Chapter 70: The Capture of Liaodong
Goguryeo moved quickly, and shortly after the discussion ended, it sent envoys to Yang's camp to pray for peace. However, no matter how fast they moved, it would take a day to rush from Pyongyang to Zhuojun, and in this day, it was enough to change many things, such as the ownership of Liaodong.
After receiving Yang Guang's appointment, Yuwen Shudian Qi soldiers and horses waved his troops to attack all parts of Liaodong, and kept rushing to Liaodong City. There was no decent resistance at all on the road, and even in the so-called first fifteen cities in Liaodong, there was no resistance at all, because the people there had long since disappeared, so Yuwenshu didn't care about him, and continued to lead the army to break through, because with his familiarity with the Goguryeo battlefield, he knew that the people there had already fled.
When he arrived at Liaoxi City, he finally met resistance, it seems that the first fifteen cities in Liaodong have concentrated all their forces in Liaoxi City, when he saw those Goguryeo soldiers on the city wall, Yuwenshu was extremely angry, because he saw that the Goguryeo soldiers were wearing Han-made armor, and the weapons used were also made by Han, and he didn't have to think much to know that this was a "gift" he gave to Goguryeo after the last 300,000 army was destroyed, so Yuwenshu's eyes were red when he saw this, Desperate to let half of the army of 100,000 men attack that small county town, the city of Liaoxi was breached almost in a quarter of an hour or two, and all the Goguryeo soldiers were killed in the anger of Yu Wenshu, and the civilians were imprisoned. Then arrange a team of men and horses to guard this place, and then continue to lead the army to advance towards Liaozhong City.
Angry Yu Wenshu led the army to move forward, invincible, only one day's work to hit the last city in Liaodong - Liaodong City, Liaodong City to surround the group, ready to attack the city, and then sent someone to Yang Guang to send a letter, saying that Liaodong City has been captured, please move Liaodong City, because Yuwenshu believes that before Yang Guang arrives, he will definitely be able to take Liaodong City.
The current general of Liaodong City is the general under Yuangai Suwen, and he is also one of the main generals who participated in the encirclement and suppression of Yuwenshu's 300,000 army last year, and almost all of the 300,000 people were lost in his hands, and he is now also in charge of 300,000 troops, almost the controller of half of the troops in Goguryeo, but at the same time, he is secretly the strongest supporter of Yuangai Suwen, if there is no Yuangai Suwen, he will not sit in this position and control the power of life and death of so many people.
Now he is standing on the city, looking at the black oppressive Sui army, his eyes flashed with a hint of fierceness, no one will look at the people who invaded their homeland. Except, of course, traitors, it is obvious that Etozhi Wende is not in this ranks, and as a general, he will be more hostile in the face of the enemy's ranks.
"Yuwen Shu? I didn't expect us to meet again so soon, and last time we prepared gifts for 300,000 people, so how many gifts did you prepare for me this time? Otoshi Wende muttered, as if Yuwenshu would still be defeated in the hands of Rang this time.
"Is it clear? Who is defending the city? What is the strength of the city? Yuwen asked the soldier who came back from inquiring about the news. Although Yuwen Shu is conceited, he also knows that Liaodong City is not so easy to fight, otherwise the last expedition to Goryeo would not be able to capture Liaodong City for a long time, and finally he had to besiege the city and the army made a detour to attack Pyongyang, so it is necessary to find out the news.
"Back to the big handsome, I have inquired clearly. There were originally 200,000 enemy troops in the city, but after the exploits of our army, all the troops of the entire Liaodong were gathered in Liaodong City, and now the total strength of Liaodong City is 300,000, and the main commander of the city will be the famous Goguryeo general Eulji Wendeok. The soldier reported the news to Yu Wenshu one by one.
"What?! It turned out to be Etoji Wende! Yu Wenshu gritted his teeth and said fiercely, this person can't forget his dreams, almost all of his 300,000 troops were buried in his hands, this time the enemy is very red when he sees each other!
"Inform the slingering troops, give me the aim of Liaodong City and smash it hard!" Yu Wenshu gritted his teeth and said, it is very unlikely that he will be able to break through Liaodong City immediately and behead Yizhi Wende under the horse, but after all, he is still calm, knowing that Liaodong City is not easy to fight, so he will not attack rashly.
The catapult troops were an important combat force in this attack on Goguryeo, and last time they did not take Liaodong City because of the loss of unprepared siege equipment, but this time they obviously came prepared, preparing to destroy the last and first line of defense in front of Pyongyang City.
"General, no, the Sui army has a large number of catapults!" A Goguryeo soldier ran into the battlements where Eulji Mundeok was resting and hurriedly said to him.
"Catapult?"
