Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 490 Allowing Defeat, Not Allowing Victory To Lure The Enemy Deep

The first ninety-two chapters allow defeat but not victory to lure the enemy deep
On March [-]th in the third year of Wude, Sun Shunde, General Zuo Xiaowei of the Tang Dynasty, led [-] cavalry and arrived at Hangu Pass.This large army included almost all the mobile troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Guanzhong area. They were well-equipped, well-trained, and quite effective. Here comes the hope.

Changsun Shunde is the uncle of Changsun Wugou and Changsun Wuji, and also a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty.In the Sui Dynasty, the eldest grandson belonged to the same family. Because of the relationship between the eldest grandson Sheng, most of the children under the sect were high-ranking officials and dignitaries.At that time, Sun Shunde, the eldest son, was Zuo Xunwei (from the seventh rank). Although the rank of the three guards was low, their status was high, and they could be promoted accordingly, which was valued by the people of the time.When Yang Guangdong conscripted Goguryeo for the third time, Changsun Shunde was included in the conscription. In order to avoid conscription, he fled from Chang'an to Taiyuan.

Because the niece is Li Shimin's official wife, who is now Princess Qin, the eldest grandson queen in history.So he was taken in by Li Yuan as a disciple.Although the eldest grandson Shunde's personal relationship was not as close as that of Pei Ji and Li Yuan, it was undeniable that the eldest grandson Shunde was also one of Li Yuan's cronies.

Although Li Shimin defeated Longmen and Qu Tutong defeated Luoyang, the Tang army lost two battles in a row, and the loss was not small.However, Changsun Shunde was not too worried.Li Shimin and Qu Tutong were defeated by Wang Shichong because they underestimated the enemy.Although both Li Shimin and Qu Tutong were defeated, as Chen Ying defeated Wang Shichong and captured Zhu Can alive, Wang Shichong suffered a lot.Even if Wang Shichong couldn't be defeated by the [-] cavalry led by himself, he could at least force them to retreat, enter Beimang Mountain, and join Li Shimin.

When Changsun Shunde just arrived at Hangu Pass, he sent someone to notify Li Shimin, ready to let Li Shimin send troops to meet him.Because Changsun Shunde sent troops this time, not only had [-] cavalry, but also carried more than [-] horses. These [-] horses, even if they were placed in the Turks with cheap horses, were a very huge wealth. When people leave Hangu Pass, unless Wang Shichong is blind or deaf, he will definitely ambush or prevent their army from joining Li Shimin at all costs.

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"Reinforcements are coming, we must fight!" I heard Li Shimin saying loudly while standing on the general platform.

Qin Qiong's face was very strange, and he muttered in his heart, "Reinforcements are coming, we have to fight, what kind of logic is this?"

"It's weird!" Cheng Zhijie said to Qin Qiong in a slow and low voice.

Qin Qiong nodded, with a serious look on his face: "Listen to what His Royal Highness King Qin has to say!"

At this time, the Beiman camp had about [-] soldiers and horses. Almost all the heavy equipment was lost, and the luggage was also very scarce. Although the morale had recovered, it was suitable for battle.If the reinforcements can successfully reach the Beiman camp, at this time, under the encouragement of the reinforcements, it is really possible for the Beiman Tang army to go out to fight in the field and compete with the Zheng army.

However, now is definitely not the time to fight.

"Since the Eastern Expedition, it has lasted for more than three months. Denglai's life is miserable, and the people are in dire straits. Every time I think about this, the Holy One is very worried...Now the Holy One has sent Sun Shunde, the general of Zuo Xiaowei, to lead [-] cavalry and a large amount of luggage. They are about to arrive. Wang Shichong At this time, there are too many soldiers and too little food, so we will definitely send troops to intercept General Changsun’s luggage, so we must go to war.” Li Shimin’s face was very ugly: “This is Wang Shichong’s conspiracy, knowing that he is waiting for us, we must jump .”

