Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Looking at Yuan Jingtu's impotent rage, the messenger struggled mentally for a while, and then made a trembling suggestion.

"General Yuan, when I came back just now, I found that the Tang army blocking the road ahead had made strict defenses, and the cavalry led by General Yang could not cause any casualties to the Tang army ahead."

"Why not have General Yang dispatch 5000 cavalry to deal with the Tang cavalry behind us?"

Yuan Jingtu frowned and glanced at the messenger, his face full of displeasure.

Previously, a young general from the fire corps gave him suggestions, and now a small messenger soldier is also giving him orders. Do they think of themselves as generals?

Yuan Jingtu said coldly: "Are you teaching me how to do things?"

"I don't dare to do this in a humble position."

The messenger turned pale with fright and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

"Humph!"

Yuan Jingtu snorted coldly.

He waved his fat palm-leaf fan-like hand and said, "You should continue to pay attention to the battle situation. If there is any major change, remember to report it to me."

"As ordered."

The messenger saluted with his fists and left the central army with a look of relief on his face.

When Yuan Jingtu heard the shouts and cries of the Tang army getting closer behind him, he quickly ordered his guards to remove the canopy of the carriage, and then stood on the carriage and looked back.

This sight frightened him to death.

It turned out that the Tang army's cavalry had detoured to the left and right wings at some point and were rushing towards the center of the army, and the soldiers under his command were unable to form an effective block.

Yuan Jingtu quickly ordered: "Go to the battlefield ahead to find Yang Aigong and have him lead 5000 cavalry to quickly come back for support!"

Just as the personal guard was about to ride away, Yuan Jingtu stopped him again.

"and many more!"

"Let Yang Aigao lead 7000 cavalry to come back for support!"

Now the Tang cavalry coming back from both sides are the biggest threat. The Tang infantry in front are watched by 3000 cavalry and can't cause any trouble.

"As ordered."

The guards rode away quickly.

Yuan Jingtu then ordered the two generals beside him: "Each of you leads 1500 men to support the left and right flanks. You must stop the Tang cavalry!"

"promise!"

The two deputy generals led their soldiers and ran to the left and right wings.

Now, except for 2000 infantrymen, the remaining 2 people of the central army’s guard were all sent to resist the Tang army’s cavalry.

After half a quarter of an hour, seeing that the Tang cavalry was about to attack the central army, Yang Aigong finally led the cavalry back.

“Hahaha, Yang Aigong, you’ve arrived just in time!” Yuan Jingtu laughed wildly with joy. He said hastily, “Hurry up and lead your cavalry to destroy this arrogant Tang army!”

"promise!"

Yang Aigong, who had been circling the Tang army for a long time but had no way to stop it, was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger. He immediately divided his cavalry into three groups and rushed towards the Tang army.

Su Dingfang, who was leading his troops to attack the enemy's left wing, saw an enemy general rushing towards him with a broadsword in hand, so he went straight to meet him with a spear in hand.

Yang Aigong yelled, "General Tang will die!"

"clang!"

The two men's weapons collided fiercely head-on.

"Uh~"

After being hit by Su Dingfang, Yang Aigong fell backwards and his sword almost slipped out of his hand.

Before he could react, Su Dingfang's spear stabbed at his throat again, and Yang Aigong quickly returned to his sword to block.

"boom!"

Another powerful collision made Yang Aigong's palm numb.

Immediately afterwards, Su Dingfang's spear appeared like a ghost, occasionally at Yang Aigong's throat, face, abdomen and horse.

"So strong!"

Yang Aigong exclaimed in his heart, filled with horror at General Tang's strength.

He was considered one of the top five most powerful generals under Yuan Jingtu, but he didn't expect that he would be beaten by an ordinary Tang Jian without being able to fight back!

During the battle, Yang Aigong glanced around the battlefield and found that the thousands of cavalrymen he led were also crushed by the Tang cavalry.

"The big thing is bad!"

When Yang Aigong saw that the situation was not right, he was already thinking about how to retreat.

It's not shameful to run away if you can't win.

"How dare you be distracted while fighting this general?"

Su Dingfang shouted angrily.

While Yang Aigong was distracted, the spear in Su Dingfang's hand directly broke through the defense of the big knife and went straight through Yang Aigong's throat.

"Oh!"

Amid the astonished gazes of the surrounding Goguryeo infantry and cavalry, Yang Aigong fell weakly off his horse.

Su Dingfang didn't even look at him, but led the cavalry to continue strangling the weak enemy troops.

After the fight, Su Dingfang discovered that this group of Goguryeo reinforcements from Pyongyang City were only slightly stronger than the Mohe soldiers with simple weapons and armor.

They are completely not on the same level as the soldiers in Liaodong City, Anshi City and Baiyan City.

The death of Yang Aigong made the cavalrymen become headless flies in an instant.

Under the crushing force of the Tang army's flexible tactics and powerful strength, thousands of them were annihilated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Another battlefield.

Because of the lack of Yang Aigong's 7000 cavalry, Zhang Shigui, who had been on the passive defense, also began to lead his infantry to counterattack.

The 3000 Goguryeo cavalrymen who were circling around the Tang army, suffered hundreds of casualties under the overwhelming rain of arrows from the Tang army, and they hurriedly reined in their horses and fled far away.

Zhang Shigui led the army and attacked directly towards the central army where Yuan Jingtu was.

The Goguryeo cavalry scattered around saw that the Tang army ignored them and marched quickly towards the commander of the central army.

Their hearts trembled.

"Hurry up and hold back this Tang army!"

Under the command of the deputy commander of the cavalry, they quickly reined in their horses and rushed towards the Tang army.

Before they could get to within 50 steps of the Tang army, the Tang army archers who were responsible for the rear began to shoot several rounds at them.

When they finally rushed forward, the Tang army's shield soldiers and spearmen stopped them again.

"Bang~"

The cavalry and the shield soldiers collided head-on, and then the shield soldiers of the Tang army retreated a few steps, while the horses under the crotch of the Goguryeo cavalry were stabbed by the spears of the Tang army.

"Whee, wee!"

The warhorse neighed in pain and then plunged to the ground.

The cavalrymen who were following closely behind were unable to dodge and fell down along with their horses.

If the cavalry cannot break through the infantry formation in the first place, the best tactic is to use the speed of the horses and use bows and arrows to kill the infantry.

Just as the Goguryeo cavalry and the Tang army's rear were in a stalemate, Zhang Shigui had already led tens of thousands of infantry and rushed to within a few hundred steps of Yuan Jingtu's carriage.

"Quick! Stop the Tang army in front!"

Yuan Jingtu shouted in horror.

When the last 2000 infantrymen around him went to meet the enemy, Yuan Jingtu began to look around anxiously, looking for a way to escape.

Behind him and on both sides were Tang cavalry, and in front of him was also a large and densely packed group of Tang troops. Yuan Jingtu suddenly looked as pale as death.

He wanted to escape so much, but he couldn't!

"Damn the cavalry! They couldn't even keep an eye on the Tang army's infantry!"