230 Is the empty city plan?

Liaodong New City is an important military town in Goguryeo and Liaodong. It is above the three fortresses of the entire Liaohe defense line in the past. It is located in the middle of the Liaohe River, between the Liaohe River and the Little Liaohe River. Moreover, it is still at the rear of Liaodong City, only one day away from Liaodong City.

New City, Liaodong City, and Liuhe City, these three mountain cities are like a huge triangle. After more than two hundred years of operation by the Liao people, Liaodong City is the most powerful national gateway to prevent the Central Plains and Liaodong tribes from attacking Goguryeo.

Liuhe City, which is only more than ten miles away from Liaodong City, is the acropolis of Liaodong City, and the new city is an insurance existence of Liaodong City. During the war, if Liaodong City is finally lost, then the Goguryeo who lost its national gate can retain the last gate in this passage to continue to block the enemy's attack.

Moreover, during the war, the new city, which was located behind Liaodong City, was also a general logistics base during the war. The Liao people also managed this city with great care. Although it was far from comparable to Liaodong City, which is known as the number one fortress in Northeast China, hundreds of years of operation have also made this mountain city a hero.

Over the past few hundred years, the Central Plains dynasty and the western Liao tribes have attacked Liaodong several times, but they were all blocked by the city of Liaodong and could not even touch the edge of the new city. Even the first two expeditions of Liao in the Sui Dynasty, the new city was as stable as Mount Tai. However, during the third expedition of Liao, Gao Qi, the new city of Goguryeo, fell into the hands of the Sui army for the first time because of the incompetence of Gao Qi, the new city of Goguryeo.

Since then, this place has been operated as an important forward base to resist the arrival of the Goguryeo people. However, at this time, the entire new city was opened with gates open, not only without guards, but also without even a ghost.

Gao Jian was arbitrarily and had lost the ability to command the front army. Yizhi Wende simply dispatched his own brother, Yizhi Wude as the commander of the front army, and re-equipped 20,000 troops to take the lead and head north to Liaodong.

Wude of Yizhi was also a veteran in the army, but he was not a famous general like his brother. He was just a general who used his troops steadily. After receiving Gao Jianwu's lesson, the front army he led was step by step and cautious, and did not give the Sui cavalry any chance. A few days later, he finally brought 20,000 troops across the Xiaoliao River and rushed to the city of Xincheng.

At dusk, the red is as red as blood!

The 20,000 Goguryeo front troops were lined up in a row and formed into a complete array. The front shield player followed by the spearman, then the sword and axeman, and then the archers. On both sides are the only three thousand cavalrymen in the army, guarding the two wings. Behind the formation are forty-five trenchers carried from the south. At the end, there are hundreds of ladders, but the Yizhi Wude is planning to use it. The new city is high and the walls are strong, so he will definitely not be able to take them down with the 20,000 people.

Why did he touch that nail? He just had to bring people here. As for siege, it would be better to wait until the army arrives.

However, at this time, Wude of Yizhi led dozens of former generals, standing hundreds of steps below the city on war horses, looking at Xincheng with a look of surprise.

The city gate was opened, and even the suspension bridge had already been put down. There was not a Sui army above the city, only the Sui army battle flags spread across the city, silently inserted on the city, and fluttered with the evening breeze!

Silence, incomparable silence!

There was no one on the top of the city and silently, but the 20,000 Liao people under the city were shocked and suspicious, with a look of confusion and confusion.

In the silence, you can vaguely hear drums coming from the city. There is a drum sound in the war, which means there are people in the city, but the gates are wide open and the suspension bridge is lowered. What's going on?

If things are abnormal, they will become monsters. The stranger things are, the more likely they are to hide unpredictable murderous intent.

The Yizhi Wude led troops and never sought merit, but only for no mistakes. It was just a word of stability. If another brave and stubborn general was replaced by another brave and stubborn general, when he saw the city gate open, what would he have been waiting for, and he would have already entered the city. However, the Yizhi Wude had a suspicious personality and wanted stability in everything. When he saw this abnormal situation, he immediately began to think of it.

"General, siege the city!" A fierce-looking Mo Ke suggested. In his opinion, this is a good opportunity to win the new city. Taking the new city will be the first contribution to the Northern Expedition. How could he be willing to miss such an opportunity?

Another general immediately said, "No, there is something strange in this city. If you enter the city rashly, you will be ambushed by the Sui army. If the Sui army set up an ambush in the city, then will we be ambushed by the Sui army as soon as we enter the city?"

"Can it be a plan for an empty city? I heard that during the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, the Prince of Chu, Yuan Dynasty, Zheng State, was empty and there were only a few soldiers and horses. In danger, Zheng State Shangqing, Zhan, used a plan to order all the soldiers to ambush them so that the enemy could not see a soldier. The shop was opened as usual, and the people were in constant contact, and they were not allowed to show any panic. Open the city gate, put down the suspension bridge, and put on a completely unprepared appearance. As a result, Prince Yuan thought that Zheng State had been prepared for a long time, and retreated his troops in a shocked and suspicious manner. Did the Sui people also use this opportunity?"

