Anshi Prefecture, Castle Guard House.

Cheng Chumo is dealing with official business in the government, one head and two big, I feel that this official business in my hand is more difficult than fighting on the battlefield, no matter how big or small, it is very troublesome, I can't wait to go away, no longer worry, if it weren't for the help of Zhu Zicheng, I would have died of annoyance, I miss the days of following Qin Huaidao, and I don't have to worry about these at all.

Seeing that Zhu Zicheng coped with it more than enough and was well organized, Cheng Chumo felt that the civil official was also great for the first time in his life, and suddenly said: "Zhu Taishou, do a good job, wait for my general to kill him, and recommend you to continue to serve as this Taishou and be my Tang courtier, how about it?" ”

"General Xie's love." Zhu Zicheng said perfunctorily, not moved.

Goguryeo is still there, Zhu Zicheng doesn't want to change his ways, Cheng Chumo doesn't force it, but he just talks casually, he is not tired in the past two days, he is a little sleepy, and he is ready to sleep first, a captain hurriedly came over, and shouted when he entered the door: "General, it's not good, there is a force from the north of the city, under the banner of Goguryeo, and there are a lot of people." ”

"Goguryeo army?" Cheng Chumo came to his senses as soon as he heard this, picked up the horse lance and walked outside.

When Zhu Zicheng heard that the Goguryeo army was coming, his heart trembled inexplicably, at this time, the army should besiege Liaodong City, how could he come back, wouldn't it be defeated? didn't care about official business, and hurriedly chased out.

The group hurried to the north of the city on horseback and went up to the city wall.

The army outside the city has stopped, the distance is about a kilometer, looking at the mountains and fields, the flags are dense, the war horses are neighing, it is not lively, Cheng Chumo looked at the army in front of him and was secretly surprised, why did he suddenly come so much, Liaodong City was lost, impossible, Goguryeo's 100,000 army was besieged, even if it was defeated by his own side, there was no reason to be so fast, what happened?

"General, what should I do?" A lieutenant asked with a solemn face.

"What's the panic, it looks like it's not more than 10,000 people, but so, the order, except for the troops guarding the city gate, all the others are transferred over, ready to fight in turn, Anshi Prefecture will never be lost, the enemy will retreat at this time, it is not simple, tell the brothers, fight to the death." Cheng Chumo said murderously.

"Obey!" The other party hurriedly went.

At this time, a young general of the enemy army came over on horseback and shouted, and the defenders on the city wall were wearing Goguryeo armor and did not find anything abnormal.

Cheng Chumo couldn't understand a word, looked at Zhu Zicheng, but found that Zhu Zicheng's face was suddenly pale, and his whole body was trembling, and he immediately realized that the content of the shouting was not simple, and asked, "What did he shout, say?" ”

Zhu Zicheng bowed deeply and asked rhetorically: "General, can you take what you said before to be taken seriously?" ”

"You...... What do you mean? Cheng Chumo was a little confused.

"The general said that the king is coming, and let the city prepare food and send it out of the city to reward the army." Zhu Zicheng's face was bitter, as a city guard, Zhu Zicheng was not stupid, the king of Goguryeo suddenly returned with his troops, there was only one explanation, Liaodong City was defeated in a battle, otherwise it would be impossible to retreat.

The entire 100,000 army was defeated, and about 10,000 returned, which means that the Goguryeo standing army was 90,000 less, plus the previous 160,000, the full 250,000 was gone, and under the shock and low morale of the DPRK and China, the remaining 340,000 troops could really reach the footsteps of the Tang army?

Goguryeo is about to change this day.

It's time to think about the way out, thinking that the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, the military is powerful, the people's livelihood is prosperous, and it is not bad to take refuge in the past, Zhu Zicheng quickly changed his identity and position.

Cheng Chumo also pondered, how could the king of Goguryeo only bring back 10,000 people? Obviously, he was defeated, and he was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Zhu Taishou, can you trick them into the city?" ”

"As the young general said just now, the city is narrow and the place is not enough to settle down, so the king said that he should take a short rest, eat and drink enough, and leave without entering the city, so as not to disturb the people, and only let him be provided with food and water." Zhu Zicheng smiled bitterly.

"If you want to take a short rest in the wilderness, it won't be that you are injured and you can't bear it outside the city and faint, right?" Cheng Chumo maliciously guessed, his heart was overjoyed, and he said to the several captains who came over: "Brothers, there are more than 10,000 people outside the city, and the king of Goguryeo is among them, and General Ben suspects that they have been defeated and retreated. ”

"General, are you sure?" A lieutenant asked excitedly.

