Volume 2 The Battle of the Tiger Prison Chapter 51 Three Thousand Against One Hundred Thousand! (below)

Dou Jiande was able to rise from the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, with more than 100,000 troops, and became the male lord of the commanding party, and naturally he was not an idle person. Although he can't be called a soldier, he can be regarded as a familiar reader of military books.

In this battle, limited by the terrain, he arranged 100,000 soldiers and horses into a long cross array.

The 20,000 elite infantry soldiers of the former army are the team he took over from his old boss Gao Shida, who has experienced a hundred battles and has always been valued by him. was placed in front by him as the main force of this battle.

The left and right wings are each sent all the way, riding and mixing, a total of 40,000 horses. The composition of the members is also mixed, it is the people from all walks of life that he has subdued since he started the army, including the former Sui Dynasty soldiers who defeated and collected, as well as the old departments of the grass-headed kings such as Wei Dao'er, Meng Haigong, and Xu Yuanlang, among which there are many factions and do not obey each other.

Not long after the establishment of the Xia Kingdom, Dou Jiande didn't have time to digest them one by one, and Li Tang began to attack Wang Shichong. Fortunately, taking advantage of the great victory over Meng Haigong, he could be subdued for the time being, but these tens of thousands of horses seemed to be bluffing, but they were a group of rabble who could only fight with the wind. Dou Jiande had no choice but to disperse the deployment of the army and place it on the left and right flanks, just to strengthen the momentum, and did not expect them to play much role in the war.

The remaining 40,000 horses, of which 10,000 were recruits recruited by Lazhuangding, who had not seen blood yet, and should not be of great use. This time, it was just to pull out the rising insight, which was at the end of the big array. 10,000 foot soldiers, mainly crossbowmen, responsible for long-range suppression, were placed behind the front army and before the middle army.

There are also 20,000 elite horsemen, who are the elite of the Xia army, and Dou Jiande relies on the capital of the east and west. Commanded by him personally, he sat in charge of the Chinese army.

Looking at his 100,000 male soldiers, spread out, stretching for more than ten miles, swords and guns like a forest, and the flag covering the sun. Dou Jiande is also full of confidence, sometimes he even thinks that he has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, is he too cautious and cautious to arrange his troops in such a big way, and look down on Li Shimin?

Dou Jiande is wishful thinking, Li Shimin is only more than 3,000 people, and I, the 100,000 horses, even if I stand still and let him chop, he can be tired to death.

If he comes out of the pass to fight, as long as the front army attacks and drags the pace of the cavalry, the 20,000 elite cavalry of the Chinese army can take him away with a charge? If he shrinks into a tiger prison, I will wave my army to attack the city, and 100,000 people will take turns to attack it, without stopping for a moment, what about the Xiongguan in the world? In front of our army, it will be reduced to powder in less than half a day.

Li Shiji led 300 cavalry, according to the orders of the commander, from west to south to kill the Xia army.

Li Shiji is a changeable and flexible soldier, the best soldier deceitful, he already knows the overall strategy of the commander in his heart, and he should do his best to induce the enemy to change the formation and pry open the Xia army's formation.

More than 300 people galloped out of the customs, Li Shiji galloped on horseback, and at the same time ordered his subordinates, shouting peace, bluffing, seemingly menacing, and full of momentum.

As soon as Li Shiji came out of the customs, he was discovered by the Xia army, and the former army commander hurriedly ordered the soldiers to get up to meet the enemy, bow wound, knife out of sheath, and wait for the battle calmly. Seeing that the cavalry of the Tang Army was out of range, he turned a corner and went straight to the left flank.

The former army commander saw that the Tang army was only a few hundred horsemen, and knew that it was just harassment and temptation. There were more than 20,000 people on the left flank, so there was no need to worry at all, so they didn't take it to heart, and ordered the former sergeants to continue to rest.

At this time, the left flank of the Xia army was complicated, and the subordinates were disrupted, and the generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers did not know the generals. One by one, the soldiers sat on the ground to rest, fighting for water, throwing their horses aside, and throwing their swords, guns, bows and crossbows on the ground.

The Xia army's large array is only about three miles away from the Tiger Prison Pass, and this distance, the war horses gallop with all their might, but they can arrive in a hundred breaths.

