Chapter 1708: Mess
After the Tang army besieged the city of Pyongyang, Han Yi sent some flying troops to throw some small strips of cloth into the city, scolding Wen Shamen for not being trustworthy, saying that he wanted to surrender here, but he took the opportunity to sneak attack our army, despicable and shameless, fortunately our army is mighty, otherwise, we will be fooled. If you do this, then it's no wonder that we are unsympathetic, and we threw more than a dozen cupola cannons, but all of them were thrown in the barracks area, and they were not thrown on the heads of the people.
This is to tell the people in the city, we believe that you are innocent, and that all this was done by Wenshamen, but you also have to be careful, don't make me angry, if I get angry, you will have to become a skewer.
And there is no way for Wen Shamen, most of his troops have been lost, and he has to recruit the people to help defend the city, so he can only fight a propaganda war with Han Yi, so he sent people to agitate the people, we have to fight a decisive battle with the Tang army to the end, we will not be slaves of this country, and fight with the Tang army.
But at this moment, his agitation pales in comparison. The people are not stupid, if they can fight, then of course they fight, but the problem is that they can't fight with Tang Jun, they come from the sky, and our family is here, we have to die, that is, the whole family will die.
What's worse is that he forgot that there was a monarch sitting in the city, the poor King Gozang.
King Gozang is nominally the king of Goguryeo, but in fact he is a puppet of Yuangai Suwen, and Goguryeo's wars against Tang and Silla were all launched by Yuangai Suwen, and he has nothing to do with him, he himself is difficult to protect, and he has to face Yuangai Suwen carefully every day.
King Gaozang is under the rule of Yuangai Suwen, and he can live to this day, it can be seen that he is not stupid, this war was provoked by you, I didn't do anything, I am a puppet, why let me die with you, and, according to the previous practice of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will still leave the local nobles to govern the local area, just like the Eastern Turks, that is, to get a capital to protect the palace here, King Gaozang thought very clearly, if I surrender, maybe I can really become the king of Goguryeo, no matter how bad it is, I will not die.
However, at this moment, the military strength in this city is already very weak, can no longer control the whole city, King Gaozang and those in the court of the main faction of the Wenchen that hit it off, they don't want to die, that's because they are loyal to Yuangai Suwen, we want to save our lives, so they united, secretly instigated the people to rebel, we can't afford to accompany the burial of Yuangai Suwen, let's surrender, now even if the Tang army doesn't throw fire, we may not be able to defend it, maybe we have to go to the city wall to move bricks, not even the basic salary, It's so inhumane.
So in the middle of the night that day, King Gaozang and a group of Wenchen commanded a group of people, rushed into the military camp, arrested Wenshamen, and then opened the city gate the next day and officially surrendered to the Tang Dynasty.
Basically, the Tang army captured Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, without much effort.
But now the situation becomes very delicate.
On the one hand, the main force of the Tang army was ready to retreat, but on the other hand, the capital of Goguryeo was breached by the Tang army, and the king of Goguryeo surrendered to the Tang Dynasty on behalf of Goguryeo.
Li Ji didn't know that Su Dingfang had invaded Pyongyang, and Su Dingfang didn't know that Li Jidu had begun to retreat.
The clever Yuangai Suwen thought of this, he hurriedly blocked the news, as long as he waited for the main force of the Tang army to withdraw, then this Pyongyang could still be recaptured, after all, Su Dingfang did not have many troops, and it was a big deal not to pursue the Tang army, you could go quickly. But there is also a person in the Tang Army who is a deceitful, and it depends on whose lies are more powerful.
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"That Lu Dongzan is really a villain, he will only stab him in the back, when the Holy Emperor Taizong was in power, he should really have destroyed Tubo."
Qi Bi He Li gritted his teeth with hatred, and he almost scolded the eighteen generations of Lu Dongzan's ancestors. Seeing that victory was in sight, they were unexpectedly disturbed by Tibet, and they could only withdraw their troops, and no one dared to disobey the emperor's order.
