The pontoon bridge connected to the shore, and Zuowuwei's soldiers took the lead in roaring across the river under the leadership of Wang Rengong. Four days ago in the battle, most of Zuowuwei's senior generals died in the battle with Mai Tiezhang, leaving no successor for the commander. Wang Rengong because of his meritorious service in protecting the bridge,
Just yesterday he was promoted from the position of General You Yiwei to the position of General Zuo Wuwei. Therefore, he was eager to make new achievements to reward His Majesty the Emperor's trust. The soldiers of Zuo Wuwei were also ashamed that their general was killed that day, so they fought bravely
The soldiers worked together and forced the Goguryeo people who came to seize the bridge away from the river bank.
The river suddenly turned red again.
Wang Rengong held a spear eight feet long and thrust straight into the Goguryeo army formation. Behind him, more than a hundred spearmen and more than a thousand sword and shield bearers formed a cone shape and moved forward in large strides. This was a standard attack.
Array, Wang Rengong doesn't like to defend. The bridge deck behind him is too narrow. Holding on to the river bank will only make it difficult for one side to use it. Rushing into the enemy to fight will just reduce the pressure on both sides of the pontoon bridge. As long as you can hold on to half a stick of incense.
With time's offensive, the Sui soldiers who continued to cross the river could calmly form a second military formation on the river beach. Once the second military formation was completed, the Goguryeo people could not escape defeat.
Behind him were all old soldiers who had served in Zuowuwei for many years. Their combat experience and fighting ability were beyond the capabilities of the Goguryeo soldiers. During the Sui Dynasty, the national power was at its peak, and the armors and weapons equipped by the soldiers were extremely sophisticated. The Goguryeo soldiers
If the feather arrows hit the body, as long as they do not hit the key parts, the soldiers can still fight vigorously after being hit by three arrows. However, the Goguryeo people only need to be slashed by the large horizontal swords in the hands of the soldiers, and their muscles and bones will be destroyed.
separation.
In a moment, Wang Rengong had poked four Goguryeo generals off their horses. A Qu commander, whose nationality was unknown, rushed towards him waving an iron caltrop and tried to knock Wang Rengong over with the speed of his horse and the weight of his weapon. The two were close.
In an instant, Wang Rengong suddenly squatted down, with the tip of the spear forward and the tail of the spear touching the ground. The commander was unable to stop his momentum, and the horse hit the tip of the spear heavily. In an instant, the horse died, the spear was broken, and the rider was flying high in the air.
He stood up and fell at Wang Rengong's feet.
Before Qu Shuai could get up from the ground after being thrown to pieces, Wang Rengong gave up his sword, drew his sword, and cut off the enemy's head with one blow. He pulled his hair into his hand and raised it high into the air.
"Zuo Wuwei, take revenge!" Wang Rengong raised a blood gourd in his hand and shouted to the sky.
"Revenge!" More than a thousand dead soldiers shouted in unison, strode forward, and forced the Goguryeo people back a few steps again.
Wang Rengong threw the enemy's head as a hidden weapon, and with a twitch of his toes, he actually kicked up the caltrop bone weighing more than 40 kilograms. With one hand, he grabbed the handle of the caltrop bone, held a knife in one hand, and
Holding the caltrop bone in hand, he stepped into the enemy's formation again with left and right coordination.
Several Goguryeo warriors tried to flank him, but were intercepted by the soldiers behind Wang Rengong at the risk of their lives. After a few breaths, the cone-shaped array penetrated more than thirty steps into the Goguryeo army, and the huge "cone tail" followed the "cone head" toward
Before that, a large hole of more than ten feet wide had been squeezed out of the Goguryeo military formation.
Face to face, the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty had not encountered an opponent in the past twenty years. On both sides of the cone formation, Goguryeo soldiers retreated one after another, trying their best to avoid this bloodthirsty monster. Some clever Goguryeo soldiers tried to outflank and attack the cone formation.
Behind the array, it was discovered that Zuowuwei soldiers were constantly crossing the river. Under the leadership of the captain and brigade leaders, they automatically filled up to the end of the cone array.
The cone of death was getting bigger and sharper. The Goguryeo guard realized that the situation was not good, and mobilized heavy troops to try to crush the steel cone inserted into his heart. Under his command, countless soldiers were recruited by Goguryeo with huge sums of money.
Warriors from different nationalities came shouting in different languages and rushed towards the tip of the steel cone. Wang Rengong showed no fear, wielding the sword with his left hand and hammer with the right, shouting and fighting vigorously, trying to keep the "steel cone" from bending. In a moment, all his body was covered with blood.
