Chapter 130: The more the merrier

"What is your name, this strong man?"

Wang Rengong suppressed the disappointment in his heart because Liu Shilong let go of Yizhi Wende, and looked at the black-armored knight with dozens of feather arrows on his body and asked.

Li Xian slowly turned his head and pushed the armor up: "The humble position is Yan Yun, the captain of the Zuotun Guard Grain Guard, and I have seen the general." ”

Wang Rengong was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "Sure enough, it's you, I recognized your armor and war horse when I saw you charging into battle just now, and you surprised me for the second time." ”

Wang Rengong smiled self-deprecatingly: "On the contrary, it was the captain of your grain guard who chased after him first." ”

Li Xian slowly shook his head and said, "It's still late." ”

At this time, Yuwenshu and others led the army to catch up, and when they rode by, Yuwenshu's eyes swept over Li Xian, and he seemed to be quite surprised, but the eyes flashed and did not stop for long, and soon focused on the tens of thousands of Goguryeo infantry in front. No less than 3,000 cavalry were killed from the Sui army camp one after another, and after killing more than 1,000 light cavalry of Goguryeo, they slowly formed a formation behind several generals.

The Sui army did not attack immediately, and the Goguryeo people were even less likely to be stupid. 10,000 infantry, in the face of more than 3,000 Great Sui elite cavalry, there is no chance of winning in a defensive phalanx, let alone taking the initiative to attack? The commander of the Goguryeo Qu Marshal ordered the soldiers to form a formation and retreat slowly, keeping on guard, and the soldiers retreated backwards.

Yu Wenshu stood in front of the array, was silent for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed forward.

Thousands of cavalry suddenly launched, and the sound of stomping on the ground was like a rumbling war drum, and the tide rushed towards the infantry phalanx of Goguryeo. When there were still 150 paces to go, a timid Goguryeo soldier released his bowstring and sent the feather arrow out, which flew a hundred paces away and fell crookedly. The cavalry of the Great Sui let out a thunderous mockery in the charge, which blushed the face of the Goguryeo soldier and frightened him, but this arrow was like a small pebble that broke the tense surface of the lake, and with the issuance of this arrow, the tense nerves of the Goguryeo soldiers were also loosened at the same time, and countless feathered arrows shot out along with the crooked arrow.

The arrows were like flying locusts, and they were shot out overwhelmingly.

The three thousand elite horsemen were divided into six torrents, and stabbed down like six sharp daggers. Although many of the Great Sui cavalry were knocked out by feathered arrows, their fine armor shared most of the risk. In the face of the cavalry rushing at high speed, the qualified archer will shoot a maximum of three arrows after the cavalry enters the firing range, and after three arrows, the archer must retreat behind the spearman, otherwise, the archer with the lowest defense can only be slaughtered by the cavalry and have little power to fight back.

It was a sudden battle that was not in the plans of the generals on both sides. Obviously, in response to this sudden battle, the Goguryeo soldiers were far inferior to the government soldiers of the Great Sui. Although the cavalry of the Great Sui were hungry, they still showed amazing combat power in this situation.

The battle ended half an hour later, 10,000 Goguryeo infantry were killed by more than 4,000, and almost all the remaining soldiers surrendered, but this was the result that Yuwensu and others did not want to see. Surrendering troops is a burden.

Now that the expeditionary force of the Great Sui has run out of food, how can it be possible to feed nearly 6,000 more prisoners of war?

"Can't put it back!"

Xue Shixiong glanced at Yuwen Shu and sighed.

Yu Wenshu nodded, he knew what Xue Shixiong was thinking. These 6,000 prisoners of war cannot be collected, if they are put back, when the Sui army retreats, they will become 6,000 wolves, biting fiercely from behind, a mouthful of flesh and blood, a mouthful of muscles and bones, and at that time, I am afraid that the well-trained soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion are already so hungry that they have no strength to resist.

"Kill it."

