"Your Highness, even if we are prepared for a sudden sneak attack, we are too small after all." He Long quickly threw away the whip and chased Sima Ji. "We only have 15,000 people. Is there any shortage of the battle to destroy the country?"

"It seemed that Wu Qiu Jian, the general of the East, had only 20,000 people." Sima Ji glanced at He Long calmly and said deeply, "Don't worry, Murong's youngest daughter Murong Zhaoran is visiting Jicheng. If this king is killed, it will be unfavorable to Murong's family. Even if he doesn't care about his daughter, he can never give up the benefits brought by the trade every year. When the time comes, there will naturally be someone in the royal palace to hand over the letter to the governor Xu Meng. You have seen that imperial edict, so relax."

He Long is not young anymore, and it is understandable that he is a little conservative when he is old. If he is facing the Murong family, the King of Yan might have thought about it more, but in the face of this kind of domestic instability and a long-established Goguryeo, there is no need to think too much.

He didn't believe how strong Goguryeo could be. Could it be compared with the Eight Banners Army? The population of two ethnic groups may be comparable, both of which are composed of 300,000 to 400,000 people.

The Eight Banners Army is actually the ideal state of the border army of the Ming Dynasty. The commander is the Dragon and Tiger General of the Ming Dynasty, and he is also a second-rank official. As for the historical record of Goguryeo, the road conditions of the western Liaoning Corridor and the operation of the Sui army splitting 24 routes, it seems that Yang Hao was able to attack in a split and attack together, so he was so mature and persistent.

General Wu Qiu Jian beat Goguryeo with 18,000 people. There was no reason why he, General Wu Qiu Jian, could not do it. Maybe he really couldn't do it, so he had mobilized the Youzhou army and contacted the Murong family to advance eastward, and let the Murong family's most important heavy cavalry advance northward, and used troops three times that of Wu Qiu Jian.

On this day, Youzhou was also busy. I remember that Yan Yan sent the governor Xu Meng respectfully out of the prince's mansion, and ran back to the inner hall and asked, "Madam, do you want to wait for news?"

"He is a person who abides by time. Before leaving, he emphasized that once the day comes, he must send troops." Yang Xin showed his strong side and made a decisive move. "So the Youzhou army must start to go to Pingzhou. The big ship has been built long ago, advancing on the water and land, cavalry on the shore, infantry on the boat, food, grass and weapons on the boat, and can be used at any time."

"Mrs. I'll go to Peking County to see if there is anything I can help with." Yan Yan was about to say goodbye.

"Wait!" Yang Xin said to stop him and said with some difficulty, "Pick some maids that the king likes to send them over. When you go out, you must not be without women to take care of you."

This is family matter! Yan Yan reminded himself silently in his heart, and then bowed to accept the order.

Advance of water and land is a basic condition for attacking Goguryeo. First of all, the Liaoxi Corridor must be in hand, otherwise the retreat cannot be guaranteed on the road, and the supply of food and grass must be guaranteed on the water. Ancient people also knew this truth, but there is another basic condition, that is, domestic stability. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Northern Dynasties and Goguryeo went to war without success, because Liaodong was lost and the Liaoxi Corridor was unstable.

But few people knew that the Southern Dynasties had also started a war with Goguryeo, and finally retreated because of water. The Northern Dynasties were not good at naval battles and could not control Qingxu. The logistics of advancing from Liaodong land was difficult to keep up, so they were powerless. Although the Southern Dynasties could cross the sea from the Shandong Peninsula and quickly reach the Liaodong Peninsula, even if the results were achieved, it only made Xintu hang out of the ocean. Especially after the Southern Dynasties lost Qingxu during the Song and Ming dynasties, it was even more difficult to send troops to Goguryeo.

The first thing that was to fight was not the Pingzhou army led by the King of Yan, but Murong Lieutenant who advanced eastward. Sima Ji secretly studied Goguryeo for many years, but Murong Lieutenant had not been prepared for a short time. The Murong Lieutenant itself was not very good. The Yuwen Lieutenant to the west and Goguryeo to the east. After some tests, Yuwen Lieutenant was obviously stronger than Goguryeo. To break through the dilemma of attacking east and west, one must be killed, preferably weak.

