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Chapter 274 Decisive Battle at Stone Bridge
When Yi Bi Duo Lu heard that Li Zhen was attacking the city, he thought that Li Zhen had responded quickly.
However, Li Zhen's move was too risky. If he could not capture the city in a short period of time, he would be able to attack the Kucha people from both sides, and the Tang army would be in great danger.
Li Zhen, Li Zhen, do you think everyone else is dead?
"You originally only had 100,000 people, but if you divide some of them into war and other cities, you will definitely not have much troops in your hands now."
Since you are seeking your own death, don¡¯t blame me for being ruthless!
At that moment, Yi Bi Duo Lu raised an army of 200,000 troops, with Ashina Tri as the vanguard, overwhelming the sky and the earth, and attacked Li Zhen's camp.
Ashina is the surname of a Western Turkic noble. Ashinatri and Tang Army general Ashina Sheer are from the same clan, but they belong to different camps.
After receiving the order from Yibidulu Khan, Ashinatri immediately mobilized his 20,000 troops as the vanguard and attacked the Tang army camp where Li Zhen was located.
Twenty miles outside the Tang Army¡¯s camp, there is a wide river with a stone bridge connecting both sides of the river, but now the river has dried up.
Twenty thousand cavalry, overwhelming, charged forward violently. They gradually came to the stone bridge, slowed down, and prepared to attack the Tang Army camp after passing the stone bridge area.
However, at this moment, the advancing Turkic cavalry suddenly saw a group of Tang Army infantry appearing in front opposite the stone bridge.
These Tang Army infantrymen lined up in neat rows. These Tang Army soldiers were arranged in three rows, with the front layer standing on the ground, the middle layer leaning slightly, and the rear layer standing tall and ready.
After discovering that the Tang army was arrayed on the other side of the bridge, Ashinatri immediately ordered to prepare for battle. The Turkic army was well-disciplined and had 20,000 cavalry in black crows, but there was no sound at all. They slowly came to the vicinity of the stone bridge, relying solely on the battle. flag command.
Since the river has dried up, there is a wilderness in front, which is very suitable for cavalry charges.
"kill!"
Ashinatri did not pay attention to the Tang army on the opposite side. First of all, in terms of numbers, the Tang army on the opposite side only had 5,000 people at most. These Tang troops held long pipes in their hands. I don¡¯t know what they were used for. I guess they were One of their weapons.
"However, the Tang army was infantry. In such a wilderness, if the infantry faced their own cavalry, it would be a massacre.
It is unbelievable that the generals of the Tang Army did not even understand this simple military knowledge. These five thousand people simply came to die on their own!
More importantly, Ashi Shetri discovered a flaw in the Tang army's formation, that is, the Tang army's joint force had a small number of people.
If you can rush through the Tang Army's junction, you can disrupt the Tang Army's formation and annihilate all five thousand Tang troops in one fell swoop.
Ashinatri is a famous Turkic general, so naturally he will not let go of this opportunity to destroy the Tang army. At the same time, he gave an order and the 20,000 troops rushed towards the Tang army in front of them.
Countless cavalry wielded scimitars, held bows and arrows, and shouted loudly, trying to disrupt and separate the Tang army's battle formation. Although they encountered fierce fire attacks, they continued to advance.
"Let go!" The Tang army roared continuously.
¡°Bang bang bang!¡±
The Tang army was divided into three rows and fired in three stages. Under the fire of the Tang army, the Turkic soldiers fell one by one like wheat.
However, these Turkic troops possess a tenacious will to fight. When one row fell, another row rushed up again, each one as if they didn't care about their lives, completely disregarding life and death.
A big yellow flag was flying high behind the Turkic army formation, commanding the Turkic army to attack. The person holding the big flag and commanding was none other than Ashinatri.
Seeing that the Turkic army at the front was about to rush forward, the next moment, countless grenades were thrown into the Turkic army formation.
The grenades continued to explode, making loud noises.
The war horses neighed sadly, and the explosion of grenades caused fatal injuries to the Turks.
Many war horses were knocked down by the explosion. More importantly, more war horses were frightened by the sound of the explosion and no longer dared to charge forward. Some even retreated. In this way, the Turkic people's forward trend was restrained.
More and more people gathered together and became a mess.
However, this situation soon changed. The firepower of the Tang army was too intensive. The Turks who gathered together were quickly knocked down by grenades and horses, hit by rifle bullets, and then fell to the ground.
The battle went very fast, in less than an hour. The Turkic cavalry charging forward suffered a devastating blow, and almost all 20,000 cavalry fell in a pool of blood.
At the end of the battle, five thousand Tang troops began to launch a counterattack against the Turks, hoping to capture Ashinatri alive.
Ashinatri held a yellow flag in his hand, waving the flag constantly, directing the army to charge forward.
However, as time went by, there were fewer and fewer Turkic cavalry capable of charging, but the Tang army launched a countercharge against the Turks.
Watching his soldiers fall one by one, Ashinatri couldn't believe his eyes.
How can it be?
how so?
Why were the heroic and invincible Turkic cavalry so vulnerable to the Tang army¡¯s infantry?
This is not a battle at all, this is a massacre!
However, Ashinatri has no choice. As a pioneer, he must persist to the end even if he fights to the last man!
Ashinatri raised the yellow command flag high. He knew that this flag was the morale of all Turkic soldiers. If the flag fell, it would mean that the Turks had suffered a complete defeat in today's battle. .
"kill!"
"kill!"
Ashinatri kept waving the yellow flag and shouting.
The stone bridge was littered with corpses, but Ashinatri still stood there, always alone. No matter how bullets whizzed past him and grenades rumbled around him, he remained unmoved. His courage was infinitely admired by his opponents.
In the distance, Zhou Qing put down the telescope Li Zhen gave him and said: "What a good man, we must capture him alive."
Zhou Qing's order was faithfully carried out by his subordinates. Ashinatri stood there without any followers around him. In the distance, countless Tang troops were rushing towards him. Several brave soldiers rushed towards him, thinking To capture him alive.
Ashinatri looked up to the sky and roared, took out the changing knife from his waist, and placed it on his neck, his eyes were red.
He did not expect that the battle would end like this. The Tang army had such a strong combat effectiveness. All the 20,000 troops under his command had been killed. How could he still live in this world?
No matter what you say, you can¡¯t let these Tang soldiers capture you alive!
Thinking of this, Ashinatri yelled: "Khan, Ashinatri is gone!"
¡°My dead great Turkic warriors, I, Ashinatri, am here to accompany you!¡±
"flutter!"
With blood pouring into the sky, Ashinatli cut his own neck open. At the last moment of his life, his hand was still holding the flagpole of the yellow flag tightly, and he could not fall down even if he became a corpse (Remember Website address: www.hlnovel.com