While the players won the battle heartily, their horizons also gradually increased.
Lines of system prompts appeared in everyone's sight.
[The ultimate trial: The universe is now at peace]
【Clearance! 】
[The slice of history occupied by demons has been conquered! 】
[But the battle is not over yet. 】
[The barriers of this historical slice have been broken, and the power of the Orderer can already penetrate deep into this slice, but the demon will not hand over control of this historical slice so easily. 】
[The Fortress of the Orderer has been successfully connected to the historical slice. 】
[Resist the demon attack and clear out all the demons in this historical slice! 】
Players left the role they were playing and reappeared in this historical slice in their own image.
Many people still have some unfinished ideas.
Luo Ying was a little confused: "Is this the end? Why does this ultimate trial seem to be less difficult than the ordinary trial..."
Li Hongyun chuckled: "Be more confident and remove the word 'like'. The ultimate trial is not as difficult as the identity trial."
These players have all passed the identity trial. Whether it is the identity trial of the cavalry or the divine machine player, they think it is more difficult than the ultimate trial.
Zhao Haiping said with emotion: "However, this final trial was quite enjoyable, and the unification was completed without King Qin."
Li Hongyun admired Liang Taizong even more: "So Emperor Taizong is awesome!
"Our players travel in groups, get the future scripts in advance, and can also instigate rebellion by planting powerful moles. This has reduced the difficulty too much.
"Emperor Taizong not only has no one to cooperate, but also has many internal hindrances. In this way, he can be unified just a little slower than the players, and he has not missed the national destiny battle such as destroying the Turks. In fact, nothing has been delayed. This is amazing!”
Huo Yunying also nodded: "Well, in comparison, our process of passing the final trial is a bit simple."
Chu Ge smiled: "This is normal.
“Although the ultimate trial sounds a bit scary at first, it is 100% painful, but after all, you can experience it repeatedly in the simulated trial and find an optimal solution.
“Furthermore, in the ultimate trial, many players can play together in a group, so they can cooperate with each other and don’t have to fight alone.
"In addition, everyone who has fought all the way from the Dasheng Dynasty has experienced hundreds of battles, and their quality in all aspects is relatively comprehensive. It will naturally become easier and easier to pass the final trial.
"However, just passing the final trial is not the end. There is also the more important event of the Orderer expedition."
Everyone looked at the changes in the entire historical slice.
The city of Chang'an, which was so close at hand, disappeared, and they seemed to have crossed an unknown distance in an instant and arrived in a completely unfamiliar land.
The camera was still moving forward rapidly. Their vision crossed the boundless swamps, towering peaks, deep valleys and dense forests, and finally stopped when they looked at a city in the distance.
Everyone looked at Chu Ge in unison.
"Where is this?"
Chu Ge's face darkened: "How do I know? You really treat me as an encyclopedia!"
Obviously, it is too difficult to determine where this place is based solely on the nearby mountains and rivers.
What's more, this is still the style of ancient times. These cities may have been completely destroyed in the continuous war. Where can I get to know them?
Li Weiyi, on the other hand, looked at the city in the distance, rubbed his chin and said, "It looks... a bit like the architectural style of Goguryeo?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone suddenly realized.
Goguryeo!
Having said that, it does seem more and more similar.
Their vision had crossed a large swamp before, and this swamp was probably Liaoze.
Liaoze is actually a swamp in Liaodong region. In ancient times, the Liaodong region was not a fertile and prosperous place, especially during the Liaoze period. The swamps covered more than 200 miles, making it difficult for people and horses to pass through.
This was also an important reason why the Central Plains dynasty was unable to win in its conquests against Goguryeo.
The earliest ancestors of the Liao Kingdom lived near Liaoze. At that time, people in this area basically lived by nomadic herding, fishing and hunting, and there was little farming, precisely because this area was not suitable for farming at this time.
Of course, Goguryeo occupied a wider area, so Goguryeo had a large amount of farming systems.
Chu Ge quickly judged the mission: "Is our goal this time to assist Emperor Taizong in destroying Goguryeo?"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.
The arrangement of the battlefield here can be said to be both unexpected and reasonable.
It was unexpected because this was by no means the most difficult battle Liang Taizong fought, let alone a well-matched opponent.
In military terms, the opponent is completely pressed to the ground and rubbed. Through encirclement and reinforcements, the other party sent more than 100,000 mobile rescue forces, but they were all defeated by the Liang Dynasty army and did not pose much threat at all.
It makes sense because this was indeed a very difficult battle to fight at the time.
This difficulty does not lie in the opponent's command ability and combat bravery. In this regard, the soldiers of Goguryeo were crushed by the soldiers of the Liang Dynasty.
The difficulty lies mainly in logistical support, terrain and weather.
In terms of logistical support, the Liang Dynasty's logistical support had to pass through Liaodong, especially the Liaoze area, which was very difficult to pass. Moreover, more grain has to be transported through the Grand Canal, and this grain transportation route is more than a thousand miles away.
