The next day, as soon as the army approached Wuming Valley, they saw their own scouts running back in a hurry. Li Mengchang, who commanded the scouts, was a veteran left among the 300 dead soldiers who went to Bobu Village to rescue the siege last year. Regardless of his experience and courage,
They are all outstanding. Even so, he has nothing to do with 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 in their hearts that this mission was definitely not as simple as setting fire to demolishing a house, they suddenly heard that they had encountered enemy troops.
News, I still can't help but feel weak in my legs and feet.
"What should we do, wish for more blessings!" someone yelled, while looking in the direction of the Chinese army. Mr. Li, the general of Xiongwu Lang, was a ruthless character who killed people without blinking an eye. Before he took the lead in escaping, no one dared to escape. But we had to.
Everyone really used their knives to fight the enemy, but no one was willing to do so.
"Oh, oh, oh, my belly, my belly! I didn't eat properly in the 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.
After giving the order, Zhang Xiu, the captain of the school, rushed into the crowd with more than a hundred soldiers. "What are you shouting about? Where did all the energy to pick up other people's stoves yesterday go? Are you guys just cowards who know how to bully orphans and widows at home?
What?"
Zhang Xiu and others swung their whips, scolded and whipped them, making the Xiaoguo people blush. Basically no one who came to Liaodong to recruit Xiaoguo came from a good family, and almost anyone out of tens of thousands of people was randomly selected before joining the army.
They are all "tough" characters in Hengxing Township. These people are face-saving and loyal. They are usually most afraid of being called useless. Now that Zhang Xiu was scolding them, although they were scared in their hearts, they all 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 encourage himself.
The generals at all levels did not listen to their bluffing and readjusted 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
Light cavalry were sent out on both wings to guard, and at the end of the team there was a war team with bent bows to supervise.
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 formed by two cliffs and a large river.
The terrain was narrow, and the only thing that could allow the army to pass through was the beach less than five feet wide on both sides of the river. Now that the Goguryeo people were blocking the road with heavy troops at the bottom of the valley, the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Battalion had 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 was the first time he commanded tens of thousands of people in combat.
, his heart was pounding with nervousness. 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 two thousand auxiliary soldiers to stay in place under the envious eyes of everyone, felling trees and building camps. The remaining more than nine thousand The soldiers marched in formation, slowly approaching Death Valley.
The enemy troops who occupied the valley obviously came in a hurry. The hastily built deer village and the horse-drawn tents had not yet been completed. The swaying wooden fence was exposed to the late summer sun, and the strong smell of pine oil spread against the wind. Inside and outside. When the valley appeared within 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 lead the five regiments and 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 has more than 10,000 soldiers Horses, but the valley ahead cannot accommodate so many people fighting. Moreover, these more than 10,000 warriors have only experienced less than two months of training. If they fight one-on-one, most of them are sure to win. But fighting for supremacy on the battlefield is not as simple as slapping bricks on people's heads on the street.
Li Anyuan grinned, and accepted the general's order with a wry smile. He, Murong Luo, and Li Mengchang were all direct descendants promoted by Li Xu. At this time, there was no negotiation for the direct descendants to work for the general. One thousand five hundred pale-faced people Xiaoguo was quickly pulled out of the group by him, and 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 long distance, the feather arrows did not pose a fatal threat at all. Seeing this scene, the Xiaoguo Camp forward began to tremble in his calves and became more courageous. Zhuang, shouting and speeding up the pace of progress.
The Goguryeo people's counterattack was very decisive. When the warriors were 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 fought, the warriors moved much more swiftly than when they attacked. After withdrawing, they left 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 left him plenty of leeway, so he would not worry about anything small. Frustration will be punished by 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 with overwhelming force. Judging from the performance of both the enemy and ourselves just now, I am afraid that in a short time Inside, it was difficult for 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 are not enough stones on the cliff. The arrows shot from above will 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, taking advantage of the narrow terrain. advantage to resist the Sui army's attack. There are 300,000 Sui troops who are about to retreat from Mazhaishui and pass through here. However, in the eyes of the Goguryeo generals, the number of Sui troops who are going to meet them is only two or thirty thousand at most. Of course, they must defend The focus is 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, and the five regiments of Xiaoguo, led by another lieutenant, braved the rain of arrows and approached the mouth of the valley again.
After the two sides fought for about a quarter of an hour, the Xiaoguos broke away from the enemy one after another.
The physical fitness of the heroes of the Sui Dynasty was much higher than that of the enemy, but their proficiency and morale in cooperating with each other were far inferior to each other. The Goguryeo people guarding the valley entrance were relatively proficient in cooperating, and their will to win was higher than that of the Sui army, but their stature
Compared with the weapons in hand and the Xiaoguos, there is a big gap. Therefore, the casualties suffered by both the enemy and ourselves in the two battles were not large, and the fear of the other side gradually began to decrease.
Li Mengchang was so angry that he took the initiative to lead a regiment veteran and four regiment Xiaoguo to attack the valley again. After a shower of arrows, the Goguryeo people who had some understanding of the Sui army's combat effectiveness after two contacts rushed out with shouts.
.The two sides fought together on the river beach on the northwest side, each trying to teach the other a painful 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 rest
The heroes of the four regiments 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 already calmly adjusted his deployment.
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Thousands of Goguryeo spearmen crouched behind the wooden fence, blocking the entire valley entrance into a giant hedgehog. Behind the forest spear wall, more than a thousand archers aimed at the Sui Xiaoguo and crashed into it.
The brothers of the Xiaoguo Camp retreated back to their formation like waves against a rock. During the retreat, more than two hundred people were injured by sudden arrows.
Xuzi's face turned a little red. He knew that the Xiaoguo under his command lacked training, but he did not 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 at all. But this irregular Goguryeo army is still much more regular than the Xiaoguo Battalion 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 horses and long spears, but it could not organize the cavalry to charge forward. The Goguryeo people successfully counterattacked, but they could not take advantage of the victory to expand the results.
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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. An inexperienced commander
After a brief negotiation with a disturbed supervisor, they came up with a strategy that was not necessarily brilliant at all. The two spent a lot of money to recruit a suicide regiment of about 500 people in the camp, and they were led by Yu Wenshiji personally.
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. The big shield in his left hand slammed
With one blow, he smashed the spear that was stretched out in front of him, and then slashed the sword of his right hand into the Goguryeo crowd.
"Follow me and kill them all!" Yuwen Shiji shouted as his combat 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. (To be continued)
