Li Shimin issued an order urging Niu Jinda to launch an attack, and after this decree was issued, Li Su learned that he was about to explode at that time.

His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, who has been wise all his life, why did he frequently make stupid moves in this Eastern Crusade? What the hell is going on? Is it because of the mentality of quick success, or is it because of the old age and stupid confusion?

When the army goes out, the commander has always controlled all the fighters, an army is handed over to the commander, when to attack, when to retreat, when to use what strategy, of course, can only be decided by this commander, Li Shimin is far away from a hundred miles, he doesn't know anything about the situation of Niu Jinda's department, but he has made such a mediocre holy decree to Niu Jinda, I have to say that this will is very wrong, Li Shimin made a big mistake.

Li Su was in a hurry, he didn't have time to put on his clothes and rushed out of the barracks, planning to go to the handsome tent to admonish Li Shimin, rushed out of the barracks and ran a few steps, the cold wind outside blew, Li Su gradually calmed down, and his pace became slower and slower.

Finally, Li Su stopped and smiled bitterly.

Judging from the current situation, Niu Jinda's department did not encounter any danger, nor did he see any signs of danger, for Li Shimin, everything was carried out in an orderly manner under his control, and all the strategies and details did not exceed his plan, so what reason did Li Su have to admonish? Could it be that White Fang told him that if you did this, you would kill many people, and that there would be an unpredictable and great danger?

If he really said that, Li Shimin might not kill him, but he would definitely ask someone to beat him out.

Li Su was anxious that he had foreseen the danger, but there was no real reason and evidence to prove his foresight.

What to do? For the first time, Li Su discovered that his personal strength was too small in this military camp of hundreds of thousands of people, so small that he was powerless to change anything, and he could only watch countless soldiers being killed by a thought of the emperor.

Back in his barracks, Li Su stood in the barracks and pondered alone for a long time, and suddenly called Zheng Xiaolou.

"Brother Xiaolou, there is something I can only entrust you to do." Li Su said solemnly.

Zheng Xiaolou nodded: "You say." ”

"You should go out of the camp now, gallop to Niu Jinda's headquarters, and then go to Niu Jinda alone, and tell him not to pay attention to the orders of the Holy Decree, and to decide the advance and retreat of the army according to your own ideas, and you must not rush to attack because of the urging of Your Majesty, and if you are in a hurry to succeed, it is easy to change, and the enemy will take advantage of the situation and design for profit. That's all, go! ”

Zheng Xiaolou took a deep look at him and said, "You let General Niu disobey the order?" ”

Li Su sighed: "I'm just saving the lives of 100,000 people, you go quickly, this sentence is delivered, and you have great merit." ”

Zheng Xiaolou nodded and said without hesitation: "Okay." ”

Zheng Xiaolou soon left the camp, and Pegasus galloped towards Niushou Mountain.

Li Su walked out of the barracks slowly, Fang Lao Wu and his subordinates were guarding outside the barracks with knives, just now I saw Li Su calling Zheng Xiaolou in with a solemn expression, Fang Lao Wu knew that there must be a big event, and he consciously led his subordinates to surround Li Su's barracks to prevent secrets from leaking.

Seeing Li Su come out, Fang Lao Wu stepped forward and saluted.

Li Su looked around left and right and said, "What about the Goryeo woman?" ”

Fang Lao Wu smiled and said, "Stay in the tent honestly, our brothers are looking at her." ”

Li Su nodded: "Look strictly, she is absolutely not allowed to have any contact with anyone, not even eye contact." ”

Fang Lao Wu hesitated for a moment and said, "The villain knows that only the dead will not betray, since the grandfather is so protective of her, why don't you simply kill her?" ”

Li Su sighed: "You can't kill it, at least not now, it may be of great use to keep this woman." ”

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Under the city of Liaodong, the pace of Li Ji's troops attacking the city is getting faster and faster, and the offensive is becoming more and more fierce.

