Chen Qingzhi was a famous general in the Southern Liang Dynasty. He once defeated the 150,000 troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty with thousands of people. It can be said that he had great military achievements. Because he liked to wear white robes, his army was also called the White robes Army. At that time, there was a nursery rhyme in Luoyang: "Famous generals of the famous teacher, Mo Zizhu, thousands of soldiers and horses avoid white robes."

But what is very interesting is that although Chen Qingzhi made countless military achievements, he was actually a very weak scholar. He could not even pull out the crossbow, but he was extremely strict in his military management. His White Rou Army was also a famous powerful force during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is said that almost no one dared to fight with the White Rou Army wherever he went, so there was a saying that thousands of troops avoided the White Rou Army.

Chen Qingzhi not only made great achievements in military achievements, but also had great talent in governing the local area. Even when he passed away, the people under his rule took the initiative to ask the court to erect a monument to praise Chen Qingzhi. It can be said that he was not only a famous general, but also a capable minister.

In contrast, Xue Rengui can only be called a brave general now, not even a famous general, and is far from Chen Qingzhi. Therefore, Li Shimin's claim to be his own Chen Qingzhi is already an over-reputation, but Li Xiu next to him knows that Xue Rengui's future achievements are only above Chen Qingzhi, not below Chen Qingzhi.

With Li Ji's counterattack and the cavalry led by Li Daozong once again broke into the Goguryeo army, scattering the opponent's army. There was no suspense in the entire battle situation. Gao Yanshou had given up the hope of counterattack at this time. Because the army was cut off, he could only try his best to gather the troops around him and then retreat to the hill next to him, hoping to block the attack of the Tang army with the mountain.

Gao Yanshou's retreat almost gave up other Goguryeo troops on the battlefield. After losing command, these Goguryeo troops became lambs waiting to be slaughtered. Finally, some people couldn't resist and began to put down their weapons and surrender. With the first one, there was a second one. In the end, more and more surrendered people. The Tang army had no time to gather, and there was no extra man to take care of them.

There were too many prisoners of war, so in the end they could only drive them to a clearing ground near the battlefield, then confiscate their weapons, and surrounded them with ropes, like a sheep pen, and there was no need to worry about them escaping. In fact, the retreat had been cut off by Cheng Yaojin, and they had no choice but to escape. If they met the Tang army along the way, there would be only a dead end.

As more and more surrendered, the remaining Goguryeo army finally collapsed and began to surrender to the Tang army in an organized manner. Only a few still resisted stubbornly and finally died under the butcher knife of the Tang army. Gao Yanshou led more than 40,000 remaining soldiers to retreat to the nearby mountain to defend. At this time, Li Ji joined forces with Li Daozong and then surrounded the entire hill.

When it was almost dark, Cheng Yaojin, who cut off the rear, also sent people to meet Li Shimin, mainly to report his own results. Because he blocked Goguryeo's retreat, many Goguryeo people chose to surrender in despair. As a result, there were tens of thousands of prisoners of war alone, and the specific number had not been counted. However, according to Cheng Yaojin's estimate, the number should be no less than 40,000. In addition to the people who surrendered on the front battlefield, it is estimated that Goguryeo may end up with 60,000 or 70,000 prisoners of war.

As for the Goguryeo people who fought to the death, there is no statistics yet, but according to Li Shimin's estimate just now, there should be more than 10,000 people. The remaining people were either surrounded by Gao Yanshou on the hill or had already escaped into the forest. After all, although Cheng Yaojin had cut off his retreat, the Tang army had few people, so it was impossible for them to surround the Goguryeo people, so at least tens of thousands of people escaped into the forest. However, there are many beasts in the forests in Liaodong. I don't know how many of these people could escape alive in the end?

As night fell, the battlefield did not calm down. Instead, countless Tang soldiers cleaned the battlefield with torches. There were two main things. One was to find their brothers who were killed or injured in battle. The people who died in battle were carried to the back for burial, and the injured soldiers were carried to the injured camp for treatment. The other was to see if there were any injured Goguryeo people. It was much simpler to treat them. Generally, they would just take a knife. After all, the medicine for treating the wounded cannot be wasted on these enemies.

In addition, Cheng Yaojin, Li Ji and others are also sticking to their own positions. Cheng Yaojin needs to count prisoners of war and clean up the surrounding Goguryeo soldiers who fled around him. Li Ji besieged Gao Yanshou's remaining soldiers to prevent them from rushing down. Generally speaking, if Gao Yanshou wants to break out of the siege, it will definitely be the best opportunity tonight. Because the time is too short, Li Ji has no time to arrange it. In addition, the Tang army soldiers were also very tired after fighting one day, so he had to sit at the foot of the mountain in person at night.

After receiving the battle report from Cheng Yaojin and others, Li Shimin also smiled and led his ministers back to the camp. He also specially ordered the army to prepare food and deliver it to the army of Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and others. However, although there was no shortage of meat in the food, there was no wine. After all, it was not the time to celebrate victory.

Originally, Li Shimin wanted to summon Xue Rengui to commend his bravery on the battlefield, but Xue Rengui is now with Li Daozong, and Li Ji and others besiege Gao Yanshou. Moreover, Li Xiu felt that summoning Xue Rengui alone might not be a good thing. After all, there are too many soldiers on the battlefield today. Only summoning Xue Rengui may cause others to envy Xue Rengui, so he finally persuaded Li Shimin to give up this idea.

That night, Gao Yanshou really wanted to rush down from the mountain with the cover of the night. Unfortunately, Li Ji was prepared for it. Gao Yanshou's several charges were blocked. They did not give up completely until the early morning. When it dawn, Li Ji immediately set up a tight defense at the foot of the mountain. As long as Gao Yanshou did not surrender, they would trap them to death on the mountain.

At noon, the detailed results of the battle yesterday were finally counted. In this battle, more than 63,000 people were captured by the Goguryeo people and more than 20,000 people were killed. Gao Yanshou led more than 40,000 people to be trapped on the mountain, while the rest fled into the forest.

The casualties of the Tang army also came out, of which more than 1,700 were killed in battle, but the injured reached an astonishing 5,000, and about one-fifth of the seriously injured accounted for. Of course, the number of casualties was very mild compared to Goguryeo, but for the Tang army, it was also one of the few major casualties in recent years.

"Hmph! A mere Goguryeo actually caused so many soldiers to suffer!" When Li Shimin learned of his own casualties, he couldn't help but slam the table and said angrily.

"Your Majesty calmed down. Although the casualties were a little more serious, it also eliminated the main force of Goguryeo. As long as you capture Anshicheng, the entire Goguryeo will be within your control!" Li Xiu spoke at this time, but he also muttered in his heart that Anshicheng would be even more difficult to fight next!
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