Chapter 302: Geluo Ren (IV)

At night, the dark blue night was shrouded on the vast grassland. The pure sky seemed to be forgotten by immortals, dotted with stars in the sky. A day after the army marched into Jinman and Luntai, the Tang army's logistics and supplies troops arrived at the camp of the army the day before. Just as the army entered the camp, several figures of riders on the high ground several miles away were watching the whereabouts of the Tang army from afar. After a long time, the leader waved his hand, and several figures of riders quickly left the high ground, turned their horse's head and drove southward, gradually disappeared into the night.

In a forest more than thirty miles away, the five thousand Gelulu cavalry were ready to fight, waiting for a fatal blow to the Tang army. There was no doubt that their target was the Tang army's logistics battalion, burning the Tang army's rations and destroying the Tang army's supplies. This was also their real intention of evacuating Jinman and Luntai, using the sorrowful soldiers to show weakness to lure the Tang army to pursue, and to distance the logistics supplies from the main force. Now it seems that their strategy has been successful.

Several war horses rushed from a distance, rushed into the woods, and merged with the brigade of Geluo cavalry. After a moment, five thousand Geluo cavalry started. They rushed towards the Tang army's logistics camp like a knife that was unsheathed.

Like all nomadic peoples, everyone is skilled in riding and is more ferocious. They raped and robbed, and have always been the infamous army in the entire Western Regions. Although their personal abilities are extremely strong, their weakness is obvious, that is, their lack of discipline. They have no rules and formations in the battles of large legions, and rely entirely on a momentum to attack the other party. Of course, their impact ability is also very amazing. In fighting against weak nations, they can often defeat the other party's will soon.

Five thousand cavalrymen were running with iron hooves, wrapped in strong winds, galloping like lightning on the prairie. The thirty-mile journey was instantly arrived for them, killing, robbing, and burning. Almost everyone's minds outlined a scene of fire soaring into the sky. Their eyes were already bloodshot, and under the pale starlight, a kind of cold gaze that was unique to the wolf was emitted.

The Tang army camp was already seen in the distance, and it seemed that the panicked Tang army sentries were seen. The beast blood of the Gelulu people was boiling, and the scimitar was pulled out, and a cold silver light flashed.

Five hundred steps.

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The hundreds of cavalry rushing in the front suddenly had an abnormality. The horses fell sharply and suddenly fell into a blockbuster. The horses neighed miserably, and the horses flipped over. The cavalry behind them were unable to close their power, like dominoes, and they collided and stomped, and a whine sounded in the wilderness.

‘I fell into a trap!’ Someone woke up and was so scared that he was so scared that he was scattered, but it was too late. There was a sound of chung around, and arrows shot like rain. The Gelulu cavalry were shot down one after another, screaming, screaming, screaming, and scolding. The fighting spirit of the Gelulu cavalry was instantly disintegrated. They began to break through from all sides, but the arrows of the Tang army seemed endless. Any cavalry that rushed to the front would be shot in dense rain of arrows. A total of ten thousand Tang army crossbowmen surrounded them. On the north side of the crossbowmen, the black shadow pupil was the high wall that Gelulu cavalry could not cross. Twenty thousand Tang cavalry holding long spears and carrying a horizontal sword on their waists. Their mission was to not let one person escape.

The arrow suddenly stopped shooting, and there were more than 2,000 Cavalrymen of Geluo. They used their shields to form a mountain, squeezed into an irregular circle, and resisted tenaciously. At this moment, the loud trumpet sounded, and the crossbowmen quickly dispersed. The 20,000 cavalrymen seemed to be rushing, killing from all directions.

This is a 10-on-one killing, without gunpowder, without chariots, or even stone cannons. It is just a primitive sword and spear, using people to fight against people. Zhang Huan seemed to be trying to use a bloody massacre to sharpen the swords in the hands of the warriors and inspire their fighting spirit and killing spirit.

