Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 120 Fight Again
Li Shan was a little wronged, didn't you cover your ears while running and shouting... I don't listen, I don't listen?

Feelings are heard!
Otherwise, why are they all blowing their beards and staring at me?
Li Shan glanced at the Turkic youth whose face was flashing with joy, took the black leather hat off his head, and walked back.

"Everyone, don't worry, it must be a partial teacher." Li Shan tried to relax everyone's tense emotions, "Qinghe Cui's family is in Beizhou, and Dou Jiande and Liu Heita's hometown are also in Beizhou. Let the Turkic people go south in a big way..."

"To shut up!"

The yelling sounded in unison, this time even Zhang Xuansu yelled loudly, which startled Tian Liuan who was asking the scouts.

Li Shan closed his mouth with a bad expression. Every time he analyzed it before, it was embarrassing every time. This time I was really talking nonsense. I just wanted to ease your emotions... You actually told me to shut up!

Tian Liu'an strode over, "Two thousand Turkic cavalry."

Li Shan was stunned... as if he had discovered something important!
Liu Jun immediately asked: "Brother Tian, ​​how many troops are going north this time?"

"Five hundred cavalry, five hundred infantry." Tian Liu'an got on his horse, and Su Dingfang had already commanded the people to get on their horses and accelerate southward.

"Can't run, can't run!"

"That's right, going to Guantao for at least an hour, the five hundred infantry have nowhere to escape." Tian Liu'an said calmly, "Even the cavalry may not be able to escape."

An hour's journey, let the horse run wildly... Tang Jun will definitely not be there first, and the Turkic people often don't march with only one horse, and the horsepower is much more than Tang Jun.

Once caught up, it was almost a massacre without any suspense.

So, there is only one option.

Faintly seeing the Tang army in front of him, Su Dingfang said loudly: "I am willing to lead my troops as bait!"

Liu Jun approached Tian Liu'an with his horse, "This man is proficient in the art of war. He attacked the enemy's camp two days ago, three hundred and two thousand!"

"I just ask Director Tian to send the mother and children back to the city first."

These sentences followed one another, but Li Shan's mind hadn't turned around yet.

But Tian Liu'an had battled for a long time, he knew that time was precious and there was no room for delay, so he said decisively: "You lead these hundreds of cavalry to lure the enemy, and a certain relative leads five hundred elite cavalry to lie on the east side."

In this case, setting up an ambush is the only possibility, otherwise the Turkic soldiers with sufficient horsepower and superior strength will entangle the Tang army, and the latter basically has no chance of winning.

Tian Liu'an, Liu Jun, and Su Dingfang were all skilled in battle, and they quickly worked out a rough strategy. Li Shan didn't react until Su Dingfang got on his horse and led the remnants of the Tang army who had rested for half an hour to the north.

"Brother Su, Brother Su!" Li Shan ran over and threw the leather hat in his hand to Su Dingfang.

"This is……"

"That Turkic fur hat, the Turkic soldiers probably came for him."

Su Dingfang put away his fur hat, waved his horse, and suddenly turned his head and said: "If there is any disagreement, I will do my best, and my mother will ask Brother Li to take care of it."

Li Shan replied very quickly: "If there is any disagreement, take out the fur hat, tell the whole story, and replace someone with another!"

Su Dingfang took a deep breath and let out a loud cry, with the horse in his hand pointing straight up to the sky, and more than two hundred cavalrymen from the Tang army rushed to follow.

Turning around and seeing Tian Liu'an was about to leave, Li Shan ran back, "Boss Tian!"

"Women and children are sent to Guantao..."

"There's this guy!" Li Shan kicked the Turkic youth down, "I should kill you!"

"Why are you still talking about this now!" Uncle Ling yelled angrily, "Someone will send him to Guantao, you lead people to follow!"

Two days ago, when Li Shan knew that Fan Yuan was tracking down the whereabouts of Fan Xing and the Turks in Wucheng County, he noticed something unusual.

The status of this Turkic person may not be extraordinary, but very high.

Originally, although Fan Yuan's eldest son was with him, but after all, there were only dozens of Turkic soldiers. Li Shan thought that no matter how high his status was, he would not be much higher.

But it wasn't until I asked Zhang Wenguan that there were not only dozens of Turkic soldiers, but hundreds of them, but they were ambushed by the Tang army near Wucheng and suffered heavy losses.

Li Shan wanted to give himself a mouthful. Although he didn't know why the Turkic people found the clues to catch up, but apart from this Turkic youth, what reason did the Turkic soldiers suddenly go south and cross Beizhou into the territory of Weizhou?

If he had known this earlier, he should have been killed!

In a short while, eight people including Zhao Da had escorted the young Turkic youths on horseback and galloped southward. Five hundred Tang army infantry were hiding on the side of a mountain forest by the Yongji Canal. Hidden in the valley.

Trying to look north, Li Shan couldn't see anything, and Su Dingfang didn't know how far he ran.

His palms were covered in cold sweat, and Li Shan suddenly remembered an operation he had just observed during his internship in the hospital. He thought it was all done, that the operation was perfect, and that sutures had already begun... The patient went to the room directly with a mouthful of blood.

