Chapter 342: Wolf-like Attack
At this time, Li Shimin was hanging in his throat, since Li Dongsheng was arrested for transferring troops, all the generals present took it as a warning, big and small things must be reported, and a little thing that happened before would reach Li Shimin's ears.
From the afternoon Li Shimin has received battle reports one after another, from Xue Wanche blocking Gao Yanshou's retreat, to being attacked by the Yan people, to Li Ji launching an attack, this action is thrilling, what makes Li Shimin's face even more hot is that today was raided by the Yan cavalry, the Tang army suffered a big loss, and the logistics camp was all burned down.
“…… The cavalry launched a surprise attack from the logistics camp of our army, and the 10,000 soldiers of the battalion who escorted the grain and grass lost more than 4,000 in battle, and the people who transported the grain were killed and wounded more than 8,000. The messenger gave a brief report on the current state of the war.
After finishing speaking, he was about to say goodbye and go back to Xue Wanche, and Li Shimin, who was pale, asked: "Is the food loss of logistics counted now?" ”
The herald hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, the logistics fire was still burning when I came, and the specific losses are estimated to be counted tomorrow." ”
Li Shimin's face turned red violently, and he quickly retreated from the whiteness below, and the frightened Wang De hurriedly supported him. Li Shimin paused for a moment before waving his hand to let the herald out of the big tent first, and then spit out a mouthful of blood with "wow", and fell backwards with his eyes closed.
Wang De was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "The imperial doctor... ”
The ministers next to him hurriedly lay Li Shimin down, and Yu Shi came to give him a needle, and Li Shimin woke up leisurely, and asked in a weak voice: "How can this be?" How dare the people betray my Datang? Didn't Zhang Jian look at them in Buyeo? How did they get here? ”
The ministers present were also confused, they were actually panicked, all the grain and grass were burned, if the news spread in the camp below, maybe the army would collapse immediately, and the mistakes of Emperor Yang of Sui would be repeated. Could it be that Goguryeo is such an evil place, and the emperor never came to an end when he came to attack?
Xue Wanche and a few of them were also discussing things with a pale face: "The cavalry of the Yan Dynasty has caused a total of more than 7,000 losses of our army and more than 8,000 people in this battle, and our army has killed more than 14,000 cavalry and more than 4,000 wounded, and more than 10,000 people who have surrendered have been taken into custody by our army. Xue Wanche looked at the faces of several princes and lowered his voice and said: "The grain and grass of the logistics camp have been harvested, and more than eighty percent of the losses have been lost, and the remaining grain is only enough for us to eat for three days." ”
"And when will the next batch of grain arrive?" Li Daozong twisted his beard and said: "There is still such a big fire, why is there no grenade and gunpowder exploding?" ”
"The grenades and gunpowder are too dangerous because His Majesty reminds them, so they are moving forward separately from the food, one day behind, and it is estimated that they will arrive at noon tomorrow. There is not much grain in Liaodong City, and now is the time when there is no green and yellow, and there is no food in the country. Xue Wanche hung his head and said: "I was too careless in this battle, if I have any accidents, my wife and children at home will help take care of it." ”
Niu Jinda was the oldest, and he thought for a while and said: "Then there is only one way now, that is, to wipe out Gao Yanshou's 100,000 army, so as to eliminate Your Majesty's anger, and to grab the military rations of those 100,000 people to solve the urgent needs of our army." ”
Several people discussed for half the night, and then decided to launch a final attack on Gao Yanshou's army tomorrow when the grenades and gunpowder arrived, and they must all be annihilated in order to vent their hatred.
The heralds were the hardest, shuttling back and forth to deliver information, and Li Ji also received the battle report from the front overnight, and the two sides agreed to launch a general attack at noon tomorrow at the same time.
Gao Yanshou sat quietly in the tent alone, staring at the map, he wanted to find a way out for his team. But disappointed, there is no way forward, no way back, they have been trapped in this place. Tomorrow you can only charge with your life, and if you can escape, one can be one.
He held his head with his hands, how could he never have imagined that he would fall to this point, the ups and downs of life are too exciting, the day before yesterday he still attacked the Tang army and caused them huge losses Goguryeo famous generals, today he will become a Goguryeo sinner who lost 100,000 teachers, do you want to commit suicide to apologize for the countrymen?
With a sigh, he called his personal guards in: "You take a dozen people to Pyongyang overnight and pick up my family." "In ancient times, when the army went on the expedition, his family had to stay in the capital as hostages, because he was afraid that the generals with the troops would rebel or defect to the enemy, and now Gao Yanshou actually wanted to take his family out, and the guards were shocked: "Lord, now that the general's mansion is closely monitored, I am afraid it is unrealistic for all the general's family members to come out." ”
Gao Yanshou's hand listened in the air for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "If you can't do it, take out the oldest and youngest children, and the rest... I don't care about it. ”
As soon as it was dawn the next day, the Tang army sounded the horn of the attack. Gao Yanshou's team was like a great enemy, and immediately gathered the whole army to prepare for battle. After a day's fighting, everyone was very tired, and they were called up early this morning, and after standing for a long time, they found that the Tang army had not moved.
The sun rose, and the people who shone were dizzy, Gao Yanshou knew the plan, but the people couldn't be disbanded when they were gathered, otherwise it would be difficult to organize them again, so he ordered to go to eat in batches.
In this way, the Tang army blew the horn of attack every once in a while, which made the Goguryeo people nervous for a long time, and by noon, the Goguryeo army that had stood in front of the position for a long time was angry, and the sun at noon was big, and everyone was sweating profusely, and they wanted to sleep when they were warm. Isn't there a word called spring sleepiness, many people ignore the generals' group beatings and kicks, and just sit or lie down and fall asleep with their weapons.
Everyone was exhausted by the wolf tactics of the Tang army, and for a while their big array snored loudly, at this time the Tang army blew the horn of attack again, and the generals desperately urged the soldiers to get up and line up, but how could the people who had just fallen asleep wake up, and then the generals of Goguryeo were horrified to find that the cavalry rushed out of the camp of the Tang army and came straight to themselves.
When the sleeping Goguryeo soldiers woke up from the hoarse shouts of the generals and the panicked blows of their companions around them, and hurriedly began to line up, the Don army had already thrown the first round of grenades.
Many Goguryeo people had only heard of this weapon, but they didn't know anything about its appearance and power, and they looked blankly at the iron bumps emitting black smoke around them, and wondered why the Tang army didn't use bows and arrows to test it first?
This is the last thought of many Goguryeo people in the world, and with the sound of explosions one after another, the entire Goguryeo infantry formation immediately collapsed.