Chapter 1980: Iron cavalry descends from the sky (Part 2)
Chapter 1980 The iron cavalry descends from the sky (Part 2)
Chapter 1978: The cavalry descends from the sky (Part 2)
When he thought that tens of thousands of Qin Army's cavalry were chasing him, Li Shimin could no longer sit still and quickly ordered: "Quickly, send all the scouts out to find out the location of the Qin Army and the specific details. Number of people.”
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Looking at the spies leaving, Li Shimin already had two results in his mind.
First, no trace of the Qin army was found, which shows that the Qin army did not split into two groups, nor did they send cavalry to pursue them separately. The previous speculations were that they had overthought.
The second is to find traces of the Qin Army. After all, if the Qin Army really let the cavalry pursue them, the tens of thousands of cavalry troops would be so powerful that it would be impossible to completely cover them up.
If it is the former, it will naturally be beneficial to the Tang army, but if it is the latter, then the 60,000 Tang army in Luoyang will be in danger.
Li Shimin led the Tang army to continue to retreat while waiting for reports from the scouts. Two days later, he learned that a large number of Qin cavalry appeared hundreds of miles away.
"Reporting to my lord, a large number of cavalry traces have been found hundreds of miles away."
"What?"
As soon as the news came out, Li Tang’s senior management exploded.
The Qin cavalry appeared hundreds of miles away before the Tang army received the exact news. This not only showed that the Qin army was deliberately hiding its traces, but also showed that the Qin cavalry had a clear purpose and was here to pursue the Tang army from the beginning.
For the Qin cavalry, a distance of a hundred miles was nothing more than a long-distance attack, and they would be able to catch up with the Tang army in less than a day.
But for the Tang army, which was composed of infantry and cavalry, one day was not enough to reach Hongnong County.
The Heluo Plain can be described as a flat plain, which is extremely suitable for cavalry combat.
If the Tang army was overtaken by the Qin army's cavalry on such plain terrain, it would be a luxury to think of retreating.
At this thought, there was a hint of deep worry between everyone's brows.
Li Shimin thought for a while and then asked: "Can we find out the specific number of Qin troops?"
“We have not been able to detect it. The number of the Qin army is too large to be counted. It should be roughly more than 30,000.”
"What?"
Li Shimin suddenly screamed. He originally had some hope that the Qin army chasing him would be less than 20,000, but he did not expect that the Qin army chasing him would exceed 30,000.
Cavalry fought with infantry on the plains. One cavalryman was worth at least five infantrymen, but the Tang army had a mixed army of 60,000 elite infantry and cavalry.
If the number of chasing Qin cavalry is less than 20,000, the 60,000 Tang army's infantry and cavalry may not be able to defeat the pursuing Qin army, but if it reaches 30,000, it will be very dangerous.
Thirty thousand cavalry launched a charge on the plain. With the support of the terrain, the combat power they unleashed was enough to defeat the 60,000 Tang army head-on.
What's more, the Qin army chasing after them was more than 30,000.
Once the Tang army was defeated by the Qin army's cavalry, and it was in the plains, it would only be a matter of time before it was completely eaten away.
Therefore, for the Tang army, faced with the pursuit of more than 30,000 cavalry, it would be difficult to avoid the fate of being defeated once it was overtaken, and once it was defeated, it would mean the entire army was annihilated.
“How could this happen?” Li Shimin clenched his fists with a look of unwillingness.
By the way, hasn't the Qin army already started a war with the Manchu and Qing Dynasties? To deal with a country like the Manchu and Qing Dynasties that can dispatch hundreds of thousands of cavalry, shouldn't Qin Hao transfer all the cavalry to Youzhou? Why did he send so many cavalry instead? Sizhou was sent?
Li Shimin did not personally visit the Youzhou battlefield, so he did not understand the situation.
The Qin army already has enough cavalry in Youzhou. Even if these 40,000 cavalry are used in Youzhou, they will not surpass the Manchu Qing in terms of cavalry, but it is completely different when used on the southern battlefield.
Among the three kingdoms of Tang, Shu and Chu, Tang was doing relatively well. Shu and Chu were extremely short of cavalry because they were located in the south.
Forty thousand cavalry can't make waves in the north, but they can play a vital role in the south. That's why Qin Hao arranged so many cavalry for the 200,000 Hebei army.
"In less than one day, the Qin army's cavalry will catch up, but so much time is not enough for our army to withdraw. Do you have any strategies to retreat from the enemy?" Li Shimin looked at everyone with hope, but There was silence for a while, and everyone was deep in thought.
60,000 infantry cavalry and 40,000 iron cavalry met in the plains. They would definitely not be able to defeat each other in a head-on confrontation, and they would not be able to escape even if they wanted to. This was already a dead end.
“Lord, we can set up an ambush to fight the Qin army.”
“Yes, yes, this method is good.”
“But the commander of the 40,000 cavalry this time is the famous general Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan of the Qin Army. This man is famous for his speed, accuracy and ruthlessness in using troops, and he is also cautious by nature. What kind of ambush can make him fall into an ambush?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly fell into silence.
Want to ambush Zhang Liao? It's so hard.
Besides, there is another important issue, that is, the land of Heluo is so flat that there is no place suitable for setting up an ambush.
“Prince Tang, you have to make a choice.” Sima Yi said in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes were full of pain, and he deeply regretted his original aggressive move, otherwise he would never have been in such a dilemma.
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Zhang Liao led 40,000 cavalry and entered the Yin territory of Henan Province. However, they did not enter Luoyang and continued the pursuit without stopping.
"General, Luoyang has sent ten thousand troops out of the city to support us. We are now only thirty miles away from the Tang army."
Zhang Liao asked with a surprised look on his face: "There are still 10,000 troops dispatched from Luoyang?"
According to Zhang Liao's knowledge, most of Luoyang City's troops were new soldiers, and there were not many elite soldiers. How could it be possible to send 10,000 troops out of the city to fight?
“Master Jia sent out the women’s army, and now we have an army of 10,000. Now the leader of the army is Mrs. Mu, and your wife, the general, is also here.”
"What?"
Zhang Liao subconsciously exclaimed.
Hu Sanniang left the army after marrying him, and now she has returned to the Women's Army. She must be more than one female general who has returned, which shows how dangerous the situation in Luoyang was before.
The married female generals in the Women's Army are basically the wives of big men in the army. Not only her own wife is in the army, but even the princess is now in the army.
Zhang Liao cannot bear the responsibility if he suffers a little damage.
“Send the order, speed up the march, and don’t let the ladies suffer any harm.” Zhang Liao shouted.
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【Ding dong, Zhang Liao's skill 'raid' is activated. When launching a raid or charge, the movement speed of the troops increases, the combat power increases, the general's command +3, and the force +3.
Zhang Liao: Commandery 98 (+1), Force 102 (+5). The current Commandership has increased to 101, and Force has increased to 105. 】
With the support of the "raid", the speed of the 40,000 cavalry increased significantly, reaching an average speed of 180 miles per day, and the distance between them and the Tang army quickly narrowed.
“Report...The cavalry of the Qin army is less than fifty miles away from our army.”
“What? How could it be so fast?”
"Report...The Qin army is less than thirty miles away from our army."
“…The Qin army is less than ten miles away from our army.”
Guarantee
(End of this chapter)