong got up again and stood on the nest cart to watch the battle.

The five hundred Mo Dao hands were indeed fierce, forcibly blocking the Tubo cavalry's charge momentum, but this kind of fierce head-to-head confrontation also caused a lot of casualties. After all, there were too few Mo Dao hands, and the heavy axe hands on both sides were only one Thousands of people.

   "The semaphore sends the order, the Mo Dao player retreats, and the spear player, the rifle player, and the long card player make up for it."

   After saying this, he actually stood on the nest cart and licked the blood on his lips.

  The flag is waved, accompanied by the sound of the horn.

  The leaders of the Modao team in front of the formation turned their heads and looked back when they heard the sound, and they all immediately understood the order.

  The flag bearers of each battalion also quickly waved the flags in their hands.

  Long players, spearmen, etc. also quickly took over from behind and stepped forward.

   "Stand back!"

The Mo Dao fighters were also exhausted at this time. Although the confrontation was only for a short time, the Mo Dao hands in two layers of thick armor were wielding the twenty-pound Zhangba Mo Dao in their hands. .

  Although the sword wall is fierce and the people and horses are smashed, continuous chopping is definitely more tiring than chopping wood. Their explosive power is strong, and their endurance is indeed not as good as that of spearmen, and their flexibility is not as good as that of sword players.

  All of them were drenched in sweat, and their armor was also soaked in the blood of the enemy.

  Go forward when you hear the drum, and stop when you hear the order.

  Teams of Mo Dao Shou retreated quickly under the guidance of the team flag.

   There are also a few red-eyed ones who are still rushing forward.

  Qiu Xinggong ordered the nest car to recall them again with horns and command flags, and finally recalled those red-eyed Mo Dao fighters.

  Qiu Xinggong came to the rear of the formation on horseback, and the Mo Dao fighters were all paralyzed on the ground, steam rising from their bodies.

   "Catch those dog slaves just now!"

  Qiu Xinggong ordered that the team leaders, flag bearers, and Mo Dao hands in the front row of the several Mo Dao hands who had violated the order and refused to retreat just now were arrested and brought in front of him.

   "You dog slaves were very brave in the battle just now, and they should have recorded meritorious service, but some people ignored the military orders on the battlefield." Before he could finish speaking, Qiu Xinggong directly swung a knife and beheaded a team leader.

  Several military officers couldn't help but stepped forward to persuade them.

   "Did you let me talk? Join the military, write down the names of these beggars, and settle the score later."

  After Qiu Xinggong finished speaking coldly, he swiped the timo saber several times at several people, but made two cuts on the face of every officer who refused to retreat after hearing the order, leaving a fork on his face.

   "Write it down for now, and settle accounts after the war."

   Several officers were bleeding, but no one dared to say another word. They all knew that Tan Guogong was always cruel, but they didn't expect to be dealt with so severely. No one dared to intercede for those people again.

  For those Mo Dao hands who did not obey the order, Qiu Xinggong ordered his soldiers to cut off their left ears directly.

   "Post-war disposal together!"

The soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty are centered on the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the military discipline of the soldiers is strict, which is also one of the fundamental reasons for their strong combat effectiveness. The military law written by Li Jing for the soldiers of the Datang Dynasty is very strict. There are hundreds of them.

  For example, in the battle just now, those who did not advance when they heard the drums and did not retreat when they heard the gold were all to be executed immediately. Even the archers who looked left and right during the battle preparations would be executed directly.

  From training to marching, from camping to fighting, and even cleaning the battlefield, etc., the military law stipulates all aspects, strict to the extreme, and those who move will be executed.

   It's just that when it is actually implemented, it will not be strictly enforced, but the red line is drawn there, so Tang Jun is also very careful. With these restrictions, Tang Jun can be so powerful.

  Before Qiu Xinggong left, he punched and kicked the Mo Dao fighters who had their faces and ears cut, but no one dared to resist.

It is said that Yang Su, a famous treacherous general in the Sui Dynasty, fought countless battles in his life and never lost a battle. He treated his soldiers with the strictest military law, but also the most generous rewards. to the soldiers.

  But every time before a battle, Yang Su will deliberately ask people to find fault in the army, pick out a group of people who violated military laws, and then push them to the front of the battle, let them directly attack the enemy.

  If they can't break through the formation and return, they will be cut in front of the formation, forcing these people to continue to attack the enemy's formation until they are all dead in battle, and then he will swing his troops forward.

  Yang Su's use of troops like this is actually not an exception. The Fubing system established since the Northern Zhou Dynasty has extremely strict military laws for soldiers.

   Therefore, the soldiers of the government that lasted for four dynasties are also very powerful in combat effectiveness. This is a group of real professional troops.

The Mo Dao players sat silently on the ground to rest, and the spear players and long card players who fought in front didn't know what happened behind, even if they knew, they wouldn't say anything. That's all for the harsh Qiu Xinggong.

