Datang: Rebirth of Li Chengqian, the beginning of the treason interrogation

Chapter 123 The War Continues
The battle on Mount Gol was like a fuse that also ignited the city of Gaimu.

Seeing Guannu's tribe retreat, the generals of Gaimu City could no longer sit still and sent out troops to prepare for rescue in order to stabilize the morale of the army and gather the soldiers.

"Finally, the tortoise shell has been exposed. Gao Kan, you lead the troops to hold back and don't let Goguryeo break through the defense line. I will lead the cavalry to wait for an opportunity to pry open his tortoise shell."

Xue Wanche was overjoyed and showed weakness to the enemy, and finally let them leave the city.

"Shield soldiers, keep your formation and move forward, archers, provide cover!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Kan immediately took orders and began to make arrangements.

The soldiers moved forward quickly and blocked the main road firmly.

Due to the narrow area, the army could not be fully deployed, but a few hundred people standing here were enough to block the defenders in Gaimu City.

However, at this moment, the Goguryeo cavalry that had been charging in front suddenly stopped and retreated. Then, several huge boulders were pushed out.

These boulders rolled down the hillside, making a deafening roar that made the Tang army's scalps numb.

With a loud bang, the shield formation of the Tang army was instantly shattered into pieces, as if it were made of paper. Many soldiers who did not have time to dodge were directly crushed to death under the huge rocks.

What was worse was that it was not over yet. Immediately afterwards, a huge tree that could be hugged by two men also rolled down, and like harvesting wheat, it ruthlessly crushed over the Tang army, leaving a shocking trail of blood.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of elite soldiers were easily wiped out, which fully demonstrated the great difficulty of capturing Gaimu City. Facing such an attack of rolling logs and piled stones, even if thousands of troops came, it would be useless.

"Fall back!"

Gao Kan shouted loudly. His face was solemn, but he was not panicked. Instead, he calmly commanded the Tang army to retreat steadily in a tight defensive formation.

The Tang army soldiers obeyed the order, retreated in an orderly manner and maintained neat formation.

After retreating to the river dam, the Tang army quickly deployed their troops and formed a solid defense line. They held shields and spears, ready to meet the enemy's attack.

The Goryeo cavalry rushed forward, brandishing swords and spears, desperately rushing towards the Tang army's formation, trying to break through the defense line. These cavalrymen were fearless and unafraid of death.

"Shoot!" Gao Kan gave the order again.

The Tang army's archers had already prepared their bows and arrows, and upon hearing the order, they fired dense arrows one after another. Tens of thousands of arrows were fired at once, pouring down like raindrops, flying towards the Goguryeo cavalry.

The Goguryeo cavalry fell in droves, shot by arrows and unable to get up. But they were numerous, and they kept charging forward, and some of them still broke through the Tang army's defense line.

"Shoot again!" Gao Kan continued to order.

The soldiers who had finished shooting quickly stepped back, and another group of archers who had already drawn their bowstrings stepped forward and shot towards the sky. This time, there was no aiming at all, it was a purely indiscriminate attack.

Arrows flew in the air, some hit the enemy, some missed. Whether it hit or not was all based on luck.

puff!puff!
The Goguryeo archers were not to be outdone, and they also shot arrows, causing casualties to the Tang army. Many Tang soldiers were unfortunately hit by arrows and fell to the ground.

What was even more terrifying was that Goguryeo's infantry phalanx also pushed forward, and the archers behind it also finished drawing their bows and shooting arrows.

Arrows flew into the air and swooped down on the Tang army formation like millions of locusts.

"Yu!"

The soldiers half-crouched on the ground and hid under the shield formation.

The sound of "ding-dong-dang-dang" is endless.

Occasionally, screams could be heard. The shield formation was not impenetrable and there were still many gaps.

Those who are unlucky will be hit by those stray arrows.

The rain of arrows suppressed the attack for a long time before it completely disappeared.

Instead, there was a greater impact force. The cavalry rushed forward and crashed directly into the shield formation.

Even if it means people and horses are thrown to the ground, they must break through the Tang army's camp.

"The Strange Blade is out!"

Flags were waving and drums were beating.

A group of tall and mighty soldiers flew out from the shield formation, each of them holding a long sword in their hands. The handle was about four feet long, and the shining blade was three feet long.

He hacked and chopped down, killing both men and horses.

The cavalry's charge was blocked, and the Mo Dao seemed even more bloodthirsty, making it the nemesis of the cavalry.

This was an infantry weapon designed to deal with Turkic cavalry, and it was promoted during the reign of Emperor Gaozong.

The smell of blood spread, and the two armies engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the river bank.

The Goguryeo army was powerful and kept advancing, with its cavalry moving back and forth, causing heavy casualties to the Tang army.

Most of the Tang cavalry were taken away by Li Daozon, and there were no cavalry to contain them, and the Modao team did not have such high mobility.

Facing the charging cavalry, the Modao team might not be that effective.

"Back off again!"

Xue Wanche had already left the army at this time and led about 500 cavalrymen to retreat to the side of the hillside.

"Soldiers, behind us is the rolling muddy water. There is no way to retreat. The only way to survive is to kill the Goguryeo army."

Gao Kan roared, picked up his spear, and led his personal guards to charge into the army.

A decisive battle, a fight to the death.

