Chapter 16: Victory in the First Battle

Under the city of Gaimu!

Luo Shixin sat with a golden knife, snorting sleepily, lying on the slope a mile away from Gaimu City with a large character, boringly chewing grass roots with a slightly sweet taste. ↗ Top Novel,

Liu Renliang already has a natural talent, what he lacks is experience, Luo Shixin is a commander who is willing to delegate power, and after following Luo Shixin for a few years, Liu Renliang has been well trained. After Luo Shixin was transferred back to Chang'an, Liu Renliang also got the opportunity to take charge of himself by virtue of his good resume under his command.

A character like Liu Renliang is afraid that there is no chance, as long as there is a chance to perform, there is no need to worry that he can't grasp it.

Sure enough, just like Lu Meng during the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Renliang, who was in charge of himself, was more outstanding and thoughtful than when he was under Luo Shixin in the past.

He came up with a strategy to hide the sailors and organize the sailors' soldiers into infantry to confuse the enemy's hearing and hearing, so as to secretly hide a group of soldiers who were outside. This plan to confuse the truth directly confused the steady and sophisticated Yuan Binzhi.

With this unexpected soldier, Luo Shixin's ambition is even greater. Breaking the defensive line and crossing the Liaoshui can no longer satisfy his appetite and strategic needs.

Decisively set his sights on Gaimu City, took Gaimu City, and seized the strategic materials in the city. First, it could relieve the logistical pressure of the Tang army, and second, it could also give Goguryeo a head start and weaken their morale.

Therefore, after the pontoon bridge was built, Luo Shixin arranged for the Jiesheng army and military horses to cross the river first.

At the beginning, Li Shimin did not disband Luo Shixin's Jiesheng Army, but incorporated the Jiesheng Army into Pingyang, and all the incumbents did not change. The way of training. The training method is the same as before, and it is still an iron-blooded force that can enter the battle at the first time. Luo Shixin's most relied on pro-guards. On this expedition, the Jiesheng Army was as Luo Shixin's personal guard as before. Incorporated into an army of 100,000.

The 500 victorious troops who crossed the river rushed to Gaimu City, and their speed made the defenders of Gaimu City not even have time to defend, and the city gate had not had time to close, and it had already fallen.

Luo Shixin personally led the Jiesheng army to repel the counterattack of the defenders of Gaimu City, and waited for the arrival of the follow-up thousand horsemen.

With more than 1,500 soldiers in hand, Luo Shixin completely controlled the Xicheng Tower of Gaimu City.

He was also in no hurry to attack, waiting for the follow-up troops to come to help.

In half a day, the follow-up infantry of the Tang army also arrived one after another, nearly 25,000 soldiers. Gather under the city of Gaimu.

In terms of the number of troops in hand, it would be easy for Luo Shixin to take Gaimu City. However, he did not give the order to besiege the city, but instead ordered a siege but not a stalemate with the Goguryeo defenders in the city.

"A bunch of bitches!" Su Dingfang made a bitter face and sat down next to Luo Shixin: "My ancestors in eighteen lifetimes have scolded them all over again. ”

This Tang army did not fight, giving the guards in the city a chance to take advantage of. He felt that the longer it dragged on, the better it would be for them. While boosting morale, he mocked the Tang army, which did not dare to attack, in order to stabilize the morale of his own army.

Su Dingfang stepped forward to inspect the situation before, and he was angry.

"Hold it back!" Luo Shixin smiled and said, "Wait for their reinforcements to come." There's a time when you get angry. ”

Su Dingfang is also a general of the sky, where can he not see Luo Shixin's strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, even if the anger is great, he has to endure it, and look at the south for a while. "I'm afraid that the wishful thinking of the adults has not been fully launched."

"Maybe!" Luo Shixin also understood the meaning of Su Dingfang's words, and was very bored.

Li Jing once used a lion to describe Luo Shixin's combat style, and he was good at using his own style and charm to bring the soldiers together. Form a collective, constantly creating fighters and being able to seize small opportunities. As soon as he finds an opportunity, he will do everything he can. Get the most benefits, dare to take risks, and be bold and domineering.

Liu Renliang's plan allowed the Tang army to achieve an initial victory, but Luo Shixin's fighting style expanded this initial victory indefinitely. Not only did they have to swallow Gaimu City, but they also had to eat the reinforcements sent by Huaiyuan Town, and they would besiege the point and send reinforcements.

Liu Ren's clever strategy, coupled with Luo Shixin's command in place, and the cooperation of famous generals like Su Dingfang, went smoothly step by step, and it was just the last step to eat reinforcements to achieve great consummation. It's just that until now, no news has been received from reinforcements. Huaiyuan Town is indispensable to send reinforcements, and the only explanation is that the other party's reinforcements have a very serious general to prevent them from encircling the point to send reinforcements.

Su Dingfang saw that the respected coach was a little discouraged, and hurriedly said: "I have hardly paid many casualties, and achieving such results is already a great achievement." Do you still expect to destroy Goguryeo in one battle? ”

"Yes! If you can escape the monk, you can't run away from the temple. Luo Shixin spit out the grass roots in his mouth and said, "Inform Mo Hu'er and prepare to attack the city." Remind him to prevent Goguryeo from being cornered and burning his baggage. ”

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In the woods twenty miles away from Gaimu City, Hu Xiegu quietly listened to the news that the scouts had discovered, pondered for a while and said, "Withdraw!" Let's go back to Liaodong. ”

"What?" Wei Ze, the deputy general of Hu Xiegu, doubted his ears, this Gaimu City has not yet fallen, and the Goguryeo garrisons in the city are still struggling and waiting for their arrival, they are rushing day and night, even if the purpose is to rescue Gaimu City, but now they want to retreat?

