Chapter 245 Night Attack on Chang'an
In the middle of the night, the first snow in Liaodong came silently.
The sky was filled with north wind, and heavy snow floated from the sky, quickly covering the earth with a layer of snow-white. The whole world suddenly seemed to have turned into a world covered with silver and snow-white.
There were a bunch of small black dots in the valley under heavy snow. Looking closely, a soldier was preparing to rest here. It could be seen that the soldiers were very tired, and many people were directly hugging each other and falling asleep in the snow.
In the snow, several people stood there, and many snowflakes had fallen on the black armor.
"It snows at this time, and it's really unexpected. We're in trouble!"
"No, God is helping us. With this snow, we will definitely be done!" Another general next to him looked up at the sky with joy and said with joy.
"Why did General Yu say this? It's so heavy snow, I'm afraid there will be thick snow everywhere tomorrow. It will be difficult for us to march. Why do you still say God's help?" the stout general asked in confusion.
He smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, you are also a hunter. When you know that prey rarely appears in the snowy days, they all hide in the cave. This is a good time for us hunters to take action. You have also seen the letter from the general. The Liao people actually attacked the city so fiercely, and the city of Liaodong was suffering heavy casualties. That is why the general urgently ordered our cavalry to draw troops and horses to Pyongyang. This time I led the teaching battalion, and you led the reconnaissance battalion, and we were sent to carry out this mission, which was extremely honorable."
The former strong man was Zhang Yong, the general manager of the reconnaissance battalion. When he heard the battle in Liaodong, he gritted his teeth and wished he could fight against the Liao people in Liaodong City. "General Yu was right. The damn Goguryeo people, this time, must capture their king. However, the heavy snow is affecting the marching."
The reconnaissance battalion was originally a cavalry among the cavalry of Hu Hai South Road, while the teaching battalion led by Yu Qinming was the cavalry of Mao Yi North Road. However, after receiving Chen Kefu's letter, the cavalry of the north and south routes immediately sent a team of the most elite cavalry to go south. There was a liaison officer from the Special Service Department, and they soon met in Yalushui.
"No, although snowy days will affect the speed of the marching, there will be no too many people outside in such cold snowy days, and our whereabouts will not be exposed. All we want is to rush to Pyongyang, otherwise, even if we have 6,000 elite cavalry, we will not be able to get a good idea when we arrive in Pyongyang."
It was almost dawn, and the six thousand elite cavalry who had been resting for a short time marched again, but this time, all the cavalry changed their clothes. All the horses were covered with white leather cloaks, and all the cavalry were covered with a large white cloak.
This was prepared before Yu Qinming came. The weather in Liaodong is full of snow in winter. However, it is very easy to be exposed when marching in the snow. Yu Qinming, who is proficient in military tactics, naturally, like many generals, can observe the sky and observe the time. With these many white robes and cloaks, the entire army is as if they are covered with a layer of protection and blended with the snow. If you don’t look carefully, you can find this army very well.
Six thousand cavalry, light cavalry. It also belongs to the most elite part of the Liaodong camp. One is the camp reconnaissance battalion, and the army is full of elite cavalry. The other teaching battalion is also a training unit given by the captains in the army. In addition to a thousand training lieutenant-level officers, there are also a total of three thousand veterans of the prefectures.
The soldiers in the army, including Yu Qinming and other *** were part of the Ninth Army who attacked Pyongyang during the Second Expedition of Liaodong. This time, they embarked on the journey to attack Pyongyang again. Everyone was extremely excited. They would get up wherever they fell. They were defeated and captured last time, and this time they would vow to avenge this time.
With these thousands of soldiers full of revenge flames who had long walked this road as guides, the entire six thousand raiders did not go any wrong. Along the way, they hid in the day and went out at night, and took small roads and mountain roads.
Every time the team marched, they sent a large number of professional cavalrymen from the reconnaissance camp to conduct reconnaissance. Six thousand marches were marching with horses, and they marched secretly all the way.
However, after crossing the Sashui River, even if you walk on the secret mountain road, you cannot be completely hidden. The Yalu River is already a front line of defense away from Liaodong. Therefore, the people, slaves and nobles in the nearby mountain villages and manors have all withdrawn to the nearby city and clear the fields.
