At this time, it is already after autumn, and it is about to enter winter, and Dong Meng, the shou of Liaodong County, is anxious to organize the people to repair the road over the thousand mountains, because I am afraid that it will not be long before the land will freeze, and the work will inevitably be stopped in the coming year. But when the ice and snow melt the next year, it won't be able to dry for three or five days, and spring sowing will be necessary...... The national project in the north is so difficult to organize, so the roads in Liaodong are full of holes, and it is really not caused by his laziness and neglect.

Instead, Xun stayed in Xi'an Pingcheng, waiting for news from the front line, until the military report of the Southern Route Army seizing the domestic city arrived, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief and set off to return to Xiangping.

Yes Xun is not too worried about a big defeat, although there is no way to win the war, but so many generals are gathered together, if people still lose their armor, it is pure providence, and it is useless to be in a hurry. Unless the front-line generals are at odds and hinder each other, it is possible to suffer a big defeat, but he feels that his assignment should not be too much of a problem.

Cao Zidan's identity on the North Road is there, he is not only Cao Cao's relatives, he loves his own son, but also his brother-in-law, who dares to commit a crime with him? Even if the son is a fu, Cao Zhen is his nominal uncle after all, and there is almost no possibility of violating the order.

As for the South Road, although Wei Yan has always been proud, he can still take care of the overall situation, especially when he is still sitting in the rear - in the original history, he quarreled with Yang Yi when he saw Tian'er, and he almost had to enter with a white knife and go out with a red knife, but if Zhuge Liang did not die, he would not really fight. As for Xiahou Lan, that is his old subordinate, with a modest personality, and he will not be like Yang Yi to be a hard top Wei Yan.

The only thing that Shixun is worried about is that the southern route will be slow to advance, and there will be no fighters on the northern route. leads to the end of the reactive return. He patted his chest with Cao Cao at the beginning. It's all well guaranteed. It will definitely be able to hit Goguryeo hard, but when I really arrived in Liaodong, I realized that things were not so simple. According to Dong Meng, winter will soon come, and it will be difficult for the military operation to continue, so we only have more than a month to plan and act.

Shixun thought at first, this is not nonsense. Can't you fight in winter? In those years, the main body of the army was still semi-full-time peasant soldiers, and in addition, peasants who were not out of production were also needed to serve as auxiliaries and grain transport teams, so they had to avoid farming and choose to act after the autumn harvest. How long has it been since autumn to the beginning of winter, according to Dong Meng's meaning, it is really similar to the early Warring States period of Japan, all battles are small fights, and there will be no expeditions, and it is easy not to go abroad.

But after thinking about it again, Dong Meng is not a young man after all. What is said is not unreasonable. Mainly because the logistics were so inefficient in those years that it was impossible to change all the soldiers into winter clothes - besides, there was no cotton. The rich were clothed with silk wool to keep them warm, the poor could not afford it, the nomads could wear fur coats for everyone, and the agricultural peoples did not have this condition—so the possibility of winter war in the south was greatly reduced.

Although the climate in the whole region was generally warmer than that of later generations, it was still very cold in winter at the latitude of Liaodong. Especially when entering the enemy's territory, the terrain cannot be absolutely familiar, and if it snows heavily every day and covers the road, let alone advance, I am afraid that I will not even be able to retreat back - Napoleon and Hitler were defeated by the harsh winter of Russia in later generations, let alone the Wei army at this time.

So there is really not enough time - he can be regarded as knowing why Goguryeo chose to attack and loot Xi'an Ping before the autumn harvest, and then run away after the fight.

Shixun is not afraid of losing the battle, he is afraid of returning in vain, to say that it consumes materials and mobilizes people and horses but does not allow an inch of land, which damages his own prestige, and to say that it is a complete waste of national resources, and the northeast border trouble cannot be solved. At the beginning, the important ministers all suggested that the soldiers and horses of Guang Diaoyu and Ping two states should drive the Goguryeo people out of the country, and only Shixun asked for a counterattack to punish the enemy and set an example.

