Xue Li and Xi Jun bought quickly!

After the 10,000 infantry troops disembarked, they immediately selected a site for the formation, and then specialized engineers were busy around; while in the distance, the hot-air balloon battalion led by Zhu Fufu was also making auxiliary preparations.

Since it was difficult to carry a large number of war horses on the ship, the troops brought by Li Kuan, the general manager of the Pyongyang Road march, were destined to be mainly infantry.

So how to deal with the cavalry, the king of war, is a question that needs to be considered in advance.

For this reason, before setting off for the expedition, Li Kuan had various workshops rush to make a batch of equipment overnight.

Now it seems that it is indeed going to have a derivative use.

"Shopkeeper Chunyu, do you think His Royal Highness the King of Chu can defeat the Goguryeo people with this arrangement? These 10,000 infantry troops are almost all the forces on the ship that can be arranged to disembark for combat. They look very powerful, but after all, they are only infantry troops.

If the Goguryeo people sent out a cavalry attack, how could they withstand it?"

At the rear of the fleet, Chunyu Bo and a group of merchants could also see the Tang army's preparations.

Normally, when the army starts to attack, it means that the merchants are about to start harvesting the fruits of victory.

However, seeing the layout in front of them, many merchants were filled with doubts.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is like a god with his troops. What can you think of, can he not think of?"

Although Chunyu Bo was a little worried in his heart, he didn't dare to show it.

As a representative figure of Dengzhou merchants, Chunyu Bo's attitude represents the attitude of the Chunyu family to a certain extent.

The Chunyu family now relies entirely on the Chu Palace to live a good life.

As Chun Yunan's spokesperson, Chun Yubo naturally did not dare to say anything unfavorable to Li Kuan.

"That's what I say, but the current situation does make people a little worried. After all, Goguryeo is also a powerful country that has experienced hundreds of battles. His Royal Highness the King of Chu despises the opponent so much. I am worried that he will suffer a loss."

"The navy of Goguryeo has been wiped out, and now there is not a single warship. Even if the war is unfavorable, it will not threaten everyone's safety. They can't just swim over and attack you, right?"

Chunyu Bo couldn't think of anything good to say to defend Li Kuan, so he had to comfort these businessmen.

While the Tang Dynasty was busy, the soldiers in Pyongyang City were already preparing for the expedition in the afternoon.

"Sanlang, after dinner at three quarters of noon, the army began to leave the city; I just confirmed on the city wall that starting from this morning, the Tang army had taken the initiative to disembark. Although they disembarked and dug some fortifications around it, it only took half a day

With time, it is impossible to make any preparations, this is just giving us credit."

Next to Yuan Nanchan, Quan Wanming was talking happily.

Originally, as the guard general of Pyongyang City, when he found out that the Tang army had arrived outside the city, he was so frightened that he immediately ran to Yeon Gaesumun to report the situation. His image was greatly damaged.

Now thinking about being able to personally lead the army to destroy the Tang army, Quan Wanming felt that he could regain his face.

Ten thousand elite cavalry could deal with the Tang army's ten thousand infantry. Even Quan Wanming, who didn't know much about warfare, was a hundred times more confident.

Not to mention that Yeon Gaesumun also sent 10,000 cavalrymen from several surrounding cities to rescue Pyongyang City, and also arranged to assist Yeon Namchan in the attack.

Such a battle cannot be won, and Quan Wanming feels that it is unjust.

"The waiter has come to report that there are only about 10,000 Tang troops disembarking, and more than 90% of them are infantry, with few war horses. I was originally worried about how to lure the Tang troops to disembark, but I didn't expect to fall asleep when I fell asleep.

.General Quan, when you leave the city later, it will depend on your performance. Try to return to the city before sunset for a celebration banquet!"

Yuan Nanchan seemed to see great achievements coming to him.

Aye really hurts herself!

Such a great achievement was almost given to me like a reward.

This is much more powerful than the eldest brother going to attack Silla, the second brother going to Shiwei, and Mohe looking for reinforcements.

"Okay! The general will definitely live up to your expectations, Sanlang. With ten thousand people, under the attack of our twenty thousand cavalry, they can resist for an hour let alone an afternoon. I have to admire the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty."

You are indeed brave.”

After Quan Wanming finished speaking, he couldn't help but laugh "haha".

Before, everyone thought that he relied on nepotism to become the defender of Pyongyang City.

After today, I must impress everyone.

…

In the afternoon, the sun is shining brightly!

The river breeze blowing from the Datong River took away a bit of the heat.

A group of crows flew across the sky from time to time, as if they had anticipated that there would be an opportunity to provide themselves with a feast below.

Boom, boom, boom!

As the Goguryeo cavalry left the city one after another, began to assemble in the open space at the city gate, and then trotted towards the Tang army's position, drums began to sound in the army.

