"Report, the king of Qi dispersed the siege army of the Shatuo Ministry, and the Shatuo Ministry's troops have been withdrawn."

"Report! The Turkic cavalry attacked the army of the king of Qi. King Qi fights! ”

"Report! The Turkic tent moved forward, and the Turkic army advanced. ”

"Report, more than half of the cavalry of King Qi lost more than half of the battle, and more than 5,000 enemies were annihilated."

……

One piece of information was gathered in front of Li Jiancheng, so that he had enough understanding of the battlefield situation so that he would not be dizzy and give wrong orders.

Got up from his horse and looked in the direction of the Turkic camp, the distance between the two sides was still far away, and he couldn't see the people clearly, only the dust swept up the sky; According to this cloud of dust, at least tens of thousands of Turks must have galloped on horseback.

The smoke cloud was sweeping over, and Li Jiancheng frowned; Their own troops are insufficient, and they still rely on infantry troops; The enemy's strength is more than twice that of your own, and most of them are cavalry; Facing the enemy in the field, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky.

Someone came to report again: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the King of Qi has returned to the battle." ”

This is complete nonsense, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the military formation, and naturally saw the remaining remnants of the King of Qi returning to his own formation. Still, he nodded his head to indicate that he understood.

After placing the cavalry who came back alive, the bloodied King of Qi soon appeared in front of the crown prince.

"Big brother, my brother is fortunate not to be dishonored; Dispel besieging enemies. It was only a surprise attack by the enemy, resulting in heavy losses to the young cavalry. There is a trust from the eldest brother. ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly comforted: "My brother met 10,000 enemies with 8,000 people, and although he lost 5,000 in battle, he killed the enemy even more; Promote the prestige of my Tang Army in front of the battle, meritorious, rewarded! ”

Both of them knew that casualties on the battlefield were inevitable, but these were routines, and if they didn't take a ride, they wouldn't be in line with the courtesy.

After the politeness, Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng stood together, looking at the enemy who was rapidly approaching in the distance.

"Big brother, the enemy that my brother encountered just now is far more than just Shatuo, there should be armies from other departments; Yesterday was not a quick horse return, the Turkic Khan was still in Qinzhou, why did the Turks come so quickly? ”

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "Only when the spies gathered up to Qinzhou to rout the army, they said that the lord of Qinzhou would flee without a fight; Qinzhou City is self-defeating! The Turks did not lose a single one of their 100,000 iron horsemen. ”

"Ahh This thief has misled the country, he should be killed! Li Yuanji was furious, and said worriedly: "The sage allowed the eldest brother to go out with 30,000 people, and then gathered the troops of various states along the way, waiting for a decisive battle with the Turks; Now I have just left Chang'an City, and before I have disturbed a soldier, I encountered the Turkic king's tent, and I used only 30,000 people to fight against 100,000 Turkic iron cavalry, how to do it. ”

Li Jiancheng wanted to say that there were less than 30,000 people. When Li Yuanji rushed just now, about 5,000 people were killed and wounded, and they were still elite cavalry. Now the prince waved the remaining army, even counting the logistics baggage troops, there are only 27,800 people.

"The armies have been ordered to set up in formation; The camps of the three armies are all on higher ground, and if the Turks attack, they must expend horsepower to attack; Our army is condescending, supplemented by the walled wall to reject horses and strong bows and crossbows, and it can be a battle. ”

Li Yuanji knows that although the eldest brother is still young, he is a battle-hardened veteran who knows the truth of avoiding his own shortcomings and promoting his strengths. As a general who has fought an old battle, it is easy to march and camp. The eldest brother said that he could fight, so he could naturally fight; No longer asking about the military formation, he leaned over and whispered, "Big brother, has the messenger for help been sent?" ”

Li Jiancheng also whispered: "Fifteen fast horses, change horses without changing people, and send them to Chang'an in five ways." ”

Li Yuanji said again: "Big brother, if you can't do something, brother should avoid it!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded imperceptibly.

The enemy forces are getting closer and closer.

There was no call for battle, and there was no fighter, and the enemy began to charge. 100,000 people against 20,000 or 30,000 people, this is a sure victory, and every Turkic tribe wants to take the lead.

The enemy's vanguard had reached the point of a stone's throw, and shouts were heard from the archers' phalanx.

