The location of Liaodong City was very important, and Goguryeo naturally could not let it be conquered by the Tang army.

Goguryeo did not engage in a large-scale decisive battle with the Tang army, and what is known about the Tang army is from the intelligence gathered.

In addition, the Goguryeo people had the confidence to successfully defeat the Sui Dynasty's million-strong army three times in the past few decades.

In their opinion, the Sui army and the Tang army came from similar sources, so it was natural to put them into it.

The last point is that Gao Ju (Gou) Liren believes that she is more resistant to severe cold than the Tang Army, and she has more advantages in fighting in the cold winter.

The powerful minister Yuan Gai Suwen, who was really in power in Goguryeo, was extremely ambitious and wanted to defeat the main force of the Tang army through the cold winter field battle.

In this way, as long as the Tang army is defeated, those defeated soldiers want to flee thousands of miles in this cold wind and snow and return to Youzhou, it is purely a dream.

If hundreds of thousands of Tang troops were buried in the ice and snow, it would be impossible to say that Goguryeo would have the opportunity to peek into Middle-earth.

Yuangai Suwen was ambitious, and wanted to get rid of the main force of the Tang Dynasty in one battle, and even took Li Er to peek into Middle-earth.

After all, I have won the battle before, and I think I can still win it now.

After reconciling with Gao Jianwu, the two pieced together and pulled out a team of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses.

This is basically the entire field mobile force of the entire Goguryeo at this time.

Because of the difficulty of marching in the cold weather, they trekked all the way to Layueli before they arrived near Liaodong City.

After learning that Liaodong City had not yet been captured, Yuangai Suwen breathed a sigh of relief.

If Liaodong City has already fallen, then this adventurous attack will lose its cornerstone.

On a hill forty miles southeast of Liaodong City, Yuangai Suwen and Gao Jianwu stood side by side.

Looking at the dense Tang army barracks in the distance, Gao Jianwu put down the single-barrel telescope smuggled from the Tang Dynasty at a high price, and asked worriedly, "Can you win?" ”

Yuan Gai Suwen, who also put down the monoculars, responded in a deep voice, "I have lost so much and come here, I must fight." ”

They gathered troops and horses from all over the country and rushed here, losing thousands of soldiers and horses along the way, and the number of logistical people who transported supplies was several times this.

At this time, it would be a big joke to return without going to war.

"Now it's a rare opportunity."

Yuangai Suwen stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the Tang army's military camp, "The emperor of the Tang Dynasty is over there, this is Goguryeo's best chance." ”

In his heart, he fantasized that he could defeat the main force of the Tang army, and even be able to shoot Li Er's eyes, and then pursue all the way to Chang'an City, everything in the rich Tang Dynasty would be theirs.

Seeing that Gao Jianwu was still a little hesitant, Yuan Gai Suwen, who was disdainful in his heart, persuaded with a straight face on his face, "It's cold now, and the time is on me." The Tang army went on an expedition of thousands of miles, but it failed to capture even Liaodong City, and the location was mine. The officers and men of our army defend the homeland and the country, and the people are in me

。 ”

"The time, place, and people are all in my Goguryeo, and I will definitely win."

After beating a tube of chicken blood, Yuan Gai Suwen spat out white gas, "We all know why the Tang army wants to march in winter, if you can't drive them away." Wait until spring comes..."

"Got it."

Gao Jianwu, who was pale, turned his horse's head, "Then fight!" ”

Gao Jianwu's strength is average, only forty or fifty thousand horses, and the rest of the soldiers and horses belong to Yuangai Suwen.

Originally, in history, after two years, Gao Jianwu would be destroyed by Yuangai Suwen because of the failure of the struggle for power.

It's just that now it's a matter of life and death in Goguryeo, and the only way to do this is to work together to resist the Tang army.

When Goguryeo was busy preparing for a decisive battle with the Tang army, the Tang army was naturally not idle here.

Li Er, who was in the big tent, was discussing the battle process with the generals.

In the face of such a battle to destroy the country that will surely go down in history, everyone is extremely enthusiastic to put forward their opinions, even the young Xue Rengui is loudly expounding his views to Li Er.

After everyone finished speaking, Li Er's eyes fell on Li Yunze, who was sitting on the horse in the corner and closed his eyes to recuperate.

"Zihou, what do you want to say?"

Li Yunze opened his eyes and said calmly, "The main attack is the Yuangai Suwen Division." ”

Li Er raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why?" ”

"Yuangai Suwen is a powerful minister, and there are irreconcilable contradictions with Goguryeo King Gao Jianwu. If Datang doesn't come to fight, they will fight among themselves. ”

"Yuangai Suwen is stronger, and he defeated his soldiers and horses, even if he is allowed to escape back, he must immediately take action against Gao Jianwu."

Xue Rengui was very puzzled when he said this: "Why is this?" ”

Li Yunze glanced at him, "Because of the loss of strength, Yuangai Suwen can no longer suppress Gao Jianwu, if he doesn't want to finish, then he can only strike first." ”

Xue Rengui was still about to ask again, and Li Er had already opened his mouth and said, "That's it." ”

Both sides are gearing up for the decisive battle that will determine the fortunes of the country, and both think they can win.

Goguryeo's confidence came from their belief that the time and place were favorable, as well as their confidence in defeating the Sui army before.

The confidence of the Tang army came from their fully guaranteed logistics, the strength of the surrounding countries, and the high morale brought by the emperor's personal expedition.

Two days later, the heavy snow finally stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky dispersed to reveal a rare ray of sunlight.

Both sides cooked in advance, and then a group of soldiers and horses drove out of the camp and gathered in the open space between the two armies.

