Chapter 126 The Speed ​​of the Ferghana Horse
After their commander was killed or injured, the personal guards of Xie Gong, Xi Jia Zang and Tong Ya Hu lost hope of survival and rushed towards Li Xuan and the Shence team without regard for their lives.

Tubo was the same as the Tang Dynasty. When the main general died, his personal guards would be beheaded!
"Pfft!"

Li Xuan led his personal guards, riding horses and wielding spears, charging forward fearlessly.

Anyone who comes into contact with the spear blade will have his armor and body broken.

Everyone who was touched by the sharp blade fell off his horse.

The Shen Ce Guards followed Li Xuan and rushed left and right, attacking the Tibetan guards.

After several charges, all the Tibetan guards were killed in the chaos.

The Tibetan cavalry not far away were overwhelmed and began to flee southward.

Tong Yahu, who had become a disabled man, witnessed Li Xuan's ferocity and only today realized that he was only able to see the world from a narrow perspective.

Whether charging into battle or killing the enemy, Li Xuan was quick and decisive, far beyond what he could achieve.

Just like the gods in legends, they are terrifying.

"If I'm captured, I'd rather die!"

Tongyahu knew that the Tang army did not touch him because they wanted to capture him alive.

He didn't want to be insulted.

Tongyahu gritted his teeth, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and rushed towards Li Xuan.

"Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"

Li Xuan really wanted to capture Tongyahu, who was carrying the golden certificate, alive. But Tongyahu was already a cripple and crazy, so he was ready to kill him.

"Pfft!"

When Tongyahu was about to pounce on Li Xuan, he stabbed out with his spear and hit him in the neck.

This was the third fierce general with a golden certificate of officialdom killed by Li Xuan.

"The situation is now established, the enemy will be at our mercy!"

Li Xuan ordered the Tang army's elite cavalry to pursue, and at the same time, his son-in-law Peng Ren led 500 elite cavalry to attack the rear of the Tibetan archers and slingers, freeing the light cavalry under Xin Yunjing.

Light cavalry is the best type of troops to pursue the enemy.

Li Xuan had just seen the Tibetan general who had attacked him with a slingshot running away.

He wants revenge!

When the Tubo rebellion broke out, Li Xuan led the Shence team to pursue them.

Xinogu, who always prided himself on his bravery, looked panicked and fled under the protection of his personal guards.

He ignored the fact that the Tang cavalry was killing the fleeing Tubo soldiers, and he also ignored the fact that Nan Jiyun suddenly showed up and destroyed the army formation.

He just wanted to escape.

At this moment, Xinuogu was extremely scared. Li Xuan was simply not a human being.

Not only was Xie Gong stabbed to death with one blow, but Xijia Zang was actually beaten to death by Li Xuan with one punch.

Ye Ru's most powerful general Tongya Hu Yong was much stronger than him, but he was defeated in one blow.

If he faced Li Xuan, he would inevitably end up like Xie Gong.

Li Xuan frightened him so much that he lost all his courage.

"That's Li Xuan's banner!"

When Xinuogu looked back, he saw Li Xuan's big banner moving towards him, which meant that Li Xuan was chasing him.

He whipped his horse hard and galloped away for his life.

Li Xuan did not only pursue Xinuogu, but all the Tibetan soldiers who stood in his way would be charged and killed by him and his personal guards.

If you don't surrender, you will die. There is no room for negotiation.

Fierce Tubo generals such as Xie Gong, Tong Ya Hu, and Xi Jia Zang were killed in the battle, and Xinogu fled in panic, so that the Tubo cavalry did not even have time to sound the retreat horn.

They were all fleeing based on their survival instincts, running wherever they could.

Almost no Tibetan cavalry surrendered, as they thought they would be safe as long as they ran back to the military camp thirty miles away.

The light cavalry led by the Tibetan captain was still engaged in a battle with the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty.

They were already badly wounded, and even used a thousand cavalry reserves. They tried a blockade, which resulted in heavy casualties.

When Lang Jiang Peng Ren led his elite cavalry to the rear of the Tibetan cavalry archers and slingshot cavalry, their formation was in chaos.

The fact that the elite cavalry of the Tang army appeared behind them showed that their main cavalry had been defeated.

Xin Yunjing seized the opportunity and ordered his soldiers to put away their bows and draw their swords to charge the Tibetan light cavalry that was about to collapse.

With the advantage in numbers, they were attacked from both sides and collapsed in less than a quarter of an hour and fled in all directions.

When Xin Yunjing saw the Tibetan captain, he thought he was the commander, so he rushed towards him. He whipped his horse and galloped, stabbing left and right, and then stabbed more than a dozen of the captain's guards and pulled the captain off his horse.

The captain did not have the courage to die and begged for forgiveness.

