"The camp of Longquan Yingyang Mansion is just seventy-two miles away, so we don't need to take any risks. ”

Li Shimin's words were not said thoroughly, but the eldest grandson Wuji understood what he meant. Although the men they sent to call for help had only just left. But now it is not them who should be anxious, but their opponents.

And then, it's really useless to stay longer.

Just after the shield array stepped forward, the rest of the bandits stayed a thousand paces away and stopped advancing. Obviously, he hoped that after the two hundred black-clothed armor soldiers made meritorious contributions, they would rush up again.

If that's the case, then there's no point in them staying here. The eldest grandson Wuji decisively carried the longbow in his hand behind him and followed Li Shimin's footsteps.

Next, the two sides stopped and stopped, and Li Shimin commanded more than 140 armor soldiers to follow the convoy, and the speed was unhurried. And whenever the enemy in the rear approached within 800 steps, he would order everyone to stop scattering, so that the many bandits could not approach.

Until the opponent shields again, it will accelerate away again.

And as time passed, the eldest grandson Wuji discovered another weakness of these 'bandits', that is, lack of physical strength.

On the one hand, this is because there is indeed a gap between the troops of the Tang Guofu and the Bohai Gao clan and ordinary people, and on the other hand, it is likely to be due to the lack of food.

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't know where the people who commanded behind this scene were found from. But the identity of the other party must be a river worker who fled north.

These people live in the mountains and forests, raiding and hunting, and have no stable source of food. Therefore, the vast majority of them are yellow and thin.

At first, there may not be a difference between the two sides, but after a long journey of nearly ten miles, these bandits are gradually exhausted, and some of them are even more out of breath with poor physical strength.

The muddy ground of the river beach caused a great drain on the physical strength of both sides. But their family soldiers undoubtedly have more stamina than the other side.

If they continued to move forward, they would have no problem holding out for another twenty miles. But the bandits in the rear, it is estimated that if there is a distance of two or three miles, they will not be able to support it.

At this time, the mind of the eldest grandson Wuji was greatly relaxed. Once there is no manpower advantage on the other side, then the two hundred and eighty elite troops on their side will not be afraid of this group of bandits who have been dragged down.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look strange again, and looked at Li Shimin, who had always been calm and composed.

Guess if this guy also counts this? If so, then this guy's scheming strategy is really extraordinary

"Their formation is out of order!"

The person who interrupted the eldest grandson Wuji's thoughts was Li Yuanba, who was riding not far away, and his words were full of ridicule: "These guys, I finally can't help it." ”

He wasn't referring to the opponent's overall formation, but to the two hundred black-clad soldiers.

These elite soldiers had completely abandoned the shield array at this time. From 800 paces away, there was an impact, and the rest of the bandits also swarmed up at this time.

The eldest grandson Wuji knew that this should be the last fight of these 'bandits'.

"Brother Li, the team can accelerate again!"

He was born in the fourteenth year of the emperor, and Li Shimin was the eighteenth year of the emperor.

Therefore, this young man, who is calm and good at military affairs, and has already made all of them see the hope of getting out of trouble, is actually four years younger than him.

But after Li Shimin heard this, he didn't say anything, and instead ordered Gao Fu, the head of the Gao Mansion.

"Captain Gaodu, please set up a square circle formation and prepare to meet the enemy!"

That Gao Fu admired Li Shimin now, and at this time, he did not hesitate to issue a military order to his subordinates.

The soldiers of the Gaofu family are all elite, and they are familiar with the battle formation, and they used to move forward in the marching array. From the array, the shield, the squat, it only took a few moments.

The armor soldiers of the Tang State Mansion also stationed in the rear of this formation, and these people had already retrieved their weapons from the carriage and placed them at their sides, still holding bows in their hands, pointing to the opposite side.

The eldest grandson Wuji was still puzzled, he felt that this was too risky. The two thousand river workers and bandits on the opposite side, although they were all weak and weak, were large in number after all.

On the contrary, their team still has some spare energy, but it can still accelerate. Even if you can't get rid of it, you can completely drag down these bandits.

However, there is a precedent first, and the eldest grandson Wuji did not question it at the first time, but fell into deep thought, speculating whether Li Shimin did this for a reason he did not expect.

Soon his eyes were slightly condensed, showing a bit of surprise.

"It's Moshi!"

The so-called ink stone, also a black ice block mined under the Nine Earths, can be burned violently. And all the ink armor in the world uses this ink stone as an energy source.

Whether it is the civilian ink armor on the opposite side, or the armor used on their side, it is the same.

And just now, the eldest grandson Wuji thought of the difference between the two ink armors.

In the past, when the canal was dug at the construction site and a large number of civilian ink armors were made, in order to prevent the river workers from causing chaos, some restrictions were specially made on these armor tools. In addition to the shoddy skeleton, which cannot withstand too much force impact, the armor of the shell is also extremely weak, with only a layer of iron sheet.

