Chastity Layman

"Found the Liao soldiers."

Captain Guo Yi, Ma Wenju, rode back on horseback and reported the discovery of the enemy.

"The defenders of Liaodong City?" Li Daozong, the 40-year-old Jiangxia king, asked the truce horse.

The burly Lieutenant Ma wore bright clothes, shook his head and said, "It's still thirty miles away from Liaodong City, but the Liao soldiers we found came down from the north along the Shahe River. We grabbed two tongues, and they said they came from Wugu Reinforcements from the city."

Hearing that it was the reinforcements from Black Bone City, Li Daozong immediately took out a map of Liaodong from his arms. This Black Bone City is not close to this place.

"how many people?"

"What we encountered was their forwards, about 10,000 people, and about 30,000 people behind them."

Li Dao frowned, "Why do these people appear here?"

"I heard that General Cheng broke through several cities of Goguryeo in the north. These people were going to reinforce Gaimu City, but they were attacked by General Cheng before they arrived at the city. They didn't dare to fight, so they turned south. Liaodong City is gone."

"Should we let them pass?" Deputy General Zhang Junyi asked.

Li Daozong hesitated.

"If we let them pass, 40,000 people will enter Liaodong City. With the strength of Liaodong City, we will add more troops. I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to attack." He gritted his teeth, "We can't let them enter Liaodong City, and find a way to stop them. Give them a shot."

Zhang Junyi persuaded, "Your Majesty, our troops only have four thousand riders, and we still have to gallop all the way here. Right now, the people are exhausted and the horses are exhausted. In the wilderness, there is no chance of winning with four thousand against forty thousand. Moreover, Liaodong City is thirty miles to the east. , the Liao soldiers in the city will come at any time."

"Then we can't let them go." Li Daozong said, "Wei Guogong has won many battles in the south and won the first victory. Lu Guogong also captured several cities in Goguryeo in the north. We finally acted as the vanguard. We dare not encounter the enemy. Fight? We don’t only have generals like Wei Gong and Lu Gong in the Tang Dynasty, are we short of that?”

Ma Wenju immediately volunteered.

"The last general is willing to lead the Qianqi from the headquarters to take the lead. Before the Goguryeo people find our traces, kill him by surprise and destroy his forward first!"

Zhang Junyi was the chief of the army and the deputy general of the four thousand people. He immediately scolded Ma Wenju for his arrogant words.

Ma Wenju didn't give up.

Holding the Mo knife, he shouted, "If you don't fight a strong enemy, how can you be a strong man?"

Speaking of which, this Ma Wenju is not a simple person. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, he followed Yang Guang to conquer Goguryeo and Liaodong City. At that time, he was Yang Guang's Xiaoguo army, and he was already a general. Later, the Eastern Expedition failed and experienced the siege of Yanmen, and finally went south to Jiangdu with Yang Guang.

At that time, Ma Wenju was young and strong, and he was very dissatisfied with Yang Guang's attachment to Jiang Bugui, so he launched the Jiangdu mutiny with his superiors Ma Dekan, Yu Wenhua and others, and forced to kill Yang Guang with Pei Qiantong and others.

Later, Ma Wenju accompanied Yu Wenhua and others to lead the Xiaoguo army back to the west, and finally surrendered to the Tang Dynasty after being defeated.

Ma Wenju was extremely brave. Back then Yang Guang's Xiaoguo army was originally an elite army selected from among the elite. It was an army of the Son of Heaven, always prepared to recruit soldiers, different from ordinary government soldiers.

It's a pity that because of the regicide, Ma Wenju hasn't been promoted for nearly 20 years after returning to the Tang Dynasty, and he is only a captain of Guoyi until now, but compared to Pei Qiantong and others who were still prosecuted for regicide and treason in the Zhenguan Dynasty sin, he is not bad.

He is about to know his destiny at fifty, but Ma Wenju is still courageous.

Li Daozong looked at Ma Wenju for a while, then nodded to him.

"Okay, you lead the headquarters of Qianqi to test those Liao soldiers."

When he led the front army to leave, Li Daozong immediately ordered the whole army to put on armor and prepare for battle.

Ma Wenju's Qianqi is from the Flying Cavalry Camp of the Beiya Yulin Army, also known as the Qianqi Battalion. They are the same elite guards as the Xiaoguo Army back then. They are all children of Guanlong and are very brave.

Hearing that Ma Wenju came back and said that thousands of riders would fight ten thousand, all of them were enthusiastic and courageous, and they all rode their horses to follow.

