Chapter 989: The Wind Blows
Thirty thousand archers is definitely not a small number.
They were only able to escort about 20,000 soldiers on one trip, and there were only 2,000 ships, and if the enemy's 30,000 archers fired like this, even if they could rush across the Liao River, the casualties would definitely be heavy.
So the best thing to do is to consume the enemy's arrows.
In Qin Tian's opinion, there were 30,000 archers in the Silla Kingdom, so their sharp arrows would have a maximum of 300,000 sharp arrows.
300,000 sharp arrows can support them to shoot ten rounds.
If they can feign crossing the river and consume a few rounds of the enemy's bows and arrows, then by the time they do have to cross the river, there will be less resistance.
Moreover, if they can get the enemy's sharp arrows, it will also be very beneficial to enhance their Datang forces.
After Qin Tian finished saying this, Li Shimin and Li Ji understood what Qin Tian meant.
During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang once took advantage of Cao Cao's suspicious personality to borrow arrows from grass boats, so they can naturally follow suit.
However, at this time, Li Ji said again: "The way is possible, but I just don't know if it is feasible or not, when Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from the grass boat, it was foggy weather, and the soldiers and horses of Wei could not see the situation clearly, thinking that the enemy was really coming, but this summer, the night is still very bright, after the enemy sees it, he knows that we are a feint, so will they still shoot arrows?" β
Many theories sound plausible, but when it comes to reality, it's a different story.
After Li Ji finished speaking, everyone was suddenly a little lost, a good way, I'm afraid it won't work.
However, Qin Tian shook his head: "Don't worry, I have already checked the celestial phenomena before I thought of this idea, tonight, the weather here will be gloomy, and it will be very dark at that time, as long as we feint, be quiet, but let the enemy find out, at that time they thought that we were going to cross the river at night, and they would definitely suppress it with sharp arrows." β
Seeing that Qin Tian had already considered this problem, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Shimin's side, after pondering for a while, said: "Okay, then the matter of borrowing arrows from this grass boat will be handed over to Qin Aiqing, you go down and prepare." β
Qin Tianjaw took the order, and then retreated.
Time is slow, and night falls.
When it was almost midnight, Qin Tian's people sailed two thousand ships into the Liaoshui.
Tonight the night is very poor, after the ship enters the Liaoshui, only the white sails can be seen swaying with the wind, the other hulls are very blurry, the bow of the hull, there are a lot of scarecrows and wooden planks, but they are not really enough, giving people the feeling that someone is standing on the boat.
After the ships entered the water, they sailed towards the opposite shore in a mighty way, and more than 2,000 ships, when they were driving in the water, even if they did not see it really enough, they also gave people an indescribable momentum.
In the night, the Silla soldiers and horses on the other side of the river were always paying attention to the river, and when they saw the shadows of the boats shaking on the river, and there were many of them, they immediately panicked.
"It's not good, I'm afraid the Tang army will have to cross the river at night."
After that, someone hurried to report to Park Thirteen.
"General, General......"
Park 13 was resting in the barracks, and when he heard someone shouting, he immediately jumped up and sat up.
"What's the matter?"
"General, the Tang army crossed the river at night, and now the Liaoshui is full of boats."
What the soldier said was a bit exaggerated, and after listening to it, Pu Shisan's expression condensed slightly: "It must be that the Tang army knows that there are many archers in our army, and they feel that it is not easy to cross the river during the day, so they want to come in at night by fishing in troubled waters, hmph, but they are also a little too naΓ―ve, thinking that crossing the river at night, I can't find it?" β
Speaking of this, Pu Shisan had already stood up from the bed and said, "Order, order our archers to prepare and launch a rapid strafing attack on the Tang army, and they must not be allowed to cross the river." β
As long as the sharp arrows are suppressed, the Tang army can definitely be stopped.
Moreover, it is possible to destroy a lot of Don troops.
After Park 13 gave the order to go down, the soldier immediately received the order to retreat, and in a short time, on the shore of Liaoshui, 30,000 Silla archers were already in full array.
On the surface of the river, the ships of the Tang Dynasty are still marching mightily, and the river surface is not particularly wide, but if you really want to go, you will need a stick of incense.
And just as the ship was slowly approaching, the Silla Kingdom immediately gave an order: "Launch." β
Sharp arrows rained down, and in the night sky, wave after wave of sharp arrows flew in, as if the whole world was surrounded by sharp arrows.
These sharp arrows are a bit impermeable, if there are really many soldiers on the ships of the Tang Army, even if many of these sharp arrows are shot into the Liaoshui, but the soldiers of the Tang Army are afraid that it will not be easy.
Fortunately, there were not many Tang soldiers on these ships, and they were all blocked by wooden shields, and no matter how many arrows there were, they couldn't help them.
The sharp arrows of Silla were fired one after another, and soon, the scarecrows on the ships of the Tang Army were full of sharp arrows.
Soon, however, the soldiers on the ship turned the scarecrows upside down, erected new ones, and continued to move forward, but at the same time they kept a safe distance so as not to be discovered by the soldiers and horses of the Silla Kingdom.
The sharp arrows of the Silla Kingdom were still strafing, and after a few rounds, the Tang army retreated, and after putting the sharp arrows back to the shore, they attacked again.
On the side of Silla, they thought that they had repelled the Tang army, but the Tang army was unwilling and wanted to cross the river again, so they were no longer polite and continued to shoot with sharp arrows.
"Little grandfather, we have consumed almost half of the enemy's bows and arrows, it's almost okay, if we continue, I'm afraid the soldiers and horses of Silla will be suspicious."
They got a lot of bows and arrows, and they also consumed a lot of the enemy's sharp arrows, and in their opinion, it was almost over.
A slight smile appeared at the corner of Qin Tian's mouth, and he nodded: "I think it's almost over, if you continue, it won't be fun tomorrow, so I ordered to go down and retreat." β
At the sound of the order, the ships that had consumed the enemy's arrows in front began to move behind, and in a short time, they retreated to the shore.
On the side of Silla, no abnormalities were found, and when they saw that they had repelled the Tang army, all the soldiers and horses of Silla were very excited.
"Hahaha, it seems that Datang is nothing more than that."
"Who said no, I wanted to cross the river at night, and I was forced back by our sharp arrows."
"That's it, it's ......"
The Silla soldiers were excited, and quickly conveyed the news to Park 13, who heard that the Tang army had retreated, and nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, the Tang army must have suffered too serious damage, so I don't dare to continue to cross the river, but you must also continue to stare at the river for me, so as not to make any more moves by the Tang army." β
"Whoa!"