Tibet

Chapter 160 The Battle of Shuofang
The 45 heavy crossbow soldiers took the lead, and the two of them operated a heavy crossbow together. The heavy crossbow was raised slightly at a [-]-degree angle, and the sharp arrow tip shone coldly in the sun.

Li Chu, the king of Guangping, was in the central army, surrounded by hundreds of personal guards. He stared at the agreement with the Luo cavalry. There seemed to be a few Tie Le characters on the banner.

"What is written on the other party's banner?" Li Chu asked left and right.

Luo Jin, who had just been promoted to deputy chief, bowed and said, "His Royal Highness, those words mean justice."

"justice?"

Li Chu sneered, "Invading my city and killing my people, where is their justice?"

He sternly shouted: "The order goes on, those who kneel and surrender will accept it, and those who stand will be killed!"

This is what Li Linfu meant. Li Chu didn't take it seriously at first, but now he has made up his mind that the cruel people should bear all the responsibility for their cruelty.

The commander's order was quickly conveyed to the entire army, and every soldier's weapon was held tighter, and his gaze became more serious.

The [-] cavalry are getting closer and closer, and the distance is five hundred steps. Four hundred steps.
Dugulie finally gave the order, "Fire the heavy crossbow!"

The flag is fluttered, and the sound of the bangzi rang in a hurry, 'bang!Bang!Bang! '

The soldier pulled the hanging knife, and five thousand heavy arrows were fired suddenly. The dense heavy arrows soared into the air, forming a cloud of arrows in the air, moving rapidly, and instantly reached the top of the cavalry, and shot them down like a torrential rain.

The Tongluo cavalry dodged and hid under the horse's belly one after another, and many cavalry raised their shields high to welcome the heavy arrows.

War horses are not easy to be shot down by arrows. On the one hand, the war horse itself is long and narrow, and the arrow-receiving area is small. On the other hand, the saddle plays a very good role in protection. In addition, the horse's head is small, so it is difficult to shoot. If it hits the horse's buttocks, It doesn't hurt too much.

In order to cope with this situation, the defensive archery side has also made adjustments. One is to increase the number and density of arrows. Shoot through the saddle and wound the horse's bones.

Today, the Tang army used five thousand heavy crossbows. The powerful three-edged iron arrowheads shot directly at the horses. Countless horses were shot by the heavy arrows, screaming in pain, and fell down. Under the body, or stood up and fled in a hurry. After running a few steps, he was knocked down by the galloping horses behind, and was trampled into flesh by iron hooves.

But there were also soldiers who jumped onto the horses of their companions.

The soldiers who faced the huge shield were not much better. The powerful heavy arrows had a strong penetrating power, and the round shield could not stop them. The heavy arrows shot through the shield and the soldiers behind the round shield. Countless soldiers were hit by arrows, Screaming and falling off the horse.

The first round of heavy arrows resulted in casualties of more than a thousand Tongluo cavalrymen, but to the [-]-strong army, the more than a thousand people were just a few waves stirred up in the turbulent waves, and the gap formed was closed instantly, without any visible loss.

Two soldiers of the Tang Army put their arrows on the strings, and they cooperated tacitly, and completed the second round of arrow preparations in a very short period of time. At this time, the enemy cavalry had already killed three hundred steps away, and the second round of heavy arrows was shot,' Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! 'Heavy arrows flew out, shooting at the enemy cavalry as densely as locusts.

Countless war horses fell suddenly, and soldiers fell off their horses with arrows. In the second round, more than [-] war horses were hit by heavy arrows. After two rounds of arrows were shot, the attacking cavalry stopped for a while, but immediately returned to normal.

Heavy crossbows generally shoot three rounds, two rounds of upward shooting and one round of direct shooting. The third round begins. At this time, the enemy cavalry has killed two hundred paces away. Matching, raise the crossbow and shoot straight at the opponent.

The dense arrows whizzed and shot, and the Tongluo cavalry running in front had no way to hide, they all screamed, and the crowd turned on their backs, and many cavalry behind had no time to dodge, tripped over the front horses, and fell down.
The crossbow soldiers of the Tang army were well trained. After shooting three rounds of arrows, they picked up the spears on the ground and retreated immediately. Behind them were two thousand carts, and a soldier stood in front of each cart. Put the heavy crossbow into the cart, and the soldiers next to it covered the gusset and locked it.

