Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 519

In Qin Qiong's view, no matter how arrogant Tuoba Qiang was, in his eyes, they were just a group of herders herding sheep. They might be professional in sheep herding, but when it came to fighting, they were too amateur.

Never use amateurs to challenge majors, after all, Qin Qiong's career is a general, specializing in war.

on the battlefield.

Shocking shouts sounded from the sky above the Tang army's formation, and the air rushed into the sky.

Behind Shuai Qi, cowhide drums began to beat.

The sound of the war drums was extremely exciting, making every Tang army excited as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

The time has come to kill the enemy and make meritorious service, and the time to snatch the captives and cattle and horses is coming.

The Qiang people were a little panicked at first, and the people and horses seemed to retreat, but soon, under the orders of some Qiang chieftains, they began to crowd forward again.

They also started yelling.

"Does Dongshi imitate?"

After roaring and shouting for a while, the Tuoba Qiang took the initiative to attack. Countless Qiang people rode horses and carried broken knives and spears, roaring towards the Tang army.

A cavalry duel?

Qin Lang was amazed at the huge vibration and impact produced by the thousands of troops and horses galloping.This kind of scene is indeed very astonishing. Ordinary individuals appear so small and fragile in front of this charging cavalry group.

It's just that they ran into Tang Jun.

Six thousand Tang troops.

One thousand guards the commander of the Chinese army, and five thousand line up in the valley.

The central army has three thousand horses, and the two wings have one thousand horses each.

Tang Qi's formation of troops is very particular, and it's not just a swarm of bees.

When Tuoba Qiang had already started to run, the three thousand Tang troops in the Chinese army dismounted at this time instead.

The big shield is in front, the spear is behind, the sword platoon guards the two wings, and the crossbowman shoots in the center.

There are also double crossbows, Fuyuan crossbows, and eight bulls and three bows crossbows in the back row.

The earth trembled under the hooves of Tuoba Qiang's horses, but the three thousand Tang troops showed no fear.

These government soldiers who were urgently recruited by Qin Lang from various prefectures in Bashu were experienced in many battles and fearless.

"Crossbow!"

A famous brigade commander and team leader gave orders in front of the formation.

The big and small crossbows with the farthest range were fired together, and the crossbows flew out like locusts.After one row of crossbowmen shot, the second row connected, and after the second row finished shooting, the third row connected again.

After the crossbowmen shot a round, the archers followed.

Whether it's spearmen, shield soldiers, or mountain cavalry with swords and axes, they all draw their bows and shoot into the sky at this time.

Under the cover of the sudden burst of amazing firepower, the Qiang cavalry who just rushed into the range suddenly screamed again and again, and countless people were hit by arrows.

Qiang cavalry lacking armor and helmets turned their backs on their backs.

Adjusting the horses in the gallop to overturn, causing the Qiang cavalry who followed closely behind to fall down countless times.

Each soldier only fired three arrows without aiming at them. He just quickly lobbed three arrows into the sky, then quickly dropped his bow and replaced it with his main battle weapon.

The shieldmen raised up their large shields, the spearmen pointed their spears forward, and the sword platoonmen also held the shield in one hand and the knife in the other.

Only the archers, still under the protection of the front row, continued to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

In front of the army formation, rows of sharpened refusal horses were erected, and the barbed wire scattered by the Tang army shone coldly in the sun.

far.

Qin Lang saw the black wave of Qiang people slamming into the red Tang army formation fiercely, and it seemed that the world shook a few times for it.

Then came hand-to-hand combat.

In the duel in this not-so-wide valley, the Qiang people actually rushed into the Tang army's formation.

What a terrible enemy this is, like a pig.

"Actually, they have no other choice, or they think this is their chance. They think they can win more than us, and they are more fierce and stronger than us. They may have forgotten their ancestors' fiasco in front of our Central Plains army!" Qin Qiong was still very calm.

He may have expected that the Qiang people would fight like this, so he didn't let the cavalry mount and shoot, but got off their horses and formed a formation to meet the enemy.

The valley became a meat grinding ground.

The Qiang cavalry rushed forward one after another, but without exception, they all fell in front of the formation. They could not break through the Tang army's formation at all.

The smell of blood became stronger and stronger, filling the entire sky.

The water of the Minjiang River is also gradually dyed red, and the more it is dyed, the redder it becomes.

"The Qiang people are defeated."

Qin Qiong turned around and stopped watching the battlefield.There is no need to watch anymore. For these Qiang people, when they all went into the attack and charged together, they actually had only two possibilities left. Strangled, and finally won.

This is indeed the tactic of Tuoba Xigan who just replaced Tuoba Sitou.

The idea is good, but they never thought about it, what if the 2 horses are all thrown in, and they still can't kill the Tang army?

Xigan didn't think about it, Sitou didn't think about it, all the leaders of the Tuoba tribe, even the Qiang people never thought about this problem.

Because in their view, 2 people beat five or six thousand people, the gap is several times, the number is too big.Quantity also means strength, at least among the Dangxiang Qiang people.

Which tribe has more young and strong, it means that whoever has more fighters will have a hard fist.

Finally Tangren was willing to go out of the city to fight. Naturally, he had to kill him in one battle, defeat him, and not give them a chance to run back. If they were cautiously entangled, it would be a loss for Tangren to run away when he saw the situation was not good.

You can't suffer this loss, you can't give them this opportunity, and the whole army will attack and crush them as soon as they come up.

When they charged and found that Tang Ren hadn't rushed over, they were just stunned for a moment and didn't think too much about it.

