Chapter 0265. Unexpected
The smoke of gunpowder in the new city dissipated, but the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. [Eye-fast reading book new domain name., initials, previously registered accounts can still be used]
In the pervasive shouting and killing, tens of thousands of Tang elite horsemen rode high-headed horses, and the snow-bright lance was like an invitation from hell, rushing into the enemy formation with a crazy shout, and in the face of the Goguryeo spear formation that was set up like a forest, no one flinched.
The person who once retreated, the head of the marching commander Zhang Junyi is still hanging at the door of the barracks, rather than dying and defeating, it is better to fight vigorously, besides, who is Lao Tzu? Datang Heavenly Army!
In the shout, the Tang army cut into the Goguryeo army formation like a sword, and the fierce generals arranged in the first row of the cone-shaped formation roared and waved their lances to tear apart the enemy formation, and in the blink of an eye, the Goguryeo infantry in three rows, four rows, and five rows fell under his lance, following their own generals, the brave Tang army shouted and fought fiercely, constantly expanding this incision, killing the Goguryeo peasant soldiers to lose their armor and cry for their fathers and mothers.
From the command platform, several Tang cavalry were like several tornadoes, constantly raging in the Goguryeo army formation, and the complete formation was cut to pieces in the back and forth impact, as if it had been cut into rags.
It's a pity that when the cavalry of the Tang Army was raging, it was six huge infantry phalanxes that were stripped from the Goguryeo Army formation, and slowly approached to compress the space for the Tang Army cavalry to gallop, at the same time, the left flank was also a beacon smoke, obviously a large number of cavalry moved over, and behind the Liaodong City on the right, there was also wind and smoke billowing, which seemed to be outflanking from a long distance.
"Order Xue Wanche's army to speed up the journey, quickly engage the Goguryeo army, Qi Bi He Li, the cavalry of Zhizhi Sili retreats from both sides, corrects the auxiliary infantry, attacks the two wings of the Goguryeo army, and attacks!"
On the command platform, the rumbling drums came overwhelmingly, the Huangluo umbrella cover was behind him, and the Tang soldiers of more than 20 military palaces let out loud cheers, trotting against the battlefield in front of them.
However, the Goguryeo army was like squeezing toothpaste, erasing a section, and there was a cavalry on both sides that was strangled together, and the fierce battle lasted until dark, and the two sides roared together, and the soldiers on both sides retreated like a tide.
On the battlefield, the Tang army that died of the wounded and sick was nearly a thousand people, and more and more medical teams wearing Taoist robes and red gourds went deep into the battle with white flags to carry the wounded and sick, and the Tang soldiers wearing light armor behind them carried the corpses and retreated, and the sun was setting, flocks of crows surrounded the battlefield, and seeing the blood-colored sun, Li Ji shook his head dissatisfied.
Although on this day, Goguryeo's casualties were at least four times that of himself, but the strategic intention of driving away the Goguryeo army was still not achieved, this is Goguryeo's Liaodong, now it is the beginning of June, a long war is absolutely unfavorable to the Tang Dynasty, if the Goguryeo army is not broken as soon as possible to go north, Li Ji is very doubtful that this time the Eastern Crusade will be in vain?
"Alas~ I don't know when King Shuo will be able to attract Gao Yanshou back?" With a sigh, Li Ji turned his head and walked towards the imperial camp.
Li Ji didn't know that at this time, the Goguryeo military camp was also in chaos, and the Goguryeo injuries and illnesses did not have such good medical conditions as the Tang Dynasty after the battle, and the lightly injured had to go to find food under their own wraps, and the seriously injured were thrown into the wounded barracks like garbage, and behind the wailing fields, the hundreds of thousands of Goguryeo troops were in full swing packing their bags.
"Retreat, how is it possible? Why retreat? ”
After watching the battle in the city for a day, Yang Xinyi, who only received the notice in the evening, put on a nut hat and rushed into the commander's barracks angrily, seeing her rushing in and sitting on the main seat, Gao Yanshou sighed helplessly, and Gao Huizhen, who was wearing a robe and a long beard fluttering, was also at a loss, and stretched out his hand to the side.
"Niece Xian, go ask them."
Only then did Yang Xinyi notice that the five young Goguryeo nobles who were lying on their sides and wilting were squirming, seeing their decadent scene, Yang Xinyi couldn't help but get angry again, and stepped on his feet and scolded: "The country has been raising soldiers for more than 700 years, and now that the national disaster is at the head, you just look so sluggish, are you worthy of the names of your respective families?" ”
"Family? Scold. The tired Wu Guping raised his head miserably: "The Wu Gu family has been wiped out, the head of the family, the uncle, and my six brothers were all hanged by the Tang Army, and the whole family of more than 100 people, male and female dependents, were all sold to the Central Plains, and people were enslaved, miserable!" ”
"What? How can it be? ”
Yang Xinyi suddenly retreated half a step in horror, and Omuro Qiu, who also escaped from death, then took over the words, sobbing and said: "Not only Wu Gu, but more than 30 families such as our Omuro, Yu Clan, Song, Cang, Zou, and Luo were exterminated, and more than 400 people were executed that day, the Gao family, the Minglin family, and the traitors took refuge in the Tang Army, which is the few of our families they framed against the Tang Army, and now Xincheng has completely fallen into the hands of the Tang Army." ”
At this moment, Yang Xinyi was silent, but after a while, a figure flashed in her mind, and the girl gritted her teeth and arched forward: "Two Weisa, who can attack the new city so strangely, it is none other than the king of Tang Junshuo, this person has penetrated hundreds of miles into my Goguryeo, but the lack of troops under him is a weakness, and now he has set up elite soldiers, quickly returned to the division, and recaptured the new city with Baiyan City as a stronghold, and the little girl is willing to lead the foot soldiers to stay in Liaodong City, there is still something to do!" ”
"It's late!" As soon as he said this, Gao Yanshou became furious, jumped off the throne in anger and roared: "The brazen Baiyan City guard Sun Fallin has surrendered to the Tang Army, and I heard that he also dedicated his daughter to Li Jie, the king of Shuo, as a concubine, is he worthy of the kindness of the previous kings?" Ben Weisa must break his body into pieces, fork fork ......"
