Chapter 226 Li Jiancheng, who was badly taught

"General Chen will never take state affairs as a child's play!" Just as Li Jiancheng was about to write a letter to Chen Ying, Wei Zheng bowed down and said, "Your Royal Highness the Prince, have you forgotten?" Princess Pingyang is in General Chen's army, and Princess Pingyang is here, General Chen will definitely not die without help! ”

Li Jiancheng nodded. At this moment, Wei Zheng found that in the teacup in front of Li Jiancheng, there was no wind and set off a microwave. Almost at the same time, Xue Wanche came to proclaim: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Dou Jiande sent more than 20,000 men and horses to meet the front, it seems that he is ready to attack!" ”

"Just in time!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile: "Dou Jiande finally can't help it!" Pass the lone army order, everyone is ready! ”

Just as Dou Jiande's army was slowly advancing, the officers and men of the Tang Army under Li Jiancheng had already followed the order, with the spearmen in front, the archers in second, and the carts arranged in echelons. In particular, in the gaps in the shield on the cart, the spears of Changge formed a steel jungle.

The sharp spears, the sharp blades all glowed with blue light, making people shudder. The tail ends of these steel spears were slanted into the ground, the tips of the spears pointed into the sky, waiting for them to crash into them! The calmness of the officers and men of the Tang Army greatly surprised Dou Jiande, according to common sense, seeing so many troops approaching, the infantry of the Tang Army should have fallen into a panic, why are they still standing there motionless one by one?

Dou Jiande frowned and ordered: "Before approaching an arrow, the archer raises his finger and shoots!" ”

If you insist on rushing over, the only result is that you will be skewered! Of course, the military art created by the Chinese nation is not just a fierce rush.

The archers of the Zheng army slowly stepped forward, and when they were three hundred steps away from the Tang army's chariot array, the Tang army's chariot formation did not move.

These soldiers of the Xia Army stepped forward anxiously, and when they entered a distance of two hundred steps, the officers and men of the Tang Army still did not move.

In this way, the soldiers of the Tang Army seemed to be like puppets, waiting motionlessly for the soldiers of the Zheng Army to slowly enter the land of one stone. At this time, the soldiers of the Xia army roared in unison, and at the same time put their arrows on the wind.

Dou Jiande was very surprised, Li Jiancheng's army did not have archers, for their Xia army, it was too good news to be good, he could already foresee the tragic situation of the Tang army soldiers falling in pieces under the continuous rain of arrows!

In fact, Dou Jiande guessed wrong, of course Li Jiancheng had archers, and there were quite a few of them, almost more than 3,000 people. However, because he had consumed too many arrows in the defense of Jinju City before, and now the bow and arrows in Li Jiancheng's hands were less than ten arrows per person, so he did not order the arrows to be released at all.

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

The archers of the Xia army did not come out, and as soon as they struck, more than 7,000 archers fired a rain of arrows like a storm into the Tang army's array. Seeing the rain of arrows of the Xia Army flying densely like locusts crossing the border, the soldiers of the Tang Army were not in a hurry, shrank their bodies, and got under the cart.

The carts of the Tang Army's outer defense line were all ordinary two-wheeled carts, all of which were loaded with thick green reeds, and these freshly cut reeds were piled on top of the carts, almost equal to the shields, as if adding a roof to the carts.

Li Jiancheng remembered that Chen Yingchu chatted with the soldiers and told the story of Zhuge Liang's grass boat borrowing arrows. At that time, Li Jiancheng also laughed at Chen Yingbu, there was no story of borrowing arrows from a grass boat in history, and some were just that when Sun Quan was reconnoitring Cao Ying, the awning boat he was riding was tilted by Cao Jun, and Sun Quan asked people to transfer the boat over and let the other side meet the arrow rain, so that the awning boat slowly regained its balance, and Sun Quan went safely.

Now Li Jiancheng doesn't have too many arrows, and a very important part of this moon array is to use archers to suppress the enemy's approach, but there are less than 30,000 arrows, which sounds like a lot. In desperation, Li Jiancheng had no choice but to adopt this method, he calculated that Dou Jiande was cautious in using his troops, and he would definitely not come up and attack with all his might, but would only attack tentatively.

However, although the arrows can be recovered, once the arrows hit the shield or armor, they will definitely be distorted and deformed, which will affect the use of the arrows when firing them a second time. Li Jiancheng looked at the reeds that had just grown on the banks of the Fen River, and was overjoyed, cutting off the dense reeds could not only clear the horizon, but also use the buffering effect of the reeds to reduce the loss of arrowheads.

The rain of arrows fired as many as six rounds in a row, and more than 7,000 Xia Army archers fired at least more than 40,000 arrows, but Dou Jiande didn't hear the screams from the Tang army's array, and gradually felt that something was wrong.

"Stop shooting!"

