"General Manager Yu, this is the eight-hundred-mile urgent military information sent by your Majesty." While Yu Zhongwen was looking at the map and thinking about ways to defeat the enemy, a captain entered the tent and handed him a letter.
Yu Zhongwen took the military information, opened it, read it over, and said to a counselor accompanying the army: "Your Majesty asked our troops to end the battle as soon as possible. If Momi City and Maigu City cannot be captured for a while, we can first divide 20,000 troops to rush south for reinforcements. Sir, do you know why this is?"
"General Manager Yu, I heard that Gao Yuan ordered Yuan Zicheng to gather the troops of Xincheng, Guiduan, and Xuantu in Lishan City. If he can gather them calmly, he can get 70,000 to 80,000 elite troops. Our troops are now scattered across various places and guarding various cities. , the follow-up is weak. Once Yuan Zicheng completes the assembly and mobilizes heavy troops to attack Nansu, Muti and other cities, the soldiers and civilians in the city will respond from within. If the cities are lost and the army is lost, the morale of the Goguryeo army south of Daliang River will rise sharply. We will send our troops northward. By then, our army will be in danger. The king must have had this concern, so he ordered our army to go south as soon as possible."
The counselor's name is Gai Wenda, a native of Xindu, Jizhou. He is an accomplished calligrapher. He is also a doctor of teaching at Liangzhou University. He is well-read in many books, especially "Zuo Zhuan", "Gongyang Zhuan", and "Gu Liang Zhuan". However, although he focused on Confucianism, his strategic vision was not bad. This time he went on an expedition with Yu Zhongwen as a counselor. First, he assisted Yu Zhongwen in recruiting the Xi army and conquering the eastern corner of Goguryeo. Second, he came to experience and prepare for his future career as an official. After hearing this, he pointed out the dilemma of the Sui army fighting in a different place.
Yu Zhongwen nodded silently. Although Yang Ji had made a good start, his combat style, which was as fast as the wind and as aggressive as fire, also caused the limited forces to be spread too widely, too scattered, and the foundation was not strong. There are powerful enemies outside the army and Goguryeo soldiers and civilians inside, making the situation extremely dangerous.
Of course, it cannot be said that Yang Ji was wrong. After all, when fighter planes appeared, he must seize the opportunity to annihilate the enemy's vital forces and capture strategic locations. If he stops moving forward because he is worried that his foundation is not strong, he will fall into another trap. Yu Wenshu was suppressed and unable to move.
Furthermore, with Yang Ji's rich experience in military service for many years, his combat style, and his strategic vision of annihilating the enemy's vital forces, how could he not know the situation of the Sui army? How can we surround our own armies for the sake of a scorched earth?
He Bike, the chief of the Yuanqizhe tribe of the Xi tribe, frowned and said: "Mr. Gai, most of the main force of our army is going south, but there are 30,000 elites in Momi and Maigu cities where Yibao is stationed. If our army divides its forces and leaves, they will concentrate their forces. , attack the north one by one, which is empty of troops, or sneak attack our army from behind, what should we do?"
"Isn't that better?" Yu Zhongwen raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "If Yibao dares to go out of the city to pursue, we can take advantage of the situation and capture the second city."
The Xi army was not good at siege warfare, and Yibao was more cautious. Yu Zhongwen and others could not find an opportunity to defeat the enemy. But the most critical thing was that Yang Ji advanced too fast. In just a few days, he reached the south bank of Xiaoliao River. When Yu Zhongwen received the order to attack Yibao and rushed here, the other party also got the military information and has refused to leave the city to fight until now.
This is also the main reason why they have been "delayed" in completing their combat missions.
Gai Wenda's heart moved and he said to Yu Zhongwen: "General Manager Yu, I have a plan to deceive Yibao into coming out of the city to fight!"
