Chapter 465: Princess Izumo
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Nine years of great cause.
On March 20, Yang Guang arrived in Huaiyuan.
Early in the morning, Huaiyuan Town North Huaiyuan Palace, the emperor just sat down, and the result was to see the inner attendant.
"Your Majesty, a great victory, Luo Cheng, the chief of the sailors, is flying to report the victory."
"Victory?"
Yang Guang came to his senses for a while, and swept away the fatigue of the journey.
"Has Luo Cheng already fought with the Goguryeo? He arrived at the Yalu River so quickly? ”
"Your Majesty, General Manager Luo fought a great victory in southern Liaoning, annihilated 20,000 soldiers and horses in Anshi City in the first battle, captured Gao Yanwu, the city lord of Anshi City, and captured Jian'an City."
Yang Guang was confused all of a sudden.
Anshi City is near the mouth of the Liao River, while Jian'an City is in southern Liaoning, the two places are at least 200 miles apart, and they are farther away from Donglai.
"What the hell is going on?"
Huaiyuan at the end of March, at this time, is also willowy, warm breeze.
The chamberlain presented the good news, which was sent by Luo Cheng in Jian'an City, and he took the sea route. The fast boat from Changxing Island was sent to Wanghai Town first, and then sent to Huaiyuan by fast horse through Luhe Town, and it only took a few days to arrive.
Luo Cheng's report is still relatively detailed, his recital Yang Guang is very familiar, the style is unique, there is very little nonsense, and there is no exaggerated rhetoric, all of them have something to say, and they are extremely concise and concise, the analysis of ideas is clear at a glance, and the causes and consequences of the event can be clear after reading it.
For example, in this twist and turn, Luo Chengcheng explained the causes and consequences of this great victory. In mid-February, he led the Left Fifth Army to the sea, did not go directly to the Yalu River but first landed in the capital of southern Liaoning, Luo Cheng also explained the reason for his landing in the capital, saying that he wanted to break through the Beisha, and then defend it as the center of grain and grass transshipment, and even flanked to threaten the cities of Anshi and Wugu to support the battlefield of Liaodong City and the battlefield of the Yalu River.
Then Luo Cheng said that after he landed in the capital, he deliberately did not immediately besiege Beisha and let Beisha ask for help, and when the city lord of Anshi led 20,000 troops to the south to rescue, he went around from the sea to the vicinity of Jian'an between Anshi and Beisha, and besieged the city there to send reinforcements, and attacked halfway, winning a big victory in one fell swoop.
Attached is the detailed results of the battle, as well as a reward for meritorious soldiers, including his promotion of Qin Qiong and other soldiers.
Syllable.
Yang Guang couldn't help but slap his thigh heavily, looking at Luo Cheng's recital, it was almost like being there.
In a big battle, he seemed to be personally involved, and when he saw this big victory, it was as refreshing as drinking ice water in June.
"This Luo Cheng, there are still a few hands in the war, it's good, it's happy!"
"Your Majesty, why is it so joyful that you are so happy?"
The emperor's favorite Izumo princess, Yang Ji'er, came in with a smile and flew like a lark.
"Ah, it's my pearl here, come and share this joy with me, the Left Fifth Army just fought another big victory, annihilated 20,000 Goguryeo troops in the first battle, and captured the city lord of Anshi alive, and captured Jian'an City, I am so happy."
Yang Ji'er is fourteen years old, but she is beautiful and moving, delicate and soft, and the emperor likes this daughter the most. Although Yang Jier's mother is just an ordinary palace person, Yang Jier's mother was just a lucky person after Yang Guang was drunk, and she died before she was born when she gave birth.
In the end, it was a bold and skilled imperial doctor who disemboweled the palace people before taking out the baby.
Yang Jier's birth can be described as difficult, but it is precisely because of this that Yang Guang took pity on this child and taught her to be raised by the queen. Empress Xiao was also very good to this poor child, and regarded it as if she had come out.
This kid is also clever, smart, and able to speak, and he likes Yang Guang and Empress Xiao very much.
Among the princesses, Yang Jier is second only to the married queen and Princess Nanyang.
"Ah, Father, is it Luo Cheng, the Duke of Qi?"
"Hmm."
"Wow, Luo Cheng is so powerful."
"It's too late, it's a pity that he has already married a wife, and he has already accepted the daughters of Li Yuan and Cui Junsu as concubines, otherwise I will give him your pearl in the palm and recruit him as a concubine."
"The daughter is not married, and the daughter will stay with her father for the rest of her life."
Yang Guang laughed, "I can't bear to let you get married, but I can't really delay you for a lifetime." Jill has a few candidates right now, you can think about it for yourself. The first candidate is the prince Qianniu Chai Shao Chai Sichang, and the second candidate is Xue Wanche, the son of Xue Shixiong, and then the third candidate is Luo Cheng's brother Luo Siye, who do you think is more suitable? ”
"Father, that Chai Sichang was originally going to marry Li Yuan's daughter, and I don't want anyone else to do the rest."
