Chapter 303: The Great War is about to begin
Li Shimin's words made Du Ruhui silent for a while, he could feel Li Shimin's ambition, if he hadn't seen Li Shimin back then, he wouldn't have followed Li Shimin.
It's just that these words, heard at this time, Du Ruhui inexplicably has a sadness, Du Ruhui is more than ten years older than Li Shimin, in ancient times, these teens are equivalent to one more generation, so Du Ruhui can be said to have watched Li Shimin grow step by step into today's Tang Emperor.
He believes in Li Shimin's ambition, but Li Shimin, who has such ambition, is going to die here, this God, how unfair!
It's just that Du Ruhui won't say anything, if Li Shimin is elected again, it is estimated that he will come to see Huo Gang.
But no matter what, even if he dies here today, he will naturally not regret it.
This Jieli and An Xinggui have obviously been cleared up, although their previous idea was good, to establish a defense line here, to avoid the enemy's advantage to the greatest extent, but if the other party does not want to exchange their lives for their lives, even if five or six people exchange their lives, they can't afford to change it.
The sun was setting in the west, Du Ruhui raised his head and looked at the sky, he wished that it was night now, at night, the enemy would at least rest for one night, and the advantage over them at night would be greater.
When Du Ruhui was watching, Huo Gang was also looking at the sky at this moment.
"It's about three hours to go, is that enough?" Huo Gang glanced at it, then looked at Ma Yuan and Gongsun Lin and asked.
Their position at the moment is only 10 miles away from the outlying camp of the Turks, which is close enough, the attack at this distance is already considered a surprise attack, tens of thousands of troops, ancient times are not like modern times, ancient troops that lack communication measures, if there is no one in the whole team, this distance is approached by cavalry, it means a surprise attack!
"Enough! Before dark, the Turks who are bound to be killed by his subordinates lose their armor! Ma Yuan said in a deep voice.
This time, the main combat force is naturally Ma Yuan's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but Gongsun Lin's White Horse Yicong will assist in encirclement and suppression from the periphery.
"Remember, drive all the enemies to the east, Gongsun Lin, your men are in charge of keeping an eye on An Xinggui's men, as long as you don't lose them." Huo Gang said.
"Yes!"
"Well, it's ready!" Huo Gang nodded, and then he didn't hesitate to choose to summon all the remaining cavalry of the White Horse Yicong and Xiliang Iron Cavalry in his mind!
When Huo Gang made this choice, the voice of the spirit of the Jade Gate in his mind instantly sounded: "After the selection is completed, it has been detected that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the White Horse Yi have been summoned from the formation of the Cheng Legion, whether to award the relevant military flag, once the military flag is awarded to a unit, the unit will gradually have its own military soul, pay attention, after awarding the relevant military flag, the name of the legion will be officially changed." ”
This hint made Huo Gang slightly stunned, he didn't expect that after completing the legion formation call, there would be such a change, there are many kinds of military flags, just like the previous one, the Han military flag with Chinese characters written on it, that represents the banner of the entire Han Dynasty, and each legion has its own legion flag.
It's just this military spirit...... Huo Gang didn't know if this thing was a form or a ...... Spiritual concept. But either way, it's obviously useful.
At present, all units continue to use the army names of the Han Dynasty, which is actually not very applicable in this era, after all, Huo Gang wants to establish a new Han Dynasty.
"Awarded the relevant military flag!" Huo Gang made a choice directly in his mind.
"After the selection, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was officially renamed the Vermilion Bird Army of the Four Elephant Holy Beasts, the Southern Vermilion Bird belongs to fire, the main destroys, and the legion is granted the characteristic: aggression is like fire! The Suzaku Army will arrive in 10 minutes! ”
"White Horse Yi has officially changed its name to the White Tiger Army of the Four Elephant Holy Beasts, the West White Tiger is golden, the main killing, and the legion is granted the characteristic: fast as the wind! The White Tiger Army will arrive in 10 minutes"
Huo Gang was slightly stunned, this ...... Huo Gang didn't expect that it was directly named after the ancient Four Holy Beasts, so in this way, the Tiger Army should be the Xuanwu Army? Legion Trait: Immovable as a Mountain?
Then his own personal guard cavalry should belong to the Blue Dragon Army? Legion Trait: Xu Rulin? Of course, these Huo Gang are guessing, but he feels that there is a great possibility that this is the case.
