Outside Yunzhou City, Tuli's 60,000-strong army stationed lazily, and then lined up to look at the city gate.
The city gate on the opposite side opened, and the soldiers and horses of the Tang Dynasty slowly walked out in order. Two thousand Bingzhou cavalry, thirty thousand elite infantry, sword and shield soldiers, spearmen, and crossbowmen were all orderly, disciplined, and majestic. Although there are only 30,000 people, compared with the Tuli tribe opposite, the people of the Tuli tribe are simply a mess, not even a motley crew.
Seeing the momentum of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, many Turkic soldiers were shocked. They looked around uneasily, and finally asked the centurions and thousands of captains, weren't they asked to cooperate in the acting? Why do you look so frightened? Is it true that Datang won’t come with us?
The commander comforted him and said: "Don't worry, the little Khan has cleared the road a long time ago. We have many people in this battle, so just give way to the Tang army and pretend to fight. When the time comes, everyone will fall to the ground. If you pretend to be dead, Tang Jun won’t do anything.”
"It's just that those who choose to fall to the ground can go home to herd sheep after this battle. Those who choose to stand will continue to keep the popular and spicy ones."
...What kind of girl likes to drink spicy food? It's too dangerous to go out to fight. What you eat is military rations. How can you eat as well as you can at home? Even if I eat a few more bites of meat, I still feel nervous about going to bed, so it’s better to go home.
Many soldiers secretly decided to lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead later and go home as soon as possible. No one wants to stay on the battlefield and die.
As the general, Tuli Little Khan had a different mentality. Seeing the neat and well-equipped army of the Tang Dynasty, he drooled with greed, "Tsk, tsk, the Tang Dynasty is rich. It's just a state army, not the main force of the Sixteenth Army." Wei, he's actually armed to the teeth."
"If I have such an excellent team, do I still have to be afraid of Jie Li? Not to mention 60,000 people, even 50,000 people, I would dare to attack the Royal Guards and kill Jie Li with my own hands."
The subordinate next to him whispered: "Chief, 60,000 vs. 30,000, we have a huge advantage in numbers. How about we fake it and give him a..."
As he spoke, he made several gestures with the knife.
Tu Li's heart suddenly suddenly moved, and he was obviously a little moved, but then he thought of Xiao Rui, and shook his head calmly: "No, combat power is not just about the number of people. The Tang Xuanjia Army has three thousand to one hundred thousand, we can't take risks, and the champion Hou His name..."
Another subordinate next to him worriedly said: "Even if there is no Xuanjia Army and Champion Hou, look at the equipment of Bingzhou Army, we will lose if we can win. Chief, have you really made an appointment with the opponent? I always feel that they His posture doesn’t look like he’s just pretending to be in a costume.”
(Li Ji: Could it be that my performance doesn’t look like it? I’m cheating?)
Tu Li shook his head and said: "No, 30,000 versus 60,000. If he doesn't have such a military appearance, Jie Li will definitely not be able to defeat us. This is real acting. The reputation of the champion is indeed reliable."
(Xiao Rui: ...I didn’t even know it had such a good reputation?)
"My sons, please pay attention to safety, don't fall and die, save your life first!"
After saying that, he drew out the scimitar from his waist, pointed forward, and killed!
Li Ji, who had organized his team on the opposite side, saw the Turkic soldiers and horses taking the initiative to attack. Well, it saves trouble. Order your two thousand cavalry to stay at the end to hold down the formation, and we will first block their first wave of charge.
The pikemen came forward and the archers prepared.
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What is the first wave of attacks?
Although Tu Li was the one who made the first move, his soldiers were so lazy that they shouted fiercely. In fact, they didn't even use their horsepower and were trotting slowly towards the Tang army.
Two hundred steps, one hundred steps...
"Grand Governor, they are 'charging' at such a speed, do we still fire arrows? What if a hail of arrows scares them away?"
The deputy general next to him reminded Li Ji.
