Chapter 135: Ten Thousand Cavalry Surround and Kill the General and Pull the Flag

"Chisang Yangton, lead the warriors to block the Tang army's escape route!"

"Da Cang, lead the warriors to kill all the Tang cavalry!"

After Molu Xiequ arrived, he gave orders to Langchi Sangyangdon and Cai Bangdacang respectively.

The Tibetan cavalry was divided into two teams, attempting to surround the entire Tang army.

But there were two teams they were unable to encircle: one was the cavalry led by Nan Jiyun, and the other was the Shen Ce Guard led by Li Xuan.

Of course, the Tibetan cavalry were numerous and powerful, and they all believed that they were sure to win the battle, so they would definitely send some troops to attack Li Xuan and Nan Jiyun.

Rumble!
The sound of horse hooves shook the earth.

Bingtian didn't feel the cold at all, and both sides were filled with passion.

"General, the Tang army has surrounded those slaves with war horses in many layers. Do we need to send people to attack?"

A Tibetan general asked Molu Xiequ.

"Haha! The Tang army actually wants to protect these slaves! Why attack them? They are such good slaves! If we wipe out the Tang army, can't we capture all these slaves?"

Xiequ Meilu said contemptuously.

In his opinion, the Tang army was too suspicious. Did they still want to attack their 10,000 cavalry with only a thousand cavalry?
This is a head-on battle, there is no conspiracy or intrigue.

He admitted that Li Xuan was very brave, comparable to a god. But no matter how brave he was, he was still a human. When Li Xuan was alone in the battle, thousands of cavalrymen attacked him. Not to mention a human, even if a real god descended, he would be killed!
"General, look at the distribution of the Tang army. Three hundred cavalry are roaming around the slaves. Nearly a thousand cavalry are in front of the slaves, and they seem to be rushing towards our main force, intending to confront them head-on! There are also two hundred light cavalry who don't even wear armor, and more than a hundred elite cavalry wearing Mingguang armor. We are destined to have difficulty encircling those light cavalry and Mingguang armor elite cavalry. If Li Xuan is here, will he hide among them and prepare to assassinate the general!"

The Tibetan general reminded Molu Xiequ again.

What he meant was to leave more soldiers to defend in front of the beast flag of Meilu Xiequ.

"My personal guards are all brave warriors who dare to die. There are also 500 cavalrymen protecting us. Can he charge over?"

As soon as Meilu Xiequ finished speaking, he felt something was wrong and said to his subordinates, "Send another thousand cavalry to patrol in front of me. Our 8,000 cavalry are enough to wipe out all the Tang troops."

Judging from the intelligence they had obtained, Li Xuan's bravery was immeasurable and he could not joke with his own life.

The one thousand Tibetan cavalrymen who were selected were very angry. They thought they would no longer have the chance to kill Li Xuan and obtain the "Jade Certificate".

But the Tubo military was very strict, and at least they could not resist openly.

"The attack is about to begin. I want to see if Li Xuan has three heads and six arms!"

Meilu Xiequ felt relieved when he saw the light cavalry surrounding him in large numbers.

He prayed in his heart that Li Xuan must come here. He wanted to use Li Xuan's head to achieve unprecedented military merit and great fame!

"That general is wearing shining armor and leading more than a hundred cavalrymen. Is he Li Xuan, trying to escape when the battle situation is unfavorable?"

Cai Bangda Cang looked at Li Xuan, who was leading more than a hundred cavalrymen in the distance, with a look of frenzy in his eyes.

"Warriors, charge forward. If you charge forward, you will win. Send a thousand cavalrymen to follow me to encircle and destroy the Tang army on the flank!"

Cai Bangdachang wanted to give it a try.

After he issued the military order, thousands of Tibetan cavalry rushed towards Cheshensai and An Zhongzhang.

They were well organized. After receiving the order from Cai Bangdacang, the captains of thousands were in charge, and the centurions and the big five hundred obeyed.

