Chapter 525: The Bloody Battle of Zhou Liucheng (4)
The battle is still in full swing, this is a battle of blood and fire, a contest of will and courage, a battle on the edge of a cliff with no way out, the winner lives and the loser dies, only after the battle, killing, then killing, or killing, the whole battlefield is full of flesh and blood, people are on their backs, shouts, roars, and screams are mixed together, intertwined into a picture of hell. (.. com)
"Kill!" A Tang army leader roared, and a knife slashed a Goguryeo hundred household chiefs under the knife, but before he could put away the knife, the four Goguryeo soldiers on the side were killed together, and the four spears were stabbed at the same time, and the Tang army commander was instantly stabbed into a blood gourd, and the four Goguryeo soldiers had no time to cheer, a Tang army Mo swordsman suddenly killed, and the snowy blade waved like lightning, instantly cutting the four Goguryeo soldiers into two pieces that were not connected to each other, and the blood splashed into the air like a fountain, and fell like rain, The parched land is rendered red, and similar scenes abound all over the battlefield, and all the people are in a frenzy, wielding knives, shooting, killing, and killing, the cruelty of flesh and blood hell, and human life is like a mustard at this time.
In the torment of blood and fire, the first to be unable to support was not the Tang army with a small number, but the left wing of the Gaobai coalition army, which occupied an absolute advantage in strength, although the governor of the Goguryeo left army, Liang Dahai, roared again and again, desperately yo ho his soldiers to die forward, although a group of Goguryeo soldiers tried their best to launch a wave of fierce attacks, but in front of the well-trained Tang army, all the attacks were like waves hitting a reef, In addition to being crushed into foam, it was difficult to resist the courage of the Tang army, the entire left-wing front was oppressed by the Tang army and retreated, and it was about to collapse, Liang Dahai was really anxious, and then sent someone to Gao Quansheng to ask for reinforcements At the same time, he led the three thousand guards around him to shout and pounce on the battlefield, trying to save the decline of the battlefield.
Liang Dahai is worthy of being a Goguryeo general, and the combat power of his three thousand personal soldiers is also higher than that of ordinary soldiers, this launch, not only blocked the Tang army's forward step, but even rushed the Tang army's array backwards a lot, but because the Tang army's battle array attainment is extremely high, although the retreat is not chaotic, desperately maintaining the frontal integrity of the array, however, under Liang Dahai's continuous attack, the Tang army's situation is also in a precarious state.
"Assault the whole army, kill it!" Xiao Long, who was leading a thousand cavalry to press the formation in the rear, saw that the situation on his side was not good, he did not dare to delay any longer, roared, and led the last reserve team to rush into the melee battlefield from the left. The Tang army on the battlefield here once again grasped the first hand of the war, but due to the lack of troops, it was still difficult for the Tang army to completely defeat the Gaobai coalition army.
The right flank of the Tang army fought fiercely again and again, which was considered to occupy a certain advantage, but the left flank battlefield had a situation - compared with the right flank was full of infantry and cavalry, the left flank of the Tang army was all composed of infantry, and the mobility was weak, and the defense was more than enough and the attack was insufficient. Shengsheng suppressed the offensive momentum of the Tang army, forcing the Tang army to defend desperately, and the situation was extremely passive.
The Tang Army's left-wing commander Shi Fengshou is the grandson of the famous general Shi Wansui of the Sui Dynasty - since Shi Wansui was unjustly killed by Yang Jian, the Shi family was defeated, his father Shi Huaiyi served as several magistrates, and then voted for the Tang Dynasty, Zhenguan died in the early years, was mediocre, and did not make much achievements, but Shi Fengshou has quite the wind of his ancestors, brave and abnormal, since he joined the army, every war must have a gain, tired of the official to the right Jin Wuwei general position, is the strongest martial arts under Xue Wanche, this time he was ordered to guard the left wing, he is counting on being able to make new contributions, When he saw more than 2,000 Goguryeo cavalry rushing back and forth at his own array under the command of a fierce general, he was furious in his heart, and regardless of the fact that there were only more than 100 personal guards cavalry around him, he roared and led his troops to rush out from behind the formation like a mad tiger, roaring all the way to meet the Goguryeo cavalry array and kill it.
The cavalry general who was rushing back and forth on the left flank of the Tang army was Geng Huo, the son of Geng Cheng, the governor of the Goguryeo right army, who had always been known for his bravery, and when the Goguryeo cavalry launched an assault before, Geng Huo did not participate in it, but followed his father's side to press the formation, and after the desperate charge of the Goguryeo cavalry was defeated by the Tang army's Modao array, Geng Huo collected the remnants of the defeated cavalry, and launched an offensive again, aiming at the junction between the various formations of the Tang army, and constantly rushing to kill, almost disrupting the battle line of the Tang army, and was killing vigorously, Suddenly, he found that Shi Fengshou led the troops to kill, although he did not know Shi Fengshou's identity, but when he saw Shi Fengshou's bright light armor, he knew that Shi Fengshou was a heavy general in the Tang army.