[-] crossbow soldiers were converted into spearmen, and [-] heavy crossbows were locked into the cart. In this way, the damage of [-] heavy crossbows was avoided, and they were not worried about being taken away by the enemy, unless the Tang army was defeated. These heavy crossbows will become the trophies of Tongluo cavalry.

The cavalry of Tongluo has returned to normal. The cavalry overwhelmingly killed a hundred paces away. Three rounds of heavy arrows were shot. The cavalry of Tongluo lost more than [-] people, and the casualty ratio was about [-]%. The advantage is the cavalry. Since they are cavalry, it is impossible not to be hit by the bow and crossbow of the Tang army.

In particular, once the cavalry formation is launched, it is basically impossible to stop. To stop, the cavalry behind must stop first, and then pass forward layer by layer, and the cavalry in front can stop at the end. But this kind of situation is very difficult to happen, unless It was the rear that was attacked by enemy troops.

Twenty-six thousand army horses were galloping, rolling up billows of yellow dust. It was still morning, but the sky had already turned yellow, and the sun was dimmed by the dust all over the sky.

The enemy troops approaching like a sea tide are getting closer and closer, and their ferocious faces can already be seen, "Boom! Boom! Boom!" The Tang army's war drums sounded, and the soldiers in the first, second and third rows squatted down. , with the spear tail on the ground, the spear is at a 45-degree angle upward.

There are also many soldiers holding Zhan Ma Mo Dao, mace, and even sharp axes. This is to prevent the battle formation from being broken up and the enemy's teeth intertwined. The Tang army can't use spears alone, and must use short weapons that are handy. .

The fierce battle was coming, and the murderous aura all over the sky made the war horses start to feel uneasy, and they kept beating the ground with their hooves.

Fifty steps. Thirty steps. Twenty steps.
"Kill!"

Both sides yelled terribly.

"boom!"

Amidst the screams, the cavalry in front collided with the carts, and their bones were broken and their blood splattered everywhere. Many carts were knocked into the air and fell into the group of soldiers of the Tang army, and soldiers were knocked over one by one.

The formation of the chariot was destroyed and rushed out of countless passages. The cavalry finally broke into the main formation of the Tang army. On the several-mile-long front, the overwhelming cavalry rushed into the formation of the Tang army's spears.

"Ugh-"

The Tang army's horn sounded, and [-] troops from the left and right flanks surrounded them from both sides, and rushed to the side of the Tongluo cavalry, just like making dumplings, trying to wrap more than [-] cavalry in the middle.

The tactics of the Tang army are obvious, compressing the open space of the cavalry as much as possible, so that the cavalry cannot take advantage of high-speed maneuvering, but can only condescend and fight against the soldiers of the Tang army.

Abus also saw Tang Jun's intentions, and he immediately ordered: "The Fifth Army and Sixth Army counterattack the enemy's main force!"

He asked the two armies to jump out of the periphery to fight. The commander of the fifth army was Nagusi, and his battle flag was a green wolf-headed flag. He immediately led [-] troops to break through and kill to the east.

The commander of the Sixth Army, Udai, was also a nobleman of Tongluo. He also led an army of [-] troops to break out and kill to the west.

Absi's tactics were also very obvious. He wanted to concentrate his forces to attack the central army of the Tang army. He himself led [-] cavalry to attack from the center, and the other two troops attacked from both sides, besieging the central army of the Tang army from three directions.

Both sides are fighting, whoever collapses first will be defeated.

Li Chu ordered: "Order the left and right wings to counterattack the enemy's advancing troops on both sides.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The drums of the Tang army were loud and the flags were waved. Pugu Huai'en led [-] right-wing troops to turn around and surrounded the [-] troops of Nagos. Pugu Huai'en also had [-] cavalry under his command. The [-] troops of the Tang army were separated from the middle army of the Tang army.

Hun Shizhi, the leader of the left-wing army, did the same thing. The Tang army had the upper hand and gained the initiative. Now, an army was needed to attack the main force of Albus from behind.

A soldier of Dugu Lie rushed to Li Chu and said, "His Royal Highness, General Dugu believes that the time for encirclement is ripe!"

Li Chu nodded, and immediately ordered: "Shoot the rocket!"

Nine rockets shot into the sky one after another, with thick black smoke, this is Li Chu calling Guo Ziyi's army.

(End of this chapter)