On September 23, 3069 (372), Tang and Qin fought a decisive battle in front of Shaancheng in Luozhou. Tang Emperor Wen Yi and Qin Tianwang Fu Jian both came to the front line in person.

The Tang State had Lin Xingzhu as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and Li Zhong, Yue Shan, Shi Kangdang, Daniel Zhang, Han Dong, Su Gang, Sun Xiu, Ding Chang and other generals were thousands.

The Qin State is not far behind, with Wang Meng as the commander, and there are nearly 1,000 soldiers such as Zhang Oy, Yao Chang, Fu Ya, Yang An, Zhu Wei, Guo Qing, and Fu Rong.

Wang Meng knew that the Tang State had the advantage of firearms, and his own side had no chance of winning in a positional battle, so he took the initiative to attack.

Tang Guo's side was also prepared, and in the face of the enemy's cavalry charge, Lin Xingzhu did not let the musketeers go up to die, but used cold weapons against cold weapons.

He sacrificed the chariot that had long been obsolete, and in this plain, the chariot was defeated by the cavalry.

In the rear, the Tang State assembled 6,000 artillery pieces with a range of 8 to 12 kilometers of more than 3,000 catties, and after receiving the order, the general Han Dong commanded the artillery to carry out carpet bombardment of the rear positions of the Qin army according to the original plan.

Even though Wang Meng had already made corresponding preparations, in order to prevent artillery attacks, he tried to disperse the army as much as possible under the condition of ensuring the transmission of information.

But in the era of cold weapons, no matter how he dispersed his forces, they were slightly denser than artillery.

As an artillery general, Han Dong's application of artillery can be described as superb. Instead of concentrating all his artillery in one area, he scattered them in a dozen different places.

Each artillery group was responsible for two or three areas, and each artillery group took turns firing, and nearly 100,000 shells were dropped in half an hour.

Under this round of shelling, more than 20,000 people of the Qin army were killed. On average, the Tang State almost killed a person with four or five shells.

It's a luxury in this era.

But it was a huge blow to the morale of the Qin State, but fortunately, these were the elites of the Qin State. Fu Jian and Wang Meng were in charge in person, and there were no signs of collapse.

When the artillery fire stopped, Wang Meng showed an expected look on his face, and shouted: "Order, the left and right armies should attack quickly." As long as they are entangled with the Tang army, they will not dare to open fire. ”

"Yes." The herald went to give the order immediately.

The commanders of the left and right armies, Zhang Hao and Yao Chang, immediately led their troops to rush towards the Tang army, and this was their only chance.

In the distance, Lin Xingzhu stood on a high platform, looking at the opposite position with a telescope.

On the short-handed front between the two sides, the chariot group of the Tang State was entangled with the cavalry group of the Qin State. Both sides are elite, and the will to fight is tenacious, and almost every moment there are an unknown number of people falling.

This was the most tragic battle that the Tang Kingdom had faced since entering the Central Plains, but Lin Xingzhu was not affected at all, and everyone at this moment was just data in his eyes.

He also saw the movement of the enemy army, and said coldly: "I finally can't help it, I've been waiting for your move for a long time." Summoned Han Dong to block the position with artillery fire, I want to see if they have the courage to stare at the fire area and rush over. ”

The herald conveyed it in flags, and someone in the artillery position several miles away stared at the command platform with a telescope, and immediately replied that he had received it. In less than two minutes, the order was delivered.

Han Dong's side immediately adjusted the firing angle, and when Zhang Hao and Yao Chang's troops were about to enter the combat zone, artillery shells fell from the sky, and the bombed people of the two armies turned on their backs.

At this time, the difference was highlighted, Zhang Hao took the lead in the charge, and rushed to the combat zone with a cannonball. Yao Chang, on the other hand, had almost no hesitation and chose to retreat.

Wang Meng was naturally furious about this, and wanted to kill him to correct military justice. However, Fu Jian pardoned him on the grounds that he had contributed to the Qin State and that it was easy to shake the morale of the army when he was in battle.

Wang Meng could not, so he could only remove him from all his positions, put him under temporary detention, and appoint Zhu Tong to command his men and horses to launch an attack.

But Yao Chang's delay has already ruined Wang Meng's plan.

Originally, the two armies all rushed to the forward position, and there was still a chance to defeat the chariot corps of the Tang State, but now there is only Zhang Hao and a supporting army, and they can only fall into a bitter battle.

And Lin Xingzhu is not a fool, seeing that the Qin army really rushed into the minefield regardless of casualties, he immediately made adjustments, and ordered Zu Jizong to lead 10,000 cavalry to support the chariot group.

The order was conveyed, and the impatient ancestor who had been waiting for a long time was excited, and flew on his horse and rushed to the front line. Soon entered the battlefield and assisted the chariot corps against the Qin cavalry.

