Chapter 309: Solid Wall Qingye
Yuwen Chengdu took a hundred light horsemen and hung far behind Luo Cheng's brigade.
In the wind and snow, when Luo Cheng was lying in the plough to roast the fire, Yuwen Chengdu took his men to ride on a horse against the wind and snow. After crossing the river, I thought that Luo Cheng was just making a show, and he wouldn't really dare to go all the way to the east.
But who knows, Luo Cheng not only did not stop along the way, but his speed did not decrease, and he galloped eastward all the way.
They had to grit their teeth and follow.
Twenty miles east, Luo Cheng's team stopped to rest, Yuwen Chengdu thought that he had finally stopped, but he didn't stop for half an hour, and continued to set off.
They followed all the way like this, and finally followed directly to the city of Xuansu.
When Yuwen Chengdu's subordinates recognized the city looming in the wind and snow in front of them, which was Xuansu City, which was already sixty miles away from the Liao River, they found that Luo Cheng had actually entered the city.
"What's wrong with Xuansu City?" The young Yuwen Cheng was a little confused.
"General Hui, it seems, it seems that Xuansu City has surrendered, and you see that the battle flag of our Sui army has been planted on the city."
"But why did they descend, as soon as this Luo Cheng arrived, they fell, didn't they keep it?" Yuwen Cheng was puzzled, although Xuansu is a small city, but the nearest Gaimu City is only forty miles away, can't it be guarded for a few days?
Studied but cannot comprehend.
In the end, Yuwen Chengdu could only attribute it to Luo Cheng's luck, but the defenders of Xuansu City were incompetent and weak.
"When I went back to report to my father-in-law, I said that Xuansu City abandoned the city and surrendered, and Luo Cheng had already led the army into Xuansu City."
"Major General, are we still here?"
Yuwen Chengdu had a dark face and nodded, although Luo Cheng didn't know what shit luck he had, but he didn't believe that all the Goguryeo people were cowards like the Xuansu City Lord, he just wanted to stay here and see with his own eyes how Luo Cheng died.
"But, Major General, Luo Cheng has now captured Xuansu City, although this Xuansu is a small city, but after all, it is a city, not a temporary camp, Luo Cheng has 20,000 soldiers and horses, if he is determined to be a turtle and shrink in this city, even if the Goguryeo people send troops to surround it, I am afraid that it will be difficult to capture it without a year and a half, besides, Luo Cheng is not alone, it is only sixty miles away from the Liao River, Luo Yi's first army and Song Laosheng's second army are not far away, they can come at any time, even if they don't cross the river, But it can also deter the Goguryeo people, so that they do not dare to attack the city with all their might. ”
This lieutenant is not a man who has not fought in battle, and he knows the role of a city very well.
Luo Cheng has 12,000 soldiers, 8,000 auxiliary soldiers, with a large number of baggage and ordnance, it can be said that there are many soldiers and enough food, and now that he has such a city, the army of more than 20,000 Luo Yi and Song Laosheng behind is only a few dozen miles away, and it can be said that Luo Cheng is already invincible.
Whether you admit it or not, you have to say that General Yuwen miscalculated this time.
lost his wife and broke his soldiers.
As long as Luo Cheng is not stupid, then if he guards Xuansu City and does not come out, he will win. It only takes two or three months, and as soon as the million-dollar army arrives, Luo Cheng will be worry-free.
Yuwen Chengdu looked at the banner on Xuansu City in the wind and snow.
"No, we'll stay here and stare at Luo Cheng."
Not far away, a team of people sent by Luo Yi and Li Jing were also dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe that Luo Cheng had taken Xuansu City so easily.
"I knew that Xuansu City was so easy to break, let's just come with one or two groups of people, and we can take this city, it's really cheap."
"This Luo Cheng is really lucky."
"Send someone back to tell the news."
In Xuansu City, when Luo Cheng was meeting with Wu Sanbao and other children of the Han family, in the city, Yu Wenhua waited for a news that made him unbelievable.
"I don't believe it, it can't be!"
Yu Wenhua refused to believe the news and was furious.
