Jiao Liyan was stunned for a moment and muttered: "General Wen, can the Korean army in the city still be at your disposal?"
Wen Hao laughed, pointed at his head, and said with a smile: "If you use your brain more, you will always have a chance. His Majesty said that the Korean people are cunning by nature. As soon as my army arrives, they will immediately flee. As soon as my army leaves,
They will come back again. If we can convince the Koreans in the city that a royal army is about to attack them. What do you think will happen to them?"
Although Wen Hao and Jiao Liyan both spoke Chinese, most of the captured Goryeo soldiers could understand Chinese, and the expressions on their faces suddenly became tense. Seeing the reactions of the Goryeo prisoners of war, even Jiao Li
Yan Ye also gained confidence in Wen Hao's plan: "What do you think we should do?"
Wen Hao was already confident and whispered a few words into Jiao Liyan's ear.
Jiao Liyan nodded repeatedly, pointed at the prisoners on the snow and asked, "What should we do with these people?"
A hint of cruelty flashed in Wen Hao's eyes, and he sneered: "We are nomadic cavalry, so we naturally follow the rules of the nomadic tribe!"
Whether the nomadic tribes are in conflict or war, their rules for treating prisoners are very simple. They use the wheel as the standard, and any man who is taller than the wheel will be beheaded. Just now, Wen Hao promised this group of people not to kill anyone who surrendered, so he did it in the blink of an eye.
After making such a decision, even Jiao Liyan was a little surprised. However, there was nothing he could do about it. He wanted to set up a bag here and kill all the Goryeo troops that had withdrawn from Huaiyuan City. And this news
It must never be leaked. Who wouldn’t leak the news? Only dead people!
There are also many nomadic tribes around Goryeo. These prisoners of war have often dealt with nomadic tribes. After hearing Wen Hao's words, they immediately struggled and wanted to resist desperately, but it was already too late. Don't say that they were unarmed again, even if they were fully armed.
, how could they be the opponents of these wolf-like and tiger-like nomadic cavalry of the Han army? A flash of sword light flashed, and heads rolled on the snow, stained bright red.
Since ancient times, Ci has not been in charge of soldiers. Looking at everything in front of him, Wen Hao just waved his hand with an indifferent expression: "Go to a team of people and search this forest carefully. No one will be allowed to escape alive!" Then he moved toward him again.
Kakuriyan cupped his hands and said, "General Kakuriyan, whether you can succeed in this battle depends on you!"
Jiao Liyan laughed loudly: "Just watch it!"
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As time passed slowly, several Goryeo officers on the top of the city became impatient. They looked to the east and whispered: "Those guys went out hunting, why didn't they come back for a long time?"
Another person said: "You won't bake and eat it outside the city."
Some people even secretly said: "What the hell, I'm going to go hunting next time too!"
Suddenly, a soldier hurried up to the top of the city and shouted: "General Eulji has an order, please go to the commander's mansion quickly to discuss matters!"
Although Huaiyuan City was heavily fortified, these generals actually lived a relatively leisurely life. After all, according to the habits of the Han people, they would not use troops in winter. Now when they heard that the general was suddenly summoned, all the generals were puzzled and asked in unison: "Big
Why is the general so anxious?"
But the messenger also knew some clues, pointed to the west and said: "I just heard that a scout came to report that a large group of Han troops were found in the west direction of the city!"
The generals were shocked and rushed to the commander's mansion in the middle of the city. They were planning to wait until spring began, take advantage of the Han army's unpreparedness, sneak attack on the Han army's baggage team, grab a fortune and leave. Unexpectedly, the Han army made a preemptive strike.
, in a head-to-head confrontation, they are definitely no match for the Han army, and many people have already begun to retreat. Of course, this is what they did in the past.
The Marshal's Mansion was the Huaiyuan County Government in the past, but now it has become the place where General Eulji Mundeok stopped. At this time, in the Marshal's Mansion, all the generals in the city had gathered. Ulji Wende looked at everyone and said in a deep voice
Said: "A large number of Han troops were found outside the city, and they were approaching fiercely. It is estimated that they are the vanguard of the Han army. Should we fight or withdraw? Can you please make up your mind?"
The 50,000 troops accounted for almost half of the troops that the Goryeo Kingdom could use. King Gowon of Goryeo naturally took a huge risk by handing so many troops to Ulji Mundeok, so he also imposed some restrictions on Ulji Mundeok.
Major decisions must be discussed by all generals.
At this time, a general who looked like a black tower stood up, patted his chest and said: "Since ancient times, soldiers have come to block us, and water has come to cover us. What is there to be afraid of? I dare to ask the general, how many soldiers and horses the Han people have!"
Eulji Wende frowned and said: "I have sent people to investigate, and there will be news soon."
"Report!" Suddenly there was a shout from outside the door, and a scout ran in like flying, knelt down on one knee, and said loudly: "General, the forwards of the Han army in the west of the city are all cavalry, and the number is about one hundred thousand.
.We will arrive at Huaiyuan City in half an hour!"
"So fast!" Eulji Wende was surprised, glanced at the black tower-like general, and muttered, "Tiepojun, are you willing to lead your army to resist the Han forward?"
The black tower-like general snorted coldly and said, "Then please wait patiently for my good news, General!"
