"Hiss!"
Dazzling fireworks shot into the night sky with an ear-piercing sound. They pierced through the clouds and exploded into a dream-like umbrella-shaped pattern. Although the fireworks were beautiful, they were a sign of death.
After the Tang army saw the signal, everyone jumped out of hiding. Under the flashing lights of the fireworks, the black Tang army was like a hungry wolf. Everyone's eyes were as calm as death, ferocious and terrifying.
" Great Tang, Great Tang, Great Tang…" It was as if an ancient beast that had been trapped for ten thousand years had been released. The hundred thousand soldiers of the Great Tang roared like silver wolves on a full moon.
Like a tidal wave, it swept towards the Goguryeon vanguard camp, wanting to crush the Goguryeon camp that was blocking its path.
Unmovable like a mountain, aggressive like fire, swift like a forest, as swift as the wind!!!
This was the momentum of the Tang army. A mountain, a wall, although slow, but firm! This was how they were going to press down on the Goguryeon camp!
Gao Huizhen, who was unable to sleep at night in the camp, was awakened by the sudden earth-shattering roar. She felt as if her chest was blocked! After Li Zhi's sneak attack, Gao Huizhen was often woken up from her dreams. She was extremely sensitive to the sneak attacks of the army in the night. When she heard the sounds of killing, the uneasiness in her heart was so strong that she rushed out of the camp barefooted without putting on her shoes.
In the depths of the night, the Great Tang expeditionary army was marching toward the Goguryeo camp in a black line…What…was going on? Didn't the Great Tang envoy come today to ask for peace? Why was this happening? Obviously, Gao Huizhen could not accept all this. He drew his sword and pointed it at the surging Tang army."My sons…for our future, for the fate of Goguryeo…kill…"
" Wululuo…Wuluo…" The Goguryeons roared as they charged.
One weapon after another was revealed. Some of the Goguryeons used standard swords and sabers, while others used spears, halberds, and even iron clubs! It could be considered the most primitive prototype of the spiked club.
The cudgel was actually very popular among the weapons of the north. As long as one had the strength, they could use it. No matter what weapon they used, even if it was the excellent broadsword of the Great Tang, they could still win in one blow.
If I can't smash your weapon, I'll smash your head. Even if I can't smash your head, I'll break your wrist!
Most of them did not mount their warhorses, but instead charged at the Tang army! At this time, arrows were unnecessary. The Goguryeon soldiers could clearly see that the Great Tang army's armor was too good. Although it was not as monstrous as the Dragon Riders, their bows were too inferior. When they got close, it would be better for them to charge forward and kill. As for using bows and arrows, there was no need for that. It was still inconvenient!
Besides, he should save the iron arrowheads if he could. He still had to live in the future! The Goguryeons were poor, and they couldn't bear to use up their accumulated arrowheads like this! But at this moment…
With a long horn sound, the Great Tang sword-shield soldiers who were about to charge at the camp gates immediately halted their charge. While the Goguryeons were still confused, they all crouched down and hid behind their shields.
"Whoosh!"
A sharp gust of wind suddenly came from the sky, and a Goguryeon soldier raised his head, his mouth agape in fear.
The black bolts completely covered the moon, and only a faint ray of moonlight could be seen struggling to escape. The Goguryeon soldiers caught it from the corner of their eyes, and the ground that was originally bathed in the cold moonlight suddenly darkened, as if the sky had been taken away.
The Great Tang began to shoot arrows, no, ballista bolts.
Ballistae after crossbow shot out from the rear of the Great Tang army. These were the crossbow formations that Li Jing had specially prepared for the Goguryeon army.
In the past, the Tang army's crossbows were all hand-held by one person to facilitate shooting on the battlefield, but now, they were all standard crossbows modified by gears. For this batch of mass-produced crossbows, Li Zhi was ruthlessly exploited by his old man, causing Li Zhi's heart to ache for more than a month. There was nothing he could do about it. The nearly ten thousand giant crossbows required two people to work together. Although they were not as exaggerated as the Qin crossbows, which were said to be able to break through the city walls, they were much lighter and more convenient. They could equip the army on a large scale.