Finally, there is power, whether it is 'Kaishan', or 'Ox and Horse', or 'Earth Dragon', their power furnaces are specially designed to only accommodate very small pieces of ink stone to burn, so that these civilian ink armor can run at full strength for about twenty-five miles.

For all military ink armor, the endurance is usually between 80 and 160 miles.

So this guy, the confidence to prepare to face it head-on is Moshi, but not the little physical strength that the other party has left.

- It's only a little more than nine miles away from where they ambushed. But the problem is that in order to enhance the defense capability of these civilian ink armors, the other party has more or less added various iron pieces to the outer layers of these armors. This makes the burden of these civilian ink armors even more than their original versions.

In addition, this is a river flat, and walking on muddy ground consumes several times more ink and stone than usual.

When Li Shimin heard this, he was slightly surprised, and glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji again. He then laughed: "Brother Eldest Sun Shi Mingjian! I guess their two kinds of armor, the opening of the mountain and the earth dragon, will not be able to move for long. ”

The largest number on the opposite side are these two types of ink armor, accounting for seventy percent of the total.

Therefore, this battle is no longer one against ten, at most with one against three.

"What if they thought about it in advance?"

Li Xuanba had been listening to the two of them, and at this time he couldn't help but ask curiously: "At this distance, they should still have time to change the ink stone." ”

"Then take advantage of the situation to cover up!"

Li Shimin's voice was faint, but with a bit of a fierce aura that he had never revealed: "With you armor riders in hand, where can they be allowed to calmly change the ink stone?"

Gao Shilian in the carriage in the distance couldn't help but smile and shook his head slightly.

In fact, at this time, taking the opportunity to get out is the best strategy, facing the enemy head-on, although it is also a chance to win, but it is inevitable to suffer casualties.

But this Li Jiaerlang, in the end, is still a young man less than fifteen years old, and he has not lost his spirit.

No matter how sophisticated and calm he was before, at some point, he would still make a choice that only young people would make.

However, he did not mean to stop it, but to appreciate it.

This is a young man with strong blood - the previous Li family Erlang was too passive and lazy. Although he also appreciates it, he prefers the current grandiose and hidden nephew.

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Luo Bing's 200 black-clothed armor soldiers, when they reached 800 steps, had already ushered in another rain of arrows from the opposite side.

Hundreds of heavy arrows, almost all of them concentrated above their heads, flew like a small black cloud.

This was already expected by him, but what he didn't expect was that the convoy on the opposite side did not take the opportunity to flee for their lives, but formed a formation 800 zhang away.

This scene suddenly made Luo Bing's originally low and gloomy mood suddenly excited again, and he was full of fighting spirit.

His subordinates also lived up to his trust. The two hundred black-clad armor warriors, either shielded with shields, blocked with weapons, or avoided directly, lost only seven people and two 'Broken Blade' armor in this wave of arrow rain attacks.

The elite of the border army is quick with eyes and hands, which is by no means comparable to those people and river workers.

Rushing to six hundred and fifty paces, the second wave of arrows on the opposite side hit as scheduled. This time they suffered slightly heavier casualties, with a total of thirteen dead and wounded, and four 'Broken Blade' armor.

As the distance gets closer, the opponent's heavy bow and superb archery skills become more and more dangerous.

However, Luo Bing is confident that even if the other party shoots the remaining four rounds of heavy arrows, his subordinates will be able to survive at least more than 100 people.

Next, with only a sea of 2,000 people, the opponent can be defeated.

If he does this, his cronies and subordinates will definitely suffer heavy casualties, but this is also a helpless solution.

His lord was very interested in something that might exist in the convoy, and he had great expectations for him.

Therefore, even if all the subordinate robes around him are wiped out here, Luo Bing will not hesitate to do so.

However, just when he and the black-clothed armor soldiers under his command were five hundred paces away, Luo Bing heard Gao Lin behind him and suddenly let out a howl.

"Please Brother Luo quickly retreat, you and I have been fooled this time!"

Hearing Gao Lin's reminder, Luo Bing had also sensed that something was wrong around him. The bandits on the left and right, who had been charging with them, were completely disconnected from them, and were nearly twenty feet behind.

But this is not because those 'Kaishan' and 'Earth Dragons' are too heavy, the fact is that most of these two types of ink armor have stopped in place and cannot move. Some even leaned forward and fell directly into the mud.

Luo Bing was ignorant for a while, and with his experience, he could naturally see that the reason why these armors stopped was due to a lack of fuel, but how could this be possible?

Just before the ambush began, they had replaced the inkstone. It was a sudden attack on the other side, and until now, there has been no chance to replace it!

And only a moment later, Luo Bing had already realized the reason, and his pupils suddenly contracted, and his eyes were about to split.