Chapter 38: The Sui Army Reappears

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  The wind is howling, the horses are neighing, the war flag is fluttering, and the spears are held level.

  Yue Zhen's respect for the Sui army, which still refused to retreat even at this point, grew. Heroes are often lonely, and as the military god of Goguryeo, he felt a sense of admiration for the opposing general who had never been able to meet in person. The Central Plains have always produced people with extraordinary ambitions, and it is indeed a land of abundance, where heroes emerge one after another. A general as heroic as this was merely the commander of over a thousand men.

  Yizhi Wende knew that the final counterattack of this heavy cavalry would be quite crazy, but he didn't plan to retreat. A hero must have a heroic way of death. He planned to use this infantry phalanx to collide with the enemy's front again, and let that Sui army hero die even more gloriously. Such a person, today, even if it means sacrificing thousands of people, will definitely slaughter this heavy cavalry here.

  The battlefield was filled with a solemn and murderous atmosphere, everyone knew that this was the final moment. The heavy cavalry in front of them, shining like a meteor, might be destined to be just a shooting star. Although they were accompanied by dazzling stardust crossing the sky, they could only cross over, although dazzling, but unable to stay long. The Goguryeo people believed that even if they won the final victory today, it would be a shameful victory. The Sui army in front of them, though defeated, was still glorious, and they had no shame as the elite of the Central Plains, nor did they have any shame as the world's number one heroic army.

  Chen Kefu lay on his horse, listening to the whistling wind in his ears, and he didn't even know what he was thinking. Maybe this time-traveling journey was about to end. Was he regretful? He didn't know, he only felt that after being in Liaodong for so long, he had also merged with the land like those soldiers who came to conquer Liaodong. He still felt too weak, and he had too many regrets about this era. He didn't want the Central Plains of China to sink into darkness. But he was still too weak, although he had already possessed 3,000 troops in a short period of time. However, what could 3,000 people do in such a chaotic world? If he had 5,000 heavy cavalrymen today, he would be able to confront the 700,000-strong Goguryeo army head-on.

  The infantry phalanx of Goguryeo was like a great dam blocking the way, completely stopping the black tide of heavy cavalry from breaking through. All the Goguryeo people had already put down their bows and arrows and picked up long spears from the ground. For the Sui army's heavily armored knights with two layers of armor, these light cavalrymen's light bows were useless. The only way was to use a dense phalanx of long spears.

  The front row of soldiers in the Goguryeo phalanx inserted the tail end of their long spears into the ground, with the spearheads pointing forward at an angle. Such a formation would inflict massive damage even on heavily armored cavalry charging forward. Everyone was waiting for the demise of this nightmare-like heavy cavalry, filled with fear and excitement.

  Looking at the increasingly approaching long spear formation, the cavalrymen of the broken army camp were also helpless. Retreating could only retreat for a while, but it couldn't solve the problem. Their current physical strength was only enough for one last charge. If they missed this opportunity, these brave and heavily armored cavalrymen would become the slaughter targets of the Goguryeo people.

  Charge! To kill one is to kill all, this is a soldier's final charge!

  "Glory to us!" Chen Kefu shouted out a slogan. He knew they couldn't win this war, so he didn't shout the last sentence "We will surely defeat the enemy", but instead shouted a somewhat tragic phrase "Glory to us".

  "Glory to us!!!" All the soldiers of the Broken Army shouted with some tragic tone. This voice carried the last burst of the Broken Army, even if they were going to perish here, they would fight until their last drop of blood. The soldiers of the Broken Army could not be captured, not a single one.

  "Waaaah~~~~~~~"

  Just as everyone was preparing for the final blow, a loud horn sounded from behind the Goguryeo people. This was the sound of an attack. Moreover, this horn sound was the attacking sound of the Sui army! Yeon Gaesomun and the Sui army had fought dozens of battles large and small, and he was too familiar with this sound. He was stunned for a moment, what's going on? Why is there the attacking horn sound of the Sui army?

  Behind the rolling smoke and dust, behind the infantry's long spear formation, the Goguryeo cavalry was still gathering. These were the nobles' private soldiers who had been scattered all over the place by the Sui army's heavy armored cavalry earlier. Now that they saw it was safe here, they all swarmed back together again, and under their respective officers' command, began to regroup. However, since those soldiers had scattered in all directions earlier, it wasn't easy for them to reassemble now. Although the commanders were loudly shouting orders, everything was still in disarray.

  At first, Yuwen Shude didn't pay much attention to the chaos in the rear because their enemy was currently on the front line and there were no other enemies. However, he forgot one thing - his rear army wasn't without Sui soldiers. In the mountain valley behind the rear army, a Sui army still existed. They had been fighting for so long that they hadn't seen them come out, and by now, they had already forgotten about this Sui army.

  In the valley, Wu culture and Gao Huanliang retreated into the valley, they had to face one after another high sentence of thousands of people's impact. Fortunately, there is a natural pass at the entrance of the valley, and the high sentence people can't deploy too many troops to attack for the time being. Although they defended very fiercely, they finally defended the mountain valley. When it was about to dawn, the high sentence people at the entrance of the valley began to retreat, and Gao Huanliang thought that new troops were coming to attack. However, after waiting for a long time, no enemy came up, and he hastily sent several soldiers out to carefully explore.

