Although Song Zhengben made sense, his cold and arrogant attitude made the generals dissatisfied, Shao Yiming snorted and said: "Since the sooner you fight, the more active you are, why didn't you bring it up earlier to join the army, and now that the is pulled into the crotch of your pants, you remember to go to the toilet, showing that we are all stupid?" ”

Song Zhengben glanced at Pei Xingyan, and ignored Shao Yiming, Pei Xingyan knew in his heart that Song Zhengben had actually said it to himself once, but he didn't accept it, he waved his hand and said to Shao Yiming: "Don't be rude to joining the army!" ”

He said to Song Zhengben again: "Thank you for your advice on joining the army, let me think about it and then make a decision, join the army and go back to rest first!" If necessary, I will ask the army to consult again. ”

Song Zhengben pursed his lips, turned around and left without saying a word, everyone looked at his back angrily, and some people hated: "The person who betrayed the lord is still so arrogant." ”

"Shut up!"

Pei Xingyan shouted angrily, and all the generals didn't dare to say anything, and at this moment, a soldier reported outside the tent, "General Qiyu, the scout has sent urgent information!" ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, a scout walked into the tent quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I was ordered to monitor the Goguryeo army, and found that their army had withdrawn east at the fourth watch!" ”

This news caused an uproar among the generals, the Goguryeo army retreated so quickly, to their surprise, Pei Xingyan hurriedly asked: "Which way are they retreating?" ”

There are two official roads outside Liucheng, one due east to Huaiyuan Town in Liaoshui and the other southeast to Yanjun, so just looking at which official road the Goguryeo army retreated to, you can basically determine the direction of their retreat.

"General Qiyu, they take an official road due east."

Pei Xingyan was overjoyed, the main force of Goguryeo was really retreating to Liaoshui, he immediately took out an arrow and handed it to the scout: "You immediately go and inform Chen Jing, and let him lead the headquarters to block the Eulzhi Wende of Yancheng for me, and the Goguryeo people are not allowed to go out of the city to respond." ”

"Obey!"

The scout rushed away, and Pei Xingyan ordered: "The whole army is assembled, immediately follow me to pursue the enemy!" ”

Although Pei Xingyan didn't like Song Zhengben very much, Song Zhengben's reminder made him a little worried, if Yuangai Suwen really went to defect to the Khitan, things would be in trouble, and he had to catch up with Yuangai Suwen's army as soon as possible and annihilate it in one go.

The main force of the cavalry immediately packed up and got up, and the 25,000 cavalry followed Pei Xingyan to the east to kill.

Huaiyuan Town from Liucheng to Liaoshui is a wide and flat straight road, that is the first Goguryeo battle before the Son of Heaven Yang Guang requisitioned 200,000 people to build, the road is rammed extremely smooth and strong, up to two zhang wide, there is not a single inch of grass on the road, if there is no baggage drag, the march of the army will be unusually fast, it is for this reason, Yuangai Suwen's army from Liaodong to Liucheng, nearly 500 miles of distance only took three days.

In this evacuation, the Goguryeo army marched lightly, and the soldiers threw away even the slightly heavier spear sheaths, and they ran on the flat and straight road in leather boots, and the speed was even faster, running for nearly 200 miles in one day.

When the cavalry of the Sui army set out, it was half a day later than the Goguryeo army, and it was eighty miles away, so it was not until the next morning, at the foot of Yiwulu Mountain, that the 10,000 forward cavalry led by Pei Xingyan gradually caught up with the Goguryeo army that was forcibly marching.

A soldier pointed into the distance and shouted, "General, there!" ”

Pei Xingyan put up his hand curtain and looked into the distance, only to see the dust flying more than ten miles ahead, the flags were overwhelming, and its momentum was an army of tens of thousands of people, Pei Xingyan waved his knife and shouted: "Kill it directly!" ”

Ten thousand horses galloping, the momentum is earth-shattering, like a thunderstorm rolling on the earth, dozens of miles away can faintly feel the earth trembling, the Goguryeo army turned back and saw the rolling yellow dust in the distance, as if the sandstorm was coming, the soldiers were frightened and screamed, desperately rushing to the Yiwulu Mountain, as long as they could escape the mountain, they could avoid the fate of being slaughtered by the cavalry.

But they were still twenty miles away from the Yiwulu Mountain at this time, and the cavalry was getting closer and closer behind them, surrounded by endless pastures, and there was not even a forest to hide in, and the Goguryeo army knew that they had no way to retreat, so they had to stop, discard the battle flag in their hands, and began to quickly assemble their troops and prepare to meet them.

At this time, the cavalry of the Sui army was less than three miles away from the Goguryeo army, and Pei Xingyan suddenly found that something was wrong, this Goguryeo army was only seven or eight thousand people, but the battle flags were piled up, so there were tens of thousands of people in the distance.

Pei Xingyan suddenly understood that he had been fooled, and the Goguryeo army in Liucheng should have about 30,000 people, so where did the remaining 20,000 go?

