At the end of the second month of the lunar calendar, the breath of spring has come to the north, the spring breeze in the north may not be as soft as the south of the Yangtze River, and even carry heavy dust, but the tender yellow grass buds on the earth are still like newborn babies one day at a time.

At this time, the sun is high and the sky is clear, and the gentle spring breeze blows intermittently from the southeast, which should be a good day with a good wind and sunshine.

But when the sound of the horn "woo-woo" spread throughout the grassland, the wild animals within a radius of miles fled frantically to other places.

Li Shiji and the other three marching troops looked at Xue Yantuo's army, which had been urgently mobilized hundreds of paces in front of him, with a grim expression.

Behind them were dozens of Tang Dynasty generals neatly arranged, and behind them were more than 100,000 troops of black press.

Tens of thousands of troops lined up in a phalanx and did not move like a mountain, this is the method of military formation that Li Shiji learned from Li Chengqian, and after several months of training, he can already use it.

Although the army of Xue Yantuo opposite them appeared here earlier than them, as if they were waiting for them here, it was obvious that they came out to meet the enemy after discovering that the Tang army was moving.

When the two armies were five hundred paces apart, Li Shiji saw that Xue Yantuo's army formation on the opposite side had already begun to prepare to draw bows and arrows, and ordered the army to stop and reorganize the army formation and prepare to charge.

In the face of the Xue Yantuo army formation, which is also dominated by foot soldiers, Li Shiji has his own set of playing methods, which won a great victory in the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Xue Yantuo in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, so Li Shiji will use this style of play to defeat Xue Yantuo again in this battle.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

A quarter of an hour later, the army was reorganized, and the drums of war began to beat in the Tang army's formation, and Zhang Shigui walked towards the Xue Yantuo army formation step by step with 10,000 foot soldiers.

When the Xue Yantuo army saw that the Tang army was attacking, it immediately caused a commotion, but because the generals above were riding on horses and not moving like a mountain, the tribal soldiers below quickly quieted down.

Bazhuo, who was embraced as the new khan of Xue Yantuo, rode on a majestic war horse at this time, and watched expressionlessly as the 10,000 Tang army held swords and shields and walked towards this side with a overwhelming momentum.

The war drums kept "pounding", and time passed slowly, and the Tang army had already advanced a hundred paces, and the opposing sides could already see the vertical formation of the opposing army.

Li Shimin led Li Ke, Hou Junji, Xue Wanche and Pei Xingjian to come day and night under the escort of hundreds of cavalry, and came to the camp early in the morning, and heard that Li Shiji led the army out of the camp and hurriedly rode to the battlefield on war horses.

At this time, they had already seen the Datang military formation and heard the drums of the attack, and Li Shimin and the others became more and more eager to think of the battlefield, and they kept beating their horses and running all the way towards the Datang military formation.

The war drums sounded in a rhythm, and Zhang Shigui, who was walking in front of the Tang army, was only four hundred steps away from Xue Yantuo's military formation.

Zhang Shigui rode on his war horse, holding the reins in one hand and his lance in the other, and continued to advance, he could already see the weapon in the hand of the enemy commander.

As the armies of the two sides continued to disclose, the soldiers in the military formation became quieter and quieter, and only the war drums of the Tang army and the footsteps of the attack could be heard on the battlefield within a radius of several miles.

At this moment, there was a sudden rumbling sound of horses' hooves from a distance, Zhang Shigui couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction where the sound came from, and saw a group of Tang troops in the distance rushing towards this side like a gallop.

At the same time, Li Shiji and the others behind couldn't help but look back when they heard the voice, and when they saw that there was a Tang army coming, Li Shiji hurriedly sent someone to check which way it was coming, so as not to disrupt his deployment.

Li Daliang, who was next to him, saw from a distance that the general led by him was tall, with armor like silver and a white cloak that was extremely conspicuous, so he whispered: "Xue Rengui has arrived." ”

When Xue Rengui heard that Li Chengqian was surrounded, he immediately rushed with 2,000 cavalry, and handed over the rest of the foot soldiers to Lu Hong to lead.

As soon as he entered the battlefield, he saw that the two sides were about to start a war, and he was very anxious about Li Chengqian's life and death at this time.

Zhang Shigui glanced at the Tang army and knew that Li Shiji was behind him, so he only needed to lead the 10,000 people behind him to attack Xue Yantuo.

