Chapter 1023: The Elite Sacrifices on the Road of No Return
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"Kill! Kill! Surrender and exchange!"
When the Japanese envoys went to the Honglu Temple for dinner, on the battlefield, the Tang soldiers continued to shout and fight while it was still dark.
Tubo threw a lot of things again, the tents were completely gone, and the tools for work were also thrown on the ground.
Zhaxi Kure, who was running in front, wanted to turn back and kill, to kill his own people.
After fighting, he threw a lot of things and ran back by himself. Where can he find tools?
At night, he would be cold without a tent. Tents are made of leather and are very precious.
He held back his anger and looked up at the sun. It seemed that there was still some time before the mountain set. Why was it so slow?
"Change horses." A general in the team shouted.
As the shouts fell, more than 4,000 people jumped from the horses under them to the horses next to them.
The horses without burdens seemed to be refreshed.
"Change horses." The Yulin Flying Cavalry, who had always been wandering on the edge and shooting arrows, followed closely to change horses.
They have three horses per person, and the Tibetans can only run with two horses per person.
The rest of the cavalry are finished. With only one horse, how far can they run fast?
When encountering that kind of cavalry, the Yulin Flying Cavalry will ignore it after a round of arrow rain and continue to chase the ones in front.
The ones behind will be handed over to other Tang cavalry, and the horses of the Yulin Flying Cavalry are more tired.
Once a group of enemies have bad horses, they will definitely rush to the Yulin Flying Cavalry.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry dares to fight and can fight desperately, but in the current situation, they don’t fight, and just run to the side when chasing.
Just dodge, anyway, your horses have no strength, and you can shoot arrows while dodging.
The horses of the Yulin Flying Cavalry are good, they are good horses when they are selected, not to mention feeding and training in Chang'an.
Whose horses can provide different concentrates at any time? Can they eat eggs?
Normally, it is a luxury for one person to ride two horses, and usually the other horse has to carry something.
Sometimes both horses are tired and the road is not easy to walk, so people get off the horse.
The trend of one man riding three horses really started when the Mongols rose. They had many horses, and some of the horses would carry mares with milk, which they used to drink milk for supply.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry did not wear heavy armor, but won by speed and archery. The heavy armor they wore made them unable to run.
If they had extra weight, they would carry more arrows.
Guo Zhiyun did not know how strong the Yulin Flying Cavalry would be when they really fought in the wild.
He estimated that of the more than 40,000 enemy troops, 20,000 to 30,000 would remain.
20,000 was relatively stable, and 30,000 was expected.
As a result, the Tibetans who ran away now were the Tibetans with two horses, the extra fraction of the more than 40,000.
The Tibetans who ran away finally saw how powerful the private army of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was, mainly because they were difficult to deal with.
If you rush at him, he will run, and then turn around and shoot arrows.
If the two sides are 100 steps away, the arrows can fly 120 steps.
After the runner has finished shooting arrows, even if he is hit by an arrow, it is only a flesh wound.
The person chasing him will suffer differently. He runs towards the arrows and pierces them in one go.
So the chaser fell down.
If they didn't chase, the Yulin Flying Cavalry would use their weapons to shoot arrows from a distance. They didn't have to shoot people, they could shoot horses.
The whole process of running and chasing was always a process of elimination. The quality of the horses and the riding skills determined who would be eliminated.
The only thing the Tibetans who were running at this time could look forward to was the dark.
They were basically all Tibetans, not people from other tribes, and only they were qualified to ride two horses.
Just like the people who had challenged the battle before, why did they stop? They were not afraid of death, they just didn't want to die when they couldn't kill the enemy.
In summer, the days are long and the nights are short.
Today is just five days after the summer solstice, which is the longest day in the year.
It's usually eight o'clock in the evening, and it's still dawn.
Then after six hours, it's dawn again.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry is very patient. They are not reckless men. They play to their strengths.
There are many horses, good horses, good bows, and good arrows. As for archery and riding skills, the enemy and us are basically the same.
‘Shua shua shua!’ The Yulin Flying Cavalry lured, and the two sides exchanged arrows again.
More than 40 Tibetans fell off their horses, and none of the Yulin Flying Cavalry was safe.
“Take my horse.” Someone in the Tibetan team suddenly shouted, he looked at the people next to him, and rode out.
When he got outside, he suddenly turned over and got off the horse, rolled on the ground for a few circles, got up, and limped towards the Yulin Flying Cavalry behind him with a knife.
He had no arrows, and he didn’t know he would meet so many Yulin Flying Cavalry.
He left the horse to others, and he…
‘Swoosh’ The Yulin Flying Cavalry shot an arrow into the chest of this person when he was more than 20 steps away from him, and the horse deviated and passed by.
“I’m not dead yet.” The man grabbed the arrow shaft and rushed forward again with a knife, blood gushing out of his mouth.
“Take my horse!” After another round of arrow rain exchange, another Tibetan rushed out.
"Take my remaining arrows and horse, I am Jiamen." Someone handed over the last two arrows, but left a horse because it was dying.
He had a knife stuck in the horse's buttocks, the horse jumped out, and an arrow came and hit him in the throat.
His body shook, and he fell on the horse's back with his eyes wide open.
Boom, the horse rushed through the last journey of its life, its front legs softened, and it fell to the ground, its belly heaving slightly, but it could never stand up, exhausted.
Someone set an example, and on the road of chasing and escaping, more Tibetans began to learn from it, using their own lives to provide their companions with a chance to escape.
When there was still a glimmer of afterglow on the horizon, the Yulin Flying Cavalry stopped chasing.
There were less than 3,000 Tibetans left, and it was about 35 minutes before dark.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry were reluctant to give up their horses. They had three horses each and took turns. Now they couldn't bear it anymore. If they continued to chase, one of the horses would die.
They stopped, turned over and got off the horses, took out the water bags to water and feed the horses, and some took out knives and iodine to bleed the horses.
Then they grabbed a handful of peppercorns and let the horses lick them and eat them. The horses rubbed their masters affectionately with their heads.
"Not many of their horses will survive. We will continue to chase them at dawn." Qin Li shook his wrist and said to the Tibetans who were going away.
"Who can help me get the arrow? I got an arrow in my back. It feels a little deep. There is a boy who is strong and uses a different bow."
A Yulin Flying Cavalry came over and lay on the ground.
There was indeed an arrow in his back, which penetrated his leather armor. This was when he ran when others were chasing him.
The bows they used were actually strong enough, but it is not ruled out that some Tibetans were stronger and used stronger bows.
Someone came to help, cut open the leather armor and check.
"It's okay, it's only one inch deep, you'll suffer for a few days." The person who was watching took out the tools to help him take out the arrow, which had a hook at the front.
After piercing the muscle, the muscle contracted and clamped the arrow.
You need to pull the hook, you can't just pull it out hard.
Not long after the arrow was taken out, with the light of the setting sun, the person who pulled the arrow shook his head: "It's insidious, there is rust, come, test the sensitivity, and give you a tetanus shot."
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The person lying on the ground had no anesthetic and was shivering with pain. He had just bitten the grass to endure it.
The wound was nearly one inch deep, there was no tetanus, there was rust on the arrow, and there was no iodine to clean it, it was probably over.
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for providing us with exercise courses to build up our muscles. Otherwise, I would have stabbed you through."
The man who was sucking the medicine with a syringe next to him smiled and said that he was not in a heavy mood because the injured people would not die.
Li Yi asked them to exercise and build up their muscles, which are now useful.