Chapter 707: Arrows destroy the Uighurs

In Yinshan, the sound of war drums was like thunder, and the overwhelming Uighur army rushed over like wild waves. The black cavalry was like a huge carpet, covering the entire gorge, with war horses galloping and murderous intent soaring into the sky. This was the 15,000 Uighur cavalry that launched an attack.

At the entrance of the northern valley, 10,000 Tang army infantry crossbows and 6,000 cavalry crossbows were already in line. Infantry lines were arranged in three rows, cavalry lines were arranged in two rows, and 16,000 crossbow arrows were raised to the ground, and the cold crossbow arrows were aimed at the whistling Uighur cavalry.

The Uighur cavalry were getting closer and closer, and had already entered a hundred steps. The shouts resounded throughout the Yinshan Valley. Their hideous faces could be clearly seen. The cavalry raised their swords and the impact momentum formed by the 15,000 cavalry was extremely spectacular, as if the entire Yinshan was trembling.

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In the Tang army, commander Helou Yurun's face was cold. In his eyes, these Uighur cavalry seemed to be walking corpses, no different from dead people. His voice echoed in the wind: "Prepare to shoot - shoot!"

"Dong!Dong!Dong!" The dense drum sounded, and the first round of the Tang army's six thousand crossbow arrows broke out from the strings, as dense as locusts, forming a vast net of arrows that were covered with the sky and earth. In an instant, it roared to the enemy group. The arrows were strong. In an instant, the Uighur cavalrymen were overturned, and the war horses pounced on the ground. The cavalry was thrown out and then they were caught in the dense horse hooves. The horses stepped like mud, which made the Uighur army's impact aura stagnant.

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But in the second round, six thousand crossbow arrows roared and shot.

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The third round of three thousand crossbow arrows shot to the scene.

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Another round of six thousand crossbow arrows came, and the Tang army shot in three sections of the ground, and it continued. The Uighur cavalry seemed to be moving forward in the dense storm and arrows. They could not breathe, and they suffered heavy casualties and blood mist filled. Their impact was always concentrated between a hundred and fifty steps, and they could not break through the line of life and death of fifty steps.

The dead bodies of war horses and Uighur soldiers were already piled up like mountains on a fifty-step line, forming a two-meter-wide barrier of corpses. In fact, it was difficult for the Uighur army to cross this barrier.

Three miles away, tens of thousands of Uighur cavalry were watching the breakthrough of their own army. The overwhelming arrows of the Tang army made them frightened. Gele Khan was extremely depressed when he saw that the vanguard had already attacked the army and had suffered half of his casualties, but he had no choice. He had just received the news that his old nest, Han'erduo Bali, had been taken over by the Tang army, Tongluo and Shatu people, made Gele angry and anxious. The Tang army might still show mercy, but Tongluo and Shatu people, those were his mortal enemies. He could imagine the tragic experiences of his people, and he was going crazy.

"Add another 20,000 troops and order Shi Chaoyi to break through the Tang army's blockade for me no matter what. If it fails again, let him come and see you!"

Ger Khan made up his mind, and another 20,000 Uighur cavalry rushed up all over the mountains. He wanted to suppress the entire army, but he was afraid that the entire army would be wiped out. He was worried about gains and losses, and he was extremely conflicted.

In addition to the 16,000 crossbow troops, the Tang army had 50,000 other than the position one mile, and there were 50,000 Tang army cavalry waiting for crossbows. The main general was Li Sheng, and Li Qing'an had already handed over the entire interception command to him.

Li Sheng divided the 150,000 troops into three squads, monitoring and intercepting the breakout of the Uighur army day and night, without giving them any chance.

At this time, Li Sheng also discovered the movement of the Uighur army increasing its troops. He gave the order, "Add another 15,000 cavalry crossbows!"

Three Tang cavalry immediately urged the horses to fight. In this way, the Tang army had more than 30,000 crossbow soldiers. This was an extremely powerful crossbow army and the largest number of crossbow soldiers in Anxi in the past few years. The crossbow army and the Modao army have always been the two most sharp armies in the Tang Dynasty to deal with the nomadic people, especially the 10,000-person crossbow soldiers formation, which was even a nightmare for the grassland cavalry.

The Tang army's well-trained training was fully reflected at this moment. Under the command of the military flag, the 30,000 crossbow troops quickly changed their formations and arranged them together, forming a new three-stage shooting formation in a very short time, but this time it became even stronger, and ten thousand arrows were shot out in each round.

