Chapter 384: The Man with Original Sin
Gao Hui is really worthy of being a famous Korean general, and he keenly feels that the style of war has changed. War was no longer the kind of war in his head, but beyond his imagination.
The Goryeo army was quickly withdrawn in the future battle to defend the city. Gao Huizhen needs every sergeant, and the food stock in Anshi City is enough to support more than a year. According to the experience of the last time, as long as it dragged on until winter, the army of the Tang Dynasty would retreat like the army of the Great Sui.
Li Er looked at the dilapidated military village after the bombing, even though it was already yesterday. But Li Er could still smell the smell of gunpowder in the air.
It is impossible to count how many enemy soldiers were killed, and many corpses were very fragmented. There was a thigh hanging from the branch, and a crow was pecking at it. After walking a short distance, you can see dark red internal organs, or a hung of intact intestines. Li Er inadvertently stepped on a relatively intact hand, kicked it away in disgust, but unexpectedly wanted to reveal half of his face underneath.
The wreckage of the entire military village was filled with a pair of broken human bodies, and all sorts of coke or semi-coke-shaped things. Even the weapon was twisted and deformed, and there was a big knife like a twist at Li Er's feet.
"The improved gunpowder is so powerful!" Looking at the hellish battlefield ruins, Li Er, the iron-blooded emperor who waded through the river of blood and climbed over the mountain of corpses, couldn't help but show a trace of horror.
"It has been checked, and there are no prisoners in the military village. When we launched, they were assembling in a group. So the rockets worked surprisingly well, and if the enemy forces were more dispersed, the rockets wouldn't have worked so well. Yun Hao explained beside him.
"The infantry is too scattered to form a formation and cannot fight against the cavalry." Li Er himself was the commander of the peerless, and of course he knew what the scattered infantry meant to the cavalry.
"That can't be helped, as long as the infantry is in formation, it will be a target for trebuchets and rockets." Yun Hao shrugged helplessly, some things were destined to be eliminated, such as the infantry formation with a long history.
Since the beginning of the Cold Weapons War, infantry formations have gradually formed. The most typical are the Macedonian phalanx, and the infantry formation of the Great Qin Empire. There is a striking resemblance between the two, with spear-wielding infantry standing at the front of both formations.
Over the years, infantry formations have varied. Now, it seems that the curtain has come to an end.
"The siege of Anshi City, you will be in command. I want to see what the new tactics are all about. Li Er took one last look at the huge wreckage and walked back to his imperial tent. Yun Hao actually seemed to see a trace of loneliness in Li Er's back.
"Mowgli! What do you say we will do to Goryeo in the future? Standing in front of the huge map, Li Er was the Li Er who looked at the eagle again. The feeling of loneliness is only a momentary thing, and the great emperor does not need this kind of boring emotion.
"What do you say about this place in Goryeo......!" The eldest grandson Wuji pondered for a moment and said: "This land is too far away from Guanzhong, and it is too far away from Datang. In alien lands, it is not enough to suppress without garrisoning large armies. A large army can be stationed, and Goryeo is widowed and poor and needs food and salary from the imperial court. This will become a big burden on the imperial court's finances!
What about the soldiers? Long-term stationing will inevitably make people homesick, but what about short-term stationing? There's no way to get acquainted with the local situation! Minister's view, this time the army can recapture Liaodong. I, the Tang Dynasty and Goryeo, should be bounded by the water of the Yalu River. When my Datang has gained a firm foothold in Liaodong, I will further encroach.
Otherwise, we will eat Liaodong and Goryeo. There is no way to rule effectively, after all, there are many miscellaneous places in Liaodong. We Datang are not of the same language, and we need to immigrate step by step if we want to gain a firm foothold. After gaining a firm foothold, it will be able to further expand into Goryeo.
But now we Datang, what we lack most is population. Zhenguan is prosperous, Zhenguan is prosperous. But what about the population? Only a little more than 30% of the former Sui, no one! The eldest grandson Wuji was very helpless.
"Yes! No one! This great river and mountain, great territory. It is categorically difficult to rule firmly without a population, and it takes eighteen years for a qualified warrior to go from birth to adulthood. Although fertility is encouraged, it is not something that can be changed in a short period of time. Besides, Liaodong is bitterly cold, and if you want people to immigrate here, you have to be willing! Li Er sighed.
For a male lord, having neighbors is the last thing they can tolerate. Destroying the Turks and leveling Goryeo in the Western Regions will not be able to realize his ambitions in life at all. In Li Er's view, only by unifying the earth can individual values be reflected.
