When the Sui army crossed the Yalu River, it was 305,000 people, Xin Shixiong had more than 30,000 horses, Wang Rengong led 10,000 soldiers, and Li Jing's subordinates had more than 3,000 people, and when they wanted to cross the Yalu River again, Wang Rengong only had more than 2,000 people left, of which 1,000 were still Li Jing's men and horses. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The suffering has not yet passed, the north of the Yalu River is still the land of Goguryeo, when the Sui army set out to attack the capital of Goguryeo, the defenders of Goguryeo cities are hiding well, and now they are all out to round up the defeated soldiers of the Sui army. At this time, it was July, Liaodong had entered autumn, and the Sui army was still wearing summer military uniforms, running desperately during the day and not knowing the cold, and at night because of the fear of revealing his whereabouts, he did not dare to light a fire to keep warm, only to know how terrible the long night in the northeast was, especially God seemed to be still standing on the side of Goguryeo, and there was a little light rain from time to time.

Fleeing, fighting, being injured, and getting drenched in the rain, one night, Li Jing and Wei Mulan were wrapped in a damp military blanket and shivering in the tent, and the injured Li Jing still had a high fever. Wei Mulan knew that there was only one way for the two of them to survive until dawn, and that was to use their body temperatures to warm each other.

The nine armies of the Sui army finally returned to the west bank of the Liao River with only 2,700 men, and Wang Rengong's troops, together with Li Jing and Wei Mulan, were only 276 people. Yang Guang angrily detained all the generals who were recruited for interrogation, except for Hu Benlang, who brought back 3,000 Wei Wensheng and 2,000 people, and promoted him to the rank of Jin Ziguanglu doctor, and Wang Rengong's palace counterattacked each of the higher ranks, and the others were punished at different levels. The winter in the northeast was not something that the Sui Dynasty's army could bear, and Yang Guang could only withdraw his troops abruptly, and the first crusade against Liaodong ended in a defeat for the Sui Dynasty's army.

The problem lies with Yang Guang himself, because Yang Guang wants to make people think that he is wise and powerful, and he does not use anyone who looks majestic or shrewd and capable, for example, Li Mi is the great-grandson of Li Bi of the Eight Great Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and served as the personal guard general of the forbidden army, and is subordinate to Yuwenshu. ”

Yang Guang likes the feeling of standing out from the crowd, the people around him must be inferior to him, and the general who leads the troops to fight only needs to be brave, obey orders, and ask for instructions on everything. Yang Guang is especially disgusted with people pointing out his mistakes, and those who dare to point out his mistakes will be severely punished and will retaliate afterwards.

In order to encourage the generals to crusade against Liaodong again, Yang Guang didn't know what he thought, so he promoted Wei Wensheng to the secretary of the criminal department and told him to stay in the capital Chang'an. Wei Wensheng was not only promoted three levels in a row, but also did not have to participate in the battle of Liaodong again, Wei Wensheng did not have any combat exploits when he first attacked Liaodong, but he ran the fastest, so his subordinates died the least.

Also, Yang Guang deposed Yuwenshu as a commoner as a punishment for the defeat of Liaodong, but just three months later, Yuwenshu was not only used again, but also increased to an official rank. Yang Guangwei concealed people's eyes and ears and issued an edict saying that the defeat of the army was not the fault of Yuwenshu, but the operational error of the staff officers. Yang Guang did not set up a coach when he sent troops, because he was the coach himself, a coach who was not responsible at all.

Yang Guang didn't know how to lure the Goguryeo army out to fight, so he would only divide the army to attack, and as a result, more than one million troops did not capture any city in Goguryeo, and Yang Guang could not wake up, he just desperately wanted the Goguryeo king to recognize him as superior, so he kept hypnotizing himself: "Fight according to my method, I will definitely be able to beat him flat." ”

In the summer of the following year, Yang Guangdong crossed the Liao River and launched another all-out attack on Goguryeo. Yang Guang's tactics remained unchanged at all, half of the army besieged Liaodong City, and half of the army split up to attack various cities in Goguryeo, and then went to the banks of the Yalu River to assemble and cross the Yalu River together to the capital of Goguryeo and the navy. The slight difference is that Yang Guang allowed the soldiers to cut down the forests, make carts to haul grain, and the troops besieging Liaodong City could freely choose their own methods to attack the city, such a simple thing can only be exchanged for hundreds of thousands of lives.

