Chapter 64 The reinforcements are here!
"Your Highness, our reinforcements have arrived!" Just as Li Yan was shocked and suspicious, he suddenly heard Aunt Hu next to him speak.
Just as Aunt Hu spoke, Li Yan suddenly saw two extremely familiar giant ships from the camera. With a flash of lightning in his heart, he suddenly figured out something. He put down his telescope and looked at Aunt Hu with a meaningful look. Then he said in a voice that only Aunt Hu could hear: "Aunt Hu, Hu Li, Lu Qing, Lu Hong, such an obvious thing, is it ridiculous that I haven't paid attention to it?"
When Aunt Hu heard Li Yan's words, a trace of bitterness appeared on her bloody face, and she also whispered: "Your Highness forgives you. It's not that we deliberately conceal it, but there are too many hidden feelings and twists and turns in it. After fighting this battle, my subordinates will naturally give you a satisfactory answer!"
"Okay, I'll wait for your answer!" Li Yan was also full of curiosity about Wen Xin's life experience and the origin of Aunt Hu. Unfortunately, it's not the time to ask questions, so I'd better solve these Goguryeo people first. Thinking of this, Li Yan raised his telescope again and carefully observed the fleet that appeared.
As Li Yan said, this fleet must have a lot to do with Lu Qing, because in the fleet, Li Yan saw the two Garen ships and blessed ships he gave to the other party. Last time when Lu Qing said goodbye, he said that he wanted to go back to the south to deal with some things, and then he might be stationed in Dengzhou. But what Li Yan did not expect was that the other party actually had such a huge fleet, with eight huge tower ships alone, and countless other ships of all sizes. A rough calculation was that there were at least 10,000 or 20,000 people. With such a huge strength, it was absolutely impossible to be an ordinary pirate, otherwise he would have been wiped out by the Tang Dynasty's naval army long ago.
As soon as this fleet appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of the naval forces of the two countries. General Yue, the chief general on the Goguryeo, immediately turned pale when he saw the fleet appear. They were alone in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so it was impossible for them to have any reinforcements, so this must be the reinforcements of the other side. Liu Ju was also surprised and suspicious. There was no flag on this fleet, and it seemed that the ship was made by the Tang Dynasty craftsmen. However, he knew the navy troops in several nearby states and had never heard of such a fleet?
When the fleet paused for a moment with both sides who saw the battle, but immediately began to accelerate and rushed towards both sides. As soon as they contacted, they immediately began to attack Goguryeo's warships. Now Liu Ju and the entire Dengzhou navy finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although they were a little at a disadvantage, they were in a stalemate for the time being. Any addition of any external force could tilt the balance of victory, not to mention that such a powerful helper joined. Therefore, the Dengzhou navy also boosted its morale, and even threw the fatigue on its body aside. It began to fight back.
On the lucky ship given by Li Yan, Lu Qing stood at the bow of the ship, commanding the left and right warships to attack the Goguryeo people. For a moment, crossbows and arrows were fired at once. At the same time, the catapults on the ship also began to exert force. Fireballs were thrown into the sky and landed on the other side's ship in an arc, which not only caused casualties on the other side, but also ignited the fires of many ships.
Under the attack between the two sides, the Goguryeo naval army finally couldn't stand it and began to defeat quickly. The sea was covered with fire ships, and each ship was fighting soldiers on both sides fighting. Although the sky was completely dark at this time, it was as bright as daylight under the light of the fire.
Seeing the shocking changes in the rear, Yuan Pure Land on the troop transport ship was also shocked. If they did not care about the navy and the soldiers who had already landed, they might escape from the sky by escaping immediately. However, Yuan Pure Land was a master who would not give up until he achieved his goal. Not only was he not prepared to escape, he stepped up his urging soldiers to land. Now nearly 10,000 soldiers have been transported to the shore, and there are still 15,000 people on the ship. As long as they can send people ashore before the navy is destroyed and then capture Dengzhou City as quickly as possible, they will have a glimmer of life.
Li Yan on the shore also understood the intention of the other party's commander. If these Goguryeo soldiers were allowed to go ashore, they would not tell whether they could capture Dengzhou City. However, the so-called "soldiers are like shaved". There are many villages and towns outside Dengzhou City. If these tiger and wolf soldiers were allowed to break in, how much damage would be caused?
With the idea of destroying the enemy on the sea, Li Yan and the others tried their best to stop him, and reported to Yang Shang in Dengzhou City, asking him to bring reinforcements as soon as possible. Even God helped Li Yan. Now it was completely dark and there were winds and waves on the sea, which caused great trouble for the landing of the Goguryeo people. From time to time, small boats were overturned by the wind and waves, and even hit the reefs on the shore sank. In addition, the continuous shooting of bows and arrows caused very heavy casualties to the Goguryeo people.
Although the Abyss Pure Land on the boat was so anxious that it was impossible to move around. Their big ships drenched in depth and the reefs were everywhere on the shore, so they could not rush to the shore directly, while the small boat could not withstand the wind and waves. Many soldiers did not know the nature of the water and were drowned in vain.
