The most direct factor that leads to the disintegration of troops in war is the fear in the hearts of brave soldiers.
Under the impact of hundreds of fire horses and Tang army cavalry, the Tibetan soldiers who had just accumulated a little confidence collapsed instantly.
They pushed and screamed and ran around, the night turned into day, and the sweet dreams turned into nightmares. The Tang army was like a group of devils, waving the horizontal knives in their hands and coldly harvesting lives.
In the panic, a Tibetan soldier stepped into the uneven grass nest and immediately fell down. The man who followed him stepped on his face and back. He stepped on his hard boots made of mat leather.
It was a bruised bruise, and the soldier cried out in pain. He tried to get up by holding on to the injured elbow, but found that all he saw was thick legs shaking and moving. He finally stood up holding on to a wooden railing.
He turned around, only to find a Tang general wielding a hammer and roaring towards him.
He instinctively wanted to run away, but his legs buckled in vain; he subconsciously wanted to beg for mercy, but his mouth seemed to be filled with lead and he couldn't make any sound.
A huge ugly hammer was swung with a cold wind. The pupils of the Tibetan soldiers dilated sharply, showing a look of fear.
Under the dark night sky, a scream echoed throughout the valley. The poor Tibetan soldier's head was smashed to pieces, turning into a ball of flesh from his forehead to his jaw, and the yellow and white brains poured out and stained the ground.
.The headless body stopped on the ground for a few seconds and then fell softly, raising a cloud of dust.
Seeing this, a teenage Tubo recruit felt his stomach churn and vomited out all the highland barley rice he had eaten at noon in the morning. He ignored the soup on his lips and ran away with a strange scream.
Five steps, ten steps, twenty steps.
The young man felt a sharp pain in his vest before he had run thirty steps. He turned around in disbelief and pointed at a Tang soldier behind him to say something.
But he fell down without uttering even a single syllable, staring straight at the sky with his wide eyes.
"If you don't accept surrender, kill them all!"
The young man in black armor flicked the ink bow in his hand and ordered. This Tibetan army has completely lost the desire to fight. It is like a spotted leopard with its claws broken off and a wild wolf with its fangs pulled out.
All that was left in his eyes was the fearful leaping beast.
"Kill them all and avenge the villagers!"
Li Kuo couldn't stop galloping with his sword raised. He had killed dozens of Tibetan soldiers tonight. The blood stained his armor and the bones were scratched, but he didn't feel any guilt. These people killed so many people.
He has robbed so many villagers, so he deserves to be killed!
"General, are you leaving some people alive?" Dou Qing rushed over on horseback and whispered. As an adjutant and Li Kuo's confidant, he had the responsibility to remind the young man when he was blinded by hatred. The Tang army never killed surrendered generals.
It would be fine if there were three to five hundred people. But this Tibetan army had three thousand people, and the fire turned half the sky red. If the higher ups were to track them down, how easy would it be to get through?
General Gao said that he would not let go of a single Tibetan soldier, but he did not say that he would not spare a single surrendered soldier! The Tang Dynasty has always prided itself on benevolence. If this massacre is used to punish others, the captain cannot afford to damage the benevolence of the Tang Dynasty.
The crime of image.
"Leave no one alive, don't accept any form of surrender, kill them all!" The young man's eyes were red with murder, and he couldn't listen to the kind words from Dou Qing's mouth.
"If the court pursues this matter, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the general." Dou Qing gritted his teeth and made his words clear.
Li Kuo frowned, held up the reins and said, "If the court blames me, I, Li Kuo, will bear the responsibility alone!"
When Dou Qing saw that his captain had made up his mind, he sighed and waved the black flag.
Once the black flag is raised, no surrender will be left!
The Tang Army cavalry, who had some scruples in their hearts, completely put down their burdens and attacked and slashed with the horizontal sword in their hands.
Without their horses, the Tibetan soldiers no longer looked brave at all. They were like sheep being slaughtered. Heads flew into the air, and pillars of blood spurted into the sky. There were broken limbs and arms everywhere, and the ground was covered with debris.
Corpse bones.
The horrifying gurgling sounds made by the chattering teeth of a dying man are like the floating points of light notes, and the mournful songs decorated with the collision of soldiers and the mournful sounds of war horses.
A Tang soldier jumped off his horse and cut off the head of a Tubo centurion with a knife. His face was full of smiles. The head of an officer was much more valuable than that of a soldier. He could get more gold by taking this head back.
First-class officer!
But before the head was cut off, he felt his arms being tightened, as if a worm was surrounding him, making him unable to move! He struggled a few times but couldn't get away. When he looked back, he was shocked.
Jump. A Tibetan soldier with blood on his face hugged him tightly and was grinning ferociously at him. The Tang army was so horrified that he almost bit his tongue. Wasn't he just stabbed to the core?
Well, why haven't you died yet? (Note 1)
The soldiers were so frightened by that smile that they were kicked out of their bodies and kicked and beaten backwards. But the Tubo soldiers were like a stone wall. No matter how hard the Tang soldiers cursed and beat them, they would not let go!
A Tibetan soldier with a broken left arm smelled blood and jumped over with a spear.
"Kill him, kill him!" the Tibetan soldier, whose face was covered with blood, shouted with a ferocious smile.
The Tang army was so anxious that his face was covered with sweat. In desperation, he grabbed the Tibetan soldier's blood-stained right hand and bit it down hard.
