Chapter 307: Battle of Iron Mountain (1)

Battle, in the Art of War, is explained as meeting the enemy in a pre-known place and at a pre-known time, and then a decisive battle is fought, which is called a battle. Later, all large-scale main battles were called battles. Now, Li Junxian and Jieli's troops are about to engage in a battle near the mountain range of Iron Mountain that will determine the pattern of the next few decades.

Although there were many accidents in this battle, in the end, the two sides still came here, and it was limited to one battle. Jieli had more than 200,000 Turkic soldiers, while Li Junxian only had more than 10,000. Although there will be more than 100,000 infantry reinforcements in seven days, these guys can't count on it anytime soon. As a generation of heroes and military strategists, Jie Li certainly knew that he had to take advantage of this time to annihilate Li Junxian's special guard. If he can't take this opportunity to annihilate the special guard, then I'm afraid he won't be able to be the Khan of the Turks.

Li Junxian and Jieli are counting the new and old hatreds together this time, and see who can beat whom. Li Junxian's primary purpose is to hold on until the reinforcements arrive, and Jieli wants to be able to eliminate Li Junxian in time, so as to avenge the attack. Therefore, both sides are constantly preparing for a general battle.

"Khan, we have heard through the mouths of the troops who have come to the Han in time to do so that they have no reinforcements. At least, they had no reinforcements for seven days. This is the best time for us to eliminate Li Junxian's subordinates, so that our pressure will be much easier. What we are most afraid of is the firearms and crossbows of Li Junxian's department, as long as we destroy them, we will win more than half of this battle. A Turkic nobleman said.

Jieli also nodded, clearly agreeing with this view. As long as this battle can be won, most of the attack on the Tang Dynasty will be repulsed. Jieli also thinks that the most powerful unit in the Tang army should be Li Junxian's department, if he doesn't take advantage of this time to defeat them, then I'm afraid Jieli won't have to be this khan.

"Khan, we also have the advantage that the Han people can't use too many bows and crossbows. It snowed a few days ago, and I am afraid that many of the bowstrings of the Han people's crossbows were frozen and cracked. Once the Han people could not use the bow and crossbow. Then we are doomed to victory. A Turkic nobleman also said.

This Turkic nobleman also made a lot of sense, because according to the law of thermal expansion and cold contraction, the bowstrings of Li Junxian's crossbow should have been frozen and cracked by this snowy weather. At that time, I am afraid that a few arrows from the firing tribe will be broken. Although the Turks' bows and crossbows also received losses, the Turks don't need to shoot on horseback! The Turks did not need to shoot on horseback, but also in hand-to-hand combat. However, the Han Li Junxian's subordinates all relied on bows and crossbows to fight, so it was impossible to be the opponent of the Turks. The Han Chinese bow and crossbow formation, which the Turks feared the most, was about to be broken, and of course they were happy.

But what the Turks didn't expect was that Li Junxian's bow and crossbow did not use wood and animal tendons at all. Instead, spring steel is used. Although steel also expands and contracts in heat and cold, it is far less severe than that of wood and animal tendons. Because Li Junxian used spring steel as the material of the bow and crossbow, until now, no bow and crossbow have been scrapped due to weather reasons, which is absolutely unthinkable for the Turks. They also did not expect that the Han Chinese would be able to use metal to make bows and crossbows.

"Turkic warriors, follow me to kill the Han people!" Jieli shouted.

"Woo woo woo ......" The Turkic soldiers shouted and screamed, and rushed out of the Turkic camp with Jieli.

Jieli and the Turks quickly found the vicinity of Li Junxian's special guard, because Li Junxian's army was so large that it was impossible to hide in the grassland. Now Li Junxian is arrayed in front of Jieli's troops with his troops, ready to fight at any time. Li Junxian is also going to fight now. If you don't fight, then I'm afraid you won't be able to live. It's too late to retreat now, because the enemy is cavalry, and he is mainly infantry. Can't outrun the cavalry at all. And once they retreat, then I am afraid that the cavalry of the Turks will be able to pursue and kill the special guards, and then the entire special guards will die. Rather than this, it is better to put it to death and live later.

"This Li Junxian seems to still have some military level. He actually knows how to defend with his back to the mountain, so as to prevent us from attacking from all sides. Once we are surrounded and attacked, then the pressure on them is much greater. But. If Li Junxian couldn't even think of this, then he wouldn't be worthy of being Ben Khan's opponent. Jieli said.

Li Junxian's position was actually backed by the mountain, so that the Turks could not attack from behind. You can only attack from the front and from the flanks, so the pressure will be much less. Once surrounded, the pressure must be very high, and it is much better than attacking from three sides. Although they were all surrounded, the enemy's offensive direction was less, the pressure was suddenly much easier, and the space for troop maneuvering was much larger. At least one side is defenseless.

"Pitch scout hot air balloon!" Li Junxian shouted.

As soon as Li Junxian finished speaking, several hot air balloons began to rise in Li Junxian's special guard's Chinese army, which was invented by Li Junxian. This kind of hot air balloon can be used to observe the situation on the battlefield once the army is fighting. Such a battlefield layout of the enemy simply cannot be hidden. And the scouts on the hot air balloon, it is completely okay to tell Li Junxian and their commanders about the enemy's various combat deployments, so that the enemy's sneak attack, or any means, can be prepared. This can be said to be a good thing for me to prevent sneak attacks.

"What's that?" Jieli said, pointing to the huge hot air balloons.

The Turkic nobles shook their heads again and again, obviously not knowing what this thing was. The level of science in hot air balloons has far exceeded the level of knowledge that the Turks could understand. So, they don't know about hot air balloons. However, there are hot air balloon Turks to attack, and there are no hot air balloon Turks to attack, and now that the Turks are about to attack, there is absolutely no second option.

"First send a team of 10,000 people to test the Han people and see what means they have first!" Jieli said.

Jieli is now a large number of generals, and he is not worried about other people. Although there were only about 200,000 people attacking the Han at that time, it was in the place of the Han people at that time, so of course you have to be careful not to send too many troops. And now that this is his home turf, of course, he can send a large number of troops to attack as he wants. If it weren't for the fear of the kind of firearms that would explode, I'm afraid Jieli would have sent a large force to attack a long time ago. (To be continued......)