Chapter 569: Desperate Survival

Yuan Gai Suwen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he thought that the king sent an envoy to urge him to capture Silla as soon as possible, but he never expected that he would be ordered to return to the division, at this moment he had countless questions in his heart, why did the king order him to return to the division? And without a moment's delay? What's going on? Could it be because of the war in Liaodong? But isn't there still no news of the fall of Jian'an? Since the Tang army didn't even capture Jian'an, why did he rush to retreat so quickly? Today will definitely be able to capture Jincheng, let him withdraw at this time, he is really very unwilling, although this is the will of the king, he cannot go against the will, but he also wants to ask clearly, Yuan Gai Suwen asked in a deep voice.

"Dare to ask Commander Hong, why did the king let the army return to the division immediately? Dissatisfied with Commander Hong, the defenders of Jincheng are already at the end of their strength, and the army will definitely be able to capture Jincheng today. ”

Hearing Yuangai Suwen's words, Commander Hong didn't feel any surprise in his heart, let alone capture Jincheng today, even if he had already captured Jincheng, what was the use? Even if you capture Jincheng, you still have to retreat! The threat of the Tang army is already imminent, of course, the safety of Goguryeo itself is more important, Commander Hong said in a deep voice.

"General Yuan doesn't know yet, the Tang army has captured Liaodong City!"

Yuangai Suwen couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, he thought that maybe the Tang army had already captured Jian'an City, but he never thought that the Tang army had captured Liaodong City, that was Liaodong City! If he was allowed to defend Liaodong City, he would be able to hold on for at least half a year, and now how long has the Tang army attacked Liaodong before it occupied Liaodong City? Captured Liaodong City, doesn't that mean that the Tang army will soon occupy the entire territory of Liaodong? Yuangai Suwen asked in a lost voice.

"How is this possible? The soldiers of Liaodong City are well fed, easy to defend and difficult to attack, how could it fall so quickly? ”

Commander Hong sighed.

"Who's to say it isn't! Before, everyone thought that Liaodong could hold on for at least half a year, or even hold on all the time, forcing the Tang army to retreat in spite of the difficulties, but they never expected it! The Tang army broke Jian'an City one day, Gaimu City one day, and Liaodong City one day, perhaps, now the entire territory of Liaodong has fallen, so Wang Shang is so eager to urge General Yuan to lead his troops back. ”

"One day to break the city of Ancheng? Break the city of Mu in one day? Break Liaodong City in one day? How is this possible? How did Tang Jun do it? ”

Yuangai Suwen asked in a lost voice, originally Yuangai Suwen was extremely shocked in his heart, and now he is even more shocked, in fact, what he really wants to say is that the Liaodong guards deserve to die, especially the northern Weisa Gao Shou deserves to die, it is such an incompetent person who is in a high-ranking corpse position to eat, which made Liaodong fall so quickly, Commander Hong said in a deep voice.

"The Tang army has artillery, according to General Gao Yanshou, the artillery is very powerful, it is a sharp weapon for attacking the city, and the city cannot be defended at all!"

Yuangai Suwen couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, as a person who has been to the Tang Dynasty, of course he knows more about artillery than other Goguryeo people, he knows how much importance the Tang Dynasty monarchs and ministers attach to artillery, but all along, artillery has not appeared on the battlefield, so he forgot about artillery for a while, and then he remembered that Datang still has such a big killer as artillery! No wonder the Tang Emperor only brought 150,000 soldiers and horses with him, it turned out that he had full confidence in artillery, until this moment, Yuangai Suwen became more and more certain, he was likely to fall into Li Yong's trap, perhaps, Li Yong from the manufacture of artillery, has begun to plot their Goguryeo, after all, the role of artillery on the grassland is not very large, because the Turks have few cities, and the Turkic cavalry comes and goes like the wind, for a while, Yuangai Suwen also smelled the danger from it, because it was he who strongly advocated attacking Silla, which caused this crisis, If Liaodong can block the attack of the Tang army, so that he can successfully capture Silla, and then repel the Tang army, then he must be a radiant hero, but now the Tang army is like a bamboo, and it is easy to capture Liaodong, and the entire Goguryeo is in deep danger, and he has not been able to capture Silla, then he is not only useless, but has had, unless, he can lead the army to repel the Tang army, establish a higher prestige in the army, and even if the king and the ministers want to settle accounts after the autumn, they must also take care of his prestige in the army, and, When the time comes, why should he look at the king's face? Seeing that Yuangai Suwen's face had changed several times, Commander Hong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, to say that Yuangai Suwen was definitely a genius who led the troops, but it was a pity! If the Tang army did not have artillery, then Liaodong would definitely be able to block the Tang army, and Yuangai Suwen would definitely be able to lead the army to destroy Silla and make immortal achievements, but it's a pity! There is a Li Yong in the Tang Dynasty, who is both Yu and Liang! Although he knew that Yuan Gai Suwen must have been shocked and unwilling in his heart, Commander Hong still reminded.

