Chapter 55: The Defeat of Goguryeo

For Goguryeo, this year's winter was particularly cold, and this cold was not only physiological, but also psychological. As soon as this winter was approaching, there was a major event in which the Yuan clan and King Rongliu were fighting, and then the Tang army drove straight in, sweeping thousands of armies and defeating the Goguryeo defenders of the entire Liaodong Peninsula.

Now as long as people with a little insight understand that after Goguryeo is finished and Liaodong is lost, even if the Tang army no longer attacks Goguryeo, the remaining territory of Goguryeo is barren land, and it can't afford to raise too many troops at all, and there are two hungry wolves next to it, Silla and Baekje, who may pounce on them and bite them at any time, so the demise of Goguryeo has almost become a foregone conclusion, and the difference is only sooner or later.

As for Yuangai Suwen's strategy of taking advantage of the time and place to drag the 55th chapter Goguryeo to defeat the Tang army, it has been completely bankrupt, because he is still looking at the Tang army with his previous eyes, but under the interference of Li Su, the logistics of the Tang Dynasty broke out with a very strong force, and the food and clothing of the Tang army on the front line are very guaranteed, especially the distribution of cotton clothes, so that the Tang army can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness in the ice and snow, and minimize the impact of the cold.

Coupled with the application of gunpowder weapons, the siege war was simplified into a game, and in addition to Anshi City, there was no city in the entire Liaodong that could stop the footsteps of the Tang army, and in the end, it was because of the cold winter that the Tang army itself stopped, so that Goguryeo had a chance to breathe.

Although the large-scale offensive stopped, the small-scale fighting never stopped, mainly because the previous Tang army's offensive was too fierce, and the Goguryeo defenders in many places were only scattered and not completely wiped out. Although most of these Goguryeo defeated troops saw that the situation was not right and surrendered to the Tang army one after another, there were also some die-hard people who led small forces to attack and harass the Tang army. In order to clean up these annoying fleas, the Tang army had to send a small group of elites to chase down these routs.

In a small basin southwest of Anshi City, the thick snow showed no signs of meltingChapter 55 Goguryeo defeated the army, because the surrounding terrain was higher, and the wind outside was blocked, so there was no wind in the basin, although the snow was thicker. However, in some places where the terrain is relatively high, patches of loess are still exposed.

In this basin, apart from the low trees that can be found everywhere, there are only clumps of dead grass emerging from the snow. Occasionally, rabbits or roe deer run through the snow, but in order to avoid various predators, they are extremely fast, and disappear into snowdrifts, trees and grass in the blink of an eye.

"Crunk ~ squeak ~" with the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow. A small team of more than a dozen people slowly walked into this small basin. The dozen or so men were all leading the horses, and their bodies were bulging. The robes on his body are propped up and look very clumsy, and at the neckline and cuffs, clumps of thatch are exposed, which can be seen. These people's clothes were stuffed with thatch, which was used to protect them from the cold wind. And looking at the clothes they wore outside, they were all the uniforms of Goguryeo soldiers, so it can be seen that this is a team of Goguryeo defeated soldiers.

"General, we have been on the road for three hours in a row, and my brothers are tired. This basin is a little less windy, let's take a break. Grab a bite to eat and go! A rout said to the leader in front. This man, who was called a general, was obviously dressed differently from the others, and he did not use thatch to keep him warm, but wore a leather robe, and he also wore an armor on the outside of the leather robe, and the workmanship was also very fine, so he knew that he was a high-ranking general at a glance.

"Well, it's okay, everyone has worked hard, there is a vacant lot in front, let's go over and take a rest!" The general stretched out his hand and pointed to the clearing in front of him, and said in a hoarse voice. There is no snow there, and there are a few small trees to rest onto.

Hearing the general's consent, these routs were all in good spirits, led their horses to the high ground quickly, and after tying the horses to them, they immediately huddled together in groups of three or five as if they had no bones, and those who were in good spirits took out the frozen dry food like stones from their arms, and desperately nibbled a few bites, grabbed a few handfuls of snow and stuffed it into their mouths to melt, and then swallowed it with the dry food. Those who are not in good spirits fall asleep, and after a while, they will snore.

The general looked at these tired soldiers and couldn't help but sigh, this general was actually an old acquaintance of Li Su, he was the general An Yi Luoan who commanded the naval army of Beisha City. At the beginning, General Niu led the army from Laizhou, the first battle was in Beisha City, and as a sailor outside Beisha City, it was the first batch of troops hit by the Tang Army, although An Jia Luo led the army to fight back desperately, but countless quantities or quality, they and the Tang Army have a huge difference, so in less than half a day, the ship was lost in half, An Jia Luo wanted to die for the country, but was taken off the shore by several loyal subordinates, and watched his water army annihilate in the hands of the Tang Army.

He was a diehard member of Goguryeo, and he was determined to deal with the Tang Dynasty to the end, so he took some old subordinates to collect Goguryeo's routs everywhere, and within a month, he let him collect thousands of men and horses and began to harass the Tang army.

