Chapter 1980 Iron Cavalry Cavalry Falls from the Sky (Part 2)
Chapter 1978: Iron Cavalry Cavalry Cavalry Cavalry Cames (Part 2)
When Li Shimin thought of the tens of thousands of Qin army cavalry on his way to pursue him, he could no longer sit still and quickly ordered: "Hurry, send all the sentry out, be sure to find out where the Qin army is and the specific number of people."
"No."
Looking at the spies leaving, two results had emerged in Li Shimin''s mind.
First, no trace of the Qin army was found, which shows that the Qin army did not divide the troops into two groups, nor did they send cavalry to pursue them alone. The previous speculations were that they were overthinking.
Second, it was found the traces of the Qin army. After all, if the Qin army really asked the cavalry to chase after it, it would be impossible to completely cover it up.
If the former is the one, it will naturally be beneficial to the Tang army, but if the latter is the other, the 60,000 Tang army in Luoyang will be in danger.
Li Shimin led the Tang army to continue retreating while waiting for the report of the wardens, and learned two days later that a large number of Qin cavalry appeared a hundred miles away.
"Report to the lord, a large number of cavalry traces were found a hundred miles away."
"What?"
As soon as this news came out, all the senior executives of Li Tang were in a rage.
The Qin cavalry appeared a hundred miles away before the Tang army received the exact news. This not only showed that the Qin army was intending to hide its traces, but also showed that the Qin cavalry had a clear purpose and had come to pursue the Tang army from the beginning.
The distance of a hundred miles is just a long-distance raid for the Qin cavalry, and it will take only one day to catch up with the Tang army.
But for the Tang army, which was mixed with infantry and cavalry, it was not enough to go to Hongnong County.
The Heluo Plain is a flat horse and is very suitable for cavalry combat.
If the Tang army was caught up by the Qin cavalry on such a plain terrain, it would be a luxury to withdraw it.
As soon as everyone thought of this, there was a deep sense of worry between everyone''s eyebrows.
After a little thought, Li Shimin asked, "Can we find out the specific number of Qin troops?"
"I failed to find out that the number of Qin soldiers was too large to count them in detail. It should be roughly more than 30,000."
"What?"
Li Shimin suddenly screamed. He had a glimmer of expectations and hoped that the Qin army would be less than 20,000, but he did not expect that the Qin army would be more than 30,000.
Cavalry confronted infantry on the plains, with one cavalry reaching at least five infantry, but the Tang army had 60,000 elite infantry and cavalry mixed army.
If the number of Qin cavalry chased is less than 20,000, the number of 60,000 Tang army infantry and cavalry cooperates with the cooperation, it may not be impossible to repel the pursued Qin army, but if it reaches 30,000, it will be very dangerous.
30,000 cavalry charged on the plain, and with the blessing of the terrain, the combat power burst out was enough to defeat the 60,000 Tang troops head-on.
What''s more, there are more than 30,000 Qin troops chasing us.
Once the Tang army is defeated by the Qin cavalry, and it is also in the plain, it will be only a matter of time before it is eaten up.
Therefore, for the Tang army, facing the pursuit of more than 30,000 cavalry, it is difficult to avoid the fate of being defeated once it is caught up, and once it is defeated, it means that the entire army is wiped out.
"How could this happen?" Li Shimin clenched his fists with unwilling expression.
By the way, hasn’t the Qin army started a war with the Qing Dynasty? In order to deal with a country like the Qing Dynasty, where the dynamic axis can send more than 100,000 cavalry, shouldn’t Qin Hao be transferred all the cavalry to Youzhou? Why did he send so many cavalry to Sizhou?
Li Shimin did not visit the battlefield in Youzhou in person, so he did not understand the situation.
The Qin army had enough cavalry in Youzhou. Even if these 40,000 cavalry were used in Youzhou, they would not surpass the Qing Dynasty in cavalry, but it was completely different when used in the southern battlefield.
Among the three kingdoms of Tang, Shu and Chu, the Tang Kingdom was not bad. Because Shu and Chu were located in the south, they were extremely short of cavalry.
40,000 cavalry could not make any waves in the north, but they could play a crucial role in the south, so Qin Hao arranged so many cavalry to the 200,000 Hebei army.
"In less than a day, the Qin army''s cavalry will catch up, but in so much time, it is not enough for our army to withdraw. Do you have any plans to retreat?" Li Shimin looked at everyone with hope, but there was a silence on the scene, and everyone fell into deep thought.
The 60,000 infantry and 40,000 iron cavalry meet on the plains. You will definitely not be able to fight head-on, and you can''t escape even if you want to. This is already a dead end.
"Lord, we can set up an ambush to fight the Qin army."
“Yes, this method is good.”
"But the commander of the 40,000 cavalry this time is Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, a famous general of the Qin army. This man is famous for his speed, accuracy and ruthlessness, and he is cautious by nature. What kind of ambush can make him fall into siege?"
As soon as this statement came out, the scene suddenly fell silent.
Want to ambush Zhang Liao? This is too difficult.
Besides, there is another important question, that is, the land of Heluo is flat, so how can there be a suitable place to set up ambush?
"King of Tang, you must make a choice." Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Li Shimin''s eyes were filled with pain, and he felt extremely regretful of his rash move, otherwise he would never have been in such a dilemma.
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Zhang Liao led 40,000 cavalry and entered the boundary of Yin in Henan, but did not enter Luoyang without stopping and continued to pursue.
"General, Luoyang has sent 10,000 troops out of the city to support us. It is now only thirty miles away from the Tang army."
Zhang Liao asked with surprise: "Luoyang still dispatches 10,000 troops?"
As far as Zhang Liao knew, most of the Luoyang city was recruited, and there were not many elite soldiers. How could it be that ten thousand troops could be sent out of the city to fight?
"Mr. Jia sent a Detachment of Women and then he gathered a 10,000 army. Now the head of the army is Mrs. Mu, and your wife is here, General."
"What?"
Zhang Liao subconsciously exclaimed.
Hu Sanniang has left the army since she got married to him, and now she has returned to the Women''s Detachment. She must have had more than one female general to return to the team, which shows how dangerous the situation in Luoyang was before.
The female generals who have married in the Women''s Army are basically the wives of the big men in the army. Not only her own wife is in the army, but even the princess is in the army now.
If this is a little damaged, Zhang Liao will not be able to bear the responsibility.
"Send the order to speed up the marches, and don''t let the wife suffer any damage." Zhang Liao shouted.
"No."
[Dingdong, Zhang Liao''s skill "raid" is launched. When launching a raid or charge, the movement speed of the troops increases and combat power increases. The command of the generals is +3, and the power of the military force is +3.
Zhang Liao: Commander 98 (+1) and force 102 (+5). The current commander has risen to 101 and force has risen to 105. 】
With the blessing of the "raid", the speed of the 40,000 cavalry increased significantly, reaching an average speed of 180 miles a day, and the distance between them and the Tang army was rapidly narrowed.
"Report...The Qin cavalry is less than fifty miles away from our army."
"What? How could it be so fast?"
"Report...The Qin army is less than thirty miles away from our army."
“…The Qin army is less than ten miles away from our army.”
?Guaranteed
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(This chapter ends)