First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 106 The Death of Xue Renyue

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Seeing Gao Chong rushing straight towards the enemy general, Liu Hongji heard the sound and immediately commanded his subordinates to intercept the Western Qin soldiers on both sides to relieve Gao Chong's pressure.

Sure enough, Liu Hongji knew Gao Chong. After the enemy troops on the two wings were intercepted by Liu Hongji and his men, Gao Chong's pressure dropped sharply, and his eyes were fixed on the enemy general in front of him.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer, finally, Gao Chong approached the enemy general a hundred steps away, and Gao Chong saw clearly that the enemy general was dressed in a very noble style. He was wearing a gorgeous golden armor with a yellow brocade robe inside. Like an ordinary military general, looking at the person again, he looks like a white-faced gentleman. Gao Chong already had some guesses in his heart, and immediately shouted: "The thief will suffer death."

As soon as the words fell, the horse under his seat rushed out fiercely, Gao Chong swung his mace and smashed several stabbing spears, his bravery was extraordinary.

Xue Renyue turned even paler when he saw this, and pointed at Gao Chong with his sword, "Stop, stop him", and turned around and ran away after saying that, Xue Renyue did not inherit the martial courage of his father and brother.

Gao Chong was anxious when he heard the words, and was about to rush forward, when two generals from the Western Qin Dynasty rushed towards him on the left and right sides, they seemed to be the first rank of school lieutenant.

The appearance of these two people is quite similar, they both have a square face with Chinese characters, and they both wield long spears. It is obvious that the two generals of the Western Qin Dynasty should be blood brothers.

Sure enough, when Fang fought, the two had a tacit understanding. One stabbed Gao Chong's neck with a gun, and the other swept across his waist. If ordinary people were under such a combined attack, they would have been overwhelmed. Make the two maces, tilt your body, swing the maces to chop left and right respectively, hit the two spear heads, and get out of trouble in an instant.

"Brother come again", the enemy general on the left gave a low shout, changed direction, went straight to Gao Chong's back, Gao Chong was furious, exerted all his strength, and smashed down with a mace, only a loud sound was heard , The tip of the gun fell to the ground, and then swept across with a backhand, hitting the man's cheek, blood was splattered all over the place, and the dead couldn't die anymore.

At the same time, Gao Chong only felt the hairs on his back stand on end, he turned sideways instinctively, and stabbed, the tip of the gun pierced through the gap in the skirt armor, Gao Chong only felt a chill on his waist, he quickly turned around to avoid it, Hand out a mace to headshot him.

"Lang Jun...", Gao Xiong, who was on the side, was about to burst into tears when he saw this, and hurriedly rushed forward to protect Gao Chong tightly.

"No problem", Gao Chong touched it, and it didn't seem to be in severe pain, "Skin trauma, don't let the enemy general go away, that's a big fish", he said and chased after him.

Xue Renyue was smart enough, he didn't flee to the left and right, but turned around and went straight to Xue Ju's army behind him.

At this time, he had already waded half of the Heihe River, Gao Chong chased to the riverside and saw that he was in a hurry, he picked up a long spear and threw it over, "Look at me throwing the pistol".

On the other side of the Heihe River, Hao Yuan rushed over, was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted: "King Jin, be careful...".

Xue Renyue turned around when he heard Gao Chong's yell, and saw the long spear approaching at high speed like an arrow from the string. However, clutching his chest, he fell into knee-deep river water and floated downstream.

"Good gun," Gao Chong said excitedly, "King Jin? So he is the son of Xue Ju, but unfortunately it should not be Xue Rengao."

Seeing that Jin Wang Xue Renyue died on the spot, and his body was gone, the morale of the former Western Qin army suddenly sank, and they fled in all directions, and the Tang army chased and killed them screaming.

At this time, Gao Chong's eyes froze, and he hurriedly ordered: "Form an formation near the river".

On the other side of the river, Hao Yuan was calm and composed, ordering [-] Xiqin elites to form a battle formation and kill them in an orderly manner.

Liu Hongji didn't dare to delay when he heard the words, so he hurriedly stopped the Tang army who was chasing him, and sent an order to form a formation.

The water in the valley was shallow, only reaching knees, but the terrain was extremely steep. Gao Chong got off his horse, put his mace on one side of the ground, picked up a horizontal knife, and swung it a few times, feeling very light.

Tang Jun formed a formation facing the river, with a solemn expression, clenched the weapons in his hands, formed a defensive formation, and stared closely at the Western Qin Army on the opposite side.

"Brothers, the Second Young Master's army will be here soon," Gao Chong shouted hoarsely, "People are in position."

"People are in the position...".

Tang Jun shouted one after another, and his voice echoed in this small Black River Valley, very passionate.

This Wantang Army was a soldier of the Taiyuan Tribe that Li Shimin specially selected. They were well-trained, well-equipped, and more importantly, loyal. They were well-deserved elites.

Gao Chong hastily tore a piece of silk cloth and stuffed it into his belt to stop the bleeding, secretly thankful that he didn't hurt his waist.

This will be the closest he has come to death in his life. If Li Shimin arrives late, he will surely die. This small Black River Valley will become his burial place. consume him to death.

But Gao Chong is confident that the river valley he defends will become a nightmare for the Western Qin soldiers, and this is destined to be a tragic offensive and defensive battle.

The Xiqin soldiers on the opposite side had already lined up, the drums sounded, Gao Chong dropped the water bag, stood up abruptly, and said, "Archers are ready."

On the other side of the Heihe River, Hao Yuan stood on a high slope, seeing Tang Jun's momentum, he couldn't help being secretly surprised, but his face was calm, with a confident look.

"Military division, if you cross the river and make a strong attack, you will definitely suffer heavy casualties," said a general beside him, frowning worriedly.

Hao Yuan was unmoved when he heard the words, "Right now, the only option is to attack by force, and quickly clear the way ahead, otherwise Li Shimin's army from behind will overwhelm our army, and our army will be in danger.

As long as we conquer the Black River Valley and occupy this dangerous place, we will be able to stop Li Shimin's army outside Anding County. At that time, the main force of our army will still remain, and this expedition to the east will not be considered a failure, otherwise... ".

Speaking of this, Hao Yuan did not continue, but the general also knew, otherwise the Black River Valley would have blocked the army's way of life.

Gao Chong ordered people to gather dozens of spears and spears by his side, picked up a spear, and waited for the Western Qin soldiers to go down the river, then he shouted: "Shoot".

After saying that, he suddenly threw the spear in his hand, and with the help of the huge force of the throw, the spear quickly plunged into the formation of the Western Qin soldiers, actually piercing through two people.

Following Gao Chong's order, thousands of feathered arrows shot into the river in the Tang army formation. At such a short distance, feet were bound in the mud and the water was biting. one slice.

"Shoot", Gao Chong continued to shout, the archers in the front row backed up quickly, ready to draw their bows and set arrows, while the archers in the back row rushed forward to fill their positions and shot the arrows in their hands.

"Shoot", so another round, Gao Chong divided the more than [-] archers under his command into three rows.

This is the three-stage shooting in Gao Chong's memory, but the matchlock gun has been replaced by a bow and arrow.

However, the effect was unexpectedly good. The continuous arrows made the soldiers of the Western Qin Dynasty hesitate to move forward.

Generally speaking, bows and arrows will be shot one after another, and there will be a gap in the middle. Take advantage of this gap and press quickly, because it is impossible for an archer to shoot one arrow after another, and ordinary archers cannot do it.

(End of this chapter)