Chapter 66: The Southern Expedition 1

The troops sent two ways to attack and destroy Gao Yanwu, who was entrenched in the Governor's Mansion of Kobe Prefecture, and from the day of dispatching the troops, it lasted half a month, and two guards and six armies were dispatched, increasing the number of troops to 24,000. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info finally broke through the domestic city under the opening of the west gate by the general Omuro Cheng, captured Gao Yanwu alive, captured his subordinate Sun Chengli, and only the upper room Chengding escaped from the domestic city guards, and the rest were ambushed and beheaded more than 15,000.

The domestic city is broken, and the pills are all isolated cities. Two days later, the Maru capital guards Quanshan Yun and Rejin surrendered to the city, surrendered more than 11,000 defenders, and captured more than 3,000 Goguryeo troops in the domestic city, and the number of prisoners reached 15,000.

Li Shangdan according to the order of General Li Yu before the expedition, under the city of Marudu in China, Liang Chengye led the barbarian army to defend it, and Wang Hu led the Xuanwuwei and Su Mingxiu Tianshi Army to attack Yalu City in the upper reaches of Yalushui, and then transferred to the Dongzha Prefecture Governor's Mansion where the situation is unknown.

Li Shangdan led the White Tiger Guard, and the four armies of Poyu, Dangdi, Zhendong, and Flying Tiger went south to Humili City to join Li Yu.

Under the humiliation of the city, Li Yu read Li Shangdan's battle report, and although the results were large, the losses exceeded the pre-war expectations. Not to mention that there were more troops to be increased later, only more than 5,000 of the 9,000 soldiers under Wang Hu's department remained, and Li Shangdan lost no less than 3,000 in capturing the domestic city, and 6,000 people were lost in battle, which can be described as heavy casualties.

Whether it was Li Shangdan or Wang Hu and other generals who went out this time, the only major battle they had fought before was an ambush in Da'an Mountain, and they had no experience in commanding the army alone, and most of their subordinates were recruits. The losses of defeating Gao Yanwu added up to two integrated armies, which made Li Yu feel pain for a while. If it weren't for recruiting local Chinese as soldiers in southern Liaoning, and getting 24,000 soldiers and horses, it is hard to imagine how many soldiers and horses would have been left after the Goguryeo rebels led by An Shun were eliminated.

At this time, the city was surrounded by tens of thousands of Tang regiments led by Li Yu, and the defenders in the city reported only 4,000 people, and it was not known that Pyongyang had sent reinforcements. Li Yu originally wanted to lure the Goguryeo army to come to reinforcements after besieging the city of Humyi, and to besiege the city to send reinforcements to destroy its living forces. As a result, heavy troops gathered here, and Jian Mucen and An Shun actually retreated from Pyongyang overnight, which made Li Yu very irritable.

Knowing this, he directly ordered Gao Chongde to defeat the city of humiliation, and personally led the main force straight to Pyongyang. After reading Li Shangdan's battle report and pausing for a few days in vain under the city of Huyi, Li Yu was in a bad mood, and after ordering Gao Chongde to break the city, none of the defenders in the city remained, and the women in the city were taken by the siege soldiers.

As soon as the military order was given, a general like Gao Chongde, who was born in the general's door, naturally looked down on the rich and silky women in the city. But the officers and men of the Vermilion Bird Guard and the Pingyi Army were all uplifted and their morale was high. They have done a lot of looting along the way, but they have never robbed a big city like Humiliation City, let alone the permission of the commander. Before they robbed the passing city, Gao Chongde and other generals turned a blind eye, how can it be like now that King Yan ordered them to loot, what are they waiting for? Break the city and rob his mother.

Most of Li Yu's troops are bachelors, and since they have been conscripted into the army, they have either fought or trained, and women are rarely seen, let alone touching. As soon as the order was given, even the Five Guards, who were not responsible for the siege, kept asking for orders to participate in the siege.

It is reported that the defenders of Yicheng were Jian Mu Cen's subordinates, and in the face of the Tang army's persuasion to surrender, Gao Chongde decisively ordered the whole army to attack.

The sense of honor of these subordinates recruited by Li Yu to serve as soldiers is really not strong, whether it is the descendants or those soldiers in southern Liaoning, most of them are soldiers who come to serve to support their families. Seeing that the city can be plundered unscrupulously, the soldiers who have not touched a woman are even more excited, charging forward.

Li Yu directly put a coffee table on the small hillside in the north of the city, put snacks, brewed a pot of tea, and quietly watched the Suzaku Guard and the Pingyi army attack the city. Surrounded by not the leading generals, but the three hundred Xiuyi guards led by Xing'er who were dressed in Xuanjia and had delicious food. Li Yu ate a little of their tofu on a whim, this day is not pleasant, and the war can also be played by Li Yu.

The soldiers of the Pingyi Army pushed the battering ram to the north gate of the city of Huyi, and Li Yu didn't want to let the soldiers be killed or wounded again, so this battering ram was modified by Li Yu's guidance. Both the soldiers pushing the wheels and the soldiers pulling the ropes were protected by baffles made of wet planks above their heads, covered with wet mud, and covered by rectangular shields on both sides. The Goguryeo army in the city had no effect on the battering rams, pouring gold juice, throwing rolling wooden stones, and even pouring fire oil.

