First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 289

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When the Tang army was changing formation, Xiao Liang's water army suddenly accelerated, and the arrows were thrown along the east wind. Li Xiaogong stood on the top of the five-tooth battleship. Seeing this scene, his face immediately turned pale, and his hands tightly blocked the railing.

At this moment when the two armies were meeting, Li Xiaogong could already clearly see Xiao Liang's five-tooth warships lined up, covering the sky and blocking out the sun, with a domineering aura.

After a round of arrow rain, the two armies quickly approached, and the catapults and catapults on the ship immediately started killing.

Tang Jun's training has only been for a few months, and he has only fought some water bandits in actual combat. Wherever he has seen such scenes, the solid circular formation is also somewhat deformed for a while.

Li Xiaogong was furious when he saw this, and shouted loudly: "Steady the formation, don't mess up, the archers will fight back."

Seeing that the Tang army's formation was scattered but not chaotic, Wen Shihong raised the corner of his mouth and smiled contemptuously, "It's a mere circular formation, vulnerable to a single blow, order to attack the left wing with all our strength."

When the flag was waved, Xiao Liang's navy ignored the Tang army's left and attacked the left flank with all its strength.

"The left wing of the Tang Army was originally the Central Army. Its banner should be Li Xiaogong, the king of Tang Zhao Jun, who is also the commander of the Tang Army. I will attack it with all my strength, but the right wing will be chaotic and have to be rescued." Wen Shihong stood with his hands behind his back. proudly.

The general Zuo behind him was also impressed by his demeanor, "Zhou Lang Gongjin was just like this back then."

"As soon as the right wing of the Tang army moves, the rear army will attack immediately. I will teach him whether Li Xiaogong will come back or not," Wen Shihong said confidently, raising his head.

All the generals agreed one after another.

Sure enough, Xiao Liang's navy attacked Li Xiaogong's left wing with all his strength, and Li Xiaogong's pressure suddenly increased, and even Li Xiaogong himself was shot in the shoulder by a stray arrow.

"Even if the king dies, he will not be captured by the bandits." Li Xiaogong drew his sword and roared, Liang Jun attacked with all his strength, Li Xiaogong thought that Wen Shihong wanted to capture the bandits first and capture the king first.

"No, Wen Shihong is driving the right wing of our army," Yang Junmao, who was looking around, said loudly.

Li Xiaogong was shocked when he heard the words, and ordered without hesitation: "Pass the order, maintain the formation, and push forward with all your strength."

This order is undoubtedly very correct. At this time, the only way to win is to maintain the formation and attack desperately. If the right wing is in chaos, Liang Jun rushes in and divides the formation, then Tang Jun will undoubtedly lose.

It's a pity that it was too late, seeing that Li Xiaogong's left wing suffered heavy losses, even the five-tooth battleship was ignited by fierce fire oil, but the right wing was safe and sound, Wan Xuan couldn't care less, Li Xiaogong couldn't afford to lose, and immediately turned to the left Encircled, intending to attack the waist of Liang Jun's fleet.

Little did they know that when the right wing of the Tang army moved, Shi Hong was in his arms, Xiao Liang's navy had a rear army standing by at all times, Wen Shihong's deployment was the same as Li Xiaogong's before, the front army was in the middle of the rear army, Xiao Liang's rear army immediately accelerated, and went straight to kill on the right wing.

Wan Xuan's claws went numb at once, he couldn't take care of each other at the end, the Tang army's formation was chaotic, Li Xiaogong's face was ashen, he almost fell to the ground, behind him Yang Junmao was also pale, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Xiaogong's arm to persuade him: "Your Majesty, break out to the left".

Fortunately, Li Xiaogong was on the far left, and he was expected to break through. Hussar General Liu Zhiben was the former army. After changing the formation, he was in the middle of the formation.

Hearing Yang Junmao's words, Li Xiaogong hesitated, and Lin Zhisong stepped forward, "Your Majesty, if you leave the green hills, you are not afraid of having no firewood. You are the King of the Tang Dynasty, whether you are captured or fought Death will be a huge blow to Datang, and I hope that the king will put the overall situation first."

Lin Zhisong is a bit witty, these words are just in Li Xiaogong's heart, he is the King of Datang County, he will not steal his life to beg for surrender, but if he falls here, it will be a huge blow to Datang's prestige blow.

"Pass the order, break out to the left," Li Xiaogong reluctantly ordered.

With the order of the military, Tang Jun, who was struggling to support, acted quickly.

"The whole army is attacking, don't leave Li Xiaogong behind", Scholar Hong saw clearly from a distance, and immediately ordered to pursue.

In water battles, once the enemy retreats, they can chase after them. After all, there is no need to worry about the enemy setting up an ambush on the water, unlike on land, where there may be an ambush on a certain mountain.

A small boat quickly headed towards Bailizhou, the speed was very fast, far better than other boats, this kind of small boat was suitable for transmitting military orders, and most water scouts took this kind of small boat.

On the shore of Bailizhou, three thousand Tang troops were already ready. Jiang Baoyi was standing on the bow of the boat in armor. When the small boat came to him, he climbed onto the boat and said in a low voice, "General, our army has been defeated. The king has gone to the north bank."

The scouts are well-trained, and news of such a big defeat must not be publicized, so as not to shake the morale of the army.

Jiang Baoyi was shocked, and hurriedly asked: "Did Xiao Liang dispatch all of them?"

The scout nodded straightly: "The front, middle and rear armies all come out together."

Jiang Baoyi was shocked when he heard the words, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers and soldiers, the king of Zhao Jun used to attract the main force of the enemy army, now is the time for us to make meritorious deeds."

Tang Jun's momentum was high, and Tang Jun, who didn't know it, really thought that Xiao Liang's navy had fallen for Li Xiaogong's plan, and his morale was like a rainbow.

Jiang Baoyi couldn't help admiring Gao Chong's resourcefulness. Before leaving, Gao Chong specially ordered that if Li Xiaogong was defeated, he must keep quiet. He only said that this was Li Xiaogong's strategy to attract the main force of the enemy.

First, it can protect Li Xiaogong's face, and second, it can boost the morale of the army so as not to lower morale.

Li Xiaogong fled to the north bank in panic, but there was Xiao Liang's lieutenant surnamed Ruan lying in ambush on the bank.

"Where is the Tang dog running away?" Colonel Ruan laughed loudly, fired his bows and crossbows, and shot over a piece of the Tang army. Capture Li Xiaogong alive or kill Li Xiaogong, he will become General Ruan and become famous all over the world.

The sudden ambush made Li Xiaogong feel ashamed, he looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's all my fault, I have no face to live", when the words fell, he wanted to swing his sword to kill himself.

At this moment, there was only a commotion in the rear, and shocking shouts from the Tang army warships that were crowded together.

Li Xiaogong looked back and saw a light boat approaching quickly, there were only two people on the boat, both messenger soldiers, shouting hoarsely: "Reinforcements are here, our reinforcements are here".

Li Xiaogong was taken aback, Yang Junmao's expression changed, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it should be Gao Changshi who led the army to help, quickly counterattack, or there may be a chance to turn defeat into victory."

Hearing these words, Li Xiaogong's spirit was shocked immediately, he raised his sword and shouted: "Reinforcements have arrived, capture and kill the enemy generals, and you will be promoted to three ranks."

There were ambushes in front and pursuers in the back. Tang Jun, who was facing a desperate situation, heard that the reinforcements had arrived, and suddenly hope was ignited in his heart, and they all leaned on the boats to fight.

(End of this chapter)