Chapter 340: Champion Hou Came to the Rescue, Even Though He Was Defeated, He Still Had Honor

Although Lan Yu was arrogant, he had the demeanor of a great general.

When he saw the ambush troops of the Arab Empire rushing to the battlefield of Talas from all directions, his handsome face remained calm and fearless.

Lan Yu looked up to the sky and laughed wildly: "Hahaha, you foreigners also want this general to surrender, it's a joke;"

"Left and right Yu Houjun listen to my order--"

"I'm here!"

"Follow me to kill the enemy's main general and take his banner!"

"I got the order!"

At this time, Lan Yu still didn't think of breaking out and retreating as soon as possible, but reorganized his troops and continued to attack the enemy, showing the true qualities of a great general.

Under Lan Yu's command, the left and right Yu Houjun (personal soldiers) under his command once again used Lan Yu as the single arrowhead of the wedge formation, waving their long spears and swords, and charged at the enemy's main general Turhong in front.

In an instant, the shouting and killing shook the sky.

"You don't know what's good for you!"

Turhong grinned, pointed the blade of his sword forward, and shouted: "Warriors of the Abbasid Dynasty, follow this general to kill the enemy general;"

"Whoever kills the enemy commander Lan Yu will be rewarded with a thousand gold!"

The commanders of the two armies led their personal guards to rush together in the core area of ​​the battle. The soldiers of both sides, who had already killed red eyes, sat on horseback and repeated the primitive stabbing and chopping movements;

You cut me with a knife, I stab you with a sword, until you cut the other off the horse, or you are cut off by the other on the horse, until you die.

On the outer battlefield of Talas, the 500,000 ambush troops of the Arab Empire, who rushed to the main battlefield from all directions, also howled and rushed to the center of the battlefield.

As the 500,000 Arab Empire's eastern expedition army entered the battle, the disparity in the strength of the two sides had reached a terrifying 20 to 1, and the strength disadvantage of the Tang cavalry was constantly magnified.

Under the siege of the enemy army that was dozens of times larger than their own, the formation of the 30,000 Anxi cavalry under the command of Lan Yu, the Anxi Marquis of the Tang Dynasty, was constantly divided and eroded by the enemy army, and became smaller and smaller.

"General, the number of the enemy is too large. If we continue to fight like this, our army will be exhausted sooner or later!"

"General, prepare to break through!"

Gradually, in the shrinking defense line of the Tang cavalry, the two deputy generals of Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture), Tan Li and Luo Quan, had already led their respective left and right Yuhou armies to approach General Lan Yu, and finally several main generals in the army joined forces.

"General, you lead the troops to break through, and I will stay behind!"

As he spoke, Zuo Liangcai, the Marquis of Changxin, who had already fought and was covered in blood, also rushed to Lan Yu's side with the only remaining cavalry.

On this trip to the Western Regions, Zuo Liangcai, who was supposed to replace Lan Yu as the deputy governor of Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture), took the initiative to stay behind to cover Lan Yu's retreat, which meant that he had already planned to put his life and death aside.

After this battle, Zuo Liangcai saw the gap between himself and Lan Yu.

He asked himself, if he, Zuo Liangcai, had fought against an enemy dozens of times stronger than himself with such an inferior force, he would have been annihilated by the enemy long ago.

However, General Lan Yu, with only more than 30,000 Tang cavalry, was able to maintain his military spirit and morale in the face of the fierce attack of hundreds of thousands of Arab cavalry;

He even led his left and right Yuhou troops to charge into the enemy's central camp, forcing the enemy's main general to ride out in person.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the enemy's reinforcements, it would be hard to say who would win.

Based on this point, Zuo Liangcai clearly realized the gap between himself and Lan Yu.

In order for the Tang Dynasty to regain control of the Silk Road in the Western Regions, Zuo Liangcai was willing to stay behind to cover Lan Yu's retreat, leaving behind this brave general for the Tang Dynasty and a pioneer in the counterattack against the Arab Empire.

"Marquis Changxin, I appreciate your kindness, but--"

Lan Yu, who was on horseback, killed a Persian cavalryman who rushed up with a sword, and then replied: "Since I followed the emperor to conquer the world, I have never let my comrades die for me;"

"Even if the Tang generals die on the battlefield, they must die on the way to the charge!"

As he said, Lan Yu shouted: "All Tang soldiers, listen to my order--"

"I am here!"

"Follow me and charge again, kill the enemy commander and take his banner!"

"I obey the order!"

After that, Lan Yu, waving his ring-headed sword and shouting, rushed out in front of the soldiers, aiming at Turhong, the general of the Abbasid Dynasty's Eastern Expedition.

Immediately afterwards, the deputy generals Tan Li and Luo Quan also followed the steps of the general Lan Yu and charged without hesitation, having already put life and death aside.

Seeing this, Zuo Liangcai, the Marquis of Changxin, also let out a long roar, followed Lan Yu's steps, and aimed his blade at the enemy's main general Turhong.

For a moment, these four battle-hardened Tang generals gathered their own personal guards and formed an invincible force, and directly killed the enemy's main general Turhong.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of Arab troops on the periphery also launched the final encirclement and suppression attack on the 30,000 Tang cavalry.

The sounds of fighting, wailing, the wailing of war horses, and the shrill sounds of falcons circling at low altitudes intertwined and resounded over the wilderness of Talas.

Boom!

The next moment, a thunderbolt broke through the sky. It was the heavy dark clouds that finally couldn't bear the accumulated rain. The heavy rain poured down from far to near, pouring down on the long-dry Talas Gobi Desert.

This belated rain mercilessly beat the soldiers of both sides on the battlefield, and even washed out the brown and yellow sand that was originally stained with blood. Streams of dark red streams gathered and flowed into the distance.

At this point in the fierce battle, 70,000 of the 30,000 Tang cavalry had been killed. The remaining 2,000 or 3,000 Anxi cavalry were still fighting hard with powerful enemies from outside the region under the leadership of General Lan Yu and several Tang warriors. At the end of their lives, they still fulfilled their oath to defend every inch of the Tang Dynasty.

Hahaha!

On horseback, Lan Yu howled to the sky, raised his hand to wipe his cheek covered by rain, and said with a wry smile: "Today's defeat in Talas is not because I, Lan Yu, am not brave enough, and it is not because the soldiers of the Tang Anxi Iron Cavalry are not brave enough!"

"If the heaven wants to kill me, Lan Yu, I have to die;"

"But, I, Lan Yu, will never admit defeat, and will never surrender!"

"The Tang champion, Marquis Huo Qubing, is here, who dares to be presumptuous?"

Suddenly, Lan Yu, who was howling to the sky, seemed to hear someone shouting loudly outside the battlefield.

Afterwards, the other Tang army generals also listened carefully.

"The Tang champion, Marquis Huo Qubing, is here, who dares to be presumptuous?"

"The Tang champion, Marquis Huo Qubing, is here, who dares to be presumptuous?"