The movement of Li Shimin's army was soon discovered by the scouts arranged by Du Qi outside the Tang camp. These scouts quickly returned to the Long Cypress Slope to report the news.
Du Qi had long been prepared. When he learned that Li Yuan committed suicide outside the camp, Du Qi had already predicted it. Therefore, Du Qi's army was ready to fight on the front line of the Changbai Slope.
Du Qi came out of the tent and went to the front line on the top of the mountain. Beside Du Qi, Xue Rengui, Shangguan Yi, and Li Jing were all in position.
"Report!"
At this moment, a scout came from the rear.
The scout cupped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, the army led by General Xiao Yuanqi has arrived at the front line of the Changbai Slope."
Du Qi said, "Let him arrange the soldiers to rest."
"Yes!"
The scout turned around and went to report.
After all, Xiao Yuanqi's army had suffered a great loss in the fierce battle in Jiuquan County. Moreover, after the fierce battle, the soldiers were quite tired. Even if they had rested a little, they were still not as good as Du Qi's soldiers in terms of fighting strength. Therefore, it was the best arrangement to let the soldiers under Xiao Yuanqi rest.
Du Qi continued to wait.
Not long after, Xiao Yuanqi had arranged everything. He came to Du Qi in armor and saluted.
Du Qi nodded and looked into the distance again.
He waited quietly.
Dong! Dong! Dong!!!
All of a sudden, the sound of war drums resounded through the heavens and earth. This sound came from afar, and it was slowly approaching from afar. Du Qi heard the drums. He picked up the binoculars in his hand and looked at the official road in the distance. Although he could not see the situation of the Tang army in the distance because of the distance, he could vaguely see the advancing figures.
The Tang army was coming!
The drums arrived before the people.
Time slowly passed. Soon, they could clearly see the advancing Tang soldiers. The black mass of the Tang Army was getting closer and closer to the Changbai Slope. Du Qi looked at Xue Rengui and ordered, "Xue Rengui, order all the artillery troops to adjust the range of the mortars. From within four hundred paces, they began to fire. Right now, they did not consider shooting accurately, they bombarded Li Shimin's main forces. After a round of bombardment, Li Shimin's army had already begun their attack. They wanted to kill their way to the foot of the mountain, and then gradually adjust the range of all the mortars, and all of them began to aim at the foot of the mountain. Don't hold back in this battle. Go all out! "
"Yes!"
Xue Rengui immediately made arrangements upon receiving the order.
The mortars adjusted their positions and ranges. When the Tang army was less than four hundred steps into the front line of the Changbai Slope, the bombardment had already begun. With the sound of cannons rumbling, the mortars fired rapidly from the front line of the Changbai Slope. Cannonballs flew across the sky and landed in the middle of the advancing Tang army formation in the blink of an eye.
Boom! Boom! Boom!!!
The sound of explosions rose and fell one after another.
The Tang soldiers at the front had already been bombarded. When a cannonball landed, the soil splashed. One by one, the Tang soldiers were blown up into the sky. When they fell to the ground, it was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
The explosions were getting fiercer and fiercer.
And the number of Tang soldiers who were killed by the explosions was uncountable.
Countless people were killed by the explosions.
The speed of the Tang soldiers began to increase. They did not waste any more time and moved quickly, heading straight for the Changbai Slope. Even the Tang soldiers who had gathered into a formation were completely scattered. They attacked the front line of the Changbai Slope separately to avoid being bombarded if they were too concentrated.
Li Shimin, who was in the rear, saw Du Qi's cannons firing from four hundred paces away. He was a little surprised. Because the last time they attacked the Changbai Slope, they waited until his army was at the foot of the mountain before they started to fire.
At this moment, Li Shimin was so shocked that he broke out in a cold sweat.
That was close!
If Du Qi's cannons had fired like this before, it was very likely that he would have died under the cannon fire. Because in the previous battle, Li Shimin had entered the range of four hundred paces. Li Shimin looked at the Tang soldiers rushing forward. His expression was cold and solemn as he waited quietly. Because next would be the most tragic battle between the two sides.
