Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 470 Night Attack
At dusk, the five-foot-high city wall at the south gate of Yanjin City collapsed with a bang, perhaps because of the aftermath of the shock caused by the collapse of the city wall, the city wall at the north gate also collapsed. Suddenly, the city was like a purgatory on earth. The scene was revealed in front of the Tang army and Goguryeo army outside the north and south gates.

However, the fact that the city wall was upside down does not mean that the fire was extinguished just like that. On the contrary, because there was no barrier from the city wall, the north wind poured into the city, and the strong wind fueled the fire. The Koguryo army in the downwind position outside the south gate retreated a few miles.

"Your Majesty, the city wall is upside down, so we can think of a way to put out the fire. Before that, Tuli used this kind of fire oil to attack Mayi City. At that time, it was clear that the fire was put out by covering it with soil. Our army only needs to use sand to cover it. With the road, the soldiers trapped in the city can be rescued overnight."

Li Jing on the battlefield had always been extremely cold-hearted. After he gave another suggestion, Li Shimin immediately agreed. So tens of thousands of Tang troops began to transport sand and soil to the burnt ruins of Yanjin City. , this method can quickly extinguish the burning fire oil, and because Tang Jun is in the upper hand, he doesn't have to worry about being smoked by thick smoke, so the progress is not slow.

In the city, tens of thousands of Tang soldiers have already been disgraced and exhausted because of a series of self-rescue actions. Moreover, most of them have been injured to varying degrees. Especially uncomfortable, some, even permanent damage.

Fortunately, their nightmare would end only at midnight. If it was a few hours later, more than half of them would probably be smoked to death here.

"Quickly, follow this road and withdraw..."

"Come here, put these common people on their backs, as long as they are still breathing, they can be rescued by the medical officer..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you, follow the footsteps of the soldiers, don't mess up, after walking this distance, outside, there is food, water, and doctors to heal your wounds..."

Regardless of the obstruction of the generals, Li Shimin personally came to the fire shelter in the city and directed the rescue operation, regardless of his previous symptoms of vomiting blood from shortness of breath, which moved the generals who followed him very much.

About two hours later, after no living creatures were found in the city, Li Shimin led the soldiers to evacuate. This fire may burn until tomorrow, but tomorrow, there will be a tragic battle waiting for them .

At this time, 10,000+ people from Yanjin City and tens of thousands of Goguryeo surrendered soldiers gathered in the Tang army camp outside the North City Gate. They survived the fire and enjoyed the treatment that Li Shimin said in the fire scene.

Clear water, broth, and soft and fluffy white-faced steamed buns were given to many soldiers of the Tang army without eating them first. Hundreds of doctors, after treating the wounded soldiers of the Tang army first, also began to treat them. They are willing to pour the wine so strong that it smells pungent on the wounds of the Goguryeo people, and the white cotton cloth that looks very precious, they are willing to bandage the wounded Goguryeo people. From the bodies of these doctors, They didn't see even a little bit of difference between themselves and Tang Jun.

This made them feel that the emperor of Tang Dynasty and the army of Tang Dynasty did not come to exploit or enslave them.

The people who were eating steamed buns and drinking the broth had tears in their eyes at this moment. These tears not only represented emotion, but also deep regret.

He hated Yuangai Suwen very much, that villain who deceived all the people of Goguryeo. Although they themselves survived the fire, many of their relatives were buried in the sea of ​​fire forever. Moreover, those who survived have nothing but injuries, which is the worst in the world.

There is also hatred in his heart, of course Li Shimin, after inspecting the wounded Tang army soldiers and Goguryeo people, if the curse words in his heart can kill people, Yuan Gai Suwen has died a thousand times, when Li Jing finally After reporting the number of casualties to Li Shimin, even if he killed Yuan Gai Suwen [-] times, Li Shimin would not be relieved.

If Li Shimin was really trapped in Yanjin City as Wang Hao had envisaged in his plan, and saw most of the [-] Tang troops burned alive, he would definitely lose his mind because of this.

"Your Majesty, in this battle, more than [-] soldiers of our army were killed in the sea of ​​flames. In addition, more than [-] soldiers were seriously injured. Even if they recover well, their faces and limbs may be..."

Li Jing didn't dare to say any more, because he was afraid that Li Shimin would get angry again. In addition to the more than 1000 soldiers who died in the battle in the previous battle, the death toll of the Tang army this time has reached more than 6000, and more than [-] were seriously injured. The speed, combined with the lightly injured, is more than [-].

Under this kind of battle damage, the upper army is actually a remnant army.

"No matter what method you use, try to save their lives, write a letter to Sun Zhengming, and ask him to do everything possible to get more medicine to come here. This time, if you don't wipe out all the rebels led by Yuan Gai Suwen , I swear not to return to court."

"promise."

