Chapter 15 Breaking the Line of Defense without Bloodshed
This is their chance, they have the opportunity, they can defeat the Han people again, let the Han people know that they Goguryeo is the nemesis of the Han people, Liaodong has been owned by their Goguryeo for two centuries, has become their territory, and it is not allowed to be taken away by the Han people now or in the future. … Top Novel,
Yuan Binzhi thought that the Tang army had fallen into the rhythm of the Sui army in the past, and he was confident about the next battle.
Defensive warfare has always been their strong point, and the town of Huaiyuan was built against the Liaoshui, and they also specially dug a canal to lead the Liaoshui into the moat.
Yuan Binzhi is confident that even if the Tang army has 100,000 troops by land and water, he has 40,000 troops and can support it for a long time with Huaiyuan Town. As long as the consumption reaches a certain time, he will attack the back road of the Tang army's grain road with surprise soldiers, and the Tang army will be defeated.
Yuan Binzhi sent the scout again, and he wanted more accurate information.
This sleepless night, Yuan Binzhi finally felt a little sleepy, seeing that Tang Jun's movements were the same as expected, his heart was also peaceful, and he went back to the mansion to sleep after a little arrangement.
It was only two hours, and Yuan Binzhi woke up the soldiers. The latest movements of the Tang Army reached his hands.
After the sleepy-eyed Yuan Binzhi knew the new movement of the Tang Army, he suddenly hit a spirit and exclaimed, "What? The 8,000 vanguard cavalry of the Tang Army are rushing towards my Huaiyuan Town non-stop? Half a day? What's going on? ”
Faced with Yuan Binzhi's series of questions, the herald obviously couldn't answer, but said: "For some reason, the vanguard cavalry of the Tang Army suddenly accelerated their speed, and they galloped in turn. It's fast. ”
"That's not right! Wrong! An ominous premonition echoed in Yuan Bin's heart, and he immediately said after a moment: "Raise the account!" ”
Yuan Bin's rule of the army is quite strict. However, the civil and military generals who had been summoned in a quarter of an hour had already arrived, and explained the strange situation of the Tang army to the helpers.
Yuan Song said with a smile: "It must be the Tang Army who discovered the situation of our gathering of troops in Huaiyuan Town. Knowing that their tactics had failed, he began to get angry. ”
"It doesn't make sense!" Hu Xiegu has always avoided conflicts with Yuansong, but at this military meeting, he also had to stand up and say: "The commander of the Tang Army is Luo Shixin, this person is brave and strategic, and he is very strategic in marching and fighting, and he is really a tricky person. Even if he sensed that our side had seen through his tricks, he no longer concealed his intention to attack Huaiyuan Town, and decided to attack. but they will not send 8,000 cavalry...... Let the cavalry attack the city, I don't think it is prestigious. The brilliant Luo Shixin would be so stupid. ”
Yuan Song was refuted, his face was gloomy, and he sneered: "You are also from the Central Plains, and the Central Plains people should understand the views of the Central Plains people, what do you think?" ”
"Enough!" Yuan Binzhi shouted: "Don't talk about these things that you don't have, Xiegu is right." Don't think that everyone in the Central Plains is as ignorant as Yang Guang, and you must not underestimate any opponent. Especially for a character like Luo Shixin, who does not have any family background to rely on, it is not easy for him to get to where he is today. These 8,000 soldiers he sent. There must be a purpose. As he spoke, he continued: "Xiegu, there is still no news of the Tang Army's water division? ”
Hu Xiegu shook his head silently.
Yuan Bin's heart was even more uneasy, and he always felt that he had ignored something.
It wasn't until the soldiers in the north who were in charge of guarding the Great Wall Pass came that the Tang army passed through the swamps in the north. After crossing the Liaoshui from the upper reaches of the Liaoshui, Yuanbin knew that he had always been tricked. From the very beginning, the Tang army's strategy was to attack the east, and their original intention was to contain them in Huaiyuan Town. so that they can cross the river calmly.
The Tang army has already crossed the Liaoshui, what is the point of the Liaoshui defense line?
"Not good!" That's when it happened. Yuan Song suddenly jumped up like a convulsion: "Grandpa." Oh no, hurry, hurry up and support Gaimu City...... The goal of the Tang army is to cover the city, and once the city is lost, all our calculations will be wasted. His face was pale and his expression was panicked.
Gaimu Fortress is located east of Liaoshui, and there is no danger to defend around it, which is a rare city in Goguryeo that is not a fortified city, but this does not prevent it from being the key to being a strategic location. Because Gaimu City happened to be at the center of the defense line of the Great Wall of Goguryeo and Huaiyuan Town, which relied on the Liaoshui defense line, it was able to support the two places at the first time, and it was also the place where military rations were stored in the rear of Goguryeo.
According to Goguryeo's defensive tactics, the Great Wall Liaoshui Huaiyuan Town was their defensive fortress, and Gaimu City was the rear line to support the defensive fortress, which could provide a steady stream of support to the front line. It is precisely because of the support of Gaimu City that the defense line of the Great Wall and Liaoshui will appear indestructible.
The Tang army has now crossed the Liaoshui, and the defense line of the Great Wall and Liaoshui is broken, and there is no point in holding on. The value of Gaimu City also fell in an instant, becoming a dispensable existence.
