Chapter 379: Kill the enemy

After the water slowly receded, the soldiers in the camp took advantage of the situation to clean up the horses, and when the water completely receded, the soldiers in the camp turned back into cavalry again.

The gates of the camp were opened, and the cavalry rushed out, heading straight upstream.

The cavalry was much faster than the infantry, and although the previous soldiers had first traveled on rafts and then on the ground, the cavalry caught up after an hour and a half, shortly after reaching the enemy camp.

As Fang Shu said, there were more surviving Goguryeo soldiers in the camp, and the water receded, and the advantage of the Tang army became smaller, but even so, the surviving Goguryeo soldiers still had no power to fight back against the Tang army.

The weapons were all washed away, and the Tang army could only take what was handy, and many Goguryeo soldiers in the camp fought with the long knives of the Tang army with wooden sticks.

"Master Hou, there are many people who want to surrender." Fang Shu walked up to Xuan Shijing and said.

"In this battle, don't surrender troops, Liaodong has taken over enough surrendered troops, and now our army is only 20,000, 120,000 troops, no, it should be 150,000." Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Even if the 150,000 army is washed by the water, there are far more than 20,000 people who survive. ”

Gao Huanquan defected, although Xuan Shijing was a little surprised, but he would not feel very surprised, he wanted to kill Gao Huanquan, people noticed it, and wanted to save his life, this is normal, after all, he Xuan Shijing still has 20,000 Liaodong troops are Tang people, and Gao Huanquan and his 30,000 troops are Goguryeo people, coincidentally, they are also Goguryeo people, not to mention the enemy and me, why should the Goguryeo people be embarrassed by the Goguryeo people, Gao Huanquan wants to surrender, even if the other side looks at this situation, he will accept it.

The cavalry began to continue upstream, while the rest of the people stayed on the promised side, first, to eliminate the living mouth, and secondly, to see if they could search for some supplies for the Tang army.

Xuan Shijing did not continue to stay on the battlefield, but rode back to the camp, and Chang Le and Fang Shu stayed on the battlefield.

In the evening, the army returned to the camp, and Chang Le and Fang Shu went to Xuan Shijing's camp to resume their lives.

"Marquis Qiqi, Gao Huanquan, the commander of the other party and the military advisors around him have all been found, and none of them are alive." Chang Le arched his hand and said: "Although our army has killed a lot of enemy soldiers, it still runs a lot, and our army is powerless to pursue. ”

"That's enough, let those who ran away continue to plague Pyongyang City." Xuan Shijing said: "Although it is a Pyongyang city with additional troops, but it is still said before, only people go over, it will only speed up the consumption in Pyongyang City, and now the plains on both sides of the Datong River are flooded, even if the people in Pyongyang City want to come out in advance to collect grain, there is no food to collect, this water plan can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone, but in the same way, our army in Goguryeo, can no longer get any supplies, let's talk about specific things, so that Sima in the army can give credit to the soldiers." ”

"Back to Master Hou, after the soldiers below counted the corpses, the corpses that could be found added up to more than 90,000 people." Fang Shu arched his hand and said.

"In other words, there are more than 60,000 people who can't find the corpses, and most of these more than 60,000 people fled after the flood receded." Xuan Shijing said: "Is that so? ”

Fang Shu nodded: "Yes." ”

"Kill more than 90,000, it's already good, tell Sima in the army, write it truthfully, the merits of the soldiers, and the details of this battle, and send it to the tent after writing." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes." Fang Shu replied.

After Fang Shu withdrew from the camp, Xuan Shijing got up and looked at the map behind him, the camp where the Tang army was stationed now was only more than 150 miles away from Pyongyang City, which was in the lower reaches of the Datong River.

"Gao Jun, all the generals above the lieutenant colonel of the battalion have been summoned to me, Ben Hou has something to say." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes!" Chang Le answered, and went down to gather people.

Xuan Shijing sat down in front of the bookcase and began to write a report sent to Chang'an.

Su Dingfang attacked Baekje, the report spread to Chang'an, inspiring the hearts of the entire Chang'an, now, although Xuan Shijing has not destroyed Goguryeo, but the last new force of Goguryeo has been killed by the Tang army, this battle killed 90,000 Goguryeo people, destroyed several acres of fertile land, Goguryeo's last gas, was killed by Xuan Shijing.

After writing the recital, Xuan Shijing's eyes saw the family letter next to the bookcase, and his eyes instantly softened, in less than a month, he should be able to move back to Chang'an, and when the time comes, there is no need to rush the recital newspaper for eight hundred miles like now, and by the way, mix some of his own private messages and put it in it.

Xuan Shijing called the people guarding outside the tent and handed him the report: "Eight hundred miles to expedite and send it back to Chang'an." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, several generals came in one after another outside, and a quarter of an hour later, all the generals above the rank of colonel in the camp gathered in Xuan Shijing's tent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in today's battle, our army beheaded more than 90,000 enemy soldiers, and after this battle, we will set off for Pyongyang City." Xuan Shijing said: "Pyongyang City, that is our final destination, so, Ben Hou hopes, the generals must not be carried away by the victory in front of them, return to the various camps, reorganize the armament, supervise the soldiers, we still have the last battle, the most difficult battle, the longest battle of see-sawing." ”

"Qi Qi Hou Ye, although our army did not lose much in this battle, but there is not much grain and grass left, the last general asked Hou Ye, do you want to send grain and grass from Bozhuo City and Daxing City to the front line?" The first lieutenant of the rear battalion arched his hand and said.

"How many days will the remaining grain and grass be enough for the army?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Back to the Hou Ye, less than seven days." The lieutenant said: "If you transport grain and grass from Bozhuo City, you can reach our army's current camp in four days, and if you transfer grain and grass from Daxing City, it will take a little longer, about half a month." ”

"In this way, immediately send an order, select 5,000 elites in the battalion, go to Bozhuo City to allocate grain and grass in the starry night, and order the scouts to go to Daxing City, transport grain and grass, and send it directly to the direction of Pyongyang City. Xuan Shijing said, picking up a token from the table and throwing it to the captain who took the life.

The lieutenant caught Xuan Shijing's token and gave it up.

"Do the others have anything important to say to Ben Hou?" Xuan Shijing's gaze swept over everyone.

"Master Hou, now that the water has washed through, but the corpses of the enemy soldiers outside are still lying on the side of the Datong River case, do you need our army to send someone to deal with it?" The lieutenant asked.