"Kill!"
"Look at the guns!"
Although in the chaotic battlefield, but the cavalry on both sides sprinted up very fast, not counting the breath has been hit head-on, sprinting in the front of the two armies Shi and Geng Er General almost at the same time open their mouths, each roared, two horse lances stabbed out at the same time, both sides used all their strength, leaving no spare strength at all, both wanted to kill the opponent with a shot, the difference is that Shi Fengshou's gun is slightly faster than Geng Huo, and this line is the difference between life and death - when the two horses intersected, Geng was shot in the chest, screaming and falling off the horse, And Shi Fengshou was cut by the tip of the spear on his shoulder, but fortunately, the bright light armor on his body was strong and fine.
"Kill the thief, kill the thief, kill it!" Shi Fengshou shot Geng Hou's life, regardless of the blood on his shoulders, shouted and slaughtered into the oncoming Goguryeo cavalry array, the horse lance in his hand picked left and right to kill the general, and cut the oncoming Goguryeo cavalry one by one under the horse, and the Tang cavalry who followed Shi Fengshou saw that their main general was so brave, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed forward wildly, and the Goguryeo cavalry who were slightly panicked because of the loss of the main general were strangled together.
In the face of the strength of Shi Fengshou's cavalry, the Goguryeo cavalry, which had an absolute advantage in strength, only resisted for a few breaths, and then was defeated again, and after dropping more than 200 corpses, they were defeated in chaos, and the Goguryeo infantry who had lost the cover of the cavalry could no longer suppress the strong counterattack of the Tang infantry phalanx, and were beaten back by the Tang infantry, leaving only the ability to parry, and no longer had the ability to attack.
Just when the battle on the two wings was in full swing, the Chinese armies on both sides were all sitting still, just facing each other from a distance, the difference was that Xue Wanche was very leisurely, while Gao Quansheng had a black face - this battle had just started for a little more than half an hour, and the Gaobai coalition army, which occupied an absolute advantage in the army, was actually in a situation of being passively beaten, which made the arrogant Gao Quansheng embarrassed, and when he was sulking alone, the two horses galloped from the left and right wings almost at the same time.
"Report, General, the war on the left flank is unfavorable, and the governor of Liang asks the general to send reinforcements."
"Report, General, the battle situation on the right flank is in crisis, and Geng Dudu asks the general to send troops to respond."
The two newspaper horses rushed to the front, rolled their saddles and dismounted in a panic, knelt down in front of Gao Quansheng's horse, and almost cried for help in unison.
"Waste, it's all waste, Tang Kou, who has less than 10,000 soldiers and 30,000 horses, still has the face to ask for reinforcements, get out, go back and tell the governor to wait for you, there are no reinforcements, there are a lot of superintendents, if you don't try your best to attack, you will not be forgiven, get out!" As soon as Gao Quansheng heard that the two wings asked for reinforcements, he rushed up and down angrily, pulled out the treasure knife on his waist, slashed down suddenly, and yelled and cursed.
"General Gao is angry." As soon as he saw that Gao Quansheng was showing signs of losing control, Fu Yufeng, who had been watching the battle silently, had to take a step forward immediately, and persuaded with a worried face: "General Gao, now the left and right wings are tight, I am afraid that it is not the soldiers who are unwilling to use their lives, in the view of Xiao Wang, it is really the power of the Tang Kou battle array, now our Chinese army has not yet been dispatched, the battle can be withdrawn by me, the battle is unfavorable, why not withdraw to the city first, how about fighting again in the future?" ”
What Fu Yufeng said is right, at this time, the main force of the Gao Bai Coalition Army has not been dispatched, if you want to collect troops and return to the city, although it is defeated for a while, but it is difficult for the Tang Army to take advantage of the situation to pursue, one is not careful, and it is even possible to turn victory into defeat, how can Gao Quansheng not listen to Fu Yufeng's words at all, full of eyes thinking about the success of the battle, swept Fu Yufeng with a gloomy face, gritted his teeth and said: "No need, this general does not believe that the Tang thief will not be lower, hum, come to someone, pass on the general order, supervise the team to dispatch, Those who dare to retreat in this battle will be killed! General Gao Quansheng ordered, and the two teams of Goguryeo cavalry, each with more than 1,000 horses, immediately rushed out of the Chinese army, galloped to the left and right flanks of the battlefield, and stood in a solemn line with sharp blades in hand, murderously supervising the battle of the two wings of the Goguryeo coalition army.