Did they really think that the Tang army's countless military expenses were wasted? The enormous power produced by the application of civilization in reality was far from what the barbaric and ignorant Koreans could compare to! The rain of arrows was just like Zhang Yimou's movie, Hero. They covered the sky and rained down on the Goguryeon army. The camp gates had yet to be breached, but the Goguryeons were being bombarded by the crossbows!
Those who were hit by the arrows fell down immediately. Some of them were shot by the rain of arrows in the blink of an eye. Their mothers could not even recognize them. They were like a hornet's nest.
There were also a few who fell down with their horses. Similarly, their mothers would not be able to recognize their faces!
In the face of the terrifying ballistae of the Great Tang, the ballista tactics of the Great Tang were so perverse that it made one's hair stand on end.
It was like comparing an RPK with a Xiaomi rifle. It was obvious who was at a disadvantage. The Tang army's attack was obviously the Soviet Union attacking Japan. They were bullying you because your weapons were not automated!
The Goguryeons had suffered heavy losses from such a blow. In order to get into close combat as soon as possible, they decided to open the camp gates themselves and charge at the Tang army!
If the Goguryeons were to charge over and kill a thousand enemies while suffering eight hundred losses, Gaesomun's reinforcements would arrive, and the situation would take a turn for the worse.
However, Li Jing had already made countless plans for this. The Tang army dared to use infantry as the main force to attack you because they thought of this!
After a series of short bullhorns sounded, hundreds of messengers of the Tower Shield Formation responded immediately and shouted in unison after receiving the message from the bullhorns.
Dull footsteps echoed across the battlefield as a thousand men walked out of the Tang army. Each of them was more than 1.8 meters tall and carried a tower shield on their back. They charged forward, and with a boom, the thousand-faced tower shield slammed into the ground, causing the earth to quake.
The tower shield was also known as the giant shield. In history, the Roman legion used it to form a tortoise formation. Spartan warriors and Zulu also used it. Both sides of the Troy War frequently used this one-person-tall shield. There was a belt on the back of the tower shield, which could be worn on the shoulder, allowing the whole person to hide behind it. This shield was so huge that it affected his movement. If he retreated, he would have to abandon it. The Spartans once said,"Triumph with my shield, or come back lying on it."”
Obviously, this tower shield was Li Zhi's masterpiece. Li Zhi had even improved it on a whim.
That was to add a support behind the tower shield. This way, the soldiers in the first row could support their shields on the ground and hide behind them. This way, when the horses pressed down, there would be a buffer. It would be impossible to crush them to death in an instant. At most, they would break a few bones. How could they die so easily?
These tower shields were specially transported over by Li Jing from the rear after he had gained a better understanding of the Goguryeon army's strength. He was using them to stall Gao Huizhen for a few days.
After going through a detailed battle formation rehearsal, Li Jing had already grasped this tactic. Now, he was using it immediately! Tower shields were erected! The Goguryeons charged forward without a care in the world, jumping into the enemy's body.
The tower shields were immediately knocked back by the Goguryeon army, but that was all it took! As the Tang army had drawn up their formation, sinister spears pierced through the gaps of the tower shields with rotating points. After stabbing, they twisted their wrists and pulled out with blood and screams.
Blood…instantly dyed the black earth red!
" Kill..." The Tang army roared and began to fight back. As the tower shields pressed forward, the spears in the gaps between the shields moved faster and faster. On the other hand, the Tang soldiers began to freely slaughter the Goguryeon army, determined to block them at the camp gates. This way, the Goguryeon army would not be able to spread out, and they could only use the tactic of adding fuel.
At this moment, with the shields, the Tang army's fighting strength was raised, and they waved their sabers to fight.
As for the horizontal saber, one should not underestimate the Tang's horizontal saber. The length of the horizontal saber was not a problem, but its insidious and practical use was the most important.
The broadsword was not easily broken and could be used as a knife. The Great Tang prefectural soldiers used this broadsword to cut off the limbs and heads of the Goguryeons. The Tang soldiers in the second row behind threw their javelins! This time, the Goguryeons were in trouble. Seeing how good this tactic was, the Tang army once again gave the order and threw out their javelins. As a result, the Goguryeons 'fighting strength dropped by another level.
