Chapter 432: Return

Yuangai Suwen was very depressed. Sitting on the horse, his head shook gently as the horse's back jolted. But at this moment, his heart is far less calm than on his face. Although he had been marching for several days, whenever he remembered that his wife and children were still in Pyongyang, and that 300,000 stones of grain and grass were still in Pyongyang, he hated the Tang army to death in his heart.

When he first heard the news, Li Shimin was frantically attacking the city of Liaodong with armies everywhere. With that powerful firearm as a basis, the Tang army attacked the city all the way, conquered everything, and won the battle. Whether it was a siege or a field battle, the Don army always achieved victory. Such a march is not to mention the Goryeo Army, and even the Tang Army itself finds it incredible.

In the face of such a situation, the Liaodong Goryeo Army can be said to have no morale.

Li Shimin left Li Daozong and Zhang Liang to sweep the southeastern part of Liao, and when he waited for more than ten days, he learned that a batch of artillery shells was about to reach Liaoshui, and led the army to the north. In addition to the two cities that Xue Wanche knocked down, there are also major cities such as South Suzhou, Gebezhou, and Mudi Prefecture. Li Shimin's goal is these cities.

After arriving in the northeastern part of Liaodong and joining forces with Xue Wanche, Li Shimin began to attack various cities. The northern cities were already inferior to the south, and they were even more vulnerable under artillery bombardment. Li Shimin lightly took the northern cities.

Just when Li Shimin took the northern cities, while Li Daozong and Zhang Liang swept the southeastern part of Liaodong, and the two armies marched east at the same time, Yuangai Suwen led an army of 100,000 from Pyongyang to reinforce the Yalu River.

Hearing the news, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then smiled and said: "The world is unpredictable, I can't imagine that this Yuan Gai Suwen actually left Pyongyang!" In this way, didn't Yunwen run in vain? ”

After capturing Cangyan City, an important town in northeastern Liaoning, Li Shimin originally wanted to wave his army and pass through the upper reaches of the Yalu River. However, Yuangai Suwen, who had already learned of the situation, sent an army of 30,000 to block Li Shimin. However, the upper reaches of the Yalu River are mountainous and turbulent, making it unsuitable for forced crossing. Li Ji also suggested to Li Shimin that he go south to the Black Bone City to join Li Daozong's troops and cross the Yalu River from Bo Fenkou.

Li Shimin readily agreed to this suggestion.

At this time, whether it is the southeast of Liaoning or the northeast of Liaoning, it is all pacified.

But with the increase in cities, the Tang army also had to divide more forces to stay in those cities to prevent recurrence. In addition, the logistics supply is gradually lengthening, and it also needs to be escorted. Therefore, the number of troops that could be used for the offensive was only more than 90,000.

At this time, Li Daozong had already captured the Black Bone City. The battle was also very heroic. Although it was assisted by a third of the artillery battalion's artillery, it encountered unprecedented resistance when it broke through the walls and stormed the city of black bones. The streets of the city kept fighting, and when they finally reached the city lord's mansion, they saw that the city lord's mansion had already built a circle of arrow towers. On top of the arrow tower, the crossbowmen shot out a rain of arrows, causing a lot of trouble to the army.

However, when the people of the artillery battalion came to the outside of the city lord's mansion with mortars, three or two cannons blew off these arrow towers.

In a fit of rage, Li Daozong ordered his soldiers to rush into the city lord's mansion and slaughter the people in the mansion.

Later, Li Daozong learned that the main city of this Black Bone City had received the life-saving grace of Yuangai Suwen.

Before Li Shimin's army reached Wugu City, Na Yuan Gai Suwen received the news of the loss of Pyongyang. His foundation was in Pyongyang, so Yuangai Suwen immediately led his troops back to Pyongyang.

However, he made some arrangements before leaving, leading the soldiers out of the camp at night, and then returning to the camp after dawn, creating the illusion that reinforcements were coming. Then, when burying the pot to make rice, he made a pot stove to confuse the Tang army scouts. When all this was arranged, this Yuan Gai Suwen led 40,000 troops back to Pyongyang, vowing to recapture Pyongyang.

He first sent 3,000 cavalry as the vanguard and rushed to Pyongyang one step ahead to find out the enemy's reality and contact the soldiers and horses near Pyongyang. However, one afternoon, the cavalry general actually found Yuangai Suwen with less than 100 remnants of soldiers and reported to him, saying that his 3,000 cavalry had been stolen by the Tang army, and most of them were killed and wounded, and only these people escaped.

Yuangai Suwen was taken aback when he heard what the general said. Could it be that the Tang army that captured Pyongyang City was so large that it could divide its troops to fight?

In the next march, Yuangai Suwen had to be much more careful, although it was only a day's journey from Pyongyang City, but in line with the principle of caution, Yuangai Suwen still marched slowly.

