Chapter 554: The Decisive Battle of Pyongyang City (4)
If a person has the will to die, then there is no fear of anything, at this moment Gao Quansheng is exactly like this, the will to die is budding, and it doesn't matter if he sneaks or not, there is still a mile away from the Silla army camp, so he waved his army and galloped wildly, roaring and shouting all the way, not caring whether it would alarm the Silla army in the camp in advance because of this, Gao Quansheng's ruthlessness, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly thundered in the dark night, and it was impossible to see how many enemy Silla army patrolmen were all frightened, and in an instant "enemy attack" The sound rang out one after another, and the sleeping soldiers in the camp were immediately alarmed, and they ran out of their tents and scurried around the camp in horror like headless flies.
"Assault, assault of the whole army, kill!" The wind was roaring, the blood was burning, and seeing the chaos in the Silla camp, Gao Quansheng's blood was boiling, and he galloped and roared wildly, and his face, which was originally quite handsome, was twisted and hideous.
Two hundred steps, one hundred steps, fifty steps, a distance of one mile for the galloping cavalry brigade, but a matter of a moment, without waiting for the Silla camp to react, Gao Quansheng has led his troops to rush to the distance of about thirty steps in front of the camp, facing the antlers, fences and other things scattered in front of the camp gate, Gao Quansheng roared, the horse lance in his hand will be opened, left and right, in the middle of the time, the obstacle blocking the way to the air, roaring again and again to disperse the defenders who rushed forward, and broke into the camp in the first place.
Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, Tang Prince Li Zhen ordered to reward the three armies, a group of Silla officers and soldiers since they also stained the light, a lot of wine and food, poor Silla soldiers are mostly poor, who have ever drunk the Tang Dynasty wine, indulged, drunk people, at this late night, the whole army is in a deep sleep, suddenly by Gao Quansheng this rush, a group of half-asleep Silla officers and soldiers can not organize effective resistance at all, the entire front camp was stirred into a pot of porridge by the Goguryeo cavalry, the soldiers can not find the officer, The officer could not command the troops, and the entire front battalion completely collapsed.
"Set fire, set fire!" Gao Quansheng did not expect his trip to be so smooth, and he was overjoyed, and while leading his troops to rush through the chaos and kill the army, without giving the Silla army a chance to breathe, he kept loudly ordering his soldiers to set fire everywhere, and in an instant the Silla army front camp turned into a hell of blood and fire, and the panicked Silla army front camp suffered heavy casualties and was already a broken army.
Although Jin Chunqiu did not receive Li Zhen's banquet today, he also got the wine and food sent by Li Zhen, and drank with a group of subordinate generals, drank a little high, and went to bed early. Say, say it! "Enemy attack, enemy attack!" The partial general obviously didn't know the situation in the front camp, but Jin Chunqiu grabbed his breastplate, and he didn't dare not answer, so he shouted at the top of his throat, with a look of anxiety on his face.
"Bastard, little Cole, why are you so panicked!" Jin Chunqiu is worthy of being the first general of Silla, and he was a little flustered when he came out of the account before, but in a blink of an eye, he stabilized his mind, scolded, pushed the partial general aside, raised his voice and ordered: "Order: Close the middle gate, no matter who dares to trespass on the middle gate, there will be no mercy, the pro-guard army will immediately assemble and standby, and in addition, immediately send someone to General Xue to explain the truth and ask for reinforcements." ”
Attacked in the dark, the most terrible thing is that the command is not effective, at this time Jin Chunqiu stood out like this, a group of Silla officers and soldiers who were panicking had the backbone, with Jin Chunqiu's series of orders issued, the Silla soldiers in the middle and rear battalions immediately heard the order and moved, although there was still some chaos, but the position was stabilized because of this, a team of crossbowmen under the command of their respective generals, rushed to the junction of the front and middle two battalions, lined up in formation, and regardless of whether it was their own rout or Goguryeo cavalry who rushed over, a random arrow beckoned to the pastImmediately, Jin Chunqiu personally led 3,000 cavalry of his personal guard to rush out of the middle gate, rushing like flying towards Gao Quansheng's headquarters that was coming and going in the front camp, and a bloody night battle began.
