In the pale snowy light, Sumo Mohe's army was condescending, watching the southern wilderness nervously. They saw neat formations of the Goguryeo army, approaching the northern Fuyu City with the momentum of arrows. They were placed in the center for the main attack. Infantry square. In front of the infantry phalanx are sword and shield soldiers and spearmen. Behind the two arms are ladder carts, catapults, manhole carts, crossbows, battering rams and other siege equipment pulled by horses.
On both sides of the infantry phalanx are two cavalry phalanxes.
Yuan Taizuo stood on a high well-mounted carriage of the Chinese army, holding the railing with both hands, squinting his eyes and staring at Beifu Yucheng in the distance.
This time he fought from Liaodong City to Beifu City, and he did not bring much food supplies. Firstly, Goguryeo had always regarded the Sui Dynasty as its primary enemy. More than 80% of the siege weapons in Liaodong were placed in Liaodong City, Xincheng, Xuancheng, etc. Although there are also Fucheng and Yucheng in Nanfu, the number is very small. Secondly, it was more than four hundred miles from Fuyucheng in the south to Fuyucheng in the north. Carrying baggage would not be conducive to the blitzkrieg planned by him and his father, so at the beginning of the battle, he did not carry large siege equipment.
Another extremely important reason is that his father Yuan Ziyou reached a consensus with Nanfu Yucheng Lasa Tanyin. Tan Yin came from the Juannu tribe of the "King Party" and was the brother of deputy envoy Tan Yun. He learned from another general who "escaped back" to Nanfu Yucheng that his younger brother was not dead, but fell into the hands of the Sui army. I hope Yuan Ziyou can save his brother during the meeting with Yang Ji.
Yuan Ziyou agreed to his conditions, but also hoped that he would fully cooperate with Yuan Taizuo to fight this battle successfully. Tan Yin naturally agreed to this. After all, this was beneficial to Goguryeo and he had no reason to object. After deliberation, he took the lead in extracting grain, grass, supplies and siege equipment from Nanfu Yucheng and many "satellite cities", and stored them in Yongchang City (Changchun City) in the north, which shortened their supply routes by as much as half. .
It is precisely because of Yongchang City as a logistics base that Yuan Taizuo can safely march with light troops. However, the biggest problem in Liaodong is that the land is soft. At this time, it is soaked in ice and snow and becomes softer. It is no problem for men and horses, but heavy Equipment can easily sink into the ground. Therefore, Yuan Taizuo had been in Beifu Yucheng for nearly ten days, but the siege equipment had not arrived, which ultimately led to the war continuing to this day.
Today is also the deadline given to him by his father; his father requires him to capture Beifu Yucheng today no matter what.
Just because while he was fighting in the north, the soldiers of the Sui army were advancing by land and water, constantly heading to Yanzhou and Dongshan County in Liaozhou.
According to the messenger who came to urge him, Li Zixiong had set up a large camp on the west bank of the Liao River that could accommodate 200,000 people. In addition, there was an endless stream of Sui army soldiers heading north along the coast. As the Sui army ships moved northward by the sea day and night, Therefore, Yuan Ziyou didn't know Li Zixiong's specific military strength. However, he judged from the composition of Youzhou's regular army and state soldiers that the Youzhou army had already mobilized in full force. In addition to state soldiers and civilians, Li Zixiong now had 60,000 elite soldiers.
The longer the time drags on, the greater the number of Sui troops will be, and the greater the pressure on Goguryeo's defense will be. And if the war here continues to be unresolved, his army will be a tired army with low morale. If the northern Sui army combined with Sumo Mohe suddenly attacked, it would be difficult for the Northern Expedition army led by Yuan Taizuo to resist; even if Yang Ji did not launch a war due to lack of troops, the morale of the Goguryeo army and the Yuan family's prestige would be huge. .
After many bloody battles these days, Yuan Taizuo had a very good understanding of Beifu Yucheng's situation. He knew that the opponent did not have any large-scale defense equipment and relied entirely on the bravery of the soldiers. Until today, the opponent's troop strength and morale have been greatly reduced. It’s almost consumed.
At this time, the siege equipment has arrived, and it is time to decide on a battle.
"Commander, the siege army is ready." While Yuan Taizuo was thinking a lot, a group of messengers came on horseback from the front army and raised their heads to report to Yuan Taizuo at the gate of the upper well.