When Li Shiji arrived, many Xia soldiers had not had time to get up, and when they learned that the Tang army was suddenly attacking, they were in a panic.

Only a very small number of Xia Jun archers had time to react, but in a panic, they shot out more than 100 arrows, but they were not sure of their heads, and their strength was insufficient, and they fell into the ground in less than fifty steps, which was simply harmless.

Li Shiji was willing to let go of this great opportunity, Ma Lance raised his hand and shouted, "Give me a rush!" As soon as his legs clamped the horse's belly, the horse received the order, and the speed was raised again.

Three hundred Tang rode in the gallop to form a small arrow formation and entered the Xia army.

Li Shiji waved his lance, stabbed and stabbed, and killed two Xia soldiers in a row. Then he pressed it back, mentioned it in front, and the horse lance "sneered", and provoked a Xia soldier soldier, the soldier's abdomen was pierced by the horse lance, and he was blocked by the retention complex, and he was not dead for a while.

Li Shiji shook his horse lance, threw out the soldiers hanging on the spear blade at the enemy in front of him, and smashed over several Xia soldiers.

The three hundred elite horsemen of the Tang army poked their horizontal knives out of their horses, and with the high speed of the war horses, they could harvest one head after another without much effort.

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Xia army on the left flank suffered more than 100 casualties and was killed by the Tang army.

The main general of the left wing of the Xia army hurriedly organized the people, but the morale of the soldiers was already low, and it was a group of rabble gathered, not subordinate to each other, until Li Shiji led people to kill hundreds of Xia troops in a row, and they could organize the team.

Seeing that the Xia army was gradually stabilizing his position, Li Shiji raised his hand to the Tang army behind him and shouted, "Kill to the east!" "A belt of war horses, leading the team from west to east to kill.

The main general of the left wing of the Xia army is called Cao Biao, who is talented and talented, and has no ability, but he is the nephew of Dou Jiande's wife and family, and he is quite favored by Dou Jiande, so he can sit firmly in the position of the main general of this road. He saw that the Tang army only had a few hundred people, and the left wing was just unprepared and was caught off guard by them.

He felt that being told by the Tang army to leave like this would make him lose face in front of his uncle Dou Jiande, and he was afraid that he would not be able to suppress his subordinates in the future, so he was busy with thousands of cavalry in hot pursuit.

Originally, there were a few deputy generals on the left flank, who were former Sui generals, who were quite familiar with military affairs, and wanted to dissuade one or two, saying that King Xia strictly ordered that all people and horses must hold the position steadily and not change the formation without permission. Cao Biao is arrogant, who sees these generals in his eyes? Picking up the horsewhip, a few whips whipped them to the flesh, and they didn't dare to say more, so they had to let him.

With Cao Biao's move, the left wing of the Xia army, which was originally connected to the city, was pulled away from Dou Jiande's army.

Li Shimin saw clearly on the city pass, the left flank of the Xia army was unstable, and he immediately made a decision, waved his big hand, and raised his voice, "The whole army is attacking!" ”

Three thousand Tang troops, led by Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda, and Li Shimin personally led the Xuanjia army behind, riding horses straight to the Xia army, the war horses spread their four hooves, galloping, rolling up the sky full of smoke and dust.

The two had already been ordered by Li Shimin to lead a thousand men and horses each to kill the Xia army.

Niu Jinda led a thousand men to entangle Dou Jiande's front army, so that it could not support the left flank.

Luo Shixin led a thousand elite horsemen to the left wing of the Xia army, all the way like a broken bamboo, like a tiger into the flock, killing a person on the left wing of the Xia army.

The left flank of the Xia army was originally a rabble, and the morale was low, which was the opponent of the Tang army, the killed crying father and mother, scattered and fled for their lives.

Luo Shixin is also a rare fierce general, unstoppable, rampaging in the Xia army, coming and going, never a combined enemy, the lance is drenched in blood, the killing is red, and I don't know how many Xia army souls have been contaminated.

Cao Biao saw that the Tang army was attacking, he was just a second ancestor, how could he have any real skills, he was already frightened and at a loss, and his face was pale.

was being looked at by Luo Shixin in the chaos of the army, and seeing that Cao Biao's armor was bright, his status should not be low. Luo Shixin yelled, "That boy! Come on! "Straight to Cao Biao.

