Datang: Ten Years of Proton, Leading an Army of Millions to Return

"Well! Just bring your army and give it a try this time! The army outside the royal city is now in your hands!"

The King of Goguryeo pondered for a moment and made up his mind.

Since Yeon Gaesomun is confident, let him give it a try!

If he cannot stop the advance of Chen Qianzhi's army, the huge Goguryeo might never find another person.

"Yes! I will obey your orders! I will definitely not let you down!"

Yeon Gaesomun was a little surprised. He bowed and said yes, but his eyes became more profound.

Chen Qingzhi.
I hope you are really as good at commanding troops as the rumors say, and don’t let me down. I have been looking forward to it for a long time!

Half a day later, in the sea fifty miles west of Pyongyang City.

"Duan Zhixuan! Stop hanging around in front of me, kid!"

On the huge warship, Li Jing glanced at Duan Zhixuan who was wandering around in front of him, and said in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"I am a little excited, right? I am so excited that we are about to land and fight! I have been idle in this vast ocean for so long that I am about to get sick! I am afraid that Yuchi Gong and his men are already having a great time killing people!"

Duan Zhixuan looked at the boundless sea in front of him and muttered.

"You are still so impatient! Goguryeo is such a big country! Are you still afraid that we won't let you fight? I am afraid that you will not be able to resist once you get outside the Goguryeo royal city."

Chen Qingzhi cursed with a smile, then looked straight ahead.

"Huh? What is that?"

Duan Zhixuan suddenly found that many small dots appeared at the end of his sight! They were approaching them!

"Boy! Aren't you here for business? Have the people below get ready to open for business."

Chen Qingzhi's eyes were extremely sharp, crossing the vast ocean and landing on the other side.

That is obviously a large number of warships!

And who else could those warships coming from over there be except the Goguryeo army?

"Yes!"

Duan Zhixuan seemed like a different person and spoke very seriously, but there was an irrepressible excitement in his eyes!

The sword in his hand had been silent for too long! Finally, it was time to start using it!

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On the other side, the Goguryeo camp.

"General! The Great Yan army is ten miles away! Two hundred warships!"

A general said to Yeon Gaesomun in some shock.

The huge warships on the side of Dayan are something they don’t have. How can they not be frightened!

"Why are you panicking? Aren't they just 200 warships? Don't we have 300 ships under our command?"

Yeon Gaesomun glared at him fiercely. He should boost morale when a war was about to begin. How could he be so panicked?

Isn't this destroying one's own prestige and boosting the ambitions of others?
"Pass the order! Go over there as quickly as possible! Archers, get ready to fight!"

Yeon Gaesomun stared at the Tang Dynasty fleet over there, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.

The two sides drove towards each other, and in just half an hour, they met each other and stood on both sides, facing each other from a distance.

"Archers, get ready! Aim! Shoot!!"

Yeon Gaesomun began giving orders almost the moment the Dayan warship came within the shooting range of his archers.

He wanted to give Chen Qingzhi a warning and let him know that the Goguryeo army was not to be trifled with!
"Whoosh!"

Nearly thirty thousand archers shot arrows at the same time, and the arrows formed a rain of arrows and headed straight for the hundred or so Dayan warships on the opposite side.

"Archer! Shoot!"

On the other side, Chen Qianzhi did not hesitate. He gave an order and an equal number of archers took action.

The two rains of arrows met in the air and collided with each other, evenly matched!
The rain of arrows from the sky lost their power to charge forward, and fell into the sea one after another, finally disappearing.

Although some bullets slipped through the net and hit the enemy camp, they were harmless and caused no harm.

"Catapult! Pour tung oil on it! Ignite it! Fire!"

Although the first attack did not do any good, Yeon Gaesomun was not discouraged, but continued with the next round of attack.

If a collision allows him to gain some benefit, then Chen Qianzhi on the opposite side will just be in name only.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Countless huge fireballs were ejected in an instant, heading straight for the Dayan warship.

"General Manager, let's fight back!"

Duan Zhixuan saw Chen Qingzhi standing aside, somewhat indifferent to the fireball attack from the opposite side, and suddenly became anxious, because the fireballs from the catapult were not ordinary arrows.

If it hits a warship and sets it on fire, the consequences will be unimaginable!
"Retreat! Turn the sails around and retreat twenty miles!"

Chen Qingzhi did not respond to Duan Zhixuan's words, but instead issued an order that seemed extremely unreasonable.

