Zan Xiruo, who sent troops to attack Khotan, was frightened by Pei Xingjian's ambush along the way, and fled back to the country directly, and he didn't even dare to stay in the area where the two divisions of Chuyue and Gongyue were stationed.

It's not that this praise is timid, if this is the case, Lu Dongzan will not send him here, but when he sent troops, he thought that he was the one who attacked him, but he didn't expect that the Tang army had already prepared, so he thought that he had been tricked, so all the strategic plans arranged in advance had become pieces of waste paper, and he didn't know what the situation of the Tang army was, his idea was to go back first, and he didn't think about fighting to the death with the Tang army at all.

It's a pity that Su Haizheng didn't listen to Pei Xingjian's advice and didn't pursue, if he pursued, he would definitely be able to expand the results of the battle, because Zan Xiruo didn't dare to turn back.

Even when he returned to China, he sent someone to inquire about the movements of the Tang army, and learned that the Tang army did not pursue, so he breathed a sigh of relief. It just so happened that Lu Dongzan over there also sent a message, asking him not to act rashly, and to find out the truth of Datang first. Of course, he didn't blame him, because this strategy was formulated by Lu Dongzan, and if you want to ask about the crime, you have to ask Lu Dongzan, where is Lu Dongzan embarrassed to ask others.

Zan Xiruo had no intention of fighting back, so he camped on the spot, and then sent someone to inquire about the news of the Tang army.

After a few days, the inquirer came back, "General Qiqi, the unit that ambushed our army was Pei Xingjian's department of Beiting's army, and after ambushing our army, he led his troops north to Gongyue City to quell the rebellion. ”

"Pei Xingjian?"

Zan Xiruo frowned slightly, suddenly slapped his thigh, and said: "I remember this person, when Tuyuhun fought in the first battle, it was he and Su Dingfang's old horseman who pressed the border, causing my father to finally choose to make peace with Datang, hey, how did I ignore this person." ”

The chief of the Gongyue Department said: "General, now that Pei Xingjian has left, why don't our army send troops to attack Khotan." ”

Zan Xiruo looked at him, of course he understood in his heart, Tang Jun said that it was a rebellion, but who was Ping, wasn't it their relatives of Gongyue and Chuyue, you let us fan them, and now we can't abandon them. "But my father has ordered me not to act rashly. ”

The chief of the Chuyue Department immediately said: "The prime minister's intention is to let you first find out the reality of the Tang army, now that the reality of the Tang army has been explored, we have an advantage in terms of troops, and we know Su Haizheng very well, this person's means are far inferior to Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian, and we should continue to send troops to attack Khotan." If Pei Xingjian is allowed to pacify Gongyue City and Gloro, then they will have no worries, and we can only be beaten passively. ”

Zan Xiruo's face was hesitant, and he said, "Why don't I ask my father first." ”

"Oops! If everything is reported to the prime minister, the fighter plane will be delayed. ”

These people just began to instigate Zanxiruo, what kind of agitation method, all of them are used, and they also have a point, you provoked the matter, stabbed the basket, you will go back to Tibet to hide, regardless of us, then we will go with Datang in the future.

If it is difficult to ride a tiger, if these people are all submissive to the Tang Dynasty, then for Tubo, it is really impossible to steal chickens and rice, and the northwestern tribes will no longer choose to mix with Tubo, so they sent spies to investigate the truth and determine the strength of Khotan, and decided to immediately reorganize the troops and horses and send troops to Khotan again.

......

In fact, this whole plan is from the hands of Cui Pingzhong, a common man of the Tang Dynasty, his purpose is actually to scare Tubo and buy enough time for the commanders in the east, but this person is not as good as heaven, he did not take into account the internal problems in the army, and Pei Xingjian's situation at this time is also very embarrassing, no one else needs to give him face, his backstage is dead, crippled, and if he doesn't step on his feet, even if he is good.

Moreover, the war in the east did not go so smoothly.

The Tang armies of all roads were very smooth at the beginning, especially after breaking through the Liao River, which was even more unstoppable, and Li Ji's Chinese army alone captured sixteen cities in a row, basically sweeping the entire area. However, after entering the Qianshan Mountain Range, the Tang army's offensive speed gradually slowed down, this mountain road was already very rugged, and Goguryeo was still fortified on various mountain roads, but there were not many troops, mainly relying on the terrain to defend, they did not want to block the Tang army, they hoped to delay the Tang army's attack with a small number of troops.

He summed up the experience of fighting against the Tang Army, and found that whenever he went out of the city to directly engage the Tang Army, nine times out of ten it was a rout, and every time it was by virtue of the terrain and the defense of the city, it was to save the defeat, so it can be seen that fighting with the Tang Army cannot be in a hurry, if you want to eat it, maybe it will become a sheep into the mouth of the tiger, and you have to slowly consume it with the Tang Army.

This time, when he saw that the Tang army was menacing, he clearly wanted to destroy him, that is, he ordered the three armies not to go to war, no matter how good the opportunity was, don't go out, the tactics are just one word, prevent and escape.

