It's like a house draining away the sorghum. Gao Jianwu's defeat and escape also caused the entire coalition army of more than 100,000 people to lose its backbone.

The situation on the battlefield took a sharp turn for the worse in an instant, and more than 20,000 Goguryeo soldiers and horses began to retreat, and the remaining ones did not even have armor, and the minfu slaves who only had a sword in their hands turned around and ran. Eighty or ninety thousand slaves

There was no one in command at all, and after the set tasks were completed, they were completely abandoned by the Goguryeo people. If they don't die in the end, then they will still have to be collected and continue to be slaves and people.

Most of the more than 20,000 Goguryeo people had horses, and they galloped wildly, seizing their way and fleeing. The remaining tens of thousands of slave farmers were like headless flies, running in the direction of Liaodong City. There are even quite a few people who have begun to flee in all directions, climbing mountains and forests, all kinds of things.

Less than an hour after the start of the battle, the enemy army had already been defeated, all of which was expected by Zhang Xutuo. He had a slight smile on his face, a confident smile that came from invincible support. He looked up at the swarms of enemy troops, his eyes full of disdain and disdain.

As a well-known general who has been in battle for a long time, he can tell at a glance whether a team of men and horses is really defeated or defeated. The more than 100,000 horses in front of him are no different from those bandits in the Central Plains. There are many people, but there are many people

But it's just as vulnerable. The way these people fled, the formation was completely chaotic, and the banners were thrown everywhere, this was indeed a defeat. There is no falsehood in the defeat, even if the enemy general originally intended to be defeated, but the way it is now, it is his self

self, he may not be able to gather these soldiers and horses that have been completely dispersed.

The equipment in front of him was extremely poor, and the scattered infantry was completely out of his sight. These people have completely lost their combat effectiveness, but the more than 20,000 cavalry who fled first still maintain their combat effectiveness. sheet

Suda would never give them a chance to regroup, he pointed his spear at him, and ordered, the whole army attacked, so as not to catch up with the opposing cavalry and annihilate it. Such a cavalry was put back in Liaodong City, which was a huge hidden danger. Right now

This opportunity is certainly not to be missed.

Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, the two young generals, had already led the front army to chase closely, Zhang Xutuo waved his spear, took the lead, and led the Chinese army to disperse the formation and rush forward. For those Liao infantry who stood in the way, it was a horizontal and vertical chop, chopping melons and vegetables.

After the soldiers and horses chased forward for more than ten miles, away from the vicinity of the Liaodong River, the terrain began to become complicated. The mountain road began to be rugged, and the sides were full of dense forests. It was very unfavorable for cavalry marches, and the terrain was relatively easy for enemy troops to set up ambushes.

However, he didn't care very much, and sent several teams of cavalry to reconnoiter the front army for a few hundred paces, and he led the Chinese army to arrive later. The terrain here was not conducive to cavalry marching, but it was also not conducive to ambushing large soldiers.

And if it was an ambush by a small force, he wouldn't care at all. With a rabble of 8,000 Liao soldiers, what is he afraid of.

After a few more miles, the wind and waves were calm, just when he thought he was thinking too much.

Suddenly, the scout cavalry in front shouted, turned around and ran back, only to see countless bows and arrows suddenly shot out of the forest, and arrows rained down. The cavalry that reconnoitred in front of them, except for a few who escaped and returned, had mostly become hedgehogs with bows and arrows.

Zhang Xutuo was furious, and these Liao people were really still ambushed here. But he was not afraid, and looked at the dense forest gently. The forest is not large, which means that there are not many enemies lying in ambush here. What really worried him was that Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, the two young generals, had already broken to the front, and there was no trace of them at this time.

At the sound of an order, the cavalry took off their small round shields one after another and reorganized their formation.

"Drop the rocket!"

Pushing aside a few arrows that had already been shot, Zhang Xutuo said calmly.

Hundreds of cavalrymen lit rockets one after another, and fired them into the forest. In winter, most of the dense forests have dried up, although it has just snowed, and the dead leaves on the ground are covered with heavy snow

Conceal. But numerous rockets fell into the forest, and eventually ignited the dry branches. The wind fueled the fire, and the sparks soon caught fire, and in the blazing firelight, tens of thousands of Goguryeo people were forced out of the fire.

"Cavalry Charge! Kill them all! Another order was laid, and the Sui army began to ride their horses and charge to kill.

These tens of thousands of Goguryeo people were all archers, who had just been forced out of the fire and were rushed by the Sui cavalry. As soon as Fu engaged, countless people fell, and in the vast snow, the battle lasted less than half an hour, and most of the Goguryeo people had fallen.

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Seeing that most of the Goguryeo people who were blocking the way had been killed or wounded, and remembering the front army led by the second junior general Qin Shubao, Zhang Xutuo left a small number of people to continue to kill these archers. He jumped on his horse and continued to advance with his soldiers and horses.

was ambushed by the Goguryeo once, and Zhang Xutuo's mood was a little better. Although the combat strength of those Liao people is too poor, if they are defeated too easily, they will still make him a little vigilant. More than 10,000 people are in Zhangxutuo

The leader continued to rush forward, and after a while, he rushed to a valley. At this time, he had already seen the front army from a distance, Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin were intercepting the enemy's handsome banner, and there was a one-armed general under the handsome banner with less than 10,000

People struggle to support.

