Chapter 531 The Battle of the White Wolf (2)
At this time, the Sui army camp made a few loud noises, and a few black dots flew into the air and suddenly shattered. Many paper pieces as big as palms appeared in the air. These were paper bullets shot out by the Sui army's catapult, with thousands of pieces.
These paper pieces were blown to the position of Gaokaidao's army by the wind, and many people picked them up. They passed them to each other and saw a whisper in the army. When the literate soldiers read the words above, everyone's eyes flashed with complex expressions, and many people seemed to be moved.
Someone handed the paper to Gao Kaidao, and it was read: "Zhang Xuan, the guard of Qinghetong, told all the brothers in Hebei that your parents, wives and children have moved to Qi County and Beihai County, and they all look forward to you going home and reunion. As long as you surrender, I will protect the safety of all the villagers in the name of Hebei's recruitment envoys, allocate land and homes, and do not blame them. Otherwise, Liaodong will be your cemetery."
"asshole!"
Gao Kaidao was furious and tore the paper to pieces. Seeing that his morale had begun to shake, he immediately ordered: "Attack!"
The order of attack was passed, and the sound of a urging drum sounded, "Dong!Dong!Dong!" The soldiers of the thief began to shout and run again, but their morale was obviously lower, and their running speed was more than twice as slow as before. Many people were wrapped and charged forward helplessly.
Zhang Xuan sneered coldly. As Li Jing said, the other party was not strong. Once the morale faded, their combat effectiveness would be far inferior to that of the Sui army. No wonder they could not conquer Liucheng for a month. They were just a group of well-equipped mobs.
"Strike!"
Zhang Xuan also suddenly issued an order to attack, "Kill!" Ten thousand Sui soldiers shouted angrily, like a dam breaking, and rushed towards Gaokaidao army two hundred steps away.
The two armies collided with each other, with swords slashed and spears assassinated. Both sides flew with flesh and blood, and screams were heard.
In particular, the five hundred armored infantry were like a sharp fist, and the long sword was pushed forward like a wall, invincible, killing the thief soldiers and turning over their horses, and the formation was in chaos.
Although Gao Kaidao's army was more than twice the number of Sui soldiers, they still could not resist the Sui army's sharp offensive. They were killed and retreated step by step, and were in chaos. Gao Kaidao's voice was hoarse and it was still difficult to stabilize the army's position.
Su Dingfang led three thousand right-wing troops to fight fiercely with the enemy's left wing. Although it was the first time that Su Dingfang led the army to fight independently, he was not frightened, but was particularly brave and led the three thousand brothers to fight fiercely with the enemy.
Although Su Dingfang was the main general of the left wing, he was mainly responsible for coordination, and the specific operations were responsible for three partial generals, each leading a thousand troops to attack the bandit army from three directions.
The war horse galloped. Su Dingfang saw the opponent's left wing commander at a glance, about a hundred steps away from him. Su Ding was secretly happy. He immediately hung the knife on the saddle bridge, pulled out the treasure bow of the archery, picked up two wolf-toothed arrows, bitten one, and the other arrow was placed on the bow and rolled the bow, and pulled the bow like a full moon, shooting an arrow from the side.
The arrow was fierce and accurate, hitting the neck of the enemy general Han Zhiming. Han Zhiming screamed and fell from the horse. His personal soldiers were shocked and quickly rescued him. Unexpectedly, Su Dingfang's second "swoosh!" shot. Han Zhiming was powerless to dodge and was shot through his forehead by an arrow and died on the spot.
The left wing of Gao Kaidao Army lost its chief general, and the morale of the army quickly disintegrated. In the chaos, soldiers began to escape.
At this time, a captain rushed to Gao Kaidao to report: "King, the left wing can't stand it anymore, General Han is dead!"
Gao Kaidao was shocked and hurriedly ordered: "The rear army came to support the left wing!"
The bandits waved the flag, and the five thousand rear troops who had set up the flag in the distance immediately rushed towards the defeated left wing, regaining the critical situation.
Zhang Xuan could see clearly that the enemy's rear army had already left, and he was waiting for this moment. He immediately ordered: "Send the cavalry to attack!"
"Woo-Woo-Woo-"
Dozens of low antlers sounded, and the sound echoed in the field. At this time, a black line appeared in the distance, getting closer and closer, and the earth began to tremble. Soon, a three thousand-man Sui cavalry came from behind the Gaokaidao army.
= Gao Kaidao was caught off guard by the sudden attack of the Sui cavalry. He was so scared that he could not deal with it. If his rear army had not been dispatched, he could order the rear army to respond to emergency confrontation, blocking the Sui army's momentum of attack with dense crossbows or short spears, and then adjusting his troops to siege the Sui cavalry. Perhaps he still has a glimmer of hope.
But now his rear army has entered the battle, and he has no extra army in his hands. He has no choice but to urgently order: "The central army turns around and fights against the Sui army!"
