Chapter 242: The Alliance Breaks Down
Liuhe City in the north of Liaodong City, this is a pure military fortress, there are no private houses and no shops, some are just military camps and city tower arrow towers.
At night, Liuhe City is as bright as day, and countless bonfires illuminate this small city. With the lessons of the last Xincheng, the entire Liuhe City was only stationed by the Goguryeo coalition army after a carpet search.
However, Liuhe City is too small, and only the commanders of the various clans of the coalition and our personal guards are stationed in the city. In fact, all the soldiers and horses were camped around Liuhe City, and the slave auxiliaries were further outer.
In the open space of the square in the center of the city, several huge tents were erected here. Although the top and bottom of Liuhe City had already been searched and inspected by soldiers over and over again, none of the commanders of the coalition army dared to live in those ready-made houses. I'm afraid that one is not good, and I will follow in the footsteps of Yizhi Wude.
In the largest tent in the middle, all the generals of the coalition army gathered in one tent, but Suga Taro of the East Ying soldiers and horses did not appear.
Gao Jianwu sat on the upper left side of the big tent, one sleeve empty. I don't know if the injury of the broken arm was not good, or because he was frightened by Chen Pofu's heavy cavalry at dusk today, his long and heroic face was so white and terrifying.
"The 10,000 horses of the Dongying Allied Army lost 2,000 in the first battle the day before yesterday, and 7,000 people were lost in the first battle yesterday, and General Suga Taro, the commander of the Dongying Allied Army, was also at the south gate of Liaodong City and was killed by the heavy cavalry who went out of the city," Gao Jianwu said in a calm voice.
Yizhi Wende said with a cold face, "Just that arrogant little man, it's not surprising to me that he died. As far as his 10,000 soldiers and horses are not much stronger than slaves, they actually dare to rob every time they dare to attack, there are not many such people in the coalition army, there are not many of them, and if they die, they will die, there is nothing to say. The prince should talk about the battle situation in other aspects."
Commander Tie Anda sneered, "In addition to the heavy losses of the Dongying people in this siege, we also suffered heavy losses. The 20,000 Baekje infantry under His Royal Highness Baekje Buyeo Chang sent the most troops to attack the city today, and all 20,000 people went to the city, but only 8,000 returned. Of the 10,000 cavalry of the Heishui Ya tribe, there are only 5,000 left, and there are 10,000 people left in the alliance of the five tribes of our room, and now there are 8,000 left. I don't know if Marshal Ulchi also thinks that we and other allies deserve the losses? ”
These allies of Goguryeo were able to come to Liaodong to participate in the war this time, firstly, because they were afraid of the cold of their lips and teeth, and secondly, they also agreed to send troops because of Goguryeo's favorable conditions. However, although these people came, they didn't expect that they would really serve Goguryeo wholeheartedly. In today's first battle, the result was that at that time, Liaodong City saw that it could fall at any time, so they were moved by yin*, and they added fuel tactics to the general little by little to dispatch the soldiers and horses in their hands. When the siege failed today, and when they came back to count the soldiers and horses, everyone was a little dumbfounded, and the losses were unprecedentedly heavy.
Dongying's 10,000 people were folded by 9,000, and even the main general died. Baekje suffered the most losses from 20,000 people and 12,000 dead. At the last moment, seeing that things were not good, they took the heads of the men and horses to the top, which was regarded as recovering some losses, but this was the case, and the 10,000 horses were also folded by half and 5,000 people. The people of Murowei are not much better, and there are now 8,000 people left in the 10,000-strong team, which is considered the least loss.
However, the four families also lost a total of 28,000 people, and this is not the slaves of Goguryeo, these 28,000 people are basically elite warriors of various tribes. In the past, it was a tribal war, and it was impossible to kill so many people at one time.
As soon as the troops were withdrawn, the four families got together. Especially Huang Ge of the Jin tribe, when the heavy cavalry of the Sui army finally stepped on the infantry formation of the Goguryeo people, he was close in front of him, but he was afraid of losses, turned around and ran. As soon as he returned, he was worried that the Goguryeo people would attack him, so in order to protect himself, he continued to unite the rest of the two families. As for Dongying, everyone has forgotten about them now. …,
Ezhi Wende laughed a few times, "Generals, the result of today's battle was also unexpected by everyone. Everyone has losses, not only you, but I, Goguryeo, have suffered heavy losses at the same time. However, ladies and gentlemen, although we failed in the end, our results were equally brilliant. ”
Huang Geyin laughed a few times, "What can Goguryeo have to lose?" I'm afraid that the loss is only tens of thousands of slaves, but the losses of our family are the most elite warriors in the clan, how can they be compared to those slaves? ”
Yizhi Wende and Gao Jianwu both wanted to strangle this shameless guy to death at this time, and today's failure would be attributed to him. If it was the 3,000 Goguryeo cavalry that remained by the Shuai Qi at that time, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose today. It was because of this guy's fear of death that the victory that was about to be won was suddenly lost.
At this time, he still has the face to sit here so shamelessly, sowing discord and saying such cool words.
