Chapter 374: Guiduan City
On the border between the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo, in the Tang army camp, Xue Rengui was discussing the offensive with Cheng Mingzhen, who had retreated from the battlefield on the peninsula.
The armies of Goguryeo and Baekje stormed Silla, and Quan Namjian still left a large number of soldiers and horses in Goguryeo, and even left two main forces, in order to prevent the Tang army from being overwhelmed and conquering Goguryeo in one fell swoop before he took Silla.
It was his younger brother Quan Nan who sat in Goguryeo, and as for the king of Goguryeo, he was just a puppet in their hands, so their brothers didn't take him seriously.
"Goguryeo's Guiduancheng is the closest to our army, and if we run thousands of miles, we will be able to reach the city of Duancheng in one day's journey."
"After taking this city, our army can continue along this route, all the way forward, and capture the surrounding cities." Xue Rengui pointed to the contour map and said.
"General Xue's method is good! There is only one point, if the Goguryeo defenders do not leave the city, what should we do? ”
"In order to be able to hold back my Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo ordered that the defenders should not be allowed to leave the city at will."
"As long as Goguryeo defends the city, as long as we can't take Goguryeo in a short time and go to rescue Silla, then our expedition will lose its meaning." Cheng Ming said.
"Cheng Duhu doesn't have to worry! I have my own way of luring them out of the city and annihilating them all, and this time we will not only rescue Silla, but also penetrate Goguryeo and launch an attack on Baekje. ”
"This time, His Majesty ordered me to come here in order to eliminate Baekje, and several generals such as Liu Renliang and Liu Renyuan will also come to help by land and water."
"As long as we can eliminate Baekje, we will not only be able to reduce the pressure on Silla, but also weaken the strength of the Goguryeo coalition army, and more importantly, we can also leave an army in the hinterland of Baekje."
"If we attack Goguryeo at any time, Goguryeo will be exhausted, and when the time comes, we will be able to unite with Silla to destroy Goguryeo in one fell swoop." Xue Rengui said.
"And what are you going to do?" Cheng Mingzhen asked.
"Lure the enemy out of the city, and we'll destroy them." Xue Rengui said.
"How are you going to lure them out?" Cheng Mingzhen asked.
He wanted to know what kind of way Xue Rengui would use to lure out the enemy troops in the city.
"I will bring a small number of soldiers and horses to go, after the enemy army sees it, it will definitely go out of the city, once the enemy army is out of the city, Cheng Du will immediately lead a large army to kill it, and it will definitely be able to destroy the enemy army." Xue Rengui said.
"I'm afraid this won't work! I used this way to lure the enemy out of the city and then annihilate them, and now I want to lure the enemy in this way, and the enemy will not come out. Cheng Mingzhen said.
In the past, when he led his troops to fight Goguryeo, he used this method many times to fight the Goguryeo army and abandon their armor.
Later, the Goguryeo army also learned to be obedient! No matter how Cheng Mingzhen lured the enemy in this way, the other party just wouldn't come out.
Such moves have no effect on them anymore!
"Cheng Duhu only needs to lead troops to destroy the enemy army at that time! For other things, I have my own way to get them out, Cheng Duhu just needs to do what I say! Xue Rengui said.
"Good! Since you have the means, I won't say anything more! Don't know what you want me to do? Cheng Mingzhen said.
"Cheng Du is here with his ears!" Xue Rengui said.
Cheng Mingzhen leaned his ear close, and Xue Rengui whispered his plan in his ear.
Everyone is a person who has been on the battlefield, and they are no strangers to Goguryeo, and they have fought with it many times, so they can be regarded as knowing the roots.
Since Xue Rengui was so confident that he could lure the enemy out, he Cheng Mingzhen naturally waited and waited, he wanted to know what Xue Rengui would do.
"Then I'll take someone first, and I'll take care of everything!" Xue Rengui hugged his fists.
"Good! I'll be there, take care all the way! Cheng Mingzhen hugged his fists, although Cheng Mingzhen didn't agree with Xue Rengui's approach, he admired his courage very much.
The two parted ways, Xue Rengui set off with two thousand cavalry, and rushed thousands of miles to Guiduan City, and Cheng Mingzhen then began to set off from the camp.
After a day and a night of running, Xue Rengui finally arrived at the city of Guiduan, looked up, according to intelligence, there were more than 20,000 defenders in this city.
"Pass the order! Rest in place! Xue Rengui said.
The herald gave the general's order, and everyone immediately dismounted and rested on the spot, resting in three or two of them, without paying any attention to the defenders of the city.
When the Goguryeo army in the city saw this, they immediately reported the situation to their commander.
"You can see clearly!" The Guiduan City Guard asked.
"Yes! I can see it clearly! The other party only has 2,000 soldiers and horses, and now everyone is sleepy and tired, so they are resting not far from our Guiduan City. The Goguryeo soldier said.
"General! The enemy's troops are small in strength, and they are sleepy and lacking in horses, so it must be a long-distance attack, and now that we are out of the city, we will be able to annihilate them all. The adjutant said.
has been beaten so badly by the Tang Army several times, and now there is a lone Tang Army, no matter what, they have to regain the face they lost before.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, once you miss it! There may not be such a good opportunity in the future!
"Nope! What if it's the other party's trick? The Tang Army has always been despicable and shameless! More than once a division was sent to lure us out of the city, and then to attack us, not once or twice! ”
"Presumably you haven't forgotten this, maybe the other party just wants to repeat the old trick and lead us out of the city, we must not be fooled, their conspiracy has already been seen through by me."
The guard said disdainfully, and wanted to use the same trick to deceive him, was he really stupid?
"The general has a point! The general is wise, and he is ashamed of his humble duties! The adjutant general suddenly realized, and by the way, he didn't forget to pat the guard's ass.
"You go back and continue to keep an eye on Tang Jun's movements, if there is any situation, report it immediately!" The guard commanded.
"Order!" The Goguryeo soldiers were ordered to retreat.
"You quickly send scouts to scout within a hundred miles of Guiduan City to see if there are any traces of the enemy!" Guarding the way.
In the past, the Tang army had used this trick, deliberately sending a small force of soldiers and horses to come, and the large army was ambushed behind them.
Once the defenders go out of the city to attack the Tang army, the cavalry of the Tang army will rush to reinforce and drag the defenders to death, and then the Tang army will encircle the defenders and completely crush the defenders.
That's why he sent scouts out to investigate whether there was any movement of enemy troops within a radius of 100 miles, as long as there was no trace of enemy troops within a radius of 100 miles, it would be able to prove that this was really a lone army.
"Yes!" The lieutenant clenched his fists and retreated, immediately sending out all the scouts in the city to spy on the enemy.