Chapter 2: Ambush

Looking at the familiar road, I even saw the big tree on the side of the road that had cut down a calf when I was cutting firewood with the army a few years ago, and now it had regrown new branches on the stump. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing this, Liu Eryang couldn't help but smile bitterly, he came to Liaodong to fight a few years ago, and became a deserter by mistake. Ben and Uncle Xiao fled back to their hometown, and later had to run away to serve as the guards of Yanwang's industry.

Unexpectedly, a group of people who were deserters finally became soldiers again and returned to Liaodong, where they had fought for several years.

"Uncle Xiao, I heard that the Goryeo people in Liaodong are not in rebellion, do you think we will encounter the Goryeo rebels on the way to Anshi?"

Xiao Hong, the middle-aged man who led the way in front, was also Uncle Xiao in Liu Eryang's mouth, with an obvious scar on his face, he shook his head and said: "This is really not accurate, Anshi is the first city to be captured by the imperial court, it has been more than ten years, and the rich families of the Goryeo people in the city have all moved into the Central Plains in the past few years, and it stands to reason that there will be no Goryeo rebels." ”

"But what if the Goryeo rebels from other places poured into Anshi?" Zheng Wuxun, who was on the side, frowned tightly and guessed, he had been uneasy in his heart since he entered this mountain, as if something big was about to happen.

Zheng Wuxun's words made the members of this team look nervous, and everyone carefully scanned the surrounding mountains, and unconsciously picked up the bow and touched the hilt.

Although the mountains in this area are not high, the forests are luxuriant, and although the leaves have fallen, the dense trunks and branches of the trees and the snow also cover people's sight very well, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a good place for Tibetan soldiers to ambush.

Their group of cavalry numbered no more than fifty, which was exactly a brigade, and the sentinels belonging to the large army were the first to explore the way.

Xiao Hong was entrusted to this team because he had made military achievements in the army before, and he happened to include his fellow villagers Zhang Gouzi, Hu Lian, Liu Eryang, Zhang Wuyang, and Zheng Wuyang.

No matter how closely Xiao Hong and the others looked at the surrounding mountains, they couldn't see it, and dozens of meters away to their right, in the snow of Conglin, there were hundreds of white-clothed Goryeo rebels lying on their stomachs, and they were aiming at Xiao Hong and his party.

A Goryeo army commander who was ambushed in the snow, staring at the Tang army in the road with indifferent eyes, raised his hand backwards and suddenly waved it down: "Ready, release." ”

"Uncle Xiao, we haven't seen a single person in this mountain range for so long, it is estimated that there can't be any rebels in this area......"

"Whoosh...... "Whoosh" suddenly flew out of the forest, and dozens of arrows shot directly at Xiao Hong and the others.

"Zhang Gouzi be careful....."

"Whoosh." Zhang Gouzi looked at the three arrows inserted in his body, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, he staggered to look at his comrades who were ambushed, and weakly stretched out his hand to fellow villager Liu Eryang and said: "Take care of my sister, my ......"

"Bang." Zhang Gouzi fell off his horse along with several other soldiers who were directly hit by arrows.

"Zhang Gouzi, Zhang Gouzi....." Liu Eryun ran anxiously to Zhang Gouzi's side to avoid the flying arrows, and turned up Zhang Gouzi who fell to the ground, only to find that he was dead without looking at him.

"Kill, kill all the Tang dogs, recover Goguryeo, and the soldiers will rush with me." The commander of the Goguryeo army drew his long knife, shouted frantically, and led the 100 soldiers hiding in the snow to charge the Tang army.

"Don't mess around, there are not many Goryeo troops." Xiao Hong shouted loudly at the team that was frightened by a burst of arrows from the Goryeo army, and at the same time grabbed Zheng Wuyangdao, who was about to swing his sword and rush towards the Goryeo people.

"Zheng Wuyang, you immediately highlight and report to His Highness, there are more than 100 Goryeo ambush soldiers on the way to Anshi."

"No." Zheng Wuyun turned his horse's head and rushed back, now is not the time to kill the enemy, it is imperative to go back immediately to report the military situation of His Highness.

Xiao Hong was about to organize the reactive subordinates to counter-charge the Goryeo army, but when he saw Liu Eryang still holding Zhang Gouzi's corpse in a daze, he said angrily: "Liu Eryang, what the hell are you still doing here?" Don't kill the enemy with me. ”

"The enemy army is no more than a hundred, so let our horses' hooves crush the bones of the Koreans, and the brothers will rush with me." Xiao Hong took the lead and swung his sword straight at the commander of the Goryeo army. After fighting in Liaodong for several years, he naturally recognized which officers of the Goryeo Army were.

The warp team was reminding the rest of the soldiers to rush towards the Goryeo army with their swords and horses.

Liu Eryang, who fell into grief, was scolded and woke up, although his friend died, but now was not the time to grieve, he pulled out the long knife at his waist, and did not even ride a horse to follow the oncoming Goryeo army of the brothers.

The two armies were in charge, and on one side, though small in number, was all cavalry and well-armed; Although there were many people on the other side, there were only a dozen people on horseback, and most of them were not fully clothed.

"Bang...... Bite...... Bell ......"

The sound of swords intersecting and iron armor being split was heard as the two armies rushed together.

"Ah......h

"Boom, boom." Seeing that he had killed a Tang army, the Goryeo Commander laughed fiercely: "The Tang people are nothing more than that. ”

"Be careful ....... the relocation"

In the exclamation of the soldiers, the commander turned his head, a long knife flashed in his eyes, and the head of the commander left his body, and he still maintained a hideous face when he fell to the ground.