Fortunately, Xiahoulan and Wei Yan were still effective, and finally destroyed the Goguryeo naval division and captured the ...... Or rather, it took over the domestic city. can take half of the other party's capital, which is enough to explain to the imperial court; And the semi-technical army of the water division, once it is destroyed, it will not be able to be rebuilt quickly, and it will also create conditions for the Wei army to go north to attack again in the future.

Moreover, there was often intelligence sent from Cao Zhen on the northern road, and although the speed of the march was very slow, it was extremely safe, and tens of thousands of civilians from Goguryeo were captured and transported back to Liaodong one after another. In these years, the population was a source of wealth and soldiers, and it could undoubtedly destroy the war machine of Goguryeo to a certain extent, so that they would not dare to disturb them again.

So when Xun came to Xi'anping, he was very anxious, and his heart was not steady, but the return trip was very good, and it took more than ten days to return to Xiangping. As soon as they entered the city, there was another news from the front line, and the soldiers and horses of the north and south were on the way to retreat.

Let's say that when the palace heard the warning signal under the mountain, he couldn't help but be shocked, and had no choice but to withdraw his troops in a hurry, leaving thousands of soldiers and horses to help defend the city. He hurried and hurried, and by the time he returned to the northern foot of Marudu Mountain, he had already stopped traveling, and the Wei army had burned the domestic city to a blank field, and killed thousands of urban and rural civilians who had not had time to escape.

Xia Houlan and Wei Yan did not faint, risking a hard attack on the mountain city of Marudu, but only blocking the passage under the city, and at the same time sending out rangers to the four fields to search for and kill the people of Goguryeo - of course, according to the old rules, women of appropriate age, craftsmen and Chinese slaves were not killed, and they were loaded and transported back to Xi'an Ping at any time.

And when the palace army returned, the Wei army refused to fight with him, and immediately got on the boat and sailed away, smooth sailing, and was hundreds of miles away in an instant. The palace wanted to cry without tears in the face of the ruins, and Pei got to come down the mountain to meet him, and knelt down to ask for sin. Wei Gong put his hands around and comforted him, saying, "What is the crime of Pei? It is also caused by the fact that they are lonely and do not listen to the advice of the people. And although it is lost in the country, it is not lost in the pills, and this is the power of the people. ”

I am ashamed to say that the other party is not serious about attacking the mountain, and it is really not necessary to have any credit for defending the mountain city of Marudu...... He reminded the palace: "Now the water division has been overturned, the people are mostly killed and plundered by the Wei people, the palace has fallen, and the fields have been trampled. If the Wei people come again tomorrow, I am afraid that they will not be able to refuse, but what? ”

The palace squeezed the eyes. The expression was sad. Rhetorical asked: "Why do you teach orphans?" "It's time to say: "For example, Gou Jian was defeated by Fu Jiao." Henkel was trapped in Pingcheng, and he lost his mind for a while, and had to deal with the enemy. Dawang Guo can work hard, ten years of life and gathering, ten years of lessons, revival can be expected, why fear the Wei people? "The implication is that let's admit it for the time being. Apologize and be a vassal.

Goguryeo has been defeated by the Chinese regime many times in history, and even the capital has been broken several times, and it has repeatedly fallen but repeatedly got up, relying on peace and rebuilding after defeat. And the Chinese regime dislikes the remoteness of the place, and has never intended to occupy it, as long as it subdues you, it will be over, so this cancer can survive until the Tang Dynasty. His father Yiyimo, grandfather Bogu, and even his great-grandfather palace have many records of accepting ministers to China. So the palace is not ashamed.

- Anyway, I'm not really convinced, just to stall for time. It doesn't cost much to be a minister, so what can't you do?

Therefore, this time he finally adopted what he had been advised to do, and sent him to Xiangping to meet Shixun in person to express his apology to the Wei Dynasty and his courtiers.

