Chapter 610 Open up the third battlefield
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On a cold February night, the cold current of late spring makes the whole night colder.
On Tiger Mountain, the mountain city lies high on the top of the mountain, like a tiger lying on a square hill.
There is silence on the city wall!
The defenders of Goguryeo all hid in the city gate tower, corner tower, and hidden soldiers' caves, gathered together in groups of three or five, relying on charcoal and hot wine to keep warm.
Hushan City and Bohai Yalu Mansion had a lot of troops stationed before, but now Goguryeo has restored its country and has become an ally with Bohai, Gao Degui drew a group of troops from here to the front line of the Shot River. Although the Tang army repeatedly raided the coastal grain transport line in autumn and winter last year, the above had already made a response and gave up the current grain transport route after it was frozen. After the food of the Bohai people reached Jiankou City, they went north to Wugu City and then transferred to the front line of the Shot River.
The silent dark night suddenly sounded a few thunder sounds, resounding throughout the world.
"Thunder?" The guard in the city gate tower looked out in surprise.
"I'm talking nonsense, the shock sting has not arrived yet, where did the thunder come from?" the officer on duty shouted.
"What's the sound?"
"I heard that the Tang army has heavenly fire and divine thunder. One blow is like the power of thunder!" Another little officer said nervously.
"It seems that the sound comes from the direction of Jiankou City at the foot of the west mountain."
"Maybe Tang Jun has fought?"
The more people below said, the more mysterious they became. Although the officer on duty also thought this inference was credible, he still stopped everyone's discussion: "How could the Tang army silently touch Jiankou City? There is also the Niangniang Mountain City to the west. Don't talk nonsense and disrupt the morale of the army."
"It seems that someone is coming outside the city!"
A soldier who was scolded suddenly shouted loudly, leading everyone's eyes to the distance. Sure enough, a line of fire was winding.
The officer on duty suddenly became nervous and shouted loudly: "Roll the alarm bell, go up to defend!"
The alarm bell rang out, and teams of guards stood on the top of the city with spears in their arms.
The teams in the distance were getting closer and closer, with about a thousand people and horses, wearing torches. However, these people were in a very embarrassing manner and had no orders to move forward. They seemed to be escaping all the way here.
"Who!"
"We are under General Gao of Jiankou City. Jiankou City was attacked by the Tang army. We will break through the encirclement to the death and open the city gate."
Among the troops beneath the city, an officer riding on a horse shouted loudly.
The officers on the city looked down carefully. The people looked panicked, but they were indeed wearing Goguryeo uniforms. Under the banner of Goguryeo, they were the ones who spoke, and he also knew him, the brother-in-law of Wang Li, the guardian of Jiankou City, who served as Wang Li's personal guard.
"Where is General Wang?"
"General Wang was trapped in the Tang army and was killed in chaos."
"How many people are there in the Tang army?"
"The Tang army came from the sea, at least tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Please open the city gate quickly. If it is too late, the Tang army will come here."
At this time, Zhao Sheng, the lord of Hushan City, had heard that the police had climbed the city tower, glanced at everyone, and asked, "What happened?" The officer on duty explained the matter carefully. Zhao Sheng nodded and stood on the city and looked down. "Let them in, let them in. I had known that the Tang army would sooner or later. Wang Li, that idiot, could not even defend for a moment."
The on-duty officer whispered: "General, beware of fraud."
"The guy below is Wang Li's brother-in-law. I know, and the others are all from Jiankou City. When the Tang army attacked, there were not many soldiers in Hushan City. Let them go and help defend the city." Zhao Sheng paused and said, "Send people immediately, report to Wugu City and Bohai Yalu Mansion, telling them that the Tang army is coming in large numbers and ask them to come and reinforcements quickly!"
The officer on duty still wanted to persuade one, two, one, but Zhao Sheng waved his hand impatiently, "Go and do it quickly."
He led people down the city tower and ordered people to open the city gate.
The city gate slowly opened and the suspension bridge was lowered. The defeated soldiers of Jiankou City, who were standing outside the city trembling, immediately rushed into the city. Many people even argued with each other because of the struggle, and even fought. The city gate suddenly became crowded, and more and more people joined the fight, with thousands of people squeezing inside and outside the city gate.
The officer on duty was a little angry when he saw the scene. These damn guys shouldn't have let them in, so they all freeze to death outside the city. He kept shouting, but unfortunately his voice was completely drowned in the sound of fighting at this time. The scene became more and more chaotic, and the soldiers on duty at the city gate had been wrapped in.
At the foot of the mountain, a man in Goguryeo uniform ran down the mountain with great strides.
"Yane, everything is as planned, and the city gate has been blocked by the surrendered soldiers."
Li Cunxiao slapped his thighs, and his iron armor clanged and said happily: "Okay, his grandmother, why are you waiting for? Go up the mountain and take down Hushan City in one fell swoop."
With the order from Li Cunxiao, his two battalions of 1,000 troops immediately rushed from the bottom of the mountain and headed straight for the mountain city.
Li Cunxiao held a muddy iron spear in his hand and wore a armor, and rushed up the mountain quickly.
The Tang army suddenly broke out, and the Goguryeo defenders on the city did not realize that the defeated soldiers in Jiankou City at the city gate had already been the fact that the Tang army surrendered. They were still shouting loudly to stop fighting and let them enter the city.