Seeing that the situation seemed to have entered a state of anxiety, this was what the Qin State was most happy to see. Grapple to make your firearms unwieldy, then decide the winner with cold weapons.

However, Lin Xingzhu smiled, put down the binoculars, and he drew several circles on the map one after another, and then threw the charcoal pen on the map and said:

"Order Han Dong to launch a carpet bomb on these places, and don't skimp on shells."

Han Dong, who received the order, was also overjoyed, what the artillery was most afraid of was not knowing where the target was, and now that he had a target, it would be easy to do, so he hurriedly ordered each artillery group to adjust the muzzle.

On the other hand, although Wang Meng had tried his best to arrange his troops according to his knowledge of artillery, he had achieved the goal of hiding his army so as not to be bombed indifferently.

It really worked wonders at first, and the bombardments were all secondary corps on the bright side, and the real elite had been hiding in the shadows.

However, he still knew too little about the tactics and tactics of firearms, and he didn't know that just a few simple transfers had already exposed the location of the hidden troops.

In other words, Lin Xingzhu didn't need to know the specific location of his troops, so he divided the front position into squares, eliminated most of the squares with the elimination method, and the rest could be bombed in turn.

There will definitely be a lot of shells wasted, but it doesn't matter, they don't care.

Under the influence of Wen Yi's concept, there was an unwritten rule in the Tang army that talents were the most valuable. Problems that can be solved with artillery, absolutely do not let soldiers sacrifice their lives in vain.

So just as Wang Meng was thinking about how to proceed next, the 'boom' cannon sounded again. A lot of shells fell in the blank area, wasted, but some of them always fell to the Tibetan soldiers.

Moreover, as the bombing progressed, the artillery fire gradually concentrated on the area where the troops were hidden, and it was obvious that the opposite side was also conducting long-distance observation and adjusting the bombing area.

With Wang Meng's ingenuity, he quickly guessed how Tang Guo found out about them, but it was useless to know, so he could only order the people below to transfer.

It's just that in ancient times, with the efficiency of this command transmission, everything seemed too late.

And Wang Meng also knew that once the place where the soldiers were hiding was discovered, it would become impossible to think about the Tibetans again. So he quickly issued a second order, and the whole army attacked, trying to break through the chariot defense line of the Tang State and enter the enemy position.

As the order was delivered, tens of thousands of troops rushed to the front line in mind.

By this time, the war zone between the two sides had been bloodied, and tens of thousands of people on both sides had died on this narrow front.

Therefore, it is said that the efficiency of killing people with hot weapons is higher, and tens of thousands of people died in two rounds of shelling, while it took more than two hours for cold weapons to kill and wound more than 10,000 people.

Seeing that the enemy had launched a general attack, Lin Xingzhu also made adjustments: "Order Daniel Zhang, Shi Gandang, Yue Shan, and Sun Xiu to lead the musketeers to launch a counterattack from both flanks." ”

He did not try to get the troops fighting on the front line to withdraw, and the two sides fought to such an extent that whoever gave the order to retreat would collapse on the whole line.

Now there is only one way to go, fight, lose or win.

Daniel Zhang and the others each led 10,000 musketeers and launched a sniper attack from both flanks. They did not give the enemy a chance to make a short handover, and retreated while fighting, mainly killing and wounding the enemy.

In addition to muskets, there were also infantry cannons and mortars, and for the infantry of the Qin State, this distance of two hundred meters was almost a death zone.

By the time they finally rushed to the front of the formation, the cavalry, who had already sharpened their swords, fought horizontally, blocking their pace and protecting the cavalry.

The few that were able to get past the cavalry and get into the Musketeers' positions did very little damage. Don't think that musketeers don't have Cold War capabilities, but they have bayonets on their muzzles.

Wang Meng, who was watching all this from a distance, was very helpless, and the disadvantage of insufficient troops was highlighted. He took out almost all the hole cards, but Tang Guo's cards were less than half.

Now he only has 5,000 cavalry left in his hand, which is the hole card at the bottom of the box. Whether to dive in now, he pondered.

Before he could figure it out, Fu Jian walked in from outside and said, "Don't make senseless sacrifices, let's withdraw." ”

Wang Menghu's body was shocked, and he said in disbelief: "Heavenly King ......"

The person next to him also looked at him with a shocked expression.

Fu Jian looked into the distance and said: "The Tang Emperor had the ability to end all this a few years ago, but he never did it, because he didn't want to cause senseless sacrifices and reserve more vitality for Huaxia. I am also a descendant of China, and I should also think about China. ”

There is another sentence he didn't say, he Fu Jian is not weaker than others in his life, although he lost, but he didn't want to fall behind that person in terms of bearing.

