Chapter 2962 I regret letting him stay in Liaodong
At this moment, Gao Huizhen's helmet had flown to nowhere, and he was running staggeringly through the forest under the cover of a group of soldiers.
Just after he and a group of soldiers walked for several miles and finally passed through the dense forest, they saw Wu Bi of the Tang Dynasty forming a neat team with his sword unsheathed.
At this moment, Gao Huizhen picked up the weapon in his hand with despair on his face and wanted to wipe it off his neck, but was stopped by his own soldiers.
The Tang general, who was wearing bright heavy armor and a face as deep as water, held a horse in his hand and looked at the defeated remnants of the escaped soldiers with a gloomy look.
Sweeping his hand horizontally, he shouted loudly.
"Put down your weapons and spare the lives of those who lie on the ground. Kill those who dare to go forward again!"
The thousands of Tang army elites behind him roared in unison, and the overwhelming murderous intent instantly caused the defeated generals, who had long been desperate, to drop their weapons and prostrate themselves to the ground dejectedly.
The Tang army general, with a calm face and eyes as bright as lightning, searched the group of defeated soldiers who were lying on the ground asking for surrender.
The horse in his hand pointed forward, pointing directly at Gao Huizhen, the one with the most distinctive armor among the defeated soldiers.
"Who are you and what position do you hold in the Goguryeo army?"
Hearing this shout, Gao Huizhen could only push away the soldiers beside him, took two steps forward, and saluted the Tang general.
"The general of the defeated army, Gao Huizhen of Goguryeo, met the general of the Celestial Dynasty."
"Are you Gao Huizhen?" The Tang army general whose face was as dark as water suddenly lit up and shouted.
"Exactly, how can a defeated general dare to deceive the general of the Celestial Dynasty? I don't know the general's surname?"
The leader of the Tang Dynasty, stroking his long beard, danced his horse vigorously, and shouted loudly.
"A certain person is Duke Yi of the Tang Dynasty and General Qin Qiong of Zuowuwei."
"Come here, please inform your Majesty immediately that the coach of Goguryeo, Gao Huizhen, has been captured by me."
"Here!"
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At this moment, Li Shimin was standing on the top of the mountain, with his hands behind his back. In this battle, Datang had already won an absolute victory, and the overall situation was decided.
Gao Huizhen's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had already fled. The famous generals of the Tang Dynasty led their soldiers and horses to chase and kill all the remaining Goguryeo soldiers who dared to resist.
Every short period of time, a messenger with an excited expression would rush over to report the situation of the battle, who had been captured, and how many Kogubo prisoners of war had been captured.
Every piece of news that came through made Li Shimin smile a little more, until a messenger sent by Qin Qiong informed him that the enemy general Gao Huizhen had been captured.
Li Shimin and the civil and military personnel around him all showed relaxed expressions of relief.
One after another, they congratulated and sang praises to Li Shimin, and the high-spirited Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was also happy to be photographed.
"Okay, the most important thing now is to clean up the battlefield as soon as possible and gather troops and horses. It has been two days and two nights since we separated our troops from Li Lao Aiqing."
"I don't know what the situation is like over there?"
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Li Weigong is a master of troops. Although his troops are at a disadvantage, he can still deal with the enemy."
Li Shimin nodded slightly. He was quite confident about Li Jing's ability, but he wanted to use 10,000 elite troops to hold back the opponent's 70,000 to 80,000 horses.
Two days and two nights have passed, and the casualties of Li Jing's troops are unknown.
But now, now that the Goguryeo soldiers and horses have been captured, Gao Yanshou has nothing to worry about.
However, it will still take time to return to the army to reinforce Li Jing, but the longer the time is delayed, the more disadvantageous it will be for Li Jing.
Therefore, after Li Shimin stroked his long beard and pondered for a long time, he whispered to Ma Zhou beside him.
"I intend to send an envoy from Goguryeo to surrender to persuade Gao Yanshou to surrender. What do you think?"
When Ma Zhou heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Your Majesty is wise. Although our army has achieved a great victory, our soldiers are tired. Even if we want to reinforce Li Wei Gong, we may not be able to set off until tomorrow."
"If you can use the surrender of generals to envoys, and say that you will be reduced to a higher rank and a longer life span, even if the general is not lowered, the morale of the army will definitely be shaken."
"If you don't abide by my opinion, it would be best to have Gao Huizhen write a letter, and then choose a surrender general to go with Gao Huizhen's personal letter. This way, it will be more convincing."
"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my loyal minister. Then I will follow your opinion."
Ma Zhou was ordered to handle the matter. After relaxing, Li Shimin looked at the mountains in the distance and couldn't help but ask Zhao Kun beside him.
"I don't know what that boy Cheng Sanlang is doing. Before I left, I specifically told Li Lao Aiqing to let that boy do whatever he wanted..."
"Your Majesty, don't worry. This kid Cheng Sanlang is very slippery and a man of war. Maybe he is making those Goguryeo people suffer a lot at this moment."
After hearing Zhao Kun's obviously comforting words, Li Shimin sighed and nodded slowly.
"As long as this kid can be safe, that's all. Having said that, I regret letting him stay in Liaodong..."
Zhao Kun heard this and knew it well. His Majesty must be worried about Cheng Sanlang's safety. If something happens to this boy, haha...
Not to mention anything else, just the issue of the jewel in His Majesty's palm is enough to give His Majesty a headache.
But having said that, although Zhao Kun didn't know what Cheng Sanlang could achieve with his battalion of musketeers.
But judging from past experience, Zhao Kun didn't think Cheng Sanlang would suffer any big losses. After all, there is an old saying that good people don't live long, and bad things last for thousands of years.
Hmm... It's really hard to communicate this to His Majesty, but Zhao Kun has always felt that that boy Cheng Sanlang is incredibly resourceful, clever, and blessed with good fortune.
To Datang, he was indeed a talented man, but to his enemies, he was definitely a heartbreaking scourge.
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That night, both the Tang and Goguryeo soldiers slept very poorly.
Li Jing, who had been unable to sleep all night, walked out of the tent with dark circles under his eyes. At this time, the sky was just getting brighter.
Li Jing, who couldn't sleep, decided to inspect the tall sentry tower. After boarding the sentry tower, he saw that most of the bonfires used by the Goguryeo people in the distance for warning had been extinguished.
And the Goguryeo cavalry who were patrolling back and forth between the bonfires were nowhere to be seen. They must have been exhausted and went to camp to rest.
At this time, Su Dingfang, who also had dark circles under his eyes, also climbed onto the sentry tower. After seeing Li Jing, he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Commander, why didn't you rest?"
"It's not that I haven't rested, it's just that I can't sleep at all, so I came here to take a look, eh?!"
While Li Jing was answering, he picked up his telescope and was searching. But at this moment, his eyes suddenly widened.
It's him, it's him, it's him again, that monstrous Cheng Sanlang is here again...