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Chapter 241 Conquering Diyi for Huaxia

Liaodong is bitterly cold in winter and muddy in summer. The terrain is hilly and mountainous, cut by mountains and rivers. It is not like the Daze and vast plains in the Central Plains.Therefore, there are more cities than mountains.Gao Jumeng established the country on the mountain, and Goguryeo rose accordingly.Generally, the mountain cities built in Liaodong are generally chosen for the steep mountains, the key points of the plains, rivers, water and land.

And Gaimu City (Note [-]) is just such a mountain city, which includes the entire hill.Gaimu City is backed by mountains on three sides, and in front of it is a tributary of Liangshui. From the foot of the mountain to the city gate, there are three barrier walls, with antler moats in the middle. The walls of the mountain city are different from the earthen city built with loess in the Central Plains. , The stones are staggered and built, and there is a horse-faced wall on the city.On the top of the city, holding a pointed iron spear, wearing a horned iron pocket, and armored Goguryeo soldiers, through the rain and fog, looked coldly at the prairie cavalry down the mountain.

The terrain of the entire Gaimu City is high in the west and low in the east, in the shape of a dustpan. The rainwater converges and drains down from the culvert of the city wall like a stream. Slowly falling with the rain.

The heavy rain was pouring, and the horse trembled, shaking off the rainwater on its body, and the mud splashed everyone like mud monkeys.Rainwater slid down the edge of the helmet, and there was a sound of rushing water in his ears. Li Chongjiu stared at the top of the city, as if he wanted to see some flaws in it.

Yang Linfu came in straw coir raincoat, stepped forward and said to Li Chongjiu: "Prefect, it's raining fast, let's avoid it first!"

Li Chongjiu raised his horsewhip and pointed at the top of the city, and asked Yang Linfu, "Lin Fu, what if I want to tear down Gaimu City?"

Yang Linfu's face changed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said: "Gaimu City is a county city, and there is an enemy chief Chulu stationed there. Chulu is equivalent to the prefect of a county in the Sui Dynasty. The garrison must be at least [-] people, not to mention The number of enemy troops entering the city is five thousand, so there are nearly ten thousand enemy troops in the city, and the mountain city is strong enough to hold on to it. It is a hundred times more difficult to capture this city than Liucheng. The eunuch has rescued the people now. We don't need to lose troops under this city and return to Liao immediately. Water is!"
What Yang Linfu meant was to save Li Chongjiu from taking down Gaimu City, and to retreat immediately.After hearing Yang Linfu's words, Wang Mahan on the side also said: "Xiao Jiu, what Yang Taishou said is right, Liucheng only has [-] defenders, and our brothers almost broke their teeth before gnawing on it. And this Goguryeo City, the whole city is full of stones, you can’t eat it, and you can’t chew it. Forget it, it’s time to save it, and it’s okay to lose tens of thousands of food and grass, so go back.”

Li Chongjiu listened to Wang Mahan and Yang Linfu's words, shook his head, and said firmly: "Needless to say, I have decided to attack the city and avenge the tragic death of the soldiers in Tongding Town. Don't dare to face my Cangtou Army, and never set foot in Liaoshui again."
"Prefect! Prefect!" Wang Mahan and Yang Linfu's expressions changed.

Li Chongjiu said in a deep voice: "I have my own way to capture this city, you just have to make it up."

At that moment, Li Chongjiu said categorically, "Send down the order, order Ertuo, Yinghefu, Wang Mahan, Tudiji, you to lead your cavalry into the valley and sweep all the Goguryeo villages!" And go.

"Order the [-] infantry to speed up their march and rush to the city immediately, ready to participate in the siege."

Seeing that Li Chongjiu's intentions were firm, Yang Linfu didn't believe that Li Chongjiu had any means to capture Gaimu City with an army of more than ten thousand.The Goguryeo people are famous for being good at defending the city, and Liaodong itself is mostly a stone city, a mountain city, which is much better in defense than the rammed earth city built on the plain in the Central Plains.The Sui army conquered Liao for the second time and attacked Liaodong City. Yang Guang attacked Liaodong City with an army of 30 for one and a half months, but still suffered heavy casualties.

Li Shimin, who was said by later generations to be unparalleled in martial arts, was also frustrated at the city of Anshi when he conquered Goguryeo and had to retreat.

Yang Linfu sat on the ground, looking up at the sky slumpedly, thinking of the ups and downs of his officialdom for decades, he couldn't help but smile wryly.When he first conquered Liao Dynasty, although he was middle-aged, he was full of energy and great ambition to make contributions. He served as a military counselor under Zhongwen's account.In the second half of the journey, he fell ill and did not follow the master Yu Zhongwen, so he marched eastward to Pyongyang with the [-]th army.

The army was short of rations, and the logistics were difficult. The Sui army was victorious in successive battles, but everyone was hungry. When the army arrived less than [-] miles away from Pyongyang, the enemy general Ulji Mundeok falsely said that if he returned to the army, he would send Gao Yuan to the army. Sent to Dongdu to meet Yang Guang.But when the Sui army returned to the division, Ulji Mundeok suddenly attacked the Sui army's rear guard in Sasu...

Yang Linfu was ill at the time, and when he heard that 30 of the 700 returned, he couldn't help but howled to the sky, almost crying blood, because his three sons were also in the army at the time.After the defeat of the teacher, Yu Zhongwen, who had the kindness to know him, was accused by the court officials of being the scapegoat for the defeat of the Liao Dynasty, and died of illness.When Yang Guang conquered Liao for the second time, Yang Linfu thought he would be determined to take revenge, but Yang Xuan felt rebellious and gave up halfway.The third expedition to Liao had to be canceled because of civil unrest in various places.

