Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 387
By the Yalu River, under Dahang City.

Eulji Wendeok and Gao Jianwu are arguing fiercely, "You are confused, you chased after him for a long time, and you didn't even realize that you were chasing the wrong person?"

Yizhi was so angry that he didn't even care about Gao Jianwu being the king's younger brother, and directly reprimanded him.

Gao Jianwu was also a little ashamed, but in front of the generals, he still had to have this face.

"It's not me who is confused, it's because the thief is too cunning."

Ulchi Wende held the sword in his hand, and really wanted to pull out the sword and cut this guy directly, "I told you to ambush in Sashui, but your 3 army was defeated by Luo Cheng's 2 people, if you didn't get [-] horses Help, you have already been wiped out by Luo Cheng."

"Because of your fault alone, Sashui's plan to encircle and wipe out 30 Sui troops fell short."

"And now, because of your own fault, Luo Cheng was sent to Pyongyang with [-] Sui troops. If Pyongyang is half wrong, can you bear the consequences?"

Gao Jianwu was annoyed, "General Ulji, please remember your identity. Although you are a samurai, I am also a samurai, and I am still the younger brother of the king."

"So what if Luo thief treacherously escaped to Pyongyang? With only 2 horses, how can he capture Pyongyang?"

The two quarreled furiously.

Although Gao Jianwu is the younger brother, he is not a great king after all, and Ulji Mundeok is a general with high prestige in the military, and this time he defeated the Sui army, his prestige is even more unprecedented. He is not afraid of Gao Jianwu's younger brother identity.

"Report!"

A Goguryeo Qingqi came to report.

"Report to the general. According to the report from the scouts, it was discovered that Luo Cheng led his troops to Pyongyang."

Ulchi gritted his teeth, he was really worried about coming, he was worried that Luo Cheng would go back to Pyongyang, but it turned out that Luo Cheng had gone to Pyongyang.

"Send an order to return to Pyongyang immediately, and we must completely annihilate this Sui army."

Gao Jianwu was not happy anymore.

"Dahang City must be captured first. Also, the more than 2 Sui soldiers who escaped the Yalu River cannot be allowed to escape. They have to cross the river to pursue them, and none of them can be let go. As for the 5 robbers, Don’t worry, just send [-] to [-] people back.”

"5 people? Even 7 people of yours can't beat Luo Cheng's 3 people. Now you say sending 5 to [-] people can annihilate Luo Cheng?"

Ulchi sneered, "It's good to leave 5 to [-] people under Dahang City and continue to besiege the city. As for the defeated troops of the Sui Dynasty who escaped the Yalu River, they will be handed over to the defenders of Wugu, Guoguo, Heshenggu and other cities. There are so many mountain cities. , Hundreds of miles away, many interceptions, even a Sui army would not even think about fleeing back to Liaodong. The most urgent thing is to bite and annihilate Luo Cheng, so that they cannot continue to flee. Even if he can't attack Pyongyang, but now the rear is empty, let The [-] Sui troops burned, killed and looted everywhere, and they could also cause huge damage."

"He must be stopped."

However, Gao Jianwu refused to agree to Ren Eulzhi's seriousness.

"If you want to go to Pyongyang, you can go. In short, I will continue to fight Dahang City."

If Gao Jianwu doesn't leave, then as many as half of nearly 8 people on the front line of the Yalu River will follow his orders and will not leave.

After arguing for a long time, Gao Jianwu just refused to leave. In the end, he had no choice but to redeploy Ulji Mundeok. He sent 3 of the remaining half of the 5 people back to the country and other cities in the north of the Yangtze River to search and suppress the defeated troops of the Sui Dynasty.And he personally led [-] horses and returned to Pyongyang Qinwang.

Bei Jiangkou.

In a sea not more than a hundred miles away from Beijiangkou, there is a small island not more than twenty miles away from the shore.

This small island spreads its wings like a white bird, so it is also called Baeknyeongdo.

