Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2455 On the brink of desperation
Gao Zhenxing suddenly noticed something abnormal in his sleep, he suddenly opened his eyes, pushed the pillow away, and pressed his ears to the ground.

A vibration came clearly...

He jumped up from the ground and roared: "Enemy attack!"

Quickly put on the battle armor, without even fastening the silk ties, then held the helmet in one hand and the horizontal knife in the other, pushed open the gate of the camp, and strode out.

There was chaos in the camp.

No matter how elite the army is, it will inevitably be chaotic in the face of such sudden sneak attacks, but the Anxi army is indeed the elite of the Tang army's elite, especially the scouts who are the vanguard of the entire army. After the initial confusion, they quickly reacted and assembled quickly.

Gao Zhenxing fastened the silk sash, put on the helmet, and tied the horizontal knife around his waist. Some of his subordinates ran over and shouted: "Lieutenant, the enemy is already five miles away!"

Gao Zhenxing asked in a deep voice, "How many people?"

Although he is a scout captain, he has not been in the army for a long time, so he is not proficient in the scouting method, and it is difficult to judge the number of enemies based on the scale of the earthquake.

It's not impossible to judge at all, but the error is relatively large...

The scout swallowed, and said with difficulty: "According to my experience, at least 3000 people..."

"3000 people..."

Gao Zhenxing's heart skipped a beat, he looked around, soldiers were rushing out of their respective tents, gradually gathering around.

There are only fifty people in my team, facing three thousand cavalry... Even if Xiang Yu is resurrected, he is definitely not an opponent.

Hard shaking is undoubtedly a dead end, and the only option is to retreat.

Fortunately, they are scouts, and their advances and retreats are judged only by the enemy's situation.

Gao Zhenxing grasped the handle of the horizontal knife, and ordered loudly: "Don't be nervous, the enemy is still one mile away, all the bags and camps are discarded, just bring the weapons, we will retreat immediately..."

Before he finished speaking, a thunderous sound of horseshoes suddenly rang in his ears.

A sentry crawled in from outside the camp and shouted, "The enemy is here!"

Gao Zhenxing's complexion changed drastically: "It's been tricked! Everyone, get on your horse and follow me!"

The Western Region is sparsely populated, which is not conducive to cavalry raids, because often you are still several miles away, and the vibrations generated when the horses are galloping have already been heard by the enemy, and you can calmly arrange them whether you are fighting or walking.

Therefore, the Hu people gradually invented a new set of tactics. Often when attacking at night, they ordered the vanguard to lead the horses on foot, being careful not to make too much noise so that the enemy would not be aware of it, while the large army followed slowly.After a certain distance, the large troops charged, and the roar of horseshoes covered everything, causing the enemy to misjudge the distance between the two sides. In fact, the vanguard had already rushed to the front, and was caught off guard, and often succeeded in one blow.

Obviously, the Hu people are using such tactics at the moment and successfully deceived Tang Jun.

Gao Zhenxing hastily turned over and jumped on the horse, and was about to lead the army to retreat, when he heard a piercing whistle, and then countless black shadows appeared in the world as if descending from the netherworld, and suddenly jumped into his eyes, dozens of hundreds of horses rushed in camp.

On the horses, the Arab warriors held a round shield in one hand and a scimitar in the other. Their heads were wrapped in thick sackcloth. Under the light of the fire, they all had ferocious and fierce faces!
Gao Zhenxing's heart trembled, and he shouted: "Meet the enemy!"

Then he clamped the horse's belly, drew out the horizontal knife and killed him.

They are all experienced warriors, so they naturally know that they must not retreat at this time, otherwise they will be chased and killed by the enemy, and the defeat will not be reversed until they are slaughtered.

The only chance of survival is to kill the vanguard of these enemy troops before the large enemy troops from five miles away arrive, and then flee desperately.

Five miles away, the cavalry charged at full speed, and it was only a blink of an eye...

Life and death are just in this moment.

Seeing Gao Zhenxing's fierce and fearless charge at the head, all the soldiers of the Tang army also ran to the horse and turned on their horses. Their horizontal knives were out of their sheaths and their spears were shining brightly. All of them stared angrily, and followed Gao Zhenxing to kill the enemy!
boom!
The enemy was charging, and the two groups of people collided fiercely.

