Chapter 551: Great Defeat

"Gong Ming is so courageous, I thought he would ask me to send troops to support him!" Liu Yi shook the document in his hand and said to the generals in the account.

"Commander, isn't General Gongming taking a risk with this move? After all, there are nearly 2 million troops, and Gongming only has 300,000 troops in his hands. Once the forward is frustrated, it will greatly affect the morale of our army!"

Gongsun Du is now almost tied to Liu Yi. In order to ensure that Liu Yi's crusade against Goguryeo goes smoothly, Gongsun Du can be regarded as broken. Hearing about Xu Huang's plan, Gongsun Du was immediately worried.

"Gongming is a bold and careful man, and he is rigorous in running the army. Now that he has proposed this plan, he must be fully sure. Since I have entrusted the vanguard to Gongming, I should trust his ability. And the inside story of Goguryeo's reinforcements is my own. I also heard that a group of mobs, I believe that Gong Ming will be able to deal with the reinforcements!"

Hearing what Liu Yi said, Gongsun Du also gave up his plan to continue persuading. As the deputy general of the Central Route Army, Gongsun Du also understood the reality of the Goguryeo Army. Even if Xu Huang couldn't win a complete victory, he was more than able to protect himself.

"Report!"

All the generals were talking, when a personal guard suddenly reported.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, General Tai Shici of the Right Route Army has reported that the Right Route Army has already captured Wazi City, please tell the Commander-in-Chief what to do next!"

"Oh? Ziyi's speed is so fast!" Liu Yi took the battle report, glanced at it hastily, and said with a smile, "Goguryeo is really exhausted. One of the five mighty big cities surrendered so quickly!"

The right army led by Tai Shici was like a broken bamboo all the way, captured several small and medium-sized cities, and then stopped in front of the big city of Wazi City.

Tai Shici also had scruples about casualties, so he did not order the army to attack.

Leaving an army of 200,000 to surround Wazi City, Tai Shici divided the remaining army into three, and began to attack the city frantically in three directions.

Soon, the cities around Wazi City fell one after another, and Wazi City became an isolated city.

During this period, the lord of Wazi City wanted to break out of the siege several times, but under the command of Tai Shici, the breakout army suffered heavy losses. However, the tens of thousands of reinforcements sent by Wandu City did not move forward, and they did not leave the range of Wandu City for seven or eight days. Wazicheng became an abandoned son.

Later, Tai Shici used a little countermeasures. After leading the troops to frighten them, the defenders of Wazi City whose morale had dropped to freezing point killed the original city lord and surrendered.

And Tai Shici also became the first general of the Pingzhou army to break through a large city in this battle.

"Wazi City is broken, so General Taishi is not far from Wandu City. Tell General Taishi, don't have any scruples, and take down Wandu City in one go. I will ask the lord for the merits of General Taishi and the 500,000 soldiers of the right army. !"

As the leader of the Pingzhou Army, Liu Yi still has this kind of heart. He didn't envy Tai Shici the first to break through the big city, but encouraged him to take down Wandu City in one go and cut off Goguryeo's retreat.

After the summoning soldiers retreated, Liu Yi looked around at the generals in the tent, smiled and said: "The right army has broken through Wazi City, and Wandu City is close at hand. Our central army has the largest number of troops and shoulders the high hopes of our lord. The action has been taken. Pass the order to Gongming, I have approved his plan, and it can be acted!"

"In addition, send someone to invite Gao Baqi, let Gao Baqi's servants launch another attack on Anhu City, put pressure on Du Boqing, and support General Gongming!"

To be precise, Liu Yijun's current strength is not only 700,000, but 800,000!

As a famous character, Gao Baqi surrendered several cities without bloodshed. There are also Goguryeo garrisons in these cities.

For so many days, Gao Baqi also pulled out a 100,000 Goguryeo army, serving as servants by Liu Yi's side.

As a matter of course, the thankless task of siege was given to Gao Baqi.

"By the way, General Gongsun, Gao Baqi has to trouble you to keep an eye on it, what's wrong elsewhere!"

Gongsun Du chuckled, he may be far inferior to Liu Yi in terms of leading an army in battle, but he can beat Liu Yi by a few blocks when it comes to small plots: "Don't worry, Commander, I have planted several dark men by Gao Baqi's side,

His every move is under our surveillance, and even the little tricks he thinks are secret are eaten by us to death, as long as the lord orders, he can..."

As he spoke, Gongsundu made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"Thank you, General Gongsun!"

Du Boqing was riding on a group of blue horses, looking at the endless army with a look of color on his face, feeling very comfortable in his heart!

Although he was Damoda of Goguryeo before, the king of Goguryeo can't say a word, let alone Damoda? There are too many senior officials who are at odds with him.

Relying on the 200,000 private soldiers of the Du Bo family before, Du Boqing became one of the few giants in Goguryeo. But it's just one of the giants.

But today is not the case. The number of troops under his command has exceeded two million, which is more than half of the total number of Goguryeo troops before the war.

Although the combat power may be slightly worse, the quantity is there. Du Boqing consciously defended Anhu City without any pressure.

Take Anhu City, which is second only to the three giant cities, and incorporate the elite troops left by Crouching Tiger Gao Yanqing. The number of troops under Du Boqing's command may even exceed three million!

Commanding an army of three million, he flanked Xianbei, Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zan and other allies back and forth, repelling the Pingzhou army in one fell swoop.

Then he can take the power of victory and lead the army back to the inner city...

Imagining the scene of himself sitting on the throne, Du Boqing unconsciously let out bursts of hearty laughter!

