Chapter 1172: Retreat in front of the enemy
Yu Wenshu gritted his teeth, compared to Yu Zhongwen, who was reckless and reckless, he was still a little mentally prepared, not to be as messy as Yu Zhongwen, he also knew that now was not the time to be held responsible, whether his old bones could return to Da Sui or not depends on whether God blessed, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Order, beat the drum, the archers of the front army shoot forward, discard the baggage in front of the formation, the rear team becomes the front team, and quickly retreat in the direction of Sashui!" ”
On the Peony Peak, in the lookout platform on the fortress of Lianshan Fort, Yizhi Wende was smiling, looking at this magnificent, crowded battlefield, in front of the Sui army formation, the black archers took turns to step forward to release arrows, and the auxiliaries hurriedly passed through the gap in the infantry line, throwing piles of heavy goods other than food in front of the formation, and although the front of the Sui army was still in a tight formation, the troops in and behind the formation had retreated into the distance like a tide.
Gao Qianhui smiled and pointed at the retreating Sui army in the distance with his horsewhip, and said: "Lord Yizhi, the Sui army is scared and frightened, and it actually retreats in front of our army like this!" Now our army is attacking with all its might, outflanking the two wings with cavalry, and pursuing with infantry in formation, we will definitely be able to win a big victory. ”
Yizhi Wende smiled and waved his hand: "No, the current Sui army has a large number of people, and it is not something that can be eaten in one bite, and the front-line infantry cavalry of the Sui army looks pretty good, and it has not yet reached the point where the food is exhausted and the strength is insufficient. Even if there are only 100,000 broken troops. It can also cause huge casualties to our army. If the enemy army succeeds desperately to fight to the death and repel our army, then the meat in the mouth will have to be spit out. ”
A group of Goguryeo generals and Khitans, and the chieftains of Beji all nodded their heads again and again, and by the way, they praised Ulji Wendeok. Yizhi Wende waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Order, the whole army will follow and pursue." Maintain contact with the enemy, if the Sui people release arrows, our archers come forward to suppress, if the Sui army uses cavalry to counterattack, then our cavalry comes forward to meet the battle, and the lance hand follows, and it is not allowed to let go of the formation to chase and kill, and there are privateer Sui army leaders and baggage heavyweights, beheaded! ”
Wang Shichong stood beside the nurses, and the generals who came to the nursery. Standing on the platform, listening to the earth-shaking war drums and shouts of killing in the distance. His brows were deeply furrowed, and he didn't say a word.
The faces of the tigers in the family were full of excitement, and Lai Yuan smiled: "Look, our main army must have fought over, and now we are fighting a decisive battle with the Goguryeo army at the foot of Peony Peak." ”
Lai Wei nodded and said: "Yes, look at this posture, there are at least two or three hundred thousand people from my Great Sui, it must be the arrival of the army, the sound of our army's horn is different from that of the enemy, and it is desperately beating the drum at this time, it seems that it is going to be assaulted." Ha ha! ”
Lai Hong also nodded and said: "Yes, now it is the drum and trumpet of the march, and the sound of this arrow breaking through the air can be heard from dozens of miles away, and it must be preparing for the bow and arrow before the assault." ”
Zhou Fashang's son, Zhou Shaofan, also joined the discussion: "Dashuai, father, it seems that the main forces of Goguryeo are all concentrated there, or we will take this opportunity to attack the big camp in front of the Goguryeo army, at least we can contain their forces, so that Eulji Wende can not support the main battlefield, and we will fulfill our responsibility." ”
Zhou Fashang said coldly: "I have just tentatively attacked the enemy's camp, there are at least 80,000 archers in the enemy camp, the main force is still there, our army has no possibility of breaking through their camp head-on, and it is already considered to have achieved the goal of attracting the enemy's army here, and there is no need to attack again, if our army fails to attack and retreats to the beach in defeat, they may instead draw troops to support the front." ”
As soon as Zhou Fashang's words came out, several small characters closed their mouths. Lai Cheng's brows furrowed, and he said, "It seems that something is wrong with the situation in front." ”
Laihu'er turned his head to look at his son and said in a deep voice, "What's wrong?" ”
Lai pricked up his ears, listened for a while, and then shook his head, and said: "I only heard the war drums of my Great Sui, but there was no shouting of killing, it is said that such a level of bow and arrow attack, with my Great Sui's military system, is to the infantry cavalry shouting in unison, singing the wind, with a strong bow and arrow, to deter the enemy!" ”
"But now, I only hear the sound of the bowstring hitting, but I don't hear the shouts of our army's infantry cavalry, but in Goguryeo, not only are there thousands of arrows in unison, but they are also roaring loudly, and even, even their roars are different, some of them are not what I have never heard, not like the cheering and shouting of the Goguryeo people, but like other peoples."
Wang Shichong gritted his teeth and said, "It's the cries of the Khitan and Beji people. They finally dispatched all their strength and sent out the barbarian cavalry who had not shown their faces. And General Lai Liu is right, the main force of our Great Sui is not attacking, but retreating, and it is retreating while beating drums and letting the archers hold down their positions! ”
Lai Hu'er nodded and said: "What General Wang said is right, the enemy army is indeed attacking, and their battle line is moving forward, which can be confirmed from the shouting of killing to the north, our army's troops are covering the retreat after using archers and elite soldiers!" ”
Zhou Fashang sighed: "What is going on, the main force of our army, against the Goguryeo Army, is already outside the city of Pyongyang, and if it is defeated, it will destroy the country, why do you retreat at this time?" ”
Wang Shichong said coldly: "I'm afraid that what we are most worried about has become a reality, the Goguryeo army is luring our army to go deeper, and then the army is waiting for a strong battle, and the main force of our army is driving straight in, and the food and grass are not continuous, and they have become tired soldiers and have no strength to fight, so they are now forced to retreat in front of the enemy!" ”
Laihu'er sighed: "The strength of this Goguryeo is really beyond our expectations, there are more than 100,000 troops confronting our army, and it is still possible to divide so many troops to deal with the main force of our army, so it seems that this commander was too reckless at that time, and thought that tens of thousands of people could destroy the country, but in fact, people didn't use their strength at all." ”
Zhou Fashang said hatefully: "It must be the two countries of Baekje Silla who secretly reached an agreement with Goguryeo, so that they can withdraw all the troops from the south and come to King Qin, otherwise, they will never have such a scale." ”
Wang Shichong took a deep breath: "No matter what, we still have to attack the enemy camp, even if it is to cover the retreat of the army, we have to try, the harder and more fierce the fight, the more chance the main force of our army will withdraw." ”
Lai Hu'er nodded seriously, and said with a straight face: "Order, beat the drum, march!" Storm the enemy camp! (To be continued.) )