Faced with such a dangerous landing, some riots occurred in Goguryeo soldiers on the ship, but they were soon suppressed by Yuan Putu with bloody means and threatened the soldiers. Their families were all in Goguryeo. If they did not obey the military orders, even their families would be implicated. No one dared to have any objection anymore. At this time, the bows and arrows on Li Yan had been exhausted. After missing this threat, the landing of Goguryeo people was much smoother.
Although Yuan Pure Land had done its best, the rewards received were not necessarily beautiful. The cruelty of reality gave him a fatal blow. Under the joint strangulation of Lu Qing and Liu Ju, the Goguryeo Navy was defeated. When the two men's coached ships met, they immediately discussed a plan. In addition to leaving a part of the remaining Goguryeo Navy to clear the remaining Goguryeo Navy, the remaining warships immediately turned and rushed towards Yuan Pure Land's troops with all their strength.
At this time, the Goguryeo soldiers who landed in the city were only more than 15,000, and there were still tens of thousands of soldiers on the ship. Faced with this situation, Yuan Jingtu sighed and ordered people to take him to ashore in a small boat, and began to rectify the 15,000 soldiers on the shore. As for the 10,000 people on the ship, they could only be thrown to the Tang army behind him.
"Your Highness, the opponent's general is also a talent. When the army is being consolidated, the formation is not chaotic, so we have no place to stop. If we rush hard, it may cause some unnecessary casualties. It is better to retreat first. It is not too late to wait for an opportunity to attack on the road!" Aunt Hu frowned and looked for a long time, but could not find the flaws of the opponent's military formation, so she had no choice but to report to Li Yan.
Li Yan looked at the other party's formations that looked like a big hedgehog, and it was also a headache. The person who returned to the city to report the news had been there for a long time. Why has Yang Shang not come yet? They came this time too hastily and did not bring gunpowder weapons at all. If they could use rockets and grenades to fight against the enemy, let alone the hedgehog in front of them, even the turtle shell could explode.
Yang Shang really couldn't stand the rumor when he got up. Just when Li Yan was about to withdraw first and wait for an opportunity to ambush on the road, he suddenly heard someone shouting a horse neighing in the back. At that moment, Li Yan and the others were all shocked. When they turned their heads to look, they found a fire dragon rushing towards the dock behind them, and soon rushed towards them.
"Report to Your Highness, the 6,000 defenders in Dengzhou have arrived under the leadership of General Yang. At the same time, there are tens of thousands of civilians who transport supplies behind them, and they will arrive soon. I will come and hand in the order!" The visitor was the escort of the royal palace who had just returned to the city to report the news.
When Li Yan heard that Yang Shang had almost brought all the defenders of Dengzhou, and there were tens of thousands of civilians, they were obviously preparing to fight to the death with the other party on the beach. The hanging heart finally let go, and after rewarding the guards who reported the news, he asked him to return to the team immediately. At this time, Yang Shang's reinforcements had already joined Li Yan's cavalry.
"Boom boom boom boom" With the arrival of reinforcements, rockets and other weapons were also transported over. Rockets were ignited, and fires were sprayed at the tails across the dark sky, blooming beautiful and cruel flowers in the Goguryeo stroke. When a rocket went down, it had its range of killing within a few meters. Even wearing armor, it could not stop the shrapnel that exploded. Therefore, for a moment, the Goguryeo people were bombed and ran away with their heads in their arms, and they no longer had the strict formation just now.
At the same time, under the command of Yang Shang, the six thousand soldiers began to advance step by step, first shooting with bows and arrows. When the two armies were dozens of meters apart, the soldiers who had already prepared the shield immediately ignited the grenade leads in their hands, and then threw them out from the heads of their companions in front.
Although the power of the grenade is not as powerful as that of the rockets, it is because it is large in number. It throws it out one after another, making the other party cry and cry. The already scattered military formation is even more distorted.
"This... is this the new weapon of the Tang army?" Yuan Jingtu looked at the military formation that he had finally rectified, but under the series of attacks of the Tang army, he quickly collapsed and collapsed. His face immediately turned gray and he muttered to himself, as if he had been scared to death.
As soon as the opponent's formation was in chaos, the cavalry led by Aunt Hu immediately penetrated into it like a sharp blade, killing several in and out in the Goguryeo formation. At the same time, the infantry began to fight in close combat. Although the Goguryeo soldiers fought to the death, the formation was already chaotic, and some generals could not even find their own teams, and they could not achieve much strength in combat, so the battlefield had already shown signs of one-sidedness.
When Liu Ju and Lu Qing on the sea also began to send people to help on the land, the remaining more than 10,000 Goguryeo soldiers finally could not hold on anymore and began to surrender. For those who surrendered this time, Li Yan did not leave the same as before. After all, it was just to eliminate the enemy's living power and there was no way to keep the prisoners. But now it is different. These prisoners of war are all powerful laborers, and it is worth a lot of money to sell them to the mines.
As for Yuan Pure Land, when he saw that the situation was over, he committed suicide by slashing his sword on the spot. Finally, he was a little heroic and did not embarrass Goguryeo Yuan's family.
Chapter completed!