It was a wise decision! Gaozong still knows people! Why? As is customary, let's meet a few new faces! 1, the advance army Pang Tongshan, the son of Pang Qingyun, one of the 48 heroes of the Taizong Dynasty, basically showed his face in the historical materials: "Zi Tongshan, the right Jinwu general", there is no other record of Pang Tongshan in the history books, whether it is the southern expedition to the north, or the suppression of the rebellion, no, then strange, there is no merit, but he can be the right Jinwu general, what's going on? That's going to have to be a dad!

His father Pang Qingyun followed the right person in the "Xuanwumen Change", and made a great effort in killing Li Jiancheng, and Li Shimin made him a right guard general in order to repay him. Others once commented on Pang Tongshan: "Although Pang Tongshan is not good at fighting, he holds the army strictly." ”

In other words, this person is not strong enough to fight, but it is okay to lead a team and do political work! However, what you want in this expedition to Goguryeo is to fight, and politics is unnecessary! Don't worry, Pang Tongshan is not far behind, even if it doesn't work, there is Xue Rengui behind to help. 2, Gao Wei, the state governor of the advance barracks, Gao Wei's popularity is very low, and there are few people here who know him, and there may not be any one. However, his grandson is very well-known, his grandson is a poet and wrote a poem "Yan Ge Xing".

Now you're a little eyebrow-raising, right? If you still don't, just take a look at this poem "Don't worry about the road ahead without a confidant, who in the world doesn't know you"! You must have heard of this poem, and his grandson is the famous Tang Dynasty poet Gao Shi! Gao Shi, there is a biography in the history books, it is really better than the blue! Better than his grandfather! Looking back at Gao Wei, his appearance rate is a little higher than that of Pang Tongshan, but he also has no pass.

The military records of this person in the annals of history are not bad, not only good, but also very neat: seventeen years ago, that is, in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649 AD), Gao Wei, who was the general of the right Xiaoweilang, was ordered by Taizong to lead the Hui and Fugu soldiers to attack the Turkic Chenose Khan Ashina Hubo (see the second part for details), Gao Wei was stunned to beat Ashina Hubo from the dignified Turkic Khan to a lonely man, and fled in the wilderness, and he did not escape, and was captured by Gao Weisheng!

This Chenose Khan, Ashina Hubo, was precisely the leader of the post-Turks. And what about the Turks? As early as 630 years earlier, it was destroyed by Li Shiyun and Li Jing! In other words, Gao Wei is doing the aftermath work - the general will destroy the country, and Gao Wei will clean up the mess! Later. Gao Wei will continue to be engaged in this work! I'll talk about that later.

3. Meet the last newcomer of the advance army - Li Jinxing, the general of the Left Prison Gate (forbidden army)! Li Jinxing is a man, and the history records "great appearance, brave to cover the army"! This is a powerful character, and we will get to know him in the future sweep battles, so today we will briefly introduce him. In a word, he is very powerful, and his wife is also very powerful! Let's wait and see! Okay, that's all for the newcomer exchange meeting, cut to the chase, everyone is in a hurry, and I'm in a hurry!

In September 666 (two years before the death of Goguryeo), it was very simple that the advance army entered the territory of Goguryeo, and the history records that "Pang Tongshan defeated the Goguryeo soldiers", and Pang Tongshan and Yuan boys rendezvous. Under the rule of Emperor Li, he appointed Yuan boy as a special jin, the governor of Liaodong, and the pacification ambassador of Pyongyang Province, and was named the prince of Xuansu County. In other words, the identity of the "high rape" of the Yuan boy was determined! Let him die for the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo!

An advance army detachment, a Pang Tongshan who has never led a soldier can "break the Goguryeo soldiers", and Goguryeo is too bad! Yuan Nanjian has a headache! He didn't know, there was something more of a headache for him!

In December 666 (one year and nine months before the death of Goguryeo), the Tang Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi appointed the British Duke Li Shichang as the chief of the Liaodong Provincial march and the pacification ambassador, and led an army of 20,000 to attack Goguryeo!

Lee Se-chan's last battle! Critical Blow! Lian Po is old? Ying Gong is not old! Enough playing, since the first emperor Taizong's personal expedition, it has been 22 years so far, it's time to end this qiē! I don't have the patience to keep playing with you! I haven't tried to do it. In order to completely destroy you, I first cleaned up Baekje, and I also sent Su Dingfang, an expert in destroying the country, and I also sent the one-eared general Qibi Holi! Correct. Heaven does not fulfill people's wishes!

