Li Xiang immediately ordered his men to ambush on both sides of the hillside. These cavalrymen marching at night should have come from the depths of Tuyuhun, and they seemed to have a purpose, and their marching speed was not slow at night.
Others may not know who this army belongs to, but the eldest princess is very clear about it because this army belongs to the Tuyuhun royal court tribe.
The eldest princess had lost contact with the royal court for two days, so Tuyuhun Khan sent his most elite cavalry to search north along the eldest princess's hunting route.
Two days ago, this army received the last news about the eldest princess, so they did not take a rest and rushed to the tribe where the eldest princess was, hoping to get ahead of the Tang army and bring the eldest princess back as soon as possible.
Li Xiang looked at it in the darkness. It was about 1,500 meters long. Based on the calculation of three cavalrymen in each row, this cavalry had more than 2,000 people, and they should be the most elite cavalry.
Tears were already flowing from the eldest princess's eyes. These people were all the most elite warriors of Tuyuhun, but unfortunately they were far inferior to Li Xiang's army. First of all, they could not see the situation thirty-five miles away, but Li Xiang's people could know the situation of everyone around them.
The second is the gap in weapons between the two sides. Li Xiang has distributed crossbows to everyone, so when the attack comes later, Li Xiang only needs to give an order, and his thousands of people can attack these people with crossbows. One person can fire ten sleeve arrows in a short period of time, which can penetrate all objects within fifty meters, and these people will have no chance of survival.
What Li Xiang regrets now is these war horses. He also has many war horses that need to be replaced. If he can intercept these war horses intact, it will be a considerable expense for him. Unfortunately, he does not have the time now. As these people are getting closer and closer, Li Xiang is already ready. He just needs to be the first to launch an attack, and the rest of the people will rush forward to deal with these most elite cavalry of Tuyuhun.
"Kill him."
Seeing that everyone had entered his ambush circle, Li Xiang gave an order and fired the crossbow in his hand first.
Ten meters in front of Li Xiang, a cavalryman looked around in horror. Unfortunately, he didn't even utter a word before he was pierced through the body by Li Xiang's crossbow. The soldiers around him also realized that they were ambushed, but they had no time to react. There were too many people around them, and most importantly, there were too many arrows shot at them.
Li Xiang is a person from modern society, so he naturally understands what a saturation attack is. Now Li Xiang has arranged his 4,000 men here. Each of them carries a chain crossbow, and can shoot out ten arrows in about 20 seconds. This means that more than 40,000 arrows have been shot out, and there are only less than 2,000 people among them. It is conceivable how these people will be beaten.
vomit…
One soldier couldn't hold it in any longer. Although this was not his first time on the battlefield, the situation before him made him want to vomit the food he had eaten. A Tuyuhun soldier in front of him was hit by nine sleeve arrows all over his body, with two on his face. It was so scary that even his own father might not be able to recognize him.
"Find some usable warhorses. Go up and give me a good stab to those who are still alive. See if they have anything valuable on them. Take away everything you can. If you can't take anything away, leave them here. We don't have enough lamp oil right now, so we can't waste it on them. In short, we can't leave any of them alive. Our whereabouts cannot be exposed."
Li Xiang was pulling the arrows out of the dead man's body while giving orders. The chain crossbow was indeed a good thing, but it consumed too many arrows.
Although one point can be exchanged for one hundred arrows, Li Xiang still doesn't want his men to develop a habit of wasting. What's more, the arrows given by the system are of good quality and can be used three or four times without any problem. There is no need to waste them all here. If an arrow is really unusable, Li Xiang will never force his men to use it. But if it can be saved a little, there is no need to let the troops develop a habit of wasting.
"ah…"
Screams continued to be heard. Some people were shot in the thigh and fell to the ground. They hid by leaning on the body of the warhorse. Unfortunately, they were discovered during the inspection. We have no mercy. The battlefield is so cruel. It is either you die or I die. If I spare your life today, and if I fall into your hands tomorrow, can you promise to spare my life too?
The cloth on the eldest princess's mouth has been pulled out. If it had been blocked for a long time, she would probably have difficulty breathing. But at this moment, the eldest princess wanted to shout loudly, but unfortunately no sound came out of her mouth. The scene just now left a deep shock to the eldest princess.
These troops were the most elite troops of Tuyuhun, and were the royal cavalry of her father. In the past, if there were rebellious tribes in Tuyuhun, the army of her father could defeat ten tribes with one and destroy other tribes immediately. Therefore, there were many legends about this army on the grassland, but no one expected that such a powerful army could not even last half an hour in Li Xiang's hands.
The two thousand-man teams had a total of two thousand people. Within half an incense stick of time, all of them were killed by Li Xiang's men. However, Li Xiang did not leave the princess much time to grieve. Instead, he immediately pulled the princess onto a four-wheeled carriage, and then left with the rest of the people. Only two thousand slowly cooling corpses were left on the spot.
If the eldest princess could be freed, she would have only one thought now, which is to return to her father as quickly as possible and persuade her father to quickly conclude a peace agreement with the Tang Dynasty, because this army is really too terrifying. Although there are only more than 6,000 people, it is definitely not something that Tuyuhun can resist. Even the royal cavalry suffered the same result in front of them, let alone other armies.
Seven days later.
On a sunny morning, Li Xiang woke up from his sleep. He had run more than a hundred miles last night and finally got rid of the pursuing cavalry.
Now his whole body felt like it was falling apart, but when he thought of today's goal, Li Xiang immediately felt strong all over. Today, Li Xiang's target was the Ronggong tribe, the third largest tribe of Tuyuhun...