"Don't be afraid of death. After death, you can leave your name in the Martial Temple. Your children will benefit from it, and we won't lose out!"

"Yes, it is worth dying in battle!"

The morale of the soldiers was high, and they all fought the enemy with the determination to die.

In a short while, the Goguryeo army was defeated and defeated.

The city of Gaimu had to send more troops to provide support.

"Soldiers, after death, we will reunite in the Martial Temple. Now follow me to break through the city!"

The opportunity that Xue Wanche had been waiting for came. Five hundred elite cavalrymen rushed towards Gaimu City and attacked the Goguryeo army that was about to come to the rescue.

He was not trying to intercept the reinforcements, he had great ambitions, to break through the Gaimu City. Only when they rushed up when the Goguryeo army left the city, they would not be attacked by the thunder and rolling logs on the top of the city.

The cavalry rushed forward quickly and arrived at the city of Gaimu in no time, and started fighting with the reinforcements of the Goryeo army.

Xue Wanche was also a man of unstoppable courage, and he was once the top general under the command of the hidden Crown Prince Li Jiancheng.

During the Xuanwu Gate Rebellion, he beat all the generals in the Qin Palace into a state of losing their temper.

Later, when he saw that he could not attack the Xuanwu Gate, he turned around and attacked and destroyed the Qin Palace. What a ruthless person he was.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, Yuchi Jingde threw the heads of Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince of Qi Li Yuanji out of the Xuanwu Gate, which completely destroyed the morale of their soldiers, and the Prince of Qin's Mansion escaped the disaster.

Xue Wanche rushed forward, his target was the Gaimu city gate.

Xue Wanche held the gun in his right hand and the sword in his left hand, and kept slashing forward with great ferocity.

None of the people with the surname Xue are easy to mess with. They all have great fighting abilities.

The Goguryeo army was routed.

"Soldiers, General Xue has captured the city gate. It is time to make meritorious contributions. Follow me to attack the city and capture Gaimu City. The whole army will celebrate for three days."

The soldiers of the Tang army were like a group of sharks that smelled blood, and they rushed towards Gaimu City without regard for their lives.

Although the Tang army was small in number, it would be easy for them to break through in one direction.

The temptation of a three-day party is too great.

With such a huge reward, all the soldiers in the army are brave men.

What does three days of carnival mean?
That is, during these three days, no one will care about you. You can take as much as you can and do whatever you want.

Just massacre the city.

There is no need to whitewash war, it has always been like this.

The same thing happened when the enemy broke through the Tang army’s city.

It wouldn't be much better if the Tang army occupied the enemy's territory.

How could such a few words in history books record it so clearly?

"Rolling Log Thunder Stone!"

The defenders of Gaimu City were greatly shocked. They didn't care about the enemy or themselves, and rolled down logs and thunder stones from the top of the city.

Row after row of soldiers were crushed to death.

But the fighting outside the city was already fierce and blood-thirsty, and the corpses piled up like mountains.

The originally steep hillside was flattened by corpses.

The boulder fell, splattering blood, but it could not roll anymore as it was blocked by the corpse.

Without the slope, the Thunderstone Log lost its power.

The five-meter-high city wall was soon flattened by corpses.

The Tang army climbed up the mountain of corpses and reached the top of the city wall.

The battle for the city begins.

The mountain city was stained with blood.

The Goguryeo army fought for survival and could not retreat, and the entire city was filled with soldiers.

The Tang army was also fighting for survival, and they could only get supplies if they occupied this granary.

The Tang army was well-trained and well-equipped, and after a long battle, their advantages became apparent.

In Gaimu City, the area occupied by the Tang army became larger and larger.

This does not mean that the enemy will flee as soon as they reach the top of the city wall.

Climbing onto the top of the city wall only brings your combat environment to the same level, and there are also battles of offense and defense.

We have climbed to the top of the city wall many times, but it is extremely difficult to stop the enemy's counterattack.

The credit of being the first to reach the target is not so easy to take.

Often, the first one to climb aboard is the first to die.

The fighting has continued from day to night and has not stopped yet.

The resistance of the Goguryeo army and civilians was too tenacious. They all defended the city to the death and no one surrendered.

Goguryeo was different from nomadic peoples like the Turks, as they were a descendant of an agricultural civilization.

In terms of awareness of weapons and equipment, they are different from nomadic peoples.

If they cannot defeat the nomadic people, they can just run away, because they are nomadic and have no fixed place to live.

But Goguryeo was different. Its country had existed for 600 years, and the concept of Goguryeo had long been deeply engraved in their bones.

They would choose to fight to the death, especially after hearing the news of the Tang army's massacre in the city, they would be even less willing to compromise.

The policy of massacre in a city can, to a great extent, deter the enemy and achieve the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting.

But there was also a counter-effect, which was the defenders' desperate resistance.

At midnight, the flames in Gaimu City illuminated the sky and lit up the ground as if it were daytime.

"These damned Goguryeo people actually set fire to the grain!"

Xue Wanche was furious and roared to the sky. It seemed that they were about to capture the city completely, but Goguryeo cut off their support with this move. Wouldn't the battle for Gaimu City be in vain?
"Kill them, and take them all for me."

Xue Wanche led his troops to the granary in Gaimu City to put out the fire, but the fire was so big that even the houses in the city were burned.

The Goguryeo army did not want to leave anything for the Tang army.

(End of this chapter)