Xue Rengui is in charge of commanding this battle.
Under the hillside, there are circles of ditches. Because of the existence of trenches, it is also blocking the Tang army to the greatest extent. Even though the soldiers of the Tang army attacked fiercely, they were still suppressing the rushing Tang army.
After fighting for another half an hour, the first circle of trenches under the mountain was captured by the Tang army.
The fighting is still going on.
Because there are circles of ditches on the mountain.
The line of defense of Xia Guo soldiers is still there.
Xue Rengui commanded calmly. Taking advantage of his free time, he looked at Du Qi and said, "Your Majesty, the fight is still going on, especially the Tang army has broken the first line of defense. With the follow-up fight, maybe the Tang army will go further, and even fight to the top of the mountain." Come on, so that there is still a fight on the top of the mountain. So now, do you retreat one after another and retreat to the rear army formation."
"No refund!"
Du Qi shook his head and said: "I will stay on the mountain now. I will never retreat from the beginning to the end."
Du Qi is the emperor of Xia.
He came to the battlefield in person and had great influence. He could inspire the soldiers on the battlefield and make them go all out. Du Qi is here, the position is here. Without Du Qi, the fighting spirit of the soldiers is also easily affected.
Xue Rengui worried: "Your Majesty, your rich body"
Du Qi flicked his sleeves, and said decisively: "There is no need to persuade anymore. Li Shimin, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is not at the foot of the mountain. He is also a rich man. He never retreated. Why did I retreat? What's more, I led the army to fight For many years, there has never been a time to run away. I, it is impossible to leave. You don't have to persuade me to command this battle well. If you win this battle, nothing is a problem. If you lose this battle, everything is a problem .¡±
"The minister obeys the order!"
Once Xue Rengui got the order, he no longer cares about Du Qi.
Concentrate on commanding the war.
Following Xue Rengui's command, the soldiers continued to counterattack, constantly consuming the strength of the Tang army. The fighting in this battle lasted until night fell, and the night was already dark, and torches were lit up and down the mountain to dispel the darkness.
The rear of Tang Jun.
Li Shimin looked at the corpses piled up on the battlefield with a solemn expression.
The fight on the first day was obviously unsuccessful.
Fortunately, several lines of defense of Du Qi were broken.
If you can break the line of defense today, you can break the line of defense tomorrow. If Du Qi's line of defense is not broken today, then it will be extremely difficult to win Changbaipo next. But with everything today, Li Shimin has the hope of breaking Changbaipo. Once Changbaipo is captured, Du Qi's army will retreat, and Du Qi will be flanked by then.
Li Shimin looked at Yu Shinan and said, "Qing Yu, shall we fight to the end at night?"
"No, no night battles."
Yu Shinan shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, our army is strong and strong, and a little rest will help the army to rest and restore the fighting spirit of the soldiers. Wait until tomorrow morning, and the army will fight again."
Li Shimin was thinking in his heart.
He himself is a veteran.
He is good at leading troops to fight, so he can grasp the situation.
To attack Changbaipo right now, in Li Shimin's view, it should be fighting day and night to take down Changbaipo in one go. In particular, his military strength is superior, while Du Qi's military strength is insufficient. Under this premise, the more fighting, the more unfavorable it is to Du Qi.
Li Shimin never adopted Yu Shinan's suggestion, and asked the generals in the army, and the answer he got was an order to continue fighting to the death, and vowed not to stop until Changbaipo was broken.
Li Shimin gave the order to continue the attack.
However, at this time, another group of troops was dispatched forward, and the soldiers who had been fighting before could gradually retreat in order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army.
The formation change of the Tang army and the continued attack of the Tang army also fell into Du Qi's eyes.
Du Qi admired Li Shimin's determination in his heart.
There is no delay at all.
Has been attacking.
Although Du Qi didn't know the battle during the day, the specific number of casualties of the Tang army. But the continuous fighting continued like this, and the Tang army was constantly bombarded, let alone the loss of more than 20,000 troops.
Li Shimin did not rest at all.
Xue Rengui looked at Du Qi and said, "Your Majesty, the Tang army has dispatched another army. This group of soldiers is roughly estimated to be at least 30,000 people. I suggest that some elephant soldiers be dispatched to join the battle, first to destroy the Tang army's offensive, and then Make a sudden advance. Annihilate this group of attacking troops of Li Shimin."
Du Qi thought for a while and said, "Yes!"
Xue Rengui quickly dispatched and arranged.
Under the circumstances of fighting, the elephant soldiers quickly intervened in the battlefield from top to bottom. Although there were not many elephant soldiers participating in the battle this time, there were only more than 500 giant elephants, but a giant elephant standing on the ground was a great shock. The rushing out of the giant elephant quickly dispersed the Tang army's formation, and the Xia soldiers followed closely behind and began to cover up and kill them.
Under the cover of the army, Tang Jun, who was originally aggressive, was thwarted in his sprint.
The army, the offensive was blocked.
"Kill, brothers, kill."
"Behead Tang Jun."
"Revenge for the dead Xia people."
"Revenge!"
More and more people shouted, Xia Guo soldiers continued to attack. For all Xia Guo soldiers, they still remember the scene where Xia Guo businessmen shouted.
That scene lingered in my mind.
That scene was tear-jerking.
It is to let everyone go all out to attack.
Under the fierce offensive, the Tang army retreated again and again, unable to stabilize the formation, and soon the trench defense line that had already been captured was lost. In fact, such trenches are not particularly dense, nor are they directly connected, so giant elephants walking on the half slope will not be affected.
The Tang army's offensive was suppressed, and even if each of the Tang army soldiers attacked fiercely, the situation was irreversible.
This scene fell in Li Shimin's eyes, and he felt angry.
If he also had such elephant soldiers in his hands, it would be easy to attack Changbaipo. Just need to motivate the elephant soldiers, even if they are bombed by artillery shells, or even bombed by grenades, his elephant soldiers can quickly attack and break the position.
Unfortunately, he does not have such an army.
Compared with Datang, although Du Qi only lives in a corner, Du Qi has new weapons and giant elephant soldiers. These advantages can occupy an absolute advantage on the battlefield.
Even Li Shimin is jealous.
Li Shimin looked at the soldiers who started to retreat, and saw the elephant soldiers who kept pressing down, thinking quickly in his heart. He looked at Yu Shinan who was on the side, and said, "Qing Yu, what should we do now?"
Yu Shinan said: "Your Majesty, I think it's time to withdraw the troops. Unless you send Xuanjia elite cavalry to join the battle, this battle is already difficult to reverse. Under the attack of elephant soldiers, we can't stop it."
Li Shimin thought in his heart.
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