Pyongyang City is the capital of Goguryeo, and it is the largest city in Goguryeo, although it is not comparable to Chang'an and other giants with a population of millions at every turn, but its population also has more than 400,000 people, with a radius of more than 20 miles, Rao is the Tang and Xin coalition forces have more than 400,000 troops, but they can not achieve a comprehensive siege of the city, they can only be divided into four roads, and build camps on all sides to defend it, except for Li Zhenqin who led the main force of 100,000 troops to the east gate, the west and south gates were respectively surrounded by Li Daliang and Cheng Mingzhen with 50,000 soldiers and horses. As for the north gate, it was handed over to Xue Wanche to command the headquarters of 35,000 soldiers and horses and 120,000 Silla troops under the command of Jin Chunqiu, although the two armies were under the command of Xue Wanche, but they were camped separately, just when the front camp of the Silla army was in chaos, the Tang army camp that was only a hundred steps away from the Silla camp was as quiet as water, and it was not disturbed by the close battle at hand - more than 30,000 soldiers of the Tang army, who had already assembled and stood by for a long time, were neatly lined up in the camp, silently waiting for Xue Wanche to give the order to fight.
"Report, the front camp of the Silla army has been attacked, and the Goguryeo army has all rushed into the camp."
"Report, the front camp of the Silla army collapsed, and the casualties are not counted."
"Report, the front camp of the Silla army caught fire, and Jin Chunqiu led his troops to counterattack and asked our army to send reinforcements."
…… A piece of news continued to pass into the big tent of the Chinese army, but Xue Wanche, who sat still, seemed to have never heard it, and his face was always dark, and he didn't even say anything, but Du Zhengxin, who was standing beside him, couldn't bear it, lowered his body, and asked in a low voice: "General, the Silla army is weak, if it continues to be defeated, I am afraid that the army's morale is unfavorable, or the last general will lead two thousand cavalry to reinforce it?" "No, you don't have to!" Xue Wan spit out two words without raising his head.
"This ......" Du Zhengxin, like the generals of the Tang Dynasty, was assembled and stood by before the third watch, but he didn't know what the whole battle plan was about, until the Silla army camp was robbed, there was some vague speculation, I thought that my side assembled in advance in order to completely annihilate the Goguryeo army that robbed the camp out of the city, and had the intention to invite himself to fight and make a war feat, but at this time, seeing that Xue Wanche did not send troops to save the Silla army, he was a little confused when he landed, and he hesitated and didn't know what to say.
"Hey, the people who went out of the city to rob the camp were just Xiao Kou'er, it seems that if such a few soldiers and horses Jin Chunqiu can't stop it, then there is no need for Silla to exist."
Du Zhengxin is the general of Li Zhen's family, and now Xue Wanche has the heart to lean on Li Zhen, and he does not want to grudge with Du Zhengxin.
"Hiss......" Du Zhengxin, as a side child of the Du family, can be favored by Li Zhen, naturally he will not be a fool, although Xue Wanche did not completely put the truth out at this time, but Du Zhengxin had already guessed a rough idea, and gasped when he landed, and under a stirring spirit, the words blurted out: "General, the last general asks for the first wave of attack on the city!" "Hmm."
Xue Wanche said noncommittally, and simply closed his eyes, with a calm and calm attitude, but his heart was not calm - when Li Zhen said earlier that there would definitely be soldiers in the city to rob the camp tonight, Xue Wanche actually didn't believe it very much, and he didn't have any bottom in his heart about Li Zhen's strategy of planning and planning, but as a subordinate, Xue Wanche didn't dare to make irresponsible remarks in front of military and political strongmen like Li Zhen, but everything that happened now has proved Li Zhen's foresight, for the war that is about to start today, Xue Wanche had a lot more confidence, but as soon as he thought of Li Ke, the king of Wu who had always been kind, Xue Wanche's heart was a little confused for no reason.
"Major General, look, General Gao has succeeded, our army will attack, this is a good opportunity to break the enemy in one fell swoop, the last general invites himself to be the vanguard, and he will not return if he does not break the enemy camp."
On the tower of the northern gate of Pyongyang, a group of defending officers and soldiers saw the Silla army camp soaring into the sky, and faintly heard the sound of shouting and fighting, and they all cheered excitedly.
Seeing the fire in the Silla army camp, the Yuan boy was also very excited, but he didn't dare to forget his Lao Tzu's explanation, how could he really send troops to attack, as soon as he heard the advice of the general who defended the city, his face immediately became stiff, and he scolded loudly: "No, Tang Kou is cunning, you must guard against fraud, order the whole army, not make loud noises, and go all out to guard against Tang thieves' counterattack, and don't retreat!" "Yes, the last will obey."