When Xin Yunjing saw the golden certificate on his shoulder, he knew that he was extraordinary and had him tied up.

Xin Yunjing led a part of the light cavalry and continued to pursue the defeated soldiers.

He also sent a Tang army general to lead another group of light cavalry to make a detour and help the main elite cavalry deal with the Tibetan cavalry.

Li Xuan continued to pursue Xinuogu.

"You guys fight as you please, I'll give chase!"

The Tang cavalry finally cleared the obstacles and now there was an open area ahead.

Seeing that Xinogu was running farther and farther away, he immediately led his Arabian horse away from Luo Xing.

The Arabian horse stayed by Luo Xing's side all the time, and although it ran with the army, it did not expend much effort.

Li Xuan only carried a strong bow and quiver and rode on a Ferghana horse.

He ordered his personal guards to pursue the enemies separately, but took away the quivers of two of them.

The Shen Ce team was unable to disobey Li Xuan's orders and could only watch Li Xuan gallop away on his silver-white Arabian horse.

"Hey!"

When sprinting, the Ferghana horse is faster than the Fire Cloud horse, not to mention that it is basically in its peak condition.

The horses were quickly overtaken. Li Xuan's bloodstained cape fluttered.

"call out!"

Encountering a Tibetan cavalryman, Li Xuan took arrows from his quiver.

"Pfft!"

A hundred steps away, an arrow flew through the air and hit him right in the back.

Afterwards, Li Xuan could be seen charging on horseback on the plains. Any Tibetan cavalry within a hundred steps of him would be his target.

He drew his bow and shot the arrow in one go, and all the Tibetan cavalry fell.

In just half a quarter of an hour, Li Xuan was only about a hundred feet away from Xinuo Valley.

"How come his horse is so fast?"

Xinuogu had already memorized Li Xuan's figure.

Although Li Xuan changed into a white horse, he still recognized him at a glance.

He rode forward with an arrow in hand and never missed his target.

Xinuogu saw it all and was terrified.

"Clap clap clap..."

He whipped the warhorse's butt hard, but it still couldn't stop Li Xuan from getting closer and closer to him.

After a while, Li Xuan and Xinuogu were less than 150 feet apart.

If they were closer, Li Xuan would be able to shoot arrows at them.

"You all go and stop him."

Xijia Zang, who had lost his courage, gave orders to the dozen or so remaining guards around him.

"As ordered!"

The guards knew they would die, but they had no choice but to obey.

They turned their horses around and charged towards Li Xuan with knives and spears.

"Boom boom!"

Li Xuan drew his bow and shot arrows repeatedly, and before the Tibetan cavalry charged over, several of them had fallen off their horses.

A rider approached, holding a spear and shouting, he stabbed Li Xuan.

"Pfft!"

While Li Xuan dodged the spear by leaning sideways, he reached out to grab the spear and stabbed him off his horse with his backhand.

He swung his spear left and right, and several more Tibetan cavalry were stabbed to death.

The other Tibetan cavalry passed Li Xuan by on their horses.

Li Xuan dropped his spear, drew his bow again, and shot them all to death before their horses ran far away.

"My life is over!"

Li Xuan chased Xinuogu again and drove the Arabian horse to sprint at the fastest speed.

The white horse was as fast as a meteor and lightning. Soon it was only a hundred steps away from Xinogu, causing Xinogu to shout in despair.

As a fierce general in the army, second only to Tongyahu and Xijiazang, he did not have the courage to fight Li Xuan. He had also forgotten his pitching skills, which he was proud of.

He could only tremble in fear when Li Xuan drew his bow and arrow.

In order to avoid Li Xuan's arrow, he kept twisting his body on the horse, sometimes left, sometimes right, and sometimes crawling.

"call out!"

Li Xuan sneered and released the bowstring.

“Whew…”

The warhorse under Xinogu let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground, with an arrow piercing its buttocks.

And Xinogu also fell off his horse.

Xinogu, who was wearing chain mail, did not die from the fall. He rolled on the ground several times, and the moment he stood up, he instinctively wanted to run away.

But at this time Li Xuan had already rushed over on his Ferghana horse.

"Still untied?"

Li Xuan held the sword and shouted loudly.

Xinuogu's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground, showing his fear of Li Xuan.

He didn't dare to draw his sword, he knelt on the ground, and didn't dare to look up.

When the Tang army arrived from the rear, Li Xuan ordered his men to tie up Xinogu.

Only then did Li Xuan realize that he was less than five miles away from the Tubo camp.

Moreover, it was already dusk, and the world was about to be plunged into darkness.

The Tang army was almost there.

It is estimated that the number of Tibetan cavalry who can return will not exceed a thousand.

……

Anxiang Bridge.

"How could this happen! The Tang army had no reinforcements, yet our army was defeated so miserably."

