At the end of the second month of the lunar calendar, the breath of spring has arrived in the northern border. The spring breeze in the north may not be as gentle as that of the south of the Yangtze River, and even contains heavy sand and dust. However, the tender yellow grass buds on the earth still look like newborn babies every day.

At this time, the sun is high and the sky is clear, and the gentle spring breeze blows intermittently from the southeast. It should be a good day with a gentle and beautiful wind.

But when the horn sound of "Wuwu" spread throughout the grassland, wild animals within a few miles fled elsewhere.

Li Shiji and three other marching soldiers looked at Xue Yantuo's army who were urgently mobilized hundreds of steps ahead with a cold expression on the head of the war horse.

Dozens of Tang generals were neatly arranged behind them, and behind them were more than 100,000 black troops.

Tens of thousands of troops lined up in a square formation and remained as if they were still moving. This was the military formation method that Li Shiji learned from Li Chengqian. After several months of training, he could already be used.

Although Xue Yantuo's army opposite them appeared here earlier than them and seemed to be waiting for them here, it was obvious that they had only formed the army to meet the enemy after discovering that there was any movement in the Tang army.

When the two armies were five hundred steps apart, Li Shiji saw that Xue Yantuo's military formation was already preparing to draw bows and arrows, and ordered the army to stop and rectify the military formation to prepare for charge.

Facing the Xueyantuo Army formation, which is also dominated by infantry, Li Shiji had his own set of fighting styles. This fighting style was a complete victory in the battle between the Tang Dynasty and Xueyantuo in the 15th year of Zhenguan, so Li Shiji had to use this fighting style to defeat Xueyantuo again in this battle.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

A quarter of an hour later, the army completed the rectification of the Tang army formation and began to beat the war drums. Zhang Shigui led 10,000 invaders to move towards the Xueyantuo Army formation step by step with firm steps.

When Xue Yantuo's army saw the Tang army start attacking, it immediately caused a riot, but because the generals above rode on horses and stood still as if they were as fast as a mountain, the tribal soldiers below quickly became quiet.

Ba Zhuo, who was embraced as the new Khan of Xueyantuo, was riding on a handsome war horse, and looked at the 10,000 Tang troops holding their swords and shields and walking towards this side with a rush of seas.

The war drums kept ringing "bangdong" and time passed slowly. The Tang army had advanced a hundred steps, and the vertical rows of the opposite army formations could be seen against both sides.

Li Shimin led Li Ke, Hou Junji, Xue Wanche and Pei Xingjian came day and night under the escort of hundreds of cavalry. When he arrived at the camp early in the morning, he heard that Li Shiji led his army out of the camp and hurriedly rode his war horses to the battlefield.

At this time, he had already seen the Tang Dynasty military formation hear the sound of attacking drums. Li Shimin and others were increasingly anxious to think of the battlefield, and they kept beating the war horses and running towards the Tang Dynasty military formation.

The war drums sounded concisely, and Zhang Shigui, who was walking in front of the Tang army, was only four hundred steps away from Xue Yantuo's military formation.

On the war horse, Zhang Shigui rode the reins in one hand and held his long spear in the other hand and continued to move forward. He could already see the weapons in the hands of the enemy commander.

As the army of both sides continued to get closer, the soldiers in the army became quieter and quieter. Only the Tang army's war drums and the footsteps of the attack could be heard on the battlefield within a few miles.

At this moment, a rumbling sound of horse hooves suddenly came from a distance. When Zhang Shigui heard the sound, he turned his head and looked in the direction where the sound came. He saw a group of Tang soldiers rushing towards this side like lightning in the distance.

At the same time, Li Shiji and others behind him couldn't help but look back when they heard the sound. Seeing that Tang Jun came, Li Shiji quickly sent someone to check which way they were coming, so as not to disrupt his deployment.

Li Daliang next to him saw the tall general in the lead from afar, his body was extremely conspicuous with his armor as silver as his body and a white cloak, and he quietly said, "Xue Rengui is here."

When Xue Rengui heard that Li Chengqian was surrounded, he immediately rushed over with two thousand cavalry, and the remaining infantry were handed over to Lu Hong to lead.

As soon as he entered the battlefield, he saw that the two sides were about to start a war. At this time, he was very anxious about Li Chengqian's life and death. When he saw Xue Yantuo's army, he was furious and immediately led his troops to the battlefield regardless of everything.