A thousand riders quietly lay in ambush on the road.

When the 10,000 horses and horses from the front army of Black Bone City arrived like a long snake, Ma Wenju pulled up the horse, turned over and jumped on it, brandishing the Mo knife and shouting loudly.

"If you don't meet a strong enemy, how can you show yourself a strong man and make meritorious deeds!"

Galloping in Liaodong again, Ma Wen couldn't help but flash back to the scene more than 20 years ago. At that time, he was young and passionate, and he was recruited as Xiaoguo in response to the Xiaoguo order to conquer Liaodong.

Back then, there were meat flying fairy Shen Guang and many other people who accompanied him. They were all heroes in the capital, passionate and brave. Relying on his outstanding ability, Shen Guang first climbed to Liaodong City, was beaten down by the defenders, and then jumped up and climbed up the city again with a knife in his hand. Take the treasured sword with you as a guard.

Although Ma Wenju did not perform as well as Shen Guang on the Liaodong battlefield, he also saved many Goguryeo leaders with his true skills, and was promoted step by step.

Looking back, the past is like smoke.

He is no longer young, no longer a twenty-year-old boy, but the blood in his chest has not been extinguished.

This Eastern Expedition was an opportunity he had come to seek with great difficulty, and it was hard-won, so he needed to cherish it all the more.

"Kill the thief!"

Ma Wenju brandished Zhangbamo Dao, and rushed into the enemy's formation first.

The Goguryeo people were killed and fell on their backs. They were caught off guard. Gaimu was unable to reinforce them and went south to Liaodong City. Liaodong City was in sight, so they relaxed their vigilance. No one expected that they would be attacked under Liaodong City.

Ma Wenju was old and strong, and on the horse, he swung the knife repeatedly, slashing left and right, killing several people in a row.

Behind them, the knights of the Imperial Army of the Flying Cavalry Battalion all rushed forward, and a thousand cavalry suddenly showed the momentum of a thousand horses galloping. Tens of thousands of Goguryeo black-skeleton soldiers were beaten by them and ran around. After the Goguryeo general panicked, he found that only a thousand cavalry were attacking, and he immediately stabilized his mind.

Start directing.

The front has collapsed, but fortunately there are many people and horses, and the six or seven thousand horses behind are still in chaos.

The Koguryo general, who had been relieved, mobilized his troops, set up a frontal formation to block the attack, and sent troops to outflank the two wings, preparing to eat up the thousand arrogant Tang cavalry.

Under the city of Gaimu, they didn't dare to go up against the mighty Tang Jun, but now, don't they dare to fight the Tang Jun who is alone?

The infantry formed a solid formation, with spearheads like a forest, and the archers in the rear were also shooting densely.

Ma Wenju and others broke through the front army and reached the front of the formation, but they couldn't get through.

Although the Qianqi Battalion was the elite of the imperial army, it was only a light cavalry after all. Facing the dense array of spears and the rain of arrows, the number was too small after all.

After rushing for several rounds, they didn't rush over, leaving corpses everywhere in front of the formation.

However, the Qingqi of the Goguryeo people circled and outflanked them from both sides, and Ma Wenju and others were surrounded and could only fight to the death.

At this time, Li Daozong finally arrived with more than 3,000 troops.

"Boss Zhang, I'll be with you on the left and on the right, with two wings to hide and kill their light cavalry first."

Li Daozong quickly made deployments, and the two each led 1,500 cavalry into the battlefield.

Zhang Junyi looked at Ma Wenju, who was already under siege, and spat, "Why did the county king save this kingslayer? Wasn't he very arrogant just now?"

Li Daozong looked unhappy, "Now is not the time to talk about this."

"Then ask the king of the county to hold the line here, and the last general will lead the troops to tear the mouth open and rescue the kingslayer. How can the king of the county be in danger so easily?"

Zhang Junyi persuaded Li Daozong to stay and led his troops to kill him.

Zhang Junyi is also a mighty general of the Forbidden Army, he led Qingqi Kuang and rushed over, slashing at the Goguryeo people.

Seeing that a hole was about to be torn open, Ma Wenju was rescued, but the horseshoes behind were thundering, and another Goguryeo cavalry arrived, but the soldiers and horses in the rear rushed over after hearing the news.

Zhang Junyi was caught off guard. He was chasing the Goguryeo soldiers, but he was suddenly surrounded by the Goguryeo cavalry's counterattack. The difference in numbers between the two sides was too large.