"General Yuan, the king's will, let General Yuan immediately lead the troops back after receiving the will, and there will be no delay for a moment."

Strictly speaking, Yuangai Suwen has been delayed for a while, and now, Yuangai Suwen also understands that even if he captures Jincheng, it is useless, so what is there to hesitate about? Yuangai Suwen immediately turned his head and ordered.

"Mingjin retreats! The rear became the front, and the army slowly retreated to the camp, and then pulled the camp back to the division! ”

Mingjin's voice sounded, and the soldiers who were besieging the city were all stunned, and it wasn't time to eat yet, why did Mingjin suddenly withdraw his troops? Especially the generals who commanded the siege were even more puzzled, now the defenders of Jincheng must have reached the end of the strong crossbow, seeing that this is about to attack the city wall immediately, maybe they will be able to break through the city in a moment and a half, why did they retreat?

"Marshal, why did you suddenly withdraw from the army?"

The generals who had returned were very puzzled, and Yuangai Suwen glanced back at Jincheng and said in a deep voice.

"The king has a will, and when he sees the will, he will return to the teacher immediately, and there will be no delay for a moment!"

It turned out that not only did they retreat, but they also had to return to the division, and the generals looked at each other: "Why did you suddenly return to the division?" And so eager? Could it be that Datang has increased its troops? At this moment, they are very unwilling in their hearts, and they are about to capture Jincheng! As long as you capture Jinseong, you will soon be able to destroy the entire Silla, which is an immortal achievement! At this time, he had to withdraw his troops and return to the division, how unwilling!

"The Tang Dynasty did not increase its troops, but it only took one day for the Tang army to break through Jian'an City, another day to break through Gaimu City, and another day to break through Liaodong City, and now the entire Liaodong may have fallen into the hands of the Tang Army!"

Yuangai Suwen said in a deep voice, and the generals opened their mouths one by one, their faces full of incredulity, and they said one after another.

"Even Liaodong City was breached by the Tang army in one day? What do they eat? ”

They attacked the city and pulled out the village in Silla, and the Silla army was defeated, and they often laughed at the Silla people for their poor combat strength, so they were very proud, but they never thought that their Goguryeo was actually attacked by the Tang Dynasty in Liaodong, and they could not form an army. It's just ashamed to be in the company of them, Yuan Gai Suwen explained in a deep voice.

"It is said that it is because Datang has artillery, which is very powerful!"

When the generals heard this, their faces showed unconvinced looks, no matter how powerful the artillery is, how powerful can it be? No matter how powerful the artillery is, isn't it also a weapon? The most important thing in fighting a war is morale, strict drills, and troop formation, do you think that you can win the battle if you have a longer sword and gun? Seeing that the generals all had unconvinced expressions, Yuan Gai Suwen said in a deep voice.

"Although some generals in Liaodong are incompetent, but the soldiers of Liaodong have been guarding Liaodong for many years, with tenacity and tenacity, and they are by no means cowardly fighters, Datang's artillery is indeed powerful, and it is a sharp weapon for attacking cities and villages, and it must not be measured by common sense, Li Yong really has the talent to go through the heavens and latitudes, of course, even so, Liaodong should not fall so quickly!"

The subtext of Yuangai Suwen is very obvious, the reason why Liaodong fell so quickly is, in the final analysis, that the main general of Liaodong is stupid and incompetent, and all the generals nodded when they heard it.

"It's a pity! Since Liaodong is in danger, then let's go back to Liaodong, the land lost by the Liaodong Army, let's fight back, and the battle defeated by the Liaodong Army, let's win it back! ”

Yuangai Suwen's words can be called loud, in fact, the generals are very angry in their hearts, just about to kick the door, just because the Liaodong general is stupid and incompetent and had to withdraw the troops, lost the opportunity to establish an immortal career, Yuangai Suwen's words are inflammatory, because he understands in his heart that after he returns to the capital, he may not be safe, the king and the ministers in the court must be frightened by the news of the fall of Liaodong, and they will definitely put all these blames on him, so he can only keep peace by holding the military power in his hand tightly, In order to keep the glory and wealth, the army began to retreat slowly, Yuangai Suwen glanced back at Jincheng again, this feeling of being out of reach is really uncomfortable, Li Yong, you are so miserable to pit me! Yuangai Suwen was full of hatred in his heart, but he was not a person who sat back and waited for death, Li Yong, don't be complacent, the war has just begun! The defenders on the city wall looked at the army outside the city slowly retreating, and they were a little surprised and a little incredulous, although they dreamed that the Goguryeo army would withdraw, but when they really saw the Goguryeo army suddenly retreating, they had a feeling of disbelief, perhaps because they were too worried that what they saw was an illusion.

