Chapter 285 [Conquering the World]
At the same time, Yuan Nanjian also summoned tens of thousands of soldiers to be stationed in the area of Nansu City, and cooperated with the 150,000 troops on the front line of the Liaohe River to form a defense in depth. Attempt to defeat the enemy outside the borders! Under the leadership of Li Shiji, the clinker Tang army actually bypassed the heavily defended Liao River, directly pulled out the new city, and then ignored the Jin Ya army in the nearby Nansu City, and waved its division to attack and advance in the direction of the Yalu River. Li Shiji led a mere 20,000 troops south.
It is an extremely dangerous move to put the enemy's heavy troops behind and go deep into the enemy's territory, and if the enemy army holds on to the city and returns with heavy troops, Li Shiji will be in danger. Li Shiji is 74 years old and has the responsibility of destroying the country, why did he take such a reckless action? Four months later, in February 668, the second year after the Tang army entered Goguryeo, Jia Yanzhong, who had inspected the front line in the name of the emperor, returned to the capital and reported to Emperor Li Zhi about the battle situation on the front. It can be seen that Li Shiji did not have the idea of underestimating the enemy, and the reason why he was in danger was because he was digging a pit for Goguryeo, a deep pit where the 150,000 troops of Goguryeo's main force were buried! The purpose of this campaign was to completely eliminate Goguryeo, which was the emperor's goal and Li Shiji's task! Be sure to be clean! Look at how Li Shiji devoured this 150,000 army of Goguryeo! Li Shiji gave himself the heaviest task - blocking. Attack and advance to the south, block reinforcements that may come from the direction of Pyongyang, and completely isolate this Goguryeo heavy army group on the Liao River front! And the task of annihilating 150,000 enemy troops, he left to Qi Bi He Li.
22 years ago, under Baiyan City, Li Shiji saw with his own eyes that Qibi He Li defeated more than 10,000 reinforcements of Goguryeo with 800 cavalry, and his strength is beyond doubt! He Li is not only brave, but also strategic, "wise and brave, resolute and decisive, and has the talent to dominate", and is the best ideal candidate. Of course, the 150,000 Goguryeo army ignored them after discovering the division of troops from the Tang army. A little! He planned to fight with the tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Nansu City, attack back and forth, take the Qibi He Li of the new city, annihilate the Qi He Li Division, and then follow Li Shiji's Division. The camera shoots black bricks on the back of the head of the Tang Army! However, if you want to shoot Li Shiji's black bricks, you have to ask Qi Bi He Li if he agrees. Chebi has never let anyone down! In the face of 150,000 enemy troops, he once again personally led the charge and mixed with such a leader. After a long time, under the influence and drive of the leader, every soldier is a force of Qibi. At this time, the Tang army was no longer thousands of small soldiers, but a collection of thousands of Qi Qi He forces, and the consequences of fighting such troops can be imagined. History contains "He Li fights and breaks it." More than 10,000 levels of decapitation. "150,000 enemy troops were routed in one fell swoop (note: they were routed, not annihilated) and fled in the direction of Buyeo Castle.
defeated the Goguryeo army, and Khibi He Li did not stop. U-turn and pack up tens of thousands of soldiers! Clean and neat! Whether you're 150,000 or tens of thousands, I'll treat you all equally – beat you! There is no suspense! The story of our one-eared general, Chebi Holi, on the Eastern Front has come to an end, and the battle for the sole leader ended with the defeat of 150,000 enemy troops! Since the sixth year of Zhenguan, Qibi He Li began to fight for the Tang Dynasty for more than 20 years, fighting Tuyuhun in the first war, the Western Turks in the first war, and the Goguryeo in the third war, a total of five times before and after, without a single defeat! In his life, he participated in all the major wars such as the destruction of Tuyuhun, the destruction of Xue Yantuo, the destruction of Tiele, the destruction of Goguryeo, and the destruction of the Western Turks, killing nearly 100,000 enemy troops and defeating more than 200,000 enemy troops. Nearly 300 enemy generals and ministers were captured, and more than 300,000 cattle, sheep and horses were captured. Among the forces that destroyed the nations, he took the lead and destroyed the city. I also didn't need to surrender to the enemy without a single soldier, and I could achieve my goal! When you are the main general, you will be devastated! As a lieutenant general, turn the tide! The life of Qibi He Li is a life of success and a life of glory! However, he is not a perfect man. He also has a flaw - jealousy of those who are stronger than him! However, I don't think it's a bad thing to just have a "jealous mentality", but a competitive and strong heart is more motivating. Throughout his life, he has never stumbled or made anyone bad because of his jealousy! After the end of the Eastern Crusade, Qibi He Li no longer had the opportunity to be the protagonist, until nine years later, on the Southwest Front, he will be ordered to accept the Shuai Qi again! (Note, there is no contradiction, just the order to accept the handsome flag, but the next time it was decomposed before it was carried up) In Goguryeo, the story of Chebi He Li is only coming to an end, and it is not completely over, first, because he can only be Li Shiji's deputy for the rest of the days. There is another reason, there will be an equally powerful character arrogantly debuting next - the first general of the Gaozong Dynasty: Xue Rengui!
