Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Brave Advance
In the blink of an eye, it's almost April.
Seven days ago, the news of the Han army's large-scale entry into Goguryeo came to Muzha City, the capital of Buyeo State, from the south. Wei Qiutai had read a lot of Han books, and knew that the Han people had a false way to destroy Yu, and in his opinion, the great Sima of the Han Dynasty who controlled the government had an old enmity with Goguryeo, and had no new hatred with Buyeo.
"This may not be that the Han Dynasty really wants to crusade against me for Goguryeo, let's send someone to pass the book to the Han Dynasty first, there is no need to start a war, we are willing to negotiate peace with the Han Dynasty."
Wei Qiutai said so and did so, but the letter of state was not sent to Han at all. Just arrived at the border of Xuanwu County, the envoys of the Fuyu Kingdom, who had crossed the mountain range, looked at the Han army camp under the mountain, and fled back to Muzha City to inform the king of the news of Qiutai.
However, the letter rider on the border was faster than him, and the day after Wei Qiutai issued a peace letter, the envoy had just set off, and the Han Dynasty's Xuanwu Taishou Tian Chou had already sent someone to send the letter of state to Muzha City - Han declared war on Buyeo at the invitation of Goguryeo!
When the Fuyu Emperor heard the declaration of war, he fainted in a hurry, and the palace was in chaos.
All the palaces have always looked impermeable, but in fact they were full of holes, and rumors flew out of the palace like wings and roamed around Muzha City. There are even rumors that their king was frightened to death by the Han Dynasty's declaration of war, and the ministers of the national capital were only secret...... In just three days, the residents of Muzha City scattered and fled to nearly 2,000 households, and Wei Qiutai, who was so anxious that he was on the sickbed, issued several royal orders in succession, so that the gate of Muzha City was closed.
This was followed by the mobilization of troops and horses.
Even if his son led his troops to fight Goguryeo in the south, Buyeo still had the ability to forcibly recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Lying on the couch, Wei Qiutai told all the departments over and over again, "The border guards are still able to resist the moon, recruit soldiers and horses, defend the west and attack the south, and send people to ask Xianbei Mica for help!" ”
Wei Qiutai did not dare to be like those stupid courtiers, pinning the fortunes of the country on the Han Dynasty to only crusade. Before the Han Dynasty started the war, tens of thousands of soldiers were stationed on the border between the two countries, and such a deliberate plan was definitely not for one city or one place, and if it continued to hesitate, it would be ruined!
The bad news came faster than the soldiers and horses mobilized from all over the country, and the 7,000 national soldiers of Xuanwu County roared out of the conflict border under the leadership of Tian Chou, and pulled out four villages and twelve posts in two days and nights, directly approaching the main force of the border general Ma Jia of the Buyeo State. Behind Tian Chou, Zhang Liao, a general of Youzhou, led his 5,000 cavalry to change horses in Liaodong to quickly pass through the blockade, and took advantage of the speed of the horse army to cut off various communication arteries, and successively attacked several teams of grain and men who were preparing for the war in Fuyu.
The morale of the border defense of Buyeo Majia dropped greatly, and 6,000 soldiers fought and retreated, and in three days they fought several battles in succession, retreated to Siping Mountain, 50 miles away, and set up camp to resist the battle.
If it is the autumn and winter season, it can still set fire to the mountain, but now it is a righteous spring, the grass and trees are flourishing, and the terrain in the mountain is winding and weird, it is true that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the subordinates of Tian Chou are all new pawns recruited in Xuansu, although they have been practicing the battle formation for several years, but they are not good at field warfare, so they can only let the troops hold several main roads under the Siping Mountain to arrange the deer and thistle, so that the siege strategy.
The Han soldiers entered Fuyu, although it was said that the soldiers were noble and fast, but the current situation could only besiege and prepare for a long-term battle, and Tian Chou was not comfortable in his heart. At present, although he and Zhang Liao have nearly 20,000 troops, if they cannot quickly attack the hinterland of Buyeo and cut off the main grain route of Buyeo in the Liaoshan Mountains to the south, they will not be able to get reinforcements from Goguryeo...... If that's the case, with the strength of the two of them, they can fight against the rest of the country, although it can't be said that it is a grasshopper shaking the tree mantis arm as a car, but it is too much to take it for granted.
Zhang Liao, who had cut off the grain route to the south of the Buyeo Kingdom from the east, was also in a great hurry when he learned of this, and led 800 horsemen to gallop but was also helpless.
In the middle of the night, outside the military tent at the foot of Siping Mountain.
Zhang Liao watched the winding mountain road and the towering mountain top for a long time, and gritted his teeth to himself.
This is his first expedition under Yan Zhongqing's account, and he was defeated under this mountain?
Zhang Liao already knew what the problem was, he took the battlefield experience in the Han Dynasty, and predicted that this army would flee to the surrounding cities after finding out that it was not their opponent.
Unfortunately, he forgot that slavery was prevalent in Buyeo and that the whole army was the private property of Buyeo Majia, and when he gave an order, they did not go to find the nearest city for shelter, but fled to Siping Mountain to hold on, waiting for reinforcements.
"Wait any longer, the Buyeo reinforcements will arrive, and it will be a fierce battle." Zhang Liao tightened his clothes and armor, and walked to the tent of Tian Chou according to his knife, and his eight hundred subordinates were all standing outside the camp, "Zhang wants to go up the mountain." ”
Tian Chou's face was embarrassed, and he hurriedly persuaded: "The mountain is dangerous, how can you go up?" ”
"One and one." Zhang Liao, whose horse face was like a crescent moon, had a calm face and said, "The brave have to go ahead." ”
He was born in a state, and his ancestor Nie Yi was not far from the great achievement of the Xiongnu, and the 300,000 Han army failed to ambush the Xiongnu in Ma Yi's strategy, and Zhang Liao attributed all this to the lack of courage of the generals at that time. He had followed Lu Bu and was familiar with the courage of the dove and tiger; I also know the courage of Gao Shun to trap Chen Shi in 800 years. Therefore, his tactics are that the brave will move forward.
They believe that only the brave can win when they meet on a narrow road, which is incompatible with the self-exalted defense and righteous combat skills of the Youji army.
In the middle of the night, 800 Jizhou soldiers scattered and climbed Siping Mountain to cross the mountain road. Zhang Liao did not attack by force, but only to infiltrate the Siping Mountain camp at night...... It's just that it's much harder than storming a cottage.
The arrows flew into the forest, and after a slight sound, the patrol Fuyu fell in response, and when several soldiers were at a loss, a large number of strings broke in the forest, and dozens of feathered arrows shot them through in the blink of an eye. After a while, Zhang Liao led a team of forwards from the forest to the top of the mountain.
Behind them, hundreds of Han troops climbed up.
At the foot of the mountain, Tian Chou called up more than 6,000 soldiers under his command in the starry night, gathered outside the camp, and besieged various mountain roads under the mountain...... He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to believe that Zhang Liao was right, but after all, Zhang Liao had led his troops up the mountain to create fighters, and he could only respond or prepare for a strong attack at the bottom of the mountain.
Expecting 800 people to break through the camp is a fool's dream, even if Zhang Liao is brave, the brave can only move forward, but fail to win. The victory of the Youzhou army has never been heard of as a victory with more enemies and fewer enemies, and not as a victory with fewer enemies.
However, fate will always favor the brave most of the time, when Zhang Liao led the troops to attack the outside of the cottage, there were chaotic shouts and some firelight in the village, which made him suddenly look happy, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Buyeong, camp roar!
"Break through the camp and set fire everywhere!"