Niu Jinda, who was ordered to block Gao Huizhen's reinforcements, still has no news, perhaps Zheng Xiaolou has sent Li Su's words, Niu Jinda obviously did not follow the order of Bao Shimin to take the initiative to attack, but still stood still, the two armies confronted each other at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Niushou Mountain, and there were only sporadic skirmishes every day, with only dozens of casualties.

Li Su felt uneasy at the same time, Li Shimin also felt uneasy, but the reasons for the two were different, Li Su was worried about the lives of hundreds of thousands of Guanzhong children, and Li Shimin felt that the situation was out of his control, Niu Jinda's disobedience made him very angry, three days later, another sternly worded will was quickly sent to Niu Jinda's department, this time Li Shimin's tone was fierce, and his attitude was tough, which was comparable to the twelve gold medals given to Yue Fei by the Southern Song Dynasty officials hundreds of years later.

Finally, Niu Jinda couldn't withstand the pressure from the emperor and had to launch an attack on Gao Huizhen's department.

The fifth day of the first month of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan.

Niu Jinda left and right flanks of 40,000 soldiers and horses launched an attack in the middle of the night, the two wings outflanked Gao Huizhen's camp, the Chinese army 60,000 soldiers and horses rushed straight to the enemy's forward camp from the front, the moon was dark night, the letter fire flashed, with the shouting of thousands of troops and horses, the army slaughtered into the enemy camp like a storm of leaves, holding torches and setting fire everywhere, in just half an hour of incense, Gao Huizhen's department stretched for more than ten miles of camp was ignited and burned by Niu Jinda's soldiers, only to see the fire in the camp, people shouted horses neighing, and the panicked Goryeo enemy troops were slaughtered and killed by the Tang army.

Everything seemed to be going well, Niu Jinda took the initiative to attack, Gao Huizhen was really caught off guard, this attack camp can be described as flawless, enough to be included in the textbook.

However, Niu Jinda's good fortune seems to have ended there.

After raiding the enemy camp for an hour, there were no living Koreans in the enemy camp, Niu Jinda ordered to count the battle damage, and the subordinate generals found that this raid seemed to kill countless enemies, but the enemy soldiers who really died under the sabers and guns of the Tang army were only more than 3,000 people.

After Niu Jinda heard the news, his heart sank in vain, and an extreme sense of crisis arose.

It was obviously an enemy camp of 100,000 people, but in the end it killed only more than 3,000 enemy soldiers, what does this mean?

Niu Jinda's face quickly turned red, his neck was bruised, and he immediately shouted hoarsely and shouted that the whole army would retreat, and immediately withdraw from the enemy camp.

Then, it was too late.

As soon as the order was issued, outside the enemy camp, shouts and killings were heard from all directions, and the tide of enemy troops emerged from the mountains and forests of Niushou Mountain, and rounds of arrows rained down from the sky, shooting straight towards Niujinda from the mountainside, and countless Tang soldiers fell into this round of arrows like a shower, and the desperate screams and the dazzling fire were intertwined into a hellish tragic scene.

Niu Jinda's face was pale, his body trembled violently on his horse, watching the soldiers in front of him flee in panic, and his whole vitality seemed to be quietly lost like an arrow.

For many years, Niu Jinda has never encountered such a crushing defeat, and the veteran who has experienced a hundred battles has been ambushed by the enemy, and this humiliation is still more critical than the moment.

The hundreds of guards around him held shields in their hands, desperately protecting Niu Jinda's thoughtfulness, Niu Jinda's whole person was almost surrounded by shields, the shields covered the arrows in the sky, and also covered the fire of the enemy camp, and only the sound of countless arrows hitting the shield could be heard in his ears, but it was dark in front of him.

After all, the Tang army is a brave division that is famous all over the world, and there was a brief panic after the ambush, but in the end it finally organized a counteroffensive, and the subordinate generals first calmed down, desperately gathered their own remnants, and then formed a formation to rush outside the encirclement, trying to break through.

