On the endless plain, the sound of horses' hooves 'rumbled', and more than 20,000 Goguryeo people were rushing towards the direction of Maqishui.

On the horse at the head, Gao Yanshou was dressed in armor, his mouth was tightly pursed, and the three strands of beard under his chin were tightly attached to his jaw because of the speed of running.

Gao Yanshou wasn't sure how many people Datang had sent to Jingguan this time, but according to his guess, there should still be thousands of people.

Therefore, since last night, it has been several hours now, presumably with the efforts of thousands of people, Jingguan is about to be dug to the end, at this time, they are competing with these Tang people.

Gao Yanshou has always been wary of Datang, these years, as the governor of the north, he has not done anything else, he is doing one thing, that is, always pay attention to the movements of Datang.

Sooner or later, there will be a war between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, which is something that he thinks is inevitable, because the Tang people will never allow it, and there is a threat like Goguryeo on his couch.

And this date will speed up the pace of war as the Tang Dynasty gradually conquers the powerful neighbors in the north!

As soon as Gao Yanshou was in the morning, he had already suggested to the royal family that he should make preparations in this regard as early as possible before the Tang Dynasty really began to plan for Goguryeo.

It's a pity that his suggestion, in the end, was also refuted, because the Central Plains Dynasty had just undergone changes, and the Goguryeo regime had just undergone the alternation of the old and the new.

At this time, the king's focus was on internal affairs, and he had no time to care about other places, and among the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there was only Yuangai Suwen, who had the same idea as him.

It's a pity that Yuangai Suwen is not the same as him, and he wants to replace the king's powerful ministers all the time, and Gao Yanshou can only avoid this kind of person.

And now, although Gao Yanshou has always held the mentality of Datang in his heart, he can endure it, but since the Datang people have personally sent it to the door, Gao Yanshou thinks that he must not let go of the Datang people so easily.

"You have to let the Tang people pay a price, don't you?" Gao Yanshou rode on the galloping horse, staring at it tightly, and the bright silver river that appeared in his sight said coldly in his heart.

People brought troops directly to your house, and if you still pretend that you don't know anything, it will be very easy, and let the Tang people think that Goguryeo can be kneaded casually and let them knead it.

Therefore, this time, he not only wants to keep these Tang people, but also prepares to use ruthless means to keep all these people in Malishui!

The plan here was briefly explained when he left the Governor's Mansion with his troops, and sent someone to send it to the king, presumably at this time, the people sent were already halfway there.

In the distance, it was the horse water, Gao Yanshou's eyes stared at this river from afar, flowing day and night, and the hand holding the reins involuntarily clenched tighter.

Galloping all the way from the plains, the road chosen by Gao Yanshou is directly the pontoon bridge to cross the river, and where to cross the river, you can directly reach the place where Jingguan is located.

Therefore, Gao Yanshou did not hesitate to choose, this pontoon bridge to cross the river!

The speed of the team was very fast, and in less than half an hour, Gao Yanshou rode on the horse, and he had already seen the pontoon bridge erected on the horse's water.

However, just as Gao Yanshou saw the pontoon bridge clearly, he also saw that on the opposite side of the pontoon bridge, about dozens of Tang soldiers were standing on the opposite side of the pontoon bridge.

One by one, dressed in black iron armor, like a clay sculpture standing at the end of a pontoon bridge, they looked at them coldly with more than 20,000 people, and galloped all the way towards the pontoon.

"The Tang people sent people to garrison here early in the morning?" Seeing these dozen Tang soldiers, Gao Yanshou's brows suddenly wrinkled slightly, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart.

This pontoon bridge, located in the upper reaches of the Maqishui River, a bend, the location is a bit remote, if there are no boats, along the river, it will not be easy to find, there is a hypothetical pontoon bridge here

And this is also the reason why Gao Yanshou resolutely chose to cross the river here on the premise that he knew that the Tang people were coming, and he would definitely take precautions

Because, Gao Yanshou thought that when the Tang people first arrived, they might not know that there would be an extra pontoon bridge in this place, which is far away from Jingguan!

The pontoon is no longer working!

Seeing the dozen or so Tang soldiers, Gao Yanshou had already made a judgment that one end of the pontoon bridge was tied with a thick cowhide rope.

