Chapter 1121: After the Destruction of the City
The twelve generals reacted quickly, and without waiting for the dust to fall, they sent part of the cavalry under their respective commands to rush to the edge of the collapsed western city wall, but the mud and gravel mounds like a hill also blocked the way of the cavalry, and had to dismount and lead the horses to cross, fortunately, at this time, the Goguryeo defenders were still in a state of panic and panic, and there was no large number of troops to come forward to block it, and the surviving Goguryeo soldiers nearby had already lost their hearts at this time, and when they saw the Sui army coming in large numbers, they turned around and ran towards the city without saying a word.
After being frightened, the Goguryeo commander Yuan Taizuo quickly regained his composure, woke up the personal soldiers and heralds around him, and left his henchman general to lead 30,000 troops to defend the city and drag the Sui army, and he led the main force of the 200,000 Goguryeo army to retreat quickly from the east city gate, and the hundreds of thousands of people couldn't care about it at all.
Yang Guang was in high spirits at this time, and at the same time of ecstasy, he watched the ruins from a distance to block the speed of the cavalry entering the city, and this delay, Goguryeo poured out part of the army to shoot with bows and arrows at the other end of the ruins, which more or less caused some casualties to the Sui army, and there was no cavalry to charge, and then in the city and the Goguryeo army in the street battle, it was indispensable to have another effort and some losses.
But immediately after that, spies came to report that the main force of the Goguryeo army fled from the East City Gate, and Yang Guang immediately ordered Wang Gongren to lead 150,000 cavalry to chase the Goguryeo army, while the infantry stayed to completely capture Liaodong City.
"Your Majesty! In the next war with the Goguryeo army, Liaodong City will become the stronghold of our army, as long as Liaodong City is held, our army will be invincible, retreat and defend, and have no worries about attacking. Pei Shiju stood behind Yang Guang and suddenly bowed down and said.
"That's right, I have always planned like this, but it's a pity that the twelve generals are incompetent, and Liaodong City can't be attacked for a long time, but Wang Junlin didn't disappoint me, not only led people to fight half of the county in Annan County, but also sent people to use secret treasures to help me break the ...... Liaodong City."
Speaking of this, Yang Guang suddenly remembered something, his eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "Come on, let the team sent by Wang Junlin come to see me, and I want to praise their great achievements in person." ”
At this time, more and more Great Sui cavalry and infantry rushed into Liaodong City, crossed the catapults and ladders that were thrown on the ground and no one cared about, and began to gallop and charge. None of this can stop them from moving forward.
After Yuwen Chengdu led two thousand guards of the Son of Heaven to rush into Liaodong City first, in order not to plug the gap, he tried his best to let the Sui army send troops to the city, directly interspersed with the north and south, penetrated deep into the city, and went straight to the other two city gates. It was quickly opened, allowing the other cavalry to rush into the city quickly. As for the east, it was deliberately let go before, so that the Goguryeo people would not have the heart to fight to the death, but unexpectedly, Yuan Taizuo led the main force to escape.
At this time, there was a sea of horses and people in all directions, and the whole city was like a flood levee collapsed, and the flood spread in all directions.
These days, the soldiers of the Sui army have long been harboring a fire, coupled with the large number of people entering the city, many soldiers lost control, burning, killing and looting the Goguryeo nobles and people in the city, and so on Pei Shiju, Liu Shilong and other civil officials reported to Yang Guangyu about the situation in the city, and reported to Yang Guangyu, when Yang Guang issued an order strictly forbidden to harm the people, I don't know how many people in the city have suffered, especially those women......
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"What, the person sent by King's Landing is missing." After listening to the report of the people below, Yang Guang's face suddenly became gloomy, but he didn't say anything in the end, Pei Shiju, who had secretly formed an alliance with Wang Junlin, knew that Yang Guang's suspicion of Wang Junlin had been planted.
In Pei Shiju's opinion, Wang Junlin did something wrong, if he would sacrifice that team of people, he could leave the emperor behind, and he could deal with it however he wanted.
Yu Wenshu handed over the siege of the city to his subordinates, he stood next to the ruins, after looking at the bombed city wall, he became silent and silent, and Li Zixiong and other generals stayed in the rocky beach for a long time, the mood of the generals was not too good, taking Liaodong City was a great victory, but this was not their credit, on the contrary, it highlighted their incompetence.
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The war in Goguryeo has reached this point, and it is necessary to fight a quick battle.
Although he captured Liaodong City, the old thief Yuan Taizuo was too decisive, and he did not hesitate to cut off his tail to survive, leaving 30,000 abandoned troops and hundreds of thousands of people to be tossed by the Sui army, and he led the main force to escape in the first time.
At present, Wang Rengong led 150,000 cavalry to chase after him, and there were still more than 700,000 horses left.
But is it really good to divide the troops at the moment? Or is it really good to continue to attack Goguryeo with all its might right now?
After the division of troops, if the supply of grain and grass is not available, the Goguryeo people are very strong, and if the army has no grain and grass, it will not be far from collapse.
Yuwenshu looked up at the sky without a trace of clouds, looked at it for a long time with his hands behind his back, and finally sighed, turned over his horse, and walked towards the camp.
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Yuan Taizuo left 30,000 troops to fight to the death, so after the Sui army rushed into Liaodong City, the war was still not over.
The city wall is only the first line of defense, and this line of defense is broken, and Liaodong City also has a second and third line of defense, such as Wengcheng, such as street fighting.
A small number of Goguryeo soldiers saw the situation clearly, threw away their weapons after losing their fighting spirit, and knelt on the ground to surrender, but most of the Goguryeo army and a considerable part of the people chose not to give in, swore to resist, and lost and resisted every day.
The city was full of fires, screams, and deaths with every breath, and every scream represented the passing of a life.
Street fighting in the city continued, and the fighting was still fierce, however, for the Goguryeo defenders, the tide was over, and there was no return.
Yang Guang and many civil and military officials did not enter the city, and after the street fighting, they cleaned up the battlefield and cleaned up the remnants of the enemy, and in the next two or three days, the battle in the city would continue until all the remnants of the enemy fled or were annihilated.
The atmosphere in the imperial tent outside the city swept away the depression of many days, and tonight became harmonious.
Yang Guang decided to set up a banquet in the imperial tent to celebrate his achievements, and the war was quite unsmooth for many days, and the monarchs and ministers pressed a heavy boulder in their hearts, and at this moment tonight, the boulder in their hearts was unloaded a lot, and the monarchs and ministers breathed a sigh of relief.
The city of Liaodong is broken, it is a huge good news for the monarch and ministers, the geographical location of this city is very important, after breaking through this city, the Sui army finally grasped the strategic initiative, can advance or retreat, can go north or south.