Hanging in the balance! But I believe in myself! I'm sure I'll be able to make it back! Soldiers, treacherous! Before the departure of the army, Li Shichang released the news: Our army will attack from Huaiyuan Town! Since ancient times, the art of war has been cloudy: soldiers are not tired of deceit! But why did Li Shiyun inform our army of the marching route in advance? Did he think that the Goryeo army was vulnerable?

No need to use a meter? The subordinate generals and soldiers were puzzled! However, it was not long before the soldiers were dispelled, and after making sure that the scouts of Goryeo had also heard the news, he issued a second military order: the whole army rushed north, from Tongding Town (crossed Liaoshui, and attacked Xincheng!). For Goryeo, Li Shichang did not take it lightly, the case of the failure of Emperor Yang of Sui was in front of him, and after careful analysis, Li Shichang chose the new city of Goryeo as the breakthrough point of the army's attack!

"Whoever wants to take Goryeo must first take Xincheng!" ——Li Shichang New Town, built on the 150-meter-high Gol Mountain, the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is an important town in the northern gateway of Goryeo! In the northeast in late March, it is still cold and windy! Li Shichang commanded the 60,000-strong army and marched quickly towards the destination, silently! Be sure to reach suddenness!

Catch the Koreans off guard! On the first day of the first month of April, after the Tang army traveled more than 600 miles, it arrived at Tongding Town, with Liaoshui in front, and after crossing Liaoshui, it was only 300 miles away from the new city.

The river water in April should be very icy and the temperature is very low! But no one hesitated to cross the river directly! On the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, the vanguard troops could already vaguely see the outline of Xuansu City! (Xuansu City is only separated from the new city by a river, Xuansu is on the south bank of the river, and the new city is on the north bank of the river.) ）

When the early Goryeo soldiers saw the banner of the Tang Army suddenly appear under the city at the head of the wall! They were stunned, they knew that the Tang Army was coming, but they didn't expect it to come so quickly! And he actually came to Xuansu City! They don't have time to be stunned, now they have an important thing to do, as long as they do this, then, Tang Jun can't bear me!

Do they have any magic weapons? Yes! That's to close the gates quickly! At this time. Li Shixian's deputy, the deputy general manager of the Liaodong Provincial March, and Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, had also arrived in Xincheng, and Li Shiqian only gave him a few thousand men.

As mentioned earlier, Seongseong is an important defense town of Goryeo, and it must be guarded by heavy troops (at least 40,000). The fortifications are strong, and the terrain of the new city is dangerous, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. You may think that with only a few thousand people and horses, you can't play "any" role in the face of this important town at an altitude of 150 meters! But. It depends on whom! The second fierce general of the Li clan! "At the beginning of the country, only Taoism and filial piety are the most virtuous" filial piety, that is, Li Xiaogong, the king of the river! Daozong, Jiangxia King Li Daozong is also! Tang Gaozu Li Yuan's nephew!

Li Daozong's resume: Name: Li DaozongCharacter: Cheng Fan Birth and Death Year: 600 A.D. - 653 Life experience: 17 years old, assisted Li Shimin, and retired Liu Wuzhou; At the age of 18, he was appointed as Zuo Qianniu Beishen (the former guard officer, similar to Li Yuanfang's inspection school Qianniuwei General), and was named the Duke of Luoyang County; At the age of 22, he served as the governor of Lingzhou; 27 years old. Ren Hongluqing (similar to the princes of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the director of the Barbarian Administration), Zuo Lingjun, Dali Qing (President of the Supreme Court); At the age of 29, he served as the head of the march of Datongdao; 30 years old, Shangshu of the Criminal Department (Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee, four chiefs of the Public Procuratorate and Law Department);

37 years old, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites (Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Education and Culture); Soon after taking office, he was dismissed and imprisoned for embezzlement; At the age of 39, he made a comeback and served as the governor of Maozhou. History of Jinju Thorns; At the age of 40, the main achievements of the Ministry of Rites: he has repeatedly made meritorious contributions in defeating Liu Wuzhou, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and other major battles; defeated the Turks and opened up more than 1,000 miles of territory for the Tang Dynasty; captured the Turkic Jieli Khan, so that the northern border of the Tang Dynasty was free of major wars for decades; Cooperate with Li Jing. the west to destroy Tuguhun; Escorting Princess Wencheng to Tu These thousands of people are in the hands of Li Daozong, and they will have a name! I can't get in?

Then don't come out too! Li Daozong sent Cao Sanliang, the commander of Zhichong, with only a dozen cavalry, and went straight to the city gate! The Goryeo guards in the city, who didn't know the truth and reality, were frightened by these dozen or so cavalry, and there was chaos! After a little composure. They also adopted the method of the defenders of Xuansu City - close the city gates! History books record that "no one dares to come out"!

