Chapter 733 Running more than a hundred miles

Wang Ping'an snorted and said, "These two bandits are small people and can only be clever. They don't understand the actual situation at all, so they exaggerate and want to scare us off!"

Goguryeo is now the main attack on Silla, and the large army must be in Silla, which is absolutely impossible to be wrong. The Goguryeo court wanted to fight a time difference and joined forces with Baekje to destroy Silla. After fighting the war in the east, the Tang soldiers in the west also gathered in Yingzhou. Goguryeo could send troops to fight in the west!

Su Dingfang said, "The Goguryeo people were too arrogant and thought that they would have the capital to confront my Tang Dynasty when they failed to destroy them in the previous few expeditions. They were really overestimating their ability!"

Xue Renyi heard this and said, "The general also understood that there must be no army in the city of Little Chang'an, otherwise these two guys would not swear around and scare us. And that thing about the wronged cover should be a very powerful person in war, but now he must not be in the city, otherwise why would he mention him?"

Wang Ping'an shouted: "I want to scare us, did I grow up by being scared? It's okay if they don't lie, but once they lie, they leaked the secrets! People come, send orders, the whole army quickly get off the boat, bury the pot and cook, eat for a while, and then set off to go along the north of the Yangtze River!"

Xue Renyi agreed and immediately passed the order.

Su Dingfang said, "It would be better for us to let the fleet go along this river north to attract the attention of the people of Goguryeo, thinking that we should take a boat to attack them. The fleet was traveling slowly, so that they would think they had enough time to prepare and relax their vigilance. Before they could prepare, we would hit the land!"

Wang Ping'an said: "Okay, that's it!"

A large number of Qingzhou soldiers kept coming down from the ship, and the war horses and food were transported down. Ten thousand soldiers took almost two hours to get off the ship and had to cook and rest. They were busy until it was almost dark, and they were all ready.

During this period, the Qingzhou soldiers repelled several attacks from Goguryeo soldiers. More and more Goguryeo troops came to the riverside to block the attack. The last time the army came to attack reached 500 people, and it was an iron armored army. In terms of quantity and equipment, these were almost all the elite troops in Goguryeo!

The last attack of Goguryeo ended in annihilation of the entire army. Xue Renyi personally took the battle and shot the general Goguryeo who led the army to death. The Qingzhou soldiers rode their horses to charge and killed all Goguryeo soldiers!

Unfortunately, the last group of Goguryeo soldiers did not surrender until they died in battle until the last one!

When it was dark, Wang Ping'an took Qingzhou soldiers to the road. He left behind a thousand soldiers, one to urge the boatman who followed the army to go north along the river, and the other to take care of the baggage. Wang Ping'an was afraid that he would be defeated. When he was running away, if he boarded the ship but had no food or supplies, he would not be able to escape back to the Tang Dynasty.

Nine thousand Qingzhou soldiers followed the river, galloping towards Xiao Chang'an, where they were still unknown.

Although they are all cavalry, soldiers can tolerate their lives at sea for many days, but the physical strength of the war horses has been severely damaged. Some war horses are even like humans, and they are actually weak and cannot run quickly.

There was nothing in the first thirty miles, and everything went smoothly, but after thirty miles, a large number of war horses could no longer ride, so they could only abandon them along the way. The Qingzhou soldiers began to turn into one person and two horses!

The longer the running time, the more serious this situation is. When you hurry on the road in the middle of the night, you are unwilling to walk, so you can't march at the fastest speed, and there are still war horses abandoned constantly, which causes a large number of cavalry to become infantry. When you run a hundred miles away, the loss of war horses actually reaches a terrifying 70%!

I don’t know how far ahead, but this cavalry unit is almost losing its mobility and cannot run!

Xue Renyi felt sorry for his army. He caught up with Wang Ping'an and begged: "Prince, you can't run anymore, so take a break! Now our sons have lost so many war horses. And even if they run to Xiao Chang'an, they will be exhausted. How can they fight at that time? The Goguryeo people can destroy us with just one retaliation. So should we fight them or wait for them to wipe out us all!"

Wang Ping'an rode on the white dragon horse and said that he was tired. Who wouldn't be tired? He was also tired, and he had a headache, but now he was in the middle of the road and couldn't even look back!

