Chapter 700: Raid on the Black Bone
Half an hour later, under the fierce attack of the Sui army like a storm of arrows, the Goguryeo grain transport hung white flags and surrendered, and two hundred Sui warships immediately escorted the Goguryeo grain convoy to a bay, and the Sui soldiers began to board the ship to clear the attack, the number of Goguryeo soldiers was too small, there were twenty people in each ship, they had no choice but to kneel and surrender.
After a short time, several soldiers brought Goguryeo Qianyong to Laihu'er, who had been captured by the Sui army under the city of Pyongyang during the Third Sui Army's Eastern Crusade.
Laihu'er bent down and stared fiercely, "I can spare your life, but what I want you to do, you have to do it honestly." ”
An interpreter next to him told Qianyong what Hu'er said, and Qianyong was sweating profusely, glanced at Laihu'er timidly, and finally nodded.
"Good! Let me ask you first, where is this fleet sending food? "Laihu'er's voice is majestic, and there is a great oppressive force
Wugu City is located on the west bank of Baishui, a tributary of the north of Yalushui, about 40 miles away from Yalushui, Wugu City has a very important strategic significance for Goguryeo, it is not only a relay city to Liaoshui, but also the gate to Liaodong Peninsula, Goguryeo control Liaodong Peninsula needs food and material supplies, are sent from Wugu City.
However, this time Goguryeo conquered Liaodong in the west, and Wugucheng was an important transit point, and a large number of grain and materials transported from Pyongyang to Liaodong City were first sent to Wugu City by sea, and then transported from Wugu City to Liaodong City by land.
In the Third Battle of Goguryeo, the Sui army once occupied the city of Wugu, but with the complete withdrawal of the Sui army from Goguryeo, the city fell back into the hands of Goguryeo, and Goguryeo re-heightened and strengthened the city, making the city impregnable.
At present, there are 3,000 garrisons in the city, led by the lord of the city, Mu Wende, in addition, there are thousands of people transporting grain and more than 1,000 ox carts living in the city, who are patiently waiting for a new batch of grain to arrive.
In the afternoon, in a dense forest on the west bank of Baishui, a small army of 300 people has quietly approached the city of black bones, this is an elite scout of the Sui army, led by Shen Guang, the chief general of the Sui army scout, Shen Guang is the initiative to ask Ying to fight, he has very complicated feelings about Goguryeo, he started in Goguryeo, and served Zhang Xuan in Goguryeo, which changed his life path since then.
Shen Guang is very familiar with the Black Bone City, he knows that the Black Bone City is built on a high place, there is only one east city gate, the city gate faces the white water half a mile away, the city wall is built tall and strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the main force of the Sui army may be able to capture the Black Bone City, but it will cost a heavy price, and only by outwitting can this strong city be captured.
Shen Guang stood behind a big tree and looked at the Black Bone City, the city was about three hundred steps away from them, and they could clearly see the soldiers patrolling back and forth on the city wall, and there was a two-zhang high guard tower at each of the four corners of the city wall, standing around the city head like four pillars, and the soldiers in the guard tower were condescending, and they could see the surrounding situation clearly.
At this time, if they show up, even if they are not discovered by the patrol soldiers in the city, they will be discovered by the sentinels on the tower, Shen Guang is very experienced, he knows that the most difficult place to be found is actually under the city, close to the city wall, it forms a black effect under the light, but it is three hundred steps away from the woods, and it is easy to be discovered by the sentries in the city.
Shen Guang looked around again, and he found that there was a bush about fifty paces north of the city wall, half a man high, and under the bush was a slope, which made it possible to hide thirty soldiers behind the bushes, but it was still early, and they had to wait until evening, under the cover of night, to get out of the woods, he waved his hand to the soldiers, and everyone retreated deeper into the woods
At night, sixty ships laden with grain slowly anchored on the banks of the Baishui River half a mile in front of the Black Bone City, and the boats hung up their lanterns.
