With Li Jing's order, the war drums rumbled, and the red and blue flags danced on the command platform. This was the order for arc attack. Zhou's army suddenly launched, and the two bottom corners of the triangle formation separated to both sides, forming two arcs, just like the two horns of argali.

The 40,000 army formed two black surging crazes, each of which was several miles wide. Under the leadership of generals Luo Cheng and Laitao, they went to Li Shimin's left and right wings. The spears and swords were densely packed like a forest. The soldiers ran hard in the heavy rain, with a tragic momentum, which changed the color of the world.

At the same time, the low trumpet sound of the Zhou army sounded, and the seven thousand cavalry deployed on Li Shimin's left wing, led by General Shi Hengbo, suddenly launched an attack, and they rushed towards the crossbowman.

Suddenly it rained heavily in the sky, causing Li Shimin's face to change. The crossbows could not be used in the rain. The crossbow formation he had discharged actually failed. Li Shimin was very anxious and quickly ordered: "General Changsun faced the enemy cavalry on the flanks and covered the crossbows to retreat!"

A 10,000-strong Tang army spear soldiers led by General Changsun Shunde, fought against the Zhou cavalry that came from the side. The two sides were getting closer and closer. The spear tips were shining and the momentum was booming. Luo Cheng shouted, "Divide the troops!"

Deputy General Shi Hengbo ran northward, and two thousand cavalry followed him around the Tang army's vanguard and rushed towards the retreating crossbow army. The cavalry's advantage was fully displayed at this moment. They galloped at lightning, and rushed into the retreating Tang army's crossbow army with a devastating momentum.

Hundreds of Tang army crossbowmen rolled to the ground under the powerful impact of the cavalry. In an instant, people's heads rolled, blood splashed, and wailed in a circle. Knife slashed spears, war horses collided, war horses galloped in the crowd, crossbow army could not use bows and arrows in the rain, and they could not resist this extremely sharp Zhou cavalry. The formation of the eight thousand crossbow army was torn apart.

The other five thousand Zhou army cavalry, led by Luo Cheng, collided with the 10,000 spear troops led by Changsun Shunde, and the spear rods hit each other and the swords killed each other. The two families fought fiercely.

At this time, the 40,000 main force of the Zhou army arrived and rushed towards the Tang army overwhelmed. Li Shimin was prepared and said coldly: "Two wings fight!"

After all, the Tang army commanded by Li Shimin was also one of the world's strongest troops. It was well-trained. 20,000 spear infantry and 4,000 cavalry formed a large formation of infantry and cavalry-supporting spearmen. Under the leadership of the right-wing general Wu Yunzhao and Liu Xiang, he fought against the 20,000 Zhou Dynasty infantry who came first.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, destroying Li Shimin's deployment of the crossbow army, and allowing 20,000 infantrymen on the left wing of the Zhou Dynasty to escape and kill without any obstacles. The 20,000 spear soldiers were like surging waves. They led by Hu Benlang Jiang Laitao, and they launched a storm-like attack from the large formation of spearmen from all directions.

The large spear formation was a weapon trained by Li Shimin to deal with the cavalry of the Zhou Dynasty. It was somewhat similar to the Macedonian legion in the West. It mainly used collective strength to use a spear two feet long to deal with the cavalry. The flanks were their weakness, so there were two thousand cavalry guards on both sides.

Li Jing saw the weakness of the Tang army and urgently sent someone to tell the former general Su Dingfang. Su Dingfang shouted loudly: "Concentrate on attacking the left cavalry!"

The Ten Thousand Zhou Dynasties' spear army attacked like a tide and launched a fierce, stormy offensive, followed by a wave of attacks on the left guards.

Most of the summer in June are showers. After a brief heavy rain, the rain clears away the clouds, and the sun shines on the earth again. The Tang army's crossbow soldiers changed their strings one after another, and the crossbow soldiers showed their might again.

The 20,000 infantry soldiers of the front army led by Su Dingfang were blocked by the three thousand crossbow troops sent by Li Shimin. The Zhou army shouted and killed the sky. They bravely moved forward and swept towards the Tang army. They held shields with one hand and spears with the other, and rushed violently towards the enemy's positions in the face of the dense rain of arrows.

At 120 steps, the Tang army crossbowmen began to shoot arrows, and the overwhelming rain of arrows shot towards the Zhou Dynasty soldiers. Pieces of Zhou soldiers were shot overturned, but the rolling army was still like a black tide, surging and surging towards the Tang army.

When Li Jing was tit-for-tat, he also sent 5,000 Zhou army crossbow soldiers to shoot at the enemy's formation. They used the military weapon to supervise the serial crossbow that had been improved last year, that is, there was a wooden box on the crossbow, a box of twelve crossbow arrows, and after one crossbow arrow was shot out, it could automatically land on the launch groove. The soldiers pulled the strings at an extremely fast speed.

