Great Tang princess

Chapter 258 Command Power

The leader on the opposite side saw Li Yuechen running towards him, turned his horse around and was about to run away.

He had also heard of Li Yuechen's name, especially when he saw the two sledgehammers with his own eyes, he knew that he was not an opponent, so he turned around and ran away very smartly.

However, it has come to this point, how could Li Yuechen allow it?

With a kick, her speed suddenly increased, and with the support of a powerful explosive force, her body came behind the horse like a cannonball.

As expected, the Turkic man grew up riding a horse. Immediately, he flicked the reins, and the two hind legs of the war horse under his crotch lifted up and kicked towards Li Yuechen.

Li Yuechen reacted quickly, twisted his waist and hips suddenly, and the hammer in his right hand had already been thrown out.

Although in terms of her physical fitness, she might not be seriously injured if she was kicked by a horse, but on the battlefield, it is better not to be injured.

"Oh!"

The hammer and the horse's hoof collided violently, and then there was only a "crack", and the horse's leg bones broke directly.

The war horse let out a painful neighing sound, and the tall body fell down suddenly. The Turkic man reacted quickly, and immediately jumped out, rolled on the spot and immediately stood up.

Li Yuechen straddled the body of the fallen war horse in one step, raised the hammer in his hand high, and slammed it down on the leader.

The opponent also knew that he couldn't take it hard, so he immediately dodged to the side to avoid it, but what he didn't expect was that Li Yuechen's move was a feint, and he had already seen through his thoughts.

Just now, before he had time to react, the hammer in Li Yuechen's left hand hit him again!
The Turkic man watched the hammer in Li Yuechen's left hand sweep towards him, and he couldn't dodge and was hit directly on the side of his body.

Accompanied by a muffled sound, the man's body flew out sideways and upside down, and bounced slightly after falling to the ground.

Li Yuechen's hammer didn't hit the vitals directly, so he didn't die immediately, he was still breathing heavily on the ground while vomiting blood out of instinct.

It's just that the ribs on one side of the body have all been broken, and the spine has been broken into several sections. Not to mention in this era, even after more than a thousand years, this is a serious injury that will kill people if the rescue is not timely.

The leader was defeated, and the Turkic people on the opposite side fell into a short-term chaos. Many who hadn't dismounted turned their horses and were about to flee, while those who had already dismounted were because they were in the middle of a battle and didn't have the first time to escape. Discovered that the boss was defeated.

Looking at the Turkic leader who fell on the ground, Li Yuechen had no special expression under the grimace mask.

People are always habitual. When she personally killed the condemned prisoner for the first time, she felt fear, fear, guilt and other complex emotions in her heart.

But now, she no longer has any special feelings about this kind of thing.

So he stopped talking to the other party, but turned around directly to help his own people deal with other Turkic soldiers.

Leaving other things aside, in terms of strength alone, Li Yuechen would have no problem tug-of-war with ten grown men by himself, and naturally these soldiers could not be her opponents.

Li Yuechen, who rushed into the crowd, kept waving the hammer in his hand, and almost every moment someone was beaten into the air.

Under normal circumstances, Li Yuechen's attack distance is five meters. Within 1.5 meters, one hammer will kill the body, and the body will fly [-] meters.

Except for Geng Yunqiang Niu Ermao, it was the first time for the other soldiers to see Li Yuechen's formidable combat power with their own eyes. As expected, it was almost like a beast in human form, just like the legend.

The morale of the soldiers who saw this scene was high, they all roared and continued to attack the Turkic people.

Li Yuechen's toughness naturally attracted the attention of other Turkic soldiers, causing a burst of panic, and at the same time, some courageous ones even dared to take the initiative to attack her.

There are people who are stunned and desperate in any age, and some Turkic people are the same.

Although most people felt terrified when they saw her, some felt as if they had seen meritorious deeds.

If he could kill her, it would definitely be a great achievement!
Thinking of this, several Turkic soldiers rushed towards her, while others ran aside and took out their bows and arrows.

Turks are good at riding and shooting, and they are very good at bow and arrow.

Several Turkic people opened their bows and set their arrows, and after aiming for a while, they let go of the bowstring.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

Seven or eight arrows shot through the air, and all of them hit Li Yuechen's body, none of them missed.

But... it's useless.

The armor on Li Yuechen's body was too thick, unless it was a bed crossbow, it was impossible for human bows and arrows to shoot through it.

She didn't care about this either, instead she looked at the Turkic people rushing towards her with some surprise.

