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It was noon and the sun was shining brightly.
The fine grains of sand were filled with bright red liquid, and a sour smell filled the air.
When several vultures hovering in the sky found an opportunity, they swooped down and tore off a piece of meat. There were so many corpses in the Gobi Desert that they didn't need to worry about lack of food. The vultures were delighted.
Fluttering its black and gray feathers, it picks up pieces of whole meat and chews them in big mouths, preparing for the chicks to eat. The little ones just born in spring cannot eat whole meat at this stage, they can only eat the chewed meat of adult birds.
porridge-like minced meat.
The end of one life, the birth of another, everything goes round and round, God never seems to be partial to anyone.
Blood, bones, death...
Admittedly, there has just been a massacre here.
Lying here are the cavalry of the Jinshan Uighurs, and of course the soldiers of the Shule Tang Army. At this moment, in the eyes of the vultures, they are all a delicious meal, regardless of race, name, or rank.
The Jinshan Uighurs were defeated, completely and utterly defeated.
The three-way encirclement tactic has been tried and tested repeatedly in prairie cavalry encounters. It can exert its greatest power when the troops have an absolute advantage. However, the Uighurs obviously underestimated the Tang army's combat power and adaptability.
The key to this tactic is that the cavalry on both wings must arrive at the corresponding position in time to exert sufficient pressure on the opponent, cooperate with the advancement of the main Chinese army, and disintegrate the enemy's formation from within.
Obviously, the Uighurs failed to do two things well. First, the cavalry on both wings arrived a little slowly, and were either entangled by the Tang people or completely defeated, and could not provide effective support to the Chinese army.
Secondly, after the Chinese army led by Bi Xihe was repeatedly suppressed and delayed by spearmen and crossbowmen, they did not choose to defeat the main force of the Tang army at the first time, leaving the Tang people with opportunities to defeat them.
In the final analysis, it was due to the Shule Tang Army's active and bold change of formation.
In fact, when Li Kuo made the tactical arrangement of vacating the center and attacking the two wings first, all the generals of the Shule Army spoke out against it.
This is gambling!
Not to mention, the spearmen and crossbowmen cannot delay the Uighurs for too long. Even if they can delay the Uighurs for a while, they have put all their lives in the hands of Paoze. Even if the numbers are equal, what confidence do they have that they can win a quick victory?
, to defeat the Uighur cavalry on both wings?
Of course, the decision-making power rested with Li Kuo. He made the bet and won.
Seeing the eagerness of the cavalry team led by Ba Chuo, the young man chose to attack from the enemy's left flank.
Throwing spears, scattering arrows, tripping horses and catching thieves. After a series of ambushes, the vigor of the Uighur cavalry on the left wing has been greatly damaged. If it were placed before, perhaps the Shule Army, which had most of the new recruits, was not the Uighurs who had experienced battles for a long time.
Opponent, but at this time, facing the panicked Uighurs, the Shule Army had no reason to retreat!
What's more, the most important interception task was completed by General Li himself. A team of 150 Tongwu confidants perfectly blocked the Uighurs' escape route. With the timely attack of the Yongwu and Yiwu 2nd Battalion soldiers, they completely annihilated the enemy.
In panic.
The battle on the left wing of the Tang Army was similar to that on the right wing, except that it took slightly more time and energy. However, under the leadership of Zhang Yanji and Zhou Wuxin, the Xiongwu and Zhenwu Battalions also displayed a high combat level.
As for the middle cavalry led by Bi Qihe, after discovering the Shule Army's empty city strategy, they fought hard to come back to support. However, at this time, the battle on the two wings was basically coming to an end. The Uighur Army was also strong after being ambushed by wooden chariots and crossbows.
Injured, Bismuth was unable to win after a long battle, so he could only order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops and evacuate with his tail between his legs.
Under the pursuit of Dou Qing and Li Sheng, more than 200 Uighurs were knocked off their horses and lost their lives. In the end, only more than 2,000 remaining riders were successfully taken away by Bi Chi. In this battle, the Shule Army beheaded two people.
More than 1,500 Uighur cavalrymen, 517 were killed in battle, most of them were brave and resolute Long March athletes, and some were soldiers of the 2nd Zhenwu Battalion. The Tongwu Battalion had the fewest soldiers killed.
There are only thirty-seven people.
Li Kuo was worried about another accident, so he ordered the soldiers of the battalion to bury the dead Paoze on the spot and not to miss the battlefield. Since both sides were cavalry, there were many ownerless horses left after the war. Considering the fatigue of his own horses, Li Kuo ordered
The soldiers gathered together the ownerless horses for emergencies. After the war, the army was only delayed for half an hour before starting again.
"Brother Kuo'er, this battle was so damn fun!" Zhang Yanji waved his fist and said excitedly. When he was in Chang'an before, he always heard others brag about how powerful the Uighur cavalry was.
in this way!
"If it weren't for the general's proper arrangement, we wouldn't have won so easily." Dou Qing was also very happy. In this battle, the opponent had an absolute advantage in numbers. They originally wanted to retreat, but they didn't expect that under the leadership of Li Kuo,
He actually beat the Uighurs to a pulp.
