Considering that there are only two roads leading to Seoul, although the southern road without coast to the west is open and easy for large armies to pass, it is blocked by a mountain range when it enters the Zaunyong Plain, and the several mountain passes that can be passed are easy to be dangerous and easy to be held by the Tang army. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although the North Road was hilly all the way, as long as you climbed the steep mountain beams more than ten miles west of Dogok Fortress, the terrain of the hilly area further west tended to be gentle, and the dangerous terrain that could not stop the Silla army's westward advance could not be stopped, but became the best route for Kim Wonshu.

Kim Won-su was able to know the terrain along the way to Seoul so well, thanks to the 3,000 soldiers and horses he had recruited from Ansunna, Germany, which was supported by the king of Silla, before he set out on the expedition, and more than half of them were residents of the Seoul area, so he knew the terrain along the way well.

In order to capture Seoul and confuse the Tang army stationed in Seoul, Jin Yuanshu decided to march in two ways. With the 20,000 troops currently stationed in Haigu City as a partial division, he attacked Seoul from the south road to attract the defenders of Seoul, and he personally led the remaining 60,000 troops to attack Seoul from the north road.

Regardless of whether the Tang army in Seoul would divide its forces to defend it, the forces in Jin Yuanshu's hands were in an advantageous position, and it was not too difficult to take Seoul before the Tang army reinforced it.

Although the southern route was a partial division, Kim Won Shute selected two generals from the army, Pon Il and Munzhong, who had made great contributions to the attack on Baekje two years earlier, to lead the army forward. On the north road, the generals and righteous officials were the vanguard, and 10,000 troops were commanded to open the way.

From Dagu to Seoul, the northern road is about 140 miles, and the Silla army can reach Seoul in three days under the rapid march, and four days if it is slower. The southern road to Haegu Castle can reach the mountain pass in the southern part of the Jaeyeong Plain in two days, and the Nuotang army did not garrison troops here, and the Silla army could enter the Jaeyeong Plain of Yima Pingchuan through the mountain pass.

At that time, the two armies will fight fiercely in the plains under Seoul, just in time to give full play to the advantages of Silla's military strength.

The Silla army brigade, which stretched for ten miles, passed through a steep valley more than ten miles west of Duogu City, and Jin Yuanshu laughed at the vast mountains on both sides of the valley and jokingly said: "The Tang army is building a checkpoint here, garrisoning three or four thousand men and horses, and our army will pay a heavy price if it wants to pass safely." Now it seems that the Tang Army of Andong has no generals, and it is really my great joy to Silla that I don't know how to send troops to build a pass to defend such a dangerous place. ”

"General Nofikin is admonishing the king in the middle of the court to fight the main battle, how can I have a chance to see the reality of the Tang Army today?" The generals who are good at meeting and shooting horses do not forget to take this opportunity to take a picture of Jin Yuanshu's fart.

When the other Silla generals heard what Kim Wonshu said, they were all overjoyed and discussed the situation of Andong's Tang army with great interest.

"As far as I know, most of the famous generals in the Tang army are old, and there is a gradual shortage of famous generals, even Xue Rengui, who destroyed Goguryeo, was defeated in the battle against Tibet two years ago and was demoted, as for Li Jinxing, Gao Kan and others, they had already been transferred to the northwest by the Tang Emperor to guard against Tibet. This Anton's Tang army is guarded by some unknown generals, which can be said to be worse than one year after another. ”

"I heard that the generals of the Tang army guarding Anton are the sons and daughters of some powerful people promoted by King Tang Yan in recent years and the cronies of the guards in his palace, it seems that these people are also a little capable of beating the rabble in Goguryeo."

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Gao Chongde led the Suzaku Guard to leave Seoul and face east, preparing to find favorable terrain on the eastern road to Seoul and set up camp. Along the road, you can find that although there are undulating hills on both sides of the avenue, the undulating slope is not large, and it does not constitute a dangerous area, so Gao Chongde decided to continue to move forward to find a location with dangerous terrain and build a camp.

