Tang Taizong is my elder brother

Chapter 59

However, he didn't wait for his soldiers to train well, and the offensive came.

At dawn at the end of September, those on the front line reported that a large number of Turkic cavalry had been spotted 10 miles to the west.

Attacking in the direction of the camp.

The rapid drumbeat resounded through the camp, and everyone ran out with their clothes on, looking at each other with shock on their faces.

Changsheng climbed up to the high platform and ordered all the women, old and young of the production team to retreat to the second camp in the east in an orderly manner.

The remaining 2000 recruits defended the camp, and they also stayed here.

She wanted to be with the soldiers and see with her own eyes how the ancient cold weapon warfare was like.

After the arrangements were made, Changsheng temporarily handed over the frontline battlefield command to Qin Qiong.

Let professional people do professional things.

Although Changsheng comes from the later generations of information development, but when it comes to commanding a battle, it is still in the stage of talking on paper.

After these few days of contact, she believed in the inertia of history more and more. Qin Qiong was a natural soldier.

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Behind the towering fence of the camp, more than 50 bows were stretched into a full moon, and the fingers holding the bow strings were still trembling slightly, and the cold morning air made breathing into bursts of breath.

After finally shouting, dozens of arrows flew out at the same time.

Only then did the Turkic striker hear the screeching sound of tearing the air.

One was hit by two arrows, wobbled and fell off the horse, the other was shot in the face, covered his face and screamed uncontrollably, and one fell back and was pushed off by the horse.

The other two arms were shot by arrows, but they still gritted their teeth, leaned on the horse's back, hugged the horse's neck, and rushed towards this side at a faster speed.

Mixed with screams and neighing of horses, a row of Turkic cavalry slowly accelerated.

They brandished sabers, shouted in a language that Changsheng could not understand, and rushed towards them like a sea tide accompanied by the morning light.

"Send the arrow, release the arrow!"

Shouts came one after another from the camp, and in an instant more favorable arrows were shot from behind the fence.

A knight who was originally injured was hit by two more arrows, and finally couldn't hold back and fell off his horse.

The other one was shot in the left eye, and he went mad. He held the arrow shaft with his right hand and was about to pull it out. Suddenly, he felt pain in his abdomen. When he looked down, he found two more arrows stuck in his stomach, and blood was gurgling along the wound. Flowed out, and finally swayed and fell to the ground, unable to move anymore.

The rest of the people didn't look right, they all lay on the horse's back, their bodies were tightly pressed against the horse's back, their legs tightened around the horse's belly, and they accelerated forward!
Some horses were hit by several arrows, raised their front hooves and lifted the people on their backs, struggled for a while and finally stopped moving.

But there were still five or six hundred people rushing over, and suddenly a group of people rushed out of the camp.

The leader has a yellow puma under his crotch, carrying a spear in his hand, looking majestic and majestic.

Formally Qin Qiong Qin Shubao.

He raised his gun and yelled to kill, then rode his horse and rushed towards the enemy.

Looking at Qin Qiong who was rushing over, the two knights on the other side swung their swords forward together.

The leader on the left, wearing a feather helmet, wielded two knives in his hands, and slashed at Qin Qiong with a shout.

Qin Qiong tilted her head to the left, narrowly dodging the knife's light, holding the spear with both hands, and taking advantage of the staggered timing, she lowered her head and looked at the moon, stabbing into the man's waist.

The man yelled in pain, and fell to the ground, but his feet were still hanging on the rope of the horse, and he was dragged to swim.

Seeing this, the Turkic people surrounded them angrily.

And our cavalry also arrived, and the two sides fought together.

The two sides clashed for a while, and separated in the morning.

Qin Qiong came back with the wounded soldiers.

Our side lost more than 100 people, and the Turks also left dozens of corpses.

The battle loss ratio between the two sides is still too large, but Changsheng is already very satisfied with the fight between the peasants who have never fought and the Turkic cavalry like this.

At least there were no crashes.

This is inseparable from the usual collectivism education.

The long-lived people rushed to treat the wounded, and then took advantage of the enemy's retreat to retrieve the corpse.

"Commander Qin is really brave enough to win the whole army!" Chang Sheng decided to call him according to his official position in the Sui Dynasty.

And eccentrically gave him the official title of commander of the sixth rank first, and then let the old man play to reward him when he has the opportunity.

Qin Qiong finally wiped the blood from his face with the Mao Jin handed over by Changsheng, "It's fun, it's painful. My lord has practiced martial arts since I was a child, and my life's long-cherished wish is to make meritorious deeds and seal wolves into Xuxu."

