Chapter 456: Battle of Niulangang (2)

The terrain of Niulangang is not too open, but it is a good place for the two armies to play against each other, there are several small hills on the north and south sides, the east is a big river, and the west side is a lofty mountain range, there is no way out, and the center is a flat land with a radius of nearly three miles, no matter the foot and horse can go back and forth without hindrance, at this time, the Goguryeo army occupies the north, and the south side is in addition to the more than 35,000 people and horses of the Tang army Li Jisuo in the bright place, the rest of the Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses are divided into two parts, One of them, 25,000 men and horses, was hidden in a dense forest on the west side of the battlefield, and the other part of more than 40,000 troops was located on a small hill that was not too high but densely wooded.

Big brother, what do you think Tang Jun is trying to do? The formation has already been arranged, and the people and horses have already rested completely, but the Tang army has never made any movement, such a strange thing makes the Gao brothers unclear in the fog, so Gao Huizhen, who is impatient, finally couldn't hold it back, turned his head to look at the brother next to him, and asked tentatively.

Not to mention that Gao Huizhen couldn't see through Tang Jun's intentions, Gao Yanshou, who thought he was a wise general, was also confused, but Gao Yanshou was deep in the city, and he didn't put doubts on his face, he calmed his face and snorted coldly, which was regarded as answering his brother's question.

Big brother, there are not many people in the Tang army, why don't you attack for a while first? Gao Huizhen touched a soft nail, but he still refused to stop there, and hurriedly asked again.

To attack or not to attack? This is a big problem, in Gao Yanshou's view, the Tang Army's formation here is naturally not good-looking, there must be another ambush behind it, but Gao Yanshou does not know where the Tang Army's ambush is, since his own formation has been set up, if he does not attack and withdraw his troops, his morale will inevitably be damaged, but he really wants to attack, but he is worried that he will not be able to attack, but he is in the ambush of the Tang Army, and he is very hesitant in his heart. frowned and said: Wait and see.

Wait? Waiting? Big brother, one blow, and then the drum and decline, at this time my army has stabilized its position, morale is booming, such an obvious advantage is not attacked, the gang of bastard boys below still mistakenly think that my brother has no courage, afraid of the Tang Army, hey, if the eldest brother is afraid, then watch the little brother go up and kill him! As soon as he heard it, he had to wait, Gao Hui's really hot temper finally couldn't help but get violent, and he blushed and shouted loudly.

Well, then it's good to attack first. Although Gao Yanshou still didn't want to attack, when he saw that Gao Huizhen was on the verge of going berserk, he was helpless, so he had to nod his head in agreement.

Good lat, watch Lao Tzu kill his mother! As soon as Gao Huizhen heard that his brother agreed to attack, he became excited, clapped his hands suddenly, and ordered in a loud voice: Gao Kunlong, lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to attack the right flank of the Tang army; Gao Mingming, Er led his troops to attack the left flank of the Tang Army, Gao Yanzhen, Er immediately led the infantry of the headquarters to move forward, suppressing our position, and the departments immediately deployed, there must be no mistakes!

Yes, the last general will obey! The generals in the periphery responded violently, scattered separately, each returned to the headquarters, and suddenly the horns in the Goguryeo formation sounded in unison, the drums shook the sky, and the 20,000 cavalry on the left and right wings began to press forward, slowly adjusting the pace of the horses, ready to launch a fierce charge at any time, as for the central camp, a foot army of about 20,000 people, arranged into four phalanxes, as the drum began to move forward, the atmosphere of slaughter instantly diffused in front of the two armies.

Since the founding of Goguryeo, the conquest has continued, and the Central Plains regime has not been less at war, the most famous of which is naturally the Sui Yang Emperor's million-strong army to conquer Goguryeo, in this battle the 1.13 million army led by the Sui Yang Emperor in the rout, only a few of them can return to the country alive, and the rest are either killed or captured, as for the craftsmen who accompanied the army have fallen into the hands of Goguryeo, therefore, in terms of weapons and military thought, Goguryeo is not an uncivilized barbarian. The composition and armament of the cavalry and the armament are very similar to the former Sui The cavalry's protective gear is also plate armor, horse lance, waist knife, small round shield, and the composition of the infantry is also divided into crossbowmen, shield knife soldiers, pikemen, heavy axe soldiers, etc., compared with the Tang army, the difference is only the powerful arms such as the Mo knife team, as for the tactical skills of the infantry and cavalry armies are similar to the Tang army, but the combat effectiveness is slightly worse than the Tang army, and it is definitely one of the strong armies of this era, therefore, in the face of the offensive of Goguryeo's 60,000 troops at one time, As the chief general of the Tang Army, Li Ji did not dare to be careless, his eyes were fixed, and he ordered loudly: Order: The Chinese army will not move, Liu Junqiong on the left and Cheng Mingzhen on the right will each lead their own troops to meet the enemy, advance without retreat, and kill thieves!

