Dang Dang Dang Dang, the feather arrow shot on the long shield in front of the Sui -Army arcade, making a crispy nailing sound, dense like pearl rain, nailing the long shield made of hardwood like a feather, hiding in The Sui army archers behind the long shield had no chance to raise their heads. One Sui army archer was a bit bold. He squatted down and pulled his bow forcefully. He suddenly stood up and was about to release an arrow. A Turkic army's feathered arrow was already accurate. It pierced his throat, and he fell on his back with a stream of blood rain, and his other companions behind the long shield also wailed, "How can we shoot back with such a rain of arrows?"
The Sui Army archers who could squat behind their long shields to avoid Turkic bows and arrows were lucky, but the worst were those Taiyuan Sui Army light infantry pushing forward with frog carts. They couldn't even find a safe shooting blind spot. , and had to push the heavy toad cart forward desperately. Although there was a toad cart full of earth and rocks on the front to block the arrows coming from the front, and there were companions' long shields on both sides to block the crossed bows and arrows, the Turkic archers threw Yu Jian and the others were completely unable to resist, so they could only carry the sharp arrow with their flesh and blood, hoping for the blessing of God, the virtues of their ancestors, so that they would not hit the arrow or miss the arrow.
It's a pity that the Turkic army used to rely on horseback archery for food. Even if it was throwing and shooting blindly, the bows and arrows of the Turkic soldiers still had a pretty good hit rate. Shot to death and wounded, one by one of Li Yuan's direct subordinates were shot, blood flew across the back of the toad car, and the screams echoed inside the shield formation.
No one dared to retreat. Earlier, two soldiers under Li Yuan's command dropped the toad cart and ran back because they were too timid. As a result, before returning to the main formation of Li Yuan's team, they were already supervised by Lou Fan under the command of Yin Shishi. Stopped them, chopped them into pieces with knives and axes, and the name bamboo tags on their waists were also confiscated by the supervising team, and then waiting for their families, they will end up without a pension for their eldest son, and may be sent to prison for hard labor. - Shishi Yin, an airborne officer who is extremely arrogant, has long explained to his supervisory army law team that as long as there are deserters on the battlefield, no matter who they are, no matter whose subordinates they are, they will be executed on the spot! Whatever happens, the Yin Shishi will be responsible for it!
It is also because of this that the terrified Taiyuan soldiers dared not retreat even one person, and would rather die under a Turkic arrow than retreat half a step. Li Yuan could only send out his soldiers again to supplement the toad car team after being killed and injured by the arrow. Manpower, lividly urging the infantry team to fill up the trenches of the guard camp as soon as possible, opening the way for the heavy infantry to advance. Li Yuan's confidantes, represented by Xu Shixu and Li Xiaogong, would keep turning their heads, gnashing their teeth and glaring at Commander Chen Yingliang behind him, his chest filled with anger, but there was still nothing he could do.
At the same time, Chai Shao kept turning his head and glaring at Chen Yingliang's handsome flag, and couldn't help but said to Li Er next to him: "How did that little thief win such a battle? Will he know how to fight? Such an attack, no Take human life?"
"This is the right way to use troops." Li Er was calm and explained in a low voice: "After filling the trenches of the Turkic guard camp, our heavy infantry can go straight to the fence line of the Turkic camp and directly pose a threat to the Turkic soldiers behind the fence. If If the trenches are not filled, the heavy infantry will be thrown directly into the battle. If the heavy infantry cannot pass through the trenches, it will be a living target. It will be even worse if the light infantry is thrown directly. No matter how many light infantry are sent to attack the fortifications, it will also increase the record of the Turkic bow and arrow formation."
After hearing Li Er's explanation, Chai Shao, who had just entered the battlefield, calmed down for a while, but Li Er added: "But Chen Yingliang didn't have any good intentions. His combat style is good at being flexible, and he never likes to deal with heavy casualties." This time he deliberately sent my father's army to attack the fortifications head-on. It was clear that he wanted to use the Turks to weaken my father's lineage. Otherwise, with his ability, he might not be able to think of other ways to use a smaller The price is to break through the Turkic camp."
Hearing this, Chai Shao immediately gritted his teeth and cursed again, and Zhu Can from the other side came up and whispered in Li Er's ear: "Second Young Master, the little thief Chen Yingliang has such vicious intentions, why do you bother?" You are being polite? Your arrow skills are so outstanding. If there is a chance later, why not just use a cold arrow to solve the problem?"
