The horn sound of "Woo, Wu, Wu, Wu" echoed over the wilderness. The cavalry led by Yu Zhongwen quickly gathered. They put away their bows and arrows, replaced their weapons with spears and broadswords, and attacked fewer and fewer people. , the increasingly chaotic Goguryeo soldiers launched a fierce charge.
The war has reached a critical moment, and Yu Zhongwen no longer acts as a spectator of the war. When he saw that the number of soldiers in the Chinese army where the banner was located was very thin, and the surrounding cavalry were joining the battle one after another, he decisively led 1,500 elite cavalrymen to stand off their posts, like a sharp arrow from the string, towards the banner where the banner was. Rush away in the direction.
"Fire the arrow!" Yi Bao swung the spear in his hand downwards, and a cloud of arrows rose into the sky. This time, there was no obstruction from the Sui soldiers' missing arrows, and the cloud of arrows roared down towards Yu Zhongwen's troops. .
However, the army led by Yu Zhongwen was not just the Xi tribe's army in leather armor, but Sui soldiers wearing armor. They also expected that the enemy soldiers would fire arrows at them, so at the beginning of the charge, they did not increase the speed of their horses to the fastest, but went directly beyond the enemy's range. The speed suddenly increased, and the soldiers also squatted on the back of the horse, using the armor on their backs to block arrows for themselves and the horses under their hips.
When the arrow rain crossed a "parabola" and "spread" downward, Yu Zhongwen personally led 500 soldiers and threw the arrow rain behind him.
Although the soldiers behind were hit by arrows one after another, the arrows bounced away from the armor on their backs. Although some arrows missed and penetrated into the body through the gaps in the armor, no fatal injuries were caused, and they were still able to fight. ; Only a very small number of soldiers' horses were hit in vital parts. The painful horses fell to the ground and threw their owners away. Some of the horses of the soldiers who came after them were tripped, and both the people and the horses were hit by the cavalry who followed. Trampled into pulp.
Fortunately, this army was small in number and the charge formation was relatively scattered, so no major casualties were caused.
When the Goguryeo soldiers were preparing to fire the second or third round of arrows, Yu Zhongwen led his soldiers and successfully rushed to the front of the Goguryeo cavalry and archers, and launched a fierce attack.
The Sui army arrived so quickly that most of the Goguryeo soldiers deployed in the front had no time to change their weapons, and were immediately killed in chaos.
Although Yu Zhongwen is sixty-three years old, as Yi Bao said to generals such as Hu Lujin and Wen Guang before, in addition to being good at using troops, he can still win the rank of general among thousands of armies. The warrior. When Yuchijiong rebelled, he personally led his elite troops to defeat the rebel generals Tan Rang, Xi Piluo, Li Zhongkang, and Fang Jin, who had more than 100,000 troops.
His combat method is like this now, leading an elite division to attack the enemy's center; this method itself does not have much "technical" content; as long as you want to take him down and kill him, you can solve the problem, but there are so many problems In the battle, there were so many people, but no one could take him down or kill him. These battle examples are enough to show that Yu Zhongwen's martial arts and courage are extraordinary.
Although Yu Zhongwen was past the peak of his life at this time, both physical strength and energy were far inferior to those before; but the amazing explosive power bursting out at this moment made him still the unstoppable Yu Zhongwen in a short period of time.
What is more interesting is what Yibao said when he was in Momi City: "Yu Zhongwen is a famous commander who uses his troops like a god. He is by no means a brave and reckless person. You must not be careless." However, when the matter came to an end, his central army and personal soldiers were killed in pieces by the "brave and reckless" Yu Zhongwen, and they were killed one after another.
Hundreds of fierce soldiers, led by Yu Zhongwen, broke into the enemy's defense circle. Wherever they passed, the Goguryeo army died when they were next to each other. The formation was torn to pieces.
The sky was getting brighter, and the battlefield was filled with cries and screams. Goguryeo soldiers were killed with heads rolling in their heads, blood flowed into rivers, and corpses were everywhere. The soldiers saw that they were unable to do anything, and their bravery was dashed by the endless cavalry. The smoke disappeared. At this time, escape was their only thought, so they scrambled to turn around and fled south.
The wilderness is full of fleeing soldiers, but how can the infantry escape the cavalry? Soon the Xi cavalry who were chasing him stabbed his body with a spear from the back and nailed him to the ground alive.
At this moment, Yibao knew that this army was finished. Seeing the Yu Zi Zhanqi getting closer and closer, he could no longer care about the main army. Leading the cavalry who had not yet fallen into the battlefield to avoid the blazing fire, a group of people turned their horses and fled to the southeast.
