Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 123 Sir, times have changed

Neither An Shouzhong on the rebel side nor Guo Ziyi on the imperial side had ever seen such an army.

The two of them murmured in their hearts at the same time, is this also an army?
The soldiers looked very brightly dressed, without armor, and carried weapons very similar to spears on their shoulders. There were also a troupe of troupes playing and playing on the side, and those who didn't know it thought they were a team coming to welcome the bride.

"Commander, where did this Caotai team come from?" Joining the army next to An Shouzhong pointed at the Tiance Army who came from afar. His expression seemed to be that he couldn't understand what kind of team this was.

You say he is not an army, he still holds weapons; you say he is an army, he does not wear armor and still boasts...

An Shouzhong looked solemn. As a coach, any disturbance should not be taken lightly, especially now when the two sides are in balance.

He soon came to a conclusion and said to the messenger beside him: "Send my command to inform Zhang Tongru and lead his rear army to prepare for battle!"

Ancient battles were not like a mass attack as modern people think, but were divided into several parts, front, rear, left and right. Generally, the front army engaged in the battle, and other troops served as reserves. In most cases of defeat, It was the collapse of the former army that caused a chain reaction.

Therefore, An Shouzhong has sufficient reserves to cope with the current situation.

After receiving the order, the soldiers left. Joining the army said with a smile: "General, I thought it was Marshal you invited to celebrate our victory over the Tang army. It turned out to be the reinforcements invited by the old man Guo Ziyi."

"Yes, I thought he would invite the Huihe people for reinforcements from old man Guo Ziyi," An Shouzhong chuckled: "The only person I fear is the Huihe Jingqi! Now that the Huihe Jingqi is not here, let him come as many times as he likes People are just delivering food!”

Zhang Tongru received the commander's order and took more than 6000 troops from his headquarters to form a formation in front to prepare for the battle.

Guo Ziyi in the distance looked at the slowly advancing reinforcements and couldn't help but sweat.

"Shuai Guo, is this... can this be done?" Li Yu asked worriedly: "I have never seen such an army. They don't even wear armor. Can they fight?"

"I believe Emperor Taizong. Besides, you see, although they are not wearing armor, their military formations are neat and their ranks are orderly. They must be elites from hundreds of battles."

Guo Ziyi twisted her beard to look like an old god and gave Li Yu some reassurance, but in her heart she was also fetching water from fifteen buckets - up and down.

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After arranging his troops in formation, Zhang Tongru felt strange when he looked at the neatly arranged enemy troops in "colorful" uniforms on the opposite side.Tian Ganzhen, who was beside him, looked at the grass-stage team members who were playing and playing, and laughed for no reason.

"Old Tian, ​​why are you laughing?" Zhang Tongru actually wanted to laugh, but after all, as the coach, his emotions cannot be exposed and affect his morale.

Tian Qianzhen chuckled: "I was laughing that Guo Ziyi had no one to use. Guizhou Donkey was so poor that he sent such a troupe to greet us and rush into Fengxiang to capture Li Heng alive?"

"Don't underestimate the enemy." Although Zhang Tongru said this, he could not hide the contempt in his eyes.

Since they had almost won repeated battles against the Tang army since they raised their troops, arrogance gradually emerged within the rebels.The recent defeat is also considered by the generals to be the aftermath of An Lushan's death. When An Qingxu reorganizes his troops, the Tang army will not be worried.

In the Tang Army's main formation, Li Shimin drove a car slowly behind him, and a bronze cannon was pulled behind the car.

This time the Tang Army dispatched a brigade of Tiance Army and four regiments of cavalry.

According to the "Training Regulations of the 11th Year of Zhenguan", every three battalions of the New Army form a brigade, with a battalion of 1000 people; each cavalry regiment has 500 people, and every three squadrons form a cavalry regiment.

At this time, only the infantry brigade of the Tiance Army launched an attack on the rebel headquarters, and the cavalry regiment was placed on standby on the sloping back of the mountain not far away.

"This is my first time to go to the battlefield like this." Li Shimin drove the car and said with a smile to Li Qing: "In the past, I rode a horse to rush into battle, but now...well, now I also ride a horse, but this horse is not a horse. ,Ha ha ha ha."

"Aren't you worried about not winning?" Li Qing slumped comfortably on the back of the chair and asked with his head tilted.

"Hahaha... I believe in you and I believe in Mao Gong." Li Shimin was not worried. He held the steering wheel with one hand and his driving skills were already very experienced.

At first glance, it seems that he is practicing secretly at home.

