Chapter 23: The Death of Liaocheng

In the battle of Liaoshui, the Sui army was defeated first and then won, the general Mai Tiezhu on the vanguard right tun was killed, and the army drove straight in, defeated the Goryeo army, killed nearly 10,000 enemies, and occupied the east bank of Liaodong.

Yang Guang immediately divided his troops into nine routes, sent an army of 35,000 people, and attacked all the cities in Liaodong, and ordered Yuwenshu, who sent troops to Xiangping Dao, to lead another 100,000 troops to conquer Liaodong City.

Liaodong City is the Xiangping City of the Han Dynasty, the city is built on the high ground, steep and strong, - more than 10,000 Goryeo troops defend the city, the Sui army began to besiege this city from the end of April.

The time gradually came to the end of May, the sky began to heat up, the Sui army crossed the Liaoshui, stationed in the west of the Liaoshui ...... "Hecheng, Shaofu Temple Supervisor He Chou was reporting to Yang Guangyu on the progress of the construction of the Yalushui pontoon bridge, at this time, there was a eunuch report, Wu Imperial Doctor and Supervisor Geng returned.

"Announce their audience quickly!"

The imperial physician Wu Jingxian and the Right Shangshu Office monitored Geng Xun is ordered to go to check the epidemic situation of the people on the west bank of Liaoshui, and Yang Guang also knew that the situation there was very serious, but he did not know the details of how serious it was.

In a moment, the two of them hurriedly walked in, bowed and saluted, "See Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guangxian asked Wu Jingxian first, "Is there any news about Yuanshou?" ”

Yuan Shou -- more than a month ago contracted an epidemic and asked to return to his hometown, Yang Guang approved, and there was news that he died of illness on the way, Yang Guang did not believe it very much, so he ordered Wu Jingxian to send someone to inspect it.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has already sent his disciples to inspect it, at that time he was indeed infected with the epidemic, he was old and frail, there is almost no cure, if he dies, the minister is not surprised."

Yang Guang nodded, and asked him again, "How is the situation of the people in the West Bank?" ”

Wu Jingxian sighed, with a sad expression on his face, "Your Majesty, the epidemic situation of the people is very serious, more than a month ago, the minister said that he was infected with the disease, but now it has reached fifty percent, a large number of people have died, the corpses are piled up all over the ground, no one has dealt with it, and the terrible epidemic is spreading everywhere, Your Majesty, it is not the minister who is alarmist, if it is not isolated in time, the epidemic will spread to the Great Sui, and it will be a national disaster." ”

Wu Jingxian was very sad in his heart, he persuaded Yang Guang in the spring, but Yang Guang did not listen, it is now the end of May, the weather has begun to be hot, it is the period of the outbreak of the epidemic, in fact, it is already late, a large number of people have fled, it is likely to bring the epidemic back to the Central Plains.

He didn't understand that it had been a month and a half since the Sui army had crossed Liaoshui, and six or seven hundred thousand Sui troops had gathered on the east bank of Liaoshui, and Yang Guang just didn't order an attack on all fronts, so what was he waiting for? If it drags on like this, the epidemic will also break out among the Sui army, but the holy will is not something he can measure, and he can only sigh in his heart.

Yang Guang didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and asked Geng Xun again: "How is the situation of the people fleeing?" ”

Geng Xun was instructed to investigate the situation of the people fleeing, and he bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, there are 100 camps on the west bank of Liaoshui, of which 60 are already dead camps, and the other 40 are dead, and the number of people has been sharply reduced by more than half. ”

Geng Xun paused, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with the opinion of Imperial Doctor Wu, we must send people to burn the corpses, and we must not let the epidemic spread, otherwise the epidemic will spread to the east coast, and it will be a catastrophe for millions of soldiers and hundreds of civil and military officials, and the minister is even more worried about Your Majesty's dragon body." ”

Yang Guang's face changed, and he immediately ordered: "Xuan Shixiang is here to see Lian!" ”

After a while, Shi Xiang, the general of the Right Guard, hurriedly entered the room, Shi Xiang was originally the general of the Right Guard, because his son had a close relationship with Yang Lai, the king of Qi, and was suspected of participating in the rebellion of the king of Qi, Shi Xiang was demoted.

"Your Majesty!"

"General Shi, you can lead 20,000 Praetorian Guards to the west bank, prepare more fire oil, burn the camp of the people, and bury all the corpses and items deeply, in addition, the rest of the people are not allowed to escape, and those who dare to escape will be killed!"

Wu Jingxian and Geng Xun looked at each other, isn't this just sending all the remaining 600,000 people to death? The two of them knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, if there are sick and healthy among the people, the healthy can be selected and the sick can be isolated. ”

Yang Guang ignored the two, and ordered Shi Xiang again: "Immediately lead the troops forward, do this matter well, and promote you to the general again!" ”

"Obey the order!"

Shi Xiang bowed and saluted and hurried away.