Li Ji ordered an order, the horn in the Tang army formation sounded violently, the cavalry on the left and right wings mounted their horses one after another, Liu Junqiong, Cheng Mingzhen two veteran generals each led 5,000 cavalry to slowly press forward, with a burst of drums suddenly sounded, the Tang cavalry took the lead in the charge, in view of this, the opposite Goguryeo cavalry refused to show weakness, and also began to accelerate under the leadership of their own commander, the two sides combined with more than 50,000 cavalry, more than 200,000 horses' hooves trampled the earth and shocked, rolling yellow dust rose all over the sky, and the murderous spirit rushed straight out of the clouds.

Cheng Mingzhen, the right-wing general of the Tang Army, a native of Ping'en (now Quzhou) in Zhaozhou, was under Dou Jiande in his early years, and later joined Li Yuan, and was the current general of the right Xiaowei of Dongping County, and was one of the famous generals of the Tang Army. There is no doubt that the ribs are the weakest link of the Goguryeo army, if a crack cavalry can be separated from its ribs, it can completely disrupt the connection between the two arrays of the enemy, so that the two parts of the Goguryeo cavalry can fall into the dilemma of fighting separately, however, it can be seen that it can be done, but it is another matter The number of elite cavalry attacking must not be too much, otherwise it will not only attract the attention of the Goguryeo army, so as to change the formation to make up for the flaws in the ribs, and the number of people attacking must not be too small, otherwise, Moreover, the elite cavalry of the attack will inevitably be flanked by the two major cavalry formations, and the generals who lead the attack must also have the courage and ability to fight to the death.

Don't miss the time! If you can't disrupt the formation of the Goguryeo army at the first time, and use 5,000 Tang troops against 20,000 Goguryeo cavalry, the prospect may not be wonderful, Cheng Mingzhen didn't have time to hesitate, and in the middle of the sprint, he turned around and shouted: Ting'er, you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to bypass the enemy's front and kill from the ribs, go quickly!

Cheng Wuting, the eldest son of Cheng Mingzhen, known for his courage since childhood, is twenty years old, was originally the right Xiaowei cavalry Cao, is the best among the rising stars in the army, this time with his father on the expedition, meritorious service is not small, has been promoted to a guerrilla general, but the troops led by the army are still unchanged, or only more than 300 horsemen, if it is a different person, I heard that I want to hit the ribs of 20,000 cavalry with more than 300 horses, and I will be scared to the soul, but Cheng Wuting is not afraid at all, and he responded loudly, waved the horse lance in his hand, and shouted: The right Lin cavalry camp listens to the order, and comes with a certain one, kill the thief! As soon as the words fell, he took the lead in speeding up his horse, and killed the Tang army's cavalry formation in an oblique stab, and more than 300 cavalry behind him were not far behind, roaring and following behind the main general, shouting and drawing an arc in front of the two armies, and killing the gap between the two cavalry arrays in front and behind Goguryeo.

The Tang army's division of a small force between the sprints was too obvious, and Gao Mingming, who led the Goguryeo left-wing cavalry to fight, saw it all in his eyes, and guessed the intention of Cheng Mingzhen's move, but he didn't take it to heart that the ribs were the weakness of the Goguryeo cavalry formation, and Gao Mingliang knew this in his heart, but he didn't think that Cheng Wuting's small team of more than 300 cavalry alone could cause much trouble to his own military formation, but for the sake of prudence, Gao Mingliang still sent a partial general to lead more than 1,000 cavalry from the formation to meet Cheng Wuting, as for the whole army, the formation remained unchanged and rushed towards the Tang army brigade to kill the generals.

