This was the order to fire the crossbows. Thousands of crossbows were fired at the same time. Suddenly, arrows rained down like rain. Five thousand jackdaw iron arrows rose into the sky and shot towards the Tubo cavalry on the grassland like a storm.
The Tubo cavalry raised their shields to meet them, but they never dreamed that they would encounter the most powerful crossbow arrows of the Song army, which were indestructible and could not be resisted by any shield or armor.
If there were no shields, many soldiers might hide under the horse's belly and escape with their lives.
But there is no word 'if' in the world. Their fate has long been determined. When they got the shield of the Xixia Army, they were already destined to be a massacre today.
The extremely powerful jackdaw iron arrows shot through shields, armor, and the bodies of Tibetan soldiers. Countless Tibetan soldiers were shot from their horses by the iron arrows and were nailed to the ground.
Five thousand jackdaw arrows were fired, and three thousand Tibetan cavalry were killed and wounded. This ratio was terrifying, including Kelopa's second son Danzhu, who was shot through the chest with an arrow and nailed to death on horseback.
But Clopas and other Tibetan cavalry who were running in front escaped, and the range of the jackdaw arrows exceeded them.
Once the cavalry starts running wildly, it is difficult to stop, especially the cavalry in front. Once they stop, they will be hit and trampled by the cavalry behind them. Even if Clopas senses something is wrong, he must bite the bullet and kill.
What's more, Clopas did not realize the huge damage caused by the jackdaw arrows to his army. The thunderous sound of horse hooves completely covered up the screams of the soldiers. Many horses that lost their cavalry continued to run with the large cavalry. From the momentum
From the outside, the reduction is not big, but if you look underground, you will see corpses all over the place.
The cavalry advanced one hundred and fifty steps, the horn sounded again, and two thousand Song soldiers fired their divine arm crossbows at the same time. Two thousand powerful divine arm crossbow arrows roared towards the oncoming Tibetan cavalry.
There are only two types of arrows that the Jurchen cavalry's armor can't withstand, one is the bed crossbow, and the other is the divine arm crossbow. The divine arm crossbow was invented to deal with the armor of the Liao army and the Xixia army. Within two hundred steps, the divine arm crossbow arrows
It can shoot through the Jurchen army's armor.
The Tubo people's leather armor could not withstand the powerful divine arm crossbows of the Song army. The cavalry running in front were hit by arrows one after another and fell off their horses with screams. Geropa was a little frightened. He saw countless cavalry hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Their thin skins
The shield could not stop the Song army from shooting with powerful crossbows.
These are ordinary herdsmen! Can they compete with the regular Song Army cavalry? Groba watched more than 600 Tibetan cavalry being shot and killed, and he began to regret it.
In fact, he did not see the rear. If he saw the half-empty horse behind him, he would not continue fighting at all.
Before they could reach the Song army, more than half of the Tubo cavalry had been killed or injured.
Three thousand Song infantrymen quickly formed a spear formation. They squatted down and pressed the bottom of their spears against the ground. The sharp spear tips were at an angle of thirty degrees. The densely packed spear tips shone coldly in the sun, forming a formation.
The forest of spears was aimed at the rushing Tubo cavalry.
Three thousand Song Army cavalry galloped out and attacked the Tibetan cavalry from both sides. Arrows flew in the air. The two Song Army cavalry were like two sharp swords slashing at each other's waists.
The Tibetan cavalry was getting closer and closer, completely involuntarily. Looking at the densely packed spear points in front of them, the Tibetan cavalry at the front was so frightened that their faces were deformed and they screamed.
"boom!"
The Tubo cavalry collided with the Song Army's spear formation, and there was a scream and the neighing of war horses. Dozens of Song Army soldiers were knocked into the air and died tragically on the spot, while more than 300 Tubo soldiers were running in front.
The cavalrymen were also pierced by spears and died.
Globa was not among the more than 300 Tibetan cavalry who were impaled into meat skewers, but he was also in front. The huge impact rebounded and he was instantly thrown out and fell into the rolling iron hooves.
At the same time, the Song Army's cavalry charged into both sides of the Tubo Army. Chen Qing took the lead. Fang Tian drew halberds and picked off more than 30 people. Those who stood in the way were either dead or dead. They were invincible. They broke through a bloody road and led the Song Army's cavalry to charge.
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On the other side was led by Gao Ding, who was equally fierce, with spears flying, killing dozens of people. Three thousand Song cavalry attacked and killed each other, killing the Tubo cavalry to pieces. The Tubo cavalry behind them were frightened.
They all turned their horses' heads and ran away.
Three thousand Song infantry withstood the powerful impact of the Tibetan cavalry and began to form a formation to counterattack. The Tibetan cavalry was attacked from both sides and began to become confused.
