The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 251: Hit the ground running

After meeting one by one, Yang Tong led a group of civil and military men to the head of Danfeng City. The entire city wall was purple and black, stained with blood.

Under the city, all the corpses had been taken away by the Goguryeo people, but the purple-black land that could not be covered by the heavy snow all showed the intensity of the war.

Outside the city gate, a group of about [-] infantry has gathered, headed by a Goguryeo general with a helmet on his back, and a huge Chinese character 'Yuan' written on the flag waving in the wind behind him.

"Listen, Sui Army, you are limited to one hour. Put down your weapons and go out of the city to surrender. We can still save your life and send you to Pyongyang to wait for punishment, otherwise..."

In front of the three armies, a young Goguryeo general stood within a stone's throw away and talked endlessly to persuade him to surrender in blunt Chinese, but Yang Tong didn't bother to listen to what he had to say.

After beckoning, a personal guard sent Yang Tong's five-stone strong bow!One stone of bow and arrow refers to the strength of the user, one stone is about 120 catties, less than five buckets is an ordinary bow, five buckets to one stone is a high-grade bow, and more than one stone is a strong bow.

Generally speaking, five-dou cavalry bows are standard equipment for cavalry, five-dou is considered a superior bow, and one stone or more is a strong bow.Some fierce generals used two to three stone strong bows, and Yu Juluo, the most famous general of the Sui Dynasty, used a three stone strong bow.

Yang Tong's strong bow is a five-stone riding bow. The riding bow is slightly smaller than the step bow. In order to prevent the lower bow arm from affecting the horse, the riding bow is designed so that the upper bow arm is slightly longer and the lower bow arm is round and shorter. However, the workmanship is more complicated, short and Resilient and powerful.It takes four or five years to complete a good riding bow, which is very rare and expensive.

This thunder bow is more than one size larger than all riding bows. It has a unique shape: the bow body is black and shiny, and the arc is smooth. It is very comfortable both in vision and in touch. On both sides of the upper and lower bow arms, clear There are two red and black rims, very similar to the eyes, which are still clearly distinguishable even after years of erosion.The word "Thunder" is engraved on the inner wall of the arched back.It is indeed a must-have magic weapon for murder and arson.

Yang Tong took the Thunder Bow and didn't look at it carefully. He opened the bow and set an arrow, and an arrow flew past with a low whistling sound. The Goguryeo was talking vigorously, when suddenly he felt the surrounding air was cold, and the corners of his eyes seemed to be There was a cold light, and an arrow had been poured into his mouth.

"puff!"

The cold light pierced through the head with a pool of blood, and the arrow was inserted deeply upside down less than ten steps away from the general surnamed Yuan, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling, until the lifeless body of the little principal who shouted , just fell down straight, and the hearts of everyone around were chilled.

Yang Tong stood on the top of the city, stomping on the city wall with his hand, his fierce eyes swept towards the opposite side like a knife, even if he was separated by an arrow, Yang Tong's gaze still made the soldiers feel chills in their hearts.

"I'm in a good mood today, and I don't bother to pay attention to you bastards." Yang Tong exhaled, and his voice was like thunder: "Now, I will give you a stick of incense time, get out of my sight, otherwise, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Behind Yang Tong is the Thousand Xuanjia Army, everyone shouted in unison, a sense of killing gathered together, but the momentum of the thousand men overshadowed the 5000 in front of them.

"Your Highness, this person is Yuan Yao, the nephew of Yuan Taizuo, and he is very arrogant." Zuo Tiancheng followed him and introduced him softly.

"Shixin, gather the Xuanjia army and kill these thousands of bastards. General Zuo, you are in charge of defending the city." While everyone was stunned, Yang Tong didn't stay on the city wall any longer, and asked someone to open the city gate.

"Sorry!"

In the distance, the Lixian Arrow has been brought over by someone, as if feeling the evil spirit of its master, the Lixian Arrow is snorting excitedly, pawing its front hooves continuously.

"Bros."

Yang Tong turned over and stepped on the off-string arrow, glanced at the Xuanjia army that had gathered around him, and said in a deep voice: "Kill!"

Outside the city, Yuan Yao felt a little overwhelmed when he saw the city gate that had been closed all year round suddenly opened.

"General, the enemy army has opened the city gate, we..." A general rode his horse to Yuan Yao's side, and looked at the opened city gate with greedy eyes.

Yuan Yao's heart became ruthless, and he was about to order the siege immediately, when the ground suddenly trembled.

The two quickly looked up, but they saw Bai Xue riding out of the dark city gate like a bolt of lightning, and behind him were thousands of cavalrymen.

"Cavalry! Retreat!" At the moment when thousands of cavalry appeared on the battlefield, Yuan Yao was a little dazed, but his reaction was not slow, and he instinctively turned his horse and rushed into the formation.

