Chapter 21 Internal Changes
At this time, the Gaokaidao Fortress-style camp in Yancheng County had changed its owner. Twenty thousand Sui troops occupied the camp. Two thousand ** hands stood on the wall, holding crossbow arrows in their hands, and were vigilantly watching the enemy gradually approaching in the distance.
Yang Yuanqing also stood on the wall, staring at the overwhelming enemy troops from afar, with about 80,000 people. This is the Gao Kaidao and the Goryeo coalition forces. This is also the last battle in Hebei. After this battle, Liaodong will be safe for ten years.
Li Chongwei beside him asked for a fight in a low voice, "Master, let Bei Yi fight in this first battle!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Don't worry, wait until they complete the deployment."
At this time, a Sui cavalry rushed over from a distance, standing in front of the wall and shouting: "Can the general manager be here?"
Yang Yuanqing walked up and said, "I'm here, tell me!"
The Sui army cavalry held their fists and saluted, "After General Luo's order, come and report that we are following ten miles behind the other party and can meet the battle at any time!"
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Please tell General Luo to keep an eye on the movements on our side at any time. If we start a war, it will be a signal for him to send troops!"
"As for your order!" The cavalry bowed and turned around and rushed away.
Yang Yuanqing looked at him and walked away. At this moment, a low horn sound came from the enemy camp in the distance: "Woo---"
Yang Yuanqing's eyes became solemn. He looked at the rolling Goryeo Army. A fire of war ignited from his heart. He hadn't felt this way for a long time. The prelude to the war was about to begin.
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At this time, a dramatic scene appeared on the battlefield within a radius of twenty miles. The two Sui troops each had 20,000 people. One east and one west of the coalition forces, the west-to-west troops were about ten miles apart, while the eastern and eastern troops were six or seven miles apart, forming a force of attacking east and west.
The coalition forces were attacked from both sides. In order to solve this dilemma, the Goryeo Army and the Yan Army also divided their work and fought, with the Yan Army fighting against the Sui Army on the West Road, while the Goryeo Army attacking the Sui Army on the East Road. This is related to the vital interests of the Goryeo Army and whether they can retreat to Goryeo successfully. Yuan Taizuo has to deal with the Sui Army himself.
The Goryeo Army did not set up a large camp. They arranged into a large formation, with a total of 45,000 people, including 20,000 cavalry and 25,000 infantry.
Yuan Taizuo immediately stood in front of the army. His eyes were cold and staring at the Sui army camp in the distance. Gao Kaidao told him that the camp was not strong, especially on the north and south sides. It could be easily knocked away with big trees. Moreover, according to his visual situation, there were not many Sui army troops. There were only more than two thousand people standing at the top of the city.
One hundred warships also had to carry supplies and war horses, and the number of troops would definitely not exceed 20,000. However, Yuan Taizuo never dreamed that the commander of the Sui army was Yang Yuanqing himself.
At this time, a soldier shouted: "King, the Sui army has gone to fight!"
Yuan Taizuo's eyes narrowed. He only saw a team of heavily armored Sui soldiers lined up from the camp, with a total of about 3,000 people and a row of 500 people. There were six rows in total, forming a long square array, with more than a thousand cavalry guards on both sides. Everyone held the long blade in their hands and lined up slowly forward. Under the direct sunlight, the long blade flashed coldly. It was dazzling.
The floating bridge on the Liao River had been burned down and the information was cut off. Yuan Taizuo did not know the shock of this heavy armored infantry when they attacked the camp. He only knew that Youzhou heavy armored cavalry, and this was the infantry. Yuan Taizuo showed a grim smile on his face.
"Cabinets array!"
He turned around and shouted loudly, and the 20,000 cavalry let out a shocking roar. He quickly formed a formation, and Yuan Taizuo waved his sword, "Planting the Sui army!"
The 20,000 Koryo cavalry suddenly launched. This was the only cavalry in the Koryo army. The total number of cavalry was 20,000, which almost exhausted the national strength of Goryo.
The low horn sounds sobbed, thousands of horses galloped wildly, and the cavalry held their sharp spears and made a shocking cry, like a storm rolling up in the wilderness, or like a tsunami caused by an earthquake. With a wild force that seemed to destroy the world, it swept towards thousands of heavily armored Sui cavalry.
Only five miles apart, this can be reached in a short time. In the camp, five thousand spearmen and eight thousand cavalry were already lined up, waiting for the commander's order to fight.
Yang Yuanqing's eyes were as cold as iron. He had already experienced many battles. The violent impact of the enemy could no longer shake his hard heart as rocks. He was full of confidence in the three thousand heavy armored infantry. Today will be the time to decide the outcome.
"Blow the trumpet!" he ordered coldly.
On the wall, hundreds of horn players raised their horns and blew vigorously at the same time, and the low horns soared into the sky, "Woo--"
This is the order for heavy armored infantry to fight. The Goryeo cavalry had rushed to a hundred steps away. The dust rolled, and the sound of horse hooves with muffled thunder seemed to collapse. The hearts of ordinary people were about to be shaken and shattered. The war horses of the two thousand cavalry guarding both sides began to feel uneasy, and from time to time, jumped up their front hooves and neighed in a low voice.
