Volume 2 The Battle of Tiger Prison Pass Chapter 57 The overall situation has been decided
This strange Tang army descended from the sky was naturally the surprise attack force led by Li Xuanba.
Long before Li Shimin and Dou Jiande raised troops to fight, Li Mingyu and his master Xuanba secretly went out from the back pass of the Tiger Prison with hundreds of men and horses, one person and two horses, and rushed towards the back road of Dou Jiande's army.
The Xia army's formation stretched for more than ten miles, and in order not to be discovered by the Xia army's spies, the master and apprentice had to lead hundreds of people around a large circle to inspect the secret path.
Fortunately, one person and two horses, riding in turn, the speed is not much slower.
It took half an hour, and finally before the decisive battle, he came to a dense forest not far from the rear of the Xia army. Xuanba led hundreds of Tang troops to ambush in the dense forest to the south, and Mingyu asked people to poke down all the nests on the surrounding trees, in order to prevent the frightened birds from circling and arouse the alarm of the Xia army.
Then he took more than 100 people and 50 Tang troops to the dense forest in the east, so he set up a suspicious formation to lure the enemy to attack.
Sure enough, Xia Jun was self-righteous, and was lured into the dense forest by his clever notes, wasting a lot of time.
Li Xuanba saw the enemy's plan and went straight to the dense forest in the east, overjoyed, knowing that the time had come. With a wave of the horse's lance, he shouted, "The whole army is attacking!" "One horse took the lead and led the three hundred Tang troops and went straight to the rear of the Xia army.
The rear formation was a group of recruits, and when they suddenly saw that the Tang army was coming, they had no time to react, and their morale collapsed immediately, and they collapsed without a fight. was cut off by hundreds of Tang troops, and Zeng Shouyou, the commander of the rear army, wanted to lead someone to stop him, but he was picked off the horse by Xuanba.
Xuanba's blow worked, rushing the rear formation into chaos, crushing for thousands of miles, and then driving the rout to act as the vanguard, straight into the main formation of the Chinese army.
All the way into the Chinese army, the Xia army's position was in chaos, the rout of the Chinese cavalry was unstable, and the Tang army then covered up and killed, and the Xia army abandoned the armor and was defeated.
Li Xuanba was seeing Dou Jiande standing under Wang Qida, and with a swing of his horse, he rushed straight away with hundreds of Tang troops, and while riding his horse to kill, he shouted according to the plan, "I am Li Shimin, the king of Qin!" Dou Jiande! Come on! ”
The armor worn by Xuanba was sent by the eldest grandson, one of the two sets of Qilin Mountain pattern armor left by the ancestor Changsun Song, and the two sets of armor are generally the same except for the accessories of the beast head, one gold and one silver. In addition, Xuanba and Li Shimin were born to the same mother, and their faces are seven or eight points similar, so it is naturally impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Dou Jiande didn't know what to do, so he was naturally frightened, thinking that the Tang army was invincible and had already defeated the 3,000 men and horses he sent to block, so how dare he stay in a panic. At this time, he had no soldiers and horses around him, and it was difficult for him to protect himself, so he only thought about temporarily withdrawing to the army and gaining a firm foothold, and then regrouping to fight.
It turned out that the surprise attack strategy used by the Tang army at this time was exactly what Mingyu had proposed before.
Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda divided their troops to block the front army of the Xia army, the left flank.
Li Shimin took advantage of the unstable situation of the Xia army, and the surprise troops rushed forward, and personally led the Xuanjia army to implement the tactics of beheading and piercing the heart, and directly penetrated into the Xia army's main formation. If it can be done in one blow, everyone will be happy.
If it doesn't work, it can also be done in a good way and contain most of the elite main forces of the Xia army. And Li Xuanba's master and apprentice went around the rear and attacked as the second surprise soldier.
But this strange soldier is strange and strange. The master and apprentice, Ming Yu is Ming, Ming Xiu plank road, bluffing, so that Dou Jiande thought that he had insight into the overall plan of the Tang army, and carelessly divided the troops, but lured the Xia army away and delayed time as much as possible.
