Zan Si, who sent troops to attack Yutian, was frightened by Pei Xingjian's ambush, and fled back to his country directly. He didn't even dare to stay in the area where Chuyue and the second division of Gongyue were stationed.

It’s not that Zan is timid. If this is true, Lu Dongzan would not have sent him here. However, when he sent troops, he thought he was the party who was attacking the enemy, but he did not expect that the Tang army was prepared and thought that he had fallen into a trap. Then all the strategic plans arranged in advance turned into pieces of waste paper. He didn’t know what the situation was in Tang army. He had the idea to go back first, and he had never thought of fighting the Tang army to the death.

Unfortunately, Su Haizheng did not listen to Pei Xingjian's advice and did not pursue him. If he pursued him, the results would definitely be expanded, because Zan Jiruo would not dare to look back.

Even when he returned to the country, Zan Siruo was still not silenced and sent someone to inquire about the movements of the Tang army. After learning that the Tang army did not pursue him, he breathed a sigh of relief. Just as Lu Dongzan also sent a message over there, telling him not to act rashly, and to investigate the truth and truth of the Tang Dynasty first. Of course, he did not blame him, because this strategy was formulated by Lu Dongzan, and if you want to ask for guilt, you have to ask for guilt, Lu Dongzan has the nerve to ask others.

Zan Siruo had no intention of fighting back, so he set up camp on the spot and sent someone to inquire about the news about Tang Jun.

A few days later, the inquirer came back, "Report to General, the unit that ambushed our army was the troops of Pei Xingjian, a member of Beiting. After ambushing our army, he led his troops north to Gongyue City to quell the rebellion."

"Pei Xingjian?"

Zan Siruo frowned slightly, then slapped his thighs and said, "I remember this person. When the battle between Tuyuhun, it was him and Su Dingfang's old man who was in the midst of the situation, which led to his father's final choice to make peace with the Tang Dynasty. Oh, how could I ignore this person?"

The chief of the Gongyue tribe said, "General, now Pei Xingjian has left, why don't our army send troops to attack Yutian?"

Zan Siruo looked at him and of course he understood in his heart that the Tang army said it was to quell the rebellion, but who was to quell it? Isn’t it their Gongyue and Chuyue’s relatives? You asked us to fan them up, and we can’t ignore them now. He said embarrassedly: “But my father has ordered me not to act rashly.”

The chief of the Chuyue Department immediately said: "The Prime Minister's intention is to let you first find out the truth of the Tang army. Now the truth of the Tang army has been clearly found out. We have an advantage in military strength. We all know Su Haizheng very well. This person's methods are far inferior to Su Dingfang and Pei Xingjian. We should continue to send troops to attack Yutian. If Pei Xingjian was allowed to pacify Gongyue City and Ge Luolu, after that, they would have no worries and we would have to be beaten passively."

Zan Xiruo looked hesitant and said, "Why don't I ask my father first."

"Oh! If you report everything to the Prime Minister, the fighter planes will be delayed."

These people began to instigate and use all the provocations, and they also made sense. If you took the lead, you would go back to Tubo and hide. No matter how much we are, we should still hang out with the Tang Dynasty in the future.

If the horse is difficult to ride a tiger, if these people surrender to the Tang Dynasty, then for Tubo, it would be a waste of rice. Moreover, the northwest tribes would never choose to mingle with Tubo again. So they sent spies to investigate the truth and strength. After determining the strength of the Khotan, they made a decision to immediately rectify the troops and send troops to Yutian again.

In fact, the entire plan was made by Cui Pingzhong. A commoner of the Tang Dynasty, his purpose was to scare Tubo and gain enough time for the commanders in the east. However, this man's plan was not as good as the heaven's plan. He did not consider the internal problems in the army. Moreover, Pei Xingjian's situation at this time was also very embarrassing. No one needed to give him face anymore. His backstage was dead or disabled. If he didn't step on his feet, it would be good for him.

Moreover, the war in the east was not so smooth.

All Tang troops were very smooth at the beginning, especially after breaking through the Liaohe River, which was even more unstoppable. Li Ji's central army alone captured sixteen cities in a row, basically sweeping the entire area. However, after entering the Qianshan Mountains, the Tang army's attack speed gradually slowed down. The mountain road was originally very rugged, and Goguryeo was also defending on various mountain roads, but the troops were not large, and they mainly rely on the terrain to defend. They did not want to block the Tang army, but they hoped to delay the Tang army's attack with a small amount of troops.

Na Yuan Gaisuwen is still somewhat capable in fighting, and is a man of many battles. He summarized his experience in the battle of the Tang army and found that whenever he goes out of the city to fight directly with the Tang army, he will most likely be defeated. And every time he relies on the terrain and the city's defense to save the defeat. It can be seen that fighting against the Tang army cannot be anxious. If you want to eat it, you may turn into sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth and have to slowly waste it with the Tang army.

