Chapter 185: The Hu people didn't dare to go south and herd horses
Both sides went to the battlefield with the confidence of victory.
Looking at the only 3,000 people on the opposite side, and then looking at the bustling army behind him, Jieli suddenly felt a big set.
With a gap of nearly 100 times, with such a huge disparity in troops, how could Zhao Mingyuan turn the sky upside down?
Even if Zhao Mingyuan is a great grandmaster, could it be that the three thousand people behind him are all innate masters?
Haha, three thousand innate masters, all the innate masters in the world together are not even three hundred, where can he find three hundred innate masters.
Even if Zhao Mingyuan, the world's number one master, can really be a thousand, or even a thousand enemies, there are still 200,000 troops here.
Not to mention 200,000 people, even if 200,000 pigs stood still and let Zhao Mingyuan cut it, he would have to be exhausted, and the sword would have to be broken for him.
Although it seems that his strategy is a little timid and even despicable, as a grassland person, Jieli naturally believes in pragmatism, as long as he can win, the winner will not be blamed.
Even, even if it is won by a despicable method, it is a manifestation of wisdom and cunning, which is a word of praise in the grassland.
Jieli asked, how can he lose when he is riding a flying dragon?
With such confidence, Jieli's whole aura was different, and he took out the momentum of the grassland overlord, and shouted at the opposite side: "The opposite side is Zhao Mingyuan, the king of Ming, please step forward and answer." ”
It seems that this is a routine pre-war verbal cannon session, and Zhao Mingyuan is naturally not afraid, and steps forward alone.
The grassland people have always admired heroes, and when they saw that Zhao Mingyuan dared to step forward alone to face the 200,000 army, even the Turkic warriors who were the enemy were all in their eyes when they looked at Zhao Mingyuan.
But seeing that Zhao Mingyuan couldn't help but step forward, getting closer and closer to them, Jieli Khan couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
Could it be that Zhao Mingyuan is really ready to rush into battle alone?
Is he crazy?
If a good emperor doesn't do it, why do you want to take risks?
Seeing that Zhao Mingyuan had already passed the midpoint of the two armies but still did not stop, Jieli Khan hurriedly shouted and asked Zhao Mingyuan not to move forward.
At the same time, the guards around him also bent their bows and arrows, and countless arrows with cold light pointed at Zhao Mingyuan.
Although Jieli Khan knew that such a move would reveal the cowardice in his heart, and would also make him lose his majesty in front of the army, which would be greatly detrimental to his rule.
But compared with the major events of life and death, the face at this time is just a small matter.
Fortunately, Zhao Mingyuan did not speed up his horse, but slowly stopped and stopped in front of the two armies alone.
Seeing this, Jieli Khan breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he couldn't help but feel annoyed by his performance just now, and shouted:
"Zhao Mingyuan! As a great grandmaster, you are acting despicably and shamelessly!
My Turkic national teacher, Lord Bi Xuan, went to Chang'an to mediate the battle between the Ming and Tang dynasties for the sake of peace between the two clans, but he was secretly poisoned by you.
Now, my Turkic army is heading south to avenge the national teacher, what else do you have to say? ”
Oh, I see.
No wonder Bi Xuan died for such a big thing, these grassland people did not have any fear in the face of Zhao Mingyuan, but they all shared the same hatred, so it was!
It seems that Jieli Khan concealed the truth of the matter, telling them that Zhao Mingyuan used despicable means to kill Wuzun Bi Xuan.
Of course, perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, this is the truth of the matter, and it is more reasonable.
After all, Wuzun Bi Xuan has been in charge of the grassland for decades, and he is an invincible existence like a god in the hearts of the people of the grassland, how could he lose?
What's more, he still joined forces with Fu Cailin, a Goguryeo sword master with the same name as him, but was easily killed by Zhao Mingyuan.
This truth is even more unbelievable than their lies.
If Zhao Mingyuan had such ability, he would already be in the realm of heavenly immortals and gods, and who in the mortal world could resist it?
So what else are they fighting?
simply knelt down and surrendered, begging Zhao Mingyuan for forgiveness.
Regarding the enemy's slander, Zhao Mingyuan naturally has no need to explain.
What else can be said about the dying man?
It's just that there is one thing, but Zhao Mingyuan is more curious and wants to understand.
So, Zhao Mingyuan asked, "Jieli Khan, I don't know something.
I don't know what was written on Li Yuan's letter to Ling?
Why did you suddenly make up your mind to go south? ”
Jieli Khan replied: "The Tang Dynasty was originally an ally of the Turks, and this time we went south because Li Tang spent a lot of money to invite us to maintain peace, and Lord Wuzun was just one step ahead.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Mingyuan, you actually ignored the identity of the great grandmaster, and personally infiltrated the Li Tang Palace through Yang Gong's treasure house to poison him.
Later, he led a large army to attack the Li Tang royal family, took the opportunity to kill Lord Wuzun and the sword master, and even strangled the Li Tang clan.
Such a shameless villain's behavior is really outrageous!
Immortal heaven is above, if I don't kill you, I will not be a man! ”
"Swear not to be a man!"
"Swear not to be a man!"
Listening to the murderous shouts of the people behind him, Jieli Khan understood that he had accomplished his goal of boosting morale, so he had no intention of saying more.
So, with a wave of his scimitar, the invincible golden wolf army that crisscrossed the grassland behind him rushed over.
