Chapter 1114: Ambush
Quangai Suwen's Da Mo Lizhi Mansion was full of dead bodies, the blood on the ground gathered together, turning into blood pits one by one, and the guards of Quanfu had also withdrawn to the inner mansion, relying on the walls of the inner mansion to protect themselves, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that their defeat was only a matter of time before they were defeated, and now they were just dying.
If Quanfu completely falls, with Zhou Xuan's hatred for Quangai Suwen, those Quanjia who fall into their hands will definitely die miserably, but these are completely irrelevant matters of Su Dingfang, he is now looking at Gaozang who came to see him, and he is also very curious about this Goguryeo king.
"The little king of the lower country, Gaozang, see General Su!" I saw that as soon as Gao Zang saw Su Dingfang, he immediately saluted very respectfully, without the slightest hint of a king's shelf, which made Su Dingfang can't help but show a surprised expression, after all, even if he is the king of the dead country, Gao Zang's performance is indeed incredible.
However, Su Dingfang quickly thought that this Gaozang was originally just an ordinary royal family before, and was later helped to the throne by Quangai Suwen as a puppet, and he was scheming, able to bend and stretch, and he was very deferential in front of Quangai Suwen before, but as soon as Quangai Suwen left, he immediately showed his fangs, and even helped him take Pyongyang City, so this person is definitely not a simple character, and this little article on the surface is nothing at all.
Thinking of this, Su Dingfang couldn't help but be a little vigilant against Gao Zang, but on the surface, he said with a smile: "Your Highness is polite, our Emperor His Majesty has come with troops this time, and it is precisely to help you drive out Quangai Suwen, a rebel and thief, and now Quanfu is about to fall, the only regret is that Quangai Suwen has not been ambushed yet, and he still needs the cooperation of His Highness at that time!" ”
"The general's words are serious, he was not a king in the first place, but when Quan Gai Suwen rebelled and killed his uncle Rongliu Wang, and he needed a puppet, so he chose me to ascend the throne, during this time I was also oppressed by their Quan family, fortunately, the Tang Dynasty sent the general to come, so that the general could be rescued from Xia, as for this throne, I dare not ask for it again, and please ask the general to report to His Majesty the Emperor, and His Majesty will appoint a new king, so that it will be more popular!" Gaozang is very decisive, and he doesn't even plan to ask for the throne.
"Hehe, His Royal Highness's words will make Su embarrassed, after all, our generals of the Tang Dynasty have never participated in government affairs, and such a big thing is not something that a small general of mine can decide, so His Royal Highness still waits for His Majesty to come in the future, and you can tell Your Majesty these things in person!" Su Dingfang grinned again.
Seeing that the destruction of Goguryeo is now a foregone conclusion, he actually wants to get rid of the throne, so as not to be affected in the future, but Su Dingfang is not a soft-eared person, so he naturally will not easily make any promises, let alone promise him.
Gao Zang also felt that the Su Dingfang in front of him seemed to be difficult to fool, but he was not discouraged, but chatted with Su Dingfang about Goguryeo, and he wanted to ask what the Tang Dynasty planned to defeat Goguryeo, but for these, Su Dingfang naturally would not tell him, in fact, Su Dingfang only cared about the war, and he was not very clear about what happened after the war, at most, he had heard some from Li Xiu before.
After chatting for a long time, Gao Zang found that he had no way to get any useful news from Su Dingfang's mouth, which made him a little helpless, fortunately, at this time, the battle in Quanfu also came to an end, after all, the guards of Quanfu were at a disadvantage in numbers, plus Zhou Xuan and these people were eager for revenge, and the fight was not fatal at all, and as a result, the guards of Quanfu were also defeated and retreated.
However, when he saw that Quangai Suwen's family was about to become prisoners of the stairs, he suddenly saw a puff of smoke rising from Quanfu, and then the fire began to spread in the mansion, and in the blink of an eye, half of the entire Quanfu was plunged into a sea of fire.
With the fire in the house, the Goguryeo people who had entered before also escaped in embarrassment, and many soldiers still had fire on their bodies, and then they saw Zhou Xuan walking dejectedly and reporting to Su Dingfangyu: "General Qiyu, we were about to catch Quan boy, but we didn't expect him to sprinkle fire oil in the mansion in advance, and a fire ignited, causing all the family members of Quan Gai Suwen to be buried in the fire, and even some of our subordinates didn't have time to escape." ”
"I didn't expect this son of Quangai Suwen to have a bit of backbone, and he would rather die than surrender." Su Dingfang couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he heard this, but he also knew that with Zhou Xuan's hatred for the Quan family, if the Quan boy surrendered, he would probably end up with a death end, so it was better to die cleanly.
