The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 433 Li Ji's Art of Using Soldiers

The shooting lasted a total of a quarter of an hour, and the position was filled with thick smoke and the smell of gunpowder.

But at the moment, no one dislikes the smell of smoke... except Chen Jingke, who found a wet cloth to cover his mouth in advance.

After the shooting was over, the generals had expressions of excitement on their faces.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

They have been counting the design frequency of these gunners, an average of about twice a minute.

This frequency is not too high, and the shooting frequency of archers can be several times higher than this.

But after doing this, the archer's arm was either injured or disabled.

Moreover, Shenjiying obviously noticed the frequency problem, and adopted three-stage shooting, that is, six rounds per minute.

This frequency is already astonishing.

Even if the firecrackers are not as powerful as the archers, with these advantages, the archers are destined to be eliminated.

Archers will be eliminated one day?
When they think of this future, they feel incredible, and then there is even greater excitement.

Because it was Datang's army that eliminated the archers, isn't that exciting enough?

After that, Li Shimin led a group of civil and military ministers to the city wall to appreciate the power of firecrackers.

Everyone found that the wood used as dummies was riddled with holes, and the armor on them was also beaten like a hornet's nest.

Can penetrate armor at a distance of [-] steps?Seeing this power, everyone knows that archers are about to enter history.

Even if they will not be eliminated all at once, they will be reduced to auxiliary arms.

Firecrackers and artillery are the future of warfare.

Then everyone looked at Chen Jingke again, how powerful is the legendary Chen family?

Why did such a powerful family never show up in the Central Plains, or why did they have no idea of ​​taking over the Central Plains?
As long as their family has moved their minds in this regard, there is nothing wrong with Datang.

But instead of doing this, they even gave all the things to Datang for free.

What kind of spirit is this?Could it be that their family is all saints?

It's just that everyone dared to hide this kind of thinking in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it.

At the same time, everyone had a clearer understanding that Chen Jingke couldn't be messed with.

Emotionally speaking, the queen will protect him.

In terms of interests, the emperor had to protect him even more.

Offending him is almost tantamount to offending the empress and the empress—no, it's more troublesome than offending the empress.

Because the emperor and empress want face, Chen Jingke can lower his face and do many things that others dare not do.

For example, Wang Xiuqi, who was said to have died due to the rupture of the valley road, although there is no evidence, the rumors point directly at Chen Jingke.

Even if this kind of thing can be done, and there is someone to protect him if he gets into trouble, who would dare to offend such a person?

One day he really uses this trick on himself, there is no reason at all.

What?Let the empress deliver justice?
Think more.

Chen Jingke didn't know that he had already been labeled as the person who should not be messed with.

At this time, he was showing off to Li Chengqian: "How about my invention? It's amazing."

Li Chengqian looked at them out of the corner of his eye, and seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he pretended to be disdainful and said: "You didn't invent this, what are you talking about."

Chen Jingke argued: "Then you can say whether I took it out."

Li Chengqian said: "You should thank you for having a group of good ancestors, otherwise you might not know where to beg for food right now."

Chen Jingke said angrily: "If you have the ability, don't use firecrackers."

Li Chengqian said: "Why don't you use such a good thing? This is called borrowingism... Well, you said this, I think it makes sense, and I will learn from you in the future."

Chen Jingke made a mouth gesture: Shameless.

Li Chengqian spread his hands, what can he do.

All jokes aside, looking at the shattered armor, Li Chengqian sighed: "The future war will be more like a killing game."

Chen Jingke also had to admit: "Compared to killing the same kind, human beings are more cruel than all animals."

Then he laughed and said, "What are we thinking here? The law of the jungle is one of the laws of nature. Human beings are also a part of nature. How can there be an exception?"

"These weapons can be used to kill the enemy, but they can also be used to protect everything we have."

"One day in the future, human beings will develop weapons to destroy themselves."

"At that time, all countries with such weapons will throw their hands at each other, and the big countries will be able to achieve relative peace."

Li Chengqian said in surprise: "Is there really such a weapon?"

Chen Jingke said affirmatively: "There will definitely be. This kind of weapon is hidden in Gewuxue, waiting for us to discover it."

Li Chengqian seemed to have thought of something, and asked, "Has your family mastered this weapon?"

Chen Jingke laughed and said: "How is it possible, but they speculated that this kind of weapon must exist based on the internal laws of Gephysics."

