Chapter 159: Outwitting the Golden Mountain
Not long after the white belly of the fish was revealed in the east, a round of red sun jumped out.
Jinshan City, under the red sun, also began to wake up from its slumber, and pedestrians began to come and go on the streets, although since the Sui people attacked Liaodong for the third time, the cities in Liaodong have given orders, so the residents outside the city have to move into the city. The people of the old city could no longer go out of the city at will.
But I heard that now the emperor of the Sui Dynasty has retreated with his army, and the Yuan Dashuai led 100,000 men out of the city seven days ago to pursue him. The people in the city thought that since the Sui army had retreated again, it must have been the same defeat as the last time. In addition, with the god of war Rongliu King of Liaodong City, and their northeast Yuan Marshal simulcast joint attack, then maybe it will be another big victory like Sashui.
After the army had been gone for seven days, the remaining generals no longer strictly ordered the inhabitants of the city not to leave the city, and although the city gates were closed early in the morning and evening, the city gates would be opened every morning and afternoon, and the hunters and spine men would go up the mountain to hunt and cut wood, and the fishermen would go into the water to fish. After all, it has been two months since the city was locked up, and the soldiers and civilians in this city are like two months in prison, and everyone is a little tired of it.
Even if many residents do not go out of the city to hunt, collect firewood, and fish, there are also many young people in the city who rush to the city gate in groups of three or five, breathing in the fresh air while enjoying the autumn scenery, which is as lively as going out in the spring.
The soldiers who stayed behind at the head of the city were also lazily enjoying the warm autumn sun one by one. It is rainy after autumn in Liaodong, and every time the sun comes out, it is very rare. A soldier led a few men past the city, and while inspecting the guards at the head of the city, he stretched his waist and yawned, the sun was shining on the leather armor, and the people who were roasted in a short time were a little drowsy.
When he twisted his neck and wanted to move his body, he suddenly found that in the distance, a black line suddenly appeared from under the mountain. Years of experience suddenly told him that this was a large group of soldiers and horses.
It was too far away, and I didn't know which way the soldiers and horses came, so the head of the soldier hurriedly kicked the Liao soldiers who were still basking in the sun.
"Hurry up, a large group of men and horses are approaching, close the city gates, and prepare to defend me, go and inform the last guest," said the soldier, and hurriedly ran towards the city.
When the last man who stayed behind ran up to the city with his people, he saw that the black line in the distance had turned into a large piece of black, and it was getting bigger and bigger.
"It seems that there are tens of thousands," said one of the guards, salivaing.
The guard raised his hand to block the curtain, looked into the distance, and said solemnly after a while, "No, that's not tens of thousands, but more than 100,000 people, and even 200,000 people." ”
As soon as the last guest's words fell, all the guards were taken aback, 200,000 people? If it is really 200,000 people, it must be that the Sui army is coming, and when the commander of his own family went out with his men and horses, it was only 80,000 people, and he still went to fight, no matter how small the casualties were, they would only fight less and less, and it was impossible to fight more and more, and suddenly it became more than 200,000 people.
When I thought that it was the Sui army that came, those soldiers were all pale, and when Yuan Taizuo sent out the troops, he took away the elites of the cities, leaving behind some bold soldiers who were old, weak and disabled, and the remaining army in Jinshan City was only a thousand-man team. Even if the men of the whole city are urgently recruited to go to the city now, it will be useless in the face of the 200,000 Sui army.
"Close the city gate, close the city gate, beat the drums, all the people go to the city wall, and then immediately recruit the strong men in the city to defend the city" Then the guest is also an officer who has followed Yuan Taizuo to fight in Liaodong for many years, although he feels that it is useless to do anything again, but he still issues orders one by one. …,
At this time, the people who went out of the city also saw the arrival of the army, and they rushed to the city in a panic, and under this hug, they blocked the city gate, and for a long time, the people who rushed back to the city blocked the city gate to death, and the outside could not enter, and the defenders in the city could not close the door.
When the guest saw this, he was furious, and ordered several people to be killed, and the people were frightened, and one by one, under the supervision of the defenders, they lined up outside the city gates, and before the army arrived, they were finally all back into the city.
The army in the distance stopped a few miles from the city, and from it galloped out a cavalry of about a few hundred men, heading straight for Jinshan City. The last general who defended the city just stood at the head of the city with a pale face, and the two sides trembled.
When the cavalry entered, the man suddenly couldn't believe his eyes, because he saw that the men and horses were not the Sui army, but the soldiers and horses of his own Yuan Marshal who had only left for five days. The first to ride was the uncle of Yuan Dashuai, the city lord of Jinshan City.
After wiping his eyes a few times, he found that it was indeed not his dazzle, nor was it his dream, but indeed it was his own city lord Yuan Gaitong. Seeing that Yuan Gaitong was about to go to the city, he didn't care to ask why there were so many soldiers and horses behind, so he turned his head and kicked at the guards beside him.
