Chapter Twelve Qin Qiong Yangwei
The Tang army in Mingshui City withdrew!
A river dam was also built upstream of Mingshui!
Liu Heita did not have to worry that Li Shiji would make trouble when they crossed the river, nor did he have to worry that Mingshui was too deep and that the war horses and soldiers were not good for the beach to cross. In short, Li Shimin thought about Liu Heita everywhere and arranged all favorable conditions for him to wait for Liu Heita to cross the river.
What can Liu Heita do?
He knew the pit had been dug, but how could he not jump?
The food and grass were about to be in crisis, and Li Shimin clearly showed that he would not attack. If he was exhausted, he would not have to fight. If the soldiers were hungry and mutiny, it would be enough for him to eat a pot. He fled to the Turks, and he would not be able to let go of this power. How many 30,000 Hebei soldiers would be willing to follow him to the grassland?
Isn’t Yang Guang the lesson of the past? He hid in Yangzhou with a vote of imperial guards from Guanzhong and Henan, causing disintegration of the army. Yu Wen and the so-called "Shengwen" immediately rebelled.
Leaving the army and fleeing to the Turks with a hundred confidants is a way out. But when it comes to the Turks, will the Turks Khan use him a waste who has 30,000 soldiers who dare not fight?
Waiting for death, escaping is like death.
All Liu Heita can do is fight.
Liu Heita was able to make Hebei's earth-shaking worlds, but it was not a false reputation. He made a quick decision and ordered the three armies to cross the river to fight.
On March 26, the fifth year of Wude, on this day, Liu Heita finally led 30,000 Han Eastern Army across Mingshui to find the Tang army to fight to the death.
This time, Liu Heita used his mentality to become a good man if he failed, and reused his wisdom that had defeated Li Shentong, and lined up with the back to the water to inspire the morale of the entire army, showing his determination to fight the enemy to the death.
Li Shimin was not polite, and personally led a large army to fight.
The two armies set up their formation!
Song Xiena said: "King Dong of Han, how to fight, tell me! The warriors on my grassland are invincible in the world. Today I will let Li Tang see how powerful my Turkic warriors are!" Song Xiena was always arrogant and rude in the army, not taking anyone seriously, but he was never weaker than others in charge. He dared to fight and kill, and was very brave. Except for Wang Xiaohu, no one was his opponent. It was also because of this that Liu Heita had always endured Song Xiena's existence.
Liu Heita accompanied him with a smile and said, "Mr. Shi Jin, our number of cavalry is better than that of Li Tang. We should give full play to our strengths. We should set up a round formation with infantry and attack the two wings of the cavalry. What do you think?"
Song Xie had no objection and said arrogantly: "Leave the right wing to me, your people will go to the left wing!"
Liu Heita immediately appointed the cavalry commander Cao Zhan to lead 8,000 cavalry to be responsible for the left-wing offensive.
Liu Heita's move is a bit particular, called the round formation as the front, and the attack between the two wings is a classic tactic of joint attack by infantry and cavalry.
Li Shimin looked at Liu Heita's formation on the high slope, smiled and said to the generals beside him: "This trait leader still has some skills!" The reason why tactics become classic is because of their practicality.
Li Shimin has experienced many battles and naturally saw the power of this game.
He looked at the fierce Turkic cavalry on the right wing of the Eastern Han Army, pointed at the long whip, and shouted: "General Shubao, lead a hundred people to kill Song Xiena for me, and be brave enough to get the enemy."
Qin Qiong had one hundred cavalry! But there were three thousand Turkic cavalry.
One hundred battles and three thousand!
No one of Li Shimin's strange military mobilization behavior was intercepted.
Qin Qiong took the order and came out, with hundreds of cavalry following closely behind.
Song Xie looked at the hundred cavalry rushing towards him in the distance and laughed: "I heard that Li Shimin is not dry, but this is true. Has he sent a hundred people to die? Is it still afraid of my reputation as a Turk, and surrendered." He saw that the formation was still a long way to fight head-on by the Tang army, and had enough time to eat the hundred cavalry in front of him. He shouted, and ignored the overall arrangement and suppressed the army.
