Chapter 80: The Battle of the Lulu River 2
Li Jinxing led the army to chase after him all the way, and found that there were many old and weak women and children in Goguryeo along the way, and when they saw the Tang army catching up, they fled in panic to the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Xie Qian sent someone to arrest a few people and asked them, only to find out that An Shun suspected that these people were slowing down the march and abandoned them on the road, leaving only one sentence to assemble east of the Lulu River.
Presumably, the Silla army was east of the Gulu River, and it seemed that they hurried to catch up with An Shun and not give him a chance to join the Silla army.
The Tang army was too lazy to take care of the fleeing people on both sides of the road, and pursued at full speed along the route of the Goguryeo army under the order of Li Jinxing.
"The king, this river is the Lulu River, and our army will be safe after crossing the river." An Shun's confidant general Dawen excitedly pointed to the river not far away that was more than 100 battles wide and said.
An Feng even exaggerated dismounted and knelt on the ground to salute the heavens: "God protect my king!" ”
An Shun, who was in a sluggish mood all the way, was also in high spirits at the moment, and almost sang a song here.
Only Quan Shuijing looked calm and unhappy, looking coldly at these people in front of him who thought they had escaped, and said disdainfully in his heart: The Silla reinforcements haven't seen that the Tang army is still chasing after them, and a group of stupid people who still think they have escaped.
"Da Da Da ......"
The Goguryeo army, which was in a state of excitement, suddenly heard the deafening sound of horses' hooves coming from the rear, and they couldn't help but look back.
An Shun and the others, who were celebrating by the water, were puzzled why a large number of horses' hooves suddenly appeared, and when they could tell that the sound was coming from the rear, everyone's faces changed.
The Spring Water Sutra smiled even more bitterly, I didn't think that my idea had come true, could it be that the heavens were going to kill me Goguryeo?
The Goguryeo army, which was in the rear of the army, was the first to notice a large group of cold-looking cavalry rushing in the dust in the rear.
There were thousands of veterans in the army who had fought old battles with the Tang army, and some generals who had fled from the Liaodong region after being defeated by the Tang army under Li Yu. How could they not recognize the authentic Tang army in red robes under Li Jinxing's command, and the Tang army in black clothes and black armor such as Xue Ne, Qin Jingqian, and Li Shangdan under Li Yu, who were not many in number and temporarily under the command of Li Jinxing.
The panic of the Goguryeo army quickly spread throughout the army, and what they could not have imagined was that the Tang army still caught up with them after running wild for three days.
"The Tang Army is here!" The Goguryeo soldiers in the rear shouted in horror, and in front of them, the Tang army was pouring all over the mountains and fields as far as the eye could see, and I don't know how many thousands of cavalry were killed.
The whole Goguryeo army was shaken, and they all looked east at the Nalu River.
An Shun, An Feng and others immediately collapsed on their war horses and prepared to cross the river, and the other side of the river was in Silla, and more than 20 miles away was the city of Seng Liang.
When the spring water saw it, his heart sank, and he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab An Shun's war horse and shouted: "The king is in a critical situation right now, and he must flee without a fight!" The Lulu River is only a dozen battles wide, and the river is narrow and shallow, and the Tang Army can't stop it! As soon as the heart of the fleeing army is dispersed, the Tang army will definitely take advantage of the situation to cover up and kill, and our army will be wiped out here! ”
"You?" An Shun was ashamed and angry for a while, and whipped it on the body of the spring water meridian. The weather in early autumn was not much cooler than in summer, and the spring water, which was already wearing thin clothes, was immediately whipped and scratched by the clothes on his shoulder, and there was a blood mark.
was told by the courtiers in public to flee without a fight, no matter how thick An Shun's skin was, he was embarrassed and indignant, and said angrily: "Quannu let go." ”
Quan Shuijing grasped the reins with sadness in his heart, and said earnestly: "The king should listen to the words of his ministers!" Now that the Tang army is killing, there is no reason for our army to escape! The king should immediately send a general to lead the troops to block the Tang army, so that the king can safely go to Silla for help! ”
The spring water was almost in tears, An Shun saw the sadness in his eyes, and the whip raised again in his hand hung down weakly, and said to the generals around him: "Which general is willing to lead the army to block the Tang army?" ”
An Feng, Dawen and others looked around, but no one stood up, and when Quanshui saw that none of these people were willing to die for the country, they hated and looked at them angrily.
"Hey, the general has come up with such a good plan, so please ask General Quan to fight for the country!" An Feng pleaded with a willing face, and the others saw this, and asked the spring to lead the army to stop the enemy.
