Chapter 1002: three thousand

Chapter 1002: three thousand

  Chapter 1002 Lu Ben Three Thousand

  The morning of the sixteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

  The 10,000 Qingqi led by Gao Kan and Gao Zhensheng rushed to Huangshuiyuan for reinforcements first. They followed the obvious imprints left by the prince and Xi Jun on the snow with the five thousand forwards.

  At this time, the 10,000 Qingqi led by Liang Jianfang were still ten miles away.

However, Tuoba Chici, Xifeng Burai and others led Dangxiang and Turkic cavalry with 25,000 cavalry, and they were still dozens of miles away. .

  In the valley, the battle continues.

  Gao Kan pushed his horse forward against the blizzard and snow, but the snow was muddy, and where the vanguard cavalry passed, the snow turned into snow mud, which seriously affected their speed.

  At the mouth of the valley, many Tuyuhun people were fleeing. There were corpses everywhere on the roadside, as well as wrecked vehicles, dead cattle and horses, and many frightened cattle, sheep and horses running around in the snow.

  The scene was simply chaos.

   Did not see the prince, nor Lu Benjun.

   But looking at the Tuyuhun people who were fleeing towards the mouth of the valley, looking lost and frightened, Gao Kan was overjoyed, it seemed that the prince had made a contribution.

   "Close the door and beat the dog?"

  A school lieutenant asked loudly in front of Gao Kanma.

   "Don't worry about those, let them go, go into the valley first, and follow the prince!"

  This is not the time to close the door and beat the dog. You must first defeat the main force of Tuyuhun. After all, the crown prince only has 5,000 riders.

  If the prince made a slight mistake, even if they killed all the Tuyuhun people in Qinghai, it would not be able to make up for their negligence and crimes.

   "Come on, go inside, don't stop, don't worry about those thieves who are running away!"

   Gao Kan charged forward with his horse.

The Tuyuhun people who are fleeing, men, women, old and young, some are calling for their sons and daughters, some are driving cattle and sheep, and some are reluctant to part with their little possessions, tents, iron pots, and clay pots. People, seeing Tang Qi who suddenly killed him, panicked even more, crying for his father and mother.

   Fortunately, Gao Kan had an order, and the ten thousand cavalry under his command strictly followed the order and only rushed forward. There was the blind and unlucky guy blocking the way, and they charged and crushed and flattened.

  As for those on both sides of the road, ignore them, unless they are stupid and take the initiative to attack and intercept.

  Gao Kan walked along the road and saw more and more corpses lying on the side of the road, and even gradually saw the corpses of Tang army soldiers.

  Some Tuyuhun people are still snatching the armor, robes and weapons from the corpses of the Tang soldiers who died in battle, and some wounded are still fighting desperately.

  Gao Kan charged forward on his horse, cut down a group of Tuyuhun people who were besieging several wounded soldiers of the Tang army, and rescued them.

   "Where is His Highness the Crown Prince?"

   "Thank you, Commander Gao, for saving your life. Zhang Zhen, the leader of the five-star fort patrol team of the Western Army in Xiadiezhou Town, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and my Chief Commander Xi are chasing and killing Murong Cheng, just ahead!"

  Gao Kan glanced at the wounded soldier covered in blood, seeing his unyielding appearance, "Can we fight again?"

   "Give a certain horse, and then give a certain lance, and a certain person can kill him seven times in and seven out!"

  His mount fell not far from him, with several arrows in his body, and his horse lance was broken near his ear. Just now Zhang Zhen had been fighting with a steel whip.

  The wounded soldiers next to him also shouted stiffly, "Give us a horse, and then kill the mother."

   "Okay, follow me!"

  Gao Kan asked the guards to prepare horses for them, and then continued to charge forward.

   Iron hooves rumbling.

Gao Kan used to be the Zhonglang General of the Luben Army in the East Palace, and the first batch of generals in the Luben Army formed by Qin Lang. He was under Qin Lang's command and served the prince at that time. These are too childish.

Later, Gao Kan went south to Jiannan with Qin Lang, reinforced Songzhou, and crusaded against the invasion of Dangxiang Qiang. Later, he followed Qin Lang to Longyou, and then conquered Tuyuhun. Since then, he has stayed in Longyou. To be the governor of Minzhou, the military envoy of Shence, the official residence of the third rank, and the title of Founding Marquis, can be regarded as a smooth career.

He was born in the Gao family in Bohai, a member of Prime Minister Gao Shilian's family, tall and mighty, handsome and suave, well-educated, polite but with a hint of arrogance, he is good at riding and shooting, especially good at using arrows, and can shoot continuous arrows , can walk through Yang with a hundred steps.

Ever since he entered the Luben army, Gao Kan had been stamped with Qin Lang's imprint. He was both a princeling and a member of the Duke of Wei. He did not dislike this label. Like the young soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they had an almost crazy admiration for the Duke of Wei.

  They regard Duke Wei as their idol, and they yearn for the day when they can establish great achievements like Duke Wei, conceal their wives and seal their sons, and honor their family.

  In these years in Longyou, Gao Kan has become more and more mature. Although he has not worked under Wei Gong these years, he has always respected his old boss.

In the past two years, there have been a lot of gossip from Chang'an to Longyou. It is against His Highness the Crown Prince who he once served. Many, he knew that the prince had indeed been rebellious, even absurd, in the past two years, but this did not affect his affection for the prince and the Duke of Wei.