"Withdraw!" Hu Xiegu repeated his words, "On the opposite side is Luo Shixin, the commander of the Tang Army, who personally leads the troops, and this Luo Shixin has the invincible courage and is best at fighting field battles. We went, it only made his record more brilliant, and it didn't make any sense. ”

Wei Ze lost his voice and said: "This is a siege point to send reinforcements?" ”

"** Not far from ten!" Hu Xiegu sighed: "Luo Shixin is really not comparable to Yang Guang. ”

Wei Ze hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "But the general retreats at this time, and the major general is only afraid that he will say that the general is not, and that the general is afraid of war and the enemy......

Hu Xiegu was also helpless for a while, he had tried his best to tolerate Yuan Song, but the other party's aggressiveness made him very uncomfortable. He wasn't a Goguryeo, but he had always seen himself as a Goguryeo. His father and mother are both from the Central Plains, his father Hu Sizheng is a native of Luoyang, and his ancestors are from a family of eunuchs. Hu Sizheng and Yang Xuangan's brothers became friends, Yang Xuangan raised troops against Sui, and Hu Sizheng responded and was the key figure in Yang Xuangan's rebellion. However, due to the failure of Yang Xuangan's rebellion, Hu Sizheng fled to Goguryeo, and in addition to being courteous to Goguryeo, he also had a good relationship with Yuanbin, the eldest brother of the soapy head of the official residence of the defending king of Liaodong, and became each other's confidants.

Yang Guang's third expedition to Goguryeo, in the face of Yuan Binzhi's volley, he was never able to take the defensive line of Liaoshui. However, due to years of conquest, Goguryeo also paid a certain price, unwilling to consume with the Sui Dynasty, and repatriated Hu Sizheng to Yang Guang, verbally admitting defeat and sending Yang Guang away. Yang Guang couldn't cross the Liaoshui, and the country was full of holes, Goguryeo gave him some face, so he withdrew along the ladder.

Yang Guang took all his anger out on Hu Sizheng's body, hung him outside the Jinguang Gate, and personally shot him with arrows with hundreds of civil and military officials. This shooting was not enough, and he ordered Hu Sizheng to be stewed and his meat to be eaten by the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs. In order to curry favor with Yang Guang, some ministers also ate a lot.

It wasn't enough to kill and stew, Yang Guang made another move with the bones left behind, and the bones were scattered......

Hu Xiegu is the son of Hu Sizheng, who was brought up by Yuan Bin's righteous son.

When his biological father was treated like this, Hu Xiegu completely broke off his idea of being born as a native of the Central Plains, regarded Goguryeo as his motherland, and did his best to serve Goguryeo.

"One step, one step!" Hu Xiegu said: "I can't step on it for myself, knowing that it is a plan." Withdrawal ......"

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After all, Luo Shixin did not wait for reinforcements from Goguryeo, and he also lost his patience to wait and issued an appointment to attack.

The Tang army, which had been holding back for a long time, waved the sharp weapon in his hand in the face of Goguryeo's ridicule, which made the Goguryeo defenders understand a truth: strength is not based on lip service, but by fighting.

From the moment Luo Shixin gave the order to attack to the end of the battle, it was only half an hour......

The defenders of Goguryeo intended to burn grain, grass and jade at the last moment, but the reason why Luo Shixin chose to attack Gaimu City was because he was interested in the strategic materials stored in the city, and he had already made preparations and controlled their armory and granary at the first time......

After logistics statistics, the Tang army captured more than 20,000 Goguryeo people and captured more than 100,000 stone in grain.

"Hahaha......" got this amount, Luo Shixin laughed heartily on the spot, and he was about to laugh like a fool, and said like a convulsion: "More than ten thousand stones, I think Goguryeo is going to be distressed and dripping blood......"

During this period, the grain was measured in stones, and the average amount of grain that an adult man could consume in a year was seven stones, and 100,000 stones of grain was enough for Luo Shixin's 100,000 army to eat for several months.

Su Dingfang said: "They have stored so much grain, and it can also be seen how deep-rooted this long-term strategic thinking is. ”

Mo Hu'er said with a smile: "They deserve it, adults want to fight, can they hold it?" Saved things, in the end is not cheaper for us. He had a blind admiration for Luo Shixin, and in his opinion, anyone who opposed Luo Shixin was irrational, and disarming and surrendering was the most correct thing to do.

Luo Shixin rejoiced for a while, and also got the latest situation of the other army.

Yuan Binzhi sent 15,000 people to resist the 8,000 Tang cavalry, and Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, personally led the cavalry to raid the attack, which was overwhelming, and almost completely annihilated this group of Goguryeo soldiers. However, due to the obstruction of these 10,000 and 5 soldiers, Yuan Binzhi retreated safely across Liaoshui and led the remnants back to Liaodong.

And Liaodong is the second nail encountered by the Tang army on this road. (To be continued......)