Chapter 419: Under the City of Liaodong

When Zhang Yunwen arrived at the Tang army camp, he did not see Li Shimin, Li Ji and others. Even the slightly higher-ranking marching chief was absent, and only a few marching chiefs coordinated various affairs in the barracks in the barracks.

When I inquired about it, I found out that the Goryeo soldiers who had been defeated during the forced crossing had regrouped more than 50 miles east of the Tang army camp and shrunk into a large camp. Daying occupies a huge area, expanding more than ten miles from north to south, with flags swaggering, smoke and dust floating in the air.

After Li Shimin heard about this situation, he immediately took Li Ji and a group of generals and 30,000 cavalry to the west of the Goryeo camp, and watched the camp from afar.

As soon as Zhang Yunwen heard this, he didn't say a word, let the scouts have a good rest, and rushed to Li Shimin with his own soldiers.

When I arrived at Li Shimin's place, the battle had not yet started. However, looking at the other party's tight position and the tight bowstring in his hand, this battle is also about to break out.

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Yunwen came to the front of the battle and saluted Li Shimin.

"Oh, Yoon-moon is back! Look at you, you're murderous, you've fought with people! Li Shimin looked at Zhang Yunwen and laughed softly.

"Yes, we met 800 Korean cavalrymen who came to capture us, but they were all slaughtered!" When Zhang Yunwen said this, he was murderous.

Li Shimin stroked his palm: "Okay!" The dam was destroyed in the past, and now it has broken 800 cavalry with 200 troops, and this kind of military feats should be the first in the battle of Liaoshui! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Yunwen felt several unkind glances coming. But those generals heard Li Shimin say that Zhang Yunwen was the first in the battle of Liaoshui, so they were not convinced.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to lead 10,000 horses to step on this camp!" At this time, Cheng Jin, the general manager of the soldiers and horses on the left road, patted his chest and said.

Li Shimin has a total of four armies around him, one on the left and one on the right, two on the left and two on the right. Among them, Zhang Yunwen is the general manager of the soldiers and horses on the right road.

When Li Shimin heard this, he smiled: "Zhijie, I know that you are brave, but in front of this military camp, you see, the flag is waving, the smoke and dust cover the sun, and I don't know how many soldiers and horses are hidden!" If you rush to kill and fall into an ambush by the Koreans, what should you do? ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled: "Hehe, aren't you outside, Your Majesty?" When the time comes, lead the troops to save the last general! ”

When the generals heard this, they couldn't help but smile in unison.

Li Shimin scolded with a smile: "Okay, you Cheng Zhijie, it turns out that you are planning to do this!" Okay, I'll give you a thousand cavalry, and you can go and charge the Goryeo camp!" ”

"A thousand?" Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but be stunned, and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, what you want in the end is 10,000!" What can these thousand cavalry do? ”

Li Shimin said solemnly: "A thousand cavalry, of course, I asked you to investigate the reality of the Goryeo camp!" Do you really think that I will let you go to the Goryeo camp? ”

A look of disappointment flashed on Cheng Yanjin's face: "What? Exploring the real and the false? Lao Cheng really thought that he had gone to level this barracks! ”

Although there was a hint of unwillingness in his mouth, Cheng Yanjin still carried out the order very well. A thousand Tang cavalry were like sharp arrows, shooting quickly towards the Goryeo camp.

Cheng bit Jin and set off on the front foot, and Li Shimin also waved his hand behind him, allowing the army to move forward.

This Cheng Jin was also fierce, and as soon as he raised his horse lance, he shouted in his mouth: "Kill-" and rushed to the front of the Goryeo military camp.

At this time, there were at least 700 Goryeo soldiers gathered behind the fence of the Goryeo camp, and when Cheng Biting Jin came over viciously, these Goryeo soldiers couldn't help but show an incredible expression in unison, as if to say: "Our side is so strong, why do you still want to fight?" ”

Cheng Yanjin didn't care about the expressions of those Goryeo soldiers, and led a thousand cavalry to storm the main gate of the Goryeo camp.

Fighting, Cheng Yanjin felt that something was wrong, why did his lone army smash the gate of the Goryeo military camp so arrogantly, why haven't they come out yet? Could it be ......

Thinking of this, Cheng Yanjin roared: "Brothers, kill, these Koreans must be making an empty city, and there is no one in this big camp!" ”

Hearing Cheng Yanjin's words, the cavalry of the Tang Army were as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, and they were so excited that they waved the spears and big knives in their hands, and after a while, they blasted the main gate of this big camp open. In the face of the hundreds of foot soldiers inside, Cheng Yanjin didn't pay attention to it at all, and sent 800 people to explore the military camp, and he took 200 cavalry to start attacking those Goryeo foot soldiers.