Flying waves of crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy formation like locusts, and a large number of Tang soldiers were also shot over. At this time, Luo Cheng's army finally rushed to the front of the Tang army formation. Tang army crossbowmen put down their bows and arrows and ran back. Xue Wanche led 10,000 troops to fight, followed by the 5,000-biting shield army, and fought together from the side.

‘Boom!’ There was a loud noise from the ground, and the two armies collided like two surging waves. In an instant, the murderous aura was confusing to the eyes, soldiers and swords fought each other, armor collided, and there was a loud sound. The two armies fought fiercely together, shouting and screaming, the heads fell to the ground, and blood flowed into a river. The war was so cruel that the soldiers' lives were as humble as grass at this moment.

A Zhou soldier screamed, his head was chopped in half by an axe, and blood and brain plasma splattered everywhere. Two burly soldiers met in close combat and fell to the ground together. The Zhou soldier held the other party tightly, grabbed an arrow from the ground, pointed it at his forehead and eyes, and poked it down with one arrow. The other party choked and died tragically on the ground.

But no matter how fierce the left and right wings fought fiercely, Li Shimin's 10,000 central army remained unmoved, and there were 10,000 rear army three miles behind him, led by Hou Junji, responsible for escorting food and supplies.

The Zhou army also suppressed the army of 50,000, and the commander Li Jing still had 30,000 troops not to fight, specifically targeting Li Shimin's central army.

At this time, Li Shimin showed a smile on his face. The Tang army fought very well, better than he expected. A year of hard training finally achieved results. They were weak and strong and did not lose the upper hand. He had already seen that his infantry strength was slightly better than the Zhou Dynasty army, and it was 50,000 troops against 80,000 troops. In any case, they must not fail in this battle.

Li Jing smiled coldly and ordered: "Let General Pei attack!"

Several rockets flew into the air. In just a moment, the northern land began to shake and dust flew. Tang Jun immediately felt it. A personal soldier beside Li Shimin shouted in surprise: "Look at your highness!"

He pointed to the northeast with a look of horror. Li Shimin had already seen it. He was shocked. He saw a cavalry that broke out from the woods in the north, covering the sky and earth, with about 30,000 people. The flags were waving and the momentum was terrifying. He rushed towards his rear army. The leader general was a treasure horse, a jade lion under his crotch, holding an eight-edged silver hammer, wearing an eagle helmet, flying red tassels, heroic and handsome, and peerless. He was the famous general Pei Xingyan.

Li Shimin was so shocked that he took a few steps back, and felt despair in his heart. Pei Xingyan actually came. He felt the pressure like a mountain. Li Shimin tried his best to calm his mind. With a swing of his sword, he ordered: "General Xue Wanjun, you can lead five thousand Xuan Armored Cavalry to fight!"

When Xue Wanjun heard Li Shimin's order, he immediately raised his horn and blew it. Dozens of horn hands blew it together, "Woo"

Xue Wanjun waved his spear and led five thousand black armored iron cavalry to rush away against the opponent's cavalry.

The five thousand black armored cavalry are heavy armored cavalry. The horses are covered with armor and can resist bows and arrows. The cavalry is selected from tens of thousands of Tang soldiers. They are all outstanding in martial arts and well-equipped, and become the most elite cavalry of the Tang army. They usually rarely fight, but they suffered losses of two thousand people in the battle of Changwu City, and later they were re-filled.

But today Li Shimin was afraid of the Pei Xingyan army that came unexpectedly, especially Pei Xingyan's cavalry of the Eight Thousand Stolen Camp was extremely brave and could not be underestimated. Li Shimin finally ordered the Xuan Armored Iron Cavalry to fight.

Five thousand mysterious iron cavalry galloped quickly, like a powerful iron stream, and instantly rushed to Pei Xingyan's cavalry with murderous aura. With a shocking sound, the cavalry collided with powerful impact, which overturned hundreds of cavalry on both sides to the ground.

Pei Xingyan was ambushed in the woods in the north, holding his troops unmoved, staring at him like a beast, waiting for the opportunity to raid behind the Tang army. When the Zhou army and the Tang army were in a stalemate, he received the order from Li Jing to attack.

Thirty thousand cavalry divided into two groups. The most elite 8,000 cavalry cavalry fought against 5,000 Xuan Armored Cavalry, and ordered 22,000 cavalry outside to surround the Tang Houjun from all directions. The cavalry killed fiercely and bravely. In an instant, they rushed into the rear army and slashed the Tang army soldiers, and their limbs were broken all over the ground, bloody and pungent, making them breathless.

Although the Black Armor Iron Cavalry was extremely brave, they still did not gain the upper hand in front of the equally elite cavalry. Both sides were killed and turned over and blood was flowing.

