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Chapter 328 The decisive battle to clear the canal
Under the city of Chang'an, there was a mountain of corpses and a sea of ??blood. The corpses of countless dead soldiers were piled together, and the dried blood turned dark brown.
Two injured horses wandered in the wilderness.
Plop!
A war horse suddenly fell to the ground, kicked twice, and then stopped moving.
"This night, tens of thousands of people died in battle on both sides of the enemy and us, and there was a smell of death floating in the air.
Li Zhen knew that this was the final decisive battle in Chang'an City. After repelling the attack of Xue Wanche's elite rebels, Chang'an could be saved.
At this moment, Li Zhen suddenly realized that the rebels had not attacked for a while. Taking the Zeiss telescope from the guard, Li Zhen looked towards the rebel camp opposite.
At this time, he discovered that a group of rebels with bright armor were wandering outside the camp.
On the surface, after last night¡¯s setback, the rebels seemed to be planning a long-term siege.
Li Zhen put down the telescope and handed it to the guard.
Nina on the side said: "Your Highness, why don't these rebels attack? Are they waiting for reinforcements?"
Li Zhen shook her head and said, "Xue Wanche's main force has left."
"Leaved?" Everyone looked at Li Zhen.
"Xue Wanche is setting up a fascination formation for me. You see, although the rebel patrol outside the city looks brightly armored, with four or five hundred people, and flags all over the camp, I just looked carefully. Now It was meal time, but there was very little smoke in the camp.
This shows that the camp is basically empty, and Xue Wanche's main force may have already withdrawn. "Li Zhen said.
"There are more than 300,000 reinforcements behind Xue Wanche, why should he withdraw?" Everyone looked at Li Zhen in confusion.
A smile appeared on Li Zhen's lips. Judging from the time, Pei Xingjian should have succeeded in clearing the canal. The reason why Xue Wanche retreated overnight was probably because the retreat route was cut off and there was no food and grass, so he led his troops to fight Pei Xingjian.
Everything is moving towards the process of my plan, Xue Wanche, this time, I will make it impossible for you to escape!
"Pei Xingjian, it's up to you. I hope I didn't misjudge you"
At that moment, Li Zhen ordered all the troops to attack. Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Yuchi Gong and others led their troops to attack the rebel camp.
The situation was no different from what Li Zhen expected. Xue Wanche only left three thousand soldiers and horses in the camp, asking them to patrol continuously, making it look like the army was still under Chang'an City.
As a result, Li Zhen's army arrived, and without much effort, they broke through the enemy camp and wiped out three thousand rebels.
Afterwards, Li Zhen did not stop and ordered all the troops leaving the city to advance at full speed towards Qingqu. Together with Pei Xingjian's troops guarding Qingqu, they annihilated Xue Wanche's troops in one fell swoop!
At the same time, Xue Wanche led nearly 30,000 main cavalry to attack Qingqu.
Xue Wanche knew that his plan to suspect soldiers could not be hidden from Li Zhen for too long, so he must seize the time to capture Qingqu and recapture the food and grass placed in Qingqu.
Otherwise, once the army runs out of food and Li Zhen chases him from behind, the remaining 30,000 troops in his hands will definitely be wiped out!
"Drive!" Xue Wanche shouted, urging the horse to move quickly.
To the west of Qingqu, Li Zhi led an army of more than 300,000 people slowly forward.
It's not that Li Zhi doesn't want to reach Chang'an as soon as possible, but that his army is a mixed bag and carries built siege equipment and a large amount of logistical supplies. It can't move fast at all and can only move more than twenty miles a day. This is already is the limit.
At this time, Li Zhi had also received news that the government troops had occupied Qingqu.
Li Zhi was shocked. Although Li Zhen was cowardly, it did not mean that he was stupid. On the contrary, Li Zhen inherited the excellent genes of his father Li Shimin and his mother's eldest grandson, Empress, and was very smart.
He immediately realized that if the clear channel was lost, Xue Wanche's retreat would be cut off, and he could no longer move forward. His army would probably be defeated as a result.
Thinking of this, Li Zhi ordered the heavy siege equipment to be abandoned immediately, and the army immediately moved towards Qingqu at full speed, striving to recapture Qingqu in the shortest possible time and eliminate the officers and soldiers occupying Qingqu.
At the critical moment, Li Zhi seemed decisive, but Pei Xingjian, who occupied the Qingqu, was in a huge crisis.
A decisive battle to determine the fate of Datang is about to begin!
After clearing the canal and the pass, Pei Xingjian ordered the soldiers to continuously build fortifications at the foot of the mountain.
Pei Xingjian placed the archers on the mountainside, and at the same time placed the two thousand musketeers given to him by Li Zhen in front of the formation, preparing to use the musketeersIntensive firepower blocked the assault of the rebel cavalry.
After a day and night of construction, Pei Xingjian had someone build a stone wall at the narrow part of the pass. Because the stone wall was located at a high altitude, the musketeers standing behind the stone wall could shoot from a high position. Due to the high terrain of the pass, it was impossible for the cavalry to launch a charge. Taking advantage of speed and impact, this created conditions for Pei Xingjian to block Xue Wanche.
The stone wall had just been repaired when I heard the sound of killing in the distance. A black line appeared on the horizon in the distance. The black line kept moving forward and turned into countless black spots. However, countless cavalry were galloping forward. Come to the pass.
Pei Xingjian took a deep breath. This was his first time leading an army independently as a general. This was also a battle that tested Pei Xingjian's commanding ability. If he succeeded, he would be the first to counter the rebellion. If he failed, then this battle would be a test. Tens of thousands of soldiers must be dead on the spot.
Pei Xingjian kept cheering himself up in his heart, telling himself that he must be calm. He would definitely defeat Xue Wanche. Even if he was a famous general, he would never lose!
"General, the rebels have begun to charge!" said a small colonel.
Pei Xingjian nodded and said, "Where are the musketeers?"
The next moment, two thousand musketeers were walking towards the stone wall in neat lines.
The training of musketeers is different from that of ordinary troops. They only wear hard leather armor instead of the iron armor equipped by the main force of the Tang army. This is because Li Zhen believed that wearing iron armor would severely affect the mobility and flexibility of musketeers.
The characteristic of musketeers is long-distance attack. As long as the combat distance is controlled within a certain distance, musketeers will have an absolute advantage. Therefore, they do not need to wear bulky iron armor.
As for the leather armor, it is only used to prevent bow and arrow attacks from a long distance.
Two thousand musketeers took their positions and formed three rows. The first row of musketeers placed their muzzles on the stone wall and pointed the muzzles of the black oil hole into the distance.
The second and third rows of musketeers are ready to replace them.
"Kill!"
Countless rebel cavalry rode towards the pass at high speed on their war horses, but halfway through the charge, these rebels discovered a big problem.
The pass is located very high, and the terrain is rugged. The horses cannot charge at all, so the rebels had to dismount and launch an upward attack toward the pass.
Seeing the rebels getting closer and closer, the vanguard, numbering thousands of people, was densely packed, roaring and rushing towards the stone wall.
There was a cold look on Pei Xingjian's face. With a wave of his hand, the soldiers behind him set up six heartless cannons, and pointed the black muzzles ahead (remember this website's website address: www.hlnovel.com - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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