Since Li Xian had already made plans for a sneak attack on the enemy, how could he not devise some means in advance? In fact, as a tomb robber, Li Xian was also proficient in mechanism production, because he would inevitably encounter some obstacles during the tomb robbery process.
Hidden weapons, and these things have been cracked a lot, and he can't help but learn some. For example, today, Li Xian made some traps in advance.
In fact, Li Xian's so-called mechanism is just another lid added to the horse trap. This lid is made of thick wooden boards and is extremely hard. It can even withstand the trampling of war horses. However, this lid has many advantages.
Mysteriously, as long as the soldiers holding ropes on both sides gently pull, the wooden planks will shrink to both sides. As for why such a thick wooden plank is so light, it is naturally Li Xian's ingenious design.
"Open the mechanism." Following Li Xian's order, he saw the soldiers who had been waiting aside quickly pulled the rope, and a deep and wide pit was immediately revealed not far ahead.
Since it was night, the Goguryeo soldiers couldn't see clearly. They were still dreaming about catching Li Xian and getting promoted and making a fortune, so they kept urging their horses to rush outside the camp. Unexpectedly, at this moment, they only heard a tragic sound.
The sound of horses neighing spread, and then a burst of human screams were heard. However, the sound of horses neighing and people roaring did not seem to happen on the flat ground, but happened underground. Although there were many people talking now, but
Hearing it so clearly in the ears of the nearby soldiers was terrifying.
But at this time, the soldiers who were following them had no time to hold their horses, and they felt their bodies suddenly sinking. Before they had time to react, they were pierced by the sharp bamboo spears inside, and they screamed involuntarily.
Shout out.
The soldiers behind knew that an accident had occurred in front of them, and quickly reined in their horses and prepared to watch. However, they were unexpectedly squeezed into the pit by the group of horses behind them, and then they involuntarily let out a scream.
So these soldiers fell into the horse trap one after another like dumplings, and the screams could not be heard.
By the time all the soldiers reacted and reined in their horses, hundreds of people had already died in the deep ditch.
"Fortunately, I didn't rush to the front row, and I saved my life by luck." The surviving soldiers were already frightened, and their previous ambition to capture Li Xian had also been reduced a lot.
But their misfortune was not over yet. Just when they breathed a sigh of relief, they heard the sharp sound of breaking through the air. It turned out that Li Xian ordered the crossbow arrows to be fired.
In the dark night, thousands of crossbows were fired. Even if the Goguryeo soldiers wanted to hide, where could they hide? Suddenly, they could only hear screams one after another, and more than a thousand soldiers in the front row were shot into pieces.
hedgehog.
Although the Goguryeo soldiers were afraid, because they were in a place with no cover at all and they were very close to where the Tang army's crossbows were launched, they had no choice but to become the targets of the Tang army.
In this case, those Goguryeo soldiers had only one way to escape, and that was to desperately retreat to the center of the camp.
Therefore, the sergeants in the front row immediately turned around and tried their best to squeeze into the middle of the camp. However, some soldiers were unable to rush through because there were soldiers blocking the front, so they had to aim their butcher knives at their former robes, and then stepped on their corpses to
They retreated so that they could survive. As for when they would die, they couldn't control that much. Anyway, if they could survive a moment longer, it would count as a moment.
These attacks on his robes were just isolated incidents at the beginning, but later, as the Tang army fired another wave of crossbows, they saw the soldiers behind them being shot into hedgehogs, and their death was extremely terrifying. This kind of situation for robes
The phenomenon of raising a butcher's knife suddenly became very common.
The soldiers in the back row will naturally be wary of the soldiers in the front row at this time. The worst thing is that the soldiers in the middle have to be on guard against the front row, but also worry that they will not know when they will be defeated by the back row.
After cutting off their heads, everyone was filled with distrust for a moment.
Until this time, the formation of the Goguryeo army finally became chaotic, killing each other, trampled by men and horses, and the number of dead was unknown. The entire military camp turned into a Shura hell, which was extremely bloody and terrifying.
But at this moment, a sergeant was suddenly heard shouting with great joy: "Soldiers, don't panic. There are no Tang troops at the west gate of the camp, and the road is open. Please leave here quickly."
This shout didn't matter. All the Goguryeo soldiers rushed towards the west gate of the camp. They were crowded with each other for a while. They were fighting each other for the road, especially those who were fighting for the road. The whole thing was already in chaos.
There are no rules anymore.
In fact, if you think about it, if you don't see a way out, both of you will die sooner or later anyway, and the fight is not that fierce. But if you see a glimmer of hope, and there is hope as long as you fight hard, they don't fight desperately.
It would be weird to rob it.
"Don't panic, go in order, it will be much faster than fighting for the road." Seeing this, Keming quickly pressed his sword and shouted loudly, but how effective could his shout be at this time? The soldiers rushed to escape.
, how many of them still took his words seriously? Not only that, even he and the personal guards around him were almost dispersed by the panic flow of people.
Keming also tried to stabilize the order, but he was surrounded by the guards and fled towards the west gate of the camp. In order to seize the road, the guard captain even ordered the killing of some sergeants.