Yang Guang looked at Wu Jingxian and Geng Xun coldly, "You can write a sparse performance, and then talk about it after reading it!" ”

The two had no choice but to bow down and retreat, and Yang Guang said to He Chou: "Continue to talk about the bridge building situation!" ”

The siege of Liaodong City began in late April, 100,000 Sui troops began to storm this tall and precipitous castle, more than 10,000 defenders and 20,000 people resisted desperately, the Sui army suffered heavy casualties, but what is even more infuriating is that seeing that the city was about to be captured, the Goryeo army immediately announced its surrender, the Sui army could only give up the attack, the whole army retreated, and waited for the surrendered envoy to come to accept the surrender, and when the surrendered envoy arrived, the Goryeo army had repaired the city, and refused to surrender again, and then fought again from the beginning, it has been like this three times in a row, and the Sui army has killed more than 30,000 people for this.

Not only Liaodong, but all cities, the Goryeo people have seized the loophole of the Sui army's surrender envoy, and what makes the Sui army officers and soldiers even more helpless is that reports from all directions gathered to the Shengshang, strongly demanding that the surrender be cancelled, but Yang Guang just ignored it, and only said: 'Those who resist the decree and do not obey the order will be beheaded!).

The soldiers of the Sui army could only use the words 'obsessive' to describe their emperor, and everyone was puzzled.

Where was the courage and determination of the saint to lead a million troops across the river to sweep Nan Chen? Back then, the Holy Lord led hundreds of thousands of soldiers to the north to conquer the Turks, and where was the bravery and strategy of beating the Western Turks to the ground? Back then, where did the Holy Emperor personally conquer Tuyuhun and kill the Tugu people?

The idiot emperor who is conceited, ignorant of military affairs, ignorant of war, and who only cares about the life and death of his own army...... "On the tenth day of the first month, the rain of arrows and rolling logs and stones in Chapter 417 kept the Sui army screaming and falling from the ladder, and the fierce battle on the city was fierce, the horizontal knife was slashed into the bones, and the tip of the spear was dripping with blood, and there were less than 4,000 Goryeo soldiers left in the city, but they still resisted desperately, and even women and children went to the city to participate in the battle.

To the east of the city, the Sui army had already rushed to the top of the city, and seeing that the city was about to be breached, at this moment, countless white flags waved at the head of the city, and the Goryeo people shouted: "Surrender!" We surrender! ”

Xin Shixiong, the general of Zuotunwei, ran to the main general Yu Wenshu and shouted: "General, this is the fourth time, ignore it, take the city and talk about it!" ”

Yuwen Shu said coldly: "The will of the saint, who dares to disobey it." ”

He immediately ordered, "Order the whole army to withdraw and ask for a surrender!" "When! While! While! ”

The Sui army Mingjin withdrew its troops, the Sui army retreated like a tide, and the more than 100 soldiers who attacked the city did not have time to retreat, and all of them were killed by the Goryeo army, and the Goryeo soldiers threw their heads down Haha laughed, the Sui soldiers hated and their eyes were bloodshot, but Yuwenshu ordered, "Whoever dares to act rashly, behead!" ”

The next day, Liu Shiyuan, the envoy of surrender, hurried to Liaodong City, this is the fourth time he has come to surrender, he also knows that the Goryeo army will not surrender, he did not dare to approach the city wall and ordered people to shout to open the door, but in response to him, it was the arrows of the Goryeo people.

Helplessly, Liu Shiyuan walked back and said to Yuwen: "They refuse to surrender, let's attack the city again!" ”

Xin Shixiong couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed forward - punched Liu Shiyuan over, roaring like thunder: "Tens of thousands of soldiers died, just to wait for you, a dog mongrel, to come over and fart!" ”

Liu Shiyuan had two teeth knocked out, and he was also furious, got up from the ground and pointed at Xin Shixiong and scolded: "This is the will of the saint, if you have the ability, you can go to the saint!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "The saint is here!" ”

Everyone was taken aback and looked into the distance, only to see a huge procession coming from the east, and in the middle there was a huge wooden city, which was the first city.

Yang Guang looked at the Liaodong City standing on the high post with gloomy eyes, so far, the Sui army has not captured the city, the Sui army has accumulated more than 100,000 casualties, so far, his strategy is quite successful, but Yang Guang also knows that everything must be done in moderation, not too much, this Liaodong City can be taken.

"Spread all the generals and above to see the union!"

Yang Guang issued an order, dozens of generals came to the inner hall of the ** city, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to speak, Yang Guang's face was extremely ugly, he coldly glanced at everyone, and angrily reprimanded: "Do you think that you are in a high position and rely on your family background to be prominent, so you want to secretly snub and deceive the Union?" You are not allowed to join the royal family to conquer in person, because you are afraid that the alliance will see your personal disadvantages and **, and besiege Liaodong City for a month, but the 100,000 army will not be able to take a small city, the union has witnessed it with your own eyes, you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and you are unwilling to work hard, do you think that the union will not dare to kill you? ”

Yang Guang's tone was extremely harsh, and all the generals lowered their heads, trembling in their hearts, everyone knew what the problem was? But who dares to say that the Holy Lord's refusal to admit that it is a matter of being sent down means that he wants to put the blame on them.

