Chapter 526: Skillful Capture of the Black Bone City (1)
Beisha City, also known as Bi Hao City, was built in the last years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is located on the ridge of the south peak of the Great Black Mountain by the Yalu River, the peripheral stone wall is constructed with the mountain, stretches for about five kilometers, the great shore is strangely handsome, it is magnificent, the canyon in the city is meandering, the cliffs and cliffs around the outside of the city, camped in the city, can be attacked, retreat can be defended, it is the military town of Goguryeo, there were originally more than 5,000 soldiers stationed there, since Zhenguan 19 years for the Tang Dynasty general Yun Guogong Zhang Liang broke down, the city has fallen, to Zhenguan 21 years still has not restored the old appearance, There were few residents in the city, and the garrison was only more than 1,000 people, and when the Tang army Li Daliang's unit arrived in the city, there was not even a trace of resistance in the city, and even the army and the people ran away, and the Tang army, which could not catch up, could only be stationed in the empty Beisha City. (.. com)
Beisha City is really beautiful, surrounded by mountains and rivers, beautiful mountains and rivers, infinite scenery, so that people will unconsciously indulge in it when they see it, but Li Daliang, who is standing at the head of the city, seems to be in no mood to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of him, a pair of longevity eyebrows are tightly wrinkled into a Sichuan character, the wrinkles on the face are as deep as the Yalu River under the mountain, although there is no long sigh, but the sorrow on the body can be smelled from afar, and a group of relatives and guards are interested in avoiding it far away, and no one dares to step forward to disturb Li Daliang's contemplation, so as not to be bored with himself.
Li Daliang's worries are not the sentimental sorrows of the poet, nor the disease-free moaning of the new words, but the real worry about the current war situation - since he came to Beisha City, it has been more than half a month, and it will be July when he sees the sky, seeing that the deadline given by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is coming, but Li Daliang is still at a loss as to how to conquer the Black Bone City, coupled with the separation of Guanshan, he does not know what the war between the southern and northern fronts has become, and how can he not be worried in his heart.
The war is actually not a war, but logistics, as a veteran of the battlefield, Li Daliang knows it in his heart - over the years, the Tang Dynasty has used troops to foreign countries again and again, although most of them ended in victory, but the loss of grain and cotton is amazing, the treasury has long been much worse than before, and the grain is not sufficient, it can be said that this time the use of troops in Goguryeo is actually not too good time, in Li Daliang's view, if it were not for His Majesty's insistence, this battle should have been postponed for a few years, but now that it has begun, It can only be a quick battle, otherwise, I am afraid that I will repeat the mistakes of the first two expeditions, and besides, although Li Daliang has been an official abroad for a long time, after all, he is in a high position, and he still knows how much about those dark things in the court, and he knows that the current court situation looks calm, but in fact, the waves are turbulent underneath, and His Majesty is seriously ill, once the chaos starts, I am afraid that it will be out of control.
Blackbone City, damn Blackbone City! Li Daliang immediately had a headache when he thought of the Black Bone City that stood between his army and the prince's headquarters - the Black Bone City was built in 34 BC, and its history is much older than that of Beisha City, and it is far more precipitous than Beisha City - Wugu City is located near present-day Dandong, and the city uses the cliffs of the left and right mountains as walls, and the low recesses of the mountains are built with wedge-shaped stone blocks. The south and west entrances used earth and stone to build a tall city wall. The city has an outer city and an inner city, the outer city is built along the ridge section by section, it is oval, the circumference is nearly 16 kilometers, although there are only more than 10,000 defenders in the city, but if you want to break through this city head-on, there are no 200,000 or 300,000 strong troops, that is something that you don't have to think about, and now Li Daliang now has only 50,000 soldiers and horses, among which there are 15,000 sailors who have not been specially trained for siege warfare, how can you break this strong city? What bothered Li Daliang even more was that before he set out on the expedition, Li Zhen's tips clearly limited the time for attacking the city, requiring that it should not be earlier than June 23, and the day of breaking the city should not be later than the third day of July.
"Liang Gong, are you looking at the scenery again? Hehe, if you can't find anyone in the barracks, you know that you are here again to hang on the ancients. Just when Li Daliang was full of sorrow, there was a burst of hearty laughter behind him, which immediately woke Li Daliang up, turned around, and found that the people who came were his two deputies, and the laughing was the right guard general Chang He, and the joke was that the naval army was the governor of Zuo Nan, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, shook his head, but didn't say anything more.
