Li Ye had always had a question before.
When Gao Xianzhi led his army to fight against the Dashi army outside Talas City, with the strength of the Tang army at that time, why did they not defeat the Dashi army after five consecutive days of attack. At that time, the Mo Dao formation in the Tang army was the sharpest in the world, and no one could match it, and it was impossible to even block it.
Now that he saw the battle situation in front of the city, he initially had an answer in his mind. The New Moon Sect monks are indeed extraordinary. This brave demeanor makes them not retreat lightly even if they suffer heavy casualties.
When Li Ye first conquered Hexi, Li Ye had seen Tubo warriors. Those warriors who lived in the poor mountains and rough waters of the plateau and were desperately trying to survive all the time, were indeed less afraid of death than the people in the Antai land in the Central Plains.
But compared with these Crescent Sect monks, they are still much worse.
The root cause is the difference in beliefs.
These Crescent Sect monks are not only firm in their beliefs, but also fanatical. From the moment the New Moon Sect appeared, it had scriptures in one hand and a long sword in the other. This meant that it was destined to expand and fight, and it was not comparable to ordinary sects.
On this point, Buddhist sects and Taoist sects seem too moderate and conservative, with the meaning that if you get rich, you will be safe. Once you gain a certain territory, it will be either internal struggle for power or self-expansion, and there is no wildness of continuous expansion.
This is also one of the reasons why Shimen was defeated by the New Moon Sect.
Li Ye looked at the two armies fighting together, his eyes became sharper.
After the Crescent Sect cultivators broke into the front line of the Tiger Guards, their offensive momentum became stronger. Although the formation of the Tiger Guards was broken, not many people were actually killed or injured. For a while, the soldiers of both sides fell into a melee.
Li Ye saw Zhao Polu flying to the front, and under the order of the opponent, the soldiers of the Tiger Guards behind the scuffle quickly organized the formation again and pushed the big shield formation up again. The Tiger Guards fighting in front of them did not hesitate, and quickly retreated behind the large shield formation.
The Dashi Guards wanted to follow the soldiers of the Tiger Guards and took the opportunity to attack the Great Shield Formation. This is of course unrealistic. The Tiger Guards are well-trained, how could they be given this opportunity to block them out.
As the small formations stabilized their positions, the defense line of the large shield formation was re-established, and the entire front formation of the Tiger Guards regained its posture of iron walls and iron walls. This made the monks of the Dashi Guards all look like they were crazy, screaming and screaming with red eyes, and kept rushing into the large shield and spear array of the Tiger Guards like wild beasts.
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They just paid a heavy price and finally captured the Great Shield Formation. They returned to the previous situation before letting go of their hands and feet to fight. How could this make them reconciled? Although the Crescent Cult monks died bravely and lightly, the death of their comrades would arouse the anger of soldiers everywhere.
Seeing this, Li Ye said to King Qi: "It seems that Zhao Polu doesn't need any advice from us, he is very clear-headed."
King Qi didn't take it seriously: "If the generals of the Tang Dynasty were only brave, and only knew how to charge forward without brains, then it would be impossible to have the glory of the prosperous Tang Dynasty."
Li Ye smiled and nodded.
Looking at Zhao Polu's command, Li Ye knew that the opponent didn't think about attacking the Dashi Guards immediately, but made up his mind to defend first, using an army formation as stable as Mount Tai to consume the combat power and strength of the Dashi Guards. Bloody courage.
When the opponent is exhausted, that is the time for the Tiger Guards to counterattack, and it is also the easiest time to win. This may take three to five days, maybe ten days and a half months, or even longer. But the combat power of the Dashi Guards is worth the Tiger Guards waiting for this time.
After seeing the opponent's combat power clearly, Zhao Polu was able to quickly and accurately judge the situation of both sides and make appropriate countermeasures. This is the quality that a general must have. Satisfied Li Ye.
Again, the defender naturally has the upper hand. As long as the combat strength of the two sides is equal, the attacker will have to pay double the price if he wants to achieve results. Otherwise, the art of war would not say
If it is ten, it will be surrounded, if it is five, it will be attacked, and if it is doubled, it will be fought.
Without superiority in force, there is no qualification to attack.
The battle was in full swing.
Although the outside of the city is not a desert, it is also a desert area. Even if the fighting of the Qi training monks is to control the overflow of spiritual flow, try not to stir up smoke and dust.
Few people can kill the enemy with a few knives. The armor of the monks on both sides is not ordinary, and it is full of defense. The magic weapon knife and sword are cut on it, and it is no different from ordinary swords on the iron armor. It is very difficult to cut twice Needless to say, there are round shields for armor-piercing—the soldiers of the Tiger Guards also have small round shields.
Only when the long sword stabs straight or the long spear stabs straight, can it penetrate the opponent's body.
The soldiers of the two teams fought head-on, and often had to fight hard for a long time before someone from the other side fell. Under such circumstances, the consumption of energy is extremely high, and even a Qi training monk cannot fight for an hour without interruption. Usually, after fighting for less than half an hour, the comrades behind will step up and replace them.
Ordinary soldiers' formation battles will eventually turn into melee battles, but Qi training monks' melee battles will eventually turn into formation battles. Compared with the former, the latter's actions are more agile, and it is more convenient to command and mobilize.
However, in Li Ye's view, any fight, at its extreme, would still inevitably lead to melee. It's just that for the Tiger Guards and the Great Food Guards, this limit is a bit high and difficult to achieve.
That's what a close fight is all about.
