Chapter 461: Two hundred thousand troops cross the river
No matter how hard the Goguryeo army tried, the river was still frozen, and Li Xiang stretched 200,000 troops on the river for dozens of miles, can you pry open the river surface for dozens of miles? It's simply impossible.
When the sky is not yet dawn, the sound of the opposite side knocking on the river is still there, Li Xiang has ordered the troops on both wings to prepare to cross the river, the two armies have a total of more than 400 people, 200 people as a team, they are all people with better water nature, the front and back people are tied with ropes, once you encounter any problems, the people in front and behind can also pull you up, so as not to fall directly into the ice cave and drown.
Everyone still has iron chains on their bodies, and when they cross the river, they have to find a way to fix the iron chains, and then it is time for our army to cross the river, and the first hundreds of people to pass, their task is to seize a position, with a chain crossbow and the best steel knife in their hands, even if there are ten times as many enemies around, you people must also resist.
It can be seen from the block that these people are all strong, they are all selected by Li Xiang from 200,000 people, and some people are their own system army, these people's combat effectiveness is very strong, they only need to withstand the time of half a stick of incense, and the second batch of troops will be able to pass, and then there will be a steady stream of troops, which will lead to a full bloom with points.
General Niu Jinda personally led a team of people over, Su Dingfang was not to be outdone, originally Li Xiang did not let the two of them go over, but he also knew that the two of them were eager to make meritorious contributions, and the front line must have someone in charge, so Li Xiang let the two of them pass, if it wasn't for Li Shimin's holy decree to the barracks, Li Xiang was still ready to take the commando over.
Although Li Shimin usually has a lot of trouble for Li Xiang, he still loves this grandson very much at the critical moment, after all, he is the heir to his throne, whether the Tang Dynasty can continue to be brilliant in the future, all of them are on Li Xiang's body, if there is any mistake, do you want to count on Li Chengqian and their brothers? That is tantamount to burying the entire Tang Dynasty, and Li Shimin also understands this very well.
The two teams of men and horses crossed the river in the dark, and their feet were already wrapped with cloth, so they could still be a little more slippery, but there were also many people who fell, but these people all stood up slowly with the rope, and then continued to keep up with the team.
They had trained by the river many times before, so they could solve any emergencies, not to mention that Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang also set off with the army.
Behind Li Xiang, hundreds of ballistae have been prepared, just waiting for the other side to send us a signal, we will know where the shelling is, now we can't shell casually, in case it hits our own people, it will really make the enemy see the fun.
"How's the shell ready? Later, once we receive a signal from the opposite side, we must throw as many shells as we can in the shortest possible time, and the essence of fighting on the grassland may you remember, we must hit a large number of shells in the time we can open artillery. ”
Li Xiang calculated the time, and our people were about to go to the riverside.
"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we are all ready, in addition to our people, there is another team of reserve men and horses in the rear, and when we are tired on our side, someone will come over to replace us immediately."
Long Qi was mainly responsible for managing this army, and Li Xiang was not at ease to hand it over to other people.
Long Qi's ability to do things Li Xiang is still clear, as long as he says that there is no problem, then there will definitely be no problem later, which is also accumulated in long-term work.
"The Tang army has crossed the river......"
With a shout from the other side, the Tang army was finally discovered, and hundreds of people arrived at the opposite side of the river, and it was impossible not to be discovered, but this person only shouted this one, and then was shot by a chain of crossbows.
The place where the Tang army crossed the river was not a heavily defended place for the Goguryeo army, so even if this person exposed the traces of the Tang army, it would take a certain amount of time for the other Goguryeo troops to kill them, not to mention that from Li Xiang's position, many Goguryeo soldiers in the distance had no intention of fighting at all, and they actually ran south in a swarm.
In the military camp of Goguryeo, many troops fled from Jiangbei, and they were not idle in the barracks for a period of time, and to escape in the war, there must be an organization, so in private they continued to connect in tandem, at the beginning there were only ordinary soldiers, and later even some grassroots officers also came in.
These people know a trick, if you want to run away in the war, you must run away at the first moment of the war, if you can't run at this time, then you have no chance to run if you want to run next, the progress of the Tang army is much faster than you, and many of them have suffered losses in Jiangbei.
Su Dingfang and Niu Junda were ready to fight, Niu Jinda let his men line up in two rows, they would release serial poisons without interruption, but after waiting for half a stick of incense, the second batch of troops had already come from behind, and dozens of people had only been killed in front of them, and there was not even a scene in the imagination.
The situation on Su Dingfang's side was a little worse, hundreds of people surrounded them, but when they saw the ability of the chain crossbow, the first wave of attack of these people was even if they were pulled down, and the people behind saw that Su Dingfang's people were so powerful, so they simply stopped, don't look at the shouting is very powerful, but no one has taken their own feet.
"The Prime Minister has fled......"
"General Zuo fled......"
The spies hidden in the Goguryeo military camp also came out, but this was all hidden by the eldest grandson Wuji at a great price, and these people were no different from ordinary Goguryeo soldiers in normal times, and they did not provide news to the Tang army, in order to let them hide.
Now it's time to use them again, the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers have been chaotic, but there are still some who are resisting, but after hearing the news, those who are resisting are not willing to resist, and many people have already run south, including some generals.
"There's a signal, fire right in front of us."
Observers observing the situation on the other side also found signals on the opposite side, and our groups of shells hit it, and it is estimated that the Goguryeo army should be even more chaotic!
"The whole army crosses the river."
Taking advantage of the chaos, Li Xiang gave the order to cross the river......