Chapter 7 Interrupted
When he saw that most of the 'Tulong' armor and 'Kaishan' armor were all standing still, Li Shimin knew that the time had come to counterattack.
At this time, Dang Xuan was constantly in turmoil, so Li Shimin decisively ordered after the fourth round of volleys.
"Leave twenty people behind and continue to guard the convoy. The rest of the people changed from the square circle formation to the front arrow formation, and slowly advanced forward! The armor cavalry flanks followed, preparing to assault!"
At this time, there were still many more enemies on the other side than them. The four rounds of heavy arrows only killed and injured more than 60 people in the two hundred black-clothed armor soldiers.
However, Li Shimin fearlessly ordered a counterattack. At this time, he will not let his opponent calmly change the ink armor and save the battle.
And the rabble, after all, is the rabble, in the two hundred and sixty people under Li Shimin's command. When they were close to the enemy, there were already many bandits who began to flee.
At this time, it was not only the two types of ink armor of the earth dragon and the opening mountain, but also some of the cow and horse armors had also stopped moving.
And if there is no armor, only manpower and weapons, no matter what, they will not be able to defeat the group of soldiers of the high-ranking lord on the opposite side.
Even the man of the leader on the other side has given up. The remaining one hundred and sixty black-clothed armor soldiers had already taken the initiative to retreat and were hurrying back to where they came fromβjust after the two rounds of salvo fire just now, they had killed and injured more than ten of these black-clothed armor soldiers, four of them.
Li Shimin still didn't dare to be careless, until most of the bandits on the opposite side had stayed away from the ink armor they were using, and those black-clothed armor soldiers had also escaped to eight hundred steps away, so he gave the order.
"Spread out the wings and sweep forward with a crane wing formation!"
The reason why he had waited until now was because he was worried that those black-clad soldiers would turn around and fight back. Their number is too small, and the array is somewhat thin when using the Crane Wing Array.
Although even if the other side did this, it would be impossible to save the battle, but it could still cause a lot of damage to them.
Later, Li Shimin gave an order to his general Li Yan: "A cavalry attack, try to force these bandits to the triangle belt on the riverside." β
He was a little worried about Li Xuanba, so he glared at his younger brother again: "Don't be too happy." β
His purpose, after all, is to drive the enemy and capture the enemy, not to kill and kill, which is meaningless.
But Li Xuanba had already cheered and galloped forward, wielding a pair of sledgehammers in his hands, and his momentum was fierce and fierce. He had endured it for a long time, and when he was ordered to attack, he was overjoyed and had a high fighting spirit. Although the opponent is just a group of bandits and river workers who are fleeing in a rout.
Seeing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but shake his head slightly. He knew the temperament of the third brother, so he didn't say more, he only turned his head to look at the military formation in front of him, commanding the family soldiers of the Tang State Mansion and the Bohai Gao clan, and changing the formation.
The formations used by the soldiers of the time are mostly derived from the eight formations of Wuhou - the sky covers, the earth, the wind, the clouds, the dragon flying array, the tiger wings, the bird Xiang, and the snake pan.
The large middle is small and the inner circle is outside, the corners are hooked and connected, and the twists and turns are opposite. Odd is also the right of the right, and the right is also the strange of the strange, each other is poor, and the cycle is endless. In the battle array, it has great power.
However, the Wuhou Eight Formations are more complex and difficult to practice. Therefore, some soldiers greatly simplified it into eight formations: fish scales, sharp arrows, crane wings, glaives, square circles, geese, long snakes, and yokes.
After the Five Chaos of China, the wars continued, and the countries developed their own ways of warfare. Although they are generally the same, the details are very different.
And the Bohai Gao clan, which was once the royal family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, has a battle formation system, which is completely different from their Great Sui.
Li Shimin was a little uneasy and was ready to personally command and coordinate. But then I found out that I was overthinking. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Bohai Gao clan had been integrated into the Northern Zhou Dynasty for decades, and the battle formation method used by the soldiers of the Qu family had long been on par with the Guanxi Jiangmen.
The next situation was lackluster, nothing more than sweeping all the way away, driving the bandits in front to the triangular beach formed by the turning of the river a mile away.
At this time, these chaotic bandits are like a flock of sheep. The twenty-armor riders released by Li Shimin are like shepherd dogs, constantly driving the 'sheep' that restrain these and marching towards the direction predetermined by Li Shimin.
Among them, there were also those who tried to resist, but they were easily crushed.
Of course, this river beach is not conducive to the running of mounted iron horses, but this is also relative. With the help of Mo Jia, Li Yuanba, Li Yan and others, although they couldn't ride their horses and gallop, they could still do it at a slow trot. And the impact of the iron-armored heavy cavalry can easily knock those thieves into the air.
And at this time, most of the physical strength of these thieves has been exhausted. Many people could no longer even hold the weapons in their hands, so they could only throw away their armor and throw their weapons all over the ground in order to save their physical strength and evacuate faster.
But it was the black-clad warriors who were the biggest threat.
As Li Shimin expected, these people stopped several times and wanted to fight back, but after seeing that the second mansion had always marched in a cautious array, and there was no chance to take advantage of it, they finally left with unwillingness.