The bad news kept coming, making Lun Xinuoza lose his mind. What was even more difficult to accept was that the Tang army had no reinforcements, and only used about 5,000 cavalry to defeat their 10,000 cavalry in one afternoon.

The cavalry's defeat foreshadowed that they were truly reaching the end of their road.

Even if they evacuate Tang territory now, they will be dragged down without the cover of cavalry.

With more than 20,000 infantry and less than 1,000 cavalry, what else can they do?
"Marshal, the enemy commander is too powerful, he is like a god. Our generals Tongyahu, Xijiazang and Xiegong were all killed by him in one blow. We have dozens of sieges, but we can still survive!"

A big five hundred man who escaped back was still frightened.

He spoke to Lunsynoza, breathlessly.

He saw with his own eyes the scene of Li Xuan killing Xie Gong and Xi Jia Zang and crippling Tong Ya Hu with one blow. If he could return alive, he would never forget this scene.

Li Xuan's banner was still lingering in his mind. Whenever he thought of it, he felt weak all over.

"Li Xuan, you are really that powerful! I was defeated today, but with Li Xuan in charge of Longyou in the future, how can we Tubo expand?"

On the inconceivable nature of Sinoza.

He originally thought that Li Xuan, as the commander-in-chief, would charge into battle and put himself in a dangerous position, giving him a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Now I know that Li Xuan is immortal!
He was well aware of the bravery of Tongyahu and Xijiazang, and he was unable to withstand even a single round.

He couldn't think of any powerful general in Tubo who could take on Li Xuan's move.

"Reporting to the Marshal, Marshal Xi Nuogu was captured alive by the commander of the Tang army."

A scout who saw Xinogu fall from his horse ran over in panic to report to Lun Xinoza.

"Brother!"

On Sinnosa crying out to the sky.

He thought Xinogu could return to the camp, but now he received such news, he felt heartbroken.

He had a very good relationship with Xinogu and could not accept this reality for a while.

If captured by Li Xuan as a military merit, the soldiers might be able to become slaves, but the generals would probably be in great danger.

"Marshal, please accept my condolences! Our army had 65,000 warriors, but now only 20,000 are left. The soldiers still depend on you to return to the tribe!"

A thousand-household leader advised Lun Xinuoza.

"Even if the Tang army has no reinforcements, we are alone deep in the territory and don't have much food. The Tang army can starve us to death here as long as they surround us without attacking. Now that we have no cavalry, we don't even have a chance to retreat!"

Synozza knew that defeat was inevitable.

They had no reinforcements.

Even if they asked for help, the Tang army's reinforcements would surely arrive before theirs.

"As the Marshal said, if our army stays here, we will surely starve to death. The only way out is to leave."

"We still have a thousand cavalrymen in our army. Marshal, please lead the cavalrymen back."

The captain of the thousand households spoke to Lun Xinuoza again.

After these days of fighting, everyone knew that the Tang army would not take the initiative to attack their formation.

Since you know you will die if you stay, why not escape immediately?
How much can you run?
It’s better than being wiped out!
"As the commander-in-chief, I have no face to escape with the remaining cavalry! I will lead the infantry myself."

There was no alternative for Synoza but to withdraw immediately.

"When will the Marshal set off?"

The captain asked.

"Order the entire army to destroy Anxiang Bridge and prepare to set off at midnight tonight."

On the military orders given by Synoza.

We can't delay too long, the Tang army must be planning to cross the river.

Once all the Tang troops on the east bank of the Li River crossed the river, they would have no chance of escaping.

"As ordered!"

All generals and captains received the order.

They organized the Tibetan soldiers and prepared to leave.

……

"Order General An, General Qian'er, and General Che to immediately take the army across the Li River by boat. The cavalry will guard them. The heavy cavalry and light cavalry will go first."

A few miles away from the Tubo military camp, Li Xuan issued military orders.

Cross the Li River right where he was.

Li Xuan predicted that the remaining Tubo troops would flee overnight.

If Tubo dared to delay for one day at this time, most of the Tang troops on the east bank of the Li River could cross the Li River.

As long as the heavy cavalry and light cavalry cross the river, the Tibetan infantry will be unable to move forward.

After receiving Li Xuan's order, An Sishun and Che Shensai carried the small boat to where Li Xuan was stationed.

Li Xuan had already ordered Suihe to capture the city's larger ships and send them up the river to share in the transportation mission.

By midnight, all the heavy cavalry had crossed the Li River, except for the spare horses which were still on the other side.

"Reporting to General Li, the Tibetan soldiers have destroyed the Anxiang Bridge. Their outer fences have been removed and the chariots have been pushed away."

The scout reported to Li Xuan.

"The Tubo are trying to escape. General Xin, General Nan, be prepared!"

Li Xuan gave orders to Nan Jiyun and Xin Yunjing.

