Chapter 1000: Horse riding company
Chapter 1000 Horse Step Company
Huangshui Xiyuan, Yifu Valley.
In the snowy and icy world, the Tuyuhun people were caught off guard when they were attacked by Tang cavalry. This was caused by themselves. Murong Cheng instigated Tuyuhun's tribes to rebel against Tang Dynasty again, and it really caught Tang Dynasty by surprise at first.
Killing the Great Khan Murong Shun, seizing Khan Tingfucheng, and instigating various tribes to rebel against the Tang Dynasty.
The people of Tang didn't intend to send troops at this time. At first, they only sent Hou Junji to question the crime, but only verbally, without mobilizing troops.
While Murong Cheng feigned panic and sent people to receive Hou Junji, he secretly pursued and killed his nephew's family. Tang Jun missed the best opportunity to send troops because of the national mourning, and Murong Shun had an excellent opportunity.
However, he wasted these precious months. He declared that he would attack the Tang Dynasty in four directions, but in fact he gathered all the people and horses to go north quietly, ambush in the mountains at the source of the Huangshui River, and scattered more than 200,000 people in more than a hundred people. In the various valleys between the wide mountains.
This is not wrong at all. After all, under normal circumstances, although the Tang people did not want to send troops at the beginning, they would not really tolerate their rebellion, so they must still send troops.
If the people of the Tang Dynasty sent troops, they would definitely go out along the Qinghai Road to attack. The north and south roads are likely to be sent together, and even the Hexi and Anxi roads also sent an army. Go out five ways.
After all, Tuyuhun’s strength is not as good as before, so Murong Cheng and his prime minister Xuan Wang’s countermeasure is no matter how many times you come from the Tang Dynasty, I will not divide the troops, I will go all the way.
They declared to the outside world that they would attack the Tang Dynasty from four directions, but in fact they gathered all their soldiers and horses to the North Road, and then ambushed outside the pass. They especially quietly bypassed the Shenwei Army and hid in the north of Haiyan, behind the Shenwei Army. This plan is of course no problem. When the Tang people come out of customs, they will concentrate their forces to attack the Tang army first.
Come and break each one.
But what no one expected was that after Hou Junji assumed command, Crown Prince Chengqian suddenly came to Longyou, took over the command, and summoned all the ministries and recruited civilians. He should have dispatched troops quickly. In the end, it took several months to get to Haiyan.
From early autumn to late winter.
It was originally a quick-fix ambush, but it turned out to be protracted and dragged on.
During these few months, the Tuyuhun people still had the opportunity to change their battle plan, but Murong Cheng did nothing and just waited.
He even firmly believed that the more Li Chengqian and Hou Junji were like this, the greater the results of his battle would be. He set his sights on Li Chengqian and must capture the Tang prince.
He thought he had met an absurd and stupid prince, but he didn't expect Cheng Qian to be a brilliant tactician. He had been acting all the time, deceiving the Tuyuhun people into a bunch of fools, and Murong Cheng had been kept in the dark without knowing it.
Just like that, when Cheng Qian led the Tang cavalry soldiers to descend from the sky, Murong Cheng didn't react at all. He only had a few scouts outside, but there was no time to be alert.
The various ministries scattered in the mountains more than a hundred miles wide were also unaware of the road blockage due to heavy snow and their own intentional hiding.
Two hundred miles, this was originally an extremely safe distance.
In Murong Cheng's eyes, although Li Chengqian led an army of 100,000 to two hundred miles, judging from their usual marching speed, some people couldn't find themselves at all, and even if they did, it would take a long time for them to come over. Time, when it was snowing heavily, Li Chengqian would have to go for at least several days or even ten days and a half months.
But in his plan, it is impossible for Li Chengqian to move forward. They are likely to stay in Haiyan for a while, and then they will be teachers. At that time, they will attack and kill the Tang people. Everything has been arranged long ago. of.
So Murong Cheng waited with peace of mind for the Tang army's squadron to retreat without success, and prepared to kill them by surprise when they retreated unprepared.
The hunter who is ready to hunt has no idea that he has already become the prey.
On this gray morning, the sleeping Tuyuhun people were trampled through the camp by the Tang army cavalry. But at this time, none of these Tuyuhun people knew how Tang Qi got here.
How many came?
Who commands the army?
Where did it come from?
Know nothing.
There is no defense in the valley at all. This is not a preset battlefield, so the Tuyuhun people are still nomads like usual. All the tribes gather together, set up tents, and then fence around their cattle and sheep. Young and strong warriors They still live with their wives, children and parents.
For Murong Cheng or other Tuyuhun people, this is normal.
When it is time to send troops, the young and strong will be pulled out first, and the women and children will drive the cattle and sheep and pull the tents to follow.
This is just a temporary stop for them.
Even if the Tang people really found them, they still have enough time to gather young and strong fighters and form a defense outside the valley, and this place will still not be affected.