Yangmou is worse than conspiracy.The conspiracy will still be exposed and thwarted, but Yangmou will put everything in front of you clearly. You know that there is a trap, but you still have to jump in with your eyes wide open!

At this moment, outside the camp, there was the sound of war drums.

"What is Wang Shichong trying to do?" Cheng Zhijie roared.

Qin Qiong said: "Do you still need to ask? This is to block us in the camp and prevent our army from reinforcing General Changsun."

"General Changsun doesn't know how powerful Wang Shichong is. Once he is serious, he will fall into the trap. Brothers, General Changsun's subordinates are all our fellow countrymen, Paoze brothers. Even if they fail, we will die with them!" Li Shimin raised his arms and shouted: "General Qu Tu, Changsun Wuji, Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui stay in the camp, and the others follow me!"

Li Shimin led more than [-] soldiers of the Tang army, led by Hou Junji, Lei Yongji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng and other generals, and rushed out of the Beimang camp.The four generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, and Xie Yingdeng acted as pioneers, and the soldiers of the Tang army rushed out neatly holding horizontal knives, Ge, spears, axes, hooks, and crossbows.

At this time, Li Shimin formed a hedgehog formation, using more than [-] carts to occupy the left and right wings, with heavy shields erected on the carts, and three or four archers standing on each cart. When supporting Lingzhou in the snow sledge formation, the only difference is that Chen Ying used a side tank chariot, while Li Shimin used a cart for transporting luggage and a heavy shield for temporary side tank armor.

Wang Ren saw that Li Shimin was out of the camp, and hurriedly led Zheng Guohe Luo's new army to attack. Although Li Shimin's chariot formation was moving, because the archers on the cart could shoot at any time, the Heluo new army hadn't approached yet. Li Shimin's hedgehog array was shot down by hundreds of people.

Wang Renze wanted to go back behind Li Shimin to follow up and attack, but Hou Junji was the guard in the rear, and Hou Junji was also a ruthless man, so he shot more than forty bed crossbow carts at the Heluo new army.

A volley of bed crossbows can shoot three six-foot-long giant crossbows to a distance of 120 paces. The dense formation of the Heluo new army was shot down by more than [-] bed crossbows.The power of the bed crossbow can be called brutal.Six-foot-long crossbow spears can often penetrate three or four people without losing their force. What's even more terrifying is that these bed crossbows can shoot people in two.

In fact, this is exactly the case. If bows and arrows are compared to pistols of later generations, then crossbows are equivalent to rifles. As for bed crossbows, they can be called heavy guns.

After repeated tentative attacks and throwing down nearly a thousand corpses, Wang Renze also learned to behave. He followed Li Shimin's army not far or near, harassing him whenever he had a chance, and hanging around like this if he had no chance.

Li Shimin set up such a hedgehog formation, so that Wang Renze's Heluo new army had no way to start, and could only stare blankly.However, this hedgehog formation is very tight, but its maneuverability is very poor. It took a whole day to move slowly like this, and it took more than forty miles to reach Luojian.

Unknowingly, in the minds of some soldiers of the Tang army, the great defeat a month ago appeared unconsciously, and the corpses of the soldiers of the Tang army were densely packed in Luojian.Although the corpse has long since converged, there is a strong breath of death permeating here.

Taking advantage of the bright spring sunset, you can see the continuous tents of Zheng Jun's camp in the distance, the banners are flying and fluttering, and a breath of gold and iron horses rushes towards your face, telling all Tang Jun soldiers to prepare for a deadly battle.

Li Shimin was riding on a mule, there was nothing he could do, he really had no horses now, and his expression was solemn.Cheng Zhijie said with a relaxed smile: "His Royal Highness, Wang Shichong probably never dreamed that our military strength would be so large. He must be a little flustered at this time. If we take the opportunity to charge up, there will be good news! The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the army and serve the army. Kill a bloody path!"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "General Cheng is eager to fight, it's a good thing, but it's too late now, it's really not suitable for fighting... The order is passed, the army will camp by the Luojian River, rest for one night, and the soldiers will rest as soon as possible after a full meal. Tomorrow, we will fight Wang Shichong to the death!"

