In the northeast, after more than a month of hard work, Goguryeo's great opponent Lu Yuan Gaisuwen was finally escorted to the border. As early as five days ago, Chai Shao, the governor of Youzhou, gathered 50,000 troops and camped at the border, eyeing the Goguryeo pass opposite. The Goguryeo side was caught off guard and hurriedly captured 30,000 strong men to supplement the defense.
Now that everything is ready, all that remains is for the actors to be in place.
Chai Shao waved his hand and said, "Give the opponent a letter of challenge. The attack will begin tomorrow. Let them wash their necks and wait. If they dare to send someone to assassinate our Majesty, they must pay with blood."
The defenders on the Goguryeo side were all resentful and resentful. A few were scolding the Tang Dynasty for being too bullying, and the majority were scolding Lu Yuan. Gaisu Wen, the troublemaker, was the one who sent you as an envoy to establish diplomatic relations with the Tang Dynasty. It's better for you to do nothing but assassinate him. ?
The assassination failed, so you can die. As a result, we were attacked, and we have to fight before the Chinese New Year? Who has ever seen a war in the dead of winter? Our group of people didn’t have any winter clothes, and we were shivering with cold. Let alone fighting, we would have been frozen to death long ago if we hadn’t been hacked to death by the Tang army on the opposite side. I really envy the people of the Tang Dynasty. Look at their equipment and armor, and they can stand up to the wind at a glance.
Bear the wind?
You are overthinking it. The wind is blowing everywhere and the cold is biting. We are not willing to brave the ice and snow to attack the city and fight. The Chinese New Year is almost here. If we die in the battle, how will we celebrate the New Year? The Tang army on the opposite side was also complaining, but as a soldier, you always had to listen to orders from above to get food, so how could you get freedom?
Early the next morning, the Goguryeo people were in full formation waiting to be attacked, but there was no movement from the Tang army. They should be cooking and training, and they had no intention of attacking the city at all. This made the Goguryeo side very confused, what does it mean? Didn't you make an appointment to attack the city today?
Until noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the Goguryeo side was just preparing to eat. The Tang army came out neatly and set up their postures, including catapults, arrow towers, ladders, battering rams, etc. The Goguryeo side was so angry that they yelled, "Shameless, what a shame." We froze in the snow all morning for nothing. Even if you die defending the city later, you will still starve to death.
The sound of war drums, the shouts of killing...a bloody siege battle began. The Tang army fought bravely to kill the enemy, and the Goguryeo side also became angry. As soon as it came up, the two sides started to fight with real fire.
In the Chinese army's tent at the rear, Chai Shao did not personally step forward to direct the battle. Instead, he calmly cooked wine and chatted in the tent. The person accompanying him in the tent turned out to be the prisoner Yeon Gaesumun? At this moment, he was not tied up, but was sitting at the bottom like a guest.
"Haha, Da Duilu is a smart man. Since you know what my Marquis means, there is no need to act and let you sneak away? Are we pretending to pursue? Haha, trouble! And it is not safe. Please wait for a moment and wait for us. The people will bring back a relatively intact pair of Goguryeo armor from the battlefield, so you can put it on and go to the battlefield to pretend to be a fallen soldier."
"In this way, when everyone is clearing up the battlefield in the evening, you can return to Goguryeo smoothly. The governor can also go back to deliver the mission."
Yeon Gaesumun said with a dark face, "Aren't you afraid that I won't cooperate?"
Chai Shao laughed loudly and said: "It's up to you! The Marquis said that if you don't cooperate, then you want to die. I will kill you tomorrow to sacrifice the flag, which will help you. Then we will officially attack Goguryeo and capture this border fortress first. .”
"But... I have observed that Da Dui Lu is not like that kind of person. He only lives once. If a person dies, even if he has great ambitions, what's the use?"
Yuan Gaisuwen snorted: "Xiao Rui, you are really a master of calculating people's hearts! I lost this round, but don't be complacent. Sooner or later I will get him back, defeat him, and let him taste what it's like to be a prisoner."
Chai Shao stroked his palm and praised: "Da Dui Lu is so courageous. I admire him. I will tell the Marquis exactly what he said. I think the Marquis would also like to have a decent opponent."
