Seven hundred and ninety-four Li Boyao's guess
The Goguryeo Legion siege retreated again like a tide. The Tang soldiers who were persevering on the city shouted loudly the slogan "Tang Dynasty Victory" and were excited. This was the 37th time they had defeated the Goguryeo siege soldiers in more than half a month. The soldiers who followed Li Boyao to this small city had no intention of winning at all. Although everyone wanted to survive, looking at the young face, the grandson of the war god General Li Jing was fighting with them on the front line, and no one could say that they had wanted to retreat.
General Li Boyao, regardless of his identity or status, would appear at the forefront of the fight against the enemy every day. When the enemy attacked the city, the situation was critical, he drew his sword and rushed forward with his personal guards to fight against the Goguryeo soldiers. He was very skilled in martial arts, but he was very easy-going. When it was time to be severe, he was very strict. Although there were only more than 3,000 soldiers guarding the city here, facing the Goguryeo people who were more than ten times more than a dozen times, he had no intention of retreating.
Qin Qiong appeared on the top of the city and was very happy to talk to the soldiers who made great contributions, inspiring them, chatting and laughing, and being so bold that everyone's morale was even more vigorous, as if they had endless energy to fight with the Goguryeo people at any time.
A day ago, the chief general Qin Qiong led a thousand troops to reinforce, and planned to stay here for a day or two to personally pluck Li Boyao's courage, and by the way, he also felt the atmosphere at that time. He was an important figure in Peking City, and no one wanted him to go to the front line in person. Zhang Jian's injuries had just recovered and he took back his responsibilities and drove Qin Qiong back to a safe place for full command.
Although this is what a commander should do. However, he, Qin, was absolutely unwilling to just watch others fight and he didn't fight. Li Boyao sent someone to ask for help a day ago, saying that there were only more than 2,000 soldiers guarding the city, and the number was too small. Qin Qiong got the opportunity and led a thousand troops from Beiping City to Li Boyao's location on the grounds of personally inspecting the army to inspire morale.
Lao Qin finally regained his feelings back then. He was called General Qin and led a group of cavalry to attack the Goguryeo cavalry team bravely and fearlessly, and defeated them in just a few seconds. After a few years, Lao Qin cut off the head of a Goguryeo soldier again. He was so excited that the abuse was really hard to say, but then Lao Qin felt that the physical strength he had accumulated had been almost exhausted, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
The boy Suning said right. His body was already exhausted and his lamp was dry. He took health care according to the method given by the boy, sootheed his body and mind, ate some very nourishing food, and performed diet therapy according to the method taught by Sun Simiao. He finally replenished his body with a very severely damaged body. The hard work over the past few days and the charge just now consumed his last strength, but looking at the headless corpse on the ground, Lao Qin still felt a little satisfied.
It turned out that he thought he had no chance to get on the horse, but now he can not only get on the horse, but also wear armor and hold his favorite brass mace and appear on the battlefield again, leading an army of tens of thousands of people, engaged in a very meaningful war, and commanded the army very hard, without allowing the enemy with absolute advantage to cross the front line. He felt that his final value was also reflected. Even if he could no longer reappear the courage of the past, it was already very good, right?
Old Qin rushed into the city that Li Boyao defended with a satisfied smile, carried his head and showed it to Li Boyao as if showing off: "Boyao, look, I'm slashing it down with my own hands, and see who dares to say that I'm old and can't ride it on the battlefield! Humph!"
Seeing Qin Qiong's behavior almost like a child, Li Boyao felt a little funny, but also felt a little sad. According to what grandfather said, Qin Qiong's life over the years was very depressing. It seemed that overnight, Qin Qiong's strong body collapsed like a lion and tiger, and she was in a slump, and she had absolutely no room for him. Lao Qin's spirit seemed to have collapsed. Although it improved later, everyone could see that Qin Qiong was already worse than death.
But now, Qin Qiong looks like he is seeking credit, as if he is hoping that Li Boyao can praise him, praise him for being powerful and not inferior to that of the past, and praises him for being able to continue fighting, just like a child expecting his parents to appreciate his insignificant achievements. Qin Qiong is like this now.
This is Qin Qiong's last battle. After this battle, no matter what the result is, Qin Qiong will completely disappear into the Tang army and become a legend. His Majesty Li Er will no longer allow Qin Qiong to go to the battlefield. Even if he has lost all his strength, as long as he is alive, he will be a flag and an immortal flag. As long as this flag is still in one day, many soldiers of the Tang Dynasty will have their backbone.
Although Qin Qiong's contribution is not very great, his courage has left a profound impact on people. Fighting on the battlefield, Qin Qiong is definitely the most intense place of battle. Qin Qiong's fierce and fearless way of fighting is enough to make many people frightened. No one is willing to fight Qin Qiong's real life and death, because they know that Qin Qiong is the kind of person who wants to kill his opponents even if he dies. If he cannot do this, he will never die unless he dies in the hospital bed.
Li Boyao saluted at Qin Qiong with a smile: "General Qin is not as brave as before, so I really admire him!"