There is no need for more than a dozen Datang people, in fact, only one person, holding a knife, can easily sink the pontoon bridge to the bottom of the river.

The 20,000 Goguryeo people who were originally rushing to the pontoon bridge, at this moment, after seeing the Tang people on the other side of the pontoon bridge, almost instantly, without the slightest hesitation, suddenly changed direction and rushed upstream again.

And just when Gao Yanshou took more than 20,000 people and suddenly changed direction and went straight upstream.

Just as Gao Yanshou guessed, a Tang man standing at the head of the dozen or so Tang soldiers suddenly pulled out his waist knife, aimed at the rope of the pontoon bridge, and slashed down.

With the knife of the Tang people, the pontoon bridge, which had been on this river for many years, finally slowly loosened and finally sank to the bottom.

I don't know why, Gao Yanshou always felt that when the Tang Dynasty soldier raised his knife to cut the pontoon bridge, even if he was far away, Gao Yanshou could still feel the kind of mocking posture on his face when looking at their distant team.

"Kill these Tang people!" The horse that sat down flew on all fours and galloped forward quickly, however, Gao Yanshou still felt that the speed of the mount was a little slow, so he frantically urged the horse whip.

And when Gao Yanshou was desperately urging the horsewhip, the more than 20,000 people behind him were also frantically urging the horsewhip, and the whole team was galloping upstream along the horse.

The place upstream is a shallow, the water is not more than half a man's high, and the bottom of the water is full of river rocks, except for the pontoon bridge, this place is again suitable for the river without transition.

In just a moment, Gao Yanshou led more than 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers to the shoal.

It's just that, just like before, before he got close to the shallows, Gao Yanshou saw from a distance that on the other side of the river, at this time, there was a Tang soldier waiting there in the morning, like a clay sculpture, looking coldly at them who were coming.

However, this time, there were not more than a dozen Tang soldiers who appeared here in the shallows, but as many as one or two hundred.

When watching them rush towards them, these Tang soldiers all took off the bows and crossbows on their backs one by one, skillfully pulled the bowstrings, loaded the feather arrows, and then aimed the bows and crossbows at them silently.

"Are they crazy?" Suddenly, seeing that these Tang soldiers were all aimed at them with bows and crossbows, Gao Yanshou suddenly opened his mouth slightly in surprise, and couldn't help muttering.

There are more than 20,000 people he brought, and even in the case of crossing the river, it is not that this mere one or two hundred Tang people can stop it.

Mantis arm as a car!

One or two hundred men could not stop them in any case, and the only thing that could do so was to waste a little of their time and force them to slow down the speed of their crossing.

But it's just a matter of delaying them for a little time, and once they cross the river, there is no doubt that the two hundred people in front of them will all be buried here.

"Perhaps, this is the ending they thought of early on!" As he got closer and closer to the riverbank, Gao Yanshou suddenly thought of this.

Then, in the face of these things in front of him, the Tang soldiers who completely wanted to use their lives to buy time for their companions rose with a sense of admiration.

"As a soldier, you should be like this!" The war horse under the crotch finally arrived at the bank of the river, Gao Yanshou said loudly, and suddenly pulled out his waist knife, aimed at the Goguryeo soldiers behind him, and roared loudly: "Cross the river!" ”

As soon as Gao Yanshou's roar fell, an adjutant general behind him immediately took the lead, took the soldiers behind him, and even led the men and horses into the river.

And when the lieutenant general had just led people into the river, Cheng Chumo, who was on the other side of the river, immediately raised the bow and crossbow that had already been wounded, aimed at the Goguryeo soldiers in the river, and shouted violently: "Shoot the arrow!" ”

As soon as Cheng Chumo's roar fell, in an instant, he heard a dull 'buzzing' sound from the other side of the river, and then hundreds of feathered arrows roared straight to the Goguryeo soldiers in the river.

There were only one or two hundred people in the Tang Dynasty, but the arrow seemed to be shooting thousands of people at the same time, densely packed, and fell quickly on the surface of the river, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of Goguryeo people fell off the horse.

"Kill it!" Gao Yanshou stood on the other side of the river, watching as the Goguryeo soldiers who were almost unable to advance an inch under the powerful bows and crossbows of the Tang Dynasty suddenly brandished their war swords angrily and roared: "If you hesitate, military law will be engaged!" ”

When Gao Yanshou's words fell, the Goguryeo people who were originally stagnant on the shore all urged their horses forward at this moment and threw themselves into the Maqishui River.