Since he knew that Zhao Mingyuan's crossbowmen were powerful, and he dared to stop his army with only 3,000 people, he naturally had his confidence.
However, after careful study of these crossbowmen, Jieli Khan also had a way to deal with it.
It was nothing else that gave confidence to Jieli Khan, but his five thousand personal guards.
These guards are all familiar with bows and horses, and they are all heavily armoured, and they are all warriors with one as ten.
Although the grasslands are barren, the smelting technology is not good. However, in several battles with the Central Plains, Jieli Khan naturally got a lot of booty, which was enough for Jieli Khan to raise such an elite heavy armored cavalry.
Now, Jieli Khan was ready to use them to resist Zhao Mingyuan's crossbowmen.
Although Jieli Khan knew that these heavy cavalry were strong enough to resist crossbow arrows, they were too slow. If Zhao Mingyuan wanted to escape, they wouldn't be able to catch up at all.
That's enough, though.
Returning from the undefeated Zhao Mingyuan was enough to stabilize his prestige.
Having seen Bi Xuan's power, he naturally understood that if the Great Grandmaster didn't want to die and was bent on escaping, even if the army was in it, no one would be able to keep him.
As long as Zhao Mingyuan's undefeated myth is broken and his reputation plummets, it will definitely add twists and turns to Zhao Mingyuan's process of unifying the Central Plains.
Even if Zhao Mingyuan stabilized the situation, it would take a few years to truly unify the world.
At the same time, with the victory in this battle, Jieli Khan will surely increase in prestige, enough to truly unify the steppe during this time.
Although even if the grasslands are unified, there is no chance of winning in the Central Plains in the south, but the two sides can still confront each other.
This was the plan of the Khan of Jieli.
It's just that his wish will never come true.
Amid the sound of a long and far-reaching trumpet, the 200,000 Turkic army gradually began to accelerate, galloping from slow to fast.
The galloping scene of thousands of horses is shocking and daunting. And the one who rushed to the front was the five thousand heavily armored iron horsemen of Jieli Khan.
In the face of the charge of the army, Zhao Mingyuan really retreated as Jieli Khan thought.
Seeing this, Jieli Khan's heart was even more determined, and sure enough, the great master did not dare to face the siege of the army, which was stable!
But before Jieli Khan could put his mind at ease, something happened suddenly.
The heavily armored iron cavalry that rushed to the front had just stepped into the midpoint of the two armies when they heard "Bang!" There was a loud bang, followed by firelight, thunder, and neighing.
It's a mine!
Zhao Mingyuan arranged the battlefield in advance here, and planted many mines in front of the army formation.
Now, the war horses of the Turkic army stepped into the minefield, which naturally triggered the mechanism and burst open.
The casualties caused by this earth-shattering sound were secondary, but the sound of fire and thunder was the most terrifying for these war horses who had never been baptized with thermal weapons.
After being frightened, the horse naturally rampaged, and immediately messed up the military formation of the Turkic army.
But when the cavalry charges, where can they stop?
No matter what happened in front of them, the troops behind continued to rush forward.
Suddenly, as if there had been a series of car accidents, thousands of cavalry crashed into a ball, and countless casualties were lost.
With such an opportunity, how could Zhao Mingyuan miss it, and immediately led the army forward.
A small team galloped out, less than a hundred paces away in front of the enemy formation, and threw countless iron ball-shaped weapons with the help of horsepower.
Immediately, the roar of fire came again, and the chaos of the Turkic army was even more out of control.
This time it seemed that a critical point had been reached, and these war horses seemed to have finally realized the danger ahead, and they turned their horses' heads one after another and rushed towards the way they came.
No matter how the knights on the horses shouted, scolded or even pulled, they could not stop the instincts of these horses under the terror.
As a result, these thousands of fully draped war horses not only did not charge at the enemy, but rushed towards their own military formation.
Even if the Hu people are superb in equestrian skills, on the battlefield where the 200,000 troops gathered, people are next to people, horses are connected to horses, and there is no place to dodge.
They naturally understood that when the ten thousand horses were galloping, once they could not dodge and were thrown off the horse, how terrible it was to be trampled by the ten thousand horses, so they had to continue to charge forward.
But these are the heavy cavalry trained by Jieli Khan, how can it be that these ordinary soldiers can resist it.
As a result, these heavy cavalry crashed all the way to the depths of the military formation.
Just as the survivors breathed a sigh of relief and secretly sighed that they had escaped, they were greeted by thousands of bows and crossbows, arrows raining down, and fires and thundering.
Such a scene, not to mention the war horse, even the knight on the horse saw it and exclaimed, "Immortal Heaven is above!" ”
Almost instantly, the Turkic army was crushed, turned their horses' heads, and galloped wildly. lest the whip in his hand be drawn slowly, and he will be devoured by the demonic Ming army behind him.
Even if Jieli Khan tried his best, they could not stop the fear of the soldiers, and in the end they had no choice but to flee with them.
After this battle, seeing the horror of the Ming army, the Hu people all called Zhao Mingyuan the embodiment of immortality, regarded him as a god, and talked about it, and did not dare to have any disrespect at all.
As a result, in the face of Zhao Mingyuan's Daming, the various tribes in the grassland were silent, and they no longer dared to speak in vain about going south to herd horses.
(End of chapter)