At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 185
Two gaps were dug in the pool for storing oil, and tens of thousands of catties of oil surged out, and quickly flowed along the drainage ditch to the "匚" trench at the entrance of the village and at the end of the village.Originally, oil is a relatively viscous liquid, so the flow rate is relatively slow. If the soil is loose, it is easy to seep down. However, Gao Bufan has long thought of this layer, and he has already cut down a lot of thick bamboo last night. After being broken open, spread it in the ditch to act as a simple oil pipeline, which not only increases the flow rate of oil, but also reduces the infiltration and absorption of the soil.

At the moment when the sun was setting, the battle at the village entrance and at the end of the village was in full swing. There were shouts of killing, horseshoes, strings, sharp arrows piercing the air, weapons colliding, and screams. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood. , Everyone's eyes were red-eyed, and no one noticed that the two "black dragons" were quietly pouring into the "匚"-shaped ditch under the cover of the vast twilight.

The "匚"-shaped ditch is about three meters wide and one and a half meters deep. At this time, there were still many corpses lying in the ditch. As more and more oil was injected, those corpses also slowly floated up. The cavalry jumped over the ditch one after another, but no one noticed this strange scene.

When the sunset was about to fall completely below the horizon, the defense line at the end of the village was the first to "break". The Sui army, which suffered heavy casualties, finally gave up their positions and fled to the village in a panic. Cheers, the horse galloped straight into the village.

"General Liu, our people have attacked from that side." A cavalryman was very excited and ran to report to the commander-in-chief Liu Zaishang. The latter was also in high spirits. It's not easy to finally take down this hard bone.

"Brother Qin, the end of the village is broken." Luo Shixin reminded loudly.

Qin Qiong nodded and said calmly: "Let's withdraw too, it's time."

Qin Shubao gave an order, and the Sui soldiers behind the earthen wall quickly withdrew. They looked very panicked on the surface, but they were scattered and not chaotic. , While retreating, he can turn around and shoot at the same time, covering the pikemen and sword shieldmen behind the palace.

"The Sui army was defeated, the Sui army fled!!!"

When the Goguryeo cavalry at the entrance of the village saw the Sui army retreating in panic, they immediately uttered earth-shattering shouts and erupted in joy.Centurion Zheng Dongkui was so excited that he looked up to the sky and laughed, waved his hands vigorously and said: "Brothers, follow me, kill all the Sui dogs, and the great achievement is in front of you." After speaking, he rode his horse and galloped wildly.

A group of Goguryeo cavalry followed immediately, raised their swords and rode their horses, jumped over the ditch like a tide, and poured into the village entrance. At this time, the two low earthen walls had almost collapsed, leaving only a few tens of centimeters. The high ridge did not play any blocking role, so as long as they jumped over the three-meter-wide trench, the cavalry could drive straight forward.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and in a blink of an eye, almost all the cavalry under Liu Zaishang's command entered the village. Attacked from both sides at the same time, under the attack from both sides, can the Sui soldiers hiding in the village survive?Obviously impossible!

Commander-in-Chief Liu Zaishang did not charge into the battle himself, but waited outside the village entrance for the moment of victory under the guard of twenty cavalry soldiers.

Liu Zaishang believed that if there were no accidents, the battle would be over within an hour at most, and his subordinates would escort the young leader of the Sui army, or bring the head of this person to him to report victory.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew, Liu Zaishang sniffled, frowned and asked doubtfully, "What's the smell so bad?"

Oil is volatile, and the smell is very pungent. Just now there was a melee at the entrance of the village, and the smell of blood was covered up, so everyone didn't notice the smell mixed in. At this time, with the wind blowing, Liu Zaishang and a group of soldiers came Realizing that something was wrong, they all searched for the source of this unpleasant smell.

Presumably one of the guards had a sensitive nose. He first rode his horse to the side of the ditch and looked down. Immediately he shouted in surprise, "General, what do you think these are?"

Liu Zaishang and a group of his own soldiers hurriedly rode forward curiously, probed down the trench, and found that there was a large amount of black viscous liquid in the trench at some time, which floated the corpses underneath, and the pungent smell hit the face come.

