On a hill in the distance, Princess Pingkang stopped her horse and turned to look at Liaodong City, which was already full of smoke, and couldn't help but shed two lines of tears in her eyes. Although try to avoid Kiyono as much as possible before the war. Even the inhabitants have mostly moved to the rear. It's just that the price is still too great, only a few thousand people were left in the 100,000-strong army, and Liaodong City lost a quarter of Goguryeo's regular army. Even the prime minister never returned, but in the end he was not saved.

"Love dog, don't be too complacent, my Goguryeo army will fight back again." Princess Pingkang swore secretly in her heart, shouted, and withdrew to the rear with thousands of chaotic subordinates.

He Ruobi and the others stepped into the Liaodong City after nearly a month of hard work, but the reward they received made them not happy at all. There were only more than 10,000 remnants of Goguryeo left in the entire Liaodong City, and they were still relying on their houses to resist, and there were no residents in the city at all. The warehouse with a large amount of food and weapons was burning with fires, and people would roast themselves as soon as they got closer, and there was no possibility of even putting out the fire, and the gates of the northern city were also blocked by the fire, and there was no way to even chase the remnants of Goguryeo out of the city, which meant that they got an empty city.

The shouts of killing in the city have not disappeared, and most of the remaining Goguryeo people are wounded who have not had time to evacuate. They still refuse to surrender. Hide in a house and attack the intelligence army entering the city. From time to time, such attacks resulted in casualties among the intelligence forces in the new lands.

The siege has already caused casualties of nearly 20,000 troops. Originally, He Ruobi also intended to capture all the remaining Goguryeo soldiers in the city. It was only when He Ruobi saw that hundreds of more intelligence soldiers had died in the city, and the casualties were reported in the attack of the remnants of the enemy. Finally, he couldn't hold back his anger and issued a new order: "The order of the head of the pass book is that you don't have to fight against the remnants of the enemy in the house, if you refuse to surrender." They were all set on fire and burned to death. ”

"Yes, Lord Steward." Received orders from He Ruobi. The mistress army who entered the city no longer had any scruples. In order to prevent being attacked by the Goguryeo. Regardless of whether there is anyone in the house, light a torch and throw it in. Originally, the important places in the city had been set on fire by the Goguryeo people. The flames are still burning. The Mistress Army set fires everywhere. The fire in the city soon became uncontrollable, and the situation was not good. He Ruobi hurriedly ordered the army to withdraw from Liaodong City.

The entire Liaodong City burned for two days and two nights, and when the fire was extinguished. The whole city was reduced to ashes. The remaining Goguryeo people in the city were all buried in the fire, and not even the bones remained. It took another two days for the heat in the city to dissipate, and the Mistress Army swept a passable road from the ashes.

Received a report that Liaodong City was completely destroyed by the war. Yang was so brave that he almost removed He Ruobi from his position as commander-in-chief of the front line, and Liaodong City was tall and majestic after more than 100 years of operation by the Goguryeo people. It is still a first-class fortified city in the north, although it was attacked and damaged by the intelligence army, as long as it was slightly repaired, it could become a bridgehead for attacking Goguryeo. Not only can it become a solid base in the rear, that is, to conquer the Goguryeo people in the future, it can also become an important town in the Great Sui Land, but I didn't expect it to be burned by He Ruobi.

But. After thinking about it again, Yang Yongdi's will was still not issued. On the contrary, he greatly commended the front-line soldiers. After all, Liaodong City is a dead thing, and if it is burned and rebuilt, if the loss of soldiers is too great, it will damage the morale of the army too much, relatively speaking. Or human life is more important.

Although the city of Liaodong was destroyed. There is no nail in Liaodong City. The Mistress Army can rest assured that it will boldly advance forward, but the Goguryeo people's strong walls and clear fields still cause a lot of difficulties for the Mistress Army. In order to wait for supplies. The Mistress Army also temporarily halted its advance. Wait for supplies from the rear on the edge of Liaodong City.

While waiting, the 200,000 army did not have nothing to do. Under the command of He Chou and others. Trees were cut down on the edge of Liaodong City. Digging earth to build a city, waiting for the emperor to drive over, in a few days, a simple city eight miles wide, several zhang high has been built, countless materials began to be piled up here from the rear.

After Yang Yong arrived. He made a warm and well-known speech to the former officers and men. Encourage them to continue to kill behind enemy lines. The army was divided into east and west. Led by Shi Wansui, he led an army of 80,000 to sweep the Goguryeo city north of the Yalu River, and He Ruobi led the army to continue eastward. The target was directly at the Yalu River, trying to cross the river south and go straight to Pyongyang. Rendezvous with a sailor who may have arrived long ago. In one fell swoop, the capital of Goguryeo was attacked. And Yang Yong himself personally led the Praetorian Guards to protect the safety of the grain road in the newly established city of Liaodong City.

This arrangement of the emperor, with the exception of a little whispering from the Praetorian Guard itself, was welcomed by almost all the generals at the front. Although it is an honor to follow the emperor Goga in person. But if the emperor really went to the battlefield. For the sake of the emperor's safety, the armies naturally inevitably shrank back. Now that the emperor intended to stay in the rear, it was only better, and the Praetorian Guard was naturally annoyed that they did not get much credit. But their own duty was to protect the Emperor. It's not easy to fight.

