The sound of the horses panting hard, and the rumbling of the horses' hooves pounding heavily on the ground resounded throughout the land.

40,000 soldiers launched a brave charge against the enemy army, which was almost equal to their own.

No one paid any attention to the white snow on the mountain not far away, and no one knew when it was there.

The cold seems to have long since dissipated, and even the war horse under the crotch has forgotten that it doesn't seem to be suitable for here.

Plateau war horses, Datang is not easy to get, even if there is, it is impossible to accumulate tens of thousands of horses in just two years, people are adapting, and war horses are also adapting.

It's just that......

"The old man still underestimates them! I underestimate this too! Li Jing, who was not in a hurry to charge, needed to stay here and observe the situation on the entire battlefield in order to make a correct response, and after seeing the problem, Li Jing frowned deeply.

"I can't come back, let's fight!" Xu Sheng shook his head, this was not a mistake in his own work, it was a mistake of many parties, and the result of the other party's calculations.

Now they have no choice but to fight, kill all the enemy troops, and then gain new time to adapt.

War is like this, it is impossible to give you too much time to adapt before the big war, and only after the victory will there be a slight chance to linger.

"The rocket artillery moves forward with this formation!" Li Jing nodded and ordered quietly.

No one is to blame for this mistake, Xu Sheng didn't let people infiltrate, and he didn't have this requirement either.

So there is the current scene, I know where the Tubo people are, and I know how many people there are, but I ignore the terrain where they are.

If this battle is lost, then it is a defeat on this terrain.

It's not because they're careless, but because the other party's familiarity with this place is far greater than that of Tang Jun.

In just a few miles, the ups and downs are close to a kilometer, and in the back, there is a whole open field, on which the Tibetans can station, and then condescend to work.

And they have to rush forward, not only to withstand the pressure of the attack, but also to carry the impact of the drastic change in altitude.

This kind of extreme terrain is not common here, but unfortunately, they encountered it.

If, if you don't need to consider those places that are too high, the Tang Army's current preparations are enough to deal with this battle, and along the way, as long as you don't deliberately go to high places, there is basically no problem.

"This kind of terrain is disgusting, the range of rocket artillery will be affected, or even impossible to fire, and the speed of cavalry will also have a big impact. If the other side is prepared, we will be in a difficult position. Xu Sheng cautiously reminded.

It is unknown whether the rocket launcher will be able to hit it, but it is certain that the bomb thrower will not be able to hit it, and there is no angle.

If the opponent has a boulder on it, push it down when the cavalry is about to rush up.

Affected by the topography, the boulder can roll all the way down, even if it overwhelms people, it will not stop, such a sugar gourd, is the most terrifying.

"This battle must be fought!" Despite his concerns, Li Jing was unusually determined to fight this battle.

If you don't fight, how do you want the other side to show your strength? If they don't show their strength, how can they attract them to send a large number of reinforcements? If you don't come to the reinforcements, how can you complete the task yourself?

Although the reinforcements do not come, Su Dingfang's side will definitely attract a large number of reinforcements, but you can't always pin all your hopes on others, what if others don't do it?

How many of his 40,000 people can survive deep into the hinterland of the enemy realm?

"Continue to send people deep behind enemy lines to spread the news that the Celestial Empire's army has defeated tens of thousands of Tibetans." Li Jing continued to command.

"General, isn't that right?" Xu Sheng was stunned, what's the use of putting this news? Hoodwink the public? But it's okay for a day or two, but I haven't seen anyone retreat for ten days and a half a month, wouldn't the rumors be self-defeating?

Moreover, his subordinates are the elite of the elite, is it used to spy on intelligence here?

"The old man has his own calculations, go, you don't need to go too far, just spread the news and let those uninformed Tubo people disperse." Li Jing shook his head and didn't say why.

"The general is clever!" Xu Sheng couldn't help but praise.

Li Jing didn't say it explicitly, but he heard something meaning, the army on the front line did not retreat, but the people ran away, in this case, one person can sweep away ten people, ten people can sweep away a hundred people, and a hundred people can sweep away ten thousand people.

The butterfly effect may be a bit too high-tech, but the effect is the same, as long as someone runs, someone will follow, and once the number of people who run reaches a certain number, the fake will become true.

Once the news is transmitted, the Tibetan side will inevitably deploy reinforcements to support.

Wait a minute......

Reinforcements? The enemy army in front of you has not been solved yet, so you want to attract some enemy troops to come? In this way, does the Tang Army still have a chance to rest?

