Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Due to the death of Gao Minxing, the general stationed at the South Gate, the Anshi City defenders were leaderless and fell into chaos for a while.

Although the generals scattered everywhere tried their best to organize their subordinates to resist the enemy, they were hit by the charge of the Tang army coming towards them, and their newly organized formations were shattered.

Hou Junji quickly gave the order: "Beat the drums, tell the soldiers to increase their offensive and destroy the enemy army in front in one fell swoop!"

"promise!"

Six of Hou Junji's personal guards hurried over to pass on the message.

Soon, the dense drum beats of the Tang army began to sound, and the speed of beating became faster and faster.

With the help of the drumbeats, the morale of the Tang army was greatly boosted, and the enemy troops were forced to flee in disarray.

Hou Junji continued, "General Li, you take charge of the overall situation here, and I will lead the troops to the front to command the battle."

Li Ji nodded and said, "General Hou, please pay more attention."

Hou Junji nodded, and then, under the protection of his personal guards, he quickly ran down the wall.

Under the powerful offensive of the Tang army, the 5000 elite defenders stationed at the South Gate were killed in less than half an hour.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Mohe soldiers armed with various weapons also rushed over from various intersections.

The leading Mohe general shouted.

"Kill 10 Tang soldiers and you'll get a 1-tael reward. Kill Tang general and you'll get a -tael reward!"

Most of the Mohe soldiers did not even have leather armor. After hearing the rewards promised by the general, they raised their swords and spears and rushed forward shouting.

"Come on!"

"Kill all the Tang troops!"

When the Tang army saw that these Mohe soldiers didn't even have armor, and many of them were holding four-foot short blades, they were like a group of vicious wolves seeing Mianyang.

After the first encounter, hundreds of Mohe soldiers died without even having the chance to call for help.

"So strong!"

The Mohe soldiers who rushed over later were extremely shocked.

In the ensuing charge, the Mohe soldiers were horrified to find that before the short blades in the hands of their brothers in front of them even touched the Tang army, they were killed by the long spears in the hands of the Tang army.

"Even the Tang army can't reach these short blades issued by Goguryeo. How can we fight them?"

"I think Goguryeo just wants us to come here and die!"

Many of these Mohe soldiers were civilians who were temporarily recruited. They complained loudly and their morale was extremely low.

As more and more of their comrades were killed, the Mohe soldiers in the front began to turn around and retreat.

The Mohe general who was standing at the end of the army on horseback saw that the soldiers at the front were actually starting to flee back, so he quickly reined in his horse and rushed forward with his personal guards.

"You can't retreat, everyone, go to the front to meet the enemy!"

"Those who desert the battlefield will be killed!"

He pleaded with a bitter face to a Mohe soldier standing in front of his warhorse.

"General, the short blades in our hands can't do any harm to the Tang army. Why don't we let the Goguryeo soldiers take over?"

"Not only are they wearing armor, but they're also holding spears!"

The Mohe general did not listen to his words, but scolded with a cold expression.

"Stop talking nonsense and turn around to meet the enemy!"

Seeing that the Tang army behind them was getting closer and closer, the fleeing Mohe soldiers had no time to care about anything else. Pushed by the people behind them, they simply passed the Mohe generals and fled back.

At this moment, the Mohe general swung the sword in his hand and chopped down several deserters in succession.

Only then did the deserters stop fleeing.

The Mohe general Leng Shui shouted: "If anyone deserts the battlefield, his family will be punished as well!"

"If you don't want to implicate your family, pick up your weapons and fight the Tang army!"

Upon hearing that their families were implicated, the Mohe soldiers had no choice but to turn around and go on to resist the Tang army.

Su Dingfang looked at the very low combat effectiveness of these Mohe soldiers, and he hurriedly shouted to the generals and the Black Armor Army beside him.

"Leave the Mohe soldiers to the other brothers, we will go around from the small path on the left and raid the commander of Anshi City!"

"it is good!"

A group of generals and the Black Armor Army retreated one after another, and they followed Su Dingfang and ran all the way.