Yuwen Zhiji was also stunned, he was really worried about what would happen, who would have expected that Luo Cheng would really dare to cross the river and go all the way to the east, let alone that he would dare to fight Xuansu City, and Xuansu City was so useless, it would be broken with one blow.
Now he's in trouble.
"Thousands of calculations, but I didn't count the Goguryeo people as useless." Yu Wenzhi and scolded. "Brother, what now?"
Yu Wenhua and in addition to scolding, there is no way.
"Let's cut off Luo Cheng's supply of food, grass and ordnance, and let him defend the city alone, I don't believe it, the Goguryeo people just sit back and watch him seize Xuansu City!"
"Then I'll go to Li Jiancheng and ask him to tell Li Yuan to cut off Luo Cheng's ordnance."
Xiangping New Town.
Li Jing laughed when he heard that Luo Cheng had actually broken through Xuansu City in just one day.
"I really didn't misunderstand Luo Cheng, he is really a master of art and bold."
Lu Yu also said, "This Luo Cheng is really lucky, every time I feel lucky." ”
Under normal circumstances, even if there are few soldiers in Xuansu City, as long as the Goguryeo people hold on, it will be difficult to attack the city on this cold and snowy day.
The distance between Gaimu and other cities is only a few dozen miles, and reinforcements will soon arrive.
Even if Luo Cheng tries his best to attack, he may not be able to win it. One is not good, in case it is surrounded by reinforcements rushing to the fortified city, there is also the danger of annihilation.
But Luo Cheng succeeded, and he took Xuansu City in one day, and the Goguryeo people such as Gaimu and Xincheng probably haven't gotten the news yet.
"I have to write a letter to Luo Cheng, now take Xuansu City, don't take any more risks, as long as you guard Xuansu City and wait for the Eastern Crusade to come, it will be a great achievement."
"Will Luo Cheng continue to attack again?" Lu Yu asked.
"Who is right, anyway, Luo Cheng, this kid, I'm a little unpredictable."
On the west bank of the Liao River, the camp of the First Army.
Luo Yi laughed when he received the news that Luo Cheng had entered Xuansu City.
"However, there were more than ten casualties, so I seized Xuanfu City, captured the Xuansu City Lord, and seized more than 100,000 stones of grain and grass, which is really amazing, and it really makes my Luo family face."
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Xuansu City.
Luo Cheng set up a banquet to entertain Wu Sanbao and other Han family children.
At the banquet, Luo Cheng personally poured wine for Wu Sanbao and awarded Wu Sanbao as the acting county commander of Xuansu County.
He also asked him to select 1,000 people from the Zhu Han family who was with Wu Sanbao as the soldiers of Xuansu County, assist in guarding Xuansu City, and issue weapons and ordnance to them.
"General, what should the Goguryeo people in the city do?" Wu Sanbao asked, De Luo Cheng was so rewarded, he was also full of red light, he had lived most of his life, and he was the happiest today.
Although Xuansu City has few soldiers, it is a large agricultural city, with a population of tens of thousands and countless fertile fields. In terms of population, Xuansu City is far more than the mountain city with many soldiers such as Gai Mu.
Among the tens of thousands of people in Xuansu, most of them are people who farm land and herd horses, and most of them are Han people. The population of the Goguryeo tribe is actually not high, and there are some people from the Khitan and other ethnic groups.
"Those who surrender will not be disturbed. If you resist the mighty of heaven, kill! ”
Wu Sanbao asked, "I am not talented in my position, and I am willing to lead the county soldiers as the vanguard to sweep the manor villages outside Xuansu City." ”
"Very good, this general also has this intention, so I will ask the county soldiers of Wu County Order to be guides and lead the way for the soldiers of my vanguard army."
Although the snow was fluttering outside, Luo Cheng, who had just taken Xuansu City, did not plan to stop there. Taking advantage of the fact that the Goguryeo people had not reacted now, Luo Cheng wanted to drive all the people and livestock of the manor villages around Xuanyi City to the city.
Whatever could not be taken away, it was all burned.
What he wanted to do was to let the Goguryeo people hear that when the city of Xuansu fell and led the troops to besiege it, they cleared the outer fortified walls and did not leave a single population, a head of livestock, and a grain of grain for the Goguryeo people who came to besiege it.