"Eight or nine are not far from ten, you think, the king of Goguryeo led the troops in the past with great fanfare, how can he be embarrassed to withdraw if he does not take Liaodong City, and now he comes back, there is only one possibility, that is, defeat." Cheng Chumo said excitedly.

"Shhhh

Everyone couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and admired the main general who had not yet met, the 100,000 army was defeated so quickly, how powerful is this ability to command troops? The god of war is not an exaggeration, and it is still necessary to worry about military merits when fighting with such a master? Thinking of this, everyone smiled.

A lieutenant asked, "General Cheng, why don't you chase the brothers out and capture the king of Goguryeo alive?" ”

Cheng Chumo was moved when he heard it, but reason told Cheng Chumo that he couldn't do this, thought about it, suppressed the impulse, and said: "No, what if there is still an enemy who takes advantage of our army to chase and kill and recapture the city?" Hold steady, as long as you hold the city, it is a great achievement, Liaodong City is a big victory, the general will definitely lead the troops to chase and kill, but it is not too late for you to attack before and after, inform the brothers to get ready. ”

"Obey!" Everyone responded.

Zhu Zicheng took the opportunity to interject: "Then do you want to send food out to stabilize them?" ”

Since he chose to surrender, Zhu Zicheng quickly changed his identity and position.

Cheng Chumo patted Zhu Zicheng on the shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Let them be thirsty and hungry, it is best to be hungry and their feet are weak, and it is convenient to turn back and chase and kill." ”

After speaking, Cheng Chumo reminded the soldiers around him: "Transfer all the archers to me, guard the gate, prevent the enemy from suddenly attacking, don't close the city gate, don't have any abnormalities on the city wall, just as usual, so as not to scare away the big fish, delay for a while, in addition, arrange someone to feed the war horse with materials and prepare." ”

"Understood." The crowd answered.

The enemy flag outside the city was gradually lowered, the army quieted down, and a bonfire was burned to keep warm, Cheng Chu observed silently for a while, and found that the enemy army did not feed the war horses, the war horses were rushing, and the tiredness was not light, and they urgently needed to eat and drink enough to recover their strength, and the enemy army was not normal if they did not feed, unless they did not bring it.

Normally, they will bring spare parts, and only when they withdraw in a panic will they not carry forage, and the enemy army is really defeated.

Cheng Chumo was overjoyed in his heart, his eyes were shining, he really wanted to lead the troops to rush out to chase and kill, that was the king of Goguryeo, once he was caught, he couldn't help but look at other places, and he didn't know if there were any hidden soldiers?

Time is slowly losing time in waiting.

Half an hour later, the enemy army saw that there was no food and water to send out of the city, the previous young general hit the horse and scolded angrily, Zhu Zicheng hurriedly translated: "General Cheng, the other party is angry, scolding, you must send food and water over immediately, otherwise you will be dismissed and investigated." ”

"You are my courtier of the Tang Dynasty, what are you afraid of dismissal and investigation, let him be dismissed and investigated." Cheng Chumo was in a good mood, teased, and immediately advised: "Find a way to delay time, just say that you are doing it, let them wait, if you want to come in, let them come in, I am worried that I don't have a chance to do it." ”

"Got it!" Zhu Zicheng agreed and shouted to the visitor.

The other party scolded and left.

Cheng Chumo looked at this scene and smiled, but he also knew that the enemy would soon wake up, and he couldn't drag on for too long, so he looked up and looked farther north, but unfortunately the wilderness was silent, and he couldn't see his own people coming, so he was unwilling, and asked someone to notify the captains to come over and said: "The army has not arrived, the enemy may want to run, do you dare to chase and kill with this general?" ”

"Why don't you dare?"

"The general's order is!"

Everyone said that the enemy is only more than 10,000 points, and everyone has 10,000 people, and the gap in strength is not large, the enemy is a defeated army, morale is low, and the morale of their side is high.

Cheng Chumo thought about it for a while, and felt that there was a chance, so he said: "Brothers, the city can't be lost, it should be no problem to leave two thousand people to guard for a day, the main army will definitely arrive in one day, if not, the grain will be burned and the city will be withdrawn, no loss, who wants to stay?" ”

As soon as everyone heard that they stayed to defend the city and couldn't kill the enemy, how boring it was, they didn't answer.

