Chapter 22 The Battle on the Liaoshui
Just as Li Wenyuan arranged for ships to transport the intercepted hill-like armor to the other side of the river, Yuangai Suwen finally led the army to the city of Liaodong. Yuan Taizuo's blood-red eyes finally showed a smile, and the Yuanzi flag and Goguryeo's military flag outside the city were waving in the wind, while the Sui army under the city disappeared last night.
After learning that the Sui army under Liaodong City had retreated, Yuangai Suwen thought it was a suspicious tactic, so he did not rashly lead his troops forward. It was not until later that the scouts did not find the Sui army for more than ten miles, so they dared to lead troops into the Sui army's camp under the city.
Yuangai Suwen sent someone to the city to inform his father that the Sui army had all retreated, and he was in the camp to check the situation. The more I looked, the more frightened I felt, there were flying towers besieging the city in the Sui army camp, giant crossbows, ladders, crash cars, armor, weapons, grain and grass, and counting the countless used and unused camp tents, and there were even mountains of unprocessed official documents piled up on the table.
Yuan Taizuo came to the Sui army camp outside the city with the support of his subordinates, and when he saw his son, he hurriedly helped him up, and said: "My son really didn't embarrass his father, he actually led the troops of the country to rescue Liaodong City, he was really a tiger general, and I will ask you to leave the branch when I go back." ”
Yuan Gai Suwen thanked his father, and said to Yuan Taizuo: "Father, I saw that many materials were scattered here in this Sui army camp, and they should have broken away. ”
Although Yuangai Suwen proclaimed himself the generalissimo, he still asked questions obediently in front of his father and did not dare to trespass. Yuan Taizuo sat on the chair in Yuwenshu's tent, looked at the map left on the table, and said in a deep voice: "The commander of the Sui army has always been good at trickery, and he has suffered heavy casualties under the city, perhaps he deliberately defeated us, induced us to pursue, and then annihilated us all in the wilderness. Don't act rashly, send more than a thousand horsemen to follow from afar, and see what is going on. ”
Yuangai Suwen was a little unconvinced, but his father spoke, and he had to obey, so he had to command the army to move all kinds of materials left over from the Sui army camp into the warehouse in Liaodong City one by one.
Thousands of horsemen set off from Liaodong City and searched and advanced in the direction of Liaoshui. From a distance, he saw that the Sui army by the Liaoshui had a clear banner and a neat queue, so he didn't dare to advance anymore and came back to report the situation to Yuan Taizuo. Yuan Taizuo nodded, leaving a part of the soldiers to help repair the walls of Liaodong City and the houses in the city, compensate the civilians, and hold a grand funeral for the war dead.
After a night like this, Li Wenyuan's side was not idle, and built the simplest camp, and each team divided their own defensive areas and tightly guarded the Dijin Pass.
The next day, Yuan Taizuo slept well and sat in Liaodong City in good spirits to listen to the reports of his subordinates. The fine work sent to Zhuojun has sent back the news that the Great Sui Emperor has taken the Imperial Forest Army through Zhuojun to the south, and a large number of Liaodong deserters and people have poured into Zhuojun.
"So, what the cavalry saw yesterday should be a lone army?" Yuan Taizuo drank tea and asked his subordinates.
"Back to Da Zheng Lu, our spies did not send back the news that the Great Sui Emperor ordered someone to guard the ferry to receive the rout."
"Okay, order my son to come." Yuan Taizuo's eyes lit up and said. The Sui army trapped him in Liaodong City for more than a month, during which he did not eat and sleep well, and suffered a lot of crimes.
Soon, Yuan Gai Suwen came to Yuan Taizuo with a helmet and armor, and said with a deep salute: "Father, call your son here today, but what's the big deal?" ”
Yuan Taizuo looked at his son majestic, and his heart was also extremely relieved, and said: "The news sent back by the spies, the Sui army on the other side is indeed retreating, today you lead 100,000 troops to pursue the Sui army, don't take prisoners and kill them, and keep my Goguryeo border stable for 20 years." ”
Yuangai Suwen was very pleased, he still had some prestige in the court, but his prestige in the army was not even half of that of the infant Yang King, who was still a half-puppet, and this was the time for him to establish his authority. So he knelt down on one knee and gave the order to go.
Yuangai Suwen gathered 100,000 troops, followed the retreat route of the Sui army, and after two hours, he arrived at the edge of the Yalu water, and still saw the Sui army camp in the distance, as well as countless routs in the wilderness.
At this time, Li Wenyuan didn't have time to control the Goguryeo army to chase him to the vicinity, and he was having a headache when Yuangai Suzhen secretly hid in the boat and followed, saying that he wanted to persuade his brother to give up the idea of starting a war and enter the Central Plains to become a minister.
At this time, the soldiers on the camp came to report that the Goguryeo army had been found in the northwest of the camp. Li Wenyuan saw that he couldn't get rid of Yuan Gai Suzhen, so he simply took her to the camp to check the situation.
Yuangai Suwen on this side couldn't hold back, watching the Sui army rout all over the mountains, ordering his cavalry to follow him to attack, and specially told the left and right cavalry: "Don't live, there is no one left." ”
More than 10,000 cavalry separated from the queue and rushed to the Sui army in the wilderness. The Sui army routed with all its strength before fleeing to Yalushui, where did they still have the strength and courage to resist the Goguryeo cavalry, and they either fled in all directions crying and screaming, or raised their hands above their heads and knelt down to surrender, or simply stopped in place in a daze and did not know what to do.
Yuangai Suzhen watched from the camp as his brother led the troops to slaughter the rout in the wilderness outside, and he couldn't make a sound in horror, but covered his mouth with his hands, and his big eyes were full of disbelief. At this time, Yuangai Suwen, who was killing up, seemed to be really telepathic, and he also stopped what he was doing, and saw that his sister on the Sui army camp was watching him in the company of a Sui army officer, so he led the army to kill near the camp, raised his hand and shot an arrow directly.
The distance was too close to dodge, Li Wenyuan secretly scolded This beast can even kill his sister, and immediately gritted his teeth, grabbed Yuan Gai Suzhen, and ate an arrow with his left arm. Blood burst out, splashing Yuan Gai Suzhen's face.
Li Wenyuan didn't look at Yuan Gai Suzhen's expression, he was a complete machismo, and he couldn't see anyone bullying women, especially if this woman was still his sister. So he grimaced, gritted his teeth, and pulled out the feather arrow directly from his left arm. Then, despite the fact that his left arm was still bleeding, he gave the order: "The three armies will go out of the camp and meet their own brothers in the wilderness!" ”
The camp gate slowly opened, and Zhang Juntai of Team B took the lead in killing his Team B, no longer showing his previous weakness, I don't know where he got the strength, he directly dragged a Goguryeo cavalry off the horse, cut off the head directly with a knife, and then turned over and knocked down the two Goguryeo cavalry who approached one after another.