"Brothers, fight, the retreater dies, enters life, kills!"
"Kill, there is no advance or retreat, kill!"
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A group of Goguryeo officers and soldiers who were in a bloody battle found out about the appearance of the battle team, and in a panic, the courage of blood and energy was puffed up again, shouting loudly, regardless of life and death, launched a desperate counterattack towards the Tang army array, and even temporarily blocked the Tang army's advance, and the two sides fell into a stalemate again in the center of the battlefield.
Time passed minute by minute, in the tragic fighting, the Gao Bai coalition army launched several waves of counterattacks one after another, but unfortunately all of them were smashed in front of the rock-solid Tang army array, because of the appearance of the supervision team and the reinvigorated morale was disillusioned like an epiphany, under the heavy casualties, the battle line was forced to shrink again and again, and was squeezed by the Tang army to lose the space to maneuver, although the supervision team hacked to death a lot of soldiers who fled, but it was still difficult to stop the decline of the left and right wings, in view of this, under the continuous pleading of Liang and Geng, Gao Quansheng could no longer sit firmly in the Chinese army, and had to successively transfer troops and horses to the two wings to stabilize the retreating front of his own side, and the battle reached the end of the time, Gao Quansheng's Chinese army only had less than 30,000 soldiers and horses left, and the strength of the Tang army was almost the same, and the Tang army's long-awaited fighter finally appeared!
"Beat the drums!" As soon as Xue Wanche saw that the time had come, he would not be polite anymore, waved his hand vigorously, and issued an attack order, this order, in the rumbling drums, the 15,000 former infantry of the Tang Army began to press forward, but Wu Qian's Tang Army Iron Cavalry still stood still steadily.
"Attack, all the army!" The battle came to this point, seeing that the main force of their own side had been entangled by the Tang army, although he knew that the result of this battle might not be good, but Gao Quansheng, who was anxious to lose, couldn't care so much, brandished the treasure knife in his hand, and gave the order for a general attack, with the sound of drums and horns, the Goguryeo Chinese army began to charge, sweeping across the earth like a wave, and rushed towards the Tang army array.
The Chinese army of the Gao Bai coalition army has been recuperating for nearly an hour after the battle, under this rush, it can not be described as fierce, the two armies of the cavalry are desperately moving forward, shouting like thunder, murderous, smoke and dust rolling, the momentum is like a rainbow, on the other hand, the Tang army does not seem to be moved by the momentum of the Gao Bai coalition army at all, and still pushes forward unhurriedly, until the Gao Bai coalition army rushes to the distance of about one hundred and fifty steps in front of the array, and suddenly hears a voice in the Tang army's formation, "Crossbowmen prepare!" The roar sounded, and the originally neat shield array suddenly changed, and thousands of crossbowmen flashed out from behind the shield swordsmen, each holding their bows and arrows, aiming at the surging Gao Bai coalition army.
"Shoot the arrows!" When the Gao Bai Coalition Army rushed to a distance of 100 steps away from the Tang Army's array, the Tang Army gave an order, and in an instant, thousands of steel arrows shot at the head of the Gao Bai Coalition Army like flying locusts, and a miserable cry sounded, and hundreds of Gao Bai Coalition troops who rushed to the forefront immediately fell, but the rest were still running wildly.
"Ready for battle!" Seeing that the crossbowmen failed to disrupt the momentum of the impact of the Gaobai coalition army, the captains of the Tang army who were in charge of commanding the battle shouted in unison, and the crossbowmen retreated behind the shield swordsmen, and the shield swordsmen and spearmen began to press forward and lined up in a tight formation, ready to meet the impact of the Gaobai coalition army.
"Rush, rush, kill!" Gao Quansheng bared his teeth and roared wildly, driving his troops to rush forward desperately, and in an instant, he had rushed to the front of the Tang army's array, and the two sides collided violently, and a loud bang broke out.
The Gao Bai Coalition Army tried its best this time, and the momentum of the impact was extremely fierce, and it forcibly broke through the first Tang Army infantry phalanx with heavy losses of more than 1,000 people, but then it was in front of the Tang Army's Second Infantry Phalanx, especially the Mo knife hand in the front of the Tang Army's Second Infantry Phalanx caused heavy casualties to the Gao Bai Coalition Army, and the Gao Bai Coalition Army, which repeatedly failed to advance, left more than 1,000 corpses in front of the Tang Army's Second Infantry Phalanx, and what was even worse was that the momentum of the charge was completely suppressed by the Tang Army. Without the previous indomitable momentum, the initiative on the battlefield changed hands to the side of the Tang Army.
