Chapter 650: Shangdang Battle (12)

Five thousand Yan troops came like a tide, with a spectacular momentum. The drums in the Yan army were like thunder, and they suddenly cheered up the spirit of the dying Yan army. They followed the sound of hissing and tried their best to forget the scorching sun above their heads and the sultry heat that made people breathless.

The main formation of the Yan army was about seven miles away from the Tang army camp, but after the five thousand Yan army rushed over five miles, the speed gradually slowed down. The two Tang army camps were still two miles away. They had clearly seen the defenses in the camp. The camp was full of black Tang army crossbowmen, at least more than 10,000 people.

There were crossbowmen in the front row, half-kneeling on the ground, holding up military crossbows, and coldly aiming at them. The back row was archers, who set their bows and arrows, and they did not fire them.

Such a dense archers and crossbowmen really made the attacking Yan army feel frightened. The attacking commander Niu Jieting knew that he could not move forward any more. They were just coming to attack the virtually, but not really attacking. If he really attacked, no one of his five thousand people would survive.

"Go forward slowly!" Niu Jieting waved his sword and shouted.

The five thousand infantry were jumping troops, that is, sword and shield soldiers. They raised their huge shields and lined up step by step. According to the experience of the Yan army, the most powerful crossbow arrows of the Tang army were at a range of 300 steps, but the range of killing was about 150 steps. Therefore, Niu Jieting wanted the Tang army to shoot arrows, but he could not hurt the soldiers. Therefore, he could not really let the soldiers enter within 150 steps, but shouted and insulted the Tang army at about 180 steps and forced the Tang army to fight.

The five thousand-sword and shield infantry were arranged into five thousand-man teams, lengthening the front line, advancing step by step with the sound of the deafening war drums, and cautiously. As soon as they entered two hundred steps, the first round of crossbow arrows of the Tang army were shot out, and the arrows were like dense rain, forming a net of arrows in the air, shooting towards the Yan army infantry overwhelmingly.

The Yan army infantry shouted and raised their shields at the same time. A 'crackling sound of shields sounded in front of the formation. The rain of arrows almost hit the shields, but they were all at the end of their strength and were not strong enough. Many arrows could not even nail the shields and rebounded and landed on the ground.

In the first round of arrow rain, no one in the Yan army was killed or injured, and then the second round of arrows came again.

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Li Qing'an sat on the platform, looking at the bluff of the Yan army hundreds of steps away, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Although Li Guiren was cunning, his generals were not smart and were prone to falling into a fixed mindset. Does the Tang army have to stay away from the battle?

"Transfer my order and order the third guard cavalry to attack from the left and right side doors to wipe out all the five thousand infantry!"

The flag bearer on the high platform issued Li Qing'an's order in flag language.

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Li Guiren was seven miles away and kept watching the situation of the platform. In fact, anyone would pay attention to a huge monster-like platform that was protruding from the sky. Just as Li Qing'an could vaguely see him, he could also see some of the situation on the platform.

There was a man sitting on the high platform. Although Li Guiren's eyesight was not as good as Li Qing'an and he couldn't see the man's appearance and outfit clearly, he could still guess a little clue.

The man sat on a chair, which was the habit of the Hu people in the Western Regions. If he came to the court, he would be sitting on a bed. Secondly, there were seven or eight guards standing behind him. The man on the platform would not be someone else except Li Qing'an.

Li Guiren didn't care how his infantry attacked the Tang camp. He only cared about Li Qing'an's actions. After the Tang army shot two rounds of arrows, he suddenly saw the flag on the platform waving. Although he couldn't understand the Tang army's flag language, he could guess that the Tang army must have changed. He changed his mind and suddenly understood it and shouted: "Send the order to stop the troops, hurry up!"

The rumbling sound of attack drums in the army suddenly turned into the sound of gongs to withdraw troops, but it was too late. Two cavalrymen rushed out from both sides of the Tang camp, each with five thousand people. They waved their swords, like the speed of lightning, like the tide of the sea, and the sound of horse hooves like muffled thunder shocked everyone.

The five thousand Yan army infantry were even more scared and fled. Without waiting for Niu Jieting to give the order, they turned around and fled. The five thousand Yan army was defeated, but after escaped for less than a mile, they had no way to retreat. Each Yan army was so scared that they were frightened and messed up.

The 10,000 cavalry of the Tang army were all Dayuan horses, with extremely fast horses. The two cavalry were one on the left and one on the right, like two iron pliers, quickly surpassing the Yan army. The two iron pliers closed and cut off their retreat.

The leading army, Helou Yurun, issued an order to massacre: "Kill all, no one is left!"

Ten thousand cavalry roared, war horses ran wildly, cavalry waved their spears and horizontal swords and entered the Yan army's infantry group. The advantage of cavalry is not only its mobility, but also its strength in individual combat. In an instant, Yan soldiers' heads rolled, blood flowed into a river, horizontal swords slashed their heads, spears pierced their chests, infantry was kicked over by war horses, and under the iron hooves, the infantry's bones and tendons broke, and wailed everywhere.

Niu Jieting's eyes were red with anxiety, and he shouted, "Form a square formation and rush out!"

But his voice was too small, and he was drowned by the Tang army's shouts, the muffled thunder of horse hooves and the wailing of soldiers.

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The Yan army was killed and retreated step by step. When they retreated to the border of the Tang camp, thousands of arrows suddenly shot out in the Tang camp, shooting more than a thousand Yan army infantry that were in chaos to the ground, and screams resounded in front of the Tang camp.

There were cavalrymen in front and murderous killing, and there were ruthless shooting of crossbowmen behind. The surrounded Yan army was already at a loss. Niu Jieting was already desperate. Seeing that there were not many people in the Tang army's cavalry in the northwest corner, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Come with me!"

