Great Tang princess

Chapter 219
In the endless wilderness, the huge Qinghai Lake is like a mirror lying on the ground. When there is no wind, the water surface is so calm that it can almost reflect the entire sky.

Irregular white clouds and blue sky are reflected on the water surface, which instantly doubles the sense of openness of vision.

Even though the 180,000 army was by the Qinghai Lake at this moment, Li Yuechen was reminded of the days when he played extreme sports.

Seeing such scenes, human beings can realize their own insignificance and at the same time lament the vastness of the world.

Of course, after coming here, Li Yuechen at least proved one thing, the water in Qinghai Lake had become salty more than a thousand years ago.

The army set up camp at a distance of less than [-] miles, settled down temporarily, and waited for the next order from the coach Liu Rengui.

While the guards were building her tent, Li Yuechen also took advantage of the situation to observe other places in the army.

The army of this era already knows the importance of preventing epidemics, so the army stipulates that when going to the toilet, you must go to the temporary ditch dug outside the camp, and you must bury it on the spot after you are done.

It seems that the command of the ancients should not be underestimated...

With a smile on his face, Li Yuechen wandered around the barracks with Fulai, while waiting for his tent to be set up.

To be honest, although he has been in the army for eight months, this is the first time Li Yuechen lives in an army tent.

After all, they lived in posthouses on the way here, and then whether they were in Taozhou or Longzhi, they lived in the posthouses responsible for receiving officials.

I came here because there is really no city, so I finally had the opportunity to live in a tent in person.

It took almost two hours for her tent to be set up. After receiving the notice, she came over to take a look. Good guy, a marching tent was abruptly built with two rooms and one living room!
Originally thought that Master's tent with one bedroom and one living room was already abnormal, but I didn't expect that the princess's standard was even higher.

The structure is actually quite simple, that is, a few large logs are buried in the ground, and then thick linen is put on it.

The roof was also sloped, and a layer of hay was hung to prevent water leakage when it rained.

There is a temporary wooden bed in the sleeping place, and the legs of the bed are buried in the ground to prevent shaking.

In addition, there are folding chairs and tables brought by Li Yuechen... In this environment, they can really be called luxury.

Moreover, this place is near the branch of the Yellow River, so there is no shortage of water, so Li Yuechen can still take a bath every day.

Not to mention this era, even from the perspective of the future, apart from the lack of electricity, this place is already a very good life.

……

In the evening, Li Yuechen, his master and a group of generals were sitting around the campfire in the middle of the tent to eat.

At first, she was actually a little embarrassed, after all, other generals were eating mustaches, but she was just bacon.

But many people, including Master Liu Rengui, didn't say anything. In their view, this is a normal thing.

Leaving aside the status of the royal princess, Li Yuechen is now the god of war, and while his force value is higher than others, he should eat something good.

Not to mention that the bacon was delivered with the batch of cans last time, it was a gift from the emperor and empress, even if Li Yuechen wanted to share it with them, they would not dare to accept it.

The bonfire is "crackling", and from time to time, bright sparks will fly into the sky along with the heat.

Liu Rengui's side face was illuminated, and he spoke slowly: "The scouts came to report today that the Tubo army has arrived in Dafeichuan. If there is no accident, they will definitely come for a decisive battle before the end of the month."

"At the end of the month..." Li Yuechen raised his head and thought for a while, "Then after this battle is over, there should be just enough time to go back for the New Year."

"Hahaha..." Liu Rengui burst into laughter suddenly, "It's not bad for His Highness to be away from home for a year for the first time in battle. If you encounter other wars, it's not uncommon for you to fight abroad for several years."

Having said that, his eyes flickered twice, as if recalling something from his youth.

"Master, how does this decisive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people compare to the last battle?" Li Yuechen asked.

"To be honest, there is not much difference, but His Highness needs to experience the details in person." Liu Rengui replied.

Li Yuechen nodded, yes, if you said it, you didn't say it.

But it doesn't matter, let's talk about it when the time comes.She also knows that there are some things in this world that cannot be explained clearly by language. If you don't experience them, you will never understand them.

……

Everyone in the army knew that war might start at any time, so the atmosphere became serious day by day.

