In Li Shimin's view, perhaps Zhao Mingyuan has indeed experienced not many wars, and he is still a little immature in the art of war.

But the strength of the army in Zhao Mingyuan's hands is too strong, enough to make up for all the gaps.

To put it simply, Li Shimin and Zhao Mingyuan are like the two veins of Huashan's Sword Sect and Qi Sect.

Although the Sword Sect is skilled in swordsmanship, it does not have high requirements for internal strength.

However, once the internal force of the Qi Sect is strong to a certain extent, a generation gap is formed.

No matter how exquisite the Sword Sect's swordsmanship was, it couldn't break the Qi Sect's True Qi Protective Body, and he was no longer able to return to the sky.

Of course, judging from the current performance of the Ming army, although its equipment is excellent, it has not yet gained absolute superiority, and the Tang army still has the strength to fight.

can think of the gunpowder weapons that the Ming army has never appeared in this battle, but the worry in Li Shimin's heart cannot be erased.

Although the gunpowder bag needs to be thrown by a catapult, it is indeed not suitable for this battlefield.

However, will Zhao Mingyuan have other new weapons there?

Looking at the neatly arranged reserve behind the Ming army, Li Shimin couldn't help but cast a shadow in his heart. It was as if they could turn into poisonous snakes and beasts at any moment and devour him alive.

In fact, the reserve team is a reserve force that almost every handsome talent will retain.

In fact, so far in this battle, even though the Tang army has suffered huge sacrifices, Li Shimin has not let his Xuanjia army play. Instead, they stay by their side to protect them, and at the same time exist as an emergency reserve army, ready to rescue at any time.

Similarly, the mounted cavalry on the side of the Ming army did not move.

Li Shimin understood that he was guarding against his Xuanjia Iron Horseman.

The cavalry on both sides can be regarded as holding each other back.

It's just that Li Shimin saw that there was obviously another army behind Zhao Mingyuan. The color of his clothing is very different from that of others, and he does not emphasize his armor.

Obviously, it must be a special army, and it is very likely to be Zhao Mingyuan's backhand.

Seeing that each of them has a war horse by his side, are they light cavalry?

Li Shimin was a little puzzled.

The light cavalry is indeed very useful in charging and chasing the north, but it does not seem to be enough to be called a rear hand.

Li Shimin always felt a little strange, as if there was a big secret in it.

Perhaps the outcome of this war will depend on the strength of that army.

It's a pity that Li Shimin no longer has the opportunity to test and force Zhao Mingyuan to send that army into battle.

Because he found that if he didn't make a move, he was afraid that the Tang army would be defeated by the Ming army.

Even if they resist layer by layer, fight and retreat, and stretch the battle line to weaken the Ming army's offensive, this will naturally be accompanied by huge sacrifices.

Although it was a deception according to a strategy, it was actually no different from a real defeat.

On the road where the Tang army fought and retreated, the corpses pillowed and blood was spilled all the way.

Fortunately, most of the Tang army had already retreated, otherwise if they saw such a tragic situation, they were afraid that the Tang army would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, the army was beaten back by the Ming army, and even the low-level soldiers of the Tang Army knew this.

If they don't counterattack and keep retreating like this, sooner or later these soldiers will not be able to withstand the pressure and collapse, and they will flee separately. At that time, it will be a big rout, and the Tang army will no longer be able to return to the sky.

Thinking of this, I saw that the time had come, and I couldn't wait any longer.

Li Shimin immediately ordered the drumming to cheer, and personally led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to charge towards the Ming army.

After receiving the order, the generals of the Tang Army also led their troops to counterattack.

Under the leadership of the generals, elite squads plunged into the Ming army like sharp blades, dividing the battlefield into pieces one after another.

This was the counteroffensive measure of the Tang army, which kept dividing the Ming army, making it difficult to command and make it difficult to command, so that they fought separately.

The Tang army took advantage of this opportunity to concentrate superior forces, gradually encroach, and accumulate local advantages to achieve a great victory.

It's a pity that although Li Shimin's strategy is good and very feasible, he just met Zhao Mingyuan, an open player.

Seeing that the Tang army began to counterattack, Zhao Mingyuan naturally understood that the time had come to finally decide success or failure.

As long as this counteroffensive of the Tang army is defeated, the morale of the Tang army will be greatly reduced when it sees that there is no hope of victory, and the accumulated pressure will inevitably pour out like a flood that opens the floodgates, and finally collapse to the point that it can only be slaughtered by others.

It seems that it is time to turn this hole card.

Zhao Mingyuan's hole card is naturally not those armored cavalry, but the so-called light cavalry that Li Shimin is worried about.

Of course, it is not wrong to say that it is light cavalry.

It's just that their weapons are not the bows and arrows of traditional hussars, but crossbows.

This is not an ordinary crossbow, but a repeater that was made after Lu Miaozi and Zhao Mingyuan worked together to improve it.

In fact, Lu Miaozi had already made a delicate hand crossbow, which could shoot fifteen arrows in one shot and three shots in a row.

Zhao Mingyuan saw it and found that it was indeed exquisite.

But it's too subtle.

Not only does it require special materials to manufacture, but the process is also extremely complex, and it is quite troublesome to maintain, which is not suitable for large-scale assembly at all.

The killing weapon on the battlefield doesn't need to be so elaborate.

