Chapter 242: Wind and Snow Dispatch Troops
In late October, it was cold.
Silence!
The land of Liaodong, a snow-white wilderness, dazzling.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......
Suddenly, a strange wind sounded, one after another, and blew for almost half an hour, and if anyone was here, they would find that the snow on the ground was five feet thick, and it was blown two feet thin, leaving only three feet of snow.
Oh no, not blown thin, but thinned! Thinned by some weight!
This wind, which slowly went north from Xiangping, blew through the North Thousand Mountains, and then turned to the east, blowing into the range of Goguryeo.
Goguryeo and Liaodong are no different, between heaven and earth are full of white, dizzying white, and there is no other color.
Susheng Bone City, the westernmost city in Goguryeo. It is adjacent to the inner city of the royal capital in the east, also known as the pill capital, and the distance between the two cities is only more than 100 miles; It is connected to the north thousand mountains in the west, hundreds of miles away. It is an important city of Goguryeo, and it is used to guard the western part of Goguryeo.
Call~
"Has everyone arrived?"
Somewhere to the west of the Bone City, a voice suddenly sounded in the snowfield. This person is none other than Gongsun Du. A few months ago, Goguryeo and Lou Ru were threatened by Xianbei to go south to Lelang and slaughter thousands of people, and it was impossible to go unavenged. But if you wait for the winter to pass and then take revenge, it will be in the hands of Xianbei, and when the time comes, when Liaodong sends troops, Xianbei will send a large army to attack from behind, and even threaten Fuyu to attack the city together, and when the time comes, it will be troublesome. After thinking about it again, Gongsun Du decided to use the cover of the vast snow to surprise the royal capital of Goguryeo, and first recover some interest from Goguryeo.
In order to complete the surprise attack, Gongsun Du dispatched 15,000 soldiers with good skiing skills in recent winters, and conducted a month and a half of training, so that they became more and more proficient in skiing.
Originally, Gongsun Du didn't have to take such a risk, because even if he was familiar with skiing, the danger was extremely great. But in that day's discussion, Gongsun Du came to a conclusion, that is, no matter whether it was true or false that He Lian betrayed Xianbei, his Gongsun Du had already become a thorn in the heart of Tanshi Huai. Tanshi Huai has now won a lot of Dahan counties, for the time being, there may not be a life-and-death idea with the Han Dynasty, so he will focus on Liaodong, if it is not still necessary to digest the occupied territory, maybe this year has been sent to completely eliminate his troubles.
"My lord, fifteen thousand people, not a lot of them, all of them are here." Huang Qing replied.
Gongsun Du was used to seeing Huang Qing in armor, and suddenly looked at Huang Qing who only showed two eyes, and couldn't help laughing in his heart, nodded, and didn't say anything.
Gongsun Du looked at the Susheng Bone City not far away, and hesitated a little in his heart, according to the plan, he should attack Marudu directly, but what about after the attack? There were three roads, one to the north, deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo, which was almost a dead end and undesirable; The second is to return the same way, and when the time comes, it is likely to be intercepted by the Bone City, which is very threatening; The third, retreat to the south, that is, the route of the combined forces of Goguryeo and Lou Ru to attack Lelang, from Lelang back to Xiangping, but this road is twice as far as the original way back, and it is a little less dangerous.
"To fight, or not to fight?"
Gongsun Du hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
"Order, everyone rest for the night, and attack the city early tomorrow morning."
"Yes, my lord."
……
In the early morning, before the sun fell on the earth, the sky was shining under the snow—it was bright! However, it was too cold for no one to go out until the sun was shining down and bringing a hint of coolness, which was better than being too cold to go out.
Outside the city.
Gongsun Du stared closely at the gate of the Bone City, and once it was opened, it would launch a thunderous blow. Because the snow was too thick, in order to prevent the news from being exposed, Gongsun Du completed the deployment last night.
"Wait!"
Gongsun Du read silently, and at the same time cursed that the soldiers guarding the city had not opened the city gate, should they wait until it was dark?