"Bow, shoot!"

Arrows rained down and took away the first wave of Turks; But more Turkic knights jumped over the corpses on the ground one after another, and rushed towards the camp of the Tang army with a strange roar.

"Out of the knife!"

The Mo sword soldier stepped forward, his blade was like a forest, and under the sun's light, a dazzling cold light flickered.

The Golden Wolf Head Nine Flame Daxu followed closely behind the assault array, and Jieli Khan wanted to watch the Tang Army being crushed by his own cavalry!

Li Jiancheng could see the big flag a hundred zhang away, and he also knew that the head wolf under the big flag was also staring at him with bad intentions; Then he asked left and right: "Can there be a magic shot that can hurt the enemy chief?" ”

At a distance of nearly 400 meters, the left and right sides have expressed their powerlessness; Suddenly, a logistics officer said: "Your Highness, the trebuchet has been set up, or you can use it to throw divine thunder; to kill the Enemy Chieftain. ”

Under the military array, Li Jiancheng concentrated on the command, and forgot for a moment that the emperor had given him more than 100 divine thunders. During the thunder test, Li Jiancheng also went to see it, and when it was exploded, the landslide cracked, and the sound was like thunder, which was quite powerful as thunder; Maybe give it a try.

At the moment, he asked, "Maybe throw a hundred feet away?" ”

The man touched his beard and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "The divine thunder weighs twenty catties, and one hundred and fifty zhang is fine; It's just that the landing point is not very accurate. ”

This is the only good news so far; And it is extremely heavy good news, Li Jianchenghuo stood up and pointed to the man:

"Hurry up and prepare! Inaccurate, all trebuchets hurled with all their might at the Turkic barbarians' tents; I want to hear the sound of the thunder exploding immediately. ”

When the battle is fought to this extent, it doesn't matter if it is accurate or not, just throw it directly at the enemy's position, and it can always kill people. As for whether you can blow up Jieli Khan, that is to do your best and obey the destiny of heaven. However, as long as there is a meritorious service, great things can be expected.

The general was about to leave, Li Yuanji stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll go with you and see the divine thunder of the gods!" ”

There is nothing to see about trebuchets, this siege weapon has been around for thousands of years; The point is to look at the god thunder.

The trebuchet traveling with the army was far larger than the one Ye Jinyu saw in the Shenren Workshop, and more than 20 trebuchets were placed side by side with the main beams made of whole wood, which looked spectacular, and had been bent down by the soldiers at this moment. Originally, a large black iron ball was placed in the leather nest containing stones.

"Why do you have to press so many grooves on this iron ball?" Li Yuanji looked at the big iron ball with a lead, looked at the prefabricated fragment and asked curiously.

But the soldier in charge of throwing the mine could not answer, because he did not understand it either. Li Yuanji looked at the captain of the stone-throwing team again, as well as Sima.

It's a pity that the commander and Sima don't understand, Sima said: "King Qi, this divine thunder is made by the gods, and it was already the case when the last general received this divine thunder, it wasn't that we damaged the divine thunder." ”

It was still grinding here, and someone from the prince's side came to ask: "Why haven't you thrown the divine thunder yet?" ”

Sima didn't dare to wait any longer, and after confessing to Li Yuanji, he shouted to the soldier in charge of the trebuchet: "Attention, after ignition, it must be thrown immediately, and the ignition will be thrown!" Ignition is thrown! Don't wait a moment. "When the soldiers received the divine thunder, they had already received a certain amount of safety education and operation training, but it was the first time that they had done it with real knives and guns. The divine thunder is limited and there are many enemies, in order to ensure that the launch does not make mistakes and the best effect is played, Sima Guan shouted and emphasized in the ears of the soldiers.

Seeing that they were all in the state, Sima Guan shouted: "Ignition!" ”

Dozens of butter torches that had been burning for a long time stretched out to the twine fuse, and under the action of gunpowder, the fuse sneered. Seeing that all the divine thunders had successfully ignited the fire, Sima immediately shouted: "Release!" ”

The trunk of the tree, which had been forcibly bent, lost its restraints and immediately collapsed back into its original form. The gunpowder cans were tossed high under the force and flew towards the Turkic array one after another.

The tin can fell in the dense cavalry charge queue, and actually smashed several people. One of them landed beside Jieli Khan, and a Turkic warrior of 100 enemies was hit in the head, and without saying a word, he fell from his horse and fell limply.

