"We are all unfettered sons of the grassland, whether male or female, everyone is an eagle in the sky, a wolf pack on the grassland, we are proud, we live a free life every day, and the four seas are at ease for our family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoToday, the Tang people came to the grassland, to rob our cattle and sheep, to take away our land, and to fix us forever on a piece of land, like those cowardly Tang dogs, living a life facing the loess with their backs to the sky.

"Will you say yes?" Ladies and gentlemen, will you agree?' Ye Lan was mobilizing before the war, shouting hoarsely to stir up everyone's emotions, and in the last few days, the weather has warmed up, and they have decided to attack. Now morale is being boosted.

"They also polluted our land, and they wanted to drive us out, and they would not give us any way to live, and everyone took up your weapons and drove those Tang dogs back to their kennels, so that they knew that the grassland will always be our grassland. Wild as wolves, fierce as eagles as they can be tamed.'

"Today, the Tang Dog Emperor has personally conquered, and the Dog Emperor has finally given up his tortoise shell, just in front, he is in front, prepare the bow and arrows, sharpen your sword, we will drink the blood of the Tang Dog today, and capture their emperor alive, to achieve something that no one has ever done for thousands of years, when the time comes, we can rush into the Central Plains, you want to get flower cloth, spirits, and women with fine skin and tender flesh in Middle Earth, all of which are yours." Several other kings and leaders are also working hard to mobilize, and they are all saying similar things.

Do your best to stir up everyone's thoughts and desires. Hope, they have been forced into a corner, there is no way to retreat, either explode in silence, or die in silence, although they have not heard this sentence, but it does not prevent them from understanding.

Ye Lan finished speaking, looking at these encouraged herdsmen, his eyes couldn't help but show a trace of sadness.

I heard that when the Xiongnu were at their peak in the Han Dynasty, the population was more than 2 million, and there were 400,000 people who controlled the strings. Today, these 600,000 people, although the number is more than that of the Huns, but in fact, it is much less.

Too much less, too much. The 400,000 refers to men who are strong and strong, not necessarily warriors, but definitely men in the prime of life. And now, in the tribe, all the men are in battle, down to the age of twelve or thirteen, up to the age of fifty or sixty, all of them are in battle.

A child who is twelve or thirteen years old, as long as he can ride a big horse, has all the bows he pulls, and he has to fight even if he is fifty or sixty years old, let alone can't move.

In this way, they were not enough, and some women in the clan also went into battle, so that 600,000 people were gathered. There is really no way, before the invasion of the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers have been lost, and the vitality has been greatly damaged, and then the grassland tribes have also fought against each other, killing and fighting, and the losses are even more serious. Not to mention, many people surrendered afterwards, which allowed them to mobilize and depopulate.

If you don't want to put this person out to fight this battle, even if you win, the grassland will be greatly damaged. Needless to say, those men are the future of the tribe, and if all the young men of each tribe die, the tribe will surely decline. There are also those old men, when they were young, they were also good at each other, whether it was herding sheep or fighting, they were all the best.

When they are old, they are also the pillars of the clan, and they are responsible for passing on the tribal traditions and various knowledge. With the current living conditions, it is not easy to live to this age, everyone can be said to be the treasure of the clan, and they are also in battle.

This war, even if it is won, is a tragic victory. However, if they didn't send so many people, how would they deal with Datang? Now we can only hope that we will defeat the Tang Army by relying on the large number of people.

He only wants to win, as for catching the Tang Emperor later, and even entering the Central Plains, it is all extravagant hope. There are too many Han people.

They did everything they could to get these people together, and the whole tribe was staked. Even if you destroy the Don army on the opposite side, what can you get? It's just 200,000 Tang troops, how many people is in the Tang Dynasty? He didn't know. He only knew that in Chang'an alone, the population was more than the entire grassland people.

After destroying these 200,000 people, the Tang people can still gather 200,000, or even 400,000, 600,000. There are too many people in Datang, and with a wave of your sleeves, you can cover the sky, and sweat on a hot day is like rain. They can easily send so many people, and they are all young and strong, and they will not make up the numbers with those old and weak. They are very distressed when they die.