Immediately, a thousand cavalrymen followed Cai Bangda out of the warehouse.

At the same time, there were dozens of personal guards around Cai Bangda Cang.

This is the arrogance of a fierce general. In Cai Bangda's view, if a thousand cavalrymen dare not face more than a hundred cavalrymen, they will just commit suicide.

"Here comes the man who wants to die. After a few rounds of cavalry shooting, you guard my flanks while we advance in a cavalry defensive formation!"

Li Xuan looked at the Tibetan cavalry running towards him and sneered.

He had more than 150 personal guards under his command, and all of them were brave and strong.

"As ordered!"

After receiving the order, the guards began to prepare for horse riding and archery.

Compared with the Tibetan soldiers, the Tang army's greatest advantage was horse riding and archery.

However, under such circumstances, the Tang army had concerns in fighting and could not fully utilize its advantages.

When Li Xuan was riding and shooting, Che Shensai led the Tang army to fight against the Tubo cavalry.

The Tang army was dressed in bright armor and every man was holding a long spear.

"Pfft!"

The god of chariots took the lead, holding a long-handled broadsword and falling with a cold light.

A centurion at the front of the Tibetan army had his head chopped off.

The other Tang troops advanced bravely, all using the stabbing technique. When they collided with each other, blood spurted out and hundreds of soldiers fell off their horses.

The elite Tang troops were in armor, and more of the casualties were Tibetan soldiers.

Che Shensai only led fifty cavalrymen to guard him on both sides. He kept swinging and slashing with the big knife in his hand, and almost every knife could kill an enemy.

"clang!"

When he encountered a Tibetan soldier wearing chain mail, he turned his sword into a blade, blocked the enemy's attack, and then hit him directly. The powerful force was often enough to knock the enemy off his horse.

Not far from Cheshen Pass, An Zhongzhang was also a fierce general. He held a long spear and resisted the attack of Tubo while thrusting forward. He would surely stab any enemy horse that crossed his path.

Although Xin Yunjing's main focus was on protecting women and children, he was leading 300 cavalrymen and was surrounded by a group of Tibetan soldiers on both wings.

He is skilled in martial arts and his spear is as fast as a dragon. Anyone who gets close to him will be stabbed off his horse.

"Are you Li Xuan, the commander of Longyou?"

A Tibetan general saw that Xin Yunjing was young, handsome, and skilled in martial arts, and thought that this was Li Xuan. He shouted in Chinese.

"Are you worthy enough to call our Li Shuai by his name? I am Xin Yunjing from Longyou!"

After saying this, Xin Yunjing thrust his spear straight at the Tibetan general.

"Since you are not Li Xuan, how dare you be so arrogant? I will kill you."

For some reason, the Tibetan general felt relieved and immediately rushed forward with his spear.

It is obvious that if Xin Yunjing were Li Xuan, he would not dare to step forward.

"clang!"

The two horses crossed each other, and the Tubo general saw that Xin Yunjing's thrust was swift, so he changed to blocking.

He skillfully dodged the thrust with his spear and quickly separated the two horses.

After Xin Yunjing dodged, he killed several Tibetan generals.

This Tibetan general also knocked two Tang soldiers off their horses.

The two men turned their horses and rushed towards each other again.

This time, Xin Yunjing adjusted his posture and prepared to use his ultimate move.

The two riders approached again.

"clang!"

A sound of metal and iron was heard.

The gun and the spear seemed to be blocking each other, and neither could do anything to the other.

But when the horse missed him, Xin Yunjing quickly put away his gun. He just used his cleverness to make himself one step faster.

"Pfft!"

The two horses crossed each other, and Xin Yunjing turned back and stabbed the Tibetan general in the back.

The sharp tip of the spear, with its fierce force, broke through the armor.

Although the Tibetan general's armor cushioned the force and prevented him from being pierced, he was seriously injured and had to leave the battlefield quickly.