In other words, Liaodong is actually the same, and all the cities of the Han Dynasty are like this, and they will definitely wait until sometime after dawn to open the city gates, in order to prevent sneak attacks. Early in the morning, everyone is either eating, or they are not ready, they must wait, since Goguryeo has learned to build a city, it is natural to learn the "technology" of opening a city.
Well, a very good technique.
Although they don't know why, they can learn it anyway, and it has no other effects, especially in winter, and they can sleep more, right? (It's none of my business to sleep lazily in winter!) )
Under the patient waiting of Gongsun Du, the sun gradually rose, and when he saw that the sun was about to rise in a short time, he couldn't help but scold his mother, and the city gate finally opened slowly.
"Can't be in a hurry, can't be in a hurry!" Gongsun Du looked at the slowly opening city gate and told himself.
Boom~
"Kill with so-and-so!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Gongsun Du jumped out, shouted, and slid the sleigh frantically, galloping towards the Bone City. When it comes to skiing, Gongsun Du thinks he is second, and I'm afraid no one dares to admit it.
Whizzing......
I don't know if it's arrogance, thinking that no one has ever attacked at this time before, or I haven't woken up yet, and I didn't find out until Gongsun Du and the others were less than two hundred zhang away from the city gate.
"Not good, there are enemies!"
"Close the gates!" With a shout, several Goguryeo soldiers who had just come to the city gate hurriedly ran in again, and at the same time, pushed the heavy city gate with all their might.
Gongsun Du's face sank, trying his best to keep his body stable, and his hands became more and more forceful, speeding up.
"Kill~"
Seeing that he was about to arrive at the city gate, Gongsun Du threw away his snow pole and took off the winged Dapeng knife he was carrying behind him.
"Death~"
Gongsun Du jumped violently, shook off the skis under his feet, and volleyed towards the closing city gate.
Boom~
The back of the knife slammed on the city gate, with the strength of Gongsun Du, which had reached 90 points, and with the help of the power of leaping, the Goguryeo soldiers who closed the city gate were shocked and fell to the ground, and the speed of closing the city gate was stopped.
"Quick, close the gates!"
"Close the gates?" Listening to the words of the Goguryeo soldiers, Gongsun Du sneered, fell to the ground with the force of the countershock, moved one by one, turned to the middle of the city gate, spread his wings and quickly struck out, sweeping towards the Goguryeo soldiers who closed the city gate behind the city gate.
"Ah~", "Ah~"......
A scream rang out!
"Hahaha!"
"Die!"
Gongsun Du laughed loudly, and without stopping, the sword light struck the remaining Goguryeo soldiers again.
There were not many soldiers at the city gate, and when soldiers from other places came to support, Gongsun Du had already killed them, and at the same time, his subordinates who were in ambush not far from the city gate had already followed, and they immediately fought as a group.
There are not many defenders in the city of Susheng, only more than 10,000, under the surprise attack of Gongsun Du, it didn't take much effort at all, they directly killed the city, and quickly killed the city after most of the men and horses arrived.
In terms of horse warfare, the strength of the various tribes in the grassland is indeed strong, except for a small number of people and horses in Gongsun Du, it can be said that no one in the Han Dynasty can compare with it.
But when it comes to foot warfare, the Han court, which has thousands of years of war experience, is by no means afraid of anyone.
Under the strong strength of Gongsun Du, he led thousands of his men to crisscross the city of Susheng Bones, and no one was invincible. In less than an hour, the Goguryeo defenders in the city were heavily wounded, and the leading generals led hundreds of people to flee from the city in a hurry, wanting to return to Maruto to report the news.
It's a pity that the people who built the city at the beginning may have been lazy, and as an important town in the west of Goguryeo, there were only two gates, which made Gongsun Du easily arrange his pockets, and when they escaped from the city, they were attacked by the 4,000 volt army that had already been ambushed, and none of them escaped.
Easily took the city of Susheng Bone, Gongsun Du was not complacent, leaving 2,000 towns to guard the retreat, and then took the remaining 10,000 people to continue eastward. In this attack on the city, almost 3,000 people were lost, of which more than 1,500 were killed in battle, and the rest were not lightly injured, so they had to temporarily recuperate in Susheng Bone City, and return to Xiangping tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.