The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 250 The Returner
Wugu City in Lushun County and Nanfuyu City are located in the Dandong and Donggang areas of Liao Province in later generations. They were connected by the Great Wall built by Koguryo prisoners of war. The former was renamed Danyang City and the latter was renamed Danfeng City.

Every piece of rammed earth and every piece of bluestone city brick in Danfeng City is dripping with blood, every inch of ground under the city wall is dark red, and there are countless puddles of blood underground.

The corpses are layered on top of each other, like a hill, which is shocking. Broken limbs and arms are everywhere. Boulders and trees keep pouring down. Flying horizontally, there was an endless stream of shrill screams.

After a wave of attacks subsided, no less than [-] Goguryeo soldiers stepped on the corpses of their comrades on the ground like wild horses, and charged fiercely towards Danfeng City, shouting some strange words in their mouths.

Yeon Tae-jo and Eulji Mun-deok are sitting in the middle army, their expressions are very ugly. It has been thirteen days since the attack was launched, and more than 3 people have been lost, but they still cannot break through the fortified city in front of them. The power of the Sui army generals to defend the city shocked the two of them, and made them remember the name Zuo Tiancheng firmly.

On the top of the city, I saw Zuo Tiancheng's tall and straight figure emerge, looking at the Goguryeo army swarming below the city with burning eyes, raised his right arm with a calm expression, and suddenly the eyes of thousands of archers came together Focus on his right arm.

Danfeng City is built on the coastline, and it is the smoothest road for Goguryeo to enter Lushun County. Compared with Danyang City and Hemai Valley City, it is much more difficult, because the latter two are condescending mountain cities, and Goguryeo has a million There is no terrain for the army to deploy, so the enemy launched a fierce offensive against Danfeng City day and night, trying to use their lives to open the westward passage.

This city was the gateway of the Sui Dynasty, the prefect Deng Hao gave Zuo Tiancheng an army of [-] troops, assisted by Meng Zhongcai, the Prime Minister of Lushun County.

Zuo Tiancheng is a survivor of the Battle of Sashui. He led a remnant Sui army to fight among the bushes, and gathered thousands of lost Sui troops. The harsh environment is just that the Goguryeo people hated the Central Plains, regarded them as thorns in the flesh, and constantly squeezed and suppressed them.But in the end, although there were losses, the main force survived tenaciously. When they heard that the Great Sui had regained the lost land in Liaodong, they went down the mountain to vote without hesitation.After the news was sent back to Yecheng, Zuo Tiancheng was canonized by Yang Tong as Lushun Tongshou, only under Deng Hao.

Zuo Tian was about forty years old, with a burly figure, a handsome appearance, and a good bow and horse. He was only a school lieutenant in the Sui Dynasty, but he was quite brave. From Meng Zhongcai's point of view, Zuo Tiancheng, who was in his prime, came to the country, and his martial arts skills were at least in the first place. Phase two!What's even more rare is that after many years of fighting in the mountains, he is quite familiar with Goguryeo's tactics. Zuo Tiancheng should be the first to hold Danfeng City for such a long time.

When the Goguryeo army came about two hundred paces outside the city, a cold light flashed in Zuo Tiancheng's eyes, and he swung down his raised right arm fiercely.Immediately, a thunderous roar resounded through the city: "Shoot the arrow."

The defenders bent their bows and shot out, and the rain of arrows immediately gathered in clusters over the Goguryeo army. There was no defensive tool, and a large number of Goguryeo soldiers with extremely poor equipment fell down in an instant. If you shoot down casually, you can hit the target .

"what!!"

The continuous wailing sound rose into the sky in an instant, and Goguryeo soldiers fell on the icy permafrost continuously. Yuan Taejo's eyes in the rear were full of distress. Even if they won this battle, Goguryeo would get nothing. Instead, it suffered heavy losses. This is the tragedy of a small country with few people.

After losing hundreds of people, the soldiers finally erected dozens of ladders with difficulty.

Zuo Tiancheng drew out his horizontal knife, and ordered in a vicious and orderly manner:
"Archers retreat, shoot and kill the enemy! Pikemen advance, prevent the enemy from ascending the city! Swords and shields are responsible!"

A thousand archers began to shoot arrows at the Goguryeo soldiers outside the city.The sword and shield soldiers raised their shields to block the arrows flying up to the top of the city, covering the front of more than a thousand pikemen, standing in an orderly manner throughout the entire city.Before the Goguryeo soldiers who managed to climb to the top of the city had time to draw their swords, dozens of sharp spears had already volleyed into the sky.In an instant, they were stabbed into hedgehogs.

"Pfft!!"

The spear pierced like lightning and quickly retracted like poisonous spit, and the unsupported corpse suddenly fell from the air.

next moment!Dozens of ladders were pushed out by the fork, and then continued to tilt outwards after barely standing upright, and finally fell down. Dozens of Goguryeo soldiers climbing on the ladders were like drowning people in the water.Falling down from mid-air, there were bursts of shrill screams in an instant, with broken bones and bones.

"waste, waste"

Yuan Taizuo in the rear roared angrily when he saw this scene, it has been nearly half a month, and the nearly 14 army can't shake the city in front of him at all.

When Ulji Wende next to him heard this, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, but he immediately ordered: "Continue to attack the city."

"Kill!" The army charged again.

Zuo Tiancheng smiled coldly: "Give them some color and pour cold water on them!"

"promise!"

I saw pots of icy cold water poured down on the Goguryeo soldiers immediately. Calculated by the measurement units of later generations, the temperature today is absolutely below zero degrees Celsius. When these pots of cold water are poured down, the bone-chilling coldness is enough to make the most brave soldiers ran away.

