The large ship slowed down quickly. Yang Yuanqing quickly walked to the bow and found that the fleet was still one mile away from the south bank. The burning trees on the shore were clearly visible. Thousands of Tang troops were densely spread on the shore, with bows and crossbows waiting for the battle.

But the danger at the moment did not come from the Tang army on the shore, but was floating on the river surface with a thick layer of viscous black oil. Half of the big ship he was riding in had already sailed into the black oil circle, and the bow and the side of the ship were covered with black oil.

Yang Yuanqing was secretly surprised. This was his way to deal with Li Mi, but the Tang army reversed him. It was just at night and it was difficult to detect. Now it was daytime, so he could escape in time. Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered, "Ship is rampant and leave the oil zone quickly."

The big ship slowly turned around and drove eastward. In just a moment, the big ship Yang Yuanqing was riding left the oil-slipping area. He turned around and looked around. Several warships parallel to his big ship had also left the oil-slipping area, but the ships behind were constantly sailing.

Yang Yuanqing immediately made a decision, "Light fire and burn oil!"

The order was issued, and dozens of rockets shot towards the oil on the river surface. The oil on the ground burned and spread rapidly. The black smoke rolled, turning the river surface nearly one mile near the south bank into a sea of ​​fire.

The burning river surface is the best warning. The ships heading south stopped moving forward on the river surface, waiting for the fire to subside. The fire burned for nearly an hour before it gradually extinguished.

The fleet began to regain its momentum and approached the shore. For a moment, arrows were like rain, and the two sides fought fiercely at the Mengjin Ferry.

"Stop the Sui army!"

Wang Huaiwen, the chief general of the Tang army, shouted loudly: "The enemy is not allowed to go ashore!"

The Tang army had more than 5,000 troops at the Mengjin Ferry, 3,000 crossbow troops and 2,000 cavalry. They poured thousands of barrels of tinder oil on the river surface outside the ferry, forming the first line of defense. Then, three thousand crossbowmen were deployed on the shore. When the Sui army warships slowly landed, the Tang army fired arrows at the shore. The dense rain of arrows shot towards the large ship, mixed with countless rockets.

The Sui army on the warship also launched a counterattack, with arrows shooting like rain on the shore. The more powerful one was the stone cannon on the ship, accompanied by a huge impact. Stones weighing dozens of kilograms hit the Tang army on the shore, and almost every huge rock smashed several people. There were screams on the shore, and the Tang army's crossbowmen suffered heavy casualties.

Under the intensive offensive of the stone cannon, the Tang army's crossbow army was forced to retreat, and a chance to land appeared on the shore. Yang Yuanqing was watching the battle situation on a large ship behind. He had seen about two thousand cavalry lined up hundreds of steps away, obviously preparing to launch an attack on the Sui army that was landing.

"Five hundred armored Mo Dao Army first!"

Yang Yuanqing's order was already out. The main ship was waving the flag, and the two warships carrying Modao soldiers took the lead in docking. Five hundred armored infantry held Modao and went ashore facing the arrows. They began to line up to attack the Tang army.

The Tang army's arrows were unable to shoot through the heavy armor of the Modao Army. Most of the soldiers encountered the Sui army's Modao Army for the first time. Such soldiers who were not afraid of arrows made them retreat one after another, and a riot appeared in the camp.

The chief general Wang Huaiwen was once a general of the Sui army. He knew that this was a heavy armored infantry, holding a slap blade. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, this heavy armored infantry was used to deal with the northern nomadic peoples, but the slap blade in the hands of the Sui army was thinner and longer.

"General, I'm afraid the cavalry will be unfavorable!" A side general also felt something was wrong, and he quickly reminded Wang Huaiwen.

Wang Huaiwen stared for a while and resolutely ordered: "Cabinets attack!"

Two thousand cavalry suddenly launched and rushed towards the Sui army's heavy armored infantry that had just arrived ashore, trying to use speed and impact to knock the heavy armored infantry down the Yellow River.

But the ending was that it severely damaged the Tang cavalry. The heavily armored infantry resisted the impact of the Tang cavalry and slashed the sword. Under the light of the sword, it was invincible. Five hundred heavily armored infantry advanced like a wall, killing the cavalry and horse corpses piled up, and blood flowed into a river.

"General, retreat!"

All the generals shouted anxiously. Wang Huaiwen finally took a deep look at the five hundred heavy armored infantry. His eyes showed disappointment. He could not catch a heavy armored infantry. Seeing that the two thousand cavalry suffered heavy losses and had already shown signs of defeat. More and more Sui soldiers holding giant shield spears began to land.

As a last resort, Wang Huaiwen had no choice but to order: "The entire army retreats!"

More than a thousand cavalry and less than three thousand crossbowmen quickly evacuated the battlefield.

Since there was no main force of the Tang army to participate in the war, the battle at Mengjindu was destined to be just a harassing small battle. Its role could only be to delay the landing of the Sui army, but it could not prevent the main force of the Sui army from landing. As more and more Sui army came ashore, Wang Huaiwen, the general of the Tang army, saw that the situation was hopeless, led the Tang army to quickly evacuate the ferry and retreat southward.

The 50,000 troops of the Sui Dynasty began to land in a mighty manner. At this time, the three pillars of beacon fired on the beacon tower one mile away, quickly spreading the information that appeared in the main force of the Sui army to the Tang army camp in Luoyang.