It's fine if you don't surrender, but you still dare to attack her?This is living impatiently, right?
Since they wanted to die by themselves, Li Yuechen didn't mind giving them a ride, so he immediately raised his hammer and smashed them.

Li Yuechen threw out both hammers, smashing the breastbones of the two Turkic soldiers in front of him, and flying them backwards.

At the same time, another Turkic soldier sprang out from behind and launched a sneak attack. The scimitar in his hand went straight to the back of Li Yuechen's neck and chopped it off.

In fact, Li Yuechen had already discovered this person, but she didn't pay attention to him immediately. She felt the sound of breaking through the air behind her, and she just shrank a little.

With a sound of "铛——", the knife slashed directly on Li Yuechen's helmet, probably at the back of his head.

Turkic weapon technology is very poor, this scimitar is cast with pig iron, the texture is very brittle.

Looking at the helmet mountain carefully crafted by Li Yuechen, the blade actually broke, and half of the blade flew out.

Seeing this scene, the Turkic soldier opened his eyes wide, and looked down at the half-cut blade in his hand in disbelief.

Li Yuechen turned around and waved his hand lightly, hitting the opponent's head with a hammer...

……

The battle ended very quickly, and when Pei Xingjian came behind with a large army, it was almost over.

Only less than 500 people died on our own side, while more than [-] of the [-] Turkic soldiers were killed, and hundreds of people were captured. In the end, less than [-] people escaped.

After hearing the data report, Li Yuechen pushed up the mask and shook his head with a little regret: "Unfortunately, there is no complete annihilation..."

Pei Xingjian came over and said with a smile: "Your Highness, there is no need to be sorry, it is better to say that if someone runs away, it will let the other party know the lesson of this time."

Li Yuechen nodded: "Then what will I do next? Now that the Turks have lost the battle, what will they do next?"

"The other party is in the grassland, so they may not take the initiative to attack. According to Pei, it is better to take the initiative to attack and force the other party to a decisive battle." Pei Xingjian said.

As they got into the carriage, they listened to Pei Xingjian's meaning.

The Turkic people are not good at siege, not to mention that the number of troops on their side is more than 150,000. After two days, when the governor of Youzhou Li Wenzhen arrives, the number will be more than [-].

So what Pei Xingjian meant was to wait for two days. After Li Wenjun's army merged, 150,000 troops would go straight into the grassland and force the opponent to a decisive battle!

Li Yuechen thought about it, and felt that this was not bad.

Before I came out, my father said, try to make it as fast as possible.

Since you want to resolve the battle quickly, forcing the opponent to a decisive battle is the best choice, and now that there are grenades, it is more beneficial to your side to fight a decisive battle.

After making a plan, everyone returned to Yunzhou City. Li Wenzhen was not far away, and he could come here in at most five days.

Looking at the time, it's already the end of February, and it's going to be March soon. Li Yuechen now hopes that this battle can be finished before May, so that he should be able to go back before August and spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with his parents and family.

……

On the first day of March, the weather had begun to warm up, and Li Wenzhen, the governor of the state, finally brought the army to Yunzhou and joined the army.

Li Wenzhen is now in his fifties, and his eyes seem to be full of a sense of vicissitudes.

Seeing Li Yuechen, he immediately saluted respectfully: "I have seen Her Royal Highness."

"Duke Wei, please excuse yourself!" Li Yuechen stretched out his hand to help him up.

Li Wenzhen belonged to the royal clan, so he could be regarded as Li Yuechen's elders, the kind of relatives who couldn't even get along with each other.

But elders are elders, Li Yuechen can't put on airs of a princess in front of him.

After a few words of politeness, several people took their seats and were about to talk about the matter here, but Li Wenhao brought a piece of news from the other side.

The Khitan and Xi tribes jointly invaded Yingzhou, and the governor of Yingzhou, Zhou Daowu, sent Cao Tangxuan to fight against it. The current situation of the battle is unknown.

It's just that Cao Tangyu, a householder in Yingzhou, seems to be valued by Zhou Daowu very much. According to Li Wenzhen's understanding of him, it should not be a big problem.

Li Yuechen thought about it carefully, Khitan and Xi were just two small tribes in this era, so it shouldn't be difficult to deal with them.

Besides, the army is now in Yunzhou, even if it is really impossible to fight, it is a big deal to bring people there by yourself.

The top priority is to deal with the Turks. This is what needs to be resolved quickly.

