Li Zhi stood on the top of the city, his eyes full of shock and disbelief, but more importantly, uncontrollable joy and excitement!
The scene in front of him made him never dream of it that night. The heavy cavalry in the telescope was like a huge dark monster. In the barracks of Silla and Baekje, it sprinted forward unscrupulously, and the two The Silla and Baekje soldiers on the side were like paper. When they were lightly picked up by the horse in the hands of the Tang army soldiers, they immediately flew out. When they fell freely, they would smash their companions who were about to pounce. A few fainted and lay on the ground.
Slowly moving the telescope in his hand, the Jinwu Guards he was most familiar with appeared in his field of vision. Two long dragons with wings raised up a long line of flying dust in the cold morning. In the hands of the Jinwu Guards, The bows and crossbows were like rows of rain arrows, shooting at the two flanks of Silla and Baekje while flying.
The cold and dazzling horse tree, before the sun rises from the ground in the early morning, lacks some of the bright murderous aura, but it gives people a colder and more frightening atmosphere.
The sound of war horses neighing under the city wall made Li Zhi temporarily put down the telescope in his hand, and looked down with his hand on the city wall. He saw a black mass of cavalry ready to go, and the general leading these people was Yutu of the Prince's Guards. Elderly.
"Hong'er, are you ready to leave any troops in the city? If by chance Gao Zang is now..." Li Zhi felt that his awareness of the overall situation had been significantly improved. At least he now knew how to analyze friends and foes. He would never again easily regard Gao Zang as a harmless minister.
"That's not true. I have already invited them here, so I won't worry about the Goguryeo people doing anything." Li Hong also put down the telescope in his hand, pointed at the group of people behind his father Long and said.
This battle went from a near-miss and a siege in the city to a hearty counterattack. This was something that even he himself had not expected.
It can be imagined from this that what determines victory or defeat on the battlefield often lies in a general's keen insight into the battle situation, coupled with strong military strength, which is enough to turn good luck that does not belong to him on the battlefield into his own advantage. With initiative.
But having said that, every decision made by the generals on the battlefield will not only win the game, but also bear the consequences of failure. Every decision is like a double-edged sword, and victory or defeat can be determined by a matter of seconds.
Li Zhi turned his head and saw a group of people headed by Goguryeo and Gaozang, standing on the city wall, looking at the battlefield outside the city with complex expressions and concentration.
But around them, there was a group of more than a hundred soldiers from Li Hong's Guard armed with horizontal knives and horse-drawn swords. They surrounded them, euphemistically saying that this was His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty protecting them and preventing them from being attacked. The Goguryeo people on the city walls were disadvantageous to them.
But in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Li Hong was supervising them in disguise to prevent the Goguryeo people from rioting on the city wall.
After all, after the Tang army was mobilized, the Tang troops in Liujing City were empty. Who knows whether they, who have always been as white-eyed as Silla and Baekje, will be disadvantageous to Li Zhi and others.
"In this case, why don't you let those people go? Looking at the battle situation in front of me, victory is already in the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhi naturally understood Li Hong's thoughts, but he still didn't understand why Li Hong These Goguryeo soldiers are still left on the city wall.
Not only that, but as time went by, all the Goguryeo people who originally guarded other city gates were mobilized by Li Hong to this side of the city wall.
"It would be great to keep them and let them see with their own eyes the strength and invincibility of our Tang army. In this way, do you think these Goguryeo people will still obey their king's orders and go against the Tang Dynasty?" Li Hong chuckled.
"Killing people to kill people's hearts? Subduing people's soldiers without fighting, and taking people's hearts without speaking. In this way, Goguryeo will only have awe and submission to the Tang Dynasty, so that they dare not resist the Tang Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts. But is that true?" After Li Zhi woke up, he called himself me instead of me several times.
Although it is normal for His Majesty the Emperor to call himself "I" or "I" during this period, Li Zhi rarely calls himself "I" anymore. He has always called himself "I" whether at court meetings or under the court. However, Today, the ministers around me, led by Ge Xiyuan, were confused as to what the purpose of His Majesty's move was.
There is nothing more impressive and unforgettable than the scene of defeating more with less. Whether it is Goguryeo King Gaozang, his ministers, or the Goguryeo people standing on the city wall, they have been deeply affected by the power of the people below the city. Impressed by Tang Na's powerful troops, a seed of Tang's invincibility was gradually buried in the hearts of everyone in Goguryeo on such a morning.
Especially the common people, Li Hong believes that when everything ends today, with the speed at which the common people spread rumors, it won't be long before the entire Goguryeo will know that the Tang Dynasty is invincible, and even, in the process of spreading rumors, through the common people With the embellishment and exaggerated narrative, the Iron Hoof of the Tang Dynasty will be engraved with the mark of a god or a demon, thus becoming more mysterious and powerful.
