Chapter 588: Gold Shines Everywhere It Goes
The shouting of killing can be transmitted far away, and the Goguryeo soldiers who are marching also know that their vanguard has already engaged with the forward of the Tang army, which means that they are about to engage with the Tang army, they are very excited, but they are not worried that the forward battalion will be defeated, after all, the forward battalion led by Sun Dewang is the vanguard when it attacks Silla, and they have never been defeated all the way, all of them are elite cavalry, Sun Dewang is not only brave, but also brave and strategic, even among their 200,000 troops, there are also a number of fierce people, You must know that the defeat of the vanguard can affect the morale of the army and severely frustrate the prestige of the Tang army, otherwise the Tang monarchs and ministers still think that they Goguryeo people are muddy.
"Although Sun Dewang is a little rebellious, he is really brave, this battle will definitely defeat the vanguard of the Tang Army, win the flag, and inspire the army!"
Gao Huizhen smiled, and Gao Yanshou nodded slightly.
"That's natural, otherwise Ben Shuai wouldn't have named him a pioneer general!"
Just as Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen were talking, a cavalry suddenly galloped over, and his face was panicked.
"Big handsome, big handsome, the striker camp is defeated!"
Gao Yanshou was stunned, Gao Huizhen was stunned, and the soldiers next to him were all stunned, defeated? How could it be defeated? How could it be defeated so quickly? Just now they were full of confidence that Sun Dewang would severely frustrate the prestige of the Tang Army, why did Sun Dewang lose the battle? In an instant, Gao Yanshou felt that his head hurt! Up!
"What about the Sun Dewang people? Let him get over! ”
Gao Yanshou shouted angrily.
"Marshal Qiyu, General Sun, General Sun has been killed on the spot, and he was killed on the spot by the generals of the Tang Army within a few rounds of the battle!"
Listening to the herald's reply, Gao Yanshou couldn't help but gasp, he was very clear about Sun Dewang's martial arts, and he was killed on the spot after a few rounds of fighting? Sun Dewang died on the spot, which made him have nowhere to fire, of course, he also felt a little chill in his heart, how to think that this battle of the vanguard was a sure victory, why did he lose? Even the vanguard generals were killed? Gao Huizhen couldn't help but change her face and hurriedly asked.
"Who is the vanguard general of the Tang Army? Do you know who killed General Sun? ”
"Deputy Marshal Qiyu, the person who killed General Sun claimed to be Zhang Shigui, and claimed to be a pioneer general!"
Since he claims to be a pioneer general, it should be right, the pioneer general of the Tang Dynasty is undoubtedly this famous general Zhang Shigui, but, why haven't you heard of this person? Naturally, they didn't know Zhang Shigui's name, because Zhang Shigui was low-key, and he was stationed in Shu all the year round, and he rarely heard of his name, Gao Huizhen asked suspiciously.
"Zhang Shigui? Haven't heard of it, have you heard of Zhang Shigui? ”
Gao Yanshou shook his head slightly.
"I've never heard of this person, and I don't know where this person came from."
The faces of the two of them were very solemn, if the person who killed Sun Dewang was a well-known general like Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, and Xu Shiji, then they would not be shocked, but the person who killed Sun Dewang was a person they had never heard of and who came out of nowhere, which was shocking.
"This old thing, do you think it will have anything to do with Li Yong?"
Gao Huizhen asked, and Gao Yanshou nodded solemnly.
"It is very likely that Li Yong is very evil! Zhang Shigui, who suddenly appeared, is also very evil, I have never heard that there is such a powerful person in Datang! ”
Originally, they were full of confidence in this battle, but now the sudden defeat of the strikers cast a shadow on their hearts, Gao Yanshou couldn't help but think of Li Yong's words relayed by Li Yang, the Tang army can exert greater combat power when it goes out of the city to fight, this shouldn't be true, right? The defeated soldiers of the forward battalion fled back, Gao Yanshou immediately ordered the generals to go and return, but the news could not be hidden, and it spread rapidly in the army, the vanguard battalion was defeated, and even the vanguard general Sun Dewang was killed on the spot by the vanguard generals of the Tang Army, and the generals who heard the news all gasped, because Sun Dewang was brave and strategic, and the soldiers of the whole army were obvious to all, and they were very convinced of Sun Dewang's ability, but they didn't expect that Sun Dewang was defeated and killed on the spot, who was the vanguard general of the Tang Army? Is it Cheng Biting Gold? Is it Wei Chigong? Is it Lee Hyo-gong? Is it Xu Shiji?
