Chapter 720: Near the Death of King Xiao Gu
In the valley near the Weilicheng Basin, a seven-foot-tall Baekje man, holding a broad sword in his right hand and a swallow-tail shield in his left hand, was running in front of him. He was a centurion in the Baekje army. When he was ten battles away from the Liang army formation, he suddenly found countless dense stick-like objects flying out from behind the Liang army shield wall. It was the spear thrown by Liang army soldiers.
The centurion saw a spear spear coming towards him, and he raised his left hand very quickly, and heard a muffled sound from the tent. A huge spear spear pierced into his big shield, and passed through his left arm through the blade of the shield, cutting a big hole, and blood suddenly surged out, and he grinned in pain. Then he heard two or three screams from both sides behind him, and the two Baekje soldiers following him were pierced through their heads and bodies by the javelins, and fell into a pool of blood.
The centurion endured the severe pain and swung his left hand, taking off the large shield that seemed extremely heavy because of the spear gun. He rushed to the shield wall at an extremely fast speed, jumped up, and the broad sword was held high in the air with both hands, just waiting to fall to take advantage of the opportunity to split the Liang army soldiers in front of him, including the shield, into four pieces. However, before he could fall, three spear guns had already pierced into his lower abdomen, thighs and chest respectively. He carried him into the air, and then threw him heavily to the ground.
The Baekje soldiers scattered after they hit the shield wall like waves hitting the rocks. Some were stabbed by spears and guns stabbed behind the shield wall on the spot, and some used their weapons to find gaps and block the Liang army soldiers behind the shield wall.
The crossbows in the Liang army continued to shoot fire bombs in an orderly manner, and a fireball was still falling among the plants and trees on the hillsides on both sides. The fire became more and more fierce, and the fire points that could be seen everywhere were now connected. Many Baekje soldiers' clothes were even licked by the flames, and they rolled on the ground in panic. In this way, most of the Baekje soldiers behind were blocked by the sea of fire and could not rush towards the Liang army's formation continuously.
At the same time, hundreds of Liang army infantry emerged from each hilltop, a considerable number of them were mountain scouts of Liang army. Jin Xiaogu urgently ordered soldiers on the mountainside to go up to the mountain to support, but at this time the hillside was full of fire and Baekje soldiers running around, so no one could come to reinforce. Jin Xiaogu and dozens of personal soldiers were constantly being shot by dense arrows, and people kept screaming and wailing after being shot. Jin Xiaogu whispered to the personal soldiers around him: "If this continues, we will be shot and killed by the Liang army sooner or later. We will fight. Everyone obey my orders and fight together, and maybe they can even save the defeat."
Immediately, with a loud shout, Xiao Gu and dozens of personal guards rushed out of the grass and rushed towards the Liang army soldiers who were shooting arrows and heading towards them. Seeing that someone had come out, these soldiers also threw their bows and arrows to the ground, drew out close combat weapons, and went up to meet them. These Liang army soldiers were neither mountain scouts nor elites from all over the place. In a short time, Xiao Gu's personal soldiers were killed.
When Xiao Gu pulled out the knife from the ring armor of a Liang army soldier with force, the tip of a spear gun had already stabbed towards his head. Xiao Gu subconsciously turned his head, and the blade of the gun had already scratched one of his ears.
Seeing that the situation was not good, he didn't even have time to shout, so he pulled out his legs and shouted, "Retreat!" A scoop knife flew in the sky at this time, directly piercing through his vest. Jin Xiao Gu spit out a mouthful of blood and threw it to the ground. Another Liang army led him forward and quickly cut off his head...
In the valley, the Baekje soldiers who rushed to the shield wall were also killed and injured. Liang's longbowman stood up from behind the shield wall and shot heavy arrows at the Baekje soldiers who were running around in the gap between the sea of fire on the hillside. The Baekje soldiers fell one after another in the pool of blood in the sea of fire. At this time, someone on the hill provoked a man's head with a spear and shouted: "The Lord Baekje is dead! The Lord Baekje is dead!"
The Liang army soldiers not only shouted in Chinese, but also asked several prisoners to shout in Mahan Tu language. At the same time, the Liang army's shields began to move uphill gradually. The Baekje soldiers, who had already been in chaos, began to flee around in panic. Liang army infantry killed all over the mountains for a while, and Xu Rong gathered their troops. After counting the results, Xu Rong found that the beheading of nearly two thousand levels in this battle, and more than three thousand remaining soldiers were completely defeated by the Liang army. As long as Xu Rong could arrive at Weili City in time, these defeated soldiers were unlikely to play a role in Baekje again. The most important thing was to find that the enemy general was actually the brother of Qiushouwang. The Liang army stopped for a while, waiting for the cavalry troops stationed in the rear to come, and set off again, and drove to the water basin where Weili City was located.
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In the city of Fuli, King Qiushou had already prepared a banquet for his servants. He just waited for Xiao Gu to return in triumphantly, and then celebrated the celebration. Before the lords of Danlu had left, they gathered with him at the big table to drink tea, brag, and swear to the sky.
Time passed quickly, but there was no news about Xiao Gu. The King of Qiu couldn't help but mutter: "No, Xiao Gu should be back at this time." As soon as he finished speaking, he heard familiar footsteps. He knew that it was his close guard soldiers who had arrived. He smiled at the other lords of Danlu City: "It must be Xiao Gu who returned triumphantly. Today, everyone will be drunk and celebrate our first victory against Liang Jun."
Unexpectedly, the soldiers shouted in panic as soon as they entered the hall: "King, the big thing is not good. Our army's ambush at Honghu Ridge was discovered by the Liang army. As a result, our army not only did not ambush the other party successfully, but was defeated by the other party, with no casualties, and only dozens of people fled back to Weili City. It was close to Xiao Gu Wang... also..."
King Qiu's face turned pale and shouted: "Tell me quickly! What's wrong with King Xiao Ancient?"
"Xiao Gu King was also killed by Liang's army!"
King Qiu Shou felt his chest gushing blood and almost fainted. After a long time, he recovered and shouted, "I must avenge my revenge for Xiaogu!" At this time, another soldiers ran in and said, "King, the Liang army has entered the plain area on the north bank of the water, only five miles away from Weili City!"
This time, it was the turn of the Lords of Danlu City to be shocked. Even the oldest King Liuli could not hold back and said anxiously to the King of Qiushou: "King, the Liang army is coming in full force. According to Xiao Wang's opinion, it is better for the King to defend the city of Weili City. I will go back to various Danlu to dispatch troops to serve the king. At that time, it is necessary to cooperate outside and will definitely defeat the Liang army at the city of Weili."
King Liuli's suggestion was reasonable, but King Qiushou did not agree to him immediately. Instead, he asked Lingbing: "Is the Liang army coming or three thousand troops?"
"Your Majesty, there are still three thousand men and two thousand infantrymen and one thousand warriors."
Chapter completed!