Chapter 217: [The Battle of Annihilation: Begging to Surrender]
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On June 24, as soon as the Xuanfeng Army crossed the salt water, a group of Goguryeo officials were ushered in, and they apologized to the Liaodong Army of the Han Dynasty for claiming to be the great opponent of Goguryeo, Lu Louyan.
Ma Han had done enough homework before setting out on the expedition, and knew that this "great pair of Lu" was the hundred officials of the Goguryeo Kingdom, which was equivalent to the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. The prime minister of a country, condescending to the noble (of course, in front of the high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty with 2,000 stones, it is not a noble), and he is invited to surrender, which is really sincere enough.
Goguryeo had such a low profile, and Ma Han was not too much to do it, and immediately camped on the right bank of Yannanshui to meet with Goguryeo officials.
Since it is a surrender, of course, the Goguryeo people cannot come empty-handed, and there are no less things for the labor army, such as cattle and sheep wine, grain and rice, fresh fruits, plus the generous gifts offered to the Taishou of Liaodong. When others came to their door, they had to whisper to apologize and ask for forgiveness, and they were rewarded with drinks, and the Goguryeo people's evil slave nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong was fully revealed.
Goguryeo Da to Lu Louyan was a fifty miles away, well-maintained, high-crowned and white-clothed clan nobleman, who claimed to be Gu Yanya (clan relative) from Guiloubu Dajia, and also the father-in-law of the second prince Yiyimo.
It was in Ma Han's Chinese military tent that the two sides began negotiations on surrender and surrender. There is no problem in terms of language, whether it is the Fuyu people or the Goguryeo people, the officials of their countries all use Chinese as the official lingua franca. Communication was completely unhindered.
Since it was a negotiation, and he held the biggest bargaining chip in his hand, Ma Han naturally would not waste it in vain, and he took the initiative at the moment and angrily denounced the Goguryeo army for disobedience. Ignoring the duties of the state, he repeatedly violated the state. This time, it has broken the peace and tranquility of the border for more than 20 years, and it is unbearable to commit a crime on the border. In order to protect the territory and the people, the Liaodong army raised the army and imposed severe punishment. Set an example.
In the face of the thunderous anger of Liaodong Taishou, Lou Yan wiped his sweat and shouted grievances, saying that this was all done by the eldest prince Baqi without authorization, and it was definitely not the intention of his country, and the army he led was also his private army. It was not a national soldier, and finally burst into tears: "The king of a small country, Fang Xu, the funeral coffin has just been sealed, how can there be any reason to use swords and soldiers?" What's more, it's still a country to enter the country. In fact, the eldest prince is good at it, and it is not the intention of the second prince and the ministers of the country. I hope to make you wise! ”
Ma Han nodded: "It sounds like it's ...... reasonable."
Lou Yan hurriedly said: "Yes, that's it......"
Ma Han raised his hand and interrupted: "Da Xiang Lu kept saying that he was good at Baqi and was good at fighting on the side without authorization, and he also said that he was in charge of his private soldiers-then I came to ask you." Is Batch the Great Prince of your country? ”
Lou Yan nodded yes.
"Did the ancestor of your country die?"
Lou Yan nodded again, covering his face with his sleeves, full of sadness.
"Is Backi the next monarch?"
Lou Yan habitually just nodded. Immediately raised his head suddenly, shook his head like a rattle, and hurriedly denied: "The succession is undecided......
Ma Han ignored it and waved his hand to interrupt Lou Yan's words: "Since Baqi is the eldest monarch, isn't he the next monarch?" Doesn't his actions represent an act of state by Goguryeo? ”
Lou Yan was speechless, and his face changed. In the end, he seemed to have made a decision, and gave a long bow to Ma Han: "The eldest prince is arrogant. to be criticized by the people; The second prince is virtuous and wise, and he is very virtuous. Up and down my country. Determined to serve the second prince as the king. This time, after the new monarch ascended the throne, he will present the expression to the emperor of the Han family to apologize, and ask the envoy to submit it. ”
Ma Han stared at Lou Yan coldly, saying nothing, until Lou Yan's face was pale, sweating like a waterfall, and he was almost unstable, and then he said coldly: "My army has trekked through mountains and rivers and leaped thousands of miles, in order to give the invaders a lesson that they will never forget." Now that you've just made a start, do you want to beat us up with a sheet of apology? ”
Lou Yan hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, our country will pour out the country's material resources, wash the dust for the Taishou, and reward the Han Heavenly Army." The military expenses incurred by your army in this operation will be repaid by our country. ”
Both admitting the beating and the punishment, Goguryeo put on such a low posture, what else could Ma Han say, so he put forward two requirements: "1. Send a messenger to the city of Susheng bones, spread the word to the garrison, order it to lift the guard, and withdraw half of the troops to relieve our army's worries; 2. The new king of Goguryeo -- whether I am Baqi or Iyimo, I must come to the camp with a letter of apology to show my sincerity. ”
The first Lou Yan said that there was no problem, and as for the second article, he had no right to decide on behalf of the new monarch, so he could only ask the new monarch for instructions after returning and then reply. At the same time, Lou Yan also made a request to release more than 400 captured Goguryeo soldiers. People are happy, and Ma Han naturally does not procrastinate, so he agrees.
