Chapter 555: Imagination is Beautiful, Reality Is Cruel
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Duluo shook his head, "I haven't found the movement of the Goguryeo soldiers and horses yet, but we have now scattered the horses to a hundred miles away at most, once we find the Goguryeo people, they are only a hundred miles away from us, and the road of a hundred miles can be reached in half a day." Father, our progress is still too slow, don't rest at night, we have to hurry up overnight to repair, at least we have to repair the big and five small walls and gates first. ”
"But everyone is tired, too."
"There will be brave men under the heavy reward, give more rewards, I believe everyone can fight again." Vira stayed by the emperor's side for a long time, and also learned some of the emperor's styles, and never spared money. Making a fortune at a critical time is always very effective and motivating, even if it is a Khitan nomadic tribe.
"Do you think Gao Yuan will really take the north road?"
"Liaodong City has been taken by Wuwei Hou, presumably Gao Yuan should also know this fateful news at this time. Do you say that after he knows the news, how will he choose, whether to retreat east by the original road, go all the way back to Liaodong City, and fight with Marshal Li Jing for Liaodong City, or take the north road, go back to Xincheng or Buyeo first, reorganize the people, and then recapture Liaodong City? ”
Mo Hui thought for a while, "If Gao Yuan is smart, he should take the north road instead, return to Liaodong with peace of mind, and then regroup his troops and horses to fight again, instead of rushing back to Liaodong City in a hurry." ”
"What my father said is very reasonable, and my son also thinks so, so it is nine out of ten likely that Gao Yuan is going to take the north road, not to mention that General Li Jing has sent tens of thousands of horses to set up camp on Songshan on the bank of the White Wolf Water to intercept it."
Mohui looked at the walled city at the foot of the mountain. He smiled and said to his son, "This has always been the pasture of our Khitans. It's a good piece of land. Especially if you see, if Gao Yuan loses this time. It will be difficult for Liaodong to compete for power in the Liaohe area in the future, and this will be the territory of the Sui Dynasty in the future. You look at the Su branch of the Xi people, your old father-in-law has followed the present in the past two years, vigorously cooperated, let countless Han people enter the Xi realm, reclaimed Tuntian, built forts and roads in various river valleys, opened commercial markets, and exchanged trade, and he also asked the Sui people to help him build several cities. Especially Songshan City, you see how big it is, now a large number of merchants have settled in and become the trade center in that area, Su Zhiguang has made a lot of money just by sharing those taxes from the imperial court, and his strength has increased greatly. Our Khitan has always been too far away from Sui, and a Yingzhou is not prosperous. Now it's okay, wait for the imperial court to defeat Goryeo. In the future, we will inevitably vigorously develop western and eastern Liaoning, and with the fertility of the land in the Liaohe Plain, there is a lot to be done here. The land under our feet is in an excellent location. Connecting Yingzhou and the Liaodong Plain, you can even enter Songshan City of the Xi people and Lianghe Town of the Sui people after passing Guò Yingzhou to the east. Finally, it reaches Huaihuang, or turns south to Youzhou. If we operate here. In less than ten years, it is bound to surpass the Xiren Songshan. Become a big city that is not inferior to Yingzhou. At that time, we Khitan, our Vegetarian Department will inevitably be more prosperous because of this. ”
"Father, the Khitan is already a part of the Sui Dynasty, and the ten Khitan departments are the land of the Ten Prefectures set by the Imperial Court. After defeating Goryeo, it is likely that this will be the southern boundary of Liaobei Province, and it may also be subsumed into Liaoxi Province. In short, this will be the territory of the imperial court, the territory of the imperial court. Hearing the unwilling to be lonely in his father's words, he carefully reminded his father. The Great Sui Emperor and the imperial court did not intend to have only a nominal submission to the attached Sanfan, but to completely incorporate it into their rule. If they cooperate, these clan leaders will definitely have a good result, if they have other plans, want to continue to be independent of the court, and even have further ambitions, there will never be a good result at that time. Look at Goguryeo, look at the Turks, these extremely powerful giants and powerhouses have fallen one by one, tribes like the Khitan can only be regarded as second-rate forces around Sui at best, how to fight? This kind of thinking is unacceptable, and the longer he follows the emperor, the stronger his awe of the emperor becomes. Even he doesn't want to be a tribal leader at all, a Khitan king, he is more of a Chinese civilization, he prefers to be a nobleman of the Great Sui Empire, an official and a general, and a Sui person, rather than a Khitan.
Mo will look at his son with some strangeness, and feel that his son has changed more and more. He sighed inwardly and stopped continuing the topic.
Yingzhou, Liucheng.
Gao Yuan received the news of the loss of Liaodong City very late, and at first he didn't believe it at all.
"What did you say?"
"Your Majesty, Liaodong City, lost!" The general who reported the news was out of breath and looked panicked, like a mourner, but this news was too terrifying to believe.
Gao Yuan suddenly changed color, "You say it again!" ”
"After the battle of White Wolf City, the marshal of the Sui army, Li Jing, secretly evacuated White Wolf City with the main force, and they rode lightly along the coast, advancing by leaps and bounds, running to the southern end of the White Wolf Water, and camping in Songshan to cut off our retreat. And then, "Speaking of which, that general wants to cry."
"And then what's wrong?"
"Then we didn't know anything about their actions, that Li Jing was extremely cunning, and when he saw this, he divided his troops extremely arrogantly, leaving 30,000 people to guard the Songshan camp, and he took 30,000 people straight to Liaodong City. Then, then he took the city of Liaodong. ”
"How is this possible!" Gao Yuan asked angrily.
