Chapter 95: The Battle of Goguryeo Again (3)
Zhuang Shaoyou adopted Hua Xin's opinion and decided to encircle Wei to save Zhao, and after everyone agreed on the details of the battle, they went their separate ways.
On the night of March 10, the Goguryeo army, which had launched the last wave of siege, withdrew and returned to the camp to rest, waiting for the next day to fight again.
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In Pingcheng, Xi'an, Gongsun Yan stood at the head of the city, looking at the camp tent on the west bank of Goguryeo, which was gradually quieting down, with a serious expression.
A commander next to him couldn't help but speak: "General, do we really want to listen to their command?" If we lose, we will lose all this capital, and we are not afraid of death, but we are worried about living up to the trust of Lord Taishou! ”
Gongsun Yan sighed and shook his head: "You know about the defeat of Goguryeo last year, right? That's what Zhuang Shaoyou did, if you were replaced, would you be able to do it? Do you dare to go out of the city to fight? ”
"Why don't you dare! The big deal is death! ”
Gongsun Yan smiled bitterly: "Okay, people dare too, and they don't go to death, but win the battle!" More than 1,000 infantry and 400 cavalry defeated 8,000 iron cavalry, and even the prince of Goguryeo was captured.
Come! The order went down, the soldiers hurried to eat, and in an hour the whole army went out of the city with me to fight! Attack the enemy camp at night! ”
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The camp on the east bank of Goguryeo, inside the big tent of Gao Nanwu
"Your Majesty! On the south side of the river, the Han army sailors, a total of four three-masted ships, stopped on the water ten miles away from our army's camp, and there was no movement! ”
Gao Nanwu still hasn't slept yet, because he expected that the Han army would definitely come back tonight to attack the camp, so he had already made preparations.
Four three-masted warships, leave them alone, it's not proper, in case they break through to the rear and burn down the granaries; Let's go to the battle, it's not appropriate, what if it's a trick to lure the enemy? After all, the strength of his own sailor is too weak, and he may not be able to meet others when he really fights.
Gao Nanwu pondered for a long time before ordering: "Pass the order, order the sailors to closely monitor the movements of the Han army, and be ready to fight at any time!" Send someone to inform the West Bank to strengthen vigilance! The two infantry teams of the East Coast Battalion were divided into two shifts to rest and be on alert! Three cavalry 10,000 people hurry up and rest! Get ready for tomorrow! Send someone to inform the granary, be cautious there! ”
Gao Nanwu couldn't figure out how the Han army would move, so he asked everyone everywhere to be on guard, as long as you don't break through to the rear to burn food, you can make trouble as you want!
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Zhuang Shaoyou and everyone sat on the four-masted warship, and Zhang San's infantry battalion had also boarded the boat, but fortunately, the water surface of Ma Zishui was not as bumpy as the sea, and it could still withstand it.
Four three-masted warships were parked on the water ten miles away from the Goguryeo Daying, lined up, blocking the waterway, and ten miles behind the three-masted warships were Zhuang Shaoyou's two four-masted warships, with holographic lights, hidden near the west bank.
Zhuang Shaoyou sat in the cabin and gave an order: "Give the order to Ink, let his four ships go forward for another five miles!" Let's go five miles ahead! Inform General Tai Shici again to prepare for battle! ”
Half an hour later, the four three-masted warships under the command of Ink Commander advanced five miles to the north, and two large camps in Goguryeo could already be faintly seen, as well as dozens of warships on the river.
The Goguryeo army suddenly became nervous, and the battle was about to break out.
Just after that, the four warships on the surface of the water suddenly moved forward again, five miles, four miles, three miles, huh? Wrong? How did it become a ship!
Gao Nanwu big tent
"Your Majesty, the Han Army's naval division has engaged with our army's forward, and the other party suddenly killed two more warships, and they were bigger than the original, it seemed to be a four-masted warship, and the Han army began to fire bed crossbows from afar, and our army's naval division suffered more than 400 casualties in a round of attacks!
There are also a few three-masted warships that have been pierced by crossbow arrows and are beginning to leak! ”
Gao Nanwu was shocked when he heard this: "Are you sure it's a ship?" Not four? ”
"Your Majesty, everything your subordinates say is true!"
Gao Nanwu frowned, and muttered for a long time before saying: "Pass the order, order the sailors to move closer to the camps on both sides of the strait, let the camps on both sides of the strait launch bed crossbows to support the sailors, and order the sailors to prepare the fireboats to put down, the number is not too many, the emphasis is on delaying time!" As long as we can survive until dawn, we can turn defeat into victory! ”
"Yes!"