Yang Guang snorted heavily, and said sharply: "Lian will give you one last chance to capture Liaodong City today, if you can't capture it, you will be killed!" ”

An hour later, the sixth attack on Liaodong City was violently launched, and Yang Guang stood at the head of the ** city inside and outside, watching the Sui army attack the city with a blank face, and he issued an order: "The first person to attack the head of Liaodong City" will be promoted to the third rank and rewarded with 10,000 silk horses!

The morale of the Sui army was high, and the offensive was like a tide, and the ladders were once again pushed to the head of the Liaodong city, which was built on a high hill, but the Sui army had already laid a long oblique drape, and the road surface was smooth, so that all kinds of siege engines could be smoothly pushed up.

The 1,000 troops from Fengzhou also participated in the siege battle, led by the town general Shen Guang, and after a month of siege battles, more than 400 people had been killed and wounded in Qianfengzhou, and Shen Guang was also wounded by arrows in the second attack, and he recuperated for more than half a month.

Shen Guang held a huge shield and a horizontal knife in his hand, he led his subordinates to attack from the western city wall, the huge ladder iron hook hooked the female wall, Shen Guang ran the ladder, against the dense rain of arrows, gradually approached the city, -- a Goryeo soldier stabbed at him with a spear, his body - flashed, quickly dodged, and then - the knife slashed, the knife was so swift that the Goryeo soldier was cut off by the knife, and fell from the city with a scream.

Shen Guang - a harrier turned over, jumped on the head of the city, the soldiers under the city immediately cheered like thunder, even Yang Guang also noticed him, Yang Guang's eyes were locked on him, at this time, dozens of Goryeo soldiers at the same time raised their spears to stab at him, Shen Guang slashed left and right, his body was agile, killing more than ten people in a row, suddenly, a wounded Goryeo soldier jumped from under his feet, and slammed Shen Guang off the city.

Shen Guang fell from the high top of the city, and the city below the city exclaimed, even Yang Guang closed his eyes, and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, but at this moment, there was a cheer from the city, Yang Guang opened his eyes, and he was also stunned, only to see Shen Guang in the process of falling, throwing out a hook and rope, and accurately putting it on the ladder, and his body stopped in midair.

With a knife in his mouth, he quickly climbed up the city with a shield in his hand and a rope with one arm, and he jumped up again from the top of the city.

"Good!"

Yang Guang couldn't help but applaud, turned around and asked, "Who is this person and who is under him?" ”

The guards went to ask, and came back after a while to report: "Your Majesty, this person's name is Shen Guang, nicknamed 'Meat Feixian', and the current Fengzhou military town general 'led the Che Fengzhou army to Liaodong to participate in the war. ”

"It turned out to be the Toyoshu Army!" Yang Guang nodded.

At this time, the Goryeo people repeated their old tricks again, raised the white flag and surrendered, and all the Sui troops in the city looked at the ** city, and even Yu Wenshu did not dare to make a decision.

Yang Guang smiled and said lightly: "Since the city has been attacked, why is it necessary to surrender again?" Lianke never said that. ”

Hearing that the emperor had refused to accept the surrender, tens of thousands of Sui troops cheered like thunder, and all of them bravely climbed the city, and the anger accumulated for months broke out at this moment, and thousands of Sui troops rushed to the city in an instant, and the city of Liaodong finally fell......

Shen Guang came down to see Yang Guang under the guidance of a famous eunuch, Shen Guang knelt down on one knee and said in a deep voice: "Shen Guang, the general of Fengzhou Military Town, will see His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

"Are you a member of the Jiangnan Shen family?" Yang Guang and Yan Yuese asked.

"Yes!"

"Then why did you go to Fengzhou to join the army?"

Shen Guang hesitated and said: "The minister has relatives in Dunhuang County, and the minister went to Dunhuang County to visit relatives, and happened to meet General Yang attacking Yiwu to recruit soldiers, so the minister signed up for the army. ”

Yang Guang laughed, "I see, Lian said, the first person to climb the city will be promoted to the third level, and you will be crowned as the doctor of Chaosan, rewarded with 10,000 silk horses, and then given you a treasure knife - mouth, good horse - horse, as a reward!" ”

Shen Guang kowtowed and thanked him, "Please allow Your Majesty to give the silk cloth to my subordinates." ”

Yang Guang sighed slightly, "Don't want to be rich, think of your subordinates, you are worthy of being Yang Yuanqing's old general, Lian is approved, you will follow Lian in the future!" ”

"Obey the difference!"

The Sui army conquered Liaodong City, and Yang Guang immediately ordered the armies of all roads to march south, and the Ninth Route army converged in front of the Yalushui, with Yu Zhongwen as the main general.

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