"Pfft!"

But a Tang soldier suddenly rushed out and stabbed the Tubo general in the eye while he was in unbearable pain.

When the Tang soldiers drew out their spears, the Tibetan general fell off his horse.

The Tang cavalry and the Tibetan cavalry fought in the wilderness. Although the Tibetans outnumbered the Tang army several times, they were unable to distinguish between the two for a while in the face of the Tang army, which was fearless, had better armor and weapons, and had higher combat qualities.

On the other side, Nan Jiyun led the light cavalry and also tied down thousands of Tibetan cavalry.

Nan Jiyun had only 200 cavalrymen under his command, but he still divided the team into two.

He and Li Sheng each led a team and supported each other.

Moreover, the team of one hundred people was divided into small teams of ten people, and they dispersed and shot.

The fierce Tibetan general Langchi Sangyangdun thought that Li Xuan was mixed in with the light cavalry, so he led thousands of cavalry to encircle and suppress the light cavalry.

Knowing that Li Xuan was an expert in archery, he did not dare to get close and ordered the Tibetan soldiers to divide into teams to chase and intercept him.

Soon, many Tibetan soldiers were killed by the Tang army's magic arrows. Langchi Sangyangton saw that Nan Jiyun and Li Sheng could easily shoot through their armor within seventy or eighty steps, and thought that one of them was Li Xuan.

Then he excitedly called the soldiers to chase and surround them.

Half an hour later, Langchi Sangyangton's face changed drastically.

Because he found that the Tang army's light cavalry was as cunning as loaches. Whenever they approached, the Tang army would shoot a round of arrows and then quickly escape.

"All of their horses are tall and strong! And they don't wear armor, just for the sake of extreme speed. If we continue like this, we won't be able to catch up with them."

Langchi Sangyangton became more and more anxious as he chased.

But if he didn't chase, the Tang army would come up to harass him. He only regretted that there were no large number of archers in his army to compete with the Tang army.

"General, we must dispatch more cavalry to pursue and intercept them!" A cavalryman under Lang Chisang Yangton suggested to him.

"The general is still watching! I can't dispatch more cavalry to surround them!"

Langchi Sangyangton frowned. Meilu Xiequ had not given such an order. If he transferred another thousand soldiers to allow the main force of the Tang cavalry to break through the encirclement, Meilu Xiequ would definitely kill him after the battle.

"Then we can only ignore them for now." Da Wubai said helplessly.

In just over half an hour, they had nearly four hundred casualties.

It seemed that every elite cavalryman of the Tang army was a skilled archer.

If they continue to chase like this, all the warriors under their command will soon be wiped out.

"If we don't take care of them, these flea-like cavalry will rush over to harass us!" Lang Chi Sang Yangdun thought for a moment and said to Da Wubai, "You guys first tie up these Tang cavalry, I'll go report to the general!"

Langchi Sangyangdun decided to tell Meilu Xiequ that Li Xuan might be in the light cavalry team.

If Li Xuan could be killed, the chief general, Meilu Xiequ, would undoubtedly be the first to achieve the feat. However, little did he know that the real Li Xuan was already fighting with Cai Bangda Cang.

Several rounds of archery on horseback did not stop Cai Bangdachang's pursuit.

Cai Bangda Cang, who had been hiding behind the team, saw arrows flying from a hundred steps away, often hitting the faces of the Tibetan soldiers.

He knew that this must be Li Xuan!

He could not contain his joy and ordered his soldiers to give chase.

Since the Tang army wore iron armor and the Tibetans mostly wore leather armor, they could quickly catch up as long as they were within range.

When archery on horseback was not feasible, Li Xuan decisively ordered his troops to circle the horses and charge head-on.

Since he had only a little over a hundred cavalrymen under his command, they were very flexible and could maneuver their horses around to the front without reducing their speed.

The two sides are only fifty steps apart and the battle is about to begin.

