Chapter 317: Pursuit

On a snowy road, a team is advancing rapidly, and the people in the team are all wearing the uniforms of the Silla army, which seems to be the regular army of Silla, and this team can't see the edge at a glance, and it is estimated that even if it is less than 10,000 people, it is not much worse.

However, the composition of this Silla army is really not very good, the head and tail are mostly composed of old and weak, and only in the middle part is the team composed of young and middle-aged people, but the number of these young and strong is not much, and it is estimated that it only accounts for about one-third of the entire team.

"Phew!" On a luxury carriage in the middle of the line, a young man slammed his fist on the carriage, and roared with a distorted face: "Why, why do we want to escape? Although there are more than 20,000 people on the other side, if we had occupied Jincheng before, with the help of the tall walls of Jincheng, it would not be certain who would win and who would lose! ”

The young man who spoke was naturally Jin Chunqiu, who was running away, but as soon as his words fell, Jin Gengxin, who was sitting cross-legged next to him, sneered: "Defend the city, have you forgotten the lesson of Goguryeo, Datang has the benefit of gunpowder, what kind of strong city is in front of them, it is only a matter of time to conquer it, besides, with the nine thousand old and weak in our hands, do you think you can compete with the 20,000 army of Datang?" ”

As soon as he heard the gunpowder mentioned by Jin Gengxin, Jin Chunqiu's face was also gloomy all of a sudden, and even a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, when he was under the city of Pyongyang, he had seen the duel between the Tang army with gunpowder and the Goguryeo army, and the bloody scene made him have nightmares for several days, and now he still has some heart palpitations when he thinks about it.

However, Jin Chunqiu still did not give up, and argued forcefully: "Then we don't need to escape, that King of Qi wants to control my Silla." will inevitably make a picture of hypocrisy and hypocrisy, so even if he knows that we are not convinced by him. But they didn't dare to do anything to us, after all, they moved us. That is, if the royal family of Silla is moved, the whole Silla will be hostile to him. ”

Jin Gengxin heard Jin Chunqiu's nonsense, but he sighed secretly, I have to say that his brother-in-law really takes himself too seriously, and now Silla is in chaos, and the country can almost be described as a poor livelihood, if it is at this time, even if Li Su kills the two of them. It will definitely not arouse any great public anger, and even as long as the other party provides some food to buy people's hearts, it can also make Li Su's prestige in Silla soar, as for the life and death of the two of them, no one will care at all.

Although he secretly scolded Jin Chunqiu for being stupid in his heart, Jin Gengxin still patiently explained: "Chunqiu, the back hand we left in Kinmen City has been exposed, and Li Su and Jin Shengman already know that it is our hand, and with Li Su's character. will definitely not let us go, even if there is no evidence, but as long as the other party has mastered Jincheng, he will definitely attack us in secret. So instead of sitting and waiting, it's better to bring the people out and fight. ”

When Jin Gengxin said this, he sighed and said again: "Originally, I sent people to stop Li Su from entering the city at the city gate. I just wanted to test their attitude towards us, but I didn't expect the other party to take the slightest care into it. Not only did they kill our men, but they also took possession of the gates. It can be seen from this that Li Su is an unscrupulous person, if we don't run away, when they control all the city gates, then we will really become a turtle in the urn. ”

When Jin Chunqiu heard this, his face also showed a trace of panic, and at the same time, he also thought that when he was in Pyongyang City, he had a conflict with Tang Bing, and it was this Qi King Li Su who ordered someone to arrest him, for which he also suffered a lot, and was finally released.

"Big brother, since we escaped, then Jin Shengman is likely to slander us for rebelling, so where should we go?" Jin Chunqiu had already given up his point of view and began to worry about the future ahead.

"Humph! Rebellion is rebellion, ten miles away from this is the important town of Dingchuan City next to Jincheng, which is still in my control, after we get there, I will immediately support you as the king of Silla, and play the banner of resisting the Tang Dynasty's encroachment on Silla. ”

Seeing that Jin Gengxin had planned it a long time ago, Jin Chunqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had a backbone in an instant, but then he thought of another question, and said with some uneasiness: "Big brother, I remember that because Dingchuan City is in the south of Jincheng, just on the way to the battlefield with Baekje, most of the troops there have been withdrawn, and there are not many troops in the city at all, even if we are added, I'm afraid it won't be able to stop the attack of the Tang army, right?" ”

Jin Gengxin also said a little silently when he heard it: "Yes, the Tang Dynasty soldiers are one of the most prosperous, even if the other party only has more than 20,000 people, but with the strength of our country, it can't stop their offensive, but I don't plan to fight hard with the Tang army in Silla, after we arrive at Dingchuan, we will immediately retreat to the south non-stop, if it really doesn't work, we will take refuge directly in Baekje!" ”

"Baekje!" Jin Chunqiu exclaimed in disbelief, "Our Silla and Baekje are feuds, as a royal family, if we take refuge in Baekje, I'm afraid we will be laughed at by the whole world!" ”

"Hmph, if you don't take refuge in Baekje, do you have a better place to go?" Jin Gengxin said with a displeased face.