The Tang army now has more than 1,700 elite cavalry capable of combat, and more than 2,000 light cavalry capable of combat.

Li Xuan had 150 combat-capable Shen Ce Guards under his command.

They had already had a barbecue and rested for a while.

It was just harassment at night, Li Xuan would not let the soldiers fight to the death while tired.

As for the destroyed Anxiang Bridge, the captured Tibetan soldiers will rebuild it.

"As ordered!"

Nan Jiyun and Xin Yunjing took the order and left.

"General Li, our heavy cavalry can be deployed to battle at any time."

Che Shen Sai asked Li Xuan for help.

"No rush! Let the light cavalry and elite cavalry harass them first, and when they are exhausted, launch the final attack. We have already suffered heavy casualties, so we must try to avoid such unnecessary casualties."

Li Xuan shook his head and said seriously.

"Li Shuai is kind and righteous!"

The god of racing sincerely admires him.

Since ancient times, too many generals have disregarded the lives of their soldiers for the sake of border achievements.

Some strongholds could obviously be destroyed by siege, but the soldiers were forced to attack them at the risk of their lives.

It seems that only in this way can one prove one's merits.

……

In the Tubo camp, Lun Xinuoza ordered two thousand heavy infantry to form a battle array and block the periphery of the army.

To prevent the Tang army from launching a surprise attack while they were retreating.

The Tibetan chariot and ox team was arranged by Lun Xi Nuo Za in the front, back, left and right of the team.

If the Tang army launched a surprise attack, they would use their cars as cover at any time.

"The Tang army's light cavalry is coming!"

Xin Yunjing led the light cavalry to pass in front of the Tibetan heavy armored infantry, while at the same time, they bent their bows and shot.

Although no casualties were caused to the Tibetan soldiers in the dark night, a shadow was cast on their hearts.

After the Tang army's light cavalry fired a few rounds of shots, they immediately galloped away.

The only thousand Tibetan cavalrymen left huddled up and dared not move.

Because the elite cavalry of the Tang army were standing nearby, lurking with eager eyes, their fangs bared, as if they would pounce at any time.

"The entire army is on alert!"

On this, Synozza had to slow down the pace of moving camp.

After a while, they found that the Tang army did not attack their formation, and they felt relieved.

Synozzaner considered this another harassment to them.

This happened several times, making the Tubo people nervous.

It took a full three hours for the Tubo people to break camp and set off.

The sky was gradually getting brighter.

No one in the Tubo army took a rest.

While the Tang army was harassing them, they could take turns sleeping.

Synozzano did not dare to delay for a moment and ordered his soldiers to march quickly southward.

"Boom!"

Not long after they started marching, they heard the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves, as if thousands of troops were attacking them.

"Defend, defend!"

Lun Sinuza quickly ordered his men to blow the horns and form a defensive formation.

The car was parked outside and the soldiers were inside.

The gaps were filled by heavy infantry carrying large shields.

A thousand cavalry were on the flank, protected by the infantry.

The reason why Synozzaner did not let the cavalry leave was that he hoped the cavalry could provide them with help at the critical moment.

After the Tibetan soldiers organized their formation, they waited nervously.

"..."

The sound of thousands of horses galloping just now suddenly stopped.

"Scouts and investigate!"

Lun Sinuza had no choice but to send out a dozen more scouts.

Because dozens of scouts were sent out not long ago, but only one returned.

The surviving scout told Lun Xinoza that the Tang army had a type of knight wearing black armor and who was extremely accurate in archery.

The scout was chased and shot dead without capturing any useful information.

Sure enough, the scouts sent out did not return for an hour.

"This is another tactic of the Tang army to tire out the enemy. Don't worry about it. It's best for our army to retreat."

The Tibetan captain Xiang Lun Xinuoza gave this reminder.

"If we don't care, what should we do if the Tang army's armored cavalry rushes over?"

Lun Xi Nuoza questioned the captain of a thousand households.

"This……"

The captain stammered and was unable to speak.

If they did not form a battle formation and the armored cavalry clashed, the fate of the soldiers outside Anxiang City would be the same as theirs.

"Oh! Keep marching!"

Lun Xinuoza suddenly sighed. This was not a solution. They could only continue marching.

The Tibetan army reorganized their formation and marched southward with confusion and exhausted bodies.

"Boom!"

In less than a quarter of an hour, the sound of thousands of horses galloping was heard again.

Since Synoza didn't dare to take the gamble, he could only order the army to stop and continue to form a battle formation.

"march!"

When the sound of horse hoofbeats stopped, this time just after a quarter of an hour, Lensyne ordered the soldiers to continue.

"Boom!"

But no one expected that the sound of Tang army's horse hooves would be heard again a quarter of an hour later.

"what……"

Lun Xinoza let out a long howl and grabbed his hair madly.

(End of this chapter)