Reborn Tang Emperor Li Chengqian

Chapter 431
In the new city of Goguryeo, smoke and dust billowed, the flag representing Goguryeo was pulled out by Li Ji and thrown under the city, and the banner representing Datang was erected on the top of the city.

After some fighting, the Tang army took down the new city, the key point in the west of Goguryeo, clearing the way for the Tang army to advance.

After taking the new city, it will be much easier for the Tang army to advance to other cities.

Because there was a man named Shi Fuqiu in the new city, he led everyone to capture and tie up the Goguryeo generals guarding the city, and Kaesong surrendered.

Except for some resistance at the beginning, it was basically effortless to take down the key point in the west of Goguryeo-Xincheng.

Li Ji did not stay in the new city, leaving Pang Tongshan, Gao Kan, Xue Rengui and others responsible for cleaning up the battlefield after the war, counting and counting the losses after the war, and appeasing the people.

Li Ji led the army to launch an attack on the cities around Xincheng, and Li Ji captured sixteen cities in Goguryeo one after another.

The morale of the Tang army was high, and the combat effectiveness exploded.

Quan Nanjian was furious when he learned that Xincheng had been abolished by Li Ji, and that even the [-] surrounding cities were not spared. Later, he learned that Tang Army generals Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan were still in Xincheng.

So he decided to send troops to attack them, recover the new city by the way, and then deal with other Tang troops who entered Goguryeo.

General Quannan Jianpai led an army to attack Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan.

New town.

"Report! Goguryeo army is found not far from Xincheng, and they are coming here." A man rushed in and knelt down on one knee.

Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan, who were discussing their next move, were shocked when they heard this!There are not enough defenders in the city, and the new city has just been taken, and the hearts of the people here are still towards Goguryeo.

It is too difficult to stop the menacing Goguryeo army.

"General Gao! What should we do now?" Pang Tongshan asked, Gao Kan was the only one who could discuss it right now.

"The situation right now is to stick to it. I hope that General Xue has not gone far, and he will rush back to rescue immediately after he gets the news." Gao Kan said.

Defending the new city is the only way. Once the new city is taken back by Goguryeo, it will be more difficult for the next attack on Goguryeo, and it will even affect the future layout.

Whether or not Goguryeo can be destroyed depends on the result of this crusade against Goguryeo. If they failed to destroy Goguryeo because they failed to defend the new city, then they are the eternal sinners of the Tang Dynasty.

"That's the only way! Not long after Xincheng came into our army's hands, I was worried that someone would secretly contact the Goguryeo army. We should be careful not to cooperate with each other." Pang Tongshan said.

"General Pang is right. Then gather them all and keep them under strict supervision. This may prevent such things from happening." Gao Kan said.

"Immediately send an order to prevent the new city from sticking to it and wait for rescue. In addition, gather all the people in the city and distribute food on time and according to the number of people." Pang Tongshan said.

"No!" The soldier led the order to stand up and retreat.

Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan were not idle either, and they climbed to the top of the city to command the battle to prevent the other party from attacking the city.

Goguryeo's army originally planned to raid the new city, and caught Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan by surprise. Who knew that the other party was so vigilant and sent a large number of scouts outside the city to patrol back and forth.

The actions of the Goguryeo army were quickly discovered by the Tang army, and Xincheng immediately entered the first level of combat preparations.

The Goguryeo general had no choice but to change from a raid to a siege. His Mo Lizhi only gave him one order, which was to take the new city.

Following the order of the Goguryeo general, the Goguryeo army rushed in like a tide, and arrows were flying in the sky all over the sky.

The two sides fought fiercely. With the disparity in the strength of the two sides, if no reinforcements arrived, it would only be a matter of time before the new city fell into the hands of Goguryeo.

"Drive!" A fast horse galloped beside the marching army, and the rider stopped in front of Xue Rengui and said, "Send a message to the general! General Pang Tongshan sent a letter with a pigeon, and the Goguryeo army attacked Xincheng, asking for reinforcements."

"What?" Xue Rengui was shocked when he heard that!Fortunately, he is not far from the new city now, so he should be able to go back as fast as he can.

"Xue Xiantu, immediately order the army to turn around and rush to help the new city. I will lead the cavalry back first, and you will follow behind with the infantry." Xue Rengui said decisively.

"Yes!" Xue Xiantu took the order.

The army stopped and began to turn around. The front team became the rear team, and the rear team changed to the front team. They immediately marched to the new city to help the new city.

And Xue Rengui led thousands of cavalry, rushed to Xincheng with all his strength, and rescued Xincheng as soon as possible.

As for Xincheng, the two sides fought fiercely for an hour. When the Goguryeo army was about to capture Xincheng, scouts came to report.

"Report! Report to the general! Enemy cavalry has been found behind our army, and the Tang army's reinforcements have already rushed here." The scout said.

Xue Rengui's reinforcement cavalry arrived on the battlefield in 5 minutes.

"Damn it!" The Goguryeo general was furious with his whip in his hand.

Seeing that victory was in sight, the Tang army's reinforcements came at this time. If he did not order the withdrawal of troops and continued to attack, his team would be penetrated by the opponent, and he, a general, would also die here.

Moreover, there is no way to win Xincheng within 5 minutes, so it will take half an hour anyway.

"The order is passed on, the rear team gave up attacking the city, and turned to me to block the Tang army's reinforcements, and the rest continued to attack the city."

"Tell the rear team that we must persist until our army takes the new city." The Goguryeo general ordered the messenger.

He still didn't give up, and wanted to rely on his rear team to hold back Xue Rengui's cavalry and buy time for the attacking troops.

"Yes!" The orderly took the order and passed on his military order.

The Goguryeo army that was attacking the city, after receiving the military order, immediately separated some soldiers and horses, broke away from the siege sequence, and turned to kill in the direction Xue Rengui came from.

"Look, what is Goguryeo doing? Why did you suddenly withdraw part of the troops?" Gao Kan pointed to the Goguryeo army leaving the battlefield and said to Pang Tongshan.

Some of the Goguryeo army withdrew, which made Gao Kan and their pressure a lot less.

"It should be that our reinforcements have arrived! The other party wanted to stop our reinforcements, so they dispatched some soldiers and horses to leave. If my guess is correct, they should be going to stop General Xue." Pang Tongshan said.

Gao Kan nodded and shouted loudly: "Brothers, our reinforcements are coming soon. If you persist, you must wait until the reinforcements arrive. Long live the Tang Dynasty! Kill!"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" All the soldiers were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. As long as they gritted their teeth and persisted, the reinforcements would soon arrive on the battlefield.

The soldiers and horses sent by the Goguryeo general to stop Xue Rengui were directly defeated by the cavalry led by Xue Rengui in one encounter, and they were not opponents of the Tang army at all.

Xue Rengui ignored these defeated Koguryo troops, but continued to march towards the new city.

(End of this chapter)