Zuo Yan is a Confucian general, he is more reserved, at this time, seeing Li Daliang smiling bitterly, he didn't rush to say anything, just smiled and said nothing, but Chang He was a rough man, and he couldn't hold back his words in his heart. Don't panic, there are guests coming. ”
"Huh?" Hearing Chang He's brainless words, Li Daliang couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at Zuo and Chang suspiciously.
"Hehe, Liang Gong doesn't know, there was a person who claimed to be sent by His Royal Highness the Prince, and came to assist us in the battle, we don't know the authenticity, but listening to his words and there is a token that can be corroborated with Liang Gong, I am in a hurry to see Liang Gong." Seeing that Li Daliang was puzzled, Zuo Yan hurriedly smiled and explained.
"Is there such a thing? How do you not know? When Li Daliang heard this, not only was he not excited, but he was even more confused, frowned and thought about it: "Let's go, take a look." As soon as the words fell, regardless of how Zuo and Chang reacted, they buried their heads and walked down the city wall and rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army in the city......
"Who are you?" In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Daliang, who was sitting at the top of the tent, sat upright with a solemn face, coldly glanced at a middle-aged man who was escorted into the tent by two sergeants, and asked calmly.
"General Li, surnamed Jin, ranked ninth, without a proper name, the general can call the small Jin Jiu." The middle-aged man was not frightened by the presence of two soldiers with horizontal knives behind him, nor did he flinch because of Li Daliang's majesty, and bowed respectfully but not humbly in reply.
"Jin Jiu?" As soon as Li Daliang heard this name, he knew that this was definitely not this person's real name, but he didn't bother to ask carefully, just frowned and repeated, then gave up, and then asked: "You said that it was sent by His Royal Highness the Prince, is there any evidence?" ”
"Yes." Jin Jiu nodded, reached into his arms, carefully took out a small package, carefully untied the rope on the package, and took out half of the small wooden card, but he did not mean to hand it over immediately, but held it tightly with both hands, bowed and said: "Before coming down, His Royal Highness had an explanation, General Li must have the other half of the wooden card in his hand as a certificate, and I beg the general to show it." ”
"Huh?" Li Daliang was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had given him a token, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, and looked at the mutilated wooden card in Jin Jiu's hand suspiciously, and his heart suddenly moved, and he didn't speak, and strode into the back tent. 6
Li Daliang went in quickly, and came out slowly, only a few breaths, he turned out of the back tent with a bag in his hand, and he was not in a hurry to tear open the bag, but respectfully put the bag in the center of the copy, bowed down and made a big salute, then walked back to sit down, took out a small knife, picked up the thread of the bag, and revealed the things inside - a small note full of words, and then there was a small wooden card, which looked similar to the half of the piece held in Jin Jiu's hand.
Li Daliang took a closer look at the note, let out a long breath, took the small wooden card that had been resting on the copywriting in his hand, half-held it, nodded to Jin Jiu and said, "Jin Jiu, the token you said is this thing?" ”
Jin Jiu glanced at the half of the small wooden card in Li Daliang's hand, and did not speak, but lowered his head, held the small wooden card in his hand with both hands, and raised it high above his head.
"Hand it over." Li Daliang sighed, and the sergeant standing behind Jin Jiu took the small wooden card in Jin Jiu's hand, held it in both hands and handed it to Li Daliang.
"Mr. Jin has worked hard, I don't know what arrangements His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has?" Li Daliang put a pair of two broken small wooden cards, and immediately found that these two small wooden cards were originally one, and under a pair, they were extremely tight, and he already believed in the identity of Jin Jiu in his heart, and he was immediately polite between his words.
"Don't dare." Jin Jiu saw that Li Daliang was so polite, and he didn't pretend because of this, and still saluted very respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has explained, this matter is important, the law is not passed on to the six ears, and I can only say that I can listen to the general alone." ”
"This ......" Li Daliang looked at the two generals Zuo and Chang in embarrassment, it was really not good to say anything to drive away the guests, but the two of Zuo and Chang were interested, knowing that this matter was specially confessed by the prince Li Zhen, so he didn't think so, but he didn't dare to say more, they got up and saluted Li Daliang, and then they immediately withdrew from the big tent of the Chinese army, and the two sergeants who escorted Jin Jiu into the tent saw this, and they didn't dare to stay, and they followed Zuo and Chang side by side and retreated, leaving only Jin Jiu and Li Daliang alone in the tent.