The heavy and chaotic sound of horse hooves treading on the ground, and the gasping and snorting of war horses were getting closer and closer. Although the Turkic cavalry was only a unit of three thousand people, the rolling smoke and huge shouts made them look like a flood.
Qin Qiong's eyes were fixed on Song Xiena, who was rushing on the front line among the Turkic cavalry. His ancient fish-scale black armor inlaid with gold pieces had already exposed his identity. Only big figures like chiefs in the Turks could inlaid gold pieces on their armor.
Qin Qiong clamped his legs with his horse's belly, and knew his master's intentions. He ran wildly, one by one, and left the cavalry team and rushed straight to Song Xiena.
Song Xie was not afraid and rode alone to meet him. In the blink of an eye, the two of them had already rushed into a distance of three feet.
Qin Qiong's spear and Song Xiena's horse spear were stabbed out almost at the same time.
Song Xie smiled fiercely. The horse spear was longer than the spear. Before the other party's spear stabbed him, the horse spear had already taken the other party's life.
Qin Qiong seemed to ignore the length of the horse spear and just moved the spear slightly to the right, and the spear and the horse spear touched slightly in the air.
Song Xie's horse spear came out of his hand, and Qin Qiong shot it to the end.
Qin Qiong's shot was overbearing and swift, and it was hard to describe it. It had a power like a landslide. Even though it was gently rubbing the weapon on the side, it still triggered an explosive impact, which made Song Xie's muscles stiff and the horse spear came out of his hand.
When Song Xie reacted, he had already flew up like a cloud of fog, and his chest was slammed into a big hole by the seemingly elegant person in front of him and threw it out!
Qin Qiong rushed into the enemy formation with a spear waving. More than ten Turkic soldiers around him were instantly stabbed to the ground like paper. Then he rode his horse over their bodies and stabbed the enemy formation out of the diagonal stabbing.
More than a hundred cavalrymen rushed to the scene and followed Qin Qiong out of the enemy formation.
"Retreat!" Qin Qiong shouted, led more than a hundred cavalry and walked away calmly.
The Turkic soldiers then realized that their beloved Shi Jin died in one encounter. They shouted loudly, ignored the orders from the rear, and chased Qin Qiong.
Qin Qiong ignored the shouts behind him and rode his horse until the sound of hooves in front of him were heard.
"Brother Qin, stop running away, old Cheng is here!" Cheng Yaojin led two thousand cavalrymen who were waiting for battle to arrive on the battlefield.
Qin Qiongle ceased his horse and suddenly whistled, leading his soldiers to turn around and kill them towards the Turkic pursuers.
The Turkic cavalry leader was killed, and in order to pursue Qin Qiong, he was in chaos again.
Facing the Tang cavalry who was waiting for battle, you can imagine the outcome.
Li Shimin no longer looked at the right wing of the Eastern Han Army. The victory or defeat was decided, and he was looking at what he meant!
The most powerful combat power of the Han Eastern Army was undoubtedly Song Xiena's three thousand Turkic cavalry, but the one that was most uncontrollable was also these three thousand Turkic cavalry. Song Xiena's eyes were above the top and was not the kind of person who obeyed the command, so Li Shimin used hundreds of cavalry to lure the enemy, and used Qin Qiong to kill the enemy's head, and cooperated with Cheng Yaojin's ambush to defeat the powerful soldiers relying on the Han Eastern Army in one fell swoop.
"The round formation is the edge, and the two wings are attacking each other! I will break your wings and see how you attack each other!" Li Shimin sneered in his heart, and his mind was placed on the left-wing cavalry of the East Han Army. Suddenly thought of Luo Shixin, and he felt strange.
If Luo Shixin is here, the double arrows of the cavalry general composed of him and Yuchi Jingde can achieve results in a short period of time, but this guy asked for a small task that was very leisurely and had almost no military achievements ten days ago...
Chapter completed!