More than 20,000 Uighur cavalry were like a strong wind blowing from the mountains. Thousands of troops rushed towards the Tang army camp, and the horse's hooves hit Yinshan, which was terrifying. Thirty thousand Tang army cavalry were as stable as Mount Tai. Thirty thousand cavalry and crossbows were lifted up in one go, and coldly aimed at the Uighur cavalry that was rushing towards the stormy waves.

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"shoot!"

The drums were loud, thousands of arrows were fired at once, and the powerful arrows were like the storm rolled up by the god of death. In an instant, they swept into the dense group of Uighur cavalry, screaming, neighing, and falling down. When a round of 30,000 crossbow arrows shot into the group of Uighur cavalry, it was like autumn wind and autumn rain sweeping across the fallen leaves. After a gust of wind and rain, nearly 30% of the group of Uighur cavalry were killed and injured.

One of the Uighurs' deputy generals who commanded this breakout was Shi Chaoyi. Gele hated him so much that he put all the blame on him. If he hadn't come to ask for help, how could the Uighurs face the crisis of destruction? Shi Chaoyi was forced to take action himself as the impact commander, the captain of the suicide squad.

In the first round of defeat, he escaped by chance, but the horse was shot down and he escaped his life. However, in the second round, the 20,000 troops were pressed against him again, and he became a forward again.

Shi Chaoyi felt that he had no way to live, and he only wanted to die. Shi Chaoyi waved his sword and shouted loudly: "Roar up! Break out a bloody road!"

At this moment, the second round of the Tang army was launched again, like a swarm of locusts passing through the grassland, and rushed into the Uighur cavalry again. This time, Shi Chaoyi was no longer favored by the god of luck. He was shot by three crossbow arrows at the same time, screamed and fell down. A crossbow arrow shot through his heart, and Shi Chaoyi died on the spot.

Gele Khan on the high slope witnessed Shi Chaoyi being shot to death. He had no mercy on Shi Chaoyi's death, but his elite Uighur soldiers were killed by large pieces of crossbow arrows like grass, which made his heart bleed. If he rushed down, he would be wiped out.

Ger Khan had no choice but to give up this breakthrough in pain, "The whole army withdrew from the camp!"

This is his seventh failure in breaking through, with a total of more than 50,000 casualties. Even if all the troops are suppressed, it will not work. The Tang army has 50,000 troops waiting for their orders one mile away. There are many people, and more deaths will be achieved.

With his order, the remaining more than 16,000 Uighur cavalry retreated like a tide, and then the army retreated to the camp, leaving only corpses and wounded soldiers moaning in pain on the position, dyeing the grasslands in the mountains red.

Seeing that the Uighur cavalry had retreated, Li Sheng ordered: "Except for those who are slightly injured, they can be captured, and all the other serious injuries will be killed!"

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The Tang army camp was located five miles away from the battlefield, close to the low slope on the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Although the Tang army camp still did not use the camp, this time they built three seven-foot-high earth walls within a mile close to the camp. The three earth walls were about five miles long to defend against the impact of the Uighur cavalry.

The Tang army's camp of 150,000 people was densely packed. After several miles, they had blocked the main force of the Uighurs in Yinshan for a full month. They repelled six attacks and breaking through the Uighur cavalry, and had successfully blocked the Uighurs in Yinshan.

Li Qing'an was not in a hurry. He wanted to completely trap the main Uighur army to death. He needed to give Cui Ganyou time. He received news from Cui Ganyou that the Tang and Hu coalition forces sorted out the remaining Uighurs and Turkic tribes on the grassland like casters, and drove them all to Hanerduobali City. The grassland of Hanerduobali had gathered 500,000 and 600,000 people, and the task was about to be completed.

It is already early June, and the weather is getting hotter, which also indicates that the time to return to Beijing is coming soon.

The northwest corner of the barracks is a special place. This is the battlefield hospital of the Tang army, which consists of more than 500 tents. It is the only barracks surrounded by camps. There are 1,000 female guards in the barracks. They have received strict medical treatment training and began to take on the heavy responsibility of rescuing the wounded soldiers of the Tang army and the Uighur army.

There were not many wounded soldiers in Li Qing'an's army, mainly because there were more than 1,000 wounded soldiers when he annihilated Shi Siming. Most of the wounded soldiers came from Li Guangbi's troops. They fought fiercely with the Turkic cavalry left in the Ninety-Nine Springs, and more than 2,000 wounded soldiers were killed and more than 5,000 wounded soldiers. Now all the wounded soldiers were sent to Li Qing'an's camp for treatment.

