Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Yang Wanchun saw a Tang general wearing silver armor and holding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, who was like a god descending from heaven and directly tore a hole in the army from the front.

Immediately afterwards, countless well-equipped Tang army infantry and cavalry followed the silver-armored general and rushed into the formation.

"hateful!"

"How come the Tang army has so many powerful generals!"

Yang Wanchun gritted his teeth and let out a cry of impotent rage.

The pride in my bones disappeared at this moment.

Yang Wanchun originally wanted to have a good fight with General Tang, but when he saw the silver-armored general in front of him, he instantly lost his desire to fight.

Moreover, under the charge of the Tang cavalry, his central army formation was in chaos, the soldiers could not find their generals, and the generals could not find their soldiers.

When the old general Gao Minxing saw that Yang Wanchun was in a daze, he quickly reminded him in a deep voice.

"General, give the order to retreat!"

"If the fighting continues, the army will probably be wiped out!"

When Yang Wanchun saw his soldiers falling down in large numbers and their morale was extremely low, he knew that the situation was hopeless.

He gripped the lance tightly and spoke in a deep voice to a general behind him.

"General Sun, you lead your 5,000 soldiers to resist the Tang army's charge and cover the army's retreat."

Behind him, a middle-aged general wearing iron armor and holding a broadsword said respectfully.

"As ordered!"

Then he rode out with a serious expression and commanded his subordinates to meet the enemy.

Yang Wanchun narrowed his eyes, staring at the Tang army that was moving like a fish in water, and gave orders unwillingly.

"The whole army retreats!"

As the command flag of the central army was waved quickly, the rear army became the front army, and the army quickly changed direction and rushed towards Anshi City.

When Su Dingfang saw the Goguryeo army retreating, he roared.

"The enemy has retreated, soldiers, follow me and kill them!"

The Tang army was also excited, and they shouted while fighting.

"Kill!"

The Tang army's momentum was rising amid the shouts and cries of killing. They chased the Goguryeo army and hacked at them all the way.

Behind the army.

Hou Junji and Zhang Jian met.

Seeing that most of Zhang Jian's soldiers had wounds on their bodies, Hou Junji, who originally wanted to lose his temper, suppressed his anger.

Hou Junji said to Zhang Jian, who looked ashamed, "General Manager Zhang, you should lead the army back to Huaiyuan City to rest and protect the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian is now protected by only 4,000 men, and the battle on his side cannot be ended in a short time. It is the most appropriate decision to let Zhang Jian's troops, whose morale is low, go back.

Zhang Jian nodded, clasped his fists and said, "As you wish!"

Before leaving, Zhang Jian said to Hou Junji, "General Manager Hou, please be careful."

"Yeah." Hou Junji nodded calmly.

After watching Zhang Jian lead his troops away, Hou Junji also came to the front line of the battlefield under the escort of his personal guards.

When he saw the enemy army was routed, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

"Hahaha, the soldiers are doing their best to kill the enemy and make great contributions!"

"We will use this great victory to wash away the shame of our defeat!"

After saying this, Hou Junji drew his sword, rode his horse forward, and personally participated in the fight against the Goguryeo soldiers.

His personal guards hurriedly followed him, fearing that he might make a mistake.

The Goguryeo enemy army was already exhausted after chasing Zhang Jian's troops for dozens of miles, while the reinforcements led by Hou Junji were well-rested and waiting for the opportunity to tire themselves out.

The 5 Goguryeo troops who stayed behind were quickly wiped out by tens of thousands of Tang troops.

General Sun was even knocked away by Xue Rengui's Fang Tian Hua Ji.

"Good boy, you're so awesome!" Hou Junji witnessed Xue Rengui's bravery with his own eyes and couldn't help but praise him.

He then shouted: "Everyone follow this general and chase the enemy with all your strength!"

Chasing and killing the fleeing soldiers were all free military merits, so all the Tang troops put their best efforts in giving chase.

After chasing the Goguryeo army for nearly 20 miles, Hou Junji saw that they were getting too far and quickly sounded the horn to call back his troops.

As soon as the battle was over, Hou Junji hurriedly gave orders to Xi Junmai.

"Xi Junmai, you and Xue Rengui quickly lead the troops back to Huaiyuan City to protect the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Although he had ordered Zhang Jian to lead his troops back to provide assistance, Hou Junji was still somewhat worried.

"promise!"

Xi Junmai and Xue Rengui did not stop, and led their soldiers to rush back without stopping.

On the way back, there were corpses of Goguryeo soldiers everywhere.

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Huaiyuan City.

Cheng Huailiang, who stayed behind to protect the prince, was always nervous.

He was afraid that Liaodong City would send people to attack, so he stood on the city wall on guard.

Suddenly, a large group of soldiers appeared in sight.

Because they were far apart, Cheng Huailiang could not distinguish between friend and foe at the first sight.

Cheng Huailiang's face tensed up, and he quickly shouted, "Be on guard!"

wow~

All the soldiers under Cheng Huailiang's command rushed onto the city wall. They hid at the edge of the wall and stared at the army approaching from the distance.

Half a quarter of an hour later, they finally saw the incoming army's tall flag.

All I saw were large flags with Tang characters written on them fluttering in the wind.

"It's one of our own!"

Everyone cheered and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, they did not let down their guard to prevent the enemy from impersonating their own army.

As the army under the city got closer, Cheng Huailiang finally saw the generals in the lead.

"It's Zhang Jian's troops!"

"Open the city gate quickly!"

The first thing Zhang Jian did when he led his troops into the city was to arrange for military doctors to treat the wounded.

He then took off his armor, and went to the City Lord's Mansion alone, carrying a battle report with casualties and a bundle of wooden sticks on his back.

After suffering such a huge defeat, he needed to find Li Chengqian, the commander-in-chief of the entire army, to apologize.

Inside the city lord's palace.

Li Chengqian was looking through the military reports he had received these days. He felt as if his butt was sitting on needles, moving all the time.

At the lower position, Du He was holding a booklet and reading it with great interest.

This booklet contains Li Jing's experience recorded when he led his troops in battle. He gave this booklet to Du He a few days before Du He went out to fight.

At this time, the personal soldiers guarding outside the hall walked in.

He clasped his fists towards Li Chengqian and saluted, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince, the Liaodong Road march commander Zhang Jian wants to see you!"

The guard's expression looked a little strange when he spoke.

"Zhang Jian is back!"

Li Chengqian and Du He both raised their heads at the same time.

Since Zhang Jian was able to return safely, it proved that Hou Junji and his men had succeeded in their ambush.

Li Chengqian said quickly: "Please invite General Zhang in!"

"promise!"

After the guard saluted respectfully, he walked out of the hall quickly.

Soon, the personal guards brought Zhang Jian in.

Du He was stunned when he saw Zhang Jian carrying a bundle of wooden sticks.

"This Yingzhou Governor Zhang Jian is really interesting. He even learned the trick of Lian Po to ask for forgiveness by carrying a thorn stick on his back."

Du He secretly complained in his heart.

When he turned to look at Li Chengqian, he found that he also had a helpless look on his face, and was obviously speechless about Zhang Jian's behavior.

Zhang Jian walked quickly to the center of the hall, knelt down on both knees and bowed to Li Chengqian.

"Zhang Jian, the criminal, caused heavy losses to the army due to his command errors. I have come to the Crown Prince to apologize!"

After saying this, Zhang Jian pulled out a wooden stick from his back and raised his hands high above his head.

"Your Highness, please punish the criminal severely!"