Chapter 2 Tiger Cub (Part 5) The next day, the army had just approached the Wuming Valley when they saw their own scouts running back in a hurry. Li Mengchang, who was in charge of the scouts, was the remnant of the three hundred dead soldiers who went to Bopi Village to rescue the siege last year.
The veteran is outstanding in both experience and courage. Even so, there is nothing he can do against the rookies under his command who have never fought before.
"Enemy, enemy found!" Several scouts shouted at the top of their lungs while galloping on their horses, for fear that the general would not hear their warning.
"Mom, what are we going to do?" A timid person in the group yelled with a grin. Although everyone knew that this mission was definitely not as simple as setting fire to demolishing a house, they suddenly heard the news of an encounter with the enemy.
, I still can’t help but feel weak in my legs and feet.
"What to do, wish for more blessings!" Someone shouted while looking towards the direction of the Chinese army. General Li was a ruthless man who could kill people without piercing his eyes. Before he took the lead in escaping, no one dared to escape. But if everyone really
No one is willing to use the knife to fight the enemy.
"Oh, oh, my belly, my belly! I didn't eat properly this morning!" One squatted on the ground and made a heart-holding gesture.
"My foot, mother, who stepped on my foot..."
The heroes were shouting in confusion, trying to put pressure on the general to make him give up the idea of continuing to advance eastward. To their disappointment, this situation had been expected by several major generals, so there was no need for Li Xu to give an order.
Captain Zhang Xiu rushed into the crowd with more than a hundred soldiers, "What are you shouting about? Where is all the energy you used to pick up other people's stoves yesterday? Are you guys just cowards who know how to bully orphans and widows at home?"
Zhang Xiu and others wielded whips, scolded and whipped them, and beat all the heroes until they were red-faced. Basically, no one who came to Liaodong to apply for heroes was from a good family. Almost anyone randomly picked out of tens of thousands of people had a good reputation before joining the army.
They are the "hard" characters in Hengxing Township. These people are face-saving and loyal. They are usually most afraid of being called useless. Now that Zhang Xiu scolded them, although they were scared in their hearts, they became tough on their lips.
"Who is afraid? Didn't we eat dry food and get cold in the morning?"
"Aren't there just a few Goguryeo people? Let's kill one of them, two of them..." Someone pulled out a horizontal sword and feinted to embolden himself.
The generals at all levels did not listen to their bluffing, and reorganized their formations according to the orders from the Chinese Army. The scattered soldiers and horses lined up according to the training requirements, with the strong ones in front, and the thin ones behind, on the left and right wings.
The light cavalry are on guard, and the team is supervised by the war team with bent bows at the end.
After the whole battalion settled down, the opinions of several core generals were almost exchanged. The Goguryeo people occupied the valley, obviously trying to block the return route of the Eastern Expedition army. The valley was a narrow terrain with two cliffs sandwiching a large river.
, the only thing that can allow the army to pass through is a beach less than five feet wide on both sides of the river. Now that the Goguryeo people are blocking the road with heavy troops at the bottom of the valley, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion has no choice but to attack and seize the valley by force.
"Zhao Changshi will lead the auxiliary troops to camp on the spot, and the civilians will stay behind. The rest of the soldiers will follow me and form a formation five hundred steps away from the enemy!" Li Xu waved the command flag and shouted loudly. This is the first time he has commanded tens of thousands of people in battle.
He was also nervous in his heart, but with so many pairs of eyes staring around him, he had to pretend to be calm and composed.
Under his order, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion automatically divided into two parts, the front and rear. Marching Commander Shi Zhao Ziming commanded more than 2,000 auxiliary soldiers to stay in place under the envious eyes of everyone, felling trees, and building camps. The remaining 9,000 or so soldiers lined up. Moving forward, slowly approaching Death Valley
The enemy troops occupying the valley were obviously coming in a hurry. The hastily built deer village and the rickety wooden fence that had not yet been completed were exposed to the late summer sun, and the strong smell of pine oil spread to half a mile against the wind. When the valley appeared in Li Xu's sight, the Goguryeo people hiding behind the fence also noticed the approach of the Sui army and immediately blew the battle horn.
"You take the lead with five regiments. Test the enemy's combat effectiveness first. Don't be busy making meritorious deeds!" Li Xu grabbed the command arrow from the arms of his soldiers and handed it to Li Anyuan. Although the Xiongwu Xiaoguo camp had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses , but the valley in front cannot accommodate so many people fighting. Moreover, these more than 10,000 Xiaoguo have only experienced less than two months of training. If they fight one on one, most of them are sure of winning and competing for supremacy. It's a battlefield, but it's not as simple as hitting people's heads with bricks on the street.
Li Anyuan grinned, and took over the generals Ling him and Murong Luo with a wry smile. Li Mengchang was regarded as a direct lineage promoted by Li Xu. At this time, the direct lineage worked for the general without any negotiation. One thousand five hundred pale Xiaoguo He was quickly pulled out of the group. Everyone held up their shields, hunched their bodies, and moved towards the valley little by little.