Cheng Wuting saw that the enemy army had divided more than 1,000 cavalry to meet the attack, not only was he not surprised, but he was secretly excited, seeing that the enemy general deceived his own few soldiers and quickly killed the future, Cheng Wuting was not angry, just blindly galloped on horseback, and at the moment when the two sides were about to collide head-on, Cheng Wuting suddenly roared: Kill! The sound was like thunder, and the Goguryeo general on the opposite side was so weak that he didn't give the opponent time to react at all, and the horse lance in his hand stabbed violently, and the enemy general was picked off the horse, and his horse speed did not decrease, and he rushed into the Goguryeo army like an angry dragon, carrying guns like flying, and killed more than a dozen people in an instant, and the Goguryeo cavalry that came behind saw that Cheng Wuting was too fierce, how dare they put it, and they took their horses to dodge, and the more than 1,000 horsemen who were originally neat fell into chaos when they boarded.

Datang is mighty!

Datang is mighty!

The more than 300 cavalry who followed closely behind Cheng Wuting saw that the main general was so mighty, their morale was greatly boosted, and they invariably shouted the battle cry, and slaughtered into the more than 1,000 enemy cavalry who came to intercept like a tiger like a flock, but they had already penetrated the enemy formation in a few breaths, and did not chase the rout army that scattered and fled, and rushed towards the ribs of the Goguryeo cavalry formation in the same direction.

Damn, up, stop them! Gao Mingming, who rushed in the middle of the second cavalry array, saw that Cheng Wuting was fierce, and he was anxious when he boarded, and shouted loudly, but it was a pity that it was too late, and Cheng Wuting's department, which had been intercepted through the blockade, had already rushed to the front, and without waiting for the Goguryeo cavalry array to change formation, it had already smashed into the Goguryeo cavalry array like a sharp arrow, and the Goguryeo army formation at the end of the army was in chaos.

When the cavalry forward of the left wing of Goguryeo was sprinting, he suddenly heard that the sound of his own rear formation was wrong, and they were shocked and uncertain, the forward of the Tang army had already killed the front, but they saw Cheng Mingzhen, who had a white beard, rushing to the front with a horse lance, and the horse lance in his hand waved up and down, killing the Goguryeo cavalry vanguard on his back as if he had entered a no-man's land.

Kill the thief! Kill the thief! Kill the thief! The 5,000 Tang cavalry troops were all fierce and abnormal, killing the oncoming Goguryeo 1st cavalry team to pieces, and the entire Goguryeo left wing army almost fell into a state of collapse.

As a general, even in the melee between the two armies, he has to see the six roads, listen to all directions, and be able to adapt to changes, otherwise he can't be regarded as a qualified general, obviously, Gao Mingliang can only be regarded as barely passing, and he has seen the calculations of the Tang army before, but not only did he not eat the small team of Cheng Wuting in order to hit the morale of the Tang army, but he also did not pay attention to the combat strength of Cheng Wuting's department, and he did not even adjust the formation. Delusionally thinking that only the 1,000 cavalry sent could defeat or block Cheng Wuting's headquarters, this series of mistakes, the original absolute superiority in strength could not be brought into play, not to mention, but also because of the confusion of the formation and mutual interference, the whole army was in chaos, if this battle continued like this, it would have to be a fiasco.

People are in a desperate situation, either completely erupted, or completely sunk, Gao Mingliang didn't want to be defeated, so he broke out, and didn't care about the crisis of his front cavalry formation, and ordered the rear cavalry brigade to besiege Cheng Wuting in the core, forming a siege, and then he led four thousand elites to rush to the right with all his strength, and after a horse beating and circling not far away, he slowly wandered outside the battlefield, waiting for Cheng Mingzhen to rescue the trapped Tang Army surprise attack detachment, as long as the Tang Army dared to move, Gao Mingliang could come to a praying mantis to catch cicadas, Cut off the main force of the Tang Army.

Although the strength of the Tang cavalry was originally higher than that of the Goguryeo cavalry, and there was no intention to calculate, although the strength was only half of the Goguryeo forward army, but a big kill, but the enemy was defeated twice, and when the battle was not long, 10,000 Goguryeo forwards were killed and fled, but when Cheng Mingzhen killed the Goguryeo forwards, he suddenly found himself in a dilemma to save his son, and it was difficult to resist the blow of Gao Mingming's headquarters gathered on the outside of the battlefield, and he wanted to meet Gao Mingming. If he could not defeat Gao Mingming's troops in a short period of time, not only Cheng Wuting might be trapped in the enemy's formation, but it was more likely to give Goguryeo time to revive the defeated army, once this happened, it would be difficult to say whether the victory or defeat would be known.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and there is really no room for too much hesitation, although Cheng Mingzhen really wants to save his son, but he knows that the price of doing so is the rout of the whole army, so after rushing out of the chaotic army, Cheng Mingzhen only hesitated slightly, and then rode his horse and stabbed towards the Gao Mingliang Department that was wandering outside the battlefield.

