Chapter 218: The Battle of Annihilation: Wind and Thunder
(This is an addition to the 2 million alliance, which was supposed to be added in the middle of the month, but because of the New Year's Festival, it was delayed until the end of the month, ashamed.) ''Luckily, I arrived early and late, and finally arrived. )
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Dressed in white, embroidered with gold and silver, with a scarf on the top, about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with clear eyebrows and a humble demeanor, he stretched out one foot and bowed (Goguryeo's unique prostration), and was called "capital crime". This is the second prince of Goguryeo, who is about to ascend the throne, and the eleventh king in history, the former king of Sichuan, Yiyimo.
Regardless of appearance and clothing, this new king of Goguryeo was not significantly different from the ordinary scholars of the Han Dynasty. Not to mention the appearance, in fact, there is still a certain difference between the Goguryeo native costume and the Hanfu, but on the formal occasion, the "dress" of Goguryeo is the standard Hanfu, which is the influence of the suzerain.
Ma Han received the new king with a grand courtesy, not only went out of the camp for several miles to greet him, but also placed the place of surrender three miles away from the camp, near the right bank of the Ma Zi River, which made Yi Yimo and Lou Yan more at ease.
Yi Yimo was indeed very worried, if it weren't for the Liaodong army coming to the city, and he had to show his subjects the image of a responsible monarch, to be honest, he really didn't dare to come. And for the sake of safety, he even used the most elite force he could control, the cavalry guard composed of five hundred Goguryeo and Hu people. Iyimo was not a cowardly person, but no one wanted to taste the taste of putting his life in the hands of others, let alone a soon-to-be-ascended monarch.
After seeing Ma Han, Yi Yimo was surprised that he turned out to be a handsome person younger than himself, and seeing that the young new Taishou behaved modestly and looked modest, Yi Yimo's heart finally settled down. Of course, the real reassurance was the five hundred cavalry brought by Yiyimo. You must know that the Liaodong Xuanfeng Army is only 800 horsemen. The troops in hand are not weaker than the other party, and they are backed by the national capital, and they can rush to help at any time...... Under such a well-established security situation, Yiyimo was willing to go out of the city to plead guilty.
On the waterside of Ma Zi, Ma Han personally received the letter of apology presented by Yi Yimo, as well as a short sword with a golden handle, which means to ask for guilt and let the king dispose of it. Of course, it's just a ritual tool. It's just meaning, don't take it seriously.
Yiyimo did not get up immediately after apologizing, but bowed again: "Brother Wang, Baqi, sent troops without authorization, offended the kingdom of God, and invited him to heaven, his crime is very serious. But brotherhood, why can't you bear to abandon it? Xiao Wang is willing to accept the guilt on behalf of his brother, please punish the king! ”
Hear Iyimo's words. Ma Han smiled. People who don't know hear Yiyimo's words, they really think that these two brothers are such brothers, and brothers, model royal family, and the fact is that these two brothers have been fighting openly and secretly for more than ten years. After Batsch's defeat. As soon as he returned to the domestic city, he was immediately taken down by Yiyimo and imprisoned in the palace threshold, just waiting for the situation to be bad. Throw it out to appease the wrath of the Liaodong army. For now, however, the war can be resolved peacefully, and Iyimo will be in power. At this time, what he needs most is to buy people's hearts and show his "benevolent" mind. If nothing else, it was worth it just to get the gratitude of the Juan Nu tribe of Badki's wife.
Yi Yimo saw that as long as Ma Han was surrendered, it would be inconvenient to pursue Baqi's offense, and this favor was worth doing. Sure enough, Ma Han said that he would not pursue it again, and ordered the release of all Goguryeo prisoners on the spot.
Yi Yimo, Lou Yan, and a number of Goguryeo officials breathed a sigh of relief, and also sent envoys to convey the good news to the domestic city and the city of Marudu. On the surface, the rhetoric is to make the people feel relieved early, but in fact, it is a herald to lower the alert level of the two cities, so as not to overly nervous the defenders, make some kind of trouble, and mess up the good situation, who will cry at that time?