More than a thousand infantry soldiers around him followed him to the northwest corner. Whether he could make a bloody path is here to fight.

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The sudden change was only between the rise and fall of rabbits. Before the main formation of Yan army could react, five thousand Yan army infantry were surrounded and killed. The Yan army soldiers who were still shouting and hustle in the main formation suddenly became quiet. Everyone was stunned and looked at the Tang army's wanton killing their own army.

The huge pressure made it difficult for Li Guiren to calm down. He immediately ordered: "Yi Luohe tribe goes to pick him up!"

In order to restore morale, he sent out his most elite cavalry, and ordered Rushan to fall, and ten thousand Yiluohe cavalry to launch. Although they only had ten thousand cavalry, their momentum was as rushing and powerful as tens of thousands of cavalry. Even Li Qingan on the platform nodded. No wonder Wei Boyu's army was defeated by this cavalry. It was indeed very sharp. It makes sense to be called An Lushan's number one elite.

Li Qing'an immediately ordered: "Get out the troops and return to the camp!"

"Dang!Dang!Dang!" The bell to withdraw the troops rang. The Anxi army ordered it like a mountain. The Tang cavalry did not have any desire to fight and quickly evacuated from the battlefield from both sides. They rescued the injured brothers, took the bodies of the fallen brothers, and evacuated like a tide. In an instant, they retreated cleanly, leaving only the broken limbs on the ground and the Yan soldiers groaning in pain.

Five thousand Yan army infantry, who finally stood but did not fall to the ground, were only more than 500 people left, each of whom was injured, including the chief general Niu Jieting. He was shot three times and was lying on his horse, and was already dying.

The cavalry of the Yiluohe roared and rescued the last remaining soldiers, but they did not dare to approach the Tang army camp. They came like a gust of wind and retreated like another gust of wind. Within 150 steps from the Tang army camp, more than 100 injured and undead Yan soldiers were lying. They moaned in pain. Seeing that the cavalry ignored them, they began to struggle to climb back to their positions.

At this time, Zhao Chongjie, the chief general of the crossbowman, waved his hand, and hundreds of thick and long arrows shot out, drawing a series of parabolas in the air, nailing all the wounded soldiers on the ground to death. The Tang army camp became silent, and a gust of wind blew, bringing a pungent bloody atmosphere.

Li Qing'an on the high platform looked at the Yan army's 10,000 cavalrymen returning, and he suddenly issued an order, "I ordered Li Fei Yuanli, He Lou Yurun and Zhao Chongyan to lead 10,000 cavalry each, Zhao Chongjie to lead 10,000 crossbow cavalry, and Li Siye to lead 8,000 Modao soldiers to fight!"

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In the Yan army's formation, the Yiluohe cavalry returned, and in the end they only brought back hundreds of remnants. This ending made the Yan army feel cold.

Li Guiren was also extremely frustrated and said that he was going to attack the virtually, but in the end he was almost wiped out. It seemed that they took the initiative to attack, but in fact, the initiative was completely in the hands of the Tang army.

"I am humble... Niu Jieting... apologizes to the general!"

Niu Jieting was helped up by several soldiers. He was covered in blood. He pushed away the soldiers who helped him and fell to the ground.

Li Guiren looked at him for a while, and suddenly he sighed and said to the left and right orders: "Tell me my order and withdraw..."

Before I finished speaking, I heard the sound of drums in the Tang army camp rumbling. The drums were shaking the earth, and several black Tang army brigades appeared from both sides of the camp, with nearly 50,000 people.

The sudden change in the Tang army camp made the Yan army soldiers look at each other. They waited for almost a morning without going out to fight. Now it's time to go back for lunch, but the Tang army came out.

Li Guiren's face turned pale in an instant. Li Qing'an actually sent troops at this time. His soldiers were hungry and their morale was depressed just because of the defeat of the infantry, but Li Qing'an seized this opportunity. This person was so cruel.

He looked up at the platform and saw that Li Qingan had already stood up while sitting. He was also looking at this side. Li Guiren seemed to see the smug smile on his face, and Li Guiren's fist couldn't help but clenched.

"General, why not retreat, we will not be able to leave." A general whispered behind him.

"It's too late to withdraw."

Li Guiren gritted his teeth and said, "Since he is here, let's fight to the death!"

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Although Li Guiren lost 5,000 infantry, there were still 75,000 people, and there were three cavalry with strong combat power. In addition, although Cai Xide's army was not in a complete range, their combat power was actually not weak. Of course, if the Tang army used the thunder of the sky, they could easily defeat the Yan army.

But at the pre-war meeting, Li Siye firmly opposed the use of the thunder. His reason was very simple. If the Yan army was defeated by the thunder, they would not win. Li Siye's opposition was unanimously supported by the generals present. The Anxi Army's No. 1 army was not obtained by the thunder, but by their hard battles. If the thunder battle was won by the thunder, how could they prove to the people of the world that the Anxi cavalry should be stronger than the Youzhou Iron Cavalry.

Although Li Qingan understood that Li Siye was actually a little selfish, because Li Guangbi achieved the miracle of 2,000 people annihilated 30,000 people by relying on the thunder of the sky, if he used the thunder of the sky, wouldn’t Li Siye never be able to surpass Li Guangbi?

Li Siye's thoughts were seen through by Li Qing'an. He just smiled, and did not say that he would use the thunder, nor did he say that he would not use it. He only said that it depends on the situation. What Li Qing'an wants is absolute victory, not a temporary vanity. If there is no need to use it, he will satisfy everyone's vanity. But if the situation is unfavorable, he will use his trump card without hesitation. For this reason, Li Qing'an specially transferred ten thunder cars and one hundred and fifty thunders from Anxi.
To be continued...