Gao Mingliang saw that Cheng Mingzhen really killed him, and his heart immediately calmed down, in his opinion, although the Tang army was brave, but after defeating his own front army, it was bound to be the end of the crossbow, at this time, his own troops were not much less than the Tang army, as long as the Tang army could be entangled, after Cheng Wuting's department was destroyed, it would be the time to attack Cheng Mingzhen before and after, if this is the case, this battle will undoubtedly win!

Sons, defend the family and the country, kill! Gao Mingming roared, brandished his horse lance, and killed Cheng Mingzhen on his horse, and the more than 4,000 elite cavalry behind him also launched at the same time, followed by his own main general to launch a fierce counter-charge against the Tang army

Compared with the scene of the Tang army gaining the upper hand on the right-wing battlefield, the left-wing Tang army has fallen into an extreme crisis at this time Liu Junqiong is also a veteran, and a general from the Qin Palace, following Li Shimin to fight a lot of battles in the east and west, and has also made a lot of contributions, but it is all from the dragon's work, Liu Junqiong's own force and resourcefulness are just ordinary people, there is nothing surprising, his promotion to the position of general is completely based on his qualifications, and this time it is not Li Ji's meaning, But from Li Shimin's promotion, the same is to send troops to charge, Liu Junqiong neither has Cheng Mingzhen's strategic vision, nor Cheng Mingzhen's father and son's bravery, of course, Liu Junqiong's own courage is not bad, as soon as he received the order to attack, he launched, and the 20,000 cavalry of Goguryeo who killed the general head-on collided hard, at the beginning, relying on the tactical literacy of the Tang officers and soldiers was much higher than the advantage of the Goguryeo army, but also killed very easily, constantly tearing apart the opponent's cavalry array, and killing into the core of the enemyIt's a pity that courage can't be eaten, and the result of having courage without corresponding courage is that it can't rush 5,000 Tang officers and soldiers in the enemy array only rushed to kill a pillar of incense or so, and it was already the end of the crossbow, and they fell into the siege of the Goguryeo army, although they fought bloodily, they were never able to get out of trouble, and the situation on the left-wing battlefield was already at a critical moment of crisis!

General, General Liu was afraid that it was dangerous, so the last general asked for reinforcements from his troops. Qin Huaiyu, who was standing beside Li Ji, saw that the situation on the left wing was critical, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said politely.

Qin Huaiyu can see the danger of the left flank, how can Li Ji and other old rivers and lakes not see it, at this time he is also anxious to use Liu Junqiong as the general Li Ji originally did not agree, but he couldn't resist Li Shimin's insistence, that is, he reluctantly used it in desperation, and now the same force on the right wing is fighting heartily and gaining the upper hand, but the left flank is good, the battle has just begun, and it can't be played, this contrast is so great that people have the urge to vomit blood, however, at this time, the enemy brigade is still staring at the battlefield behind, It's really not a good time to send troops to rescue, but if you don't save it, once the left wing collapses, even if the right wing wins, I'm afraid that this war will be difficult to act according to the original plan, if this is the case, it's really going to be a bad battle, this consequence is not something he Li Ji can afford, the problem is that if his own rear position moves, the enemy army will inevitably move, and at present, these more than 30,000 troops really have to carry with 160,000 strong enemies, whether they can hold on to the time when their follow-up troops and horses are launched, this Li Ji is not sure at all.

No, let's take a look at it. Li Ji pondered for a while, but at the end of the day, he still did not agree to Qin Huaiyu's request.

But, alas! Qin Huaiyu is a deputy general and Li Ji's junior, so it is not good to question Li Ji's orders, and in desperation, he can only sigh, ride his horse to the side, and look at the situation of the left-wing battlefield with a worried face.

General, the last general asks to bring a hundred horsemen out of battle, if you can't recover the situation, be willing to be a military law! Qin Huaiyu had just retreated, and a general flashed out from the side and shouted for his life.

When the generals heard this, someone dared to lead only a hundred people into battle, and they were all startled, and their eyes brushed to the ground and they looked at the sound, wanting to see who dared to boast of such a sea mouth

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