Seeing Yuan Yao fleeing in embarrassment, disdain flashed in the lieutenant's eyes

"call out!"

An arrow pierced through the air, and before the lieutenant could react, it pierced his throat. He clasped his neck tightly with both hands, and looked unwillingly at Yang Tong who was getting closer and closer, pointing at himself with blood. It surged out between the cracks, and the strength was lost like a tide, with a touch of unwillingness, but the body fell to the ground powerlessly.

Yang Tong held up the sky splitting lance in his hand and galloped wildly. Five thousand cavalry followed closely behind him. A famous knight was like a Shura from hell, with the aura of crushing everything, as if the sky was falling and the earth was falling, and he was heading towards Goguryeo. The army swept away.

The ground under his feet receded like a tide, and there seemed to be only these five thousand fierce knights left between the heaven and the earth, and the whole heaven and earth seemed to be trembling under the iron hooves.

The Goguryeo army was in a commotion, as if the sound of iron hoofs that were about to crush the world was like the sound of drums, beating on the hearts of every soldier.

Those turtles who have been in Goguryeo for a long time, never thought that the cavalry would be so fierce. The soldiers in the front row began to retreat. Yuan Yao, who was still showing off his power just now, did not dare to stand up to Yang Tong's fierce power. He just let the law enforcement team run back and forth. , Trying to control the situation, but the result was futile, more soldiers began to retreat, and fewer and fewer soldiers were able to stick to their positions.

"Kill!" Looking at the approaching army formation, Yang Tong exhaled and let out a thunderous roar.

"kill!"

The Xuanjia army let out an angry roar, it was only a short distance away, and for the cavalry, it only took one breath, but in such a short time, the morale of these Goguryeo infantry was destroyed. As the first soldier dropped his weapon and ran back, it turned into a rout in an instant.

Yuan Yao sat on the horse and closed his eyes in despair. He finally realized what a stupid decision he had made today. He thought that with the five thousand elites in his hand, the morale of the Sui army that could not hold on was enough to weaken the morale of the Sui army. Discover how naive you are.

"Shoot!"

Yang Tong's Sky-Splitting Lance slashed down fiercely, and a rain of arrows fell overwhelmingly. The battle formation that had already begun to collapse, with this round of arrow rain completely collapsed, the Goguryeo soldiers who originally wanted to fight were killed by this The round riders shot and killed one, and the remaining soldiers ran in the opposite direction even more frantically.

"Don't mess around, don't run away?" Yuan Yao sat on the horse and waved his sword in vain, beheading a deserter, but more people bypassed him and fled the way they came.

Yuan Yao's figure was quickly followed by Yang Tong.

"Yuan Yao!"

With a stern shout, Yuan Yao, who was running back and forth, felt a chill in his heart, as if he was being stared at by a wild beast.

The chilling aura in Yang Tong's body was not that strong, but when Yang Tong held up the sky-cracking lance at him from a distance, the murderous look in his eyes made him stunned for a while. When he regained consciousness, Yang Tong had passed him by.
People pass, heads fly.

A ruthless massacre broke out, and the Xuanjia army charged towards the galloping Goguryeo. The two sides quickly intertwined, the roar was earth-shattering, the blood flowed in the flash of the knife, and the Goguryeo army fell on the way to escape with all their strength. middle.

Although some people were still fighting bravely, Goguryeo, who had lost his courage, lost his courage, and was soon stabbed to death one by one by the Sui army.

"Kill!" At the front of the cavalry, the stern and heroic Luo Shixin followed closely beside Yang Tong, holding a spear in his hand, and roared loudly

"Kill!" On the other side, there was Yu Chigong who was dancing wildly with a long spear, full of vicious aura, like a dragon going out to sea.

"Your Highness!" A scouting cavalry rushed to Yang Yu on a flying horse, cupped his hands and said, "There is a large army in the east, do you want to withdraw?"

"A large army? How big is it? Cavalry or infantry?" Yang Tong shot an arrow and killed a trailing soldier.

"No fewer than ten thousand infantry!" The knight said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, withdraw the troops!"

"withdraw?"

Yang Tong seemed to have heard a big joke, the Xuanjia army still needs to withdraw [-] infantry?Are you making an international joke?

"Drive the defeated pawns into battle! Run and shoot."

A sneer flashed in Yang Tong's heart. His Xuanjia army is all cavalry, as long as they don't get surrounded, even if the opponent has [-] infantry, they can come and go freely.

"Here!"

At this time, a large army looming in front of them boosted the morale of Goguryeo's defeated army.

"Look, our reinforcements are here!" After seeing the banner, many defeated soldiers showed excitement in their eyes. Their physical strength, which had reached the limit, seemed to be injected with new strength, and their speed increased by a few points.