The two sides put into the battlefield a total of more than 200,000 troops, but it was the outer formations that really fought in battle. In addition to the previous behavior of the Dashi Guards who rushed into the battle recklessly, which caused a large number of monks to be damaged, the follow-up monks were only killed or injured in the hundreds or thousands.
"Now the problem is on the side of the Dashi Guards. If they want to break through the Tiger Guards' large shield and spear formation, they must leap into the formation and pay several times or even ten times the price of casualties."
Li Ye looked at the battlefield and said, "But if they don't do this, they will never get into the battle. It is simply unrealistic to shake the big shield and spear formation head-on. If they don't give up attacking, the big shield and long spear formation will also let them go." Their casualties were more than those of the Tiger Guards."
King Qi said: "The Dashi Guards are attacking aggressively. Presumably the whole army is determined to defeat the Tiger Guards. Now that their attack has been frustrated and they have no way to fight the Tiger Guards, there will inevitably be a gap in the cultivator's heart. If it can't be maintained, it will be a big blow to morale.
"At this time, even if they know that the attack will pay a heavy price, in my opinion, the Dashi Guards can only continue to attack. In this way, they still have the possibility of winning. Otherwise, the situation will be different for them. Words are not good."
Speaking of this, King Qi laughed, "This is also the price they have to pay for daring to attack my Great Tang Master without saying a word."
Li Ye hummed, agreeing with King Qi's judgment.
Then he said with a smile: "This war will ultimately be won and lost. It is better to take the initiative to attack than to wait for others to attack. At least you can seize the initiative. In fact, even if the Great Food Guard retreats, it may not be a big problem , as long as they can adjust their mentality."
The Dashi Guards need to realize that the Datang army is different from the enemies they encountered before, and change their habit of proud mentality of treating the world's elite as dung. In this way, they will give up their offensive and wait for the Tiger Guards to attack, then the situation will be much better for them.
King Qi understood what Li Ye meant, and frowned slightly: "If so, can the Tiger Guards break through their battle formation?"
This question is critical and fatal.
Li Ye was noncommittal.
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With Huo Huo's temperament, when faced with Li Ye's trickery, he didn't even question him.
She also knows very well that it is still uncertain.
The offensive ability of the Dashi Guards has been demonstrated, but the defensive ability has not been revealed too much.
After all, the Tiger Guards have the means to suppress the bottom of the box, and the Dashi Guards may also have them, and these will not be exposed in the early stages of the battle. Because once the method of pressing the bottom of the box is used, but no results are obtained, the victory basically does not belong to oneself.
Over the battle formation of the Dashi Guards, Ali looked gloomy, watching the queues of the two armies fighting fiercely without saying a word.
In his eyes, the battle formation of the two armies is two lakes, suddenly squeezed together, causing great waves at the boundary; it is also the turbulent sea slapping on the solid reef, splashing waves in lines.
No doubt, the battle was fierce. Every time the monks on both sides hit, a dazzling aura burst out. With a shot, the spear glowed like fire, and when a knife was cut, the blade glowed like a moon. With a shield, it separated the two worlds of explosive air and calm.
However, the lake of the Great Food Guards has never been able to annex the lake of the Tiger Guards, and the huge ocean of the Great Food Guards has never been able to submerge the reefs, and can only splash water in vain.
"Deputy Commander, if the fight continues like this, we may not be able to take down Tang Jun today!" A big monk said anxiously.
Ali pondered for a moment, and shouted: "Attack with all your strength, and order the monks to cross the Tang army's shield formation! As long as there is a shield formation in the future, no matter how much the price is paid, they will all jump over it! I don't believe it. The Tang army's battle formation is really solid and will not be messed up!"
"yes!"
After the military order was issued, the New Moon Sect monks organized their forces again, jumped over the shield formation and entered the Tang army group. This time, they improved their tactics and were no longer satisfied with jumping over a shield formation and rushing into the Tang army's front formation. Every time the Tang army appeared in a battle formation, they would jump over it directly and continue to move forward.
In this way, the follow-up monks of the Great Food Guards will continue to follow up and join the battlefield. They suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the number of corpses on the ground gradually increased, and the yellow sand in many places was stained dark brown by blood.
However, more and more monks of the Great Food Guards joined the battle. The two warring parties spread from the front to the center, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.
Ali's eyes shone brightly, and he thought to himself: "Tang Jun is indeed extraordinary, it is not an easy task to defeat them, you have to pay a price, even a huge price.
"I have the advantage of 50,000 monks, and I must give full play to it. The price of jumping into the formation is affordable. In the face of such a fierce offensive, is the Tang army's battle formation really stable? Let me see, the most elite of the Tang Dynasty The army, what kind of means to suppress the bottom of the box!"
He knew very well that in today's battle, even if the formation of the Tang army could not be completely broken, some results must be achieved, otherwise it would be very detrimental to the morale of the army. If it is really impossible to break through the formation of the Tang army, then it is necessary to stimulate the last resort of the Tang army's battle formation, so that it will be convenient to make targeted arrangements in the future to win the final victory.
Zhao Polu saw that the Dashi Guards adopted such an extreme method of warfare, they did not regard the monks as human beings at all, they did not take human lives seriously, and they had to go step by step into the Tiger Guards' formation to fill them with corpses. Shen.
He knew that the Dashi Guards could not be allowed to maintain such a fierce offensive. Otherwise, even if the Tiger Guards, which were inferior in strength, could hold today, they might not be able to hold their ground tomorrow.
The Tiger Guards fought for victory, not just sticking to it.
He looked at Ali from a distance, his eyes were fierce, and he sneered: "Since you want to know how powerful the Tiger Guard Army is, then I will let you see what the Great Tang Dynasty is!"