Xifeng Main Camp was one of the important fortresses used by Goguryeo to confront the Sui army. The entire camp was built like a castle by the Goguryeo people. The entire camp was no different from a city except that there were no ordinary people living there.
The buildings inside are all brick and wood houses that can prevent fire, wind and snow; they are composed of huge and solid building complexes.
There is no difference between the "Chinese Army Tent" and the Central Plains County Government. In the darkest time before dawn, when the earth is dark, the lights of this camp are brightly lit and remain on all night.
In a pavilion in the garden of the back house of the "Chinese Army Tent", Zhang Chuchen and Liu Xu were concentrating on playing Go. Their chess skills were quite good. They had also learned a little bit about the art of war from following Yang Ji over the years, and they often I heard people say that playing chess is similar to using military force, but as they continued to play chess, they found that chess is chess and the art of war is the art of war. They couldn't see any connection between the two.
Murong Xianyue sat on the side, holding his chin with his hands, blinking his big watery eyes and watching the battle.
"No more, it's not fun at all." After Zhang Chuchen was tortured by Liu Xu again, she suddenly lost interest. She glanced at Murong Xianyue, who was holding her chin in her hands, and said with bright eyes: "Murong, let's have a game?"
"I don't want to play. If I want to play, I will play with fresh fish!" Murong Xianyue shook her head repeatedly. Her and Xian Yufang's chess skills were only at the stage of knowing how to play. The two of them would win and lose, so playing was interesting.
But if it were Zhang Chuchen and Liu Xu, they would definitely be tortured and killed. If you accept the challenge at this time, you are simply asking for trouble.
Zhang Chuchen rolled his eyes at her and said disdainfully: "You're worthless!"
"Playing chess can neither govern a country nor build a family. It is just a small way. There is nothing to compare with." Murong Xianyue retorted and challenged Zhang Chuchen: "To compete, it is a competition of martial arts, sword competition, and killing skills. Try it?"
"I'm not competing with you, I'm competing with Xiao Liu!" Among the ten martial arts maids, Zhang Chuchen is the best dancer, but his martial arts skills are not as good as Murong Xianyue and Xian Yufang, but she can beat Da Liu. Liu Rumei, Xiaoliu Catkin, Lu Siqi...
"Is it interesting to talk about this all the time? The only competition is piano and chess." Liuxu sighed, stroking her forehead. She was not good at martial arts. She was the first among the ten to play musical instruments such as zither, flute, and flute. As for chess, In terms of chess skills, she can crush Zhang Chuchen, Murong Xianyue, and Xian Yufang, but she is far inferior to Lu Siqi, who is the best in chess skills.
Apart from his chess skills, Lu Siqi is not as good as others. And Liu Rumei's disguise and painting skills are the best.
We have been sisters for many years, who doesn’t know each other? Therefore, whenever someone uses his own strengths to provoke others, the person being provoked often avoids fighting, and then uses his own strengths to fight back!
Provocateurs will not foolishly pit their shortcomings against others' strengths. Everyone is a fine person, and everyone is like this, so how can they compare?
So every time it was nothing. This time is certainly no exception. Apart from marching, they had no other tasks at all this time. As soon as they stopped, they took turns to protect Yang Ji. They were extremely energetic. While they were joking and joking, there was suddenly a noise outside.
The three women stood up from their seats in an instant, picked up the weapons in front of them in unison, and walked out quickly. When they arrived at the door, they saw a group of Xuanwu guards walking quickly along the courtyard with torches, and walking in front of them The person turned out to be Zhu Can who should not have appeared.
The three girls looked at each other in shock. Didn't Lao Zhu go to Changtu City with Master Yinshi? Why did he come back?
Could it be that he suffered a defeat? However, it doesn't look like it. Although Lao Zhu has disheveled hair, his face is full of smiles.
In a daze, Lao Zhu shouted loudly like a broken gong: "Madams, Lao Zhu is back, haha, where is the young master?" The three women were shocked by him, their ears were buzzing, but they also responded. When God came, Zhang Chuchen took a few steps forward and asked curiously: "Brother Zhu, didn't you go to fight? Why are you back?"
"Old Yin asked me to come back!" Zhu Can smiled even more as he thought about the name he had given Master Yin.
Seeing how successful he was, Zhang Chuchen became even more curious: "Did you win?"
