Chapter 87: The Battle of the Capital

"What?! Our army fights across the sea? ”

"Really? Our Shandong army is still transporting people over and has taken Lelang City, the third largest city in Goguryeo? ”

"What the hell is going on? It seems that nothing has been done, so why did you just let Goguryeo start the capital defense mode? ”

"How do I think Goguryeo's own soldiers don't know what's going on? He was still on the front line in the morning to interact with us. ”

This is because Li Jing has built the most efficient intelligence system, and after the battle is over, the intelligence here has been transmitted back quickly, and the intelligence data of Goguryeo has been transmitted slowly.

It had to be transmitted from Lelang City to the domestic city first, and then it was transmitted to the front line after the domestic city was shocked, so the Sui army got the news first.

When Li Jing and Yang Guang discussed the future battlefield, they came to the conclusion that intelligence would be a crucial condition for determining the outcome of a battle, so he attached great importance to the transmission of intelligence, especially in this kind of war fought at both ends, and if the transmission of intelligence was wrong, it would be very passive.

The war was also his first attempt to build an intelligence agency.

It turned out that the intelligence built up at such a high cost of manpower and material resources was valuable, and now their intelligence speed is faster than that of Goguryeo's internal transmission, which also gives them plenty of time to make the next preparations.

At this time, the Great Sui generals still had doubts: "Is this news true, His Royal Highness the King of Jin?" Why did we get the news but the Goguryeo people didn't seem to know about it? Either way, we'd be more than twice as far away from getting the message. ”

"Your Highness, there will be no mistake in this news."

Seeing the suspicions of the people below, the Yin World Master immediately stopped them and said, "You must not talk nonsense, how can Your Highness joke about such a thing." ”

Subsequently, Yin Shishi thought of the reason why Yang Guang had allowed himself to keep provoking on the border line before.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, can the last general have the courage to guess your tactics."

Yang Guang said with interest: "You say." ”

"Your Highness should have arranged for the navy of Shandong to plot to go to Goguryeo by sea, and planned for more than two months for this station, it should be said that Your Highness has had such a plan since he arrived in Youzhou City, although I don't know where His Highness is to send troops and how to transport supplies, but His Highness has done it."

"The constant provocations on the border line are arranged to attract the attention of Goguryeo, we can't imagine that His Highness marches like this, and the Goguryeo people can't imagine that in order to deal with the large army of our army, the Goguryeo people will definitely send troops to the border line in a big way, which will lead to a significant reduction in the number of soldiers in other parts of Goguryeo."

"And then let our army's raiding troops win more easily."

Yin Shishi said and looked at Yang Guang with some excitement: "Your Highness, how many people have passed in our army now?" Three thousand or five thousand? ”

When everyone heard that so many people had been sent over on the water, they all looked at Yang Guang curiously.

Yang Guang shook his head, everyone felt that this was in line with everyone's expectations, how could it be possible to send so many people over.

"According to the current information, there should have been about 8,000 people in the past, and they are still being sent every day, and this king is expected to send more than 13,000 soldiers over, otherwise even if there is a city wall to follow, it will be difficult to hold the position."

Thirteen thousand? Everyone was stunned, they were all marching and fighting, and naturally they all understood the difficulty of mobilizing so many people, especially since they had never tried to mobilize so many people by sea.

But they find it difficult because they have not done it, in fact, the transfer of troops by sea, especially such a short-distance transfer, is much faster, more efficient and simpler than on the road, and the soldiers do not even have to walk.

The biggest risk is that the sea is unforgiving, engulfed by wind and waves, but the Bohai Sea is much calmer than the other seas themselves.

This time, because it was carried at full capacity, the living environment of the soldiers was not good, and there were many seasick people, which should be regarded as the biggest side effect.

Warships are much easier to use as a means of transport than for people to walk on their legs.

Yang Guang emphasized: "13,000 people is a conservative statement, and it depends on the subsequent war situation." ”

For them, the Arabian Nights way of fighting was placed in front of them.

Yang Guang said to the Yin Shishi: "Yin Shishi, now that our army has taken the rear of Goguryeo and occupied their important cities, I ask you, what should we do now?" ”

The Yin Shishi did not rush to answer, but pondered for a while and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin, if you continue to strengthen the oppression on the border according to the idea of the last general, attack Goguryeo on a small scale, and fight on a small scale, Goguryeo should soon get the news that someone is being attacked behind the back, and then attack on a large scale when they are difficult to care about." ”

"Our message will not be slower than theirs, and once the enemy army begins to move, when a large number of enemy troops appear on the rear battlefield, it means that the enemy forces on the front line are empty, their military morale is confused, and our army will be invincible."