Zhang Shigui took a look at Tang Jun and knew that Li Shiji would deal with him later, so he only needed to lead the ten thousand people behind him to attack Xue Yantuo.

Li Shimin also saw the extremely cool Xue Rengui, and then he remembered that he had issued an order to Xue Rengui to station him on the spot without an order. At this time, he saw Xue Rengui coming, and it must have been because Li Chengqian was besieged by Xue Rengui to come to join the war. Seeing Xue Rengui's army as powerful as a dragon, Li Shimin's favor for Xue Rengui increased greatly at this moment.

‘Dongdongdongdongdongdong…” The war drums kept ringing, and the 10,000 Tang troops led by Zhang Shigui had already walked 300 steps away from Xueyantuo’s army. The soldiers of the two armies could see each other what armor and clothes were wearing on the opposite enemy.

Although Xue Yantuo's soldiers had fought several battles with the Tang Dynasty, it was the first time that the Tang Dynasty had made such a stable march. Seeing the dark army on the opposite side, many people couldn't help but feel trembling.

Zhang Shigui Lao Yu's battle formation naturally showed that Xue Yantuo's morale was not high and he was more confident about this battle.

But at this moment, there was a riot behind Xue Yantuo's army, and a cavalry ran out from behind.

The cavalry was led by Tongluo tribe Tongluozhier and the radical Ling Li Moweisheng. At this time, both of them stood in front of the cavalry on horseback, waiting for the opposite Tang Zi to rush over to the storm when the opponent was in trouble...

When Zhang Shigui saw that the other party was trying to defeat the Tang Dynasty infantry with cavalry, he couldn't help but curse Xue Yantuo for being cunning. He brought out a 10,000 army of swords and shields, 5,000 spears, 3,000 spears, and 1,500 swords and 500 archers scattered in the formation.

The sword and shield soldiers are used to deal with Xue Yantuo's archers. Now Xue Yantuo wants to use cavalry to break the formation, which is naturally the most suitable spearmen to meet the enemy.

However, they were only three hundred steps away from Xue Yantuo's cavalry, and they had no time to stop and switch.

After quickly analyzing the current form, Zhang Shigui gritted his teeth and ordered the sword and shield soldiers in front to continue moving forward, and half of the sword and shield soldiers in the back to change positions with the spear soldiers behind them during the march.

This is also the method of changing the formation that they trained according to Li Chengqian's military training method during this period. Although it could reduce losses, Zhang Shigui still couldn't help but feel bleeding.

Li Shimin and others finally arrived at Li Shiji before the war between the two armies started. Because it was the time when the two armies confronted each other, in order not to bring risks to Li Shimin, Li Shiji and others saw that Li Shimin simply saluted and did not reveal Li Shimin's identity.

Li Shimin was not interested in these things at this time, and he asked Li Shiji about the arrangements for the battle as soon as he met.

Li Shiji told Li Shimin and others about the deployment of this battle in detail in front of the two armies.

When Li Shimin heard that Li Shiji had no problem with the formation of troops, he stared at Zhang Shigui's 10,000 troops in front. When he saw that Xue Yantuo changed to cavalry attacks, Zhang Shigui moved forward while changing the layout of the army, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing: "Zhang Shigui is really knowing how to use troops more and more. Why can he train such a banned army? Why don't he worry about not breaking it?"

Hahaha……

Li Shiji saw the voice and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is a mistake. The ministers and others learned this military training method from His Royal Highness. Because they were dereliction of duty, they caused His Royal Highness to be in danger. They deserved to die." Then he dismounted and apologized. When Li Daliang saw it, he quickly dismounted.

Li Shimin hurriedly ordered people to help them up and sighed: "It's my fault that Chengqian is surrounded, no wonder the two families..."

As he was talking, Xue Rengui and his men rushed past Li Shiji's army, storming smoke and dust rolling towards Xue Yantuo's army like a giant dragon.

Li Shimin couldn't help but look at Li Shiji and said, "Why did Xue Rengui rush in at this time?"

I didn't hear Li Shiji mention Xue Rengui just now. At this time, Xue Rengui rushed directly to the battlefield, obviously he was not ordered by Li Shiji.

Li Shiji looked ugly when he heard this, and he turned around and wanted to find someone he sent to intercept Xue Rengui.