"No!" Zhu Can shook his head: "We didn't even fight, how can we call it a win?" Zhang Chuchen asked again: "We lost?" Zhu Can shook his head: "No! We didn't even fight, how can we call it a win?" Lose?" When the three women heard this, their faces suddenly turned black. What kind of nonsense are they talking about?
"Speak humanly!" Yang Ji's voice came from behind the three women. In this life, Yang Ji's daily life has been very regular. After concocting a vigorous and massive mutiny last night, he came back to sleep; but now he is marching and fighting after all, and he has always maintained vigilance, although he has not reached the level of He is ready to fight and march at any time.
Hearing something moving outside, he raised his sword and came out to watch. Yang Ji was also surprised when he saw Lao Zhu running around and running back again.
"Sir, you are here!" When Zhu Can saw Yang Ji coming, he stepped forward with great joy and bowed, then told the story of how they captured Changtu City, and finally said: "Quan Ming gave Lao Yin There was no way out, and seeing that it was wrong to agree and wrong to not agree, he simply surrendered before I got drunk, and then cooperated with us honestly. With his cooperation, the defense line of Changtu City was already ours. And those 50,000 elite soldiers are also ours. Pei Sima, Deputy Manager Cui, and General Wang also followed the order and led their troops to enter the country."
"The major events in the north have been decided." Although Zhu Can said it confusingly, Yang Ji heard the theme and was immediately overjoyed.
After this incident, two of the three major horns of Goguryeo have been eliminated. The remaining Momi City and Maigu City only have 30,000 troops. In contrast, in addition to the 5,000 defenders of Dofayue City, there are also three troops led by Yu Zhongwen. Although there has been no news from Yu Zhongwen about the elite soldiers of the Wanxi tribe, the horns of Goguryeo are being stared at by 35,000 Sui troops, and they are no longer in power.
On his side, Wang Xingben's 10,000 Xiaoguo Army, 10,000 Mozhou Army, and 5,000 Liaodong Army were available.
He suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked again: "Lao Zhu, does Quan Ming have any requests?"
"There are two!"
"Which two?"
"First, Quan Ming's family lives in Liaodong City. He is very worried about his family being implicated and hopes that we will not use his name to act. Second, the 50,000 Goguryeo soldiers are all from the Liaodong Plain, and his family is also scattered around. Everyone is afraid that the family will be implicated, and they are unwilling to meet with Pao Ze and his brothers. Quan Ming believes that if we do it forcefully, it will most likely be counterproductive." Zhu Can glanced at Yang Ji and continued: "In return, Quan Ming and other generals will do their best to help us restrain these 50,000 soldiers. After the war, the imperial court only needs to send everyone, including them, home, and they will feel at ease as subjects of the Sui Dynasty. In addition, there is no other choice. What you asked for." After hearing this, Yang Ji asked: "No more?" Zhu Can nodded: "No more!" Yang Ji said without hesitation: "These requests are humane and not excessive. We can definitely agree to them." Most of the Liaodong Plain has been obtained, and everything here will belong to the Sui Dynasty. If there is too much killing in the battle, it will arouse the resentment of the Liaodong people, which is not conducive to future rule, but during the war , if you are merciful, you are irresponsible to your own soldiers, so you have to kill those who deserve to be killed.
This reason is very similar to how they struggled with whether the captive should be killed. For the Sui Dynasty, the 50,000 defenders of Changtu City would actually have made a meritorious service as long as they stayed calm and waited until the war in the Liaodong Plain was over. He treated these 50,000 people well at this time. After they returned to their hometown, even if they would not treat the Sui Dynasty I am grateful, but I do not dislike the Sui Dynasty or oppose the rule of the Sui Dynasty.
"Pei Sima has agreed on behalf of the Sui Dynasty and the king." Zhu Can said: "Those soldiers have surrendered their weapons and taken off their armor. They are no longer a threat, but Pei Sima is afraid that they will have nothing to do and unite to cause trouble. , decided to hire them to mine, and then pay them salaries according to local standards."