Xue Wanjun couldn't help but feel angry. He roared, rushed forward, waved his horse and stabbed dozens of people in a row. Seeing that he was extremely brave, the rest of the Zhou cavalry retreated one after another. When Xue Wanjun saw that the enemy was afraid, he didn't have to laugh. Before he could finish his laughter, Pei Xingyan came from the slanting stabbing.

His silver hammer double-tap was as heavy as Mount Tai, and Xue Wanjun raised his spear to block it. With a loud bang, the spear was knocked away. Xue Wanjun drove away the horse and hit the back of his head. Xue Wanjun was tragically killed and fell off the horse.

The main general was killed, and the Xuanjia cavalry began to lose their support, and gradually showed signs of defeat. The rear army was defeated by 20,000 cavalry assault and was completely defeated. The main general Hou Junji also died in the chaos.

At the same time, a crisis occurred on the right wing of the Tang army. The two thousand cavalry guards on the left side of the pike formation were assassinated by the Zhou Dynasty spearmen, revealing the left gap of the pike formation. This is the weakness of the pike formation. Luo Cheng, who had already broken into the hinterland of the Tang army, led 5,000 cavalry to kill him. He yelled, "Strike the left side of the pike formation!"

The five thousand Zhou army cavalry surged up, and the impact was like a storm, and instantly rushed out of the pirates. The large formation of pirates, which had been killed and injured and had been attacked by Zhou army's bows and arrows, finally could not hold on. The formation was in chaos and showed signs of collapse.

At this time, the sound of trumpets sounded again in the distance, and the drums of Zhou jun were like thunder. Li Jing issued the final order to attack. He personally led the 30,000 most elite Zhou army, and shouted and killed the sky, like the strong wind blowing under dark clouds, sweeping towards Li Shimin's central army.

Pei Xingyan's 30,000 cavalry also defeated the rear army and the Xuanjia cavalry. Thirty thousand cavalry came from behind. Pei Xingyan waved the silver hammer and was even more brave, killing the Tang soldiers overturned their horses and their positions were in chaos.

The Tang army was attacked from both sides. Duan Zhixuan saw that the situation was not good, and immediately rushed forward and shouted to Li Shimin: "Your Highness, you must retreat quickly now, otherwise our army will be wiped out!"

Li Shimin's face was pale. He gritted his teeth and shouted: "Retreat troops to the southeast immediately!"

Li Jing's army arrived, and three thousand personal guards surrounded Li Shimin and evacuated to the southeast. As Pei Xingyan led 30,000 cavalry to the northeast, the two armies attacked east and west, the morale of the Tang army suffered a heavy blow, and the large formation of spearmen collapsed first. Then the left-wing Tang army also quickly retreated north under the leadership of Changsun Shunde, and the Tang army was defeated like a mountain.

"Kill!"

The Zhou Dynasty army shouted loudly, and its morale was greatly boosted. They chased the enemy and left. The black and defeated soldiers fled desperately. They trampled on each other, suffocated and trampled to death.

Not far to the south is the Yi River. The river water is about five meters wide. There was originally a wooden bridge, but it was disrepaired and soon it was crowded and collapsed by the defeated army. The defeated soldiers had nowhere to escape and jumped into the river to swim.

Many Tang soldiers did not know the nature of water. Thousands of people drowned in the river. The bodies blocked the river. The human body was buried in the mountain and the corpses accumulated like mountains. The defeated soldiers behind them stepped on the corpse of their companions and ran to the other side. Only moans, screams, and cries were heard, and everything seemed like crazy, terrifying and chaotic.

But they couldn't escape much, so they were surrounded by Pei Xingyan and led 30,000 cavalrymen, and all the rebels were killed. In the end, tens of thousands of desperate Tang soldiers had to kneel down and kowtow to beg for mercy.

Only when Li Shimin's three thousand personal guards were all cavalrymen, could they escape and flee southeast in a hurry.

At this time, Luo Shixin also led an army of 50,000 from the east to kill him. He happened to meet the family guarded by Qin Qiong. Luo Shixin persuaded Qin Qiong to surrender in front of the battle, but Qin Qiong was ashamed and refused to answer. Luo Shixin was old and let Qin Qiong and his family go. Qin Qiong guarded his family and retreated to Liangyuan County twenty miles away.

When his family entered the city, Qin Qiong immediately led 3,000 troops to rescue Li Shimin, and happened to receive Li Shimin's three thousand defeated troops. The two armies joined forces and retreated to Yuanliang County.

In this battle, the Tang army was almost completely destroyed. General Changsun Shunde, Duan Zhixuan and Hou Junji were all killed in the chaos. Wu Yunzhao was captured by arrows, and Xue Wanche was also captured by Luo Cheng alive.

Li Shimin had only 6,000 troops left and was besieged in a small county in Liangyuan. In despair, Li Shimin sent an eagle letter to Li Shentong for help...
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