"Drum! Prepare! Prepare! Advance! Attack!!" Yuan Taizuo put away his distracting thoughts, and the cold orders came out from the gaps in his teeth one by one.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!" The intensive sound of war drums echoed on the battlefield, urging the attacking Goguryeo soldiers to launch a fierce attack on Beifu City.
At the front line of the battle, generals at all levels shouted loudly and issued combat orders in an orderly manner. Sword and shield soldiers came forward guarding the crossbowmen.
"Fire arrows!" Tu Diji on the city's eyes were covered with bloodshot eyes. Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer, he immediately gave the order to fire arrows.
With an explosion of "buzz", dark clouds composed of feather arrows rose into the sky and swept towards Goguryeo's siege team overwhelmingly. The scream of thousands of feather arrows tearing the air was shocking!
"Raise your shield!" Yuan Taizuo dispatched his elite this time, and the generals of each army were well prepared. They had expected that the enemy would use such tactics. Almost at the same moment when the arrows were released, the Goguryeo army came out. Roaring at the top of his lungs.
The Goguryeo saber and shield soldiers in front strode forward and raised their large shields diagonally upwards, forming a shield wall. The crossbowmen hid behind the shield array. As arrows rained down, the shields closed one after another. It was like a tortoise shell, firmly blocking the rest of the crossbowmen under the shield, and the arrows hit the shield violently like a rainstorm.
Screams and muffled groans echoed in everyone's ears. Occasionally, arrows would penetrate the shield array from tricky angles, and immediately human lives would be lost under the arrows. The soldier who was lucky enough to escape took over his post, held on to his shield and survived this round of arrows.
Tujiji saw that the arrows could not break the turtle shell of Goguryeo, and there were many large instruments approaching from behind, which were filled with Goguryeo soldiers preparing to attack the city. He immediately ordered: "Catapult, let me break the turtle shell."
There were more than thirty catapults in Beifu City, but because Goguryeo did not produce any decent large-scale equipment, and Tudiji heard that Goguryeo's heavy army carried a large number of siege equipment, so they hid the catapults. It's useless to endure it.
Yuan Taizuo did not expect Tudiji to be so forbearing, so he arranged the current siege lineup, directly ordered the sword and shield soldiers and crossbow soldiers to kill the people under the city, and fired arrows nearby to cover the "engineers".
"Woooooooooo..." The order was given, the trumpet from the top of the city was loudly sounded, and more than thirty catapults were launched at the same time. Their long arms were swung out, and boulders weighing dozens of kilograms were thrown into the air. Dozens of boulders were flying in the air. It spun and roared as it smashed into the dense shield array. Huge boulders fell from the sky and hit the shield formation hard. Red-stained ice and snow suddenly rose into the sky. Hundreds of soldiers under the shield formation were smashed into bloody and horrific pieces. When they were broken and collapsed, the people behind them were smashed. The people hit the ground, and screams resounded one after another.
"Keep smashing!" Tudiji did not watch the effect of the catapult, but stared at Goguryeo's siege equipment. For him, those tall things were the most deadly. Once these equipment If you get close to the city, you can shoot his soldiers from a high position and unscrupulously.
He does not expect the catapult to cause many casualties to the enemy now. He only hopes that the large stones thrown out will create an uneven obstacle line in front of those instruments, so that those instruments cannot drive closer. This is why he hides it and does not use it. one of the important reasons.
"Crack!" A nest cart was hit. The nest cart broke into several pieces, and the dozens of crossbowmen on top fell off one after another.
The catapults of Sumo Mohe were simple and crude, and they did not learn the subtleties of the Han people. Therefore, their range and orders were not as good as those of the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo. However, Yuan Taizuo and other Goguryeo generals thought that Tudiji had already "exploited the skills of Guizhou donkeys", so the "Engineer Army" "Drive the equipment closer without any worries.
However, although the Goguryeo army was caught off guard by the rain of stones, the generals were good at fighting and knew that the catapults were lethal and had blind spots. As long as people and equipment entered the rockfall point, the stones thrown by the catapults would not be able to hit them. them. When the catapult was launched, they accelerated as fast as they could, pulling more than sixty ladder trucks, nest trucks, and well rails into the rockfall point, and gradually approached the city wall.
"Bang bang bang..." Huge boulders were tumbling one after another in the sky, roaring and hitting the ground. In a short period of time, the trebuchet launched five rounds, causing more than 2,000 casualties to Goguryeo, but the Goguryeo army It didn't stop there. Those instruments rushed into the range of the bow and began to suppress Sumo Mohe's army from above.
