Chapter 40: Immortal Deeds

Goguryeo reinforcements came faster than Yanbei imagined.

Since Tai Shici, Zhao Weisun, Sun Qing and others went out of the city, the city of Susheng bones was instructed by Yanbei to buy war profits from the soldiers, with gold, silver and jade ornaments, Meibao Dongzhu, and broken swords and animal skin whale glue. As long as they have it, there is nothing that Yanbei does not collect.

The value is the same, it is four to sixty percent lower than that of Liaodong, and even the money is not settled first, but only a note on the merit book for the soldiers, as for the real big money, it has to wait until Liaodong is returned to give it together with the meritorious deeds they have made in this battle.

The biggest reason for this is that Yanbei sent people to send all the soldiers and guards to lead the people to embark on the road to Liaodong except for the armor and food in the war, and the soldiers who guarded him were the three hundred Yanzhao warriors who followed him first, and loyalty was not a problem, not to mention that he knew the roots. If it weren't for that, such a large amount of wealth, in exchange for others, he really had no bottom in his heart.

What's more, the Bone City will soon fall into a war again, as the saying goes, if you can't defend the Bone City, you will already lose a lot if you lose the city, and if you lose the huge wealth that has already been included in the bag? Yan someone is really like a clown jumping off the beam!

On the other hand, some soldiers will die in the next battle, and their money, soldiers, and pensions will be given to their families by Yanbei in Liaodong. Only by letting the soldiers sit back and relax can they fight to the death. As long as the soldiers are brave in battle and have a little luck, the pension and soldiers are enough for his family to buy more than a dozen acres of thin land, supplemented by preferential treatment for military households in taxes and conscription, and there will be no problem after death.

In any case, the gains from this battle alone have already guaranteed the benefits of this crusade in terms of revenue. The capture of Susheng Gucheng had achieved the strategic goal of Yanbei before the expedition, and caused Goguryeo to lose the western barrier fortress...... Even if they could not abdicate from the throne, this battle wiped out half of the small forces of the Juli Kingdom, and within three to five years, they would not be able to go west.

In addition to bringing back the property, Yanbei also asked the escorted soldiers to bring back a message to Fu Zhi, asking Liaodong County to select three thousand young men to send them to Susheng Bone City, he had already left enough armor for them to practice here, and they began to practice as soon as they arrived.

It is estimated that they will not be able to catch up with the continued war of Goguryeo soldiers and horses to recapture the city of Susheng, and when they come, the dust will settle and they can be put into training.

The rest is nothing more than a war, nothing more than a small victory to reap the benefits, or a big victory once and for all.

It's good if it's done, but it doesn't matter much if it doesn't.

"The only regret is that I have left Yi Yinmo, if that thief is beheaded in the city of Ascending Bones, there will be no suspense about the succession of the prince Baqi!" Yan Beili shook his head slowly at the head of the city, looking at the south of the city, his face relaxed, and his eyebrows were full of the hesitation and wanton ambition of the world to accept my hand, and muttered: "Set up the monarch of the enemy country with your own hands, ha!" ”

Power is a good thing Susheng Bone City In fact, it is the hometown of Xuansu County of the four counties of the old Han Dynasty, when Zhu Meng rebelled against the Han Dynasty, at the foot of Yanbei this city was fixed, and the west launched troops to the Han Dynasty, and the war was won and lost, but at that time, no one in Xuanwu in Liaodong was not a long-planned Goguryeo opponent, even if there were mutual victories and defeats, the territory of the Han Dynasty was gnawed off in the northeast corner.

After a long time, the later emperor actually took out a piece of Liaodong County and renamed it Xuansu, acquiescing to the fact that Xuansu's hometown was obtained by Goguryeo.

The Eastern Han Dynasty's military policy and conscription turned to recruitment, the professional samurai under the elite soldier policy are superb, but the relative disadvantages are also very obvious, if the emperor is the Guangwu Emperor who rode a bull to open the country, Kunyang 3,000 rushed over 420,000 to play an indescribable record. But if it is a weak lord, he does not dare to fight, and he cannot fight against the enemy country on the border by relying only on those rule-abiding places where he is too guarded by the captains to control thousands of people.

The national fortune is an ethereal thing, the Han Dynasty to recent decades, Emperor Huan Lingdi generation is not as good as the generation, the Xianbei people on the grassland have a male lord like Tanshi Huai, every year Koubian plundered, the only counterattack of the Han Dynasty is to bury 30,000 elite soldiers...... Only a few hundred people fled back, and the terrible battle damage was in stark contrast to the time of Emperor Xiaowu, General Wei Huo.

Just like an interesting circle, if the border county is weak, it will be conquered by foreigners, and the more Kou will become, the weaker the national strength will be. If the border counties are strong, they can resist the invaders, but the full-fledged border generals will seize power from the center.

Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing is like this.

"Is the general worried about Taishi Ziyi?" Lu Yi felt that Yanbei often showed a little worry when there was no one around after sending troops and horses to the north and south, and picked an opportunity to say to Yanbei: "Captain Ziyi is brave and courageous, the general doesn't have to worry, as far as his subordinates know, Goguryeo does not have many soldiers and horses left in the southern departments, and can only fight from the domestic royal city guards...... There has been no such situation for many years, presumably they are negligent in training, and Captain Ziyi's elite cavalry field battle against them should not be a problem. ”

Yanbei is not worried about going south and waiting for the opportunity to disturb the Goguryeo reinforcements of Tai Shi Ci, most of his subordinates are strong men who are good at riding and shooting, although the school captain department is a new group, but the subordinates are all good candidates for the three counties of Youdong, about the entire army only Tai Shi Ci This captain is a newcomer, but he is not new, and he has fought many battles with Yan Bei. After passing through a forest to the south of the city of Susheng Bone is the vast field of Pingchuan, which is obviously suitable for the terrain of archers and horsemen, even if the enemy army is too strong to be defeated, and if it is delayed for a while, it can always run back with a horse.

