The first thousand five hundred and eighty-nine chapters are so fast
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour...an hour...
There is no hourglass here, let alone a clock. Time just passes silently.
Li Guangming and Du Youchao seemed to be addicted to fighting with the Far East Army, and they never saw a retreat. This almost made Li Shimin and others wonder if they had won the battle by accident!
But...reason told Li Shimin that this possibility was so small that it could be ignored.
Li Shimin frowned tightly. He was worried that Li Guangming and Du Youchao were entangled by the Far East Army and that they had been completely trapped.
However, according to the strength shown by the Far East Army during the daytime battle between the two sides, it was comparable to them. Even with the advantage of equipment, they had thousands more troops, and Li Guangming and Du Youchao were not incompetent people, so
It should be impossible to get entangled and unable to escape.
Waiting until the sun rose high, it was estimated that the hour had passed. Li Shimin, who was increasingly worried, finally saw a dusty gray dragon running toward the west.
It was the dust brought up by the rapid movement of a large number of cavalry and infantry.
"Here we come!" Li Shimin's hanging heart was mostly relieved. He couldn't help but take a long breath, cheered in his heart, and straightened his body.
The 50,000 Li family soldiers did not need to be reminded, and they cheered up one after another. Some of the impatient cavalrymen were already stroking the fur of their mounts, waiting for the order to jump on their horses.
According to the plan, the cavalry of the Li family army would be the first to rush out and intercept the Far Eastern Army, and then the infantry would set up an encirclement and coordinate with the cavalry in a battle formation to surround and kill all the pursuing Far Eastern Army.
It took a long time to wait, but once I saw the defeated soldiers, it was as if someone had made a big hole in the hourglass. I just saw the dust kicked up when the defeated soldiers retreated, and it felt like I blinked my eyes, and immediately
You can clearly see the defeated soldiers fleeing hastily westward.
There were approximately 10,000 Li family cavalrymen and 4,000 to 5,000 infantrymen, with their battle flags swaying this way and that, and they fled towards them in a panic.
Immediately afterwards, they saw more than 10,000 cavalry and more than 10,000 infantry following closely behind them, roaring and firing arrows.
It was the Far Eastern Army that was in hot pursuit.
"There are still 20,000 people left, and more than 10,000 people died." Li Shimin's heart sank. Although Du Youchao and Li Guangming led the Far East Army over, their own losses were too much. In Li Shimin's plan
It cannot exceed five thousand people.
However, if it's acting, Du Youchao and Li Guangming's acting is really good.
The fleeing Li Jiajun deliberately failed to get too far away from the Far East Army, and Du Youchao was also extremely ruthless in his actions. He even had the style of a general. He would rather let the Li Jiajun soldiers who were lagging behind be shot down by the chasing Far East Army from time to time.
Then the cavalrymen of the Far Eastern Army who were pursuing them at the front stepped over them.
Seeing that Du Youchao seemed to be truly defeated in such an embarrassing manner, with the soldiers at the rear being shot down one after another and being trampled to pieces by the Far Eastern Army cavalry at the front, Li Shimin felt like he was beating a drum in his heart, but at this moment he
I didn't feel the slightest bit of intolerance in my heart, I just hoped that Du Youchao would continue to put on a good show and not ruin anything big.
Otherwise, the loss of more than 10,000 soldiers would have been in vain. Today, only by annihilating the more than 30,000 Far Eastern Army chasing after them can this be done without losing money.
at present
Judging from the results, Du Youchao did not disappoint Li Shimin, nor did he forget his mission.
Li Shimin saw that beside Du Youchao, several Zhiqi banners were still carrying his banner, rushing straight towards Huangyang Slope, and behind him, more than 30,000 Far Eastern troops were chasing closely.
The man in charge of this Far East Army was Yuchi Jingde, the commander-in-chief of the Tiger Battalion. Perhaps he was also eager for meritorious service. He seemed to be determined to completely annihilate the Li family's army led by Du Youchao. They divided into three teams and pursued them all the way behind them.
, the other two groups rushed from both sides, trying to outflank the army led by Du Youchao who was "defeated".
This made Li Shimin and others feel half relieved. Such chases were commonplace in wars.
Once one side loses in a war, the victor will pursue them relentlessly in order to maximize their victory. It is common to pursue them for hundreds of miles, and it is not uncommon to pursue them for thousands of miles, because in this way they can defeat the defeated party.
Kill all the enemies.
If it were a long-distance pursuit, most of the defeated would end up with their entire army annihilated, but at this moment it was only a mere dozen miles away!
In the blink of an eye, Li Shimin felt that Du Youchao had almost rushed to him!
Then, when he gave the order, he heard the sound of the horn that resounded through the sky! Immediately afterwards, there was a deafening cry of killing! He roared, jumped on the horse first, shouted, and took 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 cavalry around him.
The infantry rushed out.
At the same time, 5,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry on the left and right sides, led by generals, attacked the 30,000-strong Tiger Battalion led by Yuchi Jingde.
Then, from a distance, Li Shimin saw Du Youchao suddenly turning his horse's head, shouting something loudly, and leading his cavalry back into the Far Eastern Army's formation.