As the Tang army was getting closer and closer, the defeated soldiers who had gradually stopped fighting and were about to enter the city suddenly shouted loudly. Then these people were crazy and chopped and killed everyone, and caught the defenders of the city gate off guard. The city gate quickly lost. When Zhao Sheng on the city discovered this fact, Li Cunxiao had already rushed into the city with a thousand under his command with shields.
Li Cunxiao controlled the city gate, Wang Yanzhang and Gao Siji's generals had already controlled Jiankou City and led their troops to reinforce. The nine yamen led elite troops into the city, rushing left and right, with only three thousand defenders in the city, relying on the dangers of Hushan City. Once the city gate breaks through, the people of Goguryeo have no danger to rely on, and they will be swept away like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.
The dawn of dawn. The glimmer of light illuminates the earth.
Li Jing had already led a large army into the Yalu River and sailed to the Jiankou City Wharf. When Li Jing jumped off the Tianlang, he boarded the wharf. The nine disciples stood in a row on the wharf for a long time.
"Good job, I won two cities overnight!" Li Jing happily patted his disciples on the shoulders, and the war went smoother than he expected. Jiankou City and Hushan City were very important, guarding the Yalu River Estuary and Wugu River Estuary. Taking these two cities was equivalent to cutting off the Bohai Army's retreat, and blocking their grain routes. It can even be said that it directly threatened the Bohai Sea land.
This battle was a surprise attack on the Goguryeo people. The Goguryeo people's eyes were all concentrated in the areas of Liaodong City and Anshizhou, as well as the areas of Xiaoshouhe River and Jian'an City. They never expected that Li Jing would suddenly cross the sea from the sea on a large scale and directly hit them behind them.
Hushan City also has another name, called Bobai City. Bobai City is thirty miles northeast, and it is Bobaikou. It is the boundary line between Goguryeo and the Bohai Sea. To the east is Yalu Mansion in the Bohai Kingdom. Yalu Mansion includes Hengzhou, Zhengzhou, Shenzhou, and Fengzhou. Among them, Shenzhou is the capital of Yalu River Prefecture and is also Xijing, one of the five capitals of the Bohai Sea.
To the south of Yalu Mansion is the Nanhai Mansion on the border with Silla, including Wozhou and Jiaozhou. Among them, Woju City in Wozhou is not only the capital of the Nanhai Mansion, but also the Nanjing City of the Bohai Kingdom.
At the same time, because there are a large number of mountain cities on the coast of the Yalu River, it has always been in the hands of the Goguryeo people, and the important town of Pyongyang. It is in the hands of the Goguryeo people.
After taking over Bobai City, Li Jing now occupied a very favorable situation in the whole chess game.
After entering Bobai City with the generals, Li Jing looked out from the city and had to sigh that if it were not for the Goguryeo people underestimating the enemy and surprise attacks, and attacking head-only, it would be no easy task. As long as you hold in the city for half a month, reinforcements will arrive in Wugu City and Bohai. And generally speaking, in the Niangniang Mountain City south of the Yalu River, that is, Daxing City, it has always been the acropolis of Bobai City. But they would not have thought that Li Jing would come from the sea, and his power was so strong that he took down Jiankou and Bobai City overnight.
Li Jing was very happy to take down Bobai City. With such a strong fortress behind enemy lines, Li Jing could block the Bohai Sea and then surround the 80,000 Goguryeo and Bohai Army in Xiuxian. But what made him even more happy was that the harvest in Jiankou City was even more amazing.
"There are 500,000 stones of grain, and there are more than 10,000 sets of swords, guns and equipment. These are all materials transported from Xijing and Nanjing in the Bohai Sea to be transported to the Bohai Army."
With so much food, Li Jing’s 80,000 troops did not need to worry about the issue of food supply within three months.
"How to fight next?" Wang Chong asked. According to the pre-war plan, after taking down Jiankou City and Bofan City, he would turn around and take down Daxing City, and then go north to capture Wugu City to form an encirclement of 80,000 enemy troops in the area of Shaozihe.
Of course, Wang Chong knew this plan. Now he asked how to fight next, naturally because the progress is much smoother than expected. They have enough strength to distribute some of the troops to win a larger fruit of victory.
Li Jing glanced at the generals and saw that Wang Chongwai, Wang Pu, Lin Wu, Pei You, Liu Shouqian, Zhang Chengzong and other generals all had anticipated expressions and smiled slightly.
"Do you have any plans?" he asked.
The king nodded, "We have more than 80,000 troops, and I think the troops are enough to do a few big votes. First take down Daxing City, then leave a part of the Unity Army and the Township Army to guard the three cities. There are 10,000 or 20,000 elite troops in Wugu City are enough. We can divide a group of soldiers and horses and directly kill the Yalu Mansion and Nanhai Mansion in Bohai. Taking advantage of the two places, all the soldiers and horses have been drawn to Liaodong to attack their Xijing and Nanjing, and force them to retreat. Perhaps, if it goes well, we can also directly take down the two capitals in Bohai."
Li Jing smiled and looked at the others, "Do you all think so?"
Pei You stood up, "Master, our navy also has a combat plan."
"Tell me!" Li Jing refused to comment.
Pei You said excitedly: "After discussing with Li, Wu, Meng, Zhang, and two wives, I think our navy can go south directly along the coast and attack Pyongyang City directly. As long as we capture Pyongyang on the coast, these territories belonging to Goguryeo on the south bank of the Yalu River will be recaptured by us."
Chapter completed!