Outside the city of Pingyao.

Five miles away from Pingyao City, thousands of tents stretch for miles.

Looking at the dense camp tents, the defenders in the city have changed from yesterday's panic to ease and confidence.

The combination of artillery and muskets made it impossible for the Shatuo army to break through to a distance of fifty paces from the city wall, and even the night attack of the Shatuo army last night ended in failure.

As soon as the sky was slightly bright, Li Keyong rode his horse to the outside of the camp, looking at Pingyao City with low city walls in the distance, but he didn't expect to lose 3,000 soldiers and horses.

Originally, he was still a little happy when he learned that the little emperor's holy drive had retreated to Pingyao City, after all, the city wall of Pingyao was the shortest and least solid among the surrounding counties.

But I didn't expect that I was still frustrated here.

If he didn't believe that the court had weapons against cavalry, now they do.

That weapon is simply the nemesis of cavalry.

In fact, the nemesis of the cavalry is the machine gun, but the flowering shells of the god machine cannon are the same as the shotguns, which can kill and injure the surrounding war horses and soldiers in a large area, and the main number is large, and it can also build a dense blockade line.

Even if the enemy forces rushed through this blockade line, the Shenji battalion still had assault rifles and sky-shaking thunder.

These three weapons have built three lines of defense in the distance, in the middle and near, and even the fierce Shatuo cavalry will pay a great price if they want to break through these three lines of defense.

He suddenly regretted it, could his army break through Pingyao City?

He brought 20,000 cavalry this time, of which 2,000 followed Li Sizhao to Lengquan Pass, and yesterday he lost 3,000 people, leaving 15,000 people.

And he must break through Pingyao City today, otherwise the forbidden army on the Jinyang side will come back to help, and a bloody battle will inevitably be fought at that time.

At that time, his hope of breaking through Pingyao was even slimmer.

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"Father-in-law, the forbidden army in the city has that kind of unknown weapon, and it may be difficult for us to attack Pingyao City within today." Li Cunxian next to him was a little worried.

"Pingyao City must be taken today."

"King Jun, there should not be many such weapons in the Forbidden Army, hide at the north gate. You can try to attack the east and the west, leaving a part of the troops to contain at the north gate, and the main force turning to the east gate or the west gate, which may have a miraculous effect. ”

Li Keyong regretted it a little, but Gaiyu didn't regret it.

Yesterday's attack failure made him realize why this little emperor dared to let the army go first, and he fell behind, it turned out that he had this dependence.

But it's useless to retreat now, and Li Ke has come up with obvious anger, so he won't retreat easily.

Li Keyong nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "This king sits at the north gate and attracts the attention of the forbidden army in the city with the handsome banner. Gai Yu, you and Cunxian led 10,000 cavalry to attack from the south gate, and I want to let the forbidden army in the city take care of one or the other.

After taking Pingyao, except for the little emperor, everyone else was killed by me! ”

"Please rest assured!"

"Please rest assured!"

Woo! Woo! Woo!

The loud horn sounded again, and the three thousand Shatuo troops drove away from the camp like a tide, carrying dozens of improvised ladders towards the north gate of Pingyao City.

At the same time, another 10,000 Shatuo cavalry quietly left the camp and attempted to go around to the south gate.

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On the city wall, all the soldiers are sitting on the ground, and the fire next to it has long been turned into ashes, of course, the cannonballs and gunpowder are naturally not on the city wall, and they are easy to freeze and rot, not to mention, if they are ignited by this spark, it will be fun.

So before the night came, these dangerous goods were carried to the houses in the city and guarded by special people.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and there are light snowflakes in the sky.

However, these soldiers did not feel too cold, and if one looked closely, they would see that the armor of the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion was significantly different from that of the soldiers of the other forbidden army.

Because in addition to the cavalry capital, the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are all using cotton armor.

An example of this is somewhat similar to the armor used by the Eight Banners of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Cotton armor is to wet the picked cotton, repeatedly pat, make a very thin cotton sheet, a number of such cotton pieces in the embellishment into a very thick and solid cotton cloth, between the two layers of cotton cloth is iron armor, the inside and outside with copper nails fixed.

Nowadays, it is cold, and cotton armor also has the effect of protecting against cold.

Of course, cotton armor has a disadvantage, that is, the defense ability against traditional bows and crossbows is not strong, but the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion do not need to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but use artillery, muskets, etc.

If you wear bulky iron armor, you will not be very flexible.

However, the cavalry is used as the assault and defensive force of the Shenji Battalion, and its equipment is naturally the same as that of other forbidden cavalry.

It's not that Li Ye doesn't equip other forbidden armies with cotton armor.

First of all, the weakness of cotton armor's relatively poor defense against traditional bows and crossbows is not suitable for the forbidden army except for the Shenji Battalion, they just need cotton clothes to use as a cold protection;

Secondly, the yield of cotton is not that high.

Now cotton has not been promoted to the outside world, only limited to the fields of Huangzhuang are planted, the yield is not high, and it is already the limit to meet the needs of the Shenji Camp and the palace.

However, next year, Li Ye plans to promote cotton planting to the entire Guanzhong and Longyou regions.

Of course, the demand for cotton mainly comes from the military, which is bound to have a big shortage, which can attract many farmers to grow cotton.

It is certainly not possible to enforce cotton, and only by inducing it can it be promoted faster.

"See Your Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

More and more soldiers found out about Li Ye's arrival and got up and saluted.

"All the soldiers are flat!"

Just when Li Ye wanted to inspect it, a loud horn sounded outside the city, and there was chaos on the city wall for a while.

Looking at the Shatuo army outside the city, there were still several miles, and they did not reach the range of artillery so quickly.

Li Ye held the sword at his waist high and said loudly to the soldiers around him, "Soldiers, among you there are the Shenji Battalion, the Left Prison Guard, and the soldiers of the Tiance Army and the Shence Army.

You are all me, you are all the imperial court, and the elite division built with all your national strength is the key to the rejuvenation of the Tang Dynasty.

You are not alone in the fight, I am in the middle of the city, watching your killing.

Before, I was advised to abandon you and flee. But I refused, because I have you, and I trust you to keep me safe.

For me, for Datang, do you have confidence? ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

In the sound of horns outside the city, more than 10,000 soldiers in the city were enthusiastic for a moment, and they all shouted in unison.

Link took the opportunity to shout from the sidelines.

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Datang! ”

"Long live Your Majesty! Long live Datang! ”

The shouts resounded throughout the city, not only the more than 10,000 soldiers, but also those ordinary people who were also infected, and they all followed the shouts.

Especially those readers who yearn for the Tang Dynasty in their hearts, they can't help but kneel on the ground and cry!

Looking at the approaching Shatuo army, Li Ye waved his long sword and said sharply, "The Shatuo people have begun to attack, and the soldiers have returned to their respective positions and fought bravely to kill the enemy!" ”

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