Volume 5 Whose Great Cause Chapter 60 Night Battle Attacks the Camp
The night was dark, and there were bursts of inciting sounds, countless grasses were trampled on the ground, and all kinds of insect chirpings suddenly disappeared in the night.
In the distance, the Sui army's night bonfire was lit, there was silence, and the snoring of the soldiers was faintly heard in the night wind, as if they didn't notice it, the Goguryeo soldiers in the darkness couldn't help but beat faster, and their hearts were excited, these three thousand Goguryeo cavalry set off first, they didn't know that the middle army and the rear army were withdrawing from the barracks, and there was no worry in their hearts.
Goguryeo has grown from a land of less than 100 miles to a large country that spans thousands of miles, and I don't know how many tribes have been wiped out, and their bones have always flowed with the blood of longing for war.
It's just that since the Sui army came, they first withdrew from the front line to the south bank of Beishui, but they could only look at the water and sigh, and finally the Sui army crossed the river and fought with the Sui army several times, but they didn't take advantage of it at all, which was really ashamed for most Goguryeo soldiers, and now they were able to attack the Sui army at night, and finally let their blood boil again.
Close, close, the figure of the Sui army sentry in front of the gate of the village is clearly visible, the Sui army seems to be very careless, there is only a low fence around the camp, the war horse can jump over, and there is no trench.
The breathing of the Goguryeo soldiers became heavy, and the Sui army camp in front of them seemed to be completely undefended, as long as they rushed in, they could harvest the heads of those hateful Sui dogs to their heart's content.
Gao Yanshou turned over on his horse, raised the long sword in his hand, and shouted softly: "Rush!" "Rush!" Gao Yanshou's personal soldiers rushed out first, and the rumbling hooves broke the silence of the night at once, and in the firelight, the Goguryeo cavalry on the horse looked hideous, and the wolf fiercely rushed towards the dozens of Sui soldiers guarding the gate of the village, and the dozens of Sui soldiers turned pale, and looked at the Goguryeo cavalry who suddenly rushed out in disbelief.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! A mournful voice shouted, but unfortunately it was too late, and the fierce-faced Goguryeo cavalry had already rushed in front of them. Several Sui soldiers just wanted to draw their weapons to resist, their bodies had been hit by the war horses with shoulder armor, fell to the side, fell to the ground and groaned in pain, before they could get up from the ground, the iron hooves of the cavalry behind had already stepped on their bodies, even the belt bones, trampled into flesh.
In the creaking sound, the gate of the Sui army was easily opened, and the Goguryeo iron cavalry behind poured in like a tide. In other parts of the walled gate, many cavalry had jumped directly over the low shantle and stepped towards the white tent of the Sui army, with long arrows flying in the air. From time to time, they shot into the camp tent of the Sui army, making a porphyrically sound, and some Goguryeo soldiers simply picked up the bonfire on the ground and threw it into the nearest camp. In a few moments, dozens of tents were set on fire, crackling in the night.
It went so well. Smoothly is like counting dreams. The Sui army seemed to be sleeping like dead pigs, and no one came out of the tent, except for the dozens of people killed in the walled gate, the Sui army didn't even seem to let out a scream. No, Gao Yanshou reacted and shouted to the soldiers: "Quick, check what's in the account?" ”
A few of his own soldiers picked up a tent that had been shot into tatters. Except for the wild grass inside. Empty, the soldiers continued to open the camp without giving up. All the tents that had been picked up were as empty as before.
"Oh no, fooled." Gao Yanshou reacted, and immediately sent an order: "Retreat, retreat." ”
The Gao Jun who was stamping on the horses and camping in front also felt that something was wrong, they seemed to be playing a one-man show, although the shouts were shocking, they did not get a single response from the Sui army.
Some soldiers were dazed, some soldiers were still immersed in excitement, and they just rushed forward, although Gao Yanshou gave the order to retreat, but there were so many voices, and it was in the dark night, it was not easy to pass on the order.
"Kill!" Finally, there was a response from the Sui army, but it was not the panicked sound of the Sui army that the Goguryeo people expected, the sound of the Sui army's hooves was uniform, and tens of thousands of horsemen gathered together, rumbling the entire battalion, and pressing on the Goguryeo cavalry that had been scattered in all directions.
Ah, the Goryeo soldiers screamed, and in the blink of an eye, the Goguryeo cavalry, which rushed to the front, collided with the ranks of the Sui army, and the hunters became the prey, and many Goguryeo morale had not yet turned around in their minds, and they had already died under the sharp arrows and horses of the Sui army.
"Zheng, Zheng, Zheng." The sound of weapons clashing and screaming mixed together, as if it was a little splash in the torrent, and the Goguryeo cavalry in front had been swallowed up by the Sui army.
"Retreat! Hurry back! Now all the Goguryeo soldiers have understood, the other party has been prepared, it is very likely that tonight's stealing camp has fallen into the other party's trap, no one wants to die in vain, turn the horse's head and run to the back.
