"Kill, capture Li Xiaogong alive, capture Li Shiji alive!"
Following Yue Fei's order, the tens of thousands of elite Sui troops who had been dormant threw away their disguises and revealed their ferocious weapons. Like a mountain torrent bursting from a dike, they surged out from the dense jungle with cries of killing like the sky was shattering and the earth was shattering. out.
Yue Yun, Wang Zhongsi, Shi Dakai, as well as He Yuanqing and Xu Qing, who had been summoned by Yang Gao some time ago, commanded tens of thousands of fine cavalry to detour out of the dense forest, quickly adjusted their formation, and launched a charge towards the Tang army from the front.
Rumble! ! !
Thousands of horses galloped and iron hooves flew, making the ground beneath their feet tremble. The roar of killing was as loud as the roaring waves, irritating the eardrums like thunder.
The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty marched forcibly all night. The soldiers were already exhausted. They were suddenly attacked. They were like headless flies and became a mess. In an instant, they were broken through by the Sui army from the center. The long team suddenly disappeared. Divide it into two parts, don’t look at each other from the beginning to the end!
"Brothers, kill!"
The implanted identities were He Yuanqing and Xu Qing, who had been recently promoted by Yue Fei. They were eager to perform meritorious service. They each urged their horses to lead the charge. In just a few breaths, the two of them had already charged into the Tang army on horseback, dancing with silver hammers. Flashing, the sword was swung with cold light, and he rushed left and right in the chaos. He was invincible, and almost all those he met head-on were knocked down and dismounted in one round.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that He Yuanqing has entered a brave state. The force is 4, the basic force is 98, and the current force has increased to 102."
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Xu Qing has entered the vigorous state, the force is 3, the basic force is 95, and the current force has increased to 98."
The two generals rushed like crazy, crushing and killing the enemies in their way. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were so frightened that they fled in all directions as if they were avoiding the god of plague.
Bian Xiang and Guo Xiaoke, the pioneers of the Tang army, were furious when they saw this scene. They each rode their horses forward, waving their weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the two men with murderous intent: "Don't be so rampant as a Sui dog, do you dare to fight me?"
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Bian Xiang has entered the fierce state. The force is 4, the basic force is 97, and the current force has increased to 101."
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Guo Xiaoke has entered a fighting state. The force is 3, the base force is 88, and the current force has increased to 91."
"Ding dong, Guo Xiaoke's four-dimensional ability has been detected, with 86 in command, 88 in force, 87 in intelligence, and 76 in politics."
He Yuanqing and Xu Qing looked at each other, roared, clapped their horses and rushed forward.
In the blink of an eye, the four generals rushed towards each other without replying, and they each caught and killed each other.
He Yuanqing's pair of bright silver hammers danced like wheels spinning at high speed, rolling up thousands of feet of silver light and covering Bian Xiang in an instant.
Bian Xiang showed no fear on his face, and he held a big mountain-cutting ax in his hand that made the tiger angry, slashing left and right without giving He Yuanqing any chance to take advantage of it.
He Yuanqing and Bian Xiang were matched against each other. They fought fiercely for more than twenty rounds, and it was difficult to determine the outcome. But Guo Xiaoke on the other side is far from Xu Qing's opponent.
After just twenty rounds, Guo Xiaoke was already exhausted and exhausted. The blood in his chest was roaring like a river. A mouthful of blood had surged up into his throat countless times and he had to hold it back.
After Xu Qing firmly gained the upper hand, he became more and more courageous in the fight, roaring like thunder, swinging a sword like the wind, flashing cold light, and his moves were always around Guo Xiaoke's vitals.
Unknowingly, more than ten rounds passed. Guo Xiaoke was unable to bear the strength and hurriedly used a flaw to escape.
"Where to go?"
When Xu Qing was fighting with Guo Xiaoke, he found that his martial arts skills were not as good as his own, so he expected that he would seek an opportunity to retreat when he couldn't hold on any longer, so he made preparations early.
