Chapter 137 Liaodong Deputy Marshal

Buyeo City, the northwesternmost gateway fortress of Goguryeo, is also an important fortress in the northwesternmost part of Goguryeo's strongest Liaohe defense line. Relying on the Liaoshui, the Goguryeo people followed the east bank of the Liaohe River, starting from Fuyu City in the north, passing through Gaimu, Jinshan, Liaodong City, Anshi, Baiyan, Jian'an, and directly to Beisha City on the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula, establishing a complete and solid Liaohe River defense line.

In the entire defense line, there are three fortress-level mountain cities, namely Liaodong City, the first fortress in the entire Liaodong region, and Buyeo City, the northwest gateway fortress of the Goguryeo people, and Beisha City, which the Goguryeo people focused on waiting for the Fan Central Plains Dynasty to advance eastward from Fuhai in Shandong.

There are also five second-class large fortified mountain cities, all of which are large cities with a circumference of more than 3,000 steps. In addition to these eight big cities, on the east bank of the entire Liao River, the Liao people relied on the mountain passes to build more than 100 dense mountain cities of all sizes to prevent the Central Plains Dynasty and the various grassland peoples in the northeast.

Buyeo Fortress is the third largest city in Goguryeo after Liaodong Fortress, the first fortress of the Liaohe River defense line, and Xincheng, a military town behind Liaodong Fortress. The eldest son of Lu Yuanziyou, the great pair of the Goguryeo Dynasty, Yuan Tailuo served as the city lord and the great Moda, and commanded all the cities on the first line of Gaimu City and Jinshan City. There were 10,000 regular soldiers of the kingdom, including 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. And the Liaohe defense line upstream Gaimu City and Jinshan City were also controlled by him. The combined armies of Gaimu and Jinshan also had 10,000 horses, 3,000 cavalry, and 7,000 infantry. Nearly forty cities, large and small, under the three major cities, were under his control, and the population under his jurisdiction amounted to more than 300,000 people.

As the eldest son of the eldest pair of Lu, Yuan Tai was not only the lord of Buyeo City, but he also managed the private soldiers of the Yuan clan, the largest clan in Goguryeo. In the family base camp of Gaimu City, there are 10,000 private soldiers of their clan, including 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. This is an army that is more elite than the regular army of Buyeo City, and it is precisely by relying on this army that Yuan Ziyou has been re-elected as the Great Commander of the DPRK several times, and no nobleman dares to send troops to challenge him.

A few days ago, after Yuan Tailuo received the urgent military information and dispatch order from Gao Jianwu, the commander of Liaodong City and the king of Rongliu, he began to mobilize troops and horses with all his might. Goguryeo's strategy to deal with the Sui army this time was to clear the wilderness, rely on the mountain city, and hold on without fighting, and only wait for the Sui army to run out of food, or when the Sui army withdraws after the rainy season, and then find an opportunity to dispatch. In the entire Liaohe defense line, Gao Jianwu, the king of Goguryeo, was the commander of this time, and the entire Liaohe defense line was controlled during the war. And he is the deputy marshal, controlling the three major cities in the upper reaches of the Liao River.

When he received information from Gao Jianwu that the Sui army would withdraw within a few days and ordered him to gather all the soldiers and horses in the upper reaches of the Liao River and rush to the vicinity of the Liao River to hide and set up an ambush, he was not responsible for doubting it. First, the person who came to deliver the letter was indeed a subordinate of Gao Jianwu whom he knew, and secondly, as soon as the Sui army withdrew, he would look for an opportunity to send troops, which was a strategy that had been set a long time ago.

Over the years, he has fought several times with the Khitan, Murwei, Linju, Turks, etc. in western Liaoxi, and basically won more and lost less, plus he is the son of the patriarch of the first tribe of Goguryeo, and Lao Tzu is the big man in the middle of the court and the east of the country, and he also has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, so it can be said that he has always been more conceited.

The last time Emperor Yang Guang conquered Liao, he was also ordered to sit in Fuyu City, but he missed a great opportunity. Let Ezhi destroy 300,000 Sui troops in Sashui, and let Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu annihilate more than 40,000 Sui troops in Pyongyang City. made Eulji Wende, who was originally just as famous as him, suddenly be praised as the god of the Goguryeo army, and the royal family Gao Jianwu, who was not as good as him in the past, actually fought because of this and became the so-called Goguryeo god of war, which made him very unconvinced.

Up to now, when the entire kingdom mentions military generals, the first thing to mention is Eulchi and Gao Jianwu, and in the past, he has experienced hundreds of battles in the northwest and the Goguryeo general Yuantai pants in the northwest of Weizhen, but he has become a person who no one mentions, which makes him embarrassed.

He had already missed a great opportunity last time, and he never wanted to miss this opportunity again. He must defeat the Sui army this time and fight a Liaoshui victory that is even more sensational than the Pizza Water Victory. He wants everyone to understand who is the real god of war in Goguryeo and who is the real god of war.

Such an idea is not his whim, as a man with a wealth of battlefield experience, he is certainly not one of those aristocratic children who can only talk on paper. The Sui army dispatched a large army to attack Goguryeo, but the attack was fruitless for a long time, and the labor and labor were wasted. At present, the morale of the soldiers of the Sui army withdrawing troops will inevitably be very low, and it may be because the logistics are rampant, and the grain and grass cannot keep up. ,

As long as he can grasp the opportunity and ambush near the Liao River in advance, he can repeat the Battle of Sashui when the Sui army, which is not highly moraled, crosses the Liao River. Highlight the surprise soldiers, and half-cross them to attack the labor. If he is lucky, maybe he can still capture Sui and abandon Yang Guang in one battle, then he will be the hero of all Goguryeo people.