"Yi Bao wants to run away. General He Bike, you will lead the main force to annihilate the enemy's skirmishers. Mutor and I will give chase." When Yu Zhongwen saw the enemy's flag move, he knew that Yi Bao was about to escape. He quickly handed over the battlefield to He Bike, the chief of the Yuanqizhe tribe of the Xi tribe, and he and Mutor, the chief of the Aoshu tribe, gathered thousands of horse archers who were wandering outside and gave chase.
In order to deceive Yibao, the shrinking tortoise, out of the city, Yu Zhongwen listened to Gai Wenda's suggestion and actually gave the order to the defenders of Duofuyue City, "The war ahead is urgent and the troops should withdraw immediately." There was chaos.
The main reason for doing this is that most of the people in Duoba Yuecheng are Goguryeo people. Although these people have long been classified as people from Mozhou in the Great Sui Dynasty, there must be a large number of Goguryeo army's eyes, ears, scouts, and agents among them. If he had not deceived his own people, the performance of the defenders in the city would not have been concealed from the enemy scouts. However, this move also carries a huge risk and is easily attacked by enemy forces.
They finally deceived Yi Bao, and now they were sure of victory. How could Yu Zhongwen let Yi Bao, the coach, escape back and continue to take charge of the overall situation?
In an instant, two cavalrymen were running wildly, one behind the other.
Yu Zhongwen's army was waiting for work, and his horses were fully rested, and they were very energetic. Although Yibao's cavalry came on a long march, they had to take into account the speed of the infantry and maintain the combat effectiveness of the entire army. Therefore, when they went north, the marching speed was not very fast, and the horse power was not high. How much is consumed.
At this time, the Goguryeo army had the advantage of escaping first, keeping a safe distance between the two sides. However, when the Goguryeo army marched north, the horses had to walk for a long time, and their physical strength was not as good as that of the Sui army's horses. One after another, they ran at full speed for about half an hour, and the distance between the two sides gradually became closer.
In order to avoid being blocked by the defeated army, the Yibao Army did not return along the original road. Instead, they walked more than ten miles southeast and then changed their route to the south.
When the sky got bright, they had already entered the jurisdiction of Momi City, and the flag floating over the walls of Momi City also appeared on the distant horizon.
"Boom~" At this moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and smoke and dust were billowing in the direction of Momi City. A large number of cavalry were flying towards this direction under the flag of Goguryeo.
The Yibao Army was so frightened that they quickly pulled the reins and ran two miles to the side. When they saw that the Sui Army pursuers behind them had also stopped, they were so frightened that they looked ahead carefully.
Soon, the ushering army also slowed down their horses and slowly approached Yi Bao. A group of cavalry came out with a flag, and the leading general shouted from a distance: "Is this General B ahead?"
Yi Bao recognized the general opposite as his deputy Hu Lujin and heard his voice. The thousands of cavalry he led were the defenders of Momi City.
Looking at these soldiers and horses, he was overjoyed. The scouts and patrols must have seen the thick smoke from their burning baggage, so they notified Hu Lujin to lead his troops to come for reinforcements.
Seeing that the Sui army had stopped moving forward again, he laughed wildly and led his army to meet Hulu Jin. As he walked, he smiled and said: "General Hulu, please quickly lead my army to cover up the enemy!"
Hu Lujin smiled coldly and shouted loudly: "Yi Bao, you don't understand the general trend, you are stubborn and insist on your own way, causing 15,000 of my Liaodong children to be sacrificed by Gao Yuan. You really deserve to die."
Yibao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but then he thought of the surrender posture they had shown before, and shouted in horror: "Hu Lujin, what do you want to do?"
Hu Lujin snorted: "Arrow!"
In an instant, six thousand cavalrymen shot out arrows like rain, and the arrows rained down from the sky like migratory locusts, one wave after another.
Yi Bao and his more than a thousand unsuspecting cavalry, men and horses were shot like hedgehogs.
The pursuers led by Yu Zhongwen saw that the familiar duck was about to fly away from their eyes, and they were extremely unwilling to accept it. However, the sudden changes and internal strife in Goguryeo in front of them made them stunned.
Yu Zhongwen was also startled by this, but then he seemed to understand something.
After a while, the Goguryeo army threw down their flags, the soldiers dismounted one after another, and more than a hundred people came on foot with white flags.
When the group of people came closer, Yu Zhongwen actually saw Gavinda in the crowd.
The mission of Gaiwenda and Dujibian, the chief of the Duji tribe, in this battle was to lead 10,000 troops southward to convince Yibao that the 30,000 Sui troops had retreated. Once Yibao led his army out of the city to fight, they returned to capture Momi City.
When Hu Lujin saw them appearing, he realized that Yi Bao had fallen into the trap, and this time there was definitely no return.
Hu Lujin knew that the war in the north was over. Under Gai Wenda's persuasion, he surrendered without hesitation. The operation in front of him was Hu Lujin's pledge of allegiance to the Sui Dynasty.