It's just easy to get into the village and difficult to get out of the village, although the gate of the Sui army is not small, it can only accommodate about 20 horsemen to go side by side, in the camp, three thousand Goguryeo cavalry have come in for the most part, in a short time, that can accommodate so many soldiers and horses to go out, for a while, countless cavalry crowded at the gate of the village like a sardine can not move.
Some people hurriedly jumped out of the fence again, but it was easy to jump in from outside the fence, but it was also not easy to jump out, and there was a barren grass plain outside, and there was enough distance for the horse to accelerate, but there were many more tents stumbling inside, and the speed of the war horse was not easy to lift. Some of the cavalry's horses were lucky to skip, and some unfortunate cavalry horses were hung by the fence when they jumped into the air, and suddenly their intestines were rotten, and the horses fell to the ground, and the cavalry above fell to the ground and groaned loudly.
The Sui army behind shouted and killed closer and closer, and the morale of Goguryeo, who had not yet escaped, was even more anxious, desperately squeezing forward, squeaking, booming, the Sui army's walled gate fell, and dozens of Goguryeo soldiers were knocked down, but in this way, the way to escape was opened, and the Goguryeo soldiers desperately beat their horses and galloped.
Gao Yanshou was caught in the middle of his own soldiers, and ran for five or six miles in a row before he dared to turn his head and look back, the Sui army camp in the distance was lit by fire, and the Sui cavalry wearing red armor stopped in the firelight, and they did not catch up.
"Stop!" Gao Yanshou raised his hand to stop his subordinates from continuing to escape, and successively gathered his subordinates together only to find that only 2,000 cavalry were left in 3,000 cavalry, and in a short period of time, a third of the manpower had been lost, however, thinking about it carefully, Gao Yanshou still couldn't help but be afraid, if there was a cavalry blocking in front, his 3,000 cavalry might be wiped out tonight.
When he was in the camp of the Sui army just now, because of the suddenness of the incident, Gao Yanshou thought that the Sui army was unpredictable and set up an ambush, but now that he thinks about it, he knows that this is not the case, the Sui army must have two battalions, the outside is the empty camp, and the inside is the real camp, he sneaked up on the empty camp of the Sui army, and the Sui army in the real camp heard the sound and quickly killed the whole team to kill himself, but the whole army attacked in a short period of time, which also reflected that the Sui army was indeed trained.
"My lord, what should I do?" A cronie asked Gao Yanshou.
Everyone's breathing became nervous, and after such a big defeat, what face did they have to see Lord Mo Lizhi? Gao Yanshou thought more, if he returned to the camp now and found that after the Chinese army and the rear army retreated, these people would quarrel, if the Silla people knew the news of Yuan Taizuo's retreat, the Silla people would definitely set up camp and leave.
"Kill back!" Gao Yanshou gritted his teeth. After speaking, Gao Yanshou turned to the horse's head, and the soldiers behind him hesitated, but they had to follow, so the front team changed to the rear team, and the Goguryeo army went to the Sui army camp, anyway, he was not afraid of finding out, Gao Yanshou ordered the cavalry to light the torches. Like a fiery dragon, it rushed towards the Sui army camp.
Gao Yanshou guessed well, the Sui army is indeed two military camps, one virtual and one real, although the Sui army does not care about the construction of the camp, always let it ensure its own safety, anyway, the Sui army has a smooth waterway, there is no shortage of materials, and Su Xing repaired two large camps, and tonight it really received miraculous results, but it was difficult to argue in the dark night, and the Sui army did not want to do more damage, and saw the Goguryeo people retreating, and did not chase after them.
However, the Goguryeo people's move to go and return made the Sui army angry, and many Sui soldiers shouted that as long as the Goguryeo people dared to approach, they couldn't care about it even at night, and they had to annihilate the Goguryeo army.
Fortunately, Gao Yanshou knew each other, and ordered the team to extinguish the torches when they were still about a mile away from the Sui army camp, and just shouted when they got close, and secretly put a few cold arrows. The Sui army also had nothing to do with the Goguryeo people.
"General, what should I do?"
"The front guard guards the camp, and the rest of the battalions go back to their tents to sleep." Yu Zhongwen confessed that this was just a harassment tactic by the Goguryeo people, and in fact they had no courage to rush into the Sui army camp. If tens of thousands of troops accompany them without sleeping, they will not be able to melt.
Harassed until the sky was about to dawn, Gao Yanshou retreated wisely, counted the casualties, and found that there were more than 2,200 people, but in fact only more than 700 people were injured, last night because the inventory was too hasty, a lot was missed, however, Gao Yanshou still had a lot of pain, this is a quarter of his cavalry, and in the future, relying on this cavalry and infantry army, I don't know if I can block the attack of the Sui army for a few days?
As soon as the sky dawned, the Sui army that had been harassed for half a night also got up one after another, and began to clean up the battlefield, many Goguryeo cavalry in the camp died very miserably, some were crushed to death by the walled gate, and some trampled each other to death, especially many soldiers jumped on their horses and fled on the fence when they hung on the fence, and were pierced into the belly by the sharp edge on the fence, and they died after bleeding in the middle of the night, in fact, the number of these more than 700 people died directly under the Sui saber is smaller.