Although the general defending the city knew that what Yuan boy said was talking nonsense with his eyes open, how could he dare to be more serious, so he had to respectfully agree to the promise and go to suppress the noise of his subordinates without mentioning it.
The battle of the camp robbery is to fight more with less, relying on suddenness, what is needed is to rush the enemy army in one go, not to give the enemy a chance to adjust and breathe, once there is a stalemate, waiting for the end of the camp robbers is usually not much better, this Gao Quansheng is very clear, therefore, after disrupting the front camp of the Silla army, Gao Quansheng planned to drive the defeated soldiers to attack the middle camp of the Silla army, but he didn't expect Jin Chunqiu to be so ruthless, he didn't care about the life or death of his own defeated army, and ordered the crossbowmen to cover the shooting, Gao Quansheng, who knew that he could not rush into the middle camp, simply let go of his hands and feet in the chaotic front camp and killed him, killing the front camp Silla rebels whose heads fell to the ground, and the corpses were all over the field, and the sound of ghosts crying wolves resounded in the sky, and when he was in a good mood, he suddenly heard the sound of the Silla middle camp was not right, and he looked up and saw that it was the Silla middle camp that sent troops, and he knew that it was difficult to do a big thing, but Gao Quansheng had already died on this trip, but he was not afraid, and roared, not only did not go, but waved his troops to meet it.
Not to mention, don't look at Gao Quansheng always doing nothing in front of the Tang army, but killing the Silla army, but it is very vicious, as soon as the two sides face each other, Gao Quansheng has killed several people in a row, and rushed into the ranks of the Silla army, like a killing god is unstoppable, but Jin Chunqiu, who led the attack, was angry, twisted the horse's head, rushed forward, and yelled: "Thief, watch the fight!" The horse lance in his hand slammed into Gao Quansheng's chest.
"Look for death!" Although Gao Quansheng was in the midst of the chaos, he still noticed that Jin Chunqiu's gun was not trivial, and he didn't dare to slack off, and he killed a Silla cavalryman who rushed to his side, and took advantage of a side crossing, holding Jin Chunqiu's incoming gun, and with a flick of his wrist, when he flicked off Jin Chunqiu's incoming gun, he waved the horse lance in his hand and pumped it to Jin Chunqiu's waist like a whip.
"Hah!" Jin Chunqiu didn't expect Gao Quansheng to react so quickly, and if he wanted to return the gun to parry, he was not in a hurry, and in a panic, he let go of the handle of the gun with both hands, took advantage of the situation, grabbed Gao Quansheng's incoming gun, let out a shout, and dragged it hard, and actually planned to take advantage of the situation to drag Gao Quansheng off the horse.
Not good! Gao Quansheng felt that his hands trembled, and the whole person was dragged to stand up, and his heart was violently vibrating, and he hurriedly recaptured with all his strength with his arms, Jin Chunqiu refused to let go, and also increased his strength, and tried his best to grab the gun, but unexpectedly, the strength of the two sides was equal, and no one could snatch the horse lance into his hand, and the war horses under their crotches neighed, and they turned around in place, and no one could help anyone for a while, at the same time, the Silla cavalry who rushed out of the middle camp also killed with the Goguryeo cavalry, and the entire front camp shouted to kill when it was neutral. The battle was inextricable, but when the two sides had only been fighting for a short time, the Silla army in the middle camp had been reorganized, and the Silla army under the command of the generals continued to enter the front camp, so that the balance of the original evenly matched was immediately broken, and the Goguryeo cavalry that rushed to kill was gradually exhausted.
"Big brother, go quickly, I can't stop it!" Just when Gao Quansheng and Jin Chunqiu were still engaged in an endless tug-of-war competition, Gao Quanming quickly killed, roared and slashed over several Silla cavalry who were blocking the way, and rushed to the front with a shout, slashing at Jin Chunqiu's head with a knife.
