Chapter 964: The First Battle of Liaodong
One hundred and fifty miles east of the east, a small settlement called Tazicheng, where the Goguryeo Royal Palace was stationed, and waved impatiently: "Go out! Don't affect my meal!"
Peizhe (the name of Goguryeo official) got anxious and knelt down on the ground with a plop. "Master, you must not."
"Nothing can't be done?" Gong was furious, threw the lamb leg in his hand on the table, pointing at Dalai Lama, cursing: "Do you think you are smart, and I, the king, don't know anything? Since leaving the royal city last year, you have to talk nonstop, as if you understand the truth. Wei Ba is powerful, I know this, but no matter how powerful he is, he will defeat the battle? What's more, the King of Yan said that he is not in Dongda, and only his generals are there. If I can't even face his generals, what qualifications are there to face with him in the future?"
"King, who said Wei Ba was defeated?" Delai persuaded with great thought: "In the Battle of Pengcheng, he faced the famous general of the Great Wei. Both sides were both injured, and no one was the winner. Besides, can Gongsun Yuan compete with the Great Wei? Even the emperor of the Great Wei dare not confront Wei Ba face to face. Why should Gongsun Yuan..."
"If Gongsun Yuan fails, I will not succeed, right?" Gong glared at his eyes, his face turned red, and he waved his arm hard: "You go back to the royal city, don't disturb the morale of the army here anymore, I will be upset."
The two guards snatched up and dragged them away. The gentlemanly man was not the opponent of the two strong guards. He screamed: "Master, listen to me, please advise me not to cause a big disaster for small profits..."
"It's so annoying!" Gong spitted and sat down angrily. He didn't even have the appetite to eat. He knew it was right. In the long run, it would be no good to fight with Wei Ba. Since even the powerful Cao Wei is not the opponent of Wei Ba, what is Gongsun Yuan? What's more, Goguryeo has no good feelings for Gongsun. They were afraid of being beaten by Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang and his son, and had to accept it. Now that Gongsun Yuan is in trouble, he wants to add a fire.
However, surrendering to Wei Ba is not that simple. First of all, we need to see if Wei Ba has such strength. If the strength is insufficient, Wei Ba cannot occupy Liaodong for the time being. Then he has to consider it separately. Wei Ba can withdraw at any time, what should he do? Gongsun Yuan took this breath and must take revenge on him.
So, this time, leading an army of 20,000 is coming. Rather than supporting Dongda, it is to look at Wei Ba's strength. If Wei Ba is really strong, then surrender to Wei Ba and turn around and stab Gongsun Yuan with a knife. If Wei Ba is not that strong, be careful for the time being and help Gongsun Yuan defeat Wei Ba and defend Dongda. What will happen in the future really not work. If you hide in the mountains, what can Wei Ba do to him?
Such a good idea, I just don’t understand it, and I feel embarrassed to call myself a wise man and wise man. I keep talking nonstop, which makes people feel upset.
Gong decided to have a good sleep and accumulate energy. One day, he might have contacted the Shu Han army. Today might be his last night to sleep peacefully.
The palace drank some wine and slept soundly.
Just when the palace was sulking because of the arrival of the palace, Wu Qiujian directed the warship to quietly approach the shore.
Upon receiving the news of the arrival of the Goguryeo army, Wuqiu Jian and Deng Ai discussed it and decided to take the initiative to attack the Goguryeo people. They estimated that the Goguryeo people came to rescue Dongda did not mean that they really supported Gongsun Yuan, Gongsun Du, Gongsun Kang and his son killed many Goguryeo people, and they could not have held grudges.
However, this does not mean that the Goguryeo people can trust. These barbarians have always only obeyed the strong and depended on their loyalty, which is unrealistic. The best way to deal with them is to hurt them first and then give some sweetness so that they will be honest and obedient.
Wu Qiu Jian was familiar with these Dongyi's psychological habits and knew that they were very cautious. If the two sides were within a hundred miles apart, they would be very careful. To attack them, they had to go further before they became alert.
The Shu Han army had such conditions. Using the transportation capacity of warships, they could transport the army two or three hundred miles in one day and night, and the soldiers did not have to rush to travel. They had time to accumulate energy and accumulate physical strength, and just hand over the mission of sailors and wind to sail.
Just find the right port to dock the warships.
They have been in Dongda for so long that they have already familiarized the nearby terrain.
Taking advantage of his familiarity with the terrain and the ability of warships to sail far seas, Wu Qiujian moved his army to about ten miles away on the east side of Tazi City, and landed from the slight dawn. When it was dawn, ten thousand squadrons had completed the array.
At the order of Wuqiu Jian, he personally led 8,000 infantrymen to advance to the palace camp, and the two thousand cavalry were led by Wuqiu Xiu, hidden behind the infantry army, waiting for an opportunity to come out. Half of these two thousand cavalrymen were equipped with new horse armor, which was the first heavy armored cavalry in history.
Wei Ba has no cavalry under his command now, and the total number is no more than 4,000, including the personal guards. He handed over two thousand of them to Deng Ai and Wuqiu Jian, which was a great trust in them. Wuqiu Jian was grateful for this. At the time, he had seen the power of cavalry equipped with horse armor, but at that time he was the slaughtered side, and now he will be the slaughtered side.