Seeing that Li Shimin's face had already sunk, Li Daliang hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty Xue Rengui has always been brave and loyal to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He is eager to fight at this time..."

"Hmph, no matter what, the military law will not be messed up." Li Daliang was interrupted by Li Shimin before he finished speaking.

Seeing this, Li Shiji hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty Xue Rengui is the Right Guard and is not controlled by the ministers. It is his duty to rescue the prince, and it is not appropriate to blame him. And it is the time to use him."

"Why are you going to use him again?" Li Shimin became interested.

"Your Majesty Xue Yantuo temporarily changed the formation. Although our army also changed its array, the sword and shield soldiers in front were not replaced. Later, the two armies fought and killed half of the sword and shield soldiers would inevitably suffer heavy losses, so Xue Rengui made a breakthrough and disrupted Xue Yantuo's deployment."

"Yeah!" Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, and stopped talking and continued to look forward.

Tongluozhier and Li Moweisheng on the Xueyantuo Army also saw Xue Rengui's troops rushing up, but they did not take Xue Rengui's two thousand cavalry seriously.

They watched Zhang Shigui's military formation get closer and closer to the military formation, and they still didn't feel confused at all, and they muttered in their hearts that such a strict infantry formation would have consumed a lot of money.

However, as Zhang Shigui approached, they had to lead the army to charge immediately, otherwise they would not be able to increase their horse speed even if they launched a charge. Without the addition of horse speed, they would be difficult for them to break through the Tang army's army's formation.

Just as the two raised the reins and wanted to send troops, the cavalry led by Xue Rengui rushed to Zhang Shigui's infantry formation and stood up and looked at him.

The two were overjoyed when they saw it and thought to themselves where the idiots came from to mess with their own military formation?

But before they could laugh, they met Tang, who was opposite, raising a large bow and placing a long arrow, and pulling it into a full moon.

With a "swoosh", the long arrow was nailed to Tongrozhier's throat, and Tongrozhier fell down in response.

The moment before, because Xue Rengui suddenly stopped in front of Zhang Shigui's army and blocked Zhang Shigui's attack route, Zhang Shigui's army immediately became turbulent. Seeing this, Li Shimin behind was even more angry and shouted: "Wan Che will take Xue Rengui down to me!"

However, as Xue Rengui shot Tongluozhier more than a hundred steps away with an arrow, the entire battlefield suddenly became quiet. Everyone looked at Xue Rengui with a big bow in disbelief, opening his mouth but not making any sound.

Only Xue Rengui was not affected. After shooting Tong Luozhier to death, he continued to shoot his bow and arrow.

Another "whoosh" sound, Li Mo Weisheng on the opposite side fell down.

"Okay! Good arrow technique!" Zhang Shigui shouted excitedly when he reacted.

The soldiers behind him also cheered loudly, and their eyes were fiercely staring at the general wearing a folded cloak in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, Xue Rengui shot a third arrow, which hit a warrior from the Tongluo tribe. His position was very close to Tongluozhier, and he was also penetrated by Xue Rengui with an arrow.

The soldiers of the Tongluo tribe and the Marushi tribe who had no leader saw the Tang Dynasty general wearing bright silver armor like a war god more than a hundred steps away, pulled out the bow for the fourth time, and his mind suddenly collapsed. He no longer cared about anything else and turned around and fled backwards.

Suddenly, thousands of Xueyantuo's cavalry turned around and rushed towards their infantry.

Seeing this, Xue Rengui put down his big bow, pulled the reins and rushed towards Xue Yantuo's chaotic army, followed by the cavalry behind him.

Zhang Shigui looked at Xue Rengui's troops with a strong aura, looked back at the infantry behind him and quickly ordered his all-out pursuit. While chasing, he thought that he was old and had to wipe others' butts.

Li Shimin, Li Shiji, Li Daliang, Hou Junji and the commanding cavalry Xi Junmai. These first-class military strategists in the world were all stunned when they saw Xue Rengui defeating tens of thousands of Xue Yantuo's army with three arrows.

In the end, Xue Wanche, who was still not convinced, felt unhappy when he saw Xue Rengui's force to rush to kill, and shouted: "Your Majesty Xue Yantuo is already defeated. Should we send troops?"

"Ah, send troops! Send troops!" Li Shimin, who reacted, hurriedly said.
Chapter completed!