Since 663, the country has been basically fine, and I can free up my hands to clean you up! In December 666 (one year and nine months before the death of Goguryeo), Gaozong Li Zhi took Shangshu Zuo Servant, Tongzhongshu Menxia, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, Sikong, and British Duke Li Shixun as the chief commander, and the general manager of the Liaodong Provincial Marching Army, and formed the Liaodong Provincial Army, following the advance army of Qibi He Li and Xue Rengui, who set out in advance, to conquer Goguryeo! With the division of the young Chang Bo Hao Chujun (good use of soldiers) as the deputy general manager of Liaodong Province. As Lee Se-chan's deputy.

With Dou Yiji, Dugu Qingyun, and Guo Zhifeng (always disappointing) as the commander-in-chief of the navy and the grain transporter, the main job of this road is to transport grain for the army, and in the battle, it is basically fine! He was ordered to be the head of the march of Biliedo and sent troops from Baekje to the south of Goguryeo; Ling Jin was the head of the march of Haegu Road, and sent troops from Silla to the south of Goguryeo;

The army that encircled and annihilated Goguryeo was initially formed, and the armies of all walks of life split up to attack the enemy and entered the territory of Goguryeo, with the goal: Pyongyang! Okay, the armies are still on the way, we have to walk for a while, then let's go back and see how the Goguryeo side is doing, they have recently figured out one thing: Yuan Nanjian or the people of Goguryeo need no longer be confused, a proverb that has plagued them for hundreds of years (谶 chèn: prophecy, omin) has finally been verified! There is a book in the history of Goguryeo "The Secret Records of Goguryeo", which has a sentence: "If it is less than 900 years, there will be 80 generals to destroy it" They once thought that there would be 80 generals to destroy themselves, but now they found that they have always understood wrong, not 80, but 80 years old! This general is the commander of our army - Li Shixian!

The Last Battle! Li Shiji! Goguryeo is wrong, Li Shiji is only 74 years old this year! It's still early to die at 80. However, it is not too outrageous, and there is not much difference between a 74-year-old man and an 80-year-old! It's all half-cut people in the ground! Li Shiji stepped on the war horse again, raised his war knife, and swung the final blow for the sake of this prosperous empire!

It is also in the cold winter of the steep season, stepping on the frozen northeast land for thousands of miles, the old man is still aspiring to thousands of miles, I am not old! This prosperous empire not only gave me the supreme glory, but also gave me a stage to leave a name for a thousand years! Trembling and weak hands can't suppress my excitement! Perhaps, fighting on the battlefield is my final destination! I understand that the holy heart must be obtained, I have no regrets, and I will draw a perfect end for myself with a perfect answer!

I was 12 years old. As a robber, you will kill anyone you want! When I was 14 years old, as a grass coward, I would kill people when I didn't like them! I was 17 years old. As a rebel, you only kill when you march and fight against the enemy! When I was 20 years old, I became a general, and I killed people so that more people would not be killed! Today. Lead the army to Goguryeo, destroy you, and save you! Save more Lebanese people from the ravages of war! If this battle is not won, the follow-up conquest will be endless, and it is the innocent people who will suffer after all! Including your Goguryeo's, including my Datang's! Win! For the world!

In September 667 A.D. (the year before the death of Goguryeo), "the new city, the key point in the west of Goguryeo, if you don't get it first, the rest of the city is not easy to take!" "Li Shiji led the army to take the route of the first expedition to Goguryeo, and the first stop was Xincheng! The strategic location and dangers of the new city are described in Chapter 1. One word: easy to defend and difficult to attack! Xincheng can be said to be a lock on the gate of the northwest border of Goguryeo, and when it is pried open, the door will be opened! Sensei analyzed, let's fight!

The Tang army set up camp on a hill near the city in the southwest of the new city, attacked for a while, rested for a while, and combined work and rest, which was not too hard!

The city was tortured a lot, but the Tang army should not be too leisurely. There is a saying: Don't perish in silence, explode in silence! New Town has erupted! The lord of the new city is determined to resist to the end! Good determination!

The citizens of Xincheng are also very depressed, and every time you come, you will come to beat us first. Although it has not been conquered, it is very torturous to live in fear all day long! It's been so many years, it's the first expedition again, it's harassment again, and here it is again! Do you still want people to live this day? The people of Xincheng are angry!

Those who win the hearts of the people win the world! In the same way, whoever wins the citizens gets the city! The citizens of Xincheng couldn't bear it anymore and decided to break out once! The Tang Army seems to be in danger. The vast sea of the people's war can drown a qiē! There is one representative among these citizens - Shifu Qiu!

Shi Fuqiu took a few citizens to find the city lord of the new city directly! Seeing these ordinary citizens angrily finding themselves, the city lord must have been happy: if the people's hearts are like this, why not be overwhelmed!

