Tibet

Chapter 159
At this time, Liu Xing ran out from the woods and shouted loudly, "Don't misunderstand Li Canjun, they are scouts sent by Guo Shijun in Lingwu County!"

"Guo Ziyi?" Li Ye asked.

The leading scout general stepped forward, clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Just now I was just testing Li Canjun's martial arts skills, what an offense!"

Only then did Li Ye see the general in front of him clearly. To his surprise, this general seemed to be about the same age as him, and he was actually a young general.

Li Ye nodded, "I misunderstood, I almost hurt my brother just now, please forgive me!"

The young general clasped his fists and said, "I'm Guoyi's captain, Wei Hun, I didn't believe that Li Canjun could burn down the enemy's granary single-handedly, but now I believe it!"

Li Ye couldn't help but look at him a few more times, it turned out that this was Hun Yan, a well-known fierce general in the Tang Dynasty.

Hun Yan said again: "Guo Shijun discovered the fire in the county, so he specially sent me to check the situation!"

Li Ye narrowed his eyes and said, "So, Guo Shijun is nearby?"

"It's just over ten miles to the north!"

Li Ye nodded, "Then I would like to ask General Hun to take me to see Mr. Guo!"

"Yes! Guo Shijun also wants to know about the situation of the fire in the city."

Hun Yan led his men and got on the horse immediately, Li Ye ordered Liu Xing to go back to the camp to report to His Highness Guangping King for him, and he himself followed and rushed to the north of Hun Yan.

Hun Yu is a native of Tiele. He followed his father to participate in the conquest of Tubo at the age of 11. He was a well-known young general in the Shuofang army. , Jigong was promoted to Captain Guoyi, and his official rank was Captain Zhaowu, which was several levels higher than Li Ye's Captain Xuanjie.

After running for more than ten miles, everyone slowed down their horses. It seemed that Hun Yan was not very old, but he was Captain Guo Yi. Li Ye couldn't help but asked, "How old is General Hun?"

Hun Yan smiled slightly and said, "I'm 14 years old this year!"

Li Ye was stunned, "We are actually the same age!"

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

More than ten miles to the north, Guo Ziyi led an elite army of [-] and had been waiting for a long time. According to Li Chu's deployment, Guo Ziyi's army would enter the enemy's back from behind when the fierce battle between the two armies reached a stalemate, and become the last to overwhelm the enemy. key strength.

At this time, Guo Ziyi was staring at the raging fire in Mingsha County. The fire not only engulfed the entire warehouse, but also ignited a large number of surrounding houses. The entire northern city of Mingsha County was almost swept by the fire, and the sky was also reflected in red.

At this time, Guo Yi's captain, Hun Yan, who he sent out, came to Guo Ziyi and whispered a few words, Guo Ziyi nodded, "Please come up!"

Not long after, Li Ye was brought in front of Guo Ziyi. It was the first time Li Ye saw this legendary old general of the Mid-Tang Dynasty. He was about fifty years old, tall and tall, with a square face and tiger eyes. Nose, deep eyes.

Li Ye clasped his fists on the horse and saluted, "Li Ye, who joined the army under King Guangping's account, will see the Jiedu envoy!"

"The grain and grass fire in Mingsha County was caused by Li Canjun?"

Li Ye nodded and said: "The humble job is to carry out the order of His Royal Highness King Guangping to attack the grain and grass warehouse in Mingsha County."

"Only Li Canjun?"

"There was another companion before, and he went back to report."

Guo Ziyi laughed and said, "So that's how it is. Originally, I wanted to send people to attack the granary in Mingsha County, but I didn't expect Li Canjun to take the lead."

"It makes you laugh!"

At this time, an official came up and said a few words to Guo Ziyi.

Guo Ziyi looked Li Ye up and down.Asked solemnly: "Did the Li team who led a dozen soldiers to defend the people of Anle County two days ago join the army?"

Li Ye nodded, "I'm right here!"

Guo Ziyi was moved, and quickly bowed to Li Ye and said: "Guo Ziyi thanks the little general for protecting the people of Shuofang for all his efforts. The soldiers and people of Shuofang will always remember the little general's kindness in saving lives!"

Li Ye replied indifferently: "This is the duty of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Guo Shijun doesn't need to be so polite."

Guo Ziyi sighed and said: "Li Canjun doesn't know something. Anle County is a county where the families of soldiers are resettled. At least [-] soldiers' families are in Anle County. I heard that little Abus led the army to Anle County. The main force of Albus kept an eye on him, and he didn't dare to act rashly, I was always worried, lest news of the massacre of the city would come, and I wouldn't be able to explain it to the soldiers!"

