At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 195

The bright moon fell, the sun never rose, and the darkness before dawn shrouded the earth.Pei Xingyan stood on the side of the road holding a lance, and looked towards the south with a solemn expression. The 34 Qi brothers behind him were also neatly dressed, with bows and stringed knives out of their sheaths, eager to try.

The torches in the distance were getting closer and closer, but seeing the shadowy figures, the swords and guns everywhere, and the horses like dragons, Pei Xingyan recognized Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin at the front of the team at a glance, and immediately stepped forward on the horse, clasped his fists and said: "Qin Qiong General, brother Luo, long time no see."

Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin clasped their fists in return: "General Pei, long time no see."

As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you don't know each other. Although Luo Shixin was defeated by Pei Xingyan at the beginning, not only did the two have no estrangement, but they became good friends. Maybe this is the so-called cherishing heroes and valuing heroes.

Luo Shixin admired Pei Xingyan's bravery and fearlessness, and only led dozens of cavalry to hold down the enemy's thousand cavalry, while Pei Xingyan admired Luo Shixin's ability at such a young age, especially the courage to go forward in battle.

Therefore, Pei Xingyan and Luo Shixin are the same type of people with similar personalities and styles, and it is normal to appreciate them a lot.

"Okay—Yan!"

At this time, a familiar and hearty voice came from behind the team. Pei Xingyan followed the prestige, and saw Gao Bufan, dressed in black and short jacket, walking up with a big green horse, with the same familiar expression on his face. Smile, just feel extraordinarily kind.

A flash of excitement flashed in Pei Xingyan's eyes, and he hurriedly got off his horse and went forward to meet him, saying: "Changqing, I waited for you here, I thought you were killed."

"Blessings are shared, and difficulties are shared. How can I be ashamed if you haven't fallen for me?" Gao Bufan said with a smile. The two looked at each other with a hint of warmth in their eyes. It goes without saying.

"Brother Pei." Dou Xianniang greeted with a sweet smile, and Pei Xingyan let out a light sigh and said, "Why is Miss Liu looking good again, it must be thanks to Changqing's daily nourishment."

Dou Xianniang blushed immediately, and said in embarrassment: "Brother Pei is talking nonsense again, I don't care about you." After speaking, she turned her pretty face away, as if she was really angry.

Pei Xingyan hurriedly nodded and apologized, and Dou Xianniang turned from anger to joy, and asked triumphantly, "Brother Pei, do you know how many war horses we have now?"

Pei Xingyan regarded Dou Xianniang as a righteous sister in his heart, and teasing this little fairy-like righteous sister was one of his joys in life, so he pretended not to know: "How much? Two hundred or three hundred?"

"Almost six hundred horses." Dou Xianniang made a gesture of six.

Pei Xingyan was "shocked" and said: "So much, Changqing, where did you get it? It's really surprising, why don't you tell Brother Pei what happened."

Gao Bufan laughed and said: "Xingyan, your kid's acting skills are exaggerated, I don't believe you haven't asked Han Laoshi."

Dou Xianniang gave Pei Xingyan a blank look, and snorted, "Brother Pei is too bad, he always plays tricks on others."

Pei Xingyan said solemnly: "I'm telling the truth. Changqing, you actually killed a thousand-man cavalry. It's unbelievable. Why are you so tough?"

Gao Bufan smiled and said: "The sturdy life never needs to be explained. By the way, let's stop talking nonsense. Have you figured out the status of the pontoon?"

Pei Xingyan almost fell down, but when it came to business, he immediately became serious and said solemnly: "The Goguryeo people built water fortresses on both sides of the pontoon bridge. There are about a hundred people defending the water fortresses here. In addition, there are 25 large and small ships. , There are patrol boats on the river upstream and downstream of the pontoon bridge at twelve o'clock to guard, but the situation on the other side of the river is not clear, it must be the same, there may be more defenders."

Gao Bufan frowned, Ulji Wende was leading an army of [-] to attack Huaiyuan Town on the other side of the Liao River, so the situation on the other side of the pontoon bridge was the most critical, but it was almost dawn, and there was no time to investigate the situation on the other side, whatever, Now I can only rush over in one go.

Gao Bufan raised his eyes and looked at the eastern horizon. He estimated that the sun would rise within half an hour, so he ordered decisively: "Go at full speed."

With Gao Bufan's order, the cavalry who had been leading their horses immediately mounted their horses and galloped towards the pontoon bridge outside Liaodong City, while a group of infantry trotted along.

The defenders at the head of the Liaodong city were awakened by the sound of rumbling horseshoes, and they all poked their heads out to watch. When they saw this sudden army, they were stunned for a moment, until the Sui army passed under the city like a tide, and went to the river in the distance. They didn't realize until they rushed over to the pontoon bridge next to them, oh my god, that's a Sui army!
bang bang bang...

The rapid warning gong sounded immediately!

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"The Sui army is here!! The Sui army is here!!"

The sound of gongs and shouts resounded through the sky, shaking the whole city instantly.

Liaodong City is located at the forefront of the Goguryeo border, and it was surrounded and attacked by the Sui army a few months ago, so the soldiers and civilians in the city were very vigilant. When the gong sounded, the troops defending the city quickly assembled. De hurriedly put on his clothes and climbed to the top of the city. Looking out of the city in the faint morning light, his face suddenly changed: "Where did this Sui army come from? There are so many horses?"

Ulji Qingde couldn't help being terrified, he thought that his elder brother Ulji Wende had lost the battle on the other side, and the Sui army was attacking across the river again, but when he found that the goal of the Sui army was the pontoon bridge, he realized I made a mistake, this Sui army clearly came from the south, and was about to snatch the pontoon bridge to cross the river. It was very likely that they were the remnants of the Sui army scattered in the territory.

But the Sui army in front of us has a large number of people, and there are as many as five or six hundred cavalry. The soldiers are strong and strong, full of murderous aura, surging like a tide, and they don't look like remnants at all!
Ulchi Qingde and his generals were at the top of the city in panic, but the Sui army outside the city didn't even raise their heads, they just spotted the floating bridge and rushed towards it.

The green mountains can't cover it, after all, it's going eastward! ! !
The Sui army, who was eager to return home, was like a raging wave going out to sea at this time. Even if there were millions of huge mountains lying in front of them, they would never want to stop them from returning home.

"Kill!" more than 2000 Sui soldiers shouted to kill, with swords and guns at the same time, rampaging like a flood, and instantly destroyed the water village on the bank. More than 100 Goguryeo soldiers who were in charge of guarding the water village also returned. Before they had time to react, the water fortress was breached, and the Sui army rushed in, cutting them up like melons and vegetables.

The whole process lasted only a quarter of an hour before the Sui army completely occupied the water village and controlled all the ships in the bridgehead and the water village.

Ulchi Qingde watched this terrible scene from the top of the city, with cold sweat on his forehead, and now there are only two thousand defenders in the city. Seeing how fierce the Sui army is, how dare he send troops out of the city to stop it? If it can't be stopped, even Liaodong City will be lost.

(End of this chapter)