On a vast and undulating grassland, 20,000 Tang troops were arranged in a square formation, with sharp spears, bright armor, and murderous intent.
And more than ten miles away, a black line was faintly seen, which was the main force of one hundred thousand Tang troops, ready to come to rescue at any time.
Ren Tianling was still a little hesitant. The opponent had a main force behind them. In name, they were facing 20,000 people, but in reality they were not.
Yelu Shuqi didn't give him a chance, and shouted sternly: "The main force of the enemy army is still twenty miles away. You have enough time to defeat the 20,000 Tang army!"
Ren Tianling's heart skipped a beat, he waved his sword and shouted: "Attack!"
The Bohai Navy was all infantry. They originally had 20,000 cavalry, but after the Khitans took away their war horses under various excuses, they were never returned, turning the Bohai Navy's infantry and cavalry group into an out-and-out infantry group.
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Thirty thousand soldiers also advanced in three large phalanxes. The front formation of 10,000 soldiers held shields and sabers, and the two rear phalanxes were filled with spear soldiers.
"Woo——"
The low sound of the horn echoed on the grassland, accompanied by the orderly footsteps of the soldiers.
Zhang Dian watched the opponent's team getting closer and closer, and coldly ordered: "The firearms camp is ready!"
A thousand heavy crossbow soldiers lined up in two rows, in groups of two. The bowstring of the big yellow crossbow was already loaded. One soldier was half squatting on the ground, holding the big yellow crossbow in his hands and shoulders. The other soldier held the big yellow crossbow.
Put the arrow mine into the arrow slot.
The arrow thunder is about two feet long, with an arrow tip at the front and a fire thunder body at the neck. It looks like a lemon. The arrow shaft is made of jujube wood with high density. The front and rear weight distribution is balanced, and there is no top-heavy phenomenon.
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The outside of the arrow mine is equipped with a match rope. It is actually an upgraded version of the gunpowder arrow, except that the gunpowder is changed to explosive. The function of the gunpowder arrow is to ignite, while the function of the fire mine is to explode and injure people. Inside, gunpowder cotton is used as the detonator.
Cotton burns faster than gunpowder, generates more heat and pressure, detonates better, and explodes more violently.
The mine body is filled with iron sand as big as a soybean, plus the fragments after the explosion of the mine body itself, the killing radius is two feet, and there is a strong explosion sound and thick smoke. For the troops who have never seen it, the psychological damage is even greater.
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The Bohai Navy came step by step from a mile away and entered the range of 150 steps. The Bohai Navy had already seen the heavy crossbow camp and raised their shields one after another.
Zhang Dian shouted, "Launch!"
The soldiers lit fires one after another, and in a moment, five hundred arrows and thunderbolts flew out continuously, hitting the enemy crowd, and instantly exploded in the crowd.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The swords and thunder exploded one after another in the group of soldiers. The explosion was deafening and caused the soldiers to fly everywhere. The surrounding soldiers were hit by iron sand. For a moment, all the Bohai soldiers were frightened and stopped in their tracks.
Immediately after the second round of arrows was fired, five hundred arrows exploded in the crowd again.
The soldiers of the Bohai Army finally reacted. They were so frightened that they turned around and ran away with a loud shout. The soldiers behind them followed suit. The Bohai Navy was completely defeated. The soldiers were originally unwilling to sacrifice their lives, but now they saw the powerful firearms of the Tang Army.
They had a complete psychological breakdown.
The deterrent effect was achieved, Zhang Dian ordered the soldiers not to pursue, but to join the main army instead.
The Bohai Navy retreated fifty miles in one breath. Yelu Shuci was furious. He led a thousand Khitan troops to supervise the battle and killed hundreds of people, but he still could not stop the Bohai Navy's defeat.
He found Ren Tianling and whipped him hard. Ren Tianling was caught off guard and a deep blood mark was drawn on his face.
Uncle Yelv whipped his whip in his face again. This time Ren Tianling was prepared. He grabbed the tip of the whip and said angrily: "What are you going to do?"
Uncle Yelu yelled, "Bastards! Cowards! A bunch of useless cowards. I've never seen you defeated like this. Are you still a soldier?"
Ren Tianling couldn't bear it any longer, his face flushed and he shouted angrily: "You Khitan army has the ability? Why don't you go to fight? You ran away and let us be the scapegoats. Do you think we are fools?"
Yelu Shuci scolded fiercely: "Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using them for a while, the Khitan has been kind to you, but when it is time to serve, you refuse, so what's the use of raising you? Even a dog is better than you!"
"Didn't we send troops? Didn't our soldiers die? What kind of weapon do you think the Tang army used? Can you stop it?"