Under the mobilization of Xue Rengui and Xi Junmai, more than 10,000 infantrymen quickly moved into action.

The row at the front is densely packed with crossbow arrows.

Although this special repeating crossbow cannot fire all the arrows at once, it can fire the ten crossbow arrows in the arrow box without interruption.

After the firing is completed, as long as the arrow box is replaced, ten more crossbow arrows can be fired immediately.

This kind of firing efficiency is many times faster than that of an archer.

To put it bluntly, these two hundred crossbows were enough to harvest a wave of Goguryeo heads.

Not to mention there is a row of taller bed crossbows behind the crossbows, providing more long-range fire support for the army.

"Rengui, everything is ready, just waiting for the Goguryeo people to charge!"

Xi Junmai was covered in chain mail and rode a horse to Xue Li's side.

Although this would allow him to attract more Goguryeo arrows, in order to facilitate command, the main generals in the Tang army were mounted on horses.

Of course, one person and one horse, except for the four exposed eyes, are covered with special chain armor, so they are not afraid of ordinary arrow attacks at all.

Unless you are really unlucky and get shot in the eye!

But Xi Junmai didn't think the Goguryeo people had such a chance.

"Today is the first time that the prince's tactics of infantry against cavalry have been used. I am somewhat looking forward to how great the results will be. I just heard from the scouts that the Goguryeo people dispatched 20,000 cavalry. According to normal operations, we must at least

Only with twice the strength of the troops can it be possible to successfully fight the cavalry with infantry, otherwise it will be a one-sided massacre."

There was no worry at all on Xue Rengui’s face!

Although the number of Goguryeo's cavalry was greater than he thought, he still felt calm when he thought of the various arrangements made this morning.

"In the words of the prince, in the face of absolute equipment superiority, it is useless no matter how brave the Goguryeo people are; not to mention that we not only have advantages in equipment, but also in tactics, and even our morale is no worse than that of the Goguryeo people.

.”

As a fierce general, Xi Junmai never took the Goguryeo people seriously.

If Li Kuan allowed it, he would dare to lead a single-handed attack on the Goguryeo army.

"Woo..."

Along with the sound of horns, the Goguryeo people in the distance began to slowly increase their horse speed.

When the cavalry attacks, they don't run with all their strength from the beginning. Instead, they have to calculate the time and accelerate slowly. When the two sides collide, the horse's speed reaches its maximum speed.

Obviously, the Goguryeo people also had a relatively in-depth study of cavalry combat methods.

"Boom! Boom!"

Along with the sound of horse hooves, the ground began to shake slightly.

Twenty thousand cavalrymen came overwhelmingly toward the Tang army's formation.

At this time, the hot air balloon battalion led by Zhu Fuyu had also taken off and was on standby, and was slowly moving towards the front of the military formation.

However, the Goguryeo people seemed to be somewhat prepared for the attack by the hot air balloon battalion, as the cavalry galloped forward in a dispersed formation.

Although dropping kerosene bombs in this situation can have a certain effect, the real lethality is still very limited.

Obviously, Zhu Fuyu also has a clear understanding of this.

Therefore, after the hot air balloon battalion took off, it did not immediately head towards the Goguryeo army. Instead, it slowly moved to the sky about a hundred meters in front of the army formation, waiting for the Goguryeo people to attack.

"Sanlang, I have long inquired about the role of Tang Jun's hot air balloons. With less than a hundred hot air balloons, they can at most injure a thousand people without affecting the overall situation."

At the rear of the Goguryeo army, Quan Wanming followed Yun Nanchan, pointing to the hot air balloon in the distance, looking quite high-spirited.

"I heard that Li Kuan defeated the 20,000 elite cavalry of the Western Turks with a hot air balloon ten years ago. Haha! He didn't think he would be so lucky this time, did he?"

Yuon Namsan thought of the scene of the Goguryeo cavalry breaking into the opponent's army, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.

The Yuan family controlled 90% of Goguryeo's military strength. As the third son of Yuan Gaesumun, Yuan Nansan was naturally skilled in military affairs and had some ability.

Otherwise, Yeon Gaeso Moon would not have given him the command of the 20,000 troops.

"Who knows! With 10,000 infantry against 20,000 cavalry, Li Kuan really thinks he is the reincarnation of the God of War? We will teach him later and tell him what real war is!"

Seeing that the two armies were about to enter combat distance, Quan Wanmingming felt his heart beat a little faster. He felt an urge to urinate in his abdomen and couldn't hold it back, so he urinated directly.

However, after peeing halfway, Quan Wanming immediately reacted and quickly tightened his anus to hold back the second half of the pee.

After completing this action, he looked around with a little guilty conscience.
To be continued...