But, wait, the weapons in the hands of these benevolent brothers are not swords, guns, swords, and halberds, but bundles of ropes, and use ropes to defeat the enemy? Great! When the city lord was secretly admiring from the bottom of his heart, Shi Fu Qiu actually put a rope on him and tied up the city lord who was caught off guard!

Come with me! Shi Fuqiu directly led the city lord to the city gate, opened the door, went straight to the Tang army camp, and surrendered! This scene was unexpected, and the guards were dumbfounded! The head is gone, this battle can't be fought, let's descend together, it is said that the Tang Dynasty treats prisoners preferentially!

Although the prisoner of war camp is not as free as the city, at least you can sleep peacefully! History: The city people, the master, the husband and the feud and the other bound city lords opened the door and surrendered. ——"Zizhi Tongjian" volume 201 Li Shijiqi opened victoriously, so he arranged for Qi Bi He Li to garrison the new city, and personally led the troops to continue to advance eastward! What greets Li Shiji will be "sweeping thousands of armies like a sweep"! But the garrisoned Qi Bi He Li will also stage his last scene! An extremely arrogant scene!

"Wang Ba's War Method" analyzes that Li Shiji led the army to set off, leaving Qibi He Li alone to guard the lonely city! None of the historical materials of China, North Korea and South Korea show how many troops he had at this time, and some people believe that he only has 2,000 troops according to speculation, which I don't think is credible! Li Shiji's army had not experienced any battles before conquering Xincheng, so Li Shiji's entry into Goguryeo this time was still a surprise attack tactic, detouring into Goguryeo from other areas with weak or even no defense, and approaching Xincheng.

In other words, the main defensive force of Goguryeo was not damaged, and it still retained a fairly strong strength displayed in the border area. So where is the main force of Goguryeo now?

It is necessary for us to have a deep understanding of the "Eight Kings of War Method" created by Yuangai Suwen for Goguryeo, and at the same time, it is also an analysis of the defense strategy of Goguryeo's demise in advance (here I won't sell Guanzi, in fact, there is no Guanzi to sell, Goguryeo will die, there is no fluke mentality!). There is no heavenly help! The defensive configuration in the direction of the Central Plains suzerainty in the "Wang Ba Battle Method" is basically as follows: The first line of defense: Boundless Liaoze and Liaohe Tianha.

Liaoze, commonly known as the swamp of the Liao River Basin. What is Swamp? Everyone basically knows that from a distance, it looks like a grassland.

Different from the grassland, the grass will be shrouded in a cloudy fog, and below the grass, there will be staggered undercurrents, flooded water, rotting animals and plants, basically no carrying capacity, if you are not careful, step on it, you will fall directly! That's a muddy road, or a sea of oceans!

It's terrible! If you are lucky enough to successfully cross Liaoze, don't be too happy, because there is still a Liao River in front of you, which is still a natural risk! It is impossible for the Goguryeo army to garrison the army in Liaoze, but it can be stationed in the Liaohe River and attack you in Bandu! That's what kills!

55 years ago (612 AD), when Emperor Yang of Sui led an army of 2 million to conquer Goguryeo, he took this route, and came to the Liao River after being swallowed up by Liaoze after a large number of soldiers, and as a result, in the battle of forcibly crossing the Liao River, he successively lost the three generals of Zuotun Wei Mai Tiezhan, Hu Benlang General Qian Shixiong and Meng Cha! The second line of defense: many mountain towns on the border.

For example, the new city, Liaodong City, Anshi City, Jian'an City, etc., mentioned in the first chapter, most of these cities were built on mountains, with high walls, heavy garrisons, and abundant grain and grass.

Taizong's first expedition to Goguryeo, strictly speaking, was cut blunt by these mountain cities, and he had to go back to sharpen his knives!

The third line of defense: many cities in depth and the Yalu River. These castles were mentioned in the past, such as the domestic castle and the Bo Castle, and then there were many small castles, which are called satellite castles according to today's parlance. The garrison in the city is not as strong as the first line of defense, and the city is not as thick and strong as the mountain city of the first line of defense. The main purpose is to slow down the enemy's advance and buy time for organizing a counterattack!

The fourth line of defense: Pyongyang, the national capital. I'll talk about this when the army besieges Pyongyang. Hurry up and save some time and go back to find out where the main defense force of Goguryeo is! They were relatively lonely, Li Shiji ignored them and drove straight in! It's so disrespectful! It's so contemptuous of people!

We're a heavy army group, and we left without saying hello? You will pay for your rudeness! Li Shiji! You'll regret it!

In the first part of Li Shiji's plan, the heavy army group that was complaining was the main defensive force assembled by Yuan Nanjian, with a strength of 150,000! This was the largest mobile force that could be assembled before the fall of the country, and it was still stationed in the area of the Liaohe River at this time, planning to block the Tang army with the Liaohe River. (To be continued.) )