  The Tang army's line, which replaced the spearman, the spearman, and the long player, stepped forward, and soon became stable again.

The Mo Dao soldiers smashed the Tubo cavalry's charging momentum with their long blades, and the Tubo people were obviously exhausted in one go, but they were not as good as the spear players who were much weaker than the Mo Dao players. Just now.

   It was blocked by long cards like forests of spears like walls.

  With Qiu Xinggong's order to kill those who retreated, the infantry in the front row were nailed to the front line like nails, and they did not take a step back until they died in battle.

The crossbowmen in the rear didn't know how many arrows they shot. They kept pulling their strings and unfurling their bows and arrows. They were covered with arrow rain after rounds of arrows from the Tubo people who rushed towards them like a tide, and their hands were sore. , but did not dare to stop.

  The light cavalry on the two wings had been fighting with the Tubo cavalry for a long time. They also kept the military orders in mind and never left the two wings of the infantry formation to provide flank protection for the infantry.

   Almost at the same time.

  The distance to the southwest is only a few miles away, and the three thousand Tang troops who came down from Huangniling Castle are also fighting desperately. Although the main attack direction of Tubo is at Qiu Xinggong, there are more than 15,000 troops in Tubo.

You Xiaowei Zhonglang Yu Guni is also very tough. He was originally one of the Turkic Yushe's subordinates, and later returned to the Tang Dynasty with Yushe. Yushe worshiped Qin Qiong as his adoptive father and changed his name to Qin Guozhong. Princess Shang, after Jieli died of illness in Chang'an, was even more fortunate to be selected as the Great Khan of the Eastern Turks.

  Although it is said that the Eastern Turks existed in name only, this Khan is actually not as good as the post of governor given to him by the imperial court. After Yu Guni returned to the Tang Dynasty, he first served in the Chang'an Forbidden Army, and later he was demoted to the outside world for causing trouble after drinking. Now he is the governor of Fuzhou with the titles of Shuofang County Duke, Youxiaowei Zhonglang General, and Huaihua General. Liu Lancheng's partner.

   Turkic Hu is against Tubo barbarians, but Yu Guni does not lose his sturdy Turkic generals, especially among the 3,000 men and horses under his command, there are 1,000 horses who are Turkic light cavalry.

  These Turkic cavalry were also dispatched by the imperial court to various military towns over the years. This time Liu Lancheng concentrated the Turkic soldiers under Yu Guni's command. Under his command, these Turkic cavalry indeed displayed stronger combat effectiveness.

  When the Tubo cavalry focused on penetrating Qiu Xinggong's army and was blocked, Yu Guni not only blocked Tubo's feint attack, but even started a counterattack.

at the same time.

  To the east, under the banner of the general who is leading the army on the right, Liu Lancheng, who was wearing a brocade robe and silk armor wrapped outside the bright light armor on the nest cart, narrowed his eyes and carefully stared at the situation on the entire battlefield.

In the northwest, Qiu Xinggong's army has blocked the momentum of the Tubo cavalry assault, and the Tubo people have stagnated. In the southwest, Yu Guni led the Turkic light cavalry to attack the vanguard, followed by Dangxiang Qiang, Xueshan Qiang, Wudu Di and other Qiang and Difan soldiers. Followed, a climax of a counterattack was being launched.

   "Hahaha, the toad surnamed Niang is exhausted."

   Liu Lancheng snatched a pair of drumsticks from the drummer, and beat them **** the cowhide drum.

   "Order, the whole army is on top, **** it!"

  The 5,000 main force on the Eastern Front basically remained intact at this time, without much damage, and the integrity of the army formation was maintained.

  As soon as the order was issued, the cavalry on the two wings took the lead in attacking.

   Immediately afterwards, the sword players jumped up with a shield in one hand and a horizontal knife in the other hand, and the spearmen and lancers ran forward with long spears and lances...

  As Qin Lang's liaison officer, Zhang Chao stood beside Liu Lancheng on the nest car, watching the situation on the battlefield, he couldn't help being stunned.

This battle is really changing rapidly, but 10,000 to 15,000, the two sides are fighting for supremacy in the wild, but Liu Lancheng's fight is too beautiful, not to mention the previous deployment of the three-way pincer attack, but later Liu Lancheng's 5,000 people forcefully suppressed one 15,000 people are fighting, which is amazing enough.

But at this moment, Qiu Xinggong, the Rentu, with 3,000 people, can stop the assault of more than 10,000 Tubo troops, and Yu Guni, with 3,000 Tubo soldiers, can continue to bite the Tubo army like a wolf , What kind of people are these people?

  That mother is really unlucky, she trekked for a month, crossed the Snowy Mountains, and came here to deliver food and was abused.