I have to say that Cheng Yanjin's horse combat kung fu is really superb, not ordinarily strong. With him as an arrow, two hundred cavalry rushed into the advance formation, like a tiger into a flock of sheep. It didn't take long for all the six or seven hundred Goryeo foot soldiers to be beheaded under the horse.

At this time, the cavalry of the Tang Army, who had been exploring the camp, returned.

"General, the villain is in the big camp, but I can only see flags all over and the fire burning, but I don't see a human figure!"

Cheng Yanjin showed a smile on his bearded face: "Okay! Sure enough, it's the same as the old man guessed! You are guarding here, old man to see Your Majesty! ”

When Cheng Yanjin told Li Shimin, who was standing a mile away looking at the Goryeo camp, Li Shimin couldn't help but bow his head and ponder: "Why did this Goryeo people build such a huge military camp here?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin said nonchalantly: "him!" Anyway, these little kings must have fled eastward, leaving this military camp to confuse our army. But Your Majesty, hehe, Lao Cheng made a thousand cavalry break through the enemy's camp today, and this credit should be not small! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "Wow, Zhijie, you are thinking about your merits!" This break of the camp was an accident, and if I sent someone over casually, it would also have this effect, so don't mention this break of the camp! ”

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yanjin suddenly showed a tragic image.

"However, leading the troops to kill 700 Goryeo foot soldiers, this credit cannot be spared! Well, don't dwell on this verse! Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what exactly this Korean man is going to do. After Li Shimin blocked Cheng Jin's mouth with two or three sentences, he said to everyone.

After a moment of silence, Li Ji was the first to say: "If Weichen is the chief general of the Goryeo army, he must know that no matter how strong the Goryeo army is, it will not be possible to compete with the Tang army in the field battle, so he will definitely shrink his troops to the cities, strictly defend it, and fight with the Tang army!" This is the best policy! Therefore, Weichen thought that this Goryeo must be gathering troops to Liaodong City and preparing to hold Liaodong City! Speaking of this, Li Ji couldn't help but pause, "Besides, from this military camp to the east, it is only a hundred miles to Liaodong City." Presumably, the Koreans were afraid of our army's pursuit and killing, so they adopted such a suspicious strategy, hoping that our army would be cowardly and delay time! ”

After Li Ji said these words slowly, Li Shimin couldn't help but clap his palms: "Okay!" This is the same as my heart! That's what I think! In this case, then I ordered the army to move forward immediately and move closer in the direction of Liaodong City! ”

All the generals clasped their fists together on their horses: "Whoa! ”

As a result, all the generals returned to the Tang army camp one after another, and rushed to the direction of Liaodong City with their headquarters soldiers and horses. Li Shimin set off with the 30,000-strong army.

When Zhang Yunwen returned to the Tang Army camp and prepared to keep up with Li Shimin with the military police battalion, artillery battalion and reconnaissance battalion, he sadly found that his artillery battalion seemed to be still on the other side of Liaoshui and had not been transported. Thinking of those cannons weighing thousands of pounds, Zhang Yunwen also roughly estimated the reason why they were not transported. I'm afraid I will wait until the end to transport Liaoshui!

Fortunately, the gendarmerie battalion and the reconnaissance battalion have arrived. Zhang Yunwen took these two soldiers and horses to Liaodong City and hurried all the way. At the same time, he also asked the generals who stayed behind in the battalion to wait for the artillery battalion to go ashore, and told them to let them drive directly to Liaodong City.

When Zhang Yunwen arrived at the Tang Army's tent outside Liaodong City, Li Shimin asked with a slashed face: "Yunwen, have those siege cannons arrived?" ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled bitterly, and after explaining the situation to Li Shimin, Li Shimin's face showed disappointment.

It turned out that as soon as they arrived at the foot of Liaodong City, everyone found that this Goryeo man really did what Li Ji said. However, when they built the fortifications of Liaodong City, they surprised Li Shimin and the generals of the Tang Army.

I saw that under the city of Liaodong, the winding and vertical and horizontal trenches, rows of rejecting horses, deep moats, city walls as high as three zhang, and a bed crossbow erected at the head of the city, turned the entire Liaodong city into a fortress full of traps.

Seeing this Liaodong City, Li Shimin thought of artillery, if there was artillery to help and bombard this Liaodong City, then it would be easy to capture this Liaodong City. Li Shimin can clearly remember the power of those large-caliber artillery guns during the siege of the city.

"Your Majesty!" After looking at the Liaodong City for a long time, Zhang Yunwen suddenly said, "Your Majesty, in fact, this Liaodong City does not have to be captured immediately!" ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Yunwen.