"Hey, Brother Zuo, take a look, what kind of name is this? Fight a war, fight a war, what is the use of all these chattering demon moths, we have often fought a lifetime of battles, I have never seen any battle array, I have never seen such a toss. Chang He is a rough man, he didn't dare to talk nonsense in front of Li Daliang before, but as soon as he got out of the Chinese army's big tent, he immediately muttered dissatisfied.
Zuo Nan is the commander of the navy, and he is not familiar with land warfare, but he only knows a thing or two, although he has heard a lot about how His Royal Highness the Prince cleverly calculates to break the enemy in the past, but he has not seen it with his own eyes, but he is not very convinced, he was forced to go out of the account before, and he is not happy, but he is relatively deep in the city, and he does not dare to show too much dissatisfaction. ”
"Hmph, I'm afraid of a hairy person, let's not believe it, just by calling the guy Jin Jiu, he can take the Black Bone City, damn, when the time comes, it's not that I want to wait for my brother to fight for his life, it's really fucking unlucky!" Chang He was originally Zhang Liang's deputy general, and he has always had a good relationship with Zhang Liang, when Li Zhen took Zhang Liang before, although Chang He didn't dare to help Zhang Liang out, but in his heart he didn't think much of Li Zhen's ruthlessness.
"Silence, your brother doesn't want to die, and my little brother wants to live a few more years." Hearing Chang He's unbridled nonsense, Zuo Nandeng was taken aback, hurriedly took a step back, looked around, and whispered nervously.
"Don't say it, don't say it, damn it, I'll be angry when I say it, just wait and see, if that Jin Jiu can really take the Black Bone City, let's go around the barracks three times with our heads down, hum, let's see." Chang He consciously lost his words, and when he thought of Li Zhen's ruthlessness in killing, he couldn't help but feel a little furious in his heart, but he didn't want to give in, so he made a gamble.
"Brother Chang, don't come nonsense, military orders are not child's play, and you must not be negligent." Zuo Nansheng was afraid that Chang He would deliberately mess around, his face immediately changed, he glared at Chang He, and hurriedly persuaded him.
Chang He waved his hand disapprenously and said: "This is natural, we are often not that person, and the work that should be done will not cut corners, hehe, I am willing to gamble and lose, we can afford to gamble." ”
"That's good......" Zuo Nan and Chang He are old friends, how much do you know Chang He's temperament, when I heard Chang He's assurance, I was relieved a lot, just thinking about a few more words, suddenly heard Li Daliang's slightly excited shout from the Chinese army's big tent: "Come on, drum and gather generals!" The words could not go on, and hurriedly pulled Chang He by the hand, and marched into the big tent of the Chinese army side by side, and in a moment, the general Ju sounded loudly, and the commanders of the various armies heard the drums, and rushed to the big tent of the Chinese army from all over the city, and the atmosphere in the city of Manbeisha suddenly became tense......
Seeing the sky is going to be July, the day is of course hot and tight, but what is more hot is the intensity of the war, at this time the land of Liaodong and the Korean Peninsula are in full swing, the displaced people are everywhere, the people are not happy, but all this obviously has nothing to do with the black bone city, you don't see, the people in the black bone city live and work in peace and contentment, still the sunrise and rest, the sunset and rest, not affected by the war at all, at most the defenders at the head of the city are more than double as usual, the rest, the rest, compared with the usual, there is really no difference, it is not strange to say, first of all, The Tang army has sent troops to attack Goguryeo twice, but failed to hit the black bone city, although the momentum is menacing, but it may not be able to cross the pass of Anshi City, besides, with the majesty of the black bone city, and not afraid of the Tang army to attack, this is not only the opinion of the general public, but also the top of the defenders, just like that, the soldiers and civilians of the city did not take this large-scale war to heart, what should be done and what to do, no, there are three more days is the 60th birthday of the old city Shouyuan Taihua, and the officials in the black bone city are all busy, I'm going to celebrate the old city lord's good life.
