Chapter 303: Huoyi City Breaks

At the moment when the soldiers were stationed on the horse, Song Laosheng suddenly understood that he had been ambushed, his face changed greatly in an instant, and his heart was full of regret for a while.

Fortunately, he did not lose his mind, and immediately ordered the rear team of the army to change into the front team and withdraw to Huoyi City at full speed. Although he had not yet received a detailed report from the striker, he understood that Li Yuan must have set a trap ahead, and it was better to retreat directly backwards.

After all, their own army had just passed from behind, and the Tang soldiers must not have had time to set many traps, even if there was a Tang army team behind to intercept it, but with their own 20,000 cavalry, they could also rush out

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

At this moment, the sound of huge war drums sounded from all directions at the same time, echoing in the mountains, making it somewhat impossible to tell where the Tang army would launch an attack.

Song Laosheng's face was gloomy, and he looked around, when a general shouted in horror, "General, look at the top on both sides of the mountain!" ”

When the old man Song heard this, he looked up, and saw that a group of Tang Army soldiers had already appeared on the hillsides on both sides, holding longbows and arrows in their hands, and they were about to let go of the arrows in Yuzhong!

Song Laosheng's face suddenly changed greatly, and his heart was broken, and while urging the horse to run towards the coming road at high speed, he shouted sharply: "All the soldiers withdraw from the mountain at full speed!"

With Song Laosheng's shouting, the soldiers of the Tang Army on the mountain were also ready. Under the command of the generals, they let go of the arrows at the same time, and for a while, a dense rain of arrows roared, and then fell from the sky.

With the strength of the bowstring, coupled with the bonus of gravity, the sharp arrow fell faster and faster, shooting down towards the Sui soldiers in the mountain.

The arrows that rained down were so lethal that they pierced through the helmet and through the armor. In a matter of moments, the soldiers of the Sui army in the mountains suffered heavy casualties and fell one after another.

The neighing of war horses and the terrible screams of wounded soldiers suddenly rose and fell in the mountains, spreading into the air, echoing layer by layer above the mountains!

At this moment, there was another "Boom!" I saw that the soldiers of the Tang Army on the slopes on both sides had stopped firing arrows, and they were pushing the logs and boulders into the mountains.

Logs were pushed, boulders were pried up, and they tumbled down into the hills, all of which were unstoppable and crushed at high speed.

Their speed became faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, they smashed into the soldiers of the Sui army at high speed. Every log, every boulder, is like a high-speed cannonball, everywhere it goes, whether it is a soldier or a war horse, they have been knocked to the ground, crushed to death, for a time, the Sui army soldiers again suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, before the exit of the mountain, a group of 5,000 infantry soldiers had already lined up in battle, and they were also holding hard bows and arrows, and were attacking the Sui soldiers in the mountain. One after another rain of arrows whistled up, and then whistled down again, shooting straight at the exit of the Sui army soldiers who had not had time to retreat.

When the soldiers of the Sui army went out of the city to meet the battle, they were only ready to meet the soldiers of the Tang army in a short battle, and they did not carry hard bows and arrows at all, and the exit of the mountain was dug by the Tang army before a few trenches, they could not attack it, and similarly, they could not retreat, because the mountain in the rear had been blocked by the chaotic rear army soldiers.

Liu Xin, the original vanguard general of the Sui army, had died in the trench, and all the vanguard generals looked at the general who had temporarily taken over the command of the vanguard. However, the new commander was equally at a loss.

Therefore, they can only watch the enemy launch round after round of attacks with sharp arrows, and they can only watch their brothers fall from the ground one after another.

At this time, Hou Junji also turned his horse's head and reorganized his soldiers and killed them. However, they were standing behind the infantry at this time, waiting for the best opportunity to charge the Sui soldiers.

After receiving Song Laosheng's withdrawal order, the rear generals of the Sui army immediately led their men to turn around and rush out of the mountain. As Song Laosheng thought, there was not much ambush at the exit behind the mountain, and there were not even Tang Army soldiers to intercept it in the front. However, there were 5,000 Tang infantry on each side of the mountain, and they did not come forward to intercept, but kept attacking the retreating Sui soldiers with arrows.

After Song Laosheng rushed out of the mountain with a team of personal soldiers, 10,000 Tang soldiers moved quickly under the command of the generals, and they carried out a huge horse that had been prepared for a long time, and surrounded the exit of the mountain with three layers inside and three layers outside, and the Sui soldiers who remained in the mountain could not rush out again.

Under the attack of the Tang army soldiers with rounds of sharp arrows, boulders, and logs, the soldiers of the Sui army have already lost their morale, and now they are abandoned by the main general Song Laosheng, and they can't retreat back.

Of the 20,000 soldiers of the Sui army, less than 8,000 successfully broke out of the mountain. After Song Laosheng rushed out of the mountain, he rode his horse and fled at high speed for three or four miles, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, a Tang army cavalry of 5,000 people suddenly came out from the side of the road, and the general who led the army was Li Shimin, who was wearing silver armor.

Song Laosheng's face turned pale suddenly, and he had no more blood, so he had to urge the war horse to flee towards Huoyi City again, he wanted to retreat into the city, where there were still his 30,000 infantry. As long as he can successfully withdraw into Huoyi City, with 30,000 soldiers, and recruit some young and strong people in the city, it will not be difficult to hold Huoyi City.

It's a pity that it's too late! When he led the remnants of the army that had been pursued by Li Shimin to less than 5,000 people to the south gate of Huoyi City, Li Yuan had already led 10,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry to wait in front of the city gate!

And the gate of Huoyi City has already been opened, and Li Yuan's subordinate flag has been planted on the top of the city, and there are still bursts of shouts and tearing sounds in the city from time to time. It was clear that the Tang soldiers were clearing the city of stubborn Sui soldiers who refused to surrender.

It turned out that not long after Song Laosheng pursued Hou Junji and left, Dou Liang, who was ordered to stay in Huoyi City, replaced all the soldiers guarding the southern city gate with his own henchmen.

Soon, Li Jiancheng led 5,000 cavalry soldiers disguised as the Sui army to arrive, and Dou Liang directly ordered his subordinates to open the city gate and let Li Jiancheng lead the army into the city.

The 30,000 soldiers of the Sui army in the poor city were not only betrayed by the temporary commander, but they were also taken by surprise at this time, and they had no time to organize a large number of soldiers to resist, so they were directly beaten back again and again by Li Jiancheng's 5,000 cavalry, turned around and fled.

It didn't take long for Li Yuan to arrive with tens of thousands of troops, and under his orders, another 15,000 infantry soldiers broke into Huoyi City to assist Li Jiancheng. And Li Yuan took 20,000 soldiers to wait for Song Laosheng's arrival in front of the city gate.