However, Li Yuechen has a big heart. After getting used to the battlefield environment, he didn't feel nervous when he first came out, and he still maintained his own routine every day.

In order to prevent Geng Yunqiang and others from being injured in advance, they did not do actual combat training during this period.

Li Yuechen just plays routines every day to keep his body in the best condition at all times.

But these few days when I have nothing to do, I will chat with Wang Xiaojie and Hei Chi Changzhi. After all, they are comrades who will fight side by side in the future, so it is better to get acquainted with each other in advance.

Especially these two people, Li Yuechen felt that they could play a big role in the future military reform.

Hei Chi Chang's character is also very self-disciplined, and he belongs to the kind of person who can lead his subordinates to charge.

Not to mention Wang Xiaojie, his kung fu is outstanding, and in this era of focusing on hand-to-hand combat ability, he is simply the best candidate for a martial arts instructor.

Nothing happened these few days, and several people would chat with each other in the open space in front of the tent, sharing their battlefield experience.

Although most of them are the two of them talking, and Li Yuechen is responsible for listening.

In a blink of an eye, the end of the month has come, and according to the report of the scouts, 200,000 enemy troops are less than fifty miles away from here.

Liu Rengui immediately led the people to choose a low hill and began to build the podium.

At that time, he will be responsible for giving orders at any time here, and the soldiers will adjust their tactics according to the sound of the drums.

The podium is made of wood, about [-] square meters, with several big drums on each side.

At the same time, two flying towers were temporarily built. Although these things are usually used to attack the city, they can also be used to observe the battlefield in this kind of plain battle.

It is even said that now that the telescopes have been made, they are simply magical tools when they are matched with each other.

There are battle flags of different colors and a huge handsome flag on the podium. This era should be called a big banner, which is the backbone of an army.

The same is true among the enemy army. Once the handsome flag falls, the army will collapse instantly!

This decisive battle is different from the previous ones, Lun Qinling must have personally been there to direct the battle.

If it is said that he can advance within a range of 50 meters, Li Yuechen is sure to shoot him to death with one arrow!
Of course, she is also very clear, this is just thinking about it, since Lun Qinling knows about her fighting strength, there will definitely be someone who will take care of her.

Li Yuechen didn't expect anything else, as long as he could quickly tear through the enemy's defense line and reduce the loss rate of his soldiers as much as possible.

……

On October 29th, Li Yuechen was sleeping soundly in his tent, when suddenly a strong drum sound resounded throughout the barracks.

Li Yuechen who was lying on the bed opened his eyes suddenly, and after listening carefully, he immediately put on his clothes and got up.

When she got her hair disheveled and ran to the tent while putting on her coat, she found that it was still dark outside, and only the light from the bonfires around the barracks prevented the camp from being completely invisible.

Li Yuechen's tent had two bedrooms and one living room, and Fulai slept in the next one, and he had already run out while getting dressed at this time.

The originally quiet camp suddenly became a bit messy, and many soldiers even ran out with their weapons crooked even with their armor crooked.

Li Yuechen listened carefully. It was the drumbeat of an emergency assembly, indicating that the enemy army was less than thirty miles away from here.

Liu Rengui stood in front of the bonfire in full armor, and when he saw the generals running over to gather, he said loudly: "The enemy army has already rested thirty miles away. If there is no accident, the decisive battle will be at sunrise, and everyone should rest immediately. , Let the soldiers eat quickly!"

"Here!" The generals agreed in unison, and hurriedly turned and ran back.

Li Yuechen called Fulai to tie her hair next to the bonfire under the light of the fire, and at the same time munched on the mustache and bacon brought by the guards.

After the hair was tied, Li Yuechen immediately ordered Fulai to fetch half of the remaining bacon, and then called Geng Yunqiang and the others: "You guys share one share, keep your strength!"

"Yes!"

At this moment, Geng Yunqiang and the others were not polite, and immediately distributed the bacon Fulai sent to the guards after saluting and thanking them.

Li Yuechen was thinking while eating, since they were already at such a close distance, maybe they were planning to attack at night last night.

Seeing how Master looked like, it was obvious that he didn't take off his armor at all when he went to bed yesterday, just to guard against them.

They probably also received information, so they didn't really attack at night.

After all, night battles in this era are extremely difficult, whether it is for the attacker or the attacked party.