At this time, Wang Rengong, who was promoted to Doctor Zuo Guanglu, was already the head of the first army, Li Jing served as Wang Rengong's striker, the official worshiped the tiger Benlang general, and Wei Mulan was the head of a thousand households. When Wang Rengong's army advanced to the new city, he thought that the Sui army was all pustus and the defenders of Fuyu City, and the bold Chen soldiers lined up to fight Wang Rengong's army.

Wang Rengong said to Li Jing: "I heard that you have fought with Yang Su a few times, have you learned any good tactics?"

Li Jing said: "Yang Su's most powerful thing is to find the enemy's weaknesses and create the enemy's weaknesses, and then break through from the enemy's weaknesses in one fell swoop. ”

After hearing this, Wang Rengong said excitedly: "I like to beat the enemy's ass the most, I will lead the heavy cavalry commando, and the large army will be led by you, I haven't killed for a long time." ”

Li Jing's tactic is that when the battle is met, the whole army of Wang Rengong's army moves to the left in front of the formation, and Wei Mulan leads the cavalry who is good at archery at the forefront of the troops, because the bow and arrow range of the Sui army is far from the higher Guguryeo army, so Wei Mulan's cavalry just rides on the Sui army's arrows can shoot to the Goguryeo army, and the Goguryeo army's arrows can not shoot the distance line of the Sui Dynasty army, the troops move and shoot at the same time, when Wang Rengong's army reaches the rightmost wing of the Goguryeo army, the whole army turns in a semicircle, because the Sui army cannot be expected to attack from there, so the entire defense front of the Goguryeo army can only follow the turn, and the Goguryeo army's ass is automatically exposed。

The heavily armored cavalry led by Wang Rengong was originally hiding behind the rightmost wing of the Sui army, and at this time it was facing the big ass of the hollow Goguryeo army. Due to the defeat last year, too much equipment was discarded, and Wang Rengong only collected more than a thousand pairs of heavy armor, but it was enough. When more than 1,000 heavily armored cavalry shouted and rushed into the rear of the Goguryeo army, which was not defended by a shieldless phalanx, it was like chopping watermelons and cutting turnips, and the Goguryeo army fell like dominoes.

Wang Rengong looked at the handsome banner of the Goguryeo army and went straight to it, and the guards of Buyeo City couldn't run away, and the commander of the Goguryeo army collapsed all of a sudden. The Goguryeo army that was able to escape back to Buyeo City had only 3,000 men and horses, and the battle was a great victory. After cleaning up the battlefield, Wang Rengongjun sang the military song loudly, and marched towards Fuyu City, they had General Li Jing like the reincarnated Yang Su to lead them, and there were only 3,000 enemy troops left in Fuyu City, which was not at your fingertips.

Yang Guang personally sat on the side of the Liaodong City offensive and defensive battle, because Yang Guang allowed the generals to use what they thought was the best way to attack the city, so they erected flying towers, caused crashes, dug tunnels, and there were ladders to climb in all directions, and hundreds of thousands of troops of the Sui Dynasty attacked day and night. If he could have fought like this last year, he would have taken Liaodong City a long time ago, but now the difference is that the Liaodong City Guards of Goguryeo already knew the ability of Diestabbing Yeluliang, and he handed over the defensive command of the entire Liaodong City to Diestabbing Yeluliang, Diestabbing Yeluliang was improvised, and he coped with it easily, and the Sui Dynasty army attacked for 20 days without taking any advantage, and both sides suffered heavy casualties, and Diestabbing Yeluliang killed three more sons.

Yang Guang ordered the Sui army to prepare more than one million earth bags to build a slope leading to the city wall, and also made eight siege chariots with large wheels, higher than the city wall of Liaodong City, ready to shoot down on the defenders in the city. The Goguryeo army was told to dig countless tunnels that stretched out to the outside of the city wall, and the tunnels were supported by wooden piles, and once the earth slope was close to the city wall, when the battle was unfavorable, the wooden stakes were burned, and the earth slope collapsed immediately. There is also the high chariot of the Sui army as long as it passes through the tunnel, as soon as the wooden stake is removed, the chariot will immediately fall into the tunnel, and the two sides have not had time to confirm who is more powerful, and a big thing happened.

It turned out that Yang Su's son Yang Xuangan rebelled in the rear and was besieging the eastern capital Luoyang, because the navy was still in Donglai, Shandong Province did not set off, so the troops who went to attack the cities of Goguryeo had no effect, so Yang Guang ordered the armies to retreat urgently, and the main force besieging Liaodong City included Yang Xuangan's Neiying Hu Sizheng, who defected to Liaodong City to tell the defenders of Liaodong City. Because the Sui army had the precedent of Wei Wensheng, who ran the fastest last time, Yang Guangzhong rewarded him last time, so at this time, everyone abandoned all the baggage equipment and ran in the direction of returning to China as if they were dead.

