Chapter 1994: Illegal 50,000 Tang troops


    Chapter 1992: Annihilation of 50,000 Tang troops


    Seeing that the Dragon Gate Formation finally collapsed, the five Qin troops in the formation felt relieved.


    As Zhang Liao''s pathfinding stone, the five Qin army cavalry that entered the formation had an average casualty of more than two-fifths, while Ju Yi''s troops suffered one-half of the casualties.


    There were only nearly 6,000 cavalry left, and almost all the generals were injured, even Zhang Kui and Huang Tianxiang, who were the gods of war.


    This is the result of Taishi Ci and Zhang Kui fighting desperately for the prize. If five generals who are not strong enough are replaced, the number of casualties will probably double directly.


    The five Qin troops that explored the formation took the greatest pressure of this battle, attracted the most energy of the Tang army, and the greatest casualties they paid.


    To be honest, Zhang Liao was able to break the Longmen Formation, and the 10,000 troops of Taishi Ci and Zhang Kui and others were the first to be successful.


    With such huge casualties, the Qin cavalry in the formation could not hold on. If the Dragon Gate Formation could last for half an hour, they would definitely collapse on their own, but fortunately they still endured the Dragon Gate Formation and collapsed first.


    After a brief relief, the five Qin troops in the formation went crazy.


    Previously, their mission was to assist and create opportunities for the four armies outside the formation. Therefore, when facing the Tang army, they could avoid war, and mainly focused on rushing. Now that the Longmen Formation has collapsed, they finally took the initiative to fight back.


    In the transformation of the command of the five generals including Taishi Ci and Zhang Kui, the remaining 6,000 iron cavalry fought desperately to the formation eye, trying to kill Li Shimin to achieve the first achievement, but the previous battle had consumed too much physical strength, so Arthur and the 500-strong female cavalry took the lead.


    Arthur''s 500-armored female cavalry left Zhang Liao''s large army and was out of control like a wild horse that broke away from the reins. Relying on the fast armor and sharp swords, he rushed into the Longmen formation, killing thousands of Tang troops that were severely injured.


    Before the Dragon Gate Formation collapsed, Arthur led five hundred cavalry to attack the formation eye, and finally rushed to the formation eye''s command platform first, and captured "Li Shimin" alive before he committed suicide.


    Seeing that the substitute was blocked from committing suicide, he quickly shouted, "I, Li Shimin, would rather die than be humiliated." As he said that, he was about to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but he was still stopped by Arthur, who was sharp-eyed and quick-witted.


    After knocking the stand-in out with a hand knife, Arthur said a little apologetically: "You are a hero, and dying on the battlefield is your best destination, but the war is not over yet, and I cannot help you."


    After saying that, Arthur raised the fainting Li Shimin''s substitute and shouted to the Tang army gathered below to rescue him, "Li Shimin has been captured by me, and those who surrender will not be killed."


    The female cavalrymen also shouted, "Don''t kill those who surrender."


    The Tang soldiers who came around were applying for their lords, and no longer had any intention of fighting. Except for a few people who put down their weapons and surrendered on the ground, most of them collapsed and shouted that they wanted to escape, but they didn''t know that this was helping Arthur spread the news.


    Soon the news that Li Shimin was captured alive spread throughout the battlefield.


    Although the Longmen Formation was defeated by the Qin army, the Tang army was not completely defeated and still had the power to fight again. It was just that it would be powerless to face the Qin army''s cavalry.


    Now the news that the lord was captured alive spread throughout the army, which caused a fatal blow to the morale of the Tang army.


    At this moment, the Qin army shouted the slogan of not killing the surrendered ones.


    Facing the Qin army, which was as strong as a wolf, and the Tang army, whose morale had fallen to the bottom, did not have the courage to continue to show their swords. When they heard that the Qin army was not killing them all, they allowed them to surrender, they would naturally not miss this rare opportunity for surrender.


    Nearly half of the Tang army threw away their weapons and chose to surrender to the Qin army, while the other half chose to resist stubbornly, and naturally they killed all of them.


    "If you pass the order, those who refuse to surrender will be killed without mercy." Zhang Liao ordered with a cold face.


    "No."


    A massacre has also officially begun.


