Chapter 2476: Wang Jian Vs. Li Shimin
Chapter 2473: Wang Jian Vs. Li Shimin, the Great Victory of Haojing (8)
On the plain of the Haojing site, the battle between Yuwen Chengdu and Li Yuanba has not yet ended, but the battle between the Qin and Tang armies has begun.
The 8,000 right-wing army of the Qin army, led by Gongsun Yan, began to break away from the central army and quickly deviated to the Tang army''s flanks.
This news was also immediately transmitted back by Tang Jun spies.
"Report... I report to the lord, the right-wing army to which Gongsun Yan belongs, 5,000 infantry soldiers and 3,000 cavalry, a total of 8,000 Qin troops, and are coming to our right wing."
"Order Li Keyong''s army of 10,000 troops to block Gongsun Yan." Li Shimin relied on you to give a calm order.
"Report... Report to the lord, the left-wing army belonging to Gongsun Xuanyuan, with 6,000 infantry soldiers and 3,000 iron cavalry, totaling 9,000 Qin troops, came to our left wing."
"What?"
After hearing his subordinates’ report, Li Shimin couldn’t help but frown.
He thought Wang Jian would keep Xuanyuan in the central army. After all, Yuwen Cheng was not there. Xuanyuan was the strongest combat power of the Qin army. If he stayed in the central army, he would use it even more, but he didn''t expect that Wang Jian would also send Xuanyuan out.
Of course, this is not the news that surprised him the most. What surprised him the most was that the Qin cavalry had once again divided the troops.
The most troublesome thing among the Qin army was the 15,000 iron cavalry.
If the Tang army had not had 10,000 cavalry, with the combat effectiveness of the Qin army''s cavalry, they could have defeated 60,000 Tang troops head-on.
Li Shimin thought that Wang Jian would concentrate the cavalry together, but he did not expect that the other party not only distributed three thousand to the right army, but also three thousand to the left army.
There is the invincible combat power that is together, but Wang Jian divided it into three parts?
This arrangement is really a bit outrageous.
You should know that the more cavalry there are, the stronger the cohesion, and the greater the impact.
Only if Wang Jian gathered 15,000 cavalry, Li Shimin would feel fear.
But now he took the initiative to disperse the cavalry. Isn’t this an opportunity to give the Tang army one by one?
Of course, there are also disadvantages.
The Qin army''s iron cavalry dispersed, the combat power of the central army was weakened, while the combat power of the two wings was strengthened.
If the Tang army did not support the cavalry on both wings and fought with the infantry alone, it would be difficult to stop the Qin Dynasty''s infantry and cavalry from fighting together.
Of course, overall, the benefits must be greater than the disadvantages, and Li Shimin was even more puzzled.
What exactly did Wang Jian do this?
Will he fight?
"I thought Wang Jian was a famous general of a generation, but now it seems that this is the case. Ying Hao chose him as the chief general of the Western Route Army, and he would undoubtedly lose this battle."
Li Shimin''s face was full of confidence, and then ordered: "Tell Zhao She to let him block Gongsun Xuanyuan."
"No."
After the message soldier left, Changsun Wuji said, "Lord, Zhao She and Li Keyong have no cavalry under their command. Will our army also support some cavalry to both wings to enhance the combat power of both wings?"
"We cannot divide the troops, at least not now. Wang Jian''s central army still has nine thousand iron cavalry not moving, and our total cavalry is only 10,000. If we divide the troops, we will fall into Wang Jian''s plan." Li Shimin said in a deep voice.
"But if there is no cavalry support, once the field battle begins, Zhao She and Li Keyong''s troops alone may not be able to block the left and right wings of the Qin army."
"No need to block it, just buy enough time for our army to swallow the Qin army."
Hearing this, Changsun Wuji suddenly realized.
It turned out that the lord wanted to concentrate his superior forces and defeat the central army led by Wang Jian in one fell swoop.
The Qin army had only 30,000 troops in total. 17,000 troops were released on the left and right wings, and the central army had only 13,000 troops, but the Tang army still had 40,000 vitality.
40,000 Tang troops will fight 10,000 Three Qin troops. If you still can’t win, the Tang army will not have to continue to fight and just surrender.
Changsun Wuji felt that there was no problem with Li Shimin''s arrangement, so he didn''t persuade him too much.
Left wing, Gongsun Yan and Li Keyong met first, and neither side had any communication and started the war directly because even if they continued to let go, they could not spare it.
Gongsun Yan ordered Yue Yun to lead the cavalry to attack as an arrow, while he himself led the infantry to cover the killing in the rear.
Li Keyong ordered Shi Jingtang and Kang Anyu to lead the spearmen to arrange the gun formation at the forefront, and personally visit the sword, shield and crossbow soldiers to stay behind.
The Tang army has thoroughly studied the Qin army''s fighting style, and there are shield and crossbow formations behind the gun formation.
In short, blocking one after another, resisting one after another, and removing the impact of the Qin cavalry little by little.
"kill…"
The shouts of killing sounded and the war broke out.
