Chapter 162: The Invincible Fire Bull Array

In the midst of the crisis, I only heard the sound of thick and majestic drums from the direction of Luoyang City, and a powerful group of men and horses rushed out with a bang.

A flag with "Qu Tu" on it hunted in the cold wind, and Qu Tutong went out to fight. Li Yuan has already prepared two powerful deputies for Li Shimin, one is the military secretary of the Tang Dynasty, the former Sui general Qu Tutong, and the other is the rising star of the Tang Dynasty and the new star in the army, Chen Ying.

In fact, it is precisely because of Li Shimin's eagerness for quick success. So he didn't need Chen Ying and Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong and Chen Ying, they all chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb. Chen Ying took more than 25,000 troops from the East Palace, including the left and right guards and the left and right Si Yu rates, to reclaim the wasteland in Henan Mansion, while Qu Tutong and Wang Shichong surrendered to generals, Zhang Zhenzhou, Zhang Gongjin, Cui Shu, Yang Qing, Shi Derui and other generals, played chess, drank wine, and chatted.

As early as when Li Shimin was preparing to personally lead the Xuanjia cavalry to pursue "Wang Shichong", Qu Tutong faintly told Li Shimin that it was okay to pursue Wang Shichong and send a good general, and he even recommended Zhai Changsun and Hou Junji. However, Li Shimin's mind was full of great achievements in capturing Wang Shichong at that time, and he directly vetoed Qu Tutong's opinion.

But when the skyrocketing fire burned in Longmen Canyon, Qu Tutong couldn't sit still. He hurriedly sent scouts to Longmen to reconnoiter the situation, while summoning Shi Wanbao, Wang Junkuo, Huang Junhan and other generals.

When the scouts passed the news of Li Shimin's ambush in the Longmen Canyon to the camp in Beibi Mountain, Fang Xuanling, the eldest grandson Wuji, and Du Ruhui were all shocked. And Qu Tutong, who had been prepared for a long time, calmly ordered to mobilize an army of 100,000 to rescue Li Shimin, the king of Qin.

100,000 troops poured out, standing on the wall of Luoyang City, the soldiers of the Zheng army, looking at Qu Tutong's banner, all of them were eye-catching, and Wang Shiyun, who stayed behind in Luoyang, Zheng Guoqi and Shangshu ordered Wang Shiyun to hurriedly send a messenger to inform Wang Shichong.

"Qu Tutong is out in battle!"

Only a quarter of an hour later, the news reached Wang Shichong's ears, and Wang Shichong sneered: "Is the old guy also coming out?" Good! Let's take him to sacrifice the flag first! On the way to hell, let him play the striker for Li Shimin! ”

Wang Shichong's cruel words were accompanied by orders, but the battlefield was irreversibly changed due to the appearance of Qu Tutong, but at the same time as Qu Tutong appeared, the surging army tide to the south under Qu Tutong seemed to be cut off, and the second half could not advance, while the first half could not get incremental support from the rear.

How could Wang Shichong not expect that Qu Tutong would desperately ask for help from Li Shimin?

But he was prepared.

It is no accident that Wang Shichong can have today's status, he is very smart and proficient in the art of war. Qu Tutong led the Tang army to rush out of the camp in Beibi Mountain, all the way to the west city wall of Luoyang, and when he came to the south city of Luoyang, suddenly the south gate of Luoyang rushed out of a bull's tail tied with an oilcloth strip, and the oilcloth strips had all been ignited.

These fire bulls all had blades tied to their heads, and they were also covered with bladed flails on their bodies.

This is Wang Shichong gathered the entire Luoyang surrounding area, and the cultivated cattle were extracted, with more than 3,000 heads. The formation of the Fire Bull Array was Wang Shichong's second gift to Li Shimin.

These fire bulls are much more powerful than the fire bull array of Tiandan in history, and the ploughing bull at this time is simply a hedgehog covered with sharp blades. There are five sharp knives in the front corner, and six sharp knives are hung from three flails on the left and right wings, which is simply a huge hedgehog.

More than 3,000 ploughing cattle with their buttocks on fire rushed towards the Tang army like crazy.

Seeing these more than 3,000 fire oxen rushing out of Luoyang City, Qu Tutong closed his eyes in pain, he saw the beginning, in fact, he had already guessed the end. More than 3,000 fire bulls are on such a rampage, how many of these 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command can win?

The eldest grandson Wuji had never seen such a battle formation, although he had practiced quite deeply in the city, but at this time, under the three thousand fire oxen running together, he was a little frightened: "Can we stop it?" ”

Fang Xuanling showed a wry smile, his calm kung fu was stronger than that of the eldest grandson Wuji, and he could see clearly, when there were still five or six hundred steps away, the faces of the Tang army soldiers showed a deep fear on their faces, and when facing the test of life and death, the quality of the soldiers would be fully revealed, Fang Xuanling Wang noticed the panic of the Tang soldiers who were at the forefront.

"These soldiers have not undergone rigorous collective training."

Fang Xuanling made this judgment.

In fact, it is no wonder that when the Tang army entered Guanzhong as early as Li Tang, the initial soldiers and horses were only tens of thousands, and when they joined Li Xiuning's troops, the total number of troops in the whole army was about 100,000. After obtaining Sanfu, the Tang army's soldiers and horses exceeded 150,000 horses, but with Li Shimin's defeat at the shallow water plateau, the Tang army only had less than 60,000 horses left.

