Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 1022
This is an encounter of unequal strength between the two sides.

The range of Tang Jun's three-eyed blunderbuss was about 200 steps, while the range of the opponent's bow and arrow was only a little over a hundred steps.

The Goguryeo army had to break through these one hundred steps in order to reach the front line of the Tang army and fight with the Tang army.

And these one hundred steps are the hell for many people, the last journey in their lives.

Tang Jun’s three-eyed blunderbuss fired intensively and uninterruptedly. The gunpowder was mixed with lead pellets and iron pellets. Once a shot was fired, it was fired in a fan-like direction. When a row of blunderbussmen fired together, it was an overwhelming number of projectiles, and there was no dodge in front of them. The place.

When the Goguryeo army charged to the front of the Tang army, the entire army was dilapidated, with only a thousand soldiers left, most of whom were wounded.

Even so, the Goguryeo army still exhausted the last bit of strength in their lives, and slashed their swords at the front of the Tang army.

Regarding the charge against the enemy, the Tang army had already practiced carefully. When the remaining enemy troops charged to the front of the formation, the shield formation immediately stepped forward to make up for it, and a row of shields tightly blocked the enemy's knives and halberds.

And from the gaps in the shield, spears and halberds stretched out, stabbing the enemy's body fiercely.

From the battle to the victory, Tang Jun only took a stick of incense for an hour, and the encounter was over.

Tang Jun won.

It is not so much a fight between the two armies as it is an advanced civilization crushing a backward civilization.

When there were no more Goguryeo soldiers who could stand on the battlefield, the soldiers of the Tang army burst into thunderous cheers.

In this battle, [-] enemy troops in Goguryeo were wiped out, and the Tang army suffered about [-] casualties, undisputedly crushing the situation.

After the war, Hei Chi Chang ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up. He went to the corpse of a Goguryeo general who died in battle, inspected it carefully, and found several corpses of ordinary soldiers. Finally, Hei Chi Chang Zhi sighed.

After cleaning up, the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion returned to the camp.

It was already noon, and Li Qinzai was still waiting for news in the commander's tent. Hearing the report from the scouts, when our army defeated Goguryeo in the first battle, Li Qinzai's expression was not surprised.

Of course, a big victory is a normal result, and a defeat is appalling.

Not long after, the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion triumphantly returned to the camp, and Changzhi Heizhi came to Shuai Zhang to report his victory.

Standing in front of Li Qinzai, one of the black-toothed generals told the story of the encounter.

Li Qinzai nodded and asked, "How powerful is the Goguryeo Army?"

Hei Chi Changzhi said without hesitation: "It's very brave. It's not that the last general has the ambition of others. The last general thinks that the soldiers of this country are powerful enemies and should not be underestimated."

Li Qinzai said slowly: "If our soldiers don't have firearms, but use knives and halberds to confront the enemy head-on, without talking about the formation or strategy, and it's just that the two sides fight with their lives, what will General Black Tooth think the outcome will be?"

Hei Chi Changzhi thought for a while and said, "Four to six in victory and defeat, four in Goguryeo, and six in Tang Dynasty."

Li Qinzai was slightly moved.

He didn't doubt Hei Chi Changzhi's words. He had read history books in his previous life, and he knew very well that the emperors of the Sui and Tang dynasties made several expeditions to the east, but they failed to destroy Goguryeo. Every time they had to retreat.

Including Taizong Li Shimin, who was undefeated in his life, failed to conquer this country.

Later generations summed up many reasons, including politics, climate, strategy, and a lot of objective reasons. In short, most of the sayings are "crimes other than war."

However, Li Qinzai felt that the combat power of the Goguryeo army was definitely an important reason that could not be ignored.

Goguryeo is mountainous, and there is not much land suitable for farming, so the common people in the country are working hard for survival all year round.

Poor mountains and bad waters encourage a fierce and martial spirit. If this kind of aggressive spirit is used on the battlefield, it will be a nightmare for the enemy.

Hei Chi Changzhi sighed: "In today's battle, although our army suffered very few casualties, we have to say that thanks to the sharpness of the firearms, after the enemy charged, thousands of them were knocked down within a hundred steps, and only a thousand survived. Remain."

"Knowing that I have no chance of winning, I will die if I rush up, but none of the remaining thousand or so enemy troops backed up and escaped. Killed by our soldiers in front of the battle."

"With such a brave and fearless army, the final general thinks that Li Shuai takes it seriously and never underestimates the enemy, otherwise it will be a catastrophe for our army."

Li Qinzai nodded slowly. Today, he sent the vanguard battalion to try to meet the enemy. It doesn't matter whether the enemy can be wiped out. Li Qinzai needs to wait for an answer, which is the judgment of the generals under his command on the combat strength of the Goguryeo army.

Now Li Qinzai waited for the answer, so he paid more and more attention to the enemy country of Goguryeo.

For this battle, Li Qinzai made many arrangements. In addition to the forward battalion, Wang Fangyi, Liu Renyuan, Pei Zhengqing and other generals all assigned tasks. 5000 Goguryeo troops.

But this Goguryeo army, which would rather die than flee, quickly confessed to the swords, halberds and firearms of the Qianfeng Battalion, and Li Qinzai's other arrangements did not work.

Hei Chi Chang Zhi hesitated for a moment, and said again: "There is one more matter, which will be reported to Li Shuai at the end."

"Say."

"When cleaning the battlefield, the general found that many of the 5000-strong Goguryeo army were survivors of the original Baekje. The general looked through the clothes inside their armor, and they were all the costumes of the former Baekje country. "

"That is to say, when Baekje was destroyed, countless survivors fled to Goguryeo. After Goguryeo took them in, they incorporated young men into the army. In just a few years, these Baekje survivors, like the Goguryeo people, fought fiercely on the battlefield. Not afraid of death."

Li Qinzai was dazed for a while, his expression became more serious, and after a long time he said slowly: "General Black Tooth, what you said today is very useful to me and our entire army, thank you very much."

Hei Chi Chang Zhi hastily clasped his fists together: "The last general will be rewarded by the Great Tang Dynasty, and he should be rewarded for his loyalty as a minister. I don't dare to be thanked by Commander Li."

Li Qinzai sighed: "This 5000-strong Goguryeo army is just their vanguard. Not far from here, there are more than [-] of their main force. Judging from today's battle, fighting their main force is not what I imagined." So easy."

"Everything is at Li Shuai's command, and the last general and the Qianfeng battalion are all obedient."

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On the rugged mountain road, Xue Na was staggering along with four of his men.

The mountain road is narrow and muddy, making it difficult for mules and horses to travel, and it is even more impossible for people to ride on mules and horses. It is easy for people and mules to fall off the cliff.

Xue Na and the others had been walking for two full days, and he had never experienced such hardship. At this moment, his emotions were on the verge of collapse. After walking a few steps, he slapped himself hard, hating why he had a sudden convulsion and wanted to sneak out of the camp.

What kind of credit should be made, isn't it good to make money in peace?

So what if you get whipped by your dad when you go home?Does he dare to beat himself to death?As long as he doesn't die from smoking, he will be a good man again after heals from his injury, and he can swagger and use the money he earns to eat, drink, whore and gamble, and be a refreshing but not refined rich dude.

Therefore, when I decided to go out to seek opportunities to make meritorious service, what medicine did I take wrongly?

(End of this chapter)