The Goguryeons were beginning to fall. Their weapons could hardly hurt the Tang soldiers protected by their tower shields and armor, but the Tang soldiers 'weapons could still hit them. Moreover, the Tang soldiers' long-range attacks were still continuing in a seemingly weak but steady manner!
After all, the Goguryeons had suffered over 7,000 casualties in this attack! This was an absolutely ridiculous number! This number indicated that the Goguryeon soldiers at the forefront of the assault on the Great Tang infantry formation were all dead. There were also a large number of injured people! When the people behind saw the tragic situation in front of them and the continuous attacks behind them, how could they still have any combat strength to speak of?
" Flanking, pincer attack from the front and back." At some point in time, the sound of bull horns rang out once again. It was another change.
Although the cavalry of the Tang army was integrated with the infantry, it was completely independent of the infantry in battle! It could be said that the Tang army had created the most outstanding example of infantry and cavalry fighting together! The tactics of the Tang army were full of aggressiveness.
This was completely different from the way other armies in history used infantry as tools to defend against cavalry. This also fully demonstrated that the Tang army had a high-level initiative to attack!
The cavalry from both flanks charged forward, shaking the earth as they tore through the flanks of the Goguryeon camp.
" Cavalry, cavalry, cavalry!" A series of muffled roars echoed throughout the battlefield. It was a unique sound that no one could overshadow. It sounded like a demonic sound that came from Asura's hell.
"Heavens, it's the Dragon Riders again! Run! Run!"
The fierce slaughter and the prestige of the Dragon Riders caused the Goguryeon soldiers to turn around and run back to the camp.
Seeing that the Dragon Cavalry had such a great power, the other Tang soldiers marched forward courageously, not letting the Dragon Cavalry take the lead.
The Tang army was like a few sharp knives stabbing into the Korean military camp from all directions. Gao Yanshou's subordinates couldn't receive the commander's orders in time, so they could only bite the bullet and fight on their own.
150,000 people instantly became 150,000 headless flies. Under the fierce attack of the Tang army, the Korean army, which was caught off guard, finally began to collapse.
In the main tent, Gao Huizhen was frantically gathering the army to meet the enemy. Even though his voice was hoarse, he did not notice anything.
In fact, Gao Huizhen could not be blamed for this. Ever since she was ambushed by the Tang army, Gao Huizhen had been confused. In addition, she did not know how many troops the Tang army had and what their intentions were.
Gao Huizhen also tried to divide her forces to defend, but the camp was forty miles long and unprepared before the battle. Therefore, she did not have time to issue different orders to the 150,000 soldiers.
At this moment, Gao Huizhen's deputy general saw the commander panic. Although he was angry and hateful, he still went forward and said,"General, general, let's quickly retreat. Our Goguryeon can't afford such a consumption.”
Hearing the deputy general say retreat, Gao Huizhen's breathing suddenly stopped. Her heart was unusually bitter, and she no longer roared.
In other words, our Goguryeons cannot afford to lose such a battle. They were the best soldiers of Goguryeo, the youngest and most valiant of the young. Every death of one of them represented a drop in the strength of the Goguryeons! If these people died, it meant that nearly 150,000 Goguryeons had lost their loved ones! Such a blow was too great!
After coming to her senses, Gao Huizhen swallowed the sadness in her heart and shouted with tears in her eyes,"" Retreat! All of you retreat!"
It had to be said that Gao Huizhen's order was carried out the fastest and most thoroughly. Upon hearing the order to retreat, countless Goguryeon soldiers swarmed into the camp and scattered.
But as soon as they retreated, the Tang army stood up.
One by one, the Great Tang soldiers crawled out from the corpses of the Goguryeons. In the short distance battle just now, nearly a thousand Great Tang soldiers had died, but they still stood up and continued to fight. The morale of the Goguryeons had been completely destroyed by that single explosion. This sounded ridiculous, but it was true. The vassal states were always like this. When they fought, they fought one against ten and were unstoppable. However, when they were defeated, they were instantly defeated!
