The main force is distributed in small teams of about 300 cavalry, which are distributed on all official roads between various cities and Liaodong City and in places where people can pass near the official roads.
During this period, it was not like there were so many roads to take in later generations. In addition to the main official roads, there were only some small roads. Villagers on these small roads told them that it can be said that almost all roads are blocked.
Although it is impossible to eliminate more of the enemy's supply troops, hindering the enemy's scouts and communication between the two places was also a very important strategic method in ancient times, especially since there were not many outstanding senior generals in Goguryeo.
The area of Goguryeo itself was not large. Twenty thousand cavalry were spread across a land that was only about half the size of Liaoning in later generations. It was almost 80,000 square kilometers of land. It can be said that this density was already very high.
There are about seventy cavalry squads, and each cavalry squad is responsible for an average area of only 1,100 square kilometers. In other words, it is only a rectangle about 30 kilometers wide and 40 kilometers long.
This also requires removing a large number of primitive mountainous areas, cities, and many villages that no one can reach in this area.
This means that the area that each cavalry team is responsible for can travel back and forth almost every day. With such a high density, if Goguryeo does not dispatch a large number of troops to clear it up, it can be said that the scouts will not even think of contacting the front line unless he can Fly over.
Even if they were lucky enough to bypass so many cavalry and reach the front line of Liaodong City, these scouts would have to return to Pyongyang or Wugu City on the Yalu River line. This probability is almost zero.
Dozens or hundreds of scout teams were sent out continuously, but after seven or eight days they didn't come back. Yeon Gaesumun knew something was wrong.
Yeon Gaesowen's expression also became more serious than ever before, and he felt troubled.
Because these 20,000 cavalrymen... are too difficult to handle.
These are 20,000 generations of armored cavalry! Although they are not heavy cavalry in the true sense, according to the accounts of the soldiers who escaped, the horses on these cavalry were not fully protected. They were only protected by armor plates in key areas, and most areas were still unprotected.
But the knights on the horses were heavily armored cavalry, equipped with bows, arrows, long knives, etc. They even seemed to have seen the crossbows carried by the other party.
With such a force configuration, if heavy cavalry is also sent to chase, it will be impossible to catch up, but if light cavalry with faster maneuverability is sent, it will not be able to stop the opponent.
Just the arrows in the opponent's hands will cause heavy losses to the light cavalry they sent out! Although Yu Ling's performance on the front line of Silla was stable and good, Yu Ling did not hide the situation on the battlefield.
Yeon Gaesumun had seen the arrows fired by the Tang Dynasty... Those three-edged armor-piercing iron arrows were simply devastating to the light cavalry! The point is that the number of their light cavalry is much lower than that of the Tang Dynasty, because the 20,000 cavalrymen of the Tang Dynasty were transferred from Hanhai Prefecture!
That's the damn home of the Turks. At its peak, the Turks' 400,000-strong control could not defeat the Tang Dynasty, not to mention that now at least half of the Turks have become soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!
Moreover, the bows and arrows in their hands were all replaced by strong bows from the Tang Dynasty. How could they fight like this?
Yeon Gaesumun felt a sense of restraint, and the 20,000 cavalry hit them directly on the seven inches!
It's too difficult to handle. If the two sides fight head-on, does Goguryeo have any means to limit the 20,000 heavy cavalry? have! Goguryeo can now gather 20,000 heavy cavalry. The problem is that he has already felt from the opponent's actions that the opponent will not fight them at all.
But now he had to give it a try anyway.
"Come here, deliver the order." Yeon Gaesumun said loudly.
The generals in this conference room all stood up immediately.
"Order, Wugu City (Houteng City) General Hu Jin will lead 8,000 heavy cavalry and 2,000 light cavalry out of the city to destroy the enemy's heavy cavalry, but they are not allowed to pursue too far. If the pursuit approaches a hundred miles, they will be withdrawn directly." Yeon Gae Su Wenshen. He took a breath and gave the order.
No matter what, he had to give it a try, but he couldn't afford to lose these 10,000 cavalry. Therefore, he did not allow them to pursue too deep. Once the enemy quickly gathered and 20,000 heavy cavalry surrounded these 10,000 cavalry, it would be good if only one third of them could escape.
After Yeon Gaesumun gave the order, a group of cavalry quickly set off from Pyongyang and headed straight for Wugu City at an extremely fast speed.
At this moment, Li Shiji, who was far away near Liaodong City, was a little surprised to find that the impact of the 20,000 cavalry was far greater than they imagined!
In particular, the connection between the front line of Liaodong City and the rear of Goguryeo was cut off, which meant that they did not even have to rush their attack.
When the generals in these cities cannot get in touch with the rear, they will inevitably become suspicious. It is not like they have a way to deliver messages hundreds of miles away in an instant.
That's right, Qibi Heli's 20,000 cavalrymen carried a portable radio transmission device for the first time, which could generate electricity through a hand-operated generator or a foot-operated generator.
In fact, these wireless transmitting devices have modern batteries built into them. As long as they are not turned on for a long time and only maintain communication at a fixed time, they can even be used for a month on a full charge.
"Order all troops to postpone their achievements and give our enemies a little shock first." Li Shiji thought for a while and issued a brand new order.
According to Li Shiji's previous preparations, they would attack immediately when they arrived at the first line of defense in Liaodong City. They would first feint to attack Huaiyuan Town, then send a main force to bypass Xuantu City (Shenyang) from the north, and then break through Gaimou City first. (Fushun).
But now he has new ideas.
Liaodong City, as the largest military town in Liaodong, is now far larger than Xuantu City, which later became the capital of Liaoning Province.
This is especially true regardless of the city wall and the size of the assembled army.
But at this moment, Sun Daiyin, the guard of Liaodong City, looked at the Tang army under the city wall with an earthy face. The Tang army was lined up less than two hundred meters away. Liaodong City was close to the two thousand meter long city wall. The Tang army was at least lined up. More than three thousand meters!
The point is that all Tang troops wore brand-new steel armor, with Tang knives at their waists, long spears in their hands, and bows and arrows on their backs. The first two columns held large shields.
The uniform troops stood horizontally and vertically, and the armor on their bodies shone in the sun. Looking up, at the end of the line of sight, there was a sense of infinity.
The densely packed Tang troops, all wearing heavy armor, lined up neatly under Liaodong City.
As a general, it is basic to roughly estimate the number of enemies based on their formations, camps, etc., but the previous Tang army probably did not number in the tens of thousands!
At least 50,000 or more fully armed and heavily armored elites!
Sun Daiyin's scalp was numb. He didn't know how to fight this battle. The key point was that in the enemy's formation, there was a huge trebuchet and large ballistae in the same formation!
That's about it, but it's all steel armor, and there are more of them.