  The most terrible thing is Liu Lancheng's style of play. At this time, Liu Lancheng has no intention of letting go. He didn't let Yu Guni or Qiu Xinggong let go of either side to let the Tubo people escape.

   "Wei San Que Yi? Hahaha!" Liu Lancheng laughed out loud after hearing Zhang Chao's words, and then continued to beat the drum, "It's over after cutting, and fart!"

   11,000 field battles against 15,000 Tubo troops, Liu Lancheng has such a personality.

  The battle lasted from noon to you, from noon to sunset.

  Whether it was Yu Guni or Qiu Xinggong, they all stood against the Tubo people stubbornly and never took a step back. But Liu Lancheng's 5,000 troops chased and killed them from behind, hacking all the way without stopping.

  Shang Nang originally thought of breaking a road, and then defeating the Tang army one by one, let alone annihilating more than 10,000 people of the Tang army, at least killing a **** road to retreat westward.

   But who knew, the more they fought, the harder it became. Finally, they found out in despair that they had no chance to get out unscathed today.

   "Take the military flag and **** the prime minister to break through and retreat!"

Shang Nang's sons have long been frightened by the fierceness of the Tang army. They have never seen such an army. Hit until sunset, don't stop for a while.

  Looking at the dark sky, Shang Nang's sons knew that the army had no hope of breaking through, and they only hoped that the small group would break through.

   "In any case, the Prime Minister cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of the Tang people."

   "Jump into the river, cross the river with a floating horse, and break out!"

  The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, the Tubo people are in a hurry, and now they don't even care about the rushing Minjiang River.

The frog flag was put away, and Shang Nang, under the cover of his sons and guards, began to flee. When the frog flag fell, all the tribes in Tubo fled in all directions. Since they couldn't get out from the front, they might as well fight on their own and break out in all directions. Well, this can still cover up the prime minister.

  The Tubo army scattered and broke through, but Tang Jun was a little caught off guard.

The twilight was dim, and it also provided some help for Tubo to break through. Tang Jun stopped this group, and that group ran away again. Qiu Xinggong and Yu Guni blocked two river valley passages, but they couldn't stop the Tubo people from going desperately to the Minjiang River Jump in, carry the horse and float across the river, and continue to escape.

  The sky was getting darker and darker. On the Minjiang Plain, the Tang army lit up torches and fought in all directions at night, but the Tubo people had already begun to flee everywhere like mice.

  The situation of the battle has been decided, and the outcome has been divided.

   Liu Lancheng frowned when he heard a messenger coming to report.

   "Damn, this can also make the surname escape. Are Qiu Xinggong and Yu Guni eating shit? Let me chase them, even if it's dark."

For Liu Lancheng, just defeating the Tubo prime minister is not a great achievement at all. He is a majestic general with 11,000 Tang and Tubo elites. military?

  Bullshit, what he wants is to wipe out the enemy army, especially that shangbag, he must be captured, he must see people and dead bodies, otherwise, how can he explain to Qin Lang?

  Qin Lang specially handed over the Ningyuan Military City to himself, and also gave him an elite team. This is a good opportunity to make meritorious service.

  Tang Jun lit torches to fight at night and continued to pursue.

  Along the Minjiang River Valley, pursue all the way to the west.

Tubo is like a stray dog, a frightened bird, fleeing like a headless fly. The night is too dark and the terrain is not familiar. The Tubo soldiers fell down the cliffs and valleys while walking, or simply went in the wrong direction and ran into other branch roads and valleys. Finally, they found that there was no way to go, so they had to turn around again, and then met the pursuing Tang army head-on, and gave them It's all in one pot.

  Liu Lancheng led the Ningyuan army to chase for seven days and seven nights, and finally chased directly to the snow peak of Minshan Mountain, beheading countless prisoners along the way.

  The 20,000 people who crossed the snow-capped mountains in Tubo hardly escaped.

  But Niang Shangnang and his frog flag never caught up.

  Standing on the snow-capped mountain, with the wind blowing, Liu Lancheng hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Cross the snow-capped mountain, and chase to the end!"

Xiaqiu Xinggong couldn't help admonishing him, "Our army is exhausted and has captured too many Tubo prisoners. The snow mountain is cold and snowy, and our army is not prepared enough to cross it. Even if we force it to cross it, it will be the end of our strength , and on the other side of the mountain, Niangshang still has nearly 30,000 horses in his bag. Even if he is not an elite, I am afraid that it is not easy to deal with our current situation. How many times have you cleaned up the net?"

   Liu Lancheng was a little reluctant.

  Zhang Chaodao, "Perhaps the mother Shangnang has not escaped the snow-capped mountains, and it is also possible that she is still hiding in some valley behind us at this time?"

   "Okay!" Liu Lancheng rubbed his frozen stiff face, and agreed to stop the pursuit.

  (end of this chapter)