Yu Wenshu said lightly.

"No way!"

I don't know when, Shangshu Youcheng Liu Shilong also rode a horse to chase up, and happened to hear Yuwenshu order to slaughter prisoners of war, he immediately stopped in front of Yuwenshu, and said solemnly: "My soldiers of the Great Sui are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness, since they have already descended, they must not be killed again!" If you dare to order the prisoners to be killed, he said, "When the class teacher returns, I will join you in front of Your Majesty." ”

Yu Wenshu sneered: "When you have the life to go back, the old man will naturally wait for you to join me." However, if Lord Liu was willing to sacrifice his rations to feed the prisoners, General Ben would consider killing three or five fewer people. ”

Liu Shilong was stunned, and he didn't know how to answer.

Yu Wenshu sneered, hugged Liu Shilong and said: "If you and I have the life to go back, when we face the saint, even if Lord Liu does not participate in me, I will ask Lord Liu in front of the saint why I put Yizhi Wende back." This crime of fornicating with the enemy country, Lord Liu should think carefully about how to explain it to His Majesty. ”

He turned his horse back and said one word in a cold voice: "Kill!" ”

Nearly 6,000 Goguryeo soldiers, who had already laid down their weapons, squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. A young man who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old trembled with fright, and his face was pale and he kept looking at the Great Sui cavalry who were riding horses back and forth. Seeing that he was really scared enough, a Goguryeo veteran with gray hair and beard beside him said softly: "Don't be afraid, the Sui people will not kill prisoners, they always say that they are some kind of benevolent and righteous teachers, and the emperor of the Great Sui is the king of benevolence and righteousness, don't worry, they regard face as more important than life, maybe they will put us all back in a while." ”

The Goguryeo boy trembled and asked, "What you said is true?" ”

The Goguryeo veteran smiled and said: "Don't believe it, I was captured by the Sui army last time in Mazishui, and I was escorted away for two days, eating and drinking, and finally I was thought to be cumbersome and let go." Before leaving, I stole half a bag of food from them, and those guys obviously didn't care when they saw it. ”

The Goguryeo boy looked at the veteran in disbelief, opened his mouth, and finally squeezed out a few words: "Sui people are so stupid." ”

The veteran nodded and said, "The Sui people are the most ...... in the world."

He didn't say the next word, because a feathered arrow drilled into his neck with precision. The cluster of arrows pierced through the back of his neck, severing his throat directly. Blood spurted out at once, splashing the Goguryeo boy's face. Immediately, the boy screamed and fell to the ground, his face as white as paper. Before dying, this Goguryeo veteran thought of what was wrong with the Sui people?

Countless feathered arrows came from all directions, and the cavalry of the Great Sui began to slaughter the captives.

Some people began to resist, and they were quickly slashed to the ground with horizontal knives. Some people stand up and want to run wildly from a distance, but how can they escape if they leave their backs to the enemy? The Goguryeo infantry, who were frantically fleeing, were chased from behind by the Great Sui cavalry and hacked to death, while most of them could not even stand up before they could resist. After the feathered arrows were covered, the cavalry began to comb back and forth like rakes, cutting down the remnants of the Goguryeo infantry one by one. In less than an hour, nearly 6,000 people were slaughtered. Liu Shilong, the supervisor of the Great Sui Expeditionary Army, looked at this hellish scene, and was so frightened that he peed his pants.

This is the first time in Liu Shilong's life that he was so scared that he peed his pants, of course, when he didn't have self-control when he was a child, it couldn't be counted. In other words, it was the first time he had been so humiliated since the day he joined the company. But this is not the only time, and the next time, the place where he pees his pants is under the knife of the executioner.

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"Captain Yan, you ...... Why do you serve in the Grain Guard? ”

Wang Rengong asked curiously.