The Goguryeo garrison general of Liaodong City asked Dieshorn Yeluliang if he wanted the whole army to attack to block Yang Guangxi's return, and Diestaber Yeluliang replied: "This is exactly what their traitors want us to do, only in this way can the rebellion be successful, but after destroying Yang Guang, where will we go to find such a stupid opponent? Their new government only needs to send a general with a normal mind to lead 100,000 horses, which is enough for us to be busy." ”

Therefore, the defenders of Liaodong City waited for Yang Guang and most of the Sui army to leave far away before leaving the city to pack up the supplies left by the Sui army, and these weapons, equipment, and food made Goguryeo strong for the next fifty years.

Yang Su's eldest son, Yang Xuangan, is tall and mighty, born and raised in a wealthy family since he was a child, his martial arts are very good, he is proficient in horseback archery, knives, guns, sticks, and sticks, and he also likes to read very much, and is knowledgeable, but he has never personally led the troops to fight, and he has no substantive merits but he became an official and became the head of the Ministry of Rites, ranking among the heads of the six departments.

Because of Yang Su's relationship, the Yang family is full of high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and they are rich enough to rival the country. As the saying goes, people are not enough to swallow elephants, and wealth and glory are not enjoyable, Yang Xuangan thinks that Yang Guang, the emperor, is held up by his father Yang Su, as long as there is a chance, he Yang Xuangan can also take it for himself. This time, Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo again and ordered Yang Xuangan to supervise the logistics supply and transportation in Liyang, and Yang Xuangan thought that the opportunity had come.

On the one hand, Yang Xuangan intercepted the transport ships and did not send food to the troops who conquered Liaodong, and on the other hand, he asked the domestic slaves to pretend to be court envoys from the east to the west, claiming that the troops stationed in Donglai had rebelled. Yang Xuangan led his entourage into Liyang City, established an official office, issued an order, threatened the people on a large scale, and announced a crusade against Laihu'er. Yang Xuangan gathered 5,000 transport workers and 3,000 ship sailors to slaughter cattle, sheep, pigs, and swear to go on the expedition.

Earlier, Yang Xuangan secretly asked Jiatong to go to Chang'an to summon his younger brother Yang Xuanting and his friend Li Mi, and the two happened to come to Liyang at this time. Li Mi has always been Yang Xuangan's think tank, Yang Xuangan said to Li Mi: "You have always taken the world as your own responsibility, and you boast of having 100,000 armor soldiers in your mind. ”

Li Mi replied: "Yang Guang went out to conquer Liaodong, and Zhuojun behind him is thousands of miles away, as long as we occupy Jicheng, seize Linyu Pass, and block Yang Guang's way back." Yang Guanghou had Goguryeo's chasing soldiers, and the front was blocked by Xiongguan, ten days and half a month, the food was exhausted, and he could only surrender, which was the best strategy for the soldiers to be bloodless. ”

Yang Xuangan smiled bitterly: "Zhuojun is also thousands of miles away from Liyang, and I, the 8,000 people, have neither armor, bows and arrows, nor have received military training, and only have a single knife in my hand, how can I get to Zhuojun? Even if I arrive, how can I occupy Jicheng and capture Linyu, and I have to hold on for ten days and half a month." Don't forget, Donglai's Laihu'er won't sit idly by and watch our actions, tell me what your second-class strategy is?"

Li Mi said again: "Take Chang'an directly, don't attack the city along the way, Chang'an guard general Wei Wensheng is not an excellent general, don't be afraid, Guanzhong is surrounded by mountains, the people have enough food, first defend themselves and then Xu Tu the world."

Yang Xuangan shook his head: "Eight thousand people can't even reach thousands of miles, not to mention thousands of miles away, if we take Chang'an directly, although we don't attack the cities along the way, won't the cities along the way attack us? ”

Li Mi hesitated a little and said: "Then the only way to attack the eastern capital is Luoyang, but it must be before the eastern capital is on guard, if the eastern capital cannot be taken after a hundred days, then there will be reinforcements from all directions, and the result is not something I can know." ”

Yang Xuangan nodded now, "Your next policy happens to be the best policy, the families of the civil and military officials of the imperial court are all in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and if you take Luoyang, the world will be shaken." ”