Tang Dynasty: Father, if you don't rebel, I will!

"Giddy up! Chase after him! Capture Li Chengqian, and we'll all live if we capture him!"

"catch him!"

"drive......"

A chorus of Turkic words, filled with both encouragement and insults, swept across the area as Li Chengqian led his 15,000 Turkic wolf cavalry, their movements as swift as a whirlwind whipping up frost.

Then they came chasing after us frantically from behind.

Jieli was hysterical, his eyes bulging with rage.

The whip in his hand cast a shadow on the horse's rump.

Seeing that his own side was about to reach the firing range, his eyes were filled with madness and excitement.

He's had enough!

He had had enough of everything he had suffered at the hands of the father and son in the Li family!

He was clearly the Great Khan of this Turkic steppe.

He clearly commanded hundreds of thousands of Turkic cavalry and millions of tribal people under his command.

The Turks were clearly capable of forcing the Central Plains dynasties to submit and pay tribute!

But it was only with him, with Li Shimin and his son Li Chengqian...

"Chase them! Chase them all!!!"

The frantic shouts and the immense temptation of "capturing the Tang Dynasty's crown prince" kept all the Turkic cavalry from noticing anything.

They were now on the side of the ravine they had just passed through.

Pairs of cold eyes, hidden in the dense forest and white snow, were staring at them like vicious wolves.

After rushing out of the southern foothills of the Ula Mountains, the terrain became several times flatter, which not only made it more advantageous for cavalry maneuvering, but also made Jieli's eyes burst with wild joy.

"Keep your hold on Li Chengqian and his men! Shoot these traitors to death with arrows!"

The entire army is still accelerating, however.

A series of rumbling sounds, slightly different from the hoofbeats of their own cavalry, suddenly came from behind.

The Turkic cavalry behind turned around.

What they saw were Tang Dynasty heavy cavalrymen, their armor gleaming coldly in the sunlight, their helmets heavy, and their horses also clad in iron armor.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack from the rear!!!"

The chaotic Turkic language was hurriedly relayed from the rear to the generals, including Jieli, at the front.

however.

At this moment, Xue Wanche, who commanded the six guards of the Eastern Palace, revealed a ferocious smile on his face beneath his helmet.

"Thunderbolt Crossbow! Fire!"

It was still five hundred rounds, but this time they pulled out short crossbows again.

Those Turkic cavalrymen who had followed Jieli and suffered repeated defeats at the hands of the Tang army on the grasslands and survived were instantly filled with dread.

"Quick! Get out to the flanks!"

Warhorses collided among the cavalry, their panicked and terrified neighs shattering the ranks.

However, the Turkic cavalry, moving at high speed, had no chance to react at all.

next moment.

"Rumble, rumble..."

The violent explosion, along with the screams of men and horses falling, startled Jieli, who was leading his troops in pursuit of Li Chengqian's forces.

As if waking from a dream.

But it was too late.

Behind the chaotic army, the Six Delegations of the Eastern Palace, whose short-range charge was no slower than their light cavalry, were already roaring and charging toward their rear!

"kill!!!"

Xue Wanche swung his lance with a sudden, powerful strike.

In an instant, the Turkic cavalrymen on his left and right, who were showing expressions of terror, were cut in half at the waist.

"Ahhh!"

The warhorse, carrying half of the lower body still hanging on its back, galloped wildly through the ranks in a panic.

The Turkic cavalrymen, who had just landed on the ground and were not yet dead, let out two miserable screams.

next moment.

The black hooves of heavy cavalry horses, adorned with horseshoes, trampled heavily upon his body.

The leather armor, mixed with bones and flesh, instantly blended into the surrounding white frost and grass.

Crash!

Chop!

trample.....

Xue Wanche and his six thousand brave soldiers from the Crown Prince's six commands are finally beginning to reap the rewards of Li Chengqian's generous investment of military pay and supplies.

The bloodiest art of cavalry, at this moment, unfolded on the plains south of the Ula Mountains with the screams and deaths of Turkic cavalry.

"Return to the capital!"

Li Chengqian shouted loudly, and his white-hoofed steed seemed to sense the excitement of the son of the Heavenly Strategy General, galloping away on all fours.

The mud mixed with white frost under its feet was kicked up by its hooves.

A bird's-eye view.

Originally, it should have been Jieli and Li Chengqian's troops chasing each other in a straight line.

However, it was because the Eastern Palace's six heavy cavalry suddenly appeared from the rear.

The situation changed dramatically in an instant.

Xue Wanche led his troops from the north into the rear of Jieli's forces, maneuvering to the right within the army formation, and attacking the right flank of the Turkic cavalry, appearing as if he were about to break out from the west.

On the other hand, let's look at Li Chengqian's side.

But in an instant, it withdrew from its original forward charge and suddenly turned eastward in a roundabout manner.

The Turkic wolf riders under his command drew their bows and instantly aimed at the large cavalry force on the left flank of Jieli's troops.