At the beginning, they achieved some good results, and even knocked out a Tang army's grain transportation team, causing some trouble to the attack of the Southern Route Army, but after their actions attracted Niu Jinda's attention, they immediately sent several Tang troops to strangle, and the group of rabble he collected was not the opponent of the elite Tang army at all, so he had no choice but to flee in all directions, while the Tang army behind him was in hot pursuit, until he fled to the territory of Liaodong City, which was still in the hands of Goguryeo at that time, it was considered safe.

But even more unfortunate, Liaodong City was also quickly defeated by the Tang army, after the city was broken, An Yiluo did not surrender, so he had to escape with his men again, but this time they were chasing and killing Li Ji's men, compared to Niu Jinda, Li Ji's soldiers were more fierce, and they kept chasing and killing the remnants of their army along the way. There were more than 2,000 people when they escaped, but until half a month ago, there were only more than 500 people left, and most of them were killed by the Tang army, except for a few who froze to death.

Seeing the endless appearance of the Tang army behind them, An Yiluo and their last decision to disperse and flee in order to survive, completely scattered more than 500 people, more than a dozen people in each team, so that the target is smaller, and the escape direction is different, so that even if the Tang army is also scattered to chase and kill, there must be some lucky people who can escape, it is better than everyone huddled together and waiting for death.

To An Yiluo's relief, this method still seems to be very effective, at least their team has fled here, except for the first few days when they encountered the Tang Army's pursuit team, they have been safe in the last few days. However, the day before yesterday, they ran out of food, so they had to rob a small village and replenish their food, but in this way, they left Tang Jun with a clue, he was really worried that the other party would get news from that village and catch up with them, so since the day before yesterday, they have been on the road.

Now almost all of the Liaodong Peninsula has fallen into the hands of the Tang army, except for the Anshi City, and now An Yiluo and they are ready to go to Anshi City, but because the Tang army is stationed under the Anshi City, they dare not go from the front, so they have to go around a big circle from the southwest, and take the opportunity to enter the Anshi City from the south.

In fact, if he hadn't been forced to be helpless, An Yiluo wouldn't have wanted to enter Anshi City, because he used to be a force that belonged to the military generals of the Yuan clan, but Anshi City was the power of King Rongliu, and the two sides were almost incompatible, but now that the national disaster is at hand, he is also like a lost dog, if he doesn't go to Anshi City, there is no way to survive at all, so he has to try his luck.

While thinking about his thoughts, Anjiro found a tree and was half-lying, with a piece of dry food in his mouth, chewing without a mouthful. Today's weather is good, although it is a little windy, but the sun is very good, and the warm sunlight shines on it, which makes An Yiluo also a little sleepy, and after a while, he feels a little dazed.

And just when Anjiro seemed to be asleep, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and he was extremely alert, and immediately a carp jumped up, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "There is an enemy, hurry up and get on the horse!" ”

The soldiers who followed him were also the elite of the Goguryeo army, although they were all tired, but they all reacted quickly, and rushed over one by one to untie the reins, and just wanted to turn over and get on the horse, but at this time, I saw that from the direction they came, more than a dozen Tang cavalry were rushing quickly, and the horse lance in their hands had been raised.

Although the soldiers of Goguryeo were also elite, after all, they were a step late, and before they could sit down on their horses, the horse lance of the Tang army had already stabbed them in the chest, and more than half of them were stabbed to death in the blink of an eye, and the remaining few were under the command of An Yiluo, regardless of the desperate rush outward.

"Abandon the lance, shoot the arrow!" The leader of the Tang army knew that his side was lacking in horsepower, and the other party's horses had rested for a long time, so it was a little delusional to catch up, so he immediately and decisively ordered the horse lance to be thrown to the ground, took off the horn bow behind his back, and aimed at the gunner after pulling it full, and the sharp arrows were like lightning, and quickly caught up with the Goguryeo soldiers who fled in front.

With a few screams, the Goguryeo soldiers who didn't have time to run out at all were hit by arrows, but because they were wearing thicker, they were usually hit by several arrows, and they couldn't hold on to falling off their horses. However, because the leader Anjiro had armor on his body and a leather robe inside, the arrows in the arrow were not deep, and he gritted his teeth and hugged the horse's neck, but he insisted on not falling off.

"What's the length, are we still chasing after us?" Seeing that An Yiluo's horse was about to run over the mountain beam, and it would be too late if he didn't chase it, a young Tang Jun immediately asked a little impatiently.

", of course you have to chase it, the other party is a big fish, and if you catch it, you can exchange it for a lot of military merit and canned food." There were ten of them, and the leader was a chief with a scar on his face.

Hearing Shi Chang's words, the young Tang Jun and several others chased out with excitement, but Scar Shi Chang and a few veterans dismounted one after another, ran over to hold the Goguryeo horse that was deliberately not injured just now, and then turned over and chased after the horse, their horses ran for a long time, and the horsepower was already out of order, and those recruits were inexperienced, and they used that horse to chase each other, and they only had to eat soil.

Then before the Tang army chased after the mountain beam, they suddenly heard a miserable scream from the Goguryeo fish that fled in front, and then there was a 'boom' sound, which seemed to have fallen from the horse, and then there was a sound of horses' hooves from far and near, and it seemed that there were people on the other side of the mountain beam!!