Chapter Thirty-Nine: Laying Down the Defenses of the City

Whether it is the slaughter of the city or the slaves, it is all for the next step. Although the war between Liaodong and Goguryeo ended with Goguryeo temporarily losing the city of Susheng, the confrontation between the two countries was not over. In Yan Bei's heart, everything is to put his puppet Baqi on the throne.

This Goguryeo king Bogu, who connived at his second son Yi Yinmo's invasion of Liaodong, was too ignorant, how could he continue to be the king of Goguryeo after making such a mistake?

But to be honest, if his army held the city of Susheng Bone and the mouth of the sleeping tiger, it was fine, but if it continued to attack the domestic city in the southeast, it would be weak. Because if they advance southward in the future, they must face the division of troops, whether they are in the south or in the north, they may be attacked by the Goguryeo army, and once the battle line is extended, they may be disturbed by the enemy's rear road, and they will not be able to catch it.

If the Susheng Bone City behind them on the way to the south was recaptured by Goguryeo and held the mouth of the sleeping tiger, once they were defeated, they might fall into a catastrophe from which they would never recover, which was a result that Yanbei absolutely did not want to see.

Therefore, Yanbei's strategy is to hold the Gucheng and the Sleeping Tiger's Mouth, and turn this place into the easternmost important town of Liaodong County, where the terrain is excellent, like a sharp knife, as long as there are enough troops, it can go south and drive straight into the domestic city of Goguryeo, the capital of Goguryeo, and the fastest can only be reached in ten years. Now, in the first battle of Liaodong County, except for the nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses commanded by Yi Yinmo, Goguryeo is relatively empty in the country except for the 30,000 troops in the north to resist Fuyu, which is a golden opportunity.

However, before that, Goguryeo, who lost the city of Susheng, will never give up, not to mention that some time ago, Yi Yinmo must have gathered reinforcements in the country, and at most there should be a Goguryeo army in order to recapture the city of Susheng, and he must hold the city under such circumstances, so as to further force the new king Bogu to abdicate.

The mass grave in the south of the city dug out the boss, Yanbei suffered the loss of the epidemic, and the fire outside the city burned for two days with an order, and the fire of the big pit two or three miles wide was soaring to the sky. On the road to the south of the Goguryeo royal city, tens of thousands of heads were built as a Jingguan, which was eerie and terrifying.

No matter how terrifying it is, it has nothing to do with Yanbei, and within a few days, the negative imprint left by the slaughter of the city on this fortified city has almost disappeared, leaving only those slave-like people to build city walls, granaries, and military camps at the end of the city.

The remaining twelve stone cannons and the thirty strong ballistae brought by the siege were all assembled on the city wall at the suggestion of Guo Jia. They are an unparalleled weapon for siege, and although they are not used for defending cities, they can be imagined as a deterrent to enemy forces.

Yan Bei really didn't expect the various departments to give him so much money and treasures, but this can also be imagined, they plundered all the wealth of the entire Susheng Bone City, even those who escaped from the Susheng Bone City were pursued by the Han cavalry, where could they care about the gold and silver, and they all lost their lives.

The harvest of this war is almost equal to the annual tax payment of the three counties in Youdong, and this is only the property that the city can obtain for them...... If you count the items destroyed and in the war, you can imagine that you have completely plundered a city.

Due to the extra rations of more than 10,000 prisoners, the military rations carried by the Yanbei army were stretched, even if the prisoners were given a daily soup and little water, they still needed to add some rice and grain to make efforts. What's more, the grain and grass transported from Liaodong to Susheng Bone City over a long distance brought a great burden to the baggage team...... And it's not cost-effective.

When 30,000 stones of grain and grass were delivered, only 18,000 stones remained, and nearly half of the grain was consumed on the road.

If there is a cloud in the art of war, you will eat and fight the enemy.

The grain plundered by the slaughter of the city made the grain and grass under the subordinates still sufficient, and Yanbei ordered the money offered by the subordinates to be exchanged for the grain in the hands of the soldiers. After all, it was useless for them to take the grain, in the end they still had to eat Yanbei's military rations, and the grain was too much to compare with gold and silver, although the price given by Yanbei was half lower than that of Liaodong, but the soldiers were all happy.

Liaodong corn is 200 yuan per stone, 360 yuan for polished rice, and Yanbei arranged for the grain collection in Susheng Gucheng to be 1 bucket of corn and 9 yuan, and 14 yuan of polished rice.

Even at this price, 80,000 stone of grain was still raised in just a few days, not to mention that the soldiers of various departments were still looking for it in those empty houses, and Yanbei estimated that the grain and grass collected in the end would not be less than 150,000 stone. In this way, as long as Liaodong transports another 100,000 stones, there are 200,000 stones of grain and grass, which will be enough to set up 6,000 garrisons in the Sleeping Tiger's Mouth and Susheng Bone City in the future until next autumn.

If Baqi becomes the king of Goguryeo according to Yanbei's wishes, the border between the two countries will face a long-term peace, and then 3,000 new soldiers and 3,000 old soldiers will be stationed in Susheng Gucheng and Sleeping Tiger Pass, plus 3,000 forbidden troops in Goguryeo, Goguryeo will be able to control Goguryeo between applause.

"The destruction of the western wall is not something that can be repaired in the near future, so it is better for the Dob riders and archers to hide in the mouth of the sleeping tiger...... Best, best enemy forces do not know how to attack the Western Wall. Yan Beili looked at the surrounding Goguryeo forces building the city wall under the supervision of the soldiers, shook his head secretly in his heart, raised his hand and pointed to the urn city and said: "The urn city in the west can no longer withstand the heavy blow, if there is a weapon such as a rushing car, it will collapse if it hits a few times under the city." ”

Guo Jiashen thought so, he even pulled Yanbei to prevent him from going to the direction of Wengcheng, and instead said: "General, since the west is difficult to defend, it is better to release it as bait and lead the Goguryeo soldiers to attack the west gate...... Whether in the south or in the north, it is difficult for Goguryeo to send more reinforcements than our army. ”

"Yan thought so, but he was worried, worried that reinforcements from the north and south would arrive at the same time, what should I do?" Yan Bei hammered the battlements quite worriedly, and did not use too much effort to hammer down the bricks and stones, obviously in the previous battle, this city was destroyed too much, "It's a pity that Pan Ling was injured, otherwise his subordinates are familiar with the mountains and forests, and they will ambush reinforcements in the north, and they must be able to make contributions." ”

However, even if Pan Ling was not injured, his troops and horses would not be sent out to fight against the enemy army in a short period of time. Although the identity of the mountain bandits and forest bandits in the past was not on the table, they experienced countless bloody battles in the two months after the start of the war, and a partial division made a lot of contributions. The 3,000 men were struck three times by half of the men alone, but now they have made great achievements in the siege battle, and the whole army has been reduced to 1,200 men again, and half of them are wounded.

Not to mention anything else, if this army is well replenished in the future and expanded to 3,000 people, it will be a soldier and horse under the command of Yanbei who can establish miraculous feats in the hills and woodlands!

It's reluctant to take it out and consume it.

Pan Ling can't move, but delay is inevitable. Someone came to pass the order and summoned Zhao Weisun, Tai Shici, and Sun Qing to come and see me! As Yan Bei said this, he decided to send troops out of the city, "Tell the general to dispatch the Liao battalion to garrison Sleeping Hukou, which is mountainous in the north, and Zhao Weisun led the Liyang battalion to defend and ambush the reinforcements." A horse in the south, see Tai Shici's ability! Investigate by Sun Qing in the center, go ahead! ”