Ashina Misha sighed and said, "I think if we don't destroy Tibet, I'm afraid it will be difficult to take Goguryeo." But whenever our army goes to Goguryeo, Lu Dongzan will definitely repeat the old trick and stab the knife in the back, and now this battle Goguryeo has been greatly injured, even if we attack Tibet, they are unable to attack us, so we go back this time, we must ask Your Majesty to send troops to destroy Tibet, otherwise, there will be endless troubles. β
He Li nodded slightly, and suddenly heard someone shouting in front of him: "Report ---! β
"Commander Qiqi, we have found an enemy army in front of us, and they are coming towards us."
He Li immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare for the enemy, because they rushed in and did not destroy the enemy around them, but there were scattered enemy troops around them, and they were not afraid, Lao Tzu was a cavalry legion, we have to go, who of you can stop it.
But just as the Tang army was about to attack, another spy came running, "Chief Qiqi, the enemy army sent someone to say that they are here to surrender to us." β
"Surrender?"
He Li looked confused and asked, "Why did they surrender?" β
They were all ready to retreat, but the enemy army took the initiative to come and surrender, which is really weird.
"They said they received an order from Pyongyang to surrender to our troops nearby."
Ashina Mi said in surprise: "Could it be that the Grand Governor has already broken through Pyongyang?" β
Qi Bi He Li said: "This is impossible, the chief manager just sent us a message, and the main force has begun to retreat." What's going on here? β
Ashinami said, "It can't be a trap, right?" So saying, he said to the spy, "How many are the enemy?" β
"There are more than 2,000 people, and no ambushes have been found around."
"That's weird."
Ashina Mi Shot frowned slightly, and said, "You go and call the general of the enemy army to me." β
"Whoa."
After a while, a little general wearing a Goguryeo military uniform ran over and reported his home, it turned out that they were the army guarding the upstream, and when they saw that they were coming, they ran directly to a cottage in the southeast to hide.
Ashina Yasha asked, "Why did you surrender?" β
The little general was stunned for a moment before he said, "It was our king who made us surrender to the nearby Tang army." Haven't all your armies already broken through Pyongyang? β
He Li asked: "Then do you know that the Tang army broke through Pyongyang?" β
You come and ask me about this? The little general felt that he had run in the wrong place, this Nima cliff was not Tang Jun, and he was suspicious for a while, but if it wasn't for Tang Jun, it couldn't be someone else.
So, he simply took out the edict of King Gaozang and gave it to Qi Bi He Li.
"Su Dingfang."
When Qi Qi He Li saw it, he immediately exclaimed.
It turned out that after Han Yi settled in Pyongyang, he immediately asked King Gozang to write a letter to all the defenders except Yuangai Suwen, instructing them to immediately surrender to the nearby Tang army.
This King Gozo is just a puppet, and no one will listen to him. Han Yi didn't intend to let those defenders surrender obediently, just hoping to hit the enemy's morale and disturb the enemy's morale, your Pyongyang has been broken by us, and your monarchs have surrendered to us, by the way, spread the news to the other side, because the river has frozen, and their news cannot be transmitted for the time being.
Han Yi didn't know what he was doing to them, they had attacked from the north, and defeated the defenders upstream, those defenders were already terrified, the enemy had crossed the Yalu River, this can't be played, they don't know that the main force of the Tang army is retreating, now it sees, the city of Pyongyang has been breached, and the monarch issued a letter of state, let them surrender, this is also a ball, hurry up and surrender, surrender early, maybe there are discounts.
Moreover, because they had been deserters before, if they were caught by Yuan Gai Suwen, they might be dealt with by military law.
This is the scene where the Goguryeo soldiers took the initiative to come and surrender.
This situation is so funny, everyone doesn't know what the situation is, everyone starts from their own situation, including Han Yi, in short, it's a mess.