More than two thousand Geluo cavalry quickly collapsed under the impact of the enemy ten times that of their own. In less than a quarter of an hour, they were submerged in the vast black waves. At the same time, thousands of Tang troops were wandering around searching for enemy troops that might have missed the net.

Before dawn, the Tang army's logistics army continued to travel westward.

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Luntai County (now north of Urumqi), this is the westernmost administrative base of Beiting Protectorate. Further west is a series of guard castles. Zhang Huan personally led an army of 30,000 to arrive here two hours ago. Luntai County is already an empty city. The greedy Gelu people took away everything they could take away. Even the wood in the house was demolished and burned. The county town was empty and there was no one inhabitant, and there were ruins everywhere. The county government repaired by the Anxi Protector Guo Xiaoke was razed to the ground.

Zhang Huan looked at the county town with four walls left, frowned. He waved his hand and said, "I ordered the army to be stationed outside the city." The army immediately turned around and drove out of the city.

The current situation is beneficial to the Tang army, but it is far from a victory. The Geluo people have retreated westward, but their withdrawal is just a tactical withdrawal. Their ambition to go south has not been destroyed. They are like a group of wolves hiding in the distance waiting for opportunities. Once the Tang army goes south to fight with the Uighurs, they will cover their troops and fight back, occupy Beiting again, and even stab them hard in the back of the Tang army.

Therefore, only by annihilation of the main force of the Gelulu people is the way to maintain long-term stability. The question is how to make the cunning and greedy Gelu people like wolves automatically come to your door.

At noon on June 20, less than two hours after the Tang army occupied Luntai County, the Tang army suddenly retreated across the board. The withdrawal was in a hurry, and even nearly half of the tents did not have time to clean up. The rice was still in the pot, and half of the fire was quickly extinguished. A large number of shoes, socks, blankets, and even some money and goods from the soldiers were everywhere in the tents.

Not only Luntai, but the other 20,000 Tang troops that occupied Jin Man also retreated in a hurry. It is obvious that a major event occurred in the rear of the Tang army. Just after Zhang Huan retreated for half a day, the 50,000 Gelu army drove from the West. They washed away their greedy nature, looked down on the Tang army's camps, food and other supplies, and chased the retreating Tang army without stopping.

All this was completely expected by the Geluo people.

In the early morning of June 21st, that is, after the Tang army annihilated five thousand sneak attacks on the enemy for five hours, the Gelulu people finally caught up with the Tang army in Shenxian Town south of Jinman County. No! It should be said that the Tang army waited for the main force of the Gelulu people.

A powerful brigade from the East will face the most brutal cavalry in the Yili River Basin, and a magnificent battle slowly kicked off at the foot of the snow-capped Tianshan Mountains.

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On the boundless prairie, the strong wind blows low the grass, the wind surging in the air, and large dark clouds rush overhead, and flags in the Tang army camp are flying in the wind, covering the sky and earth, 20,000 Tang army cavalry lined up in a row, wearing a bright black armor, holding long spears, with arrows and round shields on their backs, and horses seem to fly into the sky, with a mighty and majestic aura.

Behind them, there was an unimaginable Tang army formation, the Modao Infantry, the Thunderbolt Chariot Army, the Cavalry, and the Brave Shield Army arranged in sequence, and the 60,000 Tang troops were already on guard.

Under the largest Tang Army Dragon, the Minister of War of the Tang Dynasty, the Minister of War, the Longyou Jiedushi and the Hexi Jiedushi, the General Zhang Huan, wearing iron armor, a golden helmet on his head, and a sword in his hand. He stared at the distance with a cold look.

Three miles away, 50,000 Cavalrymen of Gloru had already emerged from the nest. They were like a large dark cloud floating from the west, with no formation, only divided into front and back armies.

"The logistics of the Tang army has been destroyed by us, and their morale has dissipated!" Dozens of Geluo cavalry were repeatedly cheering the soldiers, and their fighting spirit has been burning. Each cavalry's eyes were filled with excitement and expectation of fearlessness. To defeat the Tang army, it means that a hundred years of servitude was washed away by snow.