After Li Yuechen's hair was tied up, he began to put on the armor with the help of Fulai and two guards.

After everything was settled, he sat down and continued to eat, and at the same time talked with Geng Yunqiang and others about the course of action for a while.

"If there are no accidents, there should be many troops targeting me, and they may even be there on that day." Li Yuechen urged, "You must cooperate with Wang Xiaojie and Hei Chi Chang Zhi to protect my sides and the enemy. Behind me, I can concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of me..."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, this subordinate will guard both sides of His Highness even if he dies!" Geng Yunqiang nodded heavily.

……

The soldiers were also eating in a hurry to buy time, and at this time Li Yuechen was almost seventy percent full.

She didn't continue to eat. After all, fighting is a strenuous exercise, and eating too much is not a good thing.

Watching the sky gradually turn white, Li Yuechen couldn't help but sigh, the ancient battlefield, fighting close to one's body, is dozens of times more exciting than extreme sports.

Feeling the strong heartbeat in her chest, she couldn't help taking a deep breath, trying to stabilize her heart rate.

When doing extreme sports before, I also used this method to lower my heart rate, so that I could meet the stimulation with a calm mind.

The sun gradually protruded from the sky. At this time, the sunlight was not dazzling, but very soft.

Like an orange moon cake, it exudes a gentle orange light.

The soldiers are all ready and are checking their armor and weapons for the last time.

Every quarter of an hour, scouts came to report the movement of the enemy army. In fact, there was no need to report. Liu Rengui on the podium was looking over there with a telescope, and the shadow of the enemy army appeared in his field of vision.

At the beginning, it was like a black wavy line, the size of an ant, but as the opponent slowly moved to this side, it gradually changed from a black line to a mass of blackness.

It's like the water flow after overflowing, slowly but firmly moving towards this side.

The generals also got on their horses one after another and began to integrate the teams they wanted to lead.

Li Yuechen straddled his horse, walked slowly around the soldiers who were charging with him for a while, and said in a loud voice: "Soldiers! It will be time for the decisive battle later! I want to tell you that behind us is the big man. Tang border! If you don’t want foreigners to invade our Tang territory and plunder our Tang people, then we have no way out!”

Her armor pieces collided with each other and clanked in the rhythm of the horse walking, which seemed to give her words an inspiring rhythm at this moment: "We are all fighting for the Great Tang! Bengong will take the lead in the charge! Don't be nervous , don’t be afraid! I hope all the soldiers will remember that I am with you!”

"Kill! Kill! Kill!!!" The soldiers raised their weapons and yelled in unison. The roar of tens of thousands of people almost made the ground tremble slightly.

Li Yuechen nodded solemnly, put on the gloves, and then took the helmet that Fulai handed over and buckled it on his head.

Lightly beat the horse to the front and the middle of the team.

On both sides of her are Geng Yunqiang and other guards, and outside are Wang Xiaojie and Heizhi Changzhi.

Of the army of 60,000 people behind them, only about [-] cavalry followed the three of them, and the rest were all infantry.

There are also many types of infantry, such as spear infantry, sword and shield infantry, and so on.

The spear infantry is mainly to deal with the enemy cavalry, while the sword and shield infantry uses the shield in their hands to squeeze the enemy together, and then chops with a knife.

This set of tactics is still used by the riot police more than a thousand years later, but the machetes in their hands have been replaced with batons.

After the team was integrated, the 180,000 troops were placed in different formations on the endless wilderness, facing the enemy army that had appeared hundreds of meters away.

The enemy army on the opposite side has made visible adjustments compared to last time. The slaves are still opening the way at the front, but the infantry and cavalry in the rear are obviously coordinated.

The heavy step wearing heavy armor and holding a large shield is in the middle, and the cavalry is lined up on both sides. It is temporarily unclear how the rear deployment is.

At this moment, the gradually growing sun began to become brighter, and the light became a little dazzling.

Bright sunlight shone down from the sides of the opposing armies, making the surrounding space brighter in an instant.

Li Yuechen closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then he heard Wang Xiaojie's voice next to him: "Your Highness can give orders at any time!"

Hearing his shout, Li Yuechen nodded, and waved forward suddenly: "Go forward!"

(End of this chapter)