The Tubo soldier screamed in pain, and his arms slowed down slightly but did not let go. Just a little bit, just a little bit closer. The Tang Army Colonel bit down again according to the white and red teeth marks. The Tubo soldier
He is gradually losing his strength, and the luster in his eyes is getting weaker and weaker.
The spear-wielding soldier hesitated for a moment but then used all his strength to thrust a silver snake into the Tang Military Academy Lieutenant.
The Tang military captain was biting the Tibetan soldier's arm when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. He opened his mouth wide and tried to breathe, but it seemed that his alveoli had been pierced, and breathing was instantly difficult.
The spear-wielding Tibetan soldier drew out his sharp blade and stabbed the Tang military captain again like crazy.
One shot, two shots, three shots...
The silver snake bit open the dark armor, tore open the abdomen of the Tang soldier, and pierced the body of the Tibetan soldier behind him.
Seeing that the Tang army's breathing was getting weaker and weaker, the Tibetan soldiers surrounding him gradually relaxed and fell down. He looked straight at the sky full of stars, with a proud smile on his face...
"General, run away, brothers, we can't hold on any longer!" A Tibetan adjutant cried out to the commander-in-chief when he saw that his own soldiers were gradually being slaughtered by the Tang soldiers.
"General, get on your horse quickly. If you don't run, it will be too late!"
The Tubo general was still hesitating, but he was lifted up by a group of soldiers and put on the horse's butt.
"Pa!" The adjutant whipped the horse whip hard, causing the horse to gallop towards the dense forest at the east end. Seeing this, all the Tibetan officers gritted their teeth and jumped onto the horse's back one by one.
"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops!"
A group of more than a hundred Tubo cavalry galloped along the Houshan Ya Road in embarrassment, their horses hooves clanking, and they did not dare to stay for a moment.
The buzzing sound of the golden drums and horns gradually faded away, and the smell of blood in their breath became weaker and weaker. The Tubo cavalry gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
But before they could gallop a hundred paces, they were blocked by a group of cavalry who appeared from nowhere and had to rein in quickly. The horses neighed sadly and stood with their legs forward for a while. Many Tubo soldiers did not sit down.
He was so steady that he almost fell off his horse.
"Where to run!" The 500 light cavalry led by Zhang Yanji had already circled to the flanks and blocked the enemy's retreat. Just now, he had been complaining that he had no chance to go into battle to kill the enemy. This time when he saw the Tubo people approaching, he shouted loudly.
The team rushed forward.
Hengdao immediately became a man!
"It's the Tang army. There are Tang soldiers here too!" A Tubo centurion used the faint firelight to see clearly the galloping cavalry and exclaimed.
"Charge over there. Anyone who doesn't want to die will be charged over by me!" The Tubo general gritted his teeth and pulled out the scimitar from his waist. Now all the crossings have been blocked by the Tang army, and there are pursuers behind and interceptors in front, leaving them in this narrow place.
In the mountain col, you are waiting to die!
"Charge over, let's charge over!" the adjutant repeated loudly, boosting the exhausted morale.
The Tibetan cavalry seemed to have understood that there was no way out except for a battle, and they all reached their hands towards their waists.
The scimitar made a crisp sound when it was unsheathed, and the moonlight reflected the dazzling cold light on the blade.
"Fight them and kill these bandits!"
The Tibetan general took the lead to greet them, wielding a scimitar.
The two cavalrymen met instantly, without any more fancy tests or moves. Every move was life-threatening, and the sword was bloody!
Although the number of the Tubo cavalry was smaller than that of the Tang army, they were not at a disadvantage. They were all determined to die, so they had no worries. What's more, they were good at horse fighting, and they used all their strength to fight with the Tang army this time.
They didn't care about their lives. On the other hand, the Tang army was a little confused by the sudden momentum of the Tibetan cavalry. Most of them thought that guarding the back mountain pass was a leisurely job. Who knew that so many Tibetan cavalry were suddenly killed! They were here to earn credit for their work.
There is no need to risk your own life for those who have achieved military success, right?
With all these thoughts and thoughts, the cavalry of the Tang army seemed a little hesitant and conservative, and they only dared to adopt defensive sword techniques such as blocking and evading. Seeing that the Tang army was so weak, the Tubo people were confident and kept swinging their swords at them.
Tang Qi chopped off the vital parts.
Zhang Yanji was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Five hundred of his men were smashed to pieces by more than a hundred disabled cavalry. He had no shame in telling the truth!
"Don't fucking think about useless things. Just swing your knife and chop at the heads of those beasts. The more people who are afraid of death on the battlefield, the more likely they will die first. The Lord of Hell will not dare to contain the soul of the stupid young man!"
While he was shouting, a Tubo cavalryman came up to him like a ghost, swung his sword and chopped Zhang Yanji into the waist. The young man turned to the left side of the horse and clamped the horse's belly to avoid the blow.
A horizontal split to the right waist.
"Come over and chop his mother's ass off. Kill one and earn one, kill two and earn a pair!" The Tubo general stabbed a Tang soldier who was approaching him through the body and roared loudly.
His desperate eyes gradually reflected the light. It turned out that the Tang army was so vulnerable that he was fully capable of leading an army to break through. As long as he crossed this valley, he would reach a flat mountain meadow. Even if the Tang army sent more troops
Note 1: Chang Chong: "Chang Chong" is a northern local dialect, which means snake. It is commonly found in Baoding, Shijiazhuang and Henan, as well as near Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong. It is an ancient saying.
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