Although Goguryeo was a country, its soldiers did not have the same clear discipline as the Great Tang army. They did not have complete laws, or even if they did, they were insignificant. Compared to the Great Tang, Goguryeo only had oppression.
Their soldiers were basically led by the warriors at the front, and Goguryeo was a classic example of the era of cold weapon warriors.
The Great Tang had long since entered an era of strategic planning. Comparing the two, the outcome was obvious. No matter how brave Lu Bu was, what could he do? He was actually inferior to Gao Shun and Zhang Liao! So what if Xiang Yu was awesome? Han Xin, the husband of his stepmother, could also force him to commit suicide on the Wu River! I won't let you leave your corpse intact! Brute force was not the only thing that mattered in a war. Ouyang Feng's martial arts skills were so high, but he was still captured by Huang Rong!
Back then, Sun Wu had led 30,000 Wu troops to attack the Chu Kingdom's Ying Kingdom. It could be said that he had destroyed the Chu Kingdom. However, Sun Wu was not a match for 10,000 people. In fact, his martial arts could only be said to be average, but the martial artists he trained were invincible. This was cooperation.
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were only so many heroes and valiant generals. This was actually not normal because the method of coordination between soldiers and formations had long been lost. They could only rely on the bravery of the valiant generals to raise the morale of the army. Often, when a general was defeated, the army would scatter and flee in panic. Such an army could not be considered elite.
If they were to fight the Tang army in the tribal style, they would only be taking advantage of a weak minority like Shiwei!
Saying that the northern minorities were powerful was bullying others and themselves! Every time after he unified the world, the Central Plains Dynasty would put their weapons in the warehouse and let go of their horses. He would give them a little advantage only after he put down his martial arts heart.
As long as the Central Plains pulled themselves together a little, they would immediately teach them a lesson! Huo Qubing's 100 cavalry defeated 1,000 cavalry, and 10,000 cavalry were sealed as wolves in Xu! With Ran Min's order, millions of Hu slaves would die! There was also Yue Wumu, who led his army to eat people in a fair and square manner. He ate so much that the Jin Kingdom almost lost the Central Plains!
If it wasn't for the mysterious death of Zhao Kuangyin, the Song Taizu, he would have recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun that Shi Jingtang had given away.
The Song Dynasty did not have a large number of cavalry and could only rely on infantry to block the enemy. Even so, looking at the entire Song Dynasty, the victory rate of foreign wars reached 60%. Some historians analyzed that if this victory rate was less than 60%, the Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago.
It was said that the Mengyuan were invincible in riding and archery. Later on, during the Song Dynasty's fall, the fighting strength of Kublai Khan's army had begun to decline greatly. It was only by relying on many Han Chinese soldiers who had surrendered that the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed.
There was also that Ming Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was the same as Liu Bang. He was petty, selfish, greedy, lecherous, ungrateful, mean, and ungrateful. However, even such a beggar still led a group of beggars with a bamboo pole and beat Meng Yuan up!
He was the first person in the history of the Celestial Dynasty to become an emperor by expelling the foreign races.
In fact, the minorities in the north had never been strong! As long as the Central Plains didn't care about Confucianism! At any time, as long as the Central Plains did not care about Confucianism, benevolence, and righteousness, the army of the Central Plains could beat them up like dogs!
The biggest group of traitors in the Celestial Empire were the Confucians. The most scoundrels were the Confucians, the most shameless were the Confucians, the most perverted were the Confucians, the most spineless were the Confucians, and the ones who were best at internal strife were the Confucians!
Perhaps the original Confucian culture was not like this, but just like the poppy flower, although it was originally used to make medicine, it could not cover up the nature of its poison. Confucian culture was undoubtedly good for enlightening children, but when used to govern the country, it could only produce the words of "better to be friends than slaves","measure the material resources of China and make the country happy", and "use loyalty as armor and etiquette as a shield" to resist foreign aggression.
Fortunately, Li Zhi had come to this era, so it was still not too late. The glory of the Han and Tang dynasties should be the true heritage of this nation.