"According to the wishes of Pei Sima, Deputy Manager Cui, General Yin and others, the five thousand Liaodong County soldiers led by Duan Decao, the Prime Minister of Liaodong County, and Yang Yuanhong, the Magistrate of Huanglong County, took over the important military and political affairs of Changtu, while Quan Ming temporarily inspected the Mozhou capital. I am assisting Duan and Yang in the name of Chief Protector Shi." Yang Ji pondered for a long time and said with deep approval: "Pei Sima and the others have considered it very carefully, so I feel relieved." After that, he asked again: " By the way, when do Yin Shishi, Wang Xingben and others plan to lead their troops here?" Zhu Can replied: "The Xiaoguo Army led by Wang Xingben and Yin Shishi have already marched here, and they will arrive here in about an hour. But the 10,000 Mozhou troops commanded by Pei Sima and Deputy General Cui are hard to say." After a pause, he explained to Yang Ji: "Because they all say that the transition between the old and the new is the most likely to cause trouble, and the 50,000 Mozhou troops in Changtu The mood of the elite soldiers who had just removed their armor has not yet completely stabilized, and they still need a large number of troops to deter them. If the number of troops is small, something will happen. The Mozhou Army is much inferior to the Xiaoguo Army in terms of combat power, so they are allowed to join the Liaodong Army. Stay in Changtu."
"Well!" After Yang Ji understood everything, he said to Zhu Can, who was extremely haggard: "You are running around and you are tired. Go and rest first." Zhu Can grinned: "Master, I am not tired, you should Go to the front hall, I'll follow." Yang Ji felt warm in his heart when he saw that he was haggard but still trying to protect himself, but his face became stern. Yang Ji said angrily: "I said you were tired, so you have to I'm tired." Zhu Can scratched his head and said, "Young master said so, so I'll be tired!" He bowed and walked away.
"Pfft" the three girls couldn't help but laugh. Yang Ji also smiled. This Lao Zhu dared to fight hard, was quick-witted and impulsive, but lacked foresight, so he was able to kill a large number of people in history.
"Land", but because he caused such alarming harm to the local area and lost the support of the people, he could not hold it in the end.
He is now friends with smart people like Hao Yuan, Ling Jing, and Li Daliang all day long. His IQ and level are definitely higher than that cannibal Zhu Can. However, he has also recognized himself because he has met too many smart people. He knows that he is not He was suitable for being in the officialdom, and he couldn't stand alone. In addition, he had the kind of unscrupulous temperament that only took a step forward with a whip, so he happily received a share of the public meal as an official of Prince Wei's palace.
Yang Ji knew Lao Zhu's thoughts very well. He felt that since Yang Ji, Hao Yuan, Ling Jing and others were here, no matter what he did, he didn't have to worry about anything, and he wasn't afraid of being plotted by others. If there was a task, he just had to follow the requirements. Just chop people without even using your brain.
With such a leisurely day, why not? Everyone had their own ambitions, and Yang Ji didn't force him. What's more, he really needed someone who was both capable of fighting and loyal to command the Xuanwu Guard, so Yang Ji let him go.
. . . After washing up, Yang Ji went to the front hall to gather the generals to discuss matters. When everyone heard that Yin Shi's troops had captured Changtu City, which had fifty thousand soldiers, without any bloodshed, they were immediately happy.
"Your Majesty, our army has carried out a series of lightning-fast actions in the past two days, annihilating and forcing the surrender of 150,000 elite soldiers with less than 10% of the enemy's battle losses. The results are not unsplendid, and at the same time it also provides the basis for the next great victory. It laid the foundation for victory." Yu Wenshu said optimistically: "Gao Yuan killed more than half of Liaodong's elite troops before he could react, and the remaining elite troops were divided into small and large towns. Their dispersed forces pose a fundamental threat to our army. If it is not a threat, the main force of our army only needs to fight towards the south with an upright force, and it will be able to defeat the enemy troops one by one and annihilate them. However, it is best to be as fast as the wind, so as to prevent the enemy troops from gathering in one place." In Yu Wenshu's view, Yang Ji's small-scale surprise attack was very bold and beautiful, and the whole situation was revitalized by Yang Ji.
After this battle, the Sui army swept away its passive defense. Next, it only needed to continue to adopt this vigorous tactics, even the stalemate between the two armies was omitted.
The best way out for Gao Yuan now is to abandon Liaodong and retreat to the south of the Qianshan Mountains. However, even if Gao Yuan can cut off his wrists and tails to survive, it is not so easy to retreat; because Yang Ji had already been in Liaodong County. When the army camped in Anxian, they regarded Gaimou City and Anshi City, which were going south and north, as strategic points and let the navy capture them.
If Yang Lun succeeds in capturing these two cities, then the territory of Goguryeo will be divided into northern and southern halves, and the targets of these two heavy interceptions will also be Gaoyuan and Goguryeo soldiers and civilians.
