Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 408 Luo Cheng committed suicide
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On the west bank of the Liao River, Xiangping.

The emperor's Liuhe Wheel Palace has been moved here, standing on the huge wheel palace tower, Yang Guang's eyes are full of loneliness.He didn't want to withdraw, but he had to. He didn't want to lose, but he was defeated.

In the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang, 30 troops marched eastward to Goguryeo. Before crossing the Liaohe River, they had already retreated due to floods, epidemics, and food shortages.

Now, 12 years later, he sent millions of troops to recruit, but unexpectedly, he still suffered an even bigger defeat.

Recalling this Eastern Expedition, before the war, after several years of preparations, he opened the canal to Zhuojun, built a naval base in Donglai, and manufactured and stored countless ordnance in Zhuojun.

He ordered wealthy households in the Kanto region to raise horses, recruited countless Jianghuai sailors, and built countless warships.

Finally lost.

At the beginning of the Eastern Expedition, Luo Yi, Luo Cheng and his son fought consecutive victories, making Yang Guang think that Goguryeo would be destroyed in one fell swoop before autumn, but who knew that after the sweetness, there would be endless bitterness.

Autumn wind and autumn rain are sad.

Autumn rains, cold and damp.

Xiangping has gathered a large number of soldiers, horses and civilian husbands, with tens of thousands of people.But compared to the huge army that crossed the river at the beginning, there are still too few retreating at this time.

The loss of the failure of this Eastern Expedition is greater than the loss of the Eastern Expedition in the 18th year of Kaihuang.

"The Ninth Army went south with 30 troops, and only about 30 came back. In addition, there were about 20 in Dahang City. The [-] army lost more than [-]."

Pei Shiju, Minister of the Ministry of War, lowered his head and reported to the emperor in a low voice.

"Another 30 soldiers from the Eighth Army of the Navy, only three armies crossed the sea, and lost [-] soldiers under the city of Pyongyang."

"The Seventh Army of Liaodong has 20 troops, and lost [-] soldiers and horses in Liaodong."

"The six armies of the Imperial Battalion have 20 soldiers, and have also lost a total of [-] soldiers successively."

Simply put, 80 troops were actually dispatched this time, but 40 were lost before and after. What surprised Pei Shiju the most was that the lost troops were basically soldiers.Although the Ninth Army in the south went to the south, all the auxiliary soldiers were lost, but the Seventh Army of Liaodong, the Sixth Army of the Imperial Battalion, and the Navy were all lost soldiers.

This means that although there are still nearly 30 people in Xiangyang, in fact, there are only more than [-] real soldiers.

This is also the reason why the emperor had to retreat. It wasn't that the emperor didn't want to hold on, but he couldn't hold on anymore. If the autumn rainy season came, if he didn't withdraw, the Goguryeo people would launch a full-scale counterattack. These tens of 10 people may be defeated and wiped out by others.

"Your Majesty, all the armies east of the Liaohe River have withdrawn one after another, and now only the soldiers and horses on the front line of Xincheng have not withdrawn. Do you want to withdraw?"

After fighting for so long, the Sui army who crossed the river has made some achievements in the direction of Xincheng, breaking down more than ten fortresses, especially Xincheng, Xuantu, Gaimu, Nansu, Cangyan and other cities. The line of Xiao Liaohe has been opened.

In other directions, only a few small towns and forts were taken down, and it was difficult for a single army to defend, so Yang Guang directly withdrew his troops across the Liaohe River, but Yang Guang was really reluctant to withdraw from the new city.

"If you are stationed, how sure are you of being able to defend it?"

Pei Shiju thought for a while, "It depends on who His Majesty uses to guard. If Li Yuan, the prefect of Xuantu County, is to guard, I'm afraid he won't be able to guard it."

Now the broken city of Xincheng is included in Xuantu County, and the county government has also moved to Xincheng. Li Yuan is the prefect.