I thought that there would be no pursuers after entering Weizhou, and I thought that I could save some points by persuading Tian Liuan to stick to Weizhou...but the two thousand Turkic cavalry might tear them apart completely.

If the ambush failed and Tian Liu'an was defeated and died, would he still be able to escape like he did some time ago?
Li Shan also thought of a worse layer, if Su Dingfang's bait was swallowed by the Turkic soldiers, and Tian Liu'an would not move forward...

He couldn't help but look at Ling Bo at the side. In that case... Even if Ling Bo and Dou Jiande's former subordinates followed him back to Chang'an, it would be useless.

At this moment, there was a commotion from behind.

Li Shan looked back suddenly, and beside Tian Liu'an, a rather embarrassed but arrogant soldier was holding a sign and yelling.

What kind of bullshit is that!

Ling Bo scolded in a low voice: "The big battle is imminent, and there will be chaos in the rear. Is this how the King of Qin led his troops?"

Li Shan scolded a few words, walked over to listen to a few words quickly, and his face immediately became gloomy.

"Duke Yuan has arrived in Guantao, and ordered to retreat!"

"You want to disobey?"

Li Daoxuan did not know whether he was alive or dead, but Shi Wanbao escaped!

It's really unreasonable... Li Shan gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, the [-] Tang troops who had already been killed were wiped out, and now they are coming to Weizhou to make troubles!
Tian Liu'an's face was also not good-looking, he didn't talk about his position, he didn't talk about Shi Wanbao's defeated general, he just talked about the current situation, and he couldn't handle it.

Two thousand Turkic Qingqi cavalry went south, Su Dingfang and Liu Jun took the risk to lure the enemy, but with the two hundred cavalry blocking them, Tian Liuan left behind five hundred infantry, and fled south immediately, maybe he could escape back to Guantao, but at that time, what face would he have? See former colleagues?
But in name, Li Daoxuan, the king of Huaiyang, who is in charge of the army of Hebei Province, is nowhere to be found. The deputy in charge of the army, Shi Wanbao, should be the commander-in-chief of the Hebei armies.

In fact, some of the [-] Tang troops defeated by Xiabo were drawn from the garrisons in various prefectures.

Although Tian Liu'an has a resolute temperament and is good at battle, he is not the kind of person with outstanding talents, so he couldn't find a suitable excuse to shirk.

The soldier was Shi Wanbao's personal guard, looking around, he said loudly: "Duke Yuan is carrying the edict of the saint, and all the troops in Hebei Province are assigned..."

Tian Liu'an's face changed...a saint's edict?
Before the words fell, a sharp shout suddenly sounded.

"The arrow is on the string, and it has to be fired!".

Before Tian Liu'an could react, he saw Shi Wanbao's personal guard staring wide-eyed, with the tip of the knife gleaming on his chest, blood from his heart spurting out along the tip of the knife.

The guard's body softened, and he fell down slowly, revealing Li Shan behind him who was frosty.

Pulling out the long knife indifferently, Li Shan cupped his hands and said, "I'd like to do some small things on behalf of the manager."

Rao Tian Liu'an has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has never seen such a situation. The young man in front of him analyzed the current situation two quarters of an hour ago. He was clear, gentle and refined, like a gentleman.

The blood flowing from the guards who fell on the ground formed a striking contrast with the calm expression on Li Shan's face.

Tian Liuan took a deep breath and strode forward.

At this moment, Su Dingfang had already fought with the Turkic soldiers... In fact, the Turkic soldiers did not intend to fight, slowed down their horses, and sent out a small group of people to yell loudly.

But Su Dingfang didn't talk about martial arts, instead he speeded up his horse. Relying on his bright light armor, he took two arrows and charged into the enemy army. He stabbed three Turkic men over in succession with his horse spear.

Afterwards, Liu Jun led two hundred Tang cavalry to easily kill the remaining dozens of Turkic people, and the Turkic brigade not far away immediately went into an uproar.

At most two hundred cavalrymen, actively provoking two thousand cavalrymen... It's like a dog provoking a pack of hungry wolves.

Who can bear this?

At the first moment, there was only a buzzing sound, and a rain of arrows fell on the top of Tang Jun's head. Even with the armor protection captured from the previous day's night raid, more than ten people were shot off their horses.

Su Dingfang, who already had seven or eight feathered arrows inserted into his body, waved his horse, led his army around an arc, and chiseled into the Turkic cavalry formation from the flank.

Generally speaking, when the Tang army and the Turks fought, the former was good at charging due to its excellent armor and weapons, while the latter had the advantages of superb riding skills, sufficient horsepower, and good at running, and everyone was good at shooting.

The Turkic soldiers slowed down their horses, and the Tang army accelerated to charge the formation. It seemed that the advantage should be on the Tang army's side. Su Ding, who entered the formation, had no enemies in front of him. He swept out a space in the blink of an eye, allowing the cavalry behind him to break through. array.