"Whoa!"

When they came into the Tibetan shooting range, some Tibetan soldiers swung their slings and some drew their bows and arrows, trying to knock Li Xuan off his horse.

"Clang clang clang!"

Although Li Xuan was wearing armor and inner armor, he still habitually swung his lance to knock down the flying arrows and stones.

"This person's divine eyes?"

When Cai Bangdachang saw Li Xuan show this skill, he was shocked. He thought he couldn't do this.

So he first led his personal guards to retreat behind, and after the soldiers had exhausted Li Xuan's strength, he rushed forward and dealt Li Xuan a fatal blow.

Cai Bangdachang had a nice idea, but Li Xuan had already set his sights on him.

With dozens of armored guards around him, one could tell with one's butt that he was a general of Tubo.

But the Tubo flag was standing on the other side, and that was Li Xuan's target.

Let’s kill this general first as an appetizer!

In an instant, the spears of both sides collided with each other.

"Pfft!"

Li Xuan pierced a Tibetan centurion wearing chain mail with his horse lance. The corpse was lifted high above the lance blade. With a casual swing of his hand, the corpse knocked down two Tibetan cavalrymen who had not yet dispersed.

This is Li Xuan's classic move, which is most likely to shock people.

After the corpse was thrown away, Li Xuan's lance blade swept across like a sharp sword, and several Tibetan cavalrymen who were caught in the crossfire instantly had blood spurting from their necks.

"Pfft!"

Taking advantage of this gap, Li Xuan stabbed another Tibetan soldier to death, picked him up on the blade of his spear and threw him out.

"This is Li Xuan, it's Li Xuan!"

The Tibetan soldiers immediately exclaimed and picked up the man and threw him away like a chicken. This was something that only the legendary Li Xuan could do.

Although this bravery frightened the Tibetan cavalry, more cavalry turned to attack Li Xuan.

"Just in time!"

Li Xuan was complaining that the killing was too slow, but when he saw the Tibetan soldiers riding towards him, he was not afraid at all.

He thrust his spear forward and struck straight ahead, moving swiftly among the forest of blades. He struck with the help of the wind, gaining further momentum.

The spear is drawn out and retracted in one go.

"clang!"

Sometimes he would brandish his spear to block the thrusts of several spears at once. Whenever a Tibetan soldier was hit by Li Xuan's spear, his knuckles would be broken, and some would simply drop the spear.

In just a moment, Li Xuan killed dozens of riders alone.

Since Li Xuan attracted most of the attention, the personal guards followed Li Xuan and attacked freely. Each personal guard killed more than three people.

More than half of the Tibetan soldiers were killed or wounded, and they were on the verge of collapse.

The captain of this team of Tibetan soldiers was an expert archer.

He was lurking in the dark, and finally found an opportunity, drawing his bow and shooting at Li Xuan.

"clang!"

Xue Cuo had been paying attention to Li Xuan's left and right. There was an iron shield on his horse. He raised the shield and rode forward to help Li Xuan block the arrow.

Even if the shield failed to block the arrow, Xue Cuo would use his body to block the arrow for Li Xuan!

"Shuzi!"

After Li Xuan threw the Tibetan soldier off the lance blade, he held the lance in his left hand and took out a javelin from the side of the horse with his right hand.

"call out!"

"Pfft!"

Li Xuan threw the javelin with great force and it broke through the air.

Before the centurion could shoot his next arrow, a javelin pierced his chest. He fell off his horse with his eyes wide open.

All the Tibetan soldiers felt a chill in their hearts.

So fierce!
"Is that human being?"

There were no longer so many Tibetan cavalrymen rushing towards Li Xuan, but any of them who did would die like moths to a flame.

Although Li Xuan is a walking jade seal, this "jade seal" is covered with poisonous thorns. Anyone who reaches out to it will lose his life.