"Here you go!" Jin Chunqiu was snatching the horse lance with Gao Quansheng, and the corner of his eye found Gao Quanming's killing, so he didn't dare to entangle with Gao Quansheng any more, and roared, suddenly let go of the hand holding the gun, kicked the horse's belly with his feet, and took advantage of an iron plate bridge, dodging Gao Quanming's chopping, and then suddenly straightened his waist, copied his hand, pulled out the horizontal knife on his waist, twisted the horse's head, and then wanted to find the second high when he was going to settle the account, but found that the second high had already killed the horse to the camp gate, and his heart was furious, and he raised the horizontal knife in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Chase, Thou shalt not go away thief! As soon as the words fell, he led a group of personal guard cavalry gathered around him and chased after the Goguryeo cavalry.
"Withdraw, withdraw!" Gao Quansheng saw that the Silla army was gathering more and more, and he did not dare to delay any longer, desperately urging the horse to rush forward, all the way to kill and disperse the Silla army's heavy interception, leading the remnants of more than 2,000 people to break out of the camp, just about to flee in the direction of the west gate of Pyongyang City, but heard the shouts of the left and right sides at the same time, two teams of Tang cavalry armed with torches rushed out of the dark night, had blocked the way to the left and right sides of the Goguryeo army, when he saw that the situation was not right, Gao Quansheng couldn't care much, and fled back frantically towards the way he came.
The Goguryeo army fled not unpleasantly, how could it be that the horses under the crotch of a group of people had been killed for nearly half an hour, and the horsepower was already out, how could it be compared with the elite cavalry of the Tang army that had been recuperating for a long time, and a group of Goguryeo cavalry had escaped less than two miles, and they had been caught up by the Tang army on both roads, but seeing Du Zhengxin on the left and Shi Fengshou on the right, the two generals each waved their troops and trapped, and the Silla cavalry that arrived then blocked the back road of the Goguryeo army.
"Sons, fight for your family and country!" Seeing that there was no way to escape, Gao Quansheng was ruthless, brandished the big knife in his hand, roared wildly and led his troops to launch a decisive charge to the Tang army that blocked the way, trying to desperately open a gap, but unexpectedly, the Tang army did not give Gao Quansheng a chance to fight for his life at all, and before he rushed to the front, he heard Du Zhengxin, who was standing in the Tang army's cavalry array, shouted: "Release the arrow!" Suddenly, a group of Tang officers and soldiers who had already held bows in their hands fired arrows in unison, and the dense feather arrows like flying locusts roared towards the Goguryeo cavalry in the sprint, and only a rain of arrows shot a group of Goguryeo cavalrymen turned on their backs and had to shrink back, and the Tang army was not in a hurry to launch an offensive, so they surrounded the Gaoquan Shengsuo in the center.
"Major General, it's too bad, it's General Gao who is surrounded."
"It's not good, General Gao is in danger."
"Major General, send troops quickly, if it's too late, General Gao won't be able to come back."
…… On the tower of the north gate of Pyongyang City, a group of defending generals saw that the situation was not right not far from the city of Shuwu, and they all shouted, and many people shouted to go out of the city to save people. At this order, the generals who were shouting did not dare to say more, and could only look at the battlefield in the distance with sympathetic eyes, and the atmosphere in the city was extremely depressed for a while.
The north of the city is already boiling over, but the west of the city, the south of the city and even the east of the city where Li Zhen's main force is located is a group of peace and tranquility, whether it is the defenders on the head of the city or the Tang army camp outside the city, there is a quiet sound without a trace, as if the battle in the north of the city does not exist, however, in this quiet dark night, there is a terrifying murderous machine - a gust of wind blows, in the dark night faintly came a muffled sound of "poof, poof", a group of defending officers and soldiers who were patrolling back and forth on the east city wall were alarmed by this inexplicable sound, Many officers and soldiers looked blankly at the darkness outside the city, trying to find out the source of the sound, but after looking for a long time, they didn't find anything wrong near the city wall, until a soldier inadvertently raised his head, and suddenly found that a long and uncertain fire suddenly lit up in the dark night sky, and immediately shouted, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
"What's that? Is it a ghost fire? "Fart, the ghost fire is all on the ground, how can it rise so high."
"Look, what is that fire that moves?" …… A group of officers and soldiers looked curiously at the long firelight in the sky, and were talking nonsense, but suddenly found that those firelights were drifting towards the city wall, and the sound of "poof" became louder and louder, gradually, those things finally floated close to the city wall, and were reflected by the light of the torches at the head of the city, revealing the true face of Lushan, and all the defending officers and soldiers who were looking up were stunned when they set up the library......
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