But in fact, before Su Dingfang broke the formation, the Turkic cavalry spread out like clouds and flowing water, and the horses under their crotches seemed to spread out easily like their fingers, but did not cause any congestion.

Therefore, it seems that the Tang army chiseled into the enemy's formation, but in fact the killing effect was not great, and Su Dingfang was not disappointed. Before joining Dou Jiande's command, he had also fought with Turkic soldiers and knew the opponent's tactics.

Stretching out, using force with his wrists, the long horse lance swept the two Turkic soldiers off their horses. Su Dingfang shouted loudly and was leading the army to flee to the east, but he saw dozens of Turkic soldiers yelling and surrounding Liu Jun.

Liu Jun's horse lance had disappeared for a long time, and the spear he had snatched was also cut off, so he could only draw out a machete and hack around.

Dozens of Turkic soldiers surrounded Liu Jun and seven or eight Tang soldiers in the center. There were sharp arrows and spears piercing, and Liu Jun's personal guards were quickly killed or injured.

Just when Liu Jun was in despair, a big brown horse rushed towards him. Su Dingfang swept across with a single-handed spear, and drew out a long knife with his right hand to force several Turkic soldiers away, "Go, go!"

With a roar like thunder, the long knife was thrown by Su Dingfang casually, and it sank right into the chest of the Turkic soldier who was trying to stop him.

A dozen Turkic soldiers only hesitated slightly, Su Dingfang had already killed the general first, followed by Liu Jun and the only two remaining personal guards.

After only escaping for a short distance, Su Dingfang turned his head to look at it, and reined in the reins suddenly... because although the Turkic soldiers were about to move, they did not chase after them.

Su Dingfang gritted his teeth, put down his horse, and shot an arrow with the big bow in his hand, then took off the helmet, took out the leather hat from his pocket, and put it on.

At first, there were a few incomprehensible exclamations, and then there was a sudden uproar...Su Dingfang was sure, shouted a few words, and drove to the east with the remaining hundred Tang cavalry.

The identity of that Turkic youth is indeed extraordinary, his status is very high, he is a member of Ashina's royal family. When similar people can ride horses and shoot arrows, they start to have their own direct descendants, and these two thousand Qingqi are his direct descendants.

During the night attack three days ago, the machete that Li Shan casually gave to Liu Jun gave the Turkic people a clue. Seeing this familiar leather hat again, the two thousand Qingqi couldn't bear it any longer, and finally let go. The horse came after him.

Getting closer, getting closer, Tian Liu'an had arranged for his guards to send orders to prepare to attack, while Li Shan nervously watched the falling Tang cavalry, about two hundred cavalry attacked, and now there are less than a hundred left.

Su Dingfang glanced at the soldiers waving the flag, accelerated again, and made an arc not far from the ambush site.

At this time, the ambush has officially started.

The bows and arrows in the hands of the hundreds of Tang army infantry who were first greeted, the infantry bow vs. the cavalry bow, both in accuracy and range, already had an advantage, and the Tang army was on a hill, condescending, and the throwing resulted in a longer range. Fear of the Turkic cavalry attacking.

Of course, the main reason for not being afraid of the Turkic cavalry's upward attack was on the other hand. At the same time that hundreds of gleaming feathered arrows fell from the sky, causing a commotion on the Turkic cavalry, Tian Liu'an had already led five hundred fine cavalry to circle around the east corner.

Tian Liu'an is a veteran in the battlefield, and the timing of his attack was just right, and the five hundred elite cavalry cut off the Turkic brigade.

Standing on a high place, Li Shan rubbed his hands and asked in a low voice, "How, how?"

Zhang Xuansu had already returned to the city, and Zhang Wenguan who was left behind was not quite clear about it. Although the ambush was successful, after all, there were too few troops, and it was hard to say whether he could win.

Ling Bo could understand it, but he frowned and ignored Li Shan at all.

After the long-snake-like Turkic brigade was cut off, it was naturally in chaos. The snake heads in front turned their heads to bite the enemy, while the tails of the snakes in the rear were desperately coiling up, trying to wrap the enemy tightly.

Tian Liu'an in the formation ignored the flying arrows flying all over the sky, and shouted loudly, commanding the cavalry to poke forward, piercing through the enemy's formation horizontally, and attacking the returning Turkic front formation head-on.

The condescending Tang army infantry desperately shot down arrows, trying to stop the Turkic cavalry who kept rushing forward.

Unlike the Great War in the Central Plains, against the Turks, even if the heavy armored cavalry broke the formation, the Turkic soldiers could evade with superb horsemanship, and the overall situation would not be affected by a small-scale rout.

At this moment, Ling Bo slapped the boulder under his body vigorously, seemingly feeling no pain at all, "The overall situation is settled!"

Following Ling Bo's line of sight, Li Shan saw that the cavalry led by Su Dingfang with less than one hundred had detoured to the side of the Turkic rear formation at some point.

When Su Dingfang rushed into the formation with his horse, and the moment the horse in his hand swept across, the Turkic soldiers who still retained the hope of turning defeat into victory finally collapsed.

(End of this chapter)