Chastity Layman

A horn sounded in the distance.

The Qiang army dispatched light cavalry on both wings, and they attacked on both wings, like two big pincers pinching the Tubo light soldiers in front of the formation. The Tubo army also blew the horn immediately, and Tubo Qingqi also rushed out to intercept, and the Qingqi of both sides began to fight on the two wings.

More soldiers and horses are still waiting in front of the formation to watch the battle.

It was the light infantry with the lowest combat power on both sides that fought the most intensely.

The Tubo people once again increased the attack of mediocre slaves and light soldiers. The Qiang spearmen on the front line obviously couldn't bear it. Soon the first 6,000 people were killed and injured more than 30%, and some people began to turn around and retreat in disregard of the military order.

The supervisory team killed more than a dozen people and couldn't stop it.

An order came from the rear, and the light soldiers in the first row of the first line retreated slowly, retreated to the second line and regrouped to rest and stand by. Soldiers stand by.

The strengthened Qiang soldiers on the two wings and the cavalry stood firm and did not retreat.

When the battle reached the middle of the day, the three rows of lightly armed Qiang spearmen on the front line of the Qiang army had suffered heavy casualties under the deadly attack of the Tubo people, and they kept retreating and taking turns. At this time, the second line was also engaged in fighting.

It was originally a crescent moon formation protruding forward in the middle, but now it has also become a crescent protruding backward, completely changing the formation.

The light cavalry on the two wings were still fighting, but they were obviously cautious and did not press on all of them.

When the lightly armed Qiang soldiers on the second line of the Qiang army's central army were about to be broken, more than half of the 70,000 to 80,000 mediocre light soldiers sent by the Tubo people had already been lost, and the successor was obviously weak.

"Heavy cavalry assault, now!"

Garmang Prime Minister Song Nang has been staring at the entire battlefield, and the progress of the situation is as he expected. The central army of the Tang tribe's vassal Qiang is indeed a weak link. Although the cavalry on the two wings has not made any progress, they have been beaten by them in the middle Retreating steadily, and now it is almost pierced.

"Heavy cavalry, put on armor!"

Senguomiqin went into battle in armor, personally commanded the heavy cavalry, and took on the important task of assaulting the Chinese army. More than 5,000 Tubo heavy cavalry were lined with cowhide armor and covered with iron chain mail. With the help of him, he puts on his armor and mounts his horse.

The five thousand heavy riders slowly converged forward and accelerated slowly.

They grew faster and faster, until a torrent of steel was formed, and Cyclonus swept forward.

After Garmang Xiangsong led the Qingqi, Songtsan Gampo also got on his horse and led the remaining 100,000 Tubo troops forward.

Victory or defeat, in one fell swoop!

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On one side of the mountain.

At this time, Liu Lancheng, who was the commander-in-chief of the entire army, was condescending, and had a panoramic view of the entire battlefield situation. Seeing that the Tubo army finally attacked, he did not rush to give orders.

The charge of the five thousand Tubo heavy cavalry was extremely swift and violent. All of them were wearing heavy armor and rolling forward.

The central army of the Qiang coalition army is the weakest, and the few bows, arrows, armor, etc. have been collected to other troops. They don't even have horses, they only have two spears, two short spears and a knife. There are no shields. After a day of bloody fighting, the 20,000 light soldiers at the front were almost wiped out.

But Liu Lancheng was very satisfied with the way he fought.

"These young Qiang soldiers performed very well, even better than I expected. They are tough and brave, which is rare."

"It's all because of the flag of our Great Tang that stands on this mountain, and our Great Tang is commanding this battle!"

Liu Lancheng smiled. This is certainly a reason, but the more important thing is that the current situation was expected before the war, and even deliberately designed by them.

Three lines and nine defenses, layers of obstacles, and the continuous retreat of the defeated troops to regroup are also important reasons why they have persisted until now. The depth of ten miles made them more resilient. Before Tubo dispatched decisive cavalry, Tubo lightly Although the soldiers continued to break through the Qiang light soldiers' gun array, they were only broken but not broken. Under the orders of the Chinese army, the Qiang soldiers continued to retreat through the gaps in the battlefield to the rear of the next line of defense to regroup.

So it was originally only a three-line formation, but after fighting for a long time, it has already become more than three lines. Therefore, the crescent formation protruding forward appeared, and it became a concave formation protruding backward.

The pre-arranged elite cavalry on the two wings guarded the flanks, and 20,000 reinforced infantry were placed between the light infantry in the middle and the cavalry on the two wings, so that the entire front line only kept retreating in the middle, while the sides remained motionless.

The situation is as planned.

The pocket is done.

Tubo's heavy cavalry attacked and rushed to the bottom of this pocket.

The five thousand heavy cavalry was extremely fast, and soon rushed straight into the big pocket several miles deep.

Liu Lancheng narrowed his eyes.

"Order, the infantry on both sides block the follow-up light cavalry, encircle and cut off the heavy cavalry and those messy light soldiers!"

"Send an order to Qiu Xinggong and General Han Wei that they don't have to play with the bandits anymore. It's time to show their real kung fu. Let them go out with Qingqi on both wings, go around behind the Tubo Qingqi, and cut them off from the rear army."

"Split and surround."

"Where's General Yuguni?"

"Yu Guni's 8,000 elite cavalry continue to stay in the valley behind, and when the 5,000 heavy cavalry can't move, they will listen to our military orders and attack these ugly heavy cavalry."

