Late Tang

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Longtan Mountain, where Jili Mountain City is located.

Longtan Mountain is twenty miles from north to south, and the height of the mountain is more than eighty feet. The mountains on the north, south, and west sides are steep. There is only one mountain pass in the southeast. Jili Mountain City is located on Longtan Mountain. The mountain city is [-] miles apart, [-] miles away from Gaolicheng Mountain City in the southeast, and faces Deli Mountain City in the east, guarding the mountain pass in and out of the hinterland of the northeast mountainous area.

These mountain cities are the ones that Gao Dexin can still control at the moment. These mountain cities are ancient fortresses with hundreds of years old, and the Goguryeo people built stone cities on various dangerous mountain peaks.

Zeng Yuanyu and Zhao Ji, as the left and right vanguards of the former army, led the headquarters of [-] troops and set off first. Zhao Ji was very satisfied with joining the town [***] as the leader of the Feixiong Army.In this Northern Expedition, Li Jing handed over the position of the Right Front Army Right Vanguard to him, which made him feel that he had made the right choice.

There are so many generals in Zhen [***], but Li Jing let him and Zeng Yuanyu be the vanguard alone, which made him feel Li Jing's trust.Seeing Zeng Yuanyu, the former Zuo Sanqi regular attendant, leading the headquarters of the 30 Imperial Army, Zhao Ji was still very envious.However, he only brought his three brothers, two sons, five nephews and more than [-] children from his own family to join, which is quite different from Zeng Yuanyu who directly brought five thousand soldiers and horses to join.Although the military discipline of the Feixiong Army is very good, Zhao Ji still feels that they don't have that much trust in him, the new army leader.

After all, Zeng Yuanyu's family belonged to a family of Shence Forbidden Army, and Zuo Sanqi's regular attendant was much higher than his Chen Zhouya general.As soon as he entered the town [***], he became the leader of an army, which undoubtedly made the soldiers below doubt in their hearts.

Especially the town [***] system, although the military supervisor is only set at the level of the Zhen Guoping and Lu Second Army, but according to the system, his Feixiong army still has the teaching envoy, the deputy army leader, the marching commander, and the marching army. Staff officers, judges, Jun Yuhou, coaches and a large number of military-level officials.Among them, the authority of this teaching envoy is not under him, which makes him feel a little bit unrestrained.

And what made him a little uncomfortable was that his brothers, sons, and nephews were not assigned to the Feixiong Army, but were transferred to the 22nd Army under Zhen Guo and Pinglu respectively.Before dispatching troops, he begged to see Li Jing once, and proposed to let his brothers and nephews follow him and use command, after all, they are used to it.Unexpectedly, Li Jing readily agreed to several other matters, but she directly shook her head and rejected this matter.He also told him that one of the Gao family generals in Guizhou in the town [***] took up positions in each army.

Except for these few things, everything else went well.

Zhao Ji is already in his early fifties this year, and he is extremely excited to lead the army into battle again.The general marched in an orderly manner, and many generals in Feixiong's army who had looked suspiciously were quickly convinced.

On the third day of dispatching troops, Zhao Ji's right vanguard army took the lead to reach the southernmost Langu Mountain City controlled by Gao Dexin in Jili Prefecture, Goguryeo.

The envoy sent to Jili Mountain City has not yet returned. There are [-] armored soldiers in Langu Mountain City, about [-] young and strong, and more than [-] people.When Zhao Ji's troops arrived, the guards in the city had already closed the gates of the mountain city tightly.

Qin Zong, deputy commander of the Flying Bear Army, watched the winding and steep mountain road leading to the mountain city, "Should we wait for the left vanguard Zeng Jun to lead his troops before we discuss it?"

"Five thousand to five hundred, even if the Goguryeo people are in danger of being a mountain city, they won't have reinforcements coming, and their morale is low. Our army has just arrived and is in full swing, and someone thinks it's time to go down!" Zhao Ji sized it up. After a long time in the mountain city, he said with a light smile.

"The envoy sent by the commander-in-chief to Jili City has not responded yet, and there are still seven days before the ten-day period. Shall we wait?" The teaching envoy also suggested.

Zhao Ji put down the binoculars in his hand, this binoculars was a treasure bestowed by the Marshal himself before departure.It is indeed a valuable treasure. Standing at such a distance under the mountain, you can use a telescope to see the brick and stone battlements on the mountain city, and even the armor and facial expressions of the Goguryeo defenders on the top of the city. Chu.

"The morale of the Goguryeo defenders is low, and their faces are full of panic. I think that as long as we attack in one round, we can even break through the mountain city."

Qin Zongshou smiled and borrowed the binoculars from Zhao Ji, watched carefully for a while, and reluctantly returned the treasure to Zhao Ji.Although he is the deputy army leader, he is not qualified to own such a treasure.There are only 22 warlords in the town of [***] who are equipped with binoculars. This thing is really too expensive. At the beginning, it was sold for tens of thousands of expensive ones. Even now, the selling price has remained high. Each has thousands of guan.