The next step is to negotiate the process of compensation, pacification, worship to heaven, and proclamation, with the focus on the issue of compensation. This self-owned Zheng Gao and Goguryeo Da negotiated with Lu Louyan, Ma Han only had to drink wine with Yiyi Mo, and instructed the country, and the Goguryeo 500 cavalry guards were also rewarded with wine and food. For a while, inside and outside the account, there was harmony.
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At noon, a group of people and horses, about 30 people, appeared at the foot of Marudu Mountain, pushing two pallet wagons (Han Dynasty civilian trucks, unstoppable, flat double straight wheels), carrying more than a dozen urns of wine and some meat. This is an envoy sent by Yiyimo to convey the armistice ceremony reached with Liaodong, and at the same time give wine and food to celebrate together. Of the more than 30 people, in addition to the envoys and subordinate officers, there were only ten soldiers and twenty servants.
After checking that the survey was correct, the sentry at the foot of Marudu Mountain waved his hand and let him go. According to the procedure, the vehicles and drinks should have been checked, and even the body should be searched, but the envoy has a trump card and an edict, and even the guards of the Marudu Castle have to listen to the order, how many of these little soldiers dare to strictly enforce it?
The mountain road is narrow, one side of the mountain cliff stands, and the other side is bottomless, and the twenty men who push the cart are all trembling. Even the envoys and subordinate officers did not dare to ride horses anymore, but handed over the reins to the soldiers behind them, and with the support of their subordinates, they followed suit and walked cautiously.
Halfway up the mountain, a cart servant slipped under his feet, leaned over, and was about to fall, when suddenly a strong arm stretched out to his side and held him steady. The man glanced at the cliff in horror, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and turned his head to thank him again and again. And the young man who pulled the servant only smiled and nodded, and did not speak. If anyone who knows knows sees it, they must be surprised - this young servant is actually Yang Ji, the new 100-man general of the White Wolf Cavalry.
Yang Ji actually appeared here, and he was also pretending to be a servant, so it was obvious that the target must be Marudu City.
Of course, Yang Ji is not a person, half of the servants here are his own people, but they are not the Liaodong Army, but the Fuyu people and the Yilou people, and he is the only one among the Han people, and he is also the commander of this operation. Yang Jifang just pulled a handful of the servant is a real servant, this is a Goguryeo man, so there is no way to thank him, Yang Ji can't understand a word, but the meaning is not difficult to understand, so just smile and deal with it.
It is definitely a very difficult adventure to take the danger with ten people, and it is not good that the city is not taken, but it is buried with his own life. So Ma Han gave this task to Wei Qiutai, and Wei Qiutai selected ten dead soldiers to carry out this almost mortal mission. But before leaving, Liaodong sent a person as the commander, because he was afraid that the rest of the people would mess things up. The capture of Marudu Mountain Castle is a very important part of the plan, and it must not be allowed to go wrong. Therefore, Yang Ji, a warrior of Guangling, resolutely accepted this task of nine deaths and one life.
After walking for another half an hour, a city gate paved with wedge-shaped stone strips appeared in front of them, and the south gate of Weina Rock Castle arrived.
The gate was no more than a foot wide. The west side is the battlement of the city wall, the cliff on the east side, the deep valley is under the bottom, it can be called the dangerous pass, "one husband is the pass, ten thousand people are not open" so far is not a lie.
Yang Ji took a breath of cool air when he saw it, it was really a natural danger, let thousands of troops attack, the defenders only need to drop the city gate, and one sergeant is enough to resist thousands of troops.
The guards at the south gate heard that the battle was about to be decided. The king gave wine and food, and everyone liked it, not only did he not check, but he also helped Yang Ji and others push a mountain road. Further up, the city wall appears and disappears, and all kinds of flags are pulled straight by the mountain wind.