However, then it was Li Yuanji's defeat in Jinyang, and the Tang army's old army was no longer one in ten. Some of these Tang soldiers have been in the army for no more than two years, and some have only a few months. If the morale is like a rainbow, one by one the individual panics. Hidden in the galloping of thousands of horses, it can continue to rush forward for the time being, but what if it suffers a huge setback?

The answer is yes, under the impact of the fire bull array, the Tang soldiers were suddenly in chaos, seeing three thousand fire oxen, carrying the momentum of ten thousand horses galloping, rushing to the face, it will definitely form a terrifying illusion that they will be trampled into meat by the hooves of the bull in a few seconds, the biggest impact of the charge of the fire bull array is not to bump, not to step on or to slash, but to make people afraid!

Standing on the car, Qu Tutong's body leaned forward, holding the armrest in front of him with both hands, due to too much force, Qu Tutong's knuckles had turned white, obviously he was actually very nervous in his heart.

At this time, the three thousand fire bulls have already rushed closer, and the majesty of ten thousand horses galloping, every time they bully one foot closer, it can cause twice as much psychological pressure to people!

Qu Tutong's breathing was also short, and his heart seemed to be about to be crushed!

Closer, closer, closer

The Tang archers struggled to shoot their arrows at the firepower, not knowing if they could shoot the fire ox, they did it to block the fire ox, but they didn't know how to suppress the fear in their hearts.

Boom –

The fire bull has finally crashed into it! The sharp knife on the head of the fire bull pierced the Tang soldiers who were blocking them without delay, and the huge impact directly knocked the Tang soldiers like cannonballs and flew upside down. Those Tang soldiers died without pain, and when they flew upside down in the air, they had in fact turned into corpses.

The fire bulls went on a rampage, some smashed their shields, or broke their spears, some trampled the Tang soldiers to the point that they were rotten, and some directly trampled them into pulp.

The sharp knife on the head of the fire bull began to dance, as if like a meat grinder, devouring the Tang army soldiers. Blood splattered in the air like a torrential rain, and the white light quickly turned into flakes of crimson, and the wind blew through it, carrying the smell of blood to everyone's nostrils.

"The fire bull is rushing over, the fire bull is rushing over!"

When the officers and men of the Tang Army saw this scene, they were like headless flies, scurrying around.

Just after the Fire Bull Array, Wang Shiyun took Wang Shichong's remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses to attack the 100,000 Tang Army, in fact, at this time, Wang Shiyun was not fighting at all, but wantonly harvesting the lives of the Tang Army soldiers.

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Luoyang Xiyuan, here was the palace group of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the time has passed, the original majestic and magnificent palace group of the Northern Wei Dynasty has long become a pile of high loess mounds. Li Xiuning, who was standing on the loess mound, watched Zheng Jun wantonly slashing and killing the Tang Army soldiers, and her body was shaky.

The night was non-stop, but when it came, it was still a step too late. A wave of powerlessness and despair surged into Li Xiuning's heart. Li Xiuning's eyes felt dark, and he fell to the ground forward.

However, Chen Ying's eyes were quick, and he couldn't care about anything at this time, so he stopped politely, hurriedly pounced on Li Xiuning, stretched out his strong arm, and held Li Xiuning in his arms, preventing Li Xiuning from falling to the ground in time.

A soft heart, Chen Ying's head didn't think much at the moment, on the contrary, he was even more confused at this time. It has been recorded in history that Li Shimin led 500 cavalry to reconnoiter Wang Shichong's camp because of the light enemy, and was attacked by more than 10,000 foot cavalry led by Wang Shichong, and the Tang army was surrounded. Wei Chi Jingde took the opportunity to break out of the siege with Li Shimin. With the cooperation of Qu Tutong's reinforcements, the Tang army returned to the horse and rushed into the enemy formation, rushed back and forth, killed more than 1,000 enemies, captured 6,000 people, and captured Chen Zhiluo, the champion general of the world, and won the victory in the Battle of Bishan.

But at this time, the news Chen Ying received was completely different. Not only was Li Shimin trapped in the Longmen Canyon more than 40 miles away, but the more than 100,000 Tang Army soldiers led by Qu Tutong were also defeated by the army under Wang Shichong's command.

At this time, the formation of the Tang army was completely chaotic, and there were Tang soldiers everywhere who were so frightened that they had no intention of fighting, and everywhere were Zheng army cavalry who were frantically slashing and killing the Tang army.

Chen Ying was difficult to make a decision at this time, there were only more than 5,000 exhausted hook and sickle lancers around him, and after more than 100 gallops, all the generals and horses were exhausted, and what was even worse was that not only Qu Tutong's entire army collapsed, but Li Shimin's life and death were uncertain. Now Chen Ying's troops are too small, there is no way to divide the troops, whether to rescue Qu Tutong or Li Shimin, this is a dilemma.

When the Fire Bull Array raided the Tang Army's formation, Qu Tutong's headquarters was cut in two by the waist, and it was difficult to connect the end and end. The fire bull rushed in front, and the cavalry led by Wang Shiyun covered the rear again, and in just a quarter of an hour, at least more than 10,000 Tang soldiers were killed and tens of thousands were wounded.

At this time, abandoning Qu Tutong and going to save Li Shimin means that these 100,000 Tang Army soldiers will fall into a place of no return, if Li Shimin is not saved, Li Shimin has an accident, even if the 100,000 Tang Army soldiers have been saved, he Chen Ying and Qu Tutong will definitely not be good.

Chen Ying thought about it again and again, and decided to hand over the decision to Li Xiuning and let Li Xiuning make a decision.

At this moment, Li Xiuning woke up slowly.

Chen Ying asked anxiously, "Sanniang, what should I do now?" ”

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