Chapter 0114: Pyongyang Landing
The fire in the Minfu camp was raging, the smoke was billowing out, countless big tents were ignited, the fire spread rapidly, in the fire and smoke, the Sui soldiers were merciless, and the Minfu camp was bloodied, and there were killed Goguryeo people everywhere, and the corpses were all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.
More than 10,000 people in the camp were terrified, shouting hysterically, scattering and fleeing for their lives, countless people were killed and burned to death, and the whole camp was covered in blood and fear.
The alarm of the Minfu camp quickly spread to the Goguryeo army camp, and the main general Kwon Wenshou was shocked and hurriedly led thousands of troops to the Minfu camp, he knew very well in his heart that even if the military camp was not lost, but the Minfu camp had an accident and the Minfu ran out, and it also lost the meaning of defense.
At this time, the entire camp was engulfed in flames, the fire burned bigger and bigger, the smoke rushed up dozens of zhang high, and it was clearly visible hundreds of miles away, more than 15,000 people were killed and wounded, and the rest of the people were frightened and had already fled without a trace.
There was no longer anyone in the camp, and the Sui army also withdrew from the camp and began to quickly retreat to the periphery.
Goguryeo general Kwon Wenshou saw a Sui army of more than 1,000 people retreating from a distance, his eyes suddenly turned red, such a big fire, Pyongyang must be able to see it clearly, once the king and his father are held accountable, how can he explain?
Kwon Mun-shou was a well-known playboy in the Goguryeo army, handsome in appearance, amorous, but pretentious, but he was of noble birth and was the eldest son of Kwon Huan, the second powerful minister of Goguryeo, so his status in the military was extremely high.
Perhaps because of his strong sense of superiority, Quan Wenshou was very short-tempered, often beating and scolding the soldiers, and he was stubborn and self-serving, and rarely listened to the advice of his generals.
Although Yuan Taizuo was very dissatisfied with him, he couldn't change him, and the army under Quan Wenshou belonged to Quan Huan, so when Yuan Taizuo inspected yesterday, many words were not aimed at Quan Wenshou, but to explain to all the generals.
Quan Wenshou was so anxious that he yelled loudly: "Catch up with them." Annihilate them all! ”
He was dazed, thinking only about how to give an explanation to his father and the king, but completely ignoring the safety of the city wall, he led 5,000 soldiers to desperately pursue and kill the Sui army, which had withdrawn several miles away.
Then. There were less than 200 patrol soldiers on duty on the city wall, which was a normal patrol soldier, and once they found an abnormality on the sea, they would quickly ring the alarm bell and notify the troops in the large camp to go to the city to prepare for battle.
Two hundred soldiers were similarly stunned by the blazing fire. They stood on the city walls, staring in horror at the sea of fire, which had spread for miles, bewildered.
The fire was so great that the burning curtains were blown into the air by the strong winds and scattered in all directions, and there were hundreds of tents near the western wall, surrounded by barracks, which were the warehouses of the defenders, storing a large amount of grain, grass and ordnance for the army and the people, and the warehouse camp and the people's camp were separated by about a mile. Usually the security is tight, and fireworks are strictly guarded.
But under the nest, it was difficult to finish the eggs, a few pieces of burning cloth fell into the warehouse camp, ignited the warehouse camp, and the grain and grass stored in the camp were also quickly ignited, the fire spread rapidly, and the scorching heat wave continued to rush towards the city wall, so that the western half of the city wall could not stay, and the soldiers on the city retreated to the east.
The soldiers at the head of the city were in disarray, and they didn't notice it at all. A Goguryeo army dressed in the same attire had quietly appeared to the west of the city, this army of about fifty people, it was Shen Guang and his men, they had a clear goal. It's hundreds of trebuchets at the head of the city.
At this time, there were no defenders in the western section of the city, and Shen Guang had dealt with this trebuchet at the head of the city in Liaodong, and he knew very well that this Goguryeo trebuchet had one of its biggest weaknesses.
He climbed up the trebuchet with great speed and found the joint between the pole and the bracket, which was firmly bound with several straps.