This time he saw the Tang army coming in full force, and it was obvious that he wanted to destroy him. He ordered the three armies not to go out. No matter how good the opportunity was, he should not go out. The tactics were just one word, defense and escape.

If you can defend, you will defend; if you can't defend, you will run away. Save your strength and never fight against the Tang army.

Li Ji dispersed his troops when he saw the moves, and scattered his troops, fighting in the mountains, not attacking from the front, but going around to the back to fight, breaking through three fortresses in a row. Unfortunately, the Goguryeo soldiers could not defend themselves, so they ran into the mountains and failed to destroy them all. But no matter what, Li Ji's army still came to the Yalu River area, which is also the most important line of defense in front of Pyongyang City, and is the core area. The mountains and rivers are connected here, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.

In fact, Xue Rengui, Gao Kan's troops had already fought on the Yalu River in front of Li Ji. Because they were advancing along the coastline, the Qianshan Mountains were the flattest in the south, and the supply was on the side, so they were worry-free, so they marched the fastest, and at this time they were besieging a city on the southernmost side of the Yalu River, Daxing City.

At the same time, the other Tang troops also overwhelmed the Yalu River area and launched fierce attacks on this area.

But when I came here, I encountered Goguryeo's very tenacious resistance.

Goguryeo came here to defend, and because Yoon Gaisuwen implemented the scorched earth policy too early, it retained part of Goguryeo's main force on the front line without too much loss. They relied on various terrain, mountains, rivers, and water, all used to build a solid line of defense.

Moreover, the death order issued by Yuan Gassuvin cannot go out of the city to fight, but he is not allowed to take a step back. Without his order, even if you die, you will die on your post. He also sent both of his sons to supervise the battle. My sons are on the front line, and you have no reason to retreat.

Because Yeon Gassuwen is a military dictator, then in China, the treatment of this army is naturally the best. Moreover, this person is crazy and irritable, and he has no kind heart. The soldiers are also afraid of him. Originally, such a person was unpopular, but what is even more helpless is that the Tang army hated Goguryeo very much. In recent years, the Tang army has always come to beat them and killed many people. The Goguryeo soldiers also have a deep hatred for the Tang army. If they fall into the hands of the Tang army, they will die. But if they win, they will still be rewarded. Yeon Gassuwen will still reward those who dare to fight and have made contributions. If they lose, they will die.

It can be seen that the soldiers of Goguryeo also had one way, which was to fight against the Tang army desperately.

This is actually a showdown between contradictions.

In the central army's tent.

"Damn it, I really don't know how people live in this place. There are steep mountains and ridges everywhere, the roads are rugged and narrow, and it's still difficult to get by a car."

Cheng Mingzhen complained a lot when he got into the big tent, because they had been smooth sailing before, and suddenly the resistance from the opposite side became very tenacious. They besieged Boxian City for several days, but they did not make any progress, because Boxian City was built on the mountain, which was really easy to defend but difficult to attack, which made him unable to adapt. What's even more annoying is that Goguryeo was determined not to go out. If you want to attack, I would admit defeat. Anyway, I just won't go out. These reasons combined make him feel a little impatient.

Ren Yaxiang, the deputy general manager, also frowned and said, "Yang Wanchun is really cunning. No matter how provoked or tempted our army, he would not go out of the city to fight our army. In fact, this Bobai City is far less solid than our Central Plains city, and our army's new crossbows and catapults are better than the enemy. If we are on the plain, even if we only attack from one side, they will be irresistible, but their terrain is higher than ours, so they have an advantage. Our army's catapults will be threatened by their archers as soon as they enter the range of fire and cannot reach their city walls."

Li Ji frowned and asked, "Xue Rengui, how is Gao Kan's road going?"

Cheng Mingzhen said: "Although they had already broken through Daxing City with the cooperation of the navy, they had been stubbornly resisted by the enemy for the first time. Although they had the help of the navy, they still returned in vain. Gao Kan sent a message saying that the Goguryeo people were all a group of life-threatening madmen, and their troops were twice as strong as our army. Every time we saw that our army was about to break through the enemy's defense line, but they were blocked by their suicide squads. They believed that if they continued to attack like this, the loss of troops would be too great and would be unfavorable to our army, so they did not rush to attack again for the time being."

After all, Goguryeo still fought at home. Now everyone is in the army, and everyone is mobilized. The Tang army is elite, and one more death is very injured. In fact, with the help of the navy, the Tang army still has the advantage in the scene, but the arrogant one is afraid of losing their lives.

Cheng Mingzhen then said: "But Xue Rengui believes that we can take advantage of our navy's advantages to go to the sea, bypass this area's defense, and directly attack Pyongyang. Since Goguryeo has deployed so many troops here, Pyongyang's troops must be relatively empty."

Li Ji frowned and said, "I also suggested to Emperor Taizong like this. Until now, I think this strategy is the best strategy, but it must be cautious. I think Na Yuan Gaisuwen must be prepared and will not allow our army to land easily. This must be carefully arranged, now."