Murong Cheng once fantasized proudly that he would defeat the Tang army one by one, but he didn't know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty also wanted to defeat him one by one.
The tribes of Tuyuhun hidden within a hundred miles of the mountainous area at the source of Huangshui, Chengqian only stared at Murong Cheng and fought first.
When Tang Qi rushed into the Tuyuhun camp with overwhelming speed, the valley, which didn't even have a wooden fence and camp wall, fell into chaos in an instant.
It was like a drop of water dropped into hot oil and it boiled.
Tang Qi rushed all the way.
Not entangled in the battle, but kept rushing in, which left the Tuyuhun people with no time to react.
Murong Cheng was wrapped in a blanket by the loyal guards and carried on the horse, and then he ran for a long time under the embrace of the guards, his whole body turned blue from the cold.
He kept asking what was going on, but no one could answer his question.
No one could figure out what was going on, anyway, Tang Qi came, overwhelming, extremely ferocious, and unstoppable.
Soldiers mixed with women and children. They all tried to protect their wives, children, parents, cattle, sheep, and tents, and they couldn't gather at all.
Without organization, without defense, and without even having time to ride a horse, the valley was almost destroyed.
When Murong Cheng finally ran to a hillside and gathered thousands of soldiers here, he calmed down a little. At this time, his loyal bodyguards also found him the herdsmen who were dirty but warm sheepskin robe.
Putting on the sheepskin robe and the guard's armor, Murong Cheng looked a little funny, but he was finally safe and warm.
At this time, a Tuyuhun nobleman who had retreated from the front ran over and described the situation ahead to him in panic.
"I've never seen such a frightening guy. Those people are like evil spirits from hell. They are ruthless, fierce and fierce. They are like a group of well-trained, murderous and disciplined heavenly soldiers. Indifference, bloodthirsty and ferocity are engraved on their faces, blood-colored cloaks, black iron armor, thick long and sharp horses, and those majestic war horses, these people are irresistible..."
"Can you see who is commanding the soldiers? Is it Hou Junji?"
The man shook his head, he didn't pay attention at all, he was frightened by Tang Qi, and fled all the way here.
More and more people fled and gathered under this hillside.
King Xuan also escaped.
"Damn it, we were all tricked by that **** Li Chengqian. This **** is a liar. I saw the flag of Prince Tang, and I also saw the flag of his extremely sturdy army of the Prince's Brigade, and Mr. Xi bought it. One of Lang's five tigers, he is the vanguard officer..."
"Li Chengqian?"
Murong Cheng was speechless in shock. This seemed like a huge joke. Li Chengqian was ridiculed and despised by him again and again, but now he was killed in front of him?
"How can this be?"
Nothing is impossible.
One day ago, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty was still in Haiyan Fort two hundred miles away. He was still the absurd prince who hunted everywhere and even brought many beauties to pretend to be his own soldiers in the barracks.
But just one day later, he had already entered his camp, killing them by surprise and losing their souls.
The crown prince is charging, and Lu Ben's army proudly holds up the conspicuous flag.
This flag made countless soldiers go crazy, and His Royal Highness was charging, so they had nothing to fear and hesitate.
Rush, go forward, keep going.
General Xi was the vanguard, rushing to the front, and His Royal Highness followed closely behind. All the cavalry screamed, let alone a hundred thousand. At this time, there were one million to ten million people in front of them, and they would not frown .
Although tired, although the weather is cold.
But at this time, all the Tang Qi were extremely excited, their hunger, cold, and exhaustion were all wiped away, they were extremely excited at this time, and their whole bodies were boiling with blood.
Forward, forward, forward!
The crown prince did not consider the consequences of being surrounded and trapped by the Tuyuhun people in case their five thousand horses rushed into the enemy camp.
The crown prince only said that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.
Victory is won with guns.
Stomp through the enemy camp and crush them!
Generals Gao Kan, Liang Jianzhang, and the 45,000 cavalry brought by other generals, how far away, how long will it take, and whether they can arrive in time? The prince ignored it, and they didn't think about it.
The crown prince and Xi Junmai led five thousand cavalry, and they insisted on displaying an astonishing momentum of fifty thousand cavalry.
In fact, when Murong Cheng and King Xuan confirmed the flag of the Tang prince and Luben army in the Tang cavalry, as well as the general flag bought by Xi Jun, they all believed that the main force of the Tang army had come.
At least there should be more than 50,000 Tang troops, otherwise they would not have the guts to make a surprise attack like this.
Facing this judgment result, Murong Cheng was trembling, and he didn't know whether the dirty sheepskin robe on his body was not enough to keep him warm, or the result frightened him.
His soldiers are still being defeated. The Tuyuhun camp in the entire valley stretches for more than ten miles, and half of it has been killed now.
The north wind was blowing, and the snow was fluttering.
Murong Cheng's heart felt like falling into an ice cave, his whole body was cold and trembling uncontrollably.
(end of this chapter)