War is rhythmic, and the use of soldiers pays more attention to levels. It is the most stupid to pile up soldiers all at once.

This is like playing chess. At the beginning, both sides have the same chess pieces. If you want to win, you have to find a way to mobilize the enemy, then look for opportunities, then attack and destroy the important chess pieces of the enemy, and finally kill the general and capture the flag.

Under the fierce charge of the five thousand Tubo heavy cavalry, they were indeed indomitable. The three defensive lines regrouped by the Chinese army were quickly shattered and collapsed layer by layer, without even a chance to retreat and reorganize.

A large number of Qiang soldiers died in battle under the heavy cavalry of Tubo, causing casualties everywhere.

They went forward indomitably and made great efforts.

About half of the 80,000 mediocre slaves in the Chinese army were left at this time, but they were already completely scattered. Under the victory of these heavy cavalry, they also rushed along with cheers and encouragement.

Tubo Qingqi also followed closely behind, but the Qingqi led by Gal Dongzan had just rushed past a few thousand cavalry, and then the Tang army killed countless Qiang soldiers from the two wings. Although they fought on foot with spears and swords and shields, their equipment was inferior Those in the previous Chinese army were much stronger, with some armor and even a lot of bows and crossbows.

They quickly closed in the middle, sealed the pockets, and stabbed the Tubo Qingqi who wanted to keep up with the heavy cavalry with countless long spears and bows and arrows.

As many as 20,000 infantrymen had never participated before, but at this time they came bravely. They threw short spears, bows and arrows, and stones. Rows of long spears were erected densely, blocking their way.

Garmang Xiang's sac was hit by a Qiang soldier's sling on the horse, and his right eye was hit, blood flowed all over his face, his right eye was immediately blinded, and he fell off the horse.

Tubo Qingqi and 20,000 elite Qiang soldiers fell into a stalemate, and the Qiang soldiers successfully blocked the opening.

However, Qiu Xinggong and Han Wei led the 20,000 light cavalry on the two wings, and there were still about 18,000 at this time. After half a day of fighting, they almost maintained the integrity of their combat effectiveness, with few casualties. After receiving the order, they did not intercept the Qiang infantry. Gar's Qingqi rushed directly between the Gar's Qingqi and the rear army led by Tubo Zanpu, and cut it off in the middle.

So far, the Tubo army has been divided into three parts. The 5,000 heavy cavalry and the remaining 50,000 mediocre light soldiers were surrounded by the Qiang tribe in front and were wrapped in dumplings.

Gar's more than 10,000 Qingqi were blocked by 20,000 Qiang infantry strengthened, and Han Wei's Qingqi circled around and intercepted them.

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Hundreds of thousands of horses were caught in a melee on the tens of miles long river valley plain. Tubo tried to focus on breaking through the tactics of the Chinese army, but it failed completely.

Without the support of the follow-up elite light cavalry, although the five thousand heavy cavalry entered the flock like tigers, they were followed by tens of thousands of mediocre light soldiers who were exhausted and scattered, and lost their momentum in less than half an hour. , and finally fell into the siege of the spearmen and crossbowmen of the Qiang army.

And as the horn sounded passionately, eight thousand Tang and Qiang elite light cavalry under Yu Guni's own command came out from behind the mountain on one side, and headed straight for the struggling Tubo heavy cavalry.

After these light cavalry rushed into the battlefield, they nimbly walked around and threw short spears and hatchets at the fierce but tired Tubo heavy cavalry, roaming around and shooting, just like a cat playing with a mouse.

Without the light cavalry to keep up with the heavy cavalry, they are not even as good as a heavy infantry at this time. They are like a living target. Driving away the massacre, there is no way to protect the heavy cavalry.

The Tubo people's breakthrough plan for the Chinese army was forced to fight on their own at this time, divided into seventy-eight routes, the heavy cavalry separated from the cavalry, and the light cavalry separated from the infantry...

At this point in the battle, the Tubo army had lost their command and could only fight on their own, unable to mobilize and adjust, but all of this had long been planned by the Tang army.

After sunset, Liu Lancheng had already commanded the pocket array to almost wipe out the 5,000 heavy cavalry and about 50,000 Tubo light soldiers surrounded inside. Under the joint strangulation of Tang and Qiang cavalry, they could only break up and run for their lives everywhere, and many even directly Jumping into the Baihe River, or climbing up the mountain, it is no longer possible to gather together to fight back.

Liu Lancheng has always commanded the overall situation under the command of Shan Shangshuai.

In the twilight, seeing that the situation in the front had been settled, he decisively sent an order to transfer the cavalry in his pocket to cooperate with the encirclement and suppression of Tubo Qingqi.

After receiving reinforcements, Gar's Qingqi, which was already at the end of its strength, finally couldn't hold on anymore, and was quickly defeated.

After nightfall, after the Tubo army was defeated by light and heavy cavalry, the Chinese army and rear formation in the rear also collapsed, and were finally completely surrounded.

At this time, the Tubo people in the encirclement were completely disordered, lost their command and army formation, and were just fighting desperately instinctively, and the battle was also a one-sided massacre.

Many Tubo defeated soldiers took advantage of the chaos to break through to the Baihe River, and then jumped into the river to try to escape. The battlefield was filled with blood and corpses everywhere!

The massacre continued all night again, and the fighting did not end until noon the next day.