Yuan Taide, who was in a hurry to go to war, for fear that he would miss this great opportunity, had already issued an urgent assembly order to Gaimu, Jinshan, Buyeo City, and his own tribe's private soldiers within a quarter of an hour of receiving the information.

All the cities and cities under his control, not only the regular army of the kingdom, but also the private soldiers of the lords of the tribes, must also be dispatched with the army. In addition to leaving a small number of men and horses in the various mountain towns to defend the cities, the elite soldiers in the cities were all withdrawn, especially all the cavalry were strictly ordered to participate in the battle.

The troops and horses of each army were unified and assembled in the big city of their respective subordinates, and then the whole army converged at Jinshan City. In two days, he only gave everyone two days to assemble and converge, and those who did not exceed the time were dealt with according to military law. No one dared to disobey his orders for this de facto king of northwestern Goguryeo, and the entire northwestern part of Goguryeo urgently assembled. In just two days, all the regular soldiers and horses under the three major cities, as well as the private soldiers of the noble lords, were assembled and converging.

That night, the soldiers and horses of the team rushed to the foot of Jinshan City within the deadline of Yuan Taide, and the continuous tents and torches illuminated the entire Jinshan City. Dressed in armor, Yuan Tai stood on top of the tower of Jinshan City with a group of guards, looking at the bright torches that were constantly winding from afar. In a good mood, the number of soldiers and horses that arrived far exceeded his expectations.

He turned his head, his bearded face smiling, "How many soldiers and horses have arrived?" ”。

"Back to the big marshal, because after the big marshal led the troops to defeat the thousands of soldiers and horses of the Khitan tribe a few months ago, no one in the tribes of western Liaoning dared to come to brush the beard of the big handsome tiger. So now the lords of the mountain cities under Buyeo City are not too worried about the other tribes in the northeast, so after receiving the order of the marshal this time, except for leaving a small number of soldiers and horses to defend the mountain city manors, they all came with most of the soldiers and horses. ”。

"I have more than 40,000 regular troops in the kingdoms of Fuyu, Gaimu, Jinshan and other cities, and this time, in addition to the soldiers and horses left behind, a total of 30,000 horses and horses, 12,000 cavalry, and 18,000 infantry. In addition, 10,000 private soldiers of our clan according to your order, 5,000 cavalry, 5,000 infantry all went to Jinshan to assemble, in addition to the private soldiers of the lords of various tribes also came a lot, according to the latest statistics, now a total of 4,000 noble private cavalry, 8,000 infantry arrived, it is estimated that before tomorrow morning, there will be 1,000 cavalry, about 3,000 infantry. It is estimated that the gathering of soldiers and horses this time will have a total of 22,000 cavalry, 34,000 infantry troops, and a total of 56,000 troops. ”。

The corners of Yuan Tai's mouth raised slightly, and he smiled noncommittally. There are 30,000 regular soldiers and horses, and 10,000 of his elite private soldiers, which is the real number. And the nobleman's private soldiers actually had 16,000 men, but he would not believe this. Since he guarded Buyeo City, he has been constantly weakening the private soldiers in the hands of those nobles through wars, and the strength of his tribe has always ranked first in Goguryeo Liaodong.

Of course, he understood what was going on with the large number of noble private soldiers who suddenly came out at the moment, and the reason was very simple, when he ordered the assembly of troops and horses to the mountain cities and the noble lords this time, he announced another order, that is, this attack on the Sui army. After the deed was completed, all the booty, grain, grass and goods and Sui people's capture of him Yuan Tai deceived him first took one percent, and the remaining two percent belonged to the three cities such as Fuyu and his own tribe soldiers and horses, and the remaining seventy percent was divided equally among all the tribes and mountain cities participating in the war, and they were all divided according to the number of soldiers and horses.

The more people you bring, the more you will be able to divide the spoils of war. These city lords and lords in the northwest and others don't think that this battle can't be won, they don't know the real military strength of Goguryeo and the Sui army like Gao Jianwu and Yuan Tai Fraud, they only see that the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo three times, and they all lost their troops and let them be defeated. The generals of the tribes and kingdoms who participated in the war made a lot of money one by one. This time it was finally their turn to be from the Northeast, and of course they wouldn't be polite.

Yuan Tai smirked, he was not angry at such a result, in turn, this was the result he wanted when he first gave the order. Of course, his own soldiers and horses knew that under his control, there were 8,000 elite regular soldiers, horses, cavalry, and about 10,000 infantry in each city. And the private soldiers of his own tribe are also very elite, with 5,000 cavalry and about 5,000 infantry. It can be said that all he can do is 13,000 cavalry and about 15,000 infantry, and this part has to stay behind to guard several major mountain cities. He can bring up to 20,000 soldiers and horses, such a small number of men and horses, it is too few, against hundreds of thousands of Sui troops, even if the Sui army is not good, he doesn't dare to really think that he can break hundreds of thousands with 20,000.

Second, it is also an old routine, through war, the non-descendant miscellaneous troops under his control, as well as the private soldiers of various tribes, are pushed to the battlefield, so as to weaken the strength of the various clans in the northeast, so as to continue to strengthen the position of the Yuan clan as the first clan in the northwest.

The last one of Muyue, let's empty our pockets together, and if there are any remaining votes, vote for me......

(To be continued.)