"put!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

More than ten thousand arrows, accompanied by a chilling whistling sound, drew a graceful arc across the sky.

Under the control of these Turkic wolf riders, who were most skilled in archery and horsemanship, their movements were so precise that it was as if they had eyes.

With a mindset of anticipating in advance.

In an instant, it fell upon the heads of the terrified Turkic cavalrymen below.

"Ahhhh!"

moment.

Another scene of people and horses collapsing, screams and neighs filling the air.

Jieli roared in fury, "Fire arrows! Fire arrows! Shoot them dead!"

A volley of arrows flew into the air, but Li Chengqian, who had just finished firing a volley of arrows, immediately turned his horse around.

With a shout, they charged towards the left rear of Jieli's army.

The dull thud of arrows hitting the ground.

It was like the loudest slap in the face.

Behind them, Xue Wanche, leading the Six Guards of the Eastern Palace, had already decimated the right rear flank of Jieli's forces, leaving them covered in a thick layer of blood after they broke through from the right flank.

The heavy hooves of the cavalrymen pounded the earth.

"Kill! His Highness the Crown Prince is watching us! Kill!"

The six elite soldiers of the Eastern Palace roared in unison, "Kill!!!"

Another maneuver and maneuver.

The two forces of Li Chengqian and Xue Wanche were like hyenas on the grassland. They clearly had the strength to defeat Jieli's troops head-on, yet they were like yin and yang.

Surrounded and outflanked.

A feint attack followed by a sudden charge.

One force unleashed a barrage of high-speed arrows, while the other targeted the most secure position within Jieli's army and launched a fierce charge.

"Great Khan! Let's retreat! We've been led by the nose by the Tang army!"

"Great Khan, the left flank is in chaos, the rear guard is in chaos, and the right flank is in chaos too! If the central army falls into chaos as well, we will be in real danger!"

Beside Jieli.

These people had never seen the Tang army so brave.

They can't split up now; if they don't, they'll just be devoured piece by piece on the spot.

"Great Khan..."

"Shut up! Retreat? What will we eat if we retreat?! Do we even have a way out?!"

"Think of your wives and children! Think of your cattle and sheep!"

"Will you be able to get through this winter?"

"Forget those damned heavy cavalry, increase speed! Follow me straight to the Yanmen Pass breeding area!"

Jieli interrupted in a fit of rage.

"I refuse to believe that Li Chengqian, with only ten thousand men, without the advantages of a sneak attack and heavy cavalry, would dare to confront us head-on! Kill! Follow me to Yanmen Pass!"

As Jieli's orders were relayed across the battlefield by the distinctive sounds of Turkic horns, a unique signal was heard.

The Turkic cavalry, who were originally in chaos, roared and gritted their teeth, trying to break free from everything around them.

They didn't even care about the kinsmen who had fallen from their warhorses on the ground.

They all turned their horses around and sped off southward with the army.

Li Chengqian sneered.

"Order Xue Wanche and the others to stay behind and clean up the battlefield, and launch a surprise attack on Ashina Dili and Tuli's forces! The rest of you, follow me to hunt down Jieli!"

"Protect our wives, children, and families!"

With Li Chengqian's order, all the Turkic wolf riders realized what Jieli was up to.

Their morale was already high, but now they seemed to have transformed into ferocious wolves on the grasslands, completely enraged.

"kill!!!"

With a hysterical roar, Li Chengqian transformed into an arrow released from a bow, his white-hoofed steed galloping out.

They instantly followed and pursued the galloping Jieli frantically southward.

"Qingque, stay close!"

On Li Chengqian's side, the warhorses were all well-fed and strong, and they were galloping at full speed.

The already small distance between the two armies began to shrink rapidly.

Li Chengqian's gaze turned solemn as he gave a reminder to Li Tai beside him.

The latter's face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth and nodded.

On Jieli's side, seeing Li Chengqian and the others following closely behind, his pupils shrank slightly. He was somewhat surprised by the other party's audacity, but at the same time, he seemed to be relieved in an instant.

Suddenly, a sinister smile crept onto his lips.

"Fire arrows! Shoot them dead!"

"Shhhhhh!"

A dense rain of arrows fell from above, and Li Chengqian's spear instantly spun in an incredible fashion at an astonishing speed.

Behind him, Li Tai raised his round shield, and his warhorse accelerated once more.

"what!"

Screams came from the Turkic wolf riders behind them; some were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, while others, skilled in horsemanship, gritted their teeth and continued their charge.

Li Chengqian gave the order with a ferocious expression.

"Shoot the arrow!!!"

"Whoosh!" Instantly, the Turkic wolf riders began to draw their bows and nock their arrows. Their blood-red eyes seemed to have already determined where the arrows would land the moment they bent their bows.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."

Jieli roared, "Hold your ground! Fire! Keep firing!"

The army that was originally heading towards Yanmen Pass stopped after confirming that Xue Wanche's heavy cavalry had not pursued them.

They immediately began to change direction.

Compared to the cattle and sheep in the breeding area of ​​Yanmen Pass.