The Goguryeo soldiers under the city also fired arrows upwards and suppressed them together, while the Sumo Mohe soldiers fought tenaciously and fought back under the command of Tu Diji.
In an instant, arrows rained down from the city. There were even more corpses under the city, and the ground was stained red with blood.
As a qualified commander, knowing oneself and the enemy is the most important part. If you want to know the details of the opponent, you must pay a certain price. Yuan Taizuo knows this very well, so he has been launching real or fake attacks these days. Thinking that Tu Diji had exhausted all his means, he unexpectedly hid the catapult and gave him an unexpected "surprise". However, no matter what, he must conquer Beifu Yucheng today and must eliminate it. Get rid of this terrible opponent.
"Blast the drum to help the battle!" Yuan Taizuo got off the jinglan chariot and rode his horse to a small mound outside the range of the catapult to watch the battle. When he saw that the battle between the two sides was in a tense state and the siege team was approaching the city, he immediately gave the order sharply. road.
"Dong dong, dong dong dong..." The war drums sounded loudly, and Goguryeo fought bravely, shouting and launching a fierce offensive towards the city.
The rolling logs and stones on the city fell like hailstones. Groups of siege soldiers screamed and rolled down the ladder, falling into the ground full of arrows, corpses, stones, and wood. There were many undead people below. The soldiers on both sides struggled and howled, which was terrible to watch.
At this time, the soldiers on the city lit torches despite the rain of arrows, and then hundreds of balls of oil-soaked hay and dry firewood were thrown down the city. The torches were thrown onto the pile of firewood one after another, and they began to burn blazingly. Although the fire was powerful, it could not scare the Goguryeo soldiers.
Yuan Taizuo had already issued a death order. If one person retreated, he would be beheaded, and if ten people retreated, a team would be beheaded. And there were soldiers from the capital behind who were wielding their swords. Therefore, they did not retreat because of the fire, but instead aroused their anger. Fierce nature. But despite this, the heat of moxibustion fever caused huge trouble to the Goguryeo army, causing their offensive to temporarily slow down.
A general nearby saw more and more firewood thrown down, and a sea of fire gradually formed in front of the city wall. Many soldiers on the ladder trucks were ignited by the fire, and jumped off the ladders wailing, but what greeted them was another kind of death. , then suggested to Yuan Taizuo: "Commander, retreat your troops!"
"Commander, we can't attack anymore." Another general echoed: "The Sumo Mohe army is very tenacious. Now that the fire is ignited, how easy will it be for our army to defeat it?"
"Retreat? Are you starting from the beginning again? If Tu Diji is allowed to recover, we will never be able to capture Beifu Yucheng today." Yuan Taizuo was unmoved and said coldly: "Besides, if the order to retreat is given, Then the siege equipment will be completely destroyed by the enemy, and then what will we use to attack the city?"
The generals immediately shut their mouths and ordered Lu Yuanzi to run the army strictly. His orders would never be changed. If they failed to complete their tasks today, they would all be punished by military law, even Yuan Taizuo was no exception.
After sternly scolding the generals, Yuan Taizuo immediately shouted: "Order the infantry to continue attacking the city. Order the elite cavalry on the left and right wings of the front army to circle the city and release arrows to harass the enemy's will, and at the same time choose a place to board the city."
Goguryeo's mountains are steep, and many small towns and military forts are built on the mountains. In order to facilitate climbing, they specially made three hooks similar to flying claws. In addition, they also had non-slip iron nail shoes and gilt copper nail shoes. The wall of Beifu City is only three feet high. If they find a suitable climbing point with weak troops, they can definitely climb up the city.
Before, they also wanted to climb to the top of the city in this way, but since the frontal battlefield was not as severe as it is now, Sumo Mohe fought more calmly and drove them off the city again and again.
Now that the main south gate is in a state of panic, and the siege army has tightly entangled the main enemy force, the opportunity will naturally come.
"The commander-in-chief has given orders to ride on the front troops, circle the city and fire arrows to disturb the enemy's morale, and at the same time choose a place to board the city."
"The commander-in-chief has given orders to ride on the front troops, circle the city and fire arrows to disturb the enemy's morale, and at the same time choose a place to board the city."
"The commander-in-chief has given orders to ride on the front troops, circle the city and fire arrows to disturb the enemy's morale, and at the same time choose a place to board the city."
