Chapter 420: Encirclement and Reinforcement

Liaodong City is located more than 100 miles on the east bank of Liaoshui, guarding the Liaohe River Plain area, and can be called the fortress of Liaodong. When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goryeo, he was defeated several times and under the city of Liaodong. However, unlike when Emperor Yang of Sui attacked Goryeo, the route he chose was to divide the north and south routes, cross the Liaoshui from the upper and lower levels, and then besiege the Liaodong City after taking down the northern and southern cities of Xincheng, Gaimu Prefecture, Anshi Prefecture, and Jian'an Prefecture.

In fact, when Li Shimin attacked Goguryeo for the first time in history, he also continued this offensive line.

However, now Li Shimin crossed the Liaoshui from the side of Liaodong City, and the first city pointed to by the soldiers was Liaodong City.

A map is spread out on top of several cases.

The whole map looks very new, but the mountains, rivers, forests, roads, and cities are clearly delineated. This is the map that the spies and scouts of the Goguryeo Institute have worked together to create. Details of the vast area east of the Liao River and west of the Yalu River are recorded. It even indicates how many troops there are in each city, and where the Goryeo army was once stationed.

"This is Liaodong City!" Zhang Yunwen pointed to Liaodong City on the map and said, "There are three main cities in the north of Liaodong City: Xinchengzhou, Gaimu City, and Baiya City, with 10,000, 10,000, and 8,000 troops stationed respectively. To the south, there are two cities, Anshi Prefecture and Jian'an Prefecture, with 15,000 and 10,000 garrisons respectively. The above cities are close to Liaodong City, especially Baiya City, which is less than 100 miles away from Liaodong City. If our army besieges Liaodong City and cannot attack it for a long time, then Yuangai Suwen will definitely transfer the troops from the above cities to reinforce Liaodong. Our army will be able to stop and annihilate it in its path! ”

Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully: "Yunwen's words are not bad, if you follow this kind of siege strategy, it can greatly weaken the strength of these cities." When the time comes, it will be easier to fight these cities! Well, by the way, otherwise, I will divide the north and south soldiers and horses, let them lie in ambush outside the city, wait for the soldiers and horses in the city to come out, destroy the reinforcements first, and then immediately attack the city! ”

When Zhang Yunwen heard this, he immediately smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really talented and quick-witted, and Weichen can't do it!" Wei Chen just said a siege point to help, His Majesty drew inferences from one another, used it flexibly, and added this strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, so that the whole strategy is more complete! ”

"Haha, the old man also had an idea, so he had this thought!" Li Shimin said with a smug face, "Okay, I will pass on this order immediately!" By the way, Yunwen, the artillery battalion will come sooner, although it is a siege but not an attack, if Nayuan Gai Suwen does not send troops out, I will forcibly blast this Liaodong City! ”

Zhang Yunwen secretly yawned: "Don't worry, Your Majesty!" As soon as they come ashore, they'll come this way! ”

When the big tent came out, Zhang Yunwen yawned a long time. I didn't sleep last night, and I'm really tired today. It seems that it has been a long time since I have done such a task at night, and in the past few years, although I have been insisting on training, where can I compare to actual combat?

Yawning, Zhang Yunwen returned to the camp tent that had been set up by Ma Wangshan and others, and fell asleep.

A drum beat woke Zhang Yunwen up.

Looking up, through the gaps in the curtains on the walls of the tent, you could faintly see the slightly bright sky outside. Awakened by the sound of the drums, he could not sleep again, and got up and went outside the tent.

By this time, it was just dawn, and smoke was already wafting from all over the camp. Looking at Liaodong City through the not too thick fog, only a gray shadow could be seen in the white vastness. I'm afraid I won't be able to see Liaodong City until the sun comes out and the fog dissipates.

Not only Zhang Yunwen got up, but Ma Wangshan and others who participated in the mission with Zhang Yunwen, as well as those scouts, also got up. But they started exercising in the middle of the field.

Seeing Zhang Yunwen, they greeted them warmly and went to exercise on their own. In particular, those guys in the Scout Recruit Training Camp realized their own shortcomings in yesterday's actual battle, and they are training for these deficiencies at the moment.

Feeling extremely hungry in his stomach, Zhang Yunwen walked around the camp to see that breakfast was ready in that place, and went to eat some food himself.

Zhang Yunwen found that the people from the artillery battalion had not yet arrived, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, could it be that something happened to the artillery battalion?

After breakfast, Zhang Yunwen ran to the edge of Liaoshui.

When I came to the Tang army's camp by the Liaoshui, I saw a black and oppressive person by the river. The crowd also shouted: "One-two, one-two......"

