On this day at the end of May of the second year of Tang Wude, it rained lightly in the southern part of Bingzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It was a bad weather for both cavalry and infantry.

Of course, this also shows that tomorrow will not have much impact on the war in Jindi.

It was supposed to be an ordinary day, but because of the war, it became important, and the battle that took place on this day was undoubtedly enough to go down in history.

In the early morning, the rain was hazy, and unlike the previous two days, Xue Wanche led his troops to appear on the left side of the Tang army early, and the Tang army rose from camp as usual, because the trench dug at night was still there, and the Tang army did not need to be too guarded, and moved forward in order.

But this time, Xue Wanche's department was different from the past, directly following the Tang army's side, and quickly approached the Tang army's front army to the north.

This made the front army of the Tang Army nervous, so far, the main part of the Tang Army has not been disturbed by the enemy, and the beginning of this day seems to be different from the previous two days.

Compared with the rear army, all the units of the front army of the Tang Army were quite elite, and they had lessons from the past, but they were not panicked, and they did not even stop and defend on the spot like the rear army.

Hordes of archers hide behind their flank shields, bow and arrow, waiting for the enemy to come forward.

Thousands of cavalry, divided into several teams, rode their horses on the right flank of the Tang army, as if monitoring the Tang army, far away from the Tang army, but did not come forward to invite battle.

When the march arrived, Li Shentong couldn't sit still.

In the first battle of Bingzhou, after the capture of the Bird Mouse Valley and the entry of the army into Jiexiu Empty City, it became a little weird.

So far, apart from these thousands of cavalry, the main force of the enemy has not appeared, and the scouts sent out have been damaged, and those who have returned have not found any useful enemy information.

The strangeness of the battle situation is unprecedented, if he is not sure that he should be able to encounter the main force of the enemy in Pingyao and will fight with it, otherwise he will not be able to figure out the enemy's real and false battle, even if there is an edict urging, he will not let the army be exposed to the wilderness.

In fact, with Li Shentong's combat experience gained from raising troops from Chang'an County, it was difficult to deal with such a large-scale battle, and he felt that it was normal for the battle situation to be strange.

Just like his opponent Li Po, while trying to seize the opportunity in front of the battle, he is also constantly adjusting his battle plan, which is actually a manifestation of inexperience.

It's just that Li Po has experienced too many battles, in comparison, he is much calmer than Li Shentong, and he can also play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses at critical moments.

Relying on the advantages of cavalry to shield the battlefield and lure the enemy into the battlefield in their favor is the embodiment of this empirical advantage.

And he has always had a very keen sense of war, and once he realized that he was too cautious, which would be detrimental to the war, he immediately led his troops south.

His decision to fight also made up for some lack of experience.

In contrast, Li Shentong is not successful, not to mention being constrained by a lot, and in terms of combat experience, he is also inferior to Li Po.

Like the generals in his army who rushed out on the battlefield in Henan, they are much more experienced than the commander of the army.

On this day, the Tang army had left Jiexiu for more than fifty miles, and Li Shentong was a little uneasy, but he was still thinking about leading the army forward, and he did not feel the danger from the enemy's abnormal behavior, and it can only be said that his combat experience is really very little.

At this time, Li Shentong shifted his handsome flag slightly to the right, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, and also wanted to see with his own eyes what the cavalry of the parallel generation looked like.

His uneasiness could only be hidden in his heart, and his face was as calm as constant, and he issued military orders in an orderly manner, trying to control the speed of the army's march.

At noon, in the drizzle, the Tang army stopped to eat.

More than 200,000 people spread out within a radius of more than ten miles, and the Tang soldiers cursed the damned weather and those damned enemies while munching on the dry corn, intending to enjoy a rare quiet and barely happy time.

And the generals of the various departments are thinking about when they will be able to see Pingyao City, the slow marching speed and all kinds of complicated military affairs have been tormenting their spirits, and one by one the military orders have been handed down, but they are all the same, so that they are ready for battle.

Can't the fuck be a little new? Everyone came all the way to the north?

In fact, by this time, the grievances of the generals in the army were accumulating, they were not afraid of war, they were actually afraid that they would not see much enemy troops, but they always felt the sense of urgency that they could meet the main force of the enemy army at any time.

This is a problem that is almost inevitable for infantry troops on long marches, and there is nothing surprising about it, as long as there is a clear strategic goal, then this resentment will naturally dissipate at that time.

The important thing is that the various departments of the Tang Army come from different places, and the cohesion of the Tang Army is far less than when Li Yuan was in Taiyuan and stayed behind, that is to say, the people in Jindi lack a basic sense of identity with Li Tang now.

This emotion is mixed with resentment, just waiting for the right moment to erupt.

And Li Shentong's uneasiness comes more from this, rather than from a strong enemy.

But this is still a rather peaceful time on the way of the army.

But this is also the time their enemies chose to attack.

The Tang army only ate a few bites, and the desolate horn sounded in the distance, and then the horn responded on the flank of the Tang army.