Xuanba is in the dark, secretly crossing Chen Cang, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Scattered the rear army all the way, went straight to the Chinese army, and pretended to be Li Shimin's strange soldiers descending from the sky, which made Dou Jiande surprised and puzzled, thinking that the soldiers and horses sent to attack the Tang army before were all wiped out, and in a panic, he had no intention of fighting again, which once again dealt a fatal blow to the morale of the Xia army.
Li Mingyu is young, but he has a good grasp of people's hearts, military morale, and morale, and he is exactly the same. There is a plan in the plan, there is a strange in the strange, and they are interlocking, and the effect is extraordinary, completely destroying the morale of the Xia army.
Daxu is the flag of the three armies, decorated with yak tails, decorated with colorful feathers, up to several zhang, used to command the whole army, representing the supreme authority of the commander. It can unite the morale of the army, and once it moves forward, it means that the commander is on the battlefield in person, which can best boost morale.
Da Xuan in the battle array, usually only advance and not retreat, up to a few feet of Da Xuan on the battlefield eye-catching abnormal, if it is good to advance, on behalf of the coach in person, morale is greatly encouraged. But if once it retreats, it means that the commander retreats and abandons the soldiers, what a huge blow to the morale of the army?
Li Shimin has been paying close attention to the chaotic army, and seeing that Xuanba's surprise attack really worked, and the Xia army's main formation was in chaos, Dou Jiande was so shocked that he retreated and fled, and he was overjoyed. This battle is already in hand!
The Xuanjia army led by Li Shimin was killed after repeated charges, and there were still six or seven hundred people left, and he held his horse aloft and shouted, "Xuanjia elite cavalry!" Look! Dou Jiande escaped! Rush me! Under the escort of Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, Qin Qiong and other fierce generals, they went straight to the Xia army.
Hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers shouted in unison: "Dou Jiande has escaped!" Kill! "The morale has doubled, countless courage has been added, and I have driven straight behind the manager.
Under the elimination of the other, the morale of the Xia army was low, and the sharp-eyed one did see the coach beat the horse and fled, as if he was hit on the head, he only felt a sense of loss of being abandoned in his heart, what was he fighting for and dying? The Tang army is so brave that even King Xia has fled, and I still don't run, do I really want to throw my life here?
Xia Jun is not the only one who has this idea? However, these are all Dou Jiande's elite henchmen, who are used to listening to orders, and when they suddenly encounter such a situation, they don't know what to do for a while, and they are watching each other.
The morale of the soldiers collapsed, and they had no intention of fighting again, so they stood on the battlefield and let the Tang army go straight to Daxu.
Li Shimin led the troops all the way to Daxu almost without any obstacles, bent his bow and arrows, and an arrow went like a meteor, hitting the head of the Daxu flag. Carved arrows shoot down the yak tail ornament, nailed to the flagpole and tremble.
Wei Chi Gong understood, jumped off the war horse, took a few steps to the front of Daxu, drew the knife in his hand, his eyes were round, and the tiger roared, as if he had hit a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
"Bump!" Da Su fell to the ground with a bang, smashing up a cloud of dust.
As soon as Li Shimin raised his hand, Cheng Biting Jin stepped forward, and took out a blood-soaked bright red battle flag from his arms, which was the black dragon battle flag of the Xuanjia Army!
Cheng Biting Jin tore off the big banner with the word "Dou" on Daxu and replaced it with the Tang Army's Xuanjia Black Dragon Flag.
Wei Chigong let out another tiger roar, hugged the flagpole, fought all over his body, his muscles knotted up, and one person carried Daxu again!
The flag is bright red like blood, hunting in the wind, flying and fluttering! The black dragon above opened its teeth and danced its claws, mighty and hideous, blown by the wind, as if it had come to life, looming in the sea of blood in the sky, churning and roaring, and the general was about to come out!
All this is becoming the last straw that breaks the camel's back!