Shen Guang pulled out his sharp war knife and used it to cut several belts tied to the trebuchet. The huge trebuchet collapsed with a bang, and the thick logs rolled down in all directions, and Shen Guang flipped over a foot away with one heel, and quickly dodged the impact of the rough wood when it landed.
The trebuchet, which was more than two feet high, could be easily damaged in such a way that it would take a dozen craftsmen a day to repair it, which was obviously unrealistic.
Under the leadership of Shen Guang, more than 50 of his men endured the scorching heat and quickly destroyed nearly 150 trebuchets in the west.
'When! While! While! ’
The hurried bell finally rang, and one hundred and eighty Goguryeo soldiers rushed to fight with Shen Guang's men, but the main army of Goguryeo was led ten miles away by Jang Xuan, with a large camp burning with fire in between, and they could not hear the alarm bells on the city wall at all.
At this moment, dense black spots appeared on the sea, and large ships sailed towards the shore, and the big ships were full of heavily armed soldiers.
Laihu'er strode ashore, his own soldiers also led the war horse, Laihu'er turned over and got on the horse, the sword pointed to the city wall a hundred steps away, and shouted: "Kill the city wall!" ”
Thousands of soldiers who were the first to go ashore shouted and rushed towards the city wall, and more than a hundred Goguryeo soldiers who were fighting fiercely with Shen Guang's men also saw the dense ships and countless soldiers not far away coming towards the city wall, they were frightened, and they had no intention of fighting again, and they turned around and fled to the east of the city wall
Quan Wenshou chased the Sui army that destroyed the defense all the way, but Zhang Xuan never refused to fight him, led the army to flee north, lured the 5,000 Goguryeo army to chase behind, and created conditions for Shen Guang to destroy the trebuchet.
chased all the way for more than ten miles, and at this time, the two lieutenant generals grabbed the reins of Quan Wenshou's war horse on the left and right, and said urgently: "General, the enemy army is clearly luring us north, and we can't chase it anymore!" ”
Quan Wenshou suddenly came to his senses, and he slapped his thigh hard, "Oops, I fell for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!" ”
He hurriedly shouted the order, "Retreat immediately!" ”
But where would Zhang Xuan allow them to withdraw, when the Goguryeo army had just turned around and retreated, Zhang Xuan immediately led the army to catch up, chasing the retreating enemy army behind, Quan Wenshou was so angry that he once again ordered to turn around and chase after the Sui army, and Zhang Xuan's army retreated sharply again. This time they retreated into the woods, and soon disappeared without a trace.
Kwon Wenshou reined in his horse and was stunned in front of the woods, chasing and killing the enemy may not be able to catch up. But just retreating from the army like this, he was really unwilling in his heart, which made him feel helpless in a dilemma.
Just then, an escaped soldier galloped in on horseback, and he caught up with Kwon Mun-shou. Grabbed the reins of the war horse and shouted: "General Quan, the big thing is not good, the Sui army has landed, and the city wall has been lost!" ”
Quan Wenshou seemed to be struck by lightning, he froze for a moment, he didn't take Yuan Taizuo's warning to heart at all, but now that the Sui army had really landed, he realized that Yuan Taizuo's words were right, and he had made a big mistake.
Quan Wenshou slapped his head suddenly, he was so confused! Sui Jun's obvious intentions could not be seen. The city wall is lost, what should I do now?
"General, retreat!"
His generals persuaded one after another: "As long as we can preserve our strength, the king may not blame us, if we don't leave again, we will be surrounded by enemy troops, and everything will be played." ”
Kwon Wenshou was so distraught that he had no idea at all, so he had to obey the advice of his generals and lead his army to retreat quickly to the east. But it was too late, and the five thousand troops hurried along the official road, and they had barely retreated for more than a few miles, when drums were beating in the woods on both sides. The flames broke out, and an ambush soldier came out, and in the firelight, a veteran general held the avenue with his hands and his hair was white, and it was the former army commander who came to protect his son.
Lai'er brushed his beard and laughed. "The accounts of two years ago, let's settle them together today!"
