Time passed quietly as Yang Ji and the Goguryeo army tested, attacked, calculated, and traded with each other. In the blink of an eye, it was already two days later. Yang Ji was still waiting for Pei Ju, Cui Hongsheng, Yu Zhongwen, and Li Jingji to join the Sui army at this time, and the Sui army soldiers he led had to seize the time to rest and recuperate. He jumped over the wall in a hurry and sent his troops north, but there was not much movement.
Gao Yuan did not seem to have any plans to break up immediately. He also seized the time to deploy the army. First, he deployed the 70,000 troops brought by Yuan Zicheng from the south to the south bank of Daliang River and the east bank of Liao River. Then he moved Xincheng and Guizhou. Duancheng's 40,000 garrison was transferred to Shicheng Mountain City west of Lijiabao.
Shicheng Mountain City is located on the north bank of Daliangshui. It is more than 30 miles away from Lishan City in the west, more than 70 miles away from Lijiabao in the east, and more than 120 miles away from Daliangshui in the south. Although it is only a county, it is only more than ten miles away. This small town was not taken seriously before, but now that the war is going on, the strategic position of Shicheng Mountain City has suddenly become highlighted.
There are only more than 3,000 households in this city. The city walls are low and dilapidated, and there is no way to garrison troops in the city. The 40,000 Goguryeo elite soldiers who retreated from Xincheng and Guiduan City set up camp in the gentle area of Shicheng Mountain more than ten miles northeast.
Goguryeo coach Gao Sangluo is a Central Plains native in his fifties. He has a square face with beards and is very handsome and majestic. He is the second son of Gao Baoning. When his father and his eldest brother Gao Sengjia invited the Khitan and Mohe armies to counterattack the Sui Dynasty, he led the army to sit in what is now Da'an County. When he heard that his father and brother were defeated and fled to Khitan, they were killed by his subordinate Zhao Xiuluo. Knowing that the situation was over, he surrendered to Goguryeo and recognized his family with Goguryeo. Because of his loyalty, he was highly valued by Gao Yuan.
This time he led 40,000 troops southward and stationed them at Shicheng Mountain. This was not only to implement Gao Yuan and Yuan Ziyou's intention to retreat to the south bank of Daliangshui, but also to contain and deter the Sui army. At the same time, he was responsible for protecting Yuan Zicheng's officers, civilians and supplies to calmly evacuate to the south bank. . But from the bottom of his heart, Monk Luo wanted to fight hard.
After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, the father and son of the Gao family did not accept the imperial edict of Emperor Wu of Zhou, and made Gao Shaoyi, King of Fanyang, the emperor in Liucheng County. After Emperor Wu of Zhou died, they joined forces with Khitan and Mohe to raise an army. At that time, there were many troubles in the Central Plains. As the prime minister, Yang Jian had no time to attack and wrote a letter to appease Gao Baoning, but Gao Baoning still refused to surrender. After Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, Gao Baoning once again attacked Linyu Pass.
Yang Jian ordered Yin Shishi's father, Yin Shou, to lead tens of thousands of cavalry out of Lulong Pass to attack. Gao Baoning asked for help from the Turks, but Yang Shuang, a general under Yin Shou's command, sent out unexpected troops and attacked the Turks first. The Turks were shocked and had no time to support Gao Baoning, so Gao Baoning had to flee into Qibei. However, Yin Shou and Yang Shuang killed Huanglong City, which was the territory of the Khitan at that time, completely annihilating the last vitality of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
The world has changed. Monk Luo's former enemies, Yin Shou and Yang Shuang, are no longer alive, but their sons come to kill them again. The difference from before is that this time the coach is Yang Shuang's son Yang Ji, and Yin Shou's son Yin Shishi has become a general.
Faced with the sons of the two fierce enemies back then, and the reality that the Sui army was small and dispersed, Gao Monk Luo immediately suggested that Gao Yuan and Yuan Ziyou take the initiative to attack. As long as the weak and outnumbered Sui army is defeated, they can take advantage of the great victory and move north to regain the lost territory, and then occupy Liaodong, Yanjun, Liucheng, Raole, Anle and other counties.
If so, it would not only relieve Goguryeo's worries and gain a chance to breathe, but he himself could also comfort his deceased father and brother with one victory after another.
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The military god Yang Ji sent troops not simply to defeat Goguryeo and regain the Liaodong Plain and Liaodong Peninsula, but to destroy Goguryeo and wash away the shame of the year. If Yang Ji had not completed the grand strategy of annihilating Goguryeo Guo Zuo, no matter how many military exploits he had made, the result would be considered a failure. If not, he might even lose his post of minister.
Therefore, Goguryeo faced the Sui Dynasty, which "if it does not fight, it will be safe, and if it fights, it will destroy the enemy country." Goguryeo must not take any chances, and must view this war with the intention of fighting a national war. However, Gao Yuan stayed in a corner and was too petty; his mind and vision were also very narrow, and he did not understand the ambitions and appetites of big countries at all.
Gao Yuan is like this, and Yuan Ziyou, who is known as the most capable minister and commander, is no exception. Although Yuan Ziyou is extremely talented, his thinking and heart have not jumped out of the small "well" of Goguryeo. , unable to see the vast world outside.
"General Gao, the king has sent you an urgent military order." Just as the eminent monk Luo sighed, a soldier strode into the Chinese army's tent and handed him a letter.
When the eminent monk Luo opened the military order and took a look, he was overjoyed. Gao Yuan and Yuan Ziyou finally came to their senses and asked him to immediately regain Lijia Fort and push the troops to Shansong City to lay the foundation for taking Yang Ji.
He stood up excitedly and ordered to the soldiers: "Go and call General Yin."
"Yes!" The soldiers came out of the tent, and after a while, a majestic middle-aged general was invited in.
The middle-aged general Yin Wu was a nobleman of Goguryeo and also the deputy general of the eminent monk Luo. He saluted the eminent monk Luo and said: "The general will meet with the commander-in-chief at the end. I wonder what the commander-in-chief has ordered?"
"The king gave me a military order, ordering me to lead an army of 30,000 to capture Lijia Fort, and you to lead 10,000 soldiers to guard the camp. Your main mission is to prevent the Sui army from entering, and to ensure that Brother Bo Yitou (Yuan Zicheng) can calmly general The people and materials were moved to the south bank of Daliang River." The eminent monk Luo arranged the task and warned: "General Yin, the Sui army is full of tricks and schemes. Everything is based on its own mission. Without the orders of me and Brother Silk Tou, there will be no way. You can’t leave your post without permission, do you understand?”
"The general will understand!" Yin Wu solemnly responded.
After arranging the military affairs, the eminent monk Luo immediately ordered the soldiers on standby: "The army will assemble and march towards Lijiabao in half an hour!"
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Half an hour later, 30,000 Goguryeo soldiers, led by the eminent Monk Luo, left the Shicheng Mountain camp and marched toward Lijiabao in the east.