"Your Majesty, what General Yuwen said is absolutely true!" Xue Ju bowed his hands to Yang Ji and said in a deep voice: "The war in the north can be put aside at this point, but the defenders of Momi City and Maigu City are already out of control with Deputy General Manager Yu here. . Our army should seize Changchun Tun as quickly as possible. As long as this important city is captured, the road south will be clear."
"Your Majesty, out of humble opinion, I ordered Deputy General Yang to send troops to capture Changchun Tun. As long as it is captured, Goguryeo's so-called second line of defense will no longer exist." Hao Yuan also said: "Chinese army, wait until Yin and Wang The second general has arrived with his army, and it’s not too late to set off.”
"Give Yang Yichen an order to quickly capture Changchun Tun." Yang Ji nodded when he heard this. He also considered this when he was on the road.
"Your Majesty, generals, Deputy General Yang sent someone to send an urgent report!" At this moment, a captain rushed into the meeting hall and sent a letter to Yang Ji.
Yang Ji took the letter and unfolded it, reading it ten lines at a time, and couldn't help but smile on his face. Yuwenshu couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
"Yang Yichen has captured Changchun Tun last night, as well as the important corner south of Changchun Tun - Nanshan Chengzi Fortress." Yang Ji said with a smile: "Yang Yichen led three thousand elite troops to guard Nanshan Chengzi Fortress and Yangtie Town Changchun Tun." Everyone was stunned. After a while, everyone showed joy and said loudly: "It's really great."
"That's good, but Yang Yichen also said that his army is at the end of its strength and cannot attack the four cities of Nansu, Muti, Cangyan and Ganwu in the south. I hope our army will go south as soon as possible to cooperate." Yang Ji, General Yang Yichen's After briefly explaining the situation, he said to Hao Yuan: "Chengyuan, Xue Shixiong and Yuchi Gong should have arrived at the South Camp long ago. Once they hear that Yang Yichen has gone to Changchun Tun, they will most likely rush south to help. But we can't be careless. . In my name, you immediately order Xue Shixiong to lead his army to conquer Nansu and Muti cities, and order Yuchigong to lead his army to Cangyan and Ganwu cities." As he said, perhaps there is no need to issue an order, Xue Shixiong and Yuchigong He had already done this, but just in case, Yang Ji still issued this order.
"Here!" Hao Yuan left in response.
"Jingzhi, according to Zhu Can, Yin Shishi and Wang Xingben are marching to Xifeng Camp." Yang Ji then said to Ling Jing: "Send a messenger immediately and ask them to change their route to Changchun Tun in the southeast. There is no need to come here. Let’s rendezvous. Save them an extra hundred miles.”
"Here!" Ling Jing clasped his fists in response and stood up to arrange for the messenger. Yang Ji has many famous commanders and generals serving under him. As the commander-in-chief, it becomes quite easy for him to fight; he does not need to worry about many things. He only needs to coordinate in a timely manner according to the actions of the generals of each army. Can.
After pondering for a moment, he ordered the generals again and said: "Xue Ju, Pei Xingyan, Chu Heluo, you go back to camp and collect all the uninjured soldiers. In two moments, follow me south."
"I will obey your orders!" Xue Ju, Pei Xingyan, Chu and Luo saluted and left. After everyone left, Yang Ji said to Yuwen again: "General Yuwen, I leave this to you. If Yu Zhongwen has any movements, send me military information as soon as possible. As for those seriously injured soldiers from Goguryeo, send them to me as soon as possible." Go to Changchun Village."
"General, I obey!" Yu Wenshu responded, and then suggested: "Your Majesty, the saint asked us to fight this battle to destroy the country, but he also knows that our army's advantage is not great. The saint and the important officials in the court must be looking forward to our army's victory. We should spread the news about the victory. In this way, we can at least calm people's hearts."
"I don't have time to write a victory report anymore. You will take care of this together." Yang Ji also knew that Yang Guang dreamed of destroying Goguryeo, otherwise he would not have allowed himself to fight this war of annihilation. Although this was just one game
"Small victory", but it can indeed have the effect of calming people's hearts as Yu Wenshu said.
"Here!" Yu Wenshu cupped his fists and saluted, and said to Yang Ji with a solemn expression: "General, I wish the king to achieve greater success again."
"Yes!" Yang Ji nodded, stood up and left the meeting hall.
