Chapter 125 Explode with one punch

“咴咴咴……”

"Ah ah ah..."

The neighing of horses and the screams of soldiers were endless.

Fortunately, Tongyahu and Xijiazang reined in their horses in time and did not end up like the unlucky guy in front.

However, many Tibetan cavalrymen could not keep up their pace during the charge and were hit.

There were even soldiers who fell off their horses and were trampled to death by the war horses behind them.

"Little Li Xuan, you are too despicable!"

Tong Yahu yelled, "When I catch you, I will chop off your head."

Tubo could never have imagined that the Tang Dynasty would use this tactic.

After finally getting started, the pace of the 10,000 cavalrymen came to an abrupt halt.

Even the Xiegong and Xinogu cavalry, which were not hit, had to stop their horses.

They were afraid that there were also caltrops waiting for them ahead.

In fact, the Tang army did not have enough caltrops, so they could only lay them in the middle.

Moreover, Yang Wan was very smart. He laid the line, which was only two meters wide in total, making the area appear very large.

"Follow the plan!"

The Tibetan cavalry was blocked, but the Tang army began to move.

The light cavalry detoured to the west side of the Tibetan cavalry.

Li Xuan led his personal guards and the remaining elite cavalry to move.

"At this point, where is the way out?"

"Rush over!"

Xie Gong saw that the Tang cavalry was moving, and if they did not move, they would be waiting to die.

He told generals Tongyahu, Xijiazang and others not to worry about the caltrops.

When two cavalrymen are fighting, if one side does not move, it cannot take advantage of the horse's power and speed, and may even be inferior to the infantry.

"The Tang army doesn't have many caltrops. Charge!"

Tongyahu raised his iron spear and roared.

Other Tibetan generals immediately ordered their soldiers to continue the charge.

The Tibetan cavalry's originally high morale was now pierced by the caltrops and was constantly leaking.

Under the general's death order, the Tibetan soldiers had to continue charging on horseback.

“Wheeze…”

War horses kept falling under the caltrops.

After the Tibetan cavalry broke through the caltrop formation, they found that they had only lost a few hundred horses.

The losses were not great, but the Tubo side suffered a heavy blow.

"That is the banner of the commander of the Tang army in Longyou, and it is Li Xuan."

Suddenly, Tubo generals including Tongyahu saw the Tang army’s large flag raised.

It was as if a ray of hope suddenly appeared in the dark, making them forget their recent losses and feel extremely surprised.

They rushed forward, and as long as they could kill or arrest Li Xuan, they would surely win.

Originally, Xie Gong was going to lead the cavalry himself to face the Tang army's light cavalry.

But now he changed his mind. He wanted to take his personal guards and kill Li Xuan during the melee.

Therefore, Tubo ordered 3,000 cavalry to hold back the Tang army's light cavalry.

Among these three thousand cavalrymen, there were Tuyuhun cavalry archers and Tubo slingshot cavalry.

We don't need to defeat the Tang army's light cavalry, but at least we can hold them back.

Xin Yunjing led a thousand elite cavalry and disappeared in the west.

It seemed that they were preparing to work together with the light cavalry to deal with the Tibetan archers and slingshot cavalry.

As a last resort, Tubo could only allocate another thousand cavalry to follow their mounted archers and slingshot cavalry.

Once the 1,000 elite cavalry of the Tang army appear, immediately go forward to stop them.

But Xin Yunjing's tactic was to attack the eastern side of Tubo, and going to the western side would only confuse Tubo.

After detouring for a few miles and completely disappearing from the Tubo's sight, he would turn around and head to the east.

During this process, the Shen Ce team and elite cavalry led by Li Xuan were about to clash with the Tubo cavalry.

One hundred steps, fifty steps, thirty steps...

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

The one who was good at throwing stones was Xinogu. He wielded a slingshot and threw a stone towards Li Xuan with force.

"clang!"

Li Xuan was quick-witted and quick-handed. He used the blade of his spear to knock the stone down.

Xinuogu slapped his thigh, very annoyed.

He thought he could hit Li Xuan in thirty steps, but he never expected that he would be easily blocked by Li Xuan. He no longer had the chance to throw stones.

