Chapter 885: Return to the Horse Gun
Moments before dawn, the Goguryeo camp under the Yuguan Pass was shrouded in fog. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this moment when he was most relaxed his vigilance, Wei Chigong took three thousand Tang horses and appeared quietly and without warning.
Through this thick fog, Tang cavalry reached the front of the Goguryeo military camp.
The man is titled, and the horse is wrapped in hooves.
Yu Chi Baolin personally played the forward, and until he reached the camp gate, the Goguryeo guards did not find it. Quietly approached, slashing the throats of the guards one by one.
Gently putting the corpse to the ground, Yu Chi Baolin took a steel knife in his mouth, and led a team of subordinates to quietly climb over the gate and cross into the camp.
Gently lift down the door bar and push open the camp gate.
A shout was heard, and one of the defenders asked.
Yu Chi Baolin threw a short knife in his hand, and the man fell down in response, and let out a miserable scream.
More shouts were heard.
Yu Chi Baolin and everyone struggled to open the camp gate, and a burst of footsteps in the camp came, accompanied by shouts, and the Goguryeo guards were already suspicious.
However, a smile already appeared on Yu Chi Baolin's face.
The camp gate has been completely opened, and Wei Chigong, who was waiting outside, took the lead, as the governor of the right army, but at this time, he took three thousand light horsemen, carrying a horse lance and rushed into the Goguryeo camp first.
Rush rush rush.
Regardless of anything, he followed the passage in the camp tent of the Goguryeo people and killed the center all the way.
While rushing, throw torches.
The flames were everywhere, shouting to kill and shake the sky.
The Goguryeo people who slept in a daze never thought that someone would attack the military camp at night. During this time, although they did not capture Linyu Pass, they also used up the defenders in the pass.
It was difficult for them to even defend the city, let alone attack it in the middle of the night.
Moreover, these Goguryeo people are not without precautions, they are precisely against the Guannai, so the focus is on the area of the gate of the Guancheng, and the west of the camp is not strictly defended.
Because Yuangai Suwen led the army to Pingzhou, there would be no Tang army in the west of them.
Theoretically speaking, there really shouldn't be a Tang army in the west, because the only Tang army in the vicinity is trapped in this city, and there are not many of them.
When Wei Chigong took three thousand Tang horsemen and killed them like ghosts, they really thought they had seen a ghost.
There were not many Goguryeo soldiers under the fortress, only about 4,000. Originally, there were 5,000 horsemen, but after a month and a half of siege, more than 1,000 casualties were also lost.
Calculated or unintentional, the sudden attack of the Tang army completely blinded these Goguryeo people.
"Where did this Tang come from?"
"How did they come from the west of the camp?"
They had a myriad of doubts, but no one told them.
Yu Chigong led people to just beat and rush, constantly throwing torches and even grenades all the way.
Before many Goguryeo people could get up and put on their clothes, their tents caught fire, and even grenades were thrown over and exploded.
Chickens fly and dogs jump.
It's chaos.
Some Goguryeo people rushed out naked, only to be stabbed to death by a spear from the Tang cavalry who rushed over.
The fire grew bigger and more tents were being lit.
Linyu Pass.
The multi-day siege of the city exhausted the few defenders.
After finally surviving the day, the soldiers and civilians defending the city could finally take turns to rest for a while.
One of the defenders of the city, Captain Zhichong, had just squinted for a moment before he was woken up.
"Captain, there's movement outside."
"Liaogou sneak attack at night?" The first reaction of the commander of Zhichong was that the Goguryeo people attacked the city at night, and in the past month or so, the Goguryeo people rarely attacked the city at night, but it was not nothing, but there were several times.
However, in the end, they were all beaten back.
The lieutenant, who had not untied his armor, grabbed the horizontal knife next to him and stood up with the knife.
"Let's go!"
"Captain, it's not a Goguryeo attack."
"Isn't it?"
The Lieutenant turned his head unexpectedly.