Cheng Chumo understood everyone's thoughts, and immediately said: "Count the head!" In case there are still people hiding in the secret, they will definitely take the opportunity to attack the city, and defending the city is also a bloody battle. ”

"Me!"

"Me!"

As soon as several captains heard that they were counting the first merit and that there might be a bloody battle, they were all interested, and Cheng Chu silently ordered ten captains to make up enough for two thousand, and let them elect their own temporary commanders, and then prepare to go.

After waiting for a while, there was a change in the army outside the city, and a cavalry rushed over, with a thousand people, led by the previous general, who shouted after approaching, and was extremely emotional, Cheng Chumo looked at Zhu Zicheng.

Zhu Zicheng hurriedly translated truthfully: "They said that if they didn't send food out of the city immediately, they would bring troops to kill them and get them themselves, and they would kill the whole family." ”

"Don't be afraid, watch the master give you anger." Cheng Chumo smiled, and with a wave of his big hand, countless archers on standby rushed to the city wall, and Cheng Chumo pointed at the general and shouted: "Shoot the enemy general for me, quickly!" ”

"Hugh Hugh!"

The archer did not hesitate to draw his bow and shoot arrows, and countless arrows flew towards the target.

The other party didn't expect the defenders in the city to dare to resist, and they said that they would fight, unceremoniously, and they were suddenly shocked, and hurriedly waved their weapons to block, but there were too many feather arrows, blocking one, and not blocking the second and third.

A feather arrow hit the general's body, the general screamed, the movement in his hand slowed down, and more feather arrows flew over, shooting the warlord into a hedgehog, and many enemy soldiers around the warlord were also shot and fell, screaming one after another.

Cheng Chumo turned over his horse, looked at the slowly opening city gate and shouted: "Brothers, follow General Ben for a while, don't fall in love with the war, rush up and take the king of Goguryeo." ”

"Obey!" Everyone responded one after another, their eyes lit up, that is the king of Goguryeo, if he wins, this military merit will be too great, and it is not a problem to be promoted.

The gates opened.

Cheng Chumo slapped the war horse and shouted: "Chong-"

"Rush!"

The captains shouted one after another, leading their troops to follow.

The army is like a flood that opens the floodgates, rolling forward, and the momentum is magnificent.

Cheng Chumo took the lead, and when he saw the thousand remnants turned around and ran, he was not in a hurry to chase and kill, but followed behind to chase, his eyes lit up.

Farther away, the enemy army was startled when he saw the sudden slaughter, and they got on their horses one after another, and under the command of the general, the heralds ran everywhere, but Cheng Chumo found that the morale of this army was not high, and he was even a little flustered, and he was overjoyed, and turned around and shouted: "Brothers, they are afraid, and they rush over with General Ben." ”

The captains also found that something was wrong with the enemy and had no will to fight, and they were immediately overjoyed and shouted cheers one after another.

The remnants of the enemy army in front saw their own people in front of them, and if they continued to rush forward, they would collide with each other, and they quickly separated, running from both sides, and they were silently allowed to escape, and quickly commanded the troops to intercept them, and drove forward like ducks, forcing the remnants to crash into their own formation.

The enemy also began to rush and kill, rushing down from a small hill, the speed was quickly raised, and seeing his own people in the middle, the general shouted and signaled to leave, but the retreat on both sides of these hundreds of remnants was blocked, and unless he turned around, there was no place to run, so he could only rush forward.

"Hugh Hugh!"

The enemy troops who rushed down didn't care about their own people, and they shot arrows one after another.

Under the indiscriminate attack, hundreds of remnants fell one after another.

Cheng Chumo's eyes narrowed, and the best choice for facing the archers was to rush up as soon as possible, fight close to the other party, scatter and die faster, and shouted: "Speed up, rush up!" ”

"Kill!" The lieutenants roared.

The army roared away and suffered two rounds of arrow rain, but fortunately, there were not many enemy archers, and the horses were sprinting at high speed, and the casualties were not large.

The two armies collided violently, Cheng Chumo roared angrily, and the horse lance crackled again and again, tearing a hole and rushing forward, while yelling: "Follow me, rush-"

When the lieutenants heard the order, they led their teams to chase after them, and rushed into it from the gap, and the army soon formed an arrow loss formation.

Cheng Chumo soon found that the enemy's physical strength was obviously insufficient, and the strength of the war horse was also insufficient, which was the result of continuous escape after the battle, and he was determined to rise up and rush to kill, and quickly killed the enemy, and saw another 2,000-man cavalry rushing over to block it, while the others rushed eastward.