Just then, a notice officer walked into the tent and said, "Report to the Grand Chief Executive, General Manager Pang's headquarters had already broken through the enemy's defense line in the Yalu River yesterday."

Cheng Mingzhen was overjoyed when he heard this.

Ren Yaxiang wondered: "It's really strange. Xue Rengui and Gao Kan had more troops than General Manager Pang, and they had more supplies. In addition, there were navy troops to help him, but they failed to break through. General Manager Pang broke through the past."

"not good!"

Li Ji suddenly opened his eyes and looked shocked, "General Pang is in danger." Without waiting for others to ask, he immediately told the informant: "Go and tell General Pang quickly, you can't advance rashly, just hold on to the river bank, and reinforcements will arrive soon."

"Here!"

Cheng Mingzhen said: "Sikong, are you?"

Li Ji said: "This must be the enemy's plan to lure the enemy. General Pang has only more than 10,000 people. Our main forces are all here. Just crossing the river all the way, wouldn't it be like fish under the cauldron?" He became more and more worried as he spoke, and said: "Mingzhen, you should immediately lead 10,000 troops to the top. If General Pang did not advance, you should defend the shore with him. I will lead the army immediately. If - if General Pang has been trapped, you should make up for his position, guard the important road, and prevent the enemy from detouring."

On the sea.

"When we went to inquire, we found that when we were suitable for our army's landing waters, there were many fishing boats nearby, and they should be spies from Goguryeo, so we dare not get too close."

When Dugu Wuyue heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the enemy has expected that our army might detour from the sea." Xue Rengui and Gao Kan were unwilling to suffer too much loss. They all hoped to attack and exchange a small amount of troops for a large reward, so they sent Dugu Wuyue here to see if there was any chance to land.

Dugu Wuyue looked at Han Yi next to her and said, "I don't know if Han Shangshu has any solution?"

Wasn't Han Yi's idea of ​​the way that Tang Jun easily landed in Shicheng and Beisha City. Since you are so good at lying, you are lying to them.

Now that the Tang army has not been able to advance further, the logistics will be easier. Anyway, there is enough food and grass. Han Yi is free and just comes to the sea with Dugu Wuyue. He doesn't like to stay on the front line and smiles bitterly: "Now Gaisuwen is not a fool, why is he fooled? Alas I didn't expect Goguryeo to resist so stubbornly."

Having said that, he also knew in his heart that if the Tang army was more kind before, it would probably not be so difficult to fight. In fact, Li Shimin had not started a big killing in the last battle. After all, he was the emperor, so he had to worry about his face. The main thing was to harass the enemy, and the purpose of harassing the partial army later was to kill people and rob people, destroy your crops, burn your houses, and let them collapse themselves. After killing, it made Goguryeo hate the Tang Dynasty very much and resist very tenaciously.

Yuan Liehu said: "It's time now, it won't work if you have to be hard, so let's fight with them. They are not afraid of death, so don't be afraid of death."

Not afraid of death? Humph! If I am not afraid of death, I will not be a fraud. Han Yi said angrily: "They are fighting against us by the whole country. If you fight hard, you may not be able to fight better than others. Besides, our soldiers are valuable, and their soldiers' lives are only five cents of money. This is really unprofitable."

Yuan Liehu said depressedly: "Then let's just wander around here?"

Han Yi said: "No matter how bad we are, we can still use them to death. Goguryeo is now a soldier. Who will grow food? And we have food, isn't it winter? We have clothes, but we really don't command the army. If I command the army, I won't fight with them. I will compete with him who is richer."

Yuan Liehu said: "That's so boring."

"That's better than life!" Han Yi snorted.

Dugu Wuyue said: "But Secretary Han, we came from afar. This kind of motivation stopped three times and declined. If we couldn't capture it for a long time, our morale would be depressed, and the soldiers would also think about the family. Even if we had food and grass, we might not be able to win."

Han Yi shrugged and said, "So I can't be the commander, because these soldiers do not have the psychological quality of me."

Dugu Wuyue smiled faintly when she heard this and said, "Since the enemy is prepared, we should go back first. Although the enemy is prepared, don't let them discover our intentions at this time."

Just then, I suddenly heard someone outside laughing and said, "Haha, what a big fish!"

When Yuan Liehu heard this, he immediately rushed out and shouted to the luxurious "cruise ship" not far away: "Dad, have you caught a big fish?"

"Xiaohu, look at how big this fish is, haha, our father and son have dinner, so we don't have to eat Han Yi's food that comes out of pity."

Yuanjiu laughed happily.

Han Yi, who came out, saw this scene and sighed in his heart. If the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty had the enlightenment of this guy, why not worry about not consuming it Goguryeo?

"Look at the sky."

Someone shouted, and everyone immediately looked into the sky.

"What a big seabird!"

Yuan Liehu exclaimed.

Han Yi said: "What seabird is our pilot." Then he immediately shouted to the left and right: "Send someone to pick him up."

It was so weird that the pilot suddenly appeared on the sea.
Chapter completed!