"Kill!" Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and the other generals were furious!
Although they knew that victory was inevitable against such an opponent, when all of this was presented in front of him, they were still so excited that they couldn't control themselves! Victory in war was the best reward for soldiers.
Only then would the Tang Expeditionary Army be worthy of its name! Conquering, not only did they have to submit to their spirits, but they also had to submit to their bodies.
One by one, the rolling East Goguryeons were stabbed to death by the approaching Great Tang soldiers!
They stepped on the corpses and moved forward, forward, and forward again! " Stride forward and assassinate!!"
The Tang army advanced like a wall, but when the speed of the attack increased, it formed waves. Because the ones who directly commanded the frontline troops were the halberd commanders and vice captains, they only needed to give orders to their troops and then take care of their left and right.
Some of them were a little faster, while others were a little slower. However, this kind of wave was good for attacking. And this commanding method from the halberd commander was extremely flexible.
There was nothing more powerful than this method! The Great Tang army was like this, taking large strides forward, forming a wave that crashed down on Goguryeo like a tsunami!
The halberd commanders all gave out orders loudly. They pointed their spears and brandished their sabers as they charged forward with large strides. The moon moved further and further west, and the moonlight was even more unobstructed on the plains. At this moment, the Goguryeon army gave another order."Retreat, retreat, regroup and fight again!”
Yes, it was time to withdraw the troops and reorganize the army. At this moment, it was clear that the Great Tang Army could maintain its complete army, but Goguryeo was in complete chaos. A large number of elite soldiers had died in the assault, and the rest had become headless flies.
Some of the Goguryeons wanted to counterattack and gain some advantage, while others only wanted to flee and had no intention of fighting!
In such a chaotic situation, the only outcome for them against the Tang army was death! Corpses fell to the ground one by one. Many soldiers cut open their own people in order to run, and some fell to their horses while running.
Screams and roars were a mess.
When the army became like this, even if Gao Hui was really a pig, he knew that if he continued like this, he would not be fighting with the Tang army, but courting death! Therefore, he gave such an order without any regard for anything else. If this order was given, the army would become even more chaotic, but he had no choice.
Gao Huizhen was truly pitiful. He did not know that reorganizing and assembling an army on a battlefield was a technical task in the Central Plains. Even famous generals like Bai Qi and Li Mu could only rely on the unprecedented prestige they had accumulated bit by bit in the army to regroup their army and fight again…
This was even more difficult than persuading Tang Sanzang to renounce asceticism! The king of the Kingdom of Women was so beautiful and rich, but he couldn't persuade Tang Yudi to believe in Buddhism. What right did Gao Huizhen have to make his soldiers line up like the Tang army?
However…it didn't matter. As the Commander-in-Chief of the North of Goguryeo, it wouldn't be right if it ended so quickly. A broken ship still had three pounds of nails, but Gao Huizhen still had a group of guards in his hands! But…it was the word 'but'!
Although the Imperial Guards were called Imperial Guards, they were only Gao Huizhen's personal guards. They were Gao Huizhen's closest elite guards as the Commander-in-Chief of the North. However, they were still not qualified to create a miracle in war and a legend in the military!
Therefore, when they moved out, Li Jing, who was on the northern mountain and had a clear view of the military camp below, was furious! Damn it, you still want to mess with me? I'm afraid that not only are there cavalrymen, infantry, but also…heavy armored infantry!
The moonlight became even colder! The vast lands... the Vast Expanse!
In this period of battle, the Great Tang heavy infantry had already taken off their heavy armor from their carriages and donned it! Li Jing had ordered them to be transported to the front line in order to end the battle quickly!
This was a ten-thousand-man formation of heavy metal armored infantry, the trump card of the Great Tang-the Mo Saber Soldiers!
In this era, the Mo Saber Formation formed by the Mo Saber Soldiers of the Great Tang was like a heavy tank, a moving fortress that could kill anything. Infantry, cavalry, and other soldiers were nothing in front of the Mo Saber Formation.
No infantry could match up to the Mo Saber Soldiers. This was a symbol of the Great Tang's Mo Saber Army's invincibility!
