Just when Yang Yichen was marching towards Baiyan and Hengshan, Xue Shixiong and Yang Shidao had also made achievements. When Yang Ji, Yin Shishi and others arrived with their troops, what they saw was just a battlefield full of corpses. Looking at Qian Shixiong When the head of the eminent monk Luo was happily delivered, Yang Ji was speechless.
This time Goguryeo dispatched 90,000 troops to attack Lijiapu, which had only 30,000 defenders. Yang Ji was worried that he could not hold it, so he hurriedly divided his troops to come for reinforcements. He asked Yang Yichen to lead the army to support Wang Xingben, and he and Yin Shishi came to support Xue Shixiong. I even wanted to meet the eminent monk Luo, who was once an enemy of Yin Shou and Yang Shuang.
Unexpectedly, the bridge that Gao Dayang worked hard to build became the wedding dress of Wang Xingben and Yang Yichen. Xue Shixiong was even more straightforward. He didn't even use reinforcements and directly led a wave of 10,000 elite cavalry towards Gao Monk Luo's Chinese army. charge.
After successfully killing the enemy general, the Goguryeo soldiers dispersed without a fight. They were all turned into powder by the Sui cavalry who were charging madly like they had eaten five stones. And he led 25,000 cavalry all the way from Shansong City in the east, but he just didn't catch up with the battle; as a result, he became a corpse collector responsible for cleaning the battlefield and washing the ground.
Yang Ji has no pursuit anymore, and it doesn't matter whether he has military merit or not; but Yin Shishi, Xue Ju, and Yu Chigong who came with him felt a little disappointed. After all, as a general, who doesn't want to gallop on the battlefield and make contributions?
However, compared with them, Hu Lujin, who had just surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, felt uncomfortable; he wanted to use this battle to show Yang Ji his loyalty, ability and value to the Sui Dynasty, but the result was that he was a fool. Can't eat.
"General Hu Lu is not afraid of not having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds." Looking at the smiling Hu Lu Jin, Yang Ji comforted him with a smile: "Goguryeo has a total of 70,000 to 80,000 elite soldiers in the 'Xiao Lia River - Daliang River' area, and the eminent monk Luo has 30,000 soldiers." After the elite soldiers were defeated by General Xue, there were still 10,000 soldiers in the Shicheng Mountain City Camp, 20,000 people in Lishan City, and some defenders in Xincheng and Guiduan, Xuantu, Yanzhou, Bianniushan and other cities. As long as General Yuan Zicheng is trapped in Lishan City, and the rest must be independent in their own affairs, like a piece of scattered sand. However, despite this, our army will definitely clear out one city after another and formally incorporate them into the rule of the Sui Dynasty."
"Yang Shidao has led 7,000 elite troops to pursue the defeated army. However, there are still 10,000 soldiers in the Shicheng Mountain Camp. There are also some defenders in the city. With the army in his hand, I am afraid it will be a bit difficult. General Hu Lu will lead his soldiers forward. Go to assist in the battle. After you complete your mission, station your troops under Lishan City and be responsible for containing Yuan Zicheng for the main army."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will definitely live up to Your Majesty's trust." Hu Lujin was overjoyed when he heard this. He was also a relatively talented general. Naturally, he knew that he would kill the eminent monk Luo in battle if he fled back to the Shicheng Mountain camp. When the news is brought back, the soldiers in the military camp will panic; it is very easy for a victorious army to deal with such an army, and it is also a good job.
He saluted and led 5,000 surrendered troops to rush westward.
"General Xue, how many soldiers did our army lose?" After arranging for Hu Lujin, Yang Ji asked Xue Shixiong, who was covered in blood.
In this battle, his elite divisions were 40,000 Liangzhou troops and 20,000 Xiaoguo troops. Seventy percent of the critical battles encountered along the way were fought by the Liangzhou troops, 30% by the Xiaoguo troops, and other miscellaneous soldiers. Some easy fights. This style of play was also an important reason why the Sui army advanced so quickly. However, the 10,000 elite troops led by Xue Shixiong this time were still from the Liangzhou Army.