The sound was still echoing in the wilderness, and the enemy cavalry on the flank of the Tang army, trying to swallow the last piece of jerky, turned over their horses and whistled again and again, and suddenly launched the first attack of the day.

Correspondingly, the Tang army also stirred......

Jin Ge Iron Horse, the drizzling summer is gone in an instant, and between heaven and earth, the murderous atmosphere is full.

And on behalf of the cavalry horses, changing the formation, stretching the bow and arrows, the dense arrows then rose into the sky, as the drizzle fell, the Tang army immediately returned to the color, the arrows came and went, the soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, and the war horses rolled in the muddy water in the wail.

Blood mixed with the rain began to flow freely on the ground.

"Report to the chief, there are about 5,000 enemy troops in the northeast, look at the banner, and the surname of the leader is Liu ......"

When Li Shentong heard such a report, the cavalry all over the mountains and fields had already engaged the Tang army.

Tens of thousands of cavalry...... Li Shentong's first thought was to finally see the main force of the enemy's cavalry, and this judgment naturally came from Jiang Baoyi's narrative, which was also more in line with the judgment of Li Shentong and others.

In the cognition of the generals of the Tang Army, tens of thousands of cavalry should be the limit of the enemy when they appeared in the army of the two states, you know, the northwest Xue Ju thief army is huge, and with the help of the Turks, there are only more than 10,000 cavalry available.

Bai Yushao, the big thief of the year, claimed to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and occupied the Liangzhou pasture, and the cavalry under his command was only 20,000 or 30,000, but it was already rampant in the northwest, and no one could control it.

Li Shentong became nervous, and the Chinese army began to move slowly to the flanks, and military orders to reinforce the flanks were constantly being issued.

The sound of horses' hooves can be heard clearly through countless military brigades, the ground has been trembling slightly, in the distant sky, arrows are constantly coming and going, and the faint sound of shouting and killing also echoes in the ears.

Is this the time for a decisive battle? From Li Shendao down, it is estimated that they all have such thoughts.

Li Shentong was still very calm, and after hearing that the enemy army did not have heavy cavalry, he was much calmer, and then sent an order to Li Xiaoji of the rear army, ordering him to stay in place and not act rashly without orders.

When he heard the report before the battle, the enemy was only harassing on the periphery and did not rush into battle, Li Shentong not only gave a slight sigh of relief, but also slightly mixed with some regret, at this time, if the enemy army rushed into battle, he should be able to take the opportunity to kill and injure the enemy cavalry, and cut off Li Po's arm in one fell swoop.

At this time, Li Shentong didn't have much joy, but frowned.

He is not very familiar with the generals of the border army, but he has heard of some names, after all, Jinyang is not monolithic, and some families are inextricably linked with Li Tang.

This 10,000 cavalry army has a lot of banners, but there are only two flags, one should be Liu Jingsheng, and the other should be Xue Wanche or Xue Wanjun.

These two people actually commanded 5,000 cavalry each, so where are the others such as Wei Chigong, Bu Qun, Luo Shixin and others?

Is it still an assault? Tens of thousands of cavalry, Li Po Xiao'er really has a lot of money......

Thinking of this, Li Shentong snorted coldly, blocking my army from moving forward, and it seemed that he had no intention of fighting a decisive battle, did he want to retreat without a fight? Qi is weak and timid...... It really coincides with his previous prediction.

Li Po'er is already timid, if he can find the main force of his army, he will definitely be able to capture it in one battle......

Then next, the military order passed down by Li Shentong is easy to understand, so that all the troops should not panic and act according to the order, and ordered the left wing Xu Shiyun to go up the river to reinforce the front army, and ordered the henchman Wang Lingju to lead the troops to reinforce the right flank.

In fact, it's still the same old thing, and it's just that it doesn't change.

It can be said that the more than 10,000 cavalry did not make Li Shentong feel too much threat, and he did not follow him with heavy cavalry, and he could not rush the army formation composed of more than 100,000 troops.

This kind of thinking stems from the old military concepts left by the Great Sui, needless to say, and Li Shentong actually overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Tang army under his command, 10,000 cavalry, and if he made a ruthless statement, even if he couldn't move the Tang army's formation, it was enough to make it difficult for the Tang army to move an inch.

This is a large-scale cavalry with the bloodline of the border army, and it is rare to see them today.

If it weren't for the army's other plans, just this 10,000 cavalry could make the Tang army helpless, and when they held off with Dou Jiande's ministry in Hebei, they had made Dou Jiande's hundreds of thousands of troops stagnant, and now it is just a repetition of the story of the year.

It can be said that now that Li Po has full fledgling, the Tang Army from the north has encountered a very hard stone, but he still knows nothing.

At this time, Li Po led the infantry army to less than thirty miles in front of the Tang army.

Looking down from the sky, a huge cavalry brigade had slowly moved to less than twenty miles away from the Tang army......

(Commuter Pass) (To be continued.) )