Su Baotong acted quickly. Although Yang Gao alerted Shi Wengong as soon as he got the system prompt, Shi Wengong also responded quickly. But he was still shot in the left shoulder with a knife, piercing the blade. He screamed and fell off his horse.
"Hahaha, I'm happy to accept this head!" Su Baotong looked ferocious and galloped forward. He waved the horse spear in his hand, the tip of the spear flashed with cold light, and stabbed Shi Wengong in the throat.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shi Wengong endured the severe pain in his shoulder, gritted his teeth and rolled away, and then he was able to dodge.
Su Baotong laughed, patted his horse and gave another look. But at this moment, a square-shaped painted halberd shot out from the stabbing side. Hearing the sound of "dang", Su Baotong was immediately shocked and was knocked back a few steps. He couldn't help but feel horrified. He looked closely and saw the general in white robes and silver armor with a handsome face. It was Xue Rengui's beloved disciple Shi Jingsi.
"Common man, as long as I, Shi Jingsi, am here, don't even think about harming our general!" Shi Jingsi shouted angrily, swept his halberd in his hand, and slashed towards Su Baotong with a thunderbolt.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Shi Jingsi has entered the state of exaltation. The force is +4, the base force is 99, and the current force has increased to 103."
"Then I'll take your dog's head first!" Not to be outdone, Su Baotong snorted coldly, waved the horse in his hand with a cold light, and charged towards Shi Siming's halberd.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Su Baotong has entered the martial state, the force is +5, the base force is 97, and the current force has increased to 102."
The two men clashed with their halberds, clashing in mid-air with clanging sounds. They were fighting together in a melee, and they were so inextricable that they had no time to pay attention to each other.
However, Yuchi Gong, who had fallen to the ground, had regained his composure, stood up, picked up the horseshoe on the ground, and stabbed Shi Wengong, who was still lying on the ground, "His grandma dared to plot against you, Grandpa Yuchi, why?" I’ll die!”
"Uu——"
Seeing that Shi Wengong was in danger, the Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse gave a long neigh, raised its front hooves high, and kicked Yuchi Gong. Yuchi Gong was caught off guard and was kicked far away, falling heavily to the ground. This time, I couldn't get up.
"What a loyal rider!" Yang Gao sighed as he looked at the scene in front of him, then raised his head and shouted at Li Shimin: "Li Shimin, look at it. Even the horse knows to repay its master. But you, the Li family, have been honored by the emperor. Well, when the country is in crisis, you don’t think of serving the country but instead raise an army to rebel and conspire to usurp power. This shows that you are worse than a horse!"
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned gloomy after hearing this, and he gritted his teeth and stared at Yang Gao, his eyes full of terrifying murderous intent. After a while, he slowly turned around and said coldly: "What are you doing here? Why don't you hurry up and rescue General Yuchi!"
"Yes Yes Yes!"
Only then did the generals of the Tang army come to their senses. The two brothers Li Siyuan and Li Cunshen responded, each raised their weapons and leaped into battle. One of them ran towards Yuchi Gong, and the other went straight to Shi Wengong.
Two generals also immediately flew out of the Sui army, Shi Bao on the left and Wang Zhen on the right. Shi Bao slapped his horse and wielded his sword and stepped forward to intercept Li Cunshen who was charging towards Shi Wengong. Wang Zhen took the opportunity to pull the exhausted Shi Wengong onto his horse and ran towards the main formation. The Zhaoye Jade Lion Horse was also psychic and ran back directly after Wang Zhen.
Li Siyuan originally had the idea of taking the sheep, but when he saw this, he knew that even if he caught the horse, he would not be able to tame it. He immediately helped Yuchi Gong get on the horse and protected him back to the battle.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Li Cunshen has entered a fighting state, his force is +3, his base force is 98, and his current force has increased to 101."
"Ding dong, it is detected that Shi Bao has entered the brave fighting state, the force is +4, the base force is 97, and the current force has increased to 101."
In the battlefield, after the wounded on both sides returned to their respective positions, the field suddenly became empty. The four fierce generals caught each other and fought each other. Shi Jingsi and Su Bao met their opponents at the same chess, the weapons in their hands swaying with cold light. Shi Bao and Li Cunshen were also equally matched. They fought hard for forty or fifty rounds and it was difficult to decide the winner.
"Shi Wengong was injured by Tang General with a hidden weapon just now. I will give them a gift now!" Seeing that Li Cunshen was very skilled in martial arts and could not defeat him in a head-on confrontation, Shi Bao immediately hatched a plan. Pretending to be helpless, he forced Li Cunshen to retreat with a feint, and then rode away.
Li Cunshen didn't know what the plan was, so he rushed on horseback. Shi Bao secretly took out the meteor hammer and watched Li Cun Shen chasing him closer and closer. He suddenly turned around and flew out with the meteor hammer in his hand, slamming into Li Cun Shen's chest.
"Ding dong, it is detected that Shi Bao used the meteor hammer, his force is instantly +5, and Li Cunshen's force is reduced by 3 points. The current force of Li Cunshen has increased to 106, and Li Cunshen's current force has dropped to 98."
Li Cunshen was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly waved his gun to his chest. In a hurry, he did not try his best. Although he avoided the tragedy of being knocked off his horse by a hammer, he was still shaken by the powerful impact of the meteor hammer and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Death to the Tang thief!" Although this blow did not achieve the expected results, it still beat Li Cunshen until he vomited blood. Shi Bao immediately reined in his horse and charged over with a roar.
Li Cunshen's face was pale, and the blow just now had already damaged his heart and lungs. He knew in his heart that he could not be Shi Bao's opponent in his current state, so he turned his horse's head, half-lying on the saddle, kicked his legs hard, and fled back to the main formation in embarrassment.
After losing two battles in a row, Li Shimin looked extremely ugly. He looked around, took a deep breath, and shouted: "Send the order, beat the drums, attack with the whole army, crush the enemy formation and capture Yang Gao alive!"
"kill!"
Li Shimin gave an order, and the 50,000 Tang army infantry and cavalry suddenly roared like a mountain roar and a tsunami, and launched a fierce charge towards the Sui army. Thousands of horses galloped, as if the mountains were shaking and the earth was shaking, causing smoke and dust to billow from their trampling.
Shi Jingsi and Shi Bao, who were still staying in front of the two armies' formations, changed their expressions and hurriedly reined in their horses and ran back to the formation. At the same time, Yang Gao also issued an order to meet the enemy: "Come forward with the crossbowmen, separate the wings, and release arrows to meet the enemy!"
Although there were 30,000 cavalry among the Sui army that went to battle, the Tang army's cavalry in front of them were elites formed with the descendants of Guanlong as the backbone. The children of Guanlong have always been known for their bravery and good fighting skills, so one can imagine the combat power of this army.
Although the Sui army was an elite warrior, Yang Gao understood that no matter the outcome, the Sui army's losses in this battle would not be small. Therefore, he did not immediately order the cavalry to fight, but decided to use bows and arrows to suppress the speed of the Tang army's charge, even if it was just to create a slight advantage for the subsequent cavalry fight.
After receiving the order, eight thousand crossbowmen stepped forward, opened the gap in the front, lined up on the flanks, and drew their bows and arrows. In an instant, arrows rained down like rain, and the Tang Army cavalry who were charging forward were hit head-on. Countless cavalrymen were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. They were trampled to pieces by the Paoze brothers who rushed up from behind without even uttering a cry.