Yang Guang nodded with satisfaction: "Yin World Master." ”

"The end will be."

"You are behind the gate, General Yin Shou has guarded Youzhou for many years, no one has ever dared to cross the thunder pond half a step, the tiger father has no dog, now the king ordered you to take charge of the forward battalion, you are a sharp spear, when to stab, how to stab, let this king take a good look at your ability, see the ability of the elite of the Youzhou army under your command."

The Yin Shishi, who is eager to make contributions, clasped his fists with both hands: "The last general, I will definitely live up to the expectations of His Royal Highness King Jin." ”

"Youzhou Army Forward Battalion."

"In!!"

"Follow me on the expedition, cross the Liao River, and make a feint to attack the dangerous city (a small border city)."

No one knows when Goguryeo will receive the news that he will be attacked behind his back, and it may be that the inner city already knows about it and is mobilizing the front-line army, so without further ado, make a feint to put pressure on the Goguryeo border army.

Yang Guang then said to the generals under his command: "Now the whole army is ready to take over General Yin, the battlefield is the situation is ever-changing, if there is really a chance to seize the city, it is not impossible to turn a feint attack into a city capture, the front line battle, the command is handed over to General Yin, and those who violate the order will be beheaded!" ”

Yin Shishi glanced at Yang Guang gratefully, Yang Guang supported him so without hesitation and gave him the opportunity to show, of course he understood that Yang Guang had recruited him to become a member of his team, so he had to seize this opportunity.

The 2,000 men of the forward battalion of the Youzhou Army crossed the Liao River and rushed to the small city at the fastest speed.

The scouts of Goguryeo sounded the alarm as soon as possible, and the whole army of the small city was on alert.

The siege artillery sounded, and the Yin Shi Division understood the truth of the siege before the artillery was released through Yang Guang's explanation, and the fire coverage was the main form of the war in the future.

……

Goguryeo Capital City, a domestic city

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The King of the Plains smashed the inkstone on the table to the ground, and ink flew sideways and splashed on the maidservant's body.

"What?!"

"How is this possible, the people of the Great Sui have hit our Lelang City? Lelang City is in our hinterland, and the soldiers of the Great Sui haven't even crossed the border, you tell me that they hit our Lelang City? ”

Faced with the wrath of the King of the Plains, the scout, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, had to keep kowtowing and said: "Wang, the Sui army has really come over, a large area of Wuyang, the elite of our defenders of Lelang City have been sent to the border, and the remaining less than half, because the Sui army came suddenly, they didn't have time to react and rushed to the city." ”

"How? How can it be? ”

The enraged King of the Plains could not accept this sudden blow, and said to his subordinates while roaring: "Go and probe, let me probe again, I don't believe this military report." ”

"Go!!"

Although the scout was afraid, he fulfilled his obligation as a scout: "Wang, you send someone to investigate now, it will take a day or two to come and go, and the Great Sui people will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue and attack ...... again."

The King of the Plains walked up to him and kicked him to the ground: "This guy is alarmist, drag me down and beat him hard." ”

This came and went, and after the time was consumed, the message delivery was much slower.

The scouts who tried their best were dragged down the board for a while, until the scouts sent out reported that the Great Sui army in Lelang City, which was close to Lelang, had left the city and headed in the direction of the domestic city, which made the King of the Plains know that he was wrong to blame the scout.

"How could this be, how could this be, the Great Sui people really sent more than five thousand soldiers over? How did they do it? Sending so many people over without knowing it? ”

Shocked and angry, after the King of the Plains reacted, he hurriedly said: "Quickly dispatch the front-line soldiers back to defend the inner city." ”

"Report, Wang, the general of the Sui army on the front line, Yin Shishishi, led the light cavalry to attack the border with our DPRK!"

The news from the front line arrived quickly, and they almost arrived in front of the King of the Plains together, and the King of the Plains panicked all of a sudden, where had such a battle been fought.

"Go quickly, and summon Yelu Chentuo to come."

Yelu Chento was soon brought to the front of the King of the Plains, and when he learned the current news, Yelu Chento, who had always looked gentle and elegant, was not calm, which was completely beyond his imagination.

