A great battle that no one can afford to lose is launched in the field outside Yancheng County... The 50,000 army brought by Yuan Taipo is the elite of the Goryeo Army. He has participated in three Goryeo battles, is well-equipped and has high combat power, 20,000 yuan.
The cavalry is a cavalry raised by the whole country of Goryeo.
Yuan Taicao wanted to use this army to occupy Liaodong and Hebei in one fell swoop, but Yuan Taicao did not expect that the Sui army's water surprises would cause him to be attacked from both sides.
He had no experience in dealing with Mo Dao's heavy armored infantry, and used cavalry to attack Mo Dao's army, causing him to fall into a greater predicament.
It was the cavalry's defeat that led to the full passiveness of the Goryeo Army. Although Yuan Taibo had 20,000 infantry and 5,000 crossbow troops under his command, the fleeing cavalry made the crossbow troops unable to shoot, and the fleeing cavalry rushed.
The infantry formation of the Goryeo Army was disrupted.
Yuan Taizhu commanded the infantry and a small number of cavalry fleeing back to fight hard with the Sui army. Although they were at a disadvantage, they were still trying hard to support them.
The battle on the wilderness outside Yancheng has become fierce, with golden swords and iron horses, killing sounds shook the sky, fighting and horns sobbing. The Goryeo spear army supported by the desire to go home, forming a square formation with the Sui cavalry
In the fierce battle, in the south, thousands of cavalrymen were massacred again when they encountered the Modao Army. They were eager to get infantry support.
But Yuan Taizha's last three thousand swords and shield soldiers went to support the crossbow soldiers who were almost unable to support them. The Korean crossbow soldiers were surrounded by five thousand spears, and more than half of them were killed or injured.
The situation became increasingly unfavorable to the Goryeo Army. Whether it was his spear formation, crossbowmen, or the remaining cavalrymen, they were at a disadvantage.
As time goes by, the Goryeo Army's casualties are getting worse and worse, and their morale is almost at the verge of collapse. At this time, a terrible shout came from behind them. Yuan Taifei suddenly turned around, and the scene in front of him made him
I suddenly lost my last hope.
Gao Kaidao's army collapsed first, and deserters rushed towards this side, crying and shouting that the Sui army was behind, only three miles away from them.
Seeing the defeated army getting closer and closer, the sweat beads on Yuan Taizhu's forehead rolled down, he realized that this battle would undoubtedly be defeated.
"The king retreats! Otherwise it will be too late." Several personal soldiers said anxiously.
Yuan Taizhu glanced at his army that was about to collapse, turned his horse's head and rushed to the north first. Dozens of personal soldiers followed him and gradually left the battlefield...
Gao Kaidao's defeat was like the last straw that overwhelmed the Goryeo army. The Goryeo army was defeated by the enemy from both sides and collapsed, and the battlefield became a one-sided slaughterhouse.
The Sui cavalry ruthlessly slaughtered the Korean soldiers who were fleeing in all directions. The chasing horses and the galloping spear pierced the heart of the escapee. The heads of the Korean soldiers were flying for more than ten miles, and the bodies of the Korean soldiers were everywhere.
Yang Yuanqing issued an order to stop the killing, and the massacre of the Sui army gradually stopped.
A total of 80,000 people from the Yan army and the Goryeo army were killed, and more than 50,000 people were captured and more than 20,000 were fled. Only thousands of people even Gao Kaidao himself died in the chaos.
It was the most tragic killing of the enemy since the Sui army launched the Hebei Battle, and the Sui army also paid the price of more than 4,000 casualties.
Yang Yuanqing was inspecting the battlefield stained with blood under the escort of hundreds of personal soldiers. Tens of thousands of Sui troops were busy cleaning the battlefield, stripping off their armor, concentrating weapons, and burning piles of enemy corpses into fire, burying them deep into the bones.
The blood and cruelty of the battlefield are fully reflected in this battle. There is no mercy, no sympathy, only the silence after death and the endless sorrow of their families.
Luo Shixin's cavalry rushed to the distance and shouted, "Master!"
He turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I will meet with the general manager!"
Yang Yuanqing helped him up, patted his shoulder, and praised: "This Liaodong battle was beautiful, I want to reward you heavily!"
Luo Shixin touched his head with some embarrassment: "This is the surprise soldier of the general manager to win, otherwise I may not be able to defeat the opponent with my own strength."
"Then I must also reward myself!" Yang Yuanqing laughed.
At this time, a general of Lang rushed over to report, "Qi reported to the general manager that Yuan Taifei's body was not found. The captured soldiers told him that Yuan Taifei had already escaped before the army collapsed."
Yang Yuanqing's face immediately sank, showing a very displeasure. Yuan Taishi ran away. This is even more serious than the 50,000 Korean troops escaping. He is the prime minister of Goryeo and has great political value. Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered Luo Shi to
He said: "Send three thousand cavalry to search by the Liao River. Someone who captured Yuan Taishi alive would be rewarded with ten thousand taels of silver, and those who seized his corpse would be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver!"
The floating bridge of the Liao River was broken, and Yuan Taiyao couldn't escape back to the other side. He still had a chance. Yang Wuqing issued the highest reward from the Sui army so far. Three thousand cavalrymen were extremely excited and divided into thirty teams, running towards the west bank of the Liao River.