"Report, General." The sentry horse sent out galloped over, and said with a panicked expression: "Twenty miles away, we found that tens of thousands of Silla troops are coming towards us, and it is estimated that there are 3,000 cavalry. ”

The generals and colonels of the Suzaku Guard panicked when they heard this, they only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, and they did not occupy any profits, so how could they resist the Silla army and wait for the Seoul garrison to come to help.

"General, there are low hills for several miles around, which is not conducive to our army setting up a camp to block the Silla army, and I ask the general to make a clear decision quickly."

"The Silla army has 10,000 people, the cavalry has 3,000, the hills in front of you are not much different from the plains, Nuo is fighting with the Silla army, our army has little chance of winning, it is recommended that the general retreat quickly in our army and the Silla army are still twenty miles apart."

The generals and colonels all looked gloomy, and Gao Chongde raised his flag for a while, with the intention of finding favorable terrain to block the possible arrival of the Silla army, and waiting for General Heizhi to lead the Beihai Iron Cavalry to intercept it. But the steep terrain was not found, but the Silla army was almost in front of him.

"Look, it's the Silla Sentinel."

Hearing this, the generals looked towards the small hill to the east, and eight Silla sentinels appeared on the hill to watch the Suzaku Guard.

"Gao Zhan, you go and leave this group of Silla Sentinels behind."

"Whoa."

After Gao Chongde's personal guard Gao Zhan received the order, he led fifteen cavalry horses to run towards the Silla sentry horse, and the Silla sentry saw that it was not good, turned the horse's head and fled towards the way it came.

Gao Zhan chased for five miles but couldn't catch up, and relied on his superb archery skills to shoot six Silla sentinels, and the other two still let them run away.

In the absence of favorable terrain, the Silla army was outnumbered, and the battle was bound to be unfavorable, so Gao Chongde finally decided to withdraw to Seoul first.

At the same time, the valley in the southern part of the Jaeyeong Plain, which was most conducive to the passage of tens of thousands of troops, shouted to kill Zhentian, and countless Silla troops braved arrows like flying locusts to attack the Tang army that had been encamped halfway up the mountain on the left side of the valley. Constantly people fell to the ground in the howl of arrows, becoming a stepping stone for their companions to rush up the mountain, turning a hillside that was originally dense with grass and green like a wild gradually turned into a bloody Shura hell.

At the foot of the hillside, the Silla generals Pin Il and Moon Chung watched as the offensive on the hillside was repeatedly repelled by the Tang army, and the corpses of the fallen soldiers rolled down the hillside one by one to the foot of the mountain, piling up a gentle slope paved with corpses, and streams of blood that shimmered in the sun flowed into the low-lying area, gradually gathering pools of plasma.

Repelled a wave of attacks by the Silla army again, Li Shangdan stood with his sword in his hand, and said with a smile: "The Silla army is really persistent, and after attacking for a day, the casualties are estimated to be thousands and they are not ready to take a break." ”

"General, the Silla people are all dead-eyed, and it is estimated that they will not stop until they exhaust their forces."

"After all, the Silla people have a lot of troops, and there are 20,000 horses coming towards us."

"Fortunately, the mountains on both sides of this valley are steep, otherwise our army would not have been able to withstand the 20,000 Silla army."

"You should be glad for the Silla people, the Blacktooth Kid took command of So-and-so, resulting in only the White Tiger Guard being available under So-and-so. Otherwise, Ben will lead more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Seoul to annihilate them here. Although Li Shangdan said with a flat face, his words were full of resentment.

"What the general said is reasonable, if His Highness appointed the general to be the vanguard of this army, he would have already won the first battle at this moment, and he would be like that Baekje barbarian, he would huddle in the tall Han City and wait for His Highness's army to arrive."

"That is, when His Highness leads the army to Seoul, I will ask His Highness for his life as a general."

Bai Huwei and the other generals muttered indignantly, vowing to seek justice for their own generals.

Li Shangdan waved his hand, "Forget it, the black tooth Changzhi vanguard is the meaning of His Highness, you ran to His Highness and said this, not only made His Highness lose face, but also told people that our White Tiger Guard did not obey the order, which led to the discord between the generals and the truth of the wrong military aircraft." ”