"Zilian, my brother!"
When Cao Cao saw Cao Hong falling off his horse, his eyes darkened. After Xiahou Dun and Cao Wenzhao, he had lost his third blood brother. The great grief made this heroic figure unable to bear it.
"Father is handsome!"
Cao Zhang on the side had quick eyes and quick hands, and quickly supported Cao Cao: "Are you okay?"
Cao Cao steadied his body, waved his hand towards Cao Zhang, quickly adjusted his mentality, and focused on the battle situation of the entire army.
Like Cao Hong, Cao Cao also discovered the huge gap in equipment between his own army and the Sui army, and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart. Goguryeo, which was located in a corner, could never compare with the Sui Empire in terms of national strength.
For a moment, he suddenly felt a little annoyed as to why he had listened to the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and got involved in the chaos in Liaodong.
But now, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight the Sui army.
With Cao Hong's death in the battle, the morale of his troops was shattered. Someone shouted "Everyone, run for your lives!" The whole army was instantly mobilized. They threw away their weapons and shields one by one, and fled towards the back in a desperate manner. .
Han Xin immediately seized the fighting opportunity and quickly mobilized the Sui general Lei Wanchun's troops to join Nan Jiyun. They took advantage of the victory and marched behind the defeated Goguryeo troops, using these defeated troops to break away from the Goguryeo army's formation.
Cao Cao's face was livid, and he ordered in a deep voice: "Order Cao Hua's troops to support the left wing."
Cao Hua's troops followed the order and ran quickly to the front line. The long-armed soldier in the front row roared, pointed the long-armed arm forward diagonally, and stared coldly at the defeated soldiers running toward their side.
Cao Hua was brave and resourceful, he had good command of his subordinates, and he was strict in running the army. The army under his command was completely different from Cao Hong's. As soon as Cao Hua gave an order, these soldiers did not hesitate to move towards their own defeated army. He stabbed it and stabbed a large number of people down in one moment, with blood flowing all over the ground.
It wasn't until the panicked soldiers stopped running that Cao Hua slowly stepped forward on his horse and said in a deep voice to the defeated soldiers: "Those who flee before the battle will be killed without mercy! I order you to immediately turn around and fight against the Sui army. Otherwise, you will suffer the consequences." It’s already before you!”
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
As if in response to Cao Hua, his soldiers beat the ground with their weapons to frighten the deserters.
The deserters were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They could only turn around helplessly and reluctantly formed a formation towards the Sui army that was charging towards them.
Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun did not stop charging because the Goguryeo army reorganized. The two powerful generals who had been working together since Zhang Xun looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and rushed into Goguryeo almost at the same time. In the army.
"Dingdong, it is detected that Nan Jiyun has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the base force is 98, and the current force has increased to 103."
"Dingdong, it is detected that Lei Wanchun has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the base force is 99, and the current force has increased to 104."
The two generals galloped on their horses, waving their weapons like tigers out of the forest to deflect the arrows fired by the Goguryeo army, and rushed into the crowd at one go. Nan Jiyun swept the long sword in his hand, Lei Wanchun raised his hammers high, and all the Goguryeo soldiers in front of them were killed by them together.
"Kill!"
Under the leadership of Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, more than 9,000 Sui soldiers accelerated their charge, waving their weapons and shouting loudly, swarming towards the Goguryeo army, fighting hand to hand, white knives going in and red knives coming out, fighting fierce.
Unlike Nan Jiyun and Lei Wanchun, who took the lead, Cao Hua, who treated Confucian scholars politely, wanted to be a Confucian general. Secondly, it was impossible for him alone to stop the two powerful generals Lei Wanchun and Nan Jiyun, and stay in the Chinese army to command in an orderly manner. Counterattack, resisting the division of troops and harassing them one by one to disrupt the Sui army's offensive.
"There are capable generals in Goguryeo!"
In the Sui army formation, Han Xin took an overview of the situation and couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"General, why not deploy another elite force to assist Generals Nan and Lei."
Song Zhengben said: "According to my opinion, General Huo Qubing's troops are the most elite troops of our army. There is no need to mobilize the main force. Only five thousand elite cavalry can defeat the Goguryeo army."
Han Xin waved his hands calmly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Song, there is one thing I hope you can remember. In any war, no commander will put the main elite into the battlefield at the beginning of the war."
Seeing Song Zhengben's puzzled face and Liu Xuanchu's face full of doubts, Han Xin patiently explained: "It is true that deploying elite troops as soon as possible can gain a certain advantage, but once they are deployed on the battlefield, especially in When the strength of the two sides is almost the same, the soldiers will definitely get into a tug-of-war. Even the bravest soldiers will gradually lose their physical strength due to the long period of fighting and be slowly dragged down by the enemy. Therefore, unless there is a chance of quick victory, The main elite force must be left as the last resort. Once you lose this force, you will no longer have any trump cards to use."
Song Zhengben bowed his hands and bowed to Han Xin and said, "Great general, I'd like to thank you for your advice!"
Liu Xuanchu on the side had some reaction and asked Han Xin: "General, in my humble opinion, compared to the Goguryeo Army, the Jurchen Army is their elite trump card, so the time for General Huo Qubing to attack must be when the Jurchen cavalry is attacked. After transfer.”
"good."
Han Xin nodded, and then issued another order: "Order Wei Yan to attack the right wing of the Goguryeo Army. The Goguryeo Army's individual combat capabilities are not strong. It is impossible for every army to have the military discipline of the Goguryeo Army. We must put pressure on Cao Cao and Wanyan Zonghan." Let them mobilize the Jurchen cavalry."
There was another burst of war drums in the Sui army formation. After receiving the order to attack, Wei Yan raised his sword in his hand and smiled at his lieutenant: "Old Huang, it's time to make great achievements!"
Wei Yan's deputy general was Luanluo who was born not long ago. Huang Degong, a brave general from one of the four towns in Jiangbei during the Southern Ming Dynasty. Huang Degong, nicknamed Huang Chuangzi, laughed when he heard this. He raised his horse's head and advanced with Wei Yan: "General Wei, just watch out, Huang How did I cut off Cao Cao’s head today!”
Five thousand Sui troops, led by Wei Yan and Huang Degong, formed a charging formation and charged towards the Goguryeo army with firm steps.
"Line up and fight!"
On the left wing of the Goguryeo army, Cao Cao's confidant and beloved general Gao Qiong was commanding the command. As soon as he gave the peace order, the Goguryeo army, like the Sui army, quickly spread their swords and shields, with their hands in front, and their long soldiers arrayed behind to form a tight spear formation. , a defensive formation behind the pressure of the crossbowmen.
"The enemy is three hundred steps away."
"The enemy is two hundred and fifty steps away."
"The enemy is two hundred steps away."
While Gao Qiong was still calculating the distance of the Sui army's advance, thousands of sharp arrows in the Sui army's formation had already taken off, and a black crowd swarmed towards the Goguryeo army's formation.