As soon as these words were said, Qin Qiong felt a little relieved. He felt that he had met, and all his requirements were met. He seemed to have been satisfied at this moment. He laughed very proudly and happily, and walked over with a loud laugh. Li Boyao looked at Qin Qiong's figure walking on the dragon and tiger steps, felt the admiring gazes of the soldiers around him, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the old general was still alive, he was a flag that would never fall.
Qin Qiong finished his conversation with the soldiers. He walked to Li Boyao and looked at him with a smile and said, "Boyao, I heard that your defense here is quite difficult, so I led my army to support you. Although there are only one thousand people. But this is the most army that I can send out at present. The other army must be placed to defend Peiping, and the reserve team must be left to prepare to support Changsun Chong. His battle is also very difficult, you have to hold on!" Qin Qiong patted Li Boyao on the shoulder.
Li Boyao smiled and nodded: "Please rest assured, General, I will stick to the last moment and never give up. General, I will definitely live and die with the city!"
Qin Qiong nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's very imposing. It's really worthy of being Li Jing's grandson. It's great! But it's not enough to have momentum. Bo Yao told me, do you have any doubts and concerns when fighting against the Goguryeo people? Do you have any ideas about the next battle? The number of Goguryeo people is far more than us. Without good tactics, it's impossible to stick to it for too long. Let's talk to me!"
Li Boyao looked at the Goguryeo soldiers who had retreated in panic outside the city. A problem that had made him doubt for many days had been bothering him. Qin Qiong was coming, so let's discuss it together, so Li Boyao said, "General, the last general does have some questions to ask the general."
Qin Qiong nodded: "Tell me!"
Li Boyao said: "Goguryeo sent 150,000 troops to attack our Tang Dynasty, and was invincible all the way until he was defeated by General Changsun, and his troops lost less than 20,000 troops. However, the losses were not very large after attacking these days. The last general thought that the loss of Goguryeo's troops was only 30,000 now, so they still had about 120,000 troops to attack the city, while our army had only 20,000 troops left, which was very unfavorable for our army.
If Goguryeo attacked the city defended by the Mo General day and night with an army of 50,000 people, the Mo General felt that it would not take too much time. Perhaps one or two days, the Mo General would consume all the troops and horses in his hands and had to abandon the city. This was obviously very normal. They could attack the two small cities stationed by the Mo General and General Changsun with two elite troops, and then warn the general of the reinforcements with 20,000 elite troops. In this way, they would not take two or three days to come to the city of Beiping.
Moreover, this war should be as fast as possible for Goguryeo. The Goguryeo people are not idiots. They should also know that if they do not attack Peiping as soon as possible, then after the grassland army returns to defense, our army that has not lost Peiping can almost immediately launch a counterattack, fight all the way to Liaodong, deal with the Goguryeo people hard, and even completely destroy its country. It can be said that both us and the Goguryeo people should know that it is good for them to fight quickly, but these days, the last general always feels that the Goguryeo people do not seem to want to capture Beiping City quickly, and do not want to fight quickly."
Qin Qiong frowned and asked, "How can I see it?"
Li Boyao said: "Mo Jiang noticed that the Goguryeo sent out at least 5,000 soldiers to 10,000 people at all, and there was no more than 20,000 people at all. Each attack was not very sharp, but was a little slow and a little powerless. Even the Mo Jiang felt that they were acting, slowly moving to the foot of the city wall, and slowly starting to attack the city. If it was very urgent, it would not be like this at all!
Moreover, in the past ten days, the generals have never seen important generals on Goguryeo's side appear. I don't know if General Changsun Chong and the general have seen the figure of the main generals of Goguryeo. According to common sense, the main generals should appear. Even if the main generals do not appear, it is okay to have a few side generals and deputy generals. However, the generals have never seen important generals appear. It seems that some inequality generals are always commanding the siege.
Moreover, the siege in the first few days was quite sharp and powerful. Five thousand soldiers lost more than 2,000 people in two days, but in the next seven or eight days, only less than 1,000 people lost. This situation really made the general feel suspicious and worried. The Goguryeo people did not seem to want to attack Peiping, or he thought otherwise, why would the attack be so soft and powerless?"
Qin Qiong thought about Li Boyao's words seriously and had to nod: "Yes, I am also concerned about what you said. According to common sense, the Goguryeo people would not know that the more they dragged on, the more unfavorable it would be for them. We have enough food, grass and weapons, but they do not, and we still have to transport it long distances. We have not even opened the arsenal of Peking City, and there is enough food, so no matter how we think about it, we feel that there are some problems.
Not to mention that once the army returns to the aid or returns to the aid in advance, according to His Majesty's character, he will definitely immediately order to conquer Goguryeo and destroy it. No matter how he thinks, he thinks that Goguryeo should not do this. I also think that Goguryeo should attack my city with a large army, but Goguryeo has never done this. Why is that?"
Li Boyao said: "I have made some speculations, but these speculations are unlikely. If they are really like that, it would be too terrible."
Qin Qiong looked at Li Boyao and said, "What guess? Just say it."
Li Boyao hesitated for a moment and said, "What I guess is that the Goguryeo army we are defending is not 150,000 people here at all. Those troops are not here, but elsewhere." (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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