"Want to run? Kill—"

A roar of rage, murderous intent.

The soldiers also saw that the king of Goguryeo was about to fly, and hated the enemy army who rushed over to block it.

Eight thousand to two thousand, and the morale is more sufficient, and there is no pressure.

Cheng Chumo once again took on the mission of the arrow, rushed forward first, tore the enemy open, and the army rushed into it along the opening, constantly tearing the opening, expanding, and filling it full.

Soon, Cheng Chu silently killed through the enemy's formation, covered in blood, the battle spirit soared, let the war horse rush forward with him, and when he looked back, the brothers swarmed, drowning the enemy, devouring, and his heart was overjoyed, the horse lance was held high, and shouted: "Come with me, capture the king of Goguryeo alive!" ”

"Capture the King of Goguryeo alive!"

"Capture the King of Goguryeo alive!"

"Capture the King of Goguryeo alive!"

The soldiers roared along, like a tsunami, and the momentum soared to the sky, and they rushed forward silently with the nervous Cheng.

Cheng Chumo didn't know where the king of Goguryeo was, the enemy was scattering and fleeing, so he simply chased after the crowded place, while observing the surroundings, he found that there were no other large armies taking the opportunity to attack the city, and he was very determined, and led the army to rush up the hill with all his might, and saw a force of 3,000 people counterattacking.

Obviously, this was an attempt to cover the retreat of the Goguryeo king, who was in front.

Cheng Chumo thought of this, looked at the enemy troops fleeing in the distance, and shouted excitedly: "Haha, kill them all, chase them, and capture the king of Goguryeo alive." ”

"Kill them all!"

The morale of the soldiers was like a rainbow, and they rushed over, shouting and killing to the sky.

Seeing that the two armies were about to collide together, a cavalry suddenly came out of the oblique stab, all holding crossbows, and the loss was like a torrential rain to kill the past, instantly putting down thousands of people, the first person was wearing chain mail, his feet were across the white hoof, and the front finger of a fine horse lance, and the blade was cold and light in the sun, like a god of war killing.

Cheng Chumo was ecstatic when he saw this scene, and shouted excitedly: "General, it's the general who is here, kill it!" ”

As soon as the officers and soldiers behind him heard that it was a general, they immediately thought of one person, and they all looked sideways, and saw Qin Huaidao taking the lead, rushing up majestically, the horse lance was like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and instantly knocked several people away, and the fighting spirit was incomparable, and their eyes suddenly turned red, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and roared angrily: "Brothers, kill the past, let the general see that we are not a bad seed, rush——"

"Kill!"

All of a sudden, the force was so powerful that it smashed down like a rolling earth-shattering wave, drowning the remaining enemies.

The enemy was frightened by this earth-shattering murderous aura, and turned around and ran, but where was the faster than the repeater?

In a few moments, the 3,000 enemy troops were completely overwhelmed by tens of thousands of people, and none of them were spared.

Cheng Chumo ran up excitedly and shouted, "General, general, I miss you." ”

"Fuck off, I haven't seen you for a few days, what's going on in Anshizhou?" Qin Huaidao asked with a smile, while looking at the army rushing over, he thought of something, and arched his hand and said, "Are you the generals of the DPRK who came from afar?" ”

Seeing that Qin Huaidao was so approachable and took the initiative to say hello, everyone was relieved in their hearts, and they all hugged their fists: "I've seen General Dingyuan!" ”

"Thank you for coming to help in the war, the military situation is like fire, take a drink back and talk about it slowly." Qin Huaidao said politely and looked at Cheng Chumo.

Cheng Chumo hurriedly said: "General, the brothers robbed the grain road, killed about 3,000, pretended to be the enemy to open the city gate, took Anshi Prefecture, and the next day took down a batch of grain sent, enough 10,000 stones, there is no shortage of food in the city, Zhu Zicheng, who is too shou in the city, is a good official who cares about the people, and intends to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty." ”

"Well done!" Qin Huaidao was overjoyed in his heart, glanced at everyone and said: "Everyone, the king of Goguryeo fled eastward, there are only two places to go, Daxingcheng and Dandong, people are sleepy and horses are tired, and they can't run fast, let's follow behind, don't be exposed, and then cover up when they enter the city, and then go to the next city, how about it?" ”

Everyone didn't expect Qin Huaidao to think of a plan so quickly, this is to bring the king of Goguryeo to the city, and the feasibility is very high, one by one's eyes lit up, and they all said: "Obey the general's order!" ”

