Between the military formations of the two armies, flags were flying, and a hot wind blew from the desert from the northwest, making the soldiers in the formations of both sides feel the heat.
The scorching sun was in the sky.
The generals of both armies knew that as time went by, something would happen.
As it gets hotter and hotter, morale will get lower and lower.
If you want to fight, you have to do it as soon as possible.
There is nothing left for both parties to say.
The situation has been explained, and all that is left is to fight with real swords and guns.
On the Tang Army's side, Zhao Hu pointed his horse forward and led 10,000 Hu cavalry to take the lead in attacking the servants of the Dashi Army.
Said was not to be far behind.
He knew the tactics of the cavalry very well, and the higher the speed, the better.
The attack power of the cavalry became stronger.
He waved his scimitar and shouted loudly, and personally led the team to charge towards the oncoming Tang army.
As Tang Jun's servants, these Western Turks' barbarians' sense of belonging to the Tang Dynasty was obviously much stronger than the Sogdians' sense of belonging to the Dashi Kingdom. showed the greatest combat effectiveness because he We all know that they are fighting this war not for the Tang Dynasty, but for themselves.
The Great Food Army has entered their territory.
If they do not use all their strength and do not fight to the death, if they are defeated, what awaits them will be The crisis of annihilation of the entire clan.
On the contrary, the Sogdians were not willing to fight the barbarians of the Western Turks at all.
They had no choice but to surrender to the cannibals, and they had no choice but to fight the barbarian barbarians of the Western Turks under the coercion of the cannibals.
They were unwilling to do this, so there was no morale at all.
They just rode their horses towards the Tang army under the supervision of the captains of ten and centurions.
Although the number was twice as large as that of the Tang army, they were not as powerful in terms of momentum.
At a disadvantage.
The scene of thousands of horses galloping is absolutely shocking, not to mention that there are more than 10,000 horses now.
The two sides have a total of 30,000 light cavalry dueling.
The earth is constantly trembling and shaking under the trampling of these iron hooves.
Smoke and dust rise up from the place of battle. shrouded over the battlefield.
War brings the call of death.
A large group of vultures that have smelled the breath of death dare not approach this extremely dangerous battlefield and can only circle and fly in the distant sky.
With a "boom", the front rows of cavalry from both sides collided.
A Geshu cavalryman thrust a spear into the chest of a Kang cavalryman on the opposite side, but was cut off by a Kang cavalryman with a machete.
A Huqiu man from the Shunishi tribe stabbed him continuously with an iron spear.
The bodies of two Cao cavalrymen strung them on the barrels of their guns.
The clashing sounds of weapons and the heart-wrenching sounds of sharp blades cutting through armor and cutting into the body were endless.
Screams, roars, and the neighing of war horses filled the entire battlefield.
Blood was flying everywhere, corpses fell from the horses and were trampled into flesh, weapons turned into twisted scrap metal after collisions, helmets rolled to the ground, and ownerless horses ran around. .
There is no doubt that the two sides are mixed together.
Although the servants of the Dashi Army are large in number, twice as many as the barbarians under Zhao Hu, they are completely unable to compare with the barbarians under Zhao Hu in terms of morale and fighting will.
Forced onto the battlefield, Zhao Hu The barbarian soldiers under his command actively faced the battle.
The objectives of the two sides' fighting were completely different.
The winner of this battle had already been decided before it started.
It had nothing to do with the number of troops.
It was just that the leading generals of both sides did not consider it.
That’s all.
A melee involving tens of thousands of people was such a rare sight.
After the Sogdians, who were unwilling to fight, were charged and killed many people in the front row, fear began to spread, and soon swept to both wings, causing huge casualties and The mixed effect without the will to fight defeated Su on the spot.
The front row of the special forces collapsed, and many people began to turn around and flee.
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This flight soon affected the people in the middle and rear.
When they saw the front row, they turned around and fled this way.
The Sogdian troops in the middle and rear also began to turn around and flee.
Zhao Hu, who was bloody, immediately sent his troops to chase him.
Gao Xianzhi, who was watching the battle from a high platform, saw the enemy's defeat and immediately ordered: "Sing the gold, withdraw the troops."
"Obey the order" The messenger immediately conveyed the military order.
Several soldiers took the gongs and beat them fiercely.
The sound of "dang dang dang" resounded throughout the battlefield.
General Bian Lingcheng was afraid of death and did not dare to go to the battlefield in person, so he did not come and stayed in the camp alone.
Standing next to Gao Xianzhi, Liang Zai, the deputy envoy of Anxi Jiedu, was a civilian official and did not know much about military formations.
He asked: "General, the enemy army has been defeated.
Why not let Zhao Hu lead the troops to continue the pursuit, but it will cost him his life?"
People call the gold and retreat the troops" Gao Xianzhi pointed to the large food army camp opposite and said calmly: "The food army camp opposite has multiple gates, and there are a large number of archers in the camp.
Now that the servant army of the food army has been defeated, if we let Zhao Hu led his troops to continue the pursuit, while the food army was able to rush out in large numbers from the camp gates on both sides of the battlefield.
The men and horses intercepted Zhao Hu's troops, thus covering the defeated troops and escaping into the camp.
Furthermore, although the bows and arrows of the Dashi Army were a little worse than our army, they were still very lethal.
As long as they sent a large number of bows and arrows to hold the position, Zhao Hu's troops would I don’t dare to chase the enemy’s camp.
If that’s the case, why let Zhao Hu’s troops do unnecessary things?”
After listening to what Gao Xianzhi said, Liang Zai, the military envoy Cao Lingzhong and other generals suddenly realized that this was also the first time civil servants like Liang Zai had visited the battlefield in person, and many military formation matters were unclear.
Zhao Hu, who was leading his troops to chase the Sogdian army, heard the rapid sound of gold ringing coming from behind.