Dozens more people were killed. The Tibetan soldiers did not dare to approach, so Li Xuan rode his horse and charged towards Cai Bangda Cang.

The personal guards followed!

There were a few Tibetan cavalrymen who wanted to die trying to stop him, but Li Xuan helped them.

"General, will you retreat?"

Cai Bangdacang's personal guards were dumbfounded. This was even more cruel than the legend!

They hoped that the general would retreat, temporarily avoid the attack, and wait for the main force to attack.

"retreat!"

Cai Bangdachang boasted that his military strength was stronger than Tongyahu, but now his face turned red and he shouted to retreat.

He knew his own limitations and knew that if he charged forward, he wouldn't be able to last more than thirty moves.

"call out!"

"General, be careful!"

But how could Li Xuan let them go so easily? A javelin flew into the air.

The captain of the personal guards pounced forward and his body was pierced by the javelin.

When Cai Bangda Cang was adjusting his horse, another javelin flew over.

No one helped him at this time!
Cai Bangdachang reacted quickly and rolled off his horse immediately.

Although the fall was very painful, I escaped danger.

"Protect the general!"

The guards finally had the chance to surround them.

At this moment, Li Xuan stabbed to death the Tibetan cavalry who blocked the way and rushed to Cai Bangda warehouse more than ten feet away.

"Li Xuan is a sharpshooter, how could he escape? Where is our courage? Do you still want military merit?"

Cai Bangda Cang then realized that the thousand cavalrymen he led were defeated. Because they wanted to kill Li Xuan with their own hands, they were only more than 20 feet away from Li Xuan.

I didn't leave before, and now I lose the chance to leave.

Li Xuan did not use his bow and arrows, but they were all overwhelmed by his javelin.

"Charge! I am a noble of the Cai Bang clan, carrying a golden certificate of status, and I am the most powerful general in Tubo. Watch me kill Li Xuan!"

Cai Bangdachang shouted loudly, as if he was cheering himself up.

As soon as he finished speaking, he ordered his personal guards to charge first, and he galloped behind them, ready to stab Li Xuan off his horse with one blow when the two horses passed each other.

Cai Bangda Cang's personal guards met Li Xuan first.

Li Xuan attacked left and right, and knocked off several Tibetan guards' horses.

"Go to hell!"

While Li Xuan was putting away his spear, Cai Bangda rushed forward with his spear hidden in his warehouse.

Li Xuan was not in a hurry. He quickly drew back his spear and used the shaft to block the attack.

"clang!"

Cai Bangdachang's spear was blocked, and when his horse was about to move away from Li Xuan, Li Xuan swung his lance hard.

The intersecting weapons immediately pushed towards Cai Bangda Cang, and Cai Bangda Cang felt an irresistible force.

"Oh!"

The next moment, Li Xuan's spear hit Cai Bangda Cang like a mountain pressing down on his head.

Cai Bangdachang's body was swept by the huge force and flew off the horse uncontrollably.

"Pfft!"

Cai Bangdachang, who had just landed, wanted to stand up, but he felt a huge pain in his chest. It turned out that a javelin was inserted into his chest, nailing him to the ground.

Before his pupils dilated, he looked at the gloomy sky, and at that moment he understood what it meant to be like an ant trying to shake a tree.

The price is life!

"General!"

The commander will die and his personal guards will be beheaded!
After a round of charge, the last few Tibetan guards turned their horses and rushed towards Li Xuan.

But before they got close, they were killed by Li Xuan's personal guards.

Only 200 Tibetan cavalrymen were left and they fled!
"This man is carrying a golden certificate, so he should be the deputy commander of this mission! Luo Xing, chop off his head and hang it on the horse!"

Li Xuan gave an order to Luo Xing.

Afterwards, he led his guards towards the flag of Meilu Xiequ.

The battle here was several miles away from the main battlefield, and Meilu Xiequ didn't know yet that his deputy general Cai Bangdacang had been beheaded!
(End of this chapter)