"Just now, there was movement under the city, first there was shouting and killing, then there was firelight, and now the fire is getting bigger and bigger. Looking like that, it looks like the Goguryeo military camp has been raided. ”
"This? Are you sure it was a surprise attack, not a battalion or something? ”
Camp howling is a rare phenomenon, sometimes, the soldiers in the battalion are too nervous, have nightmares at night, and then go crazy, and even cause more people to go crazy. When the camp roar is serious, they will even kill each other. Especially the kind of large battalion with a large number of recruits, even forcibly conscripted recruits, and then after a fierce battle, the soldiers are fragile and extremely nervous and afraid, and they are most likely to roar. Sometimes, a camp of tens of thousands of people may completely collapse after a camp roar.
But under the city are the Goguryeo people, these barbarians are quite strong, how can they be roaring.
"Captain, maybe the officials and soldiers of the imperial court have come to help."
The lieutenant was stunned for a moment.
Reinforcements from the imperial court?
He had almost forgotten about it. They have been fighting bloody battles here for nearly two months, waking up every day, not knowing if they can see the sun tomorrow, and they have survived day by day until now, and they really forget that they are still officers and soldiers.
"Check it out."
When the lieutenant rushed to the head of Guancheng, he only saw a faint fire below, shouting to kill the heavens.
But the fog is too big and you can't see it really.
In this case, it is impossible to tell what is going on.
The officers and soldiers who rushed over all looked at the lieutenant.
"There was the sound of knives and guns, shouting and scolding, and the sound of horses' hooves, yes, the sound of thunder. This sound, if I am not mistaken, should be a firearm grenade. This thing is only available to us in the Tang Dynasty, and it is impossible for the Goguryeo people to have it. ”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became.
"It's our reinforcements, it's the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, brothers, our reinforcements have arrived. Open the gate and go out with me to pick up the reinforcements. ”
A lieutenant hurriedly said, "Captain, the fog is too big now, we can't see the situation clearly at all, if it's not what we think, we open the city, what if the city is lost?" ”
Captain insisted.
"It must be reinforcements, you listen, the sound of the explosion must be a firearm. It's our reinforcements arriving, what are we waiting for here? ”
The lieutenant gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'll go out with the captain!" ”
"No, you stay. Take some brothers and keep the gates, and as soon as I leave the gates, you will close them. Understand, no matter what, there can be no loss in the city. ”
"The lieutenant stayed, let me lead my troops out of the city to respond."
"Needless to say, this is a military order, let's enforce it." The lieutenant walked down the city with his sword.
The Lieutenant picked five hundred soldiers from the city, most of whom were wounded, but they were in the best condition of the remaining soldiers in the city.
The gates of the city were opened with a bang, and the drawbridge was lowered.
The lieutenant rushed out with five hundred wounded soldiers.
The Goguryeo people, who were already caught off guard, were attacked all of a sudden.
Wei Chigong led the cavalry to rush left and right, constantly rushing and killing.
The experienced Wei Chigong did not give the Goguryeo people a chance to regroup at all, and rushed to kill them over and over again.
Every time a Goguryeo man gathered a team, he immediately dispersed.
The shouting and killing never stopped.
The fog gradually dissipated.
It's dawn.
The sun is rising.
Under the Linyu Pass, more than 4,000 Goguryeo people were completely defeated, and there were tents destroyed by fire everywhere and corpses that were killed.
"My subordinate Yuguan Zhichong Lieutenant Zhao Cheng will meet the Metropolitan Governor."
Zhao Cheng, who was covered in blood, recognized the general opposite at a glance.
This strong man like a black tower is his top boss, and he is also the general of the dynasty, and Chi Gong, the governor of the right army. He didn't expect that it would be this general who led the troops to raid the Goguryeo people last night.
