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Text Chapter 55 Goguryeo's troops are defeated

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    For Goguryeo, this winter is particularly cold. This coldness is not only physical, but also psychological.  Just as winter was approaching, a major battle between the Yuan family and King Rongliu occurred. Then the Tang army marched in, sweeping thousands of troops and defeating the entire Goguryeo garrison on the Liaodong Peninsula.

    Now anyone with some knowledge understands that Goguryeo is over. After the loss of Liaodong, even if the Tang army no longer attacks Goguryeo, the remaining territory of Goguryeo is barren and cannot support too many troops. Moreover, there are  The two hungry wolves, Silla and Baekje, could pounce and take a bite at any time. Therefore, the demise of Goguryeo has almost become a foregone conclusion. The only difference is sooner or later.  .

    As for Yuan Gaisuwen's strategy of taking advantage of the right time and place to bring down the Tang army, it was completely bankrupt, because he was still looking at the Tang army with the same eyes as before. However, under Li Min's interference, Datang's logistics exploded with very strong power.  , the food and clothing of the Tang army on the front line were very guaranteed, especially the distribution of cotton-padded clothes, which allowed the Tang army to maintain a certain degree of combat effectiveness in the ice and snow, minimizing the impact of the severe cold.

    Coupled with the application of gunpowder weapons, siege warfare was simplified into a game. Except for Anshi City, no city in Liaodong could stop the Tang Army. In the end, it was the cold winter that allowed the Tang Army to stop on its own.  The step down gave Goguryeo a chance to breathe.

    Although the large-scale offensive has stopped, large-scale battles have never stopped. This is mainly because the Tang army's previous offensive was too fierce, and the Goguryeo defenders in many places were only dispersed and not completely eliminated.  Although most of the defeated Goguryeo troops saw that the situation was not right and surrendered to the Tang army one after another, there were also some die-hards who led troops to harass the Tang army everywhere.  In order to clean up these annoying fleas, the Tang army had to send out elite troops to hunt down these defeated troops.

    In a basin southwest of Anshi City, the thick snow shows no sign of melting. Because the surrounding terrain is higher, the wind outside is blocked, so there is no wind in the basin, although the snow is thicker.  But in some relatively high-lying places, patches of loess are still exposed.

    In this basin, apart from the low trees that can be seen everywhere, there are only clumps of withered grass emerging from the snow.  Occasionally, rabbits or roe deer would run across the snow, but in order to avoid various natural enemies, they would run very fast and disappear among the snowdrifts, trees and grass in the blink of an eye.

    "Creak~Creak~" followed by the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow.  A team of more than a dozen people slowly walked into the basin.  These dozen people were all holding horses, and their bodies were all bulging.  The robes on his body were stretched high and looked very clumsy. It could be seen from this that there were clumps of thatch exposed at the collar and cuffs.  The clothes of these people are stuffed with thatch to protect them from the cold wind outside.  Moreover, looking at the clothes they wore outside, they were all the uniforms of Goguryeo soldiers. From this, it can be seen that this was a group of Goguryeo soldiers who were defeated.

    "General, we have been traveling for three hours in a row, and the brothers are exhausted. It is windier in this basin, so let's take a rest. Eat something before leaving!" A broken soldier said to the leader of the team in front.  This man called the general was obviously dressed differently from the others. He did not use thatch to keep warm. Instead, he wore a leather robe. He also wore a piece of armor outside the leather robe. The workmanship was also very fine. You could tell at a glance that he was a man.  Senior general.

    "Well, that's fine. Everyone has worked hard. There is an open space in front of you. Come and have a rest!" The general pointed at the open space in front of him and said in a hoarse voice.  There is no snow there, and there are a few trees where you can take a rest.

    Hearing the general's agreement, these defeated soldiers were all shocked. They quickly walked to the high ground with their horses. After tying the horses, they immediately seemed to have no bones. They were all crowded together in small groups. Those who were in good spirits were  He took out dry food that was as frozen as a rock from his arms, took a few bites of it, stuffed a few handfuls of snow into his mouth to melt, and then swallowed it with the dry food.  Those who are not in good spirits will fall asleep and soon start to snore.

    The general looked at these tired soldiers and couldn't help but sigh. This general was actually an old acquaintance of Li Min. He was General An Yiluoan who commanded the Beisha City navy.  When General Niu led his army to march from Laizhou, the first battle was in Beisha City. As the navy outside Beisha City, they were the first troops to be attacked by the Tang army. Although An Yiluo led his army to fight back desperately, countless  There was a huge difference between them and the Tang army in terms of quantity or quality. Therefore, in less than half a day, most of the ships were damaged. An Yiluo wanted to die for his country, but he was taken to the shore by a few loyal men and watched helplessly.  The navy army was destroyed in the hands of the Tang army.

    An Yiluo had no intention of escaping. He was a die-hard member of Goguryeo and was determined to fight against the Tang Dynasty to the end. So he took some old subordinates to collect Goguryeo's defeated troops. In less than a month, they??He gathered thousands of troops and began to harass the Tang army.