He immediately reined in his horse and looked back.
Not only was the sound of gold ringing coming from the commander's platform, but the signal for retreat was also being signaled.
He turned around and looked again.
He glanced at the fleeing Sogdian army, gritted his teeth and shouted unwillingly: "Send the order, the entire army must return to camp."
After leading the soldiers and horses into the camp one after another and arranging the barbarian soldiers, Zhao Hu ignored the blood all over his body and led a few soldiers to the Chinese army's tent with their horses in hand.
Entering the tent, he clasped his fists and bowed to Gao Xianzhi. : "Reporting to the general, the general was ordered to fight with two outsiders from Dashi's servant army and captured more than 5,000 people.
Now he is ordered to withdraw his troops and return to the camp to report to the general."
Gao Xianzhi admired Zhao Hu, a young tiger general, and said happily: "Well, in this battle, General Zhao defeated the enemy with 10,000 men against 20,000 men, and won a great victory.
He gained a lot, and demonstrated the momentum and strength of our army."
Wei, after this battle is over, we can discuss merits and reward them together, so please step back for now."
Zhao Hu cupped his fists and saluted, then stepped aside.
Liang Zai, the deputy military envoy sitting at the right hand of Gao Xianzhi, sighed at this time: "General, our original intention is to test the strength of the main force of the food army, but we don't want to use the servant army to deal with it.
However, this battle is not without gains.
At least it has depleted the number of servants of the Food Army.
What will the general do next?"
Gao Xianzhi thought for a long time and said: "The two armies just fought.
A total of 30,000 troops were dispatched.
The enemy suffered many casualties, and our army also suffered some casualties.
Today we will no longer take the initiative to send troops to fight the enemy.
Let's send people to clean the battlefield. " Liang Zai asked: "If the big cannibal sends an army to fight, how should we fight it?"
Gao Xianzhi shook his head and said: "They have just experienced a defeat, their morale is low, and they have to appease other servants.
It should be impossible for them to send troops to fight today.
Even if they send troops to fight, it will not be too late for us to fight."
Seeing this, everyone said goodbye and left to make arrangements to clean the battlefield.
Soon Liang Zai sent someone to report that the Dashi Army had sent people out to raise a white flag and asked for permission to collect the bones and remains.
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Gao Xianzhi hesitated for a while and agreed.
On June 14, the Tang army held a large tent.
Gao Xianzhi looked at the generals and officials on the left and right and said solemnly: "Yesterday, General Zhao Hu had a battle with the Sogdians, the servants of the Great Food Army.
My general's purpose was to test the strength of the main force of the Great Food Army.
But I didn't expect that the Great Eater was not stupid.
He just sent out his servant army.
Although he did not test the combat power of the main force of the Great Eater Army, he did test the combat power of the Great Eater Army's servant army.
Well, we won a complete victory with one against two, which shows that the combat power of our servant army is at least twice that of the enemy's servant army.
Today, Japan will decide to send another barbarian army to test the food army.
If this This time the Great Eater Army sent out its main force to fight, which is exactly what I want.
If the Great Eater Army sends out its servant army to fight again, then our army will take this opportunity to annihilate the enemy's effective strength.
I don't know what you think."
All the generals clasped their fists and said in unison: "I have no objections, General, please give me the order."
Gao Xianzhi looked at the generals present, his eyes swept back and forth on each of them, and finally stopped on Cao Lingzhong, and said: "On the right side of our army are 20,000 barbarians from Anxi.
As the leader of the army, I cannot personally do it for the time being. go into battle, but if you let it I am afraid that the leaders of these tribes will not be convinced by someone else's command of 20,000 barbarian soldiers.
General Cao, you are an Anxi military envoy with high qualifications and prestige, and you are familiar with these barbarian leaders.
I would like you to command this army.
Twenty thousand barbarians came to challenge us, what do you think?"
Cao Lingzhong clasped his fists and said: "Of course I am willing, but if the big cannibals ignore our provocations and calls, how will I respond?"
Gao Xianzhi said: "The Dashi Army has more troops than us, and they are more powerful than us.
If we go to challenge the formation and they ignore it, their soldiers' faces will still be shining, and their morale will inevitably drop significantly.
At that time, we will directly attack the opponent."
Camp, I understand that they would not dare not respond, unless the opponent’s leader is a loser."
"General, I understand."
Cao Lingzhong clasped his fists in salute, pressed his sword, and turned to leave.
After an hour of preparation, Cao Lingzhong led 20,000 Anxi barbarians to walk out of the camp and came to the front of the Dashi Army camp a stone's throw away to challenge.
The Sogdian servant army is also stationed in the Dashi Army camp opposite.
This is the left wing of the Dashi Army camp.
There are 20,000 soldiers and horses from Huo Xunguo, Anguo, Heguo and Shiguo in this camp, all of which are cavalry. , and the Tang army also has 20,000 troops, and the strength is basically the same.
Ziad, who was in the Chinese army camp, frowned when he heard that the Tang army sent 20,000 barbarians on the left wing to challenge the formation.
Of course he knew Gao Xianzhi's plan to use 20,000 people for a tentative attack.
If he sent less troops, he would Being eaten by the Tang army, if too many were sent, the main force would have to be used.
But if the main force was used, wouldn't it be playing into Gao Xianzhi's plans?
After much deliberation, Ziad decided to send two foreign Sogdian servants on the left to fight against the two foreign barbarians of the Tang army.
He hoped that he could defeat the Tang army this time, and at least stabilize his position and remain undefeated, otherwise he would be defeated in two consecutive battles.
The blow to morale was really huge.
After thinking for a long time, Ziyad decided to let Daoud command the 20,000 Sogdian troops to fight against the 20,000 Tang army barbarians
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