Chapter 324: Battle of Iron Mountain (19)
At noon, the sun shone high in the sky. But in this winter, everyone didn't feel much warmth at all. And Zhou Wei's environment is also very terrifying, more than 10,000 corpses are placed on the battlefield, but most of them are Turkic. After a few days, it stinks a little even in the middle of winter. Everyone also took advantage of this decisive battle to have a showdown. If the victorious side is on the side, it is naturally the responsibility to clean up the aftermath for those who have died. However, no one wants to be the one who is being helped by the enemy to clean up the aftermath, so they are all destined to fight hard.
Jieli came to the battlefield with 180,000 Turkic cavalry, which was already all the strength that the Turks could show. If this all-out attack on Li Junxian's department fails, then the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks will also fail, and the Turks will probably be ruined. And if he wins, there will be more to test Jieli, because Li Junxian's reinforcements will also arrive. However, although attacking Li Junxian was to quench his thirst, but now for the situation of the Turks, it is to seek survival in death.
Li Junxian looked at the more than 100,000 Turkic cavalry, covering the sky and the sun, and he was a little scared in his heart. There are 10,000 people, and there is no boundary, let alone this kind of Turkic cavalry of more than 100,000? When the vast majority of people heard about the more than 100,000 Turks, their first reaction was probably to retreat, because this is not something that can be defeated. But Li Junxian couldn't retreat, because once he retreated, he was afraid that it would be dangerous. Although the Turks did not encircle, the infantry said that they would retreat in front of the army, which was definitely looking for death. Infantry is inherently weak to cavalry, and if it is not done well when retreating, it will become a rout. The result of the rout was that the Turks were slowly strangled, so they could never retreat.
"Junxian, don't you have self-confidence?" Mulan asked.
Li Junxian smiled helplessly and said, "The enemy is nearly twenty times that of us, where can we have self-confidence?" ”
"Jun Xian, it's okay! When the emperor was attacking Dou Jiande. Didn't he also rely on thousands of cavalry to wipe out Dou Jiande's 300,000 army? The difference in the number of people this time was a hundred times, what is the difference of 20 times this time? And Jun Xian, didn't you also say it? The combat effectiveness of our special guard is more than ten times that of other troops, and we should be confident! The emperor was able to do it back then, and I think you should be able to do it too. Mulan comforted.
Although he knew that Mulan was comforting, Li Junxian felt a lot better. Because Li Junxian thought that since Li Shimin was able to rely on thousands of people to annihilate back then, this has to be said to be a miracle in the history of war. And Li Shimin also became the first general of Li Tang, laying the foundation for seizing the throne later. Now if Li Junxian can lead more than 10,000 troops to defeat the nearly 200,000 Turkic army, then I am afraid that Li Junxian can also become the first general of Li Tang.
In fact, at this time, Li Junxian faced greater difficulties than Li Shimin at that time. Although Dou Jiande claimed to be an army of 300,000 back then, he only had 100,000 who swore to die. And Dou Jiande is an infantryman. It is still the infantry of the Han Chinese, and its combat effectiveness cannot be stronger than that of the Turkic cavalry. Therefore, it is not impossible for Li Shimin to defeat Dou Jiande with thousands of Xuanjia troops. And now the conditions have changed immediately, Li Junxian is facing the cavalry of the Turks, and the combat strength of these 180,000 people is probably enough to be used as the infantry of millions of Han people. But Li Junxian is infantry, not cavalry, and wants to attack cavalry with infantry. This has to be said to be a difficult point, obviously the number of Turks is very large.
Seeing that Li Junxian was still nervous, Mulan immediately said, "Junxian." It's not that we don't have an advantage, it's that our army is much more resilient. The Turks feared a rout with one-tenth casualties, and a two-tenths with casualties, fearing defeat. And we dare not say that we can fight to the last soldier. But we will not retreat until at least 30 percent of the casualties are lost, and we will not fail when we destroy the ocean 50 percent. This is the effect of Junxian's ideological education, and we actually have many soldiers who can fight. And although there are more than 100,000 Turks, we only need to annihilate more than 10,000 of them. Then the Turks are about to retreat. At this time, the Turks must stop and recuperate, otherwise they will fail if they continue to suffer casualties. So, the pressure on us is not as great as we think. ”
Li Junxian listened to Mulan's explanation. I was initially relieved, because my pressure was not as great as I imagined. The Turks did not have much ideological education, so they still could not get rid of the characteristics of the era of cold weapons. That is, one-tenth of the casualties of soldiers in the era of cold weapons, I am afraid that there will be a rout. One-tenth, which is not a large proportion of casualties in later generations. In the hot weapons army of later generations, if there are no 30% casualties, then there is no point in retreating. There are even many armies who fight to the last soldier, which is a common thing. This is a question of the times and ideological education.
Although Li Junxian's army did not completely evolve into an all-firearms unit, it had a certain foundation for ideological education. Those soldiers have the level of the first and second grades of primary school, and those staff officers are even more level of the fifth and sixth grades, and some of their knowledge can reach the level of junior high school. In this case, the ideological education of soldiers is a magic weapon. Although it is impossible to bring them to the level of the hot weapons of later generations, the soldiers will not retreat until thirty percent of them are killed.
Under the trade-off, Li Junxian's actual endurance was much stronger than that of the Turks. Coupled with the advanced weapons and tactics of the Turkic people, this also caused Li Junxian to not have no hope of defeating this group of Turks.
Li Junxian suddenly hugged Mulan's slender waist and said, "Thank you, I really didn't expect that I still need you to comfort me!" ”
Li Junxian felt a little embarrassed, he actually wanted his daughter to comfort himself before he could have the confidence to fight. However, Li Junxian himself is not a soldier in his bones, so it is normal for him to be a little timid in the face of the enemy's strong strength. And Mulan is already an out-and-out soldier in her life, so she can face it normally.
Mulan also let Li Junxian hold her waist, and then said: "Junxian, I am your wife, I should comfort you and support you when you need it, this is my responsibility as a wife and as a comrade-in-arms." ”
"Alright! We face this Turkic together, and even if we fail, I will be loyal to the country here with you. Li Junxian said. (To be continued......)