"Not good, go evacuate the troops!" Obviously, Eulji Mundeok couldn't remember what a catapult was, after all, Goguryeo City was small, and catapults were almost impossible to use for siege, of course, it didn't mean that Goguryeo didn't have catapults, but they were always forgotten.
Of course, it was too late to carry out Eulzhi Wende's order, because the ** sound on the city wall had already risen one after another. The sudden appearance of the slinging troops caught the Goguryeo troops on the city wall by surprise, and the city wall was full of more than 100,000 people, not to mention the city, and the dense crowd was very crowded, because Eulzhi Wende dropped half of the troops on the city wall and wanted to create an unbreakable psychology for the Sui army, but he did not expect that this decision buried a large number of people and destroyed the psychology of the majority.
"General, we have suffered heavy casualties!" A general ran to Eulzhiwende and cried that the unnecessary casualties were all due to a wrong decision by his coach.
"Needless to say, organize good people to defend the city! The Sui army is about to start attacking the city! Ulzhi Wende said that he knew what the Sui army would do next, but apparently he still miscalculated.
"Inform the siege troops to attack, the archers to follow, the siege troops to stop outside the range of the Goguryeo army, separate, and the archers will shoot at the enemy in the city and then the siege troops will attack the city." Yu Wenshu commanded Ruo Ding in the big camp, showing the demeanor of a veteran.
"The Sui army is coming to attack the city, prepare bows and arrows, stones, and wood!" Eulzhi Wende ordered loudly, I have to say that the neat pace of the Sui army shocked the hearts of all the Goguryeo soldiers, and even he himself was a little skeptical that the Sui army last time was all recruits, otherwise how could it be so easy to be eliminated, and then he shook his head, still giving orders to be solemn.
"Hey, why didn't the Sui Dynasty army advance?"
"Yes, look! Still separated? ”
"What do they want to do?"
The Goguryeo soldiers couldn't figure out what the Sui army wanted to do, but Eulji Wende saw the clue.
"It's not good, hide!"
It was too late, it was too fast, and as soon as Eji Wende's voice fell, a rain of arrows flew towards the Goguryeo soldiers in the city, bringing bursts of blood and taking away their lives.
"Help, run!" The head of the city of Liaodong was suddenly in chaos, and after the attack of catapults and the rain of arrows, the Goguryeo defenders suffered heavy casualties, but the Sui army did not suffer a single casualty.
The defenders were in chaos, but the besieging army seized the most advantageous opportunity, and a battle to attack and defend Liaodong City was really staged.
In these three hours, Yuwenshu continued to transfer troops and sent generals, and never slackened his offensive for a moment, because he had already sent someone to ask Yang Guang to move, if he had not captured Liaodong City when Yang Guang arrived, then his trip to Goguryeo would have ended here.
"General, the Sui army's offensive is too fierce, we can't resist it, let's retreat." One of his generals came to Ulzhi Wende and said.
"No, we must not withdraw, once we withdraw, then the Sui army will arrive under the city of Pyongyang unimpeded." Eulji Wende refused to give the order to retreat, although Yuangai Suwen had told him that there was no need to defend Liaodong City, and that it was okay to let the Sui army under Pyongyang City if he could. But Eulji Wende was reluctant to do that, because he was a soldier, and the mission and pride of a soldier did not allow him to do that, while Yuangai Suwen was a politician and an iron-willed man, and the two of them were fundamentally different.
"General, if you don't withdraw, it's over, how long can you see how long these soldiers can resist? They have long lost their fighting spirit! The subordinate general directly said in a roaring voice, the Goguryeo soldiers have a strong ability to escape for their lives, and the combat endurance is far inferior to that of the Sui army. This soldier who does not defend the city only relies on instinct to drive his body to fight, and his will is long gone.
"Alas! Withdraw! Yizhi Wende reluctantly ordered that these hundreds of thousands of soldiers should not be buried because of their so-called pride. What's more, if you keep the men and horses, you will have a chance to defeat the Sui army again, didn't you successfully ambush the Sui army last time and lead to its destruction? Why not.
"Handsome! Our army has broken through Liaodong City, Yizhi Wende has fled, and the generals of each army asked if they wanted to continue the pursuit, and asked the marshal to show them! A herald walked into the Yuwenshu camp and said.
"There's no need to pursue, Your Majesty's task for us is to take Liaodong City, and Yizhi Wende will definitely repeat the old tricks, it's too late, just clean up Liaodong City!" Yu Wenshu said that in fact, he wanted to pursue Eulzhi Wende more than anyone else, but it was too late, not to mention that he was not familiar with the terrain of Goguryeo, so he could only give up, clean up Liaodong City, and prepare for Yang Guang's fight.