Chapter XXXVII: The Battle of Pyongyang
When Yang Guang ordered the nine armies to go to Pyongyang, he finally ordered that Laihu'er, who had been sharpening his sword for a long time, lead the army to attack Pyongyang from the sea and cooperate with the army's actions.
After learning that the Sui Dynasty army of more than 300,000 was directly attacking Pyongyang, Goryeo immediately asked the general Eulji Wendeok to lead 30,000 elites out of Pyongyang City.
Li Yin, who was in the city, became very heavy after learning the news.
Because Li Yin knew that if he didn't do anything and let things develop according to the original history, Yizhi Wende would win more than 300,000 Sui troops in Sashui with a small victory.
Of the more than 300,000 Sui troops, only more than 2,000 returned safely in the end.
Although Li Yin didn't have a good impression of the Sui Dynasty, he couldn't bear to watch more than 300,000 Han people die at the hands of the enemy country.
However, with Li Yin's current power, does he have the ability to reverse the victory or defeat of the "Battle of Sashui"?
The answer is no, when these 300,000 Sui troops began to march regardless of the supply problem, they were already doomed to defeat, if not defeated in Sashui, but elsewhere.
However, Li Yin has the opportunity to let more people go back alive, but whether he can succeed or not depends on the will of God.
Li Yin thought of two methods, one method needed to be done later, but the other method needed to be done as soon as possible.
"Wu Han!" Li Yin shouted to one of the guards in the mansion.
Wu Han immediately ran over, "Sixth master, is there anything you want me to do?" ”
This Wu Han was the first team leader appointed by Li Yin when he was in Cuiyun Peak, when he was training minions, he went down the mountain with Li Yin, and fought with him in the army, and he got here as a guard a month ago.
Although Li Yin has not been a bandit leader for a long time, Wu Han's name for him has never been changed, and he will still call him the "six masters" when there are few people.
Li Yin picked up two letters from the table, "There is a matter of great importance that you need to do, send these two letters to Wei Wensheng, the general of the Right First Army, and Wang Rengong, the second general of the Right Twelfth Army, respectively, you may complete the task?" ”
Wu Han stood up straight and said, "I will live up to the trust of the six masters!" ”
Li Yin nodded, handed the letter to Wu Han, and then took out a token from his arms, "This is General Zhou Fashang's token, you can use this to get in touch with Wei and Wang." ”
As he spoke, he gave the token to Wu Han, "Let's go now, be careful on the road." ”
Wu Han didn't say anything, and after putting away his things, he turned around and walked out quickly.
"Do your best, listen to the destiny of heaven!" Li Yin sighed and continued to deal with other things, he has been very busy in the past few days.
Raihou'er soon led a large army across the sea, and at the end of June, he appeared at the mouth of the Hunsu River, just before Pyongyang.
The ordinary people of Pyongyang, who never thought that the war would be so close to them, immediately panicked and rushed to flee Pyongyang with their families and mouths, causing the originally stable city of Pyongyang to fall into chaos in an instant.
After Li Yin read the intelligence of the Liaodong battlefield at the beginning of this month, he knew that the sailor should be coming soon, so he was very calm at this time, quietly waiting for the moment when he could play his role.
At the same time, thinking of the Liaodong City that was dyed red by the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, Li Yin, who has always prided himself as a tough guy, couldn't help but shudder,
This is why when he asked Li Jiancheng for his position, he specifically explained that it was best to come to the water division, not the army unit, if he went to the place where he was sent to death in Liaodong City with the army, Li Yin would have explained there nine times out of ten.
Going there is not a war at all, but a death.
On July 3, Laihu'er led a large army into the river and rushed up the river towards Pyongyang. Goryeo hurriedly mobilized a large army to meet the attack, and the two sides fought fiercely about 60 miles from Pyongyang, and the Goryeo army was defeated, only a few thousand troops of only a few thousand fled back to Pyongyang, and the entire Goryeo kingdom was shaken.
Subsequently, Lai Hu'er wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue and break through Pyongyang City in one go, but Zhou Fashang stopped and persuaded him to wait for the army to come and then besiege Pyongyang together, otherwise it would be too dangerous for the lone army to go deeper.
Lai Hu'er said disapprerovitously: "Pyongyang City first transferred 30,000 elites, and then was defeated by us, the people in the city were panicked, the morale of the soldiers was low, and there was an internal response (that is, Li Yin and others) to respond, at this time the attack on Pyongyang can be said to be foolproof, if you are afraid of wolves and tigers, wouldn't you miss the opportunity?" ”
Zhou Fashang couldn't persuade him, so he had no choice but to say: "According to the information sent by Li Yin, that Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu is recruiting daredevils, please don't take it lightly." ”
Lai Hu'er waved his hand a little impatiently, and Zhou Fashang had no choice but to retreat worriedly.
Li Yin knew that in the original history, the Laihu'er Society suffered a fiasco soon after, and then retreated to the seaside, and the main reason for the fiasco was that he was careless and was successfully attacked by Gao Jianwu's hundreds of daredevils.
So Li Yin wrote a message to Zhou Fashang, asking him to make the army extremely cautious, Zhou Fashang felt that Lai Hu'er did not listen to his words, and thought to himself: "It seems that we have to take precautions discussed with Li Yin." ”
Laihu'er crossed the sea this time, led a total of more than 80,000 troops, the previous battle, although it was a big victory, but also lost more than 8,000 people, and now there are more than 70,000 people.
In order to speed up the march, Laihu'er selected 40,000 elites from them at this time, took the best warships, and immediately rushed to Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo, while the remaining 30,000 people were delayed by Zhou Fashang.
In addition to feeling that the soldiers are fast, there is also a little thought: to monopolize the great merit of breaking through the capital of Goryeo!
This credit can be said to be the biggest in the entire battle, and Lai Hu'er is naturally reluctant to share it with Zhou Fashang, which is actually one of the reasons why he is unwilling to wait for the army.
In less than half a day, the army of Hu'er came to the city of Pyongyang.
In the main hall of the Rongliu Palace, there was a solemnity at this time, and the King of Rongliu sat on the first seat with an ugly face, and below him were Yuan Taizuo and other ministers.
"The king is motivating the soldiers on the front line and leaving the capital in our care, if Pyongyang is lost from us, everyone here and I are sinners of Goryeo, what face do we have to live in this world?" Gao Jianwu said in a deep voice.
Gao Jianwu looked around at everyone for a while, and continued: "At this time of crisis, I hope that you can put all the guards at home into the city wall to guard Pyongyang City!" ”
Pyongyang City is now seriously understaffed, but there are basically dozens or hundreds of guards in the homes of these ministers, and the Yuan family has even reached thousands of people, and they can gather a lot of people.