Chapter 1986: Soldiers are the most powerful and powerful (Part 1)
Chapter 1984: Soldiers are the most powerful (Part 1)
Zhang Liao did not expect that at this critical moment, he would send a brilliant plan from Military Commander Jia. After taking apart, the content on it stunned him.
"Soldiers are more important than speed? What does it mean?"
Zhang Liao frowned slightly, and he couldn''t understand Jia Xu''s intention.
"Why should the military advisor let me fight quickly? It is obvious that our army has the advantage now, and it is more beneficial to slow down at this time. The quick battle will only increase casualties."
The Qin army that caught up with them not only had 40,000 iron cavalry and 10,000 elite infantry cavalry, but also had a total of 160,000 Qin army behind them.
In this case, it is obvious that the longer it delays, the more unfavorable it is to the Tang army, and the more beneficial it is to the Qin army.
Of course, the reason why Zhang Liao wanted to slow down was mainly because the Tang army turned into the Ai Army and laid a dragon gate formation to restrain the cavalry.
If you fight quickly at this time, even if you can win in the end, you will definitely win miserably.
Not cost-effective.
Zhang Liao didn''t want to kill his 40,000 cavalry in order to annihilate these 50,000 infantrymen.
There are only 40,000 cavalry among the 200,000 Qin troops in Hebei. In addition to supporting Sizhou, they also help to assist Jingbei against Shu and Chu. If there are too many casualties in Sizhou, then a series of subsequent combat plans will be affected.
Based on this consideration, Zhang Liao couldn''t help but waver at Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu did not come to the battlefield in person, so how could he calculate everything? Maybe he was wrong this time?
"No, the military advisor has not miscalculated yet. Since he has left some tips, it means that this matter is not as simple as it seems."
As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Liao couldn''t help but feel alert and began to recall all the details before and after the war started.
The war is still continuing.
Xu Huang and Zhang He''s two cavalrymen continued to pour arrows into the Longmen formation. They soon launched ten rounds, killing about 3,000 Tang soldiers.
Two small formations of 5,000 people were missing each, and the large area was empty, but the Dragon Gate formation did not collapse because of this.
One soldier who had been killed for more than twenty minutes, but Li Shimin did not feel sorry for him at all. He still calmly commanded the Longmen Formation and passively defended the Qin army''s attack.
As he was shooting, Xu Huang and Zhang He found that fewer and fewer Tang troops could be shot and killed. After 14,000 feather arrows were down, they could only shoot nearly one hundred Tang troops.
This is actually very normal. After all, those who can be killed have been shot to death. If the rest are either hiding behind the shield formation, or there is a cover, or the division is too scattered, and the lethality of the bow and arrow to the Tang army has been greatly reduced.
After realizing this, Xu Huang and Zhang He decisively changed their goals and led the army straight to the next small formation. After all, they could not catch a sheep and fleece.
Xu Huang and Zhang He continued to harvest the Tang army little by little, but Li Shimin still had no reaction at all, and did not care about the lives and death of the soldiers.
"Mr. Sima, your plan has worked. The Qin army really did not dare to join the formation. They could only use our army''s strength little by little outside the formation."
Li Shimin smiled and said, "If you win this battle, you should be the first to win."
Sima Yi smiled humbly and said, "Even if Yi doesn''t say that Your Highness will definitely do this. Yi''s real contribution is just to help Your Highness make up for the Dragon Gate Formation."
"This is also a great contribution. Having this dragon gate formation is equivalent to putting a layer of armor on our army."
A strange look flashed in Li Shimin''s eyes, and then he said, "Next, it depends on whether Li Keyong and Zhao She can arrive on time. If they can arrive in time, it would be worth half of the 50,000 troops shot and killed by the Qin army." Hearing this, Sima Yi couldn''t help but think in his heart that Li Shimin is really a hero.
Sima Yi did not expect that Li Shimin had such great courage to put the 50,000 army on the target of the Qin army, but what he did was just to create a chance to win.
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On the other side, Zhang He and Xu Huang turned to the next target, and Zhang Liao received the news.
"Report to the general, Xu Huang and Zhang He, both of whom have shifted their targets and are now attacking Xiumen and the wounded gate."
Zhang Liao came back to his senses after hearing the news.
Looking at the two cavalry that harvested the lives of Tang soldiers little by little, Zhang Liao couldn''t help but frown and said, "It''s too slow. If you continue to fight like this, even if the Tang army stands still, our army will not be able to completely wipe out the Tang army even if it shoots for two days."
The other generals looked at Zhang Liao in confusion. When a person is not dead, he can shoot and kill a large number of enemy troops. Why are you still dissatisfied with such a good thing?
Zhang Liao also knew that this was a good thing, but he always felt something was wrong in his heart.
Tang Jun just stood still and used as a target for himself. Is there really no other way to fight back, or is there a deeper conspiracy?
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Suddenly, a bold idea appeared in Zhang Liao''s mind and he quickly asked left and right: "Does the Tang army have other cavalry in Sizhou?"
"Report to the general, yes, the total number of Tang cavalry invaded this time was 30,000, and the most elite 10,000 were brought to Luoyang by Li Shimin, while the other 20,000 were under the command of Zhao She and Li Keyong, and are currently stationed in the areas of Aiwang and Yiyang."
"What!"
Zhang Liao suddenly widened his eyes. He finally realized what he had overlooked and understood what Jia Xu meant by "soldiers are the most important and powerful" meant.
When the Qin cavalry caught up, although the Tang cavalry could escape, the infantry could not escape and could not escape anymore. After all, this was more likely to cause defeat.
Under such circumstances, Li Shimin led the army to stop, and Zhang Liao naturally thought he was fighting to the death.
Li Shimin''s various actions afterwards, such as carrying a coffin to stimulate morale, and laying the dragon gate formation, also confirmed Zhang Liao''s thoughts, believing that the Tang army wanted to die and pulled the Qin army as the cushion.
The preconceived ideas and the advantages were too great, Zhang Liao ignored the others. He felt that under this situation, the Tang army could not make any conspiracy, but he did not know that he had already fallen into Li Shimin''s plan invisibly.
The Tang army still has 20,000 cavalry to be mobilized, but because Zhang Liao came too quickly and urgently, even if he mobilized these 20,000 cavalry, he would probably not have time to arrive at the battlefield and the war had been completed.
Therefore, the real purpose of Li Shimin carrying the coffin to fight to the death and placing the Longmen Formation was not to fight to the death with Zhang Liao, but to make Zhang Liao realize that the Tang army was a tough guy.
Even though you know it is a hard bone, you still bite it, but you will only knock your teeth off.
In this case, even if you can win a decisive battle, both sides will suffer losses. Although the delayed battle takes time, it can minimize casualties.
Smart people know how to choose.
Zhang Liao is naturally not a fool. He made the decision that most smart people would make, but he didn''t know that this was exactly what Li Shimin wanted to see.
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(This chapter ends)