    Shortly after the soldiers left, Arthur and Qin Ji took "Li Shimin" and returned to Zhang Liao''s side.


    Seeing that Zhang Liao''s armor was broken halfway and looked extremely embarrassed, Arthur and Qin Ji were stunned, and then Qin Ji asked, "General, are you?"


    "nothing."


    Zhang Liao said coldly, how could he say that he was unlucky in front of so many people, and he hit Ma Shanwei and was almost beaten to death. Seeing that Zhang Liao did not answer, Qin Ji was also tactful and did not ask again.


    Arthur thought that Zhang Liao would be very happy if she captured Li Shimin alive, but he did not expect that Zhang Liao''s reaction was extremely cold.


    "Kill it." Zhang Liao said lightly.


    "What?"


    Arthur and Qin Ji both exclaimed.


    This is Li Shimin, the King of Tang Dynasty. He killed such an important task so hasty?


    After seeing the expressions of Arthur and Qin Ji, Zhang Liao immediately explained: "He is not Li Shimin, the real Li Shimin has already escaped.


    General Zhang He in the west discovered the traces of Li Shimin and others. The real Li Shimin and Li Tang senior officials had escaped from the Longmen formation under the protection of three great masters and a group of masters. The general had already captured two generals, Xiao Yan and Huang Tianhua, leading 10,000 cavalry to chase. ”


    Arthur''s face looked a little ugly, and he said, "No wonder he would commit suicide if he found him. Even if he died, he would not commit suicide. He would not commit suicide if he died in battle."


    When Zhang Liao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "General Arthur, did you say that when you found this substitute, he was about to commit suicide?"


    “That’s right.”


    “Hiss…”


    Zhang Liao immediately took a breath of cold air and said in fear: "Li Shimin is trying to use his substitute''s suicide to inspire your desire to fight to the death. The Tang army did not know the authenticity of this "Li Shimin". Seeing that he committed suicide, he would not believe our army''s words of persuading surrender.


    General Arthur, fortunately you stopped this man from committing suicide, otherwise our army would have a hard battle. ”


    Ather was stunned, not expecting that his random actions would have such a great impact on the entire formation.


    “By the way, General Arthur, the dragon gate formation has been broken, and you no longer need to participate in the war here. Go west to support General Xiao Yan.


    Li Shimin not only has three great masters around him, but also Ma Shanwei, a powerful general. With just two generals Xiao Yan and Huang Tianhua, even if they can catch up, they may not be able to kill Li Shimin.


    This general has transferred General Zhang Kui to support him, and now you can go there together. ”.


    After hearing Zhang Liao''s words, Arthur immediately said, "Oh."


    After Arthur left, Zhang Liao personally directed the army to further encircle and suppress the remaining Tang army. It took less than an hour to completely stabilize the situation and only escaped a small number of scattered soldiers and You Yong.


    Among the 50,000 Tang troops who arranged the Longmen Formation, 27,000 were killed in battle, 20,000 surrendered and captured, and only about 3,000 people escaped.


    But as an infantry soldier, even if he escapes temporarily, how far can he escape? It''s just a matter of time to be caught.


    Although Zhang Liao wiped out 50,000 Tang troops in this battle, he also paid a considerable price. In addition to the 10,000 iron cavalry who explored the formation, the 30,000 troops who were in charge of the total attack also killed 3,000 troops, totaling 7,000 soldiers, including 1,000 female soldiers of the Detachment of Women.


    Looking at the casualties report, Zhang Liao clenched his fists and said sadly: "If it weren''t for the Longmen Formation, our army would have suffered no more than three thousand casualties."


    Just a formation made the Qin army twice the casualties. This cost is not bad, but it is still not worth mentioning compared to the results achieved.


    You should know that the 50,000 Tang troops that were completely wiped out by Zhang Liao were the elite troops that the Tang army could fight the most. They rarely suffered defeats with Li Shimin in the east and west. The combat power was not necessary for the main force of the Qin army, otherwise Li Shimin would not bring them to Luoyang, but they were completely wiped out by Zhang Liao in one battle.


    It can be imagined that in the future, the Tang army will definitely be severely damaged, and even lose its enterprising power, and its defense ability will be greatly reduced.


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    (This chapter ends)