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The next morning, Wang Huaiwen led the retreating Tang army back to the camp of Luoyang. In the past two days, the Tang army did not attack Luoyang and began to prepare to withdraw the camp to retreat westward. When Li Shimin heard the news that Wang Shichong had removed the imperial title, he immediately realized that the main force of the Sui army was going to send troops, and removing the imperial title must be a condition issued by Yang Yuanqing.

As the Sui army sent troops, the battle situation began to become subtle. The situation that was originally Tang Qiang and Zheng Wu was immediately reversed. The situation began to be unfavorable. Xu Shiji scored 20,000 Western-Road Sui army was in the Hangu Pass area, while Yang Yuanqing's tens of thousands of main forces came from Yanshi County and attacked left and right. The Tang army lacked strategic depth and would undoubtedly lose this battle.

In the tent, Li Shimin and dozens of generals were listening to Wang Huaiwen's details of the Battle of Mengjin, especially the Modao heavy armored infantry, and everyone was fully focused on it.

"The opponent's heavy armored infantry had only 500, but their combat power was quite strong. Their slap blade was thinner and longer than what I knew, and seemed to be sharper. Five hundred people withstood the impact of the cavalry and fought together, killing two thousand cavalry seriously injured."

At this time, a soldier walked into the tent and held an old-fashioned blade in his hand, which was actually a single-pointed two-edged knife.

Wang Huaiwen took the thirty-pounding blade and continued to say to everyone: "The Sui army's slap blade is three feet longer than this one. The blade is two feet longer. It is thin and light, and the blade is thin, but it feels very hard and sharp. I didn't see the real thing, but I felt that creating a Sui army's slap blade requires good iron and craftsmanship skills, and our craftsmen may not be able to create it."

At this time, another personal soldier came in. He also held a slap blade in his hand, but the slap blade just now was thinner and longer, which was exactly the same as Wang Huaiwen's description. Many of the generals exclaimed.

Wang Huaiwen's eyes widened. He slowly took the long slap blade, waved two swords, and said to the generals excitedly: "It's exactly the same as the Sui army's slap blade, it's indeed a good knife!"

He suddenly became confused again, where the blade came from, and he asked Li Shimin in confusion, "Is this your highness seized from the Sui army?"

Li Shimin took the sword and shook his head and said, "This sword was actually created by our military weapon maker last month."

There was a burst of exclamation in the tent. Their own craftsmen could actually build them. Wang Huaiwen was extremely excited, "Your Highness, can we also form a heavy armored infantry like the Sui army?"

Li Shimin smiled bitterly and sighed slightly, "I hope so too, but it is not realistic. This knife is not called a slap blade, but a Mo Dao. It has extremely high requirements for iron and forging technology. We began to pay attention to this heavy armored Mo Dao Army of the Sui army more than a year ago. I specially gathered the best knife maker in the Chang'an Army Arms Supervision."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin was a little discouraged. He sighed and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a knife, nor does it have forging technology. The Sui Dynasty kept it very secret. Tang Feng tried his best to find nothing. Our information was the same as General Wang. He only knew that it was extremely long and thin, extremely hard and sharp, and he knew nothing else. Therefore, it took more than a year for our knife maker to finally build such a sword, and their heavy armor, which we also built. But the problem is that we don't have time and so many excellent craftsmen. It takes at least two years to build a heavy armored sword of 3,000 people. It will take at least two years to exhaust the power of the Tang Dynasty to succeed."

The words of the King of Qin made everyone feel a little heavy. Yuchi Gong asked curiously: "Your Highness, is the heavy armored Mo Dao Army of the Sui army invincible? Is there no way to restrain yourself?"

"No! The Sui army's heavy armored Mo Dao Army also has natural enemies. When attacking Dou Jiande's camp, Dou Jiande's army used a bed crossbow. It may be a bit exaggerated to hear that hundreds of heavy armored Mo Dao Army were shot and killed, but the bed crossbow iron arrows can indeed penetrate the heavy armor of the heavy armored Mo Dao soldiers, which allowed me to find a way to deal with the heavy armored infantry."

Speaking of this, Li Shimin smiled slightly, "In fact, there are many ways. For example, when we dig a big hole, they will not come out after falling down, and burn it with tinder oil. They are just as dead. Everything in the world always surrenders one thing. There is nothing invincible in the world. The Sui army cannot sweep the world with a heavy armored infantry. As long as we are vigilant, we can minimize casualties and losses."

The atmosphere in the military tent became warmer again. At this time, a soldier rushed in and reported: "Report to Your Highness, Hongnong County has emergency information!"

Li Shimin took the information and looked at it. His face suddenly became solemn. He slowly said to the generals: "Xu Shiji led his army to Hongnong County and cut off our retreat."

Li Shimin sighed. At this point, he couldn't help but withdraw his troops. He immediately ordered: "Tell me my order and the army evacuated Hongnong County!"

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Because Yang Yuanqing's army crossed the river, the Tang army realized that they could not take Luoyang. In order not to cut off the retreat by the Sui army, Li Shimin was forced to order the withdrawal of troops. Seventy thousand Tang dynasties evacuated towards Hongnong County and retreated the battlefield to Hongnong County. The Tang army withdrew from Luoyang, which did not mean that they gave up the Central Plains and preserved the occupation of Hongnong County became the top priority of the Tang army. A battle between Yang Yuanqing and Li Shimin will soon begin in Hongnong County.

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