Chapter 381: Red Blood Battle

When Said's forty thousand troops arrived at the Bich River, what he saw was a scene that was different from his despair. The fire on the river surface soared into the sky, and the floating bridge made of small boats had fallen into a sea of ​​fire. The fire not only burned off the only way to cross the river, but also burned off Said's last glimmer of hope.

"It's over, Tochar is completely finished!" Looking at the raging flames, Said sighed for the last time.

Li Guangbi was like a clever chess player. He seized the fleeting opportunity and decisively burned the floating bridge, turning the 100,000 Tocharian army into two.

At this time, Li Guangbi's 25,000 troops were quietly arrayed on a vast grassland, and his baggage team was two miles away, guarded by the camel cavalry of the two thousand Gesa Khanate.

The structure of the 25,000 Tang army is not complicated, with three thousand archers, three thousand crossbows, eight thousand infantry, nine thousand light cavalry, and two thousand scouts, among which the crossbows are in front, followed by archers, then infantry, and finally cavalry. The two thousand scouts are surprise soldiers, used to assault the weakest parts of the enemy. Generally speaking, there should be a garrison army to protect the commander and fix the position of the team. However, Li Guangbi did not have a garrison army this time. He personally led the cavalry and charged into the battle with the soldiers.

The strong wind blew a wave of sand and rocks, and the Tang army's flag was slapped and Li Guangbi took the lead. His eyes gradually narrowed under the sunset. He had seen the shadow of the Tochar army. After waiting for a long time, this moment finally came. He slowly drew out his battle knife, which reflected a bleeding light under the sunset.

Time gradually came to dusk, but the desire to kill did not weaken with the coming of night. On the contrary, the fire of revenge was burning in the chests of Qu Zhaomu, King of Yuezhi Kingdom and Alan, King of Wangting Kingdom.

The two of them roared and roared, and commanded the army to advance quickly, "What are we afraid of when our army is twice as big as the Tang army?"

The army was vast, like a black ocean, rising and falling on the grassland, and its spear was like an irresistible forest, full of death under the sunset.

The two armies were getting closer and closer, only three miles apart. At this time, the Tochar army stopped and hundreds of spears were inserted in the grass in front of them. Each spear had a head hanging on it. It looked particularly ferocious in the setting sun.

When Qu Zhaomu and Alan saw these hundreds of heads, they suddenly turned to the sky and thrust their chests and cried. The hundreds of heads were their wives, concubines, children, and their parents and brothers. They were all beheaded by the Tang army and gave the heads to them on the battlefield.

In the extreme grief, hatred blinded their reason. They had only one wish at this moment: kill! Kill the Tang army that invaded Tocharo and avenge their relatives.

"Kill!"

Qu Zhaomu shouted in grief and anger, "Kill the Tang army! No one is left."

The Tocharian army launched a fierce attack. They roared, carrying a storm of momentum, like a tsunami erupting, war horses rushed, infantry running wildly, waving spears and swords, and attacking the Tang army camp.

Compared to the passion of the Tochar army, the Tang army was as calm as a mountain, motionless. Every soldier's eyes showed a cruel look, and a cold light that was as devouring as a beast.

Li Guangbi's face was as firm as granite stone carved, and there was no expression. When the Tocharian army rushed to a mile, he gave the order coldly.

"Boundie is ready!"

Three Thousand Crossbow Shooters and Three Thousand Bowmen took twenty steps forward, forming six rows, each row of one thousand people, with two steps apart.

The crossbow shooter in the first row half-kneeled down, pulled the strings with his knees and arms, adjusted the mountain, and pointed the oblique angle upwards, and his index finger held the hanging knife, gradually holding his breath, narrowing his eyes into a line, one hundred and fifty steps, which was the distance between their first round of strikes.

Whether it was the Turks, Tubo, Khitan, Uighurs, and even Tukha Shiren and the great cannibals, when all the enemy troops fighting against the Tang army were most afraid of the Tang army's crossbows. This long-range strike weapon could ruthlessly shoot through their leather armor and wooden shields, causing them to suffer heavy casualties before the battle, seriously hitting their attacking spirit. The Tang army's crossbows have always been their nightmare.

Therefore, the enemies of the Tang army would do everything possible to avoid the Tang army's bows and arrows. They either charge forward with heavy armored soldiers, or use cavalry proficient in cavalry to launch the first round of attacks, and even would not take the initiative to attack at all.

Li Guangbi also thought of this possibility, so the hundreds of noble heads became the spark that ignited the torture of the Tocharians. He succeeded. When he saw the Tocharian army coming overwhelmingly, a smug smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The spectacular momentum of the Tochar army began to fade away as it gradually approached the Tang army. The cold arrows of the Tang army's crossbow army were shrouded in a breath of death, which made them feel scared. Many of them thought that night was approaching and they should withdraw their troops and return to the camp.

Their charges began to stagnate, but the huge inertia made them unable to turn back. They were wrapped in their bodies and rushed towards the arrow of death, getting closer and closer, and the infantry rushing in front screamed in fear.

Two hundred steps, the low and dense drum sounds in the Tang army camp sounded, which was to remind the Tang army to make the final inspection.

One hundred and fifty steps, the sound of the drums of the Tang army suddenly disappeared, and the sound of the 'click!' hit strings sounded, and a thousand crossbow arrows broke through the air, forming a dense black dot in the air, and shot towards the Tocharian soldiers in an extremely rapid manner.

The Tochari soldiers' queues were too dense and almost no aim was needed. A thousand arrows instantly shot into the dense crowd, stirring up blood. Their leather armor could not resist the powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army. The arrows shot through their bodies. Screams came from the team, and war horses cried and fell to the ground. The cavalry immediately rolled down to the ground. Before they could stand up, they were overturned by the people behind, rolled and wailed on the ground, and finally trampled and died ruthlessly.