The next day, an envoy from Goguryeo came to reply, and the new monarch agreed to go to the camp in person to apologize for his sins, and the time was set for tomorrow.
The new monarch ascended the throne, how could it be so fast? Ma Han knew that the Goguryeo people had played a little trick, and most of the Yiyi Mo had not yet ascended the throne. In this way, he is a prince to give an expression of thanks, so that in front of the countrymen, he can be regarded as having an explanation. However, Ma Han didn't break it, and it didn't matter what identity Yiyi Mo came in, because ......
On the same day, on the pretext of exempting the new Goguryeo monarch from running back and forth, Ma Han pulled out the camp and marched westward, to a plain twenty miles away from the domestic city, and set up camp again. The Goguryeo people naturally knew that Ma Han's move was intended to deter. But don't say it, the Goguryeo people eat this set, or how can they panic and apologize when they hear that the Baqi army was wiped out in a battle?
There were not many selected vanguard troops of Ma Han, no more than 800 horsemen on the left and right, but there were six or seven thousand people with the follow-up army and the rest of the army. However, the standing army of Goguryeo did not exceed 10,000 people, but it was scattered in the east, south, west, and north within a radius of 2,000 miles, and was used to defend Lelang, Liaodong, Xuansu, Wofu, Yilou, and the sworn enemy Fuyu. The garrison of the domestic city and its acropolis Marudu is only 5,000, and now it has been buried by Baqi with 2,000 elite soldiers, and the entire Goguryeo king is only 3,000 troops to guard, how can he dare to fight with the white wolf cavalry and the fierce Hu cavalry in Liaodong?
On June 27, news came from the rear that Xiahoulan led the Chinese army to Yanyanshui. Preparing to cross the river. Lejin's white wolf cavalry striker has arrived at the place where the horse is attacking and taking Becky that day. And the garrison of Susheng Bone City was also withdrawn by more than half of the envoy's order, and the remaining more than 100 soldiers, even if there was a dangerous city, there were too few troops, except for self-defense. There is no more power to intercept.
On the same day, the second prince of Goguryeo, Yi Yimo, as the new monarch, led the big pair of Lu and other officials, under the escort of 500 cavalry warriors, and was rushing towards the camp of the Liaodong Army of Ma Hao.
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Ma Han climbed to the west side of the camp with dozens of horses early in the morning. The Goguryeo people call it the dangerous ridge of the Seven Star Mountain, climb high and look far away, the Changbai Mountain Range, the reckless and green, the Yalu River. Rolling eastward. On the right bank of the Yalu River, under the Yushan Mountain, a peculiar style of earth city, eye-catching.
It is said to be peculiar because this city does not resemble the pattern of the state and county seat of the Han Dynasty, but rather resembles a pyramid - yes, the three words that flashed through Ma Han's mind when he first saw this city for the first time. It's the pyramid.
The city is slightly square, the base of the wall is made of stone strips, and the city wall is made of earth. The east wall is the shortest. It is about 500 meters, the north wall is the longest, about 800 meters, and the other two sections of the west and south walls are between 6 and 700 meters. The circumference of the whole city is about six miles, and it is retracted layer by layer. The city is set in the city, and the layers are increased. There are as many as four floors, and you can see it from a distance. It's a lot like a pyramid indeed. But the pyramids were only mausoleums, and the city was the heavily guarded capital. Each city wall is built with a horse face at certain intervals, and the four corners are provided with corner towers, and there are six city gates, one in the north and south, and two in the east and west, all of which are equipped with urn cities.
This peculiarly shaped city is the capital of Goguryeo - the domestic city.
And what really made Ma Han vigilant was not the domestic castle in front of him, but the Wai Na Iwa Castle on Mount Maruto in the west.
