Chapter 154: Profiteers

In the blink of an eye, the appearance of the jurisdiction of the Northland Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army has also undergone tremendous changes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

As the weather warmed up, a large number of houses in the northern region rose from the ground, and people moved from simple tents to houses, and everything entered a normal working state.

The houses built here are basically bungalows, and there is no need to build high-rise buildings.

Of course, the living conditions of some experts and scientific research personnel are more advanced, and the factories are more solid, while the private houses are relatively simple, and even some places are still adobe houses.

In the face of the Goguryeo Royal City, Zhang Yu's tactics were indeed to surround but not fight, although the number of auxiliaries under the Jiangnan Army was huge, it was not a matter of one or two days to capture the Goguryeo Royal City.

After all, Pyongyang is the royal city of Goguryeo, and the city walls are relatively strong, and it is difficult to capture them in a hurry, and it may be difficult to conquer them without 32,000 people.

It is not the reason for worrying about the heavy casualties of the auxiliary soldiers, and the lives of the auxiliary troops are not an important issue in the eyes of the Jiangnan Army.

Besides, although the royal city of Goguryeo was surrounded, there were still large areas that had not been cleared in time, and it was not the best strategy to rush to attack the city.

Although there is no longer any concern that Goguryeo still has a large army, even a small army harassment is not easy to deal with.

It is necessary to take advantage of the siege of the Goguryeo royal fortress to completely or mostly bulldoze the foundation of the Goguryeo kingdom when there is no order in the territory of Goguryeo, so that the Goguryeo royal city is isolated and helpless, and there is only waiting for death.

Therefore, it is the best policy to besiege the Goguryeo royal city without attacking it and clean up the surrounding area

At present, the royal city of Goguryeo has been isolated and helpless, and I don't know how much food there is in Goguryeo, but the supply outside the city has been cut off, and no matter how much food there is, it will be eaten sooner or later.

The number of 100,000 auxiliaries is very large, and it is not difficult to build a strong camp. In order to prevent Goguryeo from breaking through or sneak attacking, Zhang Yu adopted a double layer of defense.

The first line of defense was a simple guardrail, which was filled in with earth at a distance of about 30 steps to make a high platform, and then a guardrail was built on top of it, and even if Goguryeo rushed into the first guardrail, it would be a matter of death.

Everything was well prepared, and only 20,000 auxiliary troops were stationed on each side of the 100,000 army, with 10,000 auxiliary troops in the front and another 10,000 auxiliary troops in the rear, taking turns to replace and rest.

The remaining 20,000 auxiliary troops were sent to the periphery to clear out, and the time was three to five days or ten days and a half months, depending on the distance, and when the time came, they would be rotated into another 20,000 troops.

This arrangement is to make 100,000 auxiliary troops have hope, if it is boring to stay outside the city to garrison, it is the expectation of every auxiliary soldier to go out and vent ****. By the way, clean up the perimeter of the city so as not to be harassed by some small forces.

Leaving Luo Shixin to lead 100,000 troops to besiege the city, Zhang Yu and Pei Yuanqing began to go north with their troops. As they went, they sent out auxiliaries along the way to clear them, and the remnants of the army or other castles were slaughtered everywhere they passed.

On this day, someone from the army sent out suddenly came back to report the news.

"Report, general, I waited to take down a dirt enclosure today, but I accidentally found some Han people inside, and they were all being guarded and worked as slaves.

When we were gathering the captives together, someone probably heard us speaking Chinese, and asked us in Chinese if we were from the army of the Great Sui Dynasty.

After our interrogation, we learned that these people were all soldiers of the Sui Dynasty army who were captured by Goguryeo during the three expeditions to Goguryeo, and there were nearly 100 people.

General, they are now very miserable, they are almost thin, we have separated these people separately, I don't know what to do with them, so I came back to ask the general. ”

Zhang Yu was stunned when he heard the news, and then realized that there were indeed many people in Goguryeo who were trapped in Goguryeo during the Three Expeditions, or were killed, or captured, and no one knows how many people there were.

That's right, this is the hinterland of Goguryeo, and the Sui Dynasty soldiers who were captured by Goguryeo may indeed be placed in this area, which means that there are many places in this area that are likely to have Sui Dynasty soldiers.

It seems that the strategy needs to be changed, and these auxiliaries cannot be allowed to kill indiscriminately, and they need to be screened.

"I have ordered that when the various armies attack, they must screen the captives and rescue the Han among them. Who dares to wantonly and indiscriminately kill and cause innocent deaths of Han people, there is no mercy for killing!"

"No, General. Save the Han people first, if there is an indiscriminate killer, there will be no forgiveness. ”

The subordinates quickly conveyed Zhang Yu's order, and then let the attacking armies know that there were still Han people here.

This small unexpected discovery did save many Han people. Within a few days, thousands of Sui Dynasty captives alone were rescued.

There is also an accident, there is no shortage of people who have lived here for several generations, and still speak fluent Chinese, do you say they are Han Chinese or Goguryeo?

At the end of the Han Dynasty, it was still under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and there were indeed many Han people who settled here.

Now it's Zhang Yu's turn to have a headache, although these people still speak Chinese in their mouths, but there is no guarantee that they are pure Han Chinese, is there no one in Goguryeo who can speak Chinese?

But no matter what, these people must not be equated with the Goguryeo people, and they must be treated differently.

So, Zhang Yu ordered again: "This matter is divided into several steps, the first step is to distinguish the prisoners of the Sui Dynasty army, provide them with good food, and try to let them recover their strength as soon as possible."