Li Er glanced at Zhu Can, who urged him to assassinate the coach, smiled without saying a word, but turned to Chai Shao, who was furious, and said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, you don't have to worry, this is Chen Yingliang's first battle after taking office as coach. He didn't dare to go too far. Moreover, he used such tactics to attack the camp. If it doesn't rain today, his chance of success is very small, and his position will only be more difficult. We just need to rest assured and watch the show."
Chai Shao nodded silently, and also silently prayed that it would not rain today, while Zhu Can on the other side muttered in his heart, "If you don't make a statement, it means you haven't refused. Hurry up and do it. When you make a cold shot, I will take you down and you will be fine." I went to Chen Yingliang to enjoy the glory and wealth. Fuck, I didn't expect this kid to climb so fast, and even climbed on top of Yun Dingxing and Li Yuan in a blink of an eye. It seems that holding his thigh is more promising."
Fortunately, the Turkic army, which focused on attacking but not defending, only dug a ditch to protect the camp. Twelve toad carts were loaded with earth and rocks and went back and forth three times. At the same time, in order to reduce casualties, Li Yuan took the initiative to send 1,000 more infantry to the front line as archers, and tried his best to suppress the bow and arrow formation of the Turkic army. It was also at this time that Chen Yingliang discovered that Li Yuan seemed to have concealed something from himself on purpose, that is, the proportion of bows and crossbows in Li Yuan's team was extremely high. A team can draw a bow and release an arrow. It is obvious that these soldiers have been trained in bows and arrows.
Secretly remembering the combat characteristics of Li Yuan's army in his heart, Chen Yingliang ignored the battlefield and chose to sit down and look through the intelligence summary given to him by various Qin Wangjun - the time was too tight, Chen Yingliang didn't have time to check and review so many military reports last night . But the battle ahead was still going on, the trench warfare between Li Yuan's army and the Turkic army was still in full swing, the shouts of the Sui army and the strange screams of the Turks filled the battlefield, and the sound spread for several miles.
I don't know how long it took before Chen Yingliang, who was looking like a god, was pulled out of the pile of documents by Li Yuan's report. When Chen Yingliang looked up again, he saw the two-mile-long trench that had been filled and many lying corpses. Then there is Li Yuan's face that was already livid with anger, and he said angrily: "The general is guilty. I interrupted the commander-in-chief to read the official document. The general was ordered to fill the trench. The task has been completed. What should I do next? Please show me the commander-in-chief." ?”
"Send out all your heavy infantry and attack from the front." Chen Yingliang answered casually, and then picked up the official document to read again, learning about the various situations of King Zhuluqin's coalition forces.
"Do you still want to take on the task of frontal attack?" Li Yuan's nose almost turned out of breath.
"Ambassador Li, you are such a noble person who forgets things." Chen Yingliang said without raising his head, "You said yesterday that as long as I tell you how to fight, you are willing to be the vanguard. Go ahead and don't bother me to read the official documents."
He really wanted to overturn the handsome case in front of Chen Yingliang, but he didn't have the guts. Li Yuan could only madly curse at Chen Yingliang's eighteenth generation of ancestors in his heart, and strode back to the former army to command the attack. Yun Dingxing and Liu Changgong laughed so hard that they squinted their eyes. They all admired Chen Yingliang's ruthlessness and vengeance, and even more admired himself for having vision and courage, standing in the right position ahead of time and adjusting his buttocks in time. But Chen Yingliang, who was reading the official document, suddenly gasped, and said in surprise, "Huh? Why did he come so fast?"
"Marshal, what are you talking about? How could anyone come so fast?" Old General Yun asked curiously.
"Jiangdu County Prime Minister Wang Shichong." Chen Yingliang brightened the official document in his hand and said, "Ambassador Li handed me the official document saying that Wang Juncheng's team had arrived in Taiyuan three days ago. I was surprised that he came so quickly, so I added a word. "
"Jiangdu County Prime Minister Shichong?" Yun Dingxing was also a little dumbfounded, and said in surprise: "He also flew here? How could he come so fast? He is farther than you, handsome?"
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter. I'll find out after we meet." Chen Yingliang shook his head, and after some calculations, Chen Yingliang showed some joy, and said: "Well done, counting the distance, Wang Shichong will probably arrive at Xinkou today. His team could be put to great use."