At this time, everyone knew that the battle had reached the end, and there was no possibility of a reversal of the thieves on the opposite side.
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Although the victory was decided, the time for Li Shimin to completely resolve the war was an hour later.
Those bandits were trapped in the triangular river beach by them, not only had no armor, but also only three hundred weapons of all kinds, but they still refused to surrender.
It wasn't until the 2,000 soldiers of Longquan Yingyang Mansion arrived that these people saw that there was no hope of getting out of the predicament, so they finally put down their weapons and asked them to surrender.
Li Shimin looked at these thieves and was escorted away by the government soldiers who rushed over, but his expression was not very happy.
"After inquiry, this is indeed the river work of Yongji Canal, there are a total of seven shares. Because he couldn't stand the hard work day and night, he fled north to Jizhou a few months ago, waiting for the imperial court to pardon him. β
Li Yan rushed back to Li Shimin's side and reported all the details he had inquired about: "About half a month ago, a person named Gao Lin found them. Promised 2,000 stone of food, and asked them to work together to ambush them, and the target was indeed Jireiro and his party. β
When Li Xuanba heard this, he was immediately indignant: "I knew that we were a disaster this time. They were also lucky to meet the second brother this time-"
Li Shimin shook his head and was about to speak, when he saw a man in heavy armor in front of him, walking towards him quickly.
He hadn't seen him before, but he knew his identity.
If it is not surprising, it should be the Sima of Yingyang Mansion, and Yingyanglang will be Liu Zhenghui.
This person was about thirty years old, full of heaven, with a great appearance and a radiant spirit. After coming to him and Li Xuanba, he took the initiative to salute and said: "Sima Liu Zhenghui of Yingyang Mansion, I have seen the two sons!"
Li Shimin hurriedly stepped out of the way, and also replied: "How dare you accept the gift of General Liu? It should be me and San Lang to meet together." In addition, my two brothers would like to thank General Liu for coming to their aid quickly! This kindness and virtue are remembered by the people of the world!"
The person in front of him is not the old department of their Li family's servants. Not to mention this person's official position, he is already under the fifth grade, and his position is not low. It's just that his family background is also extraordinary. This person was born in the Liu family of Henan, and he was the queen of Hu Han Evil Shan Yu.
In the past, the remnants of the Xiongnu under the command of Hu Han Xie were attached to the south, and the surname was Liu by the Han Emperor. And Liu Zhenghui's branch, although it is not the main line, has also been passed down for hundreds of years, generations of eunuchs.
After his messenger arrived, in just an hour later, he had gathered thousands of soldiers from the government to rush here, and he had already fulfilled his friendship with the Tang Guofu.
"Erlang Sanlang, why should this be like this? This is originally a matter within Liu's responsibility. Liu's father, in the past, was much respected by his grandfather's kindness, and in recent years, he has also taken a lot of care of Liu. β
Liu Zhenghui also hurriedly dodged away, and then his eyes were hidden and scrutinized, and he looked at Li Shimin carefully: "I heard that these thousands of bandits were all defeated by Erlang's army? It is worthy of being the tiger of the gate, the talent of the dragon leaping phoenix who was praised by the late Chu Guogong. β
Unlike others, he Liu Zhenghui was fortunate in the past, and he had witnessed the scene of serious appreciation of Li Shimin a few years ago.
In the following years, he served as the general of Yingyang Mansion and could only hearsay about the affairs in the Tang Mansion, and did not know much about it. I only know that soon after he left Beijing, he broke into a big disaster, and was not liked by Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang Guo, and then lost his mind and did not want to forge ahead, and wasted his great talent.
Judging from today's situation, I am afraid that most of this rumor is not true, at least not the truth.
Before he rushed to meet Li Shimin, he had actually personally surveyed the battlefield, and the four hundred and eighty ink armors were all conclusive, including some military ink armor 'breaking edges' and suspected corpses of border soldiers.
The confessions of those bandits also confirmed the existence of this elite border army - Li Shimin's opponent is by no means a weak one.
In addition, as far as he knew, at this time, only seven people in the family soldiers of the Tang State Mansion and the Bohai Gao clan were shot by arrows and suffered some minor injuries.
It can be seen that this Li Jiaerlang's ability to use soldiers,
At least he, Liu Zhenghui, couldn't calmly think of a strategy to break the enemy under the ambush of this large number of bandits, and calmly implement it.
"General Liu praised it falsely, where can the people of the world afford it?"
Li Shimin shook his head: "What's more, isn't it General Liu who defeated these thieves? β
"This?"
Liu Zhenghui looked stunned, first puzzled, but then his eyes showed joy. Still, he had concerns. The look hesitated: "How does this work?"
This Erlang of the Li family obviously wants to give him the thief skills here.
"This credit is useless to my two brothers, General Liu doesn't need to care, even if my father is here, he will make my brother do this. β
Li Shimin smiled sincerely: "And General Liu led the army to cross the border, if there is no meritorious service, I am afraid that it will be difficult to explain to the superiors?"
When Liu Zhenghui heard this, he didn't hesitate at the moment: "Then according to Erlang's words, Liu is cheeky, and he will be greedy for this merit." β
He understood that Li Shimin really had no intention of taking the credit for the thief. And if he has this record, he can indeed prevaricate the official and avoid punishment.