Chapter 340: Recovering Liaodong (2)
The 20,000 light infantry of the Gao Shun army climbed the head of the city, the defenders were defeated and retreated, and at dusk, the head of the city of Changli was completely controlled by the Gao Shun army, and the 30,000 defenders retreated to the city, and set up a bow and crossbow array around the steps of the lower city, once the enemy went down the city, immediately shot and killed. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Gao Shun's infantry was blocked at the head of the city, and the garrison materials at the head of the city had already been consumed, and they could not attack the bow and crossbow array below.
The guards looked at this, their hearts were half cold, they didn't expect Gao Shunjun to be so inhumane, in order to prevent being hit by the corpses of their comrades, they chose to retreat.
At night, the south gate was controlled by Gao Shun's army, after opening the gate, tens of thousands of troops poured into Changli City, countless torches were lit, the whole city was brightly lit, Gao Shun commanded thousands of soldiers to control the city gate, the rest of the soldiers and horses were reduced to zero, and carried out a search and suppression in the city, and the defenders who resisted stubbornly were all killed.
The people of Changli experienced a sleepless night, the whole city was full of blood, and by dawn, the street fighting in the city was over, most of the defenders were killed, and the rest surrendered.
Gao Shun issued a proclamation in the city, strictly enforced military discipline, and encouraged the people to report illegal soldiers, the people in the city were panicked and spontaneously organized a rebellion, but after Gao Shun beheaded more than ten ** women's soldiers, the people put their minds at ease, and the spontaneous resistance army disappeared.
After Zhang Ning entered the city, he led the female soldiers to pacify the people. The people saw that these girls were wearing military uniforms and had high morale, but when they treated the people, they were smiling, and their original vigilance was gone, and they began to support this army of soldiers and horses from Jizhou.
When Gongsun Du learned that Changli City was taken in one day, he was shocked into a cold sweat and began to organize troops and horses to retreat to Liaoyang and arrange defenses.
Changli was taken so quickly, this was beyond Gongsun Du's expectations, he originally thought that these big cities could be defended for a month or two without any problem, but he didn't expect the enemy's combat strength to be so terrifying, now he can only change his strategy, it is not possible to do without a rear foundation, the original strategy of breaking through one by one no longer has the conditions for implementation, he can only strictly defend it, drag the enemy army, and wait until the supply is broken, and the enemy army will naturally retreat.
Gongsun Du's idea is beautiful, but in fact it doesn't make any sense, Jiang Sheng's supply convoys have been coming from Jizhou in a steady stream, and the full load of supplies has followed the army all the way north to the east, and the supply interruption will not occur.
After Tian Yu reorganized his troops and horses, he made an appointment with Goguryeo's reinforcements and began to organize a small-scale counteroffensive, and the two divisions of Zhenggu and Bian Xi took the last two counties of Liaoxi County, and then marched east to join Tian Yu's army.
After the information of Gongsun Du's return to defense reached Jizhou, Xi Zhicai was worried that the expeditionary force would be lost, so he sent Lu Yi and Zou Dan to lead 30,000 light cavalry to advance lightly to support Gao Shun's army.
Goguryeo's reinforcements took the initiative to attack, in the eastern part of Liaodong County, the troops were divided into dozens of roads, began to attack the city, burned and looted along the way, and did all kinds of evil, making Gongsun Du angry with his teeth, Tian Yu was also very angry after learning the news, so he sent a messenger to stop, but the soldiers and horses of Goguryeo not only dissuaded differently, but also imprisoned the messenger sent by Tian Yu.
The bad news came one after another, and Goguryeo's actions had aroused the anger of the people, and without Gongsun Du's proclamation, these people spontaneously organized a volunteer army to fight against these foreign warriors with backward tools and agricultural tools.
After Tian Yu got the news, he spread the word that Xianbei and the rebel tribes in Goguryeo agreed to jointly deal with the royal court soldiers and horses of Goguryeo. Goguryeo's backsliding slapped Tian Yu in the face, why didn't he get angry?
When Gongsun Du learned that Tian Yu had begun to attack Goguryeo, he was secretly happy in his heart, and let them fight to the death, wouldn't it relieve Gongsun Du's pressure?
But with the two armies of Gao Shun and Lu Yi, I am afraid it is not enough to deal with Gongsun Du!
At both ends of the table, when the three families in the battlefield in northeastern Liaoning were fighting, the Qingzhou Navy led by Tai Shici had seen the land after nearly 20 days of sailing, and all the officers and soldiers cheered.
Due to the large number of shoals and reefs here, the fleet could not get too close, so it could only use small assault boats to transport the soldiers ashore in batches.
Unexpectedly, there were a small number of soldiers and horses of Gongsun Du here, these soldiers and horses originally came to protect salt, but in the morning they saw the dense warships in the sea in the distance, and dozens of assault boats were breaking the waves.
These soldiers and horses hurriedly organized a defense and shot the Qingzhou Navy that was still in the sea with bows and arrows in their hands.
Tai Shi Ci ordered a counterattack, and the large and small trebuchets and bed crossbows on the flagships, destroyers, and frigates began to move, and a dense stream of stone shells and arrows poured down on the beachhead.
For the first time in the history of the world's navy, the number of soldiers and horses on the beachhead was already several thousand, and all of them were killed in battle, and the beachhead was covered with flesh and blood.
The soldiers who landed walked on the land on this beach covered with flesh and blood, and then quickly assembled, Tai Shici ordered the navy to stay on duty on the ship, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were assigned to Zhao Yun's command for landing operations.
Zhao Yun led the Xuanjia cavalry and some naval officers to rest for three days, and then pulled out the camp and went north to begin to attack the city.
Liaodong is vast and sparsely populated, Zhao Yun led the soldiers and horses to march for more than half a month, did not see a county town, and encountered most of the militia armed forces in various townships, which were crushed at the first touch, so he sent capable lieutenants to the townships to entrust them with official positions, establish military management regime, and develop local armed forces, and Gongsun Du did not know all this.
Lelang County in the east is also a vast and sparsely populated place, and Zhao Yun sent an envoy to meet Lelang Taishou.
This Le Lang Taishou is a Goguryeo people, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, married the niece of Emperor Huan, swore loyalty to the Han Dynasty for generations, learned that the Han Dynasty Sima Jiang Sheng sent a number of soldiers and horses to recruit Gongsun Du, this Taishou was also frightened, these years he did not pay tribute to Gongsun Du, but rarely to the Han tribute, he was worried that Jiang Sheng also cleaned him up, so he sent hundreds of scouts to inquire about Zhao Yunjun's movements.
Knowing that Zhao Yun had sent an envoy to visit, Le Lang was too guarded and calm, and decided to borrow the slope to get off the donkey and make amends to the Han Dynasty.
After Zhao Yun's delegation arrived, he received the highest courtesy, and the head of the mission explained his intentions. Le Lang Taishou was willing to accept all the requests made by the head of the mission, the head of the mission was very surprised, and he was not very relieved, so he proposed to stay in the Korean city for a few more days, and Le Lang Taishou personally went to arrange food and accommodation, and the head of the mission secretly sent someone to inquire about the news and investigate the details and intentions of Le Lang Taishou.