Quan Shuijing's eyes were almost bursting into flames, staring at An Feng, this person was fighting for power by the uncle of the big royal family, and he had done evil in the past few months. even instigated the king to kill the sword Mu Cen, and when the enemy pressed the realm, he did not want to persuade the king to stick to it, but was the first to persuade the king to escape, a full traitor. The spring was so hated that he killed him on the spot.
Hum! An Feng, who lowered his head, sneered, and mocked disdainfully in his heart: An Da, the general of a defeated army, dares to talk about military affairs in front of the king? Dare to dictate to us?
An Shun saw that all the generals asked Quanshuijing to lead the army to resist, and this strategy was proposed by Quanshuijing, presumably he could temporarily block the Tang army and delay some time for himself to go to Silla earlier. Then he ordered: "After listening to the order, this king will make you the general of the Tang Dynasty, and give 6,000 soldiers to stop the enemy here, and wait for the arrival of Silla reinforcements led by this king." ”
"Command!" The eyes of the spring water are gray, and the people in their thirties seem to be old and in their twenties and have become vicissitudes.
An Shun immediately broke his horse and led his troops to cross the river, taking away the only more than 1,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 elite infantry who followed him, and threw the rest of the soldiers and horses to Quanshuijing, who took office.
As soon as Quanshui Jing took over and had not yet arrived, the vanguard of the Tang army rushed up and fought with the rear of the Goguryeo army.
The Goguryeo army that was left behind watched An Shun flee across the river with a vote of powerful figures and his own soldiers, but he was left behind to intercept the Tang army's mortal battle, and suddenly everyone had a sense of sadness that the rabbit was abandoned by the monarch.
Quanshuijing hurriedly gathered the nearby soldiers who could collect Long, and quickly formed an infantry formation of more than 3,000 people on the west bank of the Lulu River, and he could not do anything about the other thousands of soldiers and horses.
The cavalry of the Tang army was all over the mountains, and the thousands of soldiers located in the rear of the original Goguryeo army were not able to form a large formation of resistance led by the commander of the army at the first time, and were scattered by the Tang army with a charge, and the result was that the Tang army was covered up behind them, and the screams were endless on the west bank of the Lulu River.
"Knock knock."
Another group of Tang cavalry rushed towards Goguryeo, the only one on the bank of the river that had not collapsed, and stopped in front of the Goguryeo army and looked curiously at this Goguryeo army that was not afraid of death.
The spring water in the formation stared at Tang Jun fiercely, knowing that there was no fear of today's mortal situation.
But the thousands of Goguryeo troops in the big array looked at the black Tang army in front of the formation, their teeth chattered and their legs trembled.
"Haha, just such a group of humanoid rat gall goods, and dare to oppose my Datang?" Qin Jingqian's younger brother Qin Tong waved the horse lance in his hand and pointed at the Goguryeo army and sneered.
Quan Shuijing was furious, and he had already thought in his heart that he would rather die in battle than be humiliated, so he took arrows from his subordinates and bent his bow to shoot them.
"Whoosh!"
Qin Yan's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the opponent's arrow shooting, he avoided the arrow as soon as his body was sideways, and Long Zhi, who was promoted to captain because of merit, raised his shield behind him to block the arrow.
"Rats dare to shoot people with cold arrows? Look at me breaking it! Qin Yan was full of disdain, and immediately led a battalion of soldiers and horses to charge the Goguryeo array.
In the face of the murderous 800 Tang troops, the front of the Goguryeo formation was suddenly unstable, and the soldiers involuntarily retreated.
"Kill!" The spring water was drunk heavily, in order to improve morale, and the army was not a strong army, and the physical and mental exhaustion of running for several days was exhausted, and every time the Tang army was met before, it was fled without a fight, and the enemy was fed like a tiger.
The arrows fired at Qin Tong's headquarters in the Goguryeo army were sparse, and even if they were shot, they did not penetrate the armor worn by the Tang soldiers.
In the frightened eyes of the Goguryeo army, the cavalry of the Tang army instantly burst into the formation, stabbing left and right excitedly, and the Goguryeo army was suddenly killed and wounded, and was beaten without the power to parry.
Seeing that it was unstoppable, the Goguryeo soldiers behind the battle simply threw their weapons and jumped into the river to swim to the opposite bank. With the first one, there will be a second, and in an instant, the battle in front of Goguryeo was in full swing, but the soldiers behind the battle did not go up to support at the first time, and they jumped into the river and fled.
The spring water in the battle was found to be wrong, and when he looked back, his eyes were about to crack.