Zhuang Shaoyou led 400 cavalry, first went down 20 miles south of the river, and then went northeast to meet the Goguryeo army.

Gao Nanxi, the commander of the Goguryeo West Route Army, came to the southwest with 8,000 iron horses, and traveled until the morning, when it began to drizzle.

A scout came to report: "Lord Wang, forty miles ahead, I found that the cavalry of the Han army was moving south along the Sha River, and the number was about hundreds. ”

Gao Nanxi hesitated for a moment and ordered: "Hmph! It's just a clown jumping off the beam! The whole army accelerated its advance, striving to reach Shahe at noon and then rest and eat! ”

After an hour, the rain in the sky suddenly became heavier, which had already affected the field of vision, and the field of vision of the rain dropped to less than 300 steps.

Seeing this, Gao Nanxi ordered: "Quickly go find high ground to take shelter from the rain!" Walk again when the rain stops! ”

The Goguryeo army began to camp and rest on a nearby hillside, and Gao Nam-hee rode on horseback, looking at the busy soldiers with a blank expression.

At this time, a scout came to report: "Report to the prince, the cavalry of the Han army is less than two miles away from our army, and it will be there in a quarter of an hour!" ”

"What? A few hundred people dared to come to their deaths, and the order was sent to send two thousand-strong teams to meet the attack, and the Han army must be destroyed! ”

"Yes!"

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the southeast wind carried the raindrops and slapped the land.

Zhuang Shaoyou came from the southeast with the cavalry, and walked with the wind, so that his vision was better, but the soldiers were busy all night and were very tired, and it was that belief that supported them to move forward desperately.

In the blink of an eye, Zhuang Shaoyou had arrived near the Goguryeo military camp, and the two thousand cavalry of Goguryeo were in a sparse formation, and there was chaos, and the wind and rain from the southeast slapped on his face quickly, and there was no way to open his eyes.

The sound of horses' hooves not far away can be faintly heard in the rain, and a burst of rapid crossbow arrows mixed with the sound of rain is coming

"Ahh Yes! A scream rang out, hundreds of people fell from their horses, and Goguryeo's already scattered formation immediately became even more scattered, and the soldiers who couldn't see the enemy situation clearly in the rain were extremely nervous, and the fear of unknown dangers began to spread.

The two commanders finally stabilized the morale of the army, but as a result, the Han army's iron cavalry, which released two rounds of crossbow arrows, turned around and fled to the northeast.

"Chase!" One of his commanders ordered thousands of cavalry to begin a pursuit to the northeast.

The other commander hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's not move yet, let's go and ask the prince quickly!" ”

Gao Nanxi sat in the big tent that had just been tied up and wrung the rain on his body: "This ghost weather on a dog day, why did it suddenly rain!" ”

"Report to the prince! After the Han cavalry released two rounds of crossbow arrows, they fled to the north, and Commander Li had already led people to pursue, and our commander asked me to ask the prince if he was pursuing? ”

Gao Nanxi was a little annoyed when he heard this, this nasty fly dared to play this game, Li Yuan seemed to be defeated by this harassment tactic at the beginning

Could it be that the Han army wanted to repeat the old tricks? Is it really true that this prince is the brainless idiot? This prince's eight thousand iron horsemen are motionless for him to cut, and he may not be able to cut them!

Thinking of this, he said to the people outside the tent: "Go down, Commander Li will chase after you, don't go, let you Qianfu be careful and vigilant, don't be harassed by the Han army again!" ”

Zhuang Shaoyou led the cavalry to the northeast, and when he saw the pursuers in the rear, he couldn't see the number of people for a while, but he didn't think it would be too much, and he prayed that the other party wouldn't chase him to the death.

"General, two miles ahead is the Qingshui River, the river is only a dozen zhang wide, there is a stone bridge on the river, but it rains so much, I don't know how much the river will rise."

Zhuang Shaoyou groaned slightly: "All listen to the order, cross the stone bridge and prepare to meet the enemy in a three-stage arrow formation!" ”

As soon as everyone crossed the stone bridge and quickly lined up in formation, Commander Li arrived with a thousand iron horsemen.

"All the projectiles are ready! First column, ready, put! The second column, ready, put! The third column, ready, put! ”

"First column shield defense! The second and third columns change arrows! ”

When Goguryeo pursued, the formation was scattered, and when he first arrived at the river, he saw the other party lined up on the opposite bank, so he stopped his horse and bent his bow and arrows and waited for orders, but the cavalry behind was not in formation, and the cavalry in front was shot by Zhuang Shaoyou's crossbow arrows.

The range of nearly 300 steps was half of the distance of the Goguryeo army's bow, and the Goguryeo army was suddenly scattered, hundreds of people were shot off their horses, and some arrows were injured.

A small number of men and horses in front of Zhuang Shaoyou immediately set up shields to form a joint defense, and there were basically no casualties.

Commander Li Qianfu of the Goguryeo Army immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats a hundred steps back and arrays!" ”

When the Goguryeo cavalry heard this, they immediately ran back, the formation was even more scattered, Zhuang Shaoyou wanted to take the opportunity to rush over, but the soldiers were already sleepy and tired, and they were about to be unable to run, so they relied on the support of willpower to launch crossbow arrows here to block the enemy.

After the Goguryeo army formed its formation, it did not attack, the bridge was too narrow, and the Han army had already lined up in a defensive formation, and if it rushed over, the casualties would inevitably be great.

Commander Li hesitated for a long time, and the two sides also confronted each other for half an hour, but still ordered to withdraw to the camp, Zhuang Shaoyou and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, when it was confirmed that the Goguryeo army was far away, everyone immediately fell from their horses and lay on the ground without moving, and many soldiers planned to fall asleep.