After resting for a few days, Pei Xingjian dispatched troops, and after finishing the army, he set off to the grassland in a mighty manner.

Such a huge team is definitely impossible to hide, and the Turkic side will definitely receive the news, it depends on how they choose.

……

In the evening, in the barracks, Li Yuechen and others held a meeting in Pei Xingjian's tent.

Li Yuechen expressed his opinion: "If it were me, I wouldn't run away. Now that the Turks have just returned to their country, if this battle is not fought, it will have a serious impact on morale."

Li Wenjun next to him nodded: "His Royal Highness and I thought of going together. Since the other party wants to restore the country, we have already gone deep into the grassland, so we can't fight... It's just that the opponent's cavalry is too fast. The grassland is flat. Infantry formations may not be useful."

This is also a problem. The Tang army's infantry is very powerful in battle, but if the opponent does not charge, no matter how powerful they are, there is nothing they can do.

After all, it is impossible for the infantry to chase the cavalry to fight. They are fast, and they have the final say on how and where to fight.

Pei Xingjian suddenly grinned, raised his hand and stroked his beard: "Now our army has more than [-] cavalry, nearly [-], and they can fight without infantry."

"Huh?" Li Wenzhen was taken aback, raised his head and asked, "The opponent has more than [-] cavalry. Our cavalry and archery skills are not as good as the Turkic ones. How can we fight?"

"This time, His Highness brought a secret weapon. With this magical weapon, even if the enemy's cavalry doubles, it won't hurt." Pei Xingjian laughed.

Hearing this sentence, and looking at the mysterious smile on his face, Li Wenzhen looked puzzled, turned his head and looked at Cheng Wuting with questioning eyes, as if asking him if he knew what it was.

But the salesman just shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.

In order not to leak the secret, Pei Xingjian didn't say what the secret weapon was right away, but said with a confident face that it doesn't matter, as long as the other party dares to confront the cavalry, they will definitely have no return!

Li Yuechen couldn't help smiling, thinking about what expressions they would have when they saw the grenade explode.

……

It wasn't long after the army went deep into the grassland, and the figures of galloping horses could be vaguely seen around.

Cheng Wuting and Li Wenzhen looked left and right curiously with the binoculars that were temporarily given to them, and at the same time couldn't help but praise the magic of this thing.

The words are full of anticipation, and it can be seen that I really want it.

Li Yuechen felt that it didn't matter if they were rewarded one by one, they could be regarded as high-ranking generals, and it was really convenient to have this thing when doing many things.

There is no difference between the grassland in this era and the future. It is full of blue sky and white clouds, stretching as far as the eye can see. Walking on the grassland, you can feel the miracle of the greatness of the world.

Li Yuechen's reconnaissance battalion was at the forefront, and while they were responsible for opening the way to observe the enemy's situation, they were also walking their dogs.

Those military dogs ran happily on the endless prairie, and followed the horse owners to scout out the enemy's situation.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the army had gone deep into the grassland for seventy or eighty miles in the past few days, and there was no trace of the Turkic people.

But Li Yuechen knew that this was just the calm before the war.

Sure enough, on the fourth day, I received news from the Turks, who were fifty miles away.

After receiving the news, the army immediately began to rest and camp in place, ready to fight at any time.

Pei Xingjian turned his head and said, "How about letting Your Highness command this battle?"

He knew very well that the emperor asked the princess to come out to gain qualifications this time, so he just had to watch out for nothing to happen.

Now that we have this opportunity, it is better to let the princess take command in person. If we win this way, the princess will be credited after returning home.

In the future, the princess will hold great power, so she must accept her favor no matter what.

Li Yuechen also understood what he meant, nodded and said: "That's good, I'm here to thank Pei Shangshu now."

She also understood what the other party meant, so she took it without hesitation, and for herself, it was indeed a good thing.

If he can win the battle as the deputy general manager this time, if there is any war next time, he will be the chief general manager, and he can be regarded as a real military leader.

The soldiers began to rest and set up camp on the spot, placing the horses, building the podium, assembling the bed crossbow and a series of work in an orderly manner.

It was already the next day after all the work was done. At the same time, there was news from the reconnaissance battalion that the Turkic army had also assembled, with a number of more than [-].

At this point, the war has become impossible.

After all, when hundreds of thousands of people gather together, it is a very troublesome thing to eat horse chews every day, and there is no way to maintain it for a long time.

Li Yuechen took a deep breath, this is the first war he commanded, and at the same time, it will also be a war that will change the pattern of future wars!
(End of this chapter)