However, this caution did not save his army from being attacked.

As the armed foot soldiers marched slowly, suddenly, crossbow arrows were shot from the woods on both sides of the post road. The Goryeo soldiers who were caught off guard were hit by arrows one after another. These bolts were shot with extreme accuracy, and most of them went straight to the temple. The soldier died instantly.

While the generals on horseback were carefully watching the woods on both sides, suddenly an arrow flew out of the woods and pierced the head of the Goryeo general.

At the beginning of the attack, Yuangai Suwen would also order his soldiers to chase and clear the woods. However, after watching those soldiers rush into the woods, it didn't take long for them to let out a burst of screams, and when less than a tenth of the soldiers returned, Yuangai Suwen had no choice but to give up the idea of going deep into the forest to clear up.

Presumably, the attacker must have been a master of mountain and forest warfare. If you go there rashly, you may lose even more. It's a pity that I didn't bring those tribal soldiers, if I brought these tribal soldiers who grew up in the woods, you can rest assured that you can enter the forest to clear it.

This attack on the marching team was still a trivial matter, but when a Goryeo general was shot and killed, Nayeongai Suwen could no longer contain the anger in his heart and ordered a return fire. This time, instead of slapping his soldiers to clear the area, he ordered the crossbowmen to shoot arrows into the woods.

However, there were dense trees as a barrier, and all the arrows fired by the Goryeo soldiers were nailed to the trees. As for whether the person who shot or not, only God knows.

At this time, the scouts would hide behind the trees and laugh secretly, "That's good, shoot more than a dozen arrows in exchange for hundreds of arrows, this is a good deal."

In addition to being attacked while marching, they were attacked even after camping. For example, when the Goryeo soldiers went to the river to fetch water, a figure suddenly appeared in the water, and they held military thorns and stabbed them into the necks of the Goryeo soldiers. Then immediately dive into the water again and disappear. By the time the Goryeo soldiers found the soldiers who were fetching water, they had been dead for a long time. The blood flowing from the neck spreads through the river, making people palpitate to watch.

Later, all the soldiers who fetched water would be protected by nearly 100 Goryeo soldiers with weapons in their hands.

It's been a long day. When the army of Yuangai Suwen was less than ten miles from the city of Pyongyang, they were not attacked. The attacks along the way made them nervous, and they didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

When the army of Yuangai Suwen marched into Pyongyang City, the troops breathed a sigh of relief.

Just when the army breathed a sigh of relief, Na Yuan Gai Suwen looked at the spiritual positions placed in front of him with a sad face. Dozens of people from his Yuan family are here.

"Who is the leader? How many soldiers and horses do they have? Putting away his grief, Yuangai Suwen asked an official beside him. Between the words, the forest is cold, refreshing the muscles and bones.

That official was one of the officials who surrendered after Yunwen took Pyongyang City, and now when he heard Yuangai Suwen's chilling words, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and hurriedly said: "The leader of the army calls himself Zhang Yunwen, the prince of Dingzhou County. He led only 5,000 men and sailors! ”

"Five thousand?" Yuangai Suwen looked at the official in disbelief, "Five thousand people took my Pyongyang City?" ”

The official argued: "Lord Mo Lizhi, those 5,000 soldiers and horses are all elite soldiers, although they can't be one against ten, but there should be no problem with one against five!" There is also the navy, which is still entrenched in the muddy water at the moment, shooting stones into the city every day and injuring people. Now, there are very few people in the entire eastern part of the city! ”

"What! Datang deceives people too much! As soon as Yuangai Suwen heard that someone dared to be so arrogant in front of his door, he immediately said angrily, "What about my Goryeo Navy?" Where is my Goryeo Navy now? Why not drive them away? ”

The official smiled bitterly: "The Goryeo Navy has been wiped out!" ”

Yuangai Suwen was speechless for a moment. Turning his head, he looked at the spiritual position of the Yuan family, and his face couldn't help but be a little hideous. Fiercely pulled out the long knife he was carrying, and looked at the official next to him with a knife: "Zhang Yunwen, I swear to die with you!" ”

As soon as the official saw Yuangai Suwen's expression became hideous, he immediately knew that something was wrong. Sure enough, when the long knife in Nayuan Gai Suwen's hand looked down, he suddenly shouted loudly: "Da Mo is out of the branch, the lower official still has a very important matter to report!" ”

Yuangai Suwen slowed down his knife momentum and looked obliquely over the officer's shoulder. Said coldly: "What else is the matter?" ”

Cold sweat flowed from the official's forehead, and the previous courage disappeared in an instant.

"Big, big Mo left the branch, those Tang soldiers poisoned the grain and grass in the city with poison before leaving!"