After failing to advance even half a step for a long time, Li Jing and his party had to camp on the same spot to rest and wait for new instructions from the court.
But before the court's order arrived, Japanese reinforcements arrived first.
And this time, the Japanese army simply abandoned the city defenses and rushed directly to the Tang Dynasty's camp.
When he heard the news, Li Jing almost laughed out of anger.
"OK."
"I didn't go looking for them, but they actually dared to come to me."
Li Jingna did not hesitate and said directly: "Send the order to the entire army to prepare for battle!"
During this time, Li Jing was also suffocating and had nowhere to vent his anger.
Today, they came for them on their own, and Li Jing would naturally not let this opportunity pass by.
And he answered exactly that sentence.
You can't have anger in a war. Once you get angry, big trouble will happen.
He has never thought about why the Japanese army dared to take the initiative at this time.
But it was too late to say anything.
As his order was issued, Datang's front began to take turns.
The soldiers came out of the tents one after another, climbed onto the wall of the village, carrying bows and crossbows, just waiting for the war to break out.
At this moment, the Japanese army's camp suddenly divided, and then a group of people rushed out a row of artillery.
However, the shape of these artillery pieces is very simple, similar to the cannons that have been eliminated for several years in the Tang Dynasty.
But even so, many people couldn't help but be stunned when they saw this scene.
what's the situation?
Aren't artillery only available in the Tang Dynasty?
Where did the Japanese artillery come from?
But before they could react, hundreds of artillery pieces were fired at once.
Under the artillery fire, Datang's military camp was in turmoil, and they were killed and injured in an instant.
Arms and legs were blown off, and even a section of the village wall was blown down.
You know, they were bombarding others with artillery before.
But today, we were hit with artillery by the opponent. r> It was also the first time that the Tang Dynasty experienced what it was like to be attacked by artillery.
Although the artillery of the Japanese army was primitive, its lethality was by no means weak. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were suppressed were unable to lift their heads.
Amidst the artillery fire, the Japanese troops also began to advance forward in unison.
It was at this time that some sharp-eyed soldiers discovered something unusual about the Japanese army.
What they were holding was not swords and guns, but strange tube-shaped objects.
Seeing this thing, many soldiers were in a daze.
What's this?
Why do they look so similar to the fireworks developed by His Highness?
If Li Chengqian were here, he would definitely scream in surprise.
How come the fire blunderbuss, which only appeared in the 16th and 17th centuries, was nearly a thousand years earlier?
But Li Chengqian knew it, but the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in front of him didn't know why, and they were even a little curious when they looked at those things.
But the next moment, they were no longer curious.
Because the Japanese army had already raised their guns and fired towards the Tang Dynasty's military camp.
Although the accuracy of the fire blunderbuss is not high, it is far superior to ordinary arrows, and it is more powerful and can shoot farther.
From a distance of three hundred meters, people can directly attack you, but your arrows can only reach a position of one hundred meters.
What's more important is that the opponent's artillery was activated in advance, but our own artillery was not ready yet.
Under such circumstances, Datang's losses cannot be overemphasized.
This is the difference between cold weapons and hot weapons.
At this point in the war, it was actually no longer a war, it had completely turned into a one-sided massacre.
The soldiers fell one by one as they climbed up, and fell one after another as they climbed up. It was as if they were dying.
Finally, the Japanese army simply launched a large-scale charge, completely destroying the Tang Dynasty's defense line.
And the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty
They didn't even have any room to fight back and were defeated by the enemy.
In the end, the Tang Dynasty was forced out of the defense line by the Japanese army.
Seeing such a scene, Li Jing was also a little dumbfounded.
When have you ever experienced such a disastrous failure in your life?
And it was a disastrous defeat with no way to fight back?
Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, Li Jing felt a surge of energy and blood in his heart, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"General, general..."
The deputy general next to him hurriedly supported the shaky Li Jing and said: "General, please hold on steady..."
"Withdraw, let brothers withdraw quickly."
Li Jing said weakly: "Destroy everything and don't leave it to the enemy..."
"I know, I know, general, hold on, hold on..."
The deputy general next to him pulled Li Jing to retreat while commanding the soldiers.
"Quickly, blow up all the food, grass and baggage, and burn them all. Don't leave a single cannon or a single shell for the enemy."
The soldiers immediately obeyed his order and detonated the sky fire thunder to destroy all the stored food, grass and baggage.
They are really defeated now, and they can't take away these things.
If the present is not destroyed, the future will fall into the hands of the enemy.
At that time, they still don’t know how many people on our side will die in their hands.
The Tang Dynasty retreated for hundreds of miles and did not stop until they reached Qingzhou.
Defeating hundreds of miles in one breath, this was the biggest defeat since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, except for Li Shimin's defeat at the hands of Xue Ju.
And Li Jing is old after all.
The mouthful of blood that Ji Huo Gongxin vomited was enough to kill him.
On the way to retreat, he fell ill.
After arriving in Qingzhou, he died suddenly.
This was a top-notch general who opened up territory for the Tang Dynasty and spent his entire military life.
As soon as the news of his death spread, it directly caused turmoil in the entire army and an uproar across the country. Who could have imagined that Li Jing would pass away in such a way?
Who would have thought that Li Jing would be placed in the hands of a group of young people...
When the news of Li Jing's death and the defeat of the Tang Dynasty reached the court, it also shocked the whole court.
Lost.
Our side was actually defeated.
And General Li is also dead...
Li Shimin, whose face was glowing one second ago, turned ashen the next second.
If you look carefully, you can see that his body is shaking violently.
"What?"
"What did you say?"
Li Shimin now doubts his ears.
"Li...Li Jing, General Li, passed away due to anger."
"impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible."
Li Shimin roared: "The old general is still strong and strong. He was still able to expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty when he was nearly sixty years old. How could he die because of anger?"
"This is true, Your Majesty."
"Before leaving, General Li shouted to kill the thieves and also shouted that he would not give up."
The general shouted with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, the old general has followed your Majesty on the battlefield for half his life and has never encountered an opponent."
"But now, he actually lost at the hands of such a young man. The old general is really not willing to accept it..."
Li Shimin didn't hear the rest of the words clearly at all.
When he heard that Li Jing had passed away, he felt dizzy for a while.
He exhaled hard and tried to calm down as much as possible.
Li Shimin is a very emotional person.
When Du Ruhui passed away, he cried heartbreakingly in the mourning hall.
Today, Li Jing, the old brother who opened up new territories for him, is also gone, so how can he calm down?
He kept covering his head, breathing heavily: "Call Qian'er back, ask Qian'er back..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin sat down on the chair, his vision went dark and he fainted.