The Europeans and Indians have not suffered disasters now, and they really have to thank Yun Hao for not giving Li Er the knowledge of global geography.
"It's okay, we just need to lay the foundation. In the future, future generations will help us achieve our wishes! I am the Khan of the Heavens, and my descendants are naturally not idle. Those nephews of yours are all imperial dragon species, and they are all extraordinary! Li Er swept away the garbage and quickly swept away the haze. The emperor doesn't need all sorts of boring emotions!
The eldest grandson Wuji didn't speak, and his heart seemed to explode with a powder bullet.
A couple of nephews! Imperial Dragon! All extraordinary! One keyword after another shook Changsun Wuji's head "buzzing" and "buzzing". What does this mean, what kind of political signals does the boss want to reveal. Isn't the prince Li Chengqian? What is the Emperor going to do? A few nephews, could it be said that in addition to Li Tai, there are ......!
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. In all dynasties, the replacement of the crown prince will lead to a monstrous disaster. Yang Guang replaced Yang Yong in the previous dynasty, and Li Er replaced Li Jiancheng in the current dynasty. Which time didn't kill people's heads and bleed like a river, and the change of Xuanwu Gate seemed to be right in front of him, could it be said that it was going to change again?
"Mowgli! Mowgli! Li Er's call dragged the divine consciousness of the eldest grandson Wuji back to the world from the sky.
"The minister was just in a trance, and asked His Majesty to punish him." The eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly excused himself and talked to the emperor distractedly, which was definitely the rhythm of a dead person.
"It doesn't matter! I just said that your proposal is indeed the words of the old Cheng Mou Guo. The purpose of this use of troops is limited to the recapture of Liaodong. At that time, the Han Dynasty set up four counties in the Han Dynasty, and we are also famous for our divisions. This means, you talk to the courtiers. Li Er said with a smile. Obviously, Li Er's mood was not bad at this time.
"No! The minister knows! The eldest grandson Wuji knew that this was Li Er looking for a step for himself. As long as it hits the Yalu River, a vote of important ministers of the court will be on the table. On the grounds of avoiding the destruction of lives, Li Er was strongly persuaded to withdraw his troops.
What the eldest grandson Wuji has to do is to contact a large number of important ministers in advance. When Li Er needs it, hand over the appropriate recital.
The Goryeo army retreated so quickly that Yun Hao didn't even have time to repeat the tragic situation in the military village. Yun Hao can be sure that Gao Hui is really finished. Because to a certain extent, Anshi City is actually just a larger one, and there are more military villages stationed in it.
Yun Hao can easily destroy a small military fortress, and naturally he can also destroy the larger Anshi City, but it is not so easy.
It is said that Liaodong is bitter cold, but people forget that the heat of Liaodong in July is three points better than that of Guanzhong. At noon, the water of the Liao River was hot, let alone crowded the camp full of soldiers.
Yun Hao insisted on placing the military camp in an open field, and stubbornly cut down the trees within a radius of ten miles. If there is anything where the Tang army has an advantage over the Goryeo army, it is technology.
Li Daoyan worked overtime and mobilized almost all the people to rush to work. It took three months to build the railway from Pingzhou to Yingzhou. Yingzhou City, which was heavily guarded, suddenly became a distribution center for the supply of the army. Every day, as many supplies as mountains are sent to the front line from all over Datang.
The front line of Yingzhou is only more than 200 miles away from Anshi City. Such a short distance, compared to Emperor Yang of Sui's thousands of miles of transportation, I don't know how much money is left on the road.
Therefore, even things like saltpeter can carry a lot of weight from the right to the front line in Liaodong.
The saltpeter on the right is of very high quality, and the camp of the Tang army is full of copper basins for making ice. Each tent can be divided into two pots of crushed ice every day, which is already a rule. It was like a fire outside, except for the soldiers on duty, everyone else hid in the tent and bragged about the mountains.
Everyone doesn't understand why Anshi City has become a turtle in an urn. The new general, Chu Guogong, dug a deep ditch for Mao to besiege him. Do you want to wait here for winter? I heard that the winter in Liaodong can freeze to the ground.
Li Er's imperial tent was filled with ice, and the large pieces of ice exuded a cool white gas. It was like a fire outside, but it was cool inside Li Er's imperial tent.
