Chapter 82 Reinforcement
"Mr. Luo said it well."
"The Goguryeo people don't want to bully us."
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Everyone expressed their opinions, looking at Luo Yi eagerly, waiting for Luo Yi to allocate the official system. Luo Yi glanced at everyone: "This time, the Sun Company headquarters sent the most troops, with a total of 7,000 people. It should be the main force, and the Sun Company headquarters can be the front army."
Wu Ligu stood up and bowed to the leaders of the nobles. He felt a little disappointed. He originally wanted to ask each department to elect a leader, but Luo Yi did not agree. Now he is the striker and has to settle for the second best.
"Li and Tu are each sent 4,000 troops to form a central army, and the officer is personally commanded by the officer. The two clan leaders, Li and Tu, are appointed as deputy officers."
The head of the tribe Li and Tuliuyu II quickly stood up: "Just follow the instructions of the Lord?"
Luo Yi nodded: "Very good, Piji's troops sent five thousand troops, and I asked Piji's troops to serve as the defender."
The head of the Piji tribe also quickly stood up to agree. Luo Yi basically achieved impartiality, and the heads of each tribe led their own tribe members, so they did not have to worry about being annexed.
"Everyone, after the Goguryeo people were annihilated this time, I will ask the court to reward you with great stinginess. At that time, the court will appoint the official system of all tribe members."
Everyone was happy and could get the official official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty. For these Khitan nobles who were gathered in tribal form, it was undoubtedly an opportunity to increase their prestige and power.
"Dong, dong, dong..." The drummers on both sides were beating the cowhide drums wildly. The intersection of the Zhou army and Goguryeo armies was soon covered with a layer of corpses. Countless Goguryeo people in front fell down, and the Goguryeo soldiers behind were still standing one after another.
With such a crazy attack by the Goguryeo people, the Zhou army on the front line gradually felt the pressure getting stronger and stronger. If it weren't for the advantage of the height, they would have really been broken by Goguryeo.
The Zhou army had only more than 2,800 people. Except for a thousand archers, there were actually only one thousand people on the front line defending. Yang Yong's personal soldiers and the eight hundred elites selected from Yingzhou were all right away, ready to launch a sudden attack on the Goguryeo people at the foot of the mountain at any time. Looking at the precarious defense line, Yang Yong had to use this reserve force early: "Yang Shi, you lead the people to charge the formation!"
"Yes." Yang Shi raised his hand, and the eight hundred elite soldiers who had been prepared were urging their mounts and followed Yang Shi and rolled down the mountain: "Kill! Kill!"
Hearing the shouts of killing behind him, the front lines of the Zhou army moved away one after another. The Goguryeo soldiers felt the pressure relaxed and thought that the Zhou army had collapsed. They were overjoyed and shouted to attack the mountain. They just took a few steps and heard the rumbling sound of horse hooves. When they looked up, they saw a team of cavalry rushing down from the mountain with murderous intent and rushed down from the mountain. The cavalry's momentum was amazing. Not to mention being killed by the cavalry, as long as they were hit by the horse, they would be seriously injured if they were not killed.
The Goguryeo soldiers who were attacking were shocked and ran to the bottom of the mountain with no chance. But how could they run past the cavalry with four legs? In the blink of an eye, they were caught by the Zhou army. They were immediately killed by the Zhou army like chopping melons and vegetables.
Wenda was not surprised to see the Zhou army dispatching cavalry. He ordered the flag to dance. The two thousand cavalry who had been prepared were divided into two routes, intercepting Zhou cavalry from the front, but also capturing towards the foot of the mountain, trying to cut off the Zhou cavalry's back.
The sound of gold on the mountain came. Yang Shi, who had just started killing, heard the sound and shouted: "Retreat!" The eight hundred elite cavalry let go of the escaped Goguryeo infantry and retreated to the mountain before the Goguryeo cavalry cut off the rear route. Many Goguryeo cavalry were furious and rushed up the mountain.
"Swish! Swish! Swish..." Countless sharp arrows flew from the mountain, shooting the Goguryeo cavalry's front army so that they could overturn the horse. The Goguryeo general who led the team had to shout hatefully: "Retreat!"
The Zhou cavalry charged was extremely short, and Goguryeo lost only more than 200 soldiers, most of whom were directly killed by horse hooves. However, the Zhou army had successfully disintegrated the attack with the highest morale of Goguryeo. In this short period of time, the eight hundred elite cavalry who went down the mountain and went up the mountain were sweating profusely.
The second attack of the Goguryeo people was soon organized, and the cavalry on both sides had withdrawn. The Goguryeo infantry relied on the large number of people and quickly pressed the Zhou army step by step towards the top of the mountain.
"shoot!"
Seeing that almost all Goguryeo infantry was put into the ground and crowded into a group at the foot of the mountain, the Zhou army archers who had been preparing finally found a chance. Countless sharp arrows shot into the sky.