"This ......" Jin Chunqiu also fell silent, the sky and the earth are big, but in this world, except for surrendering Baekje, it seems that there is really no place for them anymore.

But at this moment, Jin Gengxin and the two suddenly heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves coming from outside the carriage, opened the door to look, and found that a probe horse was galloping, and when he arrived next to the carriage, he flew off the horse, and then knelt down and reported: "General Qiyu, a cavalry of about 3,000 people is chasing from the rear, look at their weapons and armor, it should be the Tang Army!" ”

"What!" Jin Gengxin was shocked when he heard this, according to his thoughts, after Li Su entered Jincheng, he would definitely be busy occupying various important departments, and then stabilize the hearts of the people in the city, he should not have the energy to pursue himself, but he didn't expect Li Su to attach so much importance to himself and Jin Chunqiu, and he actually sent a cavalry to pursue.

"Big brother, what can I do about this, the elite cavalry of the Tang Dynasty, just with us people, we must only be slaughtered?" Jin Chunqiu also said with an expression of no owner, the last time he was caught by Li Su, there was Jindeman to save him, but Jindeman is dead, if he is caught again this time, then there will be no one to save him.

Jin Gengxin is worthy of being a leader of the troops, after a short period of shock, he quickly regained his composure, and after thinking for a while with a calm face, he suddenly raised his head and said with a resolute face: "Pass my order, the whole army is divided into two parts, the front part will be opened by Hanamichiro, and rush to Dingchuan City as soon as possible, and the rest will be left here to break off!" ”

The intention of Jin Gengxin's order is very simple, in his opinion, the elite composed of three thousand Hua Daolang in his hands is fundamental, as for the six thousand old and weak brought out from Jincheng, it is not of much use at all, rather than keeping them to waste military food, it is better to leave them here, anyway, now the ice and snow have not disappeared, the road is not very wide, with them blocking here, at least they can block the Tang army for a while, so as to buy them time to escape.

And Jin Chunqiu didn't care about the life and death of those soldiers, as soon as he heard Jin Gengxin's order, he immediately urged people to do it, and Jin Gengxin personally integrated Hanamichiro, and then he and Jin Chunqiu also changed to riding horses and began to rush forward desperately, while several of his henchmen were left behind, urging the six thousand old and weak who stayed behind to organize the team, intending to stop the Tang army.

And just about a quarter of an hour after Jin Gengxin's 3,000 people left, suddenly the sound of hooves on the road behind shook the sky, and then a murderous cavalry rushed over waving a horse lance, and seeing such a strong team, the six thousand old and weak Silla soldiers were all frightened, and even many people threw away the weapons in their hands, turned around and began to run. After all, most of them have only been drafted for a few months, and they have not even completed the most basic military training, plus the old and the young, so when facing the tiger-wolf-like Tang cavalry, running away is just an instinctive physical reaction.

Although Jin Gengxin's henchmen and generals tried their best to restrain them, but these old and weak were really useless, the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had not yet rushed to arrive, and their formation had changed into shape, and when the two armies came into contact, they immediately set off a burst of bloody rain, and listening to the screams of their companions behind them, the Silla soldiers in front naturally ran faster.

Hu Li took the lead, swept away the Silla soldiers in front of him with a stick, and saw a person who looked like a general behind him, and rushed over with a clip on the horse's belly, and the Silla general saw this Tang Army general like a blood demon god of war rushing over, and he was immediately frightened, and he just wanted to turn around and flee, but he didn't expect to be swept over from the horse by Hu Li.

"Say! Where are Kim Geng-shin and Kim Chunqiu? Tiger Power yelled. The reason why he caught this general was because he knew that almost everyone in the upper echelons of Silla could speak Chinese, and he had no problem communicating with them.

This general was not Jin Gengxin's henchman, but was forced out of Jincheng, so he didn't hide anything at all, and hurriedly pointed out the direction in which Jin Chunqiu and them fled.

When Hu Li heard this, he immediately threw this person out, and then waved the iron rod in his hand and shouted: "Jin Chunqiu is not here, the sons and daughters rush over with me!" ”

"Whoa!"

The Tang cavalry in the rear roared angrily and began to rush forward non-stop, and the remaining Silla old and weak people also learned to be smart, and everyone rushed to hide on both sides of the road, for fear of blocking the Tang army's way and losing their lives. As a result, when the tiger force and they rushed over, although there was a wailing on the road, there were not many people who died, and most of them were only injured by the cavalry because they couldn't dodge. (To be continued.) )