When Zhang Shou was in a dilemma, the Goguryeo army was getting closer and closer to them, and on the periphery of the dense forest, the dust and smoke from the Goguryeo cavalry could already be seen.

"Report, general, the Goguryeo army is only five miles away." Two more scouts came back and reported to Zhang Shouyu.

Zhang Shou raised the telescope in his hand and looked forward, and sure enough, the vague figure of the Goguryeo army had appeared in the lens.

"Order, everyone get ready to intercept and kill the Goguryeo army!"

"Yes!" In an uproar, the soldiers began to re-tie the horse's belly, check the saddle and weapons, take out their bows and arrows and carefully rub them, and the thousands of soldiers and soldiers had no other noise except for wiping and testing weapons, as if they did not take the upcoming battle in their eyes at all.

This kind of self-confidence is based on the successive victories since the founding of the Great Sui, the Chen Dynasty is gone, the Eastern Turks are gone, and in half a year, the Goguryeo people have lost most of the country.

Only Zhang Shou was deeply worried, the rabbit was anxious to bite, and now these Goguryeo people were about to run to a safe place, and were suddenly stopped, once they went crazy, they usually had 100% combat power, I am afraid that they would have to exert 200% combat power, he was gambling with the lives of more than 3,000 subordinates, but this consequence did not allow him not to gamble.

It seems that after only a few moments, the Goguryeo army can already be seen with the naked eye, and after three days of arduous marching, this Goguryeo army has already shown fatigue, and now it is entering October, and the weather is getting cooler. The Goguryeo soldiers could only wear straw sandals, and even a small number could only play barefoot, while the cavalry was fine, and many of the infantry had worn out their feet.

Although Yuan Taizuo believed that the remaining guards and the Silla coalition army could hold off the Sui army for at least three or five days, he was still worried in his heart, urging the soldiers to rush desperately. Many of the soldiers complained that if it had not been for the fact that they could rest after a few dozen miles, many would have sat on the ground and refused to get up.

In the dense forest, the Sui army had already turned over and mounted their horses. Yuan Taizuo was bent on escaping, never dreaming that a Sui army would run in front of them. Although the scouts hurried by, they did not inspect the woods, and knew nothing about this Sui army.

"Ready!" Zhang Shou in the forest let out his own muffled voice and pulled out the long sword.

"General, what's that?" One of the soldiers called out, pointing to the left, his face full of excitement.

Zhang Shou hurriedly looked in the direction of the fingers of the soldiers, and a few miles to the left of the Goguryeo army, another puff of dust and smoke rose up, although this smoke and dust was blurry. The flag is even more invisible. It's just that Zhang Shou saw a faint red.

"That's our people!" Zhang Shou's face was full of joy, and he didn't hesitate: "Kill!" "Draw your sword and be the first to burst out of the dense forest.

"Zheng!" With the sound of a long knife unsheathed, more than 3,000 Sui troops followed behind Zhang Shou, like a tiger out of the gate, rushing towards the Goguryeo army several miles away, rustling the leaves of the entire dense forest. People haven't arrived yet. The sound of killing has spread through the ranks of Goguryeo.

"Sui Jun, Sui Jun." The Goguryeo soldiers in front of him cried out bitterly. The whole team of the advancing ground was stunned, and then it was a mess. These Goguryeo soldiers have been camping by the river, and after the Sui army crossed the river, they did not even dare to go out of the camp, which seriously dampened their morale, not to mention that they had been marching for three days now, and their whole body was weak, and they were suddenly blocked by the Sui army when they were about to reach safety, how not to panic?

"Hold on, there aren't many of them, brothers, go up, kill them, and we'll be safe." The Goguryeo general Gao Huizhen who was in the vanguard shouted and led 2,000 cavalry to meet the Sui army.

"Sui Army, there is also Sui Army on the left!"

"The Sui army is here later!"

Another continuous exclamation sounded, on the left side of Goguryeo, behind it was dust and smoke, and at a glance it was clear that the army was approaching, what else could there be besides the Sui army?

"We're done." Some Goguryeo soldiers wept in despair, if it weren't for the fact that the Sui army hadn't rushed to the scene, they would have already thrown away their weapons and fled.

"What's the panic, fight, fight!" The officers of Goguryeo cheered one after another, and the cavalry rushed towards the Sui army that came over, and it should be said that the quality of the cavalry in Goguryeo was not bad.

"Shoot!"

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

Countless arrows shot at the Goguryeo cavalry, and in the blink of an eye, they fell into the formation. Gao Huizhen's subordinates suddenly turned on their backs, and the queue of the charge seemed much sparse.

"Shoot again!"

"Shoot again!"

Each shot would bring hundreds of casualties to the Goguryeo army, and the Goguryeo cavalry gritted their teeth and took the time to shoot cold arrows forward from time to time, but due to their uneven ranks, the arrows fired were greatly reduced, and only a dozen or so unlucky Sui soldiers were planted from their horses.