After Huanxi finished speaking, Chen Yingliang hurriedly arranged for an envoy to fly back to Xinkou to meet Wang Shichong, and ordered him to explain the current situation to Wang Shichong immediately after seeing Wang Shichong, and asked Wang Shichong to send an army north to help the war as much as possible to help himself. In fact, the son-in-law attacked the Turks in Nao County. The messenger rushed away, and Liu Changgong on the other side said kindly: "Brother Yingliang, Wang Shichong's team has traveled so far to Xinkou, the army must be exhausted, and it is useless to send his army. If you If you think there is not enough troops, I still have 5,000 troops in my camp, you can send them to join the battle."
Hearing Liu Changgong's words, the old general Yun Dingxing, who is very good at standing in line, immediately took the initiative to express his opinion, saying that Chen Yingliang could send someone to mobilize his remaining troops to go north to join the battle, but Chen Yingliang shook his head and said: "Brother Liu, old general Yun, your kindness I appreciate it, but I don’t have to, I let Wang Shichong’s team participate in the battle because his team can be of great use in today’s battlefield, so no matter how tired I am, I have to send his army north to help.”
Liu Changgong and Yun Dingxing were even more puzzled when they heard the words. When they asked why, Chen Yingliang refused to answer. At this time, when the war drum sounded again, the heavy infantry under Li Yuan's command had already entered the battlefield. Under the cover of a large number of crossbowmen and long shield soldiers, more than 1,500 Taiyuan heavy infantry lined up in a neat horizontal line. Attack the camp of the Turkic army, and at the same time, the Turkic side also made some adjustments. A group of cavalry dismounted and put on armor, and lined up behind the fence of the camp to prepare for battle. The heavy infantry directly competed with the heavy infantry of the Sui army.
The brutal hand-to-hand combat broke out on the fence defense line of the Turkic camp. The heavy infantry on both sides passed the fence with knives and guns, axes and hammers smashed, gold and iron collided, and the fight was extremely fierce. Absolutely, the Turkic army that relied on bows and arrows for food, and Li Yuan's team that valued bows and arrows both used their own military skills to rain arrows on each other's heads. The soldiers on both sides also continued one after another, and the screams, shouts and clashes of gold and iron merged into one, straight into the sky.
The melee combat has reached a fever pitch, so nervous that outsiders like Liu Changgong and Yun Dingxing stood up and watched the battle with bated breath. Other mid-level generals whispered to each other, discussing the military situation in low voices, but Chen Yingliang was still buried in the pile of official documents, even raising his head. There is no interest in taking a look at the situation on the battlefield—and there is no need to look at it. Chen Yingliang is using the most orthodox attack tactics and there is no need for any adjustment. There is no need to pay attention to the battlefield nervously.
Chen Yingliang is so relaxed and confident. Qiao Peng, who is full of trust in Chen Yingliang, has nothing to do with the civil and military affairs of the Sui Army, but the other generals of King Qin's army are even more uncertain. Lie asked Chen Yingliang: "Commander, do you want to make some adjustments? Such a frontal attack will not only cause a lot of casualties, but the effect will be slow."
"There is no need to adjust, and the more you adjust, the more troublesome it will be." Chen Yingliang replied: "The mobility of the Turks is far superior to that of our army. The more our army adjusts, the more opportunities it will give the Turks. It is the best tactic to break through the Turkic camp."
Liu Jingye wanted to say something at first, but Liu Changgong came out and stopped him, and said with a smile: "Cousin, you old man, just rest assured, brother Yingliang is like a god in using soldiers, and he is best at defeating many with less. I'll be sure, and you don't need to worry about it."
"Nephew, it's not that I'm worried about the commander-in-chief, it's..." Liu Jingye hesitated to speak, and then pointed to the sky and said, "Nephew, does it look like it's going to rain today? The commander-in-chief said We took the risk to fight today because it was going to rain, but if it doesn't rain, how sure can we be today... ”
Liu Changgong looked up at the sky according to his words, and seeing that the sky was still scorching red and the sky was clear, Liu Changgong couldn't help frowning, and then glanced at Chen Yingliang who was buried in the pile of official documents. Liu Changgong still chose to believe in a good brother who has shared life and death many times, Liu Jingye said: "Cousin, don't worry. Brother Yingliang always predicts things like a god. If it rains, it will definitely rain." Liu Jingye had no choice but to sigh, and returned to the train with his nephew.