Xue Shixiong bowed his hands and said with shame: "In the end, I killed more than two thousand brothers and wiped out about 16,000 enemies. At this time, I don't know what the results of General Yang Shidao's victory will be."
After hearing this number, Principal Yang, Xue Ju, Yu Chigong and other generals of the Liangzhou Army felt their hearts sink and ached; so far, the number of Sui soldiers killed and wounded in the war is about 23,000. Among them, the Liangzhou Army alone suffered a loss of nearly 10,000. Fortunately, the Xiaoguo Army was able to withstand a few battles. Otherwise, the soldiers lost by the Liangzhou Army would definitely not be like these.
Seeing that there was no one around, Xue Ju bowed to Yang Ji and said, "Your Majesty, our army had the advantage of being surprised and unprepared. In order to quickly expand this advantage and the results of the battle, the main battle armies were Liangzhou Army and Xiaoguo Army. Although the army has won great victories, our Liangzhou brothers and the Xiaoguo Army have suffered too much losses. The next step will definitely be a tough battle. "
He glanced at Yang Ji and lowered his voice: "And the rest of the armies are about to arrive. Can the future war give the Liangzhou brothers some relief?"
"Okay!" Yang Ji had no choice before. If he didn't use his elite as a sharp blade, how could he hit here quickly? Now, other armies are about to arrive at the front line of the war, and it is time for him to switch to other armies to attack the enemy.
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After pondering for a while, General Yang Jidian said: "Xue Shixiong, Yu Chigong, and the eminent monk Luo Xin were defeated. The morale of the defenders in Lishan and other cities was unstable, and their morale was shaken. Each of you led five thousand soldiers to march westward, and this area is... I leave it to you and Yang Shidao and Hu Lujin."
Except for Lishan City guarded by Yuan Zicheng, the Goguryeo army in the "Xiaoliaoshui-Daliangshui" area has been crippled in other places. Even if there are still some cities and troops, they are not enough and they can be easily defeated.
As for the battle of Liaodong City south of Daliang River, it will definitely be a big battle. It can be left to the Mozhou Army, Xi Clan Army, Jizhou Army, Youzhou Army, Prisoner Army, and Jiangbing Army who are about to arrive. If the Liangzhou Army and the Xiaoguo Army continue to fight, not only will they not appreciate it, but they will think that Yang Ji is selfish and deliberately looking after his own people.
"General, take your orders!" Xue Shixiong and Yu Chigong responded, turning around and heading towards the formation.
"Your Majesty!" At this time, Han Hong, who was in charge of counting, came over on horseback and saluted: "In this battle, our army wiped out more than 16,000 enemies. In addition, we also captured more than 10,000 horses and countless weapons and equipment. We According to General Xue’s instructions, the corpses of the Goguryeo soldiers were built in a palace, and General Xue said you liked this!”
Yang Ji was speechless, and he ordered Han Hong: "Publish this news to the villages and towns in this area, let everyone know that Goguryeo took away the Liaodong Plain from our Central Plains, and our Sui Dynasty can not only recover this land , and can destroy Goguryeo. Whoever dares to resist the rule of the Sui Dynasty in the future will be killed without mercy!"
If in the battle the year before last, Yang Ji only cut off Goguryeo's claws extending to the north and west, then this battle completely shaken Goguryeo's dominance in the Liaodong Plain; at the same time, it also unlimited the status of the Sui Dynasty. Elevate.
Although Goguryeo has not yet been destroyed, the people living in this conquered land have at least not dared to resist the Sui Dynasty.
"Here!" Han Hong responded.
"Leave this place to General Han!" Yang Ji looked at the sky and ordered to Yin Shishi and Xue Ju: "We will cross the Daliang River today and meet up with Yang Yichen."