He didn't believe that the Tang Emperor would stay all the time, insist on not retreating, and if he didn't catch the Tang Emperor, the Tang Dynasty could gather more soldiers and horses at any time. He didn't dare to expect to win, so he just wanted to kill and wound the Tang army as much as possible and make them retreat. Make them feel that it doesn't make sense.

He suddenly became a little more optimistic, and thought bitterly and happily, I heard that this emperor is not too young, maybe after this retreat, Datang will no longer be willing to go out of the jam. When the time comes, it may be possible to buy more survival time for future generations.

Or, not only can you leave a little more time for the grassland to recover. Or even repelled the Don army and grabbed the gunpowder they left behind? If there is gunpowder from the Tang Dynasty and military gunpowder, maybe they can break a few more cities.

It would be nice if there was any kind of artillery, and even capture some more gunners of the Tang army, even if it was impossible to occupy much land, but it would be possible to make up for the losses.

Forget it, it's impossible, their Tang caravan can't grab anything, in case the Tang army is really defeated, those gunpowders will be burned before they can be fired.

"Heaven, have mercy on us. Lao Zun, Buddha Slow Heaven God Buddha, please bless the man on the grassland', suffer from gains and losses, and finally can only pray for God's blessing. Finally, they attacked.

"I hope this weather won't affect the progress of the city construction." , the grassland coalition army on the opposite side, put up a position and finally launched an attack, and the Tang army also began to prepare leisurely. Not only was there a lot of people on the other side, but there was no training, Tang Jun was well-trained, all aspects were well prepared, and he was not nervous at all, and he had to start making breakfast step by step.

I don't need it for lunch, anyway, there are bags of dry food, and there is a coal stove, just boil some hot water, it's just a meal. There is no hurry. Li Chen leisurely went up to a high platform, took the telescope to look at the situation opposite, and felt bored after looking at it for a while, the soldiers were all wearing good armor, and they were resting and waiting in the defense area, those nomads were not ready, and he also felt uncertain.

Li Chen, who felt bored, was surprisingly not nervous about the upcoming big battle, and he still had time to think about whether the progress of Yanjing's construction would be affected.

Those who count in the temple will win more, and less will not win. He had already made as many calculations as he could beforehand, and the General Staff had done just that, and every day he was constantly deducing and speculating on possible situations. One person is short, two people are long, and three stinkers are better than one Zhuge Liang.

The most calculations, plus more preparations, the Tang army counted a lot, even if it was this defeat, it didn't matter. Of course, it will be painful, but it will not hurt the muscles and bones, and the training department has even recruited more new recruits to join the army, and is ready to support the front at any time.

Basically, at present, the fortress has stretched for hundreds of miles, and there are hundreds of cement camps, ensuring that it is impossible for Datang to be defeated. With that line of defense to rely on, the Tang Army didn't have to worry about the rear road at all.

Now these nomads have been forced by him to unite. Don't look at their lineup at its peak, claiming to be one million, he doesn't pay attention to it at all.

Million? He was not bluffed, according to the scout's preliminary estimates, it was probably between 57 and 700,000. Secondly, they managed to come up with these people, the quality was uneven, the Tang Army had a strict lineup, and every soldier had been trained for many years, and every day was fully nourished and highly trained.

Its elite level is not lost to the personal guards of those tribal leaders, and it is still the same for everyone. Not to mention those who are although militia.

In the end, it is to rely on the power of thermal weapons. Their 600,000 people, even if they defeat the Tang army, I am afraid that they will have to die an unknown number of people.

Especially this time, they are attacking, Tang Jun is defending, and it is easier to defend than to attack. In addition, the Tang army not only had thermal weapons, but also laid out a tight defense, so there was nothing to worry about at all. Not only is he not worried, he is even looking forward to it.

It's almost all of them, as long as this battle is won. In the future, there will be no other enemies on the steppe. Killing all these people who dared to resist and completely eradicated the scourge of northern China, he felt that this was his greatest contribution to the whole of China since he crossed over.

Li Chen was not worried at all, he had calculated a lot beforehand, and he had not slept for many days and nights, but now when the results were revealed, he was not nervous. There is also leisure to worry that Yanjing City will have to be built.

He was worried that cement would not be affected, and this time he dared to build a city while going to war, and in addition to transporting materials by railway and the Grand Canal, the more important thing was the use of cement. The entire Yanjing city wall, as well as the surrounding fortresses, are made of cement.