In the past half a month, the army has marched continuously for nearly 1,000 miles! The main task now is to rest and recuperate, not to attack the city with a tired army, the two cities of Xuansu and Xincheng have been suppressed by us, and my goal has been achieved! Because my real goal is: Gaimu City! After ten days of rest, on April 15, the Tang army began to attack the city of Gaimu, and the Tang army, which was recuperated, was in good spirits. It's been ten days since I came, and I've got to fight a decent battle.

An army of 60,000 surrounded the city of Gaimu, charging and climbing the wall with the arrows and crossbows constantly shooting overhead...... This is the first battle to go abroad! Must win! I believe that this is a belief shared by all the way up to Li Shiyun and down to ordinary soldiers! After all, for your sake, we have endured so much hardship - long journeys, brave the wind and snow, and cross the river on ice!

And the Goryeo soldiers in the city also resisted the Tang army's charge again and again, and I believe that although they are afraid, they will certainly not be afraid. Because, they experienced the siege of a million troops from the Central Plains, and they finally survived, in their eyes, the soldiers under the city walls, except for the difference between the banner and the Sui Shi, the others are the same!

However, Tang Jun is determined to win! After 11 days of hard fighting, the Tang army finally conquered the city of Gaimu. "20,000 households, 100,000 stone of grain." After conquering Gaimu City, within a few days, Li Shichang led his army south and marched to Liaodong City. Here, he will join forces with Li Shimin and join forces!

A mystery of history! I consulted a series of materials including "New Tang Book", "Old Tang Book", "Zizhi Tongjian", "History of the Three Kingdoms", etc., and I did not find any record of whether the two cities of Xuansu City and Xincheng were conquered in this battle, but the records of the Goryeo defenders in the two cities in the face of the pressure of the Tang army retreated into the city and did not dare to attack! Has Xuansu City been conquered by the Tang Army?

It is recorded in the "Zizhi Tongjian Tang Ji Fourteenth": "Where the expedition to Goryeo, Xuansu, Hengshan, Gaimu ......" shows that Xuansu in addition to Gaimu City, Xuansu City was also conquered by the Tang army. In the subsequent battle of Liaodong, the "New Tang Book" and the "Old Tang Book" recorded that "Goryeo Fa New City and 40,000 domestic cities saved Liaodong". "The History of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 21, the Four Years of the Nine Treasures of Goguryeo", also recorded: "Wang Fa Xincheng rode 40,000 people in the domestic city to save Liaodong".

It shows that Xincheng was not conquered in this battle, and it also retained a fairly strong force! Now there is a question: from the geographical point of view, the three cities of Xuansu, Xincheng, and Gaimu City are all near Fushun, Liaoning today, that is to say, the three cities are not far away, so why did Li Shiyun only conquer Gaimu City and Xuanmu City and then waved his troops south?

Leave a ticking time bomb behind your ass? Isn't it dangerous? Historical records have not left us a trace! It is up to us to find the truth from the clues of history! Question 1: Why did the three cities only conquer Gaimu City and Xuansu City, leaving only the new city? Question 2: Why after conquering Gaimu City and Xuansu City. Didn't Li Shichang choose to continue to go east, but turned around and went south to Liaodong?

Let's answer question 2 first! Clue 1: Mr. Zhang Jian, do you remember? The commander of the advance army, the governor of Yingzhou, he has disappeared from our vision for five months. Now he has finally appeared, and he is holding an armed demonstration under the city of Jian'an! Clue 2: Here we need Mr. Zhang Liang to appear, as mentioned earlier, the sailors commanded by Zhang Liang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, crossed the sea from Laizhou to Pyongyang?

But after Zhang Liang set off, he did not march to Pyongyang. Instead, he went directly north, went to Beisha City, which is located on the Liaodong Peninsula, and captured this city, and then continued north in the Bohai Sea, and also reached Jian'an City! Clue 3: Taizong Li Shimin, where is he now? Li Shimin is passing through Liaoze with a radius of more than 200 miles, where is his destination?

It's also Liaodong, and he wants to join forces with Li Shiyun's vanguard troops!

Liaoyang has a characteristic, it is not far from the sea, whether it is the Bohai Sea or the Yellow Sea. Other words. The armies of the four routes have already joined forces in pairs, and they are very close to each other - the military term is called mutual coordination! I believe that after analyzing this, everyone should also be able to understand: the reason why Li Shiqian went south and Zhang Liang went north was so that the two armies of land and water could respond to each other and cooperate with each other, because the final destination of the Tang army was Pyongyang, the capital of Goryeo!

And Pyongyang is very close to the Yellow Sea, and both the attacking and defending sides need to work together on land and water! Question 2 is solved, there is another trick in the art of war: it is called containment! Our army moved south and advanced along the west coast of Goryeo towards Pyongyang. The purpose of the Tang army was to conquer its capital as much as possible, capture Wongae Suwen, and break Goryeo's will to resist.