They were originally amateur troops, and they were all herdsmen, relying on fierce fighting. At this moment, the smell of blood in the air and the stumps and viscera on the ground scared them out of their wits, and their intense fear made them helpless.
They lost their fighting spirit and began to run for their lives.
Chief Globa disappeared, but he did not escape. Instead, he was overturned by a war horse and fell to the ground. He was then trampled to death by countless war horses. His body was covered in blood and flesh, and it was impossible to identify him as the chief of the West Sea Department.
The number of Tibetan cavalry was less than 2,500, and the entire army was defeated. The Song cavalry chased them all the way behind, chasing them for more than ten miles in one breath, and shot more than half of the enemy troops before letting go of the remaining 1,000 Tubo soldiers.
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This battle has been passed down from generation to generation by the Tubo people in Hehuang. The massacre in the West Sea. Kelopa led his army to fight Chen Qing's Song army in a decisive battle, but suffered a disastrous defeat. Kelopa and his son were killed in the battle. The battle was one-sided and seven thousand Tubo cavalry were brutally defeated.
The Song army massacred, and in the end only more than 900 people survived. Most of the young and strong men in the Xihai Department were lost, and the remaining women and children were finally divided and annexed by other departments.
Under the supervision of the Song army, the remaining tens of thousands of old and weak women and children in the Xihai tribe began to migrate to the traditional pastures on the west coast of the West Sea. There were only more than 2,000 young and strong men left in the entire tribe. What they were afraid of now was not the Song army, but other Tubo tribes
, even the Huangtou Huihe people, the arrogance and arrogance of the Xihai tribe leaders made them pay an extremely heavy price.
Half of the property of the Western Sea Department became the spoils of the Song army, including tens of thousands of war horses, 200,000 sheep, 20,000 cattle and more than 300,000 sheep skins. At the same time, they also lost the eastern land.
This battle expanded the border of Xining Prefecture by 250 miles to the west and 150 miles to the south, incorporating all three salt lakes into the territory of Xining Prefecture.
Three years later, a county seat was built here, called Salt Lake County, which became the westernmost county seat in the Song Dynasty. A thousand soldiers were stationed to defend the three salt lakes.
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Gao Ding led his army and loot back to Xining City, while Chen Qingze led two thousand cavalry south to Jishi Prefecture. The arrival of the Song Army meant that Jishi Prefecture once again returned to Xihe Road.
Jishi Prefecture, Tao Prefecture, He Prefecture and Kuo Prefecture are similar in nature. They are controlled by the Han people and the Qiang people guard the wilderness. They are all livestock prefectures and their main industry is animal husbandry. Both the Qiang and Tubo people live in the wilderness.
The Han people lived in the county town and within ten miles of the county town and made a living by farming.
In the morning, Chen Qing arrived at Jishi County. It was a small county town with a circumference of more than ten miles. There were more than 2,000 households and more than 10,000 people living in the city, mostly Han Chinese.
The county town was not devastated by the war. It was very quiet and the people were simple, just like a paradise.
The county magistrate is named Yu Xiuming. He is in his thirties and is from Bianliang. He was once a student in Tokyo. Later, he brought his parents, wife and children to this paradise-like county and opened a school. Because he is knowledgeable and sensible, and has seen the world, the city
The people elected him as the county magistrate.
Yu Xiuming brought a group of squires to the outside of the city to welcome Chen Qing.
Chen Qing ordered the army to station outside the city, but he entered the city with only dozens of people.
The city is clean and tidy, there is no noise or noise, it is very quiet, and the air is very fresh, which Chen Qing likes very much.
"Is there only one official in the county, Magistrate Yu?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
Yu Xiuming said with some embarrassment: "Our Jishi County has actually been forgotten by the court for many years. The magistrate passed away three years ago and no new officials took office. Other officials left one after another, so the people in the city unanimously elected me as the magistrate.
I also govern by doing nothing, and I am only responsible for mediating some neighborhood conflicts, and then I continue to teach. My performance as a county magistrate is very unqualified and dispensable."
"I feel that you have done a good job. You can maintain the county seat. This is the greatest credit. I officially appoint you as the magistrate of Jishi County. I will send two officials to you as assistants later. I will pay your salary.
There’s no need to teach anymore.”
"Thank you for your kindness, Commander-in-Chief Jiedushi!"
Chen Qing asked with a smile: "How do the Tubo people in Jishi tribe get along with each other?"
"We get along pretty well. Basically, there is no conflict between the well and the river. They also need to come to the county to buy daily necessities, and we also need their sheepskins and meat. We each get what we need."
Just as he was talking, a soldier ran over and said, "To inform the capital, there is a Tibetan team outside the city. The leader is the leader of the Jishi tribe, called Asang, who is here to see the capital!"
Chen Qing suddenly had an intuition that the other party must know that the Song Army was at war with the Xihai Department.