The three arrows of the enemy, as the two sides got closer and closer, each of them rationally put away their bows and arrows, holding the horse lance or long knife tightly, one was eager to flee for his life, and the other was to swear to the death to intercept, who was strong and who was weak, and it was immediately clear who was clear.

"Ahh

"Bang!"

"Kill!"

All kinds of voices converged, the two sides collided suddenly, desperately slashing each other with weapons, Zhang Shoudi's army had been waiting for work for a while, and it was the first to send out a surprise attack, in general, it still had the upper hand, the Goguryeo soldiers fell from their horses one after another, and hundreds of Goguryeo cavalry were killed in just one round, while the Sui army suffered less than fifty casualties, and the casualty ratio of both sides reached about one to five. However, after a round, the Sui army lost its speed advantage, and the two sides became staggered and entangled, and the casualties of the Sui army began to increase.

"Lord Mo Lizhi, what should I do?" In the center of the Goguryeo army, the generals surrounded Yuan Taizuo one after another, looking panicked.

"General Yizhi, you lead the five thousand soldiers and horses of your headquarters to the left to meet the battle, you must block the Sui army to the death, even if there is a single soldier left, you are not allowed to retreat."

"Yes." The general surnamed Yizhi was obviously a close confidant of Yuan Taizuo, and when he heard the order, he didn't say a word, he hugged his fists and turned his head back and said, "Sons, what should Sui Gou do if he wants to stop us from returning home?" ”

"I am willing to kill the enemy with the general!"

"Okay, follow me!" After saying that, the general surnamed Ulji turned his horse to the left, and the 5,000 Goguryeo army followed behind, rolling away. Seeing that someone was resisting the Sui army on the left, everyone's hearts were relieved.

Yuan Taizuo's eyes swept over, the generals hurriedly lowered their heads, the dust and smoke of the Sui army behind him was even greater, no one wanted to send them to death, Yuan Taizuo was extremely angry in his heart, but his face was calm, he just wanted to choose a ghost who was afraid of death, and turned to his other henchman: "Beggar general, you lead the headquarters of 5,000 people to meet the Sui army in the rear of the enemy, and the official has only one sentence, you must block the Sui army to the death, even if there is only one soldier left, you can't retreat." ”

"Yes, the last general will obey!" The general surnamed Beggar turned back and led his men away.

"All the rest of the generals, rush forward! Everyone, as long as we break through the Sui army in front of us, we will be safe. At the critical moment, Yuan Taizuo finally showed the courage of a strong man to break his wrist and sent his henchmen to take on the task of blocking the enemy.

"Princess, what shall we do?" Seeing the arrival of the Sui army, the ordinary Goguryeo people behind them desperately scattered and fled, this flat land is vast, so the grass, ditches, and small rivers are all fleeing ordinary people, fortunately, the Sui army did not chase them, so there were countless wounded, Princess Seondeok and her party also fled with the people to a low bush, lying on the ground and secretly looking ahead.

Although Princess Shandeok guessed that the Sui army would catch up, she didn't expect that there was a Sui army blocking the road ahead, and now that the war has started, if she wants to escape, she must pass through the battlefield, who knows if she will be involved, once she is involved, this little bit of people under her will not even be scum.

"Wait, wait until the evening and we'll go." Princess Seondeok immediately made up her mind, how to say that Goguryeo also has an army of 50,000, including more than 7,000 cavalry, and it won't be able to support it for even half a day, but she doesn't know that Yuan Taizuo has no intention of defending at all, if she defends here, the Sui army will only increase, and it is useless to be able to defend for ten days and a half months.

As the Goguryeo infantry poured up, Zhang Shou's army suddenly seemed to be stuck in the mud and couldn't move, Zhang Shou was in a hurry and shouted: "Kill!" ”

took the lead and rushed forward, waving the long knife in his hand, and killed two Goguryeo cavalrymen in a row, and the Sui army behind was greatly shaken, and followed the main general forward, and the whole team finally moved again.

"Whew!" A long arrow flew towards Zhang Shou, and his personal soldiers hurriedly protected it with their shields, and with a bang, the arrows were shot at the shield.

Gao Hui really put down his longbow regretfully, he had already seen that Zhang Shou was the main general of this Sui army, if he shot it, it would definitely make the Sui army chaotic for a while, but after shooting an arrow, Zhang Shou's personal soldiers obviously strengthened their defenses, and it was difficult to sneak attack again.

"General, the casualties of the brothers are too heavy, get out of the way and chase them down." A Sui soldier covered in blood squeezed in front of Zhang Shou and shouted loudly.

The place where Zhang Shou and the others rushed out happened to be a dense forest on one side and a river on the other side, and the width between the river and the dense forest was about a mile or so, such a wide distance, it was too weak to block it with Zhang Shou's more than 3,000 cavalry.