But there are still many heavily guarded troops along the long border in northern Goryeo, and if they go south to reinforce the coastal towns. That will inevitably increase the difficulty of Datang's march. How to keep the heavy troops on the border obediently staying where they are? That is to conquer one or two cities along its borders, station an army, and send a general who knows Goryeo to defend it. The Goryeo soldiers are good at defending and not attacking, as long as I am well prepared, the Goryeo army will definitely not be able to attack! Two cities attract a large number of enemy troops!

Value! Two cities to relieve the pressure on my main forces! Value! Even if two cities are conquered, with the siege ability of the Goryeo soldiers. Maybe at that time, the head of Pyongyang City had already been replaced with the military flag of the Tang Dynasty! Suffer heavy casualties in battle? Don't be afraid, it's worth it! There has to be sacrifice! But thousands of troops are easy to obtain, and one will be hard to find! It's okay, guess who, who was sent by Li Shimin to guard Gaimu City?

Our old friend - Wei Ting! Let a guilty body defend a city with such a heavy strategic role, it seems that Li Shimin looks down on the Goryeo Army at all, and he is insulting Yuan Gai Suwen's IQ! I believe that Wei Ting, who received an order in prison, is also a mixed blessing! I'm glad that I'm free, and I'm also the commander of the garrison of a city!

The worry is that he will endure the constant attacks and harassment of the Goryeo army! However, Wei Ting, you are not alone, because the emperor has issued an edict for the Khitan, Xi and other tribes to also part ways to send troops to northern Goguryeo to relieve Wei Ting's pressure.

Okay, let Wei Ting go and ask for more blessings.

Let's get back to business! Now question 1 I believe you are also clear, if you still can't figure it out, just think about why ** didn't send troops to liberate a small Kinmen Island close at hand! Good! The doubt is solved! This is just my personal analysis from the marching route and combat direction of the Tang Army at that time, combined with historical data, if you have any new ideas, you can come up with them, let's analyze them together! Strive to restore the true appearance of this great war that took place in the Northeast 1400 years ago! After analyzing it for so long, Li Shiyun's army has also arrived under Liaodong City! Then let's gather our eyes, the scene here will be even more exciting!

Soldiers are coming to Liaodong! May 645 A.D.! The army led by Li Shiyun and Li Daozong has arrived at the city of Liaodong, and the army commanded by the emperor himself has not yet arrived, and the current strength is not enough to conquer the city wall. After the troops set up camp, Li Shichang began to give tasks to the various armies: Li Daozong, the deputy commander of the march, and Zhang Junyi, the commander of the march, were responsible for guarding and blocking the Goryeo reinforcements that might appear at any time.

It was discovered that a large number of reinforcements from Goryeo had set out, the exact number was unknown, and the time of the march was unknown! The rest of the troops are under my command, and I am responsible for guarding the movement of the Goryeo army in the city and preventing the enemy army and reinforcements in the city from attacking inside and outside! When there is no combat mission, except for some of the men and horses left by each department to take on the guard duty, the rest of the men and horses will be carried by me to carry sandbags! Carrying sandbags? Did you hear that right?

When the soldiers came to the trench outside the city, they were sure that they had heard correctly, that the trench was too wide and too deep to be bridged, and that the defenders of the city would not allow it, so they had to fill it with sandbags. Li Daozong is more relaxed! He didn't need to carry sandbags, after all, he had to leave some men on guard.

He wandered around the camp with 4,000 cavalry, and when he was fine, he came to the construction site to cheer up the soldiers! It seems easy! Sandbags are in full swing here. Over there, Li Shimin has already arrived in Liaoze.

Unexpected harvest Li Shimin personally led the Sixth Army and marched straight from Beiping to Huaiyuan Town. Before the army set out, a man from Longmen, Jiangzhou (now Hejin, Shanxi) came to the barracks and asked to join the army. Zhang Shigui, the general of the left leading army, met with this person and felt that now that he was conquering Goryeo, the imperial court was the time to employ people, so he left him.

At that time, Zhang Shigui didn't know that this farmer's future fame would never be under him, and his name would be passed down through the ages, until now, his reputation was not lower than that of Li Shimin on the pilgrimage! This farmer will also become the prototype of many TV series! I'm afraid he didn't expect this himself!

In this Goryeo War, he not only made a big show, but also comforted Li Shimin's slightly disappointed heart! Boundless Liaoze! Huaiyuan Town, located on the western edge of Liaoze, Li Shimin had already led his army here. In front of it is Liaoze with a radius of more than 200 miles. Liaoze! I, Li Shimin, are here! (To be continued.) )