Chapter 383: The Last Battle of the Emperor Taishang, Curtain Call!
"Your Majesty, Pei Zhonglang has an order, please lead the army forward! If it is feasible, please ask Your Majesty to give a lecture to the soldiers! "Letter For all the generals, Li Yu is the best monarch, for no other reason, give money and food, give soldiers, give power, give trust, not only that, there is no interference, no constraints, no long-range micro-manipulation that disgusts the generals the most, it can be said that Li Yu provides the generals in his hands with everything they need.
And Li Yu's request is very simple, that is, victory. For this, Li Yu is proud enough, so far, everyone he trusts has been rewarded with ten times and a hundred times the trust he has paid.
Li Yu did not doubt that under the leadership of Pei Zhi and Zhang Jieyi, the Yulin Army could win in battle against opponents who far outnumbered him.
This is not the first time Li Yu has participated in the war, but before that, he was either in Mukden or Xingqing Palace, and it was a battlefield where he fought for his life with his head.
The battle on the battlefield is fierce, and Li Yu on the edge of the battlefield is also enjoyable, and for Li Xu, this kind of watching the battle without too much pressure is also a unique experience.
But after all, he was just a bystander, although he knew that Pei Zhi was taking care of himself, but Li Yu still felt a trace of regret.
Letter is just a pity, regret is regret, Li Yu still maintains his routine and does not interfere with any command of Pei Zhi, after all, in Li Chen's eyes, victory is above everything, Datang is above everything, and he is not important.
I originally thought that I might be here, in the victory of the Yulin Army, quietly waiting for the end of my life, which is also a kind of perfection.
Luckily, Pei Zhi didn't let himself down after all. To lead the army forward is undoubtedly to involve yourself in the final battle, to be part of the victory, and not just a spectator.
Speaking for the soldiers, this is the task that Pei Zhi arranged for himself, and for this seemingly simple task, Li Yu couldn't be more satisfied.
Shi can be drummed but not discharged, strength must be gathered and cannot be dispersed, one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion. From the beginning of the battle to the present, except for the small counterattack carried out by the cooking soldiers, no large-scale counterattack has been launched, on the contrary, it has always maintained a steady defensive method, which has worn down the morale of the opponent, the will of the opponent, and the patience of the opponent.
Now, I dare to let myself step forward directly, explaining that Pei Zhi's deployment has obviously been completed, and all I have to do is to fill the morale of all the soldiers.
Hearing the voice of the herald, confirming his responsibilities, and looking at the soldiers who were fighting in the center of the battlefield in front of him, Li Yu was not only excited.
Just listen
"Cang Lang Lang!" Li Yu pulled out the sword on his waist, pointed forward, and said softly.
"Forward!" Li Chen's voice was not loud, but this hoarse voice was full of a kind of heroism, and even the dozens of forbidden soldiers who were guarding Li Yu were also excited.
With Li Chen's order, more than 20 light cavalry opened the way in front, and 80 cavalry followed closely, and the chariot under Li Chen's feet began to accelerate forward after being escorted by 100 elite cavalry.
At the same time, it was determined that Li Yu began to step forward, Pei Zhi ordered again, the trumpet remained unchanged, and he still retreated to the position, but the command flag in the flag bearer's hand was waved hurriedly.
With the change of orders, the foot soldiers, who had been fighting fiercely with the anti-Tang coalition forces for more than an hour, accelerated the pace of retreat.
In the rear of the infantry, a military formation of more than 40,000 people, composed of the Qianjian Southern Army, the Tubo Army, and the Nanzhao Army, also accelerated the pace of pursuit.
At the beginning, the anti-Tang coalition was able to maintain a relatively stable speed, at least a formation that could be maintained.
However, as the pursuit progressed, the speed of the retreat of the Yulin Army's infantry increased, causing a sharp change in the mentality of the pursuing soldiers and horses.
In a state of pursuit, in anticipation of victory, the already not very tight battle formation has become more and more loose, and the already not very tight organization has become more and more chaotic.
Including Liu Pi, it's not that no one has noticed this, but in the eyes of the anti-Tang coalition army, the foot soldiers of the Yulin army are obviously in retreat, and victory is already within reach, even if they run chaotically and loosely, it doesn't matter.
In this way, one side pursued, the other side retreated, and the position where the Yulin Army infantry and the anti-Tang coalition forces were engaged soon moved north from the middle of the trumpet exit at the northern end of Chencang Road.
The time for the Han Halamin army to arrive at the battlefield position was nearly two days earlier than that of the opponent, and two days was enough time for the Habayashi army to make too many preparations and arrangements.