Liu Zaishhang looked suspiciously at the oil in the trench, feeling a little uneasy in his heart. At this moment, a scene he would never forget happened. In seconds, the two lines of fire rushed towards this side at a speed that was visible to the flesh.

Liu Zaishang felt a sudden shock in his heart, subconsciously turned his horse's head and backed away.

Huh, Boom...

The line of fire rushed, and the oil in the trench exploded instantly, and the flames rushed several feet high, and the scorching air waves even overturned several soldiers who were running slowly, including their men and horses.

Commander Liu Zaishang was the fastest runner, but he was still swept by the steam wave generated by the deflagration. It felt like someone punched him from behind, and his internal organs trembled. He was so scared that he ran dozens of meters before he dared He stopped, but when he turned his head to look, his face was ashen ashes, as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

At this time, the barren village had become a sea of ​​flames, and the flames in the "匚"-shaped ditch rose several meters high, turning into a blazing wall of fire, blocking the retreat of the cavalry entering the village.

"It's over!" Two big words popped out of Liu Zaishang's mind. In this situation, if he didn't realize that he was tricked, how stupid he must be.

Let’s talk about the six or seven hundred Goguryeo cavalry entering the village from the entrance and the end of the village respectively. The size is more than ten centimeters deep, and it is not considered dense. It is definitely no problem for people to walk on it, but horses can't, and they will break their hooves if you don't pay attention.

So the cavalry who ran at the front had to rein in the reins and brake quickly, and some of them broke into the "pit formation" when they couldn't catch up. Already folded.

Just as the cavalry were about to stop, there was a loud bang in the village, and a terrifying fire burst into the sky. Immediately, two fire dragons spread rapidly along the drainage ditches on both sides of the village road, and the flames rose nearly one meter high. Then there were two more bangs, and the two trenches at the entrance and the end of the village exploded, forming a wall of fire several meters high, sealing off the back road.

It is the nature of animals to be afraid of fire, and horses are no exception. Suddenly, there is fire all around, and there is a loud noise. Even the war horses are frightened. As a result, they broke into the pothole formation, broke their hooves and hissed mournfully on the spot, and flew out tragically. A considerable part of the cavalry was knocked off their horses, and the entire cavalry team was in a mess. No matter how the knight tried to appease the horses, it would not work.

At this time, all the archers of the Sui army who were hiding on the roofs or at the foot of the wall on both sides appeared all at once, and shot a volley of arrows at the Goguryeo cavalry on the horse. A living target for archers of the Sui Bing.

Those Sui soldiers' archers seemed to have a tacit understanding. They didn't shoot the horses, and only aimed their arrows at the cavalry on horseback to greet them, just like mowing grass, and they harvested a big stubble in an instant.

"Fire the arrows!" Liu Wuzhou yelled angrily, commanding the archers to shoot wave after wave.

Seeing the Sui soldiers who had nowhere to escape surrounded by the raging fire were being shot and killed one after another, even Qin Qiong's complexion changed, and Luo Shixin's back was dripping with sweat. Although he already knew the detailed plan of the battle , but when the plan was successful and he saw the trapped Goguryeo cavalry being slaughtered like chickens and dogs, he was still dumbfounded and his eyebrows twitched wildly!
Guo Zisheng now finally understands why Gao Bufan would rather kill the opponent's cavalry than use the spare arrows. If he had used up all the spare arrows at that time, it would be so easy to kill the enemy now. Dewey died unjustly!
Those Goguryeo cavalry were not clay figurines after all. After being shot twice, someone finally realized that they turned their horses and fled outside the village. They ran to the "匚"-shaped trench and found that they couldn't get through.

Although the "匚"-shaped trench is only three meters wide, it is not difficult for a four- to five-meter-long horse to jump over it, but now the trench is burning with a wall of hot fire several meters high, so let those cavalry urge you, the crotch The war horse just didn't dare to jump, and even retreated desperately.

There was no way forward, and there were arrows urging them to die. In panic, some cavalry abandoned their horses and tried to jump over the ditch.There are not many people who can jump so far in a three-meter trench. Qiandu, even if he jumped over it, his skin would definitely be burned, so those cavalry who jumped over the trench by chance, all rolled on the ground screaming in pain, but at least temporarily saved their lives.