Gao Jianwu gestured to Yizhi Wende with his eyes, and now is not the time to settle accounts with the Yan Ya people. He had already seen that today's loss had made both Murowei and Baekje very dissatisfied. At present, the Evil Spirits have joined forces with them, and if they turn their faces at this time, the entire coalition army is likely to collapse.
Although the Sui army was severely damaged today, Goguryeo also suffered heavy losses, and it was necessary to continue to maintain this alliance with them at this time. He believed that as long as he defeated the Sui army and got through this difficult situation in front of him, he would have a chance to deal with these despicable guys in the future.
"Generals, the marshal also said that the crusade against the Sui army is our common goal. Today, despite the cost, the results are equally encouraging. Everyone also saw it today, and just a little bit, we took Liaodong City. Although the final defeat was defeated, the Liao casualties were very heavy. As long as we rest for a day or two, it will be easy to take Liaodong City, and then the wealth in Liaodong City will be piled up, and the four of us will divide it equally."
After pacifying the commanders of the three families, Etozhi Wende discussed with everyone about the next siege. However, at this time, the commanders of the three families formed a unanimous agreement, unanimously saying that they had suffered heavy casualties today, the morale of the army had been lost, and they would have to rest for a few days before they could fight again. In the end, after the three families asked Yizhi Wende for grain and grass, they simply returned to the camp without looking back.
Half a day later, one of Eulji Wendeok's personal soldiers walked in, "Dashuai, Wangye, Tie Da'an of Na Mu Wei and Buyeo Chang of Baekje all went to the camp of Jin Huang Ge after leaving the Shuai account, and after they discussed together for a long time, they suddenly all went out of the city with their respective guards in the city and returned to their respective camps outside the city. ”
"Hmph" Ezhi Wende flew up with a kick and kicked down a weapon rack in the tent, "A group of damn wretchants, just these people, now dare to do this in front of Ben Shuai"
"Why is the marshal so angry" Gao Jianwu laughed a few times, "Actually, I waited for the original decision with Your Majesty to ally all the ethnic groups in Liaodong and Liaoxi, and we didn't really come to help us attack the city for them. In fact, we are happy with the result now, aren't we? ”。
Goguryeo formed allies and led the alliance of the five tribes north to attack the Sui, ostensibly to pull more soldiers and horses to deal with the Sui army. But in fact, the real reason is not this, since ancient times, you have to rely on your own soldiers and horses to fight, and others are unreliable, everyone knows this. Goguryeo was determined to draw the tribes into the battlefield, but the ultimate reason was that they were worried that after they sent their troops north, other tribes would take the opportunity to attack them.
As long as an alliance is formed, no matter how many troops each country sends at that time, even if they send troops or not, this will also achieve the goal of the Goguryeo people. This time, although Goguryeo invited all ethnic groups to send troops and paid a lot of representatives, 50,000 people came at one time, which was also unexpected by the Goguryeo people. …,
In today's battle, 28,000 soldiers and horses of the four clans were lost, which made Gao Jianwu almost laugh happily. Just like Tie Da'an said, such a loss is a heavy loss to all ethnic groups. The loss of so many soldiers and horses by all ethnic groups made Gao Jianwu feel even more relieved. Moreover, their losses were not in vain, the loss of 28,000 people of the four clans was also exchanged for a large number of casualties of the Sui army in Liaodong City.
Echiwende nodded, "Forget it, let them go, anyway, their role has been exceeded." Their minds now thought that Ben Shuai would not know, but they were just trying to find an excuse not to participate in the war again. Today, the Sui army suffered heavy casualties, and the next thing is to rely on our Goguryeo itself to also take Liaodong City. ”
With a sigh, Gao Jianwu said with a heavy face, "The four clans such as Murowei lost 28,000 warriors today, and our Goguryeo also suffered heavy losses. According to the statistics reported below, our 150,000-strong army, 20,000 of which was already gone. In today's battle, we lost more than 50,000 people. ”
"What?" Yizhi was shocked, "Lord Wang, you said that we lost 50,000 people? Impossible, right? Quite a few words"
Gao Jianwu said helplessly, "What I said is right, we have 130,000 horses, except for the 30,000 elite soldiers and horses of the Western Route Army, the remaining 100,000 Chinese troops, of which only 60,000 are elite soldiers, and the remaining 40,000 are newly trained recruits." In today's siege battle, the combat effectiveness of the Sui army exceeded our expectations, and you have also seen that all kinds of crossbow arrows, catapults, and thunder on the head of the Sui army have caused us huge casualties. According to my calculations, tens of thousands of people died under those thunderstorms alone. ”
"Aren't we now left with 80,000 people?" This number shocked Eulzhiwende, and under the first battle, there were only 80,000 people left.
Gao Jianwu sighed and said, "The fortunate thing in the misfortune is that most of the 50,000 people who lost today are new soldiers, so although we only have 80,000 left, our strength has not lost much." We still have more than 200,000 men and slaves, and we can pick some people to supplement the army to make up the number of 100,000. There are 100,000 people enough, today's siege is so fierce, the casualties of the Sui army may not be smaller than ours, our coalition army has suffered 80,000 casualties, nearly 100,000 slaves, even if the casualties of the Sui army are only half of ours, then they will not be able to hold out for long. ”
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