Chapter 137 Convergence

"I'm really a crow's mouth... Zhou Yafu and Li Guang deal with the enemy as soon as possible, and Hua Mulan leads the cavalry back to defense!"

Chutian always pays attention to the situation on the entire battlefield, and is shocked that after the arrival of the reinforcements from Goryeo, he ordered the most flexible Hua Mulan to make adjustments.

At this time, Hua Mulan led the light cavalry to attack the opponent's flank, slashing more than a dozen Goryeo soldiers in a row, and blood splattered on the Han Xuanjia.

When the messenger found her and asked her to return to defense, Hua Mulan rushed out with light cavalry and spread out to the south to block the reinforcements of Goryeo.

The besieged Goryeo lord held an iron sword, his hands were trembling, the combination of the Xiliu and Shesheng battalions was inexorable. Fleeing in the jungle, he can no longer take care of commanding the army.

"Our reinforcements from Korea have finally arrived!"

He was overjoyed when he saw the dusty southern canyon on the hillside, and a large number of Koryo cavalry appeared, holding the Koryo Taiji flag.

"The thieves, it's better to retreat for the time being."

Fang Xuanling roughly judged the opponent's strength through the sand and dust.

"retreat!"

Chu Tian clenched his fists. Originally, this battle might wipe out this Koryo army.

The reinforcements coming from the other side may be more than one lord, but the strength of two lords or three lords.

If you are not careful, you can turn victory into defeat at any time.

Chu Tianmingjin drew back his troops, Zhou Yafu gathered the Xiliu Battalion, Li Guang gathered the Shesheng Battalion, and regrouped.

There is also an invisible advantage of high-level arms, that is, strict military discipline, and can respond as soon as possible in emergency situations.

Hua Mulan stabbed immediately, and there were thousands of Koryo cavalry on the opposite side. She was blocked by her, and she did not dare to attack for a while.

On the opposite side came three Koryo lords, with a total of 6,000 soldiers and horses, including 1,900 cavalry!

Jeju Island in Korea is an important place for raising horses. Mongolians who were good at horse administration all raised horses in Jeju Island.

Therefore, the cavalry of Goryeo is definitely not many.

The three Koryo lords formed a coalition and arrived at the first time.

"There are only a few hundred cavalry on the opposite side. Let our cavalry kill them, and we will definitely win quickly."

"Two thousand to five hundred, how can we win."

"My general's force is 65 points higher, and it can kill enemy generals. Your cavalry is temporarily borrowed from me."

"Can."

The three lords negotiated quickly, and finally made a Goryeo general with a force of 65 points as the main cavalry general, and the other two cavalry generals as deputy generals.

Nearly 2,000 Koryo cavalry attacked Hua Mulan at the rear of the palace. Not only was Hua Mulan not afraid, she attacked with fewer cavalry than the opponent!

"Crazy! Did she think she was leading the Xuanjia cavalry of the Tang Dynasty!"

"Five hundred people attacking two thousand people, seeking death!"

The three Koryo lords thought that as long as they formed a charging camp, the other party would collapse due to the wavering of the army, but they did not expect that the other party would advance instead of retreating.

Two cavalry confrontation!

What Mulan used this time was not a ring knife, but a spear.

The Goryeo General on the opposite side was wearing iron armor and had a tall body, so he would never lose to a female class.

The spear stabbed at Hua Mulan, and was pushed aside with force by Hua Mulan, and the sharp spear used the inertia of the charge of the war horse to pierce the chest of General Goryeo!

Hua Mulan directly gave up the spear, pulled out the ring sword, and killed the Koryo cavalry behind!

In just one round, the proud cavalry commander of the Goryeo lord was killed by Hua Mulan.

"I... my military commander with a force of 65, I gave him the best weapons and iron armor, how could he be killed in one face..."

Lord Goryeo couldn't believe it.

After all, he is also a gold-level general, yet he has no sense of existence.

"It must be a historical military general in the Eastern Han region, and it is a very rare historical military general. If she is captured, she may be brought back to our country of Korea!"

"If you can't catch it alive, you'll kill it,

It will be a major loss to the Eastern Han District! "

Immediately, the Koryo lord realized that Hua Mulan might be a historical military general in the Eastern Han region and could not keep it.

"Beat the drums, capture the enemy generals, reward 300 taels! Kill enemy generals, reward 100 taels!"

The three Goryeo lords summed up a little and immediately ordered.

The Koryo cavalry, who was stimulated by the reward, was in high spirits and fought hard to surround Hua Mulan.

Hua Mulan led the cavalry to charge left and right among the Koryo cavalry.

Li Guang led the Shesheng Battalion to come to support in time and stabilize the front!

From the chief general Li Guang to the longbowmen of the Shesheng Battalion, they were all marksmen in a sense, and they began to use the longbow to collect the sharp Koryo cavalry.