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Momi City and Maigu City together form the eastern "horn" of the three major horns of Goguryeo. Since the Sui army guarded Duofayue City to the north of the two cities and only had 5,000 defenders, General Yibao sent 25,000 troops The main mission of Momi City, which is placed in the west, is to deter the northwest area of Duofa Yuecheng. It is also connected with Xifeng Camp. As for the city near Sumo River and Changbai Mountain Mountains, there are only 5,000 troops in Maigu City, so its mission is relatively small. Single, that is, focusing exclusively on Duofa Yuecheng.
At the gate of Momi City, General Yi Bao looked at the map on the wall with his hands behind his back and said nothing. There were several generals standing behind him, each of them looked quite ugly and looked haggard.
Four days ago, they received an order from Song Zun to retreat to the Xifeng Nan Camp. Just when they packed their luggage and supplies and prepared to evacuate to the Xifeng Nan Camp in the southwest, they received news that the Xifeng Third Battalion had been defeated in the early morning of the next day. An urgent military situation involving the unknown life and death of Song Zun and Li Yong.
Immediately afterwards, all kinds of unfavorable news came one after another. First, the scouts from the southeast sent military information in the morning, saying that the Sui Army General Yin Shishi, together with the Mozhou Army of Nanfu Yucheng and the Liaodong Army of Huanglong County, attacked Changtu. Line of defense.
With two of the three major horns removed, the idea of joining forces with Quan Ming was completely ruined. They could only follow the previous plan and lead their troops to withdraw to Changchun Tun in the south as soon as possible to defend the second line of defense.
But in the afternoon, Yu Zhongwen, deputy general manager of the march of Liaodong Road in the Sui Dynasty, commanded 30,000 fine cavalry and camped southwest of Dofayue City, less than 20 miles away from Momi City. This also made the southward retreat difficult and dangerous. However, No matter how dangerous it is, you must leave, otherwise you will be surrounded by the Sui army and the whole army will be annihilated.
The day before yesterday, reports of the southern defeat came one after another. Yang Yichen, the deputy general manager of the march of Liaodong Road in the Sui Dynasty, led his army to make a surprise attack on the south and defeated Changchun Tun, Nansu, Muti, Cangyan, Ganwu, and Heshenggu.
It is true that there are still many small and medium-sized cities and fortresses between the north and the south that have not been occupied by the Sui army, but the garrison of a thousand or as few as hundreds of young men is simply insignificant, and they cannot be expected to pose no threat to the Sui army.
As expected, all day yesterday, they heard the news that "as soon as the Sui army arrived, the defenders surrendered one after another."
At this point, everything north of the Xiaoliao River fell within a few days. And they were reduced to an isolated and helpless army.
"General B, we are now surrounded by enemies on three sides. If it drags on any longer, our situation will be even worse. General B, please decide as soon as possible whether to fight or retreat." The deputy general's name is Hu Lujin. His name is unknown, but if Speaking of his grandfather Hu Luguang, everyone in Hebei knows it.
Hu Luguang was a famous general and military strategist from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Qi Dynasty. He and Duan Shao, the father of Gao Changgong and Duan Decao, were also known as the three famous generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Although Lanling King Gao Changgong was famous in later generations, his record was not good enough in front of Hu Luguang, and he was not even qualified to be compared. However, as Hu Luguang's achievements and reputation continued to increase, he was jealous of Gao Wei. Zu Jue, Mu Dipo, and "Lu Zhen" Lu Lingxuan, who were at odds with him, confused right and wrong and stirred up trouble, making Gao Wei insist on putting him to death. No.
The famous general Wei Xiaokuan took advantage of Gao Wei's suspicion to carry out counterintuitive plans. Gao Wei listened to the rumors spread by Wei Xiaokuan and the instigation of the "Three Thieves", and deceived Hu Luguang into the Liangfeng Hall of the palace. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, Gao Wei asked the guard Liu Taozhi to come from behind. Stabbed Hu Luguang to death. Immediately, an edict was issued saying that Hu Luguang had rebelled and had been brought to justice, so that the whole family would not be implicated. However, he soon believed the greedy words of the "three thieves" and issued an edict to kill the entire Hu Lugu family.
Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, heard that Hu Luguang had been killed. He was overjoyed and ordered a three-day celebration and a general amnesty. When Yu Wenyong led his army to attack Yecheng and destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty, he even said with touching emotion, "This man (Hu Luguang) ), how could I reach Ye!" This shows the horror of Hu Luguang.
When Huluhengjia, the fourth son of Huluguang, issued an edict from Gao Wei that "the whole family will not be implicated," he immediately sent away his concubine who was pregnant and no longer registered in the clan. The concubine was escorted by dead men to take refuge in Youzhou, where she gave birth to Hulu Jin. During the war between Zhou and Qi, she moved to Liaodong to escape the war.
After all, the Hulu family is a large and prosperous family, well versed in the tricks of the cunning rabbit. Hulu Jin relied on the wealth, books and dead men hidden and left behind by his ancestors, not only learned a lot of skills, but also made a prosperous life in Liaodong. Start and rebuild the Hulv family.
Seeing that Yi Bao did not reply to Hu Lujin for a long time, another deputy general Wen Guang sighed: "The morale and morale of the army determine the outcome of a war to a large extent. Looking at the powerful and murderous Sui soldiers, Look at us lifeless and panic-stricken soldiers, how can we fight? How can we retreat?"
Hu Lujin was stunned for a moment, then looked at Wen Guang meaningfully: "In General Yi Wen's opinion...?"
"Actually, everyone has the same idea, so why does General Hu Lu need to be so mysterious?" Wen Guang glanced at Yi Baozi's back and said, "The Sui army clearly adopted the method of encircling the enemy. As long as our army leaves the city, Yu Zhongwen will launch a fierce offensive, but our army's morale is low and cannot withstand a fatal blow from tens of thousands of Sui troops. Once our army collapses, there will be an endless pursuit."
Seeing Yi Bao turn around after hearing the words, he said again: "General B, even if we are lucky enough to return to Liaodong City, we will be dead."
"Because the breach of the northern defense line, the loss of the northern land, and the loss of 200,000 troops must have caused huge turmoil in the south. Even the king and the king could not suppress the noise and anger of the people. What to do? Of course. We have to bear the consequences of the disastrous defeat with some people's heads. Aren't we just the right candidates for the disastrous defeat?"
"Then what do you think we should do?" Of course Yibao understood what he meant, but he still asked.
"We have only one way to go, and that is to surrender the city to the Sui Dynasty!" After Wen Guang finished speaking, he added: "I think this is also what everyone wants. You think so, General Hu Lu? If I remember correctly, you One of my cousins was Duke Chongguo of the Sui Dynasty."
Hu Lujin did have such a cousin. His cousin Hu Luche survived because of his young age. After the Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed by the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Hu Luche was awarded the title of General Yitong, and he was granted the title of Duke Chongguo by Yu Wenyong posthumously. In the Sui Dynasty, After its establishment, Yang Jian was again awarded the title of General of Right Chariot and Duke of Chongguo.
This was not a secret among the aristocratic class in Liaodong, but at this extremely delicate moment, Hu Lujin did not dare to admit it, not to mention that he had only heard of his name, but had not seen him or had any contact with him, so he became cold. He said coldly: "So what? What does it have to do with me?"
"If you surrender to the Sui Dynasty on our behalf under the banner of Chong Guogong's cousin, the meaning will naturally be different." Wen Guang said plausibly: "At least, the Sui army will not maliciously make things difficult for us."
Hu Lujin remained silent, thinking that other Sui troops might be able to do it, but most of Yang Ji's troops couldn't.