Listening to Gao Yanshou's scolding, he was silent again for a long time, Yang Xinyi's beautiful eyes suddenly flashed a firm look, and she held her chest and asked for her life: "In this case, give up Liaodong City, the little girl is willing to break off the queen for the army!" ”
"Okay, just according to what the virtuous niece said!"
didn't even say a word of politeness, Gao Yanshou immediately slapped his palm and agreed as if he had been amnestied.
The next day, early in the morning.
After making dinner early, the Tang army started to kill again, this day, it was the turn of Li Tai, the king of Pu, to supervise the army, and the dense army quickly came out of the ranks in a strict formation, and the killing machine rushed to the Goguryeo military camp, this time, the fat Li Tai actually ran to the forefront of the army.
"Chuan Ben King's order, the army stepped forward and captured the Liaodong Angel with a thousand gold! Feudal marquis! ”
Listening to Li Taiang's shouting, even if Li Jie's Tiele soldiers were all bright-eyed and murderous, watching the army approaching the Goguryeo camp fiercely, Li Tai shouted resentfully: "Li Jie'er, what you want to get, this king wants to get it, even if this king can't get it, he will destroy her!" ”
Standing on the command platform, Li Ji's brows couldn't help but condense into a pimple, and he also roared in a low voice: "It's too fast!" The formation is already a little disjointed, not waiting for the cavalry to disrupt the enemy formation, rushing forward rashly, the prelude to the loss of the army, what is King Pu doing? ”
"It's the same prince, why is the gap so big!" Speaking angrily, Li Ji had no choice but to turn around and shout: "Send an order to Ashina Yunhunt and order his cavalry to quickly intersperse!" ”
The heralds rushed forward in a hurry, and Li Ji was even more worried about the Goguryeo military camp opposite, what was strange was that the entire military camp was quiet, if it was earlier at this time, the Goguryeo people would have come out to meet the battle.
Could it be that there is an ambush? Li Jie hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and gave an order: "Order King Pu's troops to stop on the spot!" ”
"Biography, holy oracle, order the Pu Wangbu to speed up the advance, take the Goguryeo camp, Ashina Yunlie cavalry back to defense, and gather in the east of the city with the cavalry of Qibi He Li, waiting for orders!" Suddenly, the eunuch's shrill voice floated over, and Li Ji, who was listening, almost didn't fall off the tower, shook his body, and turned back angrily and shouted.
"There's clearly an ambush!"
"The messenger has come to report that King Shuo has taken the new city, Baiyan City!"
"W-how is this possible?" Li Ji's pair of black glasses were really round, but after a while, he suddenly reacted again, no wonder the saint suddenly transferred the Pu Wang Department to the front line, this is to let him steal the credit! Maybe His Majesty knew about it last night, but instead of taking the opportunity to pursue, he created an opportunity for King Pu, is this the way to govern the army?
already knew a rough idea, and Li Ji didn't have the heart to play tricks on the stage anymore, so he turned around and got off the command tower and quickly walked into the imperial camp.
In the camp, Li Shimin was holding a pre-imperial conference, and it seemed that many generals also knew in advance, Qi Bi He Li, stubborn and lost his thinking power, all of them looked at the map attentively, and saw Li Ji come in with a black face, but Li Shimin couldn't help laughing loudly: "Mao Gong is finally here, and he should know about the battle situation, right?" ”
"Your Majesty, such a good opportunity did not take the opportunity to pursue, and let go of the Goguryeo army in vain......"
"Otherwise, the night is dark and the wind is high, if you rush to pursue, our army will also be ambushed, now Liaodong City is undefensible, and it is easy to force the Goguryeo army to approach the trapped beasts in Liaodong City while pursuing at night, and the gains outweigh the losses, and now the cavalry has gathered in one place, and a fierce general is needed to lead the pursuit, Aiqing is competent?"
Li Shimin's words were impassioned, but Li Ji was stunned, is this really the case? Obviously, one or two thousand people can disrupt the Goguryeo army, but at this time, it is not the way to be a minister, and after being stunned for a moment, Li Ji immediately knelt on the ground fiercely, and replied loudly: "The minister takes the order!" ”
A full 40,000 cavalry quickly ran on the horizon, shaking the sky and the earth, so that the birds and beasts in the mountains and forests were scattered in all directions, along the rugged and narrow canyon mountain road, Li Ji's army rushed all the way.
"Lord Angel! The Tang Army's forward has passed, is it not right to rush down and cut off the Tang Army? In the dense pine forest, looking at the rolling iron stream under the mountain, a Goguryeo officer climbed over quite enthusiastically, but his body was covered with a meadow and hidden in the grass, but Yang Xinyi waved his white and tender little hands.
"No, let them chase after them!"
"Gao Yanshou is already timid and useless, it is useless to protect him, this girl wants to end this war once and for all!"