"Sir, we've discovered a thousand-man cavalry. They seem to be hunting, and they're all single riders."
Zhang Xiaosong didn't wait for the rain to come, but the hot air balloon discovered the situation.
A thousand-man cavalry was hunting, which meant that there was prey on the horses.
From another point, it proved that the Tibetan Army hadn't received any Baggage supplies yet, but they couldn't bear to kill a large number of cattle and sheep.
The most important thing now was the single rider. Each Tubo cavalry only had one horse.
One horse meant that the current horse couldn't run fast for long distances and was in a state of fatigue.
"Use the arrows brought by the Winged Knights to eat a thousand of them." Zhang Xiaosong definitely wouldn't let go of this opportunity.
Under the command of the hot air balloon, ten thousand elite cavalry moved out. Fan Fan's Winged Knights didn't go, but stayed with Zhang Xiaosong.
The elite cavalry split into ten groups. They moved very slowly and didn't run, because running would cause too much commotion.
They wanted to use the advantage of binoculars to complete the encirclement, and then send out a few hundred cavalry. Each person rode three horses to lure the enemy.
They took out the arrows brought by the Winged Knights and used the range advantage to bully the enemy.
Fan Fan thought for a while and ordered, "Go check the path they came from."
A hundred Winged Knights team left to search for traces on the ground. No matter what kind of weather, a thousand cavalry couldn't leave no traces behind.
Unless they were flying, they had flying devices like Dongzhu.
Forty-five minutes later, ten thousand elite cavalry arrived at their respective positions. They adjusted each other, leaving gaps or weak spots.
They connected the explosives to a long fuse and placed them in those places.
There was no need to bury them. The grass was thick, and the explosives themselves had a camouflage color that suited the environment.
Three hundred cavalry obtained the right to lure the enemy through competition. They spurred their horses out and quickly approached the Tubo hunting army.
Half a minute later, their dense formation was discovered by the Tubo cavalry. They were a small dot, but as time passed, the dot became a group of dots.
"Enemy attack!" The Tubo cavalry shouted. The whole team immediately threw away their prey and began to control their horses to run at a medium speed, ready to increase their speed at any time to escape or pursue.
The one thousand Tubo cavalrymen split into two, forming a horn formation.
The three hundred Anxi elite cavalry circled around and charged towards a group. Tubo's five hundred men circled around to the back while the other five hundred fought for positions on the sides.
The three hundred elite cavalry continued to adjust. How could they give you the side? Then, they would just keep an eye on you.
Therefore, the five hundred Tubo cavalrymen adjusted their positions while the other five hundred searched for the side.
The Anxi elite cavalry expended more horsepower to deal with the enemy. In theory, Tubo's two groups had the upper hand.
But they only had one horse, while the Anxi soldiers had three.
Everyone was running back and forth. The horses of the Tubo cavalry gradually slowed down and could no longer run.
"Charge!" Tubo's cavalry realized the problem and could only choose a losing battle strategy.
"Run diagonally. Prepare to fire arrows." An Xibing followed suit.
The Tubo cavalrymen were overjoyed. They thought that they had encountered the foolish cavalrymen of the Tang dynasty. In this kind of oblique charge, quantity was king.
After a few minutes, the people around them all dismounted while the Tang dynasty cavalrymen continued to run diagonally and look for opportunities. The Tubo cavalrymen knew that the enemy wasn't stupid.
"It's the arrows of the Winged Knights. They're not far from us. There must be a large group around. Go and tell the commander to let go of the horses."
The Tubo Chiliarch leading the group finally realized that the situation wasn't good.
More than nine hundred people gathered together. More than six hundred people dismounted to give the other three hundred brothers a chance to ride three horses each.
Under the Chiliarch's lead, these three hundred people gave up on the entanglements and rushed in one direction.
The remaining Tubo soldiers held their bows and waited. They huddled together.
"Use my body to block the enemy's arrows." The Tubo Non-commissioned Officer standing at the outermost circle yelled.
They knew what they were about to face. The cavalry's charge used inertia and the distance of the arrows to kill them.
They couldn't run. They couldn't outrun the cavalry, and they couldn't hide.
The best way was to have someone stand at the front. Even if they were shot to death, they could be used as a shield for the people behind them.
It didn't take long for two thousand cavalry to arrive. They ran in circles in the distance.
The Tubo people dismounted and looked at the Tang army. There was no fear in their eyes.
"Swan goose! In the sky! Line up, line up! "It was unknown which Tubo person was the first to sing.
Following the others, they sang, "The river is long, the autumn grass is yellow, the zither on the grassland is sad …"
More than six hundred people sang together. At first, the song was sad. As they sang, they roared, but their expressions became calmer.
"Find some hay, put it in the wind, and release smoke." The leader of a thousand-man team shouted.
He didn't want to kill them. He wanted to catch them alive in exchange for food.
The infantry couldn't run. There was no food, and the prey was thrown elsewhere. They could just pick it up.
The key was that there was no water. They could eat grass. Grass could replenish their water. Eating more could also fill their hunger.
However, he could keep releasing smoke and smoke. He could even pretend to attack at any time. The Tubo soldiers would have to deal with it. He would take turns to harass them.
He couldn't fight now. They were singing with the will to die.
After a while, when this will weaken, he would try to persuade them to surrender.
A thousand-man team was watching while another team ran to collect hay.
This move was indeed very insidious. However, on the battlefield, it was important to be unscrupulous.
When the smoke drifted over, the Tubo soldiers saw the problem. They cursed Li Longji and Empress Wang.
They insulted Empress Wang one by one. They also said that Li Longji was an unfilial person.
"Continue to release smoke. No one is allowed to move. Catch them and exchange them for cattle and sheep. Send them back to His Majesty and the Empress."
The leader didn't care. What was the use of cursing? He had to catch them and exchange them for food.
One person could exchange for ten sheep. More than six hundred people would exchange for more than six thousand sheep.
One sheep was enough for a hundred people to have a good meal of mutton soup and two pieces of flatbread. Aiya, it was so beautiful!
On the other side, the Qianhu rushed with three hundred people. As they rushed, they saw about a thousand Tang dynasty cavalry coming from the front.
"Run to the side, quick!" the Qianhu shouted. He wasn't sure which way was the most suitable, but he chose the most uncomfortable way.
The enemy usually set up an ambush to give you a comfortable way.
If they ran like this, the team would give the side to the Tang dynasty cavalry, and they would have to take a round of arrows.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! "The explosives exploded one after another.
Many of the horses that followed them directly knelt down. Their front and back legs gave way. Some even pulled their hips and rolled on the ground.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!" The rain of arrows fell.
The Qianhu rushed out with more than thirty people and more than fifty horses. He thought the attack was over.
Then …
"Boom! Boom! " The explosives exploded again. He was thrown out by his horse. After flying a distance in the sky, he fell to the ground with a bang and fainted.
The three hundred people were killed in two explosions. Some people and horses were killed. They were all disabled.
The whole team of a thousand people was killed without a single Tang dynasty soldier being hurt.
"Horses that haven't been trained are useless. They can't be military horses in the future. Otherwise, they will die when they hear the explosion. They should be trained from small explosions."
The leader of this team of a thousand people was depressed. The horses that were lying down could only be used as horses to pull carriages.
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