The second step is to distinguish the rest of the people who can speak Chinese, but these people are not the same as those prisoners of the Sui Dynasty, and they need to be carefully guarded and not careless. Being able to speak Chinese is not necessarily Han Chinese, and you have to be careful during the war.

The last remaining people were the Goguryeo people, and they still followed the previous strategy. ”

"No, General."

Zhang Yu took some generals to visit the captured soldiers of the Sui Dynasty army, and when they saw their appearance, everyone couldn't help but burst into tears.

It's so miserable, although these people are alive, they won't live long if they are in this state, they are all skinny and bone-like, and they are very miserable.

I was able to survive because I was physically strong before, but all those who were physically weak had already died, and even some people who were originally in good health died a lot.

Zhang Yu was angry, and the entire Jiangnan Army was angry.

"Pass my order, we don't need living people in the Goguryeo Campaign, we have to avenge those dead soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty and kill me fiercely!"

"Kill, kill, kill"

The soldiers of the Jiangnan Army roared angrily, and the sound shook the sky.

In about ten days, as long as the traffic situation in the area south of the Yalu River was reasonable, it was plowed by the Jiangnan Army and the auxiliary army.

At this point, the auxiliary army under the command of the Jiangnan Army was completely reduced to an army of beasts.

This army probably has only two concepts in mind, one is to kill and the other is to vent, and they seem to be used to this kind of life.

In this operation, the Jiangnan Army rescued nearly 20,000 soldiers of the Sui Dynasty.

In the depths of the mountains, Zhang Yu was not ready to go to the conquest, and the main task now was to destroy the main force of Goguryeo. Zhang Yu gathered his army and waited for the Goguryeo army in Jiangbei to retreat and wipe them out with one word.

Zhang Yu's army was waiting here, and the retreat of the northern army that Yuangai Suwen expected was wishful thinking.

The Jiangnan army led more than 100,000 auxiliary troops north to the Yalu River, and the sailors who came to Hu'er also arrived at the Yalu River, and if they want to return to the Goguryeo royal city, I am afraid there is not much hope.

However, Zhang Yu in Jiangbei did not plan to go over in a short period of time.

Because, in order to resist the attack of Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo built a large number of castles in Liaodong, and the army crossed the river to fight, and the Goguryeo army retreated into the castle, so that the Jiangnan army uprooted the castles one by one, and I don't know how much to divide.

The most important thing is that the climate in this area is harsh, once it is past September, the weather will change, and the Jiangnan army really does not adapt to this harsh climate. In addition, the Central Plains War has not yet ended, and it is impossible for the Jiangnan army to increase its strength in the peninsula area, and the Jiangnan army will not adopt this tactic of forcible attack, at least not for the time being.

I am afraid that we will have to wait until next spring to think about crossing the river and heading north, when the situation on the peninsula is completely in our hands, and there is no need to worry about the problem of instability in the rear.

Zhang Yu led the army to kill all the way, and Pei Yuanqing led 30,000 Jiangnan troops and 100,000 auxiliary troops to advance to the riverside.

This way is not impatient, along the way to clear the remnants of the army in the north, Zhang Yu and let the auxiliary army everywhere scourge, hundreds of thousands of troops like locusts, the north is not in shape, it can be said that hundreds of miles of land is inhuman.

In this era, a large reason for the strength and weakness of a country is based on population, and no one, is it useful to just be a Goguryeo royal city?

What's more, how many people are there in a Goguryeo royal city?

The royal city of Goguryeo was besieged, and the whole place was scattered, and it was a good time for the Jiangnan army to sweep away thousands of troops and destroy Goguryeo.

Jiangnan Lu Chang is ruthless enough, and he wants to adopt a desperate plan to collapse the foundation of the Goguryeo Dynasty.

It lasted half a month, and the area north of the Goguryeo royal city was almost plagued by 100,000 auxiliary troops, and Zhang Yu's army stopped.

However, Zhang Yu did not camp on the riverside, but chose a place suitable for battle, but it was the only way for the Goguryeo army in Jiangbei to retreat.

Zhang Yu, what is this for?

Ambush!

The royal city of Goguryeo was besieged, could the army of Jiangbei not return to the army to rescue the royal city?

This kind of field battle is much stronger than crossing the river to attack Goguryeo's castle, as long as Goguryeo's living forces are eliminated, it will be much easier for the Jiangnan army to free up their hands to destroy the entire Goguryeo.

"Report, the general has sent news that the Goguryeo army in the north of the river is moving south, 15,000 troops have crossed the river and are rushing here, and more than 20,000 troops are crossing the river."

"Well, it's a good time, and I'll report again."

"No, General."

It is about a dozen miles away from the river, and the 100,000 auxiliary troops have already been prepared, waiting for the Goguryeo army in the north of the river to return.

Goguryeo's lair made such a big commotion, and the royal city was surrounded by unknown troops, even if Yuangai Suwen did not send an order, the army in Jiangbei would know at this time, can the Goguryeo army in Jiangbei not return to the army to help?

Zhang Yu didn't know how many troops Goguryeo could come back in the Liaodong region of Jiangbei, anyway, it was the result that Zhang Yu wanted to destroy one by one and weaken the Goguryeo army in Jiangbei.

Now wait for all the reinforcements from Goguryeo to cross the river, and Zhang Yu will launch an attack here, and the 100,000-strong army will crush the Goguryeo army.

With 100,000 troops waiting for them in front of them and a great river behind them, the fate of these armies can be imagined. Either they were tortured and killed or driven down the Yalu River to feed Wang Ba, don't forget that there are still sailors on the river who come to protect the children, and the purpose of this battle is to make them unable to go back.

(To be continued.) )