He fell for Yuangai Suwen's Li Dai Tao's plan, the real main force had been withdrawn, Pei Xingyan was remorseful and hateful, his chest was about to explode, he waved his knife and roared, "Kill me, don't leave a single one!" ”

8,000 Goguryeo soldiers fell victim to this lure plan, and Pei Xingyan, who was furious, issued an order to kill, and under the double strangulation of 10,000 cavalry and the 15,000 cavalry that followed, 8,000 Goguryeo soldiers were killed, and more than 7,800 people were killed, and less than 100 escaped into the mountains.

The pastures that stretched for more than ten miles were full of the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood was all over the ground, but the Goguryeo army was also very tenacious, and they also fought to the death, and the Sui cavalry paid the price of thousands of casualties before finally defeating them.

Pei Xingyan was covered in blood, sitting on a big rock and sulking, none of the generals dared to persuade him, at this time, several cavalry in the distance rushed to him, and someone reported to Pei Xingyan: "General Chen sent someone to report the news!" ”

"Bring him up!" Pei Xingyan really felt uneasy.

After a while, a soldier with an arrow wound stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and cried: "General Qiyu, we are surrounded by the two armies of Goguryeo, and our brothers have suffered heavy casualties—"

Pei Xingyan's eyes were dark, and he almost fell, and the two personal soldiers hurriedly supported him, and after a while, Pei Xingyan stabilized his mind and asked, "How many casualties, how is General Chen?" ”

"Most of the 3,000 troops suffered casualties, and General Chen only broke out with more than 1,000 brothers, but he was also seriously wounded."

At this time, all the generals shouted: "General, let's go south immediately and set foot in Yancheng!" ”

Pei Xingyan shook his head and sighed to everyone: "I want to apologize to Mr. Song, and then ask the handsome for the guilt!" ”

Everyone was silent, at this time, Song Zhengben came over with a few soldiers, Pei Xingyan stepped forward and knelt down and hugged his fists and said: "Yuan Qing is a dull and reckless man, he is stubborn and self-serving, and he does not listen to the words of joining the army, which led to today's defeat, Yuan Qing apologizes to joining the army!" ”

Song Zhengben heard the remorse in Pei Xingyan's tone, he hurriedly helped Pei Xingyan up and said: "I am also responsible, I did not persuade the general, I am ashamed of the trust of His Royal Highness King Qi, the general does not have to blame himself, let's encourage each other!" ”

The generals also stepped forward to apologize, and Song Zhengben said embarrassedly: "You don't have to blame yourself, this is just a small setback, the situation has not deteriorated, it is not too late to make amends!" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, as long as there was still a chance, Pei Xingyan hurriedly said: "Please join the army for guidance!" ”

Song Zhengben nodded and said: "As long as the Goguryeo army does not cross the Liaoshui, we have a chance, the top priority is to master every move of the enemy army, please increase the scouts and spy on the periphery of Yancheng, followed by the army must move to the east of Yancheng, ready to intercept the Goguryeo army to the east, and finally the general will write a letter to tell the Xi people to let them gather troops, they do not need them to come to the war, as long as they gather troops." ”

"Why is that?" Pei Xingyan couldn't understand the meaning of Song Zhengben's last sentence, and all the generals were also puzzled, and their eyes were full of confusion.

Song Zhengben said with a smile: "I'm worried that Yuan Gai Suwen will ask the Khitan for help, after all, he is the eldest son of Yuan Taizuo, and the Khitan is likely to send troops in the way of face, but after the Xi people gather troops, it will make the Khitan chieftain suspicious, and the Khitan army will not dare to act rashly." ”

Everyone was stunned, and they all secretly praised Song Zhengben for being clever, worthy of being Dou Jiande's first military division, and he really had a good strategy.

Song Zhengben said again: "But in any case, the Khitan will still symbolically send a little soldier, so as to give Yuan Taizuo an explanation, the general can let General Du Yunsi lead the headquarters to ambush the Khitan reinforcements in the area of the White Wolf Mountain, after the Khitan is defeated, we can have no distractions, I believe that within a month, we can completely annihilate the Goguryeo army on the bank of the Liaoshui River." ”

Pei Xingyan learned a painful lesson, he no longer dared to despise Song Zhengben, Song Zhengben said a word, he promised a sentence, and implemented it in full accordance with Song Zhengben's strategy, and then, Pei Xingyan wrote a letter to the marshal Zhang Xuan to ask for guilt.

As Song Zhengben expected, after Yuangai Suwen and Yizhi Wende met in Yancheng, Yuangai Suwen immediately wrote a letter, sending someone to the Khitan Khan Dahe Duluo, asking him to send troops to attack the Sui army with the Goguryeo army in front of his father, and after defeating the Sui army, the two families divided Liaodong and so on.

Yuangai Suwen and Yizhi Wende both knew very well that Yancheng only had 40,000 elite soldiers, and these 40,000 elite soldiers were still no match for the main cavalry force of the Sui army and the army of Liucheng, so they could only hold on to the city and wait for change. (To be continued.) )