Yang Guang thought for a while, and it was the same reason. Although Li Yuan captured the new city, he thought it was more due to Luo Yi's work. "I don't want to abandon the new city. This Eastern Expedition cost countless money and food, and lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. I also captured the cities of the New City. It would be a pity if I gave up. I want to stick to it and wait until the next year when the Eastern Expedition resumes. , it can also be used as a bridgehead, a base camp for attack."

Pei Shiju was startled, will he march east again next year?Does the emperor still want to conquer Goguryeo again?But this time the army was defeated, and the Sui Dynasty was already seriously injured. What's more, because of the flood of the Yellow River in Zhongyuan, there were famines everywhere, and rebels were everywhere.

Where is there any spare energy to conquer Goguryeo?
The emperor over there is still talking to himself.

"Li Yuan can't guard Xuantu. I thought that Xuantu County and Liaodong County could be combined into one, and Liaodong County should be established. Luo Yi, the former prefect of Yan County, moved to Liaodong. Stay."

"The original Yan County and Liaoxi County were merged into Liaoxi County. Li Jing was the prefect of Liaoxi County and knew all the military forces in Liaoxi. His subordinate left sixth army stayed behind."

"Li Yuan was changed to the prefect of Liucheng County, and [-] troops were given to him."

"Replenish soldiers, horses, equipment, food and grass to each of the left six and right six armies. The two armies each make up [-] soldiers and [-] horses."

The emperor still hadn't given up at this time, and still wanted to counterattack Liaodong in the coming year, so he would not give up on Xincheng. He specially sent Luo Yi, who could fight, to guard the cities of Xincheng, and Li Jinglai to guard the west of the Liaohe River, so that this general would be responsible for defending Goguryeo. The mission of the West Invasion.

As for Li Yuan, the emperor didn't trust his military ability very much, but he was unwilling to bring him back to the court, so he was transferred to Liucheng County in Yuanying Prefecture, which was close to the pass, as the prefect.

After making these arrangements, the emperor sighed.

"Except for the [-] soldiers and horses who stayed in the three counties, the rest of the soldiers and horses were ordered to return to the original army mansion, disarmed and returned to the fields."

The government soldiers return to the government, and the civilian husbands return to their hometowns.

Even if this Eastern Expedition is over.As for the countless equipment, money and food that have been transported to the front line of Liaodong, they will be allocated to the defenders of the three counties.

"Is there no news about Luo Cheng's unit who went south to Pyongyang?"

the emperor asked suddenly.

"not yet."

"Did Lai Huer and his sailor find it?"

"There is no return yet."

Yang Guang said angrily, "Lai Huer has always been highly valued by me, but this time he has failed my expectations. If it weren't for the incompetence of the navy, I am afraid that Pyongyang has already been captured, and the Eastern Expedition will not be defeated. "

The emperor was still vaguely looking forward to the fact that Luo Cheng, who had made outstanding achievements many times, would bring one of his soldiers and horses to create another miracle in Pyongyang.However, the emperor just thought about it, when the Eighth Army was defeated and the naval division was also defeated, the emperor really didn't dare to do anything but expect Luo Cheng to bring 2 people to create such a big wave.

He was even worried that if Luo Cheng couldn't find Lai'er, it would be difficult for him to come back.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation."

"pass."

A servant brought an astonishing news. According to the news brought back by a defeated soldier who had just fled from the east of the Liaohe River, Luo Cheng, a general of the Fifth Left Army, led his 2 troops to attack Pyongyang in the south. Ulchi Mundeok led an army of [-] troops to besiege Pyongyang. Luo Cheng led his troops in a bloody battle for [-] days, and finally the whole army was wiped out. Luo Cheng was also defeated and killed himself.

"The Fifth Left Army was wiped out? Luo Cheng killed himself?"

Yang Guang lost his voice in shock.

"Your Majesty." Pei Shiju hurried to help the emperor who was about to faint.

(End of this chapter)