That's what he said, but Chai Shao didn't think so. Who do you think you are, Yeon Gae Su Wen? Are you worthy of fighting against our champion Hou? If you were really talented, you wouldn't be a prisoner like you are today. Everything about you has been planned by our Lord Marquis. So what if we let you go back to the country? You are just a pawn in our destruction of Goguryeo, how can you still jump out of the chessboard?
Not long after, a group of guards came back carrying an enemy corpse. Taking advantage of the chaos on the battlefield, no one noticed this. After all, the Tang Dynasty was openly attacking the city to vent its anger. Who would have thought that a big battle was just to steal a corpse? ?
The captain of the guard complained: "Captain, the battlefield is chaotic. The people on the other side fell from the top of the city, and almost all of them were broken into human shapes, so there is no suitable choice. The general can only choose a piece of armor to fight back." It comes back intact, but it’s a little dirty.”
Chai Shao laughed and encouraged: "It doesn't matter, Da Duilu will not be picky about this, and it will be more beneficial if it is stained with some blood. You take off the armor on the corpse, put it on Da Duilu, and then escort it He returns to the battlefield, remember, there can be no mistakes!"
"The general will understand, please give me a favor!"
Yuan Gaisuwen glanced at the corpse, then turned to look at Chai Shao who was full of pride, and said bitterly: "Tell Xiao Rui: you will regret it."
"Okay, don't worry, Mr. Lu, I will pass the governor's original words back to the Marquis."
After seeing Yeon Gaesumun off, Chai Shao walked out of the camp and observed the siege situation from a distance. He sighed and said: "The Lord does not use anger to raise the army, defend in autumn and winter, and start war in spring and summer. These are ancient rules. Unexpectedly, now These rules can also be used on the battlefield. It seems that the Marquis is right, war is not the purpose, war is only to serve the court game."
"Sigh... It's a pity. Siege battles often cause heavy casualties. After a big battle, I don't know how many men will not be able to survive this year."
Thinking of this, he turned around and yelled at one of the guards: "Go and personally urge the eunuch at the rear to deliver the order. If he can't arrive tomorrow, I will kill him!"
Yes, everyone knows that it is taboo to start a war in the twelfth lunar month, and the soldiers will be very resentful. Therefore, this show will not really capture the Goguryeo pass. It is just a show. It is enough to send Yeon Gaesomun in. One more day of casualties. It's all a big mistake.
Therefore, in order to reasonably end the war, the Tang Dynasty arranged the following scenes. Just one day after the war started, the imperial court issued an emergency order to stop it. The emperor issued an imperial edict to recall Chai Shao to stop this kind of retaliatory fighting and call this war a battle between Chai Shao and Chai Shao. private actions so that the soldiers would not resent the court.
Instead, Chai Shao became the scapegoat, and because of this, his role as the Governor of Youzhou was over. However, this was agreed upon in advance. Chai Shao had been the Governor of the Foreign Affairs University for many years. His official position and title were over, and it was time to return to Chang'an. Retired. His request to take the blame was not to be promoted to a noble rank, but to Xiao Rui. On one condition, he asked Xiao Rui to accept his two sons and take them with him to teach them personally.
Helpless, Xiao Rui had no choice but to agree. Anyway, he was planning to set up a school in Xiaojiazhuang and would only accept two students in advance.
Besides, Yeon Gaesumun, who sneaked under the city wall and pretended to be dead, did not suffer any injuries, but Goguryeo did not have enough cotton-padded clothes. It was really cold to lie down and pretend to be dead in the cold winter.
Seeing that the sun was turning to the west, it would be dark soon. If the defenders in the city gate did not come out to deal with it, it would be over. Let alone pretending to be dead and sneaking in, I was afraid that before that moment, I would freeze to death in front of my home. .
Otherwise, while your body is still stiff, crawl back into the Tang camp and save your life first. You can try another way back home...
However, he is now wearing the clothes of a Goguryeo soldier and approaching the Tang military camp alone? I'm afraid I'll be stabbed into a hedgehog by random arrows...
Thinking of this, Yuan Gaisuwen almost cried, and couldn't help scolding Xiao Rui eight hundred times in his heart!
At this moment, the gate of the city gate slowly opened, and Goguryeo came out to clean up the battlefield.