The Sui army not only followed behind slowly, but also stabbed to death the trailing defeated army.

Before the Goguryeo army formation, Yang Wanchun looked at the defeated army fleeing here in a panic with an ugly expression, his expression changed suddenly, and he thought: "Our appearance made the defeated army see hope, and they gave up resistance completely. If they are allowed to rush Come here and rush to our army formation."

With this thought in mind, Yang Wanchun sternly said: "Notify the defeated army in front to go around from both sides, otherwise... kill without mercy!"

Immediately, some cavalry went to communicate, but it was a pity that the defeated army had already been killed by the Sui army, so how could they care about the order?Even the cavalry who passed the order were taken away by them.

"You bastard!" Seeing the defeated army rushing forward, Yang Wanchun sternly said, "Fire the arrow!"

The rain of arrows from the Koguryo army covered the defeated army.

The shrill screams resounded.

At this time, the Sui army was divided into two, one on the left and the other on the right, rushing toward the flanks of the Goguryeo army formation.

Yang Wanchun suddenly discovered that Sui Jun took out something from behind.

"Not good!" He blurted out in horror, "raise the shield, quickly raise the shield!"

The leisurely Sui army took out the wound crossbow arrows from behind...

Throughout the ages, crossbow arrows have been the natural enemy of battle formations. When Yang Wanchun saw the crossbow arrows, the divine power of the Sui army's Fuyuan crossbow instinctively appeared in Yang Wanchun's mind... That powerful weapon with a range of three hundred steps can pierce through several people with one arrow... …

Although he reacted quickly enough, the sound of a bowstring that was faster than a horse's hoof sounded at the right time!Arrow feathers all over the sky leaped towards them like locusts.

The army formation has been disrupted by the defeated army, Yang Wanchun temporarily ordered to "raise the shield", even if Goguryeo responded quickly, it would not be able to do this.

In an instant, hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers were screaming and falling down from the arrows, the chaotic fluctuations expanded, and the dense army formation collapsed in an instant!
Yang Wanchun felt distressed, but unexpectedly found that the casualties were not as severe as he had imagined, and the power of the crossbow was not as terrifying as he had imagined. He immediately understood that the Sui army was not using the terrible Fuyuan crossbow, but the Fuyuan crossbow with several chips of power. hand crossbow.At this time, he already had some calculations, and shouted: "Go on, speed up!"

He gave an order, and then found that the speed of the Sui army had also increased. They no longer moved leisurely, but accelerated their speed, and circled behind the Goguryeo army formation.

The left and right sides were consciously divided into three formations. After the cavalry in the first formation shot arrows, the second cavalry followed. In the first moment, they galloped to the left and right respectively like a line, roundabout and exploded the chrysanthemums of the Goguryeo army. .

The crossbow arrows were shot one after another, taking away more than a thousand of their combat strength.

The Sui army never stopped. When they crossed and cruised around the Goguryeo army, they skillfully loaded crossbow arrows on the horseback, and then turned around and pulled the machine.

Yang Wanchun felt like vomiting blood.

He could see that the Sui army had adopted the prairie people's style of play, intending to devour his army one by one. He intended to let the archers fight back, but the range of the Sui army's hand crossbows was higher than theirs.It is fifty or sixty steps farther than them.They didn't even touch a hair of the Sui army, and they were knocked out by the strength of the opponent's bow and crossbow over a thousand soldiers.

Crossbow arrows are complicated to string, not as straightforward as bows and arrows, but there are times when the cumbersome installation is completed...

The crossbow arrows came through the air again.

Yang Tong experienced in commanding the Xuanjia Army to cruise around the Goguryeo army, harvesting the lives of the Goguryeo army layer by layer.

"It's so poisonous!" Yang Wanchun gritted his teeth and looked at Yang Tong, who was far away from the shooting range. He tried his best to suppress the anger in his chest, and asked in Chinese, "Who are you?"

Yang Tong didn't bother to pay attention to him, and looked at the handsome flag behind him, took off the Thunder Bow, bent the bow and set an arrow, and with the sound of the bowstring, a sharp arrow cut through the void like a shooting star chasing the moon, and cut the rope of the handsome flag.

The flag that lost its rope support fell down, covering several Goguryeo soldiers.

Yang Wanchun looked at Yang Tong in the distance, and there was a flash of murderous intent. The general flag is the soul of the three armies, and its meaning is definitely not much worse than that of 'Yang Wanchun', the chief general of the three armies.As soon as the general flag fell, the morale of the Goguryeo army that was crushed and ravaged also plummeted.

The one-sided massacre was staged again.

"Withdraw!"

Yang Wanchun closed his eyes in pain, a trace of despair flashed across his face, and in a shameful way, he led more than a hundred cavalry to abandon the army and flee!
(End of this chapter)