Of course, Liang Taizong successfully conquered several cities shortly after the war, and obtained a large amount of food supplies from these Goguryeo cities, completely defeating the enemy with food.
But the initial military rations still have to be transported by themselves.
In terms of terrain, this area is mountainous, and the Goguryeo people's technology in building mountain fortresses was unique at the time.
The siege equipment in the Liang Dynasty was not advanced enough. In many cases, if you wanted to conquer a fortified city, you could only pile up mountains of earth outside the city. However, it took a long time to build mountains of earth because of the third problem, which was the weather.
The winter in Goguryeo was very cold, and the Liang Dynasty's measures to keep warm were not adequate. Therefore, although only two thousand Liang Dynasty soldiers died in battle, a large number of their horses froze to death.
So when winter is coming, we can only withdraw our troops.
In terms of the results of the battle, Liang Taizong's personal expedition to Goguryeo cannot be considered a failure, because the result of this battle is actually: defeat Xuantu, defeat Gaimou, attack Beisha, recover Liaodong, enter Baiyan, level Wugu, and open up the frontier thousands of miles. .
The Liang Dynasty's army fought 100,000 against 150,000. They killed 40,000 Goguryeo troops at the cost of 2,000, captured 100,000, obtained 50,000 cattle and horses, captured 60,000 households and 160,000 people, and killed them. There are two generals, and 3,500 descendants of the generals and chiefs.
Pushed Goguryeo back to the south of the Yalu River, prevented Goguryeo from unifying the peninsula, eliminated all of Goguryeo's main field forces, and recovered the Liaodong Peninsula.
Why is such a result considered a failure?
Because in the eyes of Liang Taizong and Li Jing, this battle failed to destroy Goguryeo and failed to capture the king of Goguryeo to dance in Chang'an. This was obviously a failure.
It can only be said that treating the battle against Goguryeo as a failure is more like the God of War at Versailles.
Now, the players' goal is to realize God of War's Versailles.
Li Hongyun couldn't help but cheer up: "Okay, then let Bangzi teach you how to be a good person! Let them always make some kind of drama, saying that Emperor Taizong was shot out of one eye and lost his face!"
Chu Ge smiled slightly: "Haha, strictly speaking, Goguryeo and Bangzi have nothing to do with each other. It was Bangzi who forced himself to put gold on his face.
“The reason why they want to forcefully recognize Goguryeo as their father is mainly to find a theoretical basis for occupying the entire peninsula, and even covet the territorial sovereignty of Liaodong, our country.
"In fact, Goguryeo has no inheritance relationship with Goguryeo. Goguryeo was founded by the Fuyu people. After the Liang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, the Andong Protectorate was set up in its territory. Most of the wealthy households and hundreds of thousands of people were They were moved to various places in the Central Plains and have been completely integrated into the various ethnic groups in the Central Plains.
"There are still a small number of people who became the subjects of the Balhae Kingdom, and the others integrated into the Turks and Silla. Therefore, Goguryeo was actually completely annihilated in the long river of history. Its establishment and destruction had nothing to do with Bangzi, just because of the geographical proximity. , so he was forced to recognize his father by the stick and fulfill his political demands in reality."
Everyone couldn't help but be eager to give it a try: "Then how are we going to fight? Hurry up, I can't wait!"
Chu Ge thought for a while: "If we follow the historical reality of the battle to conquer Goguryeo, it would be very simple.
"First of all, in the field battle, the Goguryeo army was completely pinned to the ground and rubbed by Liang Jun.
“What we have to solve is siege warfare, how to quickly conquer the fortified city of Goguryeo under the conditions of ancient times.
"This is actually not too difficult. After all, we have divine machine players who can create various large-scale siege equipment.
“Also, Taizong actually almost captured Anshi City, but his luck was a bit outrageous.
"At that time, Liang Jun spent a lot of effort building earth mountains outside, hoping to use the earth mountains to climb the city. But halfway through the construction, the earth mountains collapsed, crushing the city wall.
"Originally, Liang Jun could have broken the city if he had swarmed up at this time, but the officials responsible for building the mountain at that time neglected their duties and were not there. Instead, the Goguryeo army rushed out of the city and occupied the mountain. Liang Jun's work was all in vain.
"As long as there was a reliable person at that time, Anshi City would have been captured.
"Of course, since it is an expedition of the Orderers, it will definitely not be that simple. I'm afraid there will be some new problems on the demon side."
As everyone was talking, they felt the whole earth begin to rumble and tremble!
Boundless black energy instantly filled the air, covering all the mountains, rivers, and cities ahead.
The power of the demon gradually spreads, and this powerful momentum is even worse than every previous battle between players and demons!
But at the same time, the Fortress of the Orderer also cut through the waves, tore the earth from Liaoze, broke out of the ground, and confronted the area occupied by the demons!
Of course, these two places are actually very far apart. Liaoze can be regarded as the starting point of the march route for Liang Taizong to lead his army to conquer Goguryeo.
In other words, the two sides will decide the outcome on this very vast land!
(End of chapter)