No matter how Gao Kaidao dispatched troops and generals, he could not save the failure. His army was already exhausted and his morale collapsed. No one obeyed his command anymore. The unstoppable murderous aura of the Sui army and the sound of the landslides like cracks made the thieves' army's courage break. They rushed to escape, and the soldiers were defeated like mountains and fell, and countless surrendered people. Seeing that the situation was not good, Gao Kaidao led dozens of personal guards to flee west.
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A bloody battle ended after more than an hour. The Sui army suffered more than a thousand casualties, but it also created a brilliant record, killing 6,000 enemies, capturing more than 17,000 people, and only more than 1,000 people escaped the battlefield.
Pei Xingyan led the cavalry to continue chasing the bandits, while the Sui army was busy cleaning the battlefield. Teams of dejected prisoners of war were escorted to Yancheng County by Sui soldiers, and the seized various weapons were piled up like mountains.
Zhang Xuan came to the piled armor and seized 20,000 pairs of armor, all of which were Mingguang armor. The Mingguang armor was not completely leather armor, but a few thin pieces made of fine steel to protect several vital places.
Especially the stainless steel armor on the front, back and chest abdomen can protect almost all the key points of soldiers.
Because the Mingguang armor was extremely expensive, the only one in the Sui army was wearing the Xiaoguo army. Generally, the army could only wear officers above the brigade commander. This batch of Mingguang armor was a remnant of the Second Goguryeo War. Due to Yang Xuangan's rebellion, the emperor Yang Guang hurriedly withdrew his troops from Liaodong, resulting in a large amount of military supplies being unable to be transported away, and all fell into the hands of Goguryeo.
The 300,000 pieces of soldier armor that Zhang Xuan sank in the North Sea a few years ago were supplies for the first Goguryeo Battle, and the armor was mainly leather armor.
The second Goguryeo Battle was much better. There were 100,000 new sets of Mingguang armor in the warehouse in Ningyuan Town, Liaodong, and all fell into the hands of the Goguryeo people. Gao Kaidao also obtained 30,000 sets of Mingguang armor armor due to the strong support of the Goguryeo people, but in the end it helped Zhang Xuan.
"Master, I caught a Goguryeo!" A soldier rushed to report.
Zhang Xuan looked back and saw more than a dozen soldiers walking towards him with a man in a long robe. The man was over forty years old and looked arrogant. He glanced at Zhang Xuan, but his head was raised and he said nothing.
At this time, the captain who caught him came forward to report, "Report to the Grand Commander, this man was mixed among the prisoners of war and was reported by other prisoners of war. His name was Ning Shoude, a native of Goguryeo, and he was the military advisor of Gao Kaidao."
"military adviser?"
Zhang Xuan sneered and said to Ning Shoude: "You are so embarrassed to call yourself a military advisor. The military advisor didn't even defend my cavalry, which is a joke!"
Ning Shoude finally couldn't help but say coldly: "I know your army will go north from the straight line, but Gao Kaidao is really stupid and refuses to listen to my advice, which leads to an enemy from both sides. What does this have to do with me?"
"Your name is Ning Shoude?" Zhang Xuan asked again.
Since Ning Shoude had already answered Zhang Xuan, he no longer ignored him. He knew in his heart that the other party did not want to kill him for the time being, and he had a glimmer of hope of regaining freedom.
"So what?" Ning Shoude snorted coldly.
"Then you should know who I am?" Zhang Xuan said lightly again.
"How come I didn't know that Goguryeo wanted to kill you as a pleasure, especially my master, I hate you to the core!"
"Your master should be Yuan Taizuo!"
Ning Shoude realized that he had missed his mouth. He was secretly upset and turned his head to ignore Zhang Xuan.
Zhang Xuan smiled, "You don't have to regret anything. I have known that Yuan Taizuo was planning to attack Liaodong for a long time. It's just that with me, Zhang Xuan, he will die for one day. I won't kill you. I will keep you and me, and I will have other uses."
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Pei Xingyan led the cavalry to chase the defeated soldiers all the way. He received the order from Zhang Xuan that he could spare their lives as long as he surrendered.
Therefore, he kept sending people to send the prisoners of war he had chased back to Yancheng County. When he chased him to Liucheng County, he was left with only two thousand cavalrymen.
At this time, a Sui army appeared in front of him, with about hundreds of people, led by a burly and rough-looking general, holding a large sword on the door. He immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Is it the army that recruits General Zhang?"
“That’s right!”
Pei Xingyan whispered loudly: "I am Pei Xingyan, the general of the Xiongwu under Zhang Shuai's tent. Who is the one who came?"
The person who came was Lu Chifeng, the general of the city of Liu. He heard that he was a famous general Pei Xingyan of the world, and admired him in his heart, and quickly bowed: "In Lu Chifeng, he is the garrison of Liucheng. I have heard of General Pei's reputation for a long time. When I see him today, Lu has the honor of three lives."
Chapter completed!