Chapter 1021: Another Defeat Due to Another Tribe
Zhaxi Kure knew what was flying in the sky, a big kite that could carry people around.
He knew that the big kite could fly with or without the wind. If it flew with the wind, it would gradually descend, and if it flew against the wind, it could fly endlessly in the sky.
The people of the Tang Dynasty named the big kite a hang glider, which was used exclusively by the army.
Now I don’t know if there will be explosive packs thrown from above, and if a stone thrown can also kill people? It’s best not to drop it on your head, because your helmet can block it.
The Tibetan troops in formation looked up, and the Tibetan scouts of a hundred people approached carefully, fearing that they would be surrounded.
In order to discover the situation in advance, the scout teams were within each other’s field of vision.
Closer, closer, no one was chasing, did the Tang soldiers send scouts to surround them?
As the Tibetan scouts approached, they saw...
So many cavalrymen, why are there so many Yu Lin flags among the cavalrymen?
Moving forward again, I saw clearly that this was a Yu Lin flying cavalry with a scale of more than 10,000? It can be judged from the clothes they were wearing.
And there were too many Tang soldiers, right? They lined up horizontally, and rode their horses and ran far away, and there was still a Tang army formation.
A Tubo scout was running, and suddenly a loud shout came from the formation next to him.
"It's almost done, go back and report the news, I will chase you again, your horses are running out of strength."
"Retreat!" The leader shouted and led the team back, each with a lonely look.
The battle can't be fought.
There are more than 10,000 Yulin flying cavalry, and the others add up to 100,000, right?
How many people do I have? A little more than 40,000.
The agreed 2,000 Yulin flying cavalry, specifically focusing on them, and winning the credit in one battle.
Why is the situation different from what I thought, the gap is too big.
I saw that there were dozens of sky-cracking monkey cars, with sky-cracking monkeys on the cars, and many sky-cracking monkeys piled on the ground waiting to be loaded when they were empty.
Tubo scouts ran back one by one, and the Tang army formation began to change, and they lined up properly.
Just now, I deliberately let the Tubo scouts see it to weaken the enemy's morale.
"Report, the enemy has more than 100,000 troops, more than 10,000 Yulin flying cavalry, and countless flying monkeys." The scout ran over and shouted loudly.
"Shut up, don't shout." Zhaxi Kure was angry, what was he shouting? Are you afraid that the soldiers don't know?
The scout returned, and the glider spinning in the sky adjusted its direction and left.
There was a commotion in the Tibetan army, mainly the sound of talking, buzzing.
"Commander, what should we do?" The general next to Zhaxi Kure asked. The plan was very good, but the actual situation was beyond expectations.
Zhaxi Kure's head was also buzzing at this moment, and many small stars appeared in front of his eyes, and his ears could not hear anything.
His hands and feet were numb, and he felt that time was passing very slowly, as if there was a sound, a long sound.
This is the normal reaction of insufficient blood supply to the brain, and the next thing should be...
Zhaxi Kure's eyes went dark, his head swayed, and he fell to the side of the horse.
"Commander, commander!" The general next to him reached out and grabbed him, turned over and got off the horse.
The surrounding personal soldiers rushed over and treated him.
After dozens of breaths, Zhaxi Kure, whose philtrum was swollen from being pinched, woke up.
He lay there and looked around: "Retreat! Retreat slowly! Don't disperse, the formation must not be messed up, be prepared for the enemy cavalry to charge and kill."
The messenger went to pass the order, the front team stopped, the back team turned around, walked out a hundred or so steps, the second to last row stopped, and the front team turned around and ran over.
The Tubo army did not leave anyone to cover the rear, because it was impossible to do so, the battlefield was too large, and the enemy could bypass it.
When the enemy bypassed from both sides, wouldn't they be surrounded?
As soon as the Tubo army retreated, the hot air balloon immediately sent flag signals.
"Kill!" Guo Zhiyun uttered a word lightly.
He had no mercy on Tubo. If you retreat, will I not fight you? When you become stronger, can you let me go?
After giving an order, all units started to move.
The horse pulled the sky monkey cart and ran, ready to use the sky monkey to defeat the enemy's rear army. Nearly 12,000 Yulin flying cavalrymen rushed out with three horses each.
They went to find the enemy's cavalry, and the other cavalry followed. Cavalry fighting cavalry suffered the highest casualties, but no one retreated.
As soon as the chariot of the sky monkey came forward, before it could be fired, the Tibetan formation that was running in coordination with each other at the back was instantly messed up.
"Run!" I don't know who shouted, and that group of people ran forward, not caring about the formation.
Some people ran, and the others followed.
"The sky monkey is coming, the sky monkey is coming, the monkey is coming, run~~"
The team behind the Tibetans ran forward, circling around to overtake, and trying to squeeze through the gaps in other people's queues.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, more than half of the people were in chaos.
Another part of the Tang army cavalry chased behind, and some Tibetans ran and ran, and the Tibetans turned around, threw down their weapons, and knelt down to surrender.
If they didn't run, could they run faster than the cavalry?
As for not being afraid of death and killing, the premise is that you can kill, and you can't kill the enemy even if you die.
"Retreat, retreat!" Zhaxi Kure learned about the situation behind him and once again gave the order to retreat.
A large group of cavalrymen surrounded him and ran away first. If he didn't run, there would be two results, death or capture.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry did not chase from behind, but followed and killed from the side. The Yulin Flying Cavalry had good bows and arrows.
If they chased from behind, the Tibetans would turn around and shoot arrows with the wind, and they would rush forward at the same time, which would be a disadvantage.
If they ran parallel, the range of their arrows would be a little farther than that of the enemy.
If they used the speed of the horses to rush from the side to the front to intercept, the Tibetans would see that they had no way to retreat and would definitely fight to the death.
Why fight if you can chase and kill? It's not worth it.
"If you surrender, you won't be killed. You can go back. If you surrender, you won't be killed..." The Tang soldiers shouted while chasing.
"Move the baggage train forward and prepare to seize Sister Lake. Send someone to inform Zhang Zhongliang and ask them to organize people to follow." Guo Zhiyun found an opportunity.
He had many people and was pursuing the victory. The enemy was few. If he ran back, he should be able to leave 20,000 to 30,000 people along the way.
Later, the enemy continued to gather troops in the local area, and the number would not exceed 80,000.
He still had good weapons. If this battle was fought well, he would directly occupy the Yellow River Basin.
After that, it would depend on the baggage transport capacity in the rear. As long as there were sky rockets and explosive packs, Tubo would not think of taking back the territory.
The Tubo infantry ran in various ways, and then they were caught up by the cavalry. They either fought to death or surrendered.
The Tang infantry advanced steadily. They were not in a hurry and could not run. It was too tiring.
According to the Jiedushi, there is a distance of nearly 600 miles to go.
Along the way, they will encounter areas where Tubo people graze and farm. The locals are both soldiers and civilians. Tubo people will gather and assemble, and then continue to run.
It is impossible for tens of thousands of people to form an army at the same time. This way of advancing all the way will be the biggest blow to Tubo.
Zhaxi Kure, who was running, was very helpless. He knew that many people would surrender.
Those who voluntarily surrendered were people from other tribes who were forced by Tubo to fight together. They found that the Tang Dynasty’s military strength was too strong. Why should they risk their lives?
If it were the real Tubo people on his side, why would it be like this?
Zhaxi Kure complained that the soldiers of other tribes could not be reused. When they encountered strong enemies, they not only could not stand up, but also made trouble for themselves.
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