Chapter 466: Escape from Five Finger Mountain
At the foot of the Five Peaks Mountain.
A sudden rain came, pouring rain with thunder and lightning in between.
The camp of the Sui army was suddenly full of water, and the soldiers and horses stepped on it again, so it was all mud.
The tent where he came to Hu'er was also covered with water, and his shoes were all wet. The weather in March and April is warm and sometimes very cold, and when it rains, the whole body is wet, and it makes people shiver with cold.
The rain was so heavy that there was no dry wood to be found, and the tent was full of water, and there was no fire or wood to burn.
Laihu'er also followed the example of the sergeants, and took off his clothes, leaving only a pair of pants on his body, which was more comfortable than wearing wet clothes.
"Damn, why is it raining at this time, this damn Goguryeo people don't have to worry about running out of water to drink."
"It's really not the right time."
Zhou Fashang is also shirtless and barefoot.
"Damn, this rain is endless, and I can't even cook it."
"For the time being, eat dry food to deal with it, I don't believe he will stop."
After a few complaints, Lai Hu'er said, "Remember to strengthen your vigilance, you can't let the Goguryeo people take the opportunity to escape, and beware of the Goguryeo army coming to help in the direction of Shicheng." ”
"Don't worry, I hope they don't come to help, if they dare to come, let's come to a fence point to help."
Lai Hu'er was a little annoyed, and originally thought that if he followed Luo Cheng, then this attack should be very smooth, but who expected it to be the result. dispatched twice as many troops, but they couldn't get it up.
"I sent a letter to Luo Shuai, and said that although we have a little change here, it is quite smooth. We fought at the Biliu River, annihilated 5,000 Goguryeo, fought again at Wufeng Mountain, and beheaded 5,000 Goguryeo, and now we have 20,000 Goguryeo defeated troops in the valley of Wufeng Mountain, and within a few days, we can trap and starve them to death. ”
It rained incessantly for three days.
There was almost no break for three days.
The Sui army gnawed on dry food for three days.
The Goguryeo people trapped in the valley ate raw horse meat and rainwater for three days, because there was no dry firewood to make a fire, and many Goguryeo people who ate rainwater and raw meat vomited and vented.
"It can't go on like this, this rain is endless, if we continue like this, if we can't wait for reinforcements, we will die."
"Yes, this rain has not stopped, and many people have vomited immediately, which is very easy to cause epidemics. Must rush out. ”
"I suggest that you concentrate your troops and horses all the way through the siege."
"It's better to break through on all sides."
A group of Goguryeo generals had their own opinions, but they all had the same attitude, no matter what, they had to rush out, and they couldn't sit still like this.
The rain continued to fall.
The Goguryeo began to prepare for a breakthrough, and they took turns to attack, deliberately rushing several times to kill, and each time they rushed to lure the Sui army to defend with all their might, they retreated.
This was the case for several days, and the Sui army was also a little tired.
Although Laihu'er immediately adjusted his strategy, he also divided his troops to take turns on duty. But after several days of heavy rain, the camp was muddy, and the dry food brought by the soldiers was almost finished, and at this time they could only chew raw rice, and even the shell could not be licked, so they could only chew the shell together, and the soldiers were miserable.
In particular, many of the Sui troops of the 46th and 6th armies were recruited from the Jianghuai area, and they were extremely unsuitable for such a weather in Liaodong, especially in this season, when it rained continuously, it was extremely humid, and it was humid and cold, and many Jianghuai soldiers were frostbitten.
After several days of not lighting a fire, eating hot food, wearing dry clothes, or sleeping well, the epidemic began to appear in the Sui army camp.
Many soldiers were infected, with fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and fatigue all over the body, even pulling blood in the back.
The Sui army was very weak.
It's raining again.
The Goguryeo people were also on the verge of collapse, but they were a little better than the Sui army, after all, many soldiers and horses were native-born, and they were more adapted to the weather and climate here.
Coupled with the will to survive, these trapped Goguryeo people had a stronger fighting spirit than the Sui army guarding outside.