Wang Ping'an said angrily: "When the late emperor fought in all directions, he chased the enemy for more than 200 miles a night, fighting and chasing, and winning. We have only run a hundred miles away, but now it is dawn. Even if we are far from the late emperor, we can't marching and fight, can't we just march? We have only been around 100 miles, and we have to give up?"

Xue Renyi said with a bitter face: "But the late emperor had been on a boat for many days, crossing the sea, and then chasing the enemy! Our son just got off the boat and was about to run wildly, and he couldn't even stand the horse, let alone the human beings?"

Su Dingfang ran over. He heard Wang Ping'an scolding Xue Renyi and said, "Little General Xue, you must not stop moving forward now. Once you stop, your morale will immediately become depressed. We are in danger, with many enemies and few. If you lose your morale, you will be in danger of annihilation."

Wang Ping'an said again: "If we retreat without fighting and retreat to the ship, the Goguryeo people will immediately know the strength of our army and will send a naval army to pursue it. General Xiao Xue, you will retreat on land. Then I ask you, when we arrive at sea, our army is not familiar with naval battles. Do you think we will all die in battle?"

He waved the horse whip and said, "Retreat, there is only a dead end; advance, not only has a glimmer of hope, but may also win. Moreover, if we fight, the Goguryeo soldiers will not dare to chase them, and our army can retreat calmly. The reason behind this must be understood!"

Su Dingfang shouted: "Follow the prince, move forward, move forward!"

The Qingzhou soldiers have always been tough and are famous all over the world for their bravery. After hearing Su Dingfang's shouting, they also started to scream. Those who had horses shouted, and those who lost their war horses also followed and shouted loudly. No one wanted to retreat to the ship!

Xue Renyi thought to himself: "It seems that it is too uncomfortable to take a boat. Brothers are not afraid of death, they are even afraid of taking a boat!" He also shouted: "We, the men in Qingzhou, have nothing to be afraid of. Follow the prince and do the Goguryeo girl!"

"I've done Goguryeo and those guys!" Qingzhou soldiers shouted, followed closely behind Wang Ping'an's horse, strided away and moved forward!

He ran for about twenty miles in one breath. After a night of forced marching, no matter how strong the soldiers in the Qingzhou army were, their physical strength would always reach their limits. When it was dawn, at the darkest moment of the day, the entire army could no longer run, and more and more soldiers were falling. In the end, less than a thousand people could keep up with Wang Ping'an!

Xue Renyi chased after him again. This time he really cried out and shouted: "Prince, please, the men really can't run anymore. Now there are so many people behind. Even if you arrive at the city of Xiao Chang'an, you can't fight anymore. There are no soldiers left, who can fight?"

Wang Ping'an looked back and saw that in the dark night, he couldn't see anything clearly. He wanted to continue on the way, but Su Dingfang also came over to persuade him.

Su Dingfang said: "Prince, it is really not appropriate to advance again at this time. I don't know where the little Chang'an is. It's still unclear how far it is, but our army is exhausted and cannot fight again. Let's take a break. When dawn is dawn, look for the village, catch some Goguryeo people, and let them lead the way!"

His combat experience is far superior to that of Wang Ping'an, so he naturally knew that he could not march anymore, but he also knew that the Qingzhou soldiers, who were famous all over the world, were not so fragile. Even if they were too tired to force themselves, they would not be left behind!

To put it bluntly, Wang Ping'an's prestige is not enough and he cannot completely control this Qingzhou army!

In history, there are many cases of long-distance raids, which are farther than this, and more difficult than this. Those who cross the desert and those who run wildly on snowy nights are not much worse than the current situation!

Why are the Qingzhou soldiers unwilling to fight for their lives? Why can we make them die? Wang Ping'an's order? Who is Wang Ping'an? A little miracle doctor who is famous all over the world? But he is not a famous general, nor is he the one who paid the Qingzhou soldiers!

If this is replaced by Wang Ping'an's Turkic soldiers, whoever dares not follow him, Wang Ping'an glared at him and said that those who can't keep up are all waste. What's the use of wanting waste? They all cut them down! Let's see who dares to run wildly without rushing!

But if Wang Ping'an dares to cut off the head of a Qingzhou soldier now, it will easily cause a mutiny, and the Qingzhou soldier will cut him first!

Wang Ping'an gasped heavily and had no choice but to point to a dark hill in front of him and said, "Go there and rest, let your brothers follow us, let's hurry up again tomorrow!"

