Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Half an hour later.

Yang Xingyi personally led 8000 infantrymen out of the city, while the Chief Secretary led 2000 infantrymen to stay in Wugut City to prevent the Tang army from taking the opportunity to attack the city.

When a Tang army scout discovered that the defenders of Wugut had left the city, he hurried to report to Li Ji.

"General Manager Li, the defenders of Wugut City have left the city and are heading towards King Jiangxia!"

"it is good!"

Li Ji nodded excitedly in response.

They fed mosquitoes in this valley for a long time and finally waited for the news that the defenders of Wugut City had left the city.

Li Ji immediately gave the order: "Everyone, eat all the dry food, empty your body, and start fighting in half an hour!"

"promise!"

This group of elite cavalry began to get busy.

...

The soldier who went to Wugut City to deliver the message rode back to the central army at full speed, and he reported to Yuan Jingtu immediately.

"General Yuan, General Yang has led 8000 infantrymen out of the city. They should be able to engage the Tang army in half an hour."

The messenger did not dare to mention a word about Yang Xingyi's insults to Yuan Jingtu, for fear of causing rift between the two commanders before the battle.

After all, Yuan Jingtu's mind is smaller than the eye of a needle.

Yuan Jingtu nodded and said, "All officials have heard that Yang Xingyi is timid. This general thinks he is quite brave, at least braver than Brother Cui Boyi and those civil officials."

"General Yuan is right."

The surrounding lieutenants and guards all responded.

Yuan Jingtu asked the general beside him: "How far are we from the Tang army?"

"Return to General Yuan, it is estimated to be another three miles."

"It's almost time. Let Yang Aigao lead the cavalry to attack the Tang army."

Yuan Jingtu leaned lazily on the cushion and gave orders in a calm tone.

His posture was like that of a commander who was confident in his plan, and the enemy was wiped out in the blink of an eye.

"As ordered!"

After bowing, the general rode his horse and galloped forward.

After a cup of tea.

More than 10,000 cavalrymen walking in the front, led by a general holding a broadsword, quickly broke away from the team and galloped towards the direction of the Tang army.

For a moment, the war horses neighed and the sound of horses' footsteps was deafening.

Soon, the lieutenant general rode back and reported: "Reporting to General Yuan, General Yang has led the cavalry to charge with all their strength, and the morale of the soldiers is very high!"

"Hahaha!"

When Yuan Jingtu heard the report from the deputy general and the huge noise ahead, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Yang Aigong is really anxious. He can't wait to launch an attack on the Tang army!"

Forehead...

The messenger's mouth twitched.

They started charging when they were still 3 miles away from the Tang army. Would their horses still have enough strength to run over?

Yuan Jingtu then gave the order: "Beat the drums and raise the flags, the army advances at full speed!"

Soon the sound of war drums began to boom, and the command flags began to wave rapidly.

After receiving the order to attack, tens of thousands of soldiers, urged by their generals, trotted forward quickly.

Before the army had run a mile, a huge noise suddenly came from the rear army.

"Boom~"

"hiss~"

The sounds of horse hooves and neighing intertwined together, instantly attracting all the Goguryeo infantrymen.

Yuan Jingtu frowned and muttered, "Wasn't Yang Aigong leading the cavalry in the front? When did he run to the rear?"

As he finished speaking, a loud shouting suddenly came from the rear army.

"Enemy attack!"

"Tang cavalry is attacking!"

Upon hearing the bad news, Yuan Jingtu jumped up from the carriage.

He was horrified and shouted, "Aren't the Tang troops all in front?"

"Why is there still a Tang army?"

Unfortunately, the generals and guards around him were also confused. They didn't know how to answer this question.

"Yu Yu~"

A skinny horse rushed over from the rear army, and the old general on the horse reported in a panic.

"General Yuan, a large number of Tang cavalry attacked our rear army. Hundreds of our brothers were killed or wounded in just one encounter!"

Yuan Jingtu asked hurriedly: "How many Tang cavalry are there?"

"The mountains and plains are full of Tang cavalry, probably no less than 10,000!"

"what!"

Yuan Jingtu screamed in disbelief.

The 20,000 Tang troops blocking the front were all infantry. When did they quietly go around to the back?

And he even conjured up tens of thousands of war horses out of thin air?

The old general continued, "General Yuan, because the Tang army attacked suddenly, the rear army was completely disrupted, resulting in the rear army being unable to make any defense now."

"General Yuan, please deploy your defenses immediately and have the men in the rear army withdraw!"

At that time, the generals under Yuan Jingtu's command had not arrived yet, and he was frightened by the casualties of the Tang army.

Yuan Jingtu said with a pale face: "We didn't bring any equipment to defend against the cavalry. How should we deploy the defense?"

They learned that this Tang army had only three or four thousand cavalry, so in order to travel quickly, they did not bring heavy weapons.

Seeing Yuan Jingtu so incompetent, the old general said anxiously.

"General Yuan, you can order the baggage soldiers to arrange the carriages in several rows, so as to avoid the Tang cavalry's head-on charge!"

"At the same time, send spearmen, shieldmen, and archers to defend both sides to resist the Tang army's attack from the flanks."

After hearing the old general's arrangement, Yuan Jingtu felt it was more reliable, so he slowly waved his hand and said.

"Just do as you say. Go and give the order now."

The old general's expression froze, and he quickly said: "General Yuan, I need your tiger talisman to mobilize the soldiers, this..."

"What tiger talisman do you want? Go down and arrange it immediately. Say it's the order of this great general!"

If the general was not his trusted general, how could Yuan Jingtu hand over the tiger talisman so easily?

"promise!"

The old general responded with a grim look on his face, then rode away on his horse.

Looking at the old general's back, Yuan Jingtu curiously asked the lieutenant general on the side, "What position did that general hold just now?"

"Reporting to the general, he is just a small general of the Fire Army."

Yuan Jingtu's eyes widened: "Fire Army?"

Thinking that he had just listened to the advice of a fire army general, a nameless anger surged in his heart and his face became extremely ugly.

When Yuan Jingtu was furious, more than ten generals finally arrived.

The general of the rear army said in a hurry: "General, a large number of Tang cavalry attacked our rear army. Before I arrived, more than half of the tens of thousands of rear army soldiers had been killed or wounded!"

“Why are there so many casualties?”

The other generals said in astonishment.

It hasn't been long since the Tang army attacked, right? Thousands of people have been killed or injured?

Yuan Jingtu said angrily: "You bunch of useless people, are you all just going to stand there stupidly and let the Tang army kill you one by one?"

At the expedition banquet, everyone patted their chests and assured themselves that the Tang army was nothing to worry about. But now so many people had died at the beginning of the battle. How could this war be fought?

The general of the rear army smiled bitterly and said: "General, it's not that the brothers are incompetent, but that the Tang army is too many and too fierce!"