Chapter 192: Defeat is not allowed to win, and the enemy is lured deep

On March 20 of the third year of Wude, Sun Shunde, the general of the Tang Dynasty Zuo Xiaowei, led 40,000 cavalry and arrived at Hangu Pass. This army included almost all the mobile troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Guanzhong area, well-equipped, well-trained, and quite combat-effective, and their arrival boosted the morale of the Tang army, which was depressed due to successive defeats, and seemed to see hope again.

The eldest grandson Shunde is the uncle of the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Wuji, and he is also the founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, the eldest grandson was a family, and because of the relationship between the eldest grandson Sheng, most of the children were high-ranking officials and dignitaries. At that time, the eldest grandson Shunde was supplemented as Zuo Xunwei (from the seventh grade), although the rank of the third guard was low, the status was very high, and it could be promoted from this, which was valued by the people of the time. During Yang Guangdong's third expedition to Goguryeo, the eldest grandson Shunde was among the conscriptions, and in order to avoid the conscription, he fled from Chang'an to Taiyuan.

Because the niece is Li Shimin's wife, that is, the current Princess of Qin, the eldest grandson queen in history. So he was taken in by Li Yuan as a guest. Although the personal relationship of the eldest grandson Shunde is not as close as Pei Lian and Li Yuan, it is undeniable that the eldest grandson Shunde is 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 suffered a lot of losses. However, the eldest grandson Shunde was not too worried. Li Shimin and Qu Tutong suffered defeat under Wang Shichong, both because of the light enemy. Although Li Shimin and Qu Tutong were defeated, with Chen Ying's defeat of Wang Shichong and the capture of Zhu Cang, Wang Shichong's losses were not light. With more than 40,000 foot cavalry, even if there is no way to defeat Wang Shichong, at least they can force them to retreat, enter Beibi Mountain, and join Li Shimin.

When the eldest grandson Shunde had just arrived at Hangu Pass, he sent someone to inform Li Shimin, preparing to let Li Shimin send troops to respond. Because the eldest grandson Shunde sent troops this time, not only had 40,000 foot horses, but also carried more than 30,000 war horses, these more than 30,000 war horses, even if they were placed in the Turks where war horses were cheap, were also a very large amount of wealth, so many people and horses sent a letter to Guguan, unless Wang Shichong was blind or deaf, he would definitely ambush or block their army to join Li Shimin at all costs.

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"Reinforcements are coming, we must fight!" I heard Li Shimin standing on the podium and saying loudly.

Qin Qiong's face was very weird, and she secretly muttered in her heart, "Reinforcements are coming, we must 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, a solemn look appeared on his face: "Let's listen to what His Royal Highness King Qin has to say first!" ”

At this time, the northern battalion was able to pull out about 30,000 soldiers and horses, almost all the heavy equipment was lost, and the baggage was also very scarce. If the reinforcements can successfully reach the camp in the north, at this time, with the encouragement of the reinforcements, the Tang army in the north may really 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 Crusade, which has lasted more than three months, Denglai has lost all its lives, and the people are in dire straits...... Now that the Holy Lord has sent Zuo Xiaowei General Changsun Shunde to lead 50,000 foot cavalry, leading a large number of baggage, which is about to arrive, Wang Shichong has more soldiers and less food at this time, and will definitely send soldiers and horses to intercept the baggage of General Changsun, so we must fight. Li Shimin's face was very ugly: "This is Wang Shichong's conspiracy, knowing that he is waiting for us in front, we must jump." ”

A conspiracy is worse than a conspiracy. The conspiracy will be exposed, it will be foiled, and the conspiracy will put everything in front of you clearly, you know that there are traps, you still have to jump in with your eyes wide open!

At this moment, outside the camp, there were bursts of war drums.

"What does Wang Shichong want 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 Sun Da. ”

"General Changsun doesn't know how powerful Wang Shichong is, once he is serious, he will inevitably fall into the scheme. Brothers, the eldest grandson and general are all our fellow villagers and brothers, even if they fail, they will die with them! Li Shimin raised his arms and shouted: "General Qu Tu, the eldest grandson Wuji, Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui stayed in the camp, and the others set off with me!" ”

Li Shimin led more than 20,000 soldiers of the Tang Army, under the leadership of Hou Junji, Lei Yongji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng and other generals, and rushed out of the northern camp. Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, and Xie Yingdeng were the pioneers, and the Tang soldiers who held horizontal knives, ge, spears, axes, hooks and forks, and bows and crossbows rushed out neatly.

Li Shimin put out a hedgehog array at this time, with more than 1,300 carts on the left and right wings, the carts were set up with heavy shields, and there were three or four archers standing on each cart, which was simply the snow plough formation when Chen Ying first supported Lingzhou, the only difference was that Chen Ying used a chariot with a partial compartment, while Li Shimin used a cart to transport baggage, and used a heavy shield to temporarily protect the van.

As soon as Wang Ren saw Li Shimin leave the camp, he hurriedly led Zheng Guoheluo's new army to attack, don't look at Li Shimin's car formation in the process of moving, because the archers on the cart could shoot at any time, the Heluo new army was shot down hundreds of people and horses before they could get close to Li Shimin's hedgehog array.

Wang Ren wanted to detour back behind Li Shimin to follow the attack, but the defender in the rear was Hou Junji, and Hou Junji was also a ruthless man, and he actually shot more than 40 bed ballistas at the Heluo New Army.