The fatigue caused by the sudden relaxation after this high level of tension is really terrible! Zhuang Shaoyou held back his sleepiness and said loudly:

"Get up! No sleep! Let's hold on for a while and rest in the woods to the north! ”

Half an hour later, on the hillside not far from the north, there was a snoring sound, and the horses were lying on the ground with tears, eating the grass next to them.

The rain gradually became lighter, and at noon, the rain stopped, and the sun released bright sunlight and sprinkled on this wet land, and all the people and all the creatures seemed to have a second spring, and suddenly their spirits were lifted.

Gao Nanxi was also in a happy mood, and ordered loudly outside the debut tent: "Come on!" The herald ordered the whole army to eat immediately, and immediately go to Shahe after eating! ”

"Report to the general, the wooden bridge in the lower reaches of the Sand River has been burned down!"

Gao Nanxi has no accident, it's a strange thing not to burn the bridge, it doesn't matter, there are many people by yourself, just build another one!

More than half an hour later, the Goguryeo army arrived at the place where Li had planned to cross the river last time.

Fifteen miles upstream, Qinling led people to hide in the small forest on the hill by the river, as long as there were Goguryeo scouts here, they would be immediately killed, plus this was not the focus of Goguryeo's investigation, and it was the cover of the heavy rain just now, so this place has not been exposed so far.

A soldier quietly walked forward and said to Qin Ling: "Captain Qin, the dam is about to be overwhelmed!" The rain just now was too heavy, and the tributaries upstream were no longer good! ”

Qin Ling frowned when he heard this, there can't be a problem with such a big matter, otherwise it will fall short!

"You take someone to reinforce the dam of the tributary, the dam here can open a small opening on the side, pay attention to control it!"

Gao Nanxi rode on the horse proudly, looking at the wide Sand River, and the Han army on the opposite bank, a group of miscellaneous soldiers also wanted to stop this prince!

It had just rained, and the upstream barrage was not long, so the water potential of the river did not change significantly.

"Report to the prince, most of the nearby trees have been cut down, and it may not be enough to build a pontoon bridge!"

Gao Nanxi's good mood disappeared when he heard this, and he said angrily: "Cut down all the nearby trees, hurry up and build a bridge, if the materials are not enough, design the bridge a little narrower, just be able to pass people!" In short, General Nachimoto will start crossing the bridge in one hour! ”

"Yes!"

The cavalry of the Goguryeo army immediately divided 3,000 men and went around cutting trees and collecting timber.

An hour and a half later, the pontoon bridge was built, and Zhang San on the other side smiled when he saw this, and excluded 200 people from coming forward to shoot a round of arrows and running, making it impossible for the Goguryeo army to build the bridge smoothly.

Gao Nanxi was furious when he saw this: "Come on, two thousand-strong teams are lined up by the river, and the Han army will shoot them if they dare to come!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang San hurriedly recalled the soldiers to hide on the hillside: "Hurry up and send a signal to Captain Qin and Mr. Mo, hurry!" ”

Fifteen miles upstream from Qinling, he just shot down a scout, stupidly thought he was dead, but he didn't expect to pretend to be dead, and actually took the opportunity to escape, Qinling was very anxious when he saw this, if the matter here was known, it would be a big trouble.

At this moment, a soldier came to report: "Captain Qin! Captain Zhang sent a signal from there! ”

Qin Ling was overjoyed when he heard this: "Hurry up and open the gate to waterproof!" Brothers, be careful, don't rush your own family! ”

The three tributaries upstream first opened the sluice gates, and the water rushed in, and the part between the dams on the main road of the Shahe River had just been opened, and the result was that the raging flood swept away, but fortunately, the soldiers who operated the matter were more clever and were not washed away by the water.

The water that had accumulated for most of the day was like a surging river, just like the Yellow River overflowing out of control, and the barrage dam collapsed in an instant

Qin Ling led the people to rush to the high place, and finally ran to the top of the mountain to hide, looking at the flood that was quickly chasing behind, the more frightened he became, and finally the flood stopped not far from his feet, and then began to slowly recede.

The crowd breathed a sigh of relief, and then burst into a thunderous cheer!

Gao Nanxi rode a horse and stood by the river, urging the soldiers to quickly erect a pontoon bridge, and his cavalry were also assembled and ready to cross the river.

Zhang San looked at the movement of the Goguryeo army, his heart was very nervous, and he kept praying, worshipping all the great gods he knew, praying that nothing would go wrong on the Qinling side.

At this moment, two three-masted warships appeared on the river not far away, followed by a monstrous water.

Ink anxiously stood on the boat, looking at the water behind him, his heart broke out in a cold sweat, he had seen more stormy waves on the sea, but he didn't expect to be photographed by the waves he created today, I hope it will be fine!

He ordered: "Everyone immediately fix themselves and try to get as close to the banks of the river as possible!" Fast! ”

The two boats slowly parted and headed for the banks of the river.

Gao Nanxi saw the rapidly rising water level, and suddenly felt bad, looked upstream, and saw a monstrous wave rolling in, and was immediately shocked, turned the horse's head, and shouted while patting the horse: "Retreat!" Everyone, retreat east! The sooner the better! ”

The Goguryeo army also discovered this huge wave, and the formation was suddenly chaotic, and they scattered and fled in a panic, and many soldiers were thrown off their horses and died in the chaos.

In an instant, huge waves rolled in, and swept away everything near the river with a devastating momentum, and the already long and narrow river channel was flooded for a time, and most of the Goguryeo cavalry was flooded

The 3,000 people closest to the river were swept away by the water, and most of the rest were soaked in the water, and only a few who were far away were able to flee eastward.