"Brother, I have something unclear." Li Shimin glanced at the bronze cannon in the rearview mirror and asked puzzledly: "Why did you name that cannon 'Italian Cannon'?"

"You don't understand this. This is a sense of ritual." Li Qing said, sitting up straight: "Okay, it's almost time to start."

When he was about two hundred paces away, Li Ji ordered: "Everyone is here, stand firm!"

The formation training for half a year has achieved good results. The military musicians took the lead to stop playing, and as the drummer beat the drum beat, which represented standing still, the soldiers followed and stopped.

Zhang Tongru, who was in the opposite military formation, suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Moveless as a mountain..." he murmured.

Tian Qianzhen didn't hear his words, but pulled his neck and mocked: "Hey! The grass troupe opposite! Are you here to sing?"

Li Ji didn't care about him. At this distance, the archers couldn't shoot that far, but the muskets still had enough lethality--the accuracy was just a little off.

He drew his saber, raised it to the sky, and shouted loudly: "Everyone is here—at their posts—"

Accompanied by Li Ji's shouts and the beating of drummers, the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army uniformly raised the flintlock guns on their shoulders to the sky, with uniform movements, and raised the guns with a "crack" sound. "The sound is almost unanimous.

"preparation--"

As soon as the drum beat sounded, the officers and soldiers of Tiance placed their flintlock rifles flat, pointing the barrels of Ru Lin's guns directly at the innocent-looking rebel soldiers on the other side who were waiting to watch the show.

Zhang Tongru suddenly felt blessed and felt nervous in some areas for no reason. A stream of cold air rushed up from the tail vertebrae along the spine and went straight to the sky.

"put!"

He saw the man who looked like a general holding a knife slashing down with all his strength, and the position opposite suddenly burst into flames, and thick blue-white gunpowder smoke rose up.Then, gunshots sounded like exploding beans, and accompanied by the sound of roaring wind, seven or eight unlucky ones fell among the soldiers standing in the first row.

"This... what kind of weapon is this?" Zhang Tongru was shocked. When the smoke cleared, he looked up and saw that the people on the opposite side did not continue to move forward, but were stabbing the spear in place. It was not a spear or a bow, not a bow. Strange stuff. "preparation--!"

Zhang Tongru couldn't help but feel horrified, could this thing be used again and again?
Accompanied by another burst of brilliant fire and rising smoke, gunshots sounded like fried beans again, and this time more than ten people fell in the front row.

Li Ji looked at the enemy troops in the distance who were waiting for their charge like goose-headed geese, and felt a sense of relief for no reason.To be honest, Li Ji has experienced hundreds of battles and has led soldiers for so many years. This is the first time he has fought such a strange battle.

The whole is very good.

I have to say that King Qin’s military training method is really interesting.

But when he turned his head, he saw that the stupid donkey who hadn't fired the gun just now was stuffing lead bullets into the gun. Seeing what he meant, he wanted to use the iron bar to shove it in again. Li Ji was so angry that he slapped him hard. He slapped that stupid donkey hard on the back of the head and cursed loudly: "Fuck you, you don't want to live, I want to live! You didn't just fire the gun, you still loaded your mother's courgette ammunition!" Hurry up and pick up the gun and prepare me to continue shooting!"

Li Ji didn't care whether the unlucky guy died or not. He was mainly afraid that his chest would be blown up and he would be hurt.

"Ready -!" After slapping the donkey, Li Ji raised his command knife high again.

"Let go!" he ordered loudly.

Following this order, gunfire rang out again.The rebels in front of them were like cutting wheat, and more than ten people fell down with a plop.

Zhang Tongru finally understood that these strange Tang soldiers on the opposite side did not want to take the initiative to charge at all, but planned to slowly consume his vitality by stabbing his flesh with blunt knives.And our own bows and arrows can't reach them. Even if they can, they won't be lethal at this distance.

We can only charge, since the opponent is not wearing armor anyway and is no match for us.

"Give me the order! Prepare to attack!" He was not one to sit still and wait to be killed. He wanted to bet that the opponent would not be able to fight hand-to-hand.

Aren't they just a group of shooters?Zhang Tongru thought.

In fact, what he thought was not wrong. If he followed the training method of archers, where would he have time to train them in hand-to-hand combat?

The distance of two hundred steps is not close. At this distance, we can only walk slowly but not charge.On the one hand, it is because of physical strength, and on the other hand, it is to maintain the formation.Zhang Tongru was very anxious. After taking a few steps, gunfire rang out again from the opposite side. It seemed that the closer the distance, the more people would die here.