Li Ji thought for a moment, waved his fist and gave the order. The crossbowmen would not fire for the time being, waiting for the enemy to get closer.
Fifty steps...
"Haha, the Champion of the Tang Dynasty is indeed a man of faith. Brothers, please fall when it's time to fall. Be careful not to step on each other." A leader of ten thousand men shouted loudly.
Thirty steps, twenty steps...
Ten steps...
Seeing that the leading cavalry was about to approach the spears in the front row of the Tang army.
Li Ji immediately waved his hand down and ordered the arrow to be released.
thump! thump……
The Turkic soldiers in the first row fell off their horses and collapsed in front of an army of 30,000 people? They are laying dumplings one by one. Although they are not neat, they are in such a tacit understanding.
What's even more bizarre is that if you fall so close, there will be a stampede if the cavalry comes from behind. The problem lies here. All the cavalry behind them restrained their horses, and many people began to fall to the ground.
The general of the Tang Army's crossbow unit turned around and looked at his subordinates. He said yes, the crossbow has not yet left the string, is it in our hands? Why did they fall?
The lieutenant general opened his mouth, then came back to his senses and asked: "Grand Governor, now..."
Li Jiqiang calmed down and told himself in his heart, I don't know anything. There may be an epidemic on the opposite side, but this is a battlefield, and I want to kill the enemy and perform meritorious deeds...
"Fire the arrow!"
As the flag was waved, the Tang army fired thousands of arrows, swish, swish... the arrows were like locusts. Many of the Tang Army's crossbowmen shot with their eyes closed. They really couldn't bear to attack a group of enemies who were lying on the ground unable to resist.
At this moment, it was the Turks' turn to be confused.
Countless horses were hit by arrows, and countless cavalry in the back row were hit by arrows. On the contrary, most of the soldiers in the front row who fell to the ground and pretended to be dead were intact.
Many soldiers in the middle and back rows who wanted to go home shouted, "Fall to the ground and pretend to be dead because you didn't hit the arrow. Fall down, hurry up..."
The centurion next to him cut him down with a knife: "Idiot, they shot arrows on purpose! Turn around and run away..."
ah? Aren't you talking about acting?
At this moment, Li Ji ordered the flag to move again, and the sword and shield soldiers attacked. Fifteen thousand sword and shield soldiers jumped out, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, and began to chop at the Turkic soldiers in the front row who were pretending to be dead. There was no pressure, just like applying knife to the corpse.
"Hey, we are pretending to be dead, you can't..."
"Stop talking nonsense, you are the ones who will be chopped!"
…
Many Turkic generals finally reacted, dismounted from their horses, and rushed forward with their scimitars raised, "Damn, the Tang army really killed people, fight them!"
The one who was completely dumbfounded was Tu Li, who stood back in a daze, thinking in his mind, where is the person he promised to be? Didn't you ask me to pretend to resist? What now...
"Chief, the Tang army is all liars. They asked us to act, but they are really killing people. Hurry up and give the order to withdraw. We are all cavalry. We cannot use our horse power to ride and shoot. If we dismount and fight on foot, we are seeking death!"
After coming back to his senses, Tu Li looked at the Tang army in front of him bitterly, gritted his teeth and said: "Retreat, the whole army retreats. Keep the distance, gather the troops and horses again, and fight with them..."
retreat? Because of this mistake, many people got off their horses and were entangled with the Tang army, unable to withdraw.
Seeing that Tu Li led his troops to turn around, Li Ji ordered the flag to be lowered again, and two thousand Bingzhou cavalry moved to pursue them.
Li Junxian, who was looking at the battlefield from a distance, whispered: "Master, isn't this trick too damaging? I think Tuli will hate us to death."
Xiao Rui smiled slyly and said, "No, he will hate Governor Li Ji to death, and he might even come to thank us."
Zhang Shigui, a member of the Xuanjia Army, said in his heart that it was too much of a loss, so he sold the people and asked them to pay for them.
