Chapter 133 King Qin
The mountains and plains are filled with the sound of melee fighting.
The battle is fierce!
The one-eyed man in bright armor drove Zhang Tieqiang to the front of the Tang army, rolled his saddle and fell off the horse, "Report to the general, our army has cut off the Turks' retreat."
Qin Qiong is wearing a Qilin Mountain inscription armor, a phoenix-winged pocket on his head, a lion belt around his waist, iron mesh boots, a big Qin family iron gun in his hand, two tile-faced gold maces on his back, and double inserts in his waist. Equipped with horn bows and feather arrows.
On the pale golden face, there was a confident expression at the moment.
"These Turkic people are too complacent. They really think that if they go deep, they will be unscrupulous? At this moment, they dare to break away from the main force and want to take the castle by force. They are looking for death!"
With a spear, Qin Qiong gave the order.
The whole army attacked and surrounded and wiped out this Turkic ranger with more than a thousand riders.
"Quick battle!"
On the east bank of the Jinghe River, near Jingyang City, less than a hundred miles away from Chang'an.
Jieli's 300,000 riders went south to the Guanzhong Plain. The main force of Jieli appeared in Gaoling near the north bank of the Weihe River in Chang'an.
The Turkic cavalry were extremely arrogant, sweeping and looting everywhere.
Qin Qiong led 30,000 riders from Liangzhou, trekking long distances, and came to King Qin day and night. Near Jingyang, he met this Turkic Qingqi with no more than a thousand people, who was aggressively mowing the grass.
Liangzhou Governor Shi Yang Gongren, who was accompanying him, advised Qin Qiong not to fight the Turkic waves here, and directly bypassed these Turkic people and rushed to the city of Chang'an, so as not to be intercepted by the nearby Xieli main force.
Qin Qiong is not willing to accept such words of 'old and prudent'.
With a swing of his big gun and a kick with his legs, Hu Leibo, who stepped down, had already understood Qin Qiong's meaning tacitly.
Yang Gongren sighed again and again, "Shubao, you are the commander of an army, how can you charge yourself?"
But Qin Qiong had already galloped away, the old iron gun led a hundred soldiers to guard the sides, and the Liangzhou iron cavalry rushed away like a landslide and tsunami.
For Qin Qiong, with a mere thousand Turkic cavalry, there is no need to form any formations or formations, just cover up the army and rush to kill them.
Amidst the fierce autumn wind, the old iron gun followed closely behind, holding Qin Qiong's general flag high.
The bright red Qin character flag fluttered in the wind, and the red cloak on Hu Lei's back was even more conspicuous. Countless Tang troops fought bravely, even the commander-in-chief. They had no hesitation.
Jingyang, under the Saga Fort, the Turkic people who were galloping and firing arrows, never expected that when they saw that the castle had been breached by them and were about to harvest, countless Tang cavalry suddenly rushed from all directions.
"Damn, court death!"
Leading this cavalry force was the Turkic nobleman Asdevu. This Turkic nobleman was tall and burly, with a big belly and a round waist, like a brown bear.
Ashide is the surname second only to Ashina in Turkic, Ashina is the royal family of Turkic, and Ashde is known as the descendant.
Wu is not his name, and Chu is his official position. This is an official position that is lower than the rank and higher than that of the tribe. Ashdev is not in his early thirties, and he is in the prime of life on the grassland. Ci led the tribe to go south with Jieli Khan, and he also stayed in Jingyang, but he thought it was a bit boring, and he didn't grab any food and grass on the way south, so he privately brought more than a thousand men out to plunder.
Saga Fort is full of nearby people, relying on some bow hunting wooden guns and earthen walls, it is naturally difficult to resist the impact of Turkic light cavalry, and it was quickly broken.
Just at this time, Tang Jun appeared.
Wu did not sip and was not frightened, the main camp was only twenty miles away, and there were more than one hundred thousand horses there, not to mention that there were Turkic troops everywhere.
As long as he stalls this Tang army here for a while, the two or thirty thousand people will be overwhelmed by the Turkic cavalry.
Put the heavy mace on the ground heavily, "Give it to me!"
The Turks turned their horses, roared and swung their knives to kill the Tang army, fighting in the wild, the Turks were fearless.
Qin Qiong took the lead, waving a big gun and constantly urging the horse to speed up.
This is cavalry versus cavalry.
At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the number of cavalry was small. At that time, they had to buy horses from the Turks at a high price. But now, the number of horses in the Tang Dynasty is sufficient. After many years of fighting, they have obtained horses from various sources, especially in Hexi and Longzhou. After You surrendered, the number of war horses in Datang continued to soar.
The imperial court has Zhang Wansui and his son in charge of the horse supervisors in various ranches. Zhang Wansui is very good at raising horses, which makes the number of horses in the imperial court continue to increase.
Especially in the founding of the Great Tang Dynasty, the government soldiers are all elite veterans of hundreds of battles. Not only are they rich in battle experience, but they are also very well equipped.
The army that Qin Qiong brought back was the one he brought back from Guanzhong to Chang'an, and with the addition of some sturdy frontier cavalry from Hexi, it was even more powerful.
"King Qin will be rewarded for beating the enemy!"
