Chapter 192: Agree to lose but not to win and lure the enemy into deep

On March 20, 20th, Wude, Changsun Shunde, the general of the Left Guard of the Tang Dynasty, led 40,000 infantry and cavalry to Hangu Pass. This army almost included all the mobile troops of the Tang Dynasty in the Guanzhong area. It was well-equipped, well-trained, and quite combat-effective. Their arrival boosted the morale of the Tang army, who was depressed due to consecutive defeats, and seemed to see hope again.

Changsun Shunde was the clan uncle of Changsun Wugui and Changsun Wuji, and was also a founding hero of the Tang Dynasty. During the Sui Dynasty, the Changsun family had many of their descendants because of Changsun Sheng. At that time, Changsun Shunde was promoted to Zuoxun Guard (from the seventh rank). Although the three guards had low rank and high status, they could be promoted from this and were highly valued by people at that time. When Yang Guang fought for the third Goguryeo, Changsun Shunde was among the recruits. In order to avoid the recruitment, he fled from Chang'an to Taiyuan.

Because her niece was Li Shimin's wife, the current Princess of Qin and the Queen Changsun in history, she was taken in by Li Yuan as a guest. Although Changsun Shunde's personal relationship was not as close as Pei Ji and Li Yuan, it is undeniable that Changsun Shunde was also one of Li Yuan's confidants.

Although Li Shimin defeated Longmen and Qu Tutong defeated Luoyang, the Tang army lost two consecutive battles, and the losses were quite large. However, Changsun Shunde was not too worried. Li Shimin and Qu Tutong suffered defeat under Wang Shichong, all because of underestimating the enemy. Although Li Shimin and Qu Tutong were both defeated, with Chen Ying defeating Wang Shichong and capturing Zhu Can alive, Wang Shichong's losses were not light. He led more than 40,000 infantry and cavalry, even if he could not defeat Wang Shichong, he could at least force them to retreat, break into Beimang Mountain, and meet with Li Shimin.

When Changsun Shunde had just arrived at Hangu Pass, he sent someone to notify Li Shimin, preparing to send troops to support him. Because Changsun Shunde sent troops this time, not only 40,000 infantry and cavalry, but also carried more than 30,000 war horses. Even the Turks, which were cheap in war horses, was a very huge wealth. Unless so many people and horses left Hangu Pass, Wang Shichong would definitely ambush or block their army from joining Li Shimin at all costs.

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"The reinforcements are coming, we must go to fight!" Li Shimin said loudly when he stood on the stage.

Qin Qiong's face was very strange, and he muttered in his heart, "The reinforcements are coming, we must fight. What is the logic?"

"It's strange!" Cheng Zhijie whispered slowly and quietly.

Qin Qiong nodded, and a solemn look appeared on his face: "Let me hear what Your Highness, King of Qin, said first!"

At this time, the Beimeng camp could pull out about 30,000 troops, almost all of its heavy equipment was lost, and the supplies were very scarce. Although morale had recovered, it was suitable for fighting. If reinforcements could successfully arrive under the Beimeng camp, at this time, with the inspiration of the reinforcements, the Beimeng Tang army would really be able to go out to fight in the field and compete with the Zheng army.

But now is definitely not the time to fight.

"Since the Eastern Expedition, it has been more than three months. Denglai has suffered a lot of people and the people are in dire straits. Whenever we think about this, the emperor is worried... Now the emperor sent the Zuo Xiaowei General Changsun Shunde to lead 50,000 infantry and cavalry to lead a large number of supplies and is about to arrive. Wang Shichong is more soldiers and less food at this time, and he will definitely send troops to intercept General Changsun's supplies, so we must go to fight." Li Shimin's face was very ugly: "This is Wang Shichong's open plot. Knowing that he is waiting for us in front, we must jump."

Open conspiracy is more deadly than conspiracy. Conspiracy will be exposed and defeated. Open conspiracy will put everything in front of you clearly. Even if you know there is a trap, you still have to jump in your eyes!

At this moment, outside the camp, there were sounds of war drums.

"What is Wang Shichong trying to do?" Cheng Zhijie roared.

Qin Qiong said: "Do you still need to ask? This is to block us in the camp and prevent our army from reinforcing General Changsun."

"General Changsun does not know how powerful Wang Shichong is. Once he is serious, he will definitely fall into a trap. Brothers, General Changsun is all under our robes of fellow villagers. Even if he fails, he will die with them!" Li Shimin raised his arms and shouted: "General Qu Tu, Changsun Wuji, Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui stayed in the camp, and others will follow me!"

Li Shimin led more than 20,000 Tang soldiers, and under the leadership of Hou Junji, Lei Yongji, Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, Xie Yingdeng and other generals, they rushed out of the Beim camp. As the pioneers, the four generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda and Xie Yingdeng rushed out in unison with the vanguards, spears, spears, axes, hooks and forks, and crossbows.

At this time, Li Shimin set up a hedgehog array, using more than 1,300 large carts to mount the left and right wings, with heavy shields on the carts, and three or four archers stood on each cart. This was simply the snow sledge formation when Chen Ying was supporting Lingzhou. The only difference was that Chen Ying used a side van fighting chariot, while Li Shimin used a large cart to transport supplies and used heavy shields to temporarily side van armor.

