Chapter 1045

After seeing the camp stretching for miles in front of him, Li forgot to worry and suddenly realized that he seemed to have made a big mistake... That is to ignore the number advantage of Xue yantuo's army!

Although he knew the fatal weakness of Xue yantuo's dismounted cavalry array, it was extremely difficult to break this weakness in the face of absolute advantage.

Yi man Khan holds more than 100000 troops, and it is impossible to invest all his troops to fight with him at one time.

So even if he defeated tens of thousands of xueyantuo army, it didn't make any sense. Yi man Khan still holds nearly 100000 troops in his hands, and will not give him the opportunity to send cavalry to raid the rear horse team for the second time.

Ten thousand steps back, even if Yi man Khan's brain was crippled to the extreme and ordered more than 100000 troops to dismount and fight with Datang, Li forgets worry and has no chance.

You know, Xue yantuo's army consists of five people in a team. During the battle, four people dismounted and lined up, and one person guarded the horses in the rear.

More than 100000 troops, including nearly 30000 rear troops guarding horses in the rear!

In Li's hands, there were only two thousand cavalry.

Unless he can turn out thousands of cavalry, it would be a dream to rely on only two thousand cavalry to defeat 30000 people!

Another way to defeat Xue yantuo's army is to use the three-stage shooting of composite steel crossbow. Li forgets worry to be sure that only if there are enough crossbows and arrows, even if there are thousands of troops opposite, he is not afraid.

But the bad thing is that there are limited arrow feathers in the quiver of two thousand bow crossbow men.

This is not a real-time strategy game. As long as there are soldiers, there will be an endless stream of bows and arrows to shoot.

The standard configuration of the Tang army is that each Bowman carries 75 crossbows and arrows, which is the same as that of later Mongolian cavalry. This has been dependent on the fact that the Tang Dynasty is not short of horses. It can equip enough horses and camels to carry supplies and other materials for bow and crossbow men, otherwise it can't carry so many crossbows and arrows.

Longbowmen in medieval Europe usually carried only 50 arrows when they were fully loaded.

The two thousand crossbow men under Li QIAOYOU's command came all the way. All the crossbows and arrows in the quiver were consumed, but now there are only fifty or sixty crossbows and arrows per person.

Relying on these crossbows and arrows alone, it would be wishful thinking to defeat the hundreds of thousands of Xue yantuo cavalry opposite.

Without crossbows and arrows, the composite steel crossbow in the hands of two thousand bow crossbow men is as good as a gun without bullets. It's not even as good as a fire rod.

If the Yi man Khan ignores it and hundreds of thousands of troops surround him, he has great ability to forget his worries. I'm afraid he can't fly.

After trying to understand these things, Li forgot to worry about his back and couldn't help sweating.

For the persuasion of the dandies and Mituo, although Li forgets worry, he can only nod silently: "OK! Let's withdraw! Special mother, those two bastards, cheap Yi man and Jie Li!"

He spat angrily at the foot of the hill. Li forgot to worry and turned to call the people down the mountain to prepare for the withdrawal of the whole army.

Li forgets to worry that he is ready to run, but Yi man Khan is not willing to let him go.

After Li forget worry made a decision, the Tang army directly gave up the camp just set up. The rear team changed to the front team and retreated directly to the south.

But the army ran only tens of miles away, and the scouts guarding and investigating behind the army quickly reported that Xue yantuo's army also pulled out of the camp and overtook the Tang army.

Li forgot to worry and scolded secretly, but he was helpless. He could only order the whole army to speed up and evacuate to the south.

Today's situation is completely reversed from some time ago.

Before, Li Lianyou led the Tang army to chase and kill Jie Lipeng, but now it is Yi man Khan with his son Jie Lipeng to chase and kill Li Lianyou

Thanks to the nine thousand Tang riders led by Li Qieyou, there were no shortage of horses. They rode three people, and the small troops moved forward lightly. For a while and a half, they were not afraid to be overtaken by Xue yantuo's army.

However, the sharp decline of the situation brought the morale of the 9000 Tang troops to the bottom.

One second before, they were still arrogant winners. The next moment, they were driven out like lost dogs by the Xue yantuo people. It was really a blow.

The Tang army retreated all the way to the south, but Xue yantuo's army was unwilling to spare and pursued it.

Who let Li forget worry kill Ba Zhuo, the legitimate son of Yi man Khan, and led the Tang army to kill 50000 cavalry of Jieli? He also pursued them all the way recklessly and killed them all the way to Xue yantuo's court.

If Yi man Khan just swallowed his anger and didn't retaliate, I'm afraid he couldn't sit steadily.

