Chapter 140: Zuo Tunwei's fate
Under the rescue of Zuo Tunwei, the Zuo Imperial Guard, who regained his courage and confidence, launched a counterattack against the Goguryeo, although the Goguryeo people who attacked on a large scale exceeded 20,000 people, and they had an absolute advantage from the beginning of the battle, but it was undeniable that when the soldiers of the Great Sui Prefecture entered the battle procedures they were familiar with, it was basically difficult for the Goguryeo people to have a chance of winning even if they had a threefold superiority in strength.
The previous rout was not because of Zuo Yuwei's poor fighting quality, but many times on the battlefield the most difficult thing to control was actually people's emotions.
Once pessimism and despair affect the mind, the speed at which this fear spreads is extremely terrifying, especially in the barracks, which has little to do with the fighting power of the soldiers. When the Great Sui destroyed Nanchen, there was also a rout, but the rout that caused the death of thousands of soldiers was even more unimaginable.
It was a tragic incident that happened after the army crossed the Yangtze River, at that time, in the camp of the Great Sui General Han Baohu, one night, a very boring soldier suddenly shouted an enemy attack in the dead of night, he originally wanted to see if any of his comrades were frightened, but he did not expect to cause a tragedy.
This enemy attack first frightened the sleeping soldiers in the same tent and climbed up, and almost subconsciously picked up their weapons and rushed out. The soldiers who rushed out shouted as they ran to remind their comrades that the enemy was coming. In the midst of high tension, one can think of how stressful the soldiers were from a late-night enemy attack.
As a result, almost half of the camp was in chaos, and the soldiers ran in panic at first, but then turned into attacking each other, and more than 1,000 people were killed in this unprovoked mutiny. The initiator, the soldier who was nothing more than trying to make a joke, was even torn to shreds by the angry crowd. In fact, not a single enemy appeared, and a single word led to the collapse of the soldiers.
At that time, the 500,000 Great Sui soldiers who conquered Nanchen can be said to be at the peak of the Sui army's combat effectiveness. At that time, the government soldiers were invincible, and such an incredible thing still happened. Although this incident is slightly different from tonight's attack on Zuo Yuwei, the fundamental reason for the defeat and escape of the Sui army at the beginning is actually almost the same, this is an accidental phenomenon, but this kind of thing is bound to happen, maybe today's Zuo Yuwei has a chance to avoid it, but it is difficult to guarantee that it will not happen in other teams.
Because the Sui army was invincible since the expedition, it led to the psychological laxity of the soldiers. At the same time, most of Goguryeo's men and horses were stationed on the south bank of Pyongyang Fortress and further south, so the defense was lax. And because the rangers had indeed searched within a radius of twenty miles, but it happened that the soldiers of Yizhi Wenli had just arrived here tonight, coupled with Xue Wanche's clever little tricks, so that the Sui army did not make the fastest response at the beginning of the battle. Of course, one of the most important reasons for this has to be mentioned is the pressure of the soldiers.
This pressure comes from the situation they are in now, no one is a fool, although it seems that the Great Sui is in an advantage in the battle situation, but individuals can analyze from the two bowls of gruel that can reflect the figure every day, in fact, the expeditionary force has been forced into a desperate situation. And it was not the Goguryeo people who cornered the Sui army, but the Sui people themselves.
Two bowls of gruel every day, this is still the time of war. Soldiers who don't need to go into battle can basically only guarantee a bowl of drink at noon every day.
In the case of severe lack of physical strength, falling asleep early has become the easiest way to survive the time.
Many factors led to the initial loss of control of the Zuo Imperial Guard, and in this situation, if there was no external force to stop it, the five folding battalions of the Zuo Imperial Guard might have been wiped out, but fortunately, Li Xian came.
The Zuotun guards of the two Zhechong battalions were divided into two groups, and all the cavalry were led by Li Xian to thwart the Goguryeo offensive and buy time for the infantry, while all the infantry under the leadership of Liu Man did not launch a counterattack against the Goguryeo, but stopped the rout of the Zuo Yuwei at the first time.
