Chapter 51: Li Quanluo is dead
Li Jie smiled, he said, "You and others are all people of the Tang Dynasty, what's not to do!" You only come to the battlefield for the sake of some people's selfish desires. You don't know why you're fighting, you don't know who you're fighting for! So there is no capital offense! ”
At this time, a soldier boldly asked, "Your Highness, I heard that you give the people twenty acres of land to each family, and only charge a hundred catties of rent per acre, right?" Li Jie said with a smile, "It's true, only when the people are rich, Datang will be rich." Only when the people's lives are stable, Datang will be more glorious. Others can not cherish the people, but I can't. ”
"I once swore that in the face of the Ming officials and the people by the Yellow River. I swore that in order for the people to no longer be exploited by the family towns and eunuchs, I, Li Jie, will lead the people to create a different Tang Dynasty, a Tang Dynasty without the exploitation of the government and the family. The people have surplus food in their homes, and the people no longer suffer from war. I will lead my soldiers to fight for my fathers and fellow villagers! ”
The coalition soldiers were silent, most of them had been tenants and slaves a few days ago, living a life of hunger, but now a prince of the Tang Dynasty was willing to fight for the people, which made them feel unbelievable.
"But Your Highness, we are just a bunch of lowly people. How can you afford the words of Your Highness! ”
"Who said that the people were lowly, that was just a reason made up by those eunuchs and families in order to exploit the people. The people farmed, the people paid taxes, the people served in forced labor, and the people produced things. Who said that the people were lowly! All right! Rest in peace, everybody! Don't think so much about it! ”
Li Jie took Man Niang away, but his words made these soldiers fall into deep thought!
At dawn, the camp was lively again, and 10,000 cavalry from each of the three towns were led out of the camp by Li Quanluo, and the scouts sent the news back. The Nationalist Army also began to prepare, and Qin Fang ordered the left and right armies of the front army to go into battle, along with Cheng Moyu's firearms battalion and Li Tang's 5,000 cavalry. The three armies went out of the camp in a row, and in front of them were 200 elm sprays. Li Tang's thousands of cavalry were guarding the left and right flanks of the large array.
Li Quanluo took 30,000 cavalry out of the camp, and then the two wings were spread, with an order, the cavalry began to move, 30,000 cavalry trotted all the way towards the national army, followed by 30,000 coalition infantry, and when there were still 800 meters away, another order was given, and all the horses sped up. The earth trembled slightly.
Looking at the National Army getting closer and closer, Li Quanluo was slightly excited, pulled out the big knife on his waist, and shouted "Rush!" Kill it! But the accident happened, and the horses kept neighing and falling to the ground. The knight on the horse fell out at once, and was trampled by the horses and turned into a pile of pulp. Some knights jumped off their horses and before they could stand firmly, they were knocked out by the horses that rushed up from behind, and then turned into a pile of pulp.
What's going on? Li Quan is slightly strange! But the speed of the horses had risen, and it was impossible to slow down any longer, so they had to rush forward. Suddenly, Li Quanwei felt himself flying, and then he saw the earth getting closer and closer to him, and when he fell to the ground, he found that he had broken a few ribs, and he just wanted to stand up on the ground, but his hands were empty, and he fell to the ground again. He understood the small pit in front of him, and then he saw a horse's hoof growing bigger and bigger in his eyes.
The camp of the national army, with a sound of orders, a piece of black clouds flew up, and then smashed heavily on the body of the man and the horse, before the cavalry could react, there was an overwhelming huge arrow one after another, the whistling suppressed the screaming and wailing, and the screams of the horse and the knight continued to come out.
A captain of the Henghai Navy held a knife and desperately shouted, "Rush, rush over!" The cavalrymen fought their horses and desperately forward, hoping to break out of this hell, but with a terrifying scream, the black pressure of thousands of huge arrows came again overwhelmingly, and by the time the captain felt that something was wrong, the sound of huge arrows entering his body and screaming of men and horses could be heard behind him.
Turning back suddenly, he found that he had fallen nearly a thousand cavalry just this time, and what surprised him even more was that many of his brothers who had been hit by arrows were like small javelins, all of which came out of their bodies, and some even strung people and horses together.
The second row of giant arrows fell with death again, and in the third row and the fourth row, pieces of black clouds smashed fiercely into the cavalry charging team, and every time the giant arrows landed, they would take away the lives of a group of cavalrymen.
The lieutenant was red-eyed and shouted loudly. Rushing up with the rest of the cavalry, there was a continuous loud "boom", and countless stones swept into the cavalry formation like a storm, knocking down a large area of the cavalry like hail into the crops. The head of a high-speed impact war horse suddenly shattered, and the stone with huge kinetic energy instantly smashed the horse's head, and the war horse still instinctively continued to run forward, but after running a few steps, it fell to the ground with a bang, and the knight on his body fell to the ground hard.
The owner of the seven meat and eight vegetarians who was thrown down, just landed and rolled over, unloaded the huge impact force on his body, did not fall directly to death and injury, just stood up, was instantly knocked over by the comrades behind him, and was trampled to the ground by the huge horse's hooves in a blink of an eye, and could no longer live.
The lieutenant who was leading the charge and the horses behind him were hit by this blow, and countless casualties were inflicted, and the entire forward of the charge was almost flattened. This captain and his war horse were covered in blood holes, and they fell to the ground with a shocked expression on the captain's face!
