Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 266

Shi Meng stood beside Luo Cheng, staring at the smoke with a serious expression.

It is said that a good general has the ability to judge the number of soldiers and horses by looking at the smoke and dust.Shi Meng is obviously a master, he sized it up for a while, and told Luo Cheng in a cold voice, "At least three thousand, and they are all Qingqi, we are in trouble."

They had already left Huaiyuan Town for ten days. Although they traveled slowly every day, they had traveled two hundred miles in ten days.

Huaiyuan Town is already two hundred miles away, but Wuliluo City controlled by the Goguryeo people is only a hundred miles away.

In fact, Luo Cheng had long been psychologically prepared for the appearance of the Goguryeo people.The day before yesterday, Zhao Gui's scout battalion reported that there was a shadow of Goguryeo Qingqi appearing nearby.

But yesterday, Zhao Gui and the others discovered more young Goguryeo Qingqi, and a battle between scout cavalry broke out between the two sides.

So yesterday Luo Cheng stopped marching ahead of schedule and began to set up camp.

He did not pull out the camp today, but instead strengthened the defense of the camp, while sending out more light cavalry to scout around, and at the same time sending messengers back to Huaiyuan to report.

Originally, I hoped to meet some Goguryeo explorers, but it was a bit surprising that the Goguryeo people came here so quickly.

"General Luo Ya said that he would meet us in ten days, but now ten days have passed and we haven't seen him yet." Luo Cheng tapped his fingers on the railing of the watchtower, feeling a little nervous.

It would be a lie to say I'm not nervous.

Three thousand Goguryeo Qingqi.

No one will underestimate the fighting power of the Goguryeo people. These barbarians in the bitter cold of Liaodong are not completely barbarians. Goguryeo has been established for 700 years and embezzled the foundation of the four counties of Han and Liaodong. It can be considered that it has entered an agrarian feudal country dominated by farming, so the Sui Emperor regarded it as a confidant's trouble, and he wanted to destroy it and merge it.

The terrible thing about the farming country is still the potential for war.They have strong walls, stable food output, and can raise more people and raise more soldiers and horses.The abundance of food allowed them to develop other aspects, such as iron smelting, casting weapons, etc., and the Goguryeo people did not abandon their ability to fish, hunt, ride and shoot.

What made Goguryeo most disturbing to the Sui Dynasty was their territory and population. Although the nomadic tribes on the grassland, such as the Huns and Turks, dominated the grassland when they were powerful, their population was always limited.

But Goguryeo has a very large population. According to intelligence, there are 170 six cities in Goguryeo, with 69 households.

How many households were there in the Sui Dynasty? 890 million households with a population of over 4000 million.Goguryeo actually has 69 households, and the population is at least nearly 400 million, which is almost one-tenth of the population of the Sui Dynasty.

Although there were many fugitives from hidden households in the Sui Dynasty, the number of fugitives was actually not many after the household registration management was strengthened during the Kaihuang period.But Goguryeo is a feudal tribal country that is not civilized, with a large number of slaves, these are not on the household registration, so the court of the Sui Dynasty judged that the actual population of Goguryeo was at least 500 million.

Coupled with some Mohe tribes attached to Goguryeo, Goguryeo actually strengthened a lot.

Goguryeo has 30 armors.

Although the Turks were the most powerful, there were 40 people who controlled the strings.

But the Turks are nomads, and they are warriors on horseback. The 40 people who control strings are almost all of them.But Goguryeo's 30 armored men are actually just the number of their soldiers.

In fact, if all the people are soldiers, it can be far higher than this number.

Goguryeo stationed 15 troops on the Liaohe River alone, and there is a fertile Liaohe Plain on the Liaohe River, so there are many cities and a large population in this area. It is estimated that there are 15 troops stationed here in the Sui Dynasty, with a population of one million.

Therefore, it is not uncommon for three thousand Goguryeo Qingqi to appear suddenly on the west bank of the Liaohe River.

On the Liaohe River, 15 Goguryeo troops were scattered in dozens of cities including Liaodong City, but the Goguryeo people in Wuliluo City on the west bank of the Liaohe River have never given up, so there is still a large army on the west bank.

"I think back then, Goguryeo was only one of the subordinate tribes of the Wei clan built by Weiman of the Yan people. When Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty destroyed Korea, Goguryeo was the county, which belonged to Xuantu County. At that time, Xuantu County had three counties with a total of 22 people. 600 households with a population of over 600. After the founding of the Goguryeo people, over [-] years later, there were actually more than [-] million people.”

"In fact, among the more than 600 million people in Goguryeo, it is estimated that less than half of them are Chinese Han Chinese."

Not to mention that the Goguryeo people invaded and seized the land and population of the Han people after the founding of the country. Even after the melee in the Central Plains, there were continuous losers and people who escaped the war and fled to Liaodong.

"Stop talking nonsense, just talk about what to do now?"

After going down the archery tower, Luo Cheng will gather to watch the formation.

The fourth child is the one who has a bad temper. He is not interested in hearing the ins and outs of the Goguryeo people. He just wants to know how to fight this battle.

"Wei Jishi, what suggestion do you have?" Luo Cheng asked Wei Zheng.

"It's a hundred miles away from Wuliluo City, and two hundred miles away from Huaiyuan Town. The enemy is close and we are far away. But fortunately, our scouts have already detected the movements of the Goguryeo people, so we have made precautionary arrangements early. After a day and night of fighting Reinforce the camp, the camp is still strong now, so even if Goguryeo lightly rides three thousand horses, as long as we can't hold on, we can stick to it and wait for help."

Wei Zheng was not in a hurry, "The majority of my first army led by General Roja is just behind. Even if we haven't left Huaiyuan Town, the credible envoys have already been dispatched. General Roja will come here with the army, and the slowest is no more than ten minutes. But for a distance of two hundred miles, if Qingqi comes to help, it can be reached in two or three days at most."

The fourth child was not satisfied with this method.

"Old Daoist Wei, you mean you want us to be cowards here?"

"Stick and wait for help, how can you be called a turtle." Wei Zheng didn't care much about the rudeness of the fourth child, and still smiled.

Qi Guoyuan agreed with Wei Zheng's plan.

"Three thousand Goguryeo Qingqi, well-equipped, look like a hard bone, not easy to chew on. If we fight him, we have no chance of winning. The most fearful thing is that the reinforcements have not arrived. On the contrary, Goguryeo has another army to arrive first. Then we can It's really passive." He thought for a while and said, "Even if we really defeated these three thousand riders, we still have to pay a lot of price."

Two thousand pawns against three thousand light cavalry, the probability of winning is very small.

In any case, staying out of the camp is the safest way.

"Shut up, rush out and fuck them." The fourth child yelled.

But few people paid attention to him.

Luo Cheng looked up at the Goguryeo Qingqi outside the camp. They had slowed down and approached slowly in formation.

Three thousand Qingqi slowly approached, bringing a boundless sense of oppression.

Luo Cheng had to sigh, the Goguryeo Qingqi was indeed not comparable to the Central Plains thieves, and the pressure of the three thousand horses on him was something he had never experienced before.

"Defend the camp!" Luo Cheng looked at the Goguryeo cavalry who were getting closer, and only spit out two words.

(End of this chapter)