He also didn't know how many people came from the enemy. Anyway, as far as he could see, they were all the flags of Goguryeo troops. Looking over there again, Ma Wenju's headquarters could no longer be seen.

It is not known whether it was annihilated or in combat.

After weighing in his heart, Zhang Junyi ordered to break through and retreat.

"withdraw!"

Zhang Junyi retreated with a U-turn, and the rest of Tang Qi also followed the flag. The Goguryeo people chased and beat him fiercely, and Tang Qi was in a panic for a while.

Li Daozong led a few hundred cavalry to watch the battle at the rear, but he saw Zhang Junyi retreating after a while, what was frightening was that he only cared about running away, and in the end the several thousand cavalry had no formation and seemed to be defeated.

Li Daozong is also known as the famous king of the clan. He imitated his cousin Li Shimin in every way. He was guarding Shuofang Lingzhou for many years, and he also practiced with Turks. Later, he also fought Tuyuhun and others. His ability to command troops is not bad. It's not his turn to be a pioneer.

King Jiangxia was furious, this damn Zhang Junyi, even if the battle situation is unfavorable, you have to ensure the formation, you can pull, you can't just run around like this, this thousands of troops, how can you run as fast as you can? Can I get it back?

Li Daozong raised his horse lance, led his soldiers to go up, waved the lance and knocked down several cavalry who were running around, and then ordered that those who dared to continue to escape should kill Wuhe.

Finally, the fleeing cavalry stopped and regrouped behind him.

Regardless of the dissuasion of his own soldiers, Li Daozong took his light cavalry and guards in charge of the formation, and brought the defeated soldiers who had just stopped, and rushed towards the pursuers of Goguryeo.

Less than a thousand rides.

Go upstream!

King Jiang Xia took the lead, just like Ma Wenju and Zhang Junyi before, but this time he faced a worse situation, but he was not timid at all.

Qianqi recoiled.

Li Daozong led his cavalry to charge from left to right, directly staring at the position of the Goguryeo leader, regardless of it.

At this point in the battle, even if he died anyway, he would have to fight to the death to drag a few backs.

The king of the county had already charged in person, and those imperial cavalry who would run away all turned around and rushed back one after another, and even followed the Goguryeo commander's flag.

To capture the thief, first capture the king, and ignore the others.

The Goguryeo general also panicked, who has encountered this kind of play, isn't this crazy?

He had already sent all the cavalry out to encircle the two cavalry that had attacked earlier, and they were all scattered. At this time, the formation was opened in the rear, and there was a vacancy in the defense. Li Daozong rushed over so recklessly. Can temporarily avoid the edge.

So one chased the other and ran.

Li Daozong chased desperately, the former general of Goguryeo fled desperately, and then more Goguryeo people chased after Li Daozong, and even Ma Wenju, who was already in a desperate situation, suddenly became more alive.

Chaos.

After all, Li Daozong failed to catch up with the Goguryeo general, and as time passed, reinforcements from behind Goguryeo kept coming. Soon Li Daozong and thousands of forwards under his command were surrounded again, this time everyone was surrounded.

There was a thunder in the sky.

It's raining.

Immediately afterwards, horseshoes thundered to the west.

A general of the Tang army galloped forward with his helmet on top of his armor, a black lacquered horse in his hand, and a nine-section steel whip on his back. Behind him were eight thousand Tang cavalry.

"Hey, Goguryeo boy, don't hurt my Tang Dynasty prince, your grandpa Yuchi is here too!"

At the critical moment, Yuchi Gong led eight thousand cavalry to arrive. He was like a god of war descending to the world, leading the eight thousand light cavalry like a sharp sword, stabbing into the Goguryeo army fiercely, and then slashed open.

Goguryeo tried to encircle and divide these thousands of Tang cavalry again, but this time it couldn't bear it any longer. Yuchi Gong's fierceness was unstoppable, and the majesty of the eight thousand fine cavalry was omnipotent.

Under their continuous charge, the Goguryeo army was defeated layer by layer. In the end, about 20,000 people fled on the battlefield and ran around. Yu Chigong and Li Daozong led the wolf-like Tang Qi to chase and kill them all the way.

After chasing and killing more than 3,000 miles, they finally chased directly to the city of Liaodong. Seeing the Koguryo army who could not retreat from the closed city gate, the Tang cavalry jumped off their horses and unbuttoned their trousers at the city of Liaodong. They pissed together in the city, and then they left.