There was another roar, and once again countless stones smashed into the charging cavalry, and at once the ranks were in a large area.
Finally, some cavalry rushed up, but in front of him appeared the tip of a spear like a forest, and a soldier collided with it, but in an instant, a bright spear burst into front of his eyes through the neck of the war horse, and stabbed directly into his chest, skewering him and his war horse together.
After a burst of several hundred allied cavalry, they were forced to stop in front of this forest, and the cavalry that lost their speed was blocked by the sharp thorns of the forest no matter how they charged, and the cavalry was constantly stabbed to death by spears. Cavalry continued to rush through the forest, but in the blink of an eye it was swallowed up.
Finally, some cavalry could not bear it anymore, turned their horses and turned around and ran, and the whole cavalry transformation became even more chaotic, and as more and more cavalry ran back, the coalition army fell into a state of collapse. The 30,000 infantry that followed closely behind were attacked by the retreating cavalry.
The 30,000 infantry collapsed, and everyone originally came to take advantage of it, who knew that they were here to die. The assault of the remnants of nearly 10,000 cavalry on the infantry phalanx was fatal. Countless infantry could not dodge, were knocked into the air, and were trampled to death.
Countless infantry fled backwards, interspersed with terrified cavalry. It wasn't until they ran to the coalition camp that the soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Wang Jingchong, who was standing on top of the camp, sighed helplessly and ordered to return to the camp to rest and recuperate, and not fight for the time being.
After a while, the losses were reported, looking at the string of numbers, Wang Jingchong gasped, the 30,000 cavalry who attacked only came back less than 8,000, and the infantry who went out lost more than 3,000. Looking at this number, Wang Jingchong felt distressed for a while. More than 20,000 cavalry, that is how much effort and money it took the three towns to build! But the result?
Seeing the defeat and retreat of the coalition army, Li Jie ordered the whole army to clean up the battlefield, and the soldiers buried the dead soldiers in a centralized manner, collected the scattered weapons, and for the dead war horses, they still killed the horses for meat. Hundreds of uninjured horses were all returned to Li Tang.
According to preliminary statistics, countless weapons were captured, and 1,832 people were killed and 2,316 wounded. There were almost no allied coalition soldiers on the battlefield, but the infantry captured more than 300 people, almost all of whom were wounded by their own people.
Bozhou City, sent off the coalition troops who went on the expedition, and Han Jian didn't have to pretend to be sick anymore, sitting in the study and chatting with Hangul. "Wen'er, I wonder what will happen to the coalition army this time?" Han Wen smiled, fanned the fan in his hand and said, "This time the coalition will definitely be defeated!" "Oh! Wen'er is so sure? ”
"Father, the coalition forces come from all sides and are not familiar with each other! There are many suspicions! This is a taboo for soldiers! So there is no doubt about defeat! I just don't know if His Highness can be wiped out! ”
"Wen'er, why do you value Your Highness so much?"
"From His Royal Highness's attitude towards the people, I decided to help him, I will help him take the land of the three towns, and he will be able to protect my Han family from the worries of swords!"
"Alright! That's it, it's all up to you! ”
"Father, hand over all the tooth soldiers under your account to me, prepare 100,000 stone of grain in two days, and I will send grain and grass!" "Tooth soldiers? Not good! "Father, these tooth soldiers say that they are your own soldiers, but they are all extremely arrogant, and they will show their knives when they are not satisfied. These people have been a little dissatisfied in the past two days, since you and my father and son want to take refuge in His Highness, then these people must not stay! ”
"Well, it's up to you!"
On the evening of the third day, Han Wen entered the coalition camp with 100,000 stones of grain and grass. As soon as he entered the camp, Hanwen found that the coalition army Daxuan was lifeless, and the soldiers no longer had the arrogance of the past.
When I came to the handsome tent, I saw Wang Jingchong. Han Wen asked about the battle situation, and Wang Jingchong sighed, "Virtuous nephew! These three said that our army was defeated one after another, and today the cavalry was almost completely wiped out, and even the deputy commander was killed! Han Wen was surprised, "Why is this so!" ”
Wang Jingchong told him about the battle today, Han Wen thought about it, patted the fan in his hand and slapped it in the palm of his hand and said, "Uncle, you made a mistake!" ”
Wang Jingchong was stunned for a moment, "Virtuous nephew, why do you say that?" "Uncle, even if the battle is defeated today, the coalition army is still several times larger than the national army, tomorrow my uncle can take a day of rest, and then press all the infantry and local armed forces of the three towns, continue to attack, use the advantage of numbers to overwhelm the opponent, and then the cavalry will expand the results of the battle, as long as the uncle crosses the other side in this battle." Then Weicheng and Xinxiang will be arbitrarily claimed by the uncle! ”
Wang Jingchong hesitated: "Virtuous nephew!" In that case, the casualties would be too great! Han Wen smiled, "Uncle, if you win this battle, a large amount of gold and silver will be enough for you to rebuild your army." And the side of the navy is decided by my uncle! ”
Wang Jingchong's eyes lit up, if he held Henghai in his hand, his strength in the three towns would increase greatly, and he couldn't help but smile on his face, all of this was seen by Han Wen.