Yi Nan and Shi Jian heard the implication of the golden fold, and it was a pretext to go to the Lightning River to rescue the Tiele people, the Hu tribes were mixed, and who could tell whether it was the Tiele people or the Turks under the chaos of the army, if they plundered tens of thousands of people and returned to the north, it would be better than wasting time here. Yi Nan's hearts were moved, the Tiele people went south, how dare they occupy territory in the middle of the Great Sui and the Turks, the purpose is to rob, and it is different to rob anyone.

The three of them discussed for a long time, and decided to send Shi Jian and Hun Jinzhi to lead 40,000 cavalry to reinforce the Lightning River, and Yi Nan himself left half of the army to wait for news from Yingzhou; Yi Nan privately consulted with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin agreed: "There are not many soldiers but fine, maybe Wang Ting will take the initiative to fight when he sees that the number of coalition troops is decreasing." ”

However, Wang Ting, the envoy of the Great Sui Northeast Meridian at the head of the source, was really a coward, and he didn't even test it for seven days, and seemed to be very content with the current status quo. Li Shimin took the initiative to find Yi Nan and asked Yi Nan to send scouts to Huilongcheng and other directions in Goguryeo, and it is likely that Wang Ting's target was the crops in Liaodong; Wang Ting once went deep into the grassland alone and attacked Dali City, but he was by no means a cowardly person, and avoiding a fight could only have another purpose.

The eyes of the people of the world are actually in Yingzhou, Yang Chong has worked hard for more than three years, and the prosperity and wealth of Yingzhou are no less than those of Zhuo County, Yingzhou is in, and the layout of Dasui in the northeast is there. Goguryeo was able to promise Xue Yantuo this time, it was a good opportunity to destroy Yingzhou, and the 150,000 Goguryeo army was approaching Huaiyuan Town, which was a big city that had been expanding since Yang Jian, and it was the real bridgehead of the Great Sui in Liaodong.

When Yang Guangdong marched, Huaiyuan Town was once stationed with 300,000 troops and a population of 560,000 people, and its prosperity reached an unprecedented peak. As a soldier, Ma Ge was wrapped in a corpse and returned, if he could destroy Yingzhou this time, he would be able to buy ten years of peace for Goguryeo, so knowing that Xue Yantuo was harboring evil intentions, Eulzhi Wende still persuaded Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu to join the alliance.

Gai Suwen and the others followed behind Yizhi Wendema with the stars in hand, and Gao Yanshou of the northern Yusa looked ahead, showed a smile and said: "Our army has traveled all the way, and the Sui army has not even had a scout, either because of military affairs, or because of the timidity that dare not go to war, general, this time you will add another wonderful stroke to the history books." ”

Gai Suwen looked down on Gao Yanshou's arrogance, and said: "Xu Shiji has arrived in Yingzhou, Qin Qiong and Shen Guang are in Huaiyuan Town, these are all famous generals who gallop across the field, if you despise the enemy, you will be asking for trouble for yourself." General, the search range of the scouts should be expanded, and two hundred miles is appropriate. ”

Gai Suwen is recognized as the first general of the next generation of Goguryeo, and he has been fighting with the Great Sui for several years, knowing that the opponent is not so weak, especially Goguryeo took the initiative to attack, and without the defense line of the right time and place, everything is not optimistic. Su Rong said: "Xu Shiji has a rare opportunity to annihilate us, and he will definitely lay out the overall situation in Yingzhou, but because of this, Huaiyuan Town is the most favorable battlefield for us." Let me be patient with Xu Shiji to see who bites whose hook. ”

Gai Suwen and Gao Yanshou understood, Eulzhi Wende was still superhuman in his use of troops, and the small target was Huaiyuan Town, if Xu Shiji sent a large army to help, Goguryeo could besiege the city and send reinforcements; If Xu Shiji doesn't come, it will be a victory to conquer Huaiyuan Town, and he can return to China to make a difference. Gai Suwen was shocked and said: "The general has no hope for the Turks and Xue Yantuo. ”

Yizhi Wende laughed for a while, and said with a relaxed chest: "They are just huddled together for warmth, even if they can fight lively, but if the Great Sui fights desperately, it will definitely be the Turks who will lose." I agreed to join the alliance because I wanted to destroy Yingju, which was our last chance for Goguryeo; If the Turks are defeated, regardless of our strength, we will only be left with the fate of defending Liaodong. May God bless us, Su Wen, for you to command the front army. ”

"Yes." Gai Suwen agreed, glanced at Gao Yanshou contemptuously, and rushed down the hill triumphantly; Gao Yanshou's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to say anything because of Yizhi Wende's military might. Yizhi Wende led everyone to slowly go downhill, and said in a flat voice: "After research, I think that the Great Sui will not use it every time for the secrecy of the airship, but will only use it in a decisive battle with us, and Huaiyuan Town is a city of traditional warfare. ”

However, Eulzhi Wende found that he was wrong, Gai Suwen's front army was sniped in Huaiyuan Town, Qin Qiong accurately set up a crossbow position, and the Goguryeo army killed more than 3,000 people and rushed to the position, with a loud noise, all the Goguryeo soldiers who were charging were so frightened that they stood or fled back; The smoke of gunpowder dissipated on the position, and Gai Suwen personally commanded the second team of cavalry to kill, only to find that more than 1,000 cavalry had been killed on the opponent's position, and all the crossbow arrows that the Sui army had not had time to move away were reduced to fragments.

The eyes of the entire Goguryeo army were red, the other side was only 10,000 defenders, and even the walls of the city had not been touched, and Goguryeo had lost more than 4,000 people. Qin Qiong and Shen Guang had already received Xu Shiji's instructions, and the ambush battle in front was a long-planned plan, neither side was prepared to retreat, and some had perseverance and determination to fight to the end.

Huaiyuan Town has expanded two urn cities during Yang Guang's three eastward expeditions, and after Yang Chong set up Liaodong County, he also built the southern city with mountain stones and cement, which can be said to be a city in the city, and installed city defense equipment such as transfer machines. At present, it seems that there are six city gates from the outside, but in fact, only two city gates are opened, and the remaining four are built with additional city walls inside the city gates, and the focus of the Sui army's defense is at the place of the two city gates.

The crushing field outside Huaiyuan City has long been empty, and there are no large forests within a radius of thirty miles. The garrison in the city was 20,000 men, and 10,000 infantry were replenished in advance, and eight months of food and grass and a large number of materials were stored to defend the city. Shen Guang and Qin Qiong understood that their task was to hold Huaiyuan Town for a month and create an opportunity for Xu Shiji to kill at any time.

Ulji Wende, Gai Suwen, and Gao Yanshou did not know the situation in the city, anyway, they had an army of 150,000 and Goguryeo had a strong army, so they arranged for the generals to be responsible for a city wall, arranged for soldiers to rotate, and attacked the city day and night. However, ten thousand arrows were fired at the head of the city, and it seemed that there were as many arrows as there were in Goguryeo, and there were as many arrows as there were in Huaiyuan City, and rows and rows of siege soldiers were shot dead on the way to attack; The technique of the opponent's defense can be said to be skillful and effective, and every time Goguryeo attacked the city, a large number of siege vehicles, arrow blocking vehicles, and catapults were destroyed.

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