However, the real value of the city lies in the strategic materials stored in the city, and the reason why Goguryeo was able to defeat the Sui Dynasty many times ignored the crushing numbers of the Sui Dynasty. In the final analysis, this is still a word consumption, and the Sui Dynasty is not unable to win Goguryeo, but it can't consume itself. Facing the long and narrow front, facing Goguryeo's volley on the grain road. After a long time, these tens of thousands of miles of expeditions, lack of food and grass, and various situations will come one after another, and then Goguryeo took advantage of the situation to achieve the final victory.
This time, when the Tang Dynasty killed 100,000 people, Goguryeo, neither their king nor the general, had the intention of defeating the Tang army in one fell swoop.
What they are playing is a consumption, if their food and grass materials are robbed by the Tang army, they support their army. This was definitely a huge blow to the morale of Goguryeo.
Yuan Binzhi and Hu Xiegu looked at each other, and they each saw the fear in each other's eyes.
A Goguryeo general who did not react said, "How is this possible? Gaimu City was garrisoned by 5,000 of our soldiers and horses, and even if the Tang army crossed the swamp and crossed the Liaoshui from places we did not expect. Their strength should not be enough to attack Gaimu, and they should rush to build a camp on the bank of the Liaoshui River to assist the subsequent army to cross the river. ”
"Five thousand soldiers and horses, how can you resist tens of thousands of troops?" Yuan Song said angrily: "The cunning Central Plains people did not arrange a water division in the first place, and they have been tricking us into thinking that the water division exists, and their water division will attack Huaiyuan Town with infantry troops. In fact, their sailors traveled by land, pretending to be foot soldiers, confusing our vision. In fact, the real elite foot soldiers have long been out of our sight, and it is not their sailors who have disappeared, their sailors have always existed under our noses, but we don't know it. It's their elite foot soldiers who really disappear......"
"Calm down!" Yuan Bin's anger rose up, with a little joy and a little annoyance to look at his grandson, he guarded Liaodong for half his life, the biggest hope is to hope that his descendants can inherit his legacy, has been guarding Liaodong, become a generation of legendary myths in Liaodong. It's a pity that his sons are mediocre and unusable. The only thing to be thankful for is that the youngest grandson, Yuansong, has an unusual talent in military strategy since he was a child, and has the potential to stand alone.
Yuan Binzhi was overjoyed by this, and he spared no effort to cultivate him, he can be regarded as living up to expectations, and he already has a certain insight in military affairs at a young age. But because he was too young and expected too much, he was too frivolous, too expressive, and he didn't have a city government at all.
Yuan Song's current performance is enough to prove this, he is one step ahead of anyone else to detect the Tang army's ghost scheme, but such a frivolous and impetuous attitude is really difficult to take on a big responsibility.
Yuan Bin drank it, suppressed Yuan Song, swept his eyes around, and said calmly: "The sky, it can't collapse, even if there is no Liaoshui and no Great Wall, we still have Liaodong." At that time, Yang Guang's army of 600,000 could not defeat tens of thousands of Liaodong. What's more, the Tang army is only 100,000? As Yuan Song said, we made a mistake and fell for the tricks of the Tang army. From the very beginning, he fell into passivity, and mistakenly gathered all his forces in the town of Huaiyuan, so that he neglected the swamp in the north. This order is my fault, and it has nothing to do with you. There is a saying among the people of the Central Plains, it is called making amends, and it is not too late. It's not like there's no chance to make up for it now, Gao Changyong, you lead 15,000 soldiers out of the city to meet the Tang army, even if you die, you must drag them in Huaiyuan Town to prevent them from interfering with our withdrawal. ”
A burly and strong member, General Goguryeo, came out of the battle, spoke in a thick Buyeo language, and received the appointment.
Yuan Bin's gaze lingered on Hu Xiegu and Yuansong for a moment, and said: "Xiegu, you lead all the cavalry under my command to cross the river at the fastest speed, support Gaimu City at the fastest speed, and rescue by all means." If you can save it, you will save it, and if you can't save it, you will withdraw to Liaodong, and the first step will stabilize the morale of the army in Liaodong. ”
Hu Xiegu stood up boldly and took the order.
Yuan Binzhi continued: "The others packed up their preparations, immediately abandoned the Great Wall and Liaoshui defense line, burned Huaiyuan Town to me, and withdrew to Liaodong. ”
At this critical moment, the veteran of Yuan Binzhi did not panic at all, and the steady, orderly and resolute should be released, and the one should be abandoned, without the slightest bit of mud and water.
After guarding the town for forty-five years, Yuan Binzhi has unparalleled prestige in the army, and his order is prohibited, and the generals under his account will be ordered to leave in a short period of time, and the retreat will be carried out in an orderly manner.
Looking at the empty tent, Yuan Binzhi's whole person seemed to be prostration, sitting on the horse tiredly, the whole person seemed to be ten years old, and muttered: "The soldiers are not bloody, the soldiers are not bloody, the old man carefully built the defense line of the Liaoshui Great Wall, and it was broken without blood...... What an irony! ”
As a famous defensive general, he guarded Liaodong for forty-five years, played against the famous general Gao Ying, and played against the millions of lions of the Sui Dynasty, and never let the enemy cross the thunder pool. Now, with his understanding of Liaodong, he carefully laid out a self-proclaimed seamless defense line, which made the Tang army easily crack, which was not a blow to Yuan Binzhi, a veteran. (To be continued......)