Chapter 288: Soldiers are coming to the city, showing off their might
The Xianbei cavalry army led by Kebineng was divided into five cavalry brigades of 20,000 people, attacking from all sides, and finally converged towards Marudu City.
All the villages in Goguryeo that were not sheltered by the city became the trophies of the Xianbei cavalry.
Whether it was the grain that did not come and was transported away in the village, or the Goguryeo people who were reluctant to flee and hid in the village, almost none of them were spared under the plundering of the Xianbei cavalry.
These Xianbei cavalry did not provoke the Goguryeo city at all, which made the guards in the Goguryeo city hate and rejoice.
The hate is that the Xianbei cavalry plundered the people and grain and grass of Goguryeo back to the steppe, and the joy is that as long as the Xianbei cavalry does not attack the city, then the Goguryeo soldiers and food in the city can support more time.
Under the vigorous sweep of 100,000 Xianbei cavalry, in just ten days, there was not a single intact village in Goguryeo, and there was not a grain left.
At the beginning, the plan of clearing the wilderness set by the king of Dongchuan and the general Zhao Chi was implemented very thoroughly with the help of the 100,000 Xianbei cavalry army.
These days, every day there are horse-drawn wagons loaded with grain, grass and treasure from Goguryeo to the base camp of Hui Kobineng on the steppe.
There were also a large number of Goguryeo people hiding outside the villages and in the mountains, who were found one by one by the carpet raiding Xianbei cavalry, captured as slaves, and sent cavalry squads to escort them back to the base camp.
In the face of the huge harvest of the Kebi Neng Department in Goguryeo, the root of the step is also very red-eyed.
However, who let Dawei not find the root of Budu first and let them attack Goguryeo, his eyes were red and he could only watch dryly.
As for attacking Kebineng's base camp, Budugen doesn't have this idea yet.
If Bu Dugen really did this, the happiest person would be Da Wei, and wouldn't it be beautiful to solve two big troubles for Da Wei at once.
Inside the city of Marudu in Goguryeo.
At this time, the king of Dongchuan was analyzing the battle situation in the palace with the general Zhao Chi.
Although the Xianbei cavalry plundered in Goguryeo, there were still information about the Xianbei cavalry in various Goguryeo cities, which could be passed on to the Marudu City.
Just now, from Yanlou City, Yulou City and Mulou City, news about the Xianbei cavalry was sent back respectively.
The Goguryeo heralds who set out from the three cities separately and arrived at Marudu City changed from nine at the time of departure to the last three, if it weren't for the fact that Kebineng now knew that there was no effect of the surprise attack and relaxed the siege of Goguryeo Castle, none of these nine Goguryeo heralds would have wanted to reach Marudu City alive.
The king of Dongchuan and the general Zhao Chi were looking at the letters from the three border cities including Yanlou City.
"Kebi can take advantage of people's danger and deceive people too much!"
Wang Chuan, the defender of Yanlou City, told the king of Dongchuan in a letter that the Xianbei cavalry loaded the looted treasures and grain and grass into horse-drawn carts and transported them back to the prairie every day.
There were also a group of Goguryeo people who were captured and enslaved by the Xianbei cavalry, and they were also escorted by the Xianbei cavalry to the steppe.
The more King Dongchuan looked at it, the more angry he became, and his whole heart was dripping blood.
These grains, grasses and wealth were accumulated by Goguryeo for many years, so that the people of Goguryeo gradually lived a good life.
In Dongcheon's original plan, in another decade or so, the population of Goguryeo would increase by about 50%.
Once the population of Goguryeo reached the one million mark, then Liaodong was basically in Goguryeo's pocket.
"These Xianbei cavalry have destroyed all the hard work of this king for many years!
After the peace talks with Dawei are opened to the mutual market, this king will definitely not let Ke Bineng go, and he must see him die in front of this king! ”
The more King Dongchuan looked at it, the more angry he became, and finally couldn't help but roar loudly.
Zhao Chi, the general on the side, was not as angry as King Dongchuan after reading the news of Yulou City and Mu Lou City.
In the eyes of the general Zhao Chi, all the grain and grass that has not had time to be harvested has already been regarded as the military food of the Xianbei cavalry.
As for the people who hide in the villages and the mountains and forests, they are also part of the population that has to be abandoned.
With the existing number of cities in Goguryeo, it was impossible to bring all the people into the city to protect them, and keeping them outside the city could more or less delay the raids of the Xianbei cavalry and give Marudu Castle more time to prepare.
"Great King, as long as the city of Marudu is not broken, Goguryeo will not perish!"
Zhao Chi has now finally shown his side besides greed for money, which is rational and ruthless.
Then Zhao Chi continued to analyze the king of Dongchuan: "Now the news from various cities is that the Xianbei cavalry are looting the villages.
In addition, the Xianbei people have replenished a large amount of grain, grass and cavalry, so please order the king to order, no matter what kind of provocation the Xianbei cavalry in each city, you must not go out of the city to meet the battle!
Once you go out of the city to fight, you will fall for the tricks of the Xianbei people! ”
After listening to Zhao Chi's analysis, the king of Dongchuan also nodded heavily, and then said: "General Zhao, don't worry, this king will give orders to the guards of each city, let them continue to hold the city and not attack!" ”
When the king of Dongchuan sent letters to the guards of various cities to give orders, Zhao Chi also continued to analyze the battle situation.
"Great King, the last general thinks that the Xianbei cavalry may not cooperate with the Great Wei infantry to attack the city.
First of all, General Chen, the defender of Hancheng in Dashan in Liaodong, did not spread the news that Great Wei was preparing to attack Goguryeo.
Now the army of Great Wei is only assembled and drilled in Liaodong County. The last general speculated that this was the Great Wei using Xianbei cavalry to stop our autumn harvest, and then besieged the city to prevent our armies from connecting with each other!
But in this way, if it doesn't play into our hands, can Great Wei really send more than five times the 200,000 troops mobilized by my Goguryeo to conquer all the cities one by one?!
The amount of grain and grass that would need to be consumed would be an astronomical amount, absolutely impossible! ”
When Zhao Chi said this, he didn't believe it in his heart, you must know that the siege party must at least five times more troops than the defender, so that it is possible to break through the city before the food and grass in the city are exhausted!
Just when the king of Dongchuan and the general Zhao Chi were writing a letter and analyzing it, a palace guard suddenly ran in in a panic.
"King, General Zhao, the Xianbei cavalry has hit Marudu City!"
King Dongchuan and Zhao Chi were shocked when they heard this, and at the same time thought that the Xianbei cavalry had looted the pill capital city so quickly.
However, there is no shortage of grain, grass, soldiers and horses in Marudu City now, and the equipment to defend the city is also very well prepared, so King Dongchuan and Zhao Chi were only surprised by the speed of the Xianbei cavalry, but they did not feel scared or panicked.
"Panic what! Take the king and Ben to the castle tower to have a look! ”
Zhao Chi scolded the panicked guard, this guard must be a relation, and then asked him to lead him to the city tower.
After King Dongchuan and Zhao Chi came to the tower of Marudu City, they saw the Xianbei cavalry that gradually gathered not far from the outside of Marudu City from all directions of Marudu City, with at least 50,000 people, and there was no end in sight to the black pressure!