More than a hundred eight-bull crossbows are naturally Pei Zhi's real top priority. According to Pei Zhi's requirements and instructions, in order to maximize the killing and damage of the Eight Bull Crossbow, the engineers attached to the Yulin Army made unprecedented preparations and attempts for the preset of the Eight Bull Crossbow position.
The choice of positional positions, the estimation of the range of the eight-bull crossbow, the coverage of crossfire...... In all conceivable places, the sappers of the Yulin Army were well prepared.
In order to ensure the killing effect of the Eight Ox Crossbow, the engineer battalion of the Yulin Army used natural landscapes such as trees, ditches, rocks, and streams to outline four distance marking lines across the entire battlefield on the preset battlefield.
For the Yulin Army, who is familiar with the battlefield environment and the surrounding terrain, the four marking lines are clear and significant, but for the anti-Tang coalition forces who are not clear about the Yulin Army's thoughts, all that can be seen are scattered on the battlefield with various mountains and rivers.
In the midst of this chase, the pursuing anti-Tang coalition brigade inadvertently crossed the two distance marking lines preset by the Yulin Army engineers.
At the same time, after the fierce battle, the infantry responsible for luring the enemy had retreated to the entire second line of the Yulin Army, near the second line composed of heavy infantry and light infantry, and began to reorganize the battle formation according to the initial arrangement.
After a fierce battle for more than an hour, the infantry battalion and the cooks who lured the enemy while retreating were able to retreat as quickly as possible from the gap between the heavy infantry and the heavy infantry of the second front.
The physical strength has been exhausted to the limit, and the heavy infantry who only procrastinate with willpower and
The "heavy tanks" rushed backwards in one fell swoop, until they rushed to the third dense battle formation of eight-bull crossbows before stopping, lying on the ground on all fours, frantically and greedily breathing air.
Compared to the most embarrassed battalion sappers and crossbowmen, at least they look far less embarrassed.
The engineers of the infantry battalion and the engineer battalion of the infantry battalion who were the first to retreat had already dragged their eight-ox crossbows into the reserved position in the eight-ox crossbow position composed of the engineer battalions of the Yulin Army in the rear, making the number of eight-ox crossbows on the battle array reach an astonishing one hundred and sixty.
The crossbowmen, who were mainly responsible for support, stopped steadily behind the second battle formation composed of heavy infantry, and began to provide long-range support for these heavy infantry and light infantry who had just received the formation.
The men of the Han infantry battalion gradually retreated under the protection of the second line of heavy infantry, while the offensive of the anti-Tang coalition forces did not stop.
Soon, the pursuing anti-Tang coalition forces were rigidly equipped with a second line of defense consisting of 1,200 heavy infantry, 600 light infantry, and 1,000-meter crossbowmen who had retreated.
The first wave of anti-Tang coalition forces in the frenzy fell directly in front of the second line of defense without any accidents, but the opponent's follow-up soldiers and horses continued to swarm as if they were dying.
And at this moment when the two sides were engaged, it meant that the pursuing soldiers and horses of the Tubo coalition army had crossed all four marking lines preset by the sappers in advance.
At the same time, it also means that most of the pursuing anti-Tang coalition forces have entered the coverage range of the Eight Bull Crossbows, as long as Pei Zhi gives an order, all the Eight Bull Crossbows can shoot the crossbow arrows that have been prepared long ago, and the Tubo people will enjoy an unprecedented long-range coverage experience.
"General Zhonglang, the enemy has crossed the middle line and entered the appropriate strike range!" Pei Zhi knew the location and distance on the battlefield, but Pei Zhi did not give the order to shoot and counterattack at the first time.
It's just that under the superposition of the opponent's two groups of troops and horses, the number of troops exceeded Pei Zhi's expectations, which led to the fact that when the opponent's forward had entered the best range, nearly one-third of the enemy army was still on the edge or outside the strike range brought by the Eight Bull Crossbow, which was obviously not in line with Pei Zhi's estimate.
In Pei Zhi's view, as long as it is within the attack range, it is reasonable that there should be no living mouth, and it is a waste of the huge crossbow arrows of the Eight Bull Crossbow to keep an enemy army out of the strike range.
More importantly, looking at the enemy army that had basically lost command during the chase, Pei Zhi already had a new idea, and of course, more importantly, he had not heard the voice he wanted to appear from the rear.
For the sake of the old man's final curtain call, he was willing to wait a little longer and put the beginning of the attack in the hands of the old man.
Of course, Pei Zhi was not idle, and the two heralds rushed towards the position of the eight-bull crossbow in the rear as fast as they could, conveying Pei Zhi's order: adjust the elevation angle to forty-five degrees.
At the same moment when the anti-Tang coalition forces were engaged, Emperor Li Xu, who was riding on the chariot, had also arrived at the position of the cavalry at the rear of the battle array.