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After learning what happened and Hu Lujin's life experience from Gai Wenda, Yu Zhongwen was overjoyed. He turned over and dismounted, strode to help Hu Lujin who was lying on the ground to surrender, patted his shoulder and said : "General Hu Lu doesn't need to be polite. The general is able to abandon the darkness and turn to the light and return to the Central Plains. I believe in the spirit of Mingyue Gong in the sky, and I am proud of the general's choice."
When Hu Luguang was killed, Yu Zhongwen was already a 28-year-old young man. He was already a rising star at the time, and he was also a general beside Wei Xiaokuan; he knew the causes and consequences of the murder of the Hu Lugu family.
At that time, although he hated Hu Luguang, the military god and war god of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he hated Hu Luguang with all his heart. However, times have changed. Not only did the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was defeated by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, perished, but the victorious Northern Zhou Dynasty no longer existed. This also made him hate Hu Luguang. Luguang's hatred has turned into admiration and admiration over the long years. Now when he meets the descendants of Hu Luguang, they will naturally not maliciously create difficulties.
Hu Lujin bowed and said: "I will serve the enemy country and lose my grandfather's face and glory. I will not be able to deserve the praise of the general manager!"
Yu Zhongwen said with deep emotion: "Ming Yue Gong was a hero of his generation, but he was killed by Gao Wei, the fatuous empress of Qi. The Hulu clan was almost killed. Recalling Mingyue Gong's heroic appearance at that time, it is really unbearable. Sad.”
After a pause, he said to Hu Lujin: "Your experience is also the experience of many people, and it is also the helplessness of many people. Your ability to return to the Central Plains in time not only did not tarnish the reputation of Duke Mingyue, but also made a great contribution. The imperial court will not I’ve treated you badly.”
"Thank you, Manager Yu." Hu Lujin was most afraid of being liquidated. After hearing Yu Zhongwen's words, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Can you persuade the defenders of Maigu City to surrender?" Yu Zhongwen asked.
"General Manager Yu, in fact, the soldiers of the Second City have no fighting spirit. If Yi Bao had not insisted on his own way, General Sin and others would have surrendered to the city yesterday. Now that Yi Bao has been defeated and executed, the defenders of the Second City have no fighting spirit at all." Hu Lujin introduced this point and said: "As long as the commander-in-chief orders, the guilty general is willing to go to Maigu City to demonstrate his righteousness and persuade the defenders to surrender."
"Okay!" Yu Zhongwen nodded and said, "If you persuade the Maigu City defenders to surrender again, I will take credit for you."
"Thank you, manager." Hu Lujin was overjoyed.
Yibao and Wenguang have both been killed, and he is the leader of the two cities. At this time, Momi City has been controlled by Dujibian, and what else can the five thousand defenders of Maigu City do besides surrender?
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As Hu Lujin expected, when he led his army into Maigu City, the defenders heard the news that Yi Bao had been defeated and surrendered without hesitation.
Yu Zhongwen immediately ordered Du Jibian and Gai Wenda to lead five thousand troops to clean the battlefield, and at the same time asked them to surrender their troops in accordance with the procedures for surrender in wartime. If the surrendered troops are willing to continue to serve in the army, they will be incorporated into the Sui army. , if the surrendered soldiers do not want to join the army, their weapons and equipment will be confiscated and sent home. At the same time, a messenger was sent to deliver the good news to Yuwenshu, who was in charge of the rear area, and asked him to take over all rear affairs.
After arranging the follow-up matters, Yu Zhongwen personally led 22,000 soldiers of the Xi clan army and 8,000 direct troops of Hulu and Jin in the afternoon to continue southward towards Cangyan City where Yang Ji was located.
At the same time, 25,000 Jizhou troops led by Li Jing also crossed the Liao River in the area of later Tieling City and rushed to the aid of Cangyan City in a forced march. Accompanying Li Jing were the 10,000 Mozhou Army led by Pei Ju and Cui Hongsheng, and the 10,000 original Goguryeo Army of Changtu City who were willing to fight with the Sui Army.
In addition, Zong Luohu and Xue Wanjun had successfully annihilated the remaining forces of Xi Zhong who had brought disaster to Raole County. Following Yang Ji's previous order, the two of them marched to Huanglong County with an army of 6,000 prisoners and crossed over via a floating bridge. Liao Shui arrived at Changtu City, and then marched south along the march route of Pei Ju and Cui Hongsheng.
The destination of each army is Cangyan City where the head coach of the Eastern Route Army Yang Ji is located.
In addition to the troops from all walks of life who are about to enter or are half-entering, Yang Shanhui and Wei Yunqi are worried that they will miss the upcoming decisive battle in the south. They are also seizing the time to raid the small and medium-sized cities in the north that have not yet been taken.