The death of a thousand people in the ocean of 60,000 people was like a wave that collided. The waves broke and disappeared into the ocean.

Immediately after the second round, the third round of arrows roared, and the Tochari soldiers fell down like weeds, and then a new beginning. In just a few dozen steps, the Tang army fired 6,000 crossbow arrows, killing and injured more than 4,000 people. The sharp increase in the number of deaths made the Tochari army finally slow down. The breath of death reached the end. Their forward rushing began to hesitate, no longer had the sharpness and courage that had just begun, and the overwhelming momentum began to turn into a turbid surging.

However, the nightmare had just begun. They had entered the attack range of the archers. One hundred steps, three thousand archers shot arrows together. The arrows in the air suddenly doubled. The arrows in the air covered the sky and the sun, as if the night had arrived early, and it seemed that the god of death in a black robe was laughing ruthlessly in the air. The huge lethality of the Tang army's crossbow army finally showed up at this moment. Large areas of Tocharis soldiers were caught in arrows and fell to the ground. Their leather armor was useless and could not stop the penetration of the powerful force of the arrows. Their shields were shot through. They faced only one ending, death!

The lives of the Tocharians were so humble at this moment, like a large piece of weed that could be cut by others, and there was no way to resist it. The cold arrows did not have any sympathy.

Arrows fell like raindrops, shot through their chests, shot through their heads, dead bodies were pillows, and blood flowed into a river. The injured war horses roared and ran wildly on the battlefield, and their long manes were flying in the setting sun, like ghost horses from hell.

The Tang army was still motionless, like a towering mountain. From beginning to end, their formation did not change at all. Li Guangbi looked at the Tochar army that was beginning to be in chaos. He knew that he had overestimated this army. In fact, even if they came to a hundred thousand troops, he could still defeat them.

"Continue to shoot arrows! Cavalry prepare."

The Tocharian army was still fifty steps away from the Tang army camp, but tens of thousands of people had died or injured. At this time, King Alan, the king of the Wangting Kingdom, led a team of cavalry to attack. He had been agitating the attack and finally saw a terrifying scene. The bodies were piled up like mountains and the earth was stained with blood. The soldiers were frightened and despaired, and began to show signs of defeat.

At this moment, another thousand crossbow arrows roared over and rushed towards Alan and his guards. They could not avoid it and were shot by dense arrows. They screamed and fell off the horse. Whether they were nobles or slaves, they were equal in front of the god of death. King Alan was shot through his head with an arrow, screaming and turning over and falling off the horse and dying.

Alan's death became the last straw that crushed the Tochari army. Under the attack of the fierce arrow formation of the Tang army, the Tochari army finally collapsed. They turned around and fled, as if the waves were receding. At this time, when Li Guangbi saw the opportunity coming, he raised his sword and shouted: "Cabinemen of the Tang Empire, your chance to make meritorious contributions are here, kill!"

"Kill!"

The drums were sounding like thunder, and the Tang cavalry urged war horses, and more than 10,000 cavalry swept towards the defeated Tocharo army. They went forward bravely and were invincible. The Tochari army was wailing, fear enveloping them. They rushed to escape, fell to the ground, and angry horse hooves rushed past them.

"Resist! Resist!"

Qu Zhaomu shouted, but no matter how he shouted, it would be useless. His army was completely exhausted and had no will to resist. They just wanted to escape, and their natural fear of the Tang army finally collapsed the army.

At this moment, another Tang army cavalry suddenly appeared from the northwest corner. The 6,000 cavalry led by Helou Yurun arrived. They launched a fierce attack on the retreating Tochar from the side. Under the attack of the two Tang armies, the Tochar army was finally unable to return to the sky. The mountains and fields were covered with Tochar soldiers. They fled in scattered areas, but they could not escape the pursuit of the Tang army cavalry, either killed or knelt down and begged for mercy. Until the darkness, the Tang army chased for more than 30 miles, and the 60,000 Tochar army was finally wiped out, and Qu Zhaomu also died in the chaos.

The Battle of Pen Chi River also became Li Guangbi's famous battle. He wiped out 60,000 Tochari coalition forces with 30,000 Tang troops, beheaded more than 20,000 people, and captured nearly 40,000 alive. However, the Tang army suffered only more than 300 casualties, and had brilliant military achievements. The great power of the Tang army's crossbow was fully revealed in this battle.

The battle of the Penchi River completely disappeared. Gumo Kingdom took the lead in surrendering to the Tang Dynasty. Immediately after Gao Fu Kingdom, Wang Tingguo and Yuezhi Kingdom also surrendered to Li Guangbi one after another. After hearing about the disastrous defeat of the Penchi River, the army was severely divided. The general of the Yuezhi Kingdom Luo Xian led 20,000 troops back to the country to surrender to the Tang army and was appointed by Li Guangbi as the new king of the Yuezhi Kingdom. The King of the Great Khanate Duogu also led 10,000 troops to retreat to Hulushan, and was unwilling to retreat with Said to Khorasan. The withdrawal of the Great Khanate completely divided the coalition forces. There were countless deserters overnight. In the end, Said only led 3,000 troops across the Amu River and returned to Khorasan.

On August 20, Li Guangbi led his army to Kunxu Kingdom by the Amu River. The king of Kunxu Kingdom Kaicheng surrendered to the Tang army. At this point, except for the southernmost Persian country did not surrender, the entire territory of Tochar surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Battle of Tochar came to an end temporarily.

At this time, the battle of Li Qing'an's attack on Sindh began at the same time. In late August, Li Qing'an led 20,000 middle-level troops to Jiantuluo, which is today's Islamabad.

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Chapter completed!