Li Xuan squeezed the horse's belly and charged forward with his spear thrust forward.

The personal guards came forward bravely.

A Tibetan captain of a thousand men wanted to prove his courage, so he leaped forward with his spear and stabbed Li Xuan.

Li Xuan turned his long spear and stabbed it diagonally.

"Dang! Puff!"

The centurion's eyes blurred, and he heard the sound of breaking air and saw a white blade flying towards him.

Then he felt a pain in his chest, his armor was pierced, and his heart was pierced.

Li Xuan followed the old rules. He did not draw his spear, but instead impaled the captain's body on the spear blade.

The Fire Dragon Horse ran another ten steps and threw the body away.

"Bang!!"

A Tibetan cavalryman was knocked off his horse by the corpse and vomited blood.

In an instant, Li Xuan rushed into the formation with the momentum to kill the general.

The blade of his spear was like a dragon emerging from the sea or a tiger emerging from a cave, and it was as fast as wind and thunder, stabbing straight forward. Anyone who encountered Li Xuan would surely fall.

Part of Li Xuan's Shence team followed Li Xuan to kill the enemy, while the other part followed Li Xuan to guard Luo Xing and the big flag.

With spears and lances swinging across the sky and everyone showing their courage, they tore a gap in the Tibetan cavalry in an instant.

Li Xuan's horse was the fastest, and he roamed among the blades, treading on danger with ease.

He held the base of the lance with his right hand and the lower middle part of the lance with his left hand.

Use the right hand to exert force and the left hand to control the direction of the lance.

He used both arms to exert force while swinging it. His broad chest and extremely wide arms enabled him to use the lance as skillfully as a gun.

Li Xuan had his personal guards behind him, and no one could get close to him in front or on either side.

Those "Captains of Thousands", "Captains of Five Hundreds" and "Captains of Centurions" who claimed to be brave were no different from small soldiers when they got close to Li Xuan.

Only a coward can survive under Li Xuan.

"It is so powerful that even tigers and leopards cannot match it."

Xinuogu was only a dozen steps away from Li Xuan. He had killed a tiger before and wanted to compete with Li Xuan.

But after seeing Li Xuan's aura, he suddenly felt weak in his heart.

He alone may not be able to defeat Li Xuan.

He saw Tongyahu rushing towards here, and planned to wait for Tongyahu to come over and then attack Li Xuan together.

The more Li Xuan attacked, the braver he became.

But he did not charge forward mindlessly. He slowed down his horse appropriately and kept his personal guards following behind him.

Once he found that there were few enemy troops around him, he would pick up the bodies of those he had stabbed to death and throw them out to put pressure on the Tibetan soldiers.

"kill!"

Tongyahu looked at Li Xuan's big banner and waved the iron spear in his hand. Even the Tang army in iron armor would be pierced by him with one blow.

The long spears in the hands of the Tang army were no match for the iron spears in his hands.

A Tang army officer, unafraid of death, rushed towards Tongyahu with a spear in his hand.

However, he was caught by Tongyahu by the spear and pierced through the body with the spear, and died on the battlefield.

Even with the combined efforts of more than a dozen elite Tang cavalrymen, they were unable to stop Tongyahu from approaching Li Xuan.

On the other side, Xi Jia Zang also set his sights on Li Xuan.

He held an iron rod in his hand and swept it across the battlefield. Most of the long spears in the hands of the elite cavalry of the Tang army were broken by his sweep.

"Oh!"

If he hit the armor of the Tang soldiers with his iron rod, he would surely knock them off their horses.

Xie Gong was more clever. He tried to lead a team of cavalry to attack Li Xuan from the flank.

Although Tibet had many brave generals, the Tang army was strong. It often took several ordinary Tibetan soldiers to defeat one Tang soldier's armored force.

Every elite soldier of the Tang army would be greatly encouraged when seeing the commander's flag in the formation, which is something that the Tubo could not match.

……

On the other side, the Tibetan archers and slingers, under the command of a captain of ten thousand men, pursued the light cavalry led by Xin Yunjing.