"Anshi Prefecture can't be lost, Cheng Chuliang, Wei Chi Baoqi, you two each take a thousand soldiers and horses to guard Anshi Prefecture, An Guogong is expected to arrive in two days, join forces, with An Guogong as the main general, integrate the two thousand soldiers in the city to take Yanjin, and then the army will come to Shicheng, Shicheng and Daxingcheng will look at it from afar, if the king of Goguryeo flees to Dandong, wait for the general to take Dandong, wave the army to Daxingcheng, if the king of Goguryeo chooses to flee to Daxingcheng, the general will lead the troops to attack Dandong, and the two of you will lead the troops to continue to go south, and the south will hand over you."

Cheng Chuliang and Yu Chi Baoqi were a little stunned for a while, and they couldn't understand why Qin Huaidao ordered their generals.

Cheng Chu reacted silently, there are still several cities in the south, and Li Dejian in the north is the same as a few of them, if they take it, they will definitely be able to seal the marquis, this is a chance for everyone, slapped Cheng Chu on the back of the head, and scolded angrily: "Thank you general." ”

"What are you hitting me for?" Cheng Chuliang glared at his eldest brother, becoming more and more confused.

Yu Chi Baoqi reacted reluctantly, and said excitedly: "General Xie is complete!" ”

"It's you brainless who hit you." Cheng Chumo slapped it again.

Cheng Chuliang was very happy, and he also reacted, touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "General Xie is complete!" ”

Perfection, not cultivation!

Just because Cheng Chuliang and Wei Chi Baoqi are not the eldest sons, they can't inherit their father's title, so they can only rely on themselves to fight on the battlefield, Anshi Prefecture is taken, the King of Goguryeo is defeated like a mountain, Yanjin must be panicked, there is no pressure to take it, not to mention that there are veterans like An Guogong, there will be no problem, whoever is sent to such a good opportunity is in vain, and it is clear that everyone has a chance.

As the main general, we must not only ensure healthy internal competition, but also give opportunities to everyone, so as to be as fair and just as possible to prevent internal accidents.

As for Cheng Chumo, he has already won Anshi Prefecture and can inherit his father's title, there is no need for it, Cheng Chuliang needs it very much, of course, Cheng Chubi also needs it, but Qin Huaidao can't help but take care of the feelings of the Wei Chi brothers, one family, just right, can only do it or not, then it depends on himself.

Qin Huaidao looked at Li Yixie: "A few days ago, I promised to let you lead an army alone, give you 3,000 horses to follow behind, and not be exposed, and follow into the city at the first opportunity, guard the city gate, and cover the army to attack the city, is it possible?" ”

"General Xie is complete, and he can't come to see him." Li Yixie said gratefully, following the enemy army can not only capture the city, but also have the opportunity to win the king of Goguryeo, this opportunity is precious, and must not be missed, solemnly hugged Qin Huaidao to show gratitude.

Qin Huaidao waved his hand and said that you are welcome, the opportunity is given, whether you can take it depends on the individual, looked at the captains who came to help and continued: "Which of you is willing to follow General Li to fight?" ”

"I, I, I ......"

Everyone shouted one after another, no one is a fool, it is the merit of capturing the city, the merit of capturing the king, they all looked at Li Yixie, their eyes were fanatical, and they couldn't wait for Li Yixie to want him immediately.

Li Yixie gratefully hugged his fist towards Qin Huaidao again, with the merit of capturing the city and the merit of capturing the king as bait, it would be easy for the troops to command, and ordered fifteen captains, exactly three thousand people, to take everyone one step ahead.

"I don't mind splitting your troops, do you?" Qin Huaidao looked at Cheng Chumo.

Cheng Chu said nonchalantly: "The general said that it was not mine, with so many people, I will be sad to death in the past few days, and it is just right to divide it." ”

"Give you a task, lead the others to stay, quickly clean up the battlefield, and then go to Anshi Prefecture to bring a batch of food, feather arrows and then catch up, this way will take several days to reach Dandong or Daxing City, no food, brothers will have to starve to death, no arrows are not easy to fight, the stakes are very high, there must be no mistake." Qin Huaidao admonished.

Cheng Chumo also knew the importance of food and materials, and solemnly agreed.

Qin Huaidao looked at the others, his eyes shining: "The generals will listen to the order and go out with this general!"

"Obey!"

The army responded with a bang, quickly moved forward, and moved forward.