So, the two of them used this as a basis to transform it.

Today, the crossbows used by these cavalrymen are the result of their efforts.

The entire body is made of stainless steel, and the bowstring is made of several steel wires, which can be leaned on a horse and stepped on by foot. Even at Zhao Mingyuan's suggestion, a pulley block was added to make it more labor-saving.

Thus, this terrifying weapon of mass murder was born.

This freshly baked steel repeater can fire fifteen arrows at a time, and can be fired three times in a row.

It seems that the ammunition capacity of the hand crossbow originally designed by Lu Miaoko has been reduced, but its power has not only increased, but its range is 300 meters.

Moreover, Zhao Mingyuan imitated the principle of the magazine, so that each crossbowman had a special arrow clip, which contained ninety crossbow arrows, which greatly increased its rate of fire.

It seems that each crossbowman can only carry a total of 4 arrows in a salvo.

There are a total of 3,000 crossbowmen, and each salvo can fire 90,000 crossbow arrows in a matter of seconds. Four salvos can be fired in three minutes, with a total of 360,000 crossbow arrows, enough to fill every inch of this narrow battlefield.

Such a power should not be underestimated even in the era of queuing to be shot, and it is simply a dimensionality reduction blow now.

With an order, everyone pulled the trigger.

In an instant, 90,000 crossbow arrows flew by, like dark clouds, towards the Tang army.

With such a density, there is no need for any aiming at all.

The covered area suddenly fell silent, and then the sound of falling to the ground was endless, and a clearing suddenly appeared in the middle of the huge battlefield.

The few people standing here and there in that area turned out to be all heavily armored soldiers.

While everyone was shocked, the crossbowmen did not stand still, but instead beat their horses and headed for the next target.

In the process of marching, they easily completed the difficult maneuver of winding and changing magazines.

This is naturally due to the saddle and Takahashi stirrups.

Then, in less than a minute, they fired another volley of crossbows, and the Grim Reaper's harvest came again, and an open space appeared on the battlefield.

"Ahhh

Li Shimin roared angrily and led the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry to rush towards this crossbow team.

Now, seeing Zhao Mingyuan's hole cards, Li Shimin no longer has any idea of winning. The only idea is to stop this team's constant firing and reserve some more strength for Li Tang.

It's a pity that they were stopped by the prepared Ming army's iron cavalry, allowing him to flash left and right, but they were always firmly glued, and there was no time to stop those crossbowmen.

In fact, the heavy cavalry could not keep up with the light cavalry, and they could not pose any threat to the crossbowmen.

It's just that in order to prevent them from interfering with the salvo effect of the crossbowmen, Zhao Mingyuan arranged for these reserve heavy cavalry to go to block and guard in advance.

As a result, these 3,000-year-old crossbowmen no longer have any worries, and they can be like mobile batteries to name the dense places of the Tang army.

Everywhere he went, the Tang army was terrified, and they turned around and fled.

Before the four volleys were completed, the Tang army had already collapsed first, and a group of soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies.

"His Royal Highness King Qin, go! Come on!

Otherwise, you won't be able to leave for a while! ”

Seeing that the defeat was decided, the generals on the left and right persuaded Li Shimin to leave.

"Let's go? Where to go? ”

Li Shimin smiled miserably.

The eldest grandson Wuji's plan to flee to Jinyang was actually just a last-minute breath.

With such a strong army, as long as the Ming army arrives, they will only be defeated again.

And then what?

Do you continue to flee, flee to the desert, and take refuge in a foreign race?

Hehe, not to mention that Li Shimin is not so thick-skinned, even if he really defects to the Turks, can they beat the Ming army?

Li Shimin, who is well versed in military affairs, naturally knows the power of this crossbowman, but what is even more frightening is Zhao Mingyuan's endless followers.

Who knows how much he still has in his hands?

This person is poisonous, and he has to hide it even if he is so powerful, this is the case in martial arts, and it is also the case in military affairs.

"Forget it, don't go.

Since the left and right are dead, let me die in the path of the charge!

Ladies and gentlemen! If you are not afraid of death, just charge with me! ”

With that, Li Shimin rode forward alone and rushed towards Zhao Mingyuan under the Ming army marshal.

Left and right followed, but no one slipped away and sneaked away.

After killing the sword mountain and the sea of blood, and passing through many obstacles, Li Shimin finally killed Zhao Mingyuan. Not far away, under the handsome banner of the Ming army, the figure in gold armor was clearly visible.

Looking around, he was the only one left, and everyone else had fallen in the way of the charge.

But at this time, Li Shimin was also exhausted, and this short distance of dozens of steps was already a world apart.

Seeing this tragic scene, Zhao Mingyuan also felt something, and ordered the left and right to get out of the way and let Li Shimin come.

At this time, Li Shimin's mount had already died tragically, and his armor had already been shattered, and his whole body was stained red with blood.

Staggering to Zhao Mingyuan's horse, Li Shimin took his last breath and stabbed a sword at Zhao Mingyuan.

For such an opponent, Zhao Mingyuan naturally gave respect.

Drew out the golden sword, cut off Li Shimin's matching sword with one sword, and slashed his head with another sword.

Seeing Li Shimin finally die under his sword, Zhao Mingyuan had never felt so clearly for a moment that he had finally changed the future of this world.

(End of chapter)