But Keming's tragedy was far from over. At this moment, an earth-shattering cry of killing was suddenly heard from behind the formation. It turned out that Li Xian saw the enemy troops starting to flee, so he ordered his soldiers to remove the planks on the horse pit.
Pull it up again, and then send out a signal, and all armies will be dispatched together to cover up the enemy from behind and further attack the fleeing enemy troops.
Unfortunately, Xincheng's words were true. Although Li Xian's army had different uniforms and colors, they were all elites from the Tang Dynasty and Mohesu. Their combat effectiveness was by no means inferior to those of Xue Rengui's army, and they were also under Li Xian's command.
There are many fierce generals and masters. In addition to Li Xian, there are also Gao Kan, Xue Na, Li Duozuo, Zhang Wuchen, Dou Xiantong and others. These are all rare brave generals in the world. In addition, they have been recharging their energy.
They had been holding it back for a long time, and now that there was a war, everyone was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and launched a one-sided massacre against the Goguryeo army that had long lost its will to fight.
Li Xian led his soldiers to fight until rivers of blood flowed, and the sky and the earth changed color. The soldiers of the Tang army killed more than 10,000 enemy troops and forced thousands of people to surrender. It was really satisfying. Li Xian was so happy that he ordered people to report the victory to Hao Chujun and Li Ji, and reminded him at the same time
Hao Chujun was wary of enemy sneak attacks, and ordered people to clear the battlefield and repair the walled city. He was very busy.
However, the enemy general Ke Ming saw that something was not going well and led his soldiers to flee in panic. They came to the city to calculate their losses. The 30,000-strong army actually lost nearly 20,000. He couldn't help but feel ashamed and felt that he had no face to see Yuan Nanjian.
When Yuan Nanjian heard that he had lost the battle, his face turned as black as the bottom of a pot. He immediately ordered Keming to be executed. Fortunately, the generals begged for mercy and spared his life. However, Yuan Nanjian did not want to just do it.
Keming was spared and ordered to lead 20,000 troops the next night to attack Hao Chujun's camp again.
However, at this time, military advisor Xincheng once again advised Yuan Nan that he should take advantage of the victory of Li Xian's army and launch a second wave of attacks immediately when his guard was relaxed, instead of attacking Hao Chujun's camp, and choose the next night.
When Yuan Nanjian heard that this made sense, he ordered Keming to go back and attack Li Xian's camp immediately. However, Keming had already been as afraid of Li Xian as a snake and scorpion. He quickly said how brave and brave Li Xian was. He had many powerful generals under his command and his soldiers were accustomed to fighting. It was impossible to defeat him.
There was a glimmer of a possibility, and he expressed that he would rather die than go again. At the same time, he said that although Hao Chujun was the commander-in-chief of the army, he was a scholar and his soldiers were not very effective in combat. He would definitely win this time. Yuan Nanjian was convinced after hearing this.
Feeling that what Keming said made sense, he ordered Keming to reorganize his troops and attack Hao Chujun's camp the next day.
But who would have thought that after being reminded by Li Xian, Hao Chujun had realized that the enemy would launch an attack. He used various defensive facilities in the camp and ordered a tight defense. Keming fought fiercely all night, but did not get any advantage and lost more than 2,000 troops and horses, so he had to
He retreated angrily.
When Yuan Nanjian got the news, he was furious again and ordered Keming to be executed. At the same time, he humbly apologized to Xincheng, hoping that Xincheng could give him an idea to turn defeat into victory and boost his morale. Unexpectedly, Xincheng shook his head and said: "Qi
In response to the great Mo Lizhi, the young monk believed that after two setbacks, our army lost more than 20,000 soldiers, the morale in the city was low, and there was no chance of turning defeat into victory. It would be better to listen to the young monk's advice and instead of resisting to the end, it is better to surrender. That's it.
Not only can you save a life, but you can also lose your title.
Unexpectedly, Yuan Nanjian immediately became furious and said: "You are a bald thief. I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to be so hateful. My Goguryeo has been standing for hundreds of years. At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty sent out a million troops, and all of them were victorious."
So, how brave was Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty? Why didn't he just return in vain? It can be seen that destiny is mine. How can I surrender to others and live in peace? If I don't see your sincerity in the past, I will never show mercy today! Why don't you retreat quickly?
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After hearing Yuan Nanjian's words, Xincheng sighed and left slowly.
After expelling Xincheng, Yuan Nanjian once again ordered the generals to go out of the city to attack the Tang army camp. However, no one dared to volunteer at this time, and they all acted like cowards. Yuan Nanjian was furious and ordered two of them.
The names of the generals were ordered to go out of the city to fight the next day, but unexpectedly, news came out that night that the two generals committed suicide.
At this time, the follow-up armies of the Tang Dynasty also arrived one after another. The Tang army surrounded Pyongyang City like an iron barrel with more than 200,000 soldiers. It was no more than a dream to break out of the siege. Yuan Nanjian had no choice but to mobilize the palace guards.
He went with him to the city wall to hold firm, hoping that just like before, he could continue to consume the Tang army's food and fodder by standing firm, thus forcing it to retreat.