Li Shimin also saw Xue Rengui, who was extremely stylish, and then remembered that he had given Xue Rengui a decree ordering him to be stationed on the spot, and he should not act rashly without a will. Seeing Xue Rengui coming at this time, it was inevitable that because Li Chengqian was surrounded by Xue Rengui and risked his life to participate in the battle, and then seeing that Xue Rengui's army was like a dragon, Li Shimin's good impression of Xue Rengui increased greatly at this moment.

......The war drums kept ringing, and the 10,000 Tang troops led by Zhang Shigui had already walked 300 steps away from Xue Yantuo's army, and the soldiers of the two armies could see each other's armor and clothes on the enemy opposite.

Although Xue Yantuo's soldiers have also fought a few battles with Datang, it is the first time that Datang has marched so steadily, and many people can't help but tremble in their hearts when they look at the black army on the opposite side.

Zhang Shigui was old enough to see that Xue Yantuo's morale was not high, and he was more confident in this battle.

But at this moment, there was a commotion behind Xue Yantuo's army array, and a biao cavalry came out from behind.

This Biao cavalry was personally led by Tong Luo Zhier, the leader of the Tong Luo tribe, and Li Mo Weisheng, the leader of the Yan tribe, and at this time, both of them rode their war horses and stood in front of the cavalry formation, only waiting for the opposite Tang Zi to rush over when the formation was chaotic......

As soon as Zhang Shigui saw that the other party was actually going to use cavalry to break the Tang Dynasty foot soldiers, he couldn't help but scold Xue Yantuo for being cunning, and he brought out an army of 10,000 soldiers with 5,000 sword and shield soldiers, 3,000 spearmen, and 1,500 Mo sword soldiers, and 500 archers scattered in the array.

The sword and shield soldiers are used to deal with Xue Yantuo's archers, and now Xue Yantuo wants to use cavalry to break the formation, so it is naturally the most suitable pikemen to meet the enemy.

However, they were only three hundred paces away from Xue Yantuo's cavalry, and they didn't have time to stop and change.

After quickly analyzing the current form, Zhang Shigui gritted his teeth and ordered the sword and shield soldiers in front to move forward without moving, and the back half of the sword and shield soldiers switched positions with the pikemen behind them when they marched.

This is also the method of changing the formation that they trained according to Li Chengqian's method of military training during this time, although it can reduce losses, Zhang Shigui still can't help but drip blood in his heart.

Li Shimin and others finally rushed to Li Shiji's place before the two armies started the war, because it was when the two armies were facing each other that in order not to bring risks to Li Shimin, Li Shiji and others saw that Li Shimin simply gave a military salute and did not find out Li Shimin's identity.

Li Shimin's mind was not on these at this time, and as soon as he looked at him, he asked Li Shiji about the arrangement of this battle.

Li Shiji explained in detail to Li Shimin and others in front of the two armies about the deployment of this battle.

Li Shimin heard that Li Shiji's arrangement of troops had no problem, so he stared at Zhang Shigui's 10,000 army in front of him. And seeing that because Xue Yantuo switched to using cavalry to attack, and Zhang Shigui changed the layout of the army while moving forward, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhang Shigui is really getting better and better at using soldiers, why can't Xue Yantuo be worried about training such an army that is forbidden by order?"

Hahaha......

Li Shiji saw that his voice was low and said: "Your Majesty has praised it, this method of military training was still learned from His Royal Highness the Prince, because the ministers' dereliction of duty caused His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to be in danger, and it is really a crime that deserves death." As he spoke, he dismounted and pleaded guilty, and Li Daliang hurriedly dismounted when he saw it.

Li Shimin hurriedly ordered people to help them up, and sighed: "It is my fault that Chengqian was surrounded, no wonder the two Qing family ......"

As he was talking, he saw Xue Rengui leading his men and horses to rush past Li Shiji's military formation, kicking up smoke and dust, like a giant dragon, heading straight towards Xue Yantuo's military formation.

Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Shiji and said, "Why did Xue Rengui rush in at this time. ”

I didn't hear Li Shiji mention Xue Rengui just now, and at this time, Xue Rengui rushed directly into battle, obviously not under Li Shiji's orders.

Li Shiji's face was ugly when he heard this, and he turned around and wanted to find the person he sent to intercept Xue Rengui.

Li Daliang saw that Li Shimin's face had sunk, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Xue Rengui has always been brave and loyal to His Royal Highness the Prince, and at this time, he is ......eager to fight."

