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Chapter 431 The people of the world are defeated
In Li Shimin's view, perhaps Zhao Mingyuan had not experienced many wars and was still a bit immature in the art of war.

But the strength of the army in Zhao Mingyuan's hands is really too strong, enough to make up for all the gaps.

To put it simply, Li Shimin and Zhao Mingyuan are like the Sword Sect and Qi Sect of Huashan.

Although the Sword Sect is skilled in swordsmanship, it does not require much internal strength.

But once the internal strength of the airbender reaches a certain level, a generation gap will form.

No matter how exquisite the swordsmanship of the swordsman was, he could not break the airbender's true energy protection, and there was no way he could recover.

Of course, judging from the current performance of the Ming army, although its equipment is excellent, it has not yet gained an absolute advantage. The Tang army still has the power to fight.

But thinking about the gunpowder weapons that the Ming army had never used in this battle, Li Shimin couldn't erase the worry in his heart.

Although the gunpowder package needs to be thrown by a catapult, it is indeed not suitable in this battlefield.

But, will Zhao Mingyuan have other new weapons?

Looking at the neatly arranged reserves behind the Ming army, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a shadow in his heart. It seemed as if they could turn into poisonous snakes and beasts at any time and eat him alive.

In fact, the reserve team is a reserve force that almost every handsome talent will retain.

In fact, so far in this battle, even though the Tang army has made huge sacrifices, Li Shimin has not let his Xuanjia army take the field. Instead, they stayed by their side to protect them, and also existed as an emergency reserve force, ready to rescue them at any time.

Similarly, the Ming army's armored cavalry did not dispatch.

Li Shimin understood that he was guarding against his black armor cavalry.

The cavalry on both sides are restraining each other.

However, Li Shimin saw that there was obviously another army behind Zhao Mingyuan. The color of his clothing is very different from the others, and he is not heavily armored.

Obviously, it must be a special army, most likely Zhao Mingyuan's back-up force.

Seeing that they each have a war horse beside them, are they light cavalry?

Li Shimin was a little confused.

The light cavalry is indeed very useful when charging and chasing people to the north, but it doesn't seem to be enough to be called a back-up force.

Li Shimin always felt a little strange, as if there was a big secret in it.

Perhaps the outcome of this war will depend on the combat effectiveness of that army.

It's a pity that Li Shimin no longer has the chance to test and force Zhao Mingyuan to send that army.

Because he found that if he didn't take action, the Tang army would be defeated by the Ming army.

Even if they resist at all levels, fight and retreat, and lengthen the battle line to weaken the Ming army's offensive, this will naturally be accompanied by huge sacrifices.

Although it was a fake defeat according to the plan, in fact it was no different from a real defeat.

On the road where the Tang army fought and retreated, corpses were lying on their pillows, and blood was sprinkled all the way.

Fortunately, most of the Tang army had already retreated. Otherwise, if they had seen such a tragic situation, I am afraid that the Tang army would have collapsed long ago.

But even so, the army was unable to retreat after being beaten by the Ming army. Even the lower-level soldiers of the Tang army knew this.

If they don't counterattack and keep retreating like this, sooner or later these soldiers will be unable to bear the pressure and collapse and flee. At that time, it will be a great defeat, and the Tang army will no longer be able to recover.

Thinking of this, I saw that the time had come and I couldn't wait any longer.

Li Shimin immediately ordered the drums to be beaten in support, and even personally led the Xuanjia cavalry to charge towards the Ming army.

After receiving the order, the generals of the Tang Army also led their troops to counterattack.

Elite squads, led by generals, inserted themselves into the Ming army like sharp blades, dividing the battlefield into one piece after another.

This was the Tang army's counterattack measure, which divided the Ming army into divisions, making them unable to give orders and difficult to command, so they fought independently.

The Tang army took this opportunity to concentrate its superior forces and gradually encroached, accumulating local advantages and achieving a great victory.

It's a pity that although Li Shimin's strategy was good and very feasible, he encountered Zhao Mingyuan, a cheating player.

Seeing that the Tang army began to counterattack, Zhao Mingyuan naturally understood that the time to finally determine success or failure had come.

As long as this counterattack of the Tang Army is defeated, the morale of the Tang Army will be greatly reduced when it sees that there is no hope of victory. The accumulated pressure will inevitably pour out like a flood, and eventually collapse and can only be slaughtered.

It seems that it is time to reveal this trump card.

Zhao Mingyuan's trump card was naturally not the armored cavalry, but the so-called light cavalry that Li Shimin was worried about.

Of course, it is actually correct to say they are light cavalry.

However, their weapons are not the traditional light cavalry bows and arrows, but crossbows.

This is not an ordinary crossbow, but a repeating crossbow that was jointly improved by Lu Miaozi and Zhao Mingyuan.

In fact, Lu Miaozi once made an exquisite hand crossbow, which could fire fifteen arrows at a time, three times in a row.

Zhao Mingyuan saw it and found that it was indeed exquisite.

But it's too subtle.

Not only does it require special materials to manufacture, the process is also extremely complex, and it is also quite troublesome to maintain, and it is not suitable for large-scale installation at all.

Killing weapons on the battlefield don't actually need to be so sophisticated.

So, the two used this as a basis to transform it.

Today, the repeating crossbows used by these cavalry are the result of their efforts.