Of course, Wu Qiu Jian had to make good use of these thousand armored cavalry to exert their power to the extreme so as to live up to Wei Ba’s trust in him.
Gong didn't know that Wu Qiu Jian had prepared such a big gift for him. He heard that an enemy was attacking. After a brief panic, he quickly calmed down again and was a little proud. The other party had less than 10,000 people, and even elites might not be able to do anything to him. Moreover, the other party failed to launch it in time, giving him enough reaction time. The sneak attack had become a frontal battle. What's there to be afraid of?
After being nervous, he relaxed his vigilance unconsciously. He did not think deeply, but sent scouts to continue inquiring, and at the same time ordered the army to fight.
The five thousand infantrymen of the latter army took the lead in fighting against the Shu Han army led by Wu Qiu Jian himself.
The sound of war drums broke the tranquility of dawn, shocked the birds in the forest and the beasts in the grass, and a great war broke out unexpectedly.
As soon as the two sides contacted, Gong realized that the problem was more serious than he had imagined. The Shu Han army was well-equipped and had powerful killing methods. Before the two sides contacted each other, the other party launched dozens of van-type objects. Then, a rain of arrows like locusts poured down, shooting down most of the Goguryeo soldiers with only leather armor. The rain of arrows was dense and fast, with a long range, and the lethality far exceeded Gong's cognition. He knew that the Han people's crossbows were very strong, but the van-type crossbows in front of him were too strong, and he suddenly shot his formation.
The Shu Han army seized this opportunity very well. Wu Qiujian commanded the army and quickly advanced forward, quickly defeated the palace's rear army and rushed straight to the palace's central army position.
Gong was shocked and immediately ordered the cavalry on both sides to surround and use cavalry shooting to attack Wuqiu Jian on both sides, delaying his attack speed. If Wuqiu Jian was allowed to continue attacking like this, he would not have time to make necessary adjustments, and he would probably be caught off guard by Wuqiu Jian.
The cavalry of the palace came from those Hu people who lost their tribes in wars over the years, including Wuhuan people and Xianbei people, with a total of about 3,000 people. These people had good riding and shooting skills and were considered elite. In the battle with surrounding tribes, the palace often used these people as a killer weapon to determine the outcome.
The cavalry rushed out from both sides, and the knights waved their swords and bows and arrows, shouting wildly, galloping wildly, preparing to attack these Han infantrymen.
Seeing that the palace released the cavalry in advance, Wu Qiu Jian smiled, and he knew that he had succeeded. He took the initiative and forced the palace to use cavalry in advance if he was not prepared enough, which gave the cavalry equipped with horse armor a chance to massacre.
With a command, Wu Qiuxiu led a thousand heavy armored cavalry to rush out from behind the infantry formation.
A thousand cavalry equipped with horse armor sat upright on the horse's back, put down the spear in their hands, and rumbling to kill the Goguryeo Zahu cavalry. Their charge was not fast, but the formation was very strict, like a wide and long sword, stabbing straight in without any tricks. It was simply simple, but murderous.
The cavalrymen of the Mihu didn't know who was coming. They only saw a shaking area and subconsciously shot out the arrows in their hands.
The feather arrow cut through the sky and rushed towards the heavy armored cavalry coming towards him.
What surprised the Mihu cavalry was that the other party had no intention of shooting arrows, nor even the action of raising a shield to block the arrows. They just held the spear in their hands tightly and rushed over unreasonably.
Taking advantage of the time when the Miscellaneous Hu cavalry shot archery, the heavy armored cavalry came in.
The Zahu Knights were only horrified at this time that the other party was a monster he had never seen before. Not only was the knight on the horse covered the whole body of the iron armor, but even the war horses were covered with iron armor. Not to mention arrows, even the swords were cut, they could only see a row of sparks, which could not hurt the other party at all. However, the spear in the other party's hand and the halberd were very sharp, and they could pierce their leather armor and their bodies in one go.
As soon as the two sides contacted each other, they formed a one-sided massacre. The Zahu cavalry had no mental preparation at all, and there was no practical response. Faced with these cavalry, they waved the sword in their hands in vain, but could not hurt the other party at all.
Faced with such an invincible opponent, the Zahu cavalry quickly collapsed. They turned their horses and ran towards their camp.
The heavy armored cavalry followed closely and entered the palace's infantry formation.
Wu Qiuxiu commanded a thousand light cavalry to drive the various Hu cavalry to attack the palace camp. Although they were not equipped with horse armor, the knights also had alloy cavalry armor, which was light and strong, and rushed faster, making them especially suitable for chasing.
Under the impact of heavy armored cavalry, under the random attack of the Mihu cavalry who were chased by the light cavalry, and under the unstoppable fierce attack of the infantrymen of the Shu Han army, the Goguryeo army was defeated after an hour.
Gong looked at the chaotic battlefield in front of him and burst into tears. He immediately ordered the flag to be raised and roared loudly: "I surrender, I surrender!"
Chapter completed!