But what surprised Huo Gang was that when Huo Gang made a choice, after Gongsun Lin and Ma Yuan in front of him glanced at each other, they knelt down on one knee directly, and then Gongsun Lin said in a deep voice: "Leader Qiqi, although our White Horse Yicong has been following Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong during the Three Kingdoms Period of the Han Dynasty since the establishment of the general. ”
"Although the land area of my Han is not large, the leader has the ambition to swallow mountains and rivers, so our Han will surpass the Han Dynasty in history, from now on, I hope the leader can give us a new name!"
"Our army is not to live like the White Horse, but to protect the leader and protect the people of our current Han Dynasty! So, please give the name of the chief! ”
"Please give the leader a name!" Ma Yuan and Gongsun Lin both knelt down at the same time and spoke.
Huo Gang looked at them silently, and for a long time, Huo just said in a deep voice: "Okay, from today onwards, you will be named after the heavens and stars in the sky, and the Quartet Holy Beast, just like the Quartet Holy Beast of the Great Han, guarding the Quartet!" Gongsun Lin, you officially gave the name: White Tiger Army. Ma Yuan, you officially gave the name: Vermilion Bird Army. ”
"Yes! Thank you, Chief. ”
When Ma Yuan and Gongsun Lin got up from the ground, Hongyun next to him suddenly raised his front hooves excitedly and snorted, and behind Huo Gang, a low sound of horses' hooves came.
The sound of horses' hooves was not loud, but it was like a muffled thunder, and when Huo Gang turned around, he quickly saw that as far as the eye could see, all the white cavalry, and the cavalry at the front was still carrying several large flags.
At the front is a huge flag, with a Chinese character written on it, the same style as the previous military flag, and at the back is several black backgrounds, white faces, with a huge white tiger depicted.
Behind the White Tiger Army is the Red Bird Army, which is red and black armor, and all the crotch is a red war horse, which is the same flag as the White Tiger Army, the only difference is that it is painted with a phoenix-like divine bird with wings spread in the fire.
Gongsun Lin and Ma Yuan couldn't help but glance at each other after seeing the banners of these armies, it seems that the leader has already thought about it, even the military flags have been ready, but I don't know how these armies of theirs lurked in.
But the two of them soon stopped thinking about these problems, they had already seen the magic of the leader, this is the same method as the gods, and now the most important thing for them is to win this battlefield and kill all these Turks!
When the two cavalry approached, Huo Gang and Gongsun Lin and others remounted their horses, although the terrain here is very flat, but at such a distance, there are still some ups and downs in the middle of the terrain, so the Turks can't see Huo Gang's situation on their side.
Naturally, they did not find out.
"Ma Yuan, you led the Vermilion Bird Army to follow the White Tiger Army, and when you arrived in front of the enemy, Gongsun Lin, you directly led the army to raid on both sides and give way to the position of the Chinese army, Ma Yuan, you directly attacked the Chinese army!" Huo Gang said in a deep voice.
"Yes!" Gongsun Lin and Ma Yuan both spoke in deep voices.
They don't need any tactics, the reason is very simple, although the Turks have tens of thousands of people, but according to Li Shimin's current terrain, there are so many Turks who can't be used at all, so these Turks can't always ride horses and be in a state of combat readiness.
If they want to consume Li Shimin, some of them must be prepared for battle, while most of the other people must rest, ready to replenish at any time, and enter the battle.
Heavy cavalry like the Vermilion Bird Army, even on the frontal battlefield, is almost indestructible, unless the enemy prepares to prevent cavalry in advance, but these current Turkic Huo Gang dare to guarantee that they would never have imagined that there would be 20,000 heavy cavalry directly on their faces now.
It was also impossible for them to make any preparations against cavalry, because the Turks themselves were all cavalry, and some tactics against cavalry were a restriction on themselves. And as long as they are defenseless and are attacked by the Vermilion Bird Army, there is no need to think much about what awaits them.
Huo Gang was at the forefront of the team, and when the White Tiger Army behind Huo Gang lined up in a neat line, Huo Gang directly pulled out the long knife in his hand and said, "Let's go!" ”
With Huo Gang's movements, the red cloud under his crotch instantly understood his intentions and directly took his steps, but it did not run fast, but maintained the same speed as the same kind on both sides of it.
"Bang!" "Bang!" The dull sound of horses' hooves instantly resounded throughout the land like muffled thunder, and Hakuma Yi never increased to a rapid speed, because now was not the time to surprise the enemy, so it was enough to use a horsepower-saving running speed.