The five teams of light cavalry of the Tang army dispersed, and vaguely, only fifty cavalrymen were relatively densely packed together.

They always maintained the goose formation, and when the enemy came within a few dozen steps, the Tang army turned around and aimed and shot arrows.

Then he quickly reined in his horse and put some distance between them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Even if the Tibetan slingers hit the Tang army at this distance, they could not cause serious damage.

After all, leather armor also has good defensive power.

The quality of the Tuyuhun cavalry and archery under the Tubo army was far inferior to that of the Tang army. There was no general like Xin Yunjing to lead the formation, so they were always left alone.

Every few miles of pursuit, at least hundreds of Tibetan cavalry died at the hands of the Tang army's light cavalry.

At most, more than ten Tang soldiers were killed.

When the Tibetan cavalry did not want to pursue any further, Xin Yunjing led the light cavalry to gallop forward and chased and shot at the Tibetan cavalry.

This way, the Tibetan cavalry suffered greater casualties and caused less damage to the Tang army.

The Tibetan commander only regretted that his soldiers were not good at riding and shooting, and that their numbers were insufficient, so they were unable to compete with the Tang army's light cavalry.

However, the captain did not dare to retreat. He gritted his teeth and insisted on chasing, delaying the Tang army's light cavalry, hoping to defeat the Tang army on another battlefield within a limited time.

……

"They're already fighting together!"

Lun Xinuoza was still waiting in agony in the Anxiang Bridge area.

"Reporting to the Marshal, the despicable Tang people used caltrops to injure hundreds of my cavalry."

The Tibetan scouts reported the battle situation to Lun Xinuoza at any time.

"This hurts the morale of our troops!"

Lun Xi Nuoza sighed.

From animal traps to prevent night raids to caltrops to prevent cavalry advances, the Tang army made flexible use of every tactic.

"Reporting to the Marshal, the Tang army's light cavalry is on the side, and the elite cavalry is in the front. We found the Longyou general's flag in front of the battle. No reinforcements from the Tang army have been seen for the time being."

A quarter of an hour later, the scout reported to Lunsignoza again.

"Li Xuan is really going to charge. How can the commander do this? He has no idea how high the heavens are and how deep the earth is!"

Expectation appeared in Xinoza's eyes.

He has many brave generals under his command, especially Ye Ru's most powerful general, Tong Ya Hu, who can move unhindered among thousands of soldiers.

"Marshal, why don't we destroy Anxiang Bridge and leave the Tang Dynasty at this time?"

A Tibetan captain felt uneasy and made a suggestion to Lun Xinuoza.

"The Tang army has hundreds of ships. Once we leave, they will cross the river. If we carry food carts and cattle, our march will be slowed down. If we don't, we will be frozen to death or starved to death when we are pursued. If we don't defend Anxiang Bridge, even if our cavalry warriors win, they will be surrounded by the Tang army's iron cavalry, light cavalry, and infantry across the river. How much combat effectiveness will we have then?" "So our army can only stay where we are. As long as the cavalry wins, we can turn danger into safety."

On Sinnosa's analysis.

No matter what, they had to stay here, staring at the Tang army on the other side of the Li River and preventing them from crossing the river.

"The Marshal is really thoughtful!"

The captain also knew that if the cavalry failed, they would be doomed.

Lun Xinoza was obsessed. When he was playing against Li Xuan, he always wanted to minimize the losses or even turn defeat into victory.

He did not stop the loss in time, and his losses eventually became bigger and bigger.

……

On the battlefield.

The elite cavalry of the Tang army faced a force three times their number and chased and fought in the wilderness.

Now all the Tibetan cavalry know that Li Xuan is the commander-in-chief of the Longyou Army.

The Tibetan generals even promised: "If you kill the Tang army marshal, you will be given a thousand slaves, a thousand acres of good land, a thousand cattle and sheep, and a certificate of status for Pharaoh."

This allowed the Tibetan cavalry to surround Li Xuan and his personal guards in layer after layer.

Several powerful Tibetan generals also wanted to arrest Li Xuan.

This suddenly reduced the pressure on the Tang army's elite cavalry.