The bombardment continued, but the Tang soldiers also continued to advance. In a short time, they had already reached the foot of the mountain and started to attack up the Changbai Slope. The soldiers were scattered to attack. Even so, looking down from the slope, it was quite dense. Wave after wave of soldiers attacked. Because when they rushed up, some soldiers stepped on landmines. As the landmines exploded, they were immediately killed.
The casualties were incomparably huge.
But even so, the Tang soldiers still rushed forward. This attack was a death order from above. They were only allowed to attack and were not allowed to retreat. Once they retreated, they would be killed without mercy.
So under the bombardment of cannons and landmines, the Tang soldiers rushed to the front of the dug trenches and continued to advance. Although they were bombarded by grenades, the Tang soldiers still continued to advance.
In the process of advancing, there were countless casualties.
But under the Tang army's human wave tactic, they finally reached the trenches at the bottom. The two sides began to fight hand-to-hand.
In this battle, both sides went all out.
The soldiers under Du Qi's command had been encouraged by Du Qi. Moreover, if they defeated the Tang Dynasty in this battle, they would kill their way to the Tang Dynasty and make a name for themselves. So this group of people was full of fighting spirit and resisted with all their might.
The Tang army had many people, but they could not advance even an inch.
Li Shimin was overseeing the rear. He was paying attention to the situation at the front line. Although he knew that the advance had suffered countless losses, Li Shimin did not care about that at this moment. What he cared about the most was that the two sides had already begun to fight.
They had many people. They could definitely kill their way up.
They could definitely win.
The battle continued.
With the casualties of the Tang soldiers, the trenches at the foot of the Changbai Slope also collapsed one by one. But every collapse was accompanied by countless Tang soldiers' corpses.
Time went by little by little.
In the blink of an eye, night fell. A full moon rose in the sky. Although there was moonlight, the Changbai Slope was vague under the moonlight. The visibility was not high, and it was not clear. Therefore, the Tang army and the people on the Changbai Slope had lit up torches. Countless torches burned, dispelling the darkness and making the whole Changbai Slope as bright as day.
The battle was still going on.
Under the moonlight, the battle cries continued. The Tang Army continued to rush up the mountain, while Du Qi's army was firmly guarding the mountain, not giving up the slightest bit of ground. Even if they lost the trenches in a short time, they would eventually take it back again. This made the battle between the two sides more and more intense.
Xiao Yuanqi had been beside Du Qi all the time. He said, "Your Majesty, the battle is in full swing. All the soldiers under my command have rested well, and they request to join the battle. "
Du Qi said, "Don't worry. Just wait. Xue Rengui's army has not been fully deployed. Why are you in a hurry? The battle had only just begun. If Li Shimin wants to attack with all his strength, I'll accompany him to the end. I'd like to see who will be the first to give up. "
Xiao Yuanqi said no more.
Xue Rengui, on the other hand, remained calm and composed as he commanded his troops. The troops under his command were not weak either. Although he had lost more than 10,000 people in the last battle, he still had more than 60,000 elites, which was enough to resist.
And in the current battle, Xue Rengui had only sent about 30,000 people.
30,000 people were enough to resist the Tang army's attack.
Xue Rengui only needed to send soldiers to resist when he needed help. That was enough.
The battle between the two sides continued.
When the dawn appeared in the eastern sky, the sky began to brighten. The smell of blood was everywhere on the Changbai Slope, and there were corpses lying on the ground.
There were countless casualties.
The casualties on both sides were great.
Li Shimin had also stayed up all night. He was still very angry and wanted to break through Du Qi's area. Li Shimin looked at Yu Shinan and ordered, "Yu Qing, send my order. Send another 50,000 people."
"Yes, Sir!"
Yu Shinan went to arrange it.
As another 50,000 people rushed forward, the black mass of the army poured in, causing the pressure on Xia's army on the Changbai Slope to sharply increase. In the battle yesterday, more than 60,000 Tang soldiers participated in the battle. Now that more than 50,000 people were sent to participate in the battle, the majority of the Tang army was mobilized. The Tang soldiers were all in a killing frenzy.
Xue Rengui was commanding on the mountain. He saw the black mass of the Tang army coming up again and grinned.
His chance had come.
Xue Rengui arranged people to fight to the death in order to consume the Tang army and weaken Li Shimin's forces. Now that Li Shimin's forces were weakened, Xue Rengui had a chance.
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