Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 682
Next, the six counties mobilized the people to build bridges, pave roads, and transport grain and grass.Although the whole territory is mobilized, fortunately, the Jiedu Mission does not disturb the people. The conscripting of the people does not serve for free, and they do not leave the county. Will pull out money and grain as wages.

Although this move cost Shuaifu a lot of money, it was well received by the people.

The people were very motivated, and the roads in each county were connected one after another, and then the grain and grass in each county were transported along the road to the transshipment warehouse city by the Liao River, and then transferred from grain boats to water transportation, which greatly saved manpower and time.

Luo Cheng established a new military town named Tieling Military Town on the plain by the Liao River fifty miles west of Jinshan City, and asked the Second Army of Xincheng to station an infantry compartment with 4000 troops there.

Prior to this, the Zhongwu Army was in the north next to Fuyuchuan, and the largest military fortress was Jinshan City.Jinshan City was built on the mountain beside the river, a tributary of the Liao River in the mountainous area east of Tieling.

However, this city is not too big because it is a mountain city. Previously, the Second Army of Xincheng stationed an infantry compartment in Jincheng Mountain City. town.

But now, Luo became an attack on Fuyuchuan, and began to build a larger plain city on the Liaohe Plain in the west, which is not only a military town, but also a large warehouse for grain and grass transfer.

This new Tieling Army Town is twenty miles away from the Liaohe River, and is also stationed on the north bank of the Fanhe River. At the same time, there is a large lake here, and there are several tributaries heading north, which can be described as a network of water.

In order to guard this outpost, Luo Cheng built Zhenbei Fort at the confluence of Liaohe River and its tributary Chaihe River [-] miles north of Tieling Army Town.

Zhenxi Fort was built at the foot of Datai Mountain on the west bank of Liaohe River, [-] miles west of Zhenbei Fort.

Chaihe Fort was built in the valley on the edge of Chaihe River, a tributary of Liaohe River, twenty miles east of Zhenbei Fort.

Twenty miles north of Zhenbei Fort, at the confluence of the Liaohe River and the Shahe River, a flat-topped fort was built in the narrow valley between the two mountains, and a Beiyao Fort was built in the valley of the Shahe tributary further north.

Jinshan Military Town, Tieling Military Town, and the two military towns are complemented by five forts: Zhenbei Fort, Zhenxi Fort, Chaihe Fort, Pingding Fort, and Beiyao Fort.

The two armies are in the Wujun Fort, and the hatchback and five regiments are fully stationed here.

Relying on the important waterway of the Liaohe River, the construction of Junzhen Baocheng was very fast, with rammed earth as the wall and water diversion as the Hao.Logs are cut from the mountains, transported to the river, tied into wooden rafts, carried down the river, and transported directly to the castle.

The northernmost Beiyao Fort is only twenty miles away from the southernmost mountain city of Fuyuchuan, Xilongwan Mountain City.

When the Zhongwu Army built the city here, they directly sent a cavalry box to cross the Qinghe River to the north of Beiyaobao, and set up camp on the north bank of the Qinghe River.

There were only a few hundred soldiers of the Yuan family in the mountain city of Xilongwan. They were so frightened that they dared not even leave the mountain city. They drove all the people and livestock into the city. .

The city lord of Fuyu City was Yuan Jiantu who had been a prisoner under Luo Cheng's hands. Hearing that Luo Cheng sent troops to the north in a large scale, building the city and then approaching the city, his face turned pale with fright.

So they sent dozens of cavalry to ask for help from the domestic city, and sent 2000 troops to Xilongwan Mountain City and Donglongtan Mountain City.
Facing Yuan Jiantu's questioning, Zhao Gui, the envoy of the Second Army stationed in Tieling Army Town, just sneered a few times and dismissed the envoy.

In this way, Yuan Jiantu became more and more convinced that the Sui army was going to send troops to invade, so he kept sending people to ask his father in the inner city for help.

But when Yuan Taizuo sent people to Liaodong City to give Luo Cheng many beauties, horses, gold and silver gifts, and wanted to negotiate, Luo Cheng promised to withdraw Zhao Gui.