Li Chengqian frowned and said, "Can this be guessed?"

Chen Jingke said: "Of course, many things have internal laws to follow, especially in Gephysics. Many things can be deduced after mastering the laws."

Li Chengqian worried: "How far is your family from such a big killer?"

Chen Jingke thought for a while and said, "It's very far away. If everything goes well, there will be a distance of two or three hundred years."

Li Chengqian didn't know what to say: "Can you deduce things to two or three hundred years later?"

Chen Jingke sighed: "I don't know mathematics, physics and chemistry, and life is full of myths."

Li Chengqian knew the meaning of this sentence after a little thought, and said angrily, "Do you want to be beaten?"

Chen Jingke opened a small bag hanging around his waist, revealing a gun, and said, "I'll give you a chance to reorganize the language."

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think you have this thing?"

Chen Jingke grinned and said, "But this thing can make the combat effectiveness of the two of us split to [-]-[-]."

Li Chengqian was speechless, simply ignored him, and turned around to go to the group of big shots.

After witnessing the power of the firecrackers, everyone came to the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion to observe them.

The generals from the Shenji Battalion came to explain to them what the structure of the firecrackers looks like, how to load gunpowder projectiles, how to aim, how to fire and so on.

The people who were full of interest even fired a few shots in their own hands, and experienced first-hand what the firecracker is all about.

So far the exercise was officially over, Li Shimin asked Li Ji, "Mao Gong, what do you think?"

Li Ji said: "There are so many. I don't know where to start. Please allow me a few days to answer after I think about it."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "Yes, but you will be leaving in three days, so you must give me your things before then."

Li Ji said, "Here."

Li Shimin said to the others: "Don't just watch the fun, everyone writes their opinions on the firecracker."

"I still say that the weapon is dead and the person is alive. We must learn to use weapons and summarize new tactics around them, so that we can exert the greatest power of firecrackers."

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After returning from Longshouyuan, Chen Jingke went to the harem, and Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Zhi, Li Lizhi and others naturally also came.

Today is considered to be practiced for Li Chengqian.

The eldest grandson Wugou was both worried and happy.

But she is not a conservative dove, on the contrary, she is also a heroine among women.

On the day of the Xuanwu Gate incident, she set up an ambush at the Xuanwu Gate with Li Shimin and participated in the battle in person.

How could such a woman let her son give up a great opportunity because of worry.

Instead, she would encourage him to do more if given the chance.

During the dinner, Li Tai also took out a set of the same full body armor and gave it to him as a gift.

Li Chengqian was naturally very happy, and offered tea to him several times.

Well, since the diagnosis of genetic hypertension, the royal family has basically quit drinking, and all banquets are replaced by tea.

Moreover, Li Shimin didn't hide it, and directly told the world that the royal family had dizziness and could not drink alcohol.

Nowadays, no one would persuade the royal family to drink alcohol, otherwise a person with bad intentions would not be able to escape.

Three days later, Li Shimin held a swearing-in meeting for Li Ji at the school grounds outside the city.

As for why it was Li Ji and not Li Chengqian, it was because the former was the commander-in-chief, while the latter was only the deputy general.

However, the soldiers also knew that His Royal Highness would go out with them, and their morale was naturally extremely high.

After that, the army set off all the way to Monan.

In fact, Li Ji and Li Chengqian's troops only have more than [-] people, and the rest of the Zhechong mansions have already set out, and some have even been in place.

Li Simo only built a huge barracks for the Tang army outside Xiangcheng for the army to station.

After Li Ji and Li Chengqian arrived, he went out of the city fifty miles to meet them.

For Li Chengqian's arrival, he was both worried and happy.

The worry is that if the prince makes a mistake, they won't be able to teach him badly.The happy thing is that the emperor even sent the prince over, which shows that he attaches great importance to this battle.

And he can also take advantage of this opportunity to build a good relationship with the prince, and the possibility of keeping the directly subordinate tribes in the south of the Yellow River is much greater.

After a simple exchange of pleasantries, Li Ji got straight to the point and asked, "Where are Xue Yantuo's people?"

Li Simo said: "Yi Nan personally led [-] troops to cross Qingshan, and his vanguard led [-] cavalry to approach Bai Daochuan."

If it weren't for Tang Jun, he would have fled to Shuozhou with his tribe across the Yellow River.

