Yalu River Estuary.

Daxing City.

Gao Jianwu waved his army in anger and attacked, he seemed to want to break through Daxing City to make up for his previous defeat.

The siege was very urgent, and seventy or eighty thousand Goguryeo troops took turns to attack the city.

Daxing City is just a small city with a few miles around, originally just a little-known small city at the mouth of the Yalu River, but now, more than 100,000 Sui and Liao armies are fighting here.

The city is small, and sometimes there is the advantage of a small city, that is, the defense is better arranged.

Daxing City.

In terms of official rank, the highest rank is Yu Zhongwen, the general of the Right First Army is also the commander of the Fourth Army of the Right Wing, and his military rank in the Twelfth Guard is still a general.

followed by Xue Shixiong, who was the general of the Third Army on the left, and the rank of the Twelfth Guard was the general of the Right Yiwei.

Then there is Song Laosheng, he is the second general of the Left Fifth Army, but the military position in the Twelve Guards is only a tiger tooth general.

Therefore, Yu Zhongwen naturally became the chief general of more than 50,000 Sui troops in Daxingcheng, with Xue Shixiong and Song Laosheng as deputies. However, Daxing City was captured by Luo Cheng before, and Song Laosheng was sent to stay behind, and later Hou Mo Chen Yi and Feng Xiaoci broke through to Daxing City with thousands of men and horses, so there were more than 50,000 soldiers and horses in the city, and half of the soldiers were from the Left Fifth Army.

Therefore, Song Laosheng and Hou Mo Chen Yi, Feng Xiaoci, and Yan Bi are also more than three or four grades, but the generals who have few soldiers under their hands are much tougher, and when Zhongwen and Xue Shixiong discuss the army, they will also seriously ask their opinions.

For example, now, it is Song Laosheng who is responsible for the defense of the city, fortunately, Luo Cheng left the baggage battalion and chariot battalion at the beginning, and left a lot of baggage grain and grass equipment here, which made the offensive and defensive competition fierce, but until now, Song Laosheng has not let a Goguryeo soldier attack the city.

"How long can we stay?"

Yu Zhongwen, who was patrolling the city, asked.

"With an offensive like this, it should be no problem to hold on for another ten days and a half months."

Yu Zhongwen frowned, "Can you only hold it for so long?" ”

"The key is the grain and grass, and the arrow is consumed too quickly."

Xue Shixiong on the side said, "We can't always be so passive in the city to defend, now there are seventy or eighty thousand Goguryeo people outside, we blindly defend in the city, that is, hold our heads and let people fight, we can fight as much as we want, it's too passive." You have to be on the defensive, you have to go out and fight. ”

As an experienced general, Xue Shixiong is well aware of how passive this way of fighting is.

"Yu Shuai, I am willing to lead an elite army out of the city after dark."

"It is true that we can't continue to be so passive, if General Xue can lead a light cavalry to kill out, seize a high ground outside the city as a stronghold, and rely on Daxing City, you can effectively contain and threaten the Goguryeo army outside the city. It would be even better if there was a chance to burn their food and grass supplies. ”

"But it's too dangerous to go out of the city now." Song Laosheng reminded.

He didn't set up camp outside the city because of the small number of soldiers.

Although there is no lone army, if the army is weak, and you still divide the army into several places, it is easy to give others a chance to break through.

"I don't know how Luo Cheng is now, I don't know if he has taken Pyongyang."

Yu Zhongwen regretted in his heart that after hearing Luo Cheng's suggestion a few times, he went to argue with Yuwen Shu.

Originally, Luo Cheng said that there would be a Goguryeo heavy army group near Pyongyang, and he listened to it, and even suggested that Yuwenshu should first go to the mouth of the Yalu River to build one or two cities, but Yuwenshu didn't listen, and he couldn't insist. In the end, Luo Cheng helped him realize this plan, if it weren't for Luo Cheng's defeat of Daxingcheng, these more than 50,000 people would have no place to stand now, just like the hundreds of thousands of defeated troops by the Sashui and Yalu rivers, it is estimated that they are all dead and captured.

Later, they crossed Sasui and marched to Pyongyang, and Luo Cheng said that they should not attack Pyongyang, but Yuwen did not listen, and he failed to insist.

Although the greatest responsibility lies with Yu Wenshu, he, the commander of the right army, has not been able to play a role.

"Before, there were at least 100,000 Goguryeo troops in this vicinity, but these days, there are fewer soldiers, at least half of them have gone. I guess I went to Pyongyang. Xue Shixiong analyzed that these soldiers were estimated to save Pyongyang.

He felt in his heart that Luo Cheng had not been able to capture Pyongyang.

"Yes, with only 20,000 people, it is not easy to storm Pyongyang in a short period of time." Yu Zhongwen sighed, he thought that he was himself, and it was impossible to bring 20,000 people to Pyongyang in such a short time.

"If Luo Cheng did not break through Pyongyang, and the Goguryeo people had 70,000 or 80,000 troops south, what would happen to Luo Cheng?"

Several generals were silent.

20,000 Sui troops were under the fortified city of Pyongyang, and they could not attack it, and at this time, the lone army went deep, but the enemy army returned to the division to help, and there was a strong city in front of it, and there was a large army in the back.

"Now I'm counting on the sailor's protection, but I haven't heard anything about him yet, and I don't know where they are!"

"Yes, this Laihu'er, since the defeat of Pyongyang, I have never been able to find anyone, and when I go back, I will definitely visit him in front of the emperor. If it weren't for his greed for merit, we would never have been defeated. ”

The defenders of Daxing City looked forward to the stars and the moon every day, hoping to see a ship with sailors passing by the sea near Daxing City, but so far, they have not seen a single boat.

"Rest assured, generals, I have already sent a few troops and horses to several islands in the estuary of the river to observe according to General Luo's arrangement.

"Listen, the Goguryeo people Mingjin has withdrawn their troops."

"It's still so early today, why did the Goguryeo people withdraw?"

Yu Zhongwen was also a little strange.

Over there, the Goguryeo army retreated like a tidal wave, leaving hundreds of corpses under the city.

Goguryeo military tent.

Gao Jianwu was very surprised when he saw Yizhi Wende who came in disguise. I don't understand how Etozhi Wende came at this time, and I don't understand why he came in disguise as a light cavalry.

"Why is that?"

"Please let the general let the guards guard the camp tent, no one dares to approach and kill without permission, let alone reveal the slightest news of my arrival, I have important news to tell."

Gao Jianwu was inexplicable, but in the end it was arranged like this.

"Tell me, what?"

"The city of Pyongyang is gone, the king is gone." Eozji Road.

"What do you mean, what do you mean that the city of Pyongyang is gone, and the king is gone?"

"I went back a step too late, before I returned to Pyongyang, Luo Chengcheng led his troops to break through the city of Pyongyang, and also broke through the inner city and the palace city, he captured the king, and then killed, he also drove a total of 200,000 people in Pyongyang and its surroundings, demolished and burned the entire city of Pyongyang, and now the city of Pyongyang is gone, and our king is gone. I am here to rush before Yuan Taizuo knows this bad news, and ask the general to immediately lead his troops to the domestic city, and before Yuan Taizuo knows the news, he will succeed to the throne of the domestic city in the capital. ”

"How is this possible?"

Gao Jianwu looked confused.