"Swish! Swish! Swish..." The Goguryeo who was attacking suddenly felt the sky dark. When he looked up, the dense arrow feathers fell towards his leader. He was shocked. The people with shields in his hand quickly raised them, and those without shields desperately lifted up a body on the ground and hid under it.
"Bo, Bow, Bow..." The sound of countless sharp arrows inserted into the body came. Although many Goguryeo soldiers in front had shields, their array had already been disrupted when they attacked. Zhou Jun's feathered arrows were too dense, and the single shield was not enough to protect the whole body. Many soldiers exposed parts were shot and moaned painfully. Those who had no time to hide were even more miserable, and their whole bodies were shot like hedgehogs.
"Shoot!" The Goguryeo soldiers who escaped the first round of arrow feathers had no time to be glad, and the second round of arrow feathers of Zhou army had arrived again, "Bo, Bow, Bow..." Another sound of iron feathers was in the bones.
After five consecutive rounds, the Zhou army stopped shooting. Five thousand iron feathers poured out to the foot of the mountain, taking away at least hundreds of Goguryeo people's lives. More people were injured. The Goguryeo's attack was suddenly frustrated and had to retreat.
Looking at the retreating soldiers, Wenda almost bit his lips. He always led the way, but now he had a little more movement, and he felt a piercing pain. He could only stand behind to supervise the team.
He shouted in a hoarse voice: "Continue attack, the person who retreats will be killed!"
Seeing the general supervising the battle behind, the retreating Goguryeo people rekindled their blood and yelled at the front line. Many archers braved the rain of the Zhou army's arrows and rushed to the front, and kept firing arrows on the mountain. The Zhou army's archers began to suffer casualties on the mountain.
Yang Yong shook his head: "The Goguryeo people are crazy. Since they dare to use archers to shoot against our army." Although the hillside is not too high, it still has a clear advantage over the mountain. Unless there are several times more archers at the foot of the mountain, it can only be a death-seeking act.
The Goguryeo soldiers were very brave, but they suffered heavy casualties under the attack of Zhou army archers, and they still had to retreat. Seeing that their morale was slowly declining, at noon, Wenda had to call out the gold and withdraw his troops and attempt to reorganize the attack.
Seeing the Goguryeo soldiers retreating, the Zhou army on the front line breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the ground, with corpses lying at the foot of the mountain, and blood slowly gathered to the low-lying area, making it red. Although the Goguryeo people suffered heavy casualties this time, their crazy attacks were not without gains. They once forced the Zhou army to the hillside. If the Zhou army's archers were not too strong, the Zhou army's formation had been broken.
"Attack!" Without waiting for a long time, the attack of the Goguryeo people had begun again. It was just that the so-called "one-stop" campaign declined again, and the three-depleted morale of the Goguryeo people had almost lost, and the Zhou army could no longer feel too much pressure.
Just when both sides thought that today's battle was about to end and Goguryeo was about to withdraw his troops, a rumbling thunder came from afar, and the whole earth seemed to be trembling. The soldiers on both sides looked at the thunder in surprise, and saw a huge smoke and dust rising from the north, as if covering the sky and the sun.
The Goguryeo soldiers automatically broke off contact with the Zhou army, and the Zhou army forgot to chase them, staring blankly into the distance, at a loss. Both sides knew that such a big movement was a sign of a large group of cavalry coming, and both sides were nervous, afraid that the other party would be helpers.
Wei Podi stared blankly at the smoke and dust in the distance, and he trembled and said, "Sir, look at the momentum, there are at least 20,000 cavalrymen."
"Twenty thousand cavalry." The Zhou army was in chaos after hearing this. If the enemy had 20,000 more cavalry, they would probably not have time to leave everything and run away now. Yang Yong hurriedly shouted: "Don't panic, that's our reinforcements." At the same time, Yang Yong couldn't help but be surprised. How could the Khitans come so many times?
After hearing Yang Yong's voice, Zhou Jun calmed down. The fifth princess Goguryeo came to Wenda in panic: "General, is our people here?"
Wenda reacted: "Retreat! Withdraw the troops!" The pontoon bridge behind was broken, and it was impossible for the country to mobilize so many cavalry to come. Now only the various ethnic groups on the grassland gathered such a great momentum. Although Wenda could not determine whether the other party wanted to get a bargain, he still wanted to help the Zhou army. At this time, he could only be cautious.
Seeing the Goguryeo people retreating, the Zhou army in the mountains cheered. Everyone was still half-believing and half-doubting about Yang Yong's words just now. At this time, they finally believed that it was their reinforcements.
"General, will you go down the mountain to pursue?" The Zhou army generals were all eager to try.
Yang Yong shook his head: "Don't worry, wait and see." If the 20,000 troops that came were really Khitans, the Goguryeo people's retreat was broken, and they were already turtles from the middle of the house. If they guessed wrongly, the entire army would have to escape.
Chapter completed!