The same is true for the Tang army. The Battle of Talas in the tenth year of Tianbao was the defeat of ten thousand mercenaries of Geluo, which led to the defeat of the Tang army. Only thousands of people, the most elite Anxi army in the Tang Dynasty, were able to break out.

Now, the betrayers of that time have become powerful, so powerful that they can fight against the Tang Dynasty. To some extent, this is a battle to safeguard national dignity.

"Kill!" Gelu Yehu roared, and 30,000 front-line troops burst into a wild cry. The sound of horse hooves was like thunder thunder on the ground, and it was like a mountain torrent. It was wrapped in the wildness of killing everything. The dense Gelu cavalry roared towards the Tang army. It was this monstrous murderous aura and impact that made them kill in the Western Regions, destroying one weak nation after another, and causing their land to continue to expand south and west.

‘Sanli.

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Two miles.

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Five hundred steps.

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Four Hundred Steps, Zhang Huan's face still had no expression, as cold as a marble sculpture. At this time, the two sides had reached the battle area. The two armies suddenly had arrows like rain, woven into a net of arrows in the air. The two armies each held huge shields to resist the first round of confrontation, and people kept getting caught and fell to the ground.

The Geluo cavalry had rushed to two hundred steps away, and they could even see their hideous faces and red eyes. The arrows gradually became scarce and were about to start a close-knit fight.

Zhang Huan pointed the sword forward and ordered short and powerfully: "Mo Daojun!"

The 20,000 cavalrymen seemed to be opened, quickly spreading to both sides, forming wings, and surrounded the Geluo army in a diagonal piercing manner. The army retreated, revealing the ten thousand Modao soldiers in the middle.

This is the most brave and elite army of the Xiliang Army. It was selected from nearly 400,000 troops. Each of them was tall, long arms and extremely powerful. In three years of almost cruel training, they were built into a steel-like team. They were wearing heavy armor and holding two feet long in their hands, and they lined up like a wall.

But they are far from the secret weapon of the Tang army. Behind the Modao Army are three rows of 500 Thunderbolt chariots. After several rounds of practical exercises, the Tang army finally determined the formation of the Modao Army and the Thunderbolt chariots. The Modao Army is in front and the Thunderbolt chariots are behind. The Modao Army is the protection of the chariots, and the chariots are the backing of the Modao Army and the supplement of the long-distance attack.

‘One hundred steps.

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The Mo Dao Army slowly moved forward, as heavy as a mountain. The Mo Dao pushed horizontally and drew a sharp blade. The chariot behind had already started. The arrows were shot out like a storm, shooting out from the arrow holes of five hundred chariots. The crossbow archers in the car cooperated tacitly and skillfully. Five people took the arrows in groups and stepped down to load the arrows. Another group came forward to shoot arrows and then retreated. The third group went forward to shoot arrows, and took turns shooting.

There are thirty sword and shield guards around each chariot to prevent the enemy from slashing the wheels.

The rain of arrows gathered in the air and shot towards the enemy. The Gelulu cavalry kept falling down by arrows. In the rain of arrows, they began to be distracted, and the attack was not so strong. In front of the companions who fell down by arrows, under the suppression of the Tang army's strong bow and crossbow, the attack of the Gelulu cavalry began to hesitate.

"Boom!" It was like a storm of waves, and the Gelulu cavalry finally rushed into the camp of the Modao Army. The Gelulu people fought side by side with the Anxi Army. They knew the power of the Modao Army, but it was a long time ago. They had been thriving in the Western Regions for twenty years, and they no longer knew what fear was.

Death finally came, a piece of strange sword slashed, blood and flesh flying in front of us, the war horse was cut off from its head, two front hooves were cut off, and the person was chopped into two pieces in the waist, blood burst out, internal organs rolled out, screams and wails everywhere.

