Chapter 1154: Defeat is like a mountain
"Prime Minister, it is no longer a question of whether you can defeat the enemy, but how to retreat safely." The lieutenant general beside Yuan Taizuo also secretly screamed in his heart that it was a pity, but he quickly regained his composure and began to think about and remind Yuan Taizuo of what he should do now.
Yuan Taizuo instantly felt like someone had poured a basin of ice water from the head, gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat at this time...... Where else can you retreat? ”
However, having said that, he still mobilized the Chinese army back and protected it by his side.
Although Li Xuanba was slightly injured, he was overjoyed when he thought that he had successfully completed the task and made great achievements, but he met Wang Junlin's command car halfway, and Wang Junlin shouted when he saw him: "Idiot, the enemy has fled and doesn't know what to do when he runs back." ”
Li Xuanba was stunned for a moment, turned his head and saw that the Goguryeo people who were chasing them had long disappeared at some point, and the Chinese army of the Goguryeo army was retreating as fast as possible. Without saying a word, he took the remaining 600 horses under his command and turned the horse's head and chased after him.
Wang Junlin had just discovered the clue with the help of a telescope, and while he personally stepped forward to confirm it, he immediately ordered the whole army to pursue at this time. Amid the sound of trumpets and war drums, the Goguryeo army on both wings finally discovered that the Chinese army had been defeated through the cheers of Wang Junlin's side.
Frightened, these Goguryeo generals could no longer care about other things, and immediately began to flee with their own men and horses. There was that clever general who also knew that after sending a team of dead soldiers, the situation was slightly better. And most of the generals were panicked, and only cared about leading people to escape, but instead fell into a place of no return.
The defeat was like a mountain, and even if there were only 1,000 pursuers at this time, it was already difficult to recover the rout of the Goguryeo army.
Under the summer sun, Wang Junlin asked Wei Chi Jingde to lead 2,000 remnants of soldiers to stay in place and firmly defend the valley mouth, while everyone else went to kill the enemy.
"Give orders to the special forces behind the mountains on both sides of the valley, as well as the spies under Guo'er, to be ready to intercept and kill the Goguryeo people who fled over the mountains at any time."
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Yuan Taizuo looked at the collapsed army with a pale face, and they ran desperately in panic
As for the scattered of the personal soldiers who were still sticking to their posts around him, they had completely become lost dogs, and some generals with some of their personal soldiers still wanted to kill people and supervise the war, but even the people who supervised the war were instantly submerged and had to flee backwards.
The adjutant general next to him said in a trembling voice: "Prime Minister, running into the depths of the valley will die sooner or later, let's take someone to protect the Prime Minister and escape from the north over the mountain, and I see that many soldiers have already fled over the mountain, and then the Prime Minister will gather a part of the army, and we will flee back to Pyongyang." ”
"Run?" Yuan Taizuo said in despair, "The valley mouth is blocked, and the mountains on these three sides are not very high, you think that the other party will be unprepared behind the mountain." Even if we escape over the mountains, when we are exhausted, any Sui army will capture or kill us, and we can run away a few more. ”
The deputy general didn't know what to say, so he simply knelt down and said, "I swear to follow my lord to the death." ”
The so-called defeat is like a mountain, it is the scene in front of him, whether it is Yuan Taizuo or some generals, it is difficult to stop or regather personnel to counterattack, unless Wang Junlin no longer orders to chase and kill, but how is that possible.
The completely discouraged Goguryeo army panicked, howling and running wildly on the battlefield, throwing weapons and armor and helmets all over the ground, and they had only one thought left, to flee for their lives before anyone else. But they forgot that no matter how fast they rode at this time, they would not be able to get out of the valley, and eventually they would have to escape from the valley by climbing the mountain with their bare hands.
There was no need for Wang Junlin to give orders to the people of Silla and Baekje, all the cavalry of these two countries were crazy to chase and kill, easily killing those routs who did not resist at all from behind, and some of the cavalry rushed into the herd of horses left by the Goguryeo army just now, and tens of thousands of war horses galloped in all directions, and the rear of the Goguryeo army became more and more chaotic, the battlefield was dusty, and there were people and horses running in panic everywhere, and the wounded soldiers left on the ground wailed loudly, but no one paid attention to it.
The Goguryeo people on horseback began to gallop into the valley in a scattered manner, and some wise people got off their horses and climbed up the mountains on both sides. There were even delirious people who rushed towards Taniguchi, and naturally they were easily killed by the oncoming tripartite coalition forces.
The speed of the retreat in front of him was far beyond Yuan Taizuo's expectations, and his eyes were full of routs running around, and there were some of them
The brave Goguryeo cavalry chose to keep charging and killing the other party, and under the stimulation of the chaotic scene, Yuan Taizuo, who was protected by hundreds of personal soldiers, felt that the horses under him were also anxiously moving their horses' hooves, and he had to hold on to the reins tightly.
A hundred steps away from Yuan Taizuo, there was a Sui cavalry galloping past, several empty-handed fleeing routs did not have time to get out of the way, in a blink of an eye, they were stabbed by this Sui army, and they were knocked over by horses before they fell to the ground, and after the three rows of horse hooves stepped on, a faint smoke and dust rose on the ground, and several rout soldiers were placed there without movement.
A Goguryeo army of four or five hundred cavalry was hastily assembled under the desperate gathering of a general, Yuan Taizuo could see that their formation was also very chaotic, and the spears and sabers were mixed with each other between each array, far from the beginning of the neatness, and after the basic arrangement, they wanted to rush out of a way to live, but Li Xuan rushed through from the north with hundreds of cavalry, killing nearly half of the Goguryeo cavalry that had just gathered with great difficulty, and then scattered into a rout.
It was impossible to reorganize the cavalry, and in the chaos of the army, Yuan Taizuo's face was like ashes, gritted his teeth, and loudly ordered the drummer to sing gold, so that the soldiers could flee for their lives, and then he finally chose to take advantage of the chaos to rush up the north mountain under the protection of more than 500 loyal soldiers around him, and took the opportunity to change clothes with the guards.
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Wang Junlin rode a blood-maned horse, entered the Sanyang Valley, crossed the hundred-zhang long ravine blown out by explosives, and the first thing he saw was more than 20,000 mounted mounts of the gathered Goguryeo army, most of these war horses were too tired to run, and the root of the war horse was injured by the Goguryeo army, and he couldn't live for a few days.
Next to the horses were more than 20,000 captives, all of whom had been disarmed with weapons and armor, kneeling on the cold and hard ground, most of them numb or gloomy and desperate.
Not far away, ten makeshift cowhide tents were busy, and the wounded were constantly being carried in for treatment.
Wang Junlin rode into the battlefield strewn with corpses, and Wei Chi Jingde rushed back from the depths of the valley surrounded by his own soldiers, and reported: "My lord, I have received definite news that Yuan Taizuo has fled from the north side of the mountain with some of his own soldiers. ”