Chapter 50: The Great Turtle Array

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The Tang army did not retreat to the north of the Fen River, but retreated to the foot of Jishan Mountain in the east.

Standing on a small ridge in Jishan, looking at his gray-brown defeated and dejected army below, Li Yuan couldn't help but think of Taiyuan again.

At the beginning, in Taiyuan City, 600,000 troops gathered, but in the end, they were all defeated in their own hands.

At the beginning, Yang Jian had an army of more than 200,000 people, and the soldiers and horses were stronger than today, but he didn't have to make much effort by himself, so he let Yang Jin lose his troops and generals, and finally only less than 100,000 people and horses withdrew from Hedong in a hurry, and followed Jianghan all the way.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, feng shui in turns, today he attacked Yang Hui with 80,000 troops, but instead suffered a big loss.

Behind Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Xiaogong, Li Xiaoan, Li Daoxuan, Pei Lian, Tang Jian and other civil and military officers were all frowning at this time.

In last night's battle, Yang Jun's soldiers and horses were stronger than they imagined. When I was in Taiyuan, everyone really didn't have how powerful Yang Jun's soldiers and horses were, and even thought that Yang Jun, who had left Jianghan, was definitely not as good as the Tang army that had been stored in Taiyuan in terms of equipment and armor.

But as soon as he really fought, he really realized the power of Yang Yun's soldiers and horses.

In particular, Li Xiaogong, although his own forward army was the worst unit in the Tang army, but last night's 20,000 horses did not resist for long, and the whole line collapsed, which still fully shows the weakness of the Tang army against the Jiang and Han army. Thinking that if it wasn't for their own vanguard army that couldn't withstand the rout yesterday, maybe they might have defeated Yang Yong last night.

Li Yuan seemed to be a few years older, as if last night's battle had drained most of his spirit.

He faintly regretted in his heart, maybe he should have listened to Shimin's words yesterday and let him stay and defeat Yang Yun together before going south together. If there were 20,000 cavalry of Shimin, especially with Shimin's Xuanjia Army, maybe last night's battle would have been their own victory.

Yu Juluo, Tu Wanxu, Yang Yichen, and Pei Renji really deserve to be famous generals of the Great Sui, and yesterday's battle has made them unforgettable for life. These four people are all famous generals of the Great Sui who have been in battle for a long time, fighting in the south and in the north, and are invincible. His own Li Tang is still too lacking in such talents.

However, if you look at the world, he depends on each other, and they are not the strongest. At the very least, he deeply believes that in this world, people such as Luo Yi, Qu Tutong, Chen Ling, Yang Shanhui, Li Mi, Li Jing, Li Benlei, Wang Rengong, Yu Qinming, Luo Zhong and others are not inferior to them. It's a pity that none of these people are loyal to Li Tang and loyal to him.

Thinking of Chen Pojun, who had never been defeated since then, Li Yuan's heart became a little heavier.

He Li Tang raised troops, not just to dominate one side, but to dream of unifying the Central Plains.

But Li Tang wants to win the world, but he can't avoid Chen Pojun's pass. A Yang Hui will greatly dispel his ambitions, that against Chen Pojun, against his heavy cavalry in the broken army camp in the epicenter, as well as the heavy infantry Modao Battalion, the Imperial Guard Battalion, Yulin Guard, Jin Wuwei, and even the Sea Dragon Guard Water Division, he simply can't imagine what kind of scene it will be if there is really that day.

If Li Tang wants to win the world, the future is full of too many thorns, and this road will be extremely difficult.

Last night, the generals and colonels who commanded the war rushed from the troops one by one, and there were too many things to pacify and count after the war, and these generals were so busy that they were anxious one by one.

The generals didn't even have time to change their armor, and under the reflection of the rising red sun, one by one the robes were stained with blood, scarred, and exhausted, and they couldn't hide the ashes on everyone's faces. …,

"What about the casualties?" Li Yuan said calmly.

The generals and colonels reported the casualties of their respective soldiers and horses, and the heaviest casualties were the 20,000 soldiers and horses that Li Xiaogong sent south to reinforce. Last night they were the strikers, which were supposed to be a surprise attack, but they were ambushed instead. Later, Li Yuan waited for a long time to come to reinforcements, causing a large number of casualties among the troops. After the statistics of 20,000 horses and horses last night, less than 8,000 were still able to go to the battlefield this morning, of which more than 6,000 were killed in battle, and more than 5,000 were seriously injured and disabled.

This extremely high figure also announced that half of the 20,000-strong force needs to be abolished and then merged and reorganized.

