Chapter 521: Defensive Offense
In the days that followed, both sides stopped sending troops and instead fell into a state of standoff.
However, relatively speaking, Li Shimin's side is more like being frustrated and becoming a passive defense.
As for the Song Army, it is non-stop construction.
Various fortifications were constantly being built.
The inner and outer three layers gradually became a powerful fortress.
Li Shimin couldn't guess the other party's plan at first.
But after the fortifications were repaired, Zhou Yu arranged a cannon to make the entire fortress impregnable, and at the same time, there were naval armies echoing each other, and then sent Lu Wenlong, Gao Jineng, Zhou Qing, Jiang Xingba, Xue Xiantu and them, the troops were divided into five routes, and went to various places in Jiangxia to quell the rebellion.
Liu Wen, on the other hand, led 30,000 soldiers and horses with Liu Huan and Luo Shixin, continued to advance ten miles. The army camped near and watched them firmly.
This time, Li Shimin was on pins and needles.
So many fierce generals scattered in their lair to fight, turning the world upside down, but they were entangled by Liu Wen and couldn't leave for a moment.
I believe that it will not be long before my foundation will be completely destroyed and I will lose strategically.
Li Shimin jumped up and down in a hurry, and could only lead the army again and came to the Song military camp to challenge.
But I didn't expect that the Song army was dissatisfied with a large number of flags, and there were so many shadows in them that I couldn't see anything clearly.
What's even more hateful is that Liu Wen actually let people hang up the no-war card on the gate.
Li Shimin snorted angrily: "Do you think that with a broken brand, you can stop me from using soldiers?" ”
As he spoke, he took out his bow and arrow, aimed at the war-free card, and with a whoosh arrow shot, the rope of the war-free card broke in response.
"Rush me!"
With Li Shimin's order, Li Yuanba and a cadre of generals shouted to lead the troops and rushed forward.
At this moment, the standard-bearers in the village suddenly ran to both sides, and the barrels blocked by the banner were all exposed.
When Li Shimin saw it, his scalp was numb, and he hurriedly reined in his war horse and shouted: "Withdraw!" Evacuate! ”
But there was no turning back from the bow, and at this moment Tang. The army has already begun to charge, how can it be so easy to stop?
However, he, the commander, stopped, and the soldiers and horses charging behind him were affected, and they hurriedly reined in the horses.
In an instant, the formation was all out of order.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
At the same time, the artillery in the Song army camp continued to sound one after another, and a large number of dazzling shells were fired in the Tang Dynasty. The army exploded around it.
Although these fires. Medicine, compared to the power of later generations, is not very powerful, but the momentum is also extremely harmful, and Tang. The army and horses are dense, and those who are unlucky enough to be blown up, although they will not be torn apart, they are also scorched and black, and they can't see it.
And this thunderous sound also frightened people who had never heard similar explosions in this era.
Suddenly, Don. There was chaos in the military formation.
The panicked soldiers scattered and ran, pushing each other and trampling on each other, for the trampling casualties were innumerable.
"Second brother! Boom, boom, boom! ”
Li Yuanba also began to scream, as if there were signs of madness.
Li Shimin saw that it was not good, and hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.
It's not the same as before.
Liu Wen did not lead the troops in pursuit.
Didn't even show up.
Until Don. The army withdrew, and not a single soldier came out of the Song army's village.
Soon after, someone came to the Shuai tent and reported to Liu Wenyu: "King Song, Tang. The army has all been withdrawn. ”
"Got it, you stand down."
"Yes!"
"Brother, why don't you chase them?" Luo Shixin asked.
Of course, he didn't want to know the reason, but he didn't want to take it with him like this, and wanted to go out and have a good fight.
"The time has not come. The more I don't go out, the more they will think that I have some conspiracy, and the more anxious they will become. At that point, they'll be in chaos. ”
Luo Shixin heard Liu Wen say this, blinked his eyes, and didn't understand a word.
In the days that followed, the Song army was still holding up the exemption card.
Li Shimin, on the other hand, received urgent reports from all parties and learned that many county towns in Jingzhou had been defeated by the soldiers and horses of the Five Routes, and the officials under him were also killed and replaced by officials who surrendered to the Song army.
Li Shimin was secretly anxious.
But Liu Wen's army was on the side, and they couldn't leave easily.
Just when he was anxious, drums and horns sounded on the river in the distance.
When Li Shimin heard this, he had a bad feeling in his heart, and shouted anxiously: "Someone! ”
"In!"
"Send someone to find out what happened on the river!"
"Yes!"
Soon after, someone came back to report it.
The sailors of Songzhou have already gone upstream, and they don't know where they went.
However, there were many cannons on both sides of their warships.
After Li Shimin heard this, although he was anxious, he had nothing to do.
This is the gap in hard power.
People have warships and cannons in Songzhou, so they can fight as much as they like.
What should I do if I don't have those things? Do you fly to the river to fight with others?
Is it possible?
At this moment, just like Liu Wen said, his heart was already in turmoil, and he was confident that he could defeat Liu Wen.
But now, again, it is going to be uprooted.
When the time comes, Liu Wen will become stronger and stronger, and he will eventually gradually grasp the general trend of the world.
But he is going to become a straw coward.
Li Shimin gritted his teeth, since you don't fight me, then I'll force you to fight, isn't it just a few broken cannons? As long as someone is not afraid of death's charge, I will not hesitate to have an infinite burst of elixir in your cannon!
Having made up his mind, Li Shimin selected more than 3,000 people from the army who dared to die, and after a banquet that night, he went straight to the camp of the Song army with the help of wine.
After arriving, Li Shimin shouted, and three thousand people who dared to die rushed into the Song army's village.
But then I realized that something was wrong.
Why is it so easy this time, without even the slightest resistance?
What about the defenders in the wall?
Just when everyone was at a loss, a sudden "boom" explosion sounded again, and the fire in the village was full of light.
The three thousand dared to die, but before they could fight with the Song army, they were wrapped in the firelight.
"It's the ground. Thunder! ”
Li Shimin gritted his teeth.
Thinking that after he took Xue Ju, he fought with Liu Wen several times, and let him eat the ground. Ray's loss.
Although Liu Wen escaped with his strong skills, he was still tricked.
This time the feng shui took turns, and it was my turn to be played.
At this moment, there was still a killing sound, and the Song army killed from both sides.
Tang Dynasty. The fighting quality of the army was already inferior to theirs, and at this moment they were in a hurry to fight, and they were not opponents, and they were killed and retreated as soon as they engaged.
"Collect the troops! Mingjin retreats! ”
Li Shimin shouted unwillingly.
But now that he has fallen into the other party's calculations, what can he do if he is unwilling?
If you don't withdraw early, you'll have to take your own life!
When Li Shimin led the army to the vicinity of his camp, there was a sudden sound of "boom".
"You go and find out what's going on!"
Li Shimin asked if he found a probe horse.
The tanma left in a hurry, and soon returned to report: "My lord, the Song army has landed by water and entered our camp. ”
At this moment, under the light of the torches, Li Shimin's face was hard to see.