After the battering ram was pushed to the city gate hole, dozens of Tang soldiers excitedly pulled up the rope, the thick log was pulled up and let go, and hundreds of catties of logs slammed into the city gate, and the city gate trembled and fell a large layer of ash.

The time was short, and the Tang army did not build siege towers, but directly resisted the cloud ladder to attack the city. For the sake of wealth and wealth, the soldiers of the Tang Army succeeded one after another, and there was no need for Gao Chongde to send people to supervise the battle, everyone fought bravely, fell one after another, and immediately climbed the ladder.

After a long period of war, the Goguryeo defenders did not have time to repair it, and the north gate was hit by the Tang army's battering ram for two quarters of an hour before collapsing in the huge cheers of the Tang army.

"Kill ......"

The city gate was broken, and the stubborn Goguryeo army in the city was like ashes, and the Tang army under the city was ecstatic and rushed into the city gate, carrying out Li Yu's order, and killing the man when he saw him whether he was a soldier or not.

The Goguryeo army in the city was completely defeated, fleeing in the city like sheep fleeing for their lives, and behind them was the Tang army that pursued them like wolves.

The battle of humiliating the city ended in two hours, and Li Yu did not enter the city. Outside the city, looking at the fire burning in the city and the heart-rending cries of women, the 6,000 soldiers of the Vermilion Bird Guard and the Pingyi Army who attacked the city, except for Gao Chongde, Gao Chongli, Zhang Zicheng, Lu Jingzuo and other generals who reported the results of the battle to Li Yu, no one went out of the city to know what it was like to humiliate the city at this time.

Li Yu duly ended his leisurely life on the hillside and ordered the army outside the city to set camp. When the soldiers of the five guards passed by the city of Yanyi, they looked at the city from time to time, and were full of envy for the Suzaku Guard and the Pingyi army in the city.

When the news of the loss of the city reached Pyongyang, the royal palace of Pyongyang was shocked. Ahn Soon intended to lead his army to retreat to Seoul and wait for the arrival of Silla reinforcements before joining forces to counterattack. Jian Mu Cen's atmosphere disregarded the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, and angrily scolded An Shun for being as cowardly as a mouse. An Shun gasped, his face turned blue and white for a while, and he clasped the throne tightly with both hands and watched Jian Mu Cen treat himself, the monarch, as an ornament, and give orders to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Jian Mu Cen, as a Goguryeo Mo branch, held the military and political power of Goguryeo, and became more and more dissatisfied with An Shun, who he had single-handedly supported. Fearing the enemy like a tiger without the ability of a king, he only knew how to covet comfort, but in a few months, he took a group of concubines in Pyongyang and indulged in pleasure in the harem, which made Jian Mou Cen, who was bent on reviving Goguryeo and expelling the Tang people, very angry. What makes Jian Mu Cen even more hateful is that this mediocre talent can enjoy himself even more, and he is also wary of himself all day long, organizing the rebels who came to defect into his own army, and sending his subordinates out under various names.

The city was originally heavily guarded, but this mediocre man actually transferred most of the defenders in the city back to Pyongyang before the Tang army besieged the city, and the city was lost in only half a day.

If it is allowed to continue to do nonsense, this Goguryeo will really die.

Jian Mou Cen could not bear it anymore, and scolded An Shun in the main hall who tried to flee without a fight, and then ordered the Chinese Wu to issue orders and mobilize soldiers and horses from all walks of life to prepare for the battle.

The two ministers stood up angrily and pointed at Jian Mu Cen's nose and shouted: "Jian Mu Cen, you dare to insult the monarch, what is your intention?" The mobilization of soldiers and horses can only be sent with the consent of the monarch, and you actually ignore the monarch as if there is nothing and transfer the troops and horses privately, do you want to learn from the great thief Quangai Suwen? ”

Jian Mu Cen looked at these two people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead, these two were the believers around An Shun, and they usually didn't take their own Mo Lizhi in their eyes because of An Shun's favor.

"I can't learn Quangai Suwen, but you two are the real thieves, you don't want to serve the country when the country is in trouble, and you slander Mo Lizhi in the court, and someone came to drag these two thieves to the palace gate and behead them to shock."

"You dare!"

Outside the main hall, when he heard that Jian Mu Cen ordered him to immediately rush in the eight guards, he stepped forward to take the two and escort them outside the palace gate.

The two struggled desperately, scolding Jian Mu Cen for being **** and not dying well, until two screams and scolding came from outside the palace gate.

The execution guard entered the palace and knelt on the ground, and arched his hand: "Don't leave the branch, and the two thieves will be beheaded." ”

Jian Mu Cen waved his hand to order him to retreat, his eyes swept over the civil and military officials in the hall, except for his own cronies, everyone did not dare to look at him, and An Shun on the throne was even more frightened and pale.

"Humph! The king awaits his courtiers in this palace. Jian Mu Cen ignored An Shun and strode out of the main hall, and his subordinates and cronies left behind him.

It wasn't until they couldn't see the back of Jian Mucen that An Shun and the ministers in the main hall breathed a sigh of relief.

Immediately, An Shun's face turned red and shouted at the ministers: "Could it be that all the ministers and ministers are so small that they treat me like a child?" ”