Han officials

Chapter 68 Beijing View
Just when Gao Nanwu couldn't figure out who the Han reinforcements were, the Han army in the east suddenly raised two large flags, each with a man tied to it.

Gao Nanwu took a closer look and his eyes were immediately filled with anger.

At the same time, someone in the Goguryeo army quickly recognized the identities of the two.

"The eldest prince?"

"That's the Second Prince!"

"..."

For a moment, everyone in the Goguryeo army, from the generals to the soldiers, was a little surprised and confused.

No matter how arrogant they were before, they can no longer be arrogant now.

After all, Gao Nanwu has the knowledge to tell the truth from the false, but the soldiers below cannot tell.

Moreover, both of his princes were captured alive by the Han reinforcements. This battle might be a bit precarious!

In an instant, even if there is no one to incite the army, sometimes it only takes a glance to cause the army to lose morale.

Because emotions of surprise and fear can be contagious through the eyes.

At the same time, Xi Zhicai and Gongsun Zhao, who pretended to be reinforcements from Liaodong, did not miss this opportunity.

Gongsun Zhao led 3,000 cavalrymen in the front, and Xi Zhicai led 3,000 garrison troops carrying two large flags in the back.

The most amazing thing is that Xi Zhicai actually used the two princes of Goguryeo as human shields in front.

As a result, Goguryeo, which was facing the enemy, immediately became cautious.

Just a moment of hesitation, and the two sides got entangled together and missed the opportunity to fight.

At the same time, Wei Zhe led more than 8,000 Han troops to cause chaos in the heart of the Goguryeo army.

Under the combined attack from both inside and outside, the Goguryeo army soon fell into chaos.

Gao Nanwu, who was under the command of the commander, already had veins popping out on his face, which was turning blue and white.

Especially when he saw that his two sons who were tied to the big flag were shot into hedgehogs by their own people, he finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Return to the teacher!"

While forcing himself to say these two words, Gao Nanwu finally fainted.

No one knows whether Gao Nanwu regretted driving the Han people to attack the city before he fainted.

When the generals around saw this scene, they panicked and immediately rushed forward.

It is not known whether it was intentional or accidental, but many Goguryeo nobles ignored their own soldiers who were still fighting with the Han army in front of the battle, and directly "protected" the Goguryeo king and left first.

As soon as the king's flag moved, the Goguryeo soldiers who had been able to hold on suddenly lost their will to fight.

After all, their king has fled from the battlefield, so why should these pawns fight for their lives?
Fighting spirit and morale are sometimes so mysterious that they disappear in an instant.

In the event of a great defeat, even a warrior who is capable of fighting tigers and leopards will have his fighting power greatly reduced.

Countless Goguryeo warriors hurriedly turned their backs to the enemy and fell to the ground screaming.

But even so, the defeated soldiers around him would not turn back to fight, but would run away faster.

After a while, even some loyal ministers were drowned in the tide of fleeing soldiers.

One, two, or even an entire army.

From the moment the Goguryeo army was defeated, the Han army entered the stage of pursuing the enemy to the north.

……

"Pfft~"

Wei Zhe put away his long halberd, and a strong man from the Three Han countries who was wrapped in Han women's clothes was hit to death by his horse.

As countless horses' hooves trampled on him, the man's body was quickly torn to pieces and turned into a pool of mud.

During this period, there were also Goguryeo soldiers who knelt down and begged for mercy, but Wei Zhe usually did so depending on his mood.

If you don't like someone, just behead him and pretend you never saw him.

It feels pleasing to the eye...well, it's impossible to feel pleasing to the eye!
Besides, now is not the time to surrender.

Although the Goguryeo army suffered heavy casualties after days of siege, it now has at least 15,000 people.

Judging from the numbers alone, it is really unknown who will win or lose if they fight to the death in the end.

But there is no need to say more now. The Goguryeo army under the city has consciously started a long-distance race.

They squeezed forward desperately, and sooner or later they were shot in the back by arrows or pierced by spears.

Countless old Goguryeo soldiers who had invaded Han areas many times fell in despair in the wilderness.

The Han army became more and more excited and stronger as they killed more people.

Looking around, all I saw was a ring-handled sword flying up and down, leaving behind a pile of broken limbs and arms.

When Wei Zhe successfully joined forces with Gongsun Zhao and Xi Zhicai, the Goguryeo army was completely hopeless.

Looking at the gap on Xi Zhicai's sword and the blood on his face, Wei Zhe smiled and said nothing.