When Wang Renze saw Li Shimin out of the camp, he hurriedly led the Zhengguo Heluo New Army to attack. Although Li Shimin's car array was moving, the archers on the car could shoot at any time, the Heluo New Army had been shot by hundreds of people before they even approached Li Shimin's hedgehog array.

Wang Renze wanted to go back to Li Shimin and follow him to attack, but the guard in the back formation was Hou Junji, who was also a ruthless man. He actually shot more than forty bed crossbows and crossbows at the Heluo New Army.

The bed crossbow can shoot three six-foot-long giant crossbows 800 steps away with a volley of one volley. The dense formation of the Heluo New Army was shot down by a large area of ​​120 bed crossbows. The power of the bed crossbows can be called cruel. The six-foot-long crossbows can often penetrate three or four people, but the casting remains unabated. What's even more terrifying is that these bed crossbows can shoot people into two pieces.

In fact, this is true. If bows and arrows are compared to pistols in later generations, then crossbows are equivalent to rifles. As for bed crossbows, they can be called heavy bolts.

After repeated tentative attacks and throwing down nearly a thousand corpses, Wang Renze also learned his lesson. He followed Li Shimin's army from a distance and was harassed if he had the chance, and he would just hang himself like this if he had no chance.

Li Shimin set up such a hedgehog formation, which made Wang Renze's new Heluo Army unable to start, so he could only stare at the side. However, the hedgehog formation was tight and had very poor mobility. He moved slowly and moved for a whole day and only traveled for more than 40 miles to reach Luojian.

Before we knew it, some Tang soldiers unconsciously emerged in their heads that a great defeat a month ago. The bodies of Tang soldiers were densely filled with the bodies of Tang soldiers in Luojian. Although the bodies had long been restrained, there was a strong breath of death here.

With the bright sunset of spring, you can see the Zheng army camps in the distance, the flags are flying, and a breath of golden swords and iron horses is coming to your face, telling all the soldiers of the Tang army to prepare for the death.

Li Shimin rode on a mule, and there was no way. He really had no war horses now, and his expression was solemn. Cheng Zhijie smiled relaxedly and said, "Your Highness, King Qin, Wang Shichong probably never dreamed that our troops would be so large. He must be a little panicked at this time. If he took the opportunity to rush forward, there would definitely be good news! Finally, the general is willing to fight for the army's vanguard and the army's vanguard!"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "General Cheng is eager to fight, which is a good thing. However, it is too late now, so it is really not suitable to fight... After passing the order, the army camped on the banks of the Luojian River and rested for a night. The soldiers had a full meal and rested as soon as possible, and fight to the death with Wang Shichong tomorrow!"

Qin Qiong looked up at the sky, but it wasn't that the sun had set. In this era, malnutrition was a common phenomenon, and night blindness was a common phenomenon due to lack of vitamins. In this case, fighting night battles was a very high risk but low reward. Because of poor communication, the level of the army was not easy to reach, and the level of coordination between the troops was poor. Once the fight started, it was extremely difficult to control the troops, let alone grasp the rhythm of the battlefield. The chance of dying in the hands of one's own people may be much higher than that of the enemy.

Of course, it does not mean that night attacks were not allowed in this era. There were not many night attacks, but small troops were dispatched, and two or three thousand people were enough to reach the top. Of course, there is another more important reason. During night battles, soldiers must not be blind. Chen Ying's troops were forced by Chen Ying to eat animal internal organs. Although the soldiers' night blindness was not eliminated, they were less than one in ten.

Since Li Shimin owns a huge hedgehog array, camping is much more convenient. Digging out the trench and parking the cart on the edge of the trench, forming a camp wall. Although it is simple, it is really not easy to break such a simple camp wall. Make a fire and cook. Tomorrow, we will fight Wang Shichong to the death. Of course, we will have a good meal tonight, with rice and steamed buns full, and there is a side dish that everyone eats very deliciously.

On the other side of Luojian, Wang Shichong, Wang Shiyun and a group of Zheng army generals stood on the hills and looked down at the Tang army camp. Seeing that the car camp was extremely tight and the fences were covered with spikes, Wang Shiyun smiled and said, "Li Shimin is a child who is good at learning, but he is still a little capable. This camp is really good. If I ask me to attack, I don't know if I can attack."

Wang Shichong said lightly: "What's the use of building a camp plate that is good or strong? They will eventually open it out of it. After they left Beimang Mountain, they will not just say anything."

Wang Shiyun smiled grimly and said, "As long as they leave the camp, what will be greeted will be a massacre! Li Shimin's son will never be our opponent!"

"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Wang Shichong said lightly: "As long as Li Shimin calms down, he can be considered a competent opponent. He will be determined to fight the right army of the Heluo New Army with the Tang army tomorrow, and he will be defeated but not win!"

Wang Shiyun was a little confused about Wang Shichong. At this time, the strength comparison between the two sides was obviously Zheng and Tang weak. If it weren't for Dou Jiande's variable, Chen Ying and his more than 25,000 elite troops were in Beim, the situation would be different. But now, the Tang army is obviously weaker.

If Li Shimin had shrunk to Beim Mountain and with the help of Beim Mountain and its strong camp, Wang Shiyun would have no choice but to deal with Li Shimin, but now, things that could be defeated with one blow are so complicated.
Chapter completed!