"General Manager! Why are you retreating? When have we, the Great Yan Army, ever been afraid?"

Duan Zhixuan was a little confused. What was the purpose of retreating at this time?

However, Chen Qianzhi ignored him and did not withdraw the order.

"Hmm? What's going on? Why did Chen Qingzhi order the warships to retreat?"

Even though Yeon Gaesomun was a veteran of the battlefield, he was still a little confused. He frowned and couldn't see clearly what Li Jing meant.

Although the fireball hit and caused damage to the Dayan warship, he was not happy.

Could it be that Chen Qingzhi had some trick up his sleeve? He had set a trap and was waiting for him to fall into it?

"Chase! Archers, catapults! Prepare for the second round of shooting!"

Yeon Gaesomun watched the Dayan warship sail away, gritted his teeth and ordered his men to chase after it.

But soon he was dumbfounded, he found that the warships on the other side were extremely fast! They were not comparable to his Goguryeo warships at all!

Half an hour passed, and not only did they not close the distance, but they were left further and further behind!
"Okay! Stop it!"

Twenty miles away, Chen Qianzhi ordered his warships to stop and change direction.

"Duan Zhixuan, what are you still doing here? Go and get the Zhuge Crossbow Formation ready! The Eight Ox Crossbows are also waiting to be deployed!"

Chen Qing kicked Duan Zhixuan, who was a little confused in front of him, and said unhappily.

"Hmm? Zhuge Crossbow? Eight Ox Crossbow! Yes! How could I have forgotten them?"

Duan Zhixuan widened his eyes. With the Zhuge Crossbow and the Eight Ox Crossbow, the ordinary archers and catapults on the opposite side were no match!

But he was even more confused. With such powerful weapons, why did Chen Qianzhi order a retreat?
"What's going on? Are you stopping again?"

Yeon Gaesomun was a little stunned. He thought he could not catch up, but the opponent stopped again!

"Whatever! Archers, catapults! Fire! Fire!"

In an instant, rockets and fireballs rushed away with a captivating glow!

"Zhuge Crossbow! Fire it!"

There was no panic in Chen Qingzhi's eyes. He was waiting for the attack from the opposite side! The Zhuge Crossbow phalanx, which had already loaded arrows, started to move and pulled the triggers together!

"Huh! Huh!"

An army of 20,000 strong and two hundred thousand arrows headed straight for the Goguryeo soldiers!

The arrows came together to form a faint dragon shape, and made an extremely terrifying groan.

"how is this possible?"

Yeon Gaesomun was dumbfounded. He had only 50,000 archers. Even if they shot arrows together with such power, it would only be a quarter of the power of the rain of arrows before him!

"Defense! Defense!"

The next second, he reacted and knew without even looking that their attack would not work.

On the contrary, they themselves will become sieves if they fail to dodge in time!
“Save me…”

On the huge and spacious deck, countless Goguryeo soldiers had no time to dodge and became unlucky. Many soldiers were riddled with arrows before they could even make a sound!

After just one encounter, the Goguryeo army lost 20,000 men!

How aggrieved they were! They had never fought against the soldiers of Dayan, but they died just like this!

"Eight-bull crossbow! Pour oil on it! Ignite it! Shoot!"

Chen Qianzhi had no intention of giving the other side a chance to catch their breath, and ten thousand Eight-Ox Crossbows were instantly put into motion.

What is a Rocket?

The huge burning crossbow arrows shot out from the Eight-Ox Crossbow are actually rockets!

"boom!"

"Pfft!"

The power of the Eight Ox Crossbow's arrows! They can penetrate the solid city walls!

No matter how strong and huge that wooden warship was, it could not withstand the power of the Eight-Ox Crossbow!

As the crossbow arrows reached the enemy camp, countless large holes were blasted out in an instant on the seemingly sturdy warships!

The fire on it set the Goguryeo warship on fire! Huge flames and thick smoke rose at the same time.

Some unlucky Goguryeo soldiers were unable to dodge and were directly strung together like candied haws!

"Ah...save me."

"Water! Water!"

Dozens of Goguryeo warships were set on fire. The fire spread, leaving the soldiers on board with no escape and they could only jump into the sea in panic.

"Humph! Do you think you'll be safe once you fall down? Archers! Shoot!"

Chen Qianzhi did not intend to let these people go.

Floating in the cold sea water, the Goguryeo soldiers had no power to resist!