Xia Jun had no intention of fighting again, but there was still one opportunity missing, seeing that the Douzi battle flag was transformed into the Tang Army's Xuanjia Black Dragon Battle Flag, under the repeated blows, the morale of the Xia army fell to the ground in an instant, and the army's heart collapsed.
"Be a long one!" The spear in the hand of a Xia sergeant fell to the ground, and he jumped off his horse in despair, holding his head in both hands, and shouted, "King Qin, spare your life!" I am willing to surrender! ”
Another Xia sergeant threw away his weapon, knelt down and bowed, "I am willing to surrender!" Ask the King of Qin for forgiveness! ”
Sergeant Xia was constantly disheartened and surrendered.
Li Shimin heard the endless sound of begging, his heart was comfortable, and he was excited, this battle, the overall situation has been decided!
He took his horse, approached, and shouted, "Surrender and die!" Forgive you of your innocence! ”
"Surrender or die! Forgive you of your innocence! Hundreds of Xuanjia soldiers roared together, deafening, piercing through the clouds and cracking stones, up to the nine heavens, and shaking the nine shadows.
Negative emotions such as fear, loss, and frustration are the most contagious. The sound of weapons landing on the ground was endless, and Sergeant Xia knelt down and surrendered in pieces.
At first, it was only a few hundred people who changed the battle flag that the Chinese army saw with their own eyes, and then it expanded rapidly in a radial shape, thousands of people, and finally tens of thousands!
The dust has settled, and Dou Jiande has no power to return to the sky!
He originally planned to retreat to the protection of the army, and then make a plan, but the defeat of the army was like a mountain, and the Xia army saw that he, the commander, abandoned them and fled, and the morale of the army collapsed immediately, and pieces of abandoned weapons surrendered.
Dou Jiande gritted his steel teeth with hatred, but he was helpless, he personally beheaded more than a dozen soldiers who were about to surrender, but it was still a drop in the bucket, and it was still useless.
Looking at the Xia army who surrendered in pieces, his heart was sad, and then he understood what the people wanted and the trend of the times!
Dou Jiande had to sigh! Time also! Fate! Luck also! Seeing that there were still 100 henchmen and guards left around him, he felt that all his ambitions had come to naught, and in frustration, he waved his hand and said, "The destiny is like this, and the general trend is difficult to violate!" Run for your life, each of you. ”
Those dozens of guards are his henchmen, loyal and loyal, and their lives are tied to him. Seeing that King Xia was discouraged, he hurriedly persuaded, "Why did the king say this? Victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers! The king still owns a large area of land, and there are still thousands of elite soldiers in the camp, and the background is still there! ”
"Yes, yes! Why can't King Xia afford to lose? Li Shimin just won by luck, let's keep the king to cross the Yellow River north, return to Hebei, the king recruits troops, regroups, and comes back! ”
After the persuasion of a group of guards, Dou Jiande gradually became discouraged, and he was willing to collapse. Immediately regained his spirits and said, "Not bad! Li Shimin child! This revenge will be avenged! Walk! Back to camp! ”
Li Xuanba originally led hundreds of Tang troops to force Dou Jiande to retreat, and when he saw that he was going to run, he was willing to let the tiger return to the mountain, and chased after him.
However, at that time, the battlefield had already been chaotic, there were Xia troops everywhere, and the soldiers were in chaos, Li Xuanba was killing and killing, but he lost his target.
Later, the Xia army surrendered in pieces, and Li Xuanba also knew that the battle had won a big victory, but there was a fly in the ointment, and he was unwilling to run away for Dou Jiande.
He saw that the morale of the Xia army had collapsed, and he had no intention of fighting again, and at this time he was just a group of lambs to be slaughtered. Leaving more than 200 Tang troops to assist in guarding the soldiers, he personally led the 50 Xuanjia Army to find the traces of Dou Jiande in the chaotic army.
At this time, the Xia army was defeated like a mountain, and even if Dou Jiande was reincarnated, he was unable to return to the sky, so he had to flee back to the camp and cross the Yellow River north.
Xuanba took dozens of horsemen all the way to the east to pursue, but he beat the grass and eradicated the roots, with the idea of eliminating future troubles.