With its powerful fighting power, the Tang Dynasty continued to disperse the coalition forces of Silla and Baekje under the attention of the people and ministers of Goguryeo.
Outside Ryugyong City, the allied forces of Silla and Baekje began to abandon their armor. Deserters were everywhere in the mountains and plains. Even Bu Yufeng, who quickly squeezed the troops away from the two wings and evacuated, was sitting in the carriage and praying like a bereaved dog. Praying not to be captured by the Tang soldiers behind him.
"Weitu Qi, right wing!" Li Hong suddenly shouted an order to Wei Tuqi who was under the city.
"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Tuqi didn't even look at Li Hong. He galloped his horse and whipped his whip and led three thousand iron hooves to rush out in an unusual way.
After a while, the dust raised by the pagoda camp hit the top of the city. Li Hong and others hurriedly stirred up the dust in front of them with their hands. However, Gao Zang and his ministers, including the Goguryeo people, were completely unaware that the dust had already spread. He surrounded them and stared blankly at the Silla and Baekje soldiers who were being chased by the Tang army.
Jin Famin is now very angry about his fat body. Even though he is supported by ministers on both sides and pushed by ministers behind him, his fat body is still unable to run too fast. The carriage is shot by the arrows of the Tang army. Hedgehog-like appearance.
If Wen Junjie hadn't arrived in time to relieve the siege, he would have been killed or captured by the Tang army. But now, except for the thousands of soldiers and a dozen ministers around him, there was no one else.
Wen Junjie and he were separated on the battlefield. Although the Tang army's powerful troops were resisted by Wen Junjie for a while, he bought himself time to escape.
But now he couldn't even climb on the war horse. He tried to ride it several times, but because his body was too fat, before the courtiers could get him on, he himself fell off the saddle with his hands weak.
Therefore, in order to escape, he had no choice but to use his own two legs to escape. He was sweating profusely and panting. His chest felt like needles pricking his chest, making it difficult for him to breathe. The huffing and puffing sound was not just made by him. Yes, the courtiers who were pushing him around were also sweating profusely at this time.
Although the soldiers escorting them were escorts in name, under the harassment of the Tang army on the periphery, it was already difficult for them to effectively maintain their ability to avoid being scattered by the Tang army, let alone the thought of leading them. The king retreated together.
Li Hong on the city wall saw this scene, so he decisively ordered Yu Tuqi, the general who had been leading the Futu Camp on standby, to capture Jin Famin.
This battle can only be called a complete victory if Jin Famin and Fu Yufeng can be captured. And if one of the two escapes from the siege of the Tang army, for Li Hong, this is a counterattack with less to win and he is trapped in the city. Victory always seems to be a lot of compromise.
Yutuqi attacked like a whirlwind, and when he was about to approach the Silla army, he naturally encountered a blockade. The light cavalry led by them had no intention of entangled with them. Instead, they led the three thousand pagoda battalion, After wandering around with the enemy for a while outside the city, he pounced on the fleeing Jin Famin again.
Li Hong watched Yu Tuqi's troops closely. When he was bitten by the Silla soldiers, Li Hong's clenched fist never let go. Even when he was wandering around and dealing with the enemy, Li Hong's face was also livid and cold. , he was afraid that on the battlefield at Nuoda under the city, Yu Tuqi would lose the target of Jin Famin.
Therefore, when Wei Tu Qi powerfully passed through the enemy's blockade and led the soldiers of the Futu Battalion to pursue Jin Famin in the direction of his escape, he clenched his fists for a long time before slowly and unconsciously loosening them.
Li Zhi looked at Li Hong's tall body slowly relaxing, and he himself breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. He didn't care much about whether he could catch Jin Famin. He only cared about whether this battle could be completely resolved. Ryugyong is besieged. Before reinforcements arrive, it only needs to be no longer besieged by Silla and Baekje.
As for whether Jin Famin and Fu Yufeng can be caught, so for Li Zhi, it is naturally the best to catch them. If he cannot catch them, he will not feel any loss.
Liu Rengui's heavy cavalry was of little use at this time. The Silla and Baekje coalition forces that had been completely broken up had long been defeated and fled in all directions. Only Wen Junjie's small force was left that could pose a slight threat to the Tang army. Unit troops.
But Xiong Qu was obviously aware of the tenacity of the Xinluo soldiers led by Wen Junjie. After seeing that Yu Tuqi had bitten Jin Famin's tail, he gave up the only worry in his heart and began to concentrate on fighting with Wen Jun Xie started a head-on fight on the battlefield.
However, Wen Junjie obviously knew how to capture the thief and capture the king. In that blink of an eye, he left a bait for Xiong Qu like a loach, while he himself led a few thousand or so people. , rushed towards Liu Jingcheng.
(End of chapter)