Even the most powerful eagle shooter on the grassland can only hit a target four hundred paces away.
If Xue Rengui had shot at him from such a distance at first, he would have laughed and thought Xue Rengui was a fool.
But when he really saw Xue Rengui's force, he didn't think that Xue Rengui's behavior was just to scare him.
And when Xue Rengui drew his bow and aimed at her, for some reason, he felt cold in his heart, and there was a threat of death.
Shaboluo didn't have time to think too much and quickly rode his horse to avoid it.
However, Xue Rengui's five arrows were not shot in a continuum of five stars, but rather calculated in various possible directions for Sha Boluo to avoid.
Although Shaboluo rode his horse to dodge the first arrow, he was not able to dodge all the arrows.
"Forehead!"
The arrow passed through the middle of Sabolo's neck, leaving a line of blood.
Sha Boluo glanced at Xue Rengui in shock, then lost consciousness and fell from the horse.
"Master Qijin!"
Sha Bo Luo's soldiers exclaimed and quickly surrounded Sha Bo Luo.
When they saw the arrow holes that penetrated Sha Boluo's neck, these soldiers shouted with red eyes: "Master Qi Jin was shot to death by that Tang general, kill him to avenge Master Qi Jin!"
"Master Qi Jin is dead?"
The shouts of those soldiers not only failed to arouse the common hatred of the Turkic cavalry on the battlefield, but also made the Turkic cavalry lose all fighting spirit.
"kill!"
The Turkic cavalry lost their fighting spirit because of Shaboluo's death. Naturally, Xue Rengui would not miss this opportunity. He shouted loudly and charged with a halberd.
When Xiaoyongwei saw Xue Rengui killing the enemy coach, his fighting spirit increased greatly. His body, which was tired after fighting for so long, seemed to be suddenly full of strength.
The death of Shaboluo dealt a huge blow to the Western Turkic soldiers. Under the circumstances, they were no match for the heroic guards.
"Run!"
I don’t know who shouted first, causing those Western Turkic soldiers who had no fighting spirit to be defeated.
Just when Xue Rengui was about to lead troops to pursue him, a military commander shouted: "General, the Turks in the camp have come out."
Xue Rengui looked back and saw that there were only less than 200 of the more than 2,000 cavalrymen responsible for intercepting the gap. They could not stop the Turkic cavalry at all, and a large number of cavalry rushed out of the gap.
Although the Heroic Guards are elite, it is simply unrealistic to rely on two thousand men to stop those already crazy Western Turkic soldiers for too long.
The reason why it took so long was also due to the fact that the Western Turkic cavalry was in chaos and could not charge at all.
Since the cavalry cannot charge, their power is greatly reduced, which is why they can intercept them for so long.
Even so, only one out of 2,000 cavalrymen was spared, and they paid a huge price.
Xue Rengui could only give up the plan of pursuit and lead his troops back to deal with the soldiers who rushed out of the camp.
When Siriguleng was about to escape to Nanda Camp, he learned that Shaboluo had been shot and killed. He dared to go there and took the people directly to the depths of the grassland.
"Wait!" Cheng Yaojin stopped and said, "Those people suddenly changed direction. Something must have happened at the South Camp. Don't continue chasing. Go support the brave guards first!"
When Cheng Yaojin arrived at the battlefield outside Nanda Camp, everyone was dumbfounded.
The entire grassland flowed into rivers of blood, and there were mutilated corpses trampled by war horses everywhere.
Cheng Yaojin had been on the battlefield for a long time. It was not because of the bloody battlefield that he was dumbfounded, but because the war here was over. Lin Xuan and Xue Rengui were commanding the soldiers to collect the weapons of the surrendered soldiers.
When Lin Xuan saw Cheng Yaojin leading his troops, he quickly brought Cheng Chumo and Xue Rengui to greet them.
"See the General!"
Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and asked: "How is the battle going?"
"Back to the general, the 50,000 Turkic cavalry who invaded the camp killed more than 20,000 people, surrendered more than 10,000 people, and the remaining less than 10,000 people ran away. In addition, this time the Turkic troops were led by the Five Great Qijin of the Western Turks.
One of them, Shaboluo, was shot dead by Rengui, and more than 10,000 of his men fled." Lin Xuan said.
"Okay, okay!" Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "You have made great contributions this time, and I will personally take credit for you."
"General, if Rengui hadn't provided timely support and killed Sha Boluo, it would have been difficult to achieve such a result," Lin Xuan said.
In fact, if Xue Rengui hadn't sent people to block the gap, the cavalry who entered the camp would have fled long ago.
Lin Xuan had infantry at his disposal, so how could he possibly catch up with the cavalry?
Moreover, Shaboluo also brought 20,000 cavalry outside.
If Xue Rengui hadn't shot Shaboluo, causing the Turkic cavalry to flee, if it continued to be dragged on and the Turkic cavalry inside rushed out, the Heroic Guards would have been in danger of being attacked from both sides. If one mistake was made, the entire Heroic Guards army might have been annihilated.
"The general ordered his subordinates to come here, and they dare not take credit." Xue Rengui said.
"Haha." Cheng Yaojin laughed and said, "I got the credit for pushing and pushing. Once I know the details of the battle, I will report it to Your Majesty. Your Majesty will decide who gets the credit."
After the war ended, the battlefield was cleaned first and the wounded soldiers were treated.
In addition, after nearly a day of fierce fighting, we only ate some dry food and were already exhausted.
But with so many horses dead, the soldiers can have a good meal.
As for the bodies of those war horses being stained with human blood, it was nothing at all.
Eating human flesh was nothing unusual in ancient times.
Some people even use human flesh as military rations.
These horse meat stained with human blood are not unacceptable to the soldiers.
The enticing aroma of meat wafted from the camp. Because there was too much meat and the weather was hot, it was impossible to finish it. Cheng Yaojin was very generous. Not only the cavalry of the Mukun tribe, but also the surrender soldiers were given a lot of meat.
Lin Xuan didn't eat horse meat. It was one thing that it tasted bad. He also felt alienated, so he just ate some dry food to cope with it.
After eating, Cheng Yaojin arranged for several school captains to lead troops to clean the battlefield.
The weather is hot now, and if those corpses are not buried as soon as possible, it will easily cause plague.
Generally, when two armies are at war, during a truce, the other side will be allowed to send people to collect the bodies of their own soldiers.
On the one hand, the dead are the most important, and on the other hand, they are afraid of causing a plague.
Now that all the Western Turks have fled, it is up to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to bury the corpses.
After the arrangements were made, Cheng Yaojin summoned the generals to discuss the matter.
"Today's victory is all due to the concerted efforts of all of you. Your Majesty will be very happy when he finds out!" Cheng Yaojin said with a smile.
All the generals laughed. They fought hard to be crowned princes and prime ministers. For such a big victory, Li Shimin would not be stingy in rewarding him.
"Have the casualties been counted?" Cheng Yaojin asked.
"Back to the general, the casualties have been calculated. There are more than 23,000 soldiers killed in the battle, and there are also 10,000 wounded soldiers. Of the 100,000 Western Turkic cavalry, less than 30,000 escaped, and more than 11,000 were captured.
The rest were all killed in the battle. More than 50,000 horses, cattle and sheep were captured..." The army leader Bo told the story of the deaths and the results of the battle in detail.
Fifty thousand versus 100,000, with more than 30,000 casualties and the destruction of most of the opponent, it was a great victory.
But after everyone listened, no one could be happy.