Late Tang Dynasty: I

The Khitan army occupied the advantageous terrain. At Yehuling, Yelu Abaoji moved all the army on it.

The cavalry charge relies on indomitable momentum. The condescending terrain can greatly increase the cavalry charge. If you attack from the bottom up, you will first be at a psychological disadvantage.

Zhu Zhen did not choose to attack.

Li Ye was thinking about how to use the Thunderbolt. This time he brought ten Thunderbolts, all of which weighed more than [-] kilograms. Compared with the previous ones, they were upgraded a bit. The Thunderbolts included There was a lot of gravel and caltrops.

Zhu Zhen had seen such magical objects in Youzhou City, and one of them could make the city gates and buildings turn into ashes.

Li Ye said: "As long as the Khitan cavalry are lured into the thunder formation, everything within a hundred steps will be destroyed by the thunder. The loud noise will make the horses convulse. When the time comes, the army will return and fight back, and they will definitely gain a full attack!"

Zhu Zhen frowned slightly. If he was leading Zuo Hu's mighty army, he would have the confidence to command it calmly, whether to retreat or attack. However, although there are many large armies with elite soldiers and horses, most of them were originally not under each other's control, and now they are temporarily Naturally, you can't control as you please, just like an arm and a finger. If you pretend to retreat and turn into a real escape, it will be troublesome.

"Your Majesty, the general thinks that the whole army will be divided into front and rear armies. Your Majesty will lead the rear army to retreat five miles to stabilize the formation. I will lead the Xuanjia Army on the right and the Wuxiang Army on the left and right to pretend to attack the Khitan army. When the time comes, the general will lead the Khitan army to the earthquake. What do you think, Your Majesty, in the thunder formation?"

Li Ye said: "I will let Chalming's light cavalry guard the left and right sides. If the Khitans are defeated, they can pursue them calmly."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

……

Yelu Abaoji is very smart. He has been able to judge how many cavalry there are by the smoke and dust raised when the cavalry walks.

The Tang army only numbered 3 to 4, but it was divided into two groups. The front army was about [-] people, and the rear army was about [-] people!

Seeing that the rear team kept retreating, the front team slowly moved forward.

Yelu Abaoji smiled and said to the left and right: "I heard that the Tang Dynasty people are good at war. They have 36 strategies. Li Gong asked what they were right. I asked a Han man to explain it to me.

Their art of war is profound and profound, which I am very afraid of, but now it seems that the Tang people only talk about war! "

"Why did Yelu Khan say that?"

"Haha!" Yelu Abaoji said: "The Tang army was in neat formation just now. If they maintained that confrontation, we would not dare to act rashly. Now they have divided the army into two, using a small number of troops to attack us and a large number of troops to protect us. emperor.

I thought that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty must be greedy for life and afraid of death, that's why he behaved like this. As long as we overran the front army of the Tang Dynasty and attacked the rear army when the morale was high, wouldn't it be very simple to capture the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty? "

"Hahaha!"

"We will capture the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for Yelu Khan!"

"Yelü Khan, the Tang people are attacking!"

The front army of the Tang Dynasty moved, 3 people, divided into three groups, and the middle group rushed up the mountain like a blade.

There are only more than 1000 steps from the bottom to the mountain, and the slope is quite steep. The cavalry of Yang Shihou and Li Siyuan are not very fast.

If you keep charging uphill, you will soon lose your horsepower. When the army reaches a handful, the Khitan army roars one after another, one wave after another. They have no formation, and they are waving scimitars one by one, riding horses, and heading towards The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty came.

kill!

Before the two sides could connect, a hail of arrows came towards the other side's formation.

Many of the troops on both sides were hit by arrows and fell from their horses. The imperial court relied on its excellent armor, while the Khitan soldiers relied on occupying favorable terrain.

The bloody fight begins with the battle.

The quality of the soldiers on both sides was immediately obvious.

Yang Shihou's Youxuanjia Army has been fighting in Hexi for many years, and the left and right Wuxiang Army's old base is the elite Ya'er Army of the Hedong Army, and they are all masters who dare to fight face to face.

During the charge, they formed small groups, covering each other and fighting.

On the other hand, the Khitan army has no experience in war and can fight with the wind. However, if it comes to fighting these powerful armies, it will not be the same level at all.This is despite occupying an advantageous position.

"kill!"

Master Yang, dressed in a white robe, rushed to the forefront, with flag bearers following closely behind him. Most of his troops used long spears. On the battlefield, one inch long and one inch strong, ten thousand Youxuanjia troops were like rocks, overwhelming the Khitan army. Split in half.

Yelu Abaoji frowned. He was surprised that the southerners were so aggressive. However, these cavalrymen were all fully armored. They could not cut through with swords or pierce with arrows. They were standing in line all the way, and they were gradually losing ground.

Li Ye was also very surprised.

The purpose of sending them to pretend to attack was to lead the Khitan soldiers into the Thunder Formation, which was a way of defeating the Khitan soldiers.

Zhu Zhen didn't see the order to retreat for a long time, so Li Ye quickly ordered the army to move closer.

Li Siyuan and Li Cunjing also exerted their strength, and the Hedong soldiers used more methods to fight. Those in the front were scimitars and bucklers, and they kept rushing into the formation, while those in the inner circle kept shooting arrows.

Zhu Zhen led the cavalry of Zuo Yongwu Army behind Yang Shihou's army. Seeing this situation, how could he dare to withdraw the army casually.

Before the attack, he made an agreement with Yang Shihou, Li Siyuan, Li Cunxian and others to form a tight formation and retreat at any time.

At this point in the war, Zhen Tianlei had nothing to do with him.

Zhu Zhen waved an order flag to summon the cruising five thousand Chalming cavalry to assist.

The cavalry of both sides were entangled on the hillside. When the five thousand guards and light cavalry were escorted, the situation on the battlefield collapsed like a one-sided trend.

The Khitan people couldn't stand it any longer.

They wore very little armor and relied on courage.

When this tone did not achieve the expected results and casualties continued to increase, the collapse had already begun.

Although the Dieci tribe called on all tribes to fight against the Tang army, the Dieci tribe could not restrain other tribes. It did not have a strong will and no military discipline to restrain them.

When the bows and arrows of Chalmin's army kept falling on their heads, their last courage was knocked away.

"The men of the Wuha tribe are all cowards and a disgrace to the grassland!"

Yelu Abaoji was extremely angry. He found that all the troops were fleeing. He found that the emperor's rear army was rushing to the battlefield. He found that there was nothing that could be done about the current defeat.

The warriors of the Duici Department were at the forefront and suffered the most casualties.

"kill!"

The cavalry of the Tang Army was still pursuing, and he found that the last group of cavalry was shooting at his warriors.

"Khan, retreat! The Tang army can't catch up with us!"

"After the Kru River, there is our camp. We need to take our people away!"

"Abaoji, it's too late if you don't leave now."

Yelu Abaoji suddenly discovered that there were already cavalry coming towards his tent.

"Dahan, you go first, Sahu'er will cut you off!"

"Hey!"

(End of this chapter)