Then he looked at Gongsun Zhao and asked, "Can we still fight?"

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Zhao grinned and said, "I haven't had enough killing yet!" Wei Zhe smiled heroically upon seeing this.

Then he ordered his men to quickly check the cavalry. After leaving behind the seriously injured and exhausted horses, he led the two thousand cavalrymen in relatively good condition and chased north without hesitation.

"set off!"

As the sound of horse hooves rang out, Wei Zhe and his party quickly disappeared into the wilderness.

Seeing this, Xi Zhicai, who was ordered to clean up the mess, began to clean up the battlefield.

Those who kneel will live, and those who hold weapons will die.

The Han army didn't even need to say anything. After killing a group of people, the others would see the point.

The problem of language barrier was perfectly solved in the face of swords.

After a rough count, Xi Zhicai's face suddenly became full of smiles.

In this battle, the Han army killed at least 4,000 soldiers and captured more than 5,000.

Even though the Goguryeo nobles who fled the battlefield took away thousands of people, the Goguryeo army of 20,000 was finished.

Of course, Xi Zhicai’s job is more than just cleaning up the battlefield.

After Wei Zhe led two thousand cavalrymen away, Kuang Sheng and Xu Kuan also led three thousand infantrymen in relatively good condition to catch up.

……

In most ancient wars, losses actually occurred during pursuit.

For example, if Wei Zhe did not chase the fleeing remnants of the Goguryeo army, they could have slowly gathered the defeated soldiers.

I'm afraid they will be able to recover to four or five thousand people in just one or two days.

If Wei Zhe wants to attack this team that has recovered some combat power at that time, the losses will probably be considerable.

This is generally what the saying "Don't pursue a desperate enemy" means.

But if you don't give the enemy a chance to breathe, the result will be very different.

That night, Wei Zhe caught up with the fleeing 4,000-plus remnant Goguryeo troops and launched a surprise attack, forcing them to flee in disarray.

Seeing this situation, Wei Zhe was not in a hurry. He even rested on the spot for half the night and left the task of pursuit to the infantry who caught up.

After Wei Zhe and his cavalry recovered their strength, they began to take over the burden of the infantry.

It didn't take long. Just two days of sleepless fighting caused the remaining Goguryeo troops to collapse.

The long-term anxiety caused many Goguryeo nobles to even betray King Gao Nanwu and lead their personal soldiers to seek other ways to survive.

After all, everyone could see that the Han soldiers were pursuing the King of Goguryeo.

However, Gao Nanwu, who had woken up a long time ago, did not say a word about this situation.

Although his face looked extremely haggard, his eyes became more and more frightening.

After a while, there were only a few hundred people left behind Gao Nanwu.

Fortunately, he only had so few people left, otherwise he would not have been able to cross the Pei River so quickly.

The next day, on the east bank of the Pei River.

When Wei Zhe saw that Gao Nanwu still had a support group on the other side of the river, he sighed with regret.

I have to admit that Gao Nanwu is really hard to kill!

When fleeing, they did not forget to divide their troops to confuse him, and even considered the issue of retreat before the battle.

If he had not misjudged Wei Zhe's strength and had not expected the monster Juntun to appear, the outcome of this battle would be hard to predict.

At the same time, Gao Nanwu, who returned to the west bank and was surrounded by riders, did not leave.

"I will definitely avenge today's humiliation!"

After saying this, Gao Nanwu broke an arrow on the spot as a pledge of allegiance.

After taking a deep look at Wei Zhe on the other side of the river, Gao Nanwu left without any reluctance.

Seeing this, Wei Zhe could feel Gao Nanwu's immense hatred even though they were separated by a river.

But Wei Zhe didn't care at all and just smiled lightly.

After returning to the camp, he immediately became interested after listening to Xi Zhicai's report on the battle results.

"Four thousand beheadings? That's perfect! Let's build a Jingguan on the east bank of the Pei River!"

After saying that, Wei Zhe raised his lips slightly with a rather mischievous look and said, "If you come again next time, I'm sure Gao Nanwu will like this meeting gift very much!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xi Zhicai couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand.

He now felt a little sorry for Gao Nanwu. Why did this guy have to pick on Wei Zhe?

However, the other generals in the tent were very interested in this suggestion and immediately prepared to participate in the construction of this landmark building with their personal soldiers...
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I was planning to write it tomorrow, but I felt really uncomfortable holding it in, so I decided to just finish writing this paragraph.

OK, go to sleep, good night!

(End of this chapter)