He could never have imagined that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty would cross the sea and directly inflict such a fatal blow on the rear of Goguryeo, and now he was also panicking.

In the entire capital of Goguryeo, there is no one who knows about this without panicking.

In the blink of an eye, the court went from being full of ambition not knowing the news to being sluggish after getting the news today.

The King of the Plains asked Yelu Chento, "Yelu Chento, you discussed with the King of the Great Sui and Jin before, and there is no news about their navy?" ”

Yelu Chento knew that the King of the Plains was going to blame most of the blame for this matter, and he would definitely not be able to take the pot.

"Your Excellency the King of the Plains, I have informed His Highness of the content of my conversation with the King of Jin, and I really don't know that the Sui Dynasty has such a huge navy, and I believe that Your Excellency's information does not mention this matter."

"You tell this king, King Jin is still a person with great ambition and no ability, look at it, you look at the current situation, where is he a person with great ambition and talent? This march, without our knowledge, has now taken down our Lelang City and captured my son! ”

"For this matter, the King of the Plains, the King of the Jin Dynasty of the Sui Dynasty is indeed a person with great ambitions and talents, perhaps there are masters behind him to guide this matter, these navies are definitely not Youzhou Army, according to our information, there is no such navy in Youzhou City."

When the king of the plains saw him speak like this, he was furious: "Say! Are you a spy sent by the Sui Dynasty to deliver false information to us? ”

With the words of the King of the Plains, a group of soldiers rushed up and surrounded Yeluchento.

Seeing this posture, Yelu Chentuo immediately retorted: "Your Excellency the King of the Plains, your two countries have always cooperated so well as allies, do you first suspect that we have betrayed you?" If it is a betrayal, how can I remain in Goguryeo? ”

"It was because of your false information that we neglected to take precautions and dispatched all the troops to the border, and the garrison of Lelang City was empty, and the Sui Dynasty people had an opportunity."

"Your Excellency the King of the Plains, I definitely didn't lie about the military situation, what I said was what I saw, and with all due respect, that is, you didn't send the army over, if the Great Sui can really send more than 10,000 soldiers over, even if you don't transfer the army, the result will be the same."

"Bold! One of our Goguryeo soldiers is comparable to ten soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, how can we not defeat them. ”

As soon as the king of the plains said this, the soldiers over there wanted to take Yeluchentou even more.

King Pingyuan is naturally not a stupid person, he figured things out for the first time, Yelu Chentuo definitely didn't know the plan of the Sui Dynasty, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed in Goguryeo and waited for him to fall.

But what exactly the implementation situation is is no longer a matter of how to deal with the current situation.

In the battle with the Great Sui, they have completely fallen into a passive situation, and he needs Yelu Chentuo to be the scapegoat, to bear his decision-making mistakes, to transfer the soldiers, officials, and the people's resentment against him in this matter, but also to allow the low morale to rise.

"Yelu Chentuo, you are now writing to the Khitan king and attacking the Sui Dynasty together with this king, so as to prove what you said, otherwise you will be a spy of the Sui Dynasty, and our Goguryeo and your Khitan will not share the sky."

The King of the Plains wanted to use this as an excuse to force the Khitan to send troops to help him, so that he could suspend his pressure.

"Your Excellency the King of the Plains," said Jeruchento, "I can bring back your request to inform our king, and trust in our relationship, and the king will definitely help." ”

Naturally, it was impossible for the King of the Plains to let him go back.

He is now the bargaining chip for the Plains King to cooperate with the Khitan.

"I will send someone to inform the Khitan king, just say that His Excellency Yelu Chentuo has reached an agreement with me to send troops to attack the Great Sui together, and after the matter is completed, Youzhou City will be owned by the Khitan."

"Your Excellency the King of the Plains! I didn't make a deal with you. ”

"According to this statement, go and inform the Khitan king, quickly! Fast! ”

The Goguryeo soldiers hurried to the Khitan.

"Wang, now that the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty are attacking from both sides, Weichen thinks it is better to send envoys to sue for peace first."

Pingyuan was displeased, and he begged for peace at the beginning of the war, and his group of ministers were really spineless.

At this time, another military report came.

"Wang, it's not good, now there is news from the south that your third son, Gao Jianwu, has become king in Lelang City!"

(End of chapter)