Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 406 Returning to Pyongyang Again

"Marshal, do you still want to chase?"

"It is advisable for the leftovers to pursue the poor and brave, not to be famous and learn to be the overlord. Of course, if you don't pursue them now, let alone when. Order the three armies to chase and kill the Goguryeo army. Even if you chase them to Pyongyang, you must not let them go."

"Kill back to Pyongyang!"

At Beijiangkou, the Goguryeo army was surprised and panicked by [-] navy auxiliary soldiers. They didn't know where this sudden army came from. They thought it was the Sui army navy who came to kill them again. , At the same time, panicked and uneasy, being attacked from both sides, under the twilight, the Goguryeo people were defeated.

The siege of the city for several days in a row cost more than 4 troops, but now there are less than [-]. They were attacked on both sides by more than [-] Sui troops, and they were finally defeated.

Although Ulchi Ieyasu was fierce, the commanding army did not have the prestige of his father, and he couldn't control the rout of the soldiers and horses. He had to flee to Pyongyang with the rout soldiers under the escort of his own soldiers.

After Luo Cheng met several auxiliary generals of the navy, he ordered the pursuit to continue without hesitation.

Three days and nights.

Luo Cheng led more than 1 brothers from the Fifth Left Army and tens of thousands of auxiliary navy soldiers, and chased them all the way. For three days and three nights, they chased and killed more than [-] miles, and finally returned to the edge of the ruins of Pyongyang.

Yizhi Jiakang had 5 horses, and the entire army was wiped out.

On the ruins of Pyongyang City, there were thousands of troops left behind by Ulji Mundeok. They have gradually regained some vitality and order, established refugee camps, and built many shacks.As long as those Goguryeo people help clear up the ruins and rebuild Pyongyang, they can get a little porridge every day.

But now, Sui Jun came back again.

A fire burned their hard work for many days.

Luo Chengquan also took away the military rations that Eulji Wende left behind.

"Thirty thousand Goguryeo soldiers have been captured, how to deal with them?"

A general of the auxiliary army said excitedly that when Huer invaded Pyongyang last time, they stayed in Jiangxi Yuanshang and had no chance to come.Later, Lai Hu'er was defeated, and they also fled in panic, endlessly holding back.

Now that they finally came to Pyongyang, looking at the ruins of Pyongyang, they felt unspeakably happy.

This can be regarded as avenging blood for the soldiers and brothers of the Navy.

"General, it's better to keep these captives and exchange our captured Eighth Army brothers with the Goguryeo people." Wei Zheng suggested.

But Luo Cheng ignored it.

"The exchange of prisoners is a matter for the future, and it is a matter for the court. We can't make the decision, and we have no chance now. Let this cause the prisoners to take away first."

A navy general asked suspiciously, "We have already returned to Pyongyang, shouldn't we set up camp here and occupy this place?"

"No, we'll go back right away."

"Where are you going back?"

"Back to Beijiangkou, it's best to go back to the Bailing Island where you stayed before."

He returned to the horse and shot back to Pyongyang, but now Pyongyang is nothing but ruins, even if it is a hundred miles away, it is deserted.

But now that we are here, we can’t go back empty-handed like this. Naturally, the more than [-] Goguryeo troops captured will be taken away, but Luo Cheng has no intention of letting go of the nearly [-] Goguryeo women, children and children who have been re-recruited by Ulchi’s subordinates. .

"Take all those people away."

"These are old and weak women and children, why take them away?"

"Even if they are women and children, they are still able to work. The soldiers were born and died. How many people died and how many were injured? These people will be brought back and rewarded as slaves for them, and let these people work as cattle and horses for them."

Near the ruins of Pyongyang, there are now nearly [-] Goguryeo women and children gathered. These people lost their homes, houses, livestock, food, fathers, husbands, brothers and sons, and everything.

They are now living on the little food and grass left by Ulchi, and the daily porridge for free.

But everyone was extremely weak, and no one expected that the Sui army would come again. Last time, Luo Cheng couldn't take these people away, but this time, Ulji was defeated, and there was no one around Pyongyang.Moreover, Luo Cheng also knew that Lai Huer had gone to Daxing City, and there was an island in the sea near Beijiangkou, so this time he ordered all these people to be arrested based on the idea that the old and the weak can work, and they can also be valuable. .

It is impossible to run past the Sui army. They have been hungry for many days, and they are mostly women and children. Therefore, the tens of thousands of Sui troops who are like tigers did not take much effort to surround these people and drive them away. Go south.

On the way to the south, there are still two meals of porridge a day, which is one more meal than that under the ruins of Pyongyang.

Although the future is uncertain, some people followed honestly just for these two meals of porridge, and had no intention of escaping.Occasionally some escaped, but almost all were caught and executed.

It took three days to come, and ten days to go back.

Fortunately, at this time, Pyongyang really has no soldiers.

Ulchi Ieyasu was defeated and died in battle, the entire army of [-] soldiers and horses was wiped out, and the thousands of men and horses that Ulchi Mun-deok left in Pyongyang were all taken away in one pot.

But Ulji Wendeok, the commander of this corps, is still busy supporting the new king in the domestic city on the west bank of the Yalu River.

When he arrived at Beijiangkou, Luo Cheng did not continue to station in Tucheng.

That day, the big gap that Ulchi Ieyasu led the Goguryeo army to break was still there. Luo Cheng just looked at it, then ordered to build wooden rafts and boats, and floated across the sea to Bailing Island.

The sea is the most natural protective barrier. Even if Ulji Mundeok led an army to kill him again, as long as he guarded the island, the Goguryeo people would have nothing to do.

Although Luo Cheng now has [-] Second World War soldiers and nearly [-] auxiliary soldiers, he has no intention of continuing to fight in Tucheng.

He thinks this kind of battle is meaningless. Anyway, the entire Eastern Expedition has failed, and even if he kills more Goguryeo people, it will not make up for the overall situation.

That being the case, let's withdraw, withdraw to the island, wait for the navy to return, and then go home by boat.

"There is no need to waste the lives of the soldiers anymore, it's not worth it."

There are still more than 7 Goguryeo young and strong youths in Tucheng. At first, Luo Cheng thought that if the Tucheng defense was difficult, he would kill all of them and bury them with him, but it is not necessary now.

He ordered to bring all these young men to Baekling Island.

It took more than ten days. Luo Cheng's 16 brothers from the left and fifth armies, and nearly [-] naval auxiliary soldiers, brought countless gold, silver, money, silk, food, military equipment and livestock from the Pyongyang attack to wait for Haideng Island. A total of nearly [-] Goguryeo civilians and captured soldiers were brought to the island.

Bailing Island was very lively all of a sudden, Luo Cheng asked the captives to build a prisoner camp on the island, build a Muzha earthen city, and make a good defense.

However, for many days, the sea was calm and there was not a single Goguryeo ship.

In the morning, Luo Cheng got up and found that it was much colder.

"It's getting cold."

"Yeah, it's mid-September now."

Looking at the blue sea and the white clouds in the distance, Luo Cheng felt as if he had a long dream.

"Perhaps the emperor has ordered the class teacher?"

"It should be, it's this season, and there is no point in procrastinating after repeated defeats."

"Hey!"

Both Luo Cheng and Wei Zheng sighed together.

(End of this chapter)