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At the gate of Pingcheng in Xi'an, Gongsun Yan listened to the report of his scouts: "Report to the general, the reinforcement water division has been engaged in battle with the Goguryeo army, and it seems that the reinforcement water division has an absolute advantage!" ”
Gongsun Yan was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! Command me to immediately attack the enemy's camp! ”
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On the west bank of Mazishui, the Goguryeo infantry battalion
From the beginning of the battle between the naval divisions just now, they were at an absolute disadvantage, Gao Nanwu ordered the naval divisions to move closer to both sides of the strait, and ordered the fire support of the armies on both sides, and the infantry battalions on the west bank suddenly became busy, mobilizing all kinds of siege weapons to the shore, and the number of bed crossbows and catapults was as many as dozens, which looked very cumbersome, not as delicate as the design of the Mo family, but the power should not be underestimated.
At this moment, General Dahu Li, the vanguard of the West Bank battalion, angrily scolded the soldiers and urged them to get up quickly to fight, and the entire battalion was full of complaints.
At this moment, there was a rush of shouts and killings from Pingcheng, Xi'an, thousands of Han infantry poured out of the city, and soon killed outside the camp, General Li hurriedly sent people to organize defenses and deploy formations.
As a result, just when the Han army was able to withstand the offensive, there was a wave of iron hooves not far away, and thousands of cavalry roared from the south, instantly killing the Goguryeo camp, the Goguryeo west bank camp had been attacking the city for days, exhausted, and was attacked at night, morale was generally not high, and now it was attacked by this wave of cavalry, and suddenly panicked.
General Li led his own soldiers to kill people everywhere in an attempt to stabilize the morale of the army, but when the cavalry was still 300 paces away, they bent their bows and arrows, and wave after wave of bows and arrows were thrown at the Goguryeo army, which made the Goguryeo army breathless at all, and the four thousand iron cavalry moved and launched a flying shot, and in a row of more than ten rounds, thousands of Goguryeo soldiers were shot to death, and there were countless wounded soldiers.
Before he had time to catch his breath after the flying shot, Tai Shici launched a surprise attack with the cavalry battalion, and the entire battalion suddenly collapsed, and General Li could no longer suppress the bullets, and finally collapsed completely.
General Li was furious when he saw this, and rode on a war horse with five hundred personal soldiers to kill in the direction of Tai Shici, it was this birdman who made the old man lose so badly, as long as he cut the girl, there was still hope!
Tai Shi Ci put away the bow, holding a silver spear with the forward left and right, the forward 400 people are Zhuang Shaoyou's original cavalry battalion old bottom, the southern expedition and the north for more than two years, tempered by blood and fire, under the leadership of Tai Shi Ci like a tiger into the flock, struggling to kill those Goguryeo rout.
"General be careful!" Qin Ling followed Tai Shi Ci to fight, and suddenly saw a group of Goguryeo cavalry rushing towards him, led by a rugged-looking man, with a hideous appearance, holding a huge mace, looking very brave.
Tai Shi Ci heard Qin Ling's reminder, turned his head to look, and when he saw the fierce general rushing towards him, he snorted coldly with disdain, and raised his gun to meet him.
That fierce general is the forward general Li Chengzhu on the west bank, who is a fierce general that Goguryeo can count, and also a powerful general of Gao Nanwu.
Li Chengzhu held the mace with both hands, and swept towards Tai Shi Ci, Tai Shi Ci looked solemn when he saw this, one leaned back, completely attached to the horse's back, narrowly avoided the mace, and stabbed forward with a spear, then Li Chengzhu was also able to avoid the spear, and quickly retracted the mace, the two of them passed by the wrong horse, and the first round was not divided into winners and losers!
Both of them were full of fighting spirit, turned their horses' heads, and fought again, for more than 20 rounds in a row, on par, Tai Shici was a little angry when he saw this, and he was actually blocked by this rammer, and he had to find a way to kill him!
Tai Shi Ci slapped the horse and rushed towards Li Chengzhu again, Li Chengzhu also slapped the horse to usher, Tai Shi Ci came to the front, shook a shot, and attacked Li Chengzhu's next three roads, Li Chengzhu snorted coldly, and waved his mace with both hands to meet the attack.
Tai Shi Ci's false shot was not retracted, and the second was that he suddenly increased his strength and collided with the mace, Li Chengzhu misjudged and did not attack hard enough, and was repelled by Tai Shi Ci's spear and stabbed towards the throat, Li Chengzhu was shocked and quickly dodged.
However, he did not completely avoid it, he was stabbed in the left shoulder by a spear, Li Chengzhu was shocked and angry after being injured, the two horses staggered, Li Chengzhu could not fight anymore, turned his horse's head, and fled northward, and five hundred personal soldiers also followed closely with horses, desperately protecting Li Chengzhu's rear.
Tai Shi Ci took 400 iron cavalry in hot pursuit, chasing and killing all the way, but there were too many Goguryeo soldiers along the way to catch up, so he had to give up, turn around and stab towards the dense place of the fleeing infantry.
At this time, after the Goguryeo naval army on the west bank lost support on the shore, it was quickly defeated and the warships moved closer to the west bank, and Zhang San's infantry battalion jumped off the ships one after another to join the pursuit.