Zhuangda Tang Juvenile Lang

Chapter 582 Stepping Stones

With the help of Gao Jianwu, the "internal traitor", the generals of the Tang army, large and small, easily took over the defense of the major fortresses and important places in North Koguryo with "imperial decree".As for the generals and city lords of Goguryeo, they are also very happy. After all, they have been promoted. They have changed from local officials to Beijing officials. Facing their king every day means that there will be more opportunities for promotion. People in this life are nothing more than fame, fortune, and power. Although some people are puzzled, they have been promoted. There is no reason to be unhappy, and there is no reason not to take up the post, right?

So, after these officials made the handover, they happily went to the domestic city to take up their posts. It's just that they have heard the truth that "there is no free lunch in the world" and "good fortune and misfortune depend on each other", so they pack up and salute. They are completely unaware that this will be the end of their lives or careers.

This can’t be blamed on the city lords and generals of Goguryeo. Who would have thought that their own monarch would collude with the enemy to entrap them, civil and military officials who are loyal to the royal family?
Not all the generals who went to take over the defense went smoothly. For example, Xue Rengui who went to Xuanju encountered trouble.Because the sheriff of Xuanju County has a more intelligent person.

The man's name was Gao Yanshou, and he was a rare talent among the royal family and nobles of Goguryeo.He was highly valued by the Gao Jianwu brothers, and he guarded Xuanju County all the year round. During his tenure, he worked hard and built a rich and large county for the Gao Dynasty.The reason why Ulji Moondeok didn't dare to completely tear apart everything against Gao Jianwu during his lifetime was because he was worried about this person.Gao Yanshou is a clean and honest official, and has the ability to command the army. He is very prestigious in North Goguryeo. He has [-] elite soldiers in his hand.

Xue Rengui had heard of Gao Yanshou's name a long time ago, that's why he took a thousand tiger and ben troops and five hundred loyal soldiers to sneak into the dense forest hundreds of miles away from Xuanju City, and then sent a man named Chen Rui The generals of the loyal and righteous army went to defraud the city.Chen Rui is shrewd and capable, and he is the most famous figure in the Zhongyi Army. He has lived in Goguryeo for many years, and he knows the customs and language of Goguryeo well. When he met Gao Yan, he did not reveal his flaws. The bad thing is Gao Yanshou Not only Gao Jianwu's confidant, but also Gao Jianwu's childhood friend and confidant.He knew very well the important officials and generals under Gao Jianwu, and Chen Rui was obviously someone he had never heard of. At first he thought that Chen Rui was from a commoner, but when he saw a man from a commoner come to take over, he devoted a lot of money to him. Xuanju County, who had worked hard for more than 20 years, was so angry that he was furious.

The family situation in Goguryeo was more serious than that of the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the Central Plains. The major families controlled most of the military power, and they were like local princes in their respective fiefdoms.It is also because of this that Gao Jianwu had the idea of ​​​​"removing the feudal clan", and it was also the same way that he fought back against the powerful ministers and lost his life first.

The original nobles of Goguryeo were divided into five families, Juannu, Juenu, Shunnu, Guannu, and Guilou. According to the geographical distribution, they are also referred to as the internal, eastern, southern, northern, and western five families.The five largest tribes are not equal, but are divided into three levels: the first level is the Guilou tribe where the royal family is located; slave department.

The Yuan family belongs to the Shunnu tribe of the third level, and has always been regarded as the bottom of the family in terms of status. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Yang Guangdong's conquest, he took control of the real power of Goguryeo and embezzled the power of the Guilou tribe of the Goguryeo royal family, making the Guilou tribe only have political power and no military power, and also laid the cause and effect for the demise of the Guilou tribe.

Now Goguryeo's so-called internal Guilou Department has almost dissipated, leaving only the four major departments of Juannu, Juannu, Shunnu, and Guannu.The Tusa of the Juenu tribe in the north is Gao Yanshou. The so-called Tusa is the head of the family, equivalent to the head of the family, and the pillar of the family.Gao Yanshou's status in the Gao royal family is detached, and his patriarch is equivalent to Zongzheng of the Tang Dynasty.

Gao Yanshou, who was born in an aristocratic family, had a natural sense of superiority and instinctive rejection of generals who were born in peasants. It was a great shame for him to be ordered to hand over the Xuanju County that he personally built to a commoner.

Through the common people, the unknown Chen Rui, and the sudden transfer order, Gao Yanshou suddenly broke into a cold sweat in anger. Thinking of the personal letter sent by Gao Jianwu not long ago, he suddenly realized that this was a trap.Just because Gao Jianwu repeatedly asked him to recruit troops and horses in Xuanju City to strengthen his strength in the private letter, don't let Ulji Wende take advantage of it, and don't appoint some talents from poor families, because they are likely to be the same A character cultivated by Ulji Mundeok from a poor family.And tell him: The stronger Xuanju is, the safer the domestic city is, and the less Ulji Mundeok dares to do anything.As long as Gao Yanshou holds Xuanju firmly in his hands, he will be safer in the domestic city.