Yuan Taihua is a very mediocre person, civil and military are very average, there is nothing surprising, if there is an advantage, that is, this family background is really good - the Yuan family is a Goguryeo family, from the Shunnu tribe of the earliest five departments of Goguryeo, the clan has been a high-ranking official and noble, to the Yuan Gai Su Wen, the power has reached the peak, and Yuan Taihua is the cousin of Yuan Gai Su Wen, relying on this background, the talented and mediocre Yuan Taihua became the city guard of the Black Bone City three years ago, and also served as the central Goguryeo Sa, He is a high-ranking official in Goguryeo.
Don't look at Yuan Taihua's literature and martial arts, but the ability to make money is very good, the kung fu of the house book dragon enemy without scraping the ground is absolutely first-class, no, seeing that his sixtieth birthday is coming, Yuan Taihua is all over the city early, not only for the fun, but also for the congratulatory gifts, there are still three days before the birthday, this gift money is enough for Yuan Taihua to be so excited that he almost cramped, not to mention that there are all kinds of treasures in the backyard, which makes Yuan Taihua laugh heartily, but, As the so-called happiness gives birth to sorrow, this Yuan Taihua is happy, and there is a big bad scenery of the newspaper horse at that end.
"Report, Lord Gengsa, the Tang army of Beisha City has made a big move, with 25,000 infantry troops and more than 5,000 cavalry, and is killing my Black Bone City, Zhanggu Village and Xiaofeng have all been lost, Lord Jiang of Ningnan City has sent a small one to ask for help, please send troops to rescue Lord Ningsa immediately, otherwise Ningnan will not be protected." As soon as the newspaper horse saw Yuan Taihua's face, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and reported in a loud voice.
"What?" Yuan Taihua, who was originally sitting in front of a few sons and holding a tea bowl with a smile, jumped up in shock when he heard this, and with a shake of his hand, the jade bowl in his hand fell to the ground, smashed to pieces, and made a crisp popping sound.
"How can this be, impossible, impossible, shouldn't be, this, this, this ......" The news that the Tang army occupied Beisha City was naturally known to Yuan Taihua for a long time, but he never took it to heart, the Tang Army Zhang Liang's troops had occupied Beisha City before, but they didn't dare to come to attack the Black Bone City, this time the strength of the Tang Army Li Daliang's troops was just the same as when Zhang appeared at the beginning, Yuan Taihua had reason to believe that the Tang Army would still not come to attack this time, after all, the steepness of the Black Bone City was especially above the Anshi City, not three, Wu Wanma could be attacked, but he didn't expect the Tang army to come, which made Yuan Taihua puzzled, and couldn't help but mess up, like ants on a hot pot, wandering back and forth in the hall, his face was full of sweat, and he was chattering nonsense for a long time, but he couldn't come up with a quasi-idea.
"Grandpa, don't panic, there are children here." Just when Yuan Taihua was at a loss, three young generals in soft armor were transferred from outside the hall, it was Yuan Taihua's three grandsons Yuan Nan Ming, Yuan Nanye, and Yuan Nan Cheng - Yuan Taihua originally had two sons, but the eldest son died early, and the second son was an official in Pyongyang, only the third grandson followed him to the black bone to take office, these three grandsons are all brave and fierce, all of them are strong in martial arts, and they have long been looking forward to fighting with the Tang Army, but they have no chance.
"Ah, it's Ming'er here, hey, the Tang army is fierce and unstoppable, how can this be a good enemy of the house book dragon?" Yuan Taihua completely forgot that he was the city guard of the Black Bone City, and actually asked his grandchildren about the plan.
"Grandpa doesn't have to worry, the Tang army is only 30,000 soldiers and horses, and there is no way to help my Black Bone City, and let them come, as for Ningnan City, there is no need to defend it, let Lord Jiang lead his troops to withdraw to the city, so as not to lose more troops, if the Tang Army dares to attack my Black Bone City, Sun Er and others will definitely call it to come and not return!" Yuan Nanming smiled disappreciatively and spoke impassionedly.
"That's good, that's it, come on, hurry, go and prepare for the defense!" Yuan Taihua had always believed in the ability of his eldest grandson, and seeing that his faction was confident, he relieved himself, hurriedly finished the order, and sat down paralyzed as if he had been released......
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