    At the beginning, they achieved some good results, and even defeated a Tang Army's grain transport team, causing some trouble for the South Route Army's attack. However, after their actions attracted Niu Jinda's attention, he immediately sent several groups of Tang Army to strangle them.  , and the rabble he gathered was no match for the elite Tang army. They had no choice but to flee in all directions, while the Tang army behind them was in hot pursuit until they escaped into Liaodong City, which was still in the hands of Goguryeo at the time.  Come down safely.

    But what was even more unfortunate was that Liaodong City was quickly captured by the Tang army. After the city was broken, An Yiluo refused to surrender and had to escape with his men again, but this time it was Li Ji's men who were chasing them.  , compared to Niu Jinda, Li Ji's soldiers were more fierce, and they kept chasing and killing their remaining soldiers along the way.  There were more than 2,000 people when they escaped, but until half a month ago, there were only more than 500 people left. Except for a few people who froze to death, most of the others were killed by the Tang army.

    Seeing the unrelenting Tang army behind them, An Yiluo and the others finally decided to disperse and flee in order to survive. They completely dispersed more than 500 people, with more than a dozen people in each team, so that they could have more targets and escape in different directions. In this way,  Even if the Tang army dispersed in pursuit, there must be some lucky people who could escape, which was better than everyone huddled together waiting to die.

    What makes An Yiluo happy is that this method seems to be very effective. At least their team has been safe in the past few days except for encountering the Tang Army's pursuit team in the first few days.  However, they ran out of food the day before yesterday and had to rob a village to replenish food. However, this left a clue for Tang Jun. He was really worried that the other party would get news from that village and catch up with them, so  They have been on the road since the day before yesterday.

    Now almost all of the Liaodong Peninsula has fallen into the hands of the Tang army, except Anshi City. Now An Yiluo and the others are preparing to go to Anshi City, but because the Tang army is stationed under Anshi City, they dare not go from the front.  We had to make a big circle from the southwest and take the opportunity to enter Anshi City from the south.

    In fact, Anshiluo would not have wanted to enter Anshi City unless he was forced to do so, because he used to belong to the Yuan family's military generals' power, while Anshi City belonged to King Rongliu's power. The two sides were almost incompatible. However, now that the country is facing a national crisis,  He was like a bereaved dog. If he didn't go to Anshi City, there would be no way to survive, so he had no choice but to try his luck.

    While An Yiluo was thinking about his thoughts, he found a tree and lay half-lying on it. He had a piece of dry food in his mouth and chewed it one bite at a time.  The weather today was good. Although it was a bit windy, the sun was very good. The warm sunshine made An Yiluo feel sleepy. After a while, he felt a little dazed.

    And just when An Yiluo seemed to be sleeping, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves in his ears. He was extremely alert and immediately jumped up like a carp, shouting in a hoarse voice: "There are enemies, hurry up and mount the horse."  !¡±

    The soldiers who followed him were also the elite of Goguryeo's army. Although they were all exhausted, they quickly reacted and ran over to untie their reins one by one. They were about to get on their horses, but at this time they saw only the soldiers coming from them.  From the direction, more than a dozen Tang Army cavalry were rushing towards them, their horses already raised.

    Although Goguryeo's soldiers were also elite, they were a step too late after all. They had just mounted their horses and before they could sit down, Tang Jun's horse spear had already stabbed them in the chest. In the blink of an eye, more than half of them were stabbed to death, and the remaining few were killed in An Yi.  Under Luo's command, regardless of the situation, they just rushed out desperately.

    "Abandon the horses and shoot the arrows!" The leader of the Tang Army knew that his side's horse power was running low, but the opponent's horses had rested for a long time. Therefore, it was a bit delusional to catch up, so he immediately and decisively ordered the horses to be thrown to the ground.  He took off the horned bow from his back and aimed it at the gunman after drawing it fully. A sharp arrow was like lightning, and he quickly caught up with the fleeing Goguryeo soldiers in front.

    With several screams, the Goguryeo soldiers who had not run far enough were hit by arrows one after another. However, because their clothing was relatively thick, they usually fell off their horses after being hit by several arrows.  However, An Yiluo, the leader, had armor on his body and a leather robe underneath, so the arrow was not deeply hit. He gritted his teeth and hugged the horse's neck tightly, but he insisted on not falling off.

    "What, are we still chasing him?" Seeing that An Yiluo's horse was about to run across the ridge, and it would be too late if he didn't chase it, a young Tang Jun immediately asked impatiently.

    "Bullshit, of course we have to chase him. The other party is a big fish. If he catches it, he can get a lot of military honors and cans." There are ten of them, and the leader is a commander with a scar on his face.

    Hearing what Shi Chang said, the young Tang Jun and several others chased him out with excitement. However, Scar Shi Chang and several veterans dismounted one after another and ran over to kill Goguryeo who had not been injured just now.They held the horse, then got on top of it before chasing after them. Their horses had been running for a long time, and their horsepower had long since run out. Those new recruits were inexperienced, and chasing the opponent with that kind of horse would only end up in vain.  .

    Then, before the Tang army could catch up to the mountain ridge, they suddenly heard the scream of the fleeing Goguryeo fish in front of them, and then a "pop" sound, as if they fell off the horse, and then there was another sound of horse hoofbeats in the distance.  As we got closer, it looked like there was someone on the other side of the mountain ridge.

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