The black bone city lord Mu Wende stood at the head of the city, looking at the fleet not far away, the deputy city lord with more than a dozen soldiers has gone to the fleet to go through the reception procedures, Mu Wende is Yuan Taizuo's person, two days ago he received an order from Yuan Taizuo, asking him to send troops to Beilu City to investigate the situation, but because Huilong Town has been lost, it is too dangerous to take the land route, so Mu Wende has been hesitating, sixty grain ships came just right, he can use the grain ship to go to Beilu City by sea.
The grain transporter had already disembarked from the ship, but he was not the previous Qianyong, but a Sui military cadet in the costume of a captain, including the 1,200 soldiers on the grain ship, all of whom were replaced by Sui soldiers, who were wearing Goguryeo military uniforms and stood at the bow of the ship like sculptures, with a cold expression and a word.
This Sui military captain can speak fluent Goguryeo, he has a full set of official documents in his hands, there are no flaws, plus they are very restrained, they don't even get off the boat, and they don't have the slightest intention of threatening the Black Bone City, so the defenders of the Black Bone City are not wary of them.
The deputy city lord walked up quickly and said with a smile: "Why did you come here at night?" ”
"If it arrives tomorrow, it will delay the supply of military rations at the front, of course we have to come overnight!"
The lieutenant's tone was very arrogant, which made the deputy city lord unhappy, they were Yuan Taizuo's people, and the food and other material supplies were in the hands of Quan Huan, these grain soldiers were naturally also people of Quan Huan, it was normal for them to have a bad attitude, the deputy city lord's hot face was attached to the other party's cold ass, his expression was also cold, and he didn't even bother to say polite things like hard work all the way, he took the paperwork handed by the other party and looked at it, there were a total of 30,000 stone grain, so he pressed his handprint on the receiving column, turned around and shouted: "Let them come out to carry the grain!" ”
The city gate opened, and thousands of people rushed out, ready to get on the boat to carry the grain, which they needed to carry into the city for storage before transporting it to Liaodong City in ox carts.
The deputy city lord was too lazy to greet him, and after explaining his official business, he turned around and walked towards the city, the defense measures of the black bone city were very strict, and non-defenders were not allowed to enter the city, since the soldiers who transported food came with the ship, of course they should rest in the ship.
However, the city lord Mu Wende wanted to borrow a few boats to go to the humble city, so he sent dozens of jars of wine and some venison.
Hundreds of torches were lit on the piers and at the city gates, and the men carried sacks of grain into the city, and thousands of people flowed through the city gates.
At this time, Shen Guang led three hundred elite scouts to the woods again, the sky was cloudy, the night was extremely dark, and the visual range of the sentries at the head of the city was greatly reduced, which was a great opportunity for action, Shen Guang waved his hand, he led thirty of his subordinates to run towards a bush on the hillside.
The defenders of the city were patrolling back and forth, and hundreds of soldiers were deployed at the city gate, and the entire Black Bone City was full of vigilance, but the soldiers on the sixty grain ships did not make any movements, keeping surprisingly quiet, and the Black Bone City Lord Mu Wende also felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
He stood at the head of the city and looked at the grain ship suspiciously, in the firelight, he only saw the people rushing back and forth on the grain boat, but he could not see a soldier, which was completely different from the previous times to send grain, the soldiers who sent grain in the previous times either went into the city to rest, or drank wine and ate meat, very noisy, but this time it was surprisingly quiet, and he sent them dozens of jars of wine.
Mu Wende became suspicious in his heart, and turned back to a soldier and ordered: "Let Yang City Lord go on the boat to see, what is going on with the army on the ship?" ”
The soldiers galloped away, and in a short time, the deputy city lord walked towards the grain ship with dozens of soldiers.
At the same time, Shen Guang and his men already had two hundred people standing under the city wall, and dozens of others were hiding behind the bushes, at this time, there was a sound of talking in the distance, and then the fire was lit, and a team walked towards the city wall where they were, which was the city lord Mu Wende's heart was vigilant, and ordered a group of soldiers to patrol outside the city.
Shen Guang secretly screamed badly, he was about to retreat, a group of resident birds suddenly appeared in the woods in the distance, a large number of resident birds fluttered into the air, hovering over the woods and chirping, the patrolling soldiers were immediately attracted, turned around and ran towards the woods. (To be continued.) )