Chapter 1070: The knife wall shatters the Tubo dream
Chapter 1070 The Sword Wall Shatters the Tubo Dream
Liu Lancheng already has the chance to win, Xiaofan's intention is nothing more than fighting a trapped beast, and it's all useless efforts.
You must know that although the Minjiang Plain is quite open, this is Songzhou after all. The so-called wilderness is just the intersection of several river valleys such as the Minjiang River and the Huangni River. However, the terrain is more fragmented.
Thirty thousand horses can still be used in a battle, but there are mountains on three sides, and two rivers cut it. In fact, under the restrictions of three mountains, four valleys and two rivers, this battlefield is already very restrictive.
The Tubo cavalry had nothing to show for it. Qi Lancheng had already divided his troops into three divisions, and was surrounded by rivers and mountains, blocking several valley passages. Before the battle, these were not very prominent, but at this time when the Tubo people were forced to attack and melee, these deployments showed their cleverness.
This blocked the retreat of the Tubo people early on. Even if they wanted to break through at this time, they had no extra space, so they could only rush to the positions of the three Tang troops.
But no matter how tough your Tubo cavalry is, can it be as strong as the Tang cavalry?
Even the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty would not dare to charge into the neat formation of their own infantry. Are those spears, heavy axes, and mo knives vegetarian?
Those crossbowmen are good stubble?
Not to mention the cavalry wings on both wings.
The cavalry rushed to the infantry formation, this is courting death.
Normal people would not do this, but the problem is that the Tubo people are now forced to do nothing, knowing that the Tang army is in danger, they can only rush.
This is the only way to survive, otherwise, if people squeeze in step by step, then the cavalry will not be able to charge even if they want to, and even the infantry will be inferior.
This method of warfare is actually not Liu Lancheng’s favorite. He prefers head-to-head confrontation. You Tubo cavalry like to divide and encircle, but Liu Lancheng prefers it. At the beginning, Lao Liu was able to be promoted to the third rank of the Duke of the county, and his meritorious deeds were all obtained from the Turkic people and Liang Shidu.
The Turkic cavalry are better than the Tubo cavalry, but aren't they still taken care of by Liu Lancheng?
Meal time.
Lao Liu directly asked the nest car to issue a semaphore to the people left behind in the Ningyuan Army City, and asked the town soldiers' families in the city to start cooking.
"When the meal is ready, we will destroy the little fan army."
Liu Lancheng had captured Shang Nang's son before, so he knew that the leader of the army this time was Tubo Grand Minister Shang Nang. Now the leader of the three major factions in Tubo, the Tubo Grand Minister with a frog flag, is said to have opened his mouth Worst of all, during the civil strife in Tubo, many of the nobles of Subi also followed in the rebellion, but later Shangnang ran to Subi and persuaded all the nobles of Subi to swear allegiance to Songtsan Gampo.
He is also a representative of the reformers in Tubo. It is said that he is also a master of the Tang Dynasty. He can not only speak the Tang dialect and understand the characters of the Tang Dynasty, but also do some Fu. He is a very remarkable person.
But the leader of the army is definitely not his forte.
"If you meet that old man surnamed Niang, let him die first."
On the side of the Tubo army, Shang Nang under the banner of the frog is still discussing with the generals how to break through.
The Tang army attacked from three sides, so they must concentrate their elites to attack on one side, hoping to break through one by one. It is impossible to launch an assault on three sides at the same time. They have no such ability.
"To the east, the east is where the Tang army's commander-in-chief is. Let's rush over, cut down the commander-in-chief's flag, and capture the Tang army's commander-in-chief. Then the Tang army will surely collapse, and our Dafan will win!" Shang Nang's eldest son, also 50, was speaking. He is in his early years and his hair is all gray. This man has inherited his father's sharp-tongued skills and is also very proficient in Tang culture, but he is also a layman in war.
"Westward."
Shang Nang thought for a while, and finally decided to break through to the west. The reason was that the Tang army in Ningyuan Army Town was stronger than expected, and they had already prepared for it. Not to mention capturing Ningyuan Military Town.