The Thousand Female Guards were commanded by the female sergeant Gao Wu. She led the Thousand Female Guards to come a little later, just in time for the battle against Shi Siming.

The tent was busy, and most of the wounded soldiers of the Tang army were in stable condition and were slowly waiting for recovery in the camp. These days, those who were rescued were all the Uighur soldiers who were slightly injured. After they were cured, they would become mining workers in the Tang Dynasty.

Nearly a hundred people lay in the largest camp. They were all wounded soldiers who had just been sent. The groans of pain were heard, but no one resisted. The translator had told them that this was saving their lives. As prisoners of war of the Tang army, they could at least save their lives. Almost all the Uighur soldiers were obediently receiving treatment.

Almost all of them were arrow wounds, taking arrows, cutting out bad meat, stop bleeding, disinfecting, bandaging, and the female guards were proficient in movements. They also learned a little simple Turkic language, telling them that their lives were saved and their injuries were safe, which made these Uighur soldiers cry out of gratitude to them one by one.

Gao Wu was wearing a silver thin armor and inspected the camps one by one by three female guards. She was the highest general in the battlefield hospital. No matter who it was, even if Li Qing'an came here for treatment due to injury, he had to listen to her obediently.

Gao Wu went to Taiyuan after Li Qing'an's Luzhou Battle. She stayed in Taiyuan for more than half a year, recruited a thousand female guards to train them, and also learned hard medical skills with them. During this Northern Expedition, Gao Wu led a thousand female guards to follow him.

During this period, Gao Wu was very calm. She thought about it for almost a whole year. Although Li Qing'an was willing to marry her, Gao Wu finally decided not to enter the palace. She was unwilling to lose her freedom. She prefers the freedom to gallop freely on the grassland, and is unwilling to be locked in the deep palace, losing freedom, and spending her life in such a depressed manner, or participating in the intrigue in the palace. That is not the life she wants. Although Li Qing'an is the only man she loves in her life, it is not the whole of her life. Freedom is her greatest pursuit in her life. She is already twenty-five years old. Ten years of hardship and wasting time, and her perception and loss after being accepted by Li Qing'an finally found her own life path.

She will not marry anyone again. She will become a female soldier in her life, bringing batches of female soldiers to the Tang Dynasty. She hopes that she will always be a free bird.

"General Gao, General Gao is here, and I'm waiting for you outside."

A female soldier reported at the door that almost all the female soldiers knew about the relationship between Gao Wu and His Highness Zhao. It was no surprise that His Highness Zhao looked for their general.

"I see!"

Gao Wu smiled, turned around and walked out of the camp.

She had already told Li Qing'an about her decision. She thought she would be scolded by Li Qing'an angrily, but she didn't expect that he would support her decision. This made her breathlessly, but she felt an indescribable loss. Is Li Qing'an not caring about her?

But in the end she understood that Li Qingan didn't care about her, but understood her and respected all her decisions.

Li Qingan did not enter the gate of the battlefield hospital, but was waiting at the gate of the camp. Looking at Gao Wu walking towards him quickly, her thin figure made Li Qingan seem to see her ten years ago, the little girl who was galloping freely on the Anxi land with a bow and arrow. She remembered her black panther skin shot through her with an arrow, and her concern when she was drunk, and that mirror. She gave herself a gift during the expedition to Xiaobolu, and didn't know where she had placed it.

Li Qingan did not expect Gao Wu to choose a free body in the end, but he could understand that as soon as he entered the Tang Palace, she belonged to the boundless sky and the boundless grassland. She was a free bird in the sky and a horse galloping on the grassland. She was free. The high walls and deep palace of the Daming Palace did not belong to her. The rigid and solemn deep palace would kill her, but he was still a little worried.

"Qiro!"

Gao Wu walked over lightly, smiling, completely different from the steadiness she had when she inspected the military camp just now. If her female guards saw it, they would be very surprised that their female generals had such youthful and lively moments.

Li Qingan smiled bitterly, "Of the million-strong army of the Tang Dynasty, you are probably the only one who calls me Qilang."

"Why, don't you call me? Or do you want me to call you General like others?"

Gao Wu looked at Li Qing'an with a smile. Now her knot was completely untied. She no longer became obsessed with a relationship like she did in the past. This was an epiphany. Li Qing'an's impending ascension to the throne was the key to her epiphany. It turned out that Li Qing'an was no longer the former Li Xiao Li, the general of Anxi, and he would be the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
To be continued...