Chapter 377: Spring is Approaching
In the city of Anshi, Bing Yuan, a famous man who avoided disaster in Liaodong, and Guoyuan finally met.
Bing Yuan is Qingzhou Zhu Xuren's clan, Guoyuan is Qingzhou Le'an people's clan, the two had many correspondence before avoiding Liaodong, but after arriving in Liaodong, because of the defense of Gongsun Du, but they have not been in contact for many years, and now after meeting in Anshi, it is naturally a sigh of embarrassment.
Bing Yuan asked Guoyuan: "Brother Zini, the fall of Gongsun Du is imminent, and I am afraid that this land of Liaodong will not be peaceful in the future, I don't know what your plans are?" ”
Guo Yuan said with some melancholy: "Although Gongsun Du has lost the defense line of Yiwu Lushan Mountain, he still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command, and Xiangping City has hoarded enough grain and grass, so the Liao army may not be able to help him." If the war continues, it is still the people of Liaodong who will be hurt and suffered, and Guo Mou is unwilling to sit back and watch the people of Liaodong fall into the war, but there is nothing to be done, it is really tangled and hesitant. ”
Bing Yuan shook his head and said: "I know that Brother Zini has the ability to govern the country, and now although he is trapped in Anshi, he is not without nothing to do. Xian Yu Minghui is good at governing the army, but he is not good at governance, you and I might as well help him to repel the invading Goguryeo people first, and then govern Xinchang, Anshi, Wenxian and Qishi City, which can be regarded as repaying the people of Liaodong for their kindness over the years, I don't know what Brother Zini thinks? ”
"Brother Genju can have this idea, it is really a blessing for the people of Liaodong, the country is not talented, and he should follow closely!" Guo Yuan nodded deeply and cast an admiring look at Bing Yuan.
After Bing Yuan and Guo Yuan made up their minds, they came together to see Xian Yuyin and expressed their willingness to assist Xian Yuyin in governing the city. Xian Yuyin, who was busy fighting against the Goguryeo people, waited for their words, and now the two great powers took the initiative to come to the door, naturally they were overjoyed, and he immediately presented the seal letter of the Anshi County Order and the Xinchang County Order with both hands, and at the same time appointed Guoyuan and Bingyuan as the praise paintings of the Liao Army, and they could come to see him at any time.
Xian Yuyin said clearly, if it weren't for the limited number of cities he occupied now. With the abilities of Guoyuan and Bingyuan, he had to recommend at least two of them to serve as the Taishou of Liaodong County and the Taishou of Lelang County respectively. The two of them don't care about this, if they want to be officials, they can enter the official career more than ten years ago, and now they accept Xian Yuyin's appointment, mainly because they want to wipe Xian Yuyin's "butt", so as not to turn the land of Liaodong into a blank land after repeated wars.
Xian Yuyin had the two helpers of Guoyuan and Bingyuan, and threw away all the trivial things to pacify the people and govern the city, and then led the infantry of the Liao army of 2,000 degrees out of Anshi City quickly.
In the dense forest beside the road from Wenxian County to Anshi, soldiers of the Liao Army of 2,000 degrees were distributed on both sides of the road. Their swords and spears had long been sharpened, and their eyes glowed with a terrifying light.
"Straight lady thief, dare to take advantage of our army to go north to Xinchang to attack the Yu clan, these Goguryeo people really deserve to die!" A military commander whispered to the team leader next to him.
"I originally thought that after I cleaned up Gongsun Du, I would fight against the Goguryeo barbarians, but it turned out that these guys who didn't know whether to live or die actually touched behind us, and they were really impatient."
"Yang Mazi, do you dare to compare with someone today?"
"Than what?"
"More heads than anyone else!"
"It's better than that, since I Yang Mazi enlisted in the army from Macheng. I don't know how many Xianbei people, Wuhuan people and all kinds of thieves have been killed, are you still afraid to compare with you! ”
"Silence! Traces of the Goguryeo people have been found ahead! ”
Half an hour later, about 3,000 Goguryeo's forward troops entered the ambush circle arranged by Xian Yuyin.
"Shoot the arrows!" Xian Yuyin gave an order, and the arrows on both sides of the forest suddenly rained down. They shot at the Goguryeo soldiers on the road.
The Goguryeo soldiers panicked at the attack, but quickly calmed down and immediately raised their wooden shields. The vital parts of the body were hidden behind the shield, and then moved closer to each other, and there was no widespread collapse.
Xian Yuyin held a clairvoyant mirror and carefully observed the reaction of the Goguryeo soldiers. I thought to myself: This Goguryeo barbarian is not simple, it seems to be more powerful than the soldiers under Gongsun Du.
"Pass on my order, the pikemen will attack from the east and west in formation, and the axe and shield soldiers will cover the crossbowmen to attack from the north, let go of the south, and drive the Goguryeo barbarians back to Wenxian first!"
At Xian Yuyin's order, 2,000 soldiers rushed out from three directions shouting together, and soon fought with the Goguryeo people who were defending themselves.
Although the Goguryeo soldiers were brave and not afraid of death, their weapons and protective gear were far behind the soldiers of the Duliao army, and after the soldiers of the Duliao army launched a charge, they were all in small teams and cooperated with each other to fill the position, so after a fight, the Goguryeo soldiers were finally killed by the Duliao army, and retreated towards the southern Wenxian county in a cry.
Seeing the Goguryeo soldiers retreating to the south, Xian Yuyin did not order the soldiers to pursue, but quickly withdrew to the city of Anshi in the north, while preparing to meet the enemy.