At the same time, Li Yuanba, who was entangled by Yuwen Chengdu, couldn''t help but frown after hearing the shouts of killing from afar, and then continued to fight.
Everything in the outside world today has nothing to do with him. He just wants to defeat Yuwen Chengdu, a former defeated general, in order to safeguard his honor.
The cavalry led by Yue Yun did not hesitate at all. After projecting the three-wheeled javelin, he directly hit the Tang army position like a hedgehog.
The annual steel production of the Tang Dynasty was limited, and it was impossible to make all weapons cast for steel, so the spears used by the spearmen were all made of steel gun heads and wooden gun bodies.
To be precise, except for Qin, the gunmen of various countries used wooden guns.
Only the Qin State, which is very arrogant and wealthy, can the spearmen use a full iron spear, and the weight is not much heavier than a wooden spear.
The wooden gun body is not tough enough, even if it is a large forest of guns, it can only resist the iron cavalry for a moment.
Click, click…
There were large pieces of wooden guns directly broken, and then a large number of soldiers were knocked away, but many of the iron cavalry sent by the Qin army were stabbed to death by random guns.
The iron cavalry under Wang Jian''s command is not a heavy armored iron cavalry after all, but is equipped with light armor, with limited defense and cannot withstand too high damage.
Just one collision caused the Qin army to lose more than a hundred cavalry, but it also tore a hole in the Tang army''s position, and the next thing was the real war.
"Kill."
Yue Yun waved the golden hammer hard, rushed to the forefront, and fought a **** path to clear the way for the army. But as soon as he broke through the gun formation, he was entangled by a Tang general.
The next general is Shi Jingtang.
As the founding emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty during the late Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Shi Jingtang was also a general. He participated in the "Liang and Jin battle for hegemony", charged forward and had outstanding military achievements, and his military strength reached the peak level of a god-general, and was only one step away from the **** of war.
Shi Jingtang may not be able to defeat Yue Yun in the early stage of the God General, but he will never be defeated too quickly.
Boom...
The hammers collided, and the wind pressure formed by the huge impact force blew away the soldiers around the two.
After Yue Yun''s fierce attack, he saw that he could not take down the general, so he could only fight steadily.
After the three thousand Qin cavalry lost the powerful general Yue Yun, they were more or less affected, and the impact became much weaker.
Under Li Ke''s tactic of blocking layers, the impact of the three thousand Qin cavalry on the left wing became weaker and weaker, and the sinking became deeper and deeper, and it was a tendency to be completely blocked by the Tang army.
"Report... General Li Keyong from the left wing has started a war with Gongsun Yan''s troops."
"I am not blind, I can see it."
After saying that, Li Shimin took the Qianli Mile Mile, a smile flashed across his face, and thought to himself: The Qin army’s tactics against cavalry are easy to use. In terms of cavalry warfare, the Qin army is truly the first. Even the two horse-drawn countries of Yuan and Qing dynasties have been surpassed by the Qin army by virtue of their equipment advantages.
When it comes to infantry fighting cavalry, the Qin army is well deservedly the first. Most of the infantry fighting cavalry wars are basically transmitted from the Qin army.
In the past, Li Shimin did not imitate the Qin army''s tactics, and believed that his tactics were more suitable for his own army. Now he only has two words, that is, it is really fragrant.
It’s not that the Qin army has such strong combat power, good equipment, and so advanced tactics, and weak combat power.
"Wang Jian, I didn''t expect that our guild used the Qin army''s fighting style to deal with the Qin army." Li Shimin said to himself with a smile.
He could have commanded the central army and rushed directly to Wang Jian''s central army and defeated him by relying on his military strength.
But Wang Jian''s various bizarre operations were completely different from what he thought, which made Li Shimin feel a little uneasy, but he didn''t know the problem.
Therefore, before determining the safety of the two wings, Li Shimin naturally did not dare to set off a decisive battle without authorization. If Wang Jian really had another backup plan, he would have taken the initiative to deliver it to his door.
Now Gongsun Yan is blocked by Li Keyong. It depends on his posture and it will be no problem to block for one or two hours.
As for Zhao She?
In Li Shimin''s mind, Zhao She was the general whose military talent in the Tang Dynasty was second only to him.
Li Keyong can use an army of ten thousand to block the Qin army''s infantry and cavalry for one or two hours. With Zhao She''s talent, there is no problem.
With one or two hours of gap, our central army can take advantage of this period to swallow the Qin central army in one bite.
The reason why Li Shimin left all the elite soldiers and generals was that he wanted to defeat Wang Jian''s central army in one fell swoop. Now that the chance of victory has come, he naturally will not remain indifferent.
“The headquarters of the command…”
Li Shimin was just about to give the order, but found that the situation of the left-wing war was completely different from what he imagined.
It’s not that Zhao She is worse than Li Keyong, and the same force cannot do the same thing, but that they are facing the opponent, Gongsun Xuanyuan is much more powerful than Gongsun Yan.