The vacant positions were filled by the Tang army behind.

At the gate of the City Lord’s Mansion.

Yang Wanchun and Nusa Gao Huizhen each rode on a tall warhorse. The spacious street behind them was filled with well-equipped elite soldiers.

Gao Minxing's personal guard, sweating profusely, reported in a hurried tone.

"General Yang, Gao Nuosa, we can't cause any damage to the Tang army's heavily armored infantry. Please send blunt-armored soldiers to break their armor!"

Without even turning his head, Yang Wanchun said in a deep voice: "General Park, you will immediately lead your 500 blunt weapon soldiers to the battlefield for support!"

"promise!"

A burly general carrying a mace quickly reined in his horse and rode away.

Yang Wanchun turned around and looked at Gao Minxing's guards, frowning and asked, "What was the outcome of the battle ahead?"

"Reporting to General Yang, we are being beaten back by the Tang army. I'm afraid only one out of ten soldiers are alive now!"

"waste!"

Yang Wanchun cursed loudly.

Less than an hour had passed since the battle began, and the 5000 elite troops led by Yang Wanchun had been killed?

The combat effectiveness of elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers is completely different.

Noosa 6?8 Gao Huizhen replied: "I have sent all 2 Mohe soldiers over there, they should be able to hold out for a while."

Yang Wanchun looked up at the scorching sun in the sky, then shook his head slightly and said.

"Gao Nuosa, the Mohe soldiers are poorly equipped. They won't be able to hold out for long. Send the other 2 soldiers under your command to support them."

"I don't care how much casualties they can cause to the Tang army. As long as they can exhaust the Tang army, the 1 elite soldiers under my command will be able to reap a lot of damage from them!"

The fighting power of the Tang army was too strong, so Yang Wanchun and Gao Huizhen discussed a tactic. They would first send Gao Huizhen's 6 soldiers to resist the Tang army in batches. After the Tang army was exhausted, Yang Wanchun would lead the elite troops to attack.

This tactic was to send tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers to their deaths, at a very high cost.

"it is good!"

Gao Huizhen nodded.

He then ordered his deputy general, "General Zhou, lead the army to provide support."

Before the deputy general could speak, he continued in a deep voice, "Remember, wait until the Mohe soldiers have finished fighting before you take over!"

In the eyes of these Goguryeo generals, the soldiers of the Mohe tribes were used to exchange lives with the Tang army, and their primary goal was to preserve the lives of their own soldiers.

The deputy general holding a mountain-splitting axe responded in a deep voice on his horse.

"As ordered!"

After saying this, he reined in his horse and rushed towards the army behind.

Soon, 2 Goguryeo infantrymen holding spears trotted towards the battlefield.

On the battlefield.

Under the stranglehold of tens of thousands of Tang troops, 2 Mohe soldiers were killed in just over an hour.

And the tens of thousands of Goguryeo soldiers waiting behind, led by a general holding a mountain-splitting axe, once again rushed towards the Tang army.

Hou Junji ordered in an orderly manner: "Let the soldiers in front retreat and rest, and let Zhang Liang and his men take over!"

"promise!"

As the command flags waved, the troops of Li Ji and Hou Junji, who were at the front, retreated one after another under the command of a group of generals.

Zhang Liang shouted loudly: "Brothers, kill more enemies and earn more rewards!"

"kill!"

Following behind the main army, the tens of thousands of enemy naval forces who had never been able to reach them rushed forward with a roar.

Except for the attack on Beisha City, the army under Zhang Liang's command did not fight any major battles afterwards.

Seeing the other two armies winning battles one after another and making great achievements, they felt indescribable envy in their hearts.

Moreover, after spending these days together, they learned from the soldiers in the central army that when the army broke through Baiyan City, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave all the gold, silver and other valuables in the city as rewards to everyone.

This made them extremely envious.

Now, enormous wealth and honor have fallen upon them, and all the soldiers are putting their best efforts into fighting the enemy.

"Bang~"

Soon the two armies collided head-on, and the Tang army, relying on its superior weapons and armor, instantly gained the upper hand.