Qin Qiong shouted orders, so the morale of the Tang army soared again.
The two sides started to shoot arrows from a distance.
Most of the Turkic arrows fell far away and fell to the ground, while Tang Jun's bows and arrows fell on the Turkic people's heads whistling.
Compared to the excellent equipment of the Tang army, although the Turkic people are horsemen and have strong riding and archery skills, they are generally not as elite as the Tang army in terms of armor, bows and arrows.
Relying on the advantages of numbers and mobility, they have repeatedly succeeded in invading the border, and returned with full rewards. But if you really want to compare equipment with the most elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, they are far behind, and even the tactical quality is not as good as the elite soldiers.
What's more, the number of Tang troops in front of them is twenty or thirty times that of them, and these Turkic people are not elite.
As soon as they fought, dozens of Turkic people who charged fell down.
But Tang Jun shot round after round of bows and arrows, and took away hundreds more.
When their bows and arrows were finally within range, most of their arrows were blocked by Tang Jun's armor.
Turkic arrows of average quality, against the solid armor of the Tang army, it is a judgment call.
Several arrows shot in front of Qin Qiong, but Qin Lang swung his gun and swept them all away.
The two cavalry continued to approach.
Some Turkic people are already a little afraid to slow down.
Tang Jun accelerated again and continued to charge.
"Death!"
Qin Qiong swept away with iron guns, and there was no single enemy.
Ashi Dewu rushed forward without galloping his horse, wanting to smash the general of the Tang Army with a mace, but the old iron gun roared and directly stabbed his spear under his mount.
The black war horse was tripped, and people turned on their backs.
A group of Qin Qiong's soldiers rushed forward with their shields and knives in hand, and Wu Meichu's nose and face were swollen with a few blows.
Old Iron Gun shouted, "Catch him alive!"
Asdewu didn't shake his dizzy head, he was grateful to the old iron gun's eight generations of ancestors, but the next moment, the old iron gun picked up a shield and jumped over, smashing it **** his face superior.
Wu Meichu seemed to hear the sound of the bridge of his nose breaking and smashing, and then he passed out completely.
After confirming that the black bear had passed out, the old iron gun nodded with satisfaction, and said to the brothers around him, "On the battlefield, don't underestimate the enemy. The enemy is the best enemy, even if you want to capture him alive, you have to beat him so hard that he can't fight back."
Wu Meichuu, the leader, was put to the ground, and the other Astide tribesmen were quickly put down as no surprise.
Those who refuse to accept will die.
Those who want to make a few gestures have many feathered arrows sticking out of their bodies, or have been pierced with many holes to see the great Changshengtian.
The rest of the peace-loving ones were all beaten and unable to fight back, and then **** with tendons.
The government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, when each government soldier sent troops, would carry a few tendon ropes with him, just to bind the captives. This kind of tendon rope is quite suitable for binding people. If you tie a knot, the more you struggle, the more you will be tied. Tight, don't even try to break free.
One by one, the captives either had their nose bones broken, or their hands and feet were accidentally twisted or trampled by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They were still alive anyway.
Without Qin Qiong's order, the government soldiers were quickly cleaning the battlefield.
Separate the enemy from the pile of corpses, pull out your own comrades, and immediately bandage and treat those who are still alive, and bind the dead with the horse skin shrouds carried by the army, put them on horseback, and take them away together.
As for the enemy, luck is not so good.
Those who are already dead, all have their heads cut off with a single knife, sprinkled with some lime brought with the army to marinate, then packed in straw bags, and taken away to wait for meritorious deeds.
As for those who are not dead, check roughly, if they can still move, they can go with the army, and they will enjoy the special treatment of beef tendons provided by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. They read a few sutras to him, and then took him away with a knife.
The government soldiers only needed their heads, and the remaining headless corpses were just dug in a few pits and buried, but before burying, all useful things on the Turkic people would be taken away.
Including their dirty leather armor, rusty iron armor, strange-looking cow helmets, wolf helmets, and the spike arrows, cow bone arrows, etc., none of the horses, bows, and spears will fall.
Even if the worn and smelly sheepskin jacket is recycled, it can at least be used as a military exploit, and if you clean it up, you can still recover some money.
The government soldiers are extremely proficient in doing these things.
The 2,000 Turkic people who were extremely arrogant just now quickly became 1,238 heads, 762 prisoners, and more than 2,000 horses captured in the account books of the marching office.
Qin Qiong said to the people in Saga Castle who came out to thank the rest of their lives, "This place is no longer safe. If you stay here again, the Turks will definitely retaliate against you. Now that the castle is also broken, you can move with me." Let's go to Chang'an, I just seized some horses here, take all I can bring, and leave the rest alone.
The people in the castle who had just experienced the critical moment of life and death, looked at the heads of the Turkic people who had been chopped off one by one, without any fear, and after thanking Qin Qiong, they all packed up their things and left in cooperation.
Half an hour later, a Turkic ranger arrived.
When they walked through the battlefield, all of them were shocked.
"It's Ashdev who didn't take a sip, and the two thousand-man teams are gone."
"Hurry up and report to Khan."
"Who exactly did they encounter, they were killed so quickly, and none of them escaped."
"Those demons!"
(end of this chapter)