"Are the Goguryeo people retreating?"

A soldier couldn't help but mutter.

"It's time to withdraw the troops!"

"It must be the Goguryeo people who want to withdraw their troops! Otherwise, it would not have been possible to suddenly abandon the siege. ”

Queen Silla asked expectantly as she watched the army outside the city begin to retreat, and her tired phoenix eyes flashed with surprise.

"General Park, are the Goguryeo people going to retreat?"

General Park also couldn't suppress the excited look on his face, and nodded.

"Your Majesty, it should be that the troops have withdrawn, just now the Goguryeo people almost attacked the city again, something big must have happened suddenly, otherwise they would not have withdrawn their troops!"

Queen Silla said excitedly when she heard this.

"It must be that the Tang army defeated the Goguryeo people, and Gao Jianwu ordered the recall of Yuangai Suwen, so Yuangai Suwen couldn't wait to withdraw his troops!"

General Park couldn't help but nod when he heard it, what the queen said was very likely to be true, otherwise the Goguryeo people would not have withdrawn their troops so suddenly, looking at the army outside the city getting farther and farther away, the soldiers in the city couldn't help but burst out with earth-shattering cheers, until this moment, they were sure that the Goguryeo people had really withdrawn their troops, thinking of the hard fighting for more than ten days, no, thinking of the continuous uprooting of the Goguryeo army in the past few months, some generals felt very aggrieved in their hearts, and now Goguryeo suddenly withdrew its troops, this is really an excellent opportunity for revenge!

"Your Majesty, General, now that the Goguryeo people have retreated in a hurry, if we take the opportunity to send troops to cover up and kill, we will definitely be able to defeat the Goguryeo people and avenge the dead comrades and compatriots!"

"Yes! The king, the general, the Goguryeo people retreated in a hurry, and the people must be panicked, and we will gather men and horses to chase and kill, and we will definitely be able to take revenge! ”

The queen's face couldn't help but have a look of interest, she has endured too much these days, and she hates the Goguryeo people to the core, if she can retaliate against Goguryeo and let out a bad breath, it would be great, at this moment, General Park muttered.

"What if there is fraud?"

This sentence hit the queen's heart hard, yes! What if there is fraud? Compared with revenge on Goguryeo, it is more important to hold the city, as long as the city is defended, there is hope, but if it is really Yuangai Suwen's deception, it is not just a defeat, but the loss of Jincheng, and even the complete destruction of the country, so you must be cautious no matter what, the queen nodded.

"General Park is right, although it is possible for the Goguryeo people to withdraw their troops, it is not advisable that this is Yuan Gai Suwen deceiving, or it is safe!"

Even so, a look of pity flashed across the queen's face, and it all fell into General Park's eyes, who said with a smile.

"The king doesn't have to feel a pity, if Yuangai Suwen really retreats, it means that the Tang Dynasty has brought a great threat to the Goguryeo people, and Yuangai Suwen will definitely return to Liaodong to fight with the Tang army, when the time comes, the rear of Goguryeo will inevitably be empty, and the king will gather troops and horses, echo the Tang army from afar, and attack back and forth, it will definitely be able to give the Goguryeo people back the color and take revenge!"

The queen couldn't help but feel very excited when she heard this, yes, when the time comes, Silla will be saved and have no worries, just tidy up the soldiers and horses, echo the Tang army from afar, and attack back and forth, the queen approvingly.

"General Park is really old-fashioned, this plan is very good!"

The other generals couldn't help but be overjoyed when they heard it, and when the time came, the army would go out to conquer Goguryeo, and they would be able to breathe a bad breath, General Park bowed slightly and said with a smile.

"The king praised it."

The Queen asked.

"General Park, what should I do now?"

General Park laughed.

"You can send scouts to probe the traces of the Goguryeo people to see if the Goguryeo people have withdrawn their troops, and as for the city, you still can't relax, in case the Goguryeo people cheat and attack suddenly!"

The queen nodded.

"Okay, everything is according to General Pu's words!"