When the Mo Saber Army entered the battlefield for the first time, the people of the world had experienced the indomitable spirit of the Mo Saber Army! That was amazing.
As usual, he wore heavy armor and wielded Mo Sabers. This time, the Mo Sabers were led by Li Yexu, Li Yesi, and Li Jingye. It was said that Li Yesi was the number one Mo Saber in the world. With a single slash, he could destroy a horse and a horse. The current Li Yesi had yet to truly develop such terrifying martial strength.
But geniuses were geniuses. There were not only differences in status, but also differences in talent. Although Li Yesi was young, he had already displayed the peerless bearing of the future number one Mo Swordsman. When he slashed horizontally, blood splattered everywhere. He was not inferior to Golden Fur Lion King!
"Mo Saber Formation…Mo Saber Formation…"
The Tang army roared. Everyone wanted to see the Mo Saber Formation advance like a wall, charging forward with an unstoppable momentum!
"Mo Saber, Mo Saber, Mo Saber…"
To the Tang soldiers, Mo machetemen were the stars of worship, just like how ordinary infantrymen of the future would worship an Air Force pilot with an F-22.
Then, the crowd's thoughts flared up, and everyone shouted together,"Mo Saber, Mo Saber, Mo Saber!"
The Goguryeon soldiers were terrified. Not only was the Mo Saber Formation famous throughout the Great Tang, but it was also famous throughout the surrounding vassal states…
However, it was too late! The defense line of the Tang Empire army was pushed aside, revealing a huge opening. Under the moonlight, the Mo Swordsman's silver Bright Light Kai, which only Tang generals wore, appeared…
The Mo Blade, a huge Mo Blade, stood up high, as if a punishment from the gods was about to descend upon the mortal world. The Mo Blade Hand and the heavy armored infantry were all made of metal from head to toe.
The Great Tang heavy soldier Mo Swordsman was not called a heavy soldier for nothing. It was called a waste of money, and now, although it was a waste of money, the effects were showing! Faced with such a group of mobile tanks and such invincible cold weapons, the Goguryeons were dumbfounded!
We're fighting a war, we're not here to be killed! This was the voice of all the Goguryeons! We want to fight, we don't want to fight so shamelessly, we can't bully people like this.
The Goguryeons were afraid, and the most obvious one was when a Goguryeon soldier said,"Don't kill me, my ancestors are Han people!"
Sigh, so what if there's a war? Why do you have to climb up the ranks? Your ancestors were Han Chinese. Who knows? So what if they knew? We Han people have never been soft-hearted when it comes to dealing with our own people.
This was like two immortals of the same level fighting each other. One had just taken out a flying sword, and the other had directly taken out the four Immortal Slaying Swords and slashed down! They were on completely different levels.
Goguryeo had been defeated in an instant, and Gao Huizhen was unable to see through Li Jing's Bewitching Formation. His mind was in a mess, and so his reaction was slow. If he was slow, he would be courting death. Amidst the rumbling sounds, the heavy Mo Saber Formation of the Great Tang continued to slash and slash, leaving a trail of blood and dust in its wake!
"Stop fighting, we surrender! Stop fighting, we surrender!"
The sounds of surrender spread further and further in the dark night, and the more people there were, the more people there were. Gradually, the sounds of surrender replaced the shouts of battle on the battlefield. They gathered in the air and did not dissipate for a long time.
" We won! Hooray! We won! Hooray!"
After a moment of silence, the Tang soldiers began to cheer wildly, gathering shockwaves that made the Goguryeon soldiers look even more ashamed.
Meanwhile, Gao Huizhen, who was standing behind the Goguryeon army, was kneeling on the ground and muttering,"We lost, hehe, we lost again, we were completely annihilated!"
The lovely dividing line.
Little demon dream-talked:" A pig's trotter is a cow. This is a cool story. Little demons don't like to abuse their masters. Of course, they will set up some failures at the back. Well, the battle is still going on. Our Master Xue Rengui is about to go on stage. We have to bury the pit in front."
Don't give me too little. The little demons will make the battle even more brutal. Love you for ten thousand years.
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