One by one, the Koryo cavalry was shot, and the unarmored cavalry were either wounded or killed.

Seyyuying tried to go up and fight the Koryo cavalry who lost their mobility.

Once approached by the Xiryu battalion, the Koryo cavalry would lose their advantage.

The Goryeo infantry and crossbowmen saw that the situation was not good, and they made an offensive trend under the leadership of the lord.

The two sides vaguely have the idea of ​​a fight.

The scale of 8,000 people, excluding auxiliary soldiers, is already a big battle for a small civilization.

Two thousand to six thousand, Chutian can't judge whether he can win. Even if they barely win, the remaining troops may not be enough for the next decisive battle.

This is the first day of the three-month national war, and both sides have lost their temper.

The number of people is unfavorable, Chutian wants a truce temporarily, the other party has the initiative, but does not want to let Chutian leave.

Hua Mulan's troops broke out from the Goryeo cavalry, regrouped on the plain, and regrouped.

At this moment, a group of troops with the Chilong flag appeared behind the Chutian camp, and at the forefront was a group of infantry in heavy armor, numbering three hundred. This group of heavy infantry even had 300 pack horses, specially carrying heavy iron armor for them.

Without horses, heavy infantry could hardly move quickly at all.

Gong Ziwen, the lord of Dongjun, and his general Pang Juan led his troops to arrive in time. The Koryo lord noticed that the situation had changed, Mingjin withdrew his troops and gave up the idea of ​​destroying Chutian.

"How many people were lost in total?"

"176 cavalry killed and 109 wounded."

"The cavalry generals in the Eastern Han District are really scary, so the cavalry will bring us huge losses. The opposite must be one of the top lords in the Eastern Han District."

"Although the number of opponents is small, to destroy them, at least half of the troops will be lost."

"The legion commander is not here, we should save the lord who asked for help first and avoid confrontation with the troops in the Eastern Han District."

The lord of Goryeo gave a semaphore, and let the lord of Goryeo, who was hiding on the hillside and maimed by Chutian, lead the defeated troops to come down to meet.

The lord of Goryeo, who was almost killed in battle, saw his companions and hurried down the mountain to join them.

If it wasn't for the arrival of reinforcements, he would have been captured by the vicious suzerain lord.

This unfortunate lord counted the soldiers and horses around him, and there were only 5 or 6 hundred people left, and the rest were either killed or scattered and disappeared.

His cavalry was not completely wiped out by Hua Mulan, but escaped a lot, scattered on the battlefield, and would gradually return to the team in the future.

In order to hold back the opponent's main force, Hua Mulan did not have the energy to hunt down the opponent's deserters one by one.

"The other side's army is so strong, let's retreat for the time being."

After the four Koryo lords decided to take the light cavalry in the rear, most of them retreated south.

Chu Tian and Gong Ziwen converged and did not pursue them.

Judging from the four Koryo lords running out of the southern canyon at one time, the opposite must be the camp of the Goguryeo army. Their two armies of 4,000 people rushed past. Isn't it a sheep?

"The terrain is very clear. The north of the canyon is Anshicheng, and the south is the reinforcement camp of Goguryeo. The Goguryeo army is divided into two parts, one is holding Anshicheng, and the city owner may be Yang Wanchun. The other is reinforcements from northern Pyongyang, The commanders are Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen. As for the Tang army, they should camp outside the city of Anshi and control the important hills in the northern canyon. As long as we march north, we can join the Tang army. "

Chutian spread out the map and discussed the marching route with Gongziwen.

The first national war was fought in the canyons of the Qianshan Mountains. For most lords, it was a difficult battle.

They must compete with each other in the canyon.

Chu Tian noticed the famous general Pang Juan beside Gong Ziwen.

At this time, Pang Juan was in high spirits, without the loneliness of the Battle of Guiling and the Battle of Maling.

Pang Juan is said to be the same apprentice of Guiguzi as Sun Bin. He once led Wei Wucun to conquer Handan, the capital of Zhao State, and defeated the South Korean army five times. If he hadn't encountered the natural enemy Sun Bin and the powerful army of Qi State at that time, Pang Juan might have become a famous general in the Warring States Period.

There is also the character of framing the brothers and sisters of the same door, it is estimated that it is not very good.

Gongziwen didn't have enough resources and buildings to recruit Wei Wuzu, and he only had a team of fourth-tier Yanzhou heavy infantry.

The two men joined forces to clean up the battlefield, and the spoils belonged to Chutian, because this Goryeo army was defeated by Chutian's army.

Chu Tian counted the troops and horses, 2,000 people were killed, about a hundred people were killed, hundreds of enemies were killed, and a large number of Koryo soldiers fled.

The Han Dao used by Hua Mulan even rolled its edge for slashing. A silver-level Han knife was scrapped.