Liaodong City is so strong, even if he draws the elite to Liaoxi, but there are 8,000 defenders in Liaodong City alone, and there are many castles around, as soon as the Sui army appears on the edge of the Liaohe River, it should report for the beacon fire, and the cities on the east bank of the Liaohe River should prepare as soon as possible, and then according to the routine, the surrounding areas of Liaodong City will send additional troops and horses to Liaodong City, and even withdraw the people into various cities to deal with this kind of raid. Goguryeo has been operating on the east bank of the Liao River for more than 200 years, is it all a joke? No matter how cunning Li Jing is, no matter how fast he runs, can he still run over the beacon fire, can 30,000 light horsemen still fly up the high wall of Liaodong City?
"Li Jing defrauded the gate of Liaodong City, and captured Liaodong City without spending a single soldier, the two walls inside and outside are like a fictitious, and the surrounding castles are even more unpreemptive, and even the warning signal has not been transmitted."
I heard that Li Jing actually captured Liaodong City with a long-distance attack of 30,000 light horses. Moreover, it was a bloodless soldier who seized Liaodong City without a single soldier, and Gao Yuan almost vomited blood in anger. How much effort he put into it. It took a lot of effort to let Goguryeo cross the Liao River. Only then did he seize a piece of territory on the west bank of the Liao River and establish the stronghold of Wuliluo. Then it took a lot of effort to take advantage of the civil strife in Sui to lead troops across Liaoxi, and finally won the master, killed Wei Chong and captured Yingzhou in Liaoxi, but there were soldiers who underestimated the enemy, resulting in a great defeat in White Wolf City. Then he was still here preparing to defend Liucheng and fight with the Sui army in Liaoxi, but who would have thought. The Sui people killed his lair directly and took his important town of Liaodong City.
One Liaodong city is better than ten Yingzhou Liucheng, and even one Liaodong city is more important than the entire western Liaoning.
Yingzhou gains and losses, and they can also retreat to Liaodong. But as soon as Liaodong City was lost, a huge gap appeared in the defense line of the Liaohe River, which Goguryeo had operated for hundreds of years.
Gao Yuan suddenly thought of an extremely important question.
"When did Liaodong City fall?"
"It was more than ten days ago." The general replied with a sad face.
"Rubbish!" Gao Yuan was finally furious, and drew his sword to split an old case in front of him in half.
Such an important news actually came back after more than ten days, what did those generals eat. A bunch of waste. If you can't hold Liaodong City, you should report the situation back in time. Besides, those scout generals under him are also holding a head of, why didn't anyone find out that Li Jing was no longer in White Wolf City, and he had been sending people to keep an eye on White Wolf City. Waiting for Li Jing to lead his troops from White Wolf City to attack Liucheng along the White Wolf Water, he waited in Liucheng for so many days. But they have already taken all his Liaodong City, and he is still waiting for others to attack here like a fool.
"Gather all the generals. Come to the meeting. Gao Yuan almost gritted his teeth and said this. He was trying his best to restrain himself and calm himself down. It's already happening. Now it's up to us how to make amends, but anger doesn't help.
The general went out, and Gao Yuan sat alone in the tent, with the sword across his lap.
This time the troops were a big loss, Gao Yuan secretly lamented in his heart. Originally, I thought that the Sui civil strife and the kings competed for the throne, this was an extremely rare opportunity, and it was an opportunity for Goguryeo to finally enter Liaoxi openly. When he decided to send troops, he comprehensively evaluated the shape of the Sui State, and concluded that although the Sui State had defeated the Turks before, it had shown an extremely strong strength. However, internal strife is not an external threat, and the more powerful the force, the easier it is to be destroyed by internal strife. Especially the Sui State was in chaos at that time, and the emperor's three sons each had troops and horses and fought for the throne together, and he felt that this war would not be fought for ten or eight years, but at least two or three years, even if it was resettled later, it would definitely be greatly damaged. At this time, they will not send troops, and that will be when. By the time the civil strife in Sui had calmed down, he had already swallowed Liaoxi into his mouth and stabilized it. At that time, Goguryeo occupied the Liaohe Plain, stabilized the situation, and then sent troops south to destroy Silla and Baekje, and eliminated future troubles, and then raised troops to the north to stabilize the Liaohe Plain, and then after the Yan, Khitan, Xi, and Murowei tribes swept away and conquered one by one, Goguryeo would become the overlord of the East, and then wait for the opportunity, once the Central Plains regenerated civil strife, then Goguryeo could unite with the Turks to destroy the Sui State, carve up the Central Plains, and even Goguryeo into the Central Plains. Didn't the Tuoba clan also start in the north and finally enter the Central Plains and establish the Northern Wei Dynasty? Why can't Goguryeo? I think that he Goguryeo is not a pseudonym barbarian, but an orthodox Chinese Miao descendant, one of the princes of the Zhou Dynasty, and their Goguryeo has always been slandered by the Han people as Donghu, which is slander, just like the Kwantung states have always called Chu a barbarian.
With a long sigh, Gao Yuan felt a sense of exhaustion and powerlessness, looking back now, how beautiful the original idea was, but how cruel the reality is now. But who would have thought that the Sui civil strife would be peaceful in March, and it was not the three princes who finally sat on the throne, but Yang Lin, the imperial grandson. One qiē was beyond expectations, and then one qiē was messed up. What needs to be considered now is not how to establish an eastern hegemon, but how to keep the plain on the east bank of the Liao River and the defense line of the Liao River, so as to maintain the foundation of Goguryeo for 500 years.
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