A single salvo of bed crossbows could shoot three six-foot-long giant crossbows eight hundred steps away, and the dense formation of the Heluo New Army was shot down by one hundred and twenty Yu bed crossbows. The power of the bed crossbow can be called murderous. Six-foot-long ballistas can often penetrate three or four people, and castration is unabated, and what is even more terrifying is that these bed crossbows can shoot people in two.

In fact, if the bow and arrow are compared to the pistols of later generations, then the crossbow machine is equivalent to a rifle, and the bed crossbow can be called a heavy bolt machine.

After repeated tentative attacks and throwing down nearly a thousand corpses, Wang Ren also learned to be obedient, he followed Li Shimin's army not far away, harassed him when he had the opportunity, and hung like this if he didn't have the opportunity.

Li Shimin put on such a hedgehog formation, so that Wang Renze's Heluo New Army had no way to start, so he could only stare at the side. However, this hedgehog array was tight, but the mobility was very poor, so it took a whole day to move slowly and slowly until it traveled more than forty miles and arrived at Luojian.

Unconsciously, in the heads of some Tang soldiers, the great rout a month ago unconsciously appeared, and the corpses of Tang soldiers were densely floating in the Luojian stream. Although the corpse has long since been retracted now, there is a strong smell of death in the place.

With the bright sunset of spring, you can see the tents of the Zheng army's camp in the distance, the banners are fluttering, and the breath of a golden iron horse is blowing in the face, telling all the Tang soldiers to prepare to fight to the death.

Li Shimin rode on a mule, there was no way, he really didn't have a war horse now, and his expression was solemn. Cheng Zhijie smiled lightly: "His Royal Highness King Qin, Wang Shichong probably never dreamed that our troops would be so large, at this time must be a little flustered, if you take the opportunity to rush up, there will definitely be good news!" The last general is willing to be the vanguard of the army and fight a bloody way for the army! ”

Li Shimin said with a smile: "It's a good thing that General Cheng is eager to fight, but now it's getting late, and it's really not suitable for fighting...... The order went down, the army camped on the bank of the Luojian River, rested for one night, and the soldiers rested as soon as possible after a full meal, and then fought to the death with Wang Shichong tomorrow! ”

Qin Qiong looked up at the sky, but no, the sun had gone down. In those days, malnutrition was widespread, and night blindness was common among soldiers due to vitamin deficiencies. In this case, fighting at night is a very high-risk thing, but the reward is very low, because the communication is not smooth, the five fingers cannot be seen, and the level of coordination of the troops is poor, once the fight starts, it is extremely difficult to master the troops, let alone grasp the rhythm of the battlefield, and the probability 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 does not mean that night raids are completely impossible in this era, there are not many night raids, but the troops dispatched are small forces, and two or three thousand people will reach the sky, of course, there is a more important reason that when fighting at night, soldiers must not be night blind. Chen Ying's subordinates were all forced by Chen Ying to eat animal offal, and although the night blindness of soldiers was not eradicated, it was less than one in ten.

Because Li Shimin had a huge hedgehog array, it was much easier to set up camp, digging a trench and parking the cart on the edge of the trench to form a camp wall, although it was simple, but it was really not easy to break through such a simple camp wall. Make a fire for cooking. Tomorrow is going to fight Wang Shichong to the death, of course I have to eat a good meal tonight, rice steamed buns are full, and there is a side dish, everyone eats very fragrantly.

On the other side of Luojian, Wang Shichong, Wang Shiyun and a group of Zheng Junzhong generals stood on the hill, condescending to look at the Tang army camp. Seeing that this car camp was extremely tight, and the fence pickets were densely packed, Wang Shiyun smiled and said: "Li Shimin is a good child, and he still has some ability, this camp is really good, if I want to attack, I don't know if I can attack it." ”

Wang Shichong said lightly: "What's the use of how well and strong the camp is? They are going to get out of it after all, and after they leave Beibi Mountain, everything is not up to them. ”

Wang Shiyun smiled evilly: "As long as they leave the camp, what will greet them will be a massacre!" Li Shimin will never be our opponent! ”

"Don't be underestimated!" Wang Shichong said lightly: "As long as Li Shimin'er is calm, he can be regarded as a competent opponent, and tomorrow he will order the right army of the Heluo New Army to fight a decisive battle with the Tang Army, and he will not be allowed to win!" ”

Wang Shiyun didn't understand Wang Shichong a little, the comparison of the strength of the two sides at this time was obviously Zheng Qiang and Tang was weak, if it weren't for Dou Jiande's variable, Chen Ying and more than 25,000 elite troops under his command were in the north, the situation would be different, but now, it is obviously the strength of the Tang army that is even weaker.

If Li Shimin retreated in Beibi Mountain, with the help of Beibi Mountain and strong camps, Wang Shiyun really had no way to take Li Shimin, but now, what could obviously be defeated with one blow was so complicated.

Wang Shichong glanced at Wang Shiyun and explained: "The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for our Da Zheng. There is no way to delay the spring ploughing, we must solve Li Shimin once and for all, recapture Hangu Pass, take advantage of Hangu Pass, hold the Central Plains, and complete this year's spring ploughing, otherwise our life will be even more difficult. If he loses a battle tomorrow, Li Shimin can cut off the gecko's tail to survive, throw down the next one, and lead most of the troops to escape back to the Beipi camp, after all, the Beipi camp is too close to here! Tomorrow, let the left army of Heluo go to battle, feign defeat, and retreat to Hangu Pass while fighting. As long as the eldest grandson Shunde saw the defeat of the left army of Heluo, he would definitely go out of the city to pick peaches. When the time comes...... Let the new army of Heluo lead Li Shimin to Tanlong Valley. ”