Here, Li Yu could clearly see rows of elite cavalry less than ten paces in front of him, at this moment, these cavalrymen were fully armored, looking ahead, ready to attack.
Here, Li Yu could clearly see the rows of eight-bull crossbows, the stacks of heavy crossbows, and the energetic elites of the forbidden army next to the eight-ox crossbows and crossbows.
Here, Li Yu could clearly see the heavy infantry who had been fighting with their opponents for more than an hour, exhausted, and almost collapsed in the open space in front of the Eight Bull Crossbow.
Here, Li Yu could see that less than a mile away from him without the help of a clairvoyant mirror, the heavy infantry, light infantry, archers, and crossbowmen of the second line had reformed a complete battle line, and they had already fought with the soldiers of the anti-Tang coalition army who were following and pursuing.
Here, watching the soldiers of the forbidden army he created fighting desperately in front of him, Li Yu's heart was instantly filled with a kind of heroism that he had never seen before.
Here, Li Yu could feel and smell the strong smell of blood that permeated the battlefield. This is not the first time Li Yu has smelled a strong smell of blood, in Fengtian City, in Xingqing Palace, the smell of blood can even suffocate people.
However, this time, the strong smell of blood did not make Li Yu afraid, but instead aroused Li Yu's last excitement and joy.
Han suddenly for a moment, I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Yu felt that he liked this bloody breath, and gradually reveled in this feeling.
Looking at Li Xu, who was trying to maintain his figure, standing on top of the chariot, and squinting his eyes slightly, Zhang Jiaxuan chuckled in his heart, and stretched out his hand towards Li Xu's arms and arms as quickly as possible.
Zhang Taicheng, who was in Li Chan another time, was not too slower than Zhang Jiaxuan, and supported Li Chan, who was already falling slightly, with almost the same movements as Zhang Jiaxuan.
The two of them assisted Li Chen's arm, one left and one right, and then put Li Chen's hand on the armrest of the chariot, and Zhang Jiaxuan, who was relieved to see that Li Yu did not fall directly, said softly in Li Chen's ear.
"Your Majesty, Pei Zhonglang seems to have said that he would like to ask His Majesty to give a lecture!" Lecture! Hearing these two words, Li Yu suddenly regained consciousness from the trance just now.
Han gently stroked this chariot that the sappers had built for themselves a long time ago, and Li Chen's heart flashed with emotion, and at this moment Li Yu felt that his mind had never been so clear.
With a slight wave of his arm, he pointed forward, and after seeing the position pointed by Li Chen, the chariot continued to move forward, and the cavalry that had originally escorted Li Yu all the way returned to the cavalry battle formation, and later, they would also be part of the final attack.
Under the skillful control of the coachman, the chariot smoothly came to the narrow open space between the cavalry battle formation and the eight-ox crossbow position.
At the same time, Bae Zhi's herald had also arrived at the position. In the process of Guo Rong's eastward crusade, in order to cope with the war situation, under the direct and indirect leadership of Guo Rong, the establishment system of the forbidden army has actually undergone the third large-scale change, and this time the main change is the engineer battalion.
Under the changes led by Guo Rong, the engineer battalion of the forbidden army has been divided into three according to factors such as duties and specialties, the equipment battalion that uses equipment to assist the soldiers, the firearms battalion that uses gunpowder and gunpowder derived weapons to assist the battle, and the remaining backbone with civil engineering and boat bridge as the core has realized the reorganization of the engineer battalion.
The de facto split has been carried out in the Changying Army, and Guo Rong has already submitted the plan to Li Yu and Li Chun's desks based on his own experience.
The letter was just short of time, and the rest of the forbidden army had not yet had time to split the engineer battalion, but luck lay in this place.
It is easy to split the engineer battalion, but in order to ensure sufficient combat effectiveness and manpower, it will inevitably add a part of the new soldiers, which will inevitably lead to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the engineer battalion after the split in a short period of time.
However, without splitting, almost everyone in the battalion-level engineer system is an elite with multiple skills, and their long-term cooperation and skilled combat skills are far from being comparable to those of new recruits.
Pei Zhi's order had just been issued, and in just a few dozen breaths, more than 100 Eight Bull crossbows had all completed the adjustment of the elevation angle within the Eight Bull Crossbow position.
At this moment, everything is ready, and all the soldiers of the Yulin Army are only waiting for the last order to attack.
After the chariot was stable, Li Yu used the last trace of strength to pull out the sword on his waist again, and the blade pointed forward.
At the same time, having exhausted the last of his strength, shouted. letter
"Tang Soul ~ Immortal! Datang ~ Wansheng! ”