"Otherwise, you kid thinks that the Uighurs are just wooden stakes, waiting for you to come forward and cut their heads off?" Dou Qing winked at Zhang Yanji and said sarcastically with a smile.
"I...I killed seven Uighur barbarians in formation. Could it be that they were all just wooden stakes?" Zhang Xiaolangjun puffed up his chest unwillingly and argued. These people were all killed by him, and he did not pretend to be his own soldiers.
hands!
"Yes, yes, you are a great hero!" Dou Qing hugged Zhang Yanji and said teasingly.
"You..." Zhang Yanji blushed immediately, and his voice of 'showing off' stopped abruptly.
"Hahaha, hahaha..."
All the generals laughed loudly. They were too nervous in the previous battle, and now they are finally relaxed. How can they treat themselves so slowly? As for Zhang Xiaolangjun, such a big man can't even make such a joke?
"Stop teasing him. You don't know how much he behaves like a little girl?" Li Kuo controlled the reins with one hand, turned around and said with a smile.
"Brother Kuo'er!" Zhang Yanji glanced at Li Kuo and turned his head angrily.
"You guys with yellow mouth, how can you forget about Ni Xin and Ni Biaoshi!" Zhou Wuwei held his chin and started talking, word by word like a lecturer at the Imperial College.
"Hahaha, hahaha!"
"You're like this. It's... a real loss if you don't take the exam for merit." Xian Yuyucheng held his belly and laughed, almost falling off the horse. These half-literary words are really interesting, well, interesting!
"Yes, if it weren't for the wounded soldiers led by Guard Ni to pull the trigger of the wooden chariot crossbow, it would not have been possible to severely damage the Uighur army." Wang Xiaochun nodded and cast an appreciative look at Ni Xin.
"I don't dare take it!" Ni Xin clasped his fists and said, "I just tried my best. If I want to thank you, I have to thank your general!"
"Well, well..." Wang Xiaochun was quite embarrassed by being choked by Ni Xin, and scratched his head angrily.
"well!"
Li Sheng shook his head and sighed: "Although our army won a great victory in this battle, more than five hundred brothers were killed. What did they do wrong?"
Upon hearing this, the originally pleasant atmosphere suddenly cooled down, and everyone lowered their heads.
Most of the brothers who died were seriously injured in close combat with the Uighurs and fell off their horses. Although everyone knew that this situation was inevitable in chaotic battles, it was their robes and brothers who died. How could they?
Not sad or sad?
"His grandma is a bear. These Uighurs usually pretend to be like grandsons, but they can do it so cruelly!" Pu Dachui spat and complained loudly: "As the saying goes, other people who are not of my race are so cruel.
The heart must be different. At first, I thought it was unreliable, but now it seems that it is really reasonable!"
"No, the Uighurs professed themselves to the Tang Dynasty and accepted the title of His Majesty the Emperor, and then they replaced the Turks and became the lords of Mobei. Who would have thought that while they were being bitches, they built archways and had the idea of involving the official army of the Tang Dynasty.
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Dou Qing snorted coldly and expressed his dissatisfaction. Now that the Tang Dynasty was so powerful, they dared to do such a thing behind their backs. If the Tang Dynasty's national power weakened slightly, wouldn't they have a falling out?
"His Majesty the Emperor is too rude to them. The palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh. Do we Han people deserve to be bullied?" Wang Xiaochun raised his eyebrows and started to rant again.
Seeing that he was going too far, Li Kuo raised his voice and reminded: "Hu people also have good intentions, so don't generalize!"
Only then did Wang Xiaochun notice Beidagan's flushed cheeks, and he lowered his head brightly.
"Dagan, you did a good job!" Li Kuo nodded slightly at Beidagan and said in appreciation. In this battle, Beidagan led his soldiers to successfully intercept the Uighur right-wing cavalry and bought him a lot of time. Although he has Turkic ancestry.
, but he was loyal to the Tang Dynasty. The young man did not want him to be separated from his brothers in the Shule Army because of these words.
"Thank you, General!" After receiving Li Kuo's approval, Beida Gan's resentment dissipated instantly and he raised his hands in thanks.
"Actually, this matter is not necessarily decided by the Uighurs without permission." Li Kuo frowned and analyzed in detail: "Jinshan Pasture is eight hundred miles away from Daze Shao. Even if they are all cavalry, they still have to gallop.
It will take several days and nights to arrive. Besides, they have no enmity or enmity against us, so why do they want to do this cruel thing?"
Compared with this interception and killing, what worried the young man even more was the motivation of the Uighurs' trip. As he analyzed, the Uighurs had no enmity with him and there was no need to take the initiative to make trouble with the Shule Army.
They did this for two reasons.
First, they relied on the strength of their numbers to intercept their own armor and weapons. Second, someone secretly planned it and tried to kill people with a borrowed knife.
The former is not very likely. After all, taking the risk of breaking with the Tang Dynasty to obtain a batch of ordnance, the benefits are really out of proportion to the risks.
If it's the latter, who is behind the plan, and who wants to kill everyone?