Li Qinzai's military order was conveyed to the whole army, and the soldiers' cheers thundered, and the sound shook the sky. The soldiers' morale was so high that they immediately went up.
It's the same war, and there's a big difference between having a reward and not having one.
The soldiers are not that high-minded and are actually willing to serve the country and the king, but what they look forward to most is related to personal glory and wealth.
Either perform meritorious service on the battlefield and gain a wife and son, or plunder the enemy's country and make some money.
Now that the coach has ordered money to be distributed, doesn’t the road become wider?
Five hundred coins is not a small number. According to the current price level in Datang, this money is enough for a family to live steadily for a year or two.
The coach is so generous and generous, how could his soldiers not be willing to sacrifice their lives for him?
Li Qinzai was sitting in the handsome tent, listening to the cheers of the soldiers outside the tent, and his cheeks couldn't help but twitch a few times.
I feel like my body has been hollowed out...
It wasn't Xiao Baga who did it, it was all the soldiers in the army.
The money just extorted from Quan Xiancheng was sent out in the blink of an eye before even being handled.
Although the money was originally extorted by Li Qinzai on behalf of the soldiers, although the most basic bottom line of the coach is not to drink the blood of the soldiers...
But the feeling of heartache after giving away the money cannot be concealed.
At a quarter of the hour, the horns were wailing, and the soldiers walked out of the camp one after another and assembled in the open space.
The sound of the weapon's armor hitting its stomach hit Li Qinzai's heart.
Ding-dang-dang, that’s the sound of money falling to the ground...
After the soldiers gathered together, they walked out of the camp gate under the scolding of the general and headed towards Cangyan City.
Li Qinzai put on his armor and rode on his horse. He waited for the soldiers to leave the camp before leading his troops out of the camp in a hurry.
The scouts were still rushing back and forth, reporting the military situation on the front line to Li Qinzai.
The enemy troops outside Cangyan City also learned about the movements of Li Qinzai's army, and were mobilizing troops urgently and forming an array outside the south city.
Li Qinzai was not surprised. It was impossible to hide the movement of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses from the enemy. Therefore, Li Qinzai did not deliberately hide the traces of the army from before arriving at Cangyan City.
Thousands of soldiers and horses may be able to achieve a surprise effect, but with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is basically impossible to engage in sneak attack tactics.
With such a huge army, every move must be under the close surveillance of the enemy's scouts. Apart from the two armies arranging their formations to fight head-on, there are not many tactical strategies that can be implemented. Zhuge Liang also had to line up honestly after his rebirth.
Fortunately, the Tang army's firearms had an absolute advantage on the battlefield, and Li Qinzai was not worried about failure.
An hour later, the army arrived five miles outside Cangyan City.
Before Hei Te Changzhi's forward battalion had time to form their formation, they heard shouts of killing coming from a distance.
The enemy's commander was not stupid. He not only waited for the Tang army to come over, but also decided to take the initiative to attack before the Tang army could form a formation, trying to defeat the Tang army that was marching in disorder.
On the plain outside the city, only yellow sand can be seen rolling. Thousands of Goguryeo soldiers and horses are charging toward the forward camp of the Tang army. In the yellow sand, swords and halberds can be faintly seen shining, accompanied by scattered arrows falling, and even a few soldiers on the left and right wings can be seen.
The cavalry was going around the front and outflanking the Tang Army's forward camp from the side.
Hei Te Changzhi is a battle-hardened warrior. The reason why Li Qinzai asked him to lead the forward battalion was because he knew Hei Te Changzhi's life story in his previous life.
He is regarded as a rare famous general in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and his several victories recorded in history were basically based on the tactics of leading troops in surprise attacks.
Regarding the enemy's active surprise attack, Hei Te Changzhi was not panicked. While the enemy was still charging, he ordered the forward battalion to divide a thousand soldiers and horses into a rapid formation.
In an instant, a thousand soldiers and horses were divided into three rows, and three-eyed muskets were aimed at the enemy troops charging directly ahead.
The other two thousand soldiers and horses of the forward battalion quickly turned around and formed three rows facing the left and right wings respectively.
As the enemy troops approached the range of the three-eyed gun, Hei Te Changzhi stared at the enemy troops attacking from three sides, and suddenly shouted: "The whole battalion listens to the order, let go!"
There was a loud noise, followed by a scream of people and horses, and a large area of enemy troops on three sides fell.
"Put it back!"
There was another loud noise, and after the smoke cleared, countless enemy troops fell in front, being trampled mercilessly by the robes behind them. The corpses of men and horses became obstacles to the enemy's charge, and the momentum of the charge gradually slowed down.
After witnessing the power of the Tang Army's three-eyed gun with his own eyes, as the momentum of the charge slowed down, the enemy's morale also dropped.
There was disbelief in everyone's eyes. They couldn't imagine why the other party was motionless and just raised a black iron thing. After a loud noise and a burst of gunpowder smoke, he could effortlessly kill two people.
Kill anyone a hundred steps away.
Even long-range weapons such as bows and arrows have a tangible effect after being fired, but the weapons of the Tang army left no trace at all, and killed countless people with a loud bang.
Such a weapon is simply divine punishment, and the magical weapons used by the legendary immortals are nothing more than this.
The contest between advanced weapons and backward weapons is like being crushed by the wheels of history. No matter how hard they struggle, the laggards will be crushed under the wheels and their bones will be shattered. They will die with eyes closed, with the sadness of incomprehension and ignorance in their eyes until they die.
At this moment, the Tang army was crushing the Goguryeo army, relying on the weapons in their hands.
Even if the Goguryeo army took the lead in attacking before the Tang army could form a formation, even if they took the lead and took advantage of the opportunity.
However, the Tang army only laid out three rows of formations in a hasty manner, and completely defeated the Goguryeo army's advantage.
After three rounds of gunfire, the charging Goguryeo army showed signs of retreat.
Not only did the Goguryeo army on the front suffer heavy casualties, but the cavalry on the left and right flanks suffered even worse casualties. The cavalry had one man and one horse, and the target was much larger than the infantry.
Once the front row fell down during the charge, it would be difficult for the cavalry behind to maintain the momentum of the charge, and the Tang army's firearms would not be polite to them.
Round after round without interruption, before the cavalry could rush to the front of the formation, the left and right wings had basically suffered all their casualties.
Seeing that the enemy's morale was about to collapse and the enemy forces on the left and right flanks had basically been eliminated, Hei Te Changzhi decisively ordered the soldiers of the forward battalion to reorganize and slowly advance facing the front.
As a result, the Tang army's formation became more and more leisurely, strictly following military drills, loading ammunition and moving forward.
When Liu Renyuan led 5,000 soldiers and horses to the outside of Cangyan City and laid out the Chinese army's formation on the plain, Hei Te Changzhi's forward battalion had routed the surprise enemy troops.
After a rapid golden sound, the enemy troops retreated like a tide. They turned around and ran away in fear. They abandoned their helmets and armor for fear that they would be killed by the Tang army while running too fast. They did not even care about the injured Pao Ze, who threw them to the ground and howled in mourning.
The robes quickly scattered in all directions.
As soon as the central force of the Tang Army arrived, the enemies besieging the city in the south of Cangyan City had dispersed, leaving a blank area.