"The order will be passed on. At this time of national calamity, all Goguryeo people must be loyal to the king. All men from ten to sixty years old will join the army to fight against the Han invasion!"

Seemingly feeling that an army of three million was a little unsafe, Du Boqing thought for a while and expanded the scope of arresting the strong men.

As for the men outside the range, Du Boqing was not a butcher, so of course he would not kill them. It's just that he scavenged all the local grain and burned all the houses, leaving a group of yellow-haired young children and rickety old people waiting to die in the ruins.

While Du Boqing expanded his army brutally, he didn't know that the danger of fighting had come quietly.

The fighting qualities of the Goguryeo army were extremely poor, and the large number of strong men brought in brought their fighting qualities to an unimaginable level. The scout troops were useless, but Du Boqing had millions of troops, but his control over his surroundings was extremely limited!

Feng Yu slept in daytime and went out at night, leading an army of 50,000 troops to easily bypass Du Boqing's army in three days, and came behind the Goguryeo army. Xu Huang's frontal battlefield layout was also completed, and the battle was imminent!

Dusk came and the night darkened. The 50,000 cavalry under Xu Huang had a full meal, waiting for the final order.

As mentioned before, night battles will greatly increase the chances of negative states such as poor command and army chaos. However, the Pingzhou Army has a well-trained record, strict morale, a tight and reasonable command structure, and a cheating weapon such as communication symbols. Can be immune to the side effects of night battles.

Moreover, Xu Huang's vanguard is still under Liu Yi's command, and can enjoy some of Liu Yi's night battle characteristic bonuses, so it is not a big problem to raid at night!

However, Du Boqing's problem is serious. The strong men who are forced to do nothing have a great chance of having a camp roar at night, let alone being attacked by heavy troops!

As for the two million troops, once the battalion roar spreads, let alone Du Boqing, it may not be able to calm down if Zhang Xi, who is the best commander in the Pingzhou army, joins forces with Xu Huang.

"Order the ministries to report the latest news!"

Taking a deep breath, Xu Huang said to the communications soldier.

After a while, the communications soldier reported: "General Shengze from the left wing reports back, everything is ready! General Hu Kang from the right wing reports back, everything is ready! General Feng Yu from the enemy's rear reports back, everything is ready!"

"Okay!" Xu Huang yelled loudly, and said with a little excitement: "Send the order, the left and right wings and the headquarters will launch an attack at the same time in a quarter of an hour, let General Feng Yu get ready!"

After waiting quietly for a quarter of an hour, Xu Huang put on his pocket and got on his horse, raised his giant axe, and shouted: "Brothers, it's time to serve the lord. The wife and Yinzi are here today, let me kill you!"

"kill!"

Fifty thousand cavalry responded loudly, and under the leadership of Xu Huang, under the cover of night, they rushed straight to Du Boqing's camp!

The armies on the two wings were also led by their respective leaders to attack the enemy.

When Liu Yi's cavalry rushed to Du Boqing's camp, there was no defense in the camp. The outermost are the strong men who were forced to come and a small number of regular troops.

Before Xu Huang's army could make a move, the strong men with crude weapons scattered away. A small number of regular troops wanted to resist, but were ruthlessly crushed by cavalry!

Of course, it is impossible for Du Boqing's army of more than two million troops to rest in a large camp. The entire camp stretched for hundreds of miles, with no end in sight.

However, what is more funny is that Xu Huang leveled down several large camps in one breath, and Du Boqing didn't really receive the news of the attack until he went deep into the camp for more than ten miles.

The specific quality of Du Boqing's so-called army can be seen from this!

"Enemy attack? Where is the enemy? Aren't all the Han people still under Anhu City? How many troops does the other side have? Where are they now?"

Du Boqing put on his armor and looked angrily at the soldiers who came to report.

"Hui... will be a big model, villain... villain doesn't know!"

"I don't know?!" Du Boqing was stunned for a moment, and his face became grim.

"Snapped!"

Raising his arm, he slapped the kneeling soldier flying away with his palm, and shouted angrily, "What use are you for, trash!"

"Order all the generals to discuss matters in the future, and let Du Boxiu personally lead people to find out what's going on! All battalions should be vigilant and ready to fight at any time."

Soon, the main generals gathered together, but no one knew what happened, and everyone waited for the news with big eyes.

After nearly half an hour, the person who went to inquire about the news finally came back.

"Du Bolin? Why are you? Where's Du Boxiu?" Looking at Du Bolin, whose face was covered in blood and seriously injured, Du Boqing suddenly felt a bad premonition and asked anxiously.

"My lord, the front battalion is in complete chaos. The enemy army attacked at night, and all the newly recruited soldiers fled. Du Bohong, the commander of the front battalion, died in battle, and General Du Boxiu died in battle. The villain escaped by chance, and brought the news back!"

"How many enemy troops are there in the raid?"

"No... I don't know, it's so densely packed that it's impossible to count!"

"Report...Report to my lord, the left army and the right army were raided respectively. The left army leader, General Nang Feng, died in battle, and the right army leader, General Hu Lie, disappeared. The enemy army is attacking!"

Hu Kang and Shengze on the left and right wings were not as efficient as Xu Huang, but the final effect was very good, which became the last straw that crushed Du Boqing!

Du Boqing has lost control of most of the army. Panic, confusion, and defection have spread throughout the army. Except for his own clan army that is still under control, even the old army in the domestic city is not reliable.

A major defeat is being staged in the Goguryeo army.

In a trance, Du Boqing seemed to hear the sound of fighting outside the tent, trying to gather his mind, Du Boqing gritted his teeth and said: "Retreat, lead our army to retreat!"