Guo Ziyi got the news later that a scout team named Li Ye was leading a dozen of his men to fight against the young Albus army, shot and killed the young Albus, and was chased by the army led by Nagus when he was retreating. Team Li was leading tens of thousands of people to hide in the canyon, repelling the attacks of the Nagus army again and again. Nagus finally had to retreat, and tens of thousands of people were safe and sound.

Guo Ziyi just wanted to thank this savior, but unexpectedly it was right in front of her eyes.

Li Ye waved his hand and said, "You can't defend Anle County with a lowly position and more than a dozen subordinates, and you can't resist the attack of Tongluo soldiers like wolves and tigers. With the heroic resistance of the militia soldiers, Yang Kan and dozens of soldiers sacrificed their lives for the country, they are the real heroes, and it is definitely not the work of a humble person!"

Seeing that the other party didn't take any credit, Guo Ziyi was moved and said, "Li Canjun can evaluate them like this, which shows his righteousness!"

At this time, a soldier came rushing forward, clasped his fists and reported, "I want to report to Mr. Guo, thirty thousand Tongluo's army has sent troops south!"

Guo Ziyi nodded, Mingsha County was on fire, and the other party had to send troops ahead of time.

He immediately ordered: "Order the whole army, prepare to go!"

Li Ye urged his horse to come to Hun Yu's side and smiled, "Brother Hun, let's fight together!"

Hun Yan laughed loudly and said: "It is my honor to be able to fight side by side with Li Xiandi!"

It was getting brighter, and in the wilderness about twenty miles south of Mingsha County, the two armies gradually approached.

The Tang army has 5000 people deployed into the flying swallow formation, the Yan head 1 infantry is the main force of the army, and the left and right wings have [-] people each.

The commander of the [-] infantry is Dugu Lie, the commander of the right wing is Pu Gu Huai'en, the commander of the army and horses, and the commander of the left wing is Hun Shizhi, who is the father of Hun Yu.

In addition, there are five thousand troops as Yanwei, led by Zhang Weiyue, the deputy envoy of the Shuofang Army.

Dugu Lie is an important figure in the Dugu family of Guanlong aristocrats. He is currently the right general of the Longwu Army. His father Dugu Wei was the general of the Wanqiying and the Minister of the Ministry of War.

This time the [-] Guanzhong Army went to Shuofang, and the emperor Li Longji appointed Dugu Lie as the commander of the [-] Army to lead the troops.

Dugulie used to be Wang Zhongsi's general. He served in the army in Longyou and Hexi for many years, and he also has rich combat experience.

The reason why the Chinese army is arranged to be 3 is the suggestion of Pugu Huai'en and Hun Shizhi. They understand the tactics of Tong Luo army very well, and they always concentrate their forces to attack the Chinese army and use their cavalry advantage to overwhelm the opponent.

The distance between the two armies was about three miles, and they stopped advancing. Dugu Lie shouted: "The crossbow troops step forward and prepare! The chariots will follow."

[-] heavy crossbow soldiers stepped forward to form the formation. The heavy crossbow they used was a five-stone rhubarb crossbow. Two people were required to lie on the ground and use their feet to wind the string. The crossbow arrows were four feet long and the shafts were made of jujube wood. It is streamlined and has blood grooves on three sides.

This is the famous heavy crossbow and heavy arrow, which has been used to deal with nomadic people since the Qin and Han Dynasties. The famous Qin crossbow array is this kind of heavy arrow.

Heavy crossbows and heavy arrows are mainly used to deal with war horses. When nomads fight, soldiers will hide under the horses when they encounter arrow formations. Arrows cannot hit soldiers, and ordinary arrows cannot shoot down war horses, but heavy arrows It's different, the war horse can't block the blow of the heavy arrow.

Behind the heavy crossbow soldiers are [-] carts. The carts are neatly arranged in three rows to block the powerful impact of the cavalry. This is the way the Sui Dynasty army dealt with the Turkic cavalry, and the Tang army also inherited it.

The other [-] infantrymen of the Chinese army also formed a long spear formation, each holding a two-foot-long spear, and used collective strength to block the impact of the enemy cavalry.

"Ugh-"

The trumpets of the Tongluo cavalry sounded, and the low sound of the horn echoed in the field. With a wave of Absi's sword, [-] Tongluo cavalrymen mobilized.

(End of this chapter)