The ambush of the Goryeo enemy army was very exquisite, and Gao Huizhen proved his command and strategic skills to the Tang army with facts, but he still underestimated the combat power of the Tang army after all.

After a desperate battle, the defense line on the west side of the encirclement was torn open by the Tang army in formation, and the opening became bigger and bigger, and finally the Tang army finally broke through the encirclement, and the Goryeo enemy tried to pursue, but encountered 2,000 Mo swordsmen who left behind the broken back at the foot of the mountain on the east side of Niushou Mountain.

Two thousand Mo knives were waved against the backdrop of the firelight in the night, and the light of the sword refracted the firelight, like a shining sea of fire in the night, with a murderous aura to block the pursuit of the Goryeo enemy army.

The world-famous Mo swordsman once again proved to the world that his reputation was worthy, and the pursuit of 100,000 enemy troops was forcibly stopped by 2,000 people, and he could not go any further.

Niu Jinda was desperately rescued from the encirclement by his generals, and the Tang army was defeated like a mountain, scattered and fled.

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After Niu Jinda broke through the siege, he marched closer to Li Shimin's army.

The incident happened suddenly, Li Shimin's Chinese army had not yet received the news of defeat, and after dawn, Li Ji's troops began a new round of siege after making food and eating well.

The enemy army defending the city has become more and more tired, Li Ji is a veteran of the battlefield, he has a hunch, if there is no accident, he can break through Liaodong City before noon today, this strong premonition and joy has also spread to the entire siege army, everyone can see, victory is in front of you, within reach.

What made the officers and men of the three armies even happier was that His Majesty the Emperor issued a military order yesterday that after the army broke through Liaodong City, the soldiers of the city could be allowed to slaughter the city for three days.

Obviously, the stubborn resistance of the enemy army defending the city of Liaodong City angered Li Shimin, so he gave such an order that smelled of cruelty and blood.

After the hour, Li Ji gave an order, and his soldiers began to attack the city.

This offensive is unprecedentedly fierce, in addition to the earth-shattering thunder, all the methods that can be used have been used, with Li Shimin's promise of "slaughtering the city for three days", the soldiers are attacking the city today can be described as a rainbow of morale, soon, less than an hour, the enemy army defending the city has gradually been unable to resist, there have been several dangers on the east city wall, the Tang army soldiers climbed the city wall from the ladder several times, all relying on the Goryeo enemy army to kill them desperately, this is the thrilling defense of the city again and again.

Li Ji watched the attack and defense of the city from afar, the premonition in his heart became stronger and stronger, and finally simply drove away the drumming soldiers, personally picked up the drumsticks and beat the drums to cheer, the soldiers under his command saw the commander personally beating the drums, and the morale became more and more high, not only desperately climbing towards the city head, but also the siege vehicle did not want to die, braving the arrows and boiling oil above the head, and slammed the east city gate again and again, the city gate gradually began to shake, and the eyes of all the soldiers were bright.

Victory, it seems, is in his own hands.

The chain effect of defeat is terrible, and a defeat can affect the entire battle situation, even if it is an imminent victory, it will eventually be lost.

Just when Liaodong City was about to be breached, something happened suddenly.

A group of Goryeo enemy troops suddenly appeared in the mountains south of Liaodong City, rushing towards Li Jisuo's troops who were besieging the city like a landslide with a banner.

The soldiers of Li Jisuo, who were concentrating on the siege of the city, were stunned by the sudden appearance of the enemy army, and were caught off guard, the enemy army had rushed into the battle formation, and the cavalry rushed back and forth twice, and the Tang army's formation was suddenly crushed, and then, the siege stopped, the soldiers retreated, and hastily shrunk into a defensive formation to resist the enemy's offensive.