When they reached a distance of nearly a hundred steps, Zhang Tongru shouted loudly: "Go forward quickly and kill them all..."

As soon as the word "men" came out of his mouth, he was drowned by the harsh sound of gunfire.Zhang Tongru was horrified to see Tian Qianzhen beside him being hit by a musket, and he fell to the ground without even making a sound.The bright red blood dyed the yellow autumn grass red, and the tender white brain soaked this yellow land.

Due to the close distance of this salvo, Zhang Tongru's troops paid the price of more than 50 people.

Ignoring the wails of the wounded, these rebels were already elites. Their ferocity was aroused by the blood, and they rushed forward howling.They vowed to make these Tang soldiers who could only hurt people pay the price!What kind of hero is he who only fires cold shots?
However, my lord, times have changed after all.

After walking quickly for more than 40 steps, roaring gunshots rang out again, taking away the lives of 80 people and leaving dozens of wounded lying on the ground wailing and moaning.Being hit by a musket is not like being hit by an arrow and still being able to walk or fight. The lead bullets of the musket are extremely poisonous. When they hit the human body, they can form a trumpet-shaped cavity, instantly destroying the combat effectiveness of a mature man. Even mobility.

For a force of 6000 men, these casualties were acceptable.

Fifty steps later, Zhang Tongru was trying to calculate the distance. As long as we were in close contact, everything would be fine!
Gunfire rang out again, this time at a distance, the rebels paid the price of more than 100 people.

Zhang Tongru pinched himself hard, trying to calm himself down.Every soldier under his command was an elite who had followed him in the North and South for many years. Now that so many of them died without even touching their faces, how could he not feel heartbroken?
He saw that his soldiers began to waver, and a panicked look began to appear on their faces.In his eagerness, he shouted angrily: "Hold on! There are still thirty steps to go! They are just a group of shooters! They are not wearing armor, and they are no match for us in hand-to-hand combat!"

When the panicked rebels heard these words, they seemed to have found a backbone. They pulled their necks and shouted loudly and ran forward, as if they wanted to dispel the fear in their hearts.

With twenty steps left, Zhang Tongru felt that he was close to victory and that all persistence was worth it.The battlefield below will be taken over by them.

Kill all these nasty shooters!Kill all these cowards who only shoot cold arrows from a distance!

However, he found in despair that the general of the Tang Army raised his sword high again.

"Get ready—let it go!"

At this distance, Zhang Tongru finally heard clearly what the other party was shouting.Dazzling fire burst out from the forest of spears in front of them, and a thunderous sound resounded through the sky and was deafening.Zhang Tongru even wondered whether he had angered the gods and sent down thunder to punish him.

But he was soon surrounded by ecstasy - he was so lucky that he was not hit at all.He had no time to check the situation around him. Instead, he raised his sword high and targeted the Tang Army general who was stuffing something into his mouth.

But he soon saw the face of the Tang Army general bulge, and he blew something in his mouth vigorously.

A shrill whistle sounded, and a deafening roar erupted from the array in front of them.

"kill--!!!"

Zhang Tongru never dreamed that these Tang soldiers who looked like shooters in front of him actually had excellent close combat capabilities, and were even better than them in terms of coordination.During the battle, the rebels also discovered that they were obviously fighting one person, but they felt as if he was attacking them with several bayonets at the same time.

But this is just the beginning, just the beginning.

Li Qing saw the rebels approaching, poked his head out of the Hummer, turned his head and shouted loudly.

"Second Battalion Commander! Where is your damn Italian cannon? Bring it to me!"

The second battalion commander immediately stepped forward and began to fiddle with the artillery that had been calibrated to shoot at Zhu Yuan.The artillery aimed at the rebels, under the control of the second battalion commander, made a deafening sound, and the pellets hit the enemy formation from the side like a goddess scattering flowers.

We stopped firing just now so as not to scare the enemy away so early.

The enemy's formation, which was somewhat tidy at first, was sprayed with shotguns and opened a huge gap at that moment.

If you eat a shell at close range, the impact will undoubtedly be huge.Zhang Tongru, who was lucky enough to see the opportunity, turned his horse's head and ran away. He only regretted that his mother-in-law had two legs.I don't know who among the rebels shouted, and they no longer wanted to fight. They turned their heads and fled towards the main formation without looking back.

"Change the shells!" Li Ji saw this and ordered loudly: "Change the bullets! Target the enemy's central army! Herald! Send a signal to the cavalry and ask them to follow my first brigade! Go straight to the traitor An Shouzhong!"

(Please give me a monthly ticket. I will update the last two chapters during the day. I am so sleepy...)
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