But by the time they felt that something was wrong, the casualties were heavy, and they still couldn't kill them, it was already too late.

On the battlefield, there are thousands of troops and horses, and it is difficult to command.

For a general, there are only about a hundred people who can directly command on the battlefield. If this number is exceeded, it is no longer possible to command them only by voice or movement.

A more complex command system is required, such as horns, semaphores, etc.

But even with this complex command system, if you put all your soldiers on the battlefield, in a battle of more than [-] people, it will be difficult to adjust the soldiers you send out.

Therefore, a smart and experienced general like Qin Qiong will have several sets of plans, and there will inevitably be a reserve team. Even if the army formation is arranged, it will actually be in batches.

No one will send out the entire army at once, which means that you, the commander, have thrown all the chips out and left all the initiative to others.

A general who has lost control of the army and the initiative on the battlefield has little chance of winning.

Tuoba Qiang only knew how to rush forward.

As a result, Qin Qiong let the Chinese army withstand the impact of the Qiang cavalry, and then kept sending orders to the school lieutenants on the battlefield with semaphore, asking them to listen to the order and move again.

The cavalry on both wings waited patiently.

Qin Lang sighed, this is the art of conducting.

Those Qiang people were just like he used to study and fight in the streets. They didn't have any command at all.

And the Tang army commanded by Qin Qiong was organized and coordinated just like a group of special forces.

"The cavalry on both wings attacked and outflanked the Qiang rear."

When Qin Qiong issued this order, it also meant that he had completely taken control of the battlefield, and now it was time to harvest.

There were a thousand Tang cavalry on each of the two wings, like thunder and hurricanes, they didn't even look at the Qiang cavalry who were like headless flies, rolling over from the two wings, crushing the Qiang people standing in front of them into mud.

Two sharp knives went straight to the Qiang people's rear.

There is the weakest point, a group of Qiang cavalry accompanying the army, women and children, old and weak, watch over the horses and herd the sheep for the soldiers, they don't know how far the front battle has progressed, and they think that they will win a big victory.

Still waiting for the signal from the front to let them go to capture the captives and snatch the cattle and horses, all of them still have smiles on their faces.

When thunderous voices sounded in front of them, and when Tang Qi in armor appeared riding one after another with a long knife in hand, their faces were full of inexplicable horror.

The fighting continued until well into the afternoon.

More than [-] Qiang people were defeated.

From the city of Songzhou, the Tang army chased and defeated the Qiang people all the way to the mouth of the Yangdong River Valley [-] miles away.

The Qiang people buried their corpses for thirty miles.

From the city of Songzhou along the Minjiang River to the mouth of the Yangdong River, there are lying Qiang corpses everywhere, as well as frightened cattle, sheep and horses running around.

Blood filled the mountains and valleys, and the Minjiang River was completely stained red.

Bodies piled up in the river even blocked the river.

The Tang army is still chasing and killing the Qiang people.

Regardless of men, women, young or old, as long as they hold their weapons and do not surrender, they will be shot down mercilessly by the Tang army. Those brave Tang soldiers are fierce in fighting and even more merciless in killing people.

The sound of Mingjin has not sounded, so the battle is not over yet.

There are no government soldiers to cut off heads, rob cattle and horses, and search for gold and silver at this time. Everyone is busy chasing and killing the defeated enemy, and dare not do other things.

Qin Lang followed Qin Qiong to patrol the battlefield on horseback, and saw corpses everywhere, as well as piles of captives.

An indescribable feeling.

Although he won a big victory, his heart became heavy instead.In fact, these Qiang people are also human beings, and Qiang's life is also a life. When the Qiang people were in later generations, they had already completely integrated into the big Chinese family, and they were a family that loved each other.

But at this moment, as the losers of this battle, they lay corpses all over the ground and ran for their lives in a panic.

Did you deserve it?
Qin Lang also couldn't tell whether Songzhou belonged to the Tang Dynasty or should have belonged to the Qiang people?This is a topic that no one can tell.

"What are you thinking?" Qin Qiong asked his son.

"I was thinking, Qiang's life is actually a life, you can call gold and withdraw troops, don't kill any more." He shook his head and smiled bitterly, "It's a pity to kill, it's better to capture the captives and sell them as slaves, which is also a big profit, which can be given to brothers They compensate the casualties, reward military merits, and subsidize military supplies."

Qin Qiong looked at his son expressionlessly for a long time, and finally said only one sentence, "War is merciless!"

He walked a few steps, called the messenger, and asked him to send an order to withdraw the troops.

"No prisoners shall be killed."

Zhang Tieqiang said to Qin Lang, "Actually, there is no need for so many captives. It may not be cost-effective to keep them as a waste of food, especially for the old, weak and disabled, to sell them in Yizhou."

Under normal circumstances, the generals would be very rude and kill these wasted food, but now Qin Qiong is still worried about his son's feelings.

"Xifeng Bulai will soon lead the joint party army to arrive, and we don't have much energy to take care of these prisoners."

Qin Lang nodded, expressing his understanding, but insisted on capturing as many prisoners as possible.

"Those captives are handed over to me, and I will arrange for someone to take them out of Songzhou as soon as possible and send them to Yizhou."

"Escorting so many captives requires a lot of soldiers and horses. What's more, it's a journey of five hundred miles. It's a lot of expenses for people to eat and chew horses."

Qin Lang could only smile wryly, "We have gained a lot after fighting this battle, and there should be no shortage of food for the time being."

The old iron gun laughed a few times, shook his head and left.

(End of this chapter)