Qin Qiong asked at this time: "General, what is the purpose of our march this time?" ”

Xu Shiji smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about destroying the Sumo Yan who surrendered to Goguryeo, Su Dingfang and Zheng Yuancong are going to prevent fire, from Wuxian City and Changli City to the east, it is the granary of Goguryeo, there are a total of six or seven thousand poured fertile fields, if they destroy the crops, do you say that Su Mo and Goguryeo will find us desperate." Rest for the night, and tomorrow let the soldiers start building the city out of cement and prepare for battle. ”

Four days later, Guo Qing returned and burned more than 500,000 acres of crops; On the sixth day, the airship observing from high altitude sounded the flag, and Su Dingfang's army returned, followed by at least more than 20,000 enemy troops and nearly 10,000 cavalry. Xu Shiji gave an order, and 8,000 crossbowmen quickly entered the pre-planned position to ambush, and Guo Qing and Du Caigan each led 5,000 horsemen to ambush on the two wings, ready to fight; Su Dingfang received the order from the scout, and fought and retreated, leading the enemy's 10,000 cavalry into the ambush circle.

It was a relatively tortuous section, although it was open, but it was not conducive to the war horse to turn around, with a trumpet, arrows rained down on the mountains and in the woods, Su Dingfang's five thousand horsemen guarded the avenue, taking turns to ride and shoot; The Goguryeo and Jin cavalry were caught off guard, and if they wanted to retreat, they had no time to turn around, and under the shooting of tens of thousands of bows and crossbows, only 2,000 people withdrew from the ambush circle. Su Dingfang shouted wildly: "Each person will check ten arrows and kill them back." ”

Before the cavalry and infantry of the Goguryeo coalition army had time to set up the formation, the 10,000 cavalry of Guo Qing and Du Cai rushed over from both wings, and the Goguryeo and the Yan were indeed strong, relying on the numerical advantage and 10,000 cavalry to fight together; Su Dingfang led 5,000 cavalry to reappear on the battlefield, and immediately attacked him from the middle road, cutting the army of the Goguryeo coalition into two sections in one fell swoop. When Changjie's battalion went back and forth twice, the Goguryeo coalition army collapsed, but the last 2,000 cavalry were killed in the battlefield, and the infantry army faced the cavalry, and there was no possibility of escaping.

Zuo Yuwei and Chang Jieying tacitly did not leave a mouth alive, and all 23,600 people of the Goguryeo coalition army were beheaded in front of the battle; Qin Qiong commanded 3,000 soldiers to carry weapons, bows and arrows, Qin Qiong understood that Wuxian City was close to Goguryeo, and maybe the other party would find the trace of the Hexi Army the next day, but now he was mobilizing a large army to come. On the ninth day, the walls on all sides had been reinforced with cement, and the airship signaled that the army of 60,000 Goguryeo was on its way.

The Goguryeo army came slowly, and it took time to mobilize the army for a while, but waited for Ulji Wendeok to reach the front; Eulji Mundeok was the first general of Goguryeo, and he was a god-like existence in the hearts of the Goguryeo military and people. During Yang Guang's first eastward expedition, in the face of the huge offensive of the Sui army, Yizhi Wende adopted the flexible tactics of luring the enemy into the depths and maneuvered with the Sui army for several months, and finally opened the sluice gate in Sashui to release water, defeated the Sui army, and killed 300,000 enemy troops.

Knowing that the Sui army did not retreat in Wuxian City, Yizhi Wende laughed and said: "This time we have met an opponent, and Xu Shiji is waiting for us to fight a decisive battle." ”

Adjutant General Ran Mu asked curiously: "Xu Shiji is here, is it just for a worry-free city?" ”

Yizhi Wende nodded and said: "Xu Shiji is for the sake of Wuxian City, he wants to tell us that from now on, Wuwu City will be the same as Huaiyuan Town, and it must not be violated, otherwise it will be punished even if it is far away." If my guess is correct, Changli City was also captured by the Yingzhou army from Huaiyuan Town, they are a step-by-step tactic, Su Mo lost 20,000 soldiers, has completely lost its combat effectiveness, this time it depends on our decisive battle with the Great Sui. ”

The young player Gai Suwen said eagerly: "I didn't catch up with Yang Guang last time, this time I must kill hard." ”

Yizhi Wende said calmly on the horse: "Victory is not arrogant and defeat is not discouraged, Yang Chong has never missed it, Xu Shiji killed from Henan to Liaodong, there are few defeats, it is not as simple as you think, although our army is half more than the Sui army, but the current Sui army, except for meeting Li Shimin, other battles are won with less." Since he knew that Xu Shiji's purpose was these two empty cities, he would retreat if he couldn't defeat them. ”

Ran Mu and Gai Suwen looked at each other, is Eulzhi Wende too careful, not to mention that the warriors of Goguryeo are brave and good at fighting, even if they are far outnumbered by the other party, they should also take the initiative and strive for victory. Besides, having captured so many Great Sui weapons, including Mingguang armor and other equipment, all the way to the infantry, it should not be so timid.

But as soon as the two sides fought, the two knew that the other party was a difficult bone to gnaw, Xu Shiji did not fight at all, it was a dead defense, 40,000 against 60,000, and the defense was not very surprised, it took nine days, and on the tenth day, the west wind blew, and the Sui army suddenly opened the camp, and the cavalry rushed out like a tide, and the Goryeo army that was attacking was killed. When the Goryeo army all rushed out of the camp, the Sui army did not retreat, but continued to increase the infantry army, putting on a decisive battle posture.

Eulzhi Wende hesitated, could it be that Xu Shiji thought that the morale of the Goryeo army was exhausted, at this time, behemoths flew out of the city without worry, Eulzhi Wende suddenly remembered the legendary airship, and immediately ordered to retreat back to the camp. However, the airship followed the direction of the wind and came too quickly, first blowing up the broken Goryeo cavalry, and then at the gate of the crowded camp of the infantry army; The Goryeo army itself lost its direction, and the Mabu army was in disarray.

Under the impact of the 15,000 cavalry of the Sui army, the entire Goryeo army was defeated, although Gai Suwen resisted the horn of Su Dingfang, but Ran Mou faced Qin Qiong, and was broken by Qin Qiong's head in less than ten rounds, eliminating the last trace of courage of the Goryeo army. The Goryeo army lost its camp and fled for hundreds of miles to stabilize the formation and collect the army, leaving only more than 30,000 infantry troops and 5,000 cavalry, a full 7,000 cavalry and 18,000 infantry troops collapsed under the city.

Xu Shiji made a 50,000-person head view outside the city of Wuxi, showing the pedestrians and caravans along the way that the Great Sui would not give up Liaodong; When the news reached the Goguryeo army, Gai Suwen proposed: "We might as well use all the military horses of the Liaodong Zhucheng to besiege Wuxian City, and kill the Sui army when the food and grass are scarce, and then annihilate the enemy in one battle." ”

Yi Zhi Devin shook his head and said: "The opponent's airship looks at the direction of the wind, and now that there is a lot of east wind, we can't stop the opponent's retreat at all." Once the other side escapes, we will fight a war of attrition, if Goguryeo fights a war of attrition with the Great Sui, it will be self-defeating, what we should do is to exchange one for ten, or even for a hundred, through factors such as terrain. I believe that as long as we withdraw our troops, the Sui army will symbolically leave a little army. ”

In the north, Tudiji led 8,000 horsemen to attack the Bolu tribe, burned 400,000 acres of crops, and robbed more than 1,000 women and ran away.

(End of chapter)