Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Gao Changyi's face turned red with pain when he saw that his three capable subordinates did not obey his orders before going into battle.

Because of anger, his face gradually turned into the color of liver.

Before he could say anything, several smart generals noticed that Gao Changyi's expression was not right, and they immediately stood up to refute him.

"Now that the Tang army has been badly defeated by Cui Lisa's soldiers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"Opportunities are rare and will never come back. Once we miss this opportunity, it will be difficult to annihilate the Tang army in the future!"

"That's right. We have also agreed with Cui Lisa to attack the Tang army together. If we don't leave the city now, won't it harm Cui Lisa's troops?"

"This Tang army is fleeing towards the base camp. Once they gain a foothold, our advantage will be gone!"

"Gao Lisa, we request to go into battle immediately!"

Most of the generals raised their weapons and shouted that they wanted to go out of the city to fight.

The three generals who wanted to delay the battle turned ugly when they saw others trying to curry favor with Gao Changyi.

Gao Changyi said in a deep voice: "I order that 5 men be left to defend the city, and the remaining 3 troops will all go out to fight together with the reinforcements brought by Cui Hexian to attack the Tang army!"

After saying this, he pulled out the long sword from the hand of his personal guard. He stared at the raised long sword and spoke with a gloomy face.

"If anyone lags behind in this battle, I will kill him without mercy!"

As he said this, he swung the sword in his hand violently, turned around and chopped at the city wall behind him.

"Dang~"

The sword blade hit the hard stone slab, making a sharp sound.

Seeing that Gao Changyi was already angry, the three generals who wanted to delay the battle no longer insisted. They followed the other generals and spoke in agreement.

"Gao Lisa, we will fight to the bitter end!"

A general with a big nose patted his chest and shouted: "Gao Lisa, I will try to chop off the head of the Tang prince and place it on top of the Jingguan built by the Sui Dynasty!"

Gao Changyi nodded slightly, with anger still on his face.

He squinted his eyes and glanced outside the city, and saw that the fleeing Tang army's formation was in chaos, so he spoke in a deep voice without turning his head.

"Lead your troops and set off immediately!"

"I am on the city wall, watching your performance!"

The generals behind him said in unison.

"As ordered!"

Soon the sound of their footsteps leaving was heard.

Not long after, the South Gate was opened and the drawbridge over the moat was lowered.

I saw dense cavalry and infantry, led by various generals, rushing out of the city quickly, and then joining forces with the reinforcements to chase the Tang army from behind.

Gao Changyi kept his eyes on the battlefield, shaking his head and muttering.

"No wonder our Goguryeo soldiers always lose to the Tang army. The leading general is afraid before the battle. How can we win the battle?"

"After this battle, we need to replace them with a group of generals who are brave enough to fight!"

Gao Changyi discovered that several generals who had been shouting slogans loudly suddenly slowed down their pace after leading their troops out of the city, which was a typical case of much ado about nothing.

outside the city.

The Goguryeo army pursued the defeated Tang army relentlessly. They found that the Tang army's escape route did not go towards the main camp, so they chased them more vigorously.

No one knew how long they had been chasing, but they were already more than 10 miles away from Liaodong City.

The Liaodong City behind him had long been obscured by the mountains, and no trace of it could be seen.

The cavalry was better off, but the armored and spear-wielding infantry were so tired that they could hardly lift their feet.

"Are all Tang soldiers born in the Year of the Rabbit? How come they run so fast?"

"These cavalrymen are useless. They have chased the Tang army for such a long distance but still failed to stop them!"

"Stop and rest for a while. If you keep running, you won't be able to lift your weapons."

These Goguryeo soldiers began to complain.

Just as the pursuing team slowed down, the generals' surprised roars could be heard from the front.

"The Tang army no longer has the energy to run, everyone hurry and chase them!"

Upon hearing this good news, the Goguryeo soldiers should have been motivated and chased forward at full speed.

However, the speed of pursuit remained unchanged, and even gradually slowed down.

"We've heard this a dozen times, and not once has it been true."

"That's right. We speed up, and the Tang army also speeds up."

They have been fooled so many times that they are now completely immune to this sentence.

Goguryeo's central army.

A general who came out of Liaodong City came to the carriage of Cui Hexian of Lisa with an anxious look on his face, and saluted with his fists clasped on his horse.

"Cui Lisa, we have already chased them very far. Please give the order to retreat to Liaodong City."

"I think this group of Tang soldiers are pretending to surrender and are deliberately luring us to this valley."

The valley was very wide, so there was no need to worry about Tang army ambushes on either side, but there was only one way in and out.

If the Tang army blocked the entrance and exit of the valley, their 7-strong army would be unable to escape.

Cui Hexian frowned, glanced at the tall and strong general who looked quite mighty, and then spoke with a somewhat displeased tone.

"The Tang army was defeated by us and threw away their weapons and armor. How could it be a false surrender?"

"Even if the Tang army is pretending to surrender, our army has more than 7 people in total. Why should we be afraid of a few tens of thousands of Tang troops?"

Seeing Cui Hexian's arrogant tone like Gao Changyi, the general from Liaodong City almost swallowed his breath.

Their powerful Goguryeo had never made any achievements under the leadership of incompetent rulers like Choi Hyuk-hyun and Go Chang-ui.

Especially that waste Yuan Jingtu, who led 10 elite troops but was unable to defeat Silla, which only had the remaining imperial city, and he also lost tens of thousands of troops himself.

If it weren't for Molizhi Yeon Gaesomun who kept replenishing his troops, I'm afraid that the 10-strong army would have been wiped out by Silla.

The general of Liaodong City quickly explained: "Cui Lisa, our infantry and cavalry have been chasing for so long that they are already exhausted."

"Besides, the other Tang army has not shown up yet. I'm afraid they have already ambushed us all around."

"If another Tang army attacks us, I'm afraid our soldiers won't be able to resist."

"I beg Cui Lisa to order the army to withdraw to Liaodong City!"

It has to be said that there were still many smart generals in Goguryeo, but it was too late.

They had already entered the encirclement of the Tang army.

Just as Choi Hyuk-hyun was hesitating, a huge rumbling sound suddenly came from the front and back.

Cui Hexian's face changed drastically, and he quickly stood up and shouted angrily: "Someone, go check and see what's going on!"

Not long after a few guards ran out, two cavalrymen rushed over one after another.

"Report to Cui Lisa, a large number of Tang soldiers are coming from behind the army, and General Sun of the rear army was killed by a Tang soldier wearing silver armor!"

"The vanguard was ambushed by the Tang army in front, and General Song was shot to death by the Tang army. Our cavalry also fell into the trap dug by the Tang army, and suffered heavy losses!"

Upon hearing the bad news, Choi Hyuk-hyun's face turned pale instantly and he murmured in a low voice.

"It's over! It turns out that the Tang army is pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger!"

"pat~"

His fat body sat limply on the cushion.

The general of Liaodong City had no time to deal with Cui Hexian. He hurriedly rode his horse back to his own team, ready to lead his soldiers to break out of the encirclement of the Tang army.