Without a doubt, Li Chengqian, the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, is far more valuable.

Not to mention, it seems that Li Shimin's son was also with the other party.

Amidst the barrage of arrows exchanged back and forth.

Even though everyone on Li Chengqian's side was wearing fine iron chainmail and helmets.

Some losses were inevitable.

however.

At this critical moment, everyone knew that they absolutely could not allow Jieli to reach Yanmen Pass, otherwise everything they had worked so hard to achieve would be lost.

Jieli's forces still numbered nearly 40,000.

However, at this moment, the two armies officially met.

Li Chengqian and the Turkic wolf riders behind him followed him without hesitation and charged into the enemy ranks.

"kill!"

The spear shot out from Li Chengqian's hand in an instant.

In order to capture him, Jieli immediately assigned four of the most powerful generals from the four Turkic tribes.

His burly physique, along with the menacing broadsword and chain hammer in his hands.

This caused Li Tai, who was standing behind Li Chengqian, to tense up.

however.

Li Chengqian, the heart and soul of the army, suddenly had a cold glint in his eyes and charged at his opponent without hesitation.

"Snapped!"

With the spear at the most tricky angle, and by tilting his body, he dodged the flying hammer.

It instantly pierced a person's throat.

"Pfft!"

However, before Li Tai behind Li Chengqian could even show a look of joy, a large sword was already about to fall on Li Chengqian's head.

Li Tai was greatly surprised.

"Brother, be careful!"

"when!"

A tremendous force slammed into the round shield in Li Tai's hand. Despite his long-standing practice of medicinal baths, Li Tai's physical condition was now no weaker than that of military sons like Cheng Chumo.

But at that moment, he was still instantly smashed off his horse.

A murderous glint flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes, and suddenly the spear in his hand shot out.

"Pfft!"

The Turkic general who was about to strike with his hammer was instantly pierced through.

"Swoosh!" The long steel sword at her waist was drawn.

With a single, precise slash, he struck a Turkic general under the armpit, and in the instant the general screamed and instinctively pulled back, he swept his blade across the general's neck.

Upon seeing this, Jieli in the army instantly flew into a rage.

"Useless trash! All of you, get up there! Capture the Crown Prince Li Chengqian of the Tang Dynasty, and you'll be rewarded with ten thousand head of cattle and sheep!"

Li Chengqian galloped away on his horse, passing the spot where Li Tai had fallen, and suddenly lurched downwards.

He pulled the latter onto the horse behind him.

"How are you? Are you dead or not!?"

Li Tai gritted his teeth, despite the piercing pain in his shield-wielding arm. He showed no intention of retreating as he looked at the approaching Turkic cavalry.

"kill!"

"Capture Li Chengqian! Capture him and we can all live! Capture him!!!"

Jieli was still roaring hysterically.

The two armies were locked in a fierce battle.

When the Turkic wolf riders clashed with the weapons of Jieli and his men using their fine steel scimitars, they were even able to break the opponent's weapons.

Despite being outnumbered.

At this moment, with the combined advantage of superior equipment and morale, a chaotic battle unfolded in the bloodiest way.

It unfolded instantly across this small, snow-covered plain.

"Ahhhh!"

A Turkic general, nearly two meters tall, was suddenly slashed in the abdomen by Li Tai, who had been blocking his attack. He then let out a ferocious roar.

He suddenly leaped off his horse, disregarding his own life.

He instantly lunged at Li Chengqian, who had just killed a Turkic cavalryman with a single spear thrust.

"Brother, be careful!"

With such a physical advantage.

Even the white-hoofed crow was caught off guard and was instantly knocked to the ground.

Seeing Li Chengqian tumble off his horse, Jieli in the distance was overjoyed.

He waved his scimitar anxiously.

"Capture him! Capture him! The tribal chief of ten thousand households will be rewarded! Twenty thousand cattle and sheep will be rewarded!"

He raised his stakes again.

Upon seeing this, Ashina She'er, who was not far away, was instantly horrified.

He cleaved one man in half with his curved sword and hurriedly spurred his horse to charge forward.

He came to Li Chengqian and jumped off his horse.

"Your Highness! Mount your horse quickly!"

Li Chengqian, whose face was covered in blood after just beheading the burly man, took a deep look at the Turkic "Khan" who had surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and nodded.

Without saying much, he instantly mounted his horse.

Upon seeing Jieli's direction, his eyes flashed with murderous intent.

"Qingque! Follow me and take down that scoundrel Jieli!"

.....

One after another, fast horses galloped by.

"Report! To the General, His Highness the Crown Prince and General Xue Wanche have ambushed and killed more than 30,000 of Jieli's troops near Yinshan. His Highness is currently fighting Jieli's troops on the south side of Wula Mountain!"

Upon hearing this, Hou Junji showed no joy in his eyes; instead, he instantly became anxious.

"Jieli, you son of a bitch! How dare you harm a single hair on my prince's head! I'll skin you alive!!!"

"All troops, accelerate!!!"