Chapter 372 372.The Battle of Jian'an
Qi Jie led a large army into Li Gaozhao's army, and the two sides fought.
After three hours of fierce fighting, Qi Jie's army was defeated and began to retreat, how could Li Gaozhao give up this opportunity to besiege Qi Jiu, he rushed up with his army and tried to encircle and kill Qi Jiu.
Qi Jie broke and fled, about ten miles away, Li Gaozhao chased about ten miles, Li Gaozhao's deputy looked at Li Gaozhao and said: "The so-called poor Kou Mo chase, we ...... like this"
"We are now at a very urgent moment, we can't give up any opportunity to destroy the other party, otherwise the other side can organize its forces and still be able to fight!" Li Gaozhao said to his lieutenant.
Li Gaozhao's words silenced the adjutant general, as Li Gaozhao said, they are now very urgent, and they cannot give up any opportunity to destroy the enemy army, once the other party recovers, the other party's army is pressed again, it can still create strong pressure on them, create a very big dilemma for them, and make them unable to turn over.
So Li Gaozhao couldn't give up any chance to destroy the other party, so he chose to pursue, of course, he also knew that Poor Kou Mo chased, if it was too far, he would give up, but ten miles was not too far.
But at this time, he heard the voice of the soldiers of the Qi State, and it was the cavalry of the Qi State who was fighting with Li Gaozhao, but now it was the infantry of the Qi State, and the infantry of the Qi State held spears and blocked Li Gaozhao's way.
"General, this ......" The adjutant general looked at Li Gaozhao.
Li Gaozhao didn't expect this to happen, and at this time, the cavalry of Qi Jiao had moved away, and the infantry formed many hollow squares.
Li Gaozhao was besieged here, and in the rear, Li Gaozhao's cavalry encountered sniping from the Qi cavalry and cut off contact with Li Gaozhao.
This is Feng Chen's plan, first engage Li Gaozhao, and then defeat first, he expected that Li Gaozhao would definitely send an army to pursue, of course, he also knew that Li Gaozhao would not chase too far, so he ambushed the infantry within ten miles.
When Li Gaozhao entered the ten miles range, the small group of cavalry that remained, under the leadership of Liu Yan, cut off Li Gaozhao's army, and then the infantry besieged it.
Set up a hollow quadrangle in front of Li Gaozhao, and then block Li Gaozhao's contact with the large army and eliminate Li Gaozhao.
After the dragons are leaderless, Li Gaozhao's army will be defeated, thinking about eating Li Gaozhao's warlords, Feng Tan feels unlikely, so he wants to eat Li Gaozhao first, and after eliminating Li Gaozhao, this Goguryeo army is not to be afraid.
Qi Jie came out at this time and looked at Li Gaozhao: "I'm giving you a chance, surrender and don't kill!" ”
Li Gao looked at the hollow phalanx around him, and then looked to the rear, which was full of Qi troops, and his vanguard troops had been cut off and cut off from the army in the rear.
Li Gaozhao held the sword: "You imperial soldiers have the honor of imperial soldiers, and we Goguryeo soldiers also have the ease of Goguryeo soldiers, and we would rather die in battle than be absolutely willing to live!" ”
After seeing this scene, Li Gaozhao knew that there was no chance of ten deaths, and the chance to survive was only for the large army to come in.
But if the other side cuts off its own contact with the large army, it will definitely send heavy troops to block its own large army, even if its own troops are very strong and break through the opponent's blocking force, but it will take a long time.
By the moment he broke through, he might have already fallen to the ground, so the moment Li Gaozhao knew that he had been tricked, he knew that he might not be alive.
Qi Jie waved his hand: "Kill!" ”
Since Li Gaozhao does not surrender, there is no need for Qi Jiao to talk nonsense with the other party, of course, this is also a kind of respect for the other party.
Even if both sides are enemies, be respectful of your opponents!
One after another, the quadrangle approached each other, and Li Gaozhao entered a quadrangle, in this hollow quadrangle, Li Gaozhao had to fight with a hundred infantry, and Li Gaozhao's troops were only more than twenty knights.
Of course, the quadrangular formations cooperate with each other, and the desired effect is to fight more and less, but fortunately, the troops in Qijiao have a huge number of infantry corps, and the 'Qingzhou Legion' can organize a very large number of quadrangular hollow arrays.
"Brethren, it is my honor to fight and die with you!" Li Gaozhao looked at the people next to him and said, entering the hollow quadrangle, Li Gaozhao knew that his death time had come, more than 20 cavalry, dealing with more than 100 infantry, and the other party was still spearmen.
"Close!" At the sound of an order, the soldiers approached, the spear pierced, Li Gaozhao fought with the other party, but the other party got closer and closer, and his cavalry fell one by one, and finally Li Gaozhao was also pierced through the body.
Although the spear pierced his body, he still had life, and he looked around: "Although I am dead in battle, I have my glory!" ”
After Li Gaozhao finished speaking, he fell from the horse to the ground, Feng Tan rode on the horse, and said next to Qi Jiu: "It seems that there is a celebration banquet today!" ”
"This Li Gaozhao is a good general, if he can be co-opted, it will be even better!" For Li Gaozhao's death, Qi Jie was very sorry.
"As a soldier, dying on the battlefield can be regarded as a well-deserved death!" Feng Tan said to Qi Jiao.
Qi Jie nodded: "Yes!" ”
The soldiers cut off Li Gaozhao's head, and then hung it on the spear, and the soldiers outside were stunned when they saw Li Gaozhao's head, and they knelt on the ground one after another.
This battle is known as the Battle of Jian'an, and the Qi army and Goguryeo fought twice, the first time ending with the victory of Goguryeo, and the second time with the victory of the Qi army, which completely ended the Battle of Jian'an.
The enemy commander Li Gaozhao was killed in battle, and 50,000 elite Goguryeo surrendered, and after the battle, Goguryeo had no elite soldiers, and only Kim Muren's army remained.
After this battle, Goguryeo was unable to organize a decent army to stop the invading army.
Qi Jiu, who won the Battle of Jian'an, did not immediately send troops to Pyongyang City, he was originally very anxious, but after learning that Zhou Baotong was still fighting hard in Daejeon and had not yet arrived in Seoul, he was not so anxious.
Because of the route he took, Goguryeo was no longer able to organize legions to stop him.
Qi Jie calculated that it would only take him 20 days to get from Jian'an to Pyongyang City, and Zhou Baotong would need at least 10 days to attack Pyongyang City if he solved the problem of Jin Muren, and it would take more than a month to reach Pyongyang City from Seoul.
However, he Jin Muren has not solved it yet, and he doesn't know how much time it will take to solve Jin Muren.
Therefore, Qi Jiu is not in a hurry, so he can rest assured that he can rest his troops here, and when he finishes resting his troops and horses, he will arrive at the city of Pyongyang with a large army.
The city of Pyongyang is different from the capital of the imperial princes, this city of Pyongyang does not have strong fortifications, this is mainly because Goguryeo never thought that someone would attack their city of Pyongyang, and they also have the capital of Seoul, once the city of Pyongyang is lost, they can go to Seoul.