Chapter 913: Reinforcements arrive
Chapter 913 Reinforcements arrive
Chapter 911: Reinforcements arrive
Looking at Jiang Song who was flying towards him, Li Keyong flashed a sneer at the corner of his mouth and shouted: "Jiang Song, I have issued a death order. Although your martial arts are high, I still want to see that just by you." Can one person stop these thousands of troops?"
After saying these cruel words, Li Keyong turned around and ran away without looking back. Obviously he also knew that if he was approached, his fate would be the same as Liu Hongji and Lai Huer.
Jiang Song obviously didn't expect Li Keyong to be so shameless. While speeding up the pursuit, he shouted: "Shameless rat, stop leaving."
Li Keyong dared to stay longer, but instead rode his horse to escape faster.
Seeing this, Jiang Song grabbed a long spear from a Liang Army soldier along the way, and then used it as a javelin to throw at Li Keyong. However, because he was too far away and his accuracy was not enough, Li Keyong was fatally shot. Averted.
Jiang Song chased out of the formation but failed to catch up with Li Keyong. In desperation, he had no choice but to return the same way and tried his best to prevent the Liang army from continuing to carry out destruction. He could only save one catapult.
Although the general Li Keyong ran away, the remaining Liang Army soldiers continued to carry out the tasks assigned by Li Keyong. After all, Li Keyong issued a death order, and there were only a few hundred coalition soldiers who dared to stop them. It was not enough to scare away these thousands of Liang troops.
Outside the formation, Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji, who were seriously injured, had already broken out of the encirclement.
Li Shimin's face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot when he learned that Liu Hongji and Lai Huer had died in the battle.
Lai Hu'er was a general belonging to Yang Jian's line. Li Shimin didn't care if he died, but Liu Hongji was Li Shimin's favorite general. He was originally planning to reuse him, but unexpectedly he died in the Longmen Formation.
There are not many generals available under Li Shimin's command. As a result, in this contest with the coalition forces, Changsun Shunde, Qu Tutong, Zhang Gongjin, Gao Shilian, and Liu Hongji, these five capable generals, would have been able to defeat them. Those who shined on the battlefield were killed one after another because they encountered opponents that were much stronger than them.
At the thought of this, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and the death of a large number of his generals also made him think about Zhao She being captured alive.
“Zhao She is very capable. If he can be persuaded to surrender, he will definitely be a big help in the future.”
Li Shimin couldn't help but have a flash of desire in his eyes, and said secretly: "It seems that we must work harder to persuade them to surrender. I also hope that I can capture more generals in the future."
The battle has reached this point, and Li Shimin can't give much help in command, because all the moves he can use have been used up. The only thing he can do now is to wait for Li Ke to use Zhang Xutuo to defeat the Longmen Formation.
Li Shimin did not wait too long. Not long after Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji came back, he saw with his own eyes that the Longmen Formation, which blocked his more than 30,000 troops, completely collapsed in front of his eyes.
Li Shimin immediately showed excitement: "Okay, Generals Li and Zhang really did not disappoint me."
At present, the Liang Army's casualties have far exceeded 10,000. Even if these 10,000 coalition forces are completely wiped out, it will still be a huge loss for the coalition forces.
Even though he knew this, Li Shimin still looked excited, because if the coalition's catapult convoy was not destroyed, Hulao Pass would not be able to hold on anymore.
In order to hold on to Hulao Pass for a longer period of time, even if more than half of the 40,000 troops leaving the city suffered casualties, as long as they could destroy the coalition's catapult convoy, it would still be worth it in Li Shimin's eyes.
“Report, the two generals Lu Bu and Hou Yi are back!”
Li Shimin’s pupils suddenly shrank and he said secretly: “It’s too bad.”
Lü Bu and Hou Yi, who were blocking the enemy in front, returned at this time, which meant that reinforcements from the coalition forces were about to arrive. If Li Shimin had not ordered a retreat at this time, there would probably be a danger of the entire army being annihilated.
"In such a short period of time, Li Keyong and the others should not have completely destroyed the coalition's catapult convoy. If they order a retreat at this time, all previous efforts may be wasted. What should we do? What should we do?" Li Shimin's brain was working rapidly, but no matter what, No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't think of a solution that would satisfy both parties. Perhaps there was no solution that would satisfy both parties in this situation.
Just when Li Shimin was in a dilemma, Li Keyong came back alone.
Li Shimin frowned immediately when he saw this, but before he could go to inquire, the horn of charge sounded in the distance.
The reinforcements led by Li Cunxiao are already close at hand.
After the remaining coalition soldiers in the trapped camp and Longmen heard the horn representing the reinforcements, the morale of the entire army suddenly rose sharply. They were looking forward to the stars and the moon, but finally their hope came.
Xue Rengui showed genuine joy, raised his halberd high and roared: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, hold on!"
After the complete collapse of the Longmen Formation, all coalition soldiers who were still alive had basically gathered around the catapult convoy. ,
Because if we don't gather our strength, we will definitely die faster when surrounded by Liang's army that is several times larger than our own. And the total force gathered is less than two thousand, and everyone else will die on the way here. .
Xue Rengui and other five generals led the remnant army of less than two thousand, guarding each catapult that was still intact, and continued to fight with the Liang army.
Each general has killed at least two hundred soldiers. They have tried their best to protect the catapult convoy, but they are still unable to stop the nearly 10,000 Liang troops, and most of the 500 catapults have been destroyed.
The news that reinforcements had arrived caused the soldiers who were extremely exhausted to burst out the last bit of energy in their bodies.
The remaining soldiers fought desperately with the Liang army and defended the remaining 100 catapults to the death. This hysterical madness also frightened the Liang army.
Li Keyong briefly explained the death order he issued, and Li Shimin also had a basic understanding of the stone-throwing convoy.
In general, although this mission was not completely completed, most of the catapult convoy was also destroyed.
The threat from the catapults will be reduced to a minimum, and this is enough. We can retreat. If we don't retreat, the whole army will really be annihilated.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin said decisively: "Send the order, and the whole army will retreat to Hulao Pass."
Following Li Shimin's order, in an instant, the entire battlefield sounded the clarion call for the Liang army to retreat.
Zhang Xutuo, who was secretly hiding among the soldiers for fear of being discovered by the enemy general, finally felt relieved after hearing the retreat horn.
It was too scary. The five generals including Xue Rengui on the opposite side were all stronger than him.
If he shows up, they will definitely join forces to target him, and how can ordinary soldiers stop such a fierce general? Do we want to abandon the soldiers and run for our lives like Li Keyong did?
Zhang Xutuo didn't want to lose this person, so he quietly hid among the soldiers before the other party noticed him, and secretly directed the army to destroy the catapult convoy.
Although Zhang Xutuo was hiding very covertly, he was still afraid of being discovered by the enemy generals. Now that the general Li Shimin ordered a retreat, he could finally retreat confidently.
“The whole army listens to my general’s order, stops the attack and retreats immediately.”
(End of this chapter)