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Chapter 775

Chapter 775

The cavalry of the Western Turks continued to shoot around the Tang army camp, bringing up waves of dust.

However, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were protected by shields, and the damage caused was minimal.

The arrows used by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to fight back, because the Western Turkic soldiers would distance themselves after shooting the arrows, did not cause too much damage to them.

"Wandering shots can't cause us much casualties. Why do Western Turks keep shooting and don't know how to attack?" Cheng Chumo said with some doubts.

Lin Xuan frowned slightly, which was also where he was puzzled.

Western Turkic's wandering shots didn't bring them much loss. Normally, they should have changed their strategy a long time ago. However, Western Turks kept shooting as if they wanted to directly destroy them with their wandering shots.

"I know, Western Turkic is looking for our flaws!" Lin Xuan showed a smile on his face.

The generals of the Western Turks must have seen that Youshe did not cause much casualties to their side. Under such circumstances, the Western Turks still did not change their strategy, and there is only one explanation.

The Western Turks wanted to discover the Tang army's flaws through continuous shooting, and then break through the Tang army's camp in one fell swoop.

"Then what should we do now? Is it possible to keep stalemate with them?" Cheng Chumo asked.

Lin Xuan said with a smile: "Don't they want a loophole? Then let them discover our loophole. You go and mobilize all the Liannu to the southwest. After half an hour, slowly reduce the counterattack arrows."

The Western Turks have too many troops. If they attack from all directions at the same time, even with continuous crossbows, it will be very difficult to defend.

Aware of the strategy of the Western Turks, they can just follow suit.

"Yes!" Cheng Chumo understood what Lin Xuan meant, and a trace of excitement flashed across his face.

Sabolo was riding on the horse with a blank expression on his face.

Shaboluo, who came from a thousand households of the Western Turks, came to Shaboluo and said, "Master Chengjin, the arrows of the Tang army's southwest direction have begun to weaken."

A smile appeared on Shaboluo's face: "Let Zhuohannis and Dawa Tsering attack from the southwest, and the rest will contain the Tang army."

"Yes." The messenger hurriedly went to deliver the order.

Not long after, the [-] soldiers and horses behind Shaboluo began to move.

北营

Cheng Yaojin was on the watchtower he built, holding a telescope, and kept watching the battle situation in the South Camp.

Seeing the Western Turkic army continuously heading towards the South Camp, Cheng Yaojin smiled and said: "The Western Turkic cavalry has no formation coordination, and their discipline is also very poor. They only rely on the mobility of the cavalry."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Yaojin turned his head to look at Xue Rengui who was behind him, and asked, "Rengui, do you know the advantages of the cavalry of my Tang Dynasty compared with the cavalry of the Western Turks?"

Xue Rengui thought for a while and said: "The cavalry of the Tang Dynasty are well-equipped, but the weapons of the Western Turks are very backward. Most of their arrows are polished with animal bones, and their lethality is much worse than that of the Tang Dynasty. In the past, nomads It relies on nothing more than superb riding and shooting, but with the appearance of stirrups and saddles, the level of riding and shooting of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty is not much worse than that of the Western Turks."

"That's right, the reason why the Turks have been able to pose a threat to the border of the Tang Dynasty is not because they are strong, but because the Tang Dynasty lacks war horses. The Turks are all cavalry who come and go like the wind, and they can't catch up at all. But now it is different. Datang has 10,000+ cavalry, and they are not afraid of the Turks at all, we will win this battle!" Cheng Yaojin said.

It is not so much that he is talking to Xue Rengui, it is better to say that he is deliberately speaking for other generals to hear.

The Western Turks have 3 cavalry, and our own side has only [-] cavalry. The gap is several times, so that the generals of Datang are somewhat uncertain.

Cheng Yaojin took the opportunity to encourage the morale of the army.

"We must win! We must win!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, the generals shouted in unison.

……

When Cheng Yaojin encouraged the morale of the army, the cavalry of the Western Turks had already approached the southwest of the South Camp.

Thousands of Western Turkic cavalry did not retreat immediately after a round of throwing. Instead, they rode their horses and rushed towards the Tang army's camp.

When the cavalry of the Western Turks was about a hundred steps away from the Tang Army's camp, the Tang Army's side shot sparse arrows.

These arrows did not cause much casualties to the Western Turks.

"Haha~"

Zhuohannis slashed an arrow that was aimed at him, and said, "Master Qijin said that the first person to attack the camp will be promoted to three ranks and will be rewarded with a thousand sheep!"

The so-called heavy rewards must have brave men, and the counterattack of the Tang army was very weak. The soldiers of the Western Turks accelerated their speed one after another, thinking that they would be the first to rush into the Tang army's camp and get the reward.

Seeing that the Turks were about to enter the trap area, Lin Xuan had a smile on his face.

In the past few days, in addition to training the soldiers to use the crossbow, they also dug a lot of horse traps around the camp and scattered a lot of barbed wire.

Caltrops are a kind of iron spikes scattered obstacles used by the military in ancient times.Also known as Tribulus terrestris.There are 4 protruding iron thorns, several inches long, and about one thorn is facing upwards when it hits the ground. The thorns are like the herb "tribulus", so it has this name.

In ancient warfare, barbed caltrops were spread on the ground to delay the enemy's actions, and it was very effective against cavalry or infantry.

There is a hole in the center of the caltrops, which can be connected in series with ropes for laying and collecting.

"It seems that the Western Turks have been fooled." Cheng Chu smiled silently.

As soon as Cheng Chumo finished speaking, a soldier from Xituju stepped on a barbed wire on his horse.

"Sigh~"

The war horses of the Western Turks did not have horseshoes. The war horses stepped on the sharpened barbed wire, neighed under the pain, and directly threw the soldiers on the horses off their backs.

That soldier was very unlucky. When he was thrown away, he wanted to grab the rein eagerly, trying to stabilize it, but the horse under his crotch had gone crazy and couldn't pull it back at all. As a result, when he was thrown off, his face was face down. Coincidentally, Where he landed, there happened to be a barbed thorn, which directly pierced his head, and he died before he even had time to scream.

This scene happened in other places. Thousands of soldiers entered the trap area, and it didn't take long for a large number of soldiers to be thrown off by the horses, some because they stepped on the barbed wire, and some because they fell into the horse trap.

Zhuohannis was lucky that he didn't step into the trap, but he was stunned by this scene.

However, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty would not show mercy, and a large number of arrows shrouded the Turkic soldiers.

The trap area is not far from the camp. If it is too far, after the place is discovered, you only need to send someone to carefully investigate.

And the distance is too close, if the Western Turks want to send people to investigate, they need to face the arrows of the Tang army.

Zhuohannis was only 50 steps away from the Tang army's camp. When he was in a daze, a large number of arrows enveloped him, and he had no time to react, and he was hit by several arrows.

"Master Wan!"

The Turkic soldiers, who were still in shock, saw Zhuohannis hit by an arrow and were in chaos. They quickly grabbed Zhuohannis' body, turned their horses and retreated.

On the way to retreat, many people stepped into the trap, and with Tang Jun's arrows, by the time they escaped from the trap area, there were only a few hundred people left in the thousands.

"Send someone to clean up the battlefield." Lin Xuan ordered.

(End of this chapter)