Chapter 913 Reinforcements arrived
Chapter 911: Reinforcements arrived
Looking at Jiang Song running towards him, a sneer flashed across the corner of Li Keyong''s mouth and shouted, "Jiang Song, I have issued a death order. Although your martial arts are high, I have to see if you alone can stop these thousands of soldiers."
After saying a harsh words, Li Keyong turned his head and ran away without looking back. Obviously, he also knew that once he was approached, his fate would be the same as Liu Hongji and Lai Hu''er.
Jiang Song obviously didn''t expect Li Keyong to be so useless. While accelerating his pursuit, he shouted: "Shameless rats, don''t leave."
Li Keyong dared to stay more, but instead rode his horse to escape faster.
Seeing this, Jiang Song snatched a spear from a Liang soldier along the way, and then threw it at Li Keyong as a javelin. However, because he was too far away, he was avoided by Li Keyong in a thrilling manner.
Jiang Song did not catch up with Li Keyong even after chasing him out of the formation. He had no choice but to return the same way and try his best to stop the Liang army from continuing to destroy. One could save a catapult.
Although the main general Li Keyong ran away, the Liang soldiers who stayed 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 come and stop them, which was not enough to scare away the thousands of Liang soldiers.
Outside the formation, the seriously injured Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji had already broken through at this time.
Li Shimin''s face suddenly turned as dark as the bottom of a pot when he learned that Liu Hongji and Lai Hu''er had died in battle.
Lai Hu''er is a general belonging to Yang Jian''s group. Li Shimin doesn''t care if he dies, but Liu Hongji is Li Shimin''s confidant general. He was originally planning to reuse it, but he died in the Longmen Formation.
There were not many generals under Li Shimin''s command. As a result, in this battle with the coalition forces, Changsun Shunde, Qu Tutong, Zhang Gongjin, Gao Shilian, and Liu Hongji, these five generals with excellent abilities, must have shined on the battlefield, but they died one after another because they met opponents who were much stronger than them.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Shimin was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and the fall of a large number of generals under his command also made him think that Zhao She was captured alive.
"Zhao She is a good person. If she can persuade her to surrender, she will definitely be a great help in the future."
A hint of desire flashed in Li Shimin''s eyes and he said to himself: "It seems that we must hurry up and try to persuade the surrender. I also hope that we can capture more generals in the future."
The battle situation has reached this point, and Li Shimin can''t give much help in command, because he has used all the tricks he can use. The only thing he can do now is to wait for Li Ke to use Zhang Xutuo to defeat the Longmen Formation.
Li Shimin didn''t wait too long. Not long after Yin Kaishan and Hou Junji came back, he watched the Longmen Formation with his own eyes. This large formation that blocked his more than 30,000 troops completely collapsed in front of him little by little.
Li Shimin immediately showed excitement: "Okay, the two generals Li and Zhang did not disappoint me."
At present, the casualties of the Liang army are far higher than 10,000. Even if the coalition forces are wiped out, it will be a huge loss for the coalition forces.
Even though he knew this, Li Shimin was still excited, because if he didn''t destroy the coalition''s stone-catted convoy, Hulaoguan could no longer hold on.
In order for Hulao Pass to persist for a longer period of time, even if more than half of the 40,000 troops left the city were injured or killed, as long as the coalition''s catapult convoy was destroyed, this was still worth it in Li Shimin''s eyes.
"Report, the two generals Lu Bu and Houyi are back!"
Li Shimin''s pupils suddenly shrank and he said to himself, "Oh no."
Lu Bu and Houyi, who were blocking the enemy in front, return at this time, which means that the reinforcements of the coalition forces are about to arrive. If Li Shimin does not order a retreat at this time, there may be a danger of annihilation of the entire army.
"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 retreat at this time, all their efforts may be wasted. What should they do? What should they do?" Li Shimin''s brain was running rapidly, but no matter how he thought, he could not think of a solution to both sides. Perhaps there was no solution to both sides 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 and ask, the horn of charge sounded in the distance.
The reinforcements led by Li Cunxiao are already close.
The remaining coalition soldiers in the camp and the Longmen heard this horn representing reinforcements, and the morale of the entire army suddenly rose. I finally waited for the stars and the moon.
Xue Rengui showed a sincere look of joy, held high and roared: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived, hold on!"
After the gantry formation completely collapsed, all the coalition soldiers who were still alive had gathered on the side of the stone-catted convoy. ,
Because if the power is not gathered, he will definitely die faster under the siege of Liang army several times that of him, and the total force gathered is less than 2,000, and the others are all dead on the way to come.
Xue Rengui and five other generals led the remaining troops of less than two thousand, guarding each of the intact catapults to continue fighting with the Liang army.
Each general killed at least two hundred soldiers. They had tried their best to protect the catapult convoy, but it was still difficult to stop nearly ten thousand Liang troops, and most of the 500 catapults have been destroyed.
The news that reinforcements have arrived has caused the soldiers who have been extremely tired to burst out with the last bit of energy in their bodies.
The remaining soldiers were desperately fighting against the Liang army, vowing to protect the remaining more than a hundred catapults. This hysterical madness also frightened the Liang army.
Li Keyong briefly explained that he issued a death order, and Li Shimin also had a basic understanding of the catapult convoy.
In general, although this mission was not completely completed, most of the catapult convoy also destroyed.
The threat from the catapult will be minimized, and this is enough. You can retreat. If you don’t retreat, you will be wiped out.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin said decisively: "Do you send the order? The entire army retreated to Hulao Pass."
With Li Shimin''s order, the horn of the Liang army''s retreat sounded on the entire battlefield in an instant.
Zhang Xutuo, who was secretly hiding among the soldiers, afraid of being discovered by the enemy general, finally relaxed after hearing the retreat horn.
It''s so terrible. Xue Rengui and the five generals on the opposite side are all above his strength.
If he emerges, he will definitely be targeted by them, and how can ordinary soldiers stop such a powerful general? Do you have to leave the soldiers and run away like you would like to think of Li Keyong?
Zhang Xutuo was unwilling to lose this person, so he took advantage of the fact that the other party had not discovered him. He quietly hid in the soldiers and secretly commanded the army to destroy the stone-catted convoy.
Although Zhang Xutuo hid very secretly, he was still afraid of being discovered by the enemy general. Now the chief general Li Shimin ordered his retreat? He can finally retreat with confidence.
"The entire army followed the orders of our general, stop the attack and retreat immediately."
(This chapter ends)