The Jurchen and Goguryeo main forces fought fiercely on the south bank of the Sa River for three or four hours. In the end, the Goguryeo army could not hold on any longer. Several Goguryeo generals ignored Cao Cao's strict orders and fled before the battle, resulting in a complete defeat for the entire army.
Although Wanyan Aguda won the victory, Cao Cao also achieved his strategic goal and burned all the Jurchen army's food, grass and baggage. Although Wanyan Aguda seized some grain and grass from the Goguryeo camp, it was obvious that this amount of grain and grass was no longer enough to allow him to continue his southern expedition and conquer Pyongyang and conquer Goguryeo.
In desperation, he could only accept Goguryeo's invitation for peace and lead his army to retreat through Sa River. The two parties agreed that every year the Jurchens would exchange war horses, fox furs, mink hair, deer tails, etc. for Goguryeo's grain, salt and other items. Goguryeo and Jurchen fell into a brief peace.
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Bashu, Xuanhan County.
At this time, Mengxia has entered, the temperature has warmed up, and the summer heat is in full swing.
At night, a dark night enveloped the county town, and everything was silent. The city gate had long been closed, and dozens of rural soldiers on the top of the city were sleeping soundly while leaning on the battlements.
Rumble! ! !
At this moment, there was a rapid sound of horse hooves, and the village soldiers on the top of the city were suddenly awakened. They looked out from the city wall and saw a long black dragon running at an extremely fast speed in the distance.
"No, there's a large army coming!"
A veteran who was already in his fifties was extremely experienced and was the first to react. The army in Shu is either going north to Jianmen or south to Qingxiguan to defend against the enemy. There is no doubt that what is coming is the enemy.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The heavy bell rang, and the whole county woke up, and the rural soldiers ran to the city wall.
The army in the distance has approached the county seat. Through the firelight on the city wall, it can be vaguely seen that they are carrying the flag of the Tang Army, and a high-character battle flag is erected at the center of the army.
It was Gao Xianzhi, the general of the Tang Army, who came. In the name of Gao Xianzhi leading his army to consolidate Chang'an, Li Shimin actually asked Gao Xianzhi to lead his army to sneak attack Li Jing's rear wing along the Ziwu Ancient Road.
The Ziwu Ancient Road is actually the later famous Lychee Ancient Road. Its predecessor was the famous Jiandao during the Three Kingdoms period.
During the Tianbao period, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji, in order to satisfy his concubine Yang Yuhuan's preference for fresh lychees, issued a decree to build a high-quality lychee garden in Fuzhou, repair the road from Fuzhou to Xi'an, and build a special post from Fuzhou to replace people and horses without exchanging goods. The relay was quickly transmitted and a post road was built specifically for the transportation of lychees.
However, it is not the Tianbao Year yet, and the Ziwu Ancient Road does not yet have the romantic name of Lychee Road. It has not been repaired by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The road is rugged. It took Gao Xianzhi a full month to retreat from Jianmen and then change the route. It took only 30 seconds to reach Xuanhan County. Compared with the seven days and seven nights in history when the lychees were delivered to Yang Guifei, this speed was indeed far different.
More than 20,000 elite soldiers formed a formation at the foot of the county town. Gao Xianzhi clapped his horse and stepped forward, shouting toward the city: "Please come out and answer the question, magistrate."
Not long after, Xie Bi, the county magistrate who had just dressed up, hurried up to the city wall. He forced himself to calm down and said: "The next official is Xie Bi, the county magistrate of Xuanhan. I wonder who the general is?"
Gao Xianzhi replied loudly on horseback: "I am Gao Xianzhi, the right-hand guard of the Tang Dynasty King Qin. I have been ordered by Your Majesty and the King of Qin to recapture Bashu and repel the violent Sui Dynasty. Thanks to the county magistrate, please open the city gate quickly, and I will protect your future official career. Prosper!"