The main gate of Weina Rock Castle is the east gate, this gate is built between two walls, the cliffs on both sides are erected, and the gate borrows the mountain momentum. Natural passes. The doorway is equally wide, and there are two guardhouses on the left and right of the door. After Yang Ji and others entered the city, they saw that there were horse roads on both sides of the city wall, and there were lookouts and corner towers on them. There are grain depots and cisterns in the city. and rows of stone-built barracks. Up and down the city wall, you can see hundreds of Goguryeo soldiers who are stubborn, but at this moment, every soldier has a relaxed look on his face.
With a burst of laughter, the defender of the Wai Rock Castle. A middle-aged strong man forty miles away, with a beard on his face and wearing brown leather armor. Coming down from the two-story stone building in the middle of the barracks, he said something loudly to the messenger, who smiled and nodded in response.
Yang Ji couldn't understand what they were saying, and he didn't need to understand, because now was the best time.
Yang Ji took advantage of the cover of the servants around him and quietly pulled out the Hundred Refining Knife from under the trestle board. At the same time, a small but unusually strong servant silently pulled out two short axes from under another pallet cart. Yang Ji and the other party glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time - this strong man is a native of Yilou, famous, I heard that he is also the patriarch of a tribe, and he and a hundred clansmen were recruited by the rest of the people to fight.
Before Yang Ji joined temporarily, the operation was originally commanded by Zhaolai, but now he naturally retreated to the deputy. The Yilou people are relatively backward, for example, Zhao, as the patriarch, barely understands Chinese, but can't speak a word. Therefore, the chief and deputy conductors can only communicate briefly with simple glances or gestures.
After getting ready, Yang Ji took two steps forward, walked behind the subordinate officer, and said in a low voice: "The last task, take me forward, say that there is something important to report, and then, you can find a safe place to avoid." Rest assured, Taishou promises you, and it will be as you wish. ”
This "high traitor" who was bribed by threats and lures and installed Yang Ji and others into the ranks of the servants, his face was pale, and he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to step forward, bow to the messenger who was talking with the guard, and whispered something.
The messenger and the guard turned their faces in surprise, and then they saw a sword light and two axes.
The hundred refining knives and double axes were placed on the necks of the envoys and guards almost at the same time, and Yang Ji shouted at the panicked Goguryeo soldiers around him: "Under the order of the Great Han Liaodong Tai, we will fight against the enemy and take over the Weina Rock City." Those who lay down their arms, live! Die, those who resist in the corner! ”
Turning into elbows and armpits, the captured messengers and guards were in a mixture of anger, shouting something, and the surrounding soldiers were at a loss.
At this time, Yang Ji heard Zhao roar, and the eight Fuyu and Yi Lou people took out their short soldiers one after another and smashed them heavily on the urn clay pot. With a thud, the clay pot shattered, but instead of wine, black oil flowed out......
When the first flames on Marudu Mountain sparked, it did not attract attention until the fire gradually burned and the smoke was like a pillar, which finally caused panic among the Goguryeo people in the domestic city and on the banks of the Mazi River. But no one knew what the situation was, whether it was a fire or ......
Some Goguryeo officials hurriedly entered the account and reported to Yiyimo.
"What? Marudu Castle is on fire? At this time, Yiyimo was holding the horn bottle and greeting the horseman, and was shocked when he heard this, and turned his head to look out of the tent.
At this moment, a voice as cold as ice came from Yi Yimo's ear: "Goguryeo-kun, it will be very rude to treat people with the back of your head in the future." ”
In an instant, Yiyimo's head was twisted by a tremendous force—in a rotation of three hundred and sixty degrees, at an angle impossible for a living man, and was facing Ma Han's cold eyes......
Looking at Yi Yimo's dead eyes, Ma Han only said lightly: "Your great-ancestor once played trickery and invaded Liaodong and killed thousands of soldiers and civilians. I'm just reporting and reporting now, and it's not just you Goguryeo who can cheat. (To be continued!)
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