Wang Junlin's invincible and illustrious deeds are there, especially since the Battle of Goguryeo was less than half a year ago. Even though Li Zixiong led Wang Junlin with more than four times the force, he still felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.
However, Li Zixiong was not afraid at all. Even because he was dealing with Wang Junlin, a legendary figure in the world, he felt as if he had been given a shot of blood, because as long as he killed Wang Junlin today, he would definitely become famous all over the world.
In troubled times, reputation is very important.
The most important thing is that on his way here when he mobilized his troops, Yu Wenhuaji of the Yuwen family found him, and he also brought an imperial edict.
The imperial edict was for Yuwenshu and his son to ask Wang Junlin for an antidote, but at the end there was a sentence saying that if the antidote was not given, they would be surrounded and killed.
Li Zixiong was very doubtful about the authenticity of the last sentence of the imperial edict, but he was happy to see it come to fruition, because it gave him some legitimacy to privately deploy troops to besiege and kill Wang Junlin.
Therefore, he acted more and more without scruples, launched operations quickly in advance, and sent a large number of spies in the direction of Wang Junlin. He was able to determine Wang Junlin's route in advance, and blocked his 20,000 troops in front of Wang Junlin.
When Wang Junlin led more than 4,000 people to the pass, the sun was setting and the moon was rising. It was already dark and it was night.
At this time, Yu Wenhuaji and hundreds of Yuwen family masters were also in Li Zixiong's army.
Yu Wenhuaji looked at the morale of the army under the leadership of Li Zixiong and found that Li Zixiong's troops looked like strong and elite soldiers. He nodded slightly with joy and expressed satisfaction, and then solemnly said to Li Zixiong: "General Li, if you deal with Wang Junlin, everything will be done."
Never underestimate the enemy! To be honest with the general, we surrounded Wang Junlin near Luoyang City and mobilized 10,000 cavalry, but he defeated him head-on."
Li Zixiong said with high spirits: "Don't worry, Mr. Yuwen, you are calling 10,000 cavalry because the three families of horses came together temporarily and lacked cooperation. This time, 20,000 cavalry were originally used to deal with the opponent. Wang Junlin had less than 5,000 cavalry. Not to mention that he was able to capture them.
If you pay a certain price, you will definitely be able to surround and kill him. Of course, facing people like Wang Junlin, I will never take it lightly. I will go all out with the intention of fighting a lion with a tiger, so Master Yuwen is waiting.
I will tie Wang Junlin to you and hand it over to your Yuwen family..."
Li Zixiong was talking, and in the distance, on the other side of the hills, a black shadow spread up with little bits of firelight.
It was more than 4,000 cavalry led by Wang Junlin. They rushed here in the night, with a little bit of fire. But not long after, the light spread out. It was the cavalry who ignited the fire and wrapped it with tarpaulin while running.
of arrows.
Li Zixiong's expression condensed and he shouted: "Form up!"
The sound spread, and tens of thousands of people in front of his men and horses shouted in unison: "Form up..." This neat sound shook the entire night sky in an instant, and thousands of infantrymen crowded in the field.
Together, the shields were raised, the spears were like a forest, and the archers raised their long bows. Then, in the middle of the formation, the second formation shouted in unison: "Formation..." Then came the third formation...
Four formations......
Li Zixiong was able to guard Liaodong in the Sui Dynasty, and his troops were indeed elite soldiers. At this time, using this kind of neat shouting during battle to boost the morale of the entire battle formation was also very effective. The shouting of thousands of people was as good as tens of thousands of people.
How big the difference is between drinking and drinking is difficult for most people to imagine without actual experience.
Tens of thousands of people drank in unison like this, which is enough to make people feel that these 20,000 people will work together and their morale is like a rainbow. Yu Wenhuaji was also a general, and he was a person who knew and understood soldiers. He spent nearly a month with him.
Comparing the 10,000 cavalrymen who ambush Wang Junlin outside Luoyang City, there is indeed a big difference. The confidence lost due to the two failed ambush on Wang Junlin can not help but be filled again.
Arrows are like locusts flying across the night sky.
There was not much psychological preparation. After Wang Junlin and his cavalry fired their rockets, they faced the same rain of arrows and had no intention of slowing down. It was just that everyone was wearing iron armor and the horses had thin armor on their heads.
He also held a thin armor shield produced by Shedao in Fanyang County, and swung the weapon in his left hand like the wind to knock away the incoming arrows.
In the front line of Li Zixiong's army, the infantrymen were closely aligned with their horses and had been squeezed into a large airtight mass. On the side of the army formation, the five thousand cavalry under Li Zixiong were also galloping and mobilizing rapidly.
Under normal circumstances, the cavalry faced an iron barrel-like defense on the battlefield. After the first round of shooting, the cavalry horses would circle sideways, keeping a distance, and looking for fighters. But on this night, nothing went as expected.
happened.
The army formation of 20,000 people stretched forward. A group of more than 4,000 cavalrymen at the front rushed through the so-called "place of one arrow". Except for a few cavalrymen who were hit by arrows, they were left at the rear of the group. The others
During the high-speed running process, they actually maintained a very good charge formation, as if they were one unit.
Li Zixiong was shocked when he saw this scene. This was something that only the most elite cavalry in the legend could do. After all, facing a hail of arrows and running at high speed, it was almost impossible for all the cavalry to maintain the same speed. But in front of him, Wang Junlin brought this
The cavalry actually did it.
"So neat, how is this trained, and how is it done?" Li Zixiong looked incredulous, but he didn't know that on the one hand, this was because Wang Junlin's army had always attached great importance to training formations, but on the other hand, it was because Wang Junlin
The blood-maned horse under Jun Lin's crotch is the true king among horses. When it neighs, other war horses will naturally follow closely behind Wang Junlin and launch a charge.
Soon, the distance between the two sides was so close that there was no chance for either side to shoot arrows.
But when he was about forty steps away, Wang Junlin suddenly shouted: "Yi!"
A grenade still came out from the hands of his men and fell into Li Zixiong's army. Amidst the explosion, Li Zixiong's battle formation screamed. Although it did not collapse immediately, many morale was stunned.
Everyone pulled out their own weapons such as steel knives and iron spears, shouted loudly, and their eyes were red with blood. Wang Junlin led more than 4,000 elite cavalry, with ten cavalry in a row, lining up tightly together, and ran.
Rowing together, as if all the cavalry were connected by some invisible rope, they rushed straight to the front of Li Zixiong's army.
At this moment, no one can retreat.
"Could it be a chain horse, but you can't see the rope!" Yu Wenhuaji had just told Li Zixiong that Wang Junlin had a grenade in his hand. The latter was also mentally prepared and recovered to the greatest extent as soon as possible.
After entering the battle formation, Yu Wenhuaji had some experience. He was also surprised by the neatness of Wang Junlin's cavalry formation, and at the same time, he couldn't help but murmur to himself.