This is an encounter in which the strengths of both sides are unequal.
The range of the Tang Army's three-eyed muskets was about two hundred steps, while the range of the opponent's bows and arrows was only a little over a hundred steps. In other words, between two hundred and one hundred steps, a bloody zone of unilateral massacre was formed on the battlefield.
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The Goguryeo army's charge had to break through these one hundred steps before they could reach the Tang army's front line and fight with the Tang army.
And these one hundred steps are hell for many people, the last journey in their lives.
The three-eyed blunderbuss of the Tang Army fired densely and continuously. The gunpowder was mixed with lead and iron pellets. Once fired, it fired in a fan shape. A row of musketeers fired in unison, which was an overwhelming barrage of projectiles. There was no way to avoid them in front of them.
The place.
When the Goguryeo army charged to the Tang army's front line, the entire army was in dilapidated condition, with only a thousand people left, most of whom were injured.
Despite this, the Goguryeo army still used up the last bit of strength in their lives and fiercely slashed their swords towards the front line of the Tang army.
Regarding the enemy's charge, the Tang army had already conducted careful drills. When the remaining enemy troops charged to the front of the formation, the shield array immediately stepped forward to take up positions. A row of shields perfectly blocked the enemy's swords and halberds.
And from the gaps in the shield, spears and halberds stretched out, stabbing the enemy's body hard.
From engagement to victory, it only took the Tang army a stick of incense to end the encounter.
The Tang army was completely victorious.
It is not so much a fight between the two armies as it is the crushing of advanced civilization against backward civilization.
When there were no more Goguryeo soldiers left standing on the battlefield, the Tang army soldiers burst into thunderous cheers.
In this battle, Goguryeo's 5,000 enemy troops were completely wiped out, and the Tang army suffered about a hundred casualties. It was an undisputed victory.
After the war, Hei Te Changzhi ordered the battlefield to be cleaned. He personally walked to the body of a Goguryeo general who died in the battle, looked at it carefully, and found several corpses of ordinary soldiers. Finally, Hei Te Changzhi sighed.
After cleaning up, the soldiers of the forward battalion returned to the camp and resumed their duties.
It was already noon, and Li Qinzai was still waiting for news in the commander's tent. When the scouts came to report that our army had defeated Goguryeo in the first battle, Li Qinzai's expression was not surprised.
A great victory is of course a normal result, but a defeat is shocking.
Not long after, the soldiers of the forward battalion returned to the camp in triumph, and Hei Te Changzhi went directly to the commander's tent to report his victory.
Standing in front of Li Qinzai, Black Tooth Changzhi Wuyishi reported the encounter.
Li Qinzai nodded and asked, "How strong is the Goguryeo army?"
Hei Te Changzhi said without hesitation: "You are very brave. It's not because you have the ambition of others, but because you think that the soldiers of this country are powerful enemies and should not be underestimated."
Li Qinzai said slowly: "If our soldiers do not have firearms, but use swords and halberds to confront the enemy head-on, without talking about formations or strategies, and just fight with their lives, what will General Black Teeth think of the victory or defeat?"
Black Teeth Changzhi thought for a while and said: "Win or lose four or six times, Goguryeo four, Tang Dynasty six."
Li Qinzai moved slightly.
He did not doubt Hei Te Changzhi's words. Having read history books in his previous life, he knew very well that the emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties made several eastern expeditions, but failed to destroy Goguryeo. Each time, they were defeated and had to retreat.
Even Taizong Li Shimin, who had no defeat in his life, failed to conquer the country.
Later generations summarized many reasons, including political, climate, strategic and objective reasons. In short, most of them are "crimes other than war".
But Li Qinzai felt that the combat power of the Goguryeo army was definitely an important reason that could not be ignored.
Goguryeo is a mountainous country and there is not much land suitable for farming, so the common people in the country have been working hard to survive all year round.
Poor mountains and harsh waters encourage a fierce and martial spirit. If this kind of fierce spirit is used on the battlefield, it will be a nightmare for the enemy.
Hei Te Changzhi sighed: "Although our army suffered very few casualties in today's battle, it has to be said that due to the sharpness of the firearms, after the enemy charged, thousands of them were knocked down within a hundred steps, and only a thousand survived.
Remain."
"Knowing that he had no chance of winning, he would be facing death if he charged forward. However, none of the remaining thousands of enemy troops retreated and fled. They still rushed to our front line without fear of death, and used all their strength to give the final blow.
He was killed by our soldiers in front of the battle."
"With such a brave and fearless army, the general will think that Li Shuai should take it seriously and never underestimate the enemy, otherwise it will be a big disaster for our army."
Li Qinzai nodded slowly. He sent the forward battalion to test the enemy today. Whether he could annihilate the enemy troops was not important. Li Qinzai needed to wait for an answer, which was the judgment of his generals on the combat effectiveness of the Goguryeo army.
Now that Li Qinzai was waiting for the answer, he paid more and more attention to Goguryeo, an enemy country.
For this battle, Li Qinzai made many arrangements. In addition to the forward battalion, generals such as Wang Fangyi, Liu Renyuan, Pei Zhengqing, etc. were assigned tasks. On this land with a radius of twenty miles, Li Qinzai laid a dragnet just for this force.
The Goguryeo army of five thousand men.
However, this Goguryeo army, which preferred death to escape, was quickly surrendered to the swords, halberds and firearms of the forward camp, and Li Qinzai's other arrangements were ineffective.
Hei Te Changzhi hesitated for a moment and then said: "There is one more thing that I need to report to Commander Li."
"explain."
"When cleaning the battlefield, I discovered that many of the 5,000-strong Goguryeo army were survivors of the original Baekje Kingdom. I looked through their clothes and found that they were all from the former Baekje Kingdom.
apparel."
"In other words, when Baekje was destroyed, countless survivors fled to Goguryeo. After Goguryeo took them in, they incorporated young men into the army. In just a few years, these Baekje survivors became as brave as the Goguryeo people on the battlefield.
Not afraid of death."
Li Qinzai was stunned for a long time, his expression became more solemn, and after a long time he slowly said: "General Black Teeth, what you said today is very useful to me and our entire army. Thank you very much."
Hei Te Changzhi hurriedly clasped his fists: "The last general will eat up the wealth of the Tang Dynasty and show his loyalty to his subjects. This is what he should do. He dare not be thanked by Commander Li."
Li Qinzai sighed: "This 5,000-strong Goguryeo army is just their vanguard. Not far from here, there is also their main army of more than 20,000 people. Judging from today's battle, fighting with their main force is beyond my imagination.
It’s so easy.”
"Everything is at Li Shuai's disposal, and all the generals and the vanguard battalion will obey his orders."
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On the mountain road in the rugged area, Xue Ne and his four men were staggering along.
The mountain road is narrow and muddy, making it difficult for mules and horses to travel, and it is impossible for people to ride on mules and horses. It is easy for people and mules to climb down the cliff.
Xue Ne and others had been walking for two whole days. He had never experienced such hardship before. At this moment, he was about to collapse. After walking a few steps, he slapped himself hard, hating himself for having a sudden convulsion and sneaking out of the camp.
Isn't it good to make money peacefully and peacefully without making any achievements?
So what if his father whips him when he comes home? Does he dare to whip himself to death? As long as he survives the whipping, he will be a good man again after he recovers from his injuries, and he can arrogantly use the money he earns to eat, drink and gamble, becoming a fresh but unconventional rich man.
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So, when I decided to leave the camp to look for opportunities to make meritorious deeds, what kind of medicine did I take wrongly?