"Hahaha, that's what I said."
"Then Xue Wanche and Luo Siye, you choose one."
"Don't marry your daughter."
Yang Ji'er hugged the emperor's arm, shook left and right, and Yang Guang, who shook it all of a sudden, laughed and laughed.
"I think that although Luo Siye is not as good as Luo Cheng, it is not bad, you can consider one or two, of course, if you don't like it, when I don't say it, I will never wronged my heart and soul baby."
The happy Yang Guang later issued an edict and praised Luo Cheng, giving him 3,000 catties of gold (3,000 catties of copper coins, about 500 baht for the Kaihuang Emperor of Sui), and 1,000 silk horses and 100 slaves.
In addition to being happy, he also specially approved Luo Cheng's recital on the promotion of the generals and colonels of the five armies.
"Send someone to Tongding City to urge Yuwenshu and Yang Yichen, and tell them that Luo Chengdu has already won a big victory, and they have to speed up a little faster, so that they can cross the river and go east as soon as possible."
Almost on the same day.
Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang led the 4th and 6th armies of the Navy Division, totaling 65,000 men and horses, to leave Dalian Port on the ships of Jianghuai sailors and head for the Biliu River near Shicheng.
After several days of marching, the two armies landed at Shirenwang at the mouth of the Biliu River.
The ships of the naval division entered the Biliu River directly, went upstream, and sent the two armies twenty miles from the mouth of the river.
Laihu'er chose to set up an ambush on the West Bank.
March 25.
The reinforcements of Wugucheng and Shicheng converged, and a total of 30,000 soldiers and horses of the two armies came west.
Twenty-sixth.
The Goguryeo army stopped advancing on the east bank of the Biliu River.
A Goguryeo light cavalry scout detected the traces of the Sui army.
Laihu'er waited left and right to see the Goguryeo army crossing the river, and he also understood that the other party had discovered him.
After two days of confrontation across the river, Laihu'er ordered the river to be crossed.
Since the Goguryeo army is not coming, then they will go.
At this time, he didn't know that the Goguryeo army was not 20,000, but had become 30,000 horses.
With the support of Jianghuai sailors, he led the elite pioneers to cross the river by boat.
The Goguryeo people sent troops to try to intercept it, but Laihu'er rushed bravely to kill, and succeeded in snatching it under the noses of the Goguryeo people.
One after another Sui troops crossed the Biliu River, and the Sui army was in formation.
Originally, it was an ambush and reinforcements, and it was attacked halfway, but in the end, it became a forced crossing of the river and a battle against the water.
Sixty-five thousand men crossed the Biliu River and formed an army on the plain on the east bank of the river.
The two armies fought, and although the Goguryeo people were only half of the Sui army, they showed great tenacity, and they fought with the Sui army for a day before slowly retreating.
At this time, Zhou Fashang led 10,000 cavalry to go around the rear by boat and landed in a roundabout way, charging Goguryeo from behind and cutting off its retreat. The Goguryeo people were unable to retreat into Seokseong, so they had to retreat north.
The Sui army pursued and killed all the way and forced more than 20,000 troops of Goguryeo into Wufeng Mountain.
Wufeng Mountain is a mountain range connected by five peaks, the mountain is not particularly high, and it is not steep, it is the kind of soil mountain bag, the mountain is not high or steep but quite big, the five peaks are connected, it is also called Wuzhi Mountain.
The Goguryeo army was pursued and retreated to the southernmost mountain of Wufeng Mountain, and Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang led the army to encircle.
During the three-day siege, the Goguryeo army suffered thousands of casualties.
In the end, they had to break through in the middle of the night, and the Goguryeo people broke through the siege left and right into two armies, and Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang pursued them on two sides.
Eventually, the two Goguryeo armies, who had not traveled far, were blocked in the ravine between the two peaks on the south side of Wufeng Mountain and rejoined again. And the Sui army also blocked on both sides and surrounded this Goguryeo army again.
Nearly 20,000 horses and horses of Goguryeo, who had become a trapped beast, resisted fiercely, and the Sui army attacked several times, but failed to defeat them.
"Surround them, dig trenches, besiege them heavily, I want to see how many days they can resist."
Lai Hu'er saw that he had killed a few times, but he had lost thousands of people and horses, and he was also annoyed.
He simply stopped rushing and directly ordered the siege.
He ordered the Sui army to dig trenches, cut down trees and build walls, and besieged the 20,000 defeated Goguryeo troops one after another.
The Goguryeo people are short of food and water, he doesn't believe that they can last a few days!