Two hundred steps away, sporadic feather arrows were shot out from the Goguryeo camp at such a distance. The feather arrows did not pose a fatal threat at all. Seeing this scene, Xiaoguo Camp's calves began to tremble. The forward of Xiaoguo Camp became more courageous. Screaming and speeding up the pace of progress
The Goguryeo people's counterattack was very decisive. When the warriors approached within fifty steps of the wooden fence, several groups of heavy armored infantry rushed out of the enemy's position. As soon as the two sides exchanged blows, the warriors withdrew with much more swiftness than when they attacked. When they came down, they dumped more than forty corpses in front of the enemy's formation. When they retreated hastily, nearly a hundred people were wounded by arrows flying from behind.
"The opponent's combat power is not strong, and many of them are novices!" Li Anyuan took off his helmet and reported to the general and supervisor Li Xu's order just now. Li Xu's order just left him plenty of room, so he would not be worried about a small setback. will be prosecuted under military law
"Their defensive focus is not on our side!" Yu Wenshiji frowned and analyzed in a low voice. He did not expect the Xiaoguo camp to be able to defeat the blockers like a bamboo. Judging from the performance of both the enemy and ours just now, I am afraid that in a short time , it is difficult for the Xiaoguo camp to achieve any results
"How about we find someone to try climbing to the cliff?" Zhang Xiu looked at the cliffs on both sides of the valley and asked tentatively.
"That's useless. There aren't enough stones on the cliff and the arrows shot from above lose their power!" Yu Wenshiji shook his head and rejected Zhang Xiu's suggestion.
The valley in front of us is very long, and the cliffs on both sides of the valley are as steep as knives. Unless the entire stone wall can be knocked down, there is no use occupying the tops of the two walls. Therefore, the Goguryeo soldiers and horses also gathered at the bottom of the valley to take advantage of the narrow terrain. To resist the Sui army's attack, there were 300,000 Sui troops who were about to retreat from Mazhai River and passed through this area. However, in the eyes of the Goguryeo generals, the number of Sui troops who went to respond was no more than 20,000 to 30,000. Of course, they had to focus on defense. Put it on the other side of the valley
No matter where the opponent's defense focus is, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion must attack. The second wave of attacks was quickly organized. Under the leadership of another lieutenant, the five regiments of Xiaoguo braved the rain of arrows and approached the mouth of the valley again to fight.
After about a quarter of an hour, the Xiaoguos broke away from the enemy forces one after another.
The physical fitness of the warriors of the Great Sui Dynasty was much higher than that of the enemy, but their proficiency and morale in cooperating with each other were far inferior to that of the Goguryeo people guarding the valley entrance. Their will to win was also higher than that of the Sui army, but their stature and
There is a big gap between the equipment in hand and the Xiaoguo people. Therefore, the casualties of both the enemy and us in the two battles were not large, and the fear of the other side's attitude gradually began to decrease.
Li Mengchang was so angry that he took the initiative to lead a regiment of veterans and four regiments of Xiaoguo to attack Guqian again. After a burst of arrows, the Goguryeo people who had some understanding of the Sui army's combat effectiveness after two contacts rushed out with shouts.
A group fought on the river beach on the northwest side, each trying to teach the other side a heavy lesson. The battle lasted for nearly half an hour. Li Mengchang successfully defeated the enemy's counterattack with the veterans in his hands, but the remaining four groups
The heroes could not seize the fleeting opportunity. When Li Mengchang organized his brothers who were dazzled by the victory and rushed towards the wooden fence, the Goguryeo general in the valley had calmly adjusted his deployment.
Thousands of Goguryeo spearmen squatted behind the wooden fence, blocking the entire valley entrance into a giant hedgehog. Behind the spear wall, more than a thousand archers launched a diffuse attack on the Sui Xiaoguo without any aim.
The Guoying brothers retreated back to their formation like squirrels who encountered a rock. During the retreat, more than 200 soldiers were injured by the sudden random arrows.
Xuzi's face turned a little red. He knew that the Xiaoguo under his command lacked training, but he didn't expect that the combat effectiveness of his brothers was so poor. From his perspective, the arrows shot by the Goguryeo people were at different distances, and the rhythm was chaotic.
It doesn't look like a regular army, but this irregular Goguryeo army is still much more regular than the Xiaoguo camp under his command!
The fourth and fifth assaults still made no progress. The narrow terrain limited the combat effectiveness of both sides. The Xiaoguo camp had empty horses and long spears, but it could not organize the cavalry to forcefully break through the Goguryeo people. The counterattacks were successful, but they could not take advantage of the victory to expand the results.
As time went by, Yuwen Shiji gradually lost his patience. His father was the commander-in-chief of the 300,000-strong Eastern Expeditionary Army. If he could not capture this mountain pass, he could not guarantee the safe retreat of the 300,000-strong Eastern Expeditionary Army with an inexperienced commander and
After a brief negotiation with the disturbed supervisors, they came up with a strategy that was not necessarily brilliant at all. The two spent a lot of money to recruit a death squad of about 500 people in the camp, and Yu Wenshiji personally led them into the valley.
Although Yuwen Shiji had a noble status, his martial arts skills were no worse than any generals from the army. Under the protection of five dead soldiers of the Yuwen family, he braved the rain of arrows and successfully rushed to the Goguryeo camp and slammed the shield with his left hand.
, smashed away the spear stretched out in front of him, and then slashed into the Goguryeo crowd with his right hand.
"Follow me and kill them all!" Yuwen Shiji shouted as his boots stepped over the wooden fence.
"Kill them all, kill them all!" Countless Goguryeo people shouted and swarmed up, trapping the Prince Consort and the first wave of Sui soldiers who broke through the camp in the center.
