Chapter 437: Re-entry into Pyongyang

This Pei Xingjian studied under Su Dingfang, and Su Dingfang studied under Li Jing. It can be said that Pei Xingjian's ability to march and fight directly comes from Li Jing. If it comes to the art of war, Zhang Yunwen may not be as good as Pei Xingjian!

It is precisely because of this that Zhang Yunwen handed over the matter of surrender to Pei Xingjian to deal with.

Pei Xingjian packed up the weapons of these soldiers and put them on the back of those horses. Separate the horses and weapons from the pawns. Even if these unarmed soldiers have different aspirations, they can't move the Tang army in the slightest.

While dealing with the weapons and horses, the infantry that had been waiting for the Yuan Gai Suwen finally arrived.

When the infantry generals watched the Tang army calmly organize their weapons and horses and take prisoners, they couldn't help but be a little surprised, aren't these Tang troops afraid that I will kill them now?

His doubts were quickly solved. I saw that Yuangai Suwen, who was tied up like a zongzi, was pushed and shoved by the Tang soldiers and came to the field, and there were bright horizontal knives behind him. Sergeant Tang didn't say a word, just looked at the Goryeo army in front of him.

Seeing the appearance of Yuangai Suwen being tied into zongzi, and then remembering his usual majestic posture of flying and domineering and arrogant in the world, the infantry general couldn't help but let out a poignant cry in Goryeo. He rolled off the horse and kowtowed heavily to the abyss. Then he untied the long knife at his waist and threw it away. And those Goryeo infantry, after the general threw out his long knives, also put down their spears, swords and shields in their hands and knelt on the ground.

That Duan Yun Song grinned, turned around and gave a thumbs up to Pei Xingjian, and led nearly a thousand soldiers to start shuttling between the foot soldiers, packing up their blades and weapons next to each other.

At the beginning, Duan Yunsong and the others were still cautious, touching the handle of the knife with one hand, and holding the Goryeo soldiers who were kneeling on the ground at any time. However, these people's eyes were all fixed on the ground, not daring to move in the slightest, which made Duan Yunsong and them feel relieved.

Nearly 10,000 Goryeo foot soldiers, who lost their weapons, also became prisoners of the Tang army.

Escorting more than 10,000 Goryeo soldiers, the Tang army began to move south.

In the south, they met the Goryeo cavalry and infantry, and when they saw the Yengae Suwen who had been tied into rice dumplings, they surrendered like the foot soldiers. This made Tang Jun feel incredible, and at the same time, he also felt a little lucky. Thankfully, the battle captured the Abyss.

Later, Zhang Yunwen and the others learned that in order to completely control the army, in addition to controlling the families of the generals in the army, he constantly strengthened his identity and authority for ordinary soldiers. Doing so, while he was able to fully control any of the Goryeo armies, as soon as he was captured or killed in battle, the Goryeo army lost its backbone and became a meek flock of sheep.

So, as soon as they saw that Yuangai Suwen had been captured, they all surrendered.

In this way, the army marched all the way south, and in the course of it, more and more prisoners were collected, and soon more than 30,000 were collected.

In order to maintain the daily necessities of this huge number of soldiers, the remaining 40,000 stone grain and grass on the south bank of Sashui were also transported away and marched south with the army. At this time, Zhang Yunwen regretted a little, why did he push the 10,000 stones of grain and grass into the sa water in the first place?

The army marched very slowly, and it took nearly half a month before returning to Pyongyang City. When the defenders of the city looked at the vast contingent of soldiers, they thought that it was Yuangai Suwen who led the troops back, but when they looked at it, they found that these soldiers did not hold weapons in their hands, and their faces were depressed, like mourning, and they suddenly felt that something was wrong.

When the Tang army appeared outside the city wall with Yuangai Suwen, all these Goryeo soldiers guarding Pyongyang surrendered without incident.

Zhang Yunwen smiled and said in Yuan Gai Suwen's ear: "Da Mo Lizhi is really unpredictable, just one appearance can make all the Goryeo soldiers surrender!" ”

Yuangai Suwen turned his head and looked at Zhang Yunwen with resentment in his eyes.

Facing Yuan Gai Suwen's eyes, Zhang Yunwen didn't care. At this time, this Yuan Gai Suwen is in his own hands, can he still make any waves?

After the Tang army regained control of Pyongyang, Jang Yun-moon stuffed all the surrendered Goryeo generals into cells, and then placed ordinary soldiers in barracks, guarded by 1,000 heavily armed scouts. The remaining Tang troops were responsible for maintaining order in the city of Pyongyang.

