Li Shimin walked around in the open space, muttering to himself: "Hearing the wind and moving, you really do everything in front of people." Wang De looked at Li Shimin's excited expression with relief, he knew how much pressure Li Shimin was under, 300,000 people lived and died and the fortune of the Tang Dynasty was pressed on him alone, and now there may be a chance to change all this, how could he not be happy and excited.

The sky has gradually brightened, Xue Rengui and the arrangers have all been ambushed, and now it is impossible to sneak attack, so they can only fight hard with Gao Yanshou's team. Now it's up to see who can withstand it, it's a confrontation of wills.

When the first rays of sunlight shone on Xiling, Gao Yanshou's forward cavalry had arrived, and according to the practice of marching, before the arrival of the large army, the forward cavalry was on alert to explore the way for the large army. Last night, there was a clash between the Tang army scouts and their own scouts, which shows that this time the Tang army has been prepared and must be blocking somewhere.

The chief of the forward cavalry of the Goguryeo army is Cui Hao, he is also the first general under Gao Yanshou, he has been in battle for a long time, rich in experience, his character is as rude and impulsive as the Goguryeo people, but he is extremely strict and serious about marching and fighting, and meticulously implements Gao Yanshou's orders.

As soon as the Goguryeo cavalry arrived at the bottom of the mountain, the tired horse's hooves had just stopped to see if there was an ambush, and a group of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in the dense mountain forest, and the opponent was also a cavalryman, and as soon as they emerged from the mountain forest, they began to charge the advance of Goguryeo.

Cui Hao knew at a glance that this was a strong cavalry of the Tang Army, well-trained, when they launched a charge from the mountains, the formation was still chaotic, but in the process of charging quickly arranged and combined, as the Goguryeo forward got closer and closer, the formation of the Tang Army has become more and more complete, and the murderous spirit came straight to himself.

Thousands of cavalry quickly lined up in a cone-shaped offensive formation, like a steel knife, fiercely inserted into the forward troops of the Goguryeo army, and the distance became closer and closer, and then the two armies collided fiercely, and for a while people shouted and neighed, and the screams continued.

After walking all night, the tired Goguryeo army forwards were caught off guard, and they were all stunned after a long battle.

Xue Rengui arranged this raid was very perfect, taking advantage of the fact that the Goguryeo army was sleepy and tired of marching people and horses and had not yet set up the formation, the Tang army preemptively attacked, ambushed in the mountains and forests early, seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack, the timing and location were very good, until the Tang cavalry and the advance of the Goguryeo army collided fiercely, and caused great casualties to the Goguryeo army, the panicked Goguryeo army reacted, began to organize resistance in a hurry, and tried to counterattack.

Gao Yanshou's team is worthy of being the elite of Goguryeo, and after their short panic, they quickly reacted from Cui Hao to the cavalry below, so they hurriedly ordered the cavalry at the front to fight separately to withstand the impact of the Tang army. The rear cavalry that had not yet been impacted retreated and began to line up, and when the Tang army fought for a while in the front army, and the speed of the horses decreased, at this time, Cui Hao gave an order, and the front cavalry that was still fighting with the Tang army quickly broke away from the battlefield and retreated to the left and right flanks respectively. Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of the rear army, which had lined up in an offensive formation, launched an attack on the Tang army.

Only the sound of horses' hooves was heard, rolling up the dust, and in an instant, the rear cavalry of Goguryeo rushed over, and the fierce eyes of the enemy were clearly visible. However, the Tang army is worthy of being a war machine that makes the world fearful, when the two armies are about to make contact, a whistle, thousands of people are like a person also separated to the left and right flanks, perfectly avoiding the impact of the enemy, and when they have not stopped, they take advantage of the time difference to attack the rear cavalry from the side again. Only two back-and-forth hedges inflicted huge casualties on the Goguryeo army, and the already exhausted enemy cavalry formation had long been disorganized, and in the face of the well-rested Tang army's charge, the enemy had lost nearly 10,000 people.

At this time, the Tang army made the sound of gongs and drums on the mountain, and Xue Rengui accepted it when he saw it, and now the most important thing is to save the lives of the soldiers, not to achieve a greater victory. The cavalry of the Tang Army attacked for a while, and then when Cui Hao organized the cavalry and prepared to encircle on three sides, he quickly withdrew from the encirclement.

Seeing the cavalry coming back, Li Dongsheng said to Xue Rengui with emotion: "This team really shows the speed like the wind and the invasion like fire in the art of war." ”

"What's the use of having these tiger and wolf soldiers?" Xue Rengui sighed: "It's not like the situation has turned around overnight, and now it's going to be wiped out by the whole army, where to reason?" ”

Li Dongsheng looked at the dense Goguryeo army at the foot of the mountain, and his heart was very heavy: "You have also seen that the Goguryeo army is well-organized and has strong combat effectiveness, and it can still be on par with our army after marching for a day and a night yesterday, and now we estimate that we can't withstand this point." ”

"If you can't stand it, you have to top it, Li Shangshu and they are all famous generals in a hundred battles, once they have their hands freed, they will definitely send people over to support, we just need to hold on for a few days." Xue Rengui said: "Now what I'm afraid of is not these 100,000 people, what I'm afraid of is that the Goguryeo people will have other reinforcements coming, and it will be really dangerous at that time." ”

"We also sent scouts to Liaodong City, where to ask for reinforcements to rescue, we should have no problem being closer to them than Goguryeo?" Li Dongsheng wondered why Xue Rengui would ask this question.

"Master Hou, there are more than Goguryeo people in Liaodong!" Xue Rengui patiently told him: "Although Goguryeo is dominated by the Buyeo people, there are also many people who are the people of the people, and the people of the people are second only to the people of the people, and the number is also very large. ”

"It seems that they were also involved in the volunteer soldiers who were not militia before, are you worried that they will turn their faces and attack me Datang? They took my Datang's money. Li Dongsheng pondered for a moment: "However, now the situation is different, if they know that our army may be wiped out under the city of Anshi, maybe they will bite back, and the interests are still moving!" ”

After thinking for a while, he said to Xue Rengui: "You give me 500 people, I will go to Liaodong City and Jian'an City to transfer reinforcements, and then find someone who is familiar with the local area, and accompany me to the Yan Ya to appease them." Or let them support the Tang Dynasty, anyway, they must not be allowed to join the Goguryeo people. ”

"Master Hou, leave this kind of thing to someone else to do." Xue Rengui hurriedly persuaded him: "You haven't been punished for the transfer of troops this time, and now it's better to be still, if it really makes Your Majesty suspicious... ”