It was already as wet as something fished out of a pool of blood, but no one could make him step back even an inch.
In the military system of the Sui Dynasty, the country's standing troops were divided into twelve guards. Each guard had one general and two generals. Although there was only one level difference between the general and the general, many generals had been generals for their entire lives and could not see them.
The hope of becoming a general. Three days ago, Wang Rengong was still the general of Youyiwei. Yesterday morning, he had reached the pinnacle of his military career and became one of the twelve generals. And he commanded a group of people with the reputation of being brave and good at fighting.
The famous Zuo Wuwei was the most valued direct soldier of His Majesty the Sui Emperor.
The original general of Zuo Wuwei was Mai Tiezhang, a hero who was unparalleled and had high prestige among the soldiers. If the person who succeeded him was a coward who did not dare to charge forward, there was no hope that he could bring back the soldiers under General Mai. Wang Ren
Gong once went on an expedition from Yang Su and knew how to lead an army. Therefore, today, whether in public or private life, he has no reason to retreat.
The facts turned out to be just as he wished. Wang Rengong's bravery today won the respect of all the Zuowu guards. Whenever the guards around him fell, someone would immediately take the initiative to step forward to protect the general's wings from being taken advantage of by the enemy.
In the blink of an eye, his cone-shaped infantry formation had penetrated more than 200 steps into the enemy's army. As long as he advanced a few feet further, his troops would be able to touch the Goguryeo commander's flag.
The veteran who was guarding Wang Rengong suddenly fell down. No enemy had hit him, but he had been injured too severely before and was exhausted by this moment. A Goguryeo soldier saw the opportunity and stabbed Wang Rengong with his spear.
On the left rib, at the same time, the Korean soldier directly in front of Wang Rengong suddenly gave up his defense, stabbed him in the chest with his body, and then pounced on him with open arms.
"Protect me!" Wang Rengong shouted for help, ignoring the spears coming from the flanks, and used the iron caltrop bones to directly smash the enemy soldiers in the front away. An iron shield came in response, smashing away the spear that he was determined to win. Immediately afterwards, the shield
Then a horizontal knife flew out and swept the attacker's head off his neck.
The spear fell and was caught by the shield holder with one hand. The man's arm turned around, and the wooden spear was used as a hammer, knocking the three Goguryeo soldiers to the ground. Then, the tip of the spear stabbed through.
Another enemy general rushed towards Wang Rengong's throat from the front.
"Good man, may I ask for your name?" Wang Rengong asked loudly as the pressure in front of him suddenly decreased. He could see that the man was very strong, so he pushed the handle of the caltrop bone towards the opponent.
"Hejian Liu Wuzhou!" the visitor answered loudly, took the caltrop bone, forced the Goguryeo soldiers back with one hand, and then gave the spear to Wang Rengong.
"I'm tired. Can a strong man dare to lead the formation for me?" Wang Rengong asked the moment he took the spear.
"Why not!" Liu Wuzhou laughed and said, taking half a step diagonally, taking over Wang Rengong's position and becoming the top of the entire cone formation.
"Protect Liu Duizheng, everyone rushes into the formation to seize the flag!" Wang Rengong raised his spear high behind Liu Wuzhou and shouted loudly.
"Capture the flag, capture the flag!" the Zuowuwei soldiers shouted loudly, and under Wang Rengong's dispatch, they followed the new formation forward*.
The bravery of Zuo Wuwei relieved the pressure faced by the Zuo Yiwei soldiers who crossed the river on another pontoon bridge on the right wing by at least half. General Zuo Yiwei, who had fought for half his life, had long passed the age of personally leading troops and risking lives for others.
Compared with Wang Rengong, he cared more about the coordination of the armies. He saw groups of Zuo Yiwei soldiers crossing the bridge one after another under his control and forming small square formations on the river beach. Several square formations looked after each other, and it was very easy to see them.
They were quickly connected and turned into a large square formation, firmly holding the bridge head.
Seeing that their own soldiers could not move Zuowuwei, a group of Goguryeo people tried to defeat Zuoyiwei first, which played into Yu Wenshu's plan. The old general waved his hand, and more than a thousand ballistae on the other side of the river started to show their power at the same time, "coaxing" the ground.
With a sound, ten thousand crossbows flew into the air, and the Goguryeo soldiers and horses that were about to attack suddenly "collapsed" several feet.