Yang Linfu became disheartened, but the emperor thought of his hard work, and appointed him as the prefect of Liaoxi County. As a result, Luo Yi rebelled, and now he returned to his hometown in Liaodong, and marched along the road of 30 troops conquering Liao.Back then, the army was more powerful, and they were the elite soldiers of the imperial court. But today, the heads of all the good men who are alive and well are erected by the Goguryeo people in Liaodong as towers, wandering alone.

And the tens of thousands of troops in front of them are about to step back.That's all, that's all, anyway, it's better not to die on the sick bed, but to die in Liaodong with Dalang Erlang Saburo and the others.
Li Chongjiu glanced at Yang Linfu and asked, "You just said that Gaimu City is a county town? How do you say that?
At this time, Yang Linfu had put life and death aside anyway, so he simply talked freely, saying: "In ancient times, the king of Goguryeo, when Liaodong was established at the beginning, he divided up Liaodong with five tribes and ruled the country with cities. After that, Goguryeo became stronger and stronger. , claiming to have one hundred and seventy-six cities and 76 households, so it was changed to a system of prefectures and counties. The country is still divided into five departments. The previous five departments are comparable to governors. Lu is comparable to the prefect, and the city where he is stationed is the county seat, while Ke Luoda is comparable to the county magistrate, and the city where he is stationed is the county seat."

"Prefect, this Gaimu city is comparable to a county city."

Yang Linfu shook his head. At first Liaodong City was where the western camp was located, and Taisayuan Taizuo in the western part used it as the prefecture city. He used more than ten thousand soldiers to defend against the 30 army of the Sui Dynasty. It took a month and a half until Yang Xuangan rebelled. This Gaimu city will not be inferior to Liaodong City. Li Chongjiu has [-] troops and no siege equipment to assist him. If he wants to capture...
Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "So that's the case. Goguryeo actually had 76, 69 cities and [-] households, and there were ten households and one household in the heyday of the Sui Dynasty."

Yang Linfu saw that Li Chongjiu didn't understand his subtext at all, so he shook his head, but he still followed his topic and said, "No, it's not the only thing, and Liaodong is a vassal of Goguryeo, Mohe and Khitan II. Hundreds of thousands of people. At that time, the king of Goguryeo repeatedly attacked Baekje and Silla. The kings of Baekje and Silla asked us for help in the Sui Dynasty. Invasion, intending to compete with China."

"After the first emperor heard about it, he deeply believed it. Therefore, when he was old, he ordered Qi Guogong Gao Jiong to lead an army of 30 to attack Goguryeo. Although I lost millions of teachers in the Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo was by no means easy, and its national power was greatly damaged."

Li Chongjiu also showed a look of deep agreement. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Beidi on the Mongolian grassland was a major problem for the Central Plains Dynasty, but after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Liaodong replaced it. Even Xianbei originated in Liaodong.Therefore, Yang Guang did not act recklessly to destroy Goguryeo and save future troubles for his descendants.

Speaking of this, Yang Linfu sighed and said: "I have fought in Liaodong for half my life, and my three sons have all died in Liaodong. Now that I am dying, if I can see Goguryeo's destruction, I will laugh at Jiuquan, but the prefect, the war can't be like this." Hit it."
Speaking of this, Yang Linfu held his face in his hands and sighed heavily, wondering if he thought of his three sons.

Li Chongjiu looked at Yang Linfu, and said: "Lin Fu, I promise you, in your lifetime, you will definitely see Goguryeo perish one day." After saying that, Li Chongjiu got on his horse and left, but at this time the heavy rain had stopped, and the dark clouds rolled in the sky, which was overwhelming come.

But at this time, after the heavy rain cleared, Li Chongjiu's ten thousand cavalry immediately swept Gaimu City in all directions like a hurricane.

The Goguryeo people were called Chengmin in the city, and Gumin in the field. There were several villages in a valley, and the valley was under the jurisdiction of Tissa.

The land where Gaimu City is located is quite rich, and there are countless Gumin villages around it.A piece of green crops in the field becomes the best sign of a village. Wherever there are crops, there must be a village.But Li Chongjiu's cavalry came very fast, and the cavalry searched along the crops and river valleys along the mountains without missing a single bit.

Although the Goguryeo people were warned by the beacon smoke, it was too late to retreat to the mountains.In the seventh year of Daye, when the Sui army conquered Liao Dynasty, Eulji Mundeok carried out the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the country, and forcibly moved the people of the valley to the deep mountains or Pyongyang, so the 30 Sui army had no supplies. But this time Li Chongjiu came suddenly, and the Goguryeo people did not respond at all. time.As soon as the people got the news, a large group of cavalry surrounded the village.

The Goguryeo people are very tough, even under such circumstances, they still resisted.When all the Goguryeo Valley people who refused to obey were hacked with sabers, the rest were all taken prisoner.Their village was then looted.And these Gu people were all driven towards Gaimu City by the cavalry.

Two days later, [-] unarmed Goguryeo people, driven by tens of thousands of cavalry, appeared at the gate of Gaimu City.

Note [-]: The ruins of Gaimu City today are located in Tashan Mountain City in Shenyang.

(End of this chapter)