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No, what is Zhang Shigui's name? Zhang Shigui? Where did Zhang Shigui come from? was able to defeat the battalion in front and kill Sun Dewang on the spot, Datang has such a fierce general, how could they not have heard of it? If Su Dingfang, Xue Wanche and others were here, they would definitely sigh with emotion, there are so many famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, and it is really not easy to come out! At this point, they finally understood that Datang and Silla were different after all, in Silla they had never lost a general all the way to the city, and now they had just fought with Datang, and they had lost a vanguard general, and when they attacked Silla, they had not lost a single battle, and as a result, they lost the first battle with the Tang army, and the first defeat in the battle could be counted on Gao Yanshou's body? They asked themselves, they can't count Gao Yanshou's body, even if Yuan Dashuai is here, I'm afraid they will arrange it like this, I'm afraid they will also suffer defeat, but this battle doesn't mean that the Tang Army is stronger than them, after all, they have the advantage in terms of troops, and they have taken advantage of the right time, place and people!
"Brothers, don't be afraid, maybe General Sun's horse stumbled, maybe the Tang army used some conspiracy, our army attacked the city in Silla, will we still be afraid of the Tang army? Let's kill the past and avenge General Sun!" ”
Many generals have encouraged the soldiers, afraid that the morale of the army will be hit, Gao Yanshou also sent messengers to the battalions to deliver messages, and strive to ensure that the morale of the army is not too affected, after Zhang Shigui defeated the advance of Goguryeo, he did not lightly advance the enemy, but suppressed the position, and moved forward slowly, although he won a battle, but it was just an appetizer for this decisive battle.
"Report! Enlightening the sage, General Zhang Shigui defeated the Goguryeo forward, beheaded thousands of people, and beheaded the enemy's leading general, Sun Dewang! ”
Li Er couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile.
"Okay, good, Zhang Shigui played well, played my Datang style, this merit has been recorded! The good news will be told to the officers and men of the three armies to boost morale! ”
Soon, as the heralds shuttled, the news of the vanguard battalion's defeat of the vanguard of the Goguryeo army spread among the three armies, and the officers and soldiers of the three armies were not surprised, they fought so many victories all the way eastward, so this small victory was not surprising at all, besides, Zhang Shigui didn't look a little old, but he was a brave and resourceful man, it was not strange to win, and it was strange if he couldn't win! The sound of drums and horns resounded throughout the field, the two armies invariably slowed down their formations, began to change formations, hundreds of thousands of troops concentrated in this field within a radius of dozens of miles, murderous and wild, in the middle of the army, Li Er sat on a horse, holding a monocular and squinting at one eye to observe the earthquake, Xu Shiji, Changsun Wuji and others did not need to lead the troops, so they rode a horse and stood behind the emperor and also held a telescope to observe the enemy.
"This telescope is a good thing!"
Li Er still has the leisure to sigh about the good thing of the telescope, Xu Shiji nodded.
"Of course, it is best for binoculars to be used on the battlefield to observe the enemy's situation, and you can anticipate the enemy's opportunity!"
Not only Li Er, Xu Shiji, and the eldest grandson Wuji held a monocular, but the generals in the army all held a telescope to observe the enemy's situation. This thing has nowhere to buy if you have money, just like the family heirloom armor and family heirloom lance, you can keep it as a family heirloom! A group of generals held monoculars while observing the enemy's situation, while praising the telescope, but unfortunately Li Yong could not hear the praise of Li Er, Xu Shiji and others, because he was not in the Chinese army, he took the Shenji battalion in the left wing army, this year the production of muskets has become larger and larger, not only the Shenji battalion has musketeers, other battalions are also gradually equipped with muskets, of course, artillery is still only the Shenji battalion also has it, this battle, Li Er deployed all the musketeers to Li Yong, but let Li Yong's musketeers be incorporated into the left wing, In fact, Li Er also wanted to leave the musketeers in the Chinese army, so as to observe the application of muskets on the battlefield at close range, but was persuaded by the eldest grandson Wuji, the eldest grandson Wuji felt that the musket was a new weapon after all, although everyone was optimistic, but after all, it still needs to be tested on the battlefield, if the musketeers are placed in the Chinese army, but there is a mistake, then the brunt is the Chinese army, and the emperor is in the Chinese army, at that time the emperor is not dangerous? Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji was able to advise the muskets to be placed on the left and right wings, and even Xu Shiji, Xu Shiji and others also agreed with the advice of the eldest grandson Wuji after pondering, Li Er pondered, or agreed, and transferred Li Yong to the left wing, Li Yong himself didn't care, he believed that gold would shine wherever it went, with a telescope, the reality of the Goguryeo army could be seen clearly, Li Er nodded slightly.