After all, Xue yantuo was established soon, and the hearts of all tribes in Khan were still unstable. If Li forgets to worry about such a dignified slap in the face and then goes away, I'm afraid it won't be long before the xueyantuo Khanate will be divided.

In order to stop Tang Qinan from escaping, Yi man Khan sent all the elite ten thousand Wolves under his command.

With the speed of their horses, the ten thousand wolf riders brought a lot of trouble to Li forgetful Tang riders. Fortunately, with the composite steel crossbow in hand, it is also enough to suppress the arrogance of wolf riding.

After leaving hundreds of corpses, Langqi didn't dare to press into Tang Jun again. He could only fall behind Tang Qi not far away and near, harassing Tang Jun's marching speed day and night.

In this regard, Tang Jun is also miserable, but because his horse is not as fast as the other party, he can't catch up and can't drive away. Li forgets worry and has no good way. He can only ignore them.

In this way, more than ten days passed in a flash.

During this period, nearly 100 people were killed or injured because of the attack of wolves. Of course, Xue yantuo's wolf riding didn't work well. In order to delay the withdrawal of the Tang army to the south, he left nearly a thousand bodies.

But even so, Tang Jun was in trouble.

Mobei is too big. It's more than 2000 miles from yudujun mountain to the Great Wall.

The Tang army marched lightly, but only about a hundred miles a day. To return to Datang and cross the Great Wall, it's only half way now.

But after being chased by Xue yantuo's army for more than ten days, wolves continued to attack. People were tired and horses were exhausted. It seemed that they would be unsustainable.

Today, before sunset, the Tang army rushed into a river valley. Li forgetful immediately ordered the army to camp here for repair.

Although Mobei is a grassland, it also has mountains and rivers.

The valley where they are now located is flanked by mountains and stones, with lush trees on the mountain and a winding river several meters wide at the bottom of the valley.

The whole valley is no more than a hundred steps wide. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is a rare place for the Tang army to rest at ease. At least there is no need to worry about being attacked by wolves in the middle of the night.

As long as you get stuck at the entrance of the river valley, you don't worry about the harassment of wolves.

The exhausted Tang army dismounted one after another. Before they had time to rest, they led the same tired horses to the river to drink water and brush horses. These horses were Tang Jun's most trusted partners, so taking care of them was every Tang Jun's primary task.

After Li and the dandies handed over their horses to the pro guards and episodes nearby to take care of them, they were not idle. They led several pro guards up the hillside to observe the enemy situation.

Looking at the wolf riding army camped a few miles away, Li forgot to worry and couldn't help scolding in his heart.

Fang Yiai directly scolded: "zhiniang thief, these damn wolves are really haunted by riding! Ziyou, what should we do now? If we continue to run like this, our horses may not be able to last long. I'm afraid they can't run away from the wolf cubs growing up on the grassland."

Li Qieyou nodded silently. As Fang Yiai said, in fact, everyone knows, but he suffers from no strategy to break the situation.

For a moment, everyone was silent.

After a long time, Mituo suddenly said, "Your Highness, the old slave has the courage to speak. It's easy to defend and difficult to attack here. If your highness gives the army to the old slave, your highness should not take care of this matter. Go back to Chang'an quickly. Your majesty is still waiting for your highness to return to Tai Chi palace."

Mituo's words made Li forget his worries and everyone stunned. He immediately reacted and understood what Mituo meant.

Obviously, Mituo plans to lead the rest of the Tang army to defend the river valley here, so as to give Li forgetful worry and the dandies time to escape.

The ability of the Tang army, even if the Yi man Khan led more than 100000 troops to arrive, it may not be able to break the defense of the Tang army in a moment and a half.

As long as it took a few days, Li forgot to worry, and they could easily escape from the pursuit of Xue yantuo's army.

Mito's words made the dandies look at each other, but they didn't know how to answer for a moment.

If they don't want to steal lives, it's naturally false.

But if they were to leave the Tang army and escape on their own, Chumo and them would not.

All the people were speechless for a moment, and they all looked at Li forgetful and wanted to see how he answered.

Li forgot to worry, but he smiled and patted Mituo on the shoulder: "ha ha, Mituo, I'm still alive. Do you want to rob me of my military power? Get out of here! Don't forget, your majesty hasn't made an order for a day, and I'm still the chief manager of the western expedition!"

"Your Highness..." when Mituo was in a hurry and wanted to persuade again, ah die beside Li forgetful worry suddenly made a sound.

"No, there is smoke and dust on the south side of the river valley and cavalry!"

Ah's words startled everyone and turned their heads one after anothe