"General, the enemy army is in chaos, and the last general requests to lead the army to assault!" Seeing that the momentum of the Gao Bai coalition army was slightly weak, Du Zhengxin, who was standing behind Xue Wanche, was itchy and scratched, and stepped forward, bowed down and asked for his life.
"No hurry, wait." Facing Du Zhengxin's request, Xue Wanche didn't even look back, and said disapprerovingly.
"Yes, the last will obey." Xue Wanche spoke, and although Du Zhengxin was slightly unhappy in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to respond respectfully, and Le Ma retreated.
"Rush, rush again, give Lao Tzu, kill, kill in!" Seeing that the war was unfavorable, Gao Quansheng's eyes widened, and he kept roaring, driving a group of soldiers to launch a wild attack, trying to break the second line of defense of the Tang army, but it was a pity that the momentum of the Gao Bai coalition army was weak at this time, although it was desperate to move forward, it was always difficult to cross the defense line of the Tang army, but he suffered heavy casualties.
"General, general, the brothers have suffered too many casualties to be attacked, general, I'll retreat." Frightened by the heavy casualties on his side, a Goguryeo lieutenant left his men behind and rode his horse to Goquansheng's side, pleading bitterly.
"Fart, you dare to mess with our army's heart and look for death!" As soon as he heard the words of the captain, he was angry, and slashed with his knife, and he cut the captain in two, regardless of the blood splashed all over his face, and roared: "The whole army listens to the order, and kills the thief with the general, kill!" As soon as the words fell, he turned his horse and galloped, and personally led the army to pounce on the infantry phalanx of the Tang Army.
Under Gao Quansheng's fight, the morale of the Gao Bai Coalition Army, which was already low, was immediately lifted, roaring and mustering up Yu Yong to launch a decisive charge to the Tang Army again, as a result, the pressure faced by the Tang Army suddenly increased dramatically, Rao is the Tang Army is brave, but under the long battle, it is difficult to block the last fight of the Gao Bai Coalition Army, the second line of defense of the Tang Army was finally torn open by the Gao Bai Coalition Army, and the ecstatic Gao Bai Coalition Army immediately swarmed along the gap into the Tang Army array, and the two sides immediately fell into a chaotic battle.
The central battlefield was completely chaotic at this time, the soldiers on both sides were strangled together, and each other had no formation to speak of, completely fighting by instinct, the situation was obviously unfavorable to the Tang army with fewer troops, but Xue Wanche, who was standing behind the formation and watching the battle, was not only not surprised, but laughed loudly, raised the horse whip in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Du Zhengxin listens to the order!" ”
Seeing that the situation on his side was unfavorable, Du Zhengxin was in a hurry, and when he heard that Xue Wanche had finally named his name, how dare he slack off, so he hurriedly stepped forward and replied loudly: "The last general!" ”
"Immediately lead the army to attack, and copy the back road of the thief army for the general, go quickly!" Xue Wanche glanced at Du Zhengxin, smiled gloomily, and gave the order to attack.
"Yes, the last general obeys!" Du Zhengxin quickly responded to the promise, galloped back to the house to write the dragon enemy without the main formation, took off the long horse lance from the victory hook, raised it high, and ordered loudly: "The whole army listens to the order, follow the general to kill the thief, kill!" As soon as the words fell, he took the lead and killed the side of the battlefield, and more than 3,000 Tang Army iron cavalry who had been on call for a long time followed, rushing into the battlefield like a dragon going to sea, and at the same time, Xue Wanche also led 2,000 cavalry to start accelerating, and directly rushed to Gao Quansheng to kill the general.
The cavalry of the Tang Army rushed like this, the balance of the battlefield was broken in an instant, and the Chinese army of the Gaobai Coalition Army, which was worried that the back road was copied, no longer had the courage to fight to the death before, and did not care how their generals restrained, they all threw away their armor and turned around and fled back, the Gaobai Coalition Army was defeated in the middle, and the two wings that were not supported still had the slightest fighting spirit, and they were defeated one after another, and there was still an orderly retreat at the beginning, but in the face of the fierce pursuit of the Tang Army, the retreat soon became a rout, and tens of thousands of soldiers ran scattered, and the army could not be defeated. Fortunately, the Tang army did not mean to kill them all, and after chasing for a while, they quickly collected their troops and allowed the remnants of the Gaobai coalition army to flee back to the city of Liuzhou, and the battle ended with the Tang army annihilating more than 20,000 Gaobai coalition troops......
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