Cao Biao had already seen this big man Tang General march all the way in the Xia army, crashing into the formation and charging the army, unstoppable. Killed like a blood gourd, and I don't know how many Xia Jun's lives were reimbursed, seeing that he was staring at himself, where did he dare to stop it. hurriedly commanded his own soldiers: "Stop him!" Stop him! "Dial the horse and run for your life.

Luo Shixin urged the horse to fly over, and saw several Cao Biao's personal soldiers carrying knives to fight. He roared, "Get out of here!" Death to those who stand in my way! ”

Cao Biao's personal soldiers were Luo Shixin's opponents, but in a few breaths, he was stabbed and picked by his horse lance, stabbed one person to death, picked one person to fly, and then slashed off half of the head of a personal soldier.

After Luo Shixin effortlessly took care of a few pro-soldiers, he galloped on his horse, caught up with Cao Biao in two steps, and with a probe of his arm, the horse lance let out a strange roar of "woo", and a lance pierced into Cao Biao's heart.

Luo Shixin fought with one arm, picked up Cao Biao's body, and the horse lance was obliquely picked, laughing wildly.

The surrounding Xia Jun saw that this Tang general was unstoppable, and he was still carrying the body of the main general on the horse, covered in blood, like a Shura demon killed in hell. Where is there still the courage to fight again, shout, and flee in the wilderness.

The whole Tang army was dispatched to attack the front army, and on the left flank, there were already heralds rushing to report to Dou Jiande.

Dou Jiande was also dressed in military uniform, and he was having dinner at this time, when he heard the report from Tanma, he couldn't take care of the meal, and hurriedly asked, "Can you see how many people and horses are coming from the Tang Army?" ”

The herald was a sober man, and replied, "Tell the king, there are about a few thousand men." ”

"Can you see Li Shimin's banner?" Dou Jiande's expression moved, and he asked.

"I didn't see Li Shimin's banner, but thousands of Tang troops were brave and abnormal, and the front army was okay, and it was difficult to solve the killing. The left wing is now unable to resist. The herald did not dare to make a false report, so he had to answer truthfully.

Dou Jiande pondered for a moment and ordered, "Someone! Pass my general's order, and order the front army to destroy the enemy behind the enemy and quickly support. The right flank is moving closer to the left flank, Bao Long is encircled, and no one of the Tang troops can escape! The main formation of the Chinese army is pressed forward! The archers turned to the array, and when they saw the Tang army, they shot me hard! Give me the king's banner and march with drums! ”

With the issuance of Dou Jiande's order, tens of thousands of Xia troops began to act according to the order.

Dou Jiande has completely abandoned the left flank at this time, as long as they can entangle the Tang army, wait until the right flank army arrives, or the front army has eliminated the enemy and withdraws to support, and then the Tang army will be surrounded by wings!

It doesn't matter whether Li Shimin is there or not, without these thousands of soldiers and horses, even if Li Shimin is the reincarnation of Sun Wu, what will Han Xin do to guard the Tiger Prison. Wiped out the Tang army, took the Tiger Prison Pass in the homeopathic situation, and then waved his army westward, and then destroyed Wang Shichong and the remaining Tang army with the momentum of ploughing the court and sweeping the holes, and the big thing can be done!

Li Shimin led the 900 Xuanjia army out of the pass after Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda's 2,000 elite soldiers, and he slowed down along the way, and did not gallop his horse, in order to preserve his horsepower and make the final blow.

The morale of the Tang army was high, and everyone fought bravely to be the first, with one as ten. Niu Jinda's 1,000 cavalry entangled the former army of the Xia army and could not get out.

And Luo Shixin rushed the left flank of the Xia army to pieces, and the people turned on their backs and collapsed.

Li Shimin was still unmoved, hiding behind Luo Shixin's people, his eyes crossed the left flank, staring directly at the Xia army's main formation.

There were bursts of passionate war drums from the main formation of the Xia army, and the oxtail daku, which was several feet high, was erected high and gradually moved forward.

Li Shimin Rao has been in battle for a long time, and he is also excited in his heart, knowing that as soon as Daxu moves, the Chinese army will inevitably move, which means that Dou Jiande is ready to personally press the formation.

He took a deep breath and clenched his bow and arrow, Dou Jiande, as the commander of the first army, must be under that big sword.

It's a failure! It's time for my Xuanjia Spirit Rider to appear!