Two hundred commanding cavalry rode around the battlefield and sent orders to the left cavalry.
After receiving the battle order, the cavalry vanguard, who was watching and waiting, immediately broke away from the cavalry formation, walked around the city and fired arrows.
The various units of the siege army that had been defeated and rotated down also gathered in the rear of the siege army under the general's scolding, quickly reorganized into queues, and soon joined the siege battle.
Yuan Taizuo stared at the chaotic city ahead, and a smile of relief finally appeared on his cold face. He was not as brave and wise as his father and uncle, but after all, he was a figure brought up by his father and uncle.
He knew that the elders were very conflicted in their mentality. They not only wanted him to be stable and faultless, but also wanted him to use his abilities to make great achievements. Only in this way could he have the prestige to intimidate others after taking over the Yuan family. But there has never been one The right opportunity. I originally thought that the Sui Dynasty was so powerful that I would not have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds in my lifetime. Unexpectedly, my father took this opportunity and asked him to establish his authority as Su Mo Mohe. If he can win the Sumo Mohe for Goguryeo this time, he will rely on this skill to eat it for the rest of his life.
How can we not feel relaxed when we see victory in sight?
At this moment, a group of soldiers wandering outside brought a few embarrassed soldiers over and reported what they saw: "Commander, the Sui army has moved out."
The generals changed their colors in shock when they heard this. The reason why they did not encircle Beifu Yucheng was firstly because they did not have enough troops and were worried that if they were dispersed, they would be given the opportunity to be attacked by Tudiji. Secondly, they were worried about the Sui army in Da'an County being attacked, so they always stayed behind. Five thousand light cavalry and three thousand heavy cavalry were stationed on the road that the Sui army must pass through.
At this time, the Sui army was dispatched, which was not a good thing for them!
"How many troops were dispatched?" Yuan Taizuo asked coldly, trying to calm himself down.
"More than ten thousand people." A embarrassed soldier quickly replied: "But the Sui army is not moving towards Beifu Yucheng, but to meet the Sumo Mohe people guarded by Tudiluo."
When Yuan Taizuo heard this, his expression changed drastically and he asked anxiously: "Where is the second general? Has there been any conflict with the Sui army?"
The second general was Yuan Taizuo's younger brother, named Yuan Canghai, and he was also the chief general responsible for defending the Sui army. When Yuan Taizuo learned that Tudiluo was leading the people to move to the west, he asked his younger brother to lead his army to pursue him, hoping that he would defeat Tudiluo. Luo, take back the people of Sumo and Mohe.
However, Tudiji had already expected the Goguryeo army to pursue them, so he assigned the brave Tudiluo to be responsible for fighting, and sent the wily chief of the Kutushibu to take charge of the evacuated people. The two went their separate ways and cooperated tacitly.
Although Yuan Canghai wanted to lead the entire army in pursuit, he was worried that the Sui army would march eastward, so he could only lead 4,000 light cavalry in pursuit. He also had to stop from time to time to ask about the Sui army's situation, so the two sides fought intermittently, each having their own problems. Small victory, but no one can do anything to anyone.
When Yuan Taizuo heard that the Sui army was approaching, he was very worried about his brother going to war with the Sui army. If he took the initiative to attack the Sui army in order to capture the people of Sumo Mohe, then his four thousand troops would definitely be defeated by the Sui army and the Sui army. Di Luo was wiped out, and he even dropped the words to give the Sui army the leverage to start a full-scale war.
"Commander, the second general saw that the Sui army was strong, so he followed them slowly and did not take the initiative to attack. The Sui army seemed to be just for the population of Sumo Mohe, so it also did not take the initiative to attack."
"Then why did the second general ask you to come?" Hearing that there was no fight, Yuan Taizuo finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Commander, the second general asked me to ask from a humble position: Should we fight or withdraw?"
"Retreat! Let him retreat to his original position immediately and closely monitor the movements of the Sui army."
"I obey my command!" The soldiers saluted and flew away.
"Commander, what should we do now?" a general asked Yuan Taizuo.
Yuan Taizuo pondered for a long time and said: "Although the Sui army has not started the war, they have already intervened. I am worried that after they pick up the people of Sumo and Mohe, they will come east in large numbers. It will be a long night and a long dream. We must end this war as soon as possible, and then Wait for Da Dui Lu's instructions."
"As you command!"
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