"Do you have eyes on the tip of your head? I didn't see the city lord come back, so hurry up and open the city to greet him."
The soldier was kicked, and he was not half annoyed, but he hurriedly beckoned a few more people to hurry down to the city and open the city gate to welcome the city lord.
As soon as the city gate was opened, the cavalry of about three or four hundred people had already arrived in front of the city gate under the leadership of Yuan Gaitong, and without stopping for half a minute, they directly rushed into the city with people. As soon as he entered the city, he had just stopped, and the last guest who stayed behind hurriedly greeted him with a group of nobles and officers in the city.
"Welcoming the Lord Back to the City"
Yuan Gaitong only had a dark face, but did not see their greeting, and pointed to the guest and said, "You, immediately gather all the soldiers and nobles in the city, go out of the city for five miles, and go to meet the marshal." ”
The last guest nodded hurriedly, and finally asked in a low voice, "Then the people outside the city seem to be nearly 200,000?" But the marshal won a great battle and captured many Sui troops? ”
Yuan Gaitong's old face darkened a little more, and he just wanted to be angry, but he looked back at a small soldier dressed as a personal soldier next to him, and finally endured it again, "That's right, this time we ambushed the Sui army in the Liao River, and defeated the Sui army in a big battle, not only annihilating nearly 100,000 Sui troops, but also capturing nearly 100,000 people. This is the last great victory ever made, and the king of Rongliu is now in the midst of the army, so go and gather the people of the city and go to meet them. ”
The guest did not have the slightest suspicion, and sent his soldiers to inform all the people in the city that the soldiers had rushed to meet the marshal and the prince. Jinshan City is a big city, there were nearly 20,000 permanent residents in the city, this time the Sui army came to attack, and ordered all the nearby residents to be moved into the city, at this time there were nearly 40,000 people in the city, when the population was large.
It took a long time for the guest to inform the whole city with a large number of people, and it took him half a day to gather tens of thousands of people outside the city, and rush to the army several miles away like a market.
When the men left the city, the men and horses of Yuangatong did not follow back to the army. A small soldier who had been riding a horse next to him suddenly spoke, "General Yuan knows Shi Shi Naijunjie, don't worry, as long as you do what our marshal tells you to do, our marshal will definitely not embarrass you, and his promise will be fulfilled." ”
After speaking, he turned his head to the cavalry dressed as hundreds of Liao soldiers behind him and said, "Brothers of the reconnaissance group, enter the city, take over the four city gates, the warehouses in the city, and send a team of men and horses to search the city to see if there are any people who have not left the city." If there is resistance, there will be no forgiveness for killing, the head of the regiment strictly ordered, everyone is not allowed to loot without permission after entering the city, and if there is a violation of the order, behead the public. ”…,
The cavalry roared and divided into four battalions, except for the men and horses of the regimental headquarters who remained with the regimental commander, and the other four battalions were separated according to the company and platoon to take over the whole city.
The regiment commander was none other than Daniel Zhang, the head of the reconnaissance regiment directly under the Northeast Army Command. After Yuan Taizuo surrendered, Chen Kefu ordered the whole army to set off with all the prisoners and go straight to Jinshan after resting for the night.
After carefully interrogating the soldiers of Goguryeo, Chen Kefu and others also roughly knew the situation in the cities northeast of Goguryeo. At this time, the entire northeast has completely become an empty area, and Chen Kefu will certainly not forget their purpose this time.
Ambushing and annihilating Yuan Taizuo's soldiers and horses was only the first purpose of this expedition, and it was their ultimate goal to capture the three mountain cities of Fuyu City, Gaimu City, and Jinshan, and to collect all the grain, grass, equipment, and population and livestock in each city.
After carefully gathering the situation of the cities in the northeast of Liaodong, Chen Kefu made a decision and did not return to Liaodong City first, but went directly north to Jinshan City near Jinshan Canyon. After two days of marching, the army finally arrived outside Jinshan City in the morning, for this mountain city that was only guarded by a thousand old and weak soldiers.
Chen Kefu didn't even have the idea of sending troops to attack, and directly told Yuan Gaitong that if he wanted the Sui army to exchange prisoners of war with Goguryeo and ensure the lives of the children of the Yuan clan, he had to help the Sui army take Liaodong City. If you don't want to, then first take all the children of the Yuan clan, including the Yuan Taizuo sacrifice flag.
Yuangai Copper has already fallen, and there is no way out at this time, anyway, he just refuses to agree, and there will be other generals who agree, even if all the captives really don't agree. With the more than 1,000 old and weak soldiers in Jinshan City, they couldn't stop the 100,000 army after the great victory.
With his consent, things became very simple, the army stopped a few miles outside Jinshan City, and asked the people of the reconnaissance group to take Yuangai Tong to the city, and ordered everyone in the city to go outside the city to meet the army. Next, he can easily take Jinshan City without even losing a single soldier.
Monthly passes, brothers, ......,