When the fourth watch was approaching, Zhang Xuan led the army to gradually approach the barracks, and the large camp of the Goguryeo army was also surrounded by the barracks, and eight tall watchtowers were deployed around it, four of which were obviously just completed, and you could clearly see the figures walking around the watchtowers, and several groups of soldiers patrolling back and forth around the barracks, and the Goguryeo army significantly strengthened its vigilance.

"This group of dogs not only has a clear whistle, but also a dark whistle!"

Shen Guang pointed to two big trees in the distance and whispered to Zhang Xuan, "I found that there are people in ambush above. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "The Goguryeo people also thought that we might come to rescue the prisoners of war, and many of the vigilances were obviously newly added. ”

"Then use the old way!"

Shen Guang laughed in a low voice: "I'll touch it in first, and just put a fire!" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "You can't set fire this time, it will affect the prisoner of war camp, they are too close." ”

"But we can't deal with all the sentry and patrol at the same time, we'll be discovered." Shen Guang said worriedly.

Zhang Xuan smiled bitterly and said: "Now I know why Cui Hongsheng said that once he acts, he must be decisive, because he knows very well that we can't avoid the outpost, there is no way, as soon as the time comes, we will start to attack hard, attack as quickly as possible, and use the chaos of the enemy army to win." ”

After a pause, Zhang Xuan said again: "I believe that Cui Hongsheng will not be indifferent." ”

At this time, Chen Xu ran up and whispered: "General, the fourth watch has arrived!" ”

Zhang Xuan slowly clenched his fists and whispered to Shen Guangling: "It's time to go!" ”

Shen Guang was the first to jump up, and dozens of Sui soldiers behind him rushed forward, they ran fast with their waists, and their movements were extremely agile. When they ran a hundred steps, Zhang Xuan turned over and waved his green dragon halberd, "Kill me with me!" ”

A thousand Sui troops followed Zhang Xuan out of the woods and rushed towards the enemy camp three hundred away.

That's when it happened. Shen Guang and his men were spotted by several patrolmen, who shouted, "Who is it?"

Before he could raise the alarm, more than a dozen crossbow arrows were fired, and three patrol soldiers were shot at the same time, letting out a rapid scream that alarmed the watchtower. The Goguryeo soldiers on the watchtower immediately sounded the alarm, 'Dang! While! While! With the shouts of the sentry: "There is an enemy!" ”

At the sound of the alarm bell, Shen Guang and his men also rushed to the camp fence, and they threw the ropes on the camp fence one after another, and they let out a shout. Pulling back to grab the camp fence together, at this moment, hundreds of Goryeo army crossbowmen suddenly appeared in the camp fence, and they released arrows at the same time, hundreds of arrows were fired densely towards Shen Guang and his men.

Shen Guang reacted quickly and shouted, "Lie down!" But it was too late, and dozens of his men were caught off guard and were instantly knocked down by arrows. Screams rang out.

Shen Guang's eyes were red, and he slammed his fist on the ground, and he jumped up and grabbed the rope. The remaining men who were not hit by the arrow also pulled the rope, and a wooden fence was pulled down with a bang.

At this moment, Zhang Xuan led his men to kill, and when he saw that Shen Guang's men were suffering heavy casualties, he was immediately furious, and his war horse rushed into the enemy camp. Dozens of Goguryeo crossbowmen closest to the camp suddenly saw a god-like general killed in front of them, and they were so frightened that they threw away their bows and crossbows and turned around and fled.

Jang Hyun roared. The halberd swept by, and several enemy soldiers were smashed and flew out. He danced the green dragon halberd like a black dragon out to sea, and killed in the dense crowd of enemies, and where the war horse passed, he killed the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers all over the ground, and their limbs flew sideways.

At this time, several more barracks were pulled down, and a gap as wide as two zhang appeared, and more than 1,000 Sui soldiers entered the camp and rushed towards the Goguryeo military camp with shouts.

Although the Goguryeo army strengthened its vigilance, after all, it was the fourth watch, most of the soldiers were asleep, and the rapid and piercing alarm bells woke them up from their sleep, and the camp was in chaos, and many soldiers did not even have time to put on their armor, so they grabbed their weapons and rushed out of the tent to meet the battle.

In order to prevent the enemy from getting a chance to assemble, the Sui army quickly dispersed after entering the enemy camp, they were divided into ten teams, a team of 100 people, led by the brigade commander to kill the camp in all directions.

Although the Sui soldiers were well-trained and decisive in killing, they were too few to crush the Goguryeo army in one fell swoop, and as the Goguryeo soldiers gradually recovered from the chaos, they quickly organized effective resistance, and the battle became more brutal, and the Sui army suffered casualties.