It turns out that this black-tower-like general is called Cheolpojun, and he is known as the strongest warrior in the Goryeo army. He always has his eyes set high and refuses to obey Ulji Mundeok's command. In response to Cheolpojun's rudeness, Eulji Mundeok also
Without arguing with him, he waved his hand gently and said: "In addition to your own troops, I will give you two thousand more cavalry. You must hold off the Han army for an hour! The rest of the generals, follow me to the city to watch the battle!"
In fact, Eulji Wende had already planned to withdraw from the army, but when he was disturbed by the Iron Po Army, he really couldn't express this idea, otherwise once it reached Gao Yuan's ears, he might arouse suspicion. Because of the Iron Po Army
Gao Yuan trusted Tie Po Jun very much. If Tie Pojun made trouble in front of Gao Yuan and said that he was afraid of the enemy and was timid to fight, Gao Yuan would definitely reduce his military power. On the other hand, he could not guess what the Han army was risking.
Yanhan came to attack Huaiyuan with the intention of testing the Han army's plan through the battle between the Tiepo army and the Han army's vanguard.
Tiepojun moved quickly and had already led his troops out of the west gate. He had three thousand cavalry in his own headquarters, plus the two thousand men and horses assigned to him by Eulji Wende, there were five thousand cavalry. According to the report from the scout just now,
, there were 100,000 people in the vanguard of the Han army, and his 5,000 men used to be like attacking stones with eggs. But Tiepojun relied on martial arts, and secondly did not trust the scouts under Eulji Wende. He had his own troops in Yancheng and even Liucheng.
The total strength of these places is only more than 30,000, and the other 50,000 reinforcements of the Han army are not suitable for the climate here, and are still stationed in the distant Jixian County. How can the 100,000 people appear here?
The most important thing here is that he repeatedly proposed Eulji Mundeok to attack Yancheng, but they were not adopted, which made him feel that Euljiwende was timid and fearful.
As everyone knows, Eulji Wende acted steadily and was much stronger than him. Yancheng was far from comparable to Huaiyuan. It was a county town in western Liaoning, with high walls and deep pools. There were tens of thousands of people in the city. Once mobilized, they could immediately
It plays a role in defending the city. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of Yancheng cannot be measured by the number of troops alone, but other factors should also be considered. Compared with the giant Han Dynasty, Goryeo is still very weak, and it needs to use cannibalism to gradually erode the territory and subjugation of the Han Dynasty.
The people continued to strengthen themselves, and then they had the opportunity to compete with the big men. Unfortunately, Tie Pojun refused to listen to him, so he could only let Tie Pojun get into trouble.
Tie Pojun was eager for success and rode westward. Sure enough, he saw a black line coming from the snow in front of him. Countless horses galloped towards him. The snow was flying and the momentum was overwhelming. Tiepojun suddenly reined in his horse.
, feeling bad, waved his hands repeatedly: "Quickly retreat!"
Based on his experience, the number of the opponent's cavalry was around 60,000 or 70,000, if not 100,000. He had only 5,000 men, how could he withstand tens of thousands of the opponent's cavalry. From this point of view, Eulji Mundeok's scouts were not lying;
He was a little careless.
However, the Han cavalry was very fast and did not give him a chance to escape. From far away, he could hear the sound of breaking through the air, and countless iron arrows flew towards him, causing the knights around Tie Pojun to fall off their horses. This is
The cavalry crossbows equipped by the Han army are powerful and have a long range. The only disadvantage is that the interval between shots is relatively long. The nomadic cavalry was only recently equipped with this type of cavalry crossbow, and it showed its prowess at the first use. Although
It will take a long time to reload the iron arrows, but for these nomadic cavalry, it is no longer necessary. What they are best at is mounted archery, and the cavalry bow is their favorite weapon. After this round of attacks is over,
They had switched to more familiar weapons. The high-speed running of the war horses also allowed them to quickly close the distance with the Goryeo army.
Of course, this Han army did not have 100,000 people, only 10,000 cavalry led by Jiao Liyan. However, Wen Hao allocated all the empty horses in the entire team to Jiao Liyan. In this way, the horses in the team
It actually reached 65,000 horses. From a distance, it looked like a powerful cavalry. For the Goryeo army in front of him, Jiao Liyan did not want to annihilate them all to the west of Huaiyuan City. He just hoped to scare them.
Run away from them and let them bring back the news of the Han army's attack more thoroughly. If they didn't have such a purpose, how could Eulji Wende's scouts return to the city so smoothly?
But Kakurenobu didn't expect that the Tiepo Army, which had suffered a heavy blow, would become so angry that he would attack him with his troops! The two armies were getting closer and closer, and Tiepo Army also discovered the secret of the Han army's vanguard.
Many of the horses clearly did not have knights. This discovery greatly increased Tiepojun's confidence. He felt that the Han army was just bluffing and might not even have 5,000 cavalry. As long as he could completely annihilate this desperate Han army and seize their
Horses, let Eulji Mundeok take a good look at who is worthy of being the first general of Goryeo!
At this time, Kakurenobu had another idea in his mind. He couldn't let these Goryeo troops who had discovered the secrets of the Han army go back alive! He still agreed with that sentence, only the dead can keep secrets!