Du Qi laughed, "To deal with the Turkic cavalry, we still have to rely on bows and arrows, iron caltrops, and so on. Our army will be in formation, waiting for the enemy. Thirty paces away from the formation, we will spread a dense circle of iron caltrops. "
"Once the Turkic cavalry gets close, even if they are scattered, there will always be some cavalry who will be hit."
"For every Turkic cavalry killed, the enemy will have one less person. If we kill more, this group of Turkic soldiers helping Liu Heita will slowly weaken, many little drops make an ocean. "
"Moreover, when they get close, we still have bows and arrows to greet them."
"At least we can ensure that in this battle, we can weaken the enemy by six to seven hundred men. To be able to kill six to seven hundred men is not a loss for us. Once the enemy wants to break through the iron caltrops and continue to attack, then when they get close, we will use shields and spears to defend. "
Du Qi said, "Using shields and spears to form a square formation to meet the enemy, we will be like a hedgehog, covered in thorns. The Turkic cavalry cannot bite them, so at this point, we can cause at least a thousand casualties. "
"When the enemy retreats, the black armored cavalry will come from a distance and kill for a while, we can achieve a certain result. Therefore, this battle is divided into three levels of killing. "
Du Qi said, "The first is the battle when the enemy gets close, the second is the battle when the enemy is already here, and the third is the battle when the enemy is retreating. We will not continue to fight, as long as the enemy comes, we will only kill them. "
Hearing this, Li Shimin hurriedly nodded, showing an expression of agreement. He turned to Li Xiaogong and said, "Xiaogong, what do you think of Erlang's plan?"
Li Xiaogong said, "The levels are clear, and it is very operable. I think it can be arranged. Of course, it also depends on how the Turkic side responds. If the Turkic people see the iron caltrops and retreat immediately, there will be no follow-up. "
Li Shimin said, "Man proposes, God disposes. No matter what the Turkic side does, we will arrange it this way."
Li Xiaogong said, "Your Highness is right."
Li Shimin quickly made the arrangements.
At this time, the army had already changed their formation. The black armored cavalry had already retreated and set up camp in the distance. Meanwhile, the thirty thousand elites were all in formation, waiting for the battle to begin.
However, the soldiers in charge of cooking were in the center and were still busy. They didn't care whether or not the Turks were coming. Because they were in the center, the Turks couldn't kill their way to the center.
Time trickled by.
As Li Shimin and Du Qi waited, the army led by Zhi Shili had already approached.
Zhi Shili was about to launch a surprise attack.
His idea was to launch a surprise attack and kill, and then kidnap some Tang soldiers. In exchange for food, wine, and money. After all, a Tang soldier could be exchanged for ten catties of mutton. It was a good deal.
"Kill!"
"Boys, the meat and wine are right in front. Charge!"
"If you want wine, if you want to eat meat, then charge. Show me your strength."
"Charge!"
Zhi Shili urged his horse to gallop, he shouted loudly to motivate his soldiers. The eight thousand Turkic soldiers were getting closer and closer to where the Tang army was stationed.
In reality, Zhi Shili had less than eight thousand men, only around seven thousand seven hundred. This was because a portion of them had been lost in the previous battle, and Zhi Shili was unable to replenish them.
However, it was still equivalent to eight thousand men.
The eight thousand Turkic soldiers had already spread out and were scattered around the vast plains. This time, Zhi Shili had spread out all the soldiers. This way, they wouldn't be easily killed and could also bring out the fighting strength of the Turkic soldiers.
The distance was getting closer and closer.
Soon, the Turkic cavalry was less than two hundred paces away from the Tang army.
The Tang army could clearly see the Turkic soldiers.
Du Qi was also in the crowd. He stood on his horse and looked into the distance. Seeing that the Turkic cavalry was getting closer and closer, a smile crept onto his lips. This time, he was determined to teach these Turks a lesson.
When the distance was less than a hundred paces, suddenly, voices rang out at almost the same time, "Release the arrows!"
The soldiers circled around the formation and shot out arrows one after another.
A dense rain of arrows whistled through the air, heading straight for the Turkic cavalry. Even though the Turkic cavalry had spread out in a circle, making it difficult for them to be hit, once they were within one hundred paces, many of them were still struck and screamed as they dropped to the ground.
Although there weren't many of them, at least a hundred were shot. Zhi Shili didn't care about this and continued to give the order to advance. As a result, the distance was getting closer and closer.
Even though there were still soldiers who were shot, in the blink of an eye, the distance was reduced to thirty paces.
This area was filled with iron caltrops.
The warhorses couldn't avoid them at all and stepped on the caltrops. The warhorses went crazy and fell down. One after another, the Turkic cavalry fell to the ground.
When Zhi Shili saw this, he knew that things weren't good. It was obvious that the Tang army was well prepared. Even if the soldiers under his command rushed up, it would not be easy to kill the Tang soldiers.
The problem was that he had lost hundreds of his soldiers. Zhi Shili was somewhat unwilling to leave with his tail between his legs, so he was stuck in a dilemma.
Logically speaking, Zhi Shili's cavalry should be able to move freely in this wide area. The problem was that the Tang army was like a tortoise shell and Zhi Shili couldn't do anything.
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Zhi Shili had no choice but to give the order.
"Woo! Woo! "
The sound of the retreat horn resounded across the empty plains. When the Turkic soldiers heard the horn, they quickly turned their horses around and retreated from the battlefield.
As the battlefield was wide and the soldiers were spread out, they were able to retreat quickly. However, as they retreated, they were attacked by another wave of arrows and a few more Turkic soldiers were taken down.
This scene fell into Li Shimin's eyes.
Li Shimin's eyes were filled with regret.
What a pity!
If the Turkic cavalry didn't care about the caltrops and continued to charge forward, Then the Turkic cavalry would have been able to heavily injure the Turkic cavalry.
Seeing the Turkic cavalry retreating quickly, Li Shimin ordered, "Sound the drums and order the Black Armor Elite Cavalry to go out and kill them."
"Dong! Dong!! "
The war drums quickly sounded.
All of a sudden, the Black Armor Elite Cavalry appeared in the southeast of this location. Nearly ten thousand Black Armor Elite Cavalry charged forward and killed many of the Turkic cavalry.
However, the Turkic cavalry moved like the wind and spread out, so they retreated quickly. After killing a portion of the Turkic cavalry, the Black Armor Elite Cavalry couldn't catch up to them and quickly retreated.
The Turkic cavalry came quickly and left quickly as well.
The Tang army didn't lose a single soldier. On the contrary, the Turkic cavalry left behind corpses. There were also many Turkic soldiers who didn't die in battle but were lying on the ground with injuries.
Li Shimin had a bright smile on his face as he immediately ordered his men to clean up the battlefield. As the soldiers cleaned up the caltrops and put away their bows, it didn't take long for the entire battlefield to be cleaned up.
In this battle, they had killed 678 Turkic cavalrymen and captured 163 wounded soldiers. In addition to that, there were 143 horses that were merely injured, while 500 horses were dead.
The result of this battle wasn't good, but they didn't lose any soldiers.
Just this result alone was worth celebrating. Thus, Li Shimin was very happy. Even if it was a small victory, it was still a victory and weakened the Turkic army.
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