Li Xuan remained calm in the face of the heavy encirclement of the Tibetan cavalry. He ordered his men to attack the encirclement.

The horse galloped at full speed, and every swing of the lance in his hand could kill several riders.

The guards followed up!

Enclosed.

Li Xuan made another breakthrough.

Over and over again, both men and horses were defeated and no one could match them.

The personal guards followed Li Xuan, as if they had found their own sense of destiny, galloping across the battlefield, more joyful than the knights-errant.

Li Shuai's unparalleled demeanor inspired every Shen Ce guard.

They kept shouting out Li Shuai's mighty power.

In actual combat, they honed their fighting skills. Although there were unfortunate casualties, the survivors became more resilient and stronger, and were able to fight with ease.

"Wang Rui!"

Li Xuan suddenly heard Xue Cuo shouting.

Another personal guard was knocked off his horse, and he was an old subordinate that Li Xuan brought from Feng'an Army.

Xue Cuo was furious and stepped forward with his spear, ready to stab to death the Tibetan general who had killed Wang Rui.

"How dare dogs and sheep attack me?"

Tongyahu sneered at Xuecuo.

With a push of the iron spear in his hand, Xue Cuo's gun was pushed aside.

At the same time, Xue Cuo felt his arm trembling and the spear almost slipped out of his hand.

"call out!"

Just as Tongyahu was about to stab Xuecuo to death with his backhand, a spear came flying towards him.

"clang!"

Tongyahu immediately retracted his spear and knocked the flying spear away.

Xue Cuo got the chance to cross paths.

It turned out that Li Xuan saw that Xue Cuo was in danger, and when a Tibetan cavalryman was stabbing at him, he snatched his spear with his left hand and threw it away more than ten steps away.

Iron spear!

This was a fierce Tubo general. Li Xuan immediately turned his horse and rushed over.

"Are you Li Xuan? Go to hell!"

At this moment, Xie Gong and Xi Jia Zang came from the side.

Xie Gong was the closest to Li Xuan. He glared at Li Xuan, holding his spear in his hand, and rushed towards him with red eyes.

Judging from the way he holds the spear and the blood all over his body, he must be a fierce general.

Li Xuan turned around and waited for Xie Gong to approach.

"Pfft!"

As the two sides approached, Li Xuan thrust out his spear. The long spear was fast, accurate and fierce, like lightning, piercing Xie Gong's chest.

Break open his inner and outer armor.

Xie Gong's horse had missed the target, but Xie Gong's body was still hanging on the tip of Li Xuan's spear.

He was no longer breathing, but his eyes were still wide open.

The Tibetan soldiers were greatly frightened.

Xie Gong had a golden certificate of status and was a general commanding troops, but he died in such a tragic way.

Li Xuan threw Xie Gong's body away, and blood oozed from the blade of the spear.

"call out!"

Xinuogu, who had been not far from Li Xuan, acted as the sixth man again. He came behind Li Xuan and waved the slingshot, shooting out a stone.

"Li Shuai, be careful!"

"Oh!"

A Shen Ce guard was quick-eyed and jumped off his horse to block the stone.

Then he fell off his horse.

Xinogu was so strong that he dented the armor of the Shen Ce Guard. After vomiting blood, he was seriously injured and fainted.

It is already difficult to survive in the chaos of war.

"Shuzi!"

Li Xuan was furious.

He did not pay any attention to Tong Yahu for the time being, but came to the side of several Shen Ce guards, put his long spear on the side of his thigh, and took the bow from the bow bag.

With the other hand he holds the arrow, all in one go.

"call out!"

"boom!"

Arrows flew towards Xino Valley.

But Xinuogu was very cunning. When he saw Li Xuan taking the bow, he immediately hid behind the guards.

A personal guard in front of him wearing chain mail was shot through.

Cold sweat broke out on Xinuogu's forehead!

"kill!"

Just when Tongyahu and his personal guards broke through the encirclement of Shen Ce with an unstoppable momentum and attacked Li Xuan, Xijia Zang came with an iron stick while Li Xuan was shooting an arrow.

"Boom!"