The island is not too big, but it is close to the coast, and not too far from the mouth of Beijiang River, and there is a good bay on the island, so after Lai Huer's defeat, he retreated all the way along the river, and finally withdrew from Beijiang River.

Because of the great defeat and the absence of the Ninth Army, Lai Huer was worried about the attack of the Goguryeo army in Pyongyang, so he finally chose this island to settle temporarily.

At this time, on Bailing Island, there were [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers.

However, there are very few ships on the island, and the huge fleet has returned to Donglai, ready to transport the second batch of soldiers, horses, money and food.

Of the eight armies by sea, only three came here last time. Although they lost 30 main soldiers, they only lost [-] after all, and the eight armies totaled [-].

There are still 20 troops in the port camp in Dongnae.

Lai Hu'er believed that as long as the second batch of troops arrived, even if it was only [-], he would have the confidence to go back to Pyongyang again.

"Marshal, I don't know if the Ninth Army has arrived in Pyongyang?"

"Who knows, the people sent to inquire about the news have not returned yet."

Lai Hu'er said worriedly, he knew that he was careless for a while, and as a result tens of thousands of main forces were lost, so he had to withdraw to this sea. .

Everyone knew that the Ninth Army had only brought a small amount of food and grass, and it must have been a lot of loss during the journey. I am afraid that even if they reached the city of Pyongyang, there would not be much food.

After the Ninth Army arrived under the city of Pyongyang, what needed the most help from the navy was the supplement of food, grass and ordnance.

But before the Ninth Army arrived, Lai Huer didn't dare to take the risk of staying on land again. The powerful Goguryeo army in Pyongyang City made him very afraid.

Now he only hopes to wait for the news of the Ninth Army's arrival earlier, so that even if every second batch of navy divisions does not arrive, he still dares to bring tens of thousands of troops back to Pyongyang City again.

"Marshal, the people who went to Pyongyang are back."

When Lai Huer heard this, he immediately regained his spirit.

"Call here quickly."

As soon as the person arrived, Lai Nuer couldn't wait to ask.

"How? Has the Ninth Army arrived yet?"

The visitor looked sad.

"Marshal, we just retreated from Pyongyang, and the Ninth Army arrived later, only three days later."

"Ah, the Ninth Army has arrived?"

When I heard that it was only three days late, I couldn't help but feel even more regretful when I came to protect my children. If I hadn't been careless at the time, I would have waited three more days, so that I could join the Ninth Army under the city of Pyongyang smoothly. Maybe Pyongyang is now fighting down.

"Immediately order the whole army, prepare the ships, we land, and fight back to Pyongyang!"

"Marshal, I can't go."

"Why can't I go?"

"Three days after we retreated from Pyongyang, the Ninth Army arrived at the city of Pyongyang. They attacked the city for several days, killing and injuring over 10,000 people. Then they ran out of food and had to withdraw their troops. As a result, on the way back to the north, they were chased by the Goguryeo army and suffered heavy casualties. In the Sashui River and the Yalu River, two major defeats, the nine armies collapsed, tens of thousands of people died in battle, and as many as 5+ were captured. Only 5 people could escape the Yalu River, and only [-] people fled into Dahang City at the mouth of the Yalu River, but it was also surrounded by Goguryeo people, and the isolated city was guarded."

Lai Hu'er was in a daze.

"The Ninth Army was defeated, a big defeat? 30 troops lost?"

"This is impossible, impossible!"

"Marshal, it's true, the Ninth Army was defeated, and it was a crushing defeat."

Deputy Commander Zhou Fashang also looked gray and defeated, "The Eastern Expedition failed, come Commander, let's prepare to retreat from the sea."

"No, we can't retreat yet, we have to rescue the brothers in Dahang City!" Lai Huer gritted his teeth, "Gather all the ships on the island, and send another elite team, and I will personally lead the team to Dahang City !"

(End of this chapter)