When the first rays of sunlight slowly spilled from the east, the Great Sui men and horses had already begun to clean up the battlefield after a night of fierce fighting. In this battle, the Sui army lost more than 2,000 men and horses, which was the largest loss of men and horses after the Ma Zishui was passed. However, it is commendable that the counterattacking Sui army not only caused the Goguryeo people to pay nearly three times the casualties, but also killed the Goguryeo general Ulji Munli in one fell swoop. This was the highest-ranking Goguryeo general killed by the Great Sui Expeditionary Force so far, and this honor can completely cover up the casualties caused by Zuo Yuwei's dereliction of duty in the first place.
The creator of this glory is Li Xian.
Speaking of Yizhi Wende, he will definitely hate Li Xian to the point of eating his flesh raw and hateful, when he was in Liaoshui, Li Xian, who was alias Yanyun, snatched the body of Mai Tiecane with eighteen horses, and chased him so much that he had to run for hundreds of meters, if it wasn't for the arrival of the Goguryeo patrol team, maybe he would have died at the hands of Li Xian that time. Just a few days ago, Li Xian chased and killed Yizhi Wende for the second time, Yizhi Wende was shot off the horse twice by Li Xian, and was even trampled on by the war horse and almost died. Today, his most trusted third brother Yizhi Wenli was stabbed to death by Li Xian.
I don't know, when Ezhi Wende hears the name Yanyun again, will he be angry, sad, or afraid?
Kill 6,000 enemies and behead the enemy.
That's a lot of credit, and looking at the numbers, it's a beautiful record.
In the early morning, a support team from the Sui army camp arrived, and the leader was none other than Xue Shixiong, the general of the Zuo Imperial Guard. From receiving the news of the attack on the Sui army's Sashui camp to leading the army to arrive, the old general almost did not delay for a moment.
When he learned about what happened last night, Xue Shixiong glared coldly at Xue Wanche who was lying on the ground, and then walked out quickly, Xue Wanjun followed him step by step and was careful not to speak. Xue Wanche's injury is not particularly serious, the wound on his calf has not hurt the muscles and bones and has been medicated, and it will heal after a period of rest, which is also the most serious injury on his body, so it doesn't look like he is very embarrassed.
Of course, this is relative.
When Xue Shixiong didn't see Li Xian, he felt that his son's injuries were already very serious. Although he was angry with Xue Wanche's idiocy, his distress for his son was even stronger. However, he must first find Li Xian to express his gratitude, and then it is time to go back to teach a lesson or feel sorry for his son.
When Xue Shixiong saw Li Xian, the demon-like young man had already taken off his armor, and was leaning against a big tree squinting his eyes to rest, in the slight snoring, the young man who was almost exhausted after a night of fighting seemed to sleep very sweetly, but it could be seen from his slightly frowning brows that the pain on his body made him not sleep soundly.
Chasing and killing Echiwende, there were more than 20 large and small arrow wounds on his body, although they were not too deep, but because there were many, it felt as if there was no good place for the entire upper body. Last night's fierce battle opened several wounds that had healed, coupled with the constant feathered arrows beckoning to him during last night's rush, if it weren't for the black armor, I am afraid that he would have been shot into a hedgehog. The two times combined, there were thirty-six or seven injuries on his body, and the entire upper body was almost bandaged. There was also a feather arrow abrasion on his calf, and Dugu Ruizhi personally detoxified his wound and then dressed it with medicine, and he worked for half an hour.
Therefore, when Xue Shixiong saw Li Xian, he was deeply shocked.
The boy who was sleeping against the big tree had a felt blanket on his legs, and because he had rubbed the medicine, the clothes on his upper body had not yet been put back on, but he barely showed a trace of the color of his flesh. The bandaged white cloth didn't wipe much and wrapped him into a dumpling, and there were blood stains seeping out of it. The handsome young man frowned slightly, and he didn't know if it was because of something terrible in his sleep, or because the physical pain made him sleep too shallow to sleep peacefully.