However, the three thousand heavy armored infantry were not affected at all. They began to quickly change the queue. The first three rows of infantry squatted down and leaned tightly together, supporting the earth with the back handle of the Modao, holding the hilt with both hands, leaned back slightly, and supporting all their strength on the Modao. The Modao was obliquely angled upwards, forming a dense forest of swords, while the fourth row of Modao soldiers raised the Modao horizontally, forming a sprinting posture.
The cavalry group had already rushed to thirty steps away. The front row of cavalry saw the dense and sharp sword forest. They could not stop the horses and screamed in despair. The most violent first strike finally came. This was the most powerful attack of the cavalry. The huge energy gathered by the running of 20,000 cavalrymen would burst out through impact at this moment.
Of course, not all energy will be concentrated on the Sui army. As long as we withstand the impact of thousands of cavalry in the front rows, the energy behind can only burst inside them.
With a loud bang from the ground, the Modao Army ushered in the most violent impact. The fierce impact made the world dim in an instant, and the shrill screams echoed through the wilderness, the war horses neighed miserably, and the cavalry wailed.
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What a terrifying scene this is. Thousands of war horses and more than a thousand cavalrymen were pierced by the long blades of the Modao and hung on the long blades. Many cavalrymen were thrown out of the air by huge inertia, and were slashed into several segments by the long blades in the back row, and blood and internal organs were spilled out.
The cavalry who were stabbed to death in the front row formed a flesh slam to block the impact of the cavalry in the rear row. The cavalry in the rear row was unable to close and collided one after another, which affected thousands of people and finally stopped.
When the first wave of violent impact of the Korean cavalry gradually subsided, a more tragic close-knit fight followed. The three thousand Modao soldiers had changed their formation. They stepped on the enemy's corpses, waved Modao, and lined up like a wall, using collective strength to fight against the cavalry. The long and sharp double-edged Modao cut off the horse's legs, and the sharp front blade in the front could pierce the enemy's chest.
Five hundred long blades were chopped at the same time, leaving the cavalry in front of him with nowhere to dodge, the horse's head was cut off, the human head was chopped away, the body was broken, and blood plasma was splashed everywhere. This was the advantage of heavy armored Modao infantry.
The long Modao is hard and sharp, and is made of the best quality steel and the most advanced craftsmanship. From the nine years of Daye to the present, the Sui army has only created six thousand Modao, as well as armor made of the same steel, and tall and strong soldiers. Only one of the twenty soldiers can be picked out.
The New Sui Dynasty also exhausted the whole country's strength and built a 6,000-man Modao Infantry. Its appearance was a nightmare for cavalry. When fighting alone, a Modao Soldier could not defeat a flexible cavalry. The cavalry could go around behind the infantry, use heavy armor to turn around and kick the infantry down from behind.
But when collective combat is fought, the flexible advantages of the cavalry are gone. No matter how he dodges, there is always a cold and sharp sword in front of him.
Modao's heavy armored soldiers advanced step by step, killing the enemy soldiers overturned their horses, and 20,000 cavalry were killed and retreated step by step. The bodies covered the earth and blood gathered into a stream. Although the enemy cavalry found that the flanks of the Modao's formation were weak, there were thousands of cavalry protection on both sides, which prevented the Goryeo cavalry from rushing in.
‘Woo--’
The horn sounded, and the unwilling Goryeo cavalry organized an offensive again. Five thousand cavalry rushed up at the Modao infantry, but the Modao infantry was like a reef standing in the surging waves. No matter how the waves hit, they remained motionless.
Five thousand cavalrymen urged their horses to rush up, and their spears pierced the infantry's chest. The front hooves of the war horse were raised and they kicked violently into the infantry's face. Some soldiers were unfortunately kicked down.
But more often, the long blade slashed, the two horse hooves were broken at the same joints, the war horse neighed and fell down with a bang. Before the cavalry fell off the horse, another strange knife slashed, and the head was chopped more than one foot away.
The Modao heavy armored infantry seemed to be the nemesis of the cavalry. Their fierce killing made the cavalry gradually become terrified, their fighting spirit was dissipated, and the casualties became increasingly serious. Yuan Taizuo was also terrified and fought. He turned around and ordered, "Retreat!"
‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The bell of retreating rang, and Yang Yuanqing was waiting for this moment. He suddenly ordered, “Cavals attack!”
The eight thousand cavalry were divided into two groups, and they rushed out from the left and right sides of the camp at the same time, and rushed towards the retreating Koryo cavalry with an invisible force of thunder.
The Goryeo cavalry was retreating in batches and orderly. The Sui cavalry suddenly caught them off guard and suddenly became in chaos. The Sui cavalry was like two sharp blades, stabbed into more than 10,000 Goryeo cavalry, and assaulted left and right, making the enemy unable to arrange their formations, fell into chaos, and then divided and annihilated them.
The Goryeo cavalry had been killed by the Modao infantry and lost all their fighting spirit. The sudden cavalry made them even more chaotic. After only a short moment of persistence, they collapsed.
The Goryeo cavalry was defeated, and thousands of troops fled in desperate attempts. They rushed towards their own camp regardless of everything. The Sui cavalry was chasing behind them, and five thousand spearmen were also killed. They followed the cavalry and rushed towards the enemy's formation.
At this time, the battle between Luo Shixin and Gao Kaidao also began. The 20,000 elite Sui army fought against 35,000 Yan army. The Sui army had all the advantages and killed the Yan army to retreat step by step. The moment of deciding the victory and loss was about to come.
Chapter completed!