But Zhao Gui withdrew the soldiers stationed in Tieling Town of the Second Army, but before Yuanshi was happy for two days, the envoy of the First Army, Li Jing, brought more soldiers and horses to defend Tieling Town and the five towns below. a fort.

However, after Zhao Gui withdrew from Tieling, he sent his hatchback troops and horses along the Xiaoliao River Valley in Xincheng to cross the previously agreed boundary line, pushed forward a hundred miles, and began to build a castle there.

Immediately afterwards, Yuanshi received a report that in the direction of Liaodong City, there were also [-] Sui troops heading east along the Liangshui River Valley, crossing the line of defense for hundreds of miles, building castles and stationing troops in important valleys and mountainous areas.

Later, Luo Cunxiao of Lushun led his troops out of Lushun and advanced along the coastline, accompanied by a navy at sea. They advanced directly to the vicinity of Shicheng, and they were also building roads and building cities to station troops.

For a time, the Zhongwu Army sent out four routes.

Li Jing stationed troops in Tieling, and the soldiers pointed directly at Fuchuan City.

And Zhao Gui stationed troops in the Xiaoliao River Valley, pointing his sword at Mudi City.

Feng Xiaoci stationed troops in Daliang Shuihe Valley, and the soldiers pointed directly at Cangyan and Guoguocheng.

Luo Cunxiao marched by land and water, and his soldiers forced Shicheng, threatening the mouth of the Yalu River.

The four armies of the Zhongwu Army, each with [-] soldiers, were about [-] miles below the border mountain city of the Goguryeo people, and they built cities and garrisoned troops in dangerous places.

In the domestic city, Yuan Taizuo couldn't help frowning.

The long-worried thing is still about to happen, and has been forbearing, but the Sui army still sent troops to attack after all.

"My son Gai Suwen is still in the Central Plains, but the Sui people have sent an army, what will happen to me?"

Yuan Taizuo asked his ministers.

"When the Sui army's foothold is not stable and the castle is not completed, send troops to attack and destroy it. Otherwise, if they let them repair the castle, then we will be in danger."

In the past, Goguryeo was able to withstand the attacks of successive dynasties in the Central Plains, relying on these mountain fortresses, relying on delaying time, consuming the opponent's logistics and supplies, so that the opponent had to withdraw troops by themselves, and they could even retreat when the opponent retreated. Launch a counterattack.

Do not fight for the hero of the moment.

But now Luo Cheng has been stationed in Liaodong for three years, and the soldiers are well-equipped with food, and he has adapted to the climate here and is familiar with the terrain here.

Now they are still using the same fortress advancing tactics as them, which is a real advance, attack, retreat, and defense.

"Your Majesty, the Sui people have not really sent troops yet. If we send troops to attack first, this is giving him a handle. When the Sui people come to attack from all directions, our Korea will surely perish." A minister reminded Yuan Taizuo.

You can't attack, you can defend, but you can't defend.

The Sui army marched out four ways, who knows which way they will attack?
It is impossible for them to deploy soldiers and horses to defend in all directions. That is impossible. The soldiers and horses cannot be concentrated and defend separately, and they may be defeated individually.

Yuan Taizuo still has [-] soldiers and horses in his hand, and he can mobilize another [-] young and strong soldiers, but this is already the limit.

What makes Yuan Taizuo most afraid is that Luo Cheng is advancing step by step, building a city and stationing troops, and constantly advancing without firing a sword. Herdsmen can't herd cattle and sheep, and farmers can't plow the fields. As long as Luo Cheng suffers like this for two or three years, his North Korea will collapse.

After hesitating for a long time, Yuan Taizuo finally had no choice but to send troops to Fuyu, Mudi, Cangyan, and Shicheng four routes unwillingly, and each route sent an additional [-] defenders.

At the same time, an emergency nationwide mobilization began to prepare for the full-scale invasion of the Zhongwu Army.

The transfer from the Goguryeo people soon reached Luo Cheng through the spy scouts.

"Yuan Taizuo is really greedy. He actually wants to protect all four directions. In this way, it will be easy for us to follow."

Although Luo Cheng dispatched troops this time, although he sent troops to four routes, his real target was only Fuyuchuan. The other three routes were just a bluff and a feint to restrain Goguryeo's soldiers and horses. Unexpectedly, the effect would be so good.

(End of this chapter)