If the eyes of the Geluo cavalry were full of the wildness of the wolf, the eyes of the Modao Army were rocks, cold and expressionless granite hard rocks, one soldier fell down, and another soldier immediately filled it up, a row of soldiers was broken through the gap, and another row of soldiers immediately rushed up.

"Kill!" Another sword light flashed by, hundreds of cavalry of the Cavalry of the Cavalry fell down like an avalanche, and the black road was thundering in rows, and disappeared under the slash of the knife. However, the Cavalry people were extremely tenacious. They used spears to try to open a bloody road among the densely packed sabers. The violent horse team was like a storm.

At this moment, the nightmare of the Geluo cavalry finally came. A low collision sound rang out almost at the same time. The sound was like two woods colliding in the air, without arousing any alertness from the Geluo people. However, a kind of inexplicable excitement suddenly flashed in Tang Jun's cold eyes like a rock.

More than three hundred black porcelain balls as big as human heads flew up from the chariot, drawing a high parabola, falling into the densest cavalry team three hundred steps away. The bright red leads on the black porcelain ball were burning wildly and had reached its end.

The earth-shaking explosions exploded violently among the Geluo cavalry. The air waves even threw hundreds of cavalry high, and the bones flew everywhere. Large areas of Geluo people separated their bodies in howling and screaming. Thousands of people died in this terrifying explosion. The terrified war horses were covered with long manes, neighing sadly, and separated from the battlefield from the smoke of dark clouds. Between the background of the war clouds, they looked like ghost horses from the region.

Immediately after the second and third rounds, the violent explosions were repeated one after another, making people breathless. The Geluo cavalry suffered heavy casualties, but what was even more terrifying was that the huge psychological fear enveloped everyone's hearts. In front of them were the Modao soldiers like high walls. Now the Tang army had devilish weapons, and their fighting spirit began to lose. In the dense rain of arrows of the Tang army, someone finally turned around and ran away, just like a small stone falling on the snow mountain. The escape of some people eventually triggered the avalanche of the Geluo cavalry.

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Zhang Huan's central army was located on a high ground, and five thousand iron armored knights were left beside the governor. From a distance, they looked like a black hill raised from the ground. Indeed, these five thousand cavalry were a fearsome avalanche of steel men, iron horses and sharp spears. The gentle breeze blew the flags above their heads. The cavalry just stood quietly, without orders, and they would never enter the battle rashly.

Zhang Huan rode on the horse and stared at the battle. The front army of the Gelulu people was finally defeated, but their rear army did not come to meet him, but slowly began to move backwards. They were obviously shocked by the Tang army's gunpowder bullets and were ready to retreat and could not give them a chance to escape.

Zhang Huan's sword pointed forward again and ordered: "The two-wing cavalry attacked the enemy's rear."

Twenty thousand cavalry retreated from oppression of the enemy's front army, like two long swords, one on the left and one on the right, and the Tang army's formation also began to change. Rows of Modao soldiers advanced forward, and the chariots behind slowly followed. The overwhelming arrows in the chariots shot towards the enemy's back, and the explosion continued to sound among the scattered Gelu cavalry fleeing.

The sword and shield soldiers rushed out of the entire line, attacking the enemies who had lost their fighting spirit. At this moment, the balance of victory had turned towards the Tang army. With Zhang Huan's order, the five thousand elite cavalry guarding him suddenly launched. They rushed towards the enemy as if a torrent of a dam broke out, becoming the last straw that bent the camel. Geluo was defeated from then on.

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On June 21, 2016, the main force of the Tang army and the 50,000 Gelulu cavalry launched a decisive battle for Beiting west of Shenxian Town. The Tang army finally defeated the Gelulu people with the power of the Modao Army and the Pili Chariot. In this battle, the Tang army killed more than 30,000 enemies and captured ten thousand people, and only thousands of Gelulu people escaped by chance.
Chapter completed!