"Heavy armored troops, move forward!" Yu Wenshu stood at the end of the bridge and shouted loudly. His order was immediately turned into a trumpet sound and accurately conveyed to the ears of the soldiers at the front.
The heavy armored infantry at the front of the phalanx strode forward, holding on to the outermost Goguryeo soldiers and horses. The soldiers on both sides stabbed each other with steel knives and short spears at a distance where they could clearly see the expressions of the opponents on the opposite side. One level
Layers of people fell down, and layers of people stepped on the corpses of their companions or enemies to move toward their opponents.
There were no shouts, and few people shouted. In front of the phalanx, there were only the "ping" and "ping" sounds of weapons colliding with each other and the "pop!" and "pop!" sounds of flesh being pierced. The occasional sound of * was very loud.
Almost drowned by the dull "ping", "ping", "pop", and "pop" sounds, the soldiers persisted with livid faces to see which side's array collapsed first. Some people had a mental breakdown before they died.
, feces and urine dripped down the edge of the combat boots. In the air, the strong smell of blood and feces intertwined, making people want to gag.
"Spearmen, charge forward to take up positions!" Yuwen Shu was used to seeing death, and the smell of blood and feces in the air could not interfere with his command at all. He waved the corner flag gently, and the lightly armored spearmen at the back of the phalanx took long strides.
Rush forward. They are the cheapest soldiers in the Sui army. Each person only has a wooden pole and an iron-tipped spear to use, and the short leather armor on their bodies can only cover their vitals from being hurt by stray arrows. But their running
But the speed is the fastest in the army, and the lethality caused by fast running is also the strongest among all armies except the cavalry. The infantry spears, which are more than eight feet long, are thrust out at high speed from the gap deliberately left by the companions in front, killing Goguryeo.
The man was directly skewered on the tip of the spear.
After a round of assassination, the Goguryeo front army on the right was about to collapse. A large number of soldiers dropped their weapons and fled, but were shot head-on by the supervising team. The bodyguards of the right-wing general tried to rush forward and counterattack, facing the hedgehog-like spears and heavy armor.
Forming an array, they couldn't find a place to start, so they had to watch helplessly as the enemy's heavy armored soldiers once again closed half a step away from each other, slowly squeezing toward our own formation.
"Archers, prepare--" Yu Wenshu raised another red flag high. The shrill sound of horns echoed on both sides of the pontoon. Upon hearing the sound of horns, the archers who had just adjusted their formation on the river beach immediately bent over.
Take the bow and point the arrow diagonally toward the sky above and in front of you.
"Let go!" Yuwenshu waved his flag, and in an instant, locust-like feather arrows rose into the air, passing over his own soldiers and the Goguryeo forward, creating a rain of arrows between the enemy's forward and follow-up troops.
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What matters in the volley of feather arrows is not the accuracy, but the density of strikes per unit area. The well-trained Zuo Yi guardsmen accomplished this goal efficiently. After three rounds of rapid fire, the forwards of the Goguryeo troops on the right wing and
A death zone appeared before the Chinese army. The soldiers in the vanguard lost support, and their backs suddenly became weak, and the collapse became increasingly unstoppable.
"Come on, are you going to destroy your country and your species?" the Goguryeo commander who was watching the battle from a distance roared loudly. On the east bank of the river, the number of soldiers on his side was five times that of the other side, but he was forced to retreat steadily by the enemy. If he continued to retreat like this, today
This battle will undoubtedly be lost.
"Those who retreat will be killed on the spot!" a Goguryeo military general shouted loudly. He strode forward with his bodyguards. Every time he saw a person running towards him, no matter who was under his command, he would stab him in the back with a knife.
The bloody killing stopped the army's collapse, and the fleeing soldiers had to turn around and face the enemy's sword again. Seeing the critical situation, the Goguryeo commander waved his command flag and mobilized all the soldiers and horses around him.
More than 40,000 Goguryeo soldiers and less than 10,000 Sui vanguard soldiers fought fiercely on the river beach. The blood mist rising from the battlefield blocked the sunlight above their heads.
"If I have another 10,000 soldiers and horses..." Goguryeo's coach Eulji Munhui thought desperately. After the entire army pressed forward, with the advantage of numbers, the Goguryeo soldiers slightly stabilized their footing. The offensive of the Sui army has slowly slowed down.
, at a critical moment, any straw can break the entire camel's back.
"Woo--Woo-Woo"
As if he heard his prayers, there was a shrill horn blast coming up from the lower reaches of the Liao River. (To be continued)
