Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 403
On the Beijiangkou Plain, [-] Goguryeo troops launched a siege battle against the Fifth Left Army. Each army took turns to attack, and even used all kinds of siege equipment.

It would be a lie to say that the Fifth Left Army in Tucheng was not defending hard, but because there was no way to retreat after a last stand, the soldiers of the Fifth Left Army just came to block them.

There are casualties every moment.

Everyone is desperately fighting, if you don't fight, you will die, if you fight, maybe there is still a chance.

During the fierce battle, Ulchi Ieyasu sent men to shoot dozens of letters into Tucheng.

Luo Cheng got the letter, but only frowned after reading it.

"To persuade you to surrender?" Wei Zheng asked.

"No, Xiao Ulji's letter said that Goguryeo has been supported by a group of officials and nobles headed by the Lord of the South, the Marshal Ulji Moondeok, and the Lord of the East, Molizhiyuan Taejo. What did you say that the new king has an order to wipe out our left five armies in order to repay our bloody revenge for breaking Pyongyang and killing his king."

"Don't the Goguryeo people know that Gao Yuan is not dead yet?" Wang Ziming asked.

Wei Zheng chuckled, "They must know that Gao Yuan is not dead, they just pretended he was dead on purpose. Since Gao Yuan was captured by us, to avoid embarrassment later, they pretended that Gao Yuan was killed by us, and then they Supporting Gao Jianwu as king, in this way, we can no longer threaten them, and they can even arouse the anger and fighting spirit of the Goguryeo people with the excuse of the king being killed."

"It's quite clever, I guess it's Ulji Wende's idea again."

"Why did Yuan Taizuo support Gao Jianwu? Gao Yuan had already bloodbathed the Yuan family and their families in Pyongyang."

"Since Ulji supported Gao Jianmu to succeed in the domestic city, not on the ruins of Pyongyang, then the biggest possibility is that Ulchi and the others played some tricks and controlled Yuan Taejo, so he had to support him."

The fourth child said dissatisfiedly, "Then the Gao Yuan in our hands is useless, why not kill it, so as to save wasting food."

Luo Cheng shook his head. After all, Gao Yuan was the king of a country. No matter what, if he brought him back, he would be a very valuable captive, and he could earn many meritorious rewards from the emperor.

"Since Xiao Yizhi is playing with us like this, let's take Gao Yuan to the top of the city to persuade the Goguryeo army below the city to surrender, and let him have a good time." Wei Zheng came up with a very bad idea.

Didn’t you Eulji say that Gao Yuan is dead, and you have made Gao Jianwu the new king, then I will show Gao Yuan out now and see how you explain it to these tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

"Yes, let him go to persuade him to surrender, but take care to protect him and don't let him die." Luo Cheng said with a smile.

Goguryeo is very aggressive.

But the Sui army's counterattack was also very fierce.

Although the Tucheng is not big, there are several guard fortresses outside Luocheng's Tucheng. There are two small castles not far from the two city corners facing Pyongyang, and there are 800 people stationed inside, which makes Luo Cheng's earth city has three-dimensional defense capabilities.

Another one, after Luo Cheng broke Pyongyang, he transported a lot of equipment from Pyongyang, such as catapults, which can not only attack the city, but also defend the city.

Although there are only about 6000 left in the Left Fifth Army, there are still a large number of prisoners in Tucheng. Under the supervision of the Sui army, these prisoners are manipulating these catapults and bed crossbows to shoot at the Koguryo army outside the city. Woolen cloth.

Fighting.

On the north gate tower, the fourth child escorted Gao Yuan and several of his ministers up.

Then, tens of hundreds of Sui soldiers in the city shouted Gao Yuan's name in unison.

Gao Yuan was asked to put on the robes of the king. Although his legs were shaking, he had to go to the front of the city plate to shout. Every time he shouted, hundreds of Sui soldiers would repeat it.

After shouting like this for a while, the Goguryeo people under the city finally understood what was going on.

Some people became more and more shocked the more they watched. Isn't the fruit on the city the king who has been killed?
Many Goguryeo people were stunned, and the offensive also stagnated.

"Damn it, it's fake, fake, fake, it's a substitute that the Sui people found, the king has already been brutally killed by them, and now we have a new king, everyone continue to attack, break through Yingcheng, kill all Sui people, avenge the late king!"

Some people are skeptical.

However, there are still many people who think that the man in the city is the king Gao Yuan.

In the city, Luo Cheng and the others couldn't help laughing when they saw the tangled look of the Goguryeo people.

Laughing and laughing, everyone was silent.

What's so ridiculous, everyone is already a bit tired of killing and killing.

It has been almost two years since the expedition, in this distant overseas country, no matter how much gold, silver, treasures and silks are robbed, no matter how great the military exploits are, it does not matter if you can return to your hometown before you can return home. Wife Yinzi, if you can't, then all the sacrifices and gains will be meaningless.

Everyone is tired of this endless fighting.

Wei Zheng suddenly sang a song.

This is a somewhat sad tune, the content seems to be about the wandering son missing his hometown, and the song is sung in Qilu accent.

Listening to it, the fourth child couldn't help but sang along, and finally more and more soldiers from the Sui army also sang along.

Everyone sang and couldn't help but shed tears.

At the beginning of entering the Liao Dynasty, everyone came with the idea of ​​killing the enemy and making meritorious deeds. When they fought for the first time, they were excited, and when they made meritorious service for the first time, they were happy.

But when the Eastern Expedition was endless, the battle was endless, and the companions around them fell one after another, and when their team continued to shrink, but they could no longer get supplies, their mood had changed.

The years and two years of fighting had left them exhausted and bored.

On the sea outside Beijiang Estuary.

A small boat came out of Bailing Island. After the general came to guard and led [-] soldiers to leave, there were no more warships and soldiers on the island. There were only about [-] auxiliary soldiers on the island. Sailors and soldiers The soldiers all left with the general.

Due to the lack of boats and soldiers, the [-] auxiliary soldiers on the island camped at the foot of the mountain in the south of the island during this period of time to avoid being discovered by the Goguryeo people, and they tried not to go on land as much as possible.

Because of this, when Luo Cheng sent troops along the coastline to look for the Laihuer navy, he passed the coast of Beijiangkou many times, but did not find a single navy soldier.

Today, the navy soldiers who were fishing near the island seemed to hear the sound of war drums and horns coming from afar. After they reported this information, the last remaining auxiliary generals discussed for a long time and decided to send some The boat went to the coast to inquire about it.

Several small boats slowly rowed towards the river mouth.

The closer they got, the louder the sound of horns and drums, and gradually, the sound of fighting became clearer and clearer.

"It seems that there are large armies fighting nearby, and it seems to be near Jiangkou."

"Want to go have a look?"

"Go and see."

Then, several small boats ventured into Beijiang and headed upstream.

When they crossed a bend in the river, they suddenly saw a city standing on the west bank in front of them. It was their previous camp. , what was erected was the military flag of the Great Sui Dynasty.

"It's our people."

"It's the soldiers of the Sui government!"

"When was this city built, and where did these soldiers come from?"

Those navy soldiers were a little confused.

"What the hell are those doing, all I know is that many Goguryeo troops are besieging our Sui soldiers. We must immediately report back to the generals on the island and let them come for reinforcements!"

(End of this chapter)