Although the troops under Gongsun Xuanyuan are only one thousand more than Gongsun Yan, if Gongsun Xuanyuan is combined, the increase in combat effectiveness is not a small part.
Gongsun Xuanyuan personally visited the Iron Cavalry and crushed the gun, shield and sword formations set up by Zhao She, and killed three generals of the Tang army in a row, almost as if they were in a no-man''s realm.
As for Ma Shanwei, who was responsible for the left wing, when he saw Xuanyuan Meng reaching this level, he would not dare to fight alone.
Zhao She didn''t dare to let Ma Shanwei go to fight alone, so she could only send someone to ask Li Shimin for help.
If no one blocked him, the open pocket of the left wing would be really tidied through it.
Therefore, Zhao She asked for support from both cavalry and powerful generals.
The left wing was unstable, and Li Shimin did not dare to attack rashly. He immediately ordered Gao Siji, Gao Sixiang and Gao Xing to lead two thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry to support him.
Gao Siji''s rescue was very timely. If there was a half-incense stick at night, Zhao She''s troops might be defeated by Xuanyuan.
With the addition of Gao Siji and two thousand cavalry, the unstable situation on the left wing gradually stabilized.
Ma Shanwei even joined forces with Gao Siji, Gao Sixiang and Gao Xingzhou to fight, and combined the four people to block Gongsun Xuanyuan.
Seeing this, Li Shimin felt relieved, but then another problem occurred on the right wing.
Shi Jingtang was not weak, but his war horse was ordinary. Under Yue Yun''s continuous heavy hammer, the war horse was shocked to death. After being caught, he fled back with injuries.
Kang Anyu, the eldest among the Meishan brothers, blocked Yue Yun after replacing Shi Jingtang, but it was difficult to save his defeat and the blow to the morale of the Tang army.
At the same time, Gongsun Yan also launched an attack. He personally led the Modao team to attack Li Keyong''s flank, which made the Tang army complain.
Obviously, Li Keyong and the 10,000 army alone could not stop Gongsun Yan.
There was no way, Li Shimin could only continue to divide the troops, but he could not divide the cavalry. After all, the cavalry had decreased further, and he was not sure to defeat Wang Jian, the central army, so he ordered a 10,000 army of Xu Rong to support Li Keyong.
Gongsun Yan''s troops had 8,000 infantry and cavalry, and at the same time, they faced a joint attack of 10,000 Li Keyong''s troops and 10,000 Xu Rong''s troops, totaling 20,000 troops. The pressure doubled for a while, and it was obvious that they had no spare energy to defeat him.
15,000 troops were divided, and Li Shimin''s central army had 25,000 left, including 5,000 elite troops of the Flying Bear Army. Overall, he still had a great advantage, but his uneasiness was even stronger.
Li Shimin had already noticed that he seemed to have been led by Wang Jian again.
If you follow the other party’s pace, you will also consume all of them with great advantages.
so. He decided to break the rules and never be led by Wang Jian anymore.
Li Shimin personally led 8,000 cavalry, 17,000 infantrymen, as well as Li Tang and the heroes of the three religions to attack Wang Jian''s central army.
Wang Jian’s army, who had not been in trouble, immediately took action when he saw that Li Shimin’s entire army was dispatched.
All Qin cavalry welcomed the Iron Cavalry of the Tang army under the leadership of Wang Jian.
Li Shimin was overjoyed when he saw this. After all, if the Qin Zhongjun lost Wang Jian, his command and coordination capabilities would be greatly reduced.
Li Shimin made a quick decision and decisively led 8,000 cavalry to fight, and a group of fierce generals to fight.
Li Tang had no commander who was better at cavalry warfare than him. Only he could allow the Tang army cavalry to exert all their combat power.
[Dingdong, Li Shimin''s skill "Zhenguan" effect 4 is activated. When joining the battle personally, the generals of the entire army will have a force of +1 and reduce some of the enemy''s morale.
Currently, Li Yuanba’s force has risen to...
Ma Shanwei…
Gao Siji...
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Boom...
The iron cavalry hedge, coupled with the frontal tough squad of the commanders of the two armies, also brought the Qin-Tang war to a climax, and the entire Haojing plain turned into a flesh-and-blood mill.
As soon as the war started, Li Shimin felt something was wrong.
Can ordinary Qin army cavalry only block his elite Feixiong Army?
After careful observation, I almost got angry to death.
Which **** told him that Wang Jian has no elite camp?
Isn’t Baima Yicong an elite?
The former White Horse Yicong, although this name is called, not all the white horses riding.
White horses are already rare, and when the Gongsun family was at its most powerful, they could not gather thousands of white horses to equip the army.
But Daqin is different.
The Qin Dynasty is located in the land of nine provinces and is rich in all over the world. The reserves of horses alone exceed two million, and it is more than enough to gather thousands of white horses.
The Emperor Ying Hao of the Qin Dynasty was obsessive-compulsive disorder, so after Gongsun Xuanyuan surrendered to Qin, the title of "Baima Yicong" was considered true.
Next chapter ends the battle
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(This chapter ends)