Li Jing...... Forget it, Li Jing is a marshal, although we don't belong to a system, but now we are under the jurisdiction of Li Jing, and we can't afford to provoke it.

Author: You give Lao Tzu out, isn't the conventional strategy good? What kind of moth do you want to do?

However, it can only be said that Xu Sheng thinks too much, how can the author have the time to take care of him?

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Li Si rode on a war horse and held a recurve bow for cavalry, but it was not called a recurve bow, but was called the Tang Dynasty riding bow.

The bow was small enough to be used on a warhorse without any effect on itself, and due to the new technology and the increase in steel production, some of the parts of these bows were replaced by iron.

What increases is not only the hardness and strength of the bow and arrow, but also the most direct response is the range.

Since receiving the order to attack, Li Si has launched a charge towards the opposite side with the large army.

It's just that the terrain here is very unsuitable, rushing from the bottom to the top, not too steep, not too small a slope, making the war horse a little difficult, and the speed has also slowed down.

Does the height difference have a big impact on people and horses?

From a data point of view, the impact is indeed quite large.

But in reality, it doesn't really have much of an impact.

It's nothing more than a bit more difficult to fight, but don't forget, the Tang Army is an infantry-based army, don't look at them all cavalry now, but when they really fight, they are still infantry.

Equipped with war horses, the main purpose is to use it for rapid mobility, and it is not intended to be used as cavalry.

Li Si also felt that his breathing was a little heavy, but the impact was not great, in the past, they had also undergone similar training, and everyone knew how to deal with it.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, Li Si subconsciously raised the shield in his left hand to protect his vital point.

The shield is made in Yazhou, it is very simple, it is a round wooden shield made directly from wood, which is used to resist the slashing of knives and spears and does not play any role at all, but at a long distance, it is still no problem to block the opponent's bow and arrow.

This kind of chicken-ribbed equipment should have been eliminated directly, because it was not very practical and it was not enough to delay the effort.

But a small design behind it finally made the troops choose the equipment.

The shield can be stuck directly on the arm, and the hand grasp fist is just completely blocked, and the biggest advantage of this kind of shield is that the left hand can use the bow and arrow at the same time as the shield.

The expected rain of arrows did not appear, and the Tubo people on the opposite side did not seem to be in a hurry at all, as if they had no intention of using the terrain to counterattack.

Condescending, it has an absolute advantage in range, even if the Tang army enters the range, because its geographical location is not advantageous, the effect of the rain of arrows will be greatly reduced.

If the Tang Army was placed on the opposite side, I am afraid that the rain of arrows would have stopped at this time, and just a burst of random shooting could kill a thousand people, to say the least.

But whatever, if there is no rain of arrows, there will be no one, anyway, it is Lao Tzu who benefits, not the Tubo people on the other side.

Li Si secretly thought in his heart, hiding his body behind the shield as much as possible, this was his only cover, and his head stretched out from time to time, poking out a pair of eyes to probe the situation ahead.

It's just that, vaguely, Li Si seems to feel that something is not right in the situation, and he seems to have seen something?

Somewhat unsure, this time I poked my head out and looked at it.

Then, the entire pupil dilated instantly, and he gasped in his heart, and he wanted to urge the war horse to hurry up, but in this situation, the war horse couldn't get up at all.

And he was still about 500 steps away from the opposite side, and he couldn't rush up for a while.

If you can't rush up......

"Rolling Stones...... The other party is going to throw rolling stones......" Li Si hurriedly roared loudly, no matter how many people would hear it.

Some people, like Li Si, also saw those rolling stones, but there were also some people who didn't see it, and after hearing the roar, they hurriedly raised their heads, and there was a faint sense of fear in their hearts.

Fear, not real fear.

It's the fear of death, it's human instinct, and it's not like they can be erased by training or something, although they can control themselves, and while their bodies are afraid, they still fight, kill the enemy, and don't choose to retreat or anything.

Fortunately, the number of rolling stones is not large, the Tubo people are mainly cavalry, and the production tools are not very advanced, so it is still difficult to dig out a large number of suitable rolling stones here.

Coupled with the fact that it did not have suitable transportation tools, and the suddenness of the Tang army's attack, the Tubo people were not completely prepared, so the real lethality of the Rolling Stone for the Tang army was not great, but it was just more deterrent.

But deterrence, to put it bluntly, is to scare recruits, veterans are not afraid of this, there are not many rolling stones, as long as you can stabilize your heart, it is still easy to dodge.

"Wocao ......" didn't feel anything wrong, but when he looked up again, Li Si couldn't help but scold.