The Liao had nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses, but their combat effectiveness was insufficient, and they were attacked by the onslaught of 5,000 soldiers of the Sui army with high fighting will, and it didn't take long to be defeated. Zhang Xutuo brandished his spear, rode up, and the army roared straight to the Goguryeo Shuai Banner.

With the addition of Zhang Xutuo, the Goguryeo people were even more supportive, and fought and retreated, and in less than half an hour, more than half of the more than 10,000 people had been lost. The Goguryeo generals under Na Shuai left thousands of men and horses, protecting Shuai Qi and retreating in panic.

The corners of Zhang Xutuo's mouth raised, do you want to abandon the pawn to protect the car? Under his men, it was not so easy.

He had already seen that the one-armed general under Na Shuai was definitely a big fish, and he must be a high-ranking general among the Liao.

He divided a thousand men and horses to continue to tear apart the soldiers and horses left behind by the Liao people, and followed Qin Shubao Er to continue to kill forward.

Along the way, the one-armed Liao will be chased urgently with the army, and the troops and horses will be broken continuously. However, the Sui army had already identified him at this time, and every time he divided his troops and horses, the Sui army also divided a small part of the soldiers and horses, and the rest continued to pursue.

When the army pursued a stream, Zhang Xutuo's Chinese army had less than 8,000 men left, and Qin Shubao's front army ran away again without a trace. The Chinese army crossed the river on horseback, and the army had just passed

Halfway through, a sudden shout of killing sounded, and bursts of arrows flew out of the groves on both sides, and many Sui cavalry were caught off guard, and arrows fell from their horses into the icy stream of frozen bones.

Several ambushes in a row have already made Zhang Xutuo ignore this small ambush a little.

In his opinion, such an ambush is simply chicken ribs. Not only could it not stop the Sui army, but it was dispersing the strength of the Liao people. If all the power of these ambushes is put into the large array by the Liao River, maybe it can be more effective.

After a burst of banners, tens of thousands of Liao people came out of the dense forest. This time, it was not only the archers of the Sui army who were killed, but also a large number of cavalry. Zhang Xutuo had no fear and raised his gun

The horses and the enemy fought, and the two armies fought by the stream. This Liao army is already much stronger than the few soldiers and horses encountered before, the two sides go back and forth, vertical and horizontal, and the soldiers continue to fall, and the white snow has already been trampled

Countless footprints have been taken. The blood of the fallen soldiers melted the snow and stained the entire stream red.

After fighting with this army for nearly an hour, the Sui army completely defeated this army of soldiers and horses, most of the more than 10,000 enemy troops were killed, and the remaining three or four thousand remnants turned around and ran. Zhang Xutuo did not give up and led the remaining cavalry of less than 6,000 to pursue closely.

The Liao army fought and fled, and when they fled for more than ten miles, the accompanying army was less than 2,000 people. There was a small valley in front, and Zhang Xutuo led the Chinese army to rely on the speed of the horse, and quickly circled the front of the enemy, completely surrounding the more than 2,000 Liao troops.

To his surprise, the general of the enemy army not only did not panic, but instead had a smug smile on his face. Seeing that smile, Zhang Xutuo finally felt a little bad, along the way, he crossed several ambushes one after another, although there were not many each time, but there were more and more Liao people, and the soldiers were becoming more and more elite.

And because of the pursuit of the enemy, he divided a lot of troops along the way. Looking back now, there are only about 6,000 people left, and the front army has completely disappeared, even the rear army, which has also lost contact.

However, at this point in the war, there was no other way, only to continue to defeat the Liao army and rush to Liaodong City was the last way out. Moreover, he didn't think that the Liao people still had much strength to fight now.

"Kill them all! Rendezvous with the former army! When Zhang Xutuo said this, he was already panting. Since crossing the Liao River, they have been fighting for several hours, running all the way for twenty or thirty miles, and both men and horses are already a little tired.

Suddenly, countless flags appeared under the mountains on all sides, and teams of soldiers and horses rushed straight forward.

On the road in front of them, a group of cavalry roared over, and when he looked at the costume, Zhang Xutuo already knew that these were the cavalry of Murowei.

Another shout of slaughter rang out, and another cavalry rushed from their path. These people all wore braids at the back of their heads, but they were all black water shoe cavalrymen. The soldiers and horses that came from the mountains on all sides were all infantry, and they were the soldiers and horses of Goguryeo and Baekje.

A tall handsome banner appeared, and several generals wearing gorgeous armor led a group of soldiers and horses. Goguryeo coach Eulji Mundeok, Murowei coach Tie Anda, Baekje coach Buyeo Zhang, and Shoeju coach Huang Ge, the four of them led the most elite army of more than 10,000 soldiers and horses straight to the end.

"Dashuai, we are in ambush!" One of the generals in the Sui army shouted loudly.