Li Ji took out the map and observed it for a while, then said: "Tonight we will take the initiative to attack Dadushi at night, defeat his troops first, and then have a showdown with Yinan in the Qingshan area."

Li Simo was startled, and said: "The British Duke has traveled a long distance, it's not too late to rest for a few days before fighting again."

Li Chengqian actually meant the same thing, but before setting off again, Li Shimin explained that he was not allowed to question any of Li Ji's battle formations.

You can ask for advice in private, but you must pretend to be dumb in front of others.So even though he was puzzled, he didn't ask any more questions.

Li Ji replied: "The generous set must also know this truth, he will not give us a chance to rest."

"But he never imagined that after a long journey, we would attack without stopping for a moment."

"As the so-called attacking the unprepared by surprise, we will win this night attack."

Li Simo still worried: "But the bodies of the soldiers..."

Li Ji didn't answer him directly, but asked, "How many people can you draw?"

Li Simo said without thinking: "The only thing I can mobilize is the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, more than six thousand horses."

Li Ji nodded and said: "You send 3000 people, I send 2000 people, and gather [-] riders to launch a surprise attack tonight."

Li Simo suddenly realized, and said with admiration: "So that's the case, I admire you, I'll go and order three thousand horses and hand them over to the British Duke."

The Turkic cavalry fought locally, so naturally there was no problem of fatigue.

There are several Zhechong mansions in Datang that have come here more than ten days in advance, and it is no problem to draw two from these troops.

It is not a strange thing to attack 5000 people at night with 3 people.

Night raids are often based on fewer attacks and more operations, and fewer people are convenient for action. This suddenness is what raids need.

And there are too many people in the dark, but it is not conducive to action.

Li Chengqian also figured out what Li Ji was thinking, and he wanted to do the opposite.

You think that I am tired from the long journey and need to rest, but I want to take the initiative to attack.

He has only deep admiration for this art of using soldiers.

Fortunately, I didn't rush to question just now, otherwise it would be a small shame, and it would be a big taboo to interfere with Li Ji's military use.

Naturally, it was not his turn to do the night raid, and after Li Ji had arranged everything, he went to the camp that Li Simo had arranged for him.

As soon as the temperature of the tea had not dropped after sitting down, I heard the report from the following people: "Li Xiaoyi and Wang Fangyi are both captains, please see me."

Li Chengqian knew that this was his guard in the desert, and he also admired Li Xiaoyi and Wang Fangyi very much, and regarded them as future ministers.

So when I heard that the two of them were coming, I quickly asked someone to bring them in.

After some greetings, Li Chengqian took the initiative to talk about the follow-up plan.

It's nothing more than the hard work of the two soldiers and Qianqi's soldiers, I will remember your contributions and so on.

Then he noticed the embarrassment on the faces of the two captains, and he couldn't help saying curiously: "You guys are..."

Wang Fangyi winked at Li Xiaoyi, which means, you are from the clan.

Li Xiaoyi said this, this is your cousin-in-law, you tell.

Seeing the flirting between the two, Li Chengqian was even more curious, and said: "We are not outsiders, if you have anything to say, feel free to say it... Xiaoyi, tell me."

Li Xiaoyi saw that it was his head, so he had no choice but to tell the plan of the two of them to raid Yi Nan's tent.

"For this reason, we have been planning for several months, and have figured out the general deployment of Xue Yantuo's ministries."

"Besides, this time Yi Nan leads an army of [-] into Monan, and the rear will be empty. This is a good opportunity to launch a surprise attack."

"If we can successfully take down the barbarian tent and rescue General Qibi, Datang will have no worries about the future, who knows..."

Li Chengqian answered, "Who knew you would be asked to protect me all of a sudden, right?"

Li Xiaoyi was extremely embarrassed, he didn't dare to say this.

Li Chengqian was not angry, but thought about it: "How sure are you about this matter?"

Li Xiaoyi's eyes lit up, knowing that there was something to be said about this matter, he quickly said: "I dare not say too much, I still have a five-point certainty."

"Even if we can't achieve the set goals, we are sure to get out."

When the two armies are facing each other, five points is already a lot of confidence, and seven points is equivalent to a certain victory.

Li Chengqian naturally understood this truth, and after pondering for a while, he made a decision:

"Okay, you don't have to worry about my safety, just follow your own plan, and I'm waiting to ask for credit for you."

(End of this chapter)