With Gao Yanshou's calmness, he asked Chen Rui some domestic cities and the situation of Gao Jianwu. After all, Chen Rui was not Gao Jianwu's subject, so how could he know everything?In this way, Gao Yanshou knew that the imperial envoy was a counterfeit, but he had a lot of gossip, so he didn't point out anything at the time, but asked Chen Rui to give him and his colleagues time.Chen Rui didn't dare to push too hard, so he could only agree to give him two days.

Gao Yanshou thought that Chen Rui belonged to Ulji Wendeok, thought that Ulji Wendeok had controlled Gao Jianwu, thinking about the grievances between himself and Ulji Wendeok, and Gao Yanshou, who was vigilant, separated from Chen Rui and sent out spies Inquiring around for news, he was very popular in this land, and he has been in business for a long time. This inquiry really made him find out that there are many soldiers in and out of a dense forest.So, without doing anything, he secretly dispatched troops and generals, intending to gather and annihilate the enemies outside the city.

Of course, such a large-scale action of dispatching troops could not be hidden from the spies of the Huben Army who sneaked into Xuanju City earlier, and immediately passed the news to Xue Rengui outside the city.After Xue Rengui heard the report, he realized that there was something wrong with Chen Rui. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to swallow Gao Yanshou.

Gao Yanshou is a talented person, but all talented people are very conceited. When he found out that there were less than 2000 people on the other side, and he didn't realize that he was about to send troops, he ordered [-] soldiers to leave the city.

The biggest feature of the peninsula is that there are many mountains and the environment is harsh.The summer is hot and rainy, and the winter is cold and dry. Now it is the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The climate is extremely unstable. The temperature difference between day and night is huge, and the day is hot and cold at night.

Gao Yanshou was on the way, but the sky was not beautiful.On the way for the army to rush to the dense forest, it rained heavily, and they were drenched in water. They were frozen all night and suffered a lot.

Gao Yanshou has not personally conquered for many years. He is used to being pampered and pampered, and he is not used to this kind of hard life. After living here for many years, he knows that the weather these days is very abnormal. When not moving, in order not to eat suffer this kind of crime.With twice the strength of the enemy, he rested for a while and charged towards the enemy.For this kind of war where the timing, location, and people are all in his own hands, he never considered that he would fail.

It never occurred to him that the other party not only knew about his actions in advance, but also made some arrangements for his arrogant temperament.

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In terms of choosing the ambush circle, Tang Jun also made it after careful consideration.There are many mountains in Goguryeo, and there are many steep mountains. On the road that Gao Yanshou must pass, there is a place called Ganting Ridge. The terrain is extremely dangerous. Therefore, many people suggest to put a high voltage here.

Xue Rengui, who has a famous and handsome mind, is naturally not so superficial. After the generals expressed their opinions, he said in a deep voice: "Who is Gao Yanshou? Maybe he is conceited and arrogant, but he is by no means stupid. In a place like Tingling, he would not fail to send someone to find out in advance. If our army sets up an ambush in Gantingling, it will definitely arouse the enemy's vigilance, and the result will fall short. Therefore, this ambush should be between Gantingling and Baizhangping between us."

"General Xue, although Baizhangping is a high ground, it is much worse than Ganting Ridge. This is definitely not the best place to set up an ambush." ​​Some people jumped out to object.

Xue Rengui laughed, and said, "None of you thought that we would set up an ambush here. Do you think that Gao Yanshou, who just passed Ganting Ridge and was relieved just now, would think that we would set up an ambush here?"

Everyone was startled, and the eyes of some quick-witted people suddenly lit up.

Xue Rengui continued: "Although the terrain of Baizhangping is open, it can only support more than [-] people to fight. If we deploy some defenses, it also means that the strength of the enemy and us are equal during the battle. Our army is waiting for work. If we still fail I'm really ashamed to go back and face the general."

After finalizing the ambush point, Xue Rengui made some arrangements.

He was ambitious, and what he wanted was not just a beautiful ambush, but a beautiful annihilation.He used the Huben Army as the frontal assault blade, and the five hundred Loyalty Army ambushed behind the Goguryeo Army. When all the Goguryeo Army entered the ambush circle, and when the Huben Army launched an attack, the Loyalty Army was responsible for breaking the opponent's escape with rolling logs and stones. back road.

Then, use strong bows and crossbows to assist the Huben army to annihilate the rear army.

After the battle was agreed upon, 500 men immediately went into action.Under the vigorous search of the Huben Army, a professional army with anti-reconnaissance capabilities, they completely cleared all the secret sentry around Goguryeo. As for whether there are any innocent mountain people, he can only blame himself for being unlucky.

Immediately afterwards, they arrived at Baizhangping overnight.

Cut down trees and carry them!Cut down trees and carry them!
In the cold night when Gao Yanshou was hiding from the rain, Tang Jun was doing repetitive and boring things almost all night. After being busy for most of the night, everyone finally got the order to rest for three hours.

"Gao Yanshou, I'll be waiting for you." After inspecting the materials and deployment built overnight, Xue Rengui looked northeast, his eyes full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit.

Since Su Dingfang and Zhang Shigui formed an independent army and took charge of their own affairs.Xue Rengui, who instilled in Qin Feng the idea that "a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier", also urgently needs military exploits to prove his ability and value.

Gao Yanshou will be a point on top of his success and fame, an insignificant stepping stone.

In this regard, Xue Rengui is convinced!

(End of this chapter)