The Tang army did not show its superiority in strength, because it had to leave enough soldiers and horses to block the Liaodong city behind it, and the number of Tang troops in the battle was not much more than that of Goguryeo.

However, when the two sides finished arranging, the gap was soon intuitively revealed.

The Tang army basically wore iron armor over the cotton clothes, and the leather hats, leather gloves, and leather boots were all available.

The armor rate on Goguryeo's side is less than eighty percent, and the armor rate of iron armor is just over half.

In these years, Goguryeo has rebuilt many iron products from the Tang Dynasty through smuggling at all costs.

The most important number of armor stomachs is naturally inferior to the Tang Army. Not even the quality.

The Tang army was basically based on plate armor forged by water conservancy, while Goguryeo was mainly based on fish scale armor and chain armor.

Originally, Yuan Gai Suwen thought that the Tang army would be tortured by the cold weather, but when he was about to fight, he was stunned to find that the Tang army's momentum was very strong, and it did not look sluggish at all because of the cold weather and the fact that the imaginary supplies could not be transported in time

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In Yuangai Suwen's view, the supplies of the Tang army had to be transported to the front line from Youzhou, thousands of miles away, in such cold weather conditions.

Considering the number of Tang troops, the amount of supplies needed is extremely large, and the difficulty is naturally greater.

He never imagined that the supply team of the Tang Army would really be able to meet the needs of so many Tang Army.

What Yuangai Suwen didn't know was that in order to support the Tang Army's battle, Li Yunze concentrated almost all the Sharma cultivated by the Tang Dynasty over the years here in Youzhou.

Tens of thousands of Sharma dragged specially modified plow-like trucks from Youzhou to the front line.

In order to maintain this transportation line, thousands of Shire horses are lost every month, which really makes the heart of the horse in charge of raising so painful that it faints.

It's just that Li Yunze and Li Er are indifferent to this, good steel has to be used on the blade, and so many Sharmas have been raised, in order to play a decisive role at such a critical moment.

The result of such a bloody battle is that in today's decisive battle, the Tang Army will be able to maintain its combat strength.

Even, before the battle in the morning, Tang Jun ate hot food, as long as he could eat dried meat and cheese, he could eat as much as he wanted.

On the contrary, even if Goguryeo fought locally, its logistical supply capacity was far inferior to that of the Tang army, and before they went to war, ordinary soldiers were just dry food.

The various gaps between the two sides will not have much impact on a single person, but the effect of continuous superposition will eventually be reflected on the battlefield.

Li Yunze did not put on his sleeve, but stood on the viewing platform with his hands together and looked at the battlefield.

On the opposite side of the Goguryeo military formation, the Chinese army fluttered the banner of its lord Gao Jianwu, while the soldiers and horses of Yuangai Suwen were distributed on the two wings.

After a little thought, Li Yunze understood Yuan Gai Suwen's plan.

This is the main attack that wants to use Gao Jianwu as a bait to attract the Tang army, after all, it is the lord of Goguryeo.

Then he took advantage of the fact that the main force of the Tang army was attacking Gao Jianwu, and sent troops to flank the two wings of the Tang army. Moreover, he mainly concentrated the cavalry on the left flank, and he also had the intention of seizing the opportunity to quickly assault Li Er's central army.

"Huh."

Seeing through Yuan Gai Suwen's subordinates, Li Yunze sat on the horse and hugged his knees and crossed his legs, "Li Er is not called the god of war, this trick is useless to him." ”

Yuangai Suwen's plan is good, but the key question is whether it can be achieved.

Speaking of Goguryeo, it is also unlucky, it has been dormant in the deep mountains and old forests for hundreds of years, and its low-key development has slowly accumulated strength and began to rise.

After the national strength entered the explosive period, it was hit by Cao Wei's crit, and even the capital city of Marudu was destroyed.

That is, at that time, Cao Wei thought that Goguryeo had perished, so he withdrew his troops and went back. Otherwise, there would be no future Goguryeo.

Goguryeo licked its wounds and hibernate for a hundred years again, and when the Middle Earth was in turmoil, it rebuilt the city of Marudu, and gradually annexed the four counties of Liaodong.

Then he fought Baekje, Silla, Khitan, Fuyu and so on, and became a local tyrant.

The result of being too high-profile was that Gao Yang, Yu Wenyong, Yang Jian and others were beaten violently repeatedly, and even the country was destroyed many times one after another.

That is, he won the battle against Yang Guang.

Of course, in history, it also resisted Li Er's personal conquest, but in the Li Zhi period, when Goguryeo's national power was at its strongest, it was still wiped out by the Tang Dynasty.

Now, without Li Zhi, Li Er himself is determined to destroy Goguryeo.

After the battle began, the Tang army really went to concentrate on attacking Gao Jianwu in the middle as Yuangai Suwen thought, which seemed to be fighting for the great merit of killing the lord of Goguryeo.

Moreover, the right flank of the Tang army was relatively weak, and after a few rounds of rushing with Yuangai Suwen's cavalry group, it was unable to show its strength.

After careful observation, Yuangai Suwen concluded that the best fighter he was waiting for finally appeared, and immediately took tens of thousands of cavalry without hesitation, bypassing the main battlefield in the middle like a torrent of waves, and heading straight for Li Er's Daxu.

If this is changed to the god of war, it is estimated that he can already start running away.

It's a pity that Yuan Gai Suwen is facing Li Er, the strongest emperor among the hundreds of emperors.

Everything before was just Li Er's arrangement in order to seduce Yuan Gai Suwen to take the bait.

When the cavalry of Yuangai Suwen approached, the rear hand of the Tang army quickly launched, and more cavalry than the Goguryeo people trampled on the horseshoe, and the rumbling collision and outflanking!