Zheng Wuyang quickly whipped his horse and rushed back to the army that was slowly marching a few miles away.

Wang Hu, who was at the head of the front army, saw Zheng Wuxuan running back on horseback in a panic, and immediately waved his hand to stop him.

"What's going on up ahead? So flustered? ”

Zheng Wuyang saw that it was Wang Hu, the military commander of the family office, and immediately reported: "Back to the army, our sentry was ambushed by more than 100 Goryeo soldiers in the mountains ahead, and I came back to report the military situation on the order of the team. ”

When Wang Hu heard this, he said angrily: "There are only more than 100 Goryeo soldiers, and your team of fifty people is still running back in a panic to report the news, what a bunch of waste." ”

"What the army teaches is that subordinates are guilty." Zheng Wuyun hurriedly dismounted and half-knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"Hmph, follow me to see Your Highness." Wang Hu turned his horse's head and didn't bother to look at the timid soldier again, then turned around and walked towards Li Yu's location.

Zheng Wuyang stood up happily, stepped on the horse and followed closely behind Wang Hu. This Wang Dianjun is notoriously hot-tempered, and he was really lucky not to whip himself just now.

Hey, today's performance is really bad, the first time I went into battle and encountered an ambush, but more than a hundred enemies, I was still like a big enemy, I ran back in a panic, Zheng Wuyang rode on the horse and secretly annoyed.

"On the way to Anshi, you encountered more than 100 Goryeo ambush soldiers?" Li Yu touched his chin and thought about the news brought by Zheng Wuxun.

Xue Ne thought for a while, and said with an ugly face: "Your Highness should send people to eliminate this group of Goryeo soldiers as soon as possible, and then the army will go straight to Anshi City." ”

"Oh?" Li Yu and the other generals looked at Xue Ne with some puzzlement, but were more than 100 people so nervous?

"Xue Dayang, is it possible that there are still a large number of Goryeo soldiers ahead? So nervous. Gao Chongli, the deputy warden of the Inner Mansion who was standing on the side, joked easily.

Xue Ne ignored Gao Chongli's ridicule, and said directly to Li Yushu: "Your Highness, the sentry cavalry was ambushed by the Goryeo soldiers on the way to Anshi, which means that this group of Goryeo soldiers is just a group of scouts, then there must be a large force of Goryeo troops behind them near Anshi, or they occupy Anshi and send scouts to guard everywhere." ”

"So, what will the Goryeo scouts do as soon as they find out about our army's sentry cavalry?" Xue Ne looked at everyone and asked rhetorically.

Li Shangdan was shocked when he heard Xue Ne's speculation: "They will immediately send people back to report that they have found that our army is coming, and the city of Nuoshian will be occupied, and the Goryeo army will be no less than thousands. ”

"No matter what the outcome is, it will be very unfavorable for our army from afar." Gao Chongde shook his head and said: "After all, our army is only 3,000, and all of them are cavalry that are not good at attacking the city, and it will cost a lot to fight with the Goryeo soldiers." Goryeo soldiers appeared near Anshi, and the Goryeo rebels from all over Liaodong must also be assembling in Anshi, and the casualties of our army were even more disadvantageous. ”

What Gao Chongde still wanted to say in his heart was that there was no news back to Chang'an, and they had no reinforcements yet. Even if the news reaches Chang'an, it will be a few months before the imperial court sends reinforcements.

Gao Chongde thought of Li Yu, and they naturally thought of it, and as for the army that Datang was stationed in Anton, they directly ignored it.

There was no way, Andong included the vast area east of the Liao River and north of the 38th parallel of the Korean Peninsula in the later generations, and the original garrison of 20,000 was overstretched.

Now that Xue Rengui has taken away 10,000 elite soldiers, how can the remaining 10,000 be able to defend Nuoda's Anton?

Otherwise, how could there be Goryeo rebels near Anshi, which had been captured by the Tang Dynasty for nearly 20 years?

"The Goryeo army will not defend the city and fight our army."

"Why?" The generals looked at Xue Ne suspiciously again, and the Goryeo army found that it was in their best interest to close the city gates.

Out of town for a field fight? Joke, since Taizong's expedition to Goryeo, the Goryeo army and the Tang army have always lost more and won fewer in field battles.

Looking at the eyes of everyone looking at him, Xue Ne said confidently: "Anshi has been attacked in the past few decades since the Taizong period, coupled with the fact that after the defeat of Goryeo, the imperial court forcibly moved the rich and brave families in Anshi and other big cities to the Central Plains. ”

"Why did the Goryeo army defend this city? Fighting out of the city was their inevitable choice. ”

Wang Hu and others suddenly realized, and praised Xue Ne for being worthy of being Xue Rengui's son, and the tiger father has no dogs.

Li Yu smiled and said nothing, Xue Ne, I really didn't misunderstand you, maybe you will become the number one general under me.

Li Yu immediately said to the generals: "Since the Goryeo rebels know that our army is coming, what suggestions do the generals have to eliminate the possible Goryeo army in Anshi?" ”

"Your Highness should quickly send a team of soldiers and horses to eliminate the Goryeo scouts in front, and then the whole army will rush straight to Anshi, and take the enemy army by surprise before the formation is completed." Xue Ne suggested.

"Okay." Li Yu was very satisfied with Xue Ne's suggestion, and the art of war often said: Soldiers are noble and fast, and without further ado, he ordered: "The generals listen to the order." ”

"The end will be." The generals replied in unison.

"Order Xue Ne to lead a thousand troops as the vanguard, Wang Hu as the deputy, and the rest of the generals will follow the army led by the prince and set off."

"No."