"I'm worried about Zhao Weisun, what do you think of Zhao Weisun's ability to command the army?"

Goguryeo fought against Buyeo in the north, with tens of thousands of troops on both sides, and if Yi Yinmo called for help, they would have rushed to the city of Susheng Bone faster than reinforcements from the city in the south. The faster they came, the lower the degree of repair of the Bone City, and the more favorable the situation would be for the Goguryeo soldiers. What's more, although Zhao Weisun's Liyang battalion has performed remarkably in several battles, they are all recruits who have been in the army for less than two years after all, which is far from the huge number of veterans in the Liaodong Army!

"Haha, Zhao Weisun, the general doesn't have to worry about him, he is just decent in terms of leading troops, but if he fights against Goguryeo, Zhao Weisun definitely has no reason to lose. To tell the truth, the soldiers and horses of the third battalion of the general department of Koji, Zhao Weisun knows the Goguryeo battle array best! Lu Yi laughed, waved his hand and said, "He is an old pawn who fought with Goguryeo more than ten years ago!" ”

"Oh? He also fought against Goguryeo, more than ten years ago, when was that? Yan Bei's eyes widened in surprise, he had fought with Goguryeo more than ten years ago, and he still had such a good talent under his command, he asked, "Tell me about it." ”

"The general knows that the commander of the bridge, the general of Duliao who was the emperor of Huan was about to die in the past few years, was in office to protect the territory and the people, and successively fought with the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Goguryeo, and the first emperor did Situ and Taiwei when he was young. Zhao Weisun is his old department, and he has been in the Liyang camp for most of his life. Lu Yi shook his head and smiled: "If you understand Goguryeo, I am not as good as him, on the west bank of Liangshui, he was the first to block more than 4,000 people of Yi Yin Mo, first field battle and then into the camp, dragged to Koji to defeat another Goguryeo army, and joined forces to protect Xiangping...... By the way, he also has a few nephews, all of whom are from the Central Plains. ”

Yan Bei didn't care about this matter, and nodded heavily. If it is as Lu Yi said, there may be no need to worry about the war in the north. As long as Zhao Weisun is familiar with the tactics of warfare, even in the face of the Goguryeo soldiers who have just withdrawn from the northern battlefield, he should be able to play a role in blocking the attack. Yanbei didn't expect Zhao Weisun or Tai Shi Ci to annihilate many enemies, as long as they could delay the Susheng Bone City for another ten days, and when the western city wall was repaired and the interlaced holes in the city were blocked, the old capital of Goguryeo would be impregnable!

Not to mention anything else, I am afraid that I will not dare to let Goguryeo come to besiege the city at that time. The army of all the people in the city is the horn of the sleeping tiger's mouth...... Yanbei's siege of the city was easy to take advantage of the dark night to fill the moat out of the pontoon bridge, and even so, he lost nearly 2,000 soldiers and horses before and after.

Can Goguryeo's reinforcements still afford to die with 2,000 men?

Their families are about to be wiped out by Yi Yinmo!

"Send out the cavalry to put pressure on the domestic city, let them hand over Yi Yinmo, and make the prince Baqi the king, otherwise Yan will continue to march towards the domestic city!" Yan Bei laughed after speaking, this is a threat, but for him, even if the sky falls, it is impossible to personally lead the troops to continue to the domestic city, the distance is far and there will only increase the number of casualties, not to mention that there is not much time left for Yan Bei to continue in Goguryeo, "Don't care if they believe it or not, when their soldiers and horses are broken under the Susheng Bone City, they can't help but disagree!" ”

This is also what Guo Jia meant, rather than waiting until victory and then asking the Goguryeo people to abolish the king and hand over Yi Yinmo, it is better to throw this burden out now. Let them argue for themselves at home. Although in Guo Jia's opinion, they will most likely refuse, but when their soldiers and horses are defeated, they can no longer send reinforcements?

The domestic military and civilians were killed and wounded, and the various ministries were greatly exhausted, and this strength was inevitably reflected in the Goguryeo court...... Yi Yin Mo and Baqi are both sons, and I am afraid that all the ministers in Goguryeo will change from the main battle to the main peace.

Due to their internal friction, when they are helpless in the end, the new king Bogu and his son Yi Yinmo will definitely give up for the Goguryeo magnates.

But those things are still too early for the current situation.

More than 50 miles south of the Susheng Bone City, the Taishi Ci Department is hidden in the large farmland behind the hillside, looking at a strict and well-dressed army from a distance, the three-legged golden crow totem flutters on the land of Goguryeo, they are the most elite army in the Goguryeo Kingdom, 2,000 Guryo King Army and the 4,000 Western Army recruited by various departments, marching towards the Susheng Bone City.

Tai Shici's halberd is tied with several feet of red silk symbolizing the Han Dynasty, slowly pacing the horse and standing on the top of the mountain, the vertical halberd is facing the wind, and the ribbon flies horizontally. Behind him, the black and red banners with the inscription 'Han Du Liao General Yan' were slowly erected, and hundreds of Han Dynasty cavalry holding Han swords and Han bows and Han armor gathered more and more.

Accompanied by Tai Shici's order, dozens of horses' hooves rolled up the earth dragon like a torrent, rushing towards Goguryeo's huge military array in a passionate shout.

"Kill the general and capture the flag, the immortal merit is in the present day!"