Chapter 1144: Retreat and Night Attack
Li Xuanba was extremely disappointed and returned with a thousand cavalry, but he failed to capture Gao Jianwu, the lord of Goguryeo. Huang Zhixuan was not very surprised by this, so he did not blame Li Xuanba, but comforted him a few words.
After packing up all the wealth that could be taken away, burning everything that could be burned, killing all those who should be killed, and arresting all those who deserved to be taken away, Wang Junlin immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops from Pyongyang.
When they heard the news that the Sui army was going to withdraw from the city of Pyongyang, the people of the city breathed a sigh of relief, and then burst into tears and thanked the heavens, and this group of murderous devils finally left.
During the two days and one night in Pyongyang, despite the strict orders given by the king, in addition to the nobles, officials, and soldiers, many innocent people still died in the city.
In short, these two days were the darkest in their lives for the subjects of Pyongyang.
Therefore, after learning the news of the retreat of the Sui army, the people of the whole city were ecstatic, they thought that such a dark life would last for a long time.
But whether they are excited, or they celebrate each other, they naturally don't dare to be too public, at least before the Sui army retreats, they don't dare to laugh, or hide at home and cover their mouths and laugh secretly, glad that this group of devils left, glad that they saved their lives, this kind of psychological state must be there.
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The army marched out, covering up the flags, and 10,000 light horsemen went out of the city quietly at dawn, because they were driving a thousand carriages carrying gold, silver and jewels, so they could not get up fast along the way.
However, instead of returning the same way, Wang Junlin left through the North City Gate and headed straight north, where there were naval warships waiting to meet them on the northern coastline of Goguryeo.
And if you go back to the south, it is very likely that you will be blocked by a large number of Goguryeo cavalry led by Yuan Taizuo.
Hearing the news, Yuan Taizuo, who led 50,000 cavalry from Liaodong City in the west, rushed to the side of the Sashui River, and could not enter an inch, and the anxious Yuan Taizuo ordered to build a pontoon bridge overnight, looking at the vast plain on the opposite bank and the faintly visible Pyongyang City, Yuan Taizuo was anxious, but he had no choice but to sigh gloomily.
"Prime Minister, there is an urgent message from Pyongyang City, Wang Junlin has looted a thousand carts of wealth, and the speed is not fast, so we still have a chance to catch up with them." A spy came from the opposite shore in a small boat and reported to Yuan Taizuo.
When Yuan Taizuo heard this, his spirits perked up, and he ordered: "Pass the order, the pontoon bridge must be erected tonight." β
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When Wang Junlin led his people to retreat north, Zhang Tiangang led his special combat team to disappear.
The task given to them by Wang Junlin was to use all means to delay the pursuers led by Yuan Taizuo.
On a grassy hill south of the Sashui River, Zhang Tiangang used a telescope to observe Yuan Taizuo's army camp.
Around him, far and near, crawled hundreds of masters of the special combat team.
Each of them was lying on their stomachs in the thick grass, covered with a withered yellow camouflage cloth, and their hats were stuck with withered branches and leaves.
"Your guess is right, the Goguryeo people would never have thought that we would attack them in turn, so although there are a lot of people, they don't have much vigilance." Zhang Tiangang said with a sneer.
Zhang Tiangang's side of a squad leader with a dark face and a pair of big ears touched a fast crossbow on his waist, pulled out the sharp dagger, licked it repeatedly with his tongue, and looked like his hands were itchy, he licked his lips and said unwillingly: "Captain, there is a Goguryeo soldier in the forest on the right who ran to the side to on the side, or I will touch him and get him over, so as to ensure that no sound will be made at all." β
This big-eared squad leader was originally a martial artist in the foundation building period of the martial arts guild, and it was really normal in the martial arts guild, and when the special combat team recruited people more than five months ago, he was attracted by the preferential treatment of the special combat team, joined the special combat team, and successfully survived the inhuman training.
Before joining the Martial Arts Guild, he wandered the rivers and lakes, had a fierce and tenacious temperament, and performed well in the training of the special brigade and became a squad leader.
Zhang Tiangang shook his head without hesitation and said: "The most important thing at the moment is to delay the main force of the Goguryeo army, what's the use of you killing someone." Besides, because we killed a person, we broke our mission, and Lao Tzu flayed you alive. β
The captain of the big-eared squad and a few next to him all showed disappointed looks, they were different from ordinary soldiers, most of them had fierce temperaments, and the harsh and inhuman training had long worn out their original morality and personality, and the internal competition and confrontation were far from enough to completely vent, and now they all wanted to do it when they had the opportunity.
Zhang Tiangang looked at them for a while, and finally said: "Let's stay until dark, attack their grain and grass according to the plan, everyone must listen to Lao Tzu's orders, if someone dares to do it without permission, Lao Tzu will personally abolish him." β
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Night, sub-hour, also known as midnight or midnight, is the first hour of the twelve. It is also the time when human sleep is the deepest.
The 50,000 cavalry of Goguryeo rushed all the way, and the grain and grass were all collected from the nearest counties, towns and villages by order of Yuan Taizuo.
With the defeat of Emperor Sui's million-strong army, Yuan Taizuo, who was already in power and opposition, is now in full swing in Goguryeo, and no one in the local officials dares to slack off, no matter how they loot, they have gathered enough grain and grass and sent it on time and on time.
All this grain and grass were concentrated on the west side of the camp.
And at this moment, the camp where the grain and grass were placed ushered in a group of ghostly uninvited guests.
I have to say that although the team of the Goguryeo army escorting grain and grass did not have much vigilance, the basic sentinels were still dispatched, and even the peripheral sentinels were arranged in two layers, and there were mobile sentinels in the camp, and the camp layout was also very reasonable, the grain and grass were in the middle, and the camping tents of the army guarding the grain and grass were surrounded by the periphery.
However, all this is nothing in front of this group of special combat personnel who are no longer in the category of ordinary fighters.
In the two layers of the outer cordon, a total of seventy-three sentries were silently covered and their throats were cut, without making the slightest sound. In the end, there were not many special operations teams who infiltrated the camp, only twenty-one. However, these twenty-one people are the twenty-one people who are the most outstanding in the special combat team's light skill night walk, they are all wearing special night suits, which will not reflect in the slightest under the moonlight, and each of them has a backpack that contains the key items they have to complete the mission.
Soon, all the Goguryeo mobile sentinels had died silently, and twenty-one people successfully infiltrated the middle of the camp where the grain and grass were stacked, quickly opened the backpack, took out the fuel bag from it, and then poured it on more than 100 grain and grass trucks in turn. Each person placed a powder bag in a place where the fire would not burn for a while.
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PS: Sorry, there is still only one change todayββββ