But it was too late, and at the moment when Dou Jiande hesitated, another round of shots was launched. Arrows cost money, an arrow is not expensive, about fifteen to twenty dollars, if it is an armor-piercing heavy arrow, it is more expensive, about thirty dollars. In just seven rounds of shooting, nearly 50,000 arrows, which is about 8.9 million yuan, or about 700 yuan, are gone, and if converted into the price of grain in Hebei, about 20,000 or 30,000 stone of grain will be shot to the Tang army camp.

But so much money was launched, but there were no casualties to the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army, and Dou Jiande's whole person felt bad.

What made Dou Jiande most depressed was that the soldiers of the Tang Army quickly went out at this time and took down the arrows inserted in the reeds, and then thousands of people shouted to Dou Jiande neatly: "Thank you Lord Xia for your generosity......"

When Dou Jiande heard this, his whole face turned green in an instant.

Li Jiancheng looked at the harvest of 50,000 arrows, and said unsatisfied: "It's a pity, I only got more than 50,000 arrows, and it won't take long!" ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince's method is simply amazing, and the most important thing is that I am afraid that Dou Jiande will not dare to release arrows in the future!" ”

Li Jiancheng laughed: "Thanks to General Chen for telling the story of borrowing arrows from grass boats, otherwise, this palace would not have thought that it would be possible to borrow arrows!" ”

Dou Jiande's psychological quality is better than expected, he is not so angry that he vomits blood, but he is also very angry.

"Offensive ......"

The command of these two words almost burst out from between Dou Jiande's teeth. It is conceivable how strong Dou Jiande's anger was at this time.

The soldiers of the Xia army were long against long, with long soldiers in front, and archers in second, slowly advancing.

Where to enter the Tang army car formation more than fifty steps ago, the Tang army camp is still as quiet as death.

When the pikemen of the Xia army actually took more than ten steps in front of the Tang army's vehicle formation, the Tang army officers and soldiers finally reacted.

"Knock Knock ......"

The sound of the thick war drums suddenly exploded, making the soldiers of the Xia Army who were advancing stunned. At this time, the shield of the Tang army's cart actually fell suddenly, revealing a dense crowd of archers, who were already ready to attack.

"Woo Woo Woo ......"

The distance was less than twenty paces, and for the archers, if they missed the target, it would be better to drown themselves by urinating. Before the sound of breaking the air reached his ears, the commander of the Xia army saw a little cold light coming towards him.

Naturally, the sound is much faster than the arrow, but at close range, it is the eyes that see first, and the ears hear the sound later.

At this time, it was too late for them to dodge, and the arrows whistled, and blood sprayed on the chest, face and throat of the Xia soldiers. At such a close distance, they almost lined up to be shot with a pistol against their heads, and the bodies of the long soldiers of the Xia Army convulsed like an electric shock, spurting out streams of blood, screaming and wailing and falling down......

There were almost no missed arrows, and the soldiers of the Xia Army never thought that the archers of the Tang Army would actually launch a rain of arrows at a distance of more than ten steps, and this wave of arrow rain could be so ruthless and accurate!

Without waiting for the archers of the Xia army to launch a counterattack, the Tang army's bows and arrows immediately retreated, and the shields on the chariot array quickly rose, and the blades glowing with azure cold light formed a steel jungle.

If, without Chen Ying, Li Jiancheng would not know that there is an army in the world called lobster soldiers, the so-called lobster soldiers are the classic tactics created by the British army infantry in the era of rifle frontloading...... And then the bayonet charged! Not because of any heroism, but because the accuracy, rate of fire, and range of early rifles were so low that a large group of people like this "lined up to shoot" could maximize the lethal effectiveness of the rifle. In the era of black powder, tall hats and brightly colored uniforms were conducive to quickly distinguishing friend and foe in the battlefield environment filled with gunpowder.

The British lobster soldiers were the top existence in the front-loading rifle era, they were highly disciplined, withstood the enemy's bullet rain, endured huge casualties, and waited until the enemy entered twenty meters away, one shot down, but quickly broke the enemy, and laid a reputation for almost invincibility.

It is precisely because of the existence of Chen Ying, an otherworldly butterfly, that His Royal Highness Li Jiancheng, who was originally generous in history, was taught badly.

Of course, Chen Ying didn't have a musket, he just used the principle of musket queuing to shoot, the bow and arrow shot at close range may not be weaker than the original musket, more than 3,000 arrows shot at close range, the Xia army's forward soldiers knocked down nearly half, anyone who saw a face, more than 2,000 people fell at the same time, will also feel scattered.

In fact, the Xia army's commanders fell into a panic in an instant, they had never encountered such a situation after they had been on the battlefield for so long. They never thought that the archers of the Tang Army would fight so hard and accurately! What made them most chilled was that although they threw spears or spears into the Tang Army archers' formation like throwing spears, stabbing those archers down one by one, the Tang Army archers turned a blind eye to their comrades who fell beside them, and just indifferently aimed and shot arrows, and the Tang soldiers who were hit by the spears and fell to the ground also gritted their teeth and said nothing, they were like fighting a group of lifeless and unconscious enemies!