This is much more convenient than building it with stones or rammed earth, and it is good to mix it and pour it into a prefabricated module. That is to say, but the whole project is a big challenge for Datang.

Cement has been used in Datang for more than ten years, initially to pave roads, and later to build ditches and forts. But it was used to repair the wall of Yanjing City, which is a big challenge, how to after all, the city wall is high and thick, and the scale is far more than the ordinary camp. There is also a lot of cement to be watered.

After all, cement is not a real stone, and whether the poured cement can really be connected as a whole is a question. If the composition of the cement is slightly different before and after, will it cause cracking? Everything needs to be tested, and Li Chen doesn't have too many good suggestions for cement construction, so he can only take one step at a time.

Even, Li Chen also knows that the reinforced concrete building, and the city wall built in this way is indestructible for the present, and even in the future, it is very strong.

In fact, in Li Chen's view, the city wall is actually unnecessary. Entering the era of thermal weapons, the actual effect of building this city wall is not very useful. In modern cities, where there is any city that is strong, it is not only ineffective, but also hinders urban development.

However, due to the restrictions of the times, he didn't argue with the prime minister, just build it if he wants to, anyway, it's an experiment, take your time. In the future, some fortresses will definitely be built, and the Yanjing city wall will be used as an experiment, and Jinling will not be so stupid.

At present, Jinling has not done a big job, that is, to enhance the status of the city, the jurisdiction is redivided, and many things are still on paper. This is called not in a hurry, the main purpose of setting up Jinling is to develop the south, pay attention to maritime trade, and develop the south, so there will be such a city.

However, this kind of thing is not urgent now, and after the war is over, the development of the northeast and the grasslands will be the focus of future work. Because they were not in a hurry, they could delay it until later, and when they found out that the city wall was really useless, the money would be saved.

Li Chen thought about it for a long time, and felt that it was really stupid to look at it like this, and decided not to stand stupidly on the platform anymore, and finally, the horn sounded, and the coalition forces finally attacked.

The nomads also imitated the Tang army to build a camp and dig a trench, and now the camp has been torn down and the trench has been filled. A path was cleared, and then, ten thousand horses galloped.

It was really ten thousand horses galloping, and I saw countless horses starting to charge forward frantically, and the leading horse seemed to be on fire with his tail, desperately charging wrong, not as if, it was really on fire.

The two sides confronted each other on a wide plain, and both sides stretched for dozens of miles, and the two sides were calm before. There were only skirmishes, scouts on both sides, and constant strangulation of each other. It's pretty much the same.

The Tang army was brave, and many small tribes that defected to the Tang army in the early years also included many Tubo people, who held sophisticated weapons in the Tang Dynasty and were extremely brave. The Grassland Coalition Army relied on the large number of people, and each time it was five times or ten times more numerous, to fight against the Tang Army.

The Tang army can retreat, but once it retreats, it will not be able to find out the news, so it always has to fight. Generally speaking, the Tang army has the advantage, but once the grassland coalition forces find out that the Tang army scouts, they will call friends and attract more and more people. Although the Tang army will also increase its troops, when the coalition forces see that the situation is not right, they will retreat to the front of the village and rely on a large number of strong bows and crossbows to make up for the disadvantage in firearms.

Therefore, it can only be said that the two sides are equal, although the Tang army has not been probed about its own reality, and the scouts of the other side who are still pressed do not dare to get too far away from the battalion, but they cannot get too close to the coalition army.

Now the peace had been broken, and all over the plain, first of all, all kinds of cattle had charged, and a surprising number of cattle, the first wave was a herd of horses, the tail of the leading horse was on fire, and the madness led the whole herd forward.

There was a loud rumble, the Tang army opened fire, and the first thing to do was artillery, and a thousand guns were powerful, constantly firing continuously. There is no need to aim, the firing distance has long been calibrated to the artillery group, free play, dense firepower, and the bombarded horse herd keeps falling.

But they still kept charging, constantly moving forward to die, and they were not frightened by the artillery at all, Li Chen felt a little interesting. After all, the grassland peoples will still use their brains.

Then, after the horses, there was the herd. The herd of cattle is the flock, and the bitter battle of the Tang army begins. To make matters worse, it started to rain. The pouring rain actually came down at this critical moment.