At this time, the shouts of killing on the front line also became louder, probably because they sensed that Li Yuan's team was not easy to provoke, the Turkic coach Ashina sent another group of armored soldiers to join the battlefield to continue to resist the frontal rush The heavy infantry of the Sui army, Li Yuan's heavy infantry has all been put into the battlefield, there is no heavy infantry reserve available, and the light infantry is a live target for the Turkic army's bow and arrow. Li Yuan has no choice but to look back and look forward to Chen Yingliang. Additional heavy infantry were sent to assist in the battle, but they waited and waited, but they never saw any movement from Chen Yingliang. In the end, Li Yuan couldn't bear it anymore, and temporarily handed over the army to his subordinates, and rushed back to the flag formation to settle accounts with Chen Yingliang. .
After arriving at the flag formation, what made Li Yuan even more annoyed was that Chen Yingliang was still buried in the pile of official documents, racing against time to read the military documents, without even looking at the front line, and he didn't even notice that he had arrived. Li Yuan's chest was full of anger, and he yelled: "Commander, the Turks have sent more armored soldiers. Our army is hard to resist, and there is no heavy infantry available. Please, Commander, send more reinforcements!"
"What's the rush?" Chen Yingliang said without raising his head: "Turkic heavy cavalry and light protection, how many armored soldiers can be used in the battalion? Continue to hold on, and when you exhaust the physical strength of the Turkic armored soldiers, I will naturally Reinforcements will be sent to you."
"Then what about the casualties of our army?" Li Yuan said angrily, "Could it be that the commander-in-chief wants to let the last general exhaust the Turkic stamina, and then let your direct descendants go into battle to take advantage of it?"
"Ambassador Li, pay attention to your words." Chen Yingliang finally raised his head and said slowly: "It is the commander's right to arrange whose team will go first and whose team will go last. You have no right to interfere. Besides, you The heavy infantry has only been on the battlefield for less than half an hour, and their physical strength is still relatively sufficient, so there is no need to rotate them now."
Li Yuan's face turned livid again, and his fists were clenched so tightly that his joints turned white. He gritted his teeth and said, "Marshal Chen, how to arrange the combat team is indeed your right, and you have no right to interfere in the end—but in the end, I want to ask you a question, what do you say?" What about the heavy rain you mentioned? It’s already past noon, why hasn’t the heavy rain you mentioned come?”
Hearing such questioning, Chen Yingliang did not dare to look up at the scorching sun in the sky, and could only smile and say, "Ambassador Li, please be safe, and the rain will come?"
"When will the rain come?" Li Yuan couldn't bear it any longer, pointing at Yuan Tiangang who was standing next to Chen Yingliang, he shouted: "This charlatan under your command said it would rain today, or it would rain heavily, so you forced us to send troops today to fight The decisive battle in the county, now we have fought with the Turks in Nao County, and it is already past noon, why hasn’t the heavy rain that this swindler said? As the commander of Qinwang’s coalition army, you have dispatched 40,000 people just based on the nonsense of a charlatan The army is risking a decisive battle, are you worthy of the soldiers of our King Qin coalition army? Are you worthy of the appointment of His Majesty the Emperor and the imperial court?"
Chen Yingliang's face changed color, and Yuan Tiangang, who was standing next to Chen Yingliang, also changed color. Suddenly, Yuan Tiangang's eyes moved, and he noticed that the Sui army flag in front of him was fluttering, so he quickly stopped Chen Yingliang's attack, and bowed his hands together. Respectfully said: "Commander, Ambassador Li has taught you a lesson. I may have been arbitrarily arbitrarily determined that it will rain today. Otherwise, please order the commander-in-chief to withdraw the troops of Marshal Li and change to a heavy infantry to attack the Turks. How is the camp??"
"Is it worth it?" Chen Yingliang, who wanted to take revenge on Li Yuan, asked back.
"I think this should be the case." Yuan Tiangang insisted, and said: "Anyway, we have a relatively large number of heavy infantry, and they attack the Turkic camps in turn, which can consume the strength of the Turkic armored soldiers and reduce the casualties of our soldiers."