Dugu Ruizhi's injury medicine didn't say that the pain-relieving effect was great. And it has a very cool feeling when applied to the wound, and even the pain becomes extremely light. Therefore, the reason why Li Xian frowned was definitely not because he looked hideous and terrifying, but in fact there was no serious wound on his body. He frowned because he felt sorry for the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion who died in the battle last night. Last night's enemy attack was a little weird, Li Xian had already discovered that the fire in the Zuo Imperial Guard camp had already been lit up, but when he arrived, Goguryeo had not long been in the camp, which was very abnormal, he sent Wang Qinian to inquire, and this old fritter quickly got out of the mouth of a wounded soldier of the Left Imperial Guard.
After listening to Wang Qinian's report, Li Xian scolded Xue Wanche fiercely for being an idiot. He told Wang Qinian not to talk about it, and then asked Dugu Ruizhi to send someone to send some medicine to Xue Wanche.
If you play conspiracy and trickery, I will play revenge with virtue, and finally see who has the best move.
Sure enough, looking at the wound medicine sent by the soldiers, Xue Wanche's face became extremely ugly.
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Seeing Xue Shixiong coming, Luo Fu and Iron Fang Wolf and others first gave a military salute, and then planned to wake up Li Xian but Xue Shixiong waved his hand to stop him, and the old general took off his big coat and walked over slowly to gently cover Li Xian. Then the old general sat down next to Li Xian against the big tree, and waved his hand to signal the others to stay away.
After his own soldiers and Luo Fu and the others left, Xue Shixiong suddenly sighed and said, "How long are you going to pretend to sleep?" ”
Li Xian slowly opened his eyes and smiled apologetically at Xue Shixiong: "I haven't been asleep since the beginning, where did I come from to pretend to be asleep?" ”
Xue Shixiong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The old man personally covered you with a big coat, but you didn't even lift your eyelids." If you sleep so badly, it's really the first strange thing in the world. ”
Li Xian smiled and said very seriously: "If it weren't for pretending to be asleep and accepting the cover of the general, I'm afraid that the general would be more distressed than now." ”
Xue Shixiong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said equally seriously: "When I was looking for you a few days ago, I asked you to help take care of my two uncompetitive sons, at that time, the old man didn't think he could really use you, but he couldn't get used to Xin Shixiong's dirty tricks, and he could save you once, and he could also give my two sons some help." I really didn't expect that after only a few days, you really saved the lives of your two sons for the old man......"
Li Xian said softly: "General, the matter you solved easily also saved me, so fundamentally speaking, I killed the enemy and saved people, just like the general saved people in one sentence, there is no difference." Yan received the favor of the general first, and it happened that the two young generals were in trouble, how dare Yan not try his best to save him? ”
Xue Shixiong shook his head and said, "A person who saves people in one sentence may not be able to save people desperately. ”
He patted Li Xian's shoulder, and then slowly stood up: "Yan Yun, today I said that your life-saving grace, the old man has written it down." The people of the Xue family can't say anything beautiful on their mouths, but they know what to do in their hearts. I owe you two lives, and you can ask me for it later. ”
After speaking, Xue Shixiong walked forward, and after taking two steps, he suddenly stopped, untied the wine bag on his waist and threw it to Li Xian, Li Xian stretched out his hand and copied it and smiled: "General Xie." ”
Xue Shixiong nodded, and suddenly said in a low voice: "I will return to the division in a few days, and Marshal Yuwen ordered General Xin to lead the Zuotun guard to break off...... You be careful. ”
Li Xian's face changed, and then he nodded and said solemnly: "Thank you." ”
For no reason, Li Xian suddenly remembered Yu Wenshi's advice when he was about to leave: "No matter what, don't break off!" ”
He took a sip of wine, and when he hung his head, others couldn't see the expression on his face, when Xue Shixiong looked back, he thought that the young man who hung his head must be very bitter in his heart now, but he couldn't see it, the young man's eyes were surprisingly bright, as bright as stars.
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