The first general of the Gojong Dynasty: the archer Xue Rengui's 150,000 Goguryeo army was defeated in one fell swoop. He Li ignored the remnants of the Goguryeo army, and he had a more important task - to go south to join forces with Li Shiji, cross the Yalu River, and attack Pyongyang. For the remaining more than 100,000 remnants of Goguryeo, if they are not completely eliminated, they can still pose a threat to the rear flank of the Tang army, and they must be solved. Li Shiji has his own arrangement! Qi Bi He Li left, leaving Pang Tongshan, who was "strict with the army", and Gao Wei, who was "loyal and strategic", to garrison the new city, these two governors have never acted alone, this time, the endgame will be handed over to you! You will face more than 100,000 enemy troops, remnants of the army to be exact! It shouldn't be a big problem! After arranging the two chiefs of Pang Gao, Li Shiji sent another general to lead 2000 troops, and the task was to secretly cooperate with the two chiefs and act with the camera. After discovering that the main force of the Tang Army was moving south under the command of Qi Bi He Li, Yuan Nanjian decided to continue to implement the established policy of shooting black bricks on the back of Li Shiji's head. Although the 150,000 army was defeated, the main force still existed and was still able to attack, not to mention that now that Qi Bi He Li has left, it is two little-known Pang Tongshan and Gao Wei who are stationed in the new city! If you can't beat the strength of Qibi, it's still feasible to clean up the two of you. A year ago, I was defeated by your Pang Tongshan's men, but now you have divided your army and your strength has been greatly reduced. I was your defeated man, and it is my task to defeat you! Fight for honor! A few days after the departure of Khibi Holi, Yuan Nanjian ordered the defeated Goguryeo army to reorganize the offensive and attack the Tang army in Xincheng, which was already outnumbered. The Goguryeo army chose a night attack! After all, with real swords and guns, our Goguryeo army has never won, so we can only choose to attack at night, and there are many benefits to night attacks: I am in the dark, you are in the light, you don't know my reality, and you guard against emptiness...... More than 100,000 Goguryeo troops secretly approached the Tang army camp under the cover of night...... Night attack, what you want is a surprise attack, and you will be caught off guard! The Goguryeo army rushed in, and the Tang army was unprepared, if the generals of the Tang army at this time were Li Daozong or Qibi He Li and others. Organizing a counterattack on the spot will still be able to repel the enemy forces. It's a pity that the generals at this time are Pang Tongshan and Gao Wei. The Tang army couldn't hold on, and the black light was blind. I don't know how many people came, and I saw that the Tang army was about to be defeated. When the Goguryeo army was about to succeed. The 2000 reserve team secretly arranged by Li Shiji arrived, and under the lead of the captain, they went on a rampage and entered the enemy formation. In the dark. The Goguryeo army couldn't figure out the truth and the truth, and I didn't know how many people the Tang army came, thinking that they had been ambushed, leaving hundreds of corpses, and running away. After all, "people and lost land, people and land are saved", it is important to preserve strength!
The person who came was none other than Xue Rengui, the general of Zuo Wuwei! In order to allow the army to march into Pyongyang without any worries, it was necessary to deal with this Goguryeo heavy army group, but it was impossible for the Tang army to come up with the main force to deal with it, and the Goguryeo army was good at defending but not good at fighting. If the 150,000 enemy troops adopted the "Wang Ba Battle Method" to hold on to the mountain city, it would be difficult for the Tang army to win a quick victory if they were to be completely annihilated. After a long time, the soldiers are tired and there is a lack of food, and the Tang army will return in vain. Therefore, they must be annihilated in the field! However, the Goguryeo army knew that they were not the opponent of the Tang army in the field battle, they were not stupid, how could they obediently let them out of the city and fight with the Tang army in the field?