The more Ren Tianling spoke, the more he hated him, "You yourselves know that you are no match for the Tang Army and cannot stop the Tang Army's new weapons, so you don't dare to fight against each other. You all fled and asked us to sacrifice our lives. We endured it and sacrificed our lives. And
What about what you promised? Did you do it? You betrayed your trust and formed an alliance with the Japanese army, and you pretended that we didn’t know about it?"
Yelu Shuci was speechless. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "I won't argue with you. You can lead your army back to me immediately and kill me. I'll give you one hour to rectify the army. If you don't obey orders, you must practice military law!"
After saying that, Uncle Yelu got on his horse and left with a few of his men.
"What if our entire army is destroyed?" Ren Tianling suddenly asked loudly.
Uncle Yeluji reined in the reins, turned around and said coldly: "That's your life!"
After saying that, he left without looking back. Ren Tianling's face suddenly turned pale and his whole body started to tremble.
'That's your life!'
These calm and ruthless words were like a knife, smashing all of Ren Tianling's fantasies into pieces and piercing his heart!
Ren Tianling suddenly felt heartbroken and coldly ordered to his soldiers: "Find all six generals quickly!"
Not long after, the six generals gathered in front of Ren Tianling. Everyone saw the blood stains on Ren Tianling's face and asked in shock: "What happened to the general's face?"
Ren Tianling said with a livid face: "It was Uncle Yelu who whipped him with a whip!"
Everyone was furious, "Do the Khitans regard us as slaves?"
Ren Tianling waved his hands, "Everyone, now the Khitan people have withdrawn to the north. They are afraid that the Tang army will pursue them, so they asked us to go to the front to resist the Tang army. In fact, they made us scapegoats. Just now I asked Uncle Yelu, there are hundreds of thousands of Tang soldiers.
Army, we will fight the Tang army forcefully, and our entire army will be destroyed. He said, this is your fate, everyone understands! In the eyes of the Khitan people, we are not even as good as dogs, and dogs can retreat with their owners. The Khitan people
Just wishing us to die, using our lives to stop the Tang army and consume the Tang army is really intolerable!"
Everyone said angrily: "The Khitan dog that can kill a thousand swords is too much of a bully. General, what do you say we should do? We listen to you!"
Ren Tianling waved his hand and asked everyone to calm down. Ren Tianling added: "There was really no choice to surrender to the Khitan. This is a treacherous and ruthless tribe. I also put forward clear conditions. The Khitan must help us restore our country, and the Khitan also agreed.
, now that I think about it, it is a complete deception. If the Khitan really wanted to help us regain our country, why did they still form an alliance with the Japanese army?
I couldn't tolerate the Khitan people's deception, so I thought of another plan, surrendering to the Tang army, but I want your support!"
Everyone expressed their agreement that the Tang Dynasty was originally their suzerain country. If they surrendered to the suzerain country, it would not be called surrender, but submission.
Ren Tianling made up his mind and said to everyone: "Tonight we will kill all the Khitan troops, and then go south and surrender to the Tang army!"
Uncle Yelu waited for about an hour, and the Bohai Navy finally began to assemble. At this time, a soldier from Ren Tianling came over and said: "The general has considered several combat plans and invites General Yelu to come and discuss!"
Uncle Yelu nodded, "I'll go right away!"
He said he would go right away, but Uncle Yelu had some doubts in his heart. He had just had a big quarrel with Ren Tianling. If Ren Tianling took the initiative to compromise, he should be the one who came to him to apologize and reconcile.
After thinking for a while, he said to Die Cifeng: "First take your brothers to check the morale and team situation of the Bohai Navy. I will finish writing the military report quickly and will be here right away!"
Die Ci Feng had no doubts and bowed, "Follow the order!"
Die Cifeng took a thousand Khitan cavalry to the Bohai Navy's troop assembly area to check their morale and combat readiness.
Uncle Yelv waited anxiously for the news. Suddenly, a cry of killing came from a distance. He was shocked and turned his head. He quickly got on his horse and looked in the direction of the Bohai Navy. The cry of killing came from there.
At this time, two Khitan cavalry came back and cried: "General Yelu, something bad happened. The Bohai Navy rebelled. General Die Cifeng and a thousand of his men were surrounded by them. Most of them were shot dead. General Die Cifeng was wounded."
Dozens of arrows, I don’t know whether I’m alive or dead at the moment!”
Yelu Shuci was horrified. What he was most worried about had indeed happened. He immediately turned his horse's head and fled, followed closely by dozens of his men.
"They're all a bunch of treacherous bastards!"
Yelu Shuci cursed and fled northward on his horse.
After Ren Tianling killed Die Cifeng and a thousand Khitan cavalry, he immediately led the army south. He sent a confidant to deliver a message to the Tang army, expressing his willingness to lead the army to surrender to the Tang army.
