Linghu Chao's head was buzzing after hearing this.
How could I not notice such a simple arrangement of the Tang army? I was too eager for quick success! Now, well, one third of the remaining thousand cavalry were temporarily injured, and there were less than 700 soldiers who could mount their horses to fight. If that were the case
Thousands of Tang people got on horseback to challenge themselves, but they didn't have the capital or confidence to defeat them.
"General Linghu, it's not good! Those Mo Swordsmen, those Mo Swordsmen got on their horses and came to hunt us down!" While Fang Linghuchao was deep in thought, a soldier eagerly urged his horse forward to him.
Reported the latest military information.
Linghuchao frowned and looked in the direction pointed by the soldier.
Sure enough! The naked upper body Mo Daoshou dropped their murderous blades one after another, got on their horses, and came towards him with horizontal knives.
"Alas!" Linghu Chao looked at the soldiers who were still wailing and struggling in the array of iron caltrops, sighed and ordered: "Send my general's order to break out eastward along the Cang River!"
The most important thing right now is to escape and leave the green hills without worrying about having no firewood to burn. Revenge must be done with a life, right?
"General Linghu has given an order, and the whole army must form a formation and break out. General Linghu has given an order, and the whole army must form a formation and break out!"
The soldiers shouted impatiently over and over again, conveying Linghu Chao's orders to the ears of every soldier.
Linghu Chao led six to seven hundred disabled cavalry and galloped along the south bank of the Canghe River, hoping to get rid of the group of Tang cavalry who appeared out of nowhere.
But those guys clung to themselves like a piece of dog-skin plaster, refusing to relax at all.
"Faster, faster! Damn it, what the hell are these Tang people doing? I can't stand it with Grandpa!"
Linghu Chao swung his horse whip fiercely, shouted at the soldiers behind him, and kept greeting the direct relatives of this Tang army in his heart.
He just wanted to cross the suspension bridge, but they tried their best to stop him. That was fine, after all, their current positions were different. But they were so unreasonable and unforgiving that they wanted to drive him out and kill him?
"Speed up your horse. If you don't want to have your head cut off by the Tang Dynasty, go faster!"
Linghu Chao turned around and glanced at Tang Qi, who was sixty or seventy steps away. His heart tightened, he pinched the horse's belly hard, and galloped forward.
"ah!"
"Poof! Poof!"
The sound of a series of arrows drilling into the flesh was heard. Linghu Chao shuddered for no reason, but he did not dare to look back.
"Poof! Poof!"
"Ah! Mother, ah"
One after another, miserable cries came over, and one after another the rebel soldiers were hit by arrows and rolled off their horses, and were immediately trampled into pulp by the horses that followed.
"Poof! Poof!"
Linghu Chao didn't know how many casualties his soldiers had suffered. He just wanted to escape for his life! As long as he could escape from the hands of these demons, the rest didn't matter! He didn't want this official position, he didn't earn this honor anymore.
All I want is a small life!
"Drive! Drive!"
Li Kuo held the horse's belly tightly with his legs, took the black bow from the soldiers, took out an eagle-feather arrow and put it on the bow string.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Li Kuo held his breath and concentrated, feeling the changes in the people around him.
He could clearly hear the sound of the breeze trampling on the dirt road, he could clearly hear the beating of his heart, and he could even hear the faint breath of the dying man.
The sounds of everything in the world become so clear when you are calm. Li Kuo took a deep breath and pointed the arrowhead tightly at the man in silver armor dozens of steps away.
This is the man who faced off against Xiao Zhang Tanhua outside Yongqiu, the man who besieged nearly 10,000 soldiers in Suiyang, the man who betrayed the Tang Dynasty without hesitation and fell into the arms of the rebels.
Such people should be killed!
Provide, buckle, accumulate power, release!
Li Kuo suddenly took action, hitting Xuan'er with an arrow and shooting towards Linghu Chao's vest. He was extremely powerful for a moment.
"Ah!" Linghu Chao, who was still galloping, felt a sharp pain coming from his vest. With difficulty, he looked through his body and saw a Tang Dynasty general in black armor not far away holding a black bow.
Looking at him solemnly.
"Poof!" Linghu Chao's heart was filled with rage, a mouthful of old blood spurted out, and he fell heavily off the horse.
Late autumn, in the middle of Shu.
Li Longji stood leaning on the imperial slump of the palace, looking at the jade sculpture of a noble concubine presented by Wei Shitu, the Jiedushi of Jiannan Road, and remained silent for a long time.
Ever since he got this jade sculpture from Wei Shitun, Li Longji felt like he had found a treasure. He locked himself in the palace all day long, keeping company with the jade sculpture. From time to time, he would murmur the name of the imperial concubine.
In recent days, this situation has become more and more serious, and even the delicacies presented by the palace chef are not enough to make him move his chopsticks. Li Longji often sits for a whole day, and often does not eat enough water or rice. This is what he does
Young and strong men can't stand a chance, so why not an old man who is already 80 years old?
"Your Majesty, it's time for you to eat!" Gao Lishi walked into the palace tremblingly and bowed slightly to Li Longji who was sitting on the bed.
"Oh, it's Yuan Yi, please put it down. I'm not hungry, I want to accompany the imperial concubine." Li Longji slowly touched Yang Yuhuan's cheek and said lightly.
Seeing Li Longji like this, Gao Lishi was heartbroken, but he couldn't show it at all. He only said: "I came today to tell your Majesty some good news."
"What's the good news? It's the Yuhuan. The Yuhuan has been found? I'll tell you, the Yuhuan is not dead. Where did you hide the Yuhuan? Tell me!"
Li Longji became excited for a moment, shaking Gao Lishi repeatedly and asking.
"Your Majesty, the imperial concubine, she has really gone." A line of thick tears slid down Gao Lishi's cheeks and dripped on the Persian tribute blanket.
After a pause, Gao Lishi wiped the tears from his eyes and murmured: "I'm here, I'm here to tell you that Chang'an City has been recovered!" (Note 1)
Note 1: The battle to recover Chang'an: Briefly, the Tang army launched a general attack on Chang'an on September 12th. Marshal Guangping Wang Li Chu and deputy marshal Guo Ziyi led 150,000 troops and borrowed 4,000 Hui troops to attack Chang'an. 2
On the 17th, the Tang army marched to the west of Chang'an and formed an array in Xiangji.
To the north of the temple (today's south of Chang'an, Shaanxi Province) and to the east of the Feng River, a fierce battle began with the 100,000 An army arrayed to the north of the Tang army. Under attack from two sides by the Tang army, the An army was defeated and more than 60,000 people were wiped out. They evacuated Chang'an that night.
Fleeing eastward. The Tang army did not take advantage of the victory and pursued it, and recaptured Chang'an on the 28th.
ps: The Tang Dynasty’s battle to regain Chang’an was too grand and took too long, so I decided not to write about it.