Wude of Yizhi looked at the general with a bad look and said with a dark face, "New City is only one day away from Liaodong City. Our army has known the Northern Expedition of the Sui people for a long time. And we are still raiding our army at Daliangshui, so how can we be unprepared? New City is the third largest city in Liaodong, and is so close to Liaodong City that the Sui people cannot give up. They have been wary of their long-term guards and their troops are close, so why should we set up an empty city plan?"

"The general means that Sui *** opened the city gate and lowered the suspension bridge to set up an ambush in the city? Want to trick us into entering the city?"

The Wude of Yizhi seemed to have determined that the city was a trap, and he smiled and said, "That's right, it must be that. On that day, Gao Yuzhen and Gao Yannian were lured into Liaodong City by the Sui army to be surrounded and ambushed. It seems that the Sui people wanted to repeat the same trick this time, but it was just a little more mysterious. No matter what he did, I will remain unmoved! The army was ordered to retreat twenty miles to set up camp, and everyone was cheered up to prevent the Sui people from attacking the camp."

Gao Guang, the deputy general of the former army, was Gao Jianwu's confidant general, and Gao Ming's younger brother who died in Liaodong City. Seeing that Wude of Yizhi was going to retreat like this, he felt contempt and hurried forward, "General, although what you said makes sense, it is impossible to rule out that the Sui army saw our army heading north and abandoned the new city and retreated the troops back to Liaodong City. According to my general's opinion, it would be better for our army to send a small army into the city to investigate, so it is clear whether there is an ambush. If the Sui army really retreated too early, then our former army should take this opportunity to recover the new city. Otherwise, if the central army arrives and finds that the new city is just an empty city, then why don't we wait for the former army to laugh to death?"

When Wude of Yizhi saw that the deputy general Gao Guang actually confronted him in person, he felt unhappy and said with a dark face, "Since that's the case, then General Gao ordered General Gao to lead a hundred people into the city to investigate."

Gao Guang was stunned. Unexpectedly, Yizhi Wude gave him only one hundred troops. Although he was very sure that the new city was already an empty city, if there was really an ambush in the city, then his hundred people would have entered, and he would have gone to the tiger's mouth, and he would have gone to the place but never returned.

Looking at Yizhi's face full of sinister smile, Gao Guang's face was also shady and gloomy. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "I will obey the order!"

Gao Guang quickly gathered one hundred subordinates, and with a hint of uneasiness, he carefully rode his horse across the suspension bridge, passed through the city gate, and finally entered the city. Nothing happened along the way.

One hundred cavalry continued to move forward, not only did there be no one at the city gate, but there was no one at the street shops, and the whole city was quiet, as if everyone had suddenly disappeared.

The horse's hooves stepped on the stone slabs in the main road in the city, making a crisp sound. With the beeping, the sound of the drums in the center of the city was still ringing, but the rhythm of the drum beat seemed a little disordered and chaotic.

One hundred soldiers searched separately. After a while, the entire Dongcheng Gate had been searched. Cavalry came forward and reported that there were no ruins of the Sui army.

Gao Guang finally relieved his heart and sent someone back to inform Yizhi Wude, and he took his troops to the city. When he arrived at the center of the city, everyone was stunned and laughed in unison.

In the dim sky, everyone saw seven or eight sheep tied up and raised their feet. A big drum was placed under each sheep. The sheep kept struggling, and their front feet kept moving, and naturally hit the drum. Gao Guang couldn't help laughing and said, "I said why the drum sound is so messy? It turns out that it is this. It seems that the Sui army has indeed abandoned the city and fled."

After a while, all the cavalry searched around came back, "General, there was no Sui people in the whole city. All the warehouses in the city were empty. It seemed that the Sui army had prepared for it and moved the new city early in the morning."

After Gao Guang left the city, he announced the situation in the city with a gloomy face in front of all the generals.

"What should I do now? General?" It was getting late, and it was already half an hour. Although it had not snowed in Liaodong, it was already frozen in the cold and dripping water turned into ice. At this time, an empty city was placed in front of everyone. Of course, everyone didn't want to stay in the wilderness to set up a tent and eat the north wind.

Yizhi Wude looked ugly. He wanted to order the entire army to camp outside the city, but when he saw the reactions of the generals, he also guessed what everyone thought. He was originally a general of the central army. This time Gao Jianwu was seriously injured and could not lead troops, so he asked him to lead the front army. Which general in the army would really convince him, and he would not be able to offend everyone at this time.

He pondered for a while and said, "The whole army entered the city and recovered the new city. Each general led his troops to occupy the key points in the city. In addition, he sent troops to search the whole city carefully again to prevent any traps left by the Sui army when they left, ambushing them, especially for all wells, check whether they were poisoned!"
Chapter completed!