The whole body is made of fine steel, and the bow string is made of several steel wires. It can be strung with one's feet while leaning on the horse. Even at Zhao Mingyuan's suggestion, a pulley set was added to make it more labor-saving. Thus, this terrifying murder weapon was born.

This freshly made steel repeating crossbow can fire fifteen arrows at a time, or three rounds in a row.

It seems that the ammunition capacity of the hand crossbow originally designed by Taeko Biru has been reduced, but its power has not only increased, but its range has reached a full 300 meters.

Moreover, Zhao Mingyuan imitated the principle of magazine clips and asked each crossbowman to carry a special arrow clip containing ninety crossbow arrows, which greatly increased its rate of fire.

It seems that the total number of arrows carried by each crossbowman can only be fired in 4 rounds.

There are a total of 3000 crossbowmen, and each volley can fire 9 crossbow arrows in just a moment. Within 3 minutes, 4 rounds of volleys can be completed, firing a total of 36 crossbow arrows, enough to fill every inch of land on this narrow battlefield.

This kind of power cannot be underestimated even in the era of queuing to kill. Now it is simply a dimensionality reduction attack.

Following the order, everyone pulled the trigger.

In an instant, 9 crossbow arrows flew by, covering the Tang army like dark clouds.

With such a density, there is no need for any aiming at all.

The covered area suddenly became silent, and then there was an endless stream of sounds of falling to the ground. A clearing suddenly appeared in the middle of the huge battlefield.

The few people standing here and there in that area were all Ming army soldiers wearing heavy armor.

While everyone was shocked, the crossbowmen did not stand still, but instead rode towards the next target.

During the march, they easily completed such difficult actions as winding and changing magazines.

This is naturally the result of the saddle and high bridge stirrups.

Then, in less than a minute, they raised their crossbows and fired a volley, the harvest of death came again, and an open space appeared on the battlefield.

"Ahhh!"

Li Shimin roared angrily and led the black armored cavalry towards the crossbow troop.

Now, after seeing Zhao Mingyuan's trump card, Li Shimin no longer has any thoughts of winning. The only idea was to stop the continuous shooting of this team and reserve some strength for Li Tangdo.

Unfortunately, they were stopped by the well-prepared Ming cavalry. No matter how he flashed left and right, he was always firmly stuck and had no time to stop the crossbowmen.

In fact, the heavy cavalry could not catch up with the light cavalry, and it was impossible for them to pose any threat to the crossbowmen.

However, in order to prevent them from interfering with the volley of the crossbowmen, Zhao Mingyuan arranged these reserve heavy cavalry in advance to block the guard.

As a result, these three-thousand-year-old crossbowmen no longer had any worries. They could call out the densely populated areas of the Tang army just like a mobile fort.

Wherever it went, the Tang troops were all frightened and turned around, abandoning their weapons and fleeing.

Before the four rounds of volleys were completed, the Tang army collapsed first, and the soldiers were scurrying around like headless flies.

"Your Highness King Qin, let's go! Let's go quickly!

Otherwise, you won’t be able to leave for a while! "

Seeing that the defeat was certain, all the generals on the left and right persuaded Li Shimin to leave.

"Go? Where to go?"

Li Shimin smiled miserably.

Changsun Wuji's plan to escape to Jinyang was actually just a matter of survival.

With such a powerful army, as soon as the Ming army arrives, they will only be defeated again.

and then?
Continue to flee, flee to the desert, and seek refuge with foreigners?

Haha, not to mention that Li Shimin is not so thick-skinned, even if they really defect to the Turks, can they defeat the Ming army?

Li Shimin, who is well versed in military affairs, naturally knows the power of this crossbow unit, but what is even more frightening is Zhao Mingyuan's endless back-up tactics.

Who knows how many more he has hidden in his hands?

This person is poisonous, and even though he is so powerful, he still has to hide it. This is true in martial arts, and it is also true in military affairs.

“Forget it, I’m not leaving.

Since there is death on both sides, let me die on the way to charge!
Everyone! If you are not afraid of death, just charge with me! "

With that said, Li Shimin rode forward alone and rushed towards Zhao Mingyuan, who was under the command of the Ming Army Commander.

Everyone followed him, but no one left behind and sneaked away.

After fighting through mountains of swords and seas of blood, and passing through numerous obstacles, Li Shimin finally reached Zhao Mingyuan. Not far away, under the flag of the Ming army, the figure wearing golden armor was clearly visible.

Looking back and looking around, he found that he was the only one left, and everyone else had fallen on the path of the charge.

But at this time, Li Shimin was also exhausted. Just a few dozen steps away, but it was already a world of difference.

Seeing this tragic scene, Zhao Mingyuan also felt something. He ordered the left and right to get out of the way and let Li Shimin come.

At this time, Li Shimin's mount had already died tragically, his armor was already in pieces, and his whole body was stained red with blood.

Staggering in front of Zhao Mingyuan's horse, Li Shimin used his last breath to stab Zhao Mingyuan with his sword.

Zhao Mingyuan naturally respected such an opponent.

He drew out his golden sword, cut off Li Shimin's sword with one sword, and decapitated him with another sword.

Seeing Li Shimin finally die under his own sword, Zhao Mingyuan had never felt so clearly that he had finally changed the future of the world.

(End of this chapter)