At this time, a fierce battle also broke out in the prisoner of war camp, and the 1,000 Goguryeo soldiers patrolling the prisoner of war camp and 3,000 Sui prisoners of war were killed together, and the Sui prisoners of war used various scraps of pig iron to build weapons and quietly armed 3,000 prisoners of war, led by Yao Chunsheng, the general of Yingyanglang.

About 300 steps from the barracks, halfway up the mountainside, there is a warehouse for storing pig iron, which contains tens of thousands of iron bars, which are not stored here in normal times, and are not even allowed to stay overnight, which is the strictest rule of the prisoner of war camp, all smelted pig iron must be sent away immediately, and cannot be left in the mine.

However, due to the arrival of the Sui army, the Hunshui route was blocked, and a large amount of pig iron could not be transported, not only the barracks were piled up with all kinds of pig iron forgings, but also tens of thousands of iron bars were piled up in this warehouse, which usually only stacked wood.

These bars were guarded by more than 300 Goguryeo soldiers, and if any abnormalities occurred to the prisoners, the troops in the barracks would immediately come to their aid.

But at this time, fierce fighting broke out in the barracks, and the guards rushed back to the camp to help in the battle, and only a dozen soldiers were left in the warehouse to guard it.

Suddenly, a mighty torrent rushed out from the prisoner of war camp, which was Cui Hongsheng leading more than 20,000 Sui prisoners of war to rush to the warehouse, and more than a dozen Goguryeo soldiers saw that the situation was not good, and they were so frightened that they ran away.

The Sui prisoners of war smashed open the door of the warehouse and swarmed in, and tens of thousands of iron bars instantly turned into weapons for prisoners of war.

Cui Hongsheng pointed to the barracks and shouted loudly: "Kill the barracks, anyone who is not wearing armor is our enemy, kill me!" ”

"Kill!"

The 20,000 Sui prisoners of war let out a roar of rage, waving iron bars and rushing towards the barracks at the foot of the mountain, and the humiliation they had suffered for more than two years burst out in everyone's hearts at this moment

As the day dawned and the war ended, the barracks were littered with corpses beaten with iron bars, and Jae-hyun could not stop the hatred of the prisoners of war, hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers who had surrendered were beaten to death by angry Sui prisoners of war, and the bodies of dozens of generals, including the main general, were hoisted high.

The prisoner of war camp suddenly erupted in cheers, all the prisoners of war were very excited, hugging each other and crying, more than two years of humiliation, more than two years of oppression, more than two years of longing for their families, at the moment of freedom made them unbearable.

Zhang Xuan's mood was not very good, and the soldiers of the Sui army lost more than 150 people in this night battle, which was the heaviest loss since he became the chief general of this army.

Cui Hongsheng seemed to understand his mood, patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "You have done a good job, the Goguryeo army began to strengthen its vigilance three days ago, they laid down layers of checkpoints, you can't dodge, but in the end you still defeated 4,000 people with 1,000 people, and the loss was only more than 100,000, and the ancient famous generals were nothing more than that." ”

"Cui Gong's words made Zhang Xuan ashamed, if you hadn't led the army to kill in time, it is unknown who killed the deer tonight."

"Huh! You're welcome, if it weren't for your army pinning down the enemy in the barracks, where would we be able to seize the weapons, I won't mention it, let's get down to business! What do we do next? ”

Zhang Xuan also knew that time was not waiting for them, and they had to start forming an army immediately, so Zhang Xuan said to Cui Hongsheng: "We only have 30,000 people in this attack on Pyongyang, so General Lai decided to rescue the prisoners of war first, and selected a group of elite troops from the prisoners of war to form an army as a side support for the Sui army. ”

Saying that, Zhang Xuan handed the letter to Cui Hongsheng, Cui Hongsheng didn't say a word, Laihu'er's intention was in his expectation, he pondered for a moment after reading the letter and said: "Although we have 80,000 people, most of them are devastated and have various injuries and diseases, and there are not many soldiers who can immediately go into battle, at most 20,000 people." ”

Laihu'er hoped to get 30,000 elites, but now there are only 20,000, but 20,000 is not bad, Zhang Xuan said: "Without further ado, let's leave for Seoul immediately!" ”

"Why go to Seoul?" Cui Hongsheng asked puzzled.

"The army needs equipment, it needs supplies and cultivation, General Yuwen should have captured Seoul, let's go to Seoul first and reorganize it simply, and then immediately go north to Pyongyang!"

Cui Hongsheng nodded slowly, although he already had the idea of retreating, he knew in his heart that if he didn't take the last step well, the saint might not let him return to his hometown to retire as he wished.

"Alright! Let's take a break and set off right away! ”

The prisoners of war rested for a long day and had a full meal, and in the afternoon, 80,000 Sui prisoners of war marched to Seoul under the leadership of Cui Hongsheng

(To be continued)