Danfeng City, Yang Tong looked at Zhang Zhenzhou's letter, and praised loudly with joy: "I handed over the water army to Zhang Dudu, it's really right." He led his troops well, and it only took less than an hour to gather and annihilate the 10,000 naval troops of Goguryeo, and he only lost ten Hak Chong! Today, all 20,000 Turkic slaves have gone ashore, destroying the villages and towns around Pyongyang. ”

The 70,000 troops of Goguryeo Zhuhan were destroyed in their own hands, and in about a short time, Zhang Zhenzong achieved a great victory on Beishui, and the strategic goal of annihilating Goguryeo's living forces has been half completed.

There are still about 40,000 or 50,000 people in the city of Gunhan, and as long as they are dragged down, the entire territory of Goguryeo will no longer have the strength to rescue Pyongyang.

"Great!"

"As long as the Goguryeo sailors are destroyed, Zhang Dudu is completely unafraid of Goguryeo."

"Your Highness, should we do something to support Zhang Dudu from the side?" Fang Xuanling said with a smile.

Yang Tong smiled: "Xuan Ling, what do you think we should do?" ”

"Send cavalry to besiege the city of Zhuhan, besiege it without attacking it, and at the same time transfer back 5,000 naval troops to cut off the connection between the two sides of the Yalushui River! Isolate it completely, wait for Yuwen to build a large machine, and then attack Zhuhan City! Fang Xuanling said this, and said with a smile: "During this period, the slaves will be transported to attack Pyongyang City,"

"That's right!" Yang Tong said excitedly: "Goguryeo has lost the right to control the sea, we can go south at night, and the Goguryeo army in Zhuhan City doesn't know how many people we have come to help, and they are afraid of the power of my crossbow, so they don't dare to fight at all." ”

Du Ruhui also had excitement in his eyes, but he had other ideas, so he said slowly: "Your Highness, I thought that the army going south should board the ship with great fanfare under the witness of the defenders of Zhuhan City. ”

Yang Tong's eyes lit up, and he said, "Keming, do you mean to lure the defenders of Hancheng out of the city?" ”

"Yuan Taizuo fought yesterday, among the five sons, only one Yuan Gai Suwen died, and more than 30 Yuan clan disciples also died, he must be frightened now, whether it is to preserve the strength of the Yuan clan, or to consume Gao Jianwu's descendants, he will not fight again. But Eulji Wendeok is different, this person is a loyal minister of Gao Jianwu, once he sees our army going south, he is worried about Pyongyang, and he will inevitably go out of the city to reinforce. When the time comes, one person will not dare to go out of the city, but the other will have to be rescued, and the contradiction will arise on its own. Du Ruhui said with a smile: "Zhuhan City is tall and strong, it is difficult for us to conquer, but if they come out, it will be easy to deal with." ”

"Keming said it well! From today onwards, we are divided into the north and south battlefields with Yalushui as the boundary! Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda and I took the Xuanjia Army and slave soldiers south to Pyongyang. And this Gao Jianwu will be able to capture him alive for a while, it would be better if he could be captured alive. Yang Tong slapped his thigh and ordered: "Fang Xuanling! ”

"In!" Fang Xuanling hurriedly got up.

"Fang Xuanling, I appoint you as the commander of the Northern Route Army, Deng Wei, Zuo Tiancheng, Meng Zhongcai, Wei Chigong, Xue Wanche as deputy generals, Du Ruhui as the military advisor, and the whole army is at your disposal! In addition, I will leave 10,000 slave soldiers for you to use. Yang Tong glanced at everyone and said loudly: "I hope everyone will work together, those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

"Whoa!"

The crowd responded with a bang.

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The official residence of Seoul City!

Yuan Taizuo and Eulzhi Wende's eyes were bloodshot, and they looked at the map silently, and the two of them were worried about two consecutive fiascos, and the two discussed for a whole night, but they didn't think of a way to break the enemy. Because of the powerful crossbows of the Sui army, they did not dare to go out of the city easily.

