Chapter 125: The End of the Hero
Gao Yannian, who had already reported the heart of death, had more than a thousand horsemen, and it was completely a desperate style of play, and when the two horses hedged over, most of them gave up defense, but directly carried a scimitar, and slashed fiercely at the Sui knights on the opposite side.
The sharp scimitar carried the anger and madness of the Liao cavalry, and slashed fiercely at the Mingguang armor of the Sui cavalry. It's just that after these people gave up their defense, most of them were easily and mercilessly ended their lives by Sui cavalry with horse lances or horizontal knives.
However, the Liao people's desperate blow, in exchange for the sound of Ding Dingdang's gold and iron, basically could not hurt the Sui knights through the thick heavy cavalry armor.
Except for those who use blunt weapons such as maces, heavy axes, and iron rods, no matter how thick the Sui army's armor is, although it can block sharp cavalry spears and scimitars, it can't block the blunt weapons that carry great power.
A Sui cavalry who was not paying attention and was smashed into Xiongbu and other bodies leaned on the fine heavy cavalry armor, and it was possible that he was only seriously injured. But if you are not careful, you are smashed in the head, then basically the Da Luo Immortal will not be able to save it.
A hedge, the Liao people have already seen the horror of this Sui cavalry. They were dressed in black sรจ cloaks, black sรจ armor, with a neat formation, like the momentum of a tiger, and the kind of cavalry that can be compared to the most brave warriors in the Shang clan, and a strong will to fight, in just one round, more than 1,000 Liao cavalry has fallen more than half. About 1,500 Liao cavalry charged against 3,000 Sui cavalry.
The self-proclaimed Gao Yannian Division, the most elite cavalry in Goguryeo Liaodong, engaged the Sui army "with one against two." In just one round, 1,500 people, at least about 500 people have fallen, and the silent ironclad cavalry of the Sui army over there, according to their visual measurements, only have at most twenty or thirty casualties. This number of battle losses between the two sides is too terrifying, twenty to one.
Gao Yannian's heart was trembling, these were the most elite warriors in his clan, and some of them were cavalry that he had formed over the years with the slaves of the ** clan he bought. In this land of Liaodong, he fought with the Sui Dynasty, the Khitans, the ** people, and even the Turks. Although none of those tribal tribes were easy to bully, with the cavalry in his hand, he lost less and won more. Even when I lost occasionally, I never lost 20 to 1 like today. And as long as there are two or three more hedges, all his thousand or so people will definitely stay here.
In despair, Gao Yannian glanced back at the direction of South Gate City.
The collision of iron and blood, Gao Zhen carried about 2,000 cavalry and about 5,000 infantry, but at this time, he saw that there were many fewer men and horses. At most, there are about 5,000 people and horses, and in such a short period of time, the people and horses who are higher than Zhen have actually lost a quarter of their land.
With the idea of dying, Gao Zhen's men and horses were not afraid of the terrifying Modao of the Sui heavy infantry at all, and basically followed one after another, using human lives to impact the Sui army's hoplite defense line.
Although the hoplites are strong, they are still only some recruits who have been trained for less than half a month.
If only a small group of Liao people came immediately, they could still use the sharpness of the Mo knife to make up for the lack of recruits with the strength of the armor and the advantage in numbers.
But the Liao people, who took the initiative to get on the Mo knife with such a completely lifeless fighting style, and the hoplite men who had been carrying it for a long time finally couldn't bear it. With the breakthrough of the first formation, Gao Zhen used the cavalry as the arrow and the infantry as the arrow blade, and finally tore through the shell of this copper wall.
Those Liao people who didn't want to die rushed forward desperately, and one fell, and immediately there was a second, and a third, until they tore through a layer of Sui defense again. In a short period of time, the recruits of the heavy infantry brigade have killed more than 2,000 Liao.
However, the Liao also managed to break through the infantry's defensive line, and they were only thirty-four steps away from the southern city gate.
Gao Yannian looked around, and the knights around him gathered together one by one, and there was no brilliance in the eyes of the knights at this time, and they were all just carrying their weapons blankly, and they were used to regrouping.
"Sons, General Gao will be able to highlight the city soon. Although we are going to die here today, as long as General Gao goes out, then your wives and children don't have to worry, he will help you take care of them. Sons, let's rush again, and buy some more time for General Gao. Boys, take up your weapons and charge! โ
Hearing the roar of the patriarch, one by one the Liao knights ignited their fighting spirit again, and drove the horses, plus, plus, plus! ,
The thunderous sound of iron hooves sounded again, and the Liao people, who were constantly screaming hysterically and madly, charged the heavy cavalry brigade again.
Blood was sprayed, and a good human head was shaved into the sky!
In the hedging again, although the Liao people had a strong fighting spirit, the Liao cavalry with only 1,000 people left in number could not resist the attack of well-equipped and veterans of a hundred battles in the broken barracks. The battle basically presented a one-sided situation, under the recognition of the complete superiority of the Sui cavalry, and in the case of the Sui army's equipment completely dominating the agricultural situation, even the knights' physical strength and cavalry physical strength were completely superior to the Sui army.