But after the Sashui River, the war in Liaodong had no effect on them. They still lived the same life. Among the countless mountains and forests, there were small villages and tribes hidden, and even among some beautiful mountains and rivers, there were countless noble manors.
For everything that cannot be avoided, or even the necessary path, is just a pedestrian, hunter, village or manor. Yu Qinming only has one word. "Kill", if it is two words, it is "Kill all".
Anyone who blocks the way forward will kill people and slaughter the village, and will never leave a living mouth to expose his tracks. In this cold and windy winter, a cruel special march began. On countless nights, those villages that were already asleep suddenly rushed towards the village, and countless Sui cavalry broke into the village. The young and strong men in the village had already gone to the front line. At this time, the remaining ones were basically lonely, widowed, elderly, women and children, but none of the Sui army showed kindness to them.
Faced with those crying and begging, the Sui army officers' cold orders, "Don't let a living go!" Every time a village was slaughtered, the Sui army would always set off a fire and burn all of this in the ashes.
Among countless dark nights, one village after another blocked Qinming's way forward was flooded with blood and swallowed into the sea of fire.
After such a daytime night army burned and killed Sashui all the way, Yu Qinming's troops arrived at Beishui. As long as they followed Beishui all the way downstream, it was Pyongyang, the capital of the Goguryeo people.
After arriving here, it was already a flat land and a rich plain. It would be very difficult for the Sui army to march as before, especially now, although it is wartime, the population is still large near Pyongyang, and at every moment, there will always be countless people passing by on the road. Even at night, there is a village manor that is not far away, which makes Yu Qinming and others a little overwhelmed.
It is not easy to pass through such a dense village with a population. If you force yourself to pass through it, then there is at least one day left before Pyongyang, and all previous efforts will undoubtedly fail.
No one expected that it would snow heavily at this time, and Yu Qinming was ready to bring this white cloak. He continued to rest in the valley for a whole day, and all six thousand people fed and began to march towards Pyongyang City in the gloomy dusk. On a snowy night, the whole world was still vast and white. In such a cold weather, everyone closed their doors early and avoided the cold at home.
All six thousand light cavalrymen were wearing big white cloaks and war horses were covered with white cloaks. As they marched, they looked like a large area of snow that was blowing from a distance.
Goguryeo was founded for more than 500 years. It was originally just a small tribe in Liaodong. It gradually grew and grew stronger, and finally gradually moved south, occupying the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Sanhan Peninsula. The native Sanhan tribe defeated step by step, and a branch that was split from Goguryeo finally formed the Baekje Kingdom. They continued to move south, almost destroying the original nations on the Sanhan Peninsula. Only Silla, formed by the Sanhan tribe, was struggling in the end, and Silla was also the ancestor of the Koreans.
Over the past five hundred years, Goguryeo has grown and moved its capital in a total of five. Zhu Meng fled south by his husband Yu to escape disaster and died in Benchuan in 37 BC (the second year of Jianzhao of Emperor Yuan of Han). In 34 BC, He Shenggu City was built and considered the capital of Goguryeo. In 34 BC (the third year of Yuanshi of Emperor Ping of Han), due to the strong military pressure of Fuyu in the north and the need to further develop production, King Liuliming gave up his old capital and Hegu City and moved the capital to the domestic city.
In 209 AD (the 14th year of Jian'an of Emperor Xian of Han), when the King of the Goguryeo Mountains was moved, the capital of Maruma was moved. However, Marumama was near the domestic city, and it was originally the acropolis of the domestic city. It belonged to a war fortress, so it was not called the capital in most cases.
In 427 AD (the fourth year of Shiguang in the Northern Wei Dynasty), during the reign of King Changshou of Goguryeo, in order to avoid the threat of the Northern Wei Dynasty and consolidate its power on the Korean Peninsula, the capital of Goguryeo moved to Pyongyang again.
In 586 AD (the sixth year of Kaihuang in Emperor Wen of Sui), the King of the Goguryeo Plain moved the capital from Pyongyang City to Chang'an City more than ten miles away. Chang'an City is a small copycat built by the Goguryeo people imitated the Daxing City of Chang'an, Sui Dynasty. Within the city, the entire palace and all officials moved to Chang'an City. However, Chang'an City is more like a palace than a capital. Therefore, in the name of the Sui Dynasty, the capital of Goguryeo was called Pyongyang.