Five miles away from the domestic city, there is a high mountain with an altitude of 6 or 700 meters, the famous pill capital mountain, there is a city built on the top of the mountain, the famous captain that rock city, echoes with the domestic city watch, and is a military garrison city.
The city was built in the first three years of the Western Han Dynasty (3 A.D.), and Goguryeo moved its capital from the city of Susheng to the domestic city, and at the same time built the city of Weina Rock as its acropolis.
Ma Han learned about the garrison of this acropolis from the mouth of the captive, and felt that it was more difficult to capture than the Bone City.
This city is high in the north and low in the south, it is built along the ups and downs of the mountain, the city wall on the east, west and north sides is facing the steep cliff outside, and the city is a gentle slope, showing an irregular quadrilateral, the shape is like a dustpan. The circumference of the city is similar to that of the domestic city, all of which are six miles, and there are also six city gates, all of which have urn cities. Under normal circumstances, you can only climb the mountain from the east and south gates to enter the city.
Looking from the top of the mountain where Ma Han is located, I saw that a sheep intestine trail in the Marudu Mountains was like an ancient vine clinging to the mountain rock, hanging from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the valley, and it appeared and disappeared in the mountain mist. Even if you look at it from a distance, you can deeply feel the embarrassment that even if there are thousands of troops, you can only crowd the trail one after another. The Goguryeo people only need to put a team of soldiers at the south gate, and they can receive the effect of "one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open".
The Goguryeo people were very proud of their two capitals, and even if they had been imprisoned, the Goguryeo defeated soldiers said proudly when they were questioned by the horses, even if they had thousands of troops, they could not break their capital and acropolis.
Are the domestic castles and the rock castles really impregnable? The answer is definitely enough to slap the face of a Goguryeo person.
Baqi Koubian, of course, has Ma Hanxin's new Liaodong, the political power is not stable, and the inner ghost leads the way party, but even without this factor, according to the inherent historical process, this incident will also occur.
In the original history, Baqikou copied Xuansu and retreated, and Gongsun Du of Liaodong sent an envoy to ask for the guilt, and the eleventh king of Goguryeo, the king of Guochuan, Yiyimo, expressed his apologies. But soon after, the Goguryeo people reverted to their old ways, and once again they were on the side, smashing and robbing and then retreating to apologize. From the second year of Xingping to the second year of Jian'an, the Goguryeo people played this trick again and again, and they played it skillfully. Finally, the play is out of fire.
In the second year of Jian'an (197), Gongsun Du, who was playing a big game, sent Zhang Chang and Gongsun Mo to lead tens of thousands of troops to expedition to Goguryeo. After a series of battles, Goguryeo was defeated and the city was burned. Iyimo had to expand Uinaam Castle the following year and renamed it Maruto Castle as a temporary capital. And in the fourteenth year of Jian'an (2o9), the capital was officially moved to Marudu, which was the third capital of Goguryeo.
So what is the fate of this third capital?
Half a century later, in the third year of Zhengshi (242), the 13th king of Goguryeo, Dongchuan Throne Palace, who had once surrendered, rebelled against Wei and attacked Xi'an Ping in Liaodong. Of course, the palace's actions angered the Wei state, and the Wei court ordered the Youzhou assassin Shi Wuqiu Jian to lead a large army to conquer it.
In the sixth year of Zhengshi (245), Cao Wei's Youzhou assassin Shi Wuqiu Jian marched an army of 10,000 people to attack Goguryeo, and successively defeated the Goguryeo Dongchuan Throne Palace twice at Boiling Water and Liangkou, and wiped out more than 18,000 Goguryeo troops who claimed to have 20,000 people. The Wei army then captured the capital of Goguryeo and destroyed it.
This is the fate of the domestic city and the Maruto city in the original historical time and space.
Ma Han didn't know about Gongsun Du and Cao Wei's two attacks on Goguryeo in history, but one thing he knew very well was that with such a fucked evil neighbor, conflict would be sooner or later. The Liaodong Army's conquest of Goguryeo was only two years earlier than in history. Gongsun Du endured it for two years, but he couldn't bear it for two days, since he had to fight sooner or later, it was better to fight early than later.
A long horn sounded from the camp of the Liaodong Army, and a neat and solemn cavalry army appeared in the field of vision, with flags of various colors, hunting and flying in the morning breeze of the field.
Goguryeo invited the surrender team and arrived.
Ma Han stretched his waist for a long time, like a sleeping tiger waking up: "Has Yiyimo arrived?" So, it's time for the show! (To be continued)
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