Will Ming

Chapter 130

"This strong man, what's your name?"

Wang Rengong suppressed the disappointment in his heart because Liu Shilong let go of Eulji Wende, and asked the black armored knight with dozens of feathered arrows stuck in his body.

Li Xian turned his head slowly, and pushed the visor up: "The humble job is Yan Yun, the captain of the Zuo Tunwei Food Guard, and I have seen the general."

Wang Rengong was stunned, and then sighed: "It's really you. I recognized your armor and horse when I saw you rushing into the battle just now. This is the second time you surprised me."

Wang Rengong laughed at himself and said, "On the contrary, it was the captain of your food guard who chased him out first."

Li Xian shook his head slowly and said, "It's still too late."

At this time, Yu Wenshu and others led the army to catch up. When riding by, Yu Wenshu's eyes swept over Li Xian, and he seemed to be quite surprised, but the eyes flashed by and did not stop for a long time. Quickly focus on the tens of thousands of Goguryeo infantry in front.Successively, no less than three thousand cavalry were killed from the camp of the Sui army. After killing more than a thousand light cavalry in Goguryeo, they slowly formed a formation behind several generals.

The Sui army did not attack immediately, and the Goguryeo people were even less likely to be stupid.[-] infantry, facing more than [-] Sui elite cavalry, have no chance of winning in a defensive formation, let alone initiate an offensive?Commanding Goguryeo Qu Shuai ordered the soldiers to retreat slowly in formation and keep on guard, and the soldiers retreated backwards.

Yu Wenshu stood in front of the array, was silent for a while, and suddenly pointed forward.

Thousands of cavalry suddenly mobilized, the sound of trampling on the ground was like rumbling war drums, and the tide rushed towards Goguryeo's infantry phalanx.When the distance was 150 steps away, a timid Goguryeo soldier loosened his bowstring and sent out a feathered arrow. The arrow flew a hundred steps away and fell crookedly.Da Sui's cavalry uttered a thunderous mockery during the charge, which blushed the Goguryeo soldier's face and frightened him, but the arrow was like a pebble that broke the tense lake surface, and then As the arrow was released, the tense nerves of the Goguryeo soldiers relaxed at the same time, and countless feathered arrows shot out along with the skewed arrow.

Arrows shot out like locusts.

The three thousand cavalry were divided into six torrents, which stabbed down fiercely like six sharp daggers.Although many Sui cavalry were overturned by feather arrows, their excellent armor shared most of the risks.Facing the cavalry rushing at high speed, a qualified archer will shoot at most three arrows after the cavalry enters the range. After three arrows, the archer must retreat behind the spearman, otherwise, the one with the lowest defense The archers could only be slaughtered by the cavalry with little power to fight back.

This was a sudden battle that was not planned by the generals of both sides.Obviously, Goguryeo soldiers were far inferior to Sui soldiers in response to this sudden fight.Although the cavalry of the Sui Dynasty were hungry, they still showed amazing combat power under such circumstances.

The battle ended after half an hour, and more than [-] of the [-] Goguryeo infantry were beheaded, and almost all the remaining soldiers surrendered. This was the last result Yu Wenshu and others wanted to see.Surrendering troops is a burden.

Now that the expeditionary force of the Sui Dynasty has run out of food, how can it be possible to feed nearly [-] prisoners of war?

"Can't put it back!"

Xue Shixiong glanced at Yu Wenshu and sighed.

Yu Wenshu nodded, he knew what Xue Shixiong was thinking.These [-] prisoners of war cannot be taken. If they are sent back, when the Sui army retreats, they will turn into [-] wolves, biting fiercely from behind, eating flesh and bones. I'm afraid that the well-trained Tai Sui soldiers are too hungry to resist.

"killed."

Yu Wenshu said lightly.

"no!"

At some point, Liu Shilong, the right minister of the Shangshu, also chased after him on horseback. He happened to hear Yu Wenshu ordering the slaughter of the prisoners of war. He immediately stopped in front of Yu Wenshu, and said righteously: "My soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty are the teachers of benevolence and righteousness. , now that they have surrendered, there must be no more murders! If you dare to order the killing of prisoners, I will read a book for you in front of His Majesty when the squadron returns."

Yu Wenshu sneered and said: "When you are ordered to go back, the old man will naturally wait for you to join me. However, if Mr. Liu is willing to donate his rations to feed the prisoners, this general will consider killing three or five fewer people."

Liu Shilong choked up, not knowing how to answer.

Yu Wenshu sneered, clasped his fists at Liu Shilong and said, "If you and I are both ordered to go back, even if Master Liu doesn't join me when we meet the Holy Spirit, I still have to ask Master Liu carefully in front of the Holy Spirit, why did Ulchiwen Put it back. Lord Liu should think about how to explain this to His Majesty for the crime of collaborating with the enemy."

He steered his horse back and said one word in a cold voice: "Kill!"

