A big battle that no one can afford to lose is launched in the wilderness outside Yancheng County, the 50,000 troops brought by Yuan Taizuo are the elite of the Goryeo army, and they have participated in three Goryeo battles, they are well-equipped and have high combat effectiveness, and the 20,000 cavalry is a cavalry raised by the power of the Goryeo country.

Yuan Taizuo wanted to occupy Liaodong and Hebei in one fell swoop with this army, but Yuan Taizuo did not expect the Sui army's strange water soldiers, which put him in the predicament of being attacked on his back.

He had no experience in dealing with the Modao heavy armor infantry, and used cavalry to attack the Modao army, causing him to fall into an even greater predicament.

It was the crushing defeat of the cavalry that led to the total passivity of the Goryeo army, and although there were still 20,000 infantry and 5,000 crossbow troops under the command of Yuan Taejo, the fleeing cavalry made it impossible for the crossbow army to shoot, and the fleeing cavalry also disrupted the infantry formation of the Goryeo army.

Yuan Taizuo commanded the infantry and the small number of cavalry that fled back to fight hard with the Sui army, and although they were at a disadvantage, they were still desperately holding on.

The battle in the field outside Yancheng has been white-hot, the golden iron horse, the sound of killing is shaking the sky, the war drums are beating hard, the horn is whimpering, the spear army of the Goryeo army supported by the desire to go home formed a phalanx, and the Sui cavalry fought desperately, in the south, thousands of lost cavalry were slaughtered again by the Modao army, they were eager to get infantry support.

However, the last 3,000 sword and shield soldiers of Yuan Taizuo went to support the crossbowmen who were almost unable to support them, and the Goryeo crossbowmen were surrounded by 5,000 spear Sui infantry, and more than half of them were killed and wounded.

The situation became more and more unfavorable for the Goryeo army, whether it was his spear phalanx, or the archbowmen, or the remnants of thousands of cavalry, they were all at a disadvantage.

As time passed, the casualties of the Goryeo army were getting heavier and heavier, and their morale was on the verge of collapse, when a terrible shout was heard from miles behind them, and Yuan Taejo turned back suddenly. The scene in front of him suddenly made him lose his last hope.

Gao Kaidao's army was the first to collapse, and all the deserters rushed to this side, crying and shouting, and the Sui army was covering behind, only three miles away from them.

Seeing that the defeated army and pursuers were getting closer and closer, the beads of sweat on Yuan Taizuo's forehead were rolling down, and he had already realized that this battle would definitely be lost.

"Withdraw, my lord! Or it's too late. Several pro-soldiers said anxiously.

Yuan Taizuo glanced at his army that was about to collapse again, turned his horse's head, and galloped towards the north first. Dozens of pro-soldiers followed him closely, gradually detaching from the battlefield......

The rout of Go-kai-do was like the last straw that overwhelmed the Goryeo army, and the Goryeo army collapsed on all fronts under the enemy's back. The battlefield turned into a one-sided slaughterhouse.

The cavalry of the Sui army ruthlessly slaughtered the fleeing Goryeo soldiers, the pursuing horses galloped, the spears pierced the hearts of the fleeers, and the heads of the Goryeo soldiers were slashed with horizontal knives, all the way for more than ten miles. The corpses of Goryeo soldiers were everywhere, and it was not until Yang Yuanqing gave the order to stop the killing that the massacre of the Sui army gradually stopped.

A total of 80,000 Yan and Goryeo troops were engaged in the battle, more than 50,000 were killed and killed, more than 20,000 were captured, and only a few thousand escaped. Even Gao Kaidao himself died in the chaos, which was the most tragic killing of the enemy since the Sui army launched the Hebei Campaign. The Sui army also paid the price of more than 4,000 dead and wounded.

Yang Yuanqing, under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers, inspected the battlefield stained red by blood, and tens of thousands of Sui troops were busy cleaning up the battlefield, stripping off armor and concentrating weapons. Piles of enemy corpses were set on fire and bones were buried.

The bloodshed and brutality of the battlefield were on full display in this battle. There was no mercy, no sympathy, just the silence after death, and the endless grief of their families.

Luo Shixin's cavalry rushed to the scene, and shouted from afar: "Chief! ”

He turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "The last general Luo Shixin is in charge!" ”

Yang Yuanqing helped him up, patted him on the shoulder, and said approvingly: "This battle of Liaodong was fought beautifully, I want to reward you heavily!" ”

Luo Shixin touched his head a little embarrassedly: "This is the captain's surprise soldier to win, otherwise I may not be able to defeat the other party with my own strength." ”

"Then I'll reward myself too!" Yang Yuanqing laughed.

At this time, a Lang general rushed to report, "Chief Qiyu, Yuan Taizuo's body was not found, and the captured soldiers confessed that Yuan Taizuo had fled before the army collapsed. ”

Yang Yuanqing's face immediately sank, revealing a look of extreme displeasure, Yuan Taizuo ran away, this is more serious than the escape of all 50,000 Goryeo troops, he is the prime minister of Goryeo, with great political value, Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered Luo Shixin: "Send 3,000 cavalry to search by the Liaoshui, if there are those who capture Yuan Taizuo alive, they will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and those who get their corpses will be rewarded with 5,000 taels of silver!" ”

The Liaoshui pontoon bridge has been broken, it is difficult for Yuan Taizuo to escape back to the other side, he still has a chance, Yang Yuanqing issued the highest reward of the Sui army so far, and the three thousand cavalry were excited, divided into thirty teams, and rushed to the west bank of Liaoshui...... Yuan Taizuo escaped from the battlefield before the Goryeo army was defeated, he ran into a forest, and fled to the northeast like a lost dog in the forest, Yancheng County is still more than 100 miles away from Liaoshui.