This kind of enemy, who ignores casualties and is not afraid of life, really can't be provoked.

The archers of the Xia army hurriedly threw the rain of arrows at the Tang army's large array again in confusion, but the effect was too poor, and the huge casualties of the Xia army's soldiers shocked them to the core.

However, at this moment, the shield on the Tang army's cart fell without warning, and the dense Tang army archers were ready to attack.

Looking at this scene, the soldiers of the Xia army were almost distracted, and they all turned around and ran away...... This battle can't be fought, they are all dead soldiers, and they are desperate with the dead soldiers, which is a long life.

All the soldiers of the Xia army, you pushed me, and made a mess, without accident, the archers of the Tang army once again shot and knocked down a large number of the soldiers of the Xia army. At this time, the soldiers of the Xia army fled more fiercely and faster, and they were all resentful, and their parents had two fewer legs at first glance?

Seeing the Xia army's commanders fleeing with archers, the Tang army soldiers let out earth-shattering cheers, Xue Wanche bowed down and hugged his fists and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, let the last general lead the cavalry camp up and kill them without leaving a piece of armor!" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and smiled: "No need to ......"

It's really not needed, although there are fewer cavalry in the Xia army. But the sky is not clear, God knows if Dou Jiande has a backhand, for Dou Jiande, who has an army of more than 100,000 troops, he can afford to lose five or six thousand soldiers. And more than 2,000 cavalry were Li Jiancheng's last cavalry, and he couldn't afford to lose.

Of course, the most important thing is that the Xia army no longer had the intention of fighting, and began to retreat as a whole.

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "Congratulations to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his victory!" ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said, "This is just the beginning!" ”

……

In the past few days, Wang Shichong seemed to be like crazy, and smashed the red-hot stone into the Tang army camp in Cijian, at this time the Tang army camp suffered heavy casualties, and had to be forced to give up the first peripheral camp, at this time Li Shimin had lost the strength to break through, and could only survive in the camp, waiting for the last moment to come.

Li Shimin, who had a sloppy beard, lost his former charm in his eyes, a strong and stinking bloody smell wafted in the air, and crows and birds croaked in the branches. I don't know where more than a dozen wild dogs ran out of nowhere, like wolves, sneaking into the battlefield, sniffing and looking for fresh human flesh to eat, and a pair of dog eyes were also red, as if they had eaten too much human flesh.

Li Shimin looked at the fish-scale-like dense clouds covering the sky, and it would rain heavily at any time, and he was afraid that there would be no good weather at night, and said: "Tonight, Wang Shichong is afraid that he will not attack!" ”

"It's not the rainy season yet, even if it rains, the rain won't be too big, I'm afraid it will stop the night before!" The eldest grandson, Shunde, stroked his beard and said: "Maybe you can try to steal the camp, get ready here, and when the rain stops, you will touch it immediately." ”

After a while, the wind blew fiercely, the branches fell and the grass broke, Li Shimin finally breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that it was going to rain, and the rain meant that the means that Wang Shichong relied on had lost its effectiveness.

After a long time, Li Shimin came back to his senses: "What did General Changsun say?" Night Raid? ”

The eldest grandson Shunde nodded and said: "Your Royal Highness the King of Qin, you see, these days, Wang Shichong's courage is getting bigger and bigger, their camp is very simple, neither digging trenches, nor arranging horses and deer, the camp is still very simple, the campfires are all set up in the open area, as long as the heavy rain pours down, the campfires may be extinguished, the most important thing is that they need to burn red stone bullets, so as long as the rain stops, the soldiers will definitely be driven out of the camp to find firewood......"

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, and the heavy rain stopped, it was the time when the soldiers of Zheng Jun were looking for dry firewood to light the campfire, and it was indeed a good time to steal the camp. However, Wang Shichong is also a person who knows the soldiers, although there are almost no decent camps in the front of the light soldiers and slinging troops, but there are camp fences four or five hundred steps away, and the soil is a base, and the main forces are gathered in the front base, and the camps are stationed, thinking that there will be precautions against night attacks and sneaking camps.

Qin Qiong said to Li Shimin: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the last general goes, you give me 2,000 soldiers and horses, if the last general can successfully break through the front camp of the Zheng army, you can lead the army to assault and expand the results of the battle, if so...... This is a trap, so you can collect your troops and return to the camp and guard the camp! ”

Li Shimin's heart was moved, but he said: "General Qin, how can this be done!" ”

Qin Qiong said: "Lao Cheng was injured, and now his body has not recovered, except for me, no one is more suitable than me." ”

PS: Wait for the hall master Chen Ying to add a more chapter!