Nearly [-] Goguryeo soldiers who had put down their weapons squatted on the ground with their heads in their arms.A young man who looked only fourteen or fifteen years old was trembling with fright, his face was pale, and he kept looking at the Sui cavalrymen who were patrolling back and forth on horseback.Seeing that he was really scared, a Goguryeo veteran with gray hair and beard beside him said softly: "Don't be afraid, the Sui people would not kill prisoners. They always say that they are a teacher of benevolence and righteousness. The emperor of the Sui Dynasty is benevolent and righteous." Don't worry, my lord, they value face more than life, and they might put us all back in a while."

The Goguryeo boy asked tremblingly, "Is what you said true?"

The Goguryeo veteran smiled and said: "Don't believe me, I was captured by the Sui army last time in Ma Zishui, and they escorted me away for two days, taking care of food and drink, and finally let me go because I was too burdensome. .Before I left, I even stole half a bag of food from them, but those guys didn't care when they saw it."

The Goguryeo boy looked at the veteran in disbelief, opened his mouth, and finally squeezed out a few words: "The people of Sui are so stupid."

The veteran nodded and said: "Sui people are the most..."

He didn't say the following words, because a feathered arrow precisely got into his neck.The cluster of arrows pierced through the back of his neck, directly cutting off his throat.Blood spurted out all of a sudden, splashing the Goguryeo boy all over his face.Immediately, the boy let out a scream and fell to the ground, his face pale with fright.Before dying, what this Goguryeo veteran thought about was, what happened to the Sui people?

Countless feathered arrows shot from all directions, and the Sui cavalry began to slaughter the captives.

Someone started to resist, and was soon cut to the ground by a horizontal knife.Some people stood up and wanted to run wildly in the distance, but they left their backs to the enemy, how could they escape?The Goguryeo infantry fleeing wildly were chased by the Sui cavalry from behind and hacked to death, while most of them couldn't stand up again before they even had time to resist.After the feather arrows were covered, the cavalry began to comb back and forth like rakes, cutting down the remaining Goguryeo infantry one by one.The massacre lasted less than an hour, and nearly 6000 people were slaughtered.Liu Shilong, the supervisor of the Great Sui Expeditionary Army, looked at this hell-like scene, and was so frightened that he peed his pants.

This was the first time in Liu Shilong's life that he was so scared that he peed his pants. Of course, the time when he had no self-control when he was a child can't be counted.In other words, since the day he became an official, this was the first time he was so embarrassing.But it wasn't the only time, and the next time, the place where he peed his pants was under the knife of the executioner.

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"Lieutenant Yan, why...why did you serve in the grain guard?"

Wang Rengong asked curiously.

Li Xian tore off the feather arrow hanging from the black armor, and replied flatly: "The food guards are pretty good, at least... they are the last group of people to starve."

The corner of the young man's mouth twitched slightly, because some feathered arrows still got in through the gaps in the black armor. Although the piercing was not deep, every time one was pulled out, it would bring out a stream of blood.It's just that he didn't groan from the beginning to the end, but the sweat flowing from his forehead still told others what kind of pain he was enduring.

Wang Rengong glanced at Li Xian appreciatively and said: "I have wronged you, if you want, you can come to my left Wuwei..."

"Thank you, General, for your kindness. General Xin has treated me well."

Li Xian interrupted Wang Rengong's words, which was a little rude.

Wang Rengong opened his mouth, then shook his head with a wry smile.He stopped talking, and Li Xian didn't show any intention of continuing the conversation.The two walked side by side in silence, one seemed to be in deep thought with a heavy face, the other silently continued to pull out the feather arrows one by one, and then threw them on the ground.

Yu Wenshu sent his own soldiers over to ask Wang Rengong to discuss the matter, and Wang Rengong turned his head and said to Li Xian: "After returning to the camp, I will send someone to bring you some wound medicine."

Li Xian nodded his thanks: "Thank you, General."

No excuses.

Wang Rengong smiled and steered his horse towards Yu Wenshu's place.

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After returning to his camp, with the help of Luo Fu and Chen Que'er, Li Xian took off the black armor. At this time, the clothes inside him were already soaked in blood.At any rate, there are no less than twenty holes on his body shot by feather arrows. Fortunately, the black armor is strong enough, and the links are also chain armor made of fine steel. fear.

Dugu Ruizhi personally applied the medicine for Li Xian, and while wiping the blood, he frowned and said, "Why are you working so hard?"

Li Xian smiled, picked up the wine bag on the side and shook it, only to find that it was empty.Luo Fu took out a wine bag from a bag and handed it to Li Xian, and said slowly, "It's the last bag of wine, save some."

Li Xian didn't drink, nor did he save himself, but poured the bag of wine on his wound without any distress, the strong alcohol flowed from the wound, and even foamed.The burn caused severe pain in the wound, but Li Xian's eyes seemed to be brighter.

"Get ready, if there is no accident, we will stay in another place."