The war horse was neighing, the four hooves were churning in the river, making a sound of 'coo-dong' and 'coo-dong', and the feathered arrows on the opposite bank were whistling straight to the surface of the river, and when they fell, there would always be one or two Goguryeo soldiers who dropped their horses and fell into the river.

At this moment, even the calm Ma Yanshui seemed to be angry, constantly turning up one wave after another, fluttering, and rolling the Goguryeo soldiers who had just fallen into the bottom of the river.

The neighing, screaming, shouting and whistling of feathered arrows, and the roar of the river, at this moment, resounded over the horses.

"Young master, it's almost gone!" I don't know how long it took, a guard of the Cheng Mansion who was always guarding Cheng Chumo, suddenly said loudly to Cheng Chumo in a hoarse voice.

After such a long period of shooting, there were not many feather arrows left in their carrying, and at this time, some of the Goguryeo army was already about to cross the river.

"Withdraw!" Cheng Chumo is not a person who does not know how to measure, as soon as he heard the words of his own guard, he immediately no longer hesitated, shot the last feather arrow violently, shouted at the soldiers around him, and took the lead in carrying the bow and crossbow and retreating towards the small hill over there.

"Don't let them go!" Standing on the other side of the river, watching his subordinates be killed one by one by just one or two hundred Tang people.

At this moment, Gao Yanshou was extremely angry, and when he saw Cheng Chumo and the others evacuating, he suddenly roared angrily.

The Goguryeo people who had already rushed to the front, without the suppression of bows and arrows, had already rushed to the river bank in the blink of an eye, and then, without stopping at all, they chased after them.

It's just that the moment he rushed onto the riverbank, he suddenly smelled a special smell in his nose, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, still thinking about what this smell would be.

But at this moment, as soon as he looked up, he saw that the Tang Dynasty who had just evacuated in a hurry was standing on a small hill not far from him, and was showing a mocking smile at him.

In his heart, a sense of uneasiness suddenly rose, but unfortunately, before he could come back to his senses, he saw a Tang Dynasty general who suddenly raised the bow and crossbow in his hand at him.

What made him even more uneasy was that the feather arrow aimed at him was also tied to a ball of cloth, and when it was aimed at him, a Tang soldier next to him lit the feather arrow.

“… Withdraw, withdraw! At this time, Gao Yanshou, who was standing on the other side, also noticed the strange behavior of Cheng Chumo and others.

When he saw a feather arrow on Cheng Chumo's crossbow and suddenly ignited into a torch, almost instantly, Gao Yanshou's face suddenly turned pale and bloodless, and he screamed loudly.

However, it was too late to say anything about all this, and at the same time as Gao Yanshou shouted frantically, the bow and crossbow in Cheng Chumo's hand came straight towards the place where they had just stood with a 'buzz' tremor.

The next moment, under Gao Yanshou's watchful gaze, the feather arrow that ignited it, and at the moment it fell, on the other side of the river, there was a loud 'boom'.

In an instant, a soaring flame, almost in the blink of an eye, annihilated the entire other side of the river in a huge flame.

And at the moment when the flames rose, the first Goguryeo people who were scrambling and rushing ashore were instantly annihilated in the flames, and under the smoke of the flames, they continued to struggle and let out a terrible roar.

And the Goguryeo people, who were in the middle of the river and scrambling for a swarm, slammed their horses to the reins of their horses as the flames rose into the sky, trying to stay away from the flames.

However, this time it was almost on the way to death, speeding up the steps, and the people who followed behind were in an endless stream, and this stop, immediately in the river, caused a great chaos.

People turn over on their backs, people shout and neigh, and the galloping river, at this moment, rolls up more and more huge waves, almost, the moment the outside falls into the water, it is swept into the bottom of the river at once.

Then, he died tragically under the hooves of his companions!

"The Goguryeo people remember!" On the small hill on the other side of the river, Cheng Chumo and the others at this time looked at the scene in front of them from afar, and after a while, Cheng Chumo's voice came from afar: "I am the Tang Dynasty Cheng Chumo, and today I am here to collect the bones of my predecessors!" ”

ps: This chapter is 4,000 words, and it was written a little late, sorry (to be continued.) )