Chapter 376: Pyongyang Falls
Yu Wenshu and the others were only sixty miles away from Pyongyang, and they did not know that the sailor's Lai Hu'er had already entered Pyongyang and was driven out again.
It was three days before Laihu'er entered Pyongyang.
At that time, he took advantage of the victory to pursue the city of Pyongyang, provoked and scolded the battle, and the Goguryeo soldiers went out of the city to fight. Goguryeo was defeated, and Laihu'er took advantage of the situation to chase and enter the city.
It would have been a great opportunity.
But in fact, this was just a trick of the Goguryeo people.
The Sui army invaded the outer city of Pyongyang, and the Goguryeo people seemed to have broken up, but in fact they were all separated and ambushed. The Sui army that entered the city was still chasing and killing Goguryeo soldiers at first, and after chasing for a while, they found that they could not find a complete Goguryeo army array, so they began to loot in all directions.
Originally, the soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty were soldiers in wartime and farmers in leisure, and when the soldiers had no food and salary, they had to prepare their own clothes and armor and ordnance. This extra money can only be relied on by the capture and reward obtained in battle. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the Sui army's government soldiers is still relatively high, but it is also a habit for the Sui army to like looting.
Since you have attacked the enemy capital and there is no resistance, if you don't grab it at this time, when will you stay?
The various armies plundered everywhere, and even divided the territory, regiment by battalion, and even by groups of looting along the streets. The government soldiers carried knives and guns, and rushed into those shops and houses in groups, and grabbed things when they saw them. What gold and silver are soft and soft, what money and silk women, in short, can be valuable, I will not let go.
In less than half a day, it was already a mess.
Many of the soldiers were covered with all kinds of looted things, and even wrapped many silk clothes one after another around their bodies, holding bronze utensils in their left hands, money in their right hands, and even ropes tied around their waists, and several Goguryeo women tied behind them.
Everyone was so excited that they really thought everything was fine.
Even the general of the Left Ninth Army and the marshal of the Navy Division came to protect his son, and he couldn't control the situation.
The marshal could not find the general, the general could not find the lieutenant, and an army was divided into countless groups.
The huge outer city of Pyongyang is full of looting and even arson.
Originally, Hu'er wanted to take advantage of the situation to attack the inner city and the palace, but seeing this scene, he had to say let the brothers grab it first, and when they grabbed enough, they would naturally be able to return to the team, anyway, the Goguryeo people were already turtles in the urn, so they didn't worry about them being able to run.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that although the Goguryeo people were defeated twice in Jiangxi Yuan and outside the city, and lost six or seven thousand men and horses, there were actually 80,000 Goguryeo troops in the entire Pyongyang city, and not counting the people who were hurriedly armed by the Goguryeo people during this time, as well as the family slaves of those nobles.
In fact, in the entire Goguryeo city of Pyongyang, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians who could fight.
They all hid in all corners, quietly watching the Sui army plunder, allowing the Sui army to disperse in a hurry.
The plundering of the sailor lasted for most of the day, and it was twilight, and it was not over.
The twilight was falling, and it was getting darker and darker.
At this time, the bell in the royal city rang.
With this sound of bells, one Goguryeo soldier after another slaughtered out of the twilight.
They had been preparing for a long time, but the Sui army was scattered everywhere, especially when they were covered with looted booty, and their movements were extremely inconvenient.
In the streets and alleys, in the courtyards, countless battles unfolded.
The Sui army was killed by surprise.
Many government soldiers wanted to kill back at this time, but they found themselves outnumbered, and they couldn't find their teammates around.
By the time Laihu'er found out that something was wrong, he was powerless.
The 40,000 horses that entered the city were divided and strangled by three times the Goguryeo army.
But the Sui army was as confused as a lost lamb in the twilight.
Soon.
The Sui army fled outside the city.
Goguryeo pursued all the way.
When Laihu'er fled with the defeated soldiers to the camp of the former Zhou Fashang camp in Jiangxi, Goguryeo was victorious and returned with his troops.
Laihu'er asked people to count the defeated army, 40,000 troops, and lost three-fourths in the first battle.
The 30,000 men did not escape, most were killed, and some were captured.
If it weren't for the large camp of the Zhou Fa camp, it is estimated that Laihu'er would have to be a prisoner of the Goguryeo.
After this defeat, although there were still 60,000 Zhou Fashang in Laihu'er, only 20,000 soldiers were among the 60,000 soldiers, and the remaining 40,000 were all soldiers. As a last resort, I had to pull out the camp overnight and retreat back to the beach by boat.
By the time Woo Mun-su and the others from the north arrived at the north of Pyongyang, they had already returned to the mouth of the Beijiang River, 200 miles from Pyongyang.
The Goguryeo defeated the Sui army's naval division, and only then did Eulzhi Wende arrogantly run to the Yuwenshu camp to ask for surrender.
It's just that Yu Wenshu and others don't know about these precious military information, and Luo Cheng, who is far north, doesn't know either.
Therefore, when Yu Wenshu and the others fought all the way to the city of Pyongyang, there were still 100,000 soldiers in Pyongyang City at this time, and there were no worries.
And behind Yu Wenshu and others, there are 70,000 soldiers and horses in ambush.
The Sui army missed the precious opportunity to win, if Laihu'er did not rush into Pyongyang City, but only led 100,000 troops all the way to Pyongyang City, and then besieged the city on the one hand, and divided troops to sweep the periphery of Pyongyang, and waited for the Ninth Army to converge, then the strategy of the Sui army still has a great chance to be realized.
But in the face of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to break the enemy king's capital, the general who came to protect the child couldn't hold back. He stormed Pyongyang, and then his men did not resist the urge to plunder.
Laihu'er fell into the plan to lure the enemy, and Yuwenshu also fell into the plan to lure the enemy.
So the precious opportunity was missed, Laihu'er failed to hold on to Jiangxi Yuan, he had just withdrawn to the seaside, and as a result, Yuwenshu's Eighth Army came.
Two armies, perfectly missed.
But Yu Wenshu thought that Laihu'er had just arrived yet, thinking that he still had a strong backup.
Even if the whole army only had a few days of food and grass at this time, it was still delusional about breaking through Pyongyang City in a war.
The Eighth Army rushed all the way to the city of Pyongyang, without the slightest rest, Yu Wenshu couldn't wait to order the siege of the city, he had to hurry, because the whole army only had a few days of grain and grass left.
The siege begins.
Countless soldiers and ants attached themselves to the siege city, and there was a lack of siege equipment, so they could only set up a simple ladder made temporarily, erect a trench, and erect a city wall.
It's just that Pyongyang City is, after all, the capital of the 700-year-old Goguryeo people, and it has been the capital for hundreds of years, and it is not ordinarily strong. What's more, there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in the city at this time.
After a day of siege, thousands of people were killed and wounded, and as a result, not even a single person could reach the top of the city.
The next day, the assault continued, and thousands of casualties were killed, but still failed to capture the city. It seems that no matter how strong the Sui army is, the Goguryeo defenders can cope with it.
"What about Luo Cheng, didn't he say that he was coming, what about the others, what about the people of the Fifth Army on the left?" U Wenshu scolded under the city of Pyongyang.
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