The time has entered late August of the third year of Daye, and the expedition to Goguryeo, which started in late May of the third year of Daye, has lasted for more than three months. During this period of time, the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Great Sui Dynasty conquered every battle, and its advancement speed was very gratifying and astonishing. Until now, only one Liaodong city has not been recovered in the Liaodong battlefield designated by Yang Ji as the main battlefield. If this city is conquered, captured alive, or If Gao Yuan is killed in the city, then two of the three established war zones will fall into the hands of the Sui Dynasty, and the last war zone of "Sashui Binshui Plain" will not be a concern.
The offensive and defensive battle of Liaodong City has been going on for five days. The soldiers and civilians in the city suffered heavy casualties under the day and night bombardment of the Sui army's catapults. However, inspired by the many visits to the city by King Gaoyuan of Goguryeo, they resisted desperately, showing what the northern nomads did not have. Tenacity and fighting spirit.
In the early morning of the sixth day of the war, the Sui army finally launched a formal attack: the Sui army's offensive was like a wave, and ladder cars and nest cars were set up on the top of the city. In order to be promoted from slaves to subjects of the Sui Dynasty, the slave soldiers climbed up the ladders regardless of their own safety. Braving the dense rain of arrows, they fought a fierce battle with the enemy troops on the city. The exhausted Goguryeo soldiers on the city retreated continuously. The slave soldiers behind seized the opportunity and rushed to the top of the city in one go.
"Bang, bang, bang!" The ramming vehicles under the East Gate City hit the city gate one after another, struggling to knock out the big hole in the thick city gate. When the door bolt inside fell off, the Sui army, fearless of death, swarmed in through the city gate.
Pei Xingyan and Yuchi Gong took the lead. The two generals led an elite force to fight to the death with the tide of Goguryeo soldiers and occupied the Wengcheng, the south gate of Liaodong City. They did not launch an attack on the five-foot-high inner city wall. Instead, they led their troops to mount the walking horse wall and strangled the enemy soldiers on the city from behind.
At five o'clock, the Sui soldiers on the outer city wall cheered like thunder, successfully occupying the outer wall of Liaodong City, and the Wengcheng, which was three miles wide, became a new battlefield for both the enemy and ourselves.
At this moment, countless white flags waved on the top of the inner city of Goguryeo, and the Goguryeo people who could speak Chinese shouted loudly together: "Surrender, our king is willing to surrender the city, and the envoy will be here soon."
The three Sui army generals could not take down the ridiculously high inner city wall for a while. They were all overjoyed when they saw that Gao Yuan was willing to surrender the city. After they handed over military affairs to their deputy generals, they all conveyed the good news to Yang Ji and asked the commander-in-chief of the three armies to take action. decision.
Yang Ji's commander's tent was at the east gate. He already knew that the outer city had been conquered, but at this time he was worried about the five-foot-high inner city wall. When he heard the news that "Gao Yuan surrendered the city", his eyes suddenly lit up and his spirits were high. Said: "Really?"
He originally thought that the expedition to Goguryeo was five or six years earlier than in history, and that the classic fake surrender would not happen again, but he never expected that an old dog like Yuan Ziyou would do this to him. What does this mean if it doesn't give him a chance?
Pei Ju saw Yang Ji's eyes sparkling and he was in high spirits, and immediately reminded him: "Your Majesty, most of Gao Yuan's soldiers deployed in the outer city are miscellaneous soldiers. The strength in the inner city still exists. I think it is most likely a false surrender. The purpose is to induce Our army enters the city."
"Be more confident, Mr. Pei. They were just pretending to surrender in order to delay time." Yang Ji said with a smile.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.
Yang Ji almost laughed and said to everyone, "I was worried about how to attack the inner city, but they wanted to send envoys out of the city. What is this if not a God-given opportunity?"
"Next, we don't care whether Gao Yuan really surrenders or feigns surrender. As long as they open the inner city gate, our soldiers will just go in and kill them. Once they capture a city gate, then the fake surrender will become real." It’s down. It’s simple and hassle-free, why not do it?”
After hearing this, everyone was very happy and ordered to go down according to Yang Ji's arrangement.
Just as Yang Ji expected, Yuan Ziyou saw that the soldiers and civilians in the inner city were harassed by the Sui army and were trapped. If they continued to fight in this state, they would only be defeated, so they simply offered Gao Yuan a false surrender plan to let the Sui army He stopped his troops and drums so that the soldiers and civilians could get a full rest during the back-and-forth negotiations.
However, he never expected that Yang Ji was an unreasonable person.
Just as they were opening the east city gate and preparing to send out envoys, the Sui army's cavalry, who had been keeping their peace under the urn city, suddenly launched an attack and seized the city gate like crazy. Subsequent soldiers rushed in one after another and walked along the straight street. Kill towards the palace.
Yuan Ziyou was originally on guard against this move, and the reaction of the Goguryeo soldiers was not unpleasant, but this time Yang Ji used the Mo Dao Army.
The Mo Dao Army advanced step by step on the street, killing them step by step. Ordinary crossbows could not cause much damage to them. The Goguryeo Army soldiers deployed on both sides of the street could not suppress their progress at all.
Yuan Ziyou's cleverness was misled by his cleverness. This majestic city with a large number of soldiers, civilians and supplies was captured by the Sui Dynasty in one fell swoop in less than seven days.
He really had no face to face Gao Yuan. Seeing that he was unable to do anything and was helpless, he committed suicide on the city wall with a horizontal sword full of guilt and regret.
The Liaodong battlefield also officially ended with the fall of Liaodong City, which also meant that Liaodong, which had been occupied by Goguryeo for more than two hundred years, completely returned to the embrace of the Central Plains and became the land of the Central Plains dynasty again.
Yang Ji was not in a hurry to enter the city to praise his achievements. This was not because he was afraid of death, but because he was only completing the first goal of the entire campaign. If Pyongyang was not conquered, the war would not be over, and accidents might happen.
Because the battle in Liaodong City was pending, there were not many troops for Yang Lun, so Yang Lun and Zhou Fashang in the south were still in the dilemma of outnumbered troops at this time. Now that the war in Liaodong is over, he must replenish troops in the south in the shortest possible time. Let Yang and Tuesday give full play to their abilities.
However, although the Eastern Expeditionary Army won many battles, the soldiers also felt tired from long battles. Especially in today's tough battle, there were rare casualties.
When the Sui army invaded the inner city and the palace, they encountered strong resistance from the Goguryeo soldiers and civilians. In the end, the Sui army was victorious. However, the Sui army suffered casualties of more than 7,000 soldiers, and 10,000 were used as " The slave soldiers who were "cannon fodder" were basically disabled. This still has the advantage of taking advantage of the situation. If the attack is carried out step by step, more soldiers will be lost.
Finally, when everyone was gathered together, Yang Ji appointed Li Jing, the deputy general manager of the march, Li Zixiong, and Cui Hongsheng, who had little military exploits, as generals. They led a 50,000-strong army composed of Youzhou Army, Jizhou Army, and Prisoner Army to march south, and ordered the three of them to join Yang Lun's army. They converged at Sa River, with Yang Lun as the commander-in-chief of the southern army.
The remaining armies will rest in Liaodong for a period of time to regain their best combat effectiveness before heading south to join forces.