Li Shiji carefully planned a strategy to destroy the enemy. The deep pit dug for the 150,000-strong army was divided into three steps: the first step was to divide the troops and show weakness to the enemy. After conquering the new city, the Tang army divided its troops. Li Shiji led a group south to the Yalu River, and he was stationed in Qibi. The purpose was to attract the Goguryeo army to attack the city and defeat the enemy in the field; The second step is to defeat the enemy in a battle and hit the morale of the enemy army at the same time. The greatest possible weakening of the enemy's vital forces. This is the most important step, and the success of the follow-up depends on the outcome of this step. To this end, Li Shiji sent the wise and brave one-eared general Qi Bi He Li to carry out the first battle mission. He lived up to expectations, defeated the enemy army in one fell swoop, knocked out the morale of the enemy army, and killed more than 10,000 people by the way, successfully completing the task; The third step is to defeat the morale of the enemy army, continue to show weakness to the enemy, attract the enemy army to go out of the city again to fight in the field, and completely destroy this heavy army group in the field battle. Fourth, if the third step fails to completely annihilate the enemy, they will continue to show weakness and lose Goguryeo's appetite to prevent them from hiding in the city. The analysis has reached the third step, and everyone understands. The reason why Li Shiji put Pang Tongshan and Gao Wei in the open is to continue to show weakness to the enemy. The real backhand is Xue Rengui who is hiding in the shadows. Xue Rengui was already a general of Zuo Wuwei from Sanpin at this time, and after a lapse of 8 years, Xue Rengui returned to the Goguryeo battlefield again. In Goguryeo, from the beginning of the Battle of Zhusan to the end of the Battle of Xincheng just now, General Xue also fought with Goguryeo three times in the harassment war, without any defeat, let's look back at Xue Rengui's growth journey:
In 657 A.D. (the second year of Xianqing), Xue Rengui disturbed Goguryeo and defeated the Goguryeo army at Guiduancheng in the Liaoshui basin (another name for Xincheng, Xincheng is located in the Guiduanshui basin, and Guiduanshui is Liaoshui) and beheaded more than 3,000 ranks; (Suspected to be wrong, the Old Tang Book records that the Battle of Guiduanshui took place in the second year of Xianqing, but the New Tang Book and Zizhi Tongjian both record it as the third year of Xianqing, and it is suspected that the historian recorded it incorrectly.) In 658 A.D. (the third year of Xianqing), Xue Rengui continued to harass Goguryeo and attacked Chifeng Town near Anshi (near present-day Haicheng, Liaoning), and the history records that "he pulled out, beheaded more than 400 people, and captured more than 100 people". At that time, Yuan Gai Suwen was annoyed, every time he came to harass you, there was your unknown young general Xue Rengui, who was too arrogant. So Yuangai Suwen sent the general Dou Fang Lou to lead 30,000 people to intercept it, and was led by Xue Rengui, Cheng Mingzhen and others to lead the Khitan soldiers to rush head-on, and the history records "Breaking it and beheading 2,500 people". This is not over, Xue Rengui is here again.
Sniper Xue Rengui! In 659 A.D. (the fourth year of Xianqing), Xue Rengui, who was then the general of the right leading army, led his troops to the Liaoshui Valley again, and encountered the Goguryeo general Wenshamen in Hengshan (now the eastern mountainous area of Liaoyang, Liaoning) in the east of Liaodong City. Xue Rengui is too high-profile, as the saying goes, a gun shoots a bird! The nemesis of a sniper is also a sniper! The Goguryeo people were furious, and they also sent a master shooter to restrain Xue Rengui!
After the Battle of Hengshan, Xue Rengui and others led their troops to continue their advance, and when they marched to Shicheng, they encountered Goguryeo snipers. This person's archery skills are extremely sophisticated, and his shooting level is by no means below Xue Rengui. When the Tang army launched a charge, this person shot more than ten arrows in a row, and it was also among the arrows! Xue Rengui has met an opponent, a real master duel!
In 2008, at the Olympic Park Archery Range in Beijing, Chinese female archery player Zhang Juanjuan defeated South Korean star Park Sung-hyun with a total score of 110:109 and won the 29th Olympic Archery Women's Individual Championship, ending the myth that Koreans were undefeated in archery for 24 years. Prior to this, China's archery program had been known as the "second of the millennium". After the game, the reporter interviewed Zhang Juanjuan, so he interviewed the volunteers at the scene, and the volunteers said to the reporter like this: "Before Zhang Juanjuan won the championship, I didn't dare to say a word to her, for fear of disturbing her and distract......ing her."
When the two snipers in the match are equally skilled in archery, the competition is the psychological element. Obviously, Goguryeo's sniper psycho is not up to par!
The minions are bullied, and the boss wants to play. Xue Rengui once again single-handedly assaulted the enemy formation, although the history books did not record it in detail, but the Goguryeo sniper who was "in the arrows" must have been timid in the face of this deadly Tang general, and his hands and feet trembled, because he "lost all his bows and arrows". It's okay to have a shaky hand, at most you can't shoot, but a shaky leg is fatal, because the leg is the guy who escapes. History: "The thief's bow and arrow are lost, and if he can't lift his hand, he will be captured" - "Old Tang Book" volume 38
If there were the Olympics at that time, the champion of the men's individual archery competition must be Datang! Xue Rengui's psychological element can be seen here, today's Olympians only face targets when shooting, but Xue Rengui is able to kill the enemy and capture the enemy in the formation of arrows and stones! In the future, we will continue to learn his magic archery skills and extraordinary courage! (To be continued.) )