After about half a day of running, the group gradually arrived at Huaiyuan Town, which is close to Liaoshui, at this time there were only more than 30 guards behind him, except for the horses under the crotch, there were no tools to cross the river, but they could cut trees for felling and float across Liaoshui.

But that was the last forced step, and he was worried that there were Sui soldiers patrolling near Huaiyuan Town, so he turned to a road in a northerly direction.

Yuan Taizuo has his own way to cross the Liao River, about 20 miles north of Huaiyuan Town, there is a fishing village, called Shangliao Village, there are about thirty or forty families, fishing on the Liao River for a living, where you can find fishing boats to cross the river.

Yuan Taizuo led his soldiers all the way to the north, this is a very secret path, inaccessible, it was his patrol found and drawn on the map, he knew that the end of this path is Shangliao Village, which is almost an isolated small village.

By this time, it was almost dark, and the blood-red remnant sun reflected the fiery afterglow on everyone's faces and bodies through the treetops, like bloodstains stained after the Great War.

Rushing from Yan County, the people and horses were exhausted, and at this time they had passed ten miles from Huaiyuan Town, and their vigilance began to decrease, and everyone slowed down their horses and walked slowly.

Just then, several arrows 'swooped out of the woods!' The ground shot out, and several guards around Yuan Taizuo screamed and fell to the ground, and the sudden change surprised everyone.

I saw hundreds of Sui troops killed in front, they looked back, and hundreds of people also poured out from behind, blocking them in front and back, and a Sui army with a big axe came out of the team, pointing with his hand, "Bah! I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from now on, leave to buy road wealth! ”

After speaking, he looked up to the sky and laughed, this person was the Sui general Cheng Biting Jin, he led five hundred Sui cavalry to take a shortcut and cut off Yuan Taizuo's retreat, this is the credit that Xiao Yannian gave him, if Yuan Taizuo escaped from the battlefield, he would definitely take this road to the fishing village to find a boat.

Yuan Taizuo was almost desperate in his heart, but the desire to survive made him desperate, and he suddenly drew his sword and shouted, "Rush over!" ”

Thirty cavalry surrounded him and rushed towards the Sui army, and the Sui army also launched, with the forest trail as the center, front and back, left and right, circle after circle, full of running cavalry, approaching Yuan Taizuo and his men, there were constantly cavalry cold arrows shooting, and the soldiers screamed and planted their horses, and in a moment, five hundred cavalry surrounded Yuan Taizuo and less than twenty of his subordinates.

Spears stabbed out from all directions, and one after another pro-soldiers were stabbed to death, and in the end, only Yuan Taizuo was left, and with a sound of brushing the ground, hundreds of spears were aimed at him together.

Yuan Taizuo was completely desperate, he wanted to commit suicide, but he didn't have the courage to die, and finally he straightened his waist and shouted: "I am the prime minister of the dignified Goryeo Kingdom, you must not be rude to me!" ”

Cheng Biting Jin's eyes narrowed, "You old boy want dignity, yes, I will give you dignity, but you also have to give me the credit for Lao Tzu!" ”

He turned around and shouted, "Take him away!" ”

The Sui soldiers stepped forward, seized Yuan Taizuo's sword and his dagger, tied his wrists behind his back, and hundreds of Sui cavalry surrounded him and rushed towards Yancheng.

On the way, he happened to meet Yang Yuanqing leading thousands of troops, and Cheng Yanjin hurriedly sent a soldier to report.

The news that Yuan Taizuo was caught by Cheng Biting Jin made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed, he deserved to be his lucky general, and even this kind of credit could be grabbed, so he really had to be rewarded.

But now, he was more concerned about Yuan Taizuo, and immediately ordered: "Bring him up!" ”

Yuan Taizuo's face became extremely ugly at this time, he already knew on the road that the main general of the Sui army who defeated him was Yang Yuanqing, which made him feel an unbearable sense of shame.

This shame is not that Yang Yuanqing led the Sui army to defeat him, but that his plan was already under Yang Yuanqing's control, or rather, he was played by Yang Yuanqing, resulting in his own capture and the annihilation of the 50,000 elite Goryeo army.

He even suspected that Yang Yuanqing put Gao Kaidao back in Liaodong just to lure him out, and if that was the case, this enemy would be too terrible.

The soldiers of the Sui army pushed Yuan Taizuo in front of Yang Yuanqing, Yang Yuanqing glanced at him, and said with a faint smile: "I should have seen you." ”

Yuan Taizuo also said coldly: "Of course I have seen it, in the fourth year of your Renshou, in the Luoyang Palace, you were still a milky hairy child at that time. ”

"Thirteen years have passed."

Yang Yuanqing was not annoyed, he sighed slightly about the passage of time, and then ordered the soldiers, "Untie him!" ”

The soldier untied the rope that bound Yuan Taizuo's wrist, Yuan Taizuo moved his numb wrist, the sense of humiliation in his heart was slightly better, he glanced at Yang Yuanqing, and sneered: "What do you want to do with me?" ”

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly: "I want to invite you to Taiyuan as a guest, I don't know how much time, three or five years, Yuan Xiangguo, please......