Therefore, it is best to go westward. After protruding, it is best to defeat the Tang army.
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"Lunch to kill thieves!"
The generals of the three formations of the Tang Army all received orders from Liu Lancheng's cavalry.
Liu Lancheng's order was very simple, each of the three armies guarded their own formation, and they had to ensure that the army would not disperse.
In any case, the Tibetans cannot be allowed to break through the army formation.
"Mo Dao Shou!"
The bearded general Xuanjia shouted orders to the left and right, "Tiaomo swordsmen line up in front of the formation, long-handled heavy axes line up left and right, the second son of the spearman, sword and card players line up left and right, archers and crossbowmen in the middle, cavalry cover Two wings!"
"People are here!"
"Follow the order!"
The bearded man led the northwest one out of the three formations, with only 3,000 people, one thousand riders and two thousand steps. However, although this man is only a general at this time, he has a lot of background.
This person was originally named Tan Guogong, and the official worshiped General Zuowei. Born in Jiangmen, his original surname is Qiu Dun, and his courtesy name is Jing. His ancestral home is Luoyang, Henan, but he is a Xianbei general. His grandfather is Qiu Shou, the general of Zhendong in the Western Wei Dynasty, and his father is Qiu He, the governor of Jizhou in Sui Dynasty.
This man is brave and good at riding and shooting. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he gathered troops to revolt and surrendered to Princess Pingyang. He successively served as General Zuo Wuhou, Duke of Tianshui County, General Zuowei, and Duke Tan Guogong.
However, this man was harsh in nature and cruel in means. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, tens of thousands of Pingliang slaves and bandits surrounded Fufeng, and the prefect Dou Jin stood firm. He persuaded the leader of the slave bandits to welcome Li Yuan to join him, and then personally brought hundreds of people to the slave bandit camp to persuade them to surrender.
Promised to call for security, but after the thief slave returned, he personally cut off the leader again.
At the time of Xuanwu Gate, he also participated in the operation, and started killing after attacking the Qi Palace. He is also very cruel to his subordinates at ordinary times, beating and scolding at every turn, especially he has always been extremely disrespectful to scholars.
Therefore, Qiu Xinggong was often impeached, and his official titles were also dismissed several times. However, Li Shimin often reinstated him within half a year because of his meritorious service.
At the beginning of the year, Qiu Xinggong competed with his elder brother Qiu Shi for the burial of his birth mother, and there was a lot of trouble. He was impeached by the censor, and was demoted again.
But although he is only a school lieutenant now, after all, he is also an honored minister of Zeng Jue, Tan Guogong, and General Zuowei. In terms of merit, he is higher than the main general Liu Lancheng.
Qiu Xinggong's position in Qin Wangfu back then was on the same level as Hou Junji and Zhang Liang, slightly lower than Qin Qiong, Wei Chi, Cheng Yaojin, Duan Zhixuan, but above Niu Jinda and Liu Lancheng.
Now he has 3,000 troops in command of the Northwest Army, and with a wave of his horsewhip, "Each guards his own formation and is not allowed to take a step back. Whoever dares to retreat, I will kill him. The team retreats and kills the team leader and standard bearer, and the regiment retreats and kills the school lieutenant and standard bearer... "..."
"Put my flag here, from now on, don't allow the flag to take a step back!"
Only three thousand people.
The Tubo army is more than 15,000. If it rushes in this direction, it will undoubtedly be a huge pressure, one against five. But Qiu Xinggong was not afraid at all. It was said that Qiu Xinggong had fought in wars before, and had eaten human flesh several times without food. Then, this guy fell in love with cannibalism.
Often captured and beheaded the enemy on the battlefield, cut open the chest and abdomen, dug out the liver and cut the heart to eat.
Qiu Xinggong is also known as a personal slaughter because of this. Regardless of the low official position at this time, no one knows when this official may return to his original post. Facing such a ruthless person, of course no one dares to refute.
All ministries are ordered to prepare for war.
Qiu Xinggong was sitting under his banner.
