Chapter Seventy-Two: The Battle
There were only 3,000 defenders at the pass, including 2,500 foot soldiers and 500 cavalry.
Liu Renliang stood at the head of the city, and the rolling stone sassalwood, which had been covered for three years, once again revealed its hideous fangs, dozens of cauldrons were placed at the head of the city in turn, and the raging flames rose to the sky, and a fishy smell spread all over the surrounding area for more than ten miles.
The rumbling sound came from afar, Liu Renliang's face showed a cold light, and he said in a deep voice: "It's really a group of barbarians who don't know whether they live or die, the generals will listen to the order and kill these barbarians, and they will personally explain the situation to His Majesty and reward the three armies!" ”
"Kill! Kill! Kill! Thousands of soldiers roared angrily, looking at the Goguryeo soldiers in front of them one by one, full of anger and murderous intent.
More than ten miles away, Gao Yanshou led a group of cavalry to roam wantonly, and the firelight and fishy smell in front of him could not make them cringe at all.
Listening to the roar coming from afar, Gao Yanshou couldn't help but swallow his saliva, a bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "Everyone speed up, and start attacking the city directly after a cup of tea!" ”
Swish! With Gao Yanshou's words, thousands of Goguryeo soldiers directly took out their bows and arrows, ready to shoot the Tang army at the head of the city at any time.
At the same time, on the Hetao Plain, thousands of cavalry roared past, led by Li Kong, who had left Chang'an for three days at this time, and was only three or five hundred miles away from the pass in front, and at the current speed, they could arrive in two hours at the latest.
Suddenly, a wolf smoke rose into the sky, and Li Kong, who was galloping wildly, had a tense face, and said loudly: "There is a military situation ahead, everyone speed up!" ”
A middle-aged man in his thirties next to him said: "The front is the pass, which belongs to the hinterland of my Datang, how can there be military intelligence?" Could it be that the people of Goguryeo have the courage to come to the hinterland of my Tang Dynasty to spread wilderness? ”
"The people of Goguryeo are all a bunch of crazy people, and even if the guards of the pass have a hundred guts, they will never dare to joke about the beacon fire......" Li Kong remembered the style of South Korea in his previous life, and couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the current people still know too little about the shamelessness of the Goguryeo people.
Although South Korea is a new nation formed by the unification of the people of Goguryeo and Silla, it is still the blood of Goguryeo in its bones.
As for the pass guard Liu Renliang, Li Kong also knows very well, this is a capable general, a famous handsome talent in the early Tang Dynasty, but he is still only unknown, and he will not be known by Li Shimin until the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, that is, ten years later, and then he has been through Zhenguan, Xianqing and Wu Zhou Dynasty, and his reputation is great.
But he is the ability Li Kong never doubted, the princes of the Beacon Opera? This kind of thing is only recorded in the history books, and now you let people play it once? Believe it or not, everybody killed him?
When the Tang army heard this, they accelerated their speed, but the so-called far water could not quench the thirst of the near, and now the pass has already welcomed the first round of salvo fire from the Goguryeo soldiers!
Liu Renliang leaned over behind the female wall and said: "Order everyone, the enemy will fight back after approaching fifty steps, let people prepare the oil pot, this time Lao Tzu wants to teach this group of bitch brutes an unforgettable lesson!" ”
"Yes!" The guard responded and quickly conveyed Liu Renliang's order.
Gao Yanshou ignored the movement on the city wall, and they shot two rounds at a distance of thirty paces, and tens of thousands of arrows rained down on the city, taking away the lives of dozens of Tang army soldiers, but they sent a large number of weapons to the Tang army, well, although these weapons are too much worse than those of the Tang Dynasty.
"Stop!" Just when Liu Renliang on the city wall was about to fight back, Gao Yanshou suddenly stopped everyone fifty steps away and squinted at the city wall.
Liu Renliang was stunned for a moment, and then turned over and leaned against the female wall, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and said, "Go, transfer the cavalry to Lao Tzu!" ”
The leader of the guards was shocked, and hurriedly said: "General, the enemy can't see less than five thousand, and we only have five hundred, so if we go out, we will be sent to death!" ”
"Send a fart, Lao Tzu is going to open the city gate with five hundred cavalry and attract those brutes, otherwise they are still waiting here? There are only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no thousand days to prevent thieves, this time the head of Goguryeo is a capable person, no matter, this time Lao Tzu has to kill this group of things that don't know the height of the sky! ”
Liu Renliang didn't wait for the leader of the guards to speak, he leaned over and quickly ran towards the city wall, as for the things on the city wall, he had already arranged it to the deputy general, no matter how big or small, it could ensure that nothing went wrong!
The leader of the guards is a homeless person who Liu Renliang used to take in, and he has been with Liu Renliang for almost ten years, so he is very familiar with Liu Renliang's style of acting, as long as he decides something, let alone ten cows, even a hundred can't pull it back.
Therefore, he did not persuade again, but said: "In this case, the general must not leave the city gate ten steps!" ”
Liu Renliang glared at the leader of the guards, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneer, ten steps? If there are five hundred more people in his hands, he dares to directly enter the enemy's array, do you believe it or not?
On the opposite side, beside Gao Yanshou, the deputy general looked at the city wall suspiciously, and said, "General, why don't we kill it?" With the combat strength of that group of Tang troops, we only need a few more rounds of salvos to make them all return to the west, and when the time comes, we will directly open the city gate, and the pass will be ours! ”
Gao Yanshou sneered and said, "Are you really going down to earth when we are the heavenly army?" We are cavalry, cavalry is not used to siege the city, besides, we don't have any siege equipment, rushing over is to die, now it is getting late, I believe that the Tang army is also waiting for dark, then we can take advantage of the night to blend into the city, then this pass is not ours? ”
"General...... Takami! The deputy general just wanted to refute, but he swallowed back when he looked at Gao Yanshou's face, and stared at the city wall with an unwilling face, as if a large group of beauties were there, but they couldn't touch it, and they were uncomfortable to death.
Suddenly, the city gate in front of him slowly opened, and then Liu Renliang rushed out with five hundred cavalry, stopping less than ten steps away from the city gate.
Seeing this scene, Gao Yanshou was stunned, he never thought that the defenders of the Tang Army would have the courage to come out and fight them in the field, this is to fight to the death?
"The brute on the other side, which is the leader? Come out and report a name, don't wait to be killed by Lao Tzu, and you won't even have a name to remember in the future! ”
Liu Renliang's voice came from afar, and Gao Yanshou, who was proficient in Sui culture, turned pale and said angrily: "Which one is the other side?" Grandpa, I don't kill the nobody! ”
"It seems that you are the leader, come on, come on, fight with Lao Tzu and me for three hundred rounds!" Liu Renliang was happy in his heart, but his face showed a mocking expression.
Gao Yanshou sneered: "Are you really a grandfather and I'm a fool?" Everyone listened to the order, killed the past, and sent all these Tang people who didn't know the height of the sky back to their hometown! ”
Looking at the movement of the opposite camp, Liu Renliang smiled, slowly raised his horsewhip, and suddenly said when the Goguryeo soldiers rushed out twenty steps: "Everyone return to the city immediately, deputy general, kill!" ”
"Shoot!" The lieutenant general at the head of the city was waiting for now, and at the sound of an order, thousands of arrows rained out of the city and flew into the camp of Goguryeo......