"Hmph, no matter what, don't mess up military law." Before Li Daliang could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shimin.

Seeing this, Li Shiji hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty Xue Rengui is the right guard and the general is not subject to the control of the ministers, it is his duty to rescue the prince, and it is not appropriate to blame, and this is also the time to use him." ”

"Why do you need him again?" Li Shimin became interested.

"Your Majesty Xue Yantuo temporarily changed the formation, although our army also changed the array, but the sword and shield soldiers in front of it were not all replaced, and later the two armies tore apart and killed half of the sword and shield soldiers, and the loss must be extremely heavy, so that Xue Rengui broke through and just disrupted Xue Yantuo's deployment."

"Hmm!" Li Shimin couldn't help but nod when he heard this, so he stopped talking and continued to look forward.

Tong Luo Zhener and Li Mo Weisheng on the side of Xue Yantuo's army formation also saw Xue Rengui's troops rushing up, but they didn't take Xue Rengui's two thousand cavalry in their eyes.

They watched Zhang Shigui's military formation get closer and closer, and the military formation was still not chaotic at all, and they muttered a little in their hearts, such a strict infantry army formation must have consumed a lot of money when rushing up.

But as Zhang Shigui approached, they had to lead the army to charge immediately, otherwise when the Tang army's military formation got closer, even if they launched a charge, the horse speed would not be able to improve, and it would be difficult for them to break through the Tang army's army formation without the horse speed bonus.

Just as the two of them lifted the reins and were about to send troops, the cavalry led by Xue Rengui rushed to Zhang Shigui's infantry formation, stood up and looked over at this side.

The two of them were overjoyed when they saw it, and secretly said that where did this fool mess with his own military formation?

It's just that before they could laugh, they saw Tang Jiang on the opposite side raise a big bow and put a long arrow on it, and tear it into a full moon casually.

With a "whoosh", a long arrow was nailed to the throat of Tong Luo Zhener, and Tong Luo Zhier fell in response.

At the previous moment, because Xue Rengui suddenly stopped in front of Zhang Shigui's army formation and blocked Zhang Shigui's offensive route, Zhang Shigui's army immediately commotioned. And Li Shimin, who was in the back, was even more furious when he saw this, and shouted: "Wan Che go and take Xue Rengui down to me!" ”

It's just that as Xue Rengui killed Tong Luo Zhen'er more than a hundred steps away with an arrow, the entire battlefield instantly fell silent, and everyone looked at Xue Rengui who was holding a big bow in disbelief, opening his mouth but not making a sound.

Only Xue Rengui was unaffected, and continued to shoot Luo Zhier to death.

There was another "whoosh" sound, and the chestnut on the opposite side fell down in response.

"Good! Good archery! Zhang Shigui, who reacted, shouted excitedly.

The soldiers behind him also cheered loudly, and their eyes were blazing at the general in front of him who was wearing a folded cloak.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Rengui shot the third arrow, which hit a warrior from the Tongluo Division, and the position was very close to that of Tongluo Zhier, and he was also pierced through the throat by Xue Rengui with an arrow like Tongluo Zhier.

The clan soldiers of the Tongluo tribe and the Yan tribe who did not have a leader saw the Tang Dynasty general who was wearing bright silver armor like the god of war more than a hundred steps away and pulled out the big bow for the fourth time, and his mind collapsed at once, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he turned around and fled directly.

All of a sudden, Xue Yantuo's thousands of cavalry turned around and rushed towards his own foot soldiers.

Seeing this, Xue Rengui put down his big bow, and as soon as he pulled the reins, he rushed towards Xue Yantuo's chaotic army, followed by the cavalry behind him.

Zhang Shigui looked at the aura of Xue Rengui's department, looked back at the foot soldiers behind him, and hurriedly ordered to chase with all his might, thinking that he was old while chasing, and he only had the share of wiping his butts for others.

Li Shimin, Li Shiji, Li Daliang, Hou Junji, and Xi Junmai, the commander of the cavalry, these first-class soldiers in the world, watched Xue Rengui defeat tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's army with three arrows, and they all watched in amazement.

In the end, Xue Wanche, who was still not very convinced, was unhappy when he saw Xue Rengui rushing to kill, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, Xue Yantuo has collapsed, shouldn't we send troops?"

"Ah, troops! Dispatch troops! Li Shimin, who reacted, hurriedly said.