I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 313: Generals are away and military orders are not obeyed
This statement came out.

The generals around him rolled their eyes and understood immediately.

"Pledge to be loyal to the eldest son to the death."

All the generals in Zhenla knelt down and showed their kindness to Zhao Lun.

"Go."

"If I really reach that position in the future, I will never treat you badly." Zhao Lun smiled and encouraged.

"Yes!"

The generals retreated directly.

"Second brother, second brother."

"Father entrusted me with such an important pass, which shows his trust in me. Why are you fighting with me?" Zhao Lun sneered in his heart.

for this battle.

Relying on the dangerous pass to guard, he was very confident.

Soon.

Outside the Chenla border pass.

A hundred and fifty thousand troops arrived.

In front of the army formation.

First, there were countless banners of the Tang Dynasty, fluttering in the wind, and after the banners of the Tang Dynasty, there were the military flags of the Liangzhou Army.

In front of the battle.

Li Zheng stood up on horseback, surrounded by Zhao Ming and Wu Yuanlong.

There are also Hou Junji and many generals in Shandong and Hebei.

"Zhenla's Zhao Guangxin is not stupid."

"This pass has been heavily defended for a long time. According to the intelligence obtained by King Jiangxia, there are at least 80,000 Zhenla troops in the city."

"This is a tough battle." Hou Junji licked his mouth and said it was a tough battle, but his eyes were full of heat.

Can be imagined.

After waiting in Chang'an for so many years, he finally commanded the troops and finally got the opportunity to go to the battlefield. How could he not cherish this opportunity to make meritorious deeds?

"General Li, give the order."

Hou Junji turned to look at Li Zheng and said.

"Since Zhao Guangxin has already prepared."

"There are definitely not a few defensive bows and arrows in the city."

"Use a hundred trebuchets to suppress the formation, and 30,000 archers to advance and release arrows."

"Under suppression, let the heavy armored infantry charge first and build ladders, and the siege troops will follow." Li Zheng said solemnly.

"The general also thinks so."

"We, the Tang Dynasty, will naturally use our strengths to suppress the shortcomings of the barbarians."

"Slingers, archers, and heavy infantry will come first. These barbarians can't break through the heavy armor's defense." Hou Junji sneered.

For heavy armored infantry, defense comes first. Unless the shot really hits the vital point, it will be really difficult to penetrate the armor.

"Then it's decided."

"After the trebuchets and archers have pressed down the formation, I will lead all the infantry forward, and General Hou Jun will gather to hold down the formation."

Li Zheng said immediately.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Hou Junji was stunned, and then quickly said: "No, it can't be done."

"Before the general went on the expedition, the emperor made a special statement. General Li only needs to press the formation, and he must not take the lead. Otherwise, if there are any mistakes, then the general will not have merit but pass." Hou Junji said with a panic look on his face.

The sword has no eyes on the battlefield.

And this is the prince, the emperor's treasure, and there can be no mistakes. If he gets out of trouble, the whole line of Shandong and Hebei generals will be ruined.

"The emperor's words are valid in the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Now this general is no longer in the Tang Dynasty, and..." Li Zheng laughed, slowly pulled out the golden snake sword from his waist, turned over and dismounted: "The general is outside, your order is here. Not accepted.”

By the side.

Zhao Ming, Wu Yuanlong, and the five hundred personal guards all dismounted from their horses and drew their swords in unison.

"General Li, it really can't be done."

"You are the commander-in-chief, so you must not act on your own initiative." Hou Junji was anxious, really anxious.

"General Hou, I can usually listen to you, but when the war breaks out, you have to listen to me in everything."

"Execute military orders."

Li Zheng said with a cold face.

Subsequently.

He raised the sword blade in his hand high and shouted loudly: "Trebuchet, launch."

"Archers, bows and arrows dominate the formation."

echoed.

"The Tang army is mighty."

Countless Tang Dynasty soldiers roared. One hundred trebuchets were neatly arranged in front of the city.

Boom boom boom!
There were bursts of loud noises.

Boulders weighing hundreds of kilograms were shot towards the Zhenla border with terrifying impact.

"Ah...ah..."

time.

Many Chenla soldiers on the pass were directly hit to death by boulders. The boulders shattered, causing many soldiers to fall to the ground in pain.

Even the city walls were smashed with cracks.

And 30,000 archers moved forward quickly, with their bows and arrows ready, and they rushed forward quickly.

"The Tang army attacked."

"Fire the arrow quickly."

General Zhenla on the pass shouted loudly.

The Zhenla archers on the city tower bent their bows and nocked arrows, and fired arrows at the Tang archers advancing in front of the city.

Arrows rained down.

Many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fell in a pool of blood, and they fired arrows from a high position. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty obviously suffered a disadvantage.

However, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty spread out as much as possible to avoid being injured by Zhenla's arrow rain, but when they reached the fifty or sixtyth battle in front of the city, they entered the range of the bow and arrow.

"Fire arrows."

Zhang Liang, who was in charge of the archers, shouted loudly.

"kill!"

Thirty thousand archers fired arrows at the city.

The two sides fired arrows at each other, and arrows took off in random directions.

However, thanks to the orderliness of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhenla army on this pass was suppressed.

Moreover, there are also huge rocks that are constantly being launched, hitting the city tower, which also brings a lot of damage.

"Don't hide, fire arrows, don't let Tang Jun get close."

"Fire arrows."

General Chenla, who was supervising the battle at the pass, shouted loudly as he looked at the soldiers who were hiding under the city wall to avoid arrows and boulders.

But it doesn't seem to have much effect.

"Heavy infantry."

"kill."

Li Zheng raised his sword and took the lead, killing towards the tower.

Zhao Ming, Wu Yuanlong, and five hundred personal guards followed Li Zheng closely.

Twenty thousand heavily armored soldiers followed.

All of them were wearing heavy armor, like giant steel beasts.

These are the real elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they are also steel weapons crafted at great cost.

Their movement speed was much slower than that of ordinary soldiers, but after Li Zheng commanded the troops, they seemed to make up for it. Their strength and combat power had increased twice, and their speed was not much worse than that of ordinary soldiers.

But this invisible change did not surprise the heavy armored infantry.

"Li Zheng!"

"No wonder the emperor asked me to keep an eye on you. You let yourself go as soon as you entered the battlefield."

"What should I do if something happens to you?"

"No."

"I want to protect Li Zheng."

Looking at Li Zheng rushing forward, Hou Junji's eyes were full of worry.

Subsequently.

He shouted to Cui Kai beside him: "Prepare the formation, supervise the battle, I will protect Li Zheng."

"Yes."

Cui Kai replied immediately.

Then Hou Junji also got off his horse, drew his sword, and chased after Li Zheng.

This kind of siege battle.

Unlike the battle on the grasslands of northern Xinjiang, riding a horse to attack a city is tantamount to seeking death. The enemy will shoot arrows at the horseman with all his strength.

Moreover, in this mountainous and hilly area in the south, mountain soldiers and infantry are the main force.

The trebuchet's boulders were still hurling.

The suppression of Tang Dynasty archers also continued.

From time to time, enemy soldiers in the pass were pierced and killed by random arrows. Of course, they also fired arrows to fight back. From time to time, Tang Dynasty soldiers were killed by bows and arrows.

This is also inevitable on the battlefield.

Li Zheng led the heavy armored infantry all the way forward, past the archers, and advanced towards the pass.

(End of this chapter)