On the hillside under the red sun, the generals sat on the snow one by one, listening to the casualty reports one by one, their faces turned pale. Many people secretly felt that perhaps the 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Li Shimin yesterday would join the battlefield together, and perhaps the results of the battle would change.

Especially Li Xiaogong, he is very good with Li Shimin. The 20,000 horses recruited this time were also negotiated with the people of the world. But now it's good, 20,000 horses have been recruited and established with hard work, and half of the battle in the south has been consumed.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied with Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng. If Li Yuan had come to help earlier last night, his forward army would not have suffered such heavy casualties. Especially in the end, if it weren't for Li Jiancheng's ineffective attack on Yujuluo, and the counterattacking Yujuluo and Tu Wanxu stormed his striker, how could he have been defeated at the last moment. It's just that Li Yuan is the king of Tang, he can't blame, so he has to record all his anger on Li Jiancheng.

80,000 soldiers and horses, last night in a night of melee, the forward army lost 10,000 horses, and the rest of Li Jiancheng's left army and Li Yuan's Chinese army were not much better. In the end, the casualties were counted, and the Tang army lost more than 23,000 soldiers and horses last night, although there were still more than 12,000 wounded. However, these injuries were all seriously injured and disabled, and minor injuries were not counted. Even if these wounded soldiers survived, it was basically impossible to continue to fight in the army.

After the first battle, the casualties reached nearly 30%, and this number actually frightened all the generals.

"King Tang, we can't continue to fight with Yang Yong, our goal is Guanzhong, and fighting with Yang Yong here is purely a senseless consumption of troops, and it has no practical effect. At present, the Duke of Qin has already taken the first step south to take Pusaka City, so we should also avoid Yang Jun and immediately lead our troops and horses south to Pusaka, and enter the customs as soon as possible. Pei Lin said.

"It's late." Li Yuan frowned and looked at the casualty report, and said in a calm tone as much as possible, "Yang Yuan's purpose in going north this time is to defeat us, and then fight for the southeast of the river, and then fight for Guanzhong. Although Yang Yong is incompetent, Yang Yong's side is full of great power in civil and military affairs. Do you really think that Yang Jun will take revenge on Taiyuan and go north to Hedong? You are wrong, Yang Jin is not a fool, not to mention, even if Yang Jin is a fool, he still has so many ministers by his side. ”

"What does King Tang mean?"

Li Yuan sighed, "Yang Yuan's intention is actually obvious, he now occupies Jianghan and belongs to the land of four sides and four wars. If you want to compete for the world, there is East Chen in the south, Yang Hao in Shuzhong in the south, Li Mi and Wang Shichong in Luoyang in the north, and Guanzhong in the north. In his position, he was surrounded on all sides, just like we were in Hedong, and if he was not careful, he could be attacked by a group and eaten by a group. Xiao Yu, Yang Yichen and others are not ordinary people. What we can see, how can they not see? ”

"In the four places of Guanzhong, as long as you are based on Guanzhong, you can stabilize one side, Xu Tu develops, you can attack, and you can retreat and defend. We want to be in Guanzhong, and Yang Jun also wants to be in Guanzhong. Now Guanzhong is based on the Yuwen clan, although there is a risk of four stops, but Yang Jian is not afraid. On the contrary, we have become their biggest enemy in the battle for Guanzhong. Yang Jin entered Hedong, first, in order to seize Hedong County and control the safety of Pujin north of Tongguan. Second, I also want to take advantage of the critical moment for us to fall into the well, and get rid of me Li Tang first, and then hurry up, so as to fight for the great enemy in Guanzhong. ”…,

"Yang won our battle last night and won't miss the opportunity to beat us. As long as they defeat us, they will be able to calmly send troops to attack Guanzhong. At that time, whether Yang Jian wants to attack Wuguan from Shangluo County in Henan, or Tongguan, or enter the pass from Pusaka as we do, it is very certain that he will do so. You say, how could they have missed such a great opportunity? ”

"We can't beat it, we always run it, right?" Li Xiaoan said loudly, Li Yuan was late in receiving reinforcements last night, which made him a little dissatisfied with this lord.

Li Yuan shook his head, "Now, there is no possibility of escaping. Our army is newly defeated, and the morale of the army is low, if we retreat at this time, Yang Jian is bound to pursue at the tail end, and our army must be annihilated. ”

"We can't beat it, we can't run it, do we have to sit still?"