Xie Bi came from a poor family. Thanks to the subsidies provided by the imperial court, he was able to complete his studies and take the imperial examination to pursue an official career. Hearing this, he immediately patted his official robe, straightened his face, and said loudly: "General Gao's words are wrong. I must be grateful for the emperor's favor. How can I be that disloyal person! But General Gao, who pretended to be a traitor to the Tang Dynasty, promptly Turning back is the right way!”
"Siege the city!"
Gao Xianzhi refused to open the city gate when he saw Xie Bi, and was unwilling to waste any words, so he immediately ordered an attack on the city.
Following Gao Xianzhi's order, the drums of the Chinese army rang loudly, and 20,000 Tang troops suddenly surged towards the city wall like a tide.
"Shoot arrows, shoot arrows to stop the enemy!"
Magistrate Xie drew his sword in his hand and directed his soldiers to go to the countryside to defend the enemy on the city wall. However, the number of rural soldiers and government officials was not only sparse, but their combat power was also difficult to compare with the regular army. It was really difficult to stop the Tang army's offensive.
"Yue Xi is here, anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Yue Xi, a fierce general of the Tang army, waved a three-pronged square halberd to shoot arrows and took the lead in ascending the city. The painted halberd swept in all directions, and the dozen or so village soldiers and government officials blocking the road were swept to the ground by him.
"Ding dong, it has been detected that Yue Xi has entered the brave state, the force is +5, the base force is 100, and the current force has been increased to 105."
"General Yue is brave and courageous. He is the first to ascend the city. He has a reward of one hundred taels!"
When Gao Xianzhi saw this, he shouted at the bottom of the city. After hearing the news, the Tang soldiers' eyes lit up and they all took the lead. Within a short time, hundreds of Tang soldiers climbed up the city.
Yue Xi was even more excited after receiving a hundred taels of bounty. He knew that Gao Xianzhi was not promoted but only entitled to a bounty. When the battle report reached the hands of the King of Qin and the court, he would definitely be promoted.
"Hahaha, Magistrate Dog, let him die!"
Amid laughter, Yue Xi went straight towards Magistrate Xie to kill him, but the magistrate's cronies wielded their swords to stop him. The painted halberd in Yue Xi's hand was like the wind, and he saw the cold light flashing, blood splattering, and several close friends fell to the ground and died.
"Ding dong, it is detected that Guo Zun has entered the leading state, the force is +5, the base force is 99, and the current force has increased to 104."
Another brave general of the Tang Army, Guo Zun, also climbed up the upper city, his spear flying up and down, and all the enemies blocking the road were shot down and assassinated. He rushed straight to the city entrance, cut the ropes, lowered the drawbridge, and opened the city gate.
"kill!"
Seeing that the city gate was breached, Gao Xianzhi immediately raised his finger and urged his horse to gallop out like an arrow from a string. Tens of thousands of Tang troops followed closely and swarmed in.
"Your Majesty, I have done my best!"
Magistrate Xie shouted, drew his sword and wiped it on his neck, blood spurted out, his body staggered and struggled a few times, and finally fell down like a kite with its string broken.
Gao Xianzhi took Xuanhan County, rested for a while in the county seat, and marched straight to Chengdu without stopping. The prefectures and counties along the way closed their city gates tightly and sent messengers on flying horses to inform Li Jing.
Surprisingly, Li Jing, who learned that Gao Xianzhi led his army into Sichuan to threaten Chengdu, did not panic much, but instead sneered.
"Li Shimin's reaction was half a month later than I expected, but fortunately he finally noticed the Ziwu Ancient Road, and the arrangement between me and the commander was not in vain."
All the generals in the hall clasped their fists together and said: "The general knows the enemy like a god, I will admire you!"
Li Jing smiled slightly and said in a deep voice: "Are you ready for everything that needs to be prepared?"
Zhou Dewei immediately handed over his hand and replied on behalf of the generals: "General, everything is ready."
"good!"
Li Jing patted his handsome case and stood up straight: "Generals, act according to your plan!"
