"What did you say?!" Hudar stood up directly from where he was, but before he could wait for the guard to speak, he pushed him away and walked towards the door.
As soon as Hudar went out, he saw several generals under his command rushing towards this direction. Hudar did not say anything, but directly said loudly: "Order all troops to assemble quickly! I will go to the city wall first."
After speaking, Hudar ran directly to the city wall next to him. The house he lived in yesterday was not very far from the city wall, so he didn't need to ride a horse. There was no horse trail on the city wall of this town, allowing him to ride directly onto the city wall.
When Hudar rushed up to the city wall, he immediately saw the densely packed banners of the Tang Dynasty in the distance. The bright red flags of the Tang Dynasty were still very conspicuous in this valley!
The point is, when Hudar looked up, he could see that the Tang army was surrounding them from all directions, and the soldiers at the front of the four canyons were holding tall and neat shields!
Hudar was stunned when he saw this scene. Where did these Tang troops come from? And this number is obviously not just the 20,000 cavalry, this number is at least 60,000! Otherwise, it would be impossible to surround them directly.
Hudar suddenly thought of a terrible idea. Could it be that...Liaodong City has fallen? Otherwise, it would be impossible for Datang's army to arrive here anyway.
impossible! Absolutely impossible!
Hudar subconsciously wanted to throw this thought out of his mind. He knew very well that if Liaodong City fell, he would not dare to think about the consequences.
But... Datang's army has already appeared here, and it's useless to think about it at this time.
Hudar forced himself to collect his mind, and then began to issue a series of orders. First, he asked the cavalry to withdraw and organize their formation, and then directly organize their formation in the city. This way the enemy cannot see what they are planning to do next.
If there is an opportunity, it is also possible to directly use the cavalry to break through the formation.
The second step is to quickly have all the infantry begin to surround the city and line up in a certain formation. A large amount of baggage, food and grass will be transported to the city first, but the carriages and others will stay on the outside to prepare to serve as the first line of defense.
Standing on the city wall, Hudar quickly realized one thing. This small city cannot accommodate 60,000 people. It is impossible for 60,000 people to crowd into the city, right? That doesn't make any sense.
Not to mention that they still have more than 30,000 war horses. Just putting these horses in the city would take up a huge area. There are many houses in the city. They don't have time to bulldoze all the houses now.
But there will be a problem, that is, some soldiers are inside the city and some are outside the city. The soldiers outside the city will feel abandoned.
How could such combat effectiveness be so high?
Moreover, if he, the general, leaves the city, the soldiers from the other three directions will not be able to see him.
At this time, Hudar had already understood that the Tang Dynasty had probably laid an ambush for a long time. The previous cavalry of the Tang Dynasty had just created an illusion for them, allowing them to move in this direction without any psychological burden.
After all, when your enemies appear in front of you all the time, you will obviously ignore that more enemies will suddenly arrive.
But it was too late to say this now. Hudar did not leave the city. Instead, he asked the soldiers next to him to quickly place the entire flag on the highest tower of the small town. In this case, all the soldiers from all directions could see it. to this flag.
Goguryeo's messengers were constantly running around, quickly delivering Hudar's orders to all the armies.
But soon, Hudar discovered that the Tang army had no intention of attacking at all, or in other words, they did not intend to take advantage of the chaos to attack, but were slowly advancing from all directions!
Although there are enemies everywhere you look, theoretically speaking, the Tang army at this period should not be surrounded in all directions, which means that they still have some weak points.
But he can't see it! And the current chaos of the Goguryeo army is not the best time to break out. If you really want to break out, you can only lead a surprise attack with 30,000 cavalry. But if you can't make a surprise attack, the result is already doomed.
Hudar gritted his teeth. He did not choose to break out. He wanted to see why the Tang Dynasty thought they could swallow his 60,000 troops! Even if they really wanted to eat his 60,000 troops, Hudar would still have to let the Tang army give up their teeth.
Various horn sounds resounded throughout the battlefield, and Hudar understood that this was the enemy adjusting their formation through the horns. Goguryeo's army was also rapidly gathering into square formations. The materials that were to be transported to the back were quickly transported to the back, while the carriages were quickly formed into horse-drawn carriages and piled up in front of the formation.
This reduces their defensive area.
He had been observing on the city wall, but the more he observed, the more silent Hudar became, because the army of the Tang Dynasty was so neat! What's even more frightening is that Hudar has not seen any soldiers wearing leather armor among the Tang army that is now exposed in the mountains and plains! All soldiers are wearing full body armor!
And they all have shields at the front! And in the back, Hudar also saw a variety of ballistas and archers from the Tang Dynasty, too many! There are so many that it makes one's scalp numb, and this elite army is surrounding them from all directions with a sense of oppression!
Surround them all in the middle!
The small town of Tongyang Castle is close to the peak in the northwest, and is the closest to the peak. Looking back, although the peak is covered with woods, Hudar can already vaguely see densely packed soldiers in the woods.
This meant that there were more soldiers in Datang than he had imagined!
How terrifying was the Tang army, all of which were heavily armored? Hudar knew better than anyone else that although he was commanding 60,000 elites this time, only 40,000 of the 60,000 elites could wear heavy armor, and the remaining 20,000 had only leather armor.
A considerable part of these heavy armors are still in an old state, and among the 40,000 heavy armors, nearly 30,000 are heavy cavalry! But these heavy cavalry don't have much use at this moment.
How should the surrounded heavy cavalry advance?
Cavalry raids are not omnipotent. Hudar knew this very well, because he had seen the dense forest of spears in the hands of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Those spearmen were enough to make any heavy cavalry die in front of them.
Even if their cavalry charges desperately, they may only be able to break away from the enemy's formation for a short time.