"Father, big brother!" Yuangai Suwen knocked on the door, and after getting permission, he strode into the mansion and saluted, "I have sent scouts widely, and I still haven't found anything abnormal. ”

Yuan Taizuo nodded, and only after a while did he say, "Continue to stare at the Black Bone City and South Fuyu City." Do everything you can to find out the specific number of Sui troops! At the same time, Xuansu and the domestic city were strictly guarded, as long as our army waited for work, I did not believe that they could endure me. ”

"Yes!" Yuangai Suwen took the order.

The two of them had no intention of sleeping, boosting their morale on the city tower, and talked about how they teased Yang Jian and Yang Guang at the beginning, and talked about how they fought big and ate the millions of troops of the Great Sui in the past.

Until the latest movements of the Sui army came.

"Qi Yu Mo Lizhi, big brother, the Sui army has made a big move." A morale hurried to report.

"Haha!" Yuan Taizuo laughed loudly and said: "They finally realized that they couldn't plan to attack with a plan, and what they were waiting for was that the Sui army couldn't hold their breath." ”

"The Sui army can't hold its breath, this is our Goguryeo's opportunity, as long as they come to attack, we can defeat the Sui army again, and let the Sui army know that our Goguryeo is their nemesis." Yizhi Wende also laughed, he also thought that the Sui army had fallen into the rhythm of the year again, and he was confident about the next battle.

Defensive warfare has always been Goguryeo's strong point, and the city of Zhuhan was built with the water on its back, and they also specially dug a canal to introduce the water into the moat, making the city surrounded by water on all sides, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Yuan Taizuo and Yizhi Wende are confident in Zhuhan City, even if the Sui army has 200,000 or 300,000 troops to fight, they still have 60,000 troops, they can also rely on Zhuhan City to fight a war of attrition, as long as the Central Plains princes change, the Sui army will return to the court.

When the main force of the Sui Dynasty left Liaodong, Goguryeo could recruit more than 100,000 soldiers with combat experience in the country, and as long as the soldiers were in place, they could immediately climb over the mountains and attack the interior of Liaodong with surprise troops, and the Sui army would be defeated at that time.

Spilled the scout again, and then went back to the mansion to sleep.

After a sleepless night, Yuan Taizuo and Yizhi Wende also felt sleepy, and at this time, seeing that the Sui army had not moved for a long time, their hearts were also very peaceful.

But after sleeping for less than three hours, Yuan Taizuo woke up the soldiers, and the latest movements of the Sui army reached him.

The drowsy Yuan Taizuo struck a stirring spirit and said in surprise: "What? The Sui army of more than 25,000 is rushing towards the city of Zhuhan? ”

"Exactly! The Sui army was marching along the south side of the city. The soldier said.

Yuan Taizuo put on his clothes and hurried to the south of the city. I saw Etozhi Wende looking into the distance worriedly, and asked loudly: "Big brother, what happened?"

"Don't leave the branch, excuse me." Wing Wende didn't look back.

Yuan Taizuo took a closer look, gasped when he landed, and what appeared in his field of vision was thousands of sails like clouds, thousands of masts like forests, the fleet stretched for more than 100 miles, mighty, these warships were majestic and majestic, at first glance, they looked like war fortresses on the water.

Tens of thousands of Sui troops were right under his nose, and they boarded the battle one by one in an orderly manner.

With a pale face, Ezhi Wende pointed to the big ship not far away, and said, "These warships are from the south. ”

"Not good!" Yuan Taizuo's face was pale, and his face trembled: "Big brother, my Goguryeo naval army is finished... The warship was to meet the Sui army to attack the city of Pyongyang... How good is that? ”

Although the Yuan clan did not deal with the royal family, they were always able to hug each other tightly when faced with life and death, which was also the secret of the survival of the small country of Goguryeo for nearly a thousand years. Because they all know that their country is too small compared to the behemoth of the Central Plains, if it is still fighting when the enemy invades, then Goguryeo will definitely destroy the country and extinct the species, if the city of Pyongyang is lost, Goguryeo will lose its courage, and regard the Sui army as a flood beast, and therefore, even if he does not deal with Gao Jianwu again, Yuan Taizuo saw this battle, and his heart trembled.

