Chapter 1093 Mysterious Armored Soldiers and Horses
When did Li Yuanji suffer such a cowardly, but who told them not to have so many cavalry?
The soldiers and horses expanded by the Tang Dynasty were mainly infantry because the prices were cheap, so there was no money to buy horses.
The people in Shangzhou City live a life of fear every day. Most people have to go to the city wall to help strengthen the city wall during the day and provide bricks and stones for the city wall.
A blacksmith workshop was opened in the city, which specializes in concentrating blacksmiths on making bows and arrows. The most expensive thing to guard the city is arrows.
Although Li Yuanji was a little more ruthless in the battle, he was still rational. Tuyuhun's cavalry was powerful, but the role that the Tang Dynasty archers could play was huge.
During this period, all the defenses of archers made the enemy's cavalry unable to gain an advantage in siege battles.
Most of the cavalry in Tuyuhun robbed financial food every day, and captured slaves everywhere for half a month, having collected at least 30,000 young and strong efforts, and robbed countless financial matters.
Seeing that these cavalry were about to leave, Li Yuanji had no choice. If he had a head-on attack, the human wall formed by so much effort, would be an obstacle, leaving him helpless.
What's more, those slaves in front of the enemy are tool people and will not care about the lives and deaths of the people at all.
The Tuyuhun cavalry would retreat immediately after facing excess of their enemies, which left Li Yuanji helpless.
The situation outside Shangzhou City is the same as the siege half a month ago. The enemy cavalry can restrict Li Yuanji from leading troops to the dispatch if they are less than 20,000.
Li Shimin arrived with 200,000 troops. When he saw the Tuyuhun cavalry besieged in the city, the soldiers of Wagang City immediately dispatched, and three thousand cavalry launched a charge.
The Xuan Armored Cavalry and the 3,000 cavalry of Wagang are equipped with high-end armor and are extremely powerful in combat.
"Enemy attack!"
When Tuyuhun saw a large number of cavalry suddenly appear, he immediately chose to take people to retreat. This is their habit of fighting and will not fight easily when they don’t understand the enemy.
Their judgment of the situation should be said to be fence-bearers. They sent troops to rob them when the Tang Dynasty was weak. If the Tang Dynasty was strong, they would still pay tribute honestly every year.
The three thousand mysterious armors were very fast, and they had already set their bows and arrows at five hundred steps away. After a rain of arrows, hundreds of people were injured.
The Xuan Armored Cavalry is well-trained and is each a master of bows and arrows. If it weren't for the attack against the cavalry, it might have captured thousands of soldiers and horses this time.
On Shangzhou City, Li Yuanji was very happy to see a cavalry coming, but when he saw it was a flag of Wagang soldiers and horses, he felt very embarrassed.
But what is needed at this time is to break the enemy's siege.
"Open the city gate and prepare for the battle!" Li Yuanji saw that he had the opportunity to take advantage of it, so he issued a battle order without saying a word.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers jumped out and rushed straight to the opponent's camp.
Li Yuanji is a brave general but he is not brainless. The infantry is at a disadvantage in fighting the cavalry. After trying several times, he failed. This time, he took advantage of the cavalry's support and could rescue the people who became slaves.
This is the greatest achievement of this battle.
When Li Shimin saw the Shangzhou city wall open, he knew that Li Yuanji would not be so honest and easily left the victory of this battle to him.
After confronting the reinforcements, the cavalry of Tuyuhun knew that it was the elite soldiers of the Tang Kingdom who came? When did you not run away and wait?
Fifty thousand cavalry evacuated quickly, and they still wanted to play the strategy of killing back the horseback? Unfortunately, they met Li Shimin, who had cavalry combat capabilities.
The Xuanjia Cavalry arrived and the two sides immediately started fighting.
Tuyuhun's cavalry is very well-equipped, which is really worse than the Xuanjia cavalry.
"The armor-breaking arrows from Li Dezhi are easy to use, and the opponent's armor cannot resist at all." Changsun Wuji sighed.
The arrows used by the archers in Wagang City are all imitating the armor-breaking arrows of Youzhou, but their weakness is obvious, that is, they can break armor but their lethality is average.
If you don’t wear armor, it is very likely that the arrow will penetrate the target? The damage caused by this is easier to treat and will not be too dangerous for life.
Is destructive power good? But compared to other arrows, it still has advantages and disadvantages of big fish.
As for the destructive power issue, it is just because they don’t know how to use arrows in Youzhou.
It was difficult for Tuyuhun's cavalry to be caught in the arrows and even the arrows were caught in the Tuyuhun cavalry and it was difficult for them to believe that their armor could not defend against the opponent's arrows? He immediately chose to retreat while shocked.
If you don’t have an advantage, you choose to retreat immediately. This is their usual way of thinking? It is also the ability to survive in Tubo and the former Sui Kingdom.
"Your Highness, the enemy wants to escape." Changsun Wuji immediately reminded him when he saw the reaction of the enemy opposite.
Li Shimin naturally saw it, of course he couldn't let the enemy leave so easily? Sanqian Xuanjia chased her but her speed was always retained.
After all, the raid of three thousand cavalry caused great damage? But if they really faced the enemy of nearly 50,000 cavalry, they would definitely not really die.
Li Shimin's purpose is obviously to take over Shangzhou's defense by taking advantage of this opportunity? How can he show his ability if all the enemies are wiped out?
In addition, it is unrealistic to say that the 3,000 Xuan Armored Cavalry fight against the 50,000 cavalry of the enemy.
Since it cannot be completely eliminated, why increase the risk?
Sometimes, support in war is not enough to rush around like a reckless man? You must have a view of the overall situation and plan.
Tuyuhun is a good hand but he plays very badly this time. It is not as good as facing the Tang soldiers and 50,000 cavalrymen who are 300,000. The most important thing is that he has not transferred the spoils and slaves in time? It means that the robbery during this period is wasted.
Three hundred thousand soldiers gathered together? They took the Tuyuhun station directly? The 300,000 people could not be transferred in time and had to give up? When they arrived, they immediately began to rescue the hostages.
Let’s see where the cavalry in Tuyuhun still have their figures.
After retreating, he directly brought 30,000 people back to Shangzhou. Due to the serious casualties and injuries of the people in the city, these people were finally allowed to replenish them in the city? It was a place for these people to settle down.
Li Yuanji was still one step late, but he still had his contribution to the record of rescuing the hostages.
"Come on, take Li Yuanji down."
The first thing Li Shimin did after entering the city was to detain his third brother? The atmosphere became tense instantly. After all, there were still Li Yuanji's 100,000 soldiers in the city.
Although it was a temporary appointment of commander, Li Shimin suddenly attacked Li Yuanji and immediately became awkward.
"What are you going to do? This general is the commander of the army this time. Do you want to rebel?" Li Yuanji really didn't know what Li Shimin was going to do. The first thing he thought was intentional because of his bad relationship.
I thought that if he was really taken away, he would be killed.
Li Yuanji's thoughts are very distrustful.
"What am I going to do? Is the content of the war report a few days ago fake?" Li Shimin asked.
Chapter completed!