Today's war was planned by the Sui army, and the knights and war horses of the heavy cavalry brigade have been resting and feeding concentrate. However, the Goguryeo people and horses came all the way, and after walking for two days, they arrived at Liaodong City, and before they had time to recuperate, they were immediately ambushed by the Sui army and fought until this time. The man has not yet collapsed, but the war horse is already exhausted.
The Sui army became stronger and stronger, but the Liao army could only weaken and struggle to support.
In the end, it was completely not a massacre by the Sui army, and the Liao people who followed one by one were cut down from their horses, and finally trampled by the war horses again.
A colonel cavalry commander with a bronze sรจ epaulette on his shoulder and a two-bar three-star white sรจ inlay on his shoulder said loudly, "Leave a battalion of men and horses to clean up the remnants of the Liao, and the others will continue to rush with me, and all the Liao people in front of me will be cut off the horse." โ
"Glory belongs to us, honor is my life! Brethren of the Heavy Cavalry Brigade, charge! โ
"Glory belongs to us, honor is my life! Come on! The cavalry of the heavy cavalry brigade left one battalion of men and horses to continue to clear the remnants of the enemy, and the remaining five battalions of men and horses adjusted their formation again like a whirlwind, and rushed towards the heavy infantry regiment that had begun to fall into chaos at the south gate.
In the temporary headquarters on the teahouse in Nancheng, Chen Kefu, Li Benlei and other generals sat there and watched the battle.
It has been more than an hour since the battle began, and the sky has begun to darken, and it will not be long before the entire Liaodong City will enter the night again. If this battle drags on and becomes a night battle, it will be very troublesome. First, the time of this ambush will increase, and second, the soldiers will be more tired.
At the moment, all the time is already settled, and there is no room for waste, and the physical strength of the fighters is even more critical. In two and a half days, they were to rush to the valley near the Liao River to set up their next ambush.
"Rollin, what's going on outside the city? Are all those Liao people surrounded? โ
"Back to the commander, my light cavalry independent regiment attacked from outside the city, and General Li Jie transferred tens of thousands of people from Dongcheng to assist, and all the Liao people have been surrounded and arrested, and now they are escorting the east camp gate of the city."
Chen Kefu said solemnly, "Can it be true that no one escaped?" At present, we have to rush to the Liaohe River to set up an ambush again, if someone escapes, if the Buyeo City side knows the situation here, the consequences will be very unimaginable. โ
, "Commander, please rest assured, not only have we captured all the men and horses, but the last general also dispatched two battalions of the Independent Cavalry Regiment to search and capture within a hundred miles of Liaodong City to prevent anyone from escaping." In particular, in the northwest, additional soldiers have been dispatched to 11 passes of various mountains and rivers on both sides of the river, focusing on the deployment of defenses, and no one will be allowed to go to the northwest. โ
"Well, it's always good to be cautious. It's pretty much the same below. The rest of the Liao people have also been done, and only the two men and horses brought by the two Liao chiefs are left. Tell me to let the crossbowmen on the walls shoot a round, remembering, not to shoot your own people. After a round of shooting, I shouted to the Liao people, saying that all the slaves they had brought had been captured by me, and that the rest of the Liao people who had entered the city had also been captured by me.
In addition, I would like to tell them that a day ago, Anshi City and Baiyan City, as well as nearly 60 cities in the surrounding vicinity, had fallen into my hands. As long as they were willing to lay down their arms and surrender, Ben would promise that the two clans would not die, and as long as they were not dead, Ben would not kill them. Let's go, it's almost time to fight, and if we continue to fight, it will have no effect except to lose our soldiers, waste our time, and consume the physical strength of our soldiers. โ
Li Benlei said with some suspicion: "Dashuai, the last time you attacked Liaodong City, didn't you kill a large number of Liao people?" Why is it that the second high school under the city has done us so much harm now, and we still have to spare their lives, as long as it takes another half an hour, we will definitely be able to destroy them all. โ
Shaking his head, Chen Kefu said, "Fighting, it has to have a purpose, our purpose is not to kill people. Gao Yannian and Gao Zhen Tiaohu left the mountain and deceived them into an ambush in Liaodong City. It is because they are stationed not far from Liaodong City, and the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses in the Second City and nearby cities pose a serious threat to us. Now that we have swept away the more than 20,000 men and horses, the grain, grass and strong men of Anshi and Baiyan and other cities will also fall into our hands. โ
"Now that the goal has been achieved, then to continue to fight is just to let the soldiers sacrifice in vain. When the Liaodong city was broken, the Liaodong nobles were killed because the city was broken at the beginning and there were too many external threats, so they were ruthless to deter the Liao people in the city. However, as long as these battles are won, the situation will inevitably be different in the future. It is impossible for us to kill all the Liao people in the future, so from now on, our strategy will have to be changed. As soon as these people surrendered, they were first taken prisoner and imprisoned in a prisoner camp. โaใ