Three days later, the Goguryeo people, who had suffered losses, swarmed and gathered outside the city of Anshi, this time without reservation, and almost 10,000 people came at once, apparently to avenge the ambush they had been ambushed two days earlier.
Xian Yuyin took a closer look at the city, then showed a disdainful look on his face, and said to Guo Yuan beside him: "The Goryeo barbarian is really stupid, he only suffered a small loss a few days ago, so he wants to come and make up for it." If they retreat to Wenxian County to protect themselves, I will have to work hard to break the city, and now that they are pouring out, then don't blame me for being unkind! ”
Soon after, the Koreans began to besiege Anseong Fortress. Xian Yuyin calmly commanded at the head of the city, and the soldiers of the Liao army of 5,000 degrees were well defended, and the Goguryeo people who were about to commit crimes were fighting all over the ground looking for teeth. After a fierce battle, the Goguryeo people paid more than 2,000 corpses, but they did not even touch the head of Anseongseong.
The Goguryeo people were frustrated in their siege and ran out of ideas for a while. Some leaders insisted on continuing to besiege Anshi Castle, because if they did not take Anshi Castle, they would not be able to achieve their goal of going to Xiangping Castle. Some leaders think that the defenders in Anshi City are too powerful, so it is better to retreat to Wenxian County first to wait for reinforcements, and wait for the opportunity to fight again.
The casualties of the Duliao army in the city were very small, and the soldiers had just repelled the siege of the Goguryeo people, and the fighting spirit was very strong at this time, so Xian Yuyin did his best to raise the troops in the city, and took advantage of the chaos of the Goguryeo people, rushed out of the city of Anshi, and launched a fierce attack on the Goguryeo. The Goguryeo were unable to resist the outrageous Duliao soldiers, and scattered like panicked birds and beasts, with thousands of them returning to Wenxian, others taking prisoners, and others fleeing into the nearby mountains and forests.
Xian Yuyin sent 2,000 infantry to bite the Goguryeo fleeing south, and when thousands of Goguryeo remnants arrived outside Wenxian two days later, they found that the banner of the Liao army was hanging at the head of Wenxian County, and Han soldiers had already occupied the city.
Where did this group of soldiers of the Liao Army in Wenxian come from? However, after Chen Rong, who stayed in the city of Yushi, led 3,000 infantry all the way north to regain the city of Pingguo, he took advantage of the Goguryeo people in Wenxian County to go to Anshi, and quietly touched it and pocketed Wenxian County.
The question came again, Chen Rong's duty was to lead the 3,000 infantry in the city to hold the city, and ensure that the Liao army had a solid logistics base in eastern Liaodong. In case Gongsun Du sent a force from the direction of Lelang to attack the city, wouldn't this Liao army that landed on the Liaodong Peninsula have no rear?
The answer is that reinforcements have come from within the city! When Liu He, who was far away in Lingzhi in western Liaoning, received a secret report that Gongsun Du had colluded with the Goguryeo people and the Xianbei people in the east, Liu He immediately sent people to Nanpi by water, and sent an order to Zhenwu General Xian Yufu, asking him to draw 5,000 infantry from the Zhenwu camp, take the troop transport ship of the Haiyang Water Division from Nanpi to enter the sea along the Zhangshui, and then sail east to reinforce the city of Yushi.
Nearly two months have passed since Liu He gave Xian Yufu's order, and the 5,000 Zhenwu battalion infantry reinforcing Liaodong had arrived at Yushi City more than ten days ago. As soon as Chen Rong saw the reinforcements, he immediately led 3,000 soldiers out of the city and went north, the purpose was to fight the main force led by Xian Yuyin to fight in the north and south, and wipe out the Goguryeo people who had rashly penetrated into the hinterland of Liaodong.
The remnants of the Goguryeo army, which fled to the outside of Wenxian County, were attacked from both sides by the Duliao army, and their fighting spirit had already been exhausted by the two battles in front of them, and after a little resistance, they surrendered to the Duliao army.
In the city of Anshi, Xian Yuyin learned that Chen Rong led the army to occupy Wen County, and there were still 5,000 infantry of the Zhenwu battalion in the city for him to deploy, and the pressure on his heart dropped sharply, so he sent troops to search for the remnants of Goguryeo soldiers who had fled between Anshi and Wen County, and on the other hand, he posted a notice to escort the people of the two counties who had fled from Pingguo and Wen County to Anshi and Xinchang back to the county.
After tossing and turning in the counties of Liaodong for half a year, more than 4,000 were killed by the Liao army, more than 5,000 were captured as prisoners, and 7,800 Goguryeo people hid in the mountains and forests.
Xian Yuyin was worried that after he left Anshi, the more than 5,000 Goguryeo captives held in the city would rebel and rebel, but he was unwilling to be an executioner like Bai Qi and kill all these Goguryeo captives at once, so he assigned Chen Rong to lead the troops to escort all these Goguryeo captives to Yushi City, and then transport them back to Yongnu by water, and finally send them to the newly built factory new area in Jicheng. These Goguryeo captives will be used as free labor, and from then on they will live within the high walls, and they will be whipped like cattle and horses every day, contributing blood and sweat to the construction of Youzhou.
Although Xian Yuyin had never heard of the term "slave trade", he kept in mind Liu He's advice, knowing how important adult male labor was to the Han Dynasty and Youzhou, so he was ready to capture the soldiers in Liaodong as slaves from the beginning.
Time passed quickly, it was already March, and Liaodong, which was originally cold and unbearable, finally had the breath of spring, and everything was developing in the direction of favoring the Liao army. (To be continued......)
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