Wei Chigong looked at Zhao Cheng.
nodded, "Yes, I can stick to this day, I have some ability, and I am not ashamed." ”
With a little tiredness, Wei Chi Gong said, "Let's enter the customs first." ”
Zhao Cheng followed behind Yu Chi Gong, and next to him was Yu Chi Baolin. Yu Chi Gong didn't speak with a cold face all the way, but it was Yu Chi Baolin who kept talking to Zhao Cheng all the way.
Then Zhao Cheng learned that it turned out that Li Xiang had defeated Quangai Suwen at the Wei River, and that the Goguryeo people had withdrawn from the siege of Pingzhou and were fleeing to this side.
Hearing this, Zhao Cheng was very excited.
The Goguryeo dog raised by the son of a bitch was finally defeated.
"Is there any food and grass in the city?"
"Yes!"
Zhao Cheng nodded, there are not many soldiers in Linyu Pass, but there are a lot of grain, grass, and ordnance, after all, this is the actual border pass of Tang and Goguryeo, and it is also an extremely important gate. There has been a lot of grain, grass and ordnance stored in it.
It was with sufficient ordnance and food that they were able to guard this Yuguan for a month and a half. During this time, Zhao Cheng armed almost all the soldiers and civilians in Guancheng.
"That's good, there are enough ordnance and food, we can let go of our hands and feet and fight with Quan Gai Suwen this time."
"General, aren't those routs chasing after you?"
Yu Chi Baolin shook her head, "No need to chase, I don't have that energy, our most important task now is to rest first, and then stop Quan Gai Suwen here, don't let him escape back." Li Xiang asked us to stop the enemy for two days, and we had to stop it for at least three days. ”
Zhao Cheng was taken aback.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiangguo had such a big idea, and he wanted to intercept and annihilate Quangai Suwen and his more than 30,000 horsemen.
Can this be done?
"Can't you do it? Li Xiang's defeat of Quan Gai Suwen at the Wei River, and our annihilation of these thousands of Goguryeo people in one fell swoop in the morning, haven't we done all of this, and what else can't be done? Yu Chi Baolin said.
When Yuangai Suwen was still more than fifty hours away from Linyu Pass, he encountered a group of Goguryeo routs. After these Goguryeo soldiers under the Linyu Pass were defeated, they fled in all directions, and some fled westward.
A group of Goguryeo soldiers stopped them and brought them to Yuangai Suwen.
"Where are you from?" Yuangai Suwen asked.
"Linyu Pass."
The defeated soldiers were in great disarray, fleeing in the field, fearful, hungry and cold.
"Linyu Pass?" Yuangai Suwen's voice suddenly rose a lot.
"The cavalry of the Don Army raided our ・・・・・ yesterday morning"
By the time they finished speaking, Yuangai Suwen's face was already extremely blue.
He had already expected that the cavalry of the Tang Army must have been led by Wei Chi Gong. But Wei Chigong should have been behind him at this time, but in Li Chao's chasing army, how did he run in front of him and defeated the thousands of Goguryeo soldiers under Yuguan.
He was fooled.
Li Chao on the dog day must have sent Wei Chi Gong to take a detour to Yuguan at night as early as under Lulong City, these days, the cavalry around Li Chao is fake.
Now, Wei Chigong defeated his troops and horses under Yuguan, relieved the siege of Yuguan, and intercepted his retreat.
Li Chao, Li Chao, his face turned pale with anger.
The other generals also understood, they were deceived by Li Chao. In the past few days, Li Chao is actually very weak, without 3,000 cavalry, his strength is very weak. But they were chased away by Li Chao!
"My lord, go back, kill Li Chao first, he is now all infantry, and two-thirds of them are new soldiers, we will definitely be able to defeat them."
Yuan Gai Suwen was a little moved.
Yes, Wei Chigong went around in front of them, and now he has entered Linyu Pass, blocking their retreat.
Li Chao has been chasing after him again.
There are still fifty miles away from Yuguan, and Li Chao is twenty miles away from him.
Li Chao should only have about 30,000 people in his hands, and all of them are infantry, and two-thirds of them are new soldiers.
If there is no cavalry, he should probably return his horse and shoot himself.