Two personal guards of Shen Ce tried to stop them but were knocked off their horses by iron rods and their lives were unknown.

Xi Jiazang let out a loud shout and swung his stick towards Li Xuan.

It was too late for the Shen Ce guards to stop it.

Li Xuan immediately threw the bow to the ground, picked up the lance on his thigh, and held it horizontally to block the attack.

"Crack!"

What Li Xuan didn't expect was that this blow almost broke his lance.

This is Hercules!
The lance was no longer usable, so Li Xuan immediately threw away the broken lance.

"Li Shuai, take the gun!"

The guard wanted to hand the gun to Li Xuan, but after Xi Jinping hit him in the cheek, he suddenly swung the iron rod, trying to smash Li Xuan's head.

Li Xuan dodged the attack with a leaping move.

At this time, Shen Ce's personal guards had already rushed over to provide cover.

But Xijia Zang was very brave and the guards were knocked off their horses in one round.

Li Xuan took advantage of this opportunity and rode his horse empty-handed to get close to Xijia Zang.

Just as Xijia Zang knocked a Shen Ce Guard off his horse, Li Xuan stretched out his left hand and grabbed Xijia Zang's iron rod.

Xijia Zang's face changed drastically and he was about to pull the iron rod back, but Li Xuan held it with one arm and neither of his hands could move.

Li Xuan suddenly exerted force, and Xijiazang's body tilted towards Li Xuan.

He clenched his right fist and suddenly punched Xijia Zang in the chest.

"boom!"

At this moment, the iron armor hidden in Xijia's chest was shattered into pieces.

His eyes bulged, his face twisted, and his hands were no longer strong enough to grab the iron rod from Li Xuan's left hand.

"Pfft!"

The moment he let go of his hand, the whole person flew backwards from the horse, and before he landed on the ground, he spat out a large amount of blood.

When he landed on the ground, he was already without any breath.

At this moment, the Tibetan soldiers, including Tongyahu, were all horrified.

Is that human being?
Tongyahu, as Ye Ru's most powerful general, has always been fearless. But now he felt a chill down his spine!
"How dare a man kill my personal guards!"

Li Xuan rode his horse towards Tongyahu with an iron rod in hand. This guy killed several of his Shen Ce guards, which made Li Xuan very angry.

Within a few steps, he arrived in an instant.

Li Xuan held the iron rod in both hands and swung it down from the sky, hitting Tong Yahu's head directly.

"It's you who died!"

Tongyahu was not lacking in courage. He held the spear with both hands and held it horizontally.

"clang!"

When the two pieces of iron collided, there was a loud noise.

Li Xuan's iron rod was slightly bent, and Tongyahu's iron spear was also twisted.

Tong Yahu felt that the bones in his arm had been broken, making him unable to hold the twisted iron spear.

The iron spear fell!

His arms were shaking, his palms were cracked, and blood was flowing down.

"How can it be……"

Tongyahu's eyes were numb. Li Xuan actually destroyed both of his arms in one go.

He has the strength of a lion and a tiger, how could this happen?
He couldn't believe that someone could defeat him so easily.

Countless honors of the past vanished at this moment.

"General, leave quickly!"

Tong Yahu's personal guards stepped forward, trying to cover Tong Yahu's escape.

But Tongyahu stayed where he was. He could no longer hold a weapon and a small soldier could kill him. What was the point of living?
Although Li Xuan's iron rod was bent, it could still be used again.

"Boom!"

After Li Xuan swung the stick a few times and knocked away several Tongyahu guards, he felt that the iron stick was not very useful.

He twisted his body to avoid a spear that was thrusting at him, reached out and grasped the underside of the blade, and with a sudden force he snatched the spear away.

He stabbed with his backhand and stabbed the Tongyahu guard off his horse.

"Li Shuai Tianwei!"

The Tang army's eyes were burning and their blood was boiling. What else could they say? They could only use these four words to express their respect and admiration for Li Xuan.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, Nan Jiyun led the cavalry to attack from the east.

Their brave generals were killed or injured, and the terrified Tibetan soldiers completely collapsed after Nan Jiyun's attack!
(End of this chapter)