Although Gao Zhenxing is a dandy, his skills are definitely not bad, and his equestrian skills are also perfect. When he collided with an enemy in front of him, he pulled the rein and pinched the horse's belly, and he was able to stagger with the enemy, and then got up Crouching on the horse's mane suddenly, dodging the scimitar from the opponent, and slashing out with the horizontal knife in his right hand.

The sharp blade easily broke through the leather armor on the opponent's body, cut into the skin under the opponent's horrified gaze, cut off the tendons and bones, and split it in two!
A puddle of blood rose into the sky, and the Arab soldier was cut in half by Gao Zhenxing! ,

The Tang Jun beside him did not have such good luck. He collided with the enemy in front of him firmly. The two horses hissed and fell down. He was pinned down by the horse, but he still pushed the horse away without fear of death. , climbed to the enemy's side and chopped off the opponent's head with a knife, but was also stabbed with a spear by the enemy who followed...

As soon as the two sides joined the battle, it was extremely tragic!

One side strives for the first success, hoping to wipe out the pair of Tang troops before the large troops arrive, at least to hold them back; the other side strives to kill these enemy vanguards in the shortest possible time, so that they can gain escape. Opportunity, otherwise when the enemy's main force arrives, it will be impossible to escape.

There are a large number of Arabs, but the Tang army is brave and has great advantages in weapons and armor. Often the enemy's scimitars and spears can only burst out a cloud of sparks when the armor is concentrated. It means that the armor is hard to break, and the horses and men are broken!
Gao Zhenxing took the lead, flying up and down with the horizontal knife in his hand, constantly harvesting the lives of the enemies. He was excited to kill, screaming again and again, his body was already soaked in blood, and he rode his horse into the enemy pile. When the pressure was released suddenly, he unexpectedly Killed through the enemy formation.

But he was not in a hurry to run for his life, he reined in the horse, turned around and killed him again.

In a trance, these enemy pioneers have been slaughtered, screaming in the camp, and broken limbs and arms can be seen everywhere...

Gao Zhenxing took a deep breath, glanced at many soldiers of the Tang Army who were struggling on the ground, and with a heartless heart, rode away: "Take Zhentianlei and retreat!"

The fierce battle just broke out too suddenly, Zhen Tianlei did not come in handy, but it must not fall into the hands of the Arabs.

On the ground, Tang Jun was seriously injured and could no longer ride a horse, so he had to abandon him and let him fend for himself.The battlefield is the most cruel, if the entire army is destroyed because of saving a seriously injured soldier, it is really a wise move.

Therefore, the Shenji Battalion, which once "never abandon or give up", is still a legend among the Tang army...

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In the dark night, a group of cavalry fled frantically towards the east along the Broken Leaf Water.

However, the sound of rumbling hooves behind him is getting closer...

Gao Zhenxing led the soldiers under his command to gallop wildly until dawn, not only failed to shake off the enemy, but the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Gao Zhenxing was so anxious that he raised his head and looked at the road ahead, knowing that the only way to run this way would be to be slaughtered after being overtaken by the enemy, so he gritted his teeth and rode his horse towards the mountain at the end of Sui Ye Shui.

When they ran up a hill and saw the river mouth between the two peaks in front of them, they looked back and gasped.

I saw countless Arab warriors in white cloaks and sackcloths on their heads chasing them all over the mountains and plains. There were many unmanned horses in the team. It was obvious that one person had two horses or even one person had three horses. is inescapable.

Gao Zhenxing's face was serious, he wiped his face, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has seen that, if they run away together, it will end in nothing but annihilation of the whole army, and no one can escape. This place is only more than three hundred miles away from Gongyue City. If we all die in battle, no one will be able to pass back the news of the enemy's arrival here. Gongyue City is defenseless, and it is very likely to fall under the enemy's onslaught. Refers to Gaochang City! Therefore, I will fight to the death here to hold back the enemy!"

He looked around and saw tragic expressions on young faces. He grinned and said, "I want to be a hero! Who will accompany me to fight to the death here?"

All the soldiers were excited, and they all raised their arms and shouted: "I would like to stay and fight to the death without retreating!"

Gao Zhenxing quickly waved his hand to stop it, and said loudly: "This is not a military order, whoever goes will stay, I will never force it!"

However, no one retreated. Facing the inevitable situation, Datang Huben showed no fear: "I would like to stay and fight to the death without retreating!"

Impressive, majestic mountains and rivers!

Gao Zhenxing looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes!

(End of this chapter)