Chapter Forty-Eight: Reinforcements Arrive The turtle in the urn

"Kill!"

Deafening shouts came from behind Gao Yanshou and Gao Hye-jeong, and countless wolf-like Tiele soldiers swung their scimitars and strode towards the unsuspecting Goguryeo army. "Top Point Novel,

In the face of Luo Shixin's huge goose formation, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen decided to attack with a large cone formation almost without thinking: the cone formation, also known as the peony formation, is a kind of forward such as a cone-shaped battle formation, this formation is characterized by sharp and fast edges, strong and powerful wings, and is a very effective attack formation. According to the formation of offense and defense, it can also be imagined that the cone formation is a kind of formation that specifically restrains the wild goose marching formation.

There are pros and cons to everything in this world, and the aggressiveness of the cone array is too strong, which also means that the defense is weak, and the power is condensed in the middle and left and right wings, making the rear hole infinitely expanding, becoming a fatal place.

The blow of Tiele led by Chebi He Li was the fatal blow to Goguryeo, and the weak rear army was defeated.

The soldiers of Goguryeo did not have the tacit understanding of the cavalry, and once they did not form a system, they immediately made a mess.

Luo Shixin, Li Daozong, and Su Dingfang, who had been holding back for a long time, saw that the reinforcements had arrived, and it was the time to counterattack, so they turned defense into attack almost at the same time and launched the offensive.

Liu Renliang, who commanded the three armies in place of Luo Shixin in the rear, also ordered people to beat the snare drum at the first time, and the stirring drum gave people a surging rush, which was the snare drum of the whole army's charge.

The flag danced, what was originally a bluff battle, but in an instant it became extremely real.

The Tang army was able to descend from the sky and tens of thousands of more troops appeared in their rear, and it was natural that they could add a large army in front of them that they did not know.

Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen had nothing to do in the face of this disadvantage, so they could only choose to escape.

The front and back roads were cut off by the Tang army. On the left is a cliff, and there is no way to go, only the north mountain on the right can escape.

They saw that Li Daozong was killing at the foot of Beishan Mountain step by step. Intending to block their road on the mountain, there was no time to think about it. led the Chinese army to flee to Beishan.

Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang rushed and killed fiercely, chasing and killing the defeated soldiers of Goguryeo to the greatest extent......

Under the three-sided encirclement of Luo Shixin, Su Dingfang, and Qibi Holi, the Goryeo army was defeated, the Tang army beheaded 11,000 ranks, and the rest of the Goguryeo soldiers and horses fled to Beishan.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen were selfish, and in order to escape safely, they did not inform their allies Heishui Jing Yabu and left them behind the back of the palace.

After Li Daozong allowed most of the Goguryeo soldiers to go up the mountain, he decisively attacked and cut off some of the Goguryeo soldiers and the Heishui Yabu to go up the mountain, and besieged them on all sides. All of them were captured.

Looking at the panicked Goguryeo soldiers on the North Mountain, Luo Shixin couldn't help but laugh and shouted, "The Tang Dynasty will win!" ”

"Datang will win!"

"Datang will win!"

"Datang will win!"

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Just like a group of secondary two teenagers, tens of thousands of soldiers held up this scarlet weapon, and screamed with the last remaining strength, and the sound shook the sky.

Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen panted like cattle and looked at the dense Tang army at the foot of the mountain, listening to the chilling shouts, and the fear in their eyes could not be dissipated.

"Well done!"

When Su Dingfang and Li Daozong came to restore their lives, Luo Shixin excitedly patted the former's shoulder. but gave the latter a punch.

Driving Goguryeo to Beishan was part of their plan.

The total annihilation of 100,000 Goguryeo soldiers, Luo Shixin did not think about it, but the price was too great.

The available troops in Luo Shixin's hands were only 40,000 after capturing Anshi City. And most of them have experienced siege battles, and their physical strength is somewhat lacking. The climate in the Northeast is harsh, and the soldiers are not accustomed to the water and soil. There are certain problems with the spirit and spirit, and there are also the troubles of wounded soldiers. If you can't exert your original combat effectiveness, even if you add the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Qi Bi He Li, it is only 60,000. Compared to the 100,000 army of Goguryeo. There is still a certain difference in the number of people.

If the goal is total annihilation, there is a great possibility of arousing the Goguryeo soldiers to make a desperate bet and fight back, and to survive to the death, causing them huge casualties, and even having a little chance to put them to death and come back to life, turning defeat into victory.

In this way, it is not cost-effective.

It was Luo Shixin who deliberately left Goguryeo a dead end that seemed to be alive, forcing them to go up to Beishan and trap them on the north.

Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen's grain and grass have swept away Qi Qi He Li, and the grain and grass they brought with them have been stalemate for a few days. As long as the grain and grass are exhausted, Goguryeo that fled into the mountains will be like a turtle in an urn, without any threat, and the Tang army can take them down without spending a single soldier.

However, the battle of trapped beasts should not be underestimated.

Luo Shixin feared that Goguryeo would follow Xiang Yu's counterattack before the grain and grass ran out, and tens of thousands of troops rushed down from the mountains, inflicting great casualties on them. It was also arranged for Li Daozong to cut off a part of it first, and the tail of the queen of the palace was eaten, weakening the strength of the Goguryeo army that was forcing the north, even if they had the courage of flesh and blood and the heart to fight to the death, the Tang army could also occupy a certain advantage in terms of strength.

Li Daozong is worthy of the current famous generals, and he has successfully completed this task, which is completely in line with Luo Shixin's predetermined plan.