Fearing that the troops would be insufficient, Zhang Yunwen also transferred the 2,000 Tang Navy into the city to help maintain order.

Faced with the re-arrival of the Tang army, the officials, nobles and ordinary people in Pyongyang reacted differently. When those noble officials saw the captured Yuangai Suwen, the shock in their hearts can be imagined. After being shocked, he had a different thought. However, considering the strong strength of the Tang army, they had to obediently assist the Tang army in maintaining order in the city of Pyongyang.

And those civilians were overjoyed and excited about the arrival of the Tang army. It turned out that when the Tang army withdrew from Pyongyang, food was distributed to the civilian people of Pyongyang. This move made the people have a good impression of Tang Jun. Especially after Yuangai Suwen entered Pyongyang City, he forcibly confiscated the grain and grass of the people in order to raise grain and grass for the defenders of the Yalu River.

Now that the Tang army has come back again, they are all looking at the Tang army with blank eyes, hoping that the Tang army can share the grain again.

However, at this time, the Tang army had no other intention to do these work of appeasing the people, and their top priority was to surrender to the Tang army in the name of Yuangai Suwen. After all, those Goryeo troops who were far away in the Yalu River and other places did not know the news that Yuangai Suwen was captured alive.

Not only to send this news to the Goryeo army, but also to convey the battle situation to Li Shimin, so that they can come over for reinforcements as soon as possible.

Zhang Yunwen was already faintly aware of some undercurrents in Pyongyang, but he was only aware of it, and he was ordering several strongholds in Pyongyang to step up investigations.

After stamping the seal and the seal of Goryeo that had been recovered from the body of Yuangae Suwen, the documents of surrender were sent out from Pyongyang one after another, and a scout rode on a horse, leading the slave horse, and galloped on the road to the Yalu River.

What Zhang Yunwen didn't know was that when they entered Pyongyang for the second time, Li Shimin led a large army to cross the Yalu River from Po Koukou, but they were strongly blocked by the Goryeo generals, and finally fell short, breaking thousands of men and horses, and still could not advance an inch. Li Shimin is worried about this.

Across the wide Yalu River, Li Shimin and the generals stood on a high post, looking at the Goryeo camp opposite.

The mist on the river was dark, and it was not particularly clear to look at the enemy camp opposite.

"Your Majesty, this big river is wide, and the enemy chieftains use this as a barrier and set up heavy troops to guard it, which is really difficult to deal with!" Li Ji stood beside Li Shimin and said with some sighs.

"yes!" Li Shimin sighed lightly, "I think when we crossed Liaoshui, our army sailed together and naturally broke through Liaoshui." However, how can Gao Chengwu on the opposite side be comparable to the Liaoshui guard? This man is a master of soldiers! These days, I have watched the deployment of his soldiers, and I have won the meaning of the soldiers! If it is forced, it will be difficult! ”

Li Ji nodded, silently, just staring at the river.

After a while, Li Shimin said with a smile: "At the beginning, Yunwen led the division to attack Pyongyang, but now there is no news, and I don't know what the battle situation is over there!" ”

When Li Ji heard this, he also said: "Not only the 5,000 cavalry, but even the 2,000 sailors have no news now. It must have been requisitioned by Yunwen! If they can make a breakthrough, then our army doesn't need to stay here! ”

"Okay, let's not talk about them!" Li Shimin waved his hand and pointed to the Yalu River from afar, "Shiyun, you once said that you would set up an artillery position on the shore to suppress the other party with artillery fire and cover our army crossing the river. It's a good plan, but the cost of this ammunition is not a small amount. If our army uses too many shells here, how can we pull out the remaining cities and Pyongyang? ”

Li Ji waved his hand: "What Your Majesty said is very true!" However, our army has been held back here for nearly a month, during which the consumption of grain and grass is not counted, and the morale has also declined, if Your Majesty does not come up with the idea to cross this Yalu River, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up! ”

When Li Shimin heard this, he couldn't help but groan.

At this moment, Li Shimin suddenly heard the noisy sound of the generals around him, and turned his head to see that several generals were pointing to the river, as if they were looking at something. Seeing Li Shimin's gaze, a general smiled: "Hehe, Your Majesty, there seems to be something on the river, coming in the direction of our army!" As he spoke, he pointed to the river.

Li Shimin looked at it intently, and sure enough, in the mist, he saw a flat boat driving towards himself on the Yalu River overnight.