On a snowy night, after a day of running, six thousand elite riders rushed to Chang'an City at Yinshi before dawn. Looking at this city dozens of times smaller than Chang'an City of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Qinming smiled disdainfully. The Goguryeo people were really a dog-like person who was not a tiger. Such a barbaric country actually wanted to imitate the Lord of the Central Plains.
With a long sword, six thousand cavalrymen all stepped down from their horses. The reconnaissance battalion was the best reconnaissance battalion. A group of soldiers who were special forces went out and quietly rushed to Chang'an City. At this time, there were not many people in Chang'an City in the wind and snow. This time, the entire army of Yizhi Wende and Gao Jianwu were dispatched and out of the country. Even all the troops in Pyongyang City were taken away, and the remaining only were the five thousand royal guards in Chang'an City.
Although the city was very empty, King Gao Yuan and Da no longer cared about Lu Yuanziyou and others. In their opinion, the entire army had already been dispatched to Liaodong to fight, and it was enough to leave five thousand soldiers in Chang'an City. If Liaodong was defeated, what's the use of a 10,000 or 20,000 more people in Chang'an City? It would be better to send it to fight with the Sui people now, and win, and then there is hope for everything.
After the troops were transferred, Gao Yuan symbolically transferred 5,000 Minzhuang from Pyongyang and Chang'an to help defend the city. This is more of a procedure. Chang'an City is nearly two thousand miles away from Liaodong City, and there are domestic cities, Wugucheng, Dumancheng and other big cities in front of it. Daliang River, Yalu River, Sashui, and Beishui are four rivers in front of it. If the Sui army still rushes to Chang'an City, it will definitely be a large army. If a large army comes, it will inevitably mean that the Northern Expedition Army is destroyed. In that case, no matter how much defense is there, it will be useless.
Even the king had this idea, and the soldiers and generals responsible for defending the city were not much better. The kingdom's imperial guards were famous, but in fact they were more of the children of tribal lords, heads, city lords and ministers in the court. First, the royal family showed favor, and second, they were just holding the children of noble lords from all over the country as hostages. If anyone dared to rebel against the royal family, they would also be afraid of them.
Those more elite aristocratic children, such as Gao Jianwu, Yuan Taizuo, Yuan Jingshui, Yuan Jingtu, etc., are basically in their own important places. Even those tribe leaders are not willing to send their children who are valued by their families to Chang'an City, so the aristocratic children in the Chang'an City Imperial Guards are basically those who are aristocratic who are just waiting to die and have no ambitions, not direct dandy children.
Most of the people on duty in the city were dozing off. The rest were almost all roasting together on fire and drinking and chatting. In their opinion, the war was too far away from them, so far that they might never have the chance to get in touch with them in their lives!
In a remote corner, rows of zippers flew up and tightly clasped on the long wall of Chang'an City. On the white snowy night, white dots followed by white dots crawling on the wall of Daxing City.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion who had climbed to the city were shot out one by one, shooting out several guards on duty to kill, responsible for receiving more reconnaissance battalion soldiers to the city. In a short while, hundreds of soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion had already climbed to the city tower and gathered people. They were wearing white cloaks and rushed straight towards the city gate.
The sound of weapons combined in the snowy night finally rang out, and the screams woke up the guards guarding the city, and countless guards began to run towards this side. Unfortunately, before they arrived, the north gate of Chang'an City had already opened and the suspension bridge had fallen.
Yu Qinming, who had been waiting for a long time, waved his long spear, and more than five thousand elite cavalry shouted, galloping wildly and heading straight to the north gate. One side was the playboys with the name of an imperial guard, but on the other side were the most elite cavalry in the Liaodong camp. There were also three thousand veterans of the Sui army who were once captured in the teaching camp, who were ignited with flames of revenge. The battle was extremely fierce, but they were one-sided.
The Sui army charged forward and set fire, killing all the way to the royal palace. The raging fire ignited in the snowy night, and the kings built like the capital of the Great Sui city trembled in the fire. The King Gao Yuan of Goguryeo and the King of Kingdom Lu Yuanziyou and others were awakened in their sleep, panic!
Chapter completed!