However, the infantrymen of the Li Family Army who were originally fleeing for their lives, under the loud shouts of the officers, panted and turned around to form a team, formed a formation, and together with the ambush troops, annihilated the pursuing Far Eastern Army.
The more than 30,000 soldiers of the Far East Army who had been chasing the remnants of Du Youchao's troops seemed to be stunned by this sudden turn of events. It took them a while to react, and the cavalry at the front was quite overwhelmed and fought with the Li family's army.
Go to one place.
But being surrounded by at least 50,000 fresh troops from the other side, this seemed to be a battle that was already decided.
In front of me, the Far East Army was blocked by Li Shimin and Du Youchao, and was about to be penetrated by the Li Jiajun cavalry on both wings. Then it would be surrounded layer by layer by the Li Jiajun infantry and eventually be killed.
This is what Li Shimin planned. So far, except for the tragic death of the men Du Youchao brought as bait, everything seems to be going smoothly.
However, the reaction of the more than 30,000 troops led by Yuchi Jingde was a little quick.
Without waiting for Yuchi Jingde's order, as the horns of the messengers beside Yuchi Jingde sounded, the Tiger Battalion's cavalry suddenly divided into three parts, blocking the Li Army in front and on both sides.
At the same time, Yuchi Jingde shouted loudly: "All the infantry will set up a spear formation, and our formation will set up a crescent moon formation. The cavalry will block the enemy and give the infantry time to set up their formation!"
As soon as Yuchi Jingde gave the order, the flag and drum orders were immediately passed down, and the three armies immediately took action. The advantages of the Far East Army in orderly training in formation and battle formation changes were immediately revealed, plus there were no burdens such as grain trucks and baggage.
In need of care, the speed of setting up the formation was so fast that Li Shimin and other generals of the Li Family Army felt chills in their hearts when they saw it.
In fact, as soon as the cavalry of the Li Family Army engaged the cavalry of the Far Eastern Army, the Far Eastern Army's infantry had already laid out several spear battle formations. The crossbowmen behind them were already in position, and their arrows were pointing diagonally into the sky.
Therefore, Li Shimin's cavalry seemed to have only entangled the Far Eastern Army's cavalry. Although it seemed to be surrounded by the Li Jiajun infantry, the Li Jiajun's plan was to split the Far East Army into three parts from the two wings, and then surround them separately, allowing the Far East Army to do their own thing.
The war plan failed.
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin's heart suddenly sank. The Far East Army's battlefield response was so fast that Li Shimin found it incredible.
He even believed that even if the Far East Army knew in advance that there was an ambush here, it would be difficult for them to do so quickly.
But he didn't know that every soldier of the Far East Army has a training program - queue training. This kind of training can not only strengthen the soldiers' awareness of obedience and order and prohibition, but also maximize the improvement of the relationship among soldiers.
Cooperation and cooperation, especially the speed of change of battle formations and rapid deployment on the battlefield.
In the original plan, Li Shimin's Chinese army would take advantage of the situation to attack the center of the Far Eastern Army. The Far Eastern Army would inevitably spread its front and rear formations too far during the pursuit. No matter how brave and skillful they were, when they were ambushed and split into several parts,
It is also difficult to withstand the power of Li Jiajun's 50,000 fresh troops and 20,000 Du, who have more than 20,000 horses, turning around and striking with thunder.
At that time, the Li Jiajun immediately fell into chaos and became panicked all day long. They turned their horses and formed a mess.
It's a pity that all this was Li Shimin's expectation. Apart from being surrounded by them, the Far Eastern Army in front of them did not panic at all. Not only the infantry, under the cover of the cavalry, had completed the deployment of battle formations. The cavalry was divided into three parts and faced three directions.
When the Li Jiajun intercepted, they did not rush forward in a chaotic manner, but formed a neat cavalry charge formation, and even fired a wave of grenades before charging forward.
Even if Li Shimin took precautions in advance and stuffed things in the ears of his war horses, after a series of explosions, he lost one or two thousand people at once. Their attack and charge were immediately greatly affected, so that by the time both sides waited
When the cavalry charged together, the Li army did not have much advantage.
"Fortunately, there is also Li Guangming's team." Li Shimin murmured to himself with a solemn expression while killing the enemy.
At this moment, the sound of horns also sounded in the east. Like a magic trick, Li Guangming led 10,000 soldiers and horses out of the woods and blocked the Far Eastern Army's escape path.
Unfortunately, no one in the Far East Army escaped at all. Even the infantry formations they set up did not face their backs. Instead, they set up hedgehog formations. So when Li Guangming rushed towards the Far East Army with 10,000 horses,
, it was not as devastating as imagined, but like a flood meeting a hard dam, being blocked to death, not to mention killing hundreds of the cavalry at the front instantly. Of course, this wave of rush also caused the Far East Army to
More than a hundred people died.
But it was nothing more than that. After these more than a hundred people, it would be difficult for the cavalry from the rear of the Li Army to cause too many casualties to the Far Eastern Army's infantry phalanx.
At this point, the two sides were fighting inextricably for a while, and it was not obvious that the Far Eastern Army would be defeated in a short time.
Of course, the strength of the Li family's army is two or three times that of the opponent. If they continue to kill like this, there is no chance of victory.