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Before the Goryeo army collapsed, Yuan Taipo fled out of the battlefield first. He rushed into a forest, rushed like a broken dog in the forest, running northeastward. Yancheng County was more than 100 miles away from the Liaoshui River.
After about half a day of running, the group gradually arrived at Huaiyuan Town close to the Liaoshui River. At this time, there were only more than 30 personal guards following him. Except for the horses under his crotch, there was no tool to cross the river, but they could cut down trees.
Doing a cut, drifting across the Liao River.
But that was the last step, and he was worried that there would be a Sui soldiers patrol near Huaiyuan Town, so he turned on a northward road.
Yuantaizha has its own way to pass the Liao River. About twenty miles north of Huaiyuan Town, there is a fishing village called Shangliao Village. There are about thirty or forty families who make a living by fishing on the Liao River. You can find it there.
Fishing boats crossing the river.
Yuan Taipo led his personal soldiers to run north. This was a very secret path, rarely visited. It was his patrol and found it on the map. He realized that the end of this path was Shangliao Village.
Almost a small village isolated from the world.
It was almost dark at this time, and the blood-red setting sun shone through the treetops, reflecting the fiery red afterglow on everyone's face and body, just like the blood stained after the war.
The people and horses ran from Yan County were exhausted. At this time, they had already passed ten miles from Huaiyuan Town, and their vigilance began to decrease. Everyone slowed down their horse speed and walked slowly.
At this moment, several arrows shot out from the woods, and several personal guards around Yuan Taizhu fell to the ground screaming. The sudden change surprised everyone.
Hundreds of Sui troops broke out in front of them. They looked back and hundreds of people rushed out from behind, blocking them from behind. A Sui army holding a big axe came out of the team and pointed, "Damn!
I have bloomed this mountain and I have planted this tree. If you want to pass by it from now on, you can stay and buy wealth!”
After saying that, he laughed to the sky. This person was Cheng Yaojin, the general of Sui. He led five hundred Sui cavalry to catch a shortcut and cut off Yuan Taijin's retreat. This is the credit that Xiao Yannian gave him. If Yuan
Too deceitful to escape from the battlefield, he will definitely take this road to the fishing village to find a boat.
Yuan Taizha was almost desperate, but the desire to survive made him gamble. He pulled out his sword and shouted: "Run over!"
Thirty cavalry surrounded him and rushed towards the Sui army. The Sui army also launched, centering on the forest path, front, back, left and right, round after circle, full of running cavalry, Xiang Yuantai and his men
Going closer, cavalry arrows kept shooting out, and their personal soldiers screamed and fell off their horses. After a moment, five hundred cavalrymen surrounded Yuan Taizhu and less than twenty subordinates.
The spear stabbed out from all directions, and one personal soldier after another was stabbed to death. In the end, only Yuan Taizhuo was left. With a bang, hundreds of spears pointed at him together.
Yuan was too deceitful and completely desperate. He wanted to commit suicide, but he didn't have the courage to die. Finally, he straightened his waist and shouted loudly: "I am the prime minister of Goryeo. You must not be rude to me!"
Cheng Yaojin narrowed his eyes, "You old boy want dignity. Yes, I will give you dignity, but you have to give me my credit!"
He turned around and shouted, "Take him away!"
The Sui army soldiers stepped forward, seized Yuan Taicao's sword and his dagger, tied his wrist behind him, and hundreds of Sui cavalry surrounded him and ran towards Yancheng.
On the way, he happened to meet Yang Yuanqing leading thousands of troops, so Cheng Yaojin hurriedly sent a soldier to report.
The news that Yuan Taifa was caught by Cheng Yaojin made Yang Yuanqing overjoyed. He is worthy of being his lucky general. He can even get such credit. He really needs to reward him well.
But now, he was more concerned about Yuan Taizha and immediately ordered: "Bring him up!"
Yuan Tai's deceitful face turned extremely ugly at this time. He already knew on the road that the commander of the Sui army who defeated him was actually Yang Yuanqing, which made him feel an unbearable sense of shame.
This shame was not because Yang Yuanqing led the Sui army to defeat him, but that his plan had long been under Yang Yuanqing's control, or that he was played with by Yang Yuanqing, resulting in his own capture, 50,000 elite Korean troops, and his 50,000 elite soldiers.
completely annihilated.
He even suspected that Yang Yuanqing put Gao Kaidao back to Liaodong just to lure him out. If that were the case, the enemy would be too terrible.
The Sui army soldier pushed Yuan Tai to Yang Yuanqing. Yang Yuanqing looked at him and smiled faintly, "I should have seen you."
Yuan Taidao said coldly: "Of course I have seen you in the fourth year of Renshou, Luoyang Palace, at that time, you were still a stinky and dry hairy child."
"Thirteen years have passed in a flash."
Yang Yuanqing was not angry. He sighed slightly that time passed, and then ordered the soldiers, "Let him loose!"
The soldier untied the rope that tied Yuan Tai's wrists. Yuan Tai's wrists moved his numb wrists for a moment, and the humiliation in his heart was slightly better. He glanced at Yang Yuanqing and sneered: "What do you want to do to me?"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "I want to invite you to Taiyuan as a guest. I don't know how long it takes. Three or five years, Yuan Xiang will be here again, please!"