In this icy weather, being drenched in icy cold water, the Goguryeo soldiers felt extremely sour, and they wailed and fled desperately.

Such a 'tragic' scene made Yuan Tae-joo couldn't hold on any longer, and shouted: "Withdraw, withdraw!"

"Mo Lizhi, this is just the beginning!" Ulji Wende said dissatisfied.

"Brother, didn't you find out that the soldiers have no fighting spirit?" Yuan Taizuo replied angrily, and walked away with the horse.

A hint of helplessness also flashed in Ulji Wendeok's eyes. The cold water in this season is indeed more powerful than arrows. Although it can't kill people, after more than ten days, the brave Goguryeo soldiers were not afraid of bow arrows, but they were all defeated by the cold water. Cold water, many people got sick and froze to death.

Seeing this scene, the Sui army at the top of the city burst into cheers, Zuo Tiancheng was also slightly relieved, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Mai Zhongcai was speechless: "Our army is short of arrows! Fortunately, General Zuo thought of this move! General Zuo, who did you learn this move from?"

Zuo Tiancheng smiled and said, "Your father, General Mai Tiezhang."

"..." Meng Zhongcai.

……

Half a month after the bloody battle in Danfeng City, Yang Tong led the five armies and marched day and night to attack Danfeng City.

The Danfeng City military camp was built at the mouth of the Banqiao River, next to the Wuhu Sea (Yellow Sea) in the east. Excluding the defenders, the Sui army had a total of [-] land and water troops, and there were also [-] Turkic slave soldiers.

The 10,000+ army stretches for more than ten miles, and the camp is huge.In the bay, more than a thousand ships are densely arranged in the distance. The hulls of the ships are like mountains, and the masts are like forests, covering the sky and the sun, which is very spectacular.

Looking from a distance, Yang Tong saw that the barracks was like a castle, majestic.

Thinking that the 10,000+ elite soldiers are all under his command, he is full of pride. This is the first time he has commanded an army of 15 since his rebirth, just thinking about it makes him feel very proud.

"Your Highness, General Deng, General Zuo, and General Meng are here to greet you!" Luo Shixin reported loudly.

Yang Tong said loudly: "Please!"

In fact, the military and government should be separated, so that the subordinates will not have some bad ideas because of too much power. It's just that these days, all the talents are all talented in civil and military affairs, and it is difficult to distinguish civil and military talents. The county guards, general guards, and county eunuchs are almost all military and political, and this is also a special system created to avoid delaying the opportunity to fight.

However, with the addition of a large number of talents, this chaotic situation is slowly changing. Except for the border county, which is always preparing for war, the inner county, which is in the heart, has completed the separation of military and government.In the future, the military power of the border counties and generals will gradually be restricted. It's not that they don't trust everyone, but that if the Sui Dynasty wants to develop healthily, the power of subordinates should not be too inflated, and the military power must be firmly in their own hands. It's safe. Speaking of it, this is actually a good thing for you, me, everyone.

At this time, a huge sound of horseshoes suddenly sounded, shaking the ground, and a tall general in black armor with sharp eyes came galloping with a group of cavalry, about 30 cavalry.

"Last General Deng Hao, meet Your Highness!" After seeing Yang Tong from a distance, Deng Hao quickly jumped off his horse and bowed respectfully.

"There's no need to be too polite," Yang Tong sighed as he looked at Deng Hao who had added a few strands of white hair, "After two years of separation, it's like yesterday, but the general is much more emaciated.!"

"Your Highness is becoming more and more powerful." Deng Hao laughed loudly.

Yang Tong praised from the bottom of his heart: "The camp set up by General Deng is well-connected with water and land, well-ordered, and equipped with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Just looking at the camp like a fortress, you can see that General Deng has a really extraordinary strategy in mind. It is really incompetent for you to guard Lushun for so long. The general should be in Yecheng to train more outstanding generals for us in the Sui Dynasty."

"Your Highness, I'm honored." Deng Hao bowed with joy, pointed to a fierce general on the side, and introduced: "Your Highness, this is General Lushun through Zuo Tiancheng."

"The last general Zuo Tiancheng pays homage to His Royal Highness King Qin!" Zuo Tiancheng bowed to the ground, looking very excited.

Yang Tong helped him up, and respectfully said: "General Zuo, all the warriors of the Sui Dynasty have made military achievements. The Sui Dynasty will never forget you, and neither will I, Yang Tong."

After these Sui warriors who were lost in Goguryeo returned to the territory of the Sui Dynasty, none of them wanted to go home. They felt that they were defeated generals, and even they could not feel at ease, let alone face their hometown elders, so they all stayed in Xiangping and Lushun The second county intends to make meritorious service to atone for its crimes one day, and only after making great contributions will it go back.

Zuo Tiancheng's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth and said: "Your Highness, please break into the capital of Goguryeo, tear down the capitals of your comrades, and let them rest in peace."

Yang Tong felt sore, and said solemnly: "I, Yang Tong, swear here that I will not dismantle the Beijing Temple..."

What is Jingguan?
Jingguan cut off the heads of the captives, and then piled up layers of mud to form tall towers to demonstrate the bravery of the Goguryeo people. A Jingguan has at least a few thousand heads, and these are the heads of warriors of the Sui Dynasty.

When Liaodong was recovered, the Sui army had demolished dozens of Beijing temples.But there are many more on the east and west banks of Yalushui.

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Zuo Tiancheng, a man who was extremely majestic and not afraid of death, was in tears at this moment.

(End of this chapter)