Seeing a companion successfully jumping over the ditch, more people followed suit. Some people managed to escape one after another, but more people fell into the ditch and instantly became burning men. Even if they were lucky enough to climb up, the flames on their bodies It couldn't be extinguished, and burned into a pile of black charcoal amidst the piercing screams, and finally even the bones were burned.

Commander-in-Chief Liu Zaishang and his soldiers looked at the tragic scene from a distance, and they were all terrified. Apart from being frightened, the former was still dripping blood from his heart. So far he hasn't seen that terrifying young leader of the Sui army, a devil, this person is simply a devil! !
At this time, the sky was completely dark, but the entire barren village was as bright as daylight under the burning flames of tens of thousands of catties of oil. Ghosts, making the whole deserted village look more like a purgatory.

Of course, the Goguryeo cavalry also had bloody and brave men. When they found that there was no hope of escape, they immediately launched a counterattack against the Sui soldiers on both sides of the village road. They abandoned their horses, jumped over the burning ditch, and roared and swung their knives under the rain of arrows. .

However, the pikemen and sword-shieldmen of the Sui army had long been ready for battle. The warriors among the Goguryeo cavalry crossed the fire ditch, escaped the rain of arrows, and hit their heads on the shield wall, not the spears that were protruded To be stabbed to death is to be hacked to death by the sword of the sword and shield hand, and it is right to die anyway.

Liu Zaishang predicted well. The battle lasted for about an hour and ended. Except for dozens of people who successfully escaped by jumping over the trench, the remaining more than 600 Goguryeo cavalry were all killed. At the same time, more than 500 war horses were given to the Sui army. , If nearly two hundred horses were not injured or died, the Sui army would almost have received the entire cavalry. This "gift" is not insignificant.

The battle was over, but the fire was still raging. Twenty miles away from the barren village, there was an infantry rushing here. The fire dragon continued for seven or eight miles, and the number of people was estimated to be eight thousand if not ten thousand.

That's right, this army was the main force of the infantry led by General Gao Jianwu. After receiving the news from Liu Zaishang, he immediately brought the army over from the banks of the Liao River.

"General, there seems to be a fire in front?" Suddenly, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted.

Gao Jianwu followed his expectations, and sure enough, a blinding light lit up under the dark horizon at the end of the plain, burning the night sky red.

Gao Jianwu's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help thinking of the burning woods at the Liaohe Bay. The fire that night almost burned the forest for miles around to nothingness, and the hunt he had carefully planned went bankrupt along with the fire. He was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and now seeing the fire again, he felt a strong ominous feeling in his heart. There was no way, there was a shadow in his heart!
"Map!" Gao Jianwu yelled heavily, and the soldiers next to him immediately took out a map.

Gao Jianwu took the map and hurriedly opened it, and the surrounding generals also surrounded him one after another, and the soldiers held up their torches to illuminate it.

Gao Jianwu looked at the map, then raised his head to look at the direction of the fire, his complexion became even uglier. This direction seemed to be the deserted village where Liu Zaishang besieged the Sui army.

"General, maybe General Liu has taken down the deserted village and is setting it on fire." A military officer comforted Gao Jianwu when he saw Gao Jianwu's expression was not looking good.

"Yes, it is also possible that General Liu is launching a fire attack." Another military officer interjected.

Gao Jianwu's expression turned pale when he heard the words, and he said in a deep voice, "I hope so, pass the order, and the whole army will speed up."

As a result, as soon as Gao Jianwu finished speaking, Yiqi spies ran back in a panic to report: "Report—General, Liu Zaishang was defeated and the entire army was wiped out!"

"What!" A group of military officers couldn't help but exclaimed, Gao Jianwu's chest was full of blood, his body swayed, and he almost fell off the horse's back. .

A thousand cavalry, a thousand cavalry!

The whole army was wiped out like this, is Liu Zaishang Tamar a waste?

After Gao Jianwu was shocked, his eyes instantly turned crimson red, like a wild beast that chooses to eat people, and the fierce murderous aura emanating from him made everyone present shudder.

(End of this chapter)