Li Jing understands Li Shimin's eagerness to avenge the fallen soldiers, and after reporting these things, he said, "Your Majesty, the [-] infantry that I arranged for have already climbed over the cliff and went to the other side of Yanjin City. Tonight, Gongjin should take action."

At this time, Yuan Gai Suwen was probably still dreaming of the dream of Tang Jun being completely annihilated in the fire. He would never have imagined that at this time, a large number of Tang Jun would appear behind him and launch a night war against him. Raid.

Military strategists follow deceitful ways. Li Jing is a master in the art of war, and Zhang Gongjin is not bad. With his instruction, Zhang Gongjin will definitely formulate a sneak attack and retreat plan according to the actual situation, and fight for more for the main force of the camp. A lot of training time.

The half hour before dawn is the darkest, and it is also the time when people are most likely to get sleepy. After the success of the fire plan, Yuan Gai Suwen was excited for most of the night, and finally fell asleep at this time. Most of the Goguryeo army who had been busy for a day were too sleepy and fell asleep before midnight. They were lucky that they were not used as pawns by Yuan Gai Suwen, but soon they stepped into another unfortunate road. middle.

The Tang army came to attack the camp. They had no armor or crossbows, only light black clothes and a short knife. The number of them was less than 4000. In the dark night, they were like ghosts and ghosts. They entered the very loose temporary camp of the Goguryeo army. This is what these Lingnan soldiers did when they hunted wild animals at night.

"The third, the fourth..."

Every time Zhao Gang made a move, he was clean and neat. When the short knife was drawn across the throat of a Goguryeo soldier, he would cover the soldier's mouth with his other hand. In order to prevent the weapons around them from falling to the ground and making a sound, he had to fight with a soldier. The companions cooperated, and soon, a dozen of them masters cleared a passage for the remaining brothers behind.

Then, all the black shadows began to disperse to all parts of the camp.

Some small movements are unavoidable, and what's more, is the sound of short knives piercing into flesh. The purpose of their trip is very simple, to kill Yuan Gai Suwen's elite troops as much as possible.If the [-] cavalry attacked the Tang army at any cost, it would definitely cause a lot of losses to the Tang army. Therefore, in addition to killing people, some people went to the place where the horses were tied and released the horses.

The people who came over the mountain from the Tang Army were all infantry, but they could also ride horses. As long as they had received more than half a year of training in Longshouyuan School, they could basically pass the equestrian skills. When these horses were in their hands, they would It will change from heavy infantry to heavy cavalry.

However, in the huge camp, there are always some people who haven't slept too much, and as long as the horses are moved on a large scale, there will definitely be a lot of noise. After a quarter of an hour, when the Goguryeo soldier who died under Zhao Gang's short knife is as high as When there were 50 people, the ring finally alarmed a large number of Goguryeo soldiers.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack..."

The sound of gongs and shouts spread far away in the dark night. Seeing that it could not continue, Zhao Gang decisively blew the whistle to retreat.

After they drove thousands of war horses into the dense forest not far from the camp, the awakened soldiers of Goguryeo also formed a large group and rushed towards this side.

As expected, they are the most elite troops under Yuan Gai Suwen. Their reaction speed is almost comparable to that of the Tang army's regular army. Even his body couldn't resist Tang Jun's sharp sword.

The [-] heavy armored infantry, after Zhao Gang and the others entered the forest, quickly formed a formation in the forest, and the Goguryeo soldiers rushed over, as if they had touched a wall of death, and only let out a scream. There was no sound.

The formation of heavy armored infantry was not something that scattered troops like them could collide with. The dark woods were like a life-swallowing monster, engulfing all the Goguryeo soldiers chasing in.

However, the Goguryeo soldiers, who had no idea what was going on in the woods, were still rushing into the woods under the command and spur of their generals, because Yuan Gai Suwen, who was awakened, checked the camp that was attacked by Zhao Gang and the others. , his eyes were already sparking with anger.

Just at this moment, more than 1 Goguryeo elite soldiers had their throats cut by Zhao Gang and the others. This is Yuan Gaisuwen's most powerful direct-line army. It took Yuan Gaisu a lot to train them. Wen put so much effort into it, how could he not feel distressed.

"It must be that group of lingering souls, the whole army, put on your armor and charge, even if you plow the entire forest, you must kill them all."

Yuan Gai Suwen only thought that the people who raided at night were still the 4000 people led by Zhang Gongjin before, but he didn't think that there were already 3 or [-] Goguryeo sentences scattered into the forest just now. , but no one came out.

"The situation is not right. There are endless screams in the forest. I'm afraid it's not our people who are killing each other inside!"

As soon as the generals under Yuan Gai Suwen reminded him, he realized that he was furious, and hurriedly shouted, "Stop the attack, light the torches, and advance in formation."

(End of this chapter)