"Your Majesty! Such a scorching heat is three points better than Guanzhong, and the Duke of Chu actually placed the army here to trap His Majesty in a difficult situation. Please also ask Your Majesty to issue an order, and the minister will lead the people of the tiger to kill into Anshi City, and take Gao Huizhen's head. "The eldest grandson Shunde was very dissatisfied with Yun Hao's leaving the emperor in this hot and dead place.
"Old grandson, if you stop a little longer, you'll die." Lao Cheng was very dissatisfied with the eldest grandson Shunde's attack on Yun Hao. How many years of old sesame and rotten grain, I can't fucking let go. If Yun Hao hadn't let you go back then, your eldest grandson's title would have been cut off a long time ago
The eldest grandson Wuji looked embarrassed, this old uncle had made another mistake. It seems that Liaodong has not given up the idea of revenge against the Yun family in his heart for a few years. This time, if something really happens, the gods can't save him.
"Yes, Your Majesty! The old minister also thought that it was very inappropriate to place the army here. His Majesty has led a large army for a long time, although Chang'an has a prince in charge of the country. But the median vacancy is still not a blessing for the country, please think twice. Gao Shilian also stood up.
Li Er listened to Gao Shilian's words, and his eyebrows moved. But still silent!
The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Gao Shilian and swallowed the words back into his stomach. This is his own uncle, when the eldest grandson's family fell, it was his uncle Gao Shilian who took him and his sister in. Treating their brothers and sisters as their own, this friendship cannot be overstated.
"What Duke Chu means, I'm afraid it's to encircle the point and send reinforcements. Surround a point in Anseong Fortress and fight the reinforcements of Goryeo. If Yuangai Suwen sends reinforcements, he will be strangled to death by us under the city of Anshi. If Goryeo did not send reinforcements, he could only sit back and watch Gao Huizhen's 150,000-strong army be wiped out. Come to think of it, now Goryeo's reinforcements must be on the way. Until you have fully seen firearms, everyone will feel that they have the power to fight. Niu Jinda pointed to the map and said.
"The minister thinks what Langya Gong said is reasonable!" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up in Gao Shilian's surprised gaze.
With the eldest grandson Wuji echoing, the number of people who stood up soon increased. Everyone knows that the eldest grandson Wuji has always represented the meaning of the emperor.
"Encircle the point and send reinforcements, and consume the living force of Goryeo. Yun Hao reported this to me, and I also thought so. The Koreans were capricious and wanted to keep Liaodong safe. They had to kill and wound their living forces in large numbers until they were powerless to resist.
Although the weather is hot now, fortunately, our army has a method of ice making that can be used. It will not let the soldiers suffer from the heat. The army continued to stay here, waiting for reinforcements from Goryeo. For the sake of Liaodong, Yuangai Suwen will definitely do his best to rescue Gao Huizhen with the elite of Goryeo. It was an uphill battle! ”
Yun Hao did not attend this high-level military meeting because he was busy digging a trench. Countless people of all ethnic groups in Liaodong who were arrested, under the coercion of whips and horizontal knives, were forced to start digging ditches.
Under the scorching sun, the backs of many people were sunburned. Large areas of skin become like snakes, and when they are torn off, they become a white film. As long as you work a little slower, the whip will fly with a whistle. They are all veterans of the whip and know how to give people the most pain. The whip of the whip will tear through the cracked skin slightly, and then leave with a puddle of blood. Only one wound remained, opening like a baby's mouth.
In addition to providing them with a large amount of water every day to prevent them from dying, it is to supply some coarse grains that the Tang people do not eat much. For these people, Yun Hao is in the heart of abuse.
At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up four counties in Liaodong, where Han people lived in units of 10,000. But today, the number of Hermes-Epitek here is far rarer than that of pandas. Where did so many Han people go? It's not that the ancestors of these barbarians have been slaughtered! Wuhu Chaohua, many Hu people are actually their ancestors.
His ancestors could be men for sheep and women for food, and today their descendants are a little abused, which is not an exaggeration! Yun Hao's attitude towards them has a strong sense of revenge. Liaodong will be left to children and grandchildren to reproduce in the future, how can we do it with these barbaric existences. Yun Hao sometimes even thinks about building a big no-man's land with Anshi City as the center. Han Chinese immigrants will live quietly here, although it is not clean but it can be quiet.
One of the quiet ways is to kill, and when a person dies, he will not speak and will not have any opinions. Digging a pit is still inside, and the coffin is an absolute luxury. As long as enough people are buried in it, the crops here will grow well enough in the future. When people eat the gifts of Mother Earth, they naturally have to give back to Mother Earth. The sacrifices of the Tang people in Liaodong were these barbarians with original sin.