If you can keep it, you will defend it, and if you can't keep it, you will run, save your strength, and don't fight hard with the Tang Army.

Li Ji saw the move, scattered the troops, fought in a roundabout way between the mountain roads, did not attack from the front, went around to the back to fight, and broke through three fortresses in a row, but unfortunately, those Goguryeo soldiers saw that they could not hold it, so they ran into the mountains and failed to destroy them all, but no matter what, Li Ji's army still came to the Yalu River area, which is also the most important defense line in front of Pyongyang City, and it is the core area, where the mountains and rivers are connected, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In fact, the southernmost Xue Rengui and Gao Kan's troops had already hit the edge of the Yalu River in front of Li Ji, because they were marching along the coastline, and the Qianshan Mountain Range was the flattest in the south, plus the supplies were on the side, carefree, so they were marching the fastest, and they were besieging a city in the southernmost part of the Yalu River, Daxing City.

At the same time, the rest of the Tang army also overwhelmed the Yalu River area one after another and launched a fierce attack on this area.

But when I came here, I was met with very stubborn resistance from Goguryeo.

Goguryeo sent most of its elite to defend here, and because Yuangai Suwen implemented the scorched earth policy too early, he retained part of Goguryeo's main force on the front line very well, and there were no excessive losses. They relied on all kinds of terrain, all mountains and rivers, and made use of them to build a strong line of defense.

And the death order issued by Yuangai Suwen can't go out of the city to face the battle, but it's not allowed to take a step back, without his order, even if you die, you will die at your post, and his two sons have been sent over to supervise the battle, my sons are on the front line, and you have no reason to retreat.

Because Yuangai Suwen is a military dictatorship, then in the country, the treatment of this army is naturally the best, and this person is more crazy and irritable, there is no mercy, the soldiers are also afraid of him, originally this kind of person is unpopular, but what is even more helpless is that the Tang army hates Goguryeo very much, in recent years, the Tang army has come to fight them at every turn, and has also killed a lot of people, Goguryeo soldiers are also bitter hatred for the Tang army, and they will die in the hands of the Tang army, but if they win, they will be rewarded, and Yuangai Suwen will be rewarded for those who dare to fight, Those who have meritorious service are still rewarded, and if they lose, they will have to die.

It can be seen that the soldiers of Goguryeo have only one way, that is, to desperately resist the Tang army.

This is actually a showdown between contradictions.

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Damn, I really don't know how people live in this place, there are mountains everywhere, the roads are rugged and narrow, and it's hard to get a car."

Cheng Mingzhen complained when he entered the big tent, because they were smooth sailing before, and suddenly the resistance on the other side became very tenacious, and they besieged Bo Fan City for a few days, but no progress was made, because this Bo Fan City was built on the mountain, which was really easy to defend and difficult to attack, which made him a little uncomfortable, and what was even more infuriating was that Goguryeo was resolutely not going out, if you want to attack it, I will admit it, anyway, I just don't go out, these reasons add up, which makes him a little impetuous,

Ren Yaxiang, who is the deputy commander, also frowned and said: "Then Yang Wanchun is really cunning and cunning, no matter how our army provokes and induces, he will not go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with our army." In fact, this city is far less solid than our Central Plains city, and our army's new bows and crossbows and catapults are also superior to the enemy's army, if on the plain, even if we only attack from one side, they will be difficult to resist, but they are on higher ground than us, so they have an advantage, our army's catapults have just entered the range, they will be threatened by their archers, unable to threaten their walls. ”

Li Ji frowned and asked, "What is the situation of Xue Rengui and Gao Kan Nalu?" ”

Cheng Mingzhen said: "Although they have broken through Daxing City with the cooperation of the sailors, they have encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy when they crossed the river for the first time. Gao Kan sent a message that those Goguryeo people were a group of madmen who did not want to die, and their strength was twice that of our army, and every time they saw that our army was about to break through the enemy's defense, they were blocked by their death squads. They thought that if such a strong attack continued, the loss of this force would be too great and would be detrimental to our army, so they did not rush to attack again for the time being. ”

In the final analysis, Goguryeo is still fighting at home, and now all the people are soldiers, everyone is mobilized, the Tang army is all elite, and one more death is very wounded, in fact, with the help of the sailor, the Tang army still has an advantage on the scene, but the horizontal one is also afraid of death.

Cheng Mingzhen then said: "However, Xue Rengui thinks that we can take advantage of our naval division to go to the sea, bypass the defense in this area, and directly attack Pyongyang. ”

Li Ji frowned and said: "At the beginning, I also suggested this to Taizong Shengshang, until now, I also think that this strategy is a superior policy, but this must be cautious, I think that Yuan Gai Suwen must be on guard, and will not let our army land easily, this must be carefully arranged, and now it is ......." ”

At this moment, a briefing officer walked into the big tent and said, "Chief Administrator, General Pang's headquarters has broken through the enemy's defense line on the Yalu River yesterday. ”

When Cheng Mingzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Ren Yaxiang wondered: "It's really strange, Xue Rengui and Gao Kan have more troops than Chief Pang, and their supplies are more sufficient, and they also have the help of sailors, but they failed to break through, but General Manager Pang broke through." ”

"Not good!"