In addition to Liaodong City, the Goguryeo people also had more than a dozen cities north of the Yalu River. It's just that no matter how populous the cities combined, they won't exceed 50,000 people. The army ranged from a few thousand to a few thousand. Shi Wansui's 80,000 troops are enough to deal with, but what is difficult to deal with is He Ruobi's 100,000 troops. The roads in Goguryeo were narrow and it was difficult to transport grain, and Yang Yong was particularly worried about the shortage of food before the army reached the city.

In order to reduce the burden on the soldiers. Speeding up the march, Yang Yong ordered each soldier to carry twenty catties of food for himself. Outside of their own weapons. Trebuchet. Heavy weapons such as ballistas were abandoned. Everyone traveled lightly all the way, if they reached the city of Pyongyang. Their supplies will be obtained from the Mariners.

There are still nearly 1,000 miles from Liaodong to Pyongyang. In the middle, they have to pass through the Yalu River, and the Goguryeo people will definitely intercept and harass them on the way, and twenty catties of grain are calculated at one catty a day, which is just enough to rush to Pyongyang. Yang Yongdi's arrangement was based on the fact that the navy could smoothly reach the city of Pyongyang and gain a foothold, otherwise the 100,000-strong army would be short of food as soon as it arrived in Pyongyang. It was a huge disaster.

More troops are not always better. Yang Yong deeply understands this. It's okay in Zhuo County. There is a supply of Yongji canals. Hundreds of thousands of troops had more than enough food and forage, and arrived in Liaodong City. It was all transported by wheelbarrows, mules, and horses. Half of it will be consumed on the road alone, and if it is sent from Liaodong to Pyongyang, it is estimated that it will be consumed again, and this is still without the Goguryeo people making trouble. If there were Goguryeo people who made trouble, maybe only one stop of grain could be transported from Zhuojun to Pyongyang. This is also the reason why Yang Yong is reluctant to lead the Praetorian Guards to follow.

Maritime. After several days of sailing, the Great Sui Earth Sailor had a smooth journey. Without suffering any losses, they arrived off the coast of Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, and saw a fleet of hundreds of ships in the sea. There were less than 10,000 Goguryeo people, and the naval army was almost frightened.

But. At this time, the Goguryeo people were undoubtedly very brave, and they launched an attack on the Mistress Navy without thinking, talking about the number of ships. The Goguryeo people could have a little more than the Mi Army, but their largest ships were about a thousand materials, which could only be compared to the smallest ships of the Mi Army. The smallest boat is a fishing boat, and only two or three people can be carried on one boat.

There were not many ranged weapons in water warfare at this time. The trebuchet is too accurate. Even if it can be loaded on a ship, it is not of much use, and the most powerful is a bed crossbow, with a range of only a few hundred steps, which cannot be compared with the firing distance of tens of thousands of meters of artillery in later generations. The range is too large in the sea. The so-called arson tactics are useless. The most important way for the sailor to decide the outcome is still based on the string battle.

Ships on both sides quickly approached. The Qing army began to change formations, and Zhou Fashang's ship was a large ship of 8,000 materials. There was only one such large ship in the entire fleet, and it could be seen at a glance that it was the flagship of the naval division, and on the top floor of the ship stood more than a dozen heralds waving flags. Passed down Zhou Fashangdi's orders one by one. The ships that received the order soon began to adjust, and the flotilla, which had been almost parallel to each other, turned into a wild goose line and surrounded the Goguryeo ships. It looks like he ate all the Goguryeo ships in one bite.

After several days of sea voyage, Qin Shubao, Cheng Yanjin, and Luo Shixin slowly adapted to their original discomfort. In addition to Cheng Biting Jin's body, he is still weak. Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin can both hold their own weapons, but. If they want to fight on the ship, they can play three or four percent of their martial arts at most, which is great. It's just that he instinctively clenches the weapon in his hand and waits for the enemy to come closer.

Goguryeo's ship was obviously too small compared to its own ship, and it was almost like a big cat facing a mouse. Although it was the first time for many of the soldiers to get on board, they were not at all afraid. also followed the example of Qin and Luo, and they grabbed their weapons and wanted to engage the Goguryeo people. Forget that if the ship rocks a little, they risk falling into the sea.

"All the government soldiers retreat, all the government soldiers retreat." The sailors did not appreciate it, and drove those soldiers who were close to the side of the ship to the middle, and firmly occupied the positions on both sides.

There was a loud "buzz". The front ground army was less than 300 paces away from the Goguryeo people, and the army had already launched the bed crossbow on the ship to strike. With a whistling sound, crossbow arrows with thick arms fell on a Goguryeo ship of about 300 materials.

"Smack, smack, smack." A huge arrow was stuck on a Goguryeo ship. nailed several unlucky Goguryeo soldiers to the stomach, which opened the prelude to the battle between the Mistress Army and the Goguryeo Naval Army.

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