They were exposed to the crossbow arrows of the Dayan archers, and died with hatred in just a moment!

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Damn it! Damn it!"

Yeon Gaesomun, who was in the rear, was furious when he saw this scene. They had not gained any benefits yet, but were attacked fiercely by Dayan and 50,000 people were wiped out!
"What exactly is that?"

He stared at the Zhuge Crossbow and the Eight Ox Crossbow on the opposite side.

Da Yan, when did you get such a weapon? !

Their so-called archers are nothing in front of them!
"Retreat! Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

Yeon Gaesomun had lost all desire to fight, and the confidence on his face had long disappeared.

He saw the situation clearly. This time, with those two weapons and the power of the warships, they would definitely not be able to match them!
We can't let our 200,000 soldiers be buried in the sea! Otherwise, Goguryeo will be in danger!

As Yeon Gaesomun issued the retreat order, the warships under his command all tried their best to change direction at an extremely fast speed and fled madly towards Goguryeo.

“Hahaha…it’s so painful! So satisfying!”

Duan Zhixuan laughed loudly. Although he had not yet personally fought with the Goguryeo soldiers, he was extremely pleased to see that he had defeated them.

"Hmm? You want to leave? How can I let you leave so easily?"

Chen Qingzhi looked at the results of the battle in front of him with some satisfaction.

It has to be said that if they didn't have the power of the Zhuge Crossbow, the Eight Ox Crossbow and the warships, they wouldn't have won so easily!

Suddenly, Chen Qianzhi saw the warships on the opposite side turning around and fleeing, and a hint of sarcasm appeared on his face.

"Full speed ahead! Leave them here!"

Chen Qianzhi showed no intention of showing mercy. Two hundred huge three-masted sailing ships started moving and chased after them at an extremely fast speed.

Leaving behind floating bodies and debris on the sea!
"What? How come they are so fast?!"

When Yeon Gaesomun turned around to observe the enemy situation, he was stunned by the speed of the Tang warships.

At this speed, they will be caught up sooner or later!
"General! What should we do?! We..."

The generals standing by were filled with fear in their eyes. They went out to sea to fight, but not only did they not gain any advantage, they were beaten and forced to flee in panic!

It's true that you lose the rice while trying to steal the chicken!

"Throw all unnecessary things into the sea to reduce the weight! Move forward at full speed! We must leave them all behind!"

Yeon Gaesomun gritted his teeth and thought that the most important thing right now was to shake off the Tang Dynasty's pursuit!
"General... it's still not enough. We can't shake them off..."

A moment later, following Yeon Gaesomun's order, Goguryeo warships threw all their large weapons and equipment into the sea, but even so they could not shake off the pursuit of the Tang Dynasty.
Yeon Gaesomun remained silent, with a hint of struggle flashing across his face.

"Let the few warships at the back of the team stay behind to cover the rear... at any cost!"

"We must delay the Great Yan warship! Even if the ship is destroyed and everyone dies!"

After a moment, his eyes suddenly became determined.

In order to preserve more strength, only a small number of people can be sacrificed!
The generals standing by all felt a little reluctant.

Those are all their brothers!
Letting them stay behind to cover the rear now, isn't it obvious that they are sending themselves to die? How is this different from moths flying into a flame?
The large army couldn't stop Dayan's progress, let alone just a few warships and a mere ten or twenty thousand soldiers?

"What? Are you going to disobey me?"

"I dare not. I will go right away..."

Seeing everyone hesitating, Yeon Gaesomun suddenly glanced at the generals in front of him.

Those people lowered their heads one after another, how could they dare to hesitate?
"Captain, several warships on the other side have broken away from the team and are rushing towards us fearlessly!"

"Hmm? Then let's get rid of them first!"

The battle lasted only half an hour, and several Goguryeo warships were beaten into sieves, and all the Goguryeo soldiers on board were wiped out!
"These cowardly rats! They ran too fast, didn't they? I thought we could catch them all at once this time."

Xin Qiji looked at the empty sea in front of him and said with some regret.

If the Goguryeo army is really allowed to be completely buried in the sea this time, their attack on Pyongyang will be like entering an empty land!

"It doesn't matter. This time, the Goguryeo army has been severely defeated by us! The remaining remnants of the Goguryeo army will be powerless to stop our Great Yan army next time!"

Chen Qingzhi looked towards Pyongyang from afar, with a look of determination to win!
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(End of this chapter)