Chapter 471 New City In the

new city of Goguryeo, smoke and dust rolled. The flag representing Goguryeo was pulled down by Li Zhen and thrown under the city. The flag representing the Tang Dynasty was raised on the top of the city.

After a fierce battle, the Tang army took the new city, a key point in the west of Goguryeo, and cleared the obstacles for the Tang army to advance.

After taking the new city, it was much easier for the Tang army to advance to other cities.

Because there was a man named Shi Fuchou in the new city, he led everyone to capture and tie up the Goguryeo generals who were defending the city, and opened the city to surrender.

Except for some resistance at the beginning, it was basically effortless to take down the new city, a key point in the west of Goguryeo.

Li Li did not stay in Xincheng for long, leaving Pang Tongshan, Gao Kan, Xue Rengui and others to clean up the battlefield after the war, count the losses after the war, and comfort the people.

Li Li led the army to attack the cities around Xincheng, and Li Li captured 16 cities of Goguryeo in one go.

The morale of the Tang army was high, and the combat effectiveness was off the charts.

Quan Nanjian was furious when he learned that Xincheng was taken away by Li Li, and even the 16 surrounding cities were not spared. Later, he learned that the Tang army generals Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan were still in Xincheng.

He decided to send troops to attack them, recapture Xincheng, and then deal with other Tang troops that entered Goguryeo.

Quan Nanjian sent a general to lead a large army to attack Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan.

Xincheng.

"Report! The Goguryeo army was found not far from Xincheng, and they are coming here to kill us." A man ran in and knelt on one knee.

Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan, who were discussing the next move, were shocked after hearing this! There were not enough defenders in the city, and Xincheng was just captured not long ago, and the people here still supported Goguryeo.

It was too difficult to stop the powerful Goguryeo army.

"General Gao! What should we do now?" Pang Tongshan asked, and Gao Kan was the only one who could discuss at the moment.

"The only way to deal with the situation now

is to defend the city. I hope General Xue has not gone far and can get the news and rush back to rescue us immediately." Gao Kan said. Defending Xincheng is the only way. Once Xincheng is captured by Goguryeo, it will increase the difficulty of the subsequent attack on Goguryeo and even affect the future layout.

Whether Goguryeo can be destroyed depends on the result of this attack on Goguryeo. If they fail to destroy Goguryeo because they fail to defend Xincheng, they will be the eternal sinners of the Tang Dynasty.

"The only way! Xincheng has just been in our hands for a short time. I am worried that someone will secretly contact the Goguryeo army. We should be careful of the other party's internal and external cooperation." Pang Tongshan said.

"General Pang is right. Then gather them all together and keep a close watch on them. This may prevent such a thing from happening." Gao Kan said.

"Send the order immediately to strictly guard Xincheng and wait for rescue. In addition, gather all the people in the city and distribute food to each person on time." Pang Tongshan said.

"Yes!" The soldiers got up and left.

Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan were not idle either. They climbed to the top of the city wall to command the battle to prevent the enemy from breaking through the city.

The Goguryeo army originally planned to raid Xincheng and catch Pang Tongshan and Gao Kan off guard. Who knew that the enemy was so vigilant and sent a large number of scouts to patrol back and forth outside the city.

The actions of the Goguryeo army were soon discovered by the Tang army, and Xincheng immediately entered the first level of combat preparations.

The Goguryeo general had no choice but to switch from a surprise attack to a siege. His general Mo Lizhi only gave him one order, which was to capture Xincheng.

With the Goguryeo general's order, the Goguryeo army surged in like a tide, and arrows flew in the sky.

The two sides launched a fierce battle. With the disparity in the strength of the two sides, if there was no reinforcement, it would only be a matter of time before Xincheng fell into the hands of Goguryeo.

"Drive!" A fast horse galloped beside the marching army. The rider came to Xue Rengui, stopped his horse and said, "General! General Pang Tongshan sent a pigeon message, saying that the Goguryeo army is attacking Xincheng and requesting support."

"What?" Xue Rengui was shocked after hearing this! Fortunately, he was not far from Xincheng now. If he rode faster, he should be able to get back.

"Xue Xiantu, immediately order the army to turn around and rush to Xincheng. I will lead the cavalry and rush back first, and you will follow with the infantry." Xue Rengui said without hesitation.

"Yes!" Xue Xiantu accepted the order.

The army stopped and began to turn around. The front team became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team. They immediately headed to Xincheng to rescue Xincheng.

Xue Rengui led several thousand cavalry and rushed to Xincheng with all their strength to rescue Xincheng as soon as possible.

In Xincheng, the two sides fought fiercely for an hour. When the Goguryeo army was about to capture Xincheng, the scouts reported.

"Report! Report to the general! Enemy cavalry has been spotted behind our army, and the Tang army's reinforcements are heading this way." The scout said.

Xue Rengui's reinforcements will arrive at the battlefield in five minutes.

"Damn it!" The Goguryeo general was so angry that he held the whip in his hand.

Victory was in sight, but the Tang army's reinforcements came at this time. If he did not order a withdrawal and continued to attack, his own team would be defeated by the enemy, and he, the general, would die here.

Moreover, it was impossible to take the new city within five minutes. It would take at least half an hour.

"Pass the order, the rear troops give up the siege, turn around and block the Tang army's reinforcements, and the rest continue the siege."

"Tell the rear troops to hold on until our army takes the new city." The Goguryeo general ordered the messenger.

He still didn't give up, and wanted to rely on his rear troops to delay Xue Rengui's cavalry and buy time for the siege troops.

"Yes!" The messenger took the order and passed on his military order.

After receiving the military order, the Goguryeo army that was attacking the city immediately separated a part of its troops and horses, leaving the siege sequence, and turned to attack in the direction of Xue Rengui.

"Look, what is Goguryeo doing? Why did they suddenly withdraw part of their troops?" Gao Kan pointed at the Goguryeo army that was leaving the battlefield and said to Pang Tongshan.

The withdrawal of part of the Goguryeo army relieved Gao Kan and his men of the pressure.

"It should be our reinforcements that have arrived! The enemy wants to stop our reinforcements, so they have withdrawn some of their troops. If I guess correctly, they should be going to stop General Xue." Pang Tongshan said.

Gao Kan nodded and shouted loudly: "Brothers, our reinforcements will arrive soon. Hold on, hold on, and you must hold on until the reinforcements arrive. Long live the Tang Dynasty! Kill!"

"Long live the Tang Dynasty!" After hearing this, the soldiers were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. As long as they gritted their teeth and held on, the reinforcements would soon arrive on the battlefield.

The troops sent by the Goguryeo general to stop Xue Rengui were defeated by the cavalry led by Xue Rengui in the first encounter. They were no match for the Tang army.

Xue Rengui ignored the defeated Goguryeo troops and continued to march towards Xincheng.