He waved his sword, "Kill me!" ”
Nearly 10,000 Sui troops covered up from both sides, the Goguryeo soldiers were suddenly in chaos, and they were killed so that they turned their backs and turned over, Quan Wenshou saw that the situation was not good, turned the horse's head and fled, the main general fled, and the Goguryeo soldiers collapsed instantly.
All and on both sides were surrounded by the Sui army, there was only one back road, but the narrow official road made it impossible for them to flee in large numbers, the Goguryeo soldiers trampled on each other, scrambling to flee for their lives, crying, pleading, and screaming resounded through the official road, and the corpses were piled up by the Sui army, cornered, and surrendered on their knees.
Lai Hu'er remembered two years of hatred, almost all of his 40,000 troops were killed by the Goguryeo army, and he coldly ordered: "Don't accept surrender, kill me all, not a single one will be left!" ”
The Sui army was suddenly murderous, slashing with swords and stabbing with spears, mercilessly killing thousands of Goguryeo soldiers, and the narrow official road became an incomparably bloody Shura field, although there were also a small number of Goguryeo soldiers who resisted, but they were soon drowned in the tragic killing.
Quan Wenshou fled westward in panic, followed by less than a hundred soldiers, only ran out of less than two miles, Quan Wenshou suddenly found that there was something wrong in front of him, so shocked that he hurriedly reined in the reins of the war horse, only to see more than a thousand Sui soldiers lined up in a half-moon shape on the official road in front of him, led by a Sui army general, lifting the green dragon halberd, staring at him fiercely.
Quan Wenshou took a few steps back in fright, and hurriedly looked for a way to retreat left and right, his right side was a steep hillside, and on the left was a lush black pine forest, outside the black pine forest was the surging river, Quan Wenshou was cornered, he was a little desperate in his heart, and the hundred soldiers who followed him also knew that there was no way out, they no longer cared about Quan Wenshou, and fled in the pine forest.
At this time, the drums behind him were like thunder, and the chasing soldiers were about to be killed, Quan Wenshou was in his heart, and with a wave of the spear in his hand, he urged the horse to kill Zhang Xuan, "Sui will die!" He shouted, and the silver spear stabbed Jang Hyun in the throat.
Zhang Xuan was not in a hurry, the halberd waved outward, only to hear a loud sound of 'dang', Quan Wenshou was shocked to the point that his arms were sore, the spear flew out of his hand, and before he could react, he felt that his body rose into the air, Zhang Xuan lightly stretched his ape arm, grabbed Quan Wenshou from the war horse, and threw it heavily on the ground.
"Tie him up!"
Zhang Xuan shouted the order, and several soldiers rushed up, pressed Quan Wenshou face down to the ground, and tied him firmly with ropes.
This is a lesson learned by Zhang Xuan, he killed Yuan Wuning in Shenlu Town, and afterwards Zhou Fashang told him that Yuan Wuning was the third son of Yuan Taizuo, the first powerful minister of Goguryeo, and it would be more meaningful if he could be captured alive, but unfortunately Zhang Xuan had no experience and shot too ruthlessly.
This time, he knew that the general who could lead 5,000 Goguryeo soldiers would never be an unknown person, so he spared Kwon Wenshou's life and captured him alive.
At this time, Laihu'er led thousands of troops to chase after him, and restrained the war horse from a distance, Laihu'er laughed and said, "Is it General Zhang?" ”
Zhang Xuan hurriedly urged the horse to step forward and bowed down on the horse, "The last general, Zhang Xuan, see the big handsome!" ”
Lai Hu'er nodded and praised: "My army is tired by boat, I was worried that there would be a fierce battle, but I didn't expect you to clear all my obstacles, this successful landing, I will remember your first credit!" ”
"Thank you for your love!"
The fire in the camp burned for more than an hour before it gradually went out, and all the Minfu camp was burned down, and nearly half of the materials in the warehouse camp were burned.
Fortunately, the barracks were not affected by the flames and were preserved intact, but the Goguryeo soldiers in the barracks were gone, and they were tragically annihilated in another place.
Instead of continuing the offensive towards Pyongyang, Lai Huer settled in the bay where he landed, waiting for news from Zhou Fashang's army. (To be continued.) )