Zhang Yunwen stepped forward to take a look, but it was the Tang sergeant who was carrying those cannons from the boat to the shore. However, the process of carrying it was very painstaking, and the cannons were tied with ropes, and the soldiers were dragging them from the beach on the bank of the river to the camp. On the beach, it is not easy to borrow strength, and the soldiers pull very hard.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Yunwen stepped forward and yelled at the artilleryman: "What's the matter with you? How did it come to this? ”

He remembered that the guns were equipped with carriages.

When the soldiers of the artillery battalion saw Zhang Yunwen coming, they immediately cheered, and a soldier rushed to Zhang Yunwen: "General Zhang, you are here!" The cannons were so heavy that the brothers simply couldn't move them. Horses are also extremely inconvenient in the sand, so I have to let the brothers pull them together! ”

Zhang Yunwen glanced at the artillery soldier, nodded silently, and asked softly, "What about your commander?" ”

The artilleryman pointed to the other side of the river: "It's still negotiating over there!" When transporting artillery last night, a small boat capsized, and two cannons sank into the river, so they wanted to transport it slowly, delaying for a long time, and now Zhang Lang is reasoning with them! ”

"The boat capsized? Sink two cannons? Zhang Yunwen couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard the news, and then asked with concern, "Are there any casualties?" ”

The soldier shook his head: "The people in charge of pressing the ship are all brothers who are proficient in water, and they have come!" ”

Zhang Yunwen nodded: "It's okay if people are fine!" If the cannon is gone, it can still be made, but if the people are gone, it will not be good! Come with me and see what's going on! ”

Zhang Yunwen took the artilleryman on a small boat, crossed the Liaoshui, and came to the Tang army camp on the west bank of Liaoxi.

As soon as the ship was moored on the temporary pier, Zhang Yunwen heard a voice say loudly: "Our artillery is a siege weapon, if the siege time is delayed, can you afford to delay?" This voice is none other than Zhang Hun, one of the generals in the artillery battalion today. Today's artillery battalion has a total of three lieutenant generals, who are responsible for managing the affairs of the artillery battalion.

As soon as Zhang Hun said this, another voice sounded: "I was ordered to mobilize these boats and ships to be responsible for transporting soldiers, and now in order to transport that iron guy for you, I have folded two ships in this Liaoshui, and now it is good to be able to vacate ten ships to transport these iron lumps for you!" Immediately you must know that there is still a large amount of grain and grass waiting for me to transport here! ”

Zhang Yunwen stepped out of the cabin and walked in the direction of the sound to the official in charge of transporting the ship. Zhang Hun saw Zhang Yunwen and was about to salute, Zhang Yunwen waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to, and said to the official: "I'm Zhang Yunwen!" Now that Your Majesty is urging the artillery battalion to arrive quickly, you should quickly mobilize some more ships and send the artillery over! ”

The official was stunned for a moment, and then poured bitter water: "General Zhang, Grandpa Zhang, don't you know, the heavy grain and grass on the west bank of Liaoshui have been piled up, and it is quite difficult for the villain to coordinate transportation!" Not long ago, a marching master asked the villain to hurry to carry hay over, saying that the horses were out of fodder! Yesterday, a few more Turkic chieftains asked the villain to send the horses over! And Grandpa Zhang, you have to let the villain send artillery over, just these hundreds of ships, there are enough there! Besides, when transporting artillery yesterday, two ships were folded! ”

As soon as these words fell, Zhang Hun smiled disdainfully: "We told you that this artillery is very sinking, let you use a big boat, in order to please the marching chief, you use a big boat to send him fodder, and use a small boat to send artillery, and the ship sinks!" Also, the two artillery pieces we lost are worth at least 100,000 yuan, if you bring this matter to Your Majesty, see how you compensate! ”

With Zhang Yunwen by his side, Zhang Hun is full of confidence.

When the official heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, looked at Zhang Hun and said, "General Zhang Lang, don't scare me immediately!" ”

At this time, Zhang Yunwen said loudly: "Okay, this cannon sank into the river, and this official has no intention of holding you responsible!" I had to ask you to arrange for the ships to transport all the artillery over as soon as possible, and the matter would be taken over! ”

"General......" Zhang Hun couldn't help but say when he heard Zhang Yunwen say this, "But ......"

"Okay, Zhang Hun, don't say anything! There will be no problem with this! Your Majesty is brewing an offensive, and your artillery is playing a very important role! Anyway, one word - quick! Be sure to be fast! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Hun nodded silently.

The official listened to Zhang Yunwen's calm words, and knew in his heart that he must not snub those iron bumps this time!

At that moment, the official began to coordinate, let the big ship come in, and began to transport more than 100 cannons stranded on the west bank of Liaoshui.