Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 386
If you can't find Lai Huer, let alone defend Pyongyang City, even if you want to evacuate, there is no way.

Now they have broken through Pyongyang and captured Gao Yuan alive, but they have fallen into a difficult situation of riding a tiger.

"You said we'll stay here, okay?" Siye asked. "Even if Lai Huer can't be found now, I believe he has not returned to Dongnae County. As long as he is still on the coast of the Korean peninsula, he will know that we are here in Pyongyang sooner or later. When he knows the news, he will definitely come to help. "

It's just that Wei Zheng broke Siye's fantasy.

"Although what the three generals said is good, one question is how long can we defend Pyongyang with more than [-] of us? Can we persist until the navy comes to help? If we find Lai Huer now, we may be able to persist for a while, but now We don’t even know where the babysitters are, so when and how long are we going to hold on?”

The Goguryeo army will come back at any time, and it may be three or five days at the earliest.

And now that the Eighth Army was defeated, although there was still a soldier in Dahang City, they could not protect themselves. The Left Fifth Army in Pyongyang City could not expect any more reinforcements from Liaodong.

But Goguryeo was able to assemble an army of 15 to 20 to capture Pyongyang.

The fourth child was chewing a piece of beef jerky, "Remind everyone, it is already July, and the climate in Liaodong, as soon as September enters, there will be continuous autumn rains, and the water levels of big rivers and small rivers will skyrocket. It is difficult, not to mention that it is even more difficult to march after winter."

Luo Cheng clenched his chin. There are only 7000 people. It is too difficult to defend Pyongyang.Of course, if the Fifth Left Army sticks to it, there may be a certain chance that they will be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But the question is, is it worth it to Luo Cheng?
Not to mention that the chances of defending are too low, even if he really defends and waits for reinforcements to arrive, it is estimated that he has [-] people, all of which will have to be thrown here.For him, Luo Cheng, it's really not worthwhile for him to be successful.

Especially now that the world is in chaos, the military power in his hands is the greatest guarantee. Luo Cheng has tempered these ten thousand troops on the battlefield, not to mention being able to fight, and he has great prestige.

If he loses this army, even if Luo Cheng is promoted at that time, the loss outweighs the gain.

Moreover, Luo Cheng didn't quite believe that he could hold on.

As the fourth brother said, it is now the season. After the defeat of the Eighth Army, it is impossible for Liaodong to send a strong army across thousands of miles to rescue Pyongyang.

Although the sea force is also a strong army, sea transportation is not convenient, especially when the Goguryeo army surrounds Pyongyang. Even if it comes from the sea, it may not be able to penetrate the 10,000+ Goguryeo army to intercept and kill Pyongyang.

After all, Lai Huer had lost [-] elite main forces under the Goguryeo army before, which shows that the Goguryeo army is not weak.Since the Goguryeo army was able to defeat Lai Huer first, and then Yu Wenshu, etc., in a short period of time, they wiped out more than [-] Sui troops, not only not weak but strong.

Luo Cheng spoke slowly.

"These days, I have actually been walking around the barracks below, chatting with everyone, and listening to their ideas. Most of the brothers actually think that there is no need to stick to Pyongyang. Everyone thinks that they will take down Pyongyang City, and then just get a vote and leave. You can't lose your life here."

"I don't think everyone is afraid of death. After all, they followed me, Luo Cheng, from Liaodong to kill here. When they were in Sashui, they followed me back to Pyongyang without fear of death. But everyone is right, we don't have to Fight to the death here."

"As the saying goes, the city is dead, but the people are alive. If you lose your land, you will lose both. If you lose your land, you can take it back if you still have it. Since we have the ability to capture Pyongyang once, we have the ability to attack again. Get him down once."

Everyone was a little surprised when they saw Luo Cheng's statement. At first, everyone thought that Luo Cheng would be ruthless and said that he would stick to Pyongyang.

"But now I can't find Lai Huer. If we abandon Pyongyang, where will we go?"

"Prepare for the evacuation first, pack all the things that should be brought, once we find the nurse, we will leave at any time. If we can't find the nurse, then we can only evacuate to Baekje, Silla, or Return north to Dahang City."

The fourth child said hehe, "If you really want to withdraw, I suggest that you kill all the Goguryeo people in the city first, and then burn the city of Pyongyang on fire when you leave."

His proposal made everyone frown.

"In Pyongyang, there are now more than one hundred thousand people."

"So what, we have come all the way, and we have killed fewer Goguryeo people? Xuantu City was killed, Xincheng was killed, Heshenggu City was killed, Dahang City was killed, and Sashui Riverside was also killed. Now, what are you being polite about?"

"Killing one is killing, and killing 10 people is killing."

Killing one person is a crime, killing 10 people is a hero, and killing [-] people is a hero. In the eyes of the fourth son, Goguryeo people are not considered human beings at all. How many people are killed is a war.

"There is nothing to hesitate. Since we are going to leave, should we keep these people? Keep them for the New Year or next time we come back so they can resist us. When we leave, they will kill them all and set them on fire. Watch Goguryeo How can people resist next time?"

Over there, Wei Zheng struggled several times. From the perspective of actual combat, what Luo Laosi said was right. War is what it should be. After all, this is a war of destroying the country.But after all, he also read the books of Confucian sages, and this act of massacring the city is still a bit too appalling.

But if you don't kill it, keeping it is indeed a future trouble, but if you don't kill it, you can't take it away.

Luo Cheng thought for a while, but couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Send more people along the coasts on both sides of Beijiang Estuary to continue searching for the navy." Luo Cheng said.

After a pause, Luo Cheng said again, "Send people to Dahang City to see if we can contact them, tell them that we have broken Pyongyang, and then we will abandon Pyongyang, let them hold on to it, and let the navy go back later." Accept them."

"What about us?" Siye asked.

"Let the Goguryeo people in the city demolish Pyongyang City, tear down all the walls of the outer city, inner city, and palace city for me, tear down the city walls and fill in the moat for me."

"We will leave after Pyongyang is demolished. We will leave the women, old, weak and children here. We will take away the young and strong, and let them transport the captured supplies to our army."

"Keep it, don't kill it?"

"A group of women and children are old and weak, and killing them is unkind. Besides, keeping them will not cause future troubles, and these people will not be able to fight us with weapons. Instead, keeping them will be a burden for Goguryeo."

As for the young and strong Goguryeo men who may resist in the future, Luo Cheng wants to take them all away, which can not only transport supplies, but also reduce the number of Goguryeo men.

"Remember to bring only money, silk and military equipment. As for food, there is no need to bring too much. Just bring some. I will burn the rest on the spot."

Wei Zheng gave Luo Cheng a thumbs up, "The general's move is more ruthless than the fourth general's massacre!"

"Go and execute it!" Luo Cheng said with some disinterest, "Remember to bring Gao Yuan and his officials with you."

(End of this chapter)