After a while, the Tubo people came to them like a tide. Thousands of elite Tubo cavalry were in front. Lined with cowhide leather.
War horses are also wearing leather armor.
These are the heavy cavalry among the Tubo people. Although they are not as good as the armored cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, they are still very good.
At this time, at least 3,000 cavalry were gathered to fight forward, protruding like a sharp blade.
In front of Qiu Xinggong's army, a total of five hundred Mo Dao soldiers lined up in front. These tall soldiers in thick armor were all holding Zhang Ba Mo Dao, the blade was cold and cold.
The long Mo Dao has three points and two blades, extremely sharp.
Ten Modao teams stood in front of the Tubo people like an iron wall. There were five long-handled heavy ax teams on the left and right, and ten spear teams immediately behind the Modao team...
In the sound of war drums.
The tall Mo Dao hands were calm and unhurried, facing the galloping Tubo war cavalry, even their footsteps were shaking, but their expressions remained unchanged.
They drew their longbows.
The spearmen, spearmen, heavy axemen, and sword players all drew their bows together with the crossbowmen behind them.
Longbow, slightly bow, all bows and crossbows.
Tubo rides thousands of horses and gallops.
Three thousand soldiers of the Tang army lined up in the west, and three thousand bows and crossbows fired repeatedly.
Mo Daomen didn't aim at all, they held their bows and shot three arrows towards the sky, then took off the bowstring, inserted the straight bow into the bow bag, and hung it behind their buttocks, like a long knife.
They picked up the Zhangbamo knife on the ground.
"ha!"
The infantry in front of the battle made three arrows, and the enemy cavalry was already close to the front of the battle.
This is the valuable experience summed up by Tang Jun who has rich experience in the battle. First shoot the three arrows of his mother, and then these swordmen and spearmen will change their main weapons to fight, and the crossbowmen behind will continue to fight. shoot the fuck.
We must give full play to the advantages of weapons, give full play to the advantages of long-range strikes, and attack the opponent hard before fighting.
The earth is shaking.
Smoke and dust everywhere.
The Tubo cavalry flooded in like a landslide and tsunami.
The Mo Dao fighters were all calm as usual. After Qi Qi roared, they swung Mo Dao high, and the light of the Dao Dao shone brightly in the smoke and dust that filled the sky.
Twisting his waist and swinging his arms, chopping hard.
The light of the sword is like snow, and the array of swords is like a wall.
The huge Mo Dao slashed from top to bottom, and its sharp and long blade slashed fiercely on the Tubo cavalry. The imitation Persian iron chain armor with strong defensive performance also splashed fire under this slash.
The iron rings burst one after another.
With great strength, he split the chain armor and then the cowhide armor, and then ruthlessly cut into the body of the Tubo cavalryman, breaking the flesh and breaking the bones.
The huge strength still didn't stop, and finally came out through the body.
The upper body of the Tubo knight on the horse was split open, **** intestines sprayed all over the place, and the horse continued to charge forward inertially.
The Mo Dao hands with several layers of armor stood there like iron men.
The heavy cavalry of Tubo collided with the Daoist of Tang Dynasty fiercely, shaking the ground and shaking the mountains.
In an instant, the blade was as bright as snow, and blood spattered everywhere.
The next moment, the sturdy Tubo cavalry was blocked in front of the knife wall.
Another flash of swords flashed, and the Mo Dao students not only blocked the charge of the heavy cavalry, but even started to roar and step forward, swinging their swords every step of the way.
A knife enters like a wall, and what stands in its way is easy.
Wu Bai Mo Dao Shou abruptly withstood the charge of the 3,000 Tubo heavy cavalry, and launched a counter charge.
Originally, in the Tang Dynasty's tactics, Mo Daosheng was the ace elite among the infantry. When fighting, he was at the back of the infantry, and the spearmen were at the front. When the spearmen couldn't resist, it was Mo Daoist's turn to attack. , giving the enemy the heaviest counterattack.
But Qiu Xinggong chose to put Modaoshou at the forefront, just to smash the charging momentum of the Tubo cavalry with head-to-head.
(end of this chapter)