At the head of the city of Liaodong, the defenders of Goryeo let out a loud cheer, and at the last moment of the city break, reinforcements finally came, and the offensive and defensive momentum was completely reversed, and this reinforcement saved their dying life.

The number of this enemy army is not large, but the Chinese characters on the banner clearly write a "high" character, here and now, the reinforcements that can appear outside Liaodong City, except for Gao Huizhen, who else can there be?

Rao is Li Ji has been in battle for a long time, and he was also shocked by this sudden change, and looked at the enemy army in front of him who kept attacking him, for a long time, Li Ji, who was pale, looked up to the sky and said angrily: "What is Niu Jinda doing!" The old thief misunderstood me! ”

The siege fighter has passed, and Li Ji, who has regained his senses, immediately ordered the whole army to shrink the defense, and the 10,000 cavalry in the army were divided into troops to outflank the left and right sides, while the Chinese army lined up the shield array, the archers behind shot arrows, and the Modao battalion lined up to press the formation......

A series of military orders were issued, and the officers and men of the Tang Army, who were initially attacked and panicked, quickly followed the orders, and as the neat formation gradually took shape, the turbulent military spirit gradually stabilized, and the position of the whole army was also stabilized.

A veteran is a veteran after all, and a big defeat that is about to collapse Under Li Ji's methodical series of orders, he gradually saved the defeat and stubbornly stood outside Liaodong City.

Seeing that the Tang army was so tenacious, the enemy couldn't help but feel cold, and under the shaking of the army's heart, the stormy offensive slowly slowed down, at this time the left and right wings of the cavalry arranged by Li Ji also completed the outflanking, the war drums sounded, and the cavalry on both wings launched a counterattack on the enemy army outside the city at the same time, Gao Huizhen's troops were shocked, and hurriedly returned to the army into the city, the city gate was slammed shut, and calm was restored outside the city, leaving only the wounded soldiers of the enemy and us all over the ground groaning. Wailing.

After turning the tide, Li Ji's face did not show the slightest joy, but he just turned his head to look at Niushou Mountain, thinking about something with a worried expression.

Gao Huizhen's department, which should have been completely annihilated by Niu Jinda, actually appeared outside Liaodong City and almost killed the soldiers under Li Ji's command, so what happened to Niu Jinda at the end?

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Outside Liaodong City, Li Ji left 40,000 soldiers and horses, still surrounded Liaodong City, and the rest of nearly 60,000 soldiers and horses camped on the north and south sides, facing the direction of Niushou Mountain with a defensive momentum, in case the enemy attacked the camp.

Niu Jinda returned to the camp.

The guards under his command desperately protected, Niu Jinda was still injured, he was carried back by the guards, Li Shimin was shocked after hearing the news, and went to the gate of the camp to greet him.

In this battle, Niu Jinda was hit by an arrow in his left leg and back, bleeding nonstop, and the person also fell into a semi-comatose state, when he was carried back to the camp, Niu Jinda tried to cheer up, looking at Li Shimin's anxious face, Niu Jinda's lips snorted a few times, and finally shed tears, and muttered weakly "The crime deserves death", and then fell into a coma again.

A big defeat happened quietly.

After the war, the defeated army was collected, the battle damage was counted, Niu Jinda was ambushed, and more than 20,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and what was even more uncomfortable was that the army was in a hurry to break through, and the wounded soldiers could not take care of it, so they could only let them fall into the hands of the enemy, and their fate was almost no suspense, so the so-called "more than 20,000 casualties" should actually be put in another way, called "more than 20,000 killed".

The casualties of Li Ji's troops were not very large, and at the critical juncture of the imminent defeat, Li Ji stabilized his position, and the casualties before and after added up to less than 5,000, which can barely be regarded as good news.

In the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, Li Shimin was stunned, the whole person seemed to be twenty years old, his eyes were dull and he stared at the report in front of the case, and his body bowed unconsciously.

At this moment, this emperor, who had never been defeated in his life, finally tasted defeat.