Li Ji's eyes suddenly widened, and his face was horrified, "Chief Pang is in danger." Without waiting for others to ask, he immediately said to the informant: "You quickly go and tell Chief Pang that you can't rush in, just hold on to the riverbank, and the reinforcements will arrive soon." ”

"Whoa!"

Cheng Mingzhen said: "Sikong, what are you?" ”

Li Jidao: "This must be the enemy's plan to lure the enemy, there are only more than 10,000 people on the side of General Pang, and the main force of our army is all here. The more he spoke, the more worried he became, and he said: "Mingzhen, you immediately lead 10,000 troops to the road, if General Pang does not rush forward, you will guard the shore with him, and I will immediately lead the army forward, if --- if General Pang has been tricked, you --- you will fill his place, guard the main road, and prevent the enemy from coming back." ”

......

......

On the sea.

"Captain Qiqi, when we went to investigate, we found that there were many fishing boats near the waters suitable for our army's landing, and they should all be Goguryeo spies, so we didn't dare to get too close."

When Dugu Wuyue heard this, she couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the enemy army has expected that our army may make a detour from the sea. "Xue Rengui and Gao Kan didn't want to lose too much, they all hoped for a sneak attack and exchanged a small number of troops for a big return, so they sent Dugu Wuyue here to see if there was a chance to land.

Dugu Wuyue looked at Han Yi on the side again, and said, "I don't know if Han Shangshu has a way?" ”

Wasn't it the way that Han Yi thought of at the beginning, so that the Tang army could easily land in Shicheng and Beisha City, since you are so good at cheating, you are deceiving them.

Now that the Tang army has not been able to move forward, this logistics has eased down, anyway, there is enough food and grass, Han Yi has nothing to do, just like Dugu Wuyue to go around at sea, he doesn't like to stay on the front line very much, and said with a wry smile: "That Yuan Gai Suwen is not a fool, how can he be fooled." Alas... I didn't expect this Goguryeo to resist so stubbornly. ”

Having said that, he also knew in his heart that if Tang Jun had been merciful before, it was estimated that it would not be so difficult to fight. In fact, Li Shimin didn't kill much at that time, after all, he was the emperor, he always had to take care of his face, and he mainly killed the enemy army, mainly because he was harassed by the division later, and the purpose of this division harassment was to kill people and sell goods, destroy your crops, burn down your houses, let them collapse by themselves, and flash after killing, which made Goguryeo hate the Tang Dynasty very much, and the resistance was also very tenacious.

Yuan Liehu said: "It's time to do it, sneaking won't work, we have to be hard, let's fight with them, they are not afraid of death, then let's not be afraid of death." ”

Not afraid of death? Hum! If I'm not afraid of death, I won't be a boss. Han Yi said angrily: "People are the whole country to resist us, if you fight hard, you may not be able to fight others." Besides, our soldiers are worth a lot of money, and their soldiers' lives are only five dollars, so this transaction is really not cost-effective. ”

Yuan Liehu said depressedly: "Then let's just wander around here?" ”

Han Yi said: "No matter how bad it is, we can consume them, Goguryeo is now a soldier for all the people, who will grow food?" And we have food, isn't it winter, we have clothes, it's really not me to command the army, if I command the army, I won't fight with them, Lao Tzu will be richer than him. ”

Yuan Liehu said: "That's so boring. ”

"That's better than dying!" Han Yi snorted.

Dugu Wuyue said: "But Han Shangshu, we are coming from afar, this drum will stop and decline, if we can't attack for a long time, we will definitely be demoralized, and the soldiers will also miss home, even if there is food and grass, we may not be able to win." ”

Han Yi shrugged and said, "So I can't be the commander, because these soldiers don't have the psychological quality I have." ”

Dugu Wuyue smiled faintly when she heard this, and said: "Since the enemy has been prepared, then we should go back first, although the enemy army is on guard, but for now, we still don't let them discover our intentions." ”

At this moment, I suddenly heard someone outside laughing: "Haha, what a big fish!" ”

When Yuan Liehu heard this, he immediately rushed out and shouted to the luxury "cruise ship" not far away: "Dad, have you caught a big fish?" ”

"Xiaohu, look at how big this fish is, haha, our father's and son's dinner has been settled, and we don't need to eat Han Yi's food."

Yuan Vulture laughed happily.

Han Yi, who came out later, saw this scene and sighed in his heart, if my Tang Dynasty soldiers have the consciousness of this guy, why worry about not killing it Goguryeo.

"Look at the heavens."

I don't know who shouted, and everyone immediately looked to the sky.

"What a big seabird!"

Yuan Liehu exclaimed.

Han Yi said: "What seabirds, it's our pilot." Then he immediately shouted to the right and left, "Send someone to meet him." ”

It was so strange that this pilot suddenly appeared on the surface of the sea.

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