Qin Qiong looked up at the sky, but no, the sun had already set.In this era, malnutrition was a common phenomenon, and night blindness among soldiers due to lack of vitamins was a common phenomenon.Under such circumstances, fighting night battles is a very risky thing with very low rewards. Because of poor communication, people who can't reach their fingers, and poor coordination of troops, once a fight starts, it is extremely difficult to control the troops, let alone grasp them. The rhythm of the battlefield has changed, and the chance of dying in the hands of one's own people may be much higher than that of dying in the hands of the enemy.

Of course, it doesn't mean that night raids can't be done at all in this era. There are quite a few night raids, but the troops dispatched are small groups, and two to 3000 people are enough. Of course, there is another more important reason. At that time, soldiers must not suffer from night blindness.Under Chen Ying's persecution, Chen Ying ate all the offal of animals. Even though the night blindness of the soldiers was not eradicated, it was less than one out of ten.

Because Li Shimin has a huge hedgehog formation, it is much more convenient to set up a camp. He dug a trench and parked the cart beside the trench to form a camp wall. Although it is simple, it is really not easy to break through such a simple camp wall. matter.Light a fire and cook.Tomorrow we will have a showdown with Wang Shichong, and of course we will have a good meal tonight, rice and steamed buns are enough, and there is also a side dish, everyone eats very deliciously.

On the other side of Luojian, Wang Shichong, Wang Shiyun and a group of Zheng Jun's generals stood on the hill, looking down at the Tang army's camp.Seeing that the car camp was very tight and densely covered with fence pickets, Wang Shiyun said with a smile: "Li Shimin is a child who has learned a lot, and he still has some skills. This camp is really well built. If you ask me to attack, I don't know if I can take it." move."

Wang Shichong said indifferently: "What's the use of setting up the camp well and firmly? After all, they will come out from inside. After they leave Beiman Mountain, everything is not up to them."

Wang Shiyun grinned and said, "As long as they leave the camp, what will meet them will be a massacre! Li Shimin, you will never be our opponent!"

"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Wang Shichong said flatly: "As long as Li Shimin is calm, he can be regarded as a competent opponent. Tomorrow, he will order the right army of the Heluo new army to fight the Tang army. There may be defeat but no victory!"

Wang Shiyun didn't understand Wang Shichong a little bit. The strength comparison between the two sides at this time is obviously Zheng Qiang and Tang Ruo. If it weren't for the variable of Dou Jiande, if Chen Ying and his more than [-] elite troops were in Beimang, the situation would be a different matter. But now, it is obvious that Tang Jun is weaker.

If Li Shimin shrank in Beiman Mountain, with the help of Beiman Mountain and its strong fortress, Wang Shiyun really had no way to deal with Li Shimin, but now, things that can obviously be defeated with one blow are so complicated.

Wang Shichong glanced at Wang Shiyun and explained: "The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our Dazheng. There is no way to delay the spring plowing. We must solve Li Shimin once and for all, take back Hangu Pass, and use the benefits of Hangu Pass to defend the Central Plains." , to complete this year's spring plowing, otherwise our life will be even more difficult. If we are defeated in the first battle tomorrow, Li Shimin will be able to survive by cutting off the tail of the gecko. Battalion, it’s too close to here! Tomorrow let the Heluo Left Army go to battle, pretending to be invincible, and retreat to Hangu Pass while fighting. Changsun Shunde, as long as he sees the Heluo Left Army’s defeat, he will definitely go out of the city to pick peaches .When the time comes...Let the Heluo New Army lead Li Shimin to Tanlong Valley."

(End of this chapter)