On the thirteenth day of the eighth month of the ninth year of the Great Cause, the whole sky was gray, it was almost noon, but there was no shadow of the sun, and piles of clouds in the sky were accumulating and hanging low overhead.

The invading Sui army finally couldn't hold back and retreated, and the noble lords in the northwest and north of Goguryeo were all excited, hiding in the mountain city every day, and each tribe lost a lot of property for so long. Now that they heard that the Sui army was about to retreat, they all gathered the young men in the tribe, ready to pounce and bite a large piece to make up for their previous losses.

The commander of Fuyu City, who was eager to make meritorious contributions, led Yuan Taizuo to lead 30,000 cavalry and 50,000 young and strong soldiers of the tribe, claiming to be 100,000 people who rushed to the Liaohe Sui army retreat day and night.

At noon on the 13th, the soldiers and horses finally arrived at the Jinshan Gorge, as long as they passed through the canyon, it was only one step away from Liaodong.

The general of the Yuan clan, Yuan Taizuo's uncle Yuan Gaitong pointed to the canyon in front, "Dashuai, as long as you cross the canyon in front, it will be the Liao River." After the soldiers had been on the road for so long, did they first order a temporary rest, bury the pot and make food, and then send a team of men and horses to investigate the situation in the valley, so that when the brothers had eaten, they would be able to know the situation ahead. ”

Yuan Taizuo's younger brother Yuan Pure Land is also a horse warrior, helping his brother Yuan Taizuo to lead the 10,000 elite soldiers of the Yuan clan, and he also agrees at this time, "Jinshan Canyon is very close to the Liao River, let's send people to cross the canyon first to explore the movement of the Liao River." lest the vanguard rangers of the Sui army have already reached the edge of the Liao River, it would not be good if the first army was discovered by them in advance. ”

Yuan Taizuo looked at the soldiers and horses behind him, and drove for two and a half days in a row, only resting for a few hours at night every day, and the whole army was already quite tired at this time. In particular, the foot soldiers who did not have horses, all of them were panting, and most of them were young and strong slaves of various tribes, although their bodies were also strong, but they could not stand the rapid march of regular soldiers and horses for two and a half days like this.

Yuan Taizuo looked up at the sky, at this time, the clouds in the sky were low, it was only noon, and the sky was already as dark as in the evening.

"When I look at the sky today, it looks like it's going to rain again. When it rains heavily, the mountain roads must be muddy, and the army cannot march in the heavy rain, and if it rests at this time, the army will inevitably be delayed here. At present, it is only more than 50 miles away from the Liao River, so let the sons and daughters work harder, and rush to the west valley mouth of Jinshan Canyon to camp while it has not rained. In this way, we will be able to avoid this heavy rain, and we will not miss the fighter, and once the Sui army appears, we can also wait for work. ”

Although Yuan Gaitong and Yuan Pure Land uncle and nephew felt that the soldiers were extremely tired at this time, it was also very reasonable to think about Yuan Taizuo's words, anyway, there were only fifty miles left, and if they rushed to the west entrance of the canyon to rest and camp at this time, it would also be a good arrangement.

Hurriedly nodded, turned to the guards around him and said, "Order the city lords, generals, and clan lords of all mountain cities, just say that the commander has an order, and the whole army will step up and camp at the valley mouth on the west side of the canyon to rest."

One after another orders were passed down, although the soldiers were a little dissatisfied, but they thought about gritting their teeth again, and they would be able to camp and rest in two hours, and no one was bored one by one, and they were busy and continued to move forward with the team.

Yuan Taizuo is also a veteran, before the soldiers and horses entered the canyon, he sent a team of more than 100 cavalry into the valley in advance to investigate, and after hearing that there was nothing abnormal, he entered the canyon with the soldiers and horses.

Jinshan Canyon is said to be a canyon, but in fact, the passage is very wide, and there will be no problem with hundreds of cavalry in parallel. Yuan Taizuo let his younger brother Yuan Pure Land lead the elite 5,000 cavalry of the Yuan clan as the front army, his uncle Yuan Gai bronze led the 5,000 cavalry of Fuyucheng, and the 5,000 elite infantry soldiers of the Yuan clan as the rear army. He personally led 15,000 soldiers and horses, and 50,000 young and strong horses of various tribes as the Chinese army. Maintaining a marching formation all the way, with a queue of 100 people, they marched towards the Jinshan Gorge. …,

The entire procession of 80,000 people stretched for nearly ten miles in front and back, which was really mighty and full of flags

As the army advanced to the middle of the canyon, several sharp clangs suddenly sounded in the canyon.

The exhausted young men of the tribe turned their heads around, walking heavily, searching for the source of the strange sound.

"What was that sound just now? Sounds like an arrow? ”

"I hear it like it, but it looks like an arrow, and I heard it when I followed the lord before, and it is usually used to give orders."