Yuan Taizuo looked at the huge fleet that was slowly leaving, muttered for a long time, and asked, "You big brother, how long do you think Pyongyang City can hold out?" ”

Eulzhi Wende bit his miserable white lip, clenched his fists in his sleeves, looked at the fearless Sui army, and said with understanding: "It's hard to say, Pyongyang City is the first city of Goguryeo, which is more majestic than the domestic city and Zhuhan City, although there are only 30,000 soldiers in the city, there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city." And all of them are Goguryeo, in order to protect their homeland. At a critical time, the people did not have the strength to fight. Pyongyang is tall and sturdy, rich in money and food, and if the king does not hold out, it will not be a problem at all for a year and a half. ”

"A year and a half?" Yuan Taizuo nodded silently, this value is similar to what he calculated, the value is only less than not, he said slowly: "The whole city of Zhuhan City is full of soldiers, except for the families of the soldiers, there are no other people, that is to say, Pyongyang City can hold on for more time than ours." ”

"Exactly!" A hint of excitement suddenly flashed in Ezhi Wende's eyes, and he said calmly: "Although we lost the lead, we have an advantage. Because Pyongyang is the heartland of my Goguryeo, as long as the surrounding cities know about Pyongyang's predicament, they will inevitably form a division of King Qin to help, and the Sui army did not get enough supplies there, so it will not last long, and what we are thinking about now is not worrying about Pyongyang, but holding the city of Zhuhan, so as not to connect the Sui army. ”

Yuan Gai Suwen on the side suddenly shouted: "Brother Tai is really clever, the Sui army has made the strategic mistake of carelessly underestimating the enemy and going deep alone. As long as the reinforcements arrive, the Sui army on the Pyongyang side will naturally not be afraid, and the Sui army will take the road to death. ”

"The Central Plains is so fragmented, the Sui army can't afford to spend time at all, and since ancient times, siege battles have been a tragic victory in exchange for countless lives, so there is a saying that the siege is the next one, and the huge casualties are not what the Sui Dynasty can afford today." Yizhi Wende sneered: "I expected that the Sui army also understood this, so when they saw that they couldn't break through the Han City with their strength, and they were unwilling to sacrifice too many troops, they deliberately boarded the ship without fear under our noses." Their intentions are nothing more than two points: one is to disturb the morale of our army, lure our army out of the city for a decisive battle, and use the advantage of cavalry and arrows and crossbows in the field to annihilate us; Second, let us be confused and broken up because of panic. In fact, I almost fell for them, and I planned to bring in a force to rescue Pyongyang. ”

Yuan Taizuo nodded, and the two of them inspected Xicheng together. Looking into the distance, I saw that on the Phoenix Mountain not far away, one by one the big trees collapsed, and thousands of Sui troops were making siege equipment with their chests and arms exposed, and they were in full swing one by one.

The eyes of the two showed a sad look one after another, if they still felt that Zhuhan City was foolproof before, but Yuan Taizuo, who had suffered a big loss, had a little more confidence in Zhuhan City, which was high and deep, and his second and third sons were killed by big arrows eight hundred steps away.

One step at a time, eight hundred steps is eight hundred feet, the Qin crossbow during the Qin Dynasty has a range of up to eight hundred feet, and it is not surprising that the Sui army's crossbow can do this step, but for the defending side, it is definitely a nightmare, the Sui army has not attacked the city of Zhuhan for a long time, and what is waiting for is the large siege equipment that is being made.

Yuan Taizuo said solemnly: "We must not let them succeed." ”

Ezhi Wende nodded silently: "Wait until they build a certain number before acting!" Now prepare some flammable oil and then, choose a team of daredevils. ”

"Hmm!" Yuan Taizuo agreed.

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