"I don't know if Gao Yanshou understands soldiers or not, but Yuangai Suwen does have some ability, no wonder Li Yong values Yuangai Suwen so much."
Xu Shiji nodded.
"Indeed, no wonder Silla was beaten and had no power to fight back, this army is indeed an elite soldier! Not long after Gao Yanshou took over the army, it was impossible to train such an elite soldier, so this elite soldier could only be tempered by Yuangai Suwen, and Yuangai Suwen was indeed talented! ”
In the Goguryeo army, Gao Yanshou looked at the situation of the Tang army with his hand in the shade, and only saw that the army was full of figures, and the formation was strict, and the others couldn't see anything, Gao Yanshou frowned slightly.
"Do you see any artillery in the Don Army?"
Gao Huizhen shook his head slightly.
"I don't really see it, probably not! However, it's hard to say, maybe the artillery is hidden in the rear army, and I think we don't have it! ”
Gao Yanshou groaned.
"It shouldn't be, if there was artillery in the army, it would have already been fired, how could it be waited until now? After the two armies began to fight, it was even more impossible for the Tang army to open artillery, and when the time came, the two armies would be entangled, and if the Tang army opened artillery, the artillery would not have long eyes, and it would not be able to distinguish between the enemy and the enemy at all. ”
Gao Huizhen said happily when he heard this.
"That's a good thing! I'm really afraid that artillery can also play a big role in field battles, if the Tang army doesn't even bring artillery, there will be no scruples anymore! Okay, yes! ”
Gao Yanshou nodded and smiled.
"Indeed!"
In fact, he didn't say a word in his heart, if Sun Dewang hadn't been killed in a fiasco, everything would have been perfect, but unfortunately, it didn't matter if Sun Dewang himself was killed, but the morale of the army was affected, but the generals in the army didn't think so, they also looked at the Tang army's large array with one hand, and they were looking forward to seeing the Tang army's artillery! They have repeatedly heard how powerful the artillery of the Tang Army is, for fear that the sound will be like thunder, what is extremely powerful, what no one can stop, they are very unconvinced, they want to see if the artillery of the Tang Army is as powerful as the legend, and want to try whether the artillery of the Tang Army is really unstoppable? Gao Huizhen groaned.
"Shall we take the initiative to attack, or wait for the Tang Army to attack?"
Gao Yanshou said with a smile.
"Our strength is twice that of the Tang Army, does the Tang Army still dare to attack? Of course, we took the initiative to attack, we had the advantage of troops, and we were afraid that the Tang army would not succeed? ”
As soon as Gao Yanshou's voice fell, he saw that the Tang army's military formation began to move, and he actually took the initiative to attack? Even if Gao Yanshou is thick-skinned, he can't help but blush, this slap in the face is too fast, as soon as his voice fell, the military formation of the Tang Army behind him began to move, dry, can't you move earlier? I had to wait for him to finish speaking and start moving, Gao Yanshou snorted coldly.
"Li Er is really conceited, he dares to take the initiative to attack!"
Gao Huizhen didn't mention the slap in the face of Gao Yanshou just now, and said with a smile.
"That's why it's called self-destruction, pass on the commander's order, and the army will move forward to meet the battle!"
Gao Yanshou said in a deep voice, the generals of the army saw that the Tang army's large array began to move forward, and they also felt that the Tang Emperor was really bold enough, this was completely self-defeating! But soon, their faces became solemn, because when the Tang army's large array was moving, it was still very neat, it can be seen that although the Tang army only had more than 100,000, it was indeed an elite army! However, they are also elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and their troops are more than the Tang Army, can they still be compared to the Tang Army? The drums and horns in the army sounded, the order flag waved, the soldiers were very excited, since the commander had an order, then face the battle, the two armies lined up, slowly moving forward, the wilderness was slaughtered, the marching Tang army camp was still very strict, but to say that the most strict is of course Li Yong's Shenji battalion, not only strict, even the pace is the same, the left wing, Xu Shiji will be the musketeers in front of the big array, it can be seen that he is full of confidence in the musketeers, Li Yong himself is also full of confidence in the muskets, but when it comes to the battle array, he is really a little nervous, Hundreds of thousands of troops lined up, this breath alone is oppressive enough, Li Yong is just a little nervous, it's not bad, and only Cheng Biting Jin, Xu Shiji and other veterans in the army who have been in battle for a long time can be as calm as water, the horn of the charge sounded, and the cavalry of the Goguryeo army rushed out.