Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 57 Dilemma
"Is that useful? Come, give me another bowl!" He Bayong stuffed the empty bowl into Sancho's hand next to him: "It's true that the battle was won, but the food they brought was not much, and the mouth was not big." Less than forty miles around Sibi City, there are Baekje people’s mountain fences everywhere. When you go out to chop some firewood for cooking, you have to send troops to escort them, otherwise you will be ambushed by Baekje thieves. In order to keep warm, Liu Duhu has ordered We demolished all the unnecessary houses and used them as firewood, and in Nasibi City, we are guarding Baekje at best, or under siege at worst."

"I thought that once the reinforcements arrived, the situation would be completely reversed. How could it be like this!" Wang Wenzuo sighed: "We can take the reinforcements and attack the surrounding Baekje bandits one by one first!"

"Saburo, you don't know that most of the reinforcements are Silla people. We only have more than [-] people. The Silla people ran away as soon as they found something wrong. The reason is very good. If there are fewer people, they will talk less!"

"Then why do you want us to go back?"

"It should be concentrated to clear the mountain fences around Sibi! No matter what you say, there are thousands of people here, and the messenger also said that you captured several mountain fences, but there were few casualties. Liu Duhu probably wanted to see it too. How did you do it!"

"I'm finally in a situation here, and I'm about to give up halfway!" Wang Wenzuo sighed. He could understand Liu Ren's willingness to recruit himself back to Sibi. Building a mountain city can be said to be the racial talent of the Fuyu people. As early as the Qin and Han Dynasties, Fuyu People guard against danger and build cities against mountains, becoming the first nation to establish hegemony in Northeast Asia.Today, there are still a large number of relics of ancient mountain cities in Northeast my country, the Korean Peninsula, and the Japanese archipelago, most of which are left by the Buyeo people and their descendants (the main component of the Japanese crossing people is the Buyeo people).

Take ancient Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo, as an example. Its city is located on Dacheng Mountain in the northeast of Pyongyang today. The site of the ancient Goguryeo palace called Anhak Palace was found there. There are solid stone walls built against the mountains on all sides of the ancient city, and the hillsides are also artificially cut to make them steep. There are warehouses for storing weapons and food and soldiers' residences in the city.But usually the king of Goguryeo did not live in the city, but in the Anhe Palace at the foot of the mountain. When the enemy invaded, he retreated into the mountain city and stood firm.

This relic is just in line with the entry about the capital of Goguryeo recorded in the history books of our country (Governing Pyongyang City. Its city is six miles from east to west, and south of Weishui. In the city, there are only warehouses and equipment. The king’s house is on the side of it, and he doesn’t live there often. There are domestic cities and Hancheng outside it, and there are also other capitals, and there are dozens of cities such as Liaodong and Xuanyuan, all of which are subject to lawsuits.) The residential area is Often in the valley near the mountain city, the mouth of the valley is protected by a stone wall, and there are several mountain fortresses on the ridge, connected by stone walls in the middle.Once the enemy comes, the people will retreat into the valleys or mountain cities that are difficult to attack, and abandon the streets and markets on the flat ground.

It is not difficult to imagine that the structure of mountain city + Pingcheng like this is very difficult to attack, because the barriers are piled up with stones, not rammed with mud, so they are very strong, and the foundation is usually rock mass, so it is impossible to attack the city in caves; and The steep terrain makes it difficult to carry siege equipment such as battering rams, rams, and ladders, and it is difficult to get close to the city walls. Basically, the siege methods commonly used in the cold weapon era are difficult to work, and the hundreds of years of melee in the three countries on the Korean peninsula are difficult. This kind of mountain city is everywhere.

Therefore, once the Baekje people rose up, the Tang army immediately fell into the dilemma of defending the isolated city. Wherever they went, the people helped the old and the young to escape into the fence and rock village on the top of the mountain. Attack from behind and cut off the way back.There is nothing to plunder in the field, there is no basis for advancing and retreating, and if you are not careful, you will suffer a disastrous defeat. This is not because Liu Ren wants to have no general strategy, it is beyond human power.

"The military order is like a mountain!" He Bayong patted his swollen stomach: "Sanlang, do you have a lot of food here? As long as you bring more food back, it will be a great achievement! The guard will definitely reward you heavily!"

"There is a lot of food here. There are more than 3 stones in the warehouse, but we don't have enough pack animals and vehicles, so we can only transport one-third of it back! The rest have to be discarded!"

"More than 3 stones of grain?" He Bayong was taken aback: "It's a pity that so much grain has to be burned!"

"Burn it?" Wang Wenzuo opened his mouth wide: "You want to burn it?"

"You just said that the food can't be moved away! You can't leave the food to the rebels?" He Bayong asked retortly: "There is also this stockade, which must be burned, otherwise it will be occupied by the rebels. In the future It's a big problem too!"

"There are still nearly 20 people in this chaichuanzha. They burned their food and villages. How can they survive the winter? There are more than [-] villages around them that have already donated their pledges. What will they think when we burn them like this?"

"Then what can we do? Who told them to be Baekje people?" He Bayong spread his hands, "It's not my race, their hearts must be different. They surrender to you now because of the force of the situation. Once the situation changes They will face each other with swords and swords, isn’t that how it was at the beginning? According to my opinion, we should first kill all the young and strong, and then distribute the women’s property to the soldiers, which will not only eliminate future troubles, but also boost the morale of the soldiers, killing two birds with one stone!”

"Sancho, you go out first and stay outside the door. If someone comes, tell me that I have something to do now, and ask him to wait a moment!"

Sangqiu knew that it was Wang Wenzuo who wanted to have some private conversation with He Bayong, so he answered and went out. As soon as the door was closed, Wang Wenzuo said sharply: "Killing the person who has surrendered, why did you come up with such a bad idea! If not After General Manager Su broke Baekje, he indulged his soldiers to do whatever they want, will we end up in the current situation?"

Wanton nonsense?For a moment, He Bayong could hardly believe his ears. Wang Wenzuo must have lost his mind. He was the dignified General Zuo Wuwei. The veteran veteran who came down, this is already the pinnacle of Tang warriors, and he dared to criticize.

"San, Saburo, are you crazy? How dare you—"

"My brother, why don't you dare?" Wang Wenzuo said with a sneer, "The chief executive did two things wrong. One, he indulged the soldiers to plunder, and he accommodated the people of Silla too much. The accomplices of the people caused wars to spread everywhere, but the people of Silla only cared about encroaching on the territory and violated the Datang. Second, he moved all the Baekje royal family back to the Datang. Calling, at least not all Baekje people will be pulled over by Fuyu Fengzhang like now, we don't even have a pair of singers!"

(End of this chapter)