"No problem, you will fight the battle in the future, how do these Turkic people feel?" Chang Sheng asked.

"It's the same group of people as last time, and the tactics are almost all rushing up and cutting. This time I have my back to the camp, so I'm not afraid of him."

Chang Sheng nodded, "What do you think their purpose is?"

"Revenge, I think that these people must take revenge. After being attacked by me last time, I felt unwilling, so I want to take revenge!" Qin Qiong replied.

"If this is the case, their goal of revenge has not been achieved. There may be fierce battles ahead. You should take a good rest."

"Yes."

After Qin Qiong left, Changsheng went to inspect the wounded again, and two seriously injured had already been arranged for surgery.

The rest were slightly injured. Changsheng saw that they were all in good spirits, so he came out after looking around.

"Turn up your guard, and arrange some people to go out to search for the movements of the Turkic people," Chang Sheng ordered.

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late at night.

A loud bang woke up Chang Sheng, who was sleeping in all his clothes.

"Ah!" A tragic cry sounded.

"Night attack, night attack!" The voices came and went.

Changsheng rushed out, looked at the light not far away, the door was pushed open, dozens of torches were suddenly thrown in, followed by a burst of arrows.

Several soldiers who rushed forward were shot down, and they rolled on the ground in pain.

"The front door! There are enemies!"

"Back door! There's a back door too!"

"Back, come back!"

The camp was filled with panicked sounds, and soldiers who rushed from the barracks near the back door tried to fight back, were thrown in by more torches, and shot into hedgehogs.

The flames became brighter for a while, and several soldiers rushed to put out the fire, but were hit by arrows flying out of the darkness, and the arrows with fire began to attack the barracks.

The roof and everything in the house were set on fire, and the thick smell of smoke mixed with the smell of blood spread.

Chen Facai, the battalion commander of the first battalion, was hit by two arrows in his arm and fell to the ground, crying in pain, clutching his arms.

His subordinates were also in chaos. The disheveled soldiers who had just rushed out of the barracks were scurrying around like headless chickens without anyone commanding them, and they had already squeezed towards Changsheng one after another.

"Team up, team up quickly, don't back down!"

Qin Qiong shouted angrily and rushed towards the soldiers.

Holding a shield, he shouted: "The shield bearer follows me, charge with the shield up!" After speaking, he was like a soldier rushing through the back door.

When everyone saw that it was him, their hearts trembled, and they all settled down and began to form an effective counterattack. Soon a shield wall was formed.

Follow him and rush towards the back door where the enemy has seriously attacked!
Chang Sheng didn't care about his side, commanding the guards around him to convey his order: "Close the gate quickly!"

It was a bit late for Changsheng's order, and when Hong Antong shouted and rushed to the front door, a group of cavalrymen with torches rushed in from the dark night.

Holding the steel knife, Hong Antong rushed up, and as soon as he arrived, he chopped on the leg of the horse riding the leader of the row, and the horse staggered and fell forward.

Without looking at it, Hong Antong swung the saber upwards, drew a semicircle with the steel saber in his hand, put it on the man's helmet, and chopped him off with one blow.

Just as he was about to show off his power, several cavalrymen rushed over from both sides and slashed at his back with their knives. Hong Antong could only roll over and escaped the attack of the crowd.

Seeing more and more people rushing in, Chang Sheng's fingers turned white nervously, thinking that the other party must not have missed his letter, why did he come so late?
While talking, I saw a flame light up in the distance, and a group of people was rushing quickly with torches!
It was a personal letter he wrote to the local sheriff during the day. The letter said that he was attacked by the Turks during the day and hoped that the garrison would send soldiers to defend it.

The local garrison is Han Qinhu's distant nephew, and he is familiar with Li Yuan. He received the letter from Changsheng and immediately ordered a group of people to come.

Finally, it arrived just in time.

Seeing that the surprise attack had failed, the Turks withdrew their troops because they were afraid of being caught in a double attack.

The service Changsheng lost more than 500 soldiers and injured more than [-] people.

Only more than [-] enemies were eliminated.

As a reward, the heads that were eliminated were all taken away by the army in the county.

The military merits of the Sui and Tang Dynasties still depend on the number of beheaded heads. These more than 80 heads can win three levels in a row.

Qin Qiong was indignant about this, why should we give him the people we killed?

Chang Sheng explained: If the county guard hadn't sent troops to reinforce this time, the consequences would have been disastrous, and it is understandable to give him the head just for this.

You can't let people make a trip in vain. If you suffer once, next time you have something to do, others will definitely not come.

