、、、、、、、、、、

"Second round of bow and arrow preparation!" Li Yuanji ordered loudly.

The archers of the Tang Army hurriedly pulled out the second sharp arrow from their backpacks and put on the bowstring.

"Shoot the arrows!"

With Li Yuanji's loud shout, thousands of sharp arrows shot out.

After a while, it brought several casualties to the Zhou army.

But with these two rounds of bows and arrows fired, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already rushed to a distance of only more than ten zhang from the Tang infantry.

"Archers, stand out! Spear and shield soldiers! Li Yuanji ordered loudly.

Thousands of archers who were shooting arrows in front hurriedly retreated. Five platoons of hoplites, armed with huge shields in one hand and spears in the other, greeted them.

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

At this time, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already slammed into the wall of the infantry of the Tang army.

"Kill!"

As soon as Yuming's spear was picked, a Tang military captain holding a giant shield was picked up by him, thrown into the air, and then smashed heavily into the Tang army's phalanx, knocking down five or six people at once.

The red-whisked woman was also pretty, holding two scimitars flying up and down, like a red elf, beating on the Tang army's infantry phalanx, and with the rotation of her wrists, the two scimitars cut off the heads of two Tang soldiers at once.

Although the Tang infantry on both sides of the deceased raised their spears and stabbed at her, her delicate body was extremely light, and with a slight twist, she was out of danger, and then the two scimitars spun quickly, and the heads of the other two Tang soldiers were cut off......

And Li Jing brought his specialty skill of four arrows to the end.

Every time he pulled out an arrow, he took out four sharp arrows, and then as soon as his fingers loosened, the four arrows shot towards the Tang army like four meteors. Every arrow hit the enemy's throat, acupoint, eyes, and other vital parts, and was bound to kill a Tang Army officer.

Seeing that the commander was so brave and invincible, the soldiers of the Zhou army were also greatly inspired, and waved the scimitar in their hands to slaughter the enemy, until the enemy's blood flowed like a river, and the corpses were all over the field.

It had only been half an hour since the two sides fought, and the array of five rows of spears and shields in front of the Tang army had already collapsed, and the cavalry of the Zhou army broke through the enemy's phalanx defense system and began to rush towards the archers and light infantry arrays behind.

Li Yuanji looked at the formation of his own army, which was about to collapse, and he was also a little panicked. Although he also thought that he would not be able to defeat Yuming, after all, with more than 20,000 infantry to deal with 15,000 cavalry, no matter how you look at it, it is not possible to win on this plain.

But he didn't expect that after only half an hour of fighting, his army was in danger of collapsing. Although the Zhou army was cavalry and its combat effectiveness was stronger, the Tang army was inevitably defeated faster.

Li Yuanji didn't know that the reason why the Tang army was defeated so quickly was actually not surprising.

First of all, the place of engagement was on the plain outside Luoyang City, and there was no danger to defend at all, and using ironclad cavalry against infantry on the plain would have taken a great advantage.

Secondly, the Tang army came on a hurried march and immediately entered the battle without rest, which caused great physical exertion. Although the Zhou army also came from afar, they did not march in a hurry, and the Zhou army was all cavalry, they walked on horseback, and their physical strength was naturally more abundant than that of the Tang army.

Then, in terms of equipment, the Zhou army was also superior, and Wang Shichong's surrendered army was all the equipment of the forbidden army of the Sui Dynasty, which was naturally the best in the original Sui army. Like the bright light armor that only officers could afford to wear, their ordinary soldiers could equip it.

Not to mention the cavalry of the 10,000 guards led by Li Jing, all of them wore fine iron armor, and the spears and sabers in their hands were also made of fine steel, among which there were thousands of forest guards, who used Damascus black steel knives.

They intersected with the Tang army's blades, and the Tang army's spears or broadswords were often cut off by them with a single sword. Fighting against such a sharply equipped army, the Tang army suffered a great loss in weapons.

In the end, Yu Ming and Li Jing's master and apprentice far surpassed Li Yuanji and his lieutenant Zhang Baode in command of the battle, so they could gain an advantage so easily.

"King Qi, let's withdraw quickly! Otherwise, when the cavalry of the Zhou army rushed over, they would not be able to run if they wanted to! Zhang Baode also walked up to Li Yuanji in a panic at this time, and said with a sad face.

Li Yuanji already hated Li Shimin in his heart at this moment, this second brother, let himself go to any difficult and hard things, and there are benefits, things to make war achievements, but he will never give it to himself. Now I have to bear the fault of defeat again.

"Withdraw! Where there is life, there is hope! Li Yuanji thought about it carefully for a long time, but still decided to escape.

After all, his troops are all infantry, and if he doesn't withdraw quickly, I'm afraid that few will be able to escape. And Yu Ming's army is cavalry, and it is very easy to catch up with them.

So, after Li Yuanji gave an order, Zhang Baode took several personal soldiers to escort Li Yuanji to the rear.