A group of cavalry guarding the wings walked by, and a veteran listened with a pricked ear and shouted, "Ringing arrows, this is the ringing arrows of the army, someone is ambushing here"

The young men of the tribe in the team were shocked when they heard it, they were going to ambush the Sui army, why was there someone here ambushing them? Many young men shouted, "It can't be that the Sui army is ambushing here and preparing to ambush us, right?" Quite a few words"

A team of Yuan Taizuo's regular cavalry of Fuyu City arrived, and one of the building owners shouted, "What nonsense? This must be the man sent by Gao Jianwu, the Rongliu King of Liaodong City, to receive us. The Sui army can no longer hold back now, how can they come here to ambush us. If you chew your tongue again, you will be punished as shaking the hearts of the army, and be careful of your dog's head."

His composure and ferocity calmed the young men of those tribes at once, and many of them believed his words, and no one talked nonsense.

The team that had just calmed down had not yet walked a few steps when suddenly the entire ground shook slightly, and a thunderous roar came from behind. The young men of the tribe who had grown up on the northeastern frontier since they were children immediately heard the roar of horses' hooves, and when they heard the sound, this was definitely a cavalry. And the number of people will not be less than 10,000 horses, otherwise there would be no such sound.

All the tribesmen and soldiers panicked, and the arrows just now said that they were sent by King Rongliu to meet them, so it was still a little possible. But now that the roar of the horse's hooves came from behind him, it was impossible for King Rongliu to come and meet him with cavalry at that time, right? Not a lot of words

In the midst of the chaos, the Yuan Gaitong of the rear army of the large army saw that it seemed that suddenly, a black oppressive cavalry unit rushed in from outside the valley mouth they had just passed, and at a glance, the black oppression could not see the end at all.

The black-pressed cavalry came very fast, and was quickly accepting their rear army, which seemed to be like a black cloud, carrying wind and rain, and like ocean waves, a wave of * rushing towards the face.

As the roar of the horse's hooves became louder and louder, the silhouette of the cavalry became clearer and clearer, and the black armor, black banner, and black lance, horse lance, and vigorous knight were getting closer and closer.

There was a big flag in the first place, but it was only half, and it was written that the heavy infantry brigade was four years old, and there was a pair of snow-white wings underneath, and there was something under the wings, but at this time, only the upper half was left, and the lower half was gone.

Fierce cavalry, ferocious approach, odd half a banner

Yuan Gaitong's many years of experience can be seen at once, this is not the soldiers and horses of Goguryeo, this is the cavalry of the Sui people. This result shocked him, the Sui people were not near the Liao River, but appeared from behind them, and this situation made him a little confused for a while.

"Enemy Attack Formation"

Before he had time to figure out what was going on, Yuan Gai let out a hoarse roar.

In the face of this sudden Sui cavalry, Yuan Gaitong urgently sent all the heralds down, and one by one the heralds rode through the array of the rear army, shouting loudly, "Arrange the formation, all the infantry form a defensive glaive array, and the cavalry is divided into two teams, retreat into the left and right flanks of the infantry defense formation and suppress the position." ”…,

"The infantry spearmen are at the front of the great formation with their spears, and the bows and arrows are holding their bows to be close behind the spearmen, and everyone is getting ready"

One by one, the officers yelled fiercely at the soldiers, "Squat down in the first row."

The spear-wielding front-row infantrymen crouched down, pointing their spears diagonally forward, the tail of the spear stuck into the mud, holding the lower part of the spear with both hands, and bending down to meet the enemy.

"Hold your ground, everyone is not allowed to retreat, and those who retreat will be killed" The heralds have already brought a row of guards of the commander of the rear army, Yuan Gaitong, to the front of the formation, each guard is holding a bow and arrow, and the feather arrows are not aimed at the front of the position, but at the back of all the soldiers, as long as someone dares to turn around, then they will mercilessly correct it on the spot.

The rear army of 10,000 people, 5,000 cavalry is the regular soldiers of the kingdom of Xinyu City, and the 5,000 infantry is the elite infantry private soldiers in the Yuan clan.

The Sui cavalry is getting closer and closer, and at this time, the soldiers of the Liao rear army have clearly seen this Sui army, which is a complete cavalry unit, without a single foot soldier, all cavalry. And the armor is complete, even the vanguard that rushed to the front with half a banner, all the war horses are wearing armor.

"Glory belongs to us, honor is my life heavy infantry brigade brothers, use the blood of the Liao people to wash away our previous shame, rush, brothers"

"Glory belongs to us, honor is my life" one after another cavalry roared out neatly, for them, they had just suffered a huge humiliation in Liaodong City, and became the laughing stock of the whole army, but now, it was a great opportunity for them to wash away this shame with the horse lance in their hands, and no one was willing to let go of such an opportunity.

A huge shout rushed to the sky, and the neat and loud sound was like a wave, rushing up to the clouds at once.

Listening to the loud noise, there was no doubt that this was a cavalry of the Sui people, and there were at least more than 10,000 people. Looking at the ever-shrinking distance, the Liao people who were still hurriedly arranging their formations were all as pale as earth.

roared hoarsely, begging for a monthly pass......,