"The military master is right, these guards really have no fighting spirit!" Qin Zongshou was the former village master of the Langya village, and he was also familiar with the Goguryeo Gao family, so this time he was also able to serve as the master of the village. Promoted to the deputy commander of the Flying Bear Army, and served as the right deputy vanguard of the former army.Military exploits come from fighting, and Qin Zongshou is actually very eager to fight this battle, only five hundred defenders.However, he has just been promoted to the deputy army leader, so on the surface, he still has to say a few safe words first.Now that the new military leader is focusing on attacking, he naturally immediately agreed.

Both the army leader and the deputy army leader decided to attack the city. Although the instructor is the second commander in the army, he is the officer who does not care about the military command. In this regard, he has no right to veto but only the right to suggest.

Jili Mountain City, City Lord's Mansion.

When Gao Dexin fought Khitan last time, he was hit by an arrow, and he has been bedridden ever since.Although the Khitan people returned to Jian'an Prefecture, Gao Dexin's spirit improved a lot.But the whole person is also very thin, and in the hot weather of July, he is still wrapped in a blanket.

In the battle with Khitan, Jili Prefecture was completely defeated. Although the Khitan people retreated and abandoned the captured cities and villages and returned north, the population, livestock, money and food in the mountain cities were all empty.Right now, there are only five mountain cities left in Gaodexin, with a population of less than [-], and only [-] armored soldiers left.

Wolves go and tigers come, although the Khitan people have returned to the north, there is still a late and powerful enemy to the south.

The long-standing worry has become a reality. Last year, the town [***] extorted a sum of money from them. After taking away four mountain cities and thousands of horses, they did not go north again.But now it seems that it is just Li Jing's sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.Now that the Khitans were returning north, they were so beaten that they couldn't fight anymore, so they immediately went north again.And compared to last year, Li Jing came prepared this time.

The Northern Expedition of 50 troops is an astonishing number. Even if there is only 10% of the real number, it can reach [-] horses.

What's more, Li Jing's wars are not only based on numbers. He only took 2 people, first captured four of their cities, and then went to Youzhou to surrender Lu Longjun, who had a hundred thousand soldiers in more than a dozen states.He went all the way to Daibei again, and wiped out the Shatuo Black Crow Army, which was in Weizhen all over the world.Returning to the Central Plains, the hundreds of thousands of grass thieves who were so powerful were wiped out.Wherever Li Jing went and fought, he was invincible and invincible.

Now, he came north again with an army, he had no choice!

Lying in the shade of the willow trees in the courtyard, Gao Dexin wrapped his fur tightly around his body. It was noon, but he still felt bursts of cold falling into the ice cellar.

There was a rush of footsteps, Gao Dexin opened his eyes, and saw Gao Zhaokang, the son who is now in charge of the affairs of Jilizhou, rushing in.

A trace of displeasure appeared on Gao Dexin's face, and he said weakly, "Zhaokang, why are you so flustered?"

"Father, I heard that Li Jing's envoy has arrived in Jili City?" Gao Zhaokang asked with his face flushed, gritting his teeth.

"That's right, my father has already met the envoy. Li Jing asked us to surrender the city. The envoy brought Li Jing's promise that as long as we surrender the city, he is willing to protect the property and safety of our Gao clan."

"Father must have rejected this unreasonable request?"

Gao Dexin opened his eyes a little wider, staring straight at the eldest son, "Why should I refuse?"

"Father agreed?"

"Well, my father has decided to agree, but there is no reply yet. I will write the surrender form tonight, and hand over the Jili Prefecture household registration form and treasury money and food to the envoy." Gao Dexin said this When, the tone revealed infinite emotion.When he was as young as his son, his grandfather completely handed over the little Goguryeo country to Balhae country.Then it took more than 30 years, he returned to Liaodong, and then took control of Jilizhou step by step.But now, everything is gone in a blink of an eye, and Jilizhou has been completely defeated. There is no hope anymore.Surrendering at this time is just like his grandfather surrendered to Bohai country, just to protect the Gao family, hoping that there will be a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Although all of these were correct choices, Gao Dexin seemed to have his spine taken out of his spine after he really made up his mind!

Gao Zhaokang's face became more and more red, even turning purple.

He roared angrily, "No, father, you can't do this, even if you surrender, no one can surrender Li Jing!"

"Why?" Gao Dexin asked in a low voice.

"Why? Don't father know that when Yue'er returned to Longquan Mansion last year, she was robbed by Li Jing when she passed Weiba Mountain City. Not only has she become Li Jing's woman, but she has also given birth to a son for Li Jing? The hatred of taking his wife is a great shame. !" Gao Zhaokang clenched his fists tightly, and the veins on his neck protruded.

"It's just gossip!"

"Father, it's true. I sent someone to Dengzhou and reported that I did see Yue'er in Li Jing's residence." Gao Zhaokang said in pain and resentment.

Gao Dexin looked at his son in disappointment, "So what, it's just a woman. I plan to hand over the Gao family to you for my father, but in your eyes, the whole Gao family is not as important as a woman who abandoned her husband?"

"Yue'er was robbed by force!"

"Is there any relationship between those who grab and those who are willing?" Gao Dexin suddenly raised his voice, and after roaring, he coughed uncontrollably.He took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, but there was a shocking bright red on the handkerchief.Seeing these bloodstains, Gao Dexin seemed a bit dazed, and waved his hand weakly, "Come on, since you don't want to surrender Li Jing, then make preparations immediately, let's go to Bohai Sea!" (To be continued .)