Although Qin Qiong is depressed, she also understands that what Chang Sheng said is correct, it is too early to be unprofitable.

"At the end of the day, our power is not good enough. If we have elite soldiers and strong generals, we will definitely defend against the enemy outside the country. Fighting in our own home will be a disadvantage and humiliation." Changsheng said, looking at the ruins of the camp.

Hong An passed through and said, "The memorial service is ready."

Thanks to the reinforcements, the attacking enemy finally withdrew to the western hinterland after losing nearly 200 people.

Changsheng announced that the camp successfully repelled the enemy's attack and let them return to their hometown. Now we are safe!
2000 men, nearly half were lost in enemy raids.Changsheng buried all the dead and hurriedly produced a batch of iron plates of the five-pointed star.

You saved us all!

Changsheng poured a bowl of wine in front of each grave, personally buried the well-deserved iron medals of these dead in front of the tombstone, and then presented a wild flower.

The guard who gave her speech to the grave was standing behind all the surviving soldiers standing in awe.

This is the first mass burial of the poor and lowly, quietly starting and ending in the witness of everyone.

"You saved yourself and protected more than 2 folks behind you. For this, I, Li Changsheng, pay tribute to you!"

One by one, in front of the tomb of the dead, Changsheng awarded a medal to each officer and soldier who performed outstandingly and bravely killed the enemy.

This is not military merit, and it is not considered a reward, but everyone has nothing to say, and no one wants to say anything. Qin Qiong and the officers and soldiers all accepted the medal.

Take 400 people as a team, of which 250 are pikemen, and the rest are shield soldiers, archers, and archers.Form a phalanx of 20 x 20 people.This is the best way to deal with cavalry.

Lu Yuan explained to Qin Qiong and a group of officers.

This is the main tactic of the European army against cavalry after the Middle Ages. Of course, they also have firecrackers and cannons in their formation. These longevity preparations have put them on the agenda.

Now the research and development of gunpowder has some eyebrows.The firecrackers are just icing on the cake, mainly used to shoot each other's bows and arrows at a long distance.

But archery can't kill these nomads, and victory depends on hand-to-hand combat.

In the era of cold weapons, hand-to-hand combat is the key factor in determining the outcome.

As long as there are heavy infantry who dare to fight, they can defeat the cavalry, and the Turks have no muskets and cannons. The close hand-to-hand combat in group warfare is the focus of training.

The main weapon is a wooden long spear, with a white wax rod as the body and a newly developed wrought iron as the head, so it should not be a big problem.

There is another important issue, Changsheng found out in the sneak attack last night, that is, most people have never seen blood at all, a peasant who is armed to the teeth, if he has never been on the battlefield or killed anyone, then he is just a peasant .

The army is not raised, it is fought.

As soon as he said this, he was highly praised by Qin Qiong.

It was okay to fight on the battlefield during the day yesterday. He and a few armed forces attracted most of the enemy's attention, and his subordinates only took on a small part.

Even so, these people who went to the battlefield in the morning are much better than others in the evening.

When they heard the enemy attack, they were the first to react, and those who rushed out to resist were the soldiers in the morning.

After they were eliminated or suppressed, the recruits fell into disorganized panic and became headless chickens on the battlefield.

So to make them grow up quickly, they must fight as soon as possible!
This remark aroused the high approval of the officers.

In March of the third year of Daye, the Northern Turks dispatched [-] cavalry to the south, intending to take Dunhuang in one fell swoop and remove the bridgehead of the Great Sui's western defense line.

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The news of Geely going south has been confirmed, and the governor of the east side has also sent someone to notify, and it should be delivered in the afternoon.The only thing the opponent can mobilize is the defenders of the two counties and us.

Changsheng held an emergency military meeting. The last time they fought passively, they paid nearly half of their losses. After half a year of training, the recruits had already formed a certain combat effectiveness. It was time for them to go out and practice.

So as soon as Changsheng came up, he put his attitude on the table: "The militiamen in our camp and the frontier soldiers of the county guards are both Chinese descendants, and they all have the responsibility of guarding the land. We can't help them when they are in trouble. And the people who came this time People are the culprits who killed more than 1000 of our brothers last time, and our chance for revenge has come!"

"Master, I know that our army's armaments are still insufficient." Lao Wang, the former head of the sixth team of logistics, said that he was the oldest and most conservative among these people, and he was the first to express his opposition.

Qin Qiong, who was much younger than him, was completely a fighter: "Hey, what Company Commander Wang said is different, just say how many weapons we have."

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(End of this chapter)