Li Xian tore off the feather arrows hanging on the black armor, and replied lightly: "The grain guards are very good, at least...... The last to starve. ”

The corners of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, that was because some feather arrows still drilled into the gaps in the black armor, although the piercing was not deep, but every time he pulled out, a stream of blood would come out. It's just that he didn't let out a moan from beginning to end, but the sweat on his forehead still told others what kind of pain he was enduring it.

Wang Rengong glanced at Li Xian appreciatively and said, "I have wronged you, if you want, you can go to my Zuo Wuwei ......"

"General Xie is kind, and General Xin treats me well."

Li Xian interrupted Wang Rengong's words, slightly rude.

Wang Rengong opened his mouth, then shook his head with a wry smile. He stopped talking, and Li Xian didn't show any intention of continuing to talk. The two men walked in silence side by side, one seemed to be in deep thought, his face was heavy, and the other silently continued to pull out the feather arrows on his body one by one, and then threw them on the ground casually.

Yuwenshu sent his own soldiers over to invite Wang Rengong to discuss the matter, and Wang Rengong turned his head and said to Li Xian: "After returning to the camp, I will send someone to send you some wound medicine." ”

Li Xian nodded in thanks: "Thank you, General." ”

There is no excuse.

Wang Rengong smiled and turned his horse towards Yuwenshu's location.

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After returning to his camp, with the help of Luo Fu and Chen Qi'er, Li Xian took off his black armor, and at this time, his clothes were soaked in blood. Count it, there are no less than twenty openings on his body that have been shot out by feather arrows, fortunately, the black armor is strong enough, and the links are also chain mail made of stainless steel, and the feather arrows are not pierced deeply, but there are too many wounds that look a little terrifying.

Dugu Ruizhi personally gave Li Xian medicine, wiped the bloodstains, and frowned: "Why are you so desperate?" ”

Li Xian smiled, picked up the wine bag on the side and shook it, only to find that it was empty. Luo Fu took out a wine bag from a bag and handed it to Li Xian, and said slowly: "The last bag of wine, save some to drink." ”

Li Xian didn't drink wine, nor did he save it, but poured the bag of wine on his wound without any distress, and the liquor flowed from the wound, and even foamed at the white foam. The burn caused a sharp pain in the wound, but Li Xian's eyes seemed to be brighter.

"Prepare, if nothing else, we'll have to move to another place."

Li Xian poured the last sip of wine into his mouth, wiped the corners of his mouth and said.

"Change places? Where to? ”

Dugu Ruizhi didn't stop Li Xian from cleaning his wound with spirits, and turned his head and asked after hearing Li Xian's words.

Li Xian was silent for a while and said, "General Wang Rengong wants to send me to Zuo Wuwei, and Xin Shixiong will definitely not release me." In order to deal with Wang Rengong, he said that he couldn't give me a bigger official. ”

"At this time, even if you are asked to be a general, does it make sense?"

Dugu Ruizhi glared at him and said.

Li Xian shook his head and nodded again: "Didn't you ask me, why are you so desperate?" ”

He paused and said, "You have to do something, otherwise you won't be sure...... If we do our best and do what we should do, there will be no nonsense guilt. From today onwards, what we have to do is to save as many lives as possible when we withdraw the army, and then find a way to turn the soldiers of the Great Sui into my soldiers. The more the merrier...... So, you ask me if it makes sense for Xin Shixiong to give me a promotion, and the answer is yes, yes! ”

The next time, Xin Shixiong was promoted to the account, and Li Xian participated in the military meeting for the second time, and the first time, he was just a spectator. The second time, he became the main character.

Li Xian was promoted to a general from the fifth rank because of his merits, and when he returned to the army, he reissued a document to the military department for formal appointment. Because Ying Yanglang killed Meng Shidi in battle, the 3,600 soldiers of the three folding battalions under his command were temporarily handed over to Li Xian to lead, and the eighteen horsemen were all rewarded.

"Three thousand six hundred?"

Under Xin Shixiong's encouraging gaze, Li Xian thought silently...... It's still not enough.

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