One hero and three gangs, Luo Shixin's ability to get to this point in Goguryeo is inseparable from the overall quality of the officers and men of the Tang Army.

Li Daozong politely replied: "Everything is led by the chief manager." ”

At this time, a dark and emaciated alien man walked up: "The last general, Qi Bi He Li, is ordered by His Majesty the Heavenly Khan, and has come to support the general manager." ”

Luo Shixin's eyes fell on He Li, and he did not have any rejection of this foreign general, and stepped forward and said: "General Qibi is too timely, this battle can be won, and General Qibi should be the first credit." ”

Qi Bi He Li said solemnly: "Qi Bi He Li acted on orders, if there was no chief manager and several general managers to attack the strong with weakness and attract the attention of the enemy, we would not have achieved such results, and we would not dare to take credit." Besides, they all work for Datang, so why do they divide each other. ”

"Well said!" Luo Shixin saw that Qi Bi He Li had a square face, and he admired Li Shimin's means of winning people's hearts, and he knew that what Qi He Li said was not beautiful words, but words from the bottom of his heart. Li Shimin has the spirit of the sea and all rivers, and he reuses many foreign generals, but all the foreign generals he reuses are dead set on him. Among them, the most famous are the three generals of Qibi He Li, Ashina Sheer, and Zhi Zhi Sili.

As the prince of Tiele, he was born in the family of Tiele Khan, but he sincerely worked for the Tang Dynasty and regarded himself as a member of the Tang Dynasty. There was also a small incident in history, when Qibi He Li returned to the grassland to visit his mother, he was captured by Xue Yantuo, and Xue Yantuo was also a Tiele person, so he persuaded Qibi He Li to surrender and let him return to the grassland to break away from the Tang Dynasty as the Khan. Qi Bi He Li but fiercely drew his sword and shouted: "How can there be a Tang martyr who is humiliated by the court, heaven and earth, sun and moon, I wish to know my heart!" "Very domineering said that he would rather die than give in.

For foreign people like Qibi He Li who sincerely worked for the Tang Dynasty, Luo Shixin never regarded him as an outsider, enthusiastically pulled him down beside him, and entrusted him with an important task, so that he could block the foot of the north mountain together with Su Dingfang and Li Daozong to prevent the Goguryeo soldiers on the mountain from breaking through.

After this battle, collecting prisoners, treating wounded soldiers, and sorting out a series of complicated things on the battlefield, although Luo Shixin did not need to go out in person as the commander-in-chief, detailed arrangements were still necessary.

Just when he listened to Liu Renliang's report on the captured prisoners, Luo Shixin suddenly got a request from the imperial physician Wang Ling.

The imperial physician Wang Ling was originally a medical child of the Imperial Medical Department, but because of his hard work, he was favored by Sun Simiao, accepted as an apprentice, passed on his medical skills, and helped Sun Simiao sort out the national pharmacopoeia "Tang Xin Materia Medica", thus greatly improving his status and becoming a core member of the Imperial Medical Department. In this expedition to Goguryeo, Luo Shixin asked Li Shimin to expand the number of military doctors and improve the overall quality of military doctors, so he transferred imperial doctors from the Imperial Medical Department to military doctors and went out with the army.

Wang Ling was sincerely studious and volunteered to go out with the army to learn from experience, and naturally became the leader of the military doctor this time.

During this expedition, Wang Ling repeatedly approached him and suggested resting and taking medicine according to the different reactions of most of the soldiers, so as to minimize the symptoms of water and soil adaptation among the generals. There are many merits in this regard, and Luo Shixin's credit book has a heavy stroke of the military doctor he led. The unsung heroes, that's what they're talking about.

Luo Shixin asked Liu Renliang to suspend the report and invited Wang Ling into the manager's account.

Wang Ling is a very simple middle-aged man, thin and small, seeing that his face is a little anxious and angry, Luo Shixin hurriedly said: "What's the matter, Doctor Wang?" ”

Wang Ling said in a hurried tone: "Chief, the other party's arrows are poisonous, and it is too ruthless to use such despicable means on the battlefield." ”

"What?" Luo Shixin has been marching and fighting for many years, and it is the first time he has encountered this situation, smearing poison on his weapon, and standing up anxiously: "Take me to see." ”

With Wang Ling coming to the rear medical camp, all the wounded soldiers of the battle were treated here by the doctor, and they all saluted with injuries when they saw Luo Shixin coming, and Luo Shixin's prestige in the army was still extremely high, and it could be said that he won the hearts of the army.

Luo Shixin smiled and nodded in return, greeting them separately, allowing them to heal with peace of mind.

Going deep into the medical camp, Luo Shixin smelled a faint stench, which became heavier and heavier.

Outside a special camp, there were already a number of military doctors carrying five or six corpses past them.

"Wait!" Luo Shixin stopped the military doctor, looked at the eleven rotten arrow holes on the deceased soldier's body, his eyes were burning with anger, his fists clenched unconsciously, and his bones made a sound of frying broad beans.

Walking deeper, there were thousands of soldiers lying on the ground with low howls, and they all had arrowholes that had begun to rot.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Shixin said word by word: "What kind of poison is it, and can it be cured?" ”

Wang Ling shook his head and said, "It's not clear at the moment, it should be a kind of grass poison in their local area." Luckily, the soldiers' chain mail withstood most of the damage, and only a little bit of toxin seeped into the skin at the arrows. Causes the wound to rot and is not life-threatening. The arrows are a little deeper, unimaginable. (To be continued......)