The people around him didn't understand his thoughts, what was not Chinese, they didn't understand and didn't care. What they could not accept was that the King of Heaven would make such a decision at this time.

Isn't this just admitting defeat? And he didn't even want to make the last fight, he was too cowardly.

Wang Meng understood his thoughts and said, "Heavenly King, have you decided?" If you do so at this time, your reputation may be jeopardized. ”

Fu Jian smiled bitterly: "I don't have any reputation to speak of." Then Zhengse said: "How can I kill tens of thousands of innocent soldiers because of my personal reputation, give an order." ”

Wang Meng said solemnly: "Yes." ”

He then ordered Mingjin to collect his troops and send the last 5,000 cavalry, not to attack but to block the pursuit of the Tang army if necessary.

Hearing the sound of gold, Zhang Hao and the others, who were covered in blood, all showed expressions of disbelief, how could this be? What's going on?

They are all battle-hardened veterans, even if they have questions, they know that they can't hesitate, otherwise they don't know how they will die, so they hurriedly shouted and gathered some people around them and retreated.

The soldiers of the Qin Army, who were already relying on one breath to support the battle, suddenly vented their breath when they heard the sound of Mingjin.

Then, sure enough, the whole army collapsed, and the Tang army was greatly boosted and began to pursue.

On the other side, Lin Xingzhu was also a little surprised, why did he suddenly collapse when he hit the other side? However, he did not hesitate, and gave an order to chase.

Wen Yi has also been paying attention to the changes on the battlefield, he feels distressed every time a person dies on the battlefield, this is a good man in Huaxia. He did not die in foreign wars, but at the hands of his own people.

He was also puzzled by the sudden defeat of the Qin army, Fu Jian and Wang Meng's combination, it shouldn't be.

But anyway, the Qin army was defeated, and seeing that the Tang army took advantage of the situation to pursue, he thought for a while and said: "Send Lin Xingzhu to pursue the retreat of ten miles." ”

He didn't explain why he wanted to withdraw, it wasn't necessary.

Lin Xingzhu's original intention was to take the opportunity to take Shaancheng, but when the emperor's orders came, he had no choice but to order to defend on the spot after ten miles of pursuit.

On the other side, Wang Meng, who was already ready to survive with a broken tail, suddenly found that the Tang army had stopped pursuing, and he roughly guessed what was going on just after pondering.

Then he had to sigh again how good it would have been if these two men had not been enemies.

After that, he began to gather the remnants of the army to treat the wounded, and retreated into Shaanxi in an orderly manner. At this time, Fu Jian was being questioned by the ministers, why did he withdraw the army?

This could not have happened before, and it can be seen that he is no longer able to serve the crowd as he used to.

Fu Jian didn't explain much to them at all, but said: "Go and reorganize the army and withdraw to Guanzhong tomorrow." Fu Ya, you lead the troops to take the first step and take over Huayin City. ”

Fu Ya was also puzzled, but he didn't ask too much and took the order to leave.

Seeing this, others had no choice but to leave, but many people's minds became lively.

Because the Tang State took the initiative to stop the pursuit, the Qin army was able to successfully gather the remnants, and in the end, the number of people was counted to be more than 60,000 people.

Of course, it is impossible for the rest to all die at the hands of the Tang army, some of them fled, and some of them were captured. However, when the two sides exchanged figures after the war, it was determined that the Qin army had lost more than 47,000 casualties.

It can only be said that the slaughter of the same kind, the efficiency of firearms is really too high.

The next day, the Qin army retreated in an orderly manner, and the Tang army did not pursue, but just watched from a distance and let them leave.

In this situation, even many Qin generals are confused, what is the Tang State doing again? Why would it be so easy to let them go?

But in any case, they were happy to be able to go back safely. As for what to do after I go back, then besides, it is impossible to give Fu his life anymore anyway.

Fu Jian rode on his horse, looking at the Tang army in the distance, and his mood was extremely complicated.

Wang Meng could feel his thoughts, and he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he didn't step forward to disturb him. It wasn't until the evacuation team was almost finished that he came over and said, "Heavenly King, it's time to go." ”

Fu Jian bowed his head and said, "Let's go, it's time to go back and deal with the aftermath." After saying that, he slammed his heel on the horse's belly and headed towards Guanzhong.

In the distance, Wen Yi was also looking at the retreating Qin army, this battle was finally over, and the Tang State won this battle almost effortlessly under the absolute superiority.

But at the cost of more than 6,000 deaths, more than 2,000 serious injuries, and countless minor injuries.

After so many battles before, the actual number of Tang casualties was less than 20,000, and more than 6,000 people died in this battle, which can be called the most tragic battle since entering the Central Plains.

But he finally won, and the next thing is up to Fu Jian's choice.