Yu Ming, who was rushing to the front, had sharp eyes, and soon found that the banner of the main general of the Tang Army was moving backwards. He immediately realized that it was Li Yuanji who wanted to escape. So he shouted: "The Tang army is defeated!" Li Yuanji has already escaped! ”

As he shouted, the soldiers on both sides of the battle looked behind him in unison. When the soldiers of the Zhou army saw that the main general of the Tang army was indeed fleeing backwards, they immediately realized that victory was imminent, and their morale was greatly boosted.

When the Tang soldiers saw that their commanders had abandoned them and fled, they suddenly lost the motivation to continue fighting, and their morale immediately collapsed. Their resistance became even weaker, and many began to retreat.

"Charge the whole army!" Yu Ming naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, and immediately gave the order for a general attack.

"Kill!"

"We're going to win!"

"Long live King Zhou! Da Zhou is mighty! ”

The cavalry of the Zhou army all shouted at the throat, and more than 10,000 cavalry tore the Tang army's formation to pieces like more than 10,000 steel knives.

The Zhou army was like a tiger descending from the mountain, killing Tang Jun crying for his father and mother, and fled in embarrassment.

After Li Yuanji escaped with only one meal, more than 20,000 Tang troops completely collapsed, and they scattered and fled, and everyone only hated their parents for having two legs.

When Li Yuanji fled back to his camp, he counted the men and horses and found that less than 2,000 people had fled, and nine of them were killed, wounded or missing.

When he was nervous in his heart, he saw that Li Shimin also came back with a blue face.

"Second brother, my army ......," Li Yuanji said with an embarrassed face.

"Needless to say, when I came back, someone had already reported it to me!" Li Shimin snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything to blame.

Li Yuanji was also a little strange in his heart, secretly thinking that he usually encountered himself in defeat, and it was strange that the second brother didn't quarrel with himself. Why is it so calm today?

And Zhang Baode, who was beside him, asked unknowingly: "King Qin, I don't know ...... over there in Luoyang City."

"Luoyang City failed to take it!" Li Shimin's eyes showed a hint of anger at this time, and then sighed: "I miscalculated, I didn't expect that Wang Shichong hadn't withdrawn yet, and there were still a small number of city guards in the city. Although they are not many in number, and their combat effectiveness is not worth a question, if I don't prepare ladders and siege collisions, I won't be able to attack them......"

"Then we can go on the offensive now! There are still siege engines in the camp! Zhang Baode hurriedly offered advice.

"It's too late! Now that Yuming has definitely entered Luoyang City, it will be difficult for us to break through again! Li Shimin said with a regretful face: "It's just a little bit late, if Yuming is half an hour late, we can take the lead in attacking Luoyang City!" ”

Li Yuanji only reacted at this time, secretly wondering that Li Shimin was more friendly to his attitude today. The feeling is that he is also deflated under Luoyang City!

Just when the generals of the Tang army were sighing, the heralds outside the tent hurriedly came to report: "Qi Qin Wang, Qi Wang, General Zhang." Scouts from afar: One or twenty miles east of Luoyang City, a large number of Zhou infantry were found to be marching towards Luoyang City, and the number should be about 50,000! ”

"Ahh Reinforcements from the Zhou army came so quickly? Li Shimin was also taken aback when he heard this.

He then asked, "Who is the enemy's leading general, then?" ”

The herald hurriedly said: "According to his report, the enemy's flag is marked with the word 'Lin'. ”

"Lin? It was probably Lin Mo, the commander of the Zhou army. This person is said to be stationed at Tiger Prison Pass with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and it seems that he led the army to reinforce Yuming. Li Shimin sighed.

"Second brother, what should we do now? Do you want to ask your father for reinforcements again? Then attack Luoyang. Li Yuanji asked cautiously.

"No!" Li Shimin shook his head at this time and said: "We have lost the opportunity, and it is useless to spend our troops here." In a short period of time, Yuming should not leave Luoyang. We've partially achieved our goal. Now we should turn around and go south and cooperate with Uncle to attack Xiao Miao. Execute the second set of combat plans! ”

Li Yuanji and Zhang Baode naturally knew that the first set of combat plans was the offensive plan after the Tang army captured Luoyang or captured Yuming. And the second plan is the battle plan that failed in Luoyang, but Yuming could not leave Luoyang's clone.

"Alright! The little brother will listen to the second brother! Let's go south to Xiangyang together! Li Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief. If he and Li Shimin attack Xiao Mo together, they can make great contributions, and they must be able to make up for the mistakes of the defeat in the Battle of Luoyang.

"Notify all the troops, immediately pull out the camp and start the camp, and march south!" Li Shimin ordered at this time.

It didn't take long for the herald to pass the order down to the letter. The soldiers of the Tang Army, who had just returned to the camp, heard that the enemy's reinforcements were coming, and they were also anxious, so they immediately rolled up their camp tents and covered them, and then began to slowly move south with the banner of the word "Tang".

Li Shimin rode on the horse, looking at Luoyang City behind him, his brows couldn't help frowning, obviously very regretful and unwilling in his heart.

"Yuming, I let you win again this time, but next time, I will never lose to you again!" Li Shimin clenched his fists and muttered to himself.

...