  After waiting for a long time, there was still no one coming back, but only the sound of shouting and killing came from outside, which made them hesitant and uncertain. Had reinforcements arrived? But it was too fast to come, whether from Liaodong or Xincheng, it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive so quickly.

  Fortunately, the scouts who went out came back quickly and told everyone a surprising news. The approaching troops were a thousand or so heavy cavalrymen in full armor, with the banner of Broken Army Camp visible in the firelight, as well as a large flag with the character "Chen" on it. It was estimated that Chen Kefu, the commander of Broken Army Camp, had personally led his troops to arrive. The only thing unknown was where they had obtained their armor from. By now, the outside had already become a chaotic melee.

  Gao Liang was also a veteran who had been fighting in the army for many years. As soon as he heard that the Goryeo people were ambushed and fell into chaos, he said, "It must be Chen Pojun coming to rescue us! Everyone quickly move away from the trees at the entrance of the valley and prepare to meet General Chen." At this time, he had already forgotten his jealousy towards Chen Kefu. Now he was only thinking about how to escape.

  Yu Wenhai was already frightened at this time, and as soon as he heard that he had to go out to face the tens of thousands of troops, he said, "Could it be a trick by the Goguryeo people to deceive us into going out?"

  At this moment, he was extremely regretful of bringing this good-for-nothing here. Afraid of wolves in front and tigers behind, such a person is really useless. Although he despised him in his heart, he still smiled and explained, "Even if the Goguryeo people want to deceive us into going out, it's impossible for them all to be chaotic. Young master, this opportunity is hard to come by. If we don't go to meet Chen Kefu, what if Chen Kefu's troops are discovered and eaten away by the Goguryeo people? Then we really won't have any reinforcements left."

  Seeing Wu's hesitant look, Gao said loudly, "The young master has agreed, you all hurry up and prepare to leave the valley to meet General Chen. Except for the injured, everyone else get on horseback and follow me to break out."

  However, previously in order to defend against the Goguryeo people, Gaohuang had his soldiers cut down a large number of trees and lay them down at the valley entrance. Now wanting to go out, for the time being they couldn't get out, so they anxiously busied themselves with first moving away the trees and rocks at the valley entrance.

  Fortunately, they finally managed to catch up in time. When the Tang army of over 800 cavalrymen appeared at the rear of the Goguryeo people, the Goguryeo people did not think that this was the Sui army from the valley. Those defeated soldiers who had just gathered thought that a large group of Sui soldiers had arrived and shouted in fear, "The Sui army has arrived, run quickly!"

  Those routed soldiers, who had already become startled birds, did not know what was happening behind them. They only heard the terrifying sounds coming one after another, bringing news that the Sui army had arrived. For a moment, these people didn't know whether it was true or false, but their lives were at stake. The private soldiers of the nobles mounted their horses again and fled in all directions.

  Before that, Yuwen Shu had managed to gather the defeated soldiers who were scattered by Chen Ke's counterattack with his personal prestige. At this time, when this rumor was spread, the tens of thousands of Goguryeo cavalrymen who were scattered in the mountains and fields immediately became frightened and panicked, thinking that every bush and tree was an enemy soldier, and they began to flee again. For them, a thousand Sui soldiers had already defeated their tens of thousands of men, making them scatter in all directions. Now that the Sui army's main force has arrived, aren't they even more doomed? The people in the rear ranks didn't even have the courage to fight at this time, especially since most of the soldiers were still scattered and hadn't regrouped yet, without anyone to command them, let alone anyone who could stop their further retreat.

  The cavalry of the rear team had not even joined forces with the cavalry of Gao Liang, and they had already dispersed. The rear array was scattered, and the central army also began to become unstable. Under the command of Ren Youwen, those soldiers all started to worry. What if this batch coming from behind is also like the previous batch of cavalry? Under the double attack, they would really be finished.

  "Your Excellency, the army's morale is unstable and the soldiers are showing signs of dispersing. Why don't we lead the troops to retreat twenty miles first, gather our forces, reorganize and then fight against the Sui army again? If not, if things continue like this, once the army's morale collapses, we'll be attacked from both front and back, and we'll be in danger." A high-ranking general of Goguryeo hastily advised.

  "General, please temporarily retreat the troops and regroup to fight again." The other generals at this time were like finding a lifesaving straw, and they all agreed. For them, today was not a good day, rather than continuing to fight, it's better to go and rest for a while, and then come back to decide the battle with the Sui people. Otherwise, when the soldiers run away, how can the few remaining generals resist the enemy?

  Yizhi Wende looked at the generals, then at the soldiers, and again at the Sui army's heavy cavalry that was about to charge from a distance. He sighed helplessly as he gazed at the rolling smoke in the rear, "The rear formation changes to the front formation, the front formation changes to the rear formation. Retreat twenty miles eastward, Jinda Ming, you lead one thousand of your elite troops to cover everyone's retreat and strictly prevent the Sui army from taking advantage of our array."

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