Finally, he looked up and looked at the battlefield of the two armies in front of him. Seeing that Li Yuan's troops had suffered a lot of casualties, and the corpses shot to death by Turkic bows and arrows were all over the ground. Considering that he couldn't do too much, Chen Yingliang nodded and ordered: : "Ming Jin, withdraw Ambassador Li's team."
The golden gong sounded according to the order. Although there was still room for combat, the Sui army in Taiyuan, who was afraid that the casualties would continue to expand, couldn't wait to withdraw. The Turkic army cheered strangely in the camp, and Li Yuan also heaved a sigh of relief in the Sui army flag formation. He knew that even if he couldn't take the lead in breaking through the Turkic camp, he didn't have to worry about too many casualties—but he didn't notice at all that the wind from the south was slowly expanding.
Seeing that the Taiyuan Sui army retreated faster than flying, Chen Yingliang snorted coldly, and then asked the generals: "Generals, which one of you will lead a thousand heavy infantry to attack the Turkic camp?"
"Marshal, there is no need, there is no need to use heavy infantry anymore."
Before the generals of King Qin's army could speak, Yuan Tiangang, whom Li Yuan praised as a charlatan, interrupted him again, and said calmly: "Commander, you can directly join the light infantry. Turkic bows and arrows are useless."
"What do you mean by that?" Chen Yingliang was taken aback, Li Yuan, Yun Dingxing, Liu Changgong and the others also raised their heads in surprise, and went to see Yuan Tiangang together.
"Generals, please pay attention to the sky behind me, a charlatan." Facing the Turkic camp in the north, Yuan Tiangang stood with his back to the south, counting down calmly and loudly: "Ten, nine, eight, seven..."
Li Yuan and all the generals of King Qin's army raised their heads to look at the southern sky, Chen Yingliang also got up and turned back to look at the southern sky, and saw that the southern sky was still clear without any clouds, Yuan Tiangang continued to stand with his back to the south, and continued to count loudly: " ... three, two, one, here we come!"
Before Yuan Tiangang finished speaking, the eyes of Li Yuan, Chen Yingliang and others almost popped out of their sockets, because at exactly the same time Yuan Tiangang said, a black line appeared in the southern sky, and the black line quickly It became thicker, the wind in the sky was stronger, and the dark clouds like ink were swept by the south wind, covering half of the sky in less than a moment, and quickly reflected the half of the background behind Yuan Tiangang.
Everyone's mouths were already open enough to stuff three eggs in, but Yuan Tiangang still didn't turn his head to look at the situation in the south. He just smiled at Li Yuan and said, "Ambassador Li, I'm really sorry that I've let you down. Wei, but it seems that he is not the charlatan you said."
Difficult to turn his eyes from the sky to Yuan Tiangang's face, staring dumbfounded at the calm and smiling Yuan Tiangang, and the dark background behind him rising rapidly like a demon spreading its wings, Li Yuan suddenly wanted to slap himself, slap himself blindly, He even twitched his own lips and gave someone else the first victory in the decisive battle of breaking the Turkic camp with a few ugly words! ——The Sui army in Taiyuan still has the strength to fight again. After the heavy rain, the Turkic bows and arrows failed, and it was easy to break through the Turkic camp!
While Li Yuan wanted to slap himself, Chen Yingliang also smiled, then turned around and asked the generals of the Sui army who had fallen into a state of stupor: "Generals, who is willing to take over from Ambassador Li and lead the army to attack the Turkic camp? "
It took a long time to get the answer, and the quick-witted old general Yun Ding Xingyun was the first to come to his senses, without hesitation he knelt down on one knee to Chen Yingliang, clasped his fists and shouted: "The last general wants to go!"
Hearing Old General Yun's volunteering, except for the pale Ambassador Li, all the generals of the Sui Army present knelt down on one knee before Chen Yingliang, clasped their fists to ask for orders, and shouted in unison: "The last general wants to go!"
"The general wishes to go!"
A new shout came suddenly, and when Chen Yingliang looked up suspiciously, he saw two blond-haired and blue-eyed people rushing forward. They were his de facto wife uncle Wang Shiyun and his wife cousin Wang Renze. Seeing his two relatives from the daughter-in-law's family, Chen Yingliang smiled even more happily, and secretly said: "Okay, the Huainan army who is good at fighting in the rain has also come, and the chance of a big victory is greater."