The horn sounded, and the Goguryeo people broke through with their lives.
They did not attack the main as always, but broke through on all sides.
The desperately trapped beast burst out with amazing combat power.
The Goguryeo army broke through many Sui army trenches and barriers, and the two armies fought.
At the foot of Wufeng Mountain, the ground was muddy, and the cavalry of the Sui army was useless at this time, and both armies were desperately playing with mud.
Fight for a day.
Goguryeo suffered numerous casualties and was about to be defeated, so a reinforcement army finally arrived from the direction of Seokseong.
There are 10,000 soldiers and horses, although not much.
But this army of soldiers and horses was stationed in the stone city dozens of miles away, and they had been recuperating these days, and they gathered soldiers and horses from nearby and waited for the opportunity.
Finally appeared at this most critical time.
The 10,000 reinforcements from Shicheng, which suddenly appeared behind the Sui army, entered the battle, but the tens of thousands of Sui troops were extremely difficult.
At this time, it happened to be close to dusk, the sky was extremely dark, the Goguryeo reinforcements rushed bravely to kill, and the Sui army gradually became weak.
When the two armies of Goguryeo converged, Goguryeo came to the aid of the commander Jian Mousheng and said fiercely, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Sui army is exhausted, and we will surround them!" ”
Gao Huizhen, the lord of Shicheng City, and others also expressed their willingness to take a risk.
So, the battle continued.
After a night of scuffle, nearly 50,000 Sui troops were surrounded by more than 20,000 Goguryeo troops.
It's not dawn yet.
Mu Jiansheng and Gao Huizhen have already led their troops to attack the Sui army in turn, and they divided the soldiers and horses into several teams to take turns to rest and kill, and the ruthless sword Mu Sheng also deliberately only attacked three sides and let go of one side.
It continued to rain.
Although the Sui army still had 50,000 people, the epidemic became more and more serious, and they were trapped in the ravine, which further increased the outbreak of the epidemic. Many Sui troops had no fighting strength at all, and they were all prostrated and could not even hold their weapons.
After holding out for another two days, the Sui army collapsed.
Even though they knew that the road that the Goguryeo people gave way was a dead end, there were still soldiers who couldn't stand it and began to break through and flee along this road.
As soon as the opening of the escape is opened, it can no longer be controlled.
More and more Sui troops began to break through.
Tens of thousands of Sui troops collapsed overnight.
The Goguryeo people took advantage of the situation to pursue all the way, but the Sui army was unable to turn around and fight again, but fled all the way to the sea in a panic, but did not run far, but Mu Jiansheng led his troops to intercept and cut the Sui army from it.
The Sui army in front did not dare to turn around and fight again, and the Sui army in the back fell into the division and encirclement of the Goguryeo.
Mu Jiansheng continued to copy this tactic, and one Sui army after another was surrounded and defeated.
Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang and other generals were embraced by their subordinates and fled to the seaside, and finally got the response of the Jianghuai sailors, counted the defeated army, and when they came, more than 65,000 troops were withdrawn to Shicheng Island in the sea, and there were less than 20,000 horses left.
Nearly 50,000 soldiers and horses were lost in the First World War, many soldiers did not come and fled, and finally were forced to jump into the sea, and tens of thousands of corpses floated on the sea at the mouth of the Biliu River, and there were 20,000 or 30,000 Sui troops, who were captured and escorted back to Shicheng.
And Goguryeo dispatched a total of 40,000 soldiers and horses, although more than half of them were lost, but they were the ones who had the last laugh.
Stone City Island.
Unable to accept such a fiasco, Laihu'er drew his sword and wanted to kill himself.
The relatives and soldiers grabbed him to the death, "Come to protect, don't kill yourself, if you kill yourself, then there will be no complicated chance to turn over, it is better to go back to Lushun first, and ask Luo Shuai to come and avenge this blood sea of revenge, and then break through the stone city, wash the whole city with blood, and kill all the Goguryeo people!" ”