As Huo Gang and the others began to advance, the distance between them and the enemy was also rapidly approaching.
The Turks on the ground didn't react so quickly, but Li Shimin on the top of the mountain was actually the first to react, after all, they were hundreds of meters higher than the ground here.
"Your Majesty, look!" Chang Lin, who was beside Li Shimin, suddenly screamed, jumped up directly from the ground, pointed to the distance and shouted.
Chang Lin's voice attracted all the people around Li Shimin, and when they followed Chang Lin's fingers, all of them stood up from the ground with surprise on their faces.
Because in the distance, as far as their line of sight could see, a billowing cloud of smoke and dust swept in this direction like an earthy yellow dragon, but the wind was not strong today, and it was impossible to raise such a large amount of dust.
"It's cavalry! Lots of cavalry! Du Ruhui, who was next to Li Shimin, called out in surprise directly.
"This ...... Where did the cavalry come from? Li Shimin was also pleasantly surprised, he was ready to die in battle, and if he wanted Li Shimin to surrender, he didn't even think about it, but what Li Shimin never expected was that they were only trapped here, and in just one day, there were actually cavalry rescuers arriving.
"This ...... It is impossible for us to have such a number of cavalry in Liangzhou, all the cavalry has been deployed to General Li Jing to lead the army to attack Tuyuhun, and General Li Jing will not be able to lead the cavalry here in one day anyway, and there is only a small number of cavalry among our soldiers in Guazhou in Liangzhou, which is still the defender of the border city. With such a number of cavalry, only Huo Gang can take it out. Gao Shilian next to him was calm enough to speak directly.
Huo Gang...... Impossible, right? Unless Huo Gang was an immortal and set off in advance, otherwise, how could he arrive here within a day. Du Ruhui was a little stunned.
"Remember Huo Gang's horse?" Li Shimin suddenly spoke.
"Uh...... Remember, it was a group of real horses, the problem is that Huo Gang's horses are thousands of horses, even if they can travel thousands of miles a day, but his cavalry is not. "Du Ruhui was a little incredulous, this is not a matter of Huo Gang coming alone, this is here, according to the current situation, this is at least tens of thousands of cavalry!
"No, do you remember what General Li Ji said? The white-horse cavalry under his command, as well as his personal guard cavalry, were almost all thousands of horses, but according to intelligence, the number of cavalry under his command was only 3,000...... Now it seems...... That's not the case! Li Shimin also calmed down, he shook his head slightly, and said seriously.
"This ...... Tens of thousands of Maxima?? Du Ruhui was a little confused, what are you kidding, what is Maxima? It's like Lu Bu's red rabbit horse during the Three Kingdoms period, it's a treasure horse that is one in a million! You tell me that Huo Gang now has one in 10,000 BMWs? This...... Is this still BMW?
"If this is not the case, why would Huo Gang dare to sell thousands of our excellent war horses? They have all seen those war horse pharmacists, although they dare not say that they are thousands of horses, but they are definitely the best horses among war horses. Li Shimin said.
"This ...... But the reaction of these Turks is not like ah, if such a large force comes, it is impossible that the Turkic scouts will not be able to react. Du Ruhui was a little stunned.
"Do you think the Turks' war horses can compare to theirs?" Gao Shilian asked rhetorically.
"Uh...... That's the same thing. ”
"If that's the case...... This, Leader Huo seems to be sincerely allied with my Datang. Du Ruhui thought for a while, and then said seriously.
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Li Shimin It didn't take long for them to see that the Turks below had already heard the tremor of the earth, and the sound of heavy horses' hooves was all too familiar to these Turks on horseback, especially the sound of horses' hooves of this large-scale cavalry action.
The entire Turkic camp was in an instant commotion, just as Huo Gang had guessed, most of the Turks were resting, and when the sound of horses' hooves came, all the Turks were instantly in chaos.
Many Turks picked up the long knives beside them and rushed towards their horses, but in such a state, how could they arrange their formation in a moment and a half.
was discussing the follow-up matters with An Xinggui, when Jieli heard the report of the guards outside, Jieli was stunned for a moment, then stood up violently and rushed outside without saying a word.
An Xinggui was stunned for a moment, and then rushed outside.
After the two men rushed out, they immediately turned over and got on the horse, and on the back of the horse, Jieli had already seen the galloping dust in the distance! The dull sound of horses' hooves made the earth tremble.
Looking at the dust rushing over, the faces of Jieli and An Xinggui instantly changed wildly!