A close attendant picked up the powder jar that was still stained with the blood of the warriors, and respectfully handed it to Jieli Khan: "Great Khan, it is made of iron." ”

The blood on the jar was still dripping, and Jieli Khan didn't take it in disgust, but just glanced at it, and sure enough, it was iron, and couldn't help but admire: "This Tang man is really rich, and the trebuchet doesn't use stone instead of iron balls; Mo didn't want to change the name to the iron thrower. ”

Suddenly, he saw the lead below, picked up and twisted the lead that was burned to the point of seven or eight centimeters, looked at it again, and asked, "What is the use of this burning twine?" ”

This question did not even know the answer to the Tang soldiers who fired the iron cans, let alone the Turks, who had few iron weapons.

As he spoke, another three or four centimeters of the nitrate hemp rope was burned, and there was only a short section left; Jieli Khan said in his heart that the Tang people couldn't fight, and they liked to come out with some tricks that they didn't have.

I really wanted to open my mouth and lose a few more words, and my heart suddenly burst out, this Tang man never plays with spears, and this fire-burning thing is not good at any mystery, it is not a fire oil or the like; Hurriedly said: "Take it farther away, this thing may contain fierce fire oil." ”

Putting the fiery oil at the Khan? This is a big crime of the Nine Clans, and the attendants were startled, and hurriedly wanted to carry the iron can away from the Khan. At this moment, the cavalry formation in front of him made a loud noise as if a nine-day giant thunder had fallen; The sound of explosions continued one after another. The center of the explosion was a man on his back, and where the sound rippled, the horses were frightened or people stood up, or stopped, or scurried around uncontrollably; The good impact formation was torn apart by the startled horse. In fact, the bomb did not kill many people, but lost many riders due to the startled horses.

The explosion was so close that everyone under the Nine Heavens was so frightened by the loud noise that the attendants forgot to leave.

Jieli Khan stood up sharply, wanting to see what had happened, and suddenly he turned to look at the tin can in the arms of the attendant.

At this time, the lead of the jar was burned to the end, and with a "boom", I saw that the faithful servant was torn into many pieces; A generation of heroes and heroes were smashed to the ground by a large fragment, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

The golden wolf's head was swept by the divine thunder, and the area where Jieli Khan was located was blown up, and the scene where the king flag fell to the ground was seen by the crown prince Li Jiancheng, and he slapped his thigh excitedly: "Good divine thunder!" Good god thunder! ”

Immediately, he shouted loudly: "Left and right, quickly shout with me: the Turkic Khan was killed by the thunder of the heavens, and the Tang Dynasty is victorious!" ”

The guards next to him immediately shouted: "The Khan is dead, Datang Wansheng!" ”

When more soldiers heard this, they looked distractedly, and sure enough, the place where the Turkic khan was located was already a mess, and even the royal banner was gone; This is a great event, and he immediately shouted: "Heaven punishes the Turks, and the Tang Dynasty wins!" The voice spread more and more, and many Tang soldiers couldn't see where the king's tent was at all, and they also blindly shouted loudly.

"The Khan is dead, the Tang Dynasty wins, the heavens punish the Turks, and the Tang Dynasty wins!"

The people at the center of the explosion naturally discovered the fall of the Khan's banner, and they didn't care about charging forward, and began to control the frightened horse to rescue the driver. A little farther away, Turkic officers who knew Chinese heard the shouts of the Tang army and sent people to contact Wang Shu to find out what had happened.

As for the Turks, who were far away from the king's tent, they still bowed their heads and rode their horses.

More than 20 trebuchets can throw more than 20 gunpowder mines at a time; For the 100,000 Turkic army that spread out for several miles, it was just a few small waves in the sea, and it didn't play a big role at all. The Turks, far from the core of the tent, did not even hear the explosion, let alone know what was happening.

The offensive of the Chinese army in front of the Turkic king's tent was blocked and suddenly stopped, and even began to retreat, and the momentum on the left and right sides also stopped, and they stopped waiting for military orders; The outermost armies were still rushing. Then the Turks fell into chaos.

Seeing that the Turks were out of touch, Li Jiancheng immediately seized the opportunity.

"Cavalry charge, capture Jieli Khan alive!"