  When the prince came to Longyou, Gao Kan was very excited for a time, and even boldly persuaded the prince. Although he was dismissed casually by the grown-up prince, he did not resent and oppose the prince because of this.

When the prince suddenly showed great wisdom and courage, Gao Kan was more excited than anyone else. He once proposed to exchange seats with Xi Junmai and be a striker himself, but Xi Junmai always claimed that he was the best among warriors. The warrior, the vanguard of the vanguard, has always prided himself on being the vanguard officer under Duke Wei, but now he is resolutely unwilling to give way, so he has no choice but to follow closely behind.

   Originally, his position was still behind Liang Jianfang Gao Zhensheng, but along the way he insisted on leading the five thousand cavalry under his command, leaving Liang Gaoer behind.

  This day, for Gao Kan and other soldiers in Lu Ben, was a day of pride, and for Prince Chengqian, it was a day of chic and freedom.

  For the Tuyuhun people in the valley, this is a disastrous day.

  It was not until noon that Murong Cheng finally figured out how many Tang Qi had smashed his company.

About 8,000 to 10,000 horsemen, no more than 10,000 cavalry, the commander of the army is the crown prince Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty, and the forward is the governor of Diezhou and Xi Junmai, the envoy of the Zhenxi Army. The army's elite cavalry.

   They should have been in Haiyan Fort two hundred miles away a day ago, but they had already killed here a day later.

Murong Cheng refused to believe this result at first, he thought it was impossible for Li Chengqian to appear here, especially with only 10,000 riders, he would rather believe that it was Cheng Yaojin from Liangzhou, Hexi, that rude and arrogant guy who crossed the Qilian Mountains , passed through the Hemenshui River Valley, and turned back behind them. They must have been marching quietly and spent a lot of time. I was just careless, no, it was those **** scouts who carelessly ignored these people coming from behind.

  Later, officers one after another came to report, saying that they could see clearly that it was the flag bought by Prince Tang and Mr. Xi, and that their military uniforms and flags belonged to the Longyou Army, and they could never be wrong.

   "This is impossible, it must be Cheng Yaojin who shot their flag!"

   "How could it be possible that Li Chengqian was still in Haiyan Castle yesterday and is here today. Does that pampered kid, Li Chengqian, have that kind of ability?"

  Someone reminded him, "The last time we received news from the Tang army in Haiyan Fort was several days ago, so it is very possible if Prince Tang started to attack a few days ago."

   "Then he would never dare to come with only 10,000 riders!"

"It is indeed impossible to have only 10,000 cavalry. We think that these 10,000 are just forward cavalry. There must be a large army behind. There are already 100,000 Tang and Tibetan soldiers gathered in and around Haiyan Castle, so more soldiers and horses may be behind. We have to break out and get out of here, it's too dangerous."

  At this time, these Tuyuhun people are thinking about how to avoid, not how to fight here, turning defeat into victory.

  In their bones, they were still afraid of the Tang Dynasty and the Tang army. They saw only four or five thousand cavalry, but they felt that there were at least eight, nine, or even ten thousand cavalry, and there must be more Tang troops in the future.

  The battle lasted until noon, and more than 100,000 Tuyuhun people, old and young, not only failed to annihilate the five thousand Tang cavalry who broke in, but were beaten to death.

Murong Cheng had already gathered 20,000 to 30,000 people at the foot of a mountain, but he never gave orders to fight back. Instead, he kept sending people to pass orders to ask the leaders of various tribes in Tuyuhun to bring all the elite fighters to him at the foot of the mountain. It's too dangerous here, and there aren't enough soldiers.

As a result, a strange scene appeared in the Huangshuiyuan Valley. Thousands of Tang cavalry swept across the valley, and no one dared to stop them. They went to Murong Cheng's side to gather.

  For a while, he didn't even care about his family, wife, children, cattle, sheep and property.

  Those women, children, old people and children could only hide everywhere in the chaos, fleeing while hiding.

  Murong Cheng missed the precious chance to win, and wasted half a day in vain, letting the victory slip through his fingers.

   Seeing the sun rising.

The situation in the valley became more and more clear, and Murong Cheng finally understood the current situation. Li Chengqian, whom he despised, really came to kill him, and that lunatic Xi, and the one who killed them was not all. Ten thousand, not eight thousand, at most five thousand.

  By this time, there were not even three thousand left.

  The anger of being humiliated rushed upwards, Murong Cheng's eyes were extremely red, and his face was hot, as if he had been slapped severely.

   Draw the knife.

  Looked around at the famous Tuyuhun kings and generals who bowed their heads in shame, and then at the at least 30,000 horses who were still panicking all over the mountain.

   He gritted his teeth and rushed towards the Tang Qi who were still rampaging down the mountain like an eagle catching a chicken!

"kill!"

   "Leave Prince Tang's life alone, no one is allowed to hurt him, the Khan wants to live!"

   Woohoo!

  The trumpet sounded.

  The humming horn came from the valley, getting louder and louder.

   This is not the echo of Tuyuhun's offensive horn, it is from outside the valley.

  Could it be that other troops from nearby Tuyuhun came to reinforce after hearing the news?

   Murong Cheng was not happy yet, but a cavalry team galloped desperately, shouting from a distance, "Report, Dahan, Tang Qi, Tang Qi is here again!"

  The expression on Murong Cheng's face froze.

   King Xuan gritted his teeth, "Khan, it seems that the Tang army is indeed behind us, shall we break through?"

   "Let's go, if you don't go, it will be too late!" Another famous king stepped forward and said anxiously.

  (end of this chapter)