Because the army and people led by Yang Ji particularly hated traitors who sold their "ancestors" for glory. It is said that the term "traitor" was coined by Yang Ji. Although he was helpless and a descendant of the Xianbei people, he had indeed served the enemies of the Qi, Zhou and Sui dynasties in recent years.
Yibao looked at the generals whose faces were full of expectations and sighed secretly in his heart. This was especially true for the generals leading the troops. You can imagine the emotions of the soldiers below.
How can we fight this battle?
Whatever!
Just drop it.
However, just when he was about to make up his mind, he heard the sound of drums coming from the direction of Yu Zhongwen's camp. Yibao thought that Yu Zhongwen was coming to attack the city, so he quickly ordered all the generals to return to their posts and prepare the entire army for war. . However, after more than an hour, no Sui troops came to attack the city. He was very suspicious, so Yibao quickly sent people to investigate.
The scout reported back: "General, the Sui army in the camp bypassed the 'Laoye Ridge Mountains' and marched southward."
"What?" Yi Bao heard that the scouts had come to report, but he was very suspicious. He sent a military general and his elite soldiers to check nearby. When evening came, the military general hurriedly led his troops back to the city and said angrily. : "General B, we missed a huge opportunity."
"Oh?" Yi Bao asked with a frown, "What happened in the Sui army's camp?"
"There is no one in the military camp. The general found a large number of horse hoof prints outside the camp." The general sighed: "The general carefully looked at the direction of the hoof prints and inspected the 'Laoye Ridge' behind the military camp. He found that the entire Sui army was already there. Go south. According to the general's opinion, our army can take a shortcut to intercept the Sui army."
Yibao shook his head and muttered: "The generals of the Sui army are full of tricks, most of them are trying to trick me out of the city!"
"Everyone is gone, how can there be any scheming?" the general said with some dissatisfaction.
Hu Lujin and other generals who were summoned back saw that Yi Bao was not going to surrender, but they did not dare to fight or retreat, so Hu Lujin said: "General Yi, the Sui army does not have many troops. The main victory for the north is to win. It is a pre-emptive opportunity, but this method cannot be used again. Once used once, it will not work again."
"After hearing the news, the king and others must have mobilized heavy troops to be on alert. However, the army led by Yang Ji was at the end of its strength because the battle line was too wide and too long. Yu Zhongwen must have rushed south to reinforce Yang Ji because the battle was tight in the front. . But we were worried that our army would catch up, so we let this empty camp confuse our army."
"If the general does not want to surrender to the Sui Dynasty, he can intercept the Sui army halfway and defeat it in one fell swoop. Of course, he can also fully capture Duofa Yuecheng with only 5,000 defenders, and then march westward to annihilate Yuwenshu who stayed in Xifeng. This way. As soon as we come, we can attack Yang Ji's army from the south and the north together with the king."
"Yes, General, I think this method is very feasible." Wen Guang agreed very much with Hu Lujin's statement. He knew that this was a huge turning point, and did not say anything about surrendering to the Sui Dynasty. He held his hands and said, "We just want to Recovering the north and attacking Yang Ji from the north, where the troops are scattered, is an unparalleled achievement. The general will also step into the center because of this battle and become a famous commander of his generation."
"Yu Zhongwen is not a little person without plans. We must not be careless." Yi Bao shook his head and explained to the generals in a deep voice: "When Yang Jian put down the rebellion of Wei Chijun, Yu Zhongwen defeated more with less. He defeated Yuchi Jiong's generals Tan Rang and Xi Piluo successively, which played a great role in eliminating Yuchi Jiong. After Yang Jian usurped the Yuwen family, Yu Zhongwen defeated the Turks several times, and also established a decisive position in the Battle of Pingchen Magnificent military exploits.”
After that, he emphasized: "Everyone should perform your duties. Don't be careless. Don't go out of the city to fight without authorization. We will wait for the news from the scouts."
"Alas!" Hu Lujin, Wen Guang and other generals saw that the general had made up his mind, so they could only sigh and leave helplessly.