At this moment, Guo Xiaoke had just reined in his horse and ran less than three or four steps. Xu Qing had already pulled out a spiked arrow from the quiver with his backhand and threw it out like a javelin, hitting Guo Xiaoke's horse in the crotch.
The war horse suddenly started to jolt around in pain, and Guo Xiaoke quickly grabbed the reins to calm it down. But at this moment, Xu Qing had already galloped up on horseback, whizzing out the sword in his hand. Only a scream was heard, and blood was splashing everywhere. Guo Xiaoke's head flew into the sky, and his headless body fell heavily to the ground.
"Ding dong, it was detected that Xu Qing killed Guo Xiaoke. The host received 9 soul points. The current soul points have increased to 134."
Xu Qing beheaded Guo Xiaoke with one blow, then immediately turned his horse's head, slapped the horse and danced with his sword, and ran towards Bian Xiang to kill him. Bian Xiang was shocked when he saw this. He hurriedly swung his ax and attacked with several moves to force He Yuanqing back, then reined in his horse and fled back.
"Brothers, kill!"
He Yuanqing defeated Bian Xiang, and Xu Qing beheaded Guo Xiaoke. The morale of the Sui army was greatly boosted. Under the leadership of Xu Qing and He Yuanqing, they rushed forward like a frenzy, slashing with swords, stabbing with long spears, and countless Tang soldiers howled. Falling to the ground, heads rolling, blood flowing like rivers.
Under the crazy ravages of the Sui army's cavalry, the front of the Tang army fell into complete disintegration. Countless soldiers screamed, threw away their armor and weapons, and fled around.
"Form up, the pikemen form a formation to block the Sui cavalry attack!"
Seeing the entire front line of the front army collapsed, Li Xiaogong's eyes looked like they were about to spit out fire. He turned back to the general Xie Yingdeng behind him and said: "General Xie, you immediately lead five thousand spearmen forward to form a formation to intercept the Sui army's cavalry attack. We must not let them penetrate our formation in one fell swoop. Also, tell the defeated soldiers of the front army to fight back and fight to the death with the Sui army. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"
Li Xiaogong was worthy of being the second-largest military commander in the Li Tang clan in history, second only to Li Shimin, and he could see the key point at a glance. Although tens of thousands of Sui Army infantry were attacking frantically on both wings of the Tang Army, the greatest harm to the Tang Army was still the Sui Army cavalry attacking from the front. The Tang army was exhausted from traveling all night, and was suddenly attacked, which led to chaos. If the Sui army were to penetrate the formation from the center at this time, they would surely fall into the predicament of annihilation.
But as long as he can block the first round of Sui cavalry attacks, he can quickly stabilize his position and adjust his formation. When the time comes to fight in this wilderness, the strength of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is almost the same. It is still unclear who will win?
If you want to block the cavalry attack in the wilderness, you can either use the cavalry to counterattack, or use the infantry to form a gun formation. Of course, you can also use chariots to break the cavalry attack. However, chariots were eliminated as early as the Three Kingdoms period due to the emergence of stirrups. It was not discovered until several hundred years later by Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou, who innovated and created chariot battalions, thus becoming an important tool for restraining cavalry.
In addition, before the Battle of Bashu broke out, Li Yuan felt that the terrain of Bashu was dangerous, which on the one hand was not conducive to large-scale cavalry operations. On the other hand, even if the Sui army invaded, they could use the geographical advantage to defend it, so he mobilized all the cavalry troops in Bashu. All were placed under Li Shimin's account to support him in capturing Luoyang.
Therefore, Li Xiaogong's more than 50,000-strong army currently does not have any organized cavalry units. Therefore, when he faced the overwhelming impact of the Sui army's cavalry, his only option was to use a spear formation to block them.
Xie Yingdeng was also a smart man. He understood everything after a moment's thought. He immediately nodded to Li Xiaogong and led thousands of infantrymen to meet the Sui cavalry.
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