"What should I do?"
Qi Bi He Li and Ashina Mi Shot said in unison.
After asking, both of them were stunned again.
This letter of state was written by Han Yi to King Gaozang, and there must be a mystery in it, because Han Yi also planned to spread the news to the other side, so it could not be fake. Then everyone has already surrendered, and it is impossible to ignore them, but if you want to care about them, how can you retreat.
Ashina said, "If you don't withdraw first, I'll stay here and watch them." β
He Li didn't know what he was thinking, and snorted, "Why didn't I stay here." β
Ashina said: "Your prestige in the northwest is higher than mine, and there are also people from your tribe over there, of course you go, and Your Majesty also named you to lead the army to the northwest." β
Qi Qi He Li listened very depressed, was silent for a while, and nodded: "Okay, okay, you stay here." Oh, maybe the chief manager doesn't know about this, and we have to send someone to tell the chief manager quickly. β
"That's right."
He Li led 8,000 men to continue to retreat, and Ashina's shot, of course he would not look at these people, he just left 2,000 soldiers to guard these surrendered troops, and erected the surrender flag, and led his troops to Pyongyang immediately.
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At this time, Li Ji had already begun to retreat, and the retreat was not slow, he had already left the territory of Daxing City, since he planned to retreat, then simply go back quickly, don't take care of both ends, but I didn't expect to suddenly receive the news of Qi Bi He Li at this time, Su Dingfang has broken through Pyongyang City, and the enemy troops in the north are already surrendering to them, and Ashina Mi Shot has already passed to respond.
When Li Ji heard the news, he didn't know whether he was happy or worried, he didn't expect that Su Dingfang's little troops would break through Pyongyang City in such a short period of time.
The other generals were also stunned.
How that should be!
Cheng Mingzhen said: "Chief, the main forces of Nayuangai Suwen and Goguryeo have not surrendered yet, if the main force of our army withdraws, General Su and them will be in danger." Now that Xue Rengui and Gao Kan are still on the front line to cover the retreat of our army, we can still fight back. β
Ren Yaxiang also said: "Boss, this good opportunity is in front of us, if we miss it, how many soldiers will have to pay for it in the future, and if we don't destroy Goguryeo today, we will fight Goguryeo again in another day, and Tubo will come out to stir up, why not do it once and for all today, and then we can concentrate on dealing with Tubo." β
Li Ji felt that what they said was very reasonable, now they can't all withdraw, if they withdraw, Su Dingfang's department will become a lone army to go deep, but you can't leave the rear army alone, nodded, and said: "The two of you are very right, so let's do it, the two of them will lead a part of the army to rush back to Chang'an quickly, and the old man will lead 10,000 soldiers to meet Xue Rengui, and then rush back when the old man destroys Yuan Gai Suwen." β
Cheng Mingzhen and Ren Yaxiang were very depressed when they heard this, you are too cunning, we want you to go back first, and we will go to destroy the abyss Gai Suwen.
But Li Ji dreamed of conquering Goguryeo, and now that the opportunity had come, he had to go into battle in person, because he now had a reason to stay and fight this last battle, and he was the chief governor, and Ren Yaxiang was the deputy chief, so he could only listen to him.
So Li Ji led the 10,000 troops of his headquarters to rush back to the Yalu River day and night.
When they arrived at the Yalu River, they immediately informed Xue Rengui and Gao Kan of the news, the two of them were pioneers, but now they have become rear troops, leading 10,000 soldiers to guard the north bank of the Yalu River, covering the retreat of the army.
Now when I heard the news, I felt that life was full of ups and downs, which was really exciting, and the Tang army was also greatly boosted, and the two immediately launched a fierce attack on the other side.
Within two days, they had crossed the river.
This battle made the three of them stunned, the main force couldn't fight here for half a day, and my 20,000 troops broke through in two days.
What's going on?
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