"Each archer carries thirty arrows, and currently there are only eighteen on average."

Li Guang reported a data that made Chu Tian feel even more thrilling.

The archers of the Shooting Battalion fired an average of twelve arrows in this battle, and their shoulders were numb. It is equivalent to a battle, which consumes thousands of arrows, and hundreds of taels of silver are gone.

Some of the shot arrows can be recovered, but most of the shafts are damaged, and there are quite a few clusters of iron arrows, barely making up for the small loss.

If they continue to fight against the Goryeo army, when the arrows are exhausted, I am afraid that they will have to consider breaking through and surrendering.

There is no long-range arms, which is very disadvantageous. The opponent fired ten thousand arrows, even Guan Yu would be shot.

"I hope I can get supplies when I arrive at Tang Jun's barracks."

Chu Tian pinned his hopes on Tang Jun.

During the National War, all the supplies in the Eastern Han region came from the Tang army. Of course, the supplies that can be received every month are limited and cannot be used indefinitely.

The canyon was not wide at first, but after the area has been expanded tenfold, it is enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people fighting, but the front line will be very long, and the formation may stretch for dozens of miles.

Fang Xuanling rode a horse, observed the surrounding terrain, and said, "If you take a side division and take a path around the southern section of the canyon, and attack from the north and the south, the one million Goguryeo reinforcements in the canyon will surely be wiped out."

"I am most afraid that the other party is already prepared."

Chutian didn't doubt Fang Xuanling's strategy. In fact, Tang Taizong Li Shimin defeated the army of Goguryeo to reinforce Anshicheng in this way.

At that time, Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen, the chiefs of northern Koguryo, led a combined army of 150,000 Koguryo and Mohes to reinforce Anshicheng through the Qianshan Mountains. Li Shimin personally led 4,000 troops and horses, and Li Ji attracted the enemy army with 15,000 people, and then Changsun Wuji led 11,000 troops. People attacked each other's backs along the trail, beheading 20,000 people in Goguryeo and Mole, and the rest surrendered.

In the era of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, there were countless forces that were wiped out by the Tang Dynasty, and all kinds of disobedience were dictatorially ruled.

The 30,000 Tang army defeated the opponent's 150,000 army, but its own losses were extremely minor.

This is just one of Li Shimin's military exploits in his life, and the title of Tian Khan is not just a talk.

It's a pity that Li Shimin's strategy in this national war may not work.

Goryeo lords are generally arrogant and shameless, but there should be a group of sober elites who will definitely try to remind Goguryeo generals Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen to pay attention to the tactics of the Tang army.

If Li Shimin attacked the Goguryeo army according to the original tactics, he would probably fail.

The lord of the Eastern Han District must also take action, reminding Li Shimin to change his tactics.

Chutian glanced at his own combat exploits. The combat exploits were related to the number, arms, and level of the enemy troops killed. At present, Chutian's combat exploits were 3,513 points, ranking first in the Eastern Han camp in the National War.

It's not that the other lords did not fight hard, but that Chutian's birthplace was close to the Goguryeo army, and the first small-scale battle of the national war broke out. This should be the first win.

Chu Tian and Gong Ziwen marched north along the river in the canyon, about eight miles away, and they met five hundred free players from a guild.

A group of free players use a variety of weapons and armors, and basically all have their own horses.

Because it was a national war, this group of free players also went bankrupt.

According to the Western medieval view, free players are equivalent to free people or knights.

The growing army continued to march northward, about 40 miles away. When it was getting late and the troops and horses were exhausted, Chutian finally saw the Tang army camp.

The flag of the Tang Army roared in the mountain wind!

Not far away, a team of Tang army cavalry in bright light armor was patrolling, so Chu Tian couldn't help but be moved.

Seeing the light of the sun, the world is bright, hence the name Mingguang Armor! The head of the thirteen armors of the Tang Dynasty!

In the Three Kingdoms period, there was the earliest statement of Mingguang armor, and the Mingguang armor in the Tang Dynasty was even more exaggerated. The best ones would consume thousands of fish scale armors and hundreds of long strip armors.

To manufacture a pair of bright light armor, it may take more than a hundred days or even two hundred days to complete various complicated processes.

In addition to the Mingguang armor, this Tang army cavalry also held a horse lance that was three or four meters long. The cold, half-meter-long lance was frightening.

It is said that the fierce generals Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, and Li Cunxiao are all masters of horse lance.

The heavy cavalry of the Tang Dynasty has several horses and is well-equipped, which makes countless lords of the Eastern Han region fascinated by it.

This heavy cavalry entered the camp after just patrolling for a while.

"This is the Tang army who unified the whole country in the early Tang Dynasty and destroyed Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Eastern Turks, Gaochang, Xue Yantuo, Western Turks, and Baekje!"

Chutian was shocked by the force of the Tang Dynasty.