Besides, Cao Zhen on the north road, since he could find out that the palace army retreated, he expected that it would be the south road that would succeed. But Cao Zhen didn't dare to chase deeply, but just waved his army to surround the Susheng Bone City. The scale of Susheng Bone City is not large, surrounded by earthen walls, it looks quite solid on the surface, and there are nearly 10,000 defenders stationed in it, which is not much less than the number of Wei troops outside the city. It's just that in the eyes of the Chinese, can this also be considered a "strong city"?

Because Cao Zhen's march was slow, the logistics were unimpeded, and the amount of materials he carried was very large, including many key components of the "Thunderbolt Car". At that moment, he set up a formation under the city, ordered his soldiers to cut down trees, and started to build a chariot overnight - there are many dense forests in Goguryeo, and towering trees abound, all of which are high-quality materials for making siege equipment.

Moreover, the "Thunderbolt" at this time has been improved by Zhuge Liang and Ma Jun, and the hit rate has been greatly improved. The main thing is to change the manpower pulling type to the counterweight type, the height is more than three zhang, the short arm of the cannon rod is tied to a wooden box, which contains heavy objects, the long arm is tied to the bullet bag, dragged down by the winch, tied to the leather rope, and so on After aiming at the target, only need to wave the knife to break the rope, and the natural projectile flies out. Moreover, according to Shi Xun's suggestion and Ma Jun's calculations, a relatively complete "design table" was listed for the distance of the target and the weight of the counterweight, etc., and the soldiers could operate according to the table, and it was not necessary to rely purely on experience.

This new type of "thunderbolt" has a maximum range of 500 paces and a maximum of 100 pounds of stone projectiles. The old-fashioned car can't say that the guide hits the north, and it basically refers to the southeast and the northeast, and the new car can be limited to a three-zhang radius as long as the operation is correct, but the impact point can be limited to a radius of three zhang - this is quite accurate, hitting people and horses is a joke, and smashing the city wall is foolproof.

The Wei army prepared for two whole days under the city of Susheng Bone, during which the city once sent troops out to make a sneak attack, but was easily repelled by Guo Huai and Hao Zhao led by Karasuma rangers. Cao Zhen specially called Guo and Hao, and said that I will remember your merits, but after a discussion, how about a nameless name? Guo and Hao have no objections - it's not to take the credit from us, but to regain it, just share him a little, how big is it?

When the preparations were completed, the Wei army launched 20 "thunderbolt cars" under the city and attacked the city walls several times. The city general is also quite familiar with the method of guarding the palace, and hurriedly hangs down the grass curtain and leather curtain to protect it. Seeing this, Cao Zhen ordered the clay pot to be replaced, which contained gunpowder and grease, lit it and launched it, and then burned the curtain to the air. Then stone bullets and burnt mud bombs were fired, and in the dust, the walls of the Bone City were knocked out one after another, countless gaps of different sizes were knocked out.

Cao Zidan gave an order, and several teams of Wei army daring soldiers surrounded the huge "Linche" and rushed straight to the city wall.

This new style of "Linche" is the handwriting of Zhuge Kongming, up to four zhang, divided into three layers, the front board is covered with multiple wet skin, and there are three oxen dragged at the bottom - the oxen are hiding behind the skin, neither can see the battlefield situation clearly, will not be frightened, and is not easy to be injured by enemy arrows - the upper two layers are placed with crossbowmen shooting from a distance and spearmen to defend against the enemy.

Soon, the "Linche" rushed to the larger gaps in the city wall, and then the front plate was turned over, like a bridge, and the archers and spearmen behind the board bravely dispersed the Goguryeo defenders near the gap, and the sword and shield foot soldiers took the opportunity to jump into the board. The defenders had never seen such a way of fighting, and they were frightened and frightened for a while, and they were inevitably at a loss, and the city walls were broken through in an instant. Immediately, the defenders took the lead in abandoning the city and fled, and the Bone City was almost immediately defeated.

When the news reached the main formation, Cao Zhen first asked: "Who is the first?" The subordinate replied that it was a certain song. Cao Zhen nodded: "The name of this song is blameless." (To be continued......)

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