The fire of the Quan family burned for two days and two nights before it was gradually extinguished, and Su Dingfang was also going to fish out some oil and water from the Quan family, after all, his brothers followed him all the way, and he couldn't treat them badly, but a fire also made his hopes come to naught, but it doesn't matter, Pyongyang City is so big, and there are not a few Goguryeo nobles who were attached to Quangai Suwen, and there are Gao Zang and Zhou Xuan to lead the way, Su Dingfang also raided the house one by one, although most of them need to be confiscated, but a small part of the missing, It is enough to satisfy the officers and men in the army.
However, the soldiers below can be busy raiding their homes and making a fortune, but Su Dingfang can't, and when he reaches his position, he is not very interested in general money, the only thing that interests him is military merits, although the capture of Pyongyang City is a great achievement, but it does not satisfy his ambitions.
"Keep the promise, do you think Quangai Suwen will really retreat to Pyongyang City?" In a mansion in Pyongyang City, Su Dingfang looked at the map on the table and asked Pei Xingjian, who was standing next to him, they are not only teachers and students, but also a good pair, especially Pei Xingjian is not only good at government affairs, but also a very qualified staff officer, if he is willing to serve as a military general, as long as he has been honed for several years, he should also be able to become an excellent military general.
"If I were him, I would definitely give up Bogoukou, and then rush to Pyongyang day and night, and then fight with the defenders of Pyongyang inside and outside, defeat us first, and then rely on the walls of Pyongyang to defend it, which is also his last hope to keep Goguryeo."
I saw that when Pei Xingjian said this, he paused and then said: "But I'm afraid he would never have dreamed that Pyongyang City would be defeated by our cavalry, so Quangai Suwen must not know the news that Pyongyang has changed hands, we can also take advantage of this, if we can introduce Quangai Suwen into the city, it would be better." ”
"It is estimated that it is unlikely that he wants to introduce Quan Gai Suwen into Pyongyang City, because according to the information I heard, Quan Gai Suwen is very cautious, especially about his own safety, and even before eating, there are special people to try dishes for him, even if he leads the troops back to Pyongyang, but if he can't see Quan boy, he will definitely be suspicious, and he will definitely not enter the city easily." Su Dingfang shook his head when he heard Pei Xingjian's words.
"Then if this is the case, they will simply attack Quangai Suwen's army, they came from Bogoukou from afar, and they must be in a hurry to enter Pyongyang City to rest, but when they suddenly find that Pyongyang City has changed to the banner of our Datang, morale must be greatly damaged, and then Mr. Shi will lead the main cavalry force to kill from the flank, and they will definitely be able to defeat Quangai Suwen!" Pei Xingjian put forward a very bold idea at this time.
The reason why Pei Xingjian's idea is bold is because Su Dingfang has a total of only 10,000 cavalry, and after occupying Pyongyang City, at least 3,000 people must be left to defend the city, so that the troops that can be used are only about 7,000 people, and in contrast, Quangai Suwen has more than 50,000 troops, and the gap between the two sides is more than seven times, even if the Tang army has strong combat effectiveness and cavalry also occupies an advantage, but it is still a great risk to take the initiative to attack out of the city.
However, Su Dingfang was a bold general, at the beginning, he led hundreds of people to dare to attack Jieli's tooth tent, led thousands of people to dare to go deep into Goguryeo to burn the opponent's grain team, this time he only led 10,000 people to kill the city of Pyongyang, this kind of courage is very rare even among military generals.
I saw that Su Dingfang also pondered for a moment after listening to Pei Xingjian's suggestion, and then nodded in agreement: "That's it, send more spies during this time, pay attention to the news in the direction of Bogoukou, if Quangai Suwen really leads the troops to come, I will ambush outside the city in advance, and you will preside over the overall situation in the city, and then Quangai Suwen will definitely be defeated!" ”
Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian's judgment was very accurate, just a few hundred miles west of Pyongyang, Quangai Suwen led an army of 50,000 and was desperately rushing towards Pyongyang City, but Quangai Suwen in the army kept frowning, because he was also gambling, betting that Su Dingfang's cavalry could not defeat Pyongyang City, and at the same time, he was also betting that Su Dingfang did not know that he was short of supplies, so he couldn't guess that he would suddenly kill back, so that he could defeat this Tang cavalry in one fell swoop.
However, what Quan Gai Suwen never expected was that he lost the bet completely this time, Su Dingfang not only guessed that he was going to kill back, but also set up an ambush in Pyongyang City, waiting for his arrival.
In the rear of Quangai Suwen's army, there was also a cavalry desperately chasing, this cavalry was the Tang cavalry led by Li Daozong, Li Shimin since he knew that Quangai Suwen had escaped, he immediately ordered Li Daozong to lead a cavalry of 10,000 people to chase after him, because he was worried that Su Dingfang would not be able to stop Quangai Suwen's army of 50,000.
However, although Li Daozong's cavalry was fast, Quangai Suwen left two days early, and it was day and night, so he couldn't catch up for a while, and behind Li Daozong, it was the main force led by Li Shimin, who was also desperately rushing to Pyongyang City.