Li Qinzai is a pragmatic person and doesn't really attach much importance to meaningless rituals.
Take the handsome flag for example. If an army on the battlefield is about to be unable to withstand it and its morale is about to collapse, Li Qinzai will not trust that a handsome flag can turn the tide and turn the tables.
It's really so magical. Why should we and the enemy fight to see who has more and bigger flags?
No matter how clear and straight the flag is, how mighty it looks, if the army is not strong enough, it will collapse when it should. When the army is defeated like a mountain, the handsome flag fluttering in the wind is more like a bitter irony.
"Zheng Sanlang, you can plant the handsome flag wherever you want. You...save some energy. Physical energy is precious. The more you use it, the more you eat. Don't waste it." Li Qinzai said sincerely.
Zheng Sanlang smiled honestly: "Carrying the flag doesn't require physical strength. It's good for me to stand here. If things go wrong, I can help Li Shuai block the sword and arrows."
"General Pei said that the handsome flag is very important, more important than the villain's life."
"How come Shuai Qi is more important than you? Do you know how much food I spent on raising you?" Li Qinzai rolled his eyes: "You are such a fool, how come you don't have the foresight to eat so much? You can carry it if you like. "
Squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, he saw that the enemy troops on the opposite side had begun to change their formations. Li Qinzai pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said: "Send the order to beat the drums, the Chinese army is ready to advance!"
As soon as the words fell, the rumble of drums suddenly sounded.
The rapid rhythm of the drum seemed to affect the heartbeats of the soldiers, and the heartbeats of every soldier in the military formation began to get excited.
A long trumpet suddenly sounded, and the generals in the front line of the Chinese army suddenly waved down their small flags, and the Chinese army of more than 10,000 people began to advance step by step towards the front.
Smoke and dust also rose from the left and right wings, and countless figures moved forward slowly in the smoke and dust, as if two dark clouds enveloped the world, sweeping toward the distance in a dark mass.
Li Qinzai was riding on his horse, watching quietly as the Chinese front line advanced several hundred steps, and then nodded to Liu Asi next to him.
Liu Asi raised the small flag in his hand, and soon a general responded and ordered the army to stop.
"The front line shield formation is ready——!"
"The gunmen are in position!"
"Load gunpowder pellets!"
The messengers waved small flags and rode wildly through the gaps in the queue, delivering orders one after another to each soldier.
Soon, the enemy troops on the opposite side also beat their war drums. Amidst the sound of horns, the enemy troops lined up and advanced towards the Tang army.
Li Qinzai held his breath and stared at the enemy in the distance without blinking.
He had to admit that he was a little nervous at this moment, because this was the first time he had commanded a battle of such a scale. He had led armies and killed enemies before, but it was only on a small scale. He directly commanded tens of thousands of people like today. This is the first time to fight.
Seeing that the enemy army had taken the initiative to advance, Li Qinzai said expressionlessly: "Send the order, the Chinese army will defend."
Bu Lu conveyed the order to the army, and soon the Tang army set up shields in the front row. Countless halberds were erected between the phalanxes, and behind the shield formations, rows of musketeers lit huozhezi. , holding the three-eyed musket levelly, aiming coldly at the Goguryeo army advancing slowly in front.
The war has begun and the situation has changed.
Li Qinzai no longer personally directed the next details. After the Tang Army was equipped with firearms a few years ago, the Tang Army officers and soldiers had already practiced the steps and procedures for facing the enemy over and over again.
The shield formation defends the enemy's bows and arrows, and the three-eyed gun must be fired after the enemy has entered the 200-step range. No matter how the enemy charges, once it fires, it cannot stop until the enemy reaches its front line.
When the enemy army really rushed to the front line, the Tang army's cold weapons such as horizontal knives and long halberds came in handy, but at this time the enemy army was actually at the end of its war effort.
Those who were able to rush to the front line of the Tang army alive were warriors and survivors. I can only say that their spirit was touching, but there is no need to force anything else.
The enemy troops on the opposite side advanced slowly. As the drumbeats of the enemy's center became more and more rapid, the enemy troops obviously accelerated their advance, and finally started to almost trot forward.
In the front line of the Tang army, the generals in the front row stared at the enemy's charge without blinking. It was not until the enemy's front line entered within two hundred steps of firing range that the generals of the Tang army waved their flags and shouted loudly.
"Firegunners, first row, let go!"
After the loud noise, the enemy troops two hundred steps away began to suffer casualties. Enemies fell one by one and were trampled ruthlessly by Pao Ze's footsteps.
At the same time, loud roars were heard from the Goguryeo army formation, and then arrows rained down from the sky towards the Tang army.
However, the range of bows and arrows is far inferior to that of firearms. After the bows and arrows were fired, they only landed a hundred steps in front of the Tang army's formation, leaving no damage to the Tang army at all.
The range gap of more than a hundred steps created a blank death zone. In this zone, the Tang army caused a unilateral massacre of the Goguryeo army.
The Tang army did not stop firing. Round after round, every soldier was equipped with a firearm. There were more than 10,000 Chinese soldiers. After each shot, the projectiles spread out in a fan shape, causing casualties to the enemy. .
There was a row of thousands of Tang soldiers, and every time they opened fire, it was a death harvest. When they rushed a hundred steps in front of the Tang army's formation, even the soldiers of the Goguryeo army who were not afraid of death were a little scared.
In such an unfair battlefield duel, there was no hope of survival at all, and the morale of the soldiers suddenly fell to the bottom.
However, the Goguryeo soldiers lived up to their reputation of bravery. Even though their morale fell, no one retreated and ran away. They still gritted their teeth and braved the bullets of the Tang army. The shields in the first row were smashed into sieves by the bullets, and they still struggled towards the front of the Tang army. Charge.
Li Qinzai watched all this from a distance and frowned.
It doesn't improve the enemy's morale, but I have to admit that such an enemy deserves respect.
The best way to respect your enemies is to kill them cleanly on the battlefield and let them reincarnate into the next life with a smile of joy.
Seeing that the Goguryeo army was only a hundred steps away from the front line of the Tang army, Li Qinzai raised his head and looked at the sky and said: "Fire the arrows and order Liu Renyuan's troops to attack the Goguryeo army camp from behind the enemy."
A loud arrow was ignited and shot up into the sky. After a scream, it exploded in the air and a red firework appeared and disappeared.
Not long after, shouts of killing erupted from the rear of the Goguryeo army, like landslides and earth shattering, accompanied by loud blasts of three-eyed cannons.
The charging Goguryeo army formation suddenly stalled, and the soldiers turned their heads and looked back, with expressions of shock and uncertainty.
We are still attacking, but someone is stealing from us behind our back?
After detouring dozens of miles of mountain roads and ambushing outside Songshan Hill for most of the night, Liu Renyuan's two thousand troops finally turned a night's hard work into a victory.
Liu Renyuan took the lead in rushing into the Goguryeo camp.
Only a small number of enemy soldiers and horses remained in the camp. When the Tang army overturned the fence of the camp and rushed in, after bursts of gunfire, the enemy troops in the camp had basically been cleared away.
Liu Renyuan lit a torch and threw it at the top of a tent, and the fire immediately started.
"Light a fire and burn it all for me!" Liu Renyuan ordered.