"We can fight, we can't fight, we have to fight now." Li Yuan's face sank, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Pei Lin thought thoughtfully, "The intention of the Tang King, could it be that our army will contain Yang Xuan's soldiers and horses here, and then let the people of the world go all out to seize Puhan City?" ”

Li Yuan nodded, "Now there is only this way." As long as the people of the world take Asaka Castle, then we will open the passage to Guanzhong. As soon as the news from Shimin's side arrives, we will immediately retreat south, although we will definitely be pursued by the tail and suffer a lot of losses, but as long as Pusaka is in our hands, we will not be afraid of Yang Jin. Entering Puhan Guanzhong, no matter how strong Yang Jian is, what can he do to me? ”

The generals had to smile bitterly when they heard that this was not a solution, and it was a sigh to be able to fight to this extent.

"Do you have any objections?"

"The last general is waiting for the king of Tang to be the first to look forward!"

On the same day, Li Yuan reorganized his troops and horses, abolished some regiments and battalions with heavy casualties, and reorganized them with other battalions. By the evening, the Tang army had more than 50,000 men left, and it had been redivided into three armies, with Li Jiancheng leading the left army of 15,000 people, Li Xiaogong leading the right army of 15,000 people, and Li Yuan leading the Chinese army of more than 20,000 people.

In order to prevent the fierce impact of Yang Xuan's cavalry, Li Yuan simply ordered to use the grain cart as the battalion, and then erect a shield array and spear array by relying on the grain cart, and then deploy archers and crossbowmen in the back, and finally cover all the cavalry in the chariot formation one by one.

This kind of turtle iron bucket-like array is really strong, that night, Yang Xuan took the initiative to attack, but in the face of this car formation that was like a hedgehog grouped together, he attacked in vain for more than two hours, and still did not achieve any results, so he had to withdraw his troops.

At dawn, Li Yuan ordered to check the losses of soldiers and horses, and the report was that only a few hundred people were killed or wounded.

Li Yuan was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the whole army to move forward slowly with this vehicle formation. After dark, they set up camp to rest, and after dawn, they continued to move.

The next day, Yang Xuan's troops faced Li Yuan's iron bucket car formation, and they also felt powerless.

Pei Renji led his troops to challenge, and his subordinates and soldiers did everything they could to insult, and their tongues were all scolded. But Li Yuan was not moved at all, and strictly ordered all formations not to leave the formation without authorization, but those who violated the order were immediately decided.

On the third day, Yujura came to challenge again. Yu Juluo's voice was very loud, and he roared loudly, and the sound could be transmitted for more than ten miles. Moreover, the fish has two eyes, which makes a good knife technique. Yu Juluo rode alone in front of Li Yuan's car formation, holding a big knife, and his voice was like thunder.

"Li Yuan's mother-in-law, if there is a kind of face, she will come out with a real knife and shoot to the death. Hiding in the turtle array, what kind of real hero is it? ”

Li Yuan stood behind a chariot and didn't care, "Yujuluo, this king sees that you are also a general, but why is Mingzhu secretly casting, and you don't know anyone?" A hero like you, don't you hear that a hero chooses to serve his master? I respect you as a hero, as long as General Yu is willing to belong to my court, I, Li Yuan, will definitely crown you as King Jing to His Majesty, how about it? ”…,

Yu Juluo turned his head and spat on the ground, and said angrily, "Killing the king and rebelling against the thief, everyone will be punished, how can I, a loyal minister of the Great Sui, vote for you?" No need to bother to talk anymore, come out and fight with me with real knives and guns, if you beat me, the head of Xiang Shang will be taken by you. If I win, you will immediately lead your troops and horses to surrender to my majesty. If you don't dare, grandpa will give you a set of women's clothes, and you will wear women's clothes and hide in the turtle formation to see if you can hide for the rest of your life. As he spoke, he picked out a colorful woman's dress with a big knife and ran back and forth in the array.

Li Yuan smiled and asked people to take the woman's clothes, put them on them in public, and laughed, "Yu Juluo, the skill stops here?" ”

Tang Jun laughed, Yu Juluo was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that Li Yuan would be willing to wear women's clothes in public, rather than leave the sturdy car formation to fight, so he couldn't help but be helpless and slapped his horse back.

In the face of this carryon formation as strong as a turtle's shell, as well as the hedgehog-like gun array, the combination of these two immediately made the four generals Yujuluo, Tu Wanxu, Pei Renji, and Yang Yichen helpless.

In the end, he had to dispatch troops and horses every day, constantly shooting bows and swords, and attacking in turns, in short, not to let Li Yuan have a chance to breathe.

On the other hand, Yang Yichen has already mobilized craftsmen in the army to constantly cut down trees from the surrounding area and make catapults. Although Li Yuan's car formation was powerful, it could block bows, arrows, knives and guns, but it was absolutely unable to stop the throwing of boulders weighing dozens of catties. As long as the catapults reach a certain number, they will be able to fight with ten thousand stones, and let him Li Yuan's car array copper wall iron arm, it will definitely not be able to resist.