Xue Renyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for your understanding!" He quickly passed the order and asked the soldiers to rest at the hill.

Wang Ping'an had no choice but to go to the hill. Seeing that there were many trees around the hill, he got off the horse, found a big tree, sat under the tree, and kept silent.

He was extremely anxious. This time, the dispatch of troops and the battle across the sea was simply the "masterpiece" of the big men in the court who played with the ***, and was one of the means by Changsun Wuji to attack Li Ke, and he himself unfortunately became a victim.

Of course, for the big guys, Wang Ping'an would not be really "sacrificed". If he can't beat him, he will always be able to escape back. Even if he wants to die, he will still be a dead soldier. How many soldiers die is just a number on paper!

But what he was anxious about was that he had arrived in Goguryeo. He knew that there were few defenders in the city, but he could not take it seriously. So far, he had not even found where Xiao Chang'an was. If he dragged it for two or three days and when the reinforcements of Goguryeo arrived, he would have to board the ship and run for life. This would be a great humiliation that he would never wash away in his life!

He was deceived by Baekje people, entered the wrong land, found the wrong country, and the other party was an empty city, but he didn't even capture it... If this matter was recorded in history books, he would become a big joke and would never look up as a human being in the second half of his life!

Wang Ping'an sighed, his guards surrounded him, Ouyang Li whispered: "Master, don't worry, if things really cannot be done, it is not difficult for us to leave. Our brother carried you and robbed the ship and returned to the Tang Dynasty. This is not difficult to do!"

Wang Ping'an waved his hand and said, "I can't die. I'll know this before going to war, but the problem is embarrassing!" He shook his head, closed his eyes, and was unwilling to speak again.

The Ouyang brothers did not dare to persuade him anymore, so they had to surround him and protect him.

The soldiers of Qingzhou kept gathering at the hills. Many soldiers complained loudly, dissatisfied with this urgent marching. Not only were they tired, but they even ran away. It was easy to cross the sea and bring so many horses. As soon as they got ashore, most of them were lost. Who can stand it?

Just as Su Ding expected, the Qingzhou soldiers were not that fragile. Since the Three Kingdoms era, this army has been famous for its powerful soldiers and soldiers, and now it is the early Tang Dynasty with strong force. It is neither a weak dynasty nor a weak soldier. What's the big deal if they are letting them run all night and throw some war horses?

But the soldiers were unhappy, and Wang Ping'an did not promise any benefits, such as letting them attack the city and burn, kill and loot. Everyone worked hard to fight across the sea but could not get any substantial benefits. Who would be willing to do this? It's not that you can defend Qingzhou! You can work hard, but you can't sell it all!

It was delayed and when it was dawn, all nine thousand Qingzhou soldiers rushed up. It has to be said that a strong army is a strong army. Although there are so many nonsense that I can't complain, as a combat group, it still has not lost its military discipline and no soldiers escaped at the last minute... Of course, there is no place to escape!

The fish belly appears in the east, dawn passes, and it is dawn!

Wang Ping'an opened his eyes and said, "Anyway, this is already like this, so why not take a break for a while and let the brothers eat some dry food, and then we will rush forward..."

Before he could finish his words, someone suddenly heard someone shouting, "Grandma, what mountain is this? Brothers, look up and see what mountain is this?"

The man's voice was filled with shock and anger, and he was furious!

Wang Ping'an was surprised in his heart. Isn't it just a small hill? What's so strange about it? He first looked around and saw that the hill was planted with trees. These trees were not wild, but were planted manually. He looked up at the hill again, and as he looked, he jumped up!

At the same time, countless Qingzhou soldiers also jumped up and cursed. The crowd was excited. Many people pulled out big swords and cursed Goguryeo as if they were crazy!

I saw this small hill, with stones and soil filling at the foot of the mountain, and a stone tower was built on it, and countless skulls were embedded in the stone bricks!

Su Dingfang was right next to Wang Ping'an. The blue veins on his head swelled up, his eyes were red, and the big knife in his hand was pulled out, cursing: "These damn Goguryeo people actually built a stone tower with the heads of my Zhongyuan children!"

The hill in front of the Qingzhou soldiers was a so-called pagoda built by the Goguryeo people using the bodies of conscription generals from the Sui Dynasty in the past to boast about their military power. This was the greatest humiliation to the Central Plains army!
Chapter completed!