Murong Yan and Sima Ji have a very common language when it comes to bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and they solve this disaster in a collusion.

Unlike the southern expedition of Linyi, you must conquer Hengshan before you can advance. Strictly speaking, except for the western Liaoning Corridor, there is no necessary way to go through the Northeast. As long as you are willing to detour and walk through the forest for a few days, you can always rush in. In view of this, the Goguryeo people are very keen on building fortresses to defend. Goguryeo fully utilizes their enthusiasm for construction and builds a solid fortress among the mountains to form an unbreakable defense system.

This generation of Goguryeo's beacon king was just particularly enthusiastic about building a city. In fact, every generation of Goguryeo liked to build a city. Murong Li had clearly seen this after the last conflict.

But Goguryeo doesn't have much terrain that can be used, especially on the Murong side. If it weren't for the terrain, Goguryeo wouldn't be so keen on building cities and defending.

When Murong Tsui, who led 20,000 people to advance east, appeared in front of the Goguryeo border town, it directly scared the Goguryeo defenders in the city. However, they did not have much time to be in shock, and the Murong family had already started to attack the city.

There are about a thousand defenders in the city, which is very normal. Although there are many mountains in the northeast, there is no place like Hengshanguan, so the cities built by the Goguryeo people are often not big, and they do not expect a city to block the attackers. Instead, they build more small cities nearby to delay the attackers' attacks, so that the opponents who attack from one city to consume the opponents, ultimately allowing the enemy to retreat without fighting. These cities hide in a place surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the city in front of them is built beside the mountains.

Sima Ji once told Murong Han that this arrangement is very similar to an egg shell. If Goguryeo has the strength of a 100,000 standing army, it is enough to drag opponents to death several times. But Goguryeo does not, this is a layout that is not much stronger than an egg shell.

Murong Han told his father Murong Yan. After hearing this, Murong Yan deeply agreed and ordered his eldest son Murong Han to lead a carefully selected 500 warriors to detour. It is impossible for a defender of a thousand people to cover everything, not to mention that the Goguryeo people could not tell from the army of tens of thousands that there were 500 people missing from the other side.

Then Murong Wei led the army to attack the city, both the main attack and the feint attack. The main attack and feint attack have no special boundaries. If it goes well, the feint attack can also become the main attack. The arrows flew around the city walls, and the shouts of killing sounds were very lively, but there were not many casualties. The thousand-man defenders faced an attack of twenty times the number of people, of course they did not dare to show their heads to the head. While you shoot an arrow, the opponent could shoot twenty arrows. Even if you have a good location, this kind of exchange would be very stupid.

This fierce battle lasted for a whole day, and it didn't hurt that Murong was under a little pressure. Until the sky got darker, Murong Han led 500 people to climb down from the mountain with ropes and launched a surprise attack on the defenders who had been tired for a day. In fact, they had already reached a lot of time, but during the rest, they watched the offense and defense perform at the foot of the mountain.

Just as he landed in the city, Murong Han's first move was to set fire. When night fell, this was the most intuitive signal, and it could also disrupt the order in the city. It was a killing two birds with one stone.

When Murong Wei saw the fire in the city soaring into the sky, he immediately knew that his eldest son had succeeded. He led the army to attack the defenders in the city and attacked the city. Murong Han was directly waiting for someone to kill the city gate and opened the city gate from inside. At this moment, the result was already destined, and the route to Goguryeo had been opened.

Murong Wei wiped out Goguryeo defenders without city wall protection without any effort, and then plundered food, grass and weapons. Although Murong also brought food, weapons, who would think he had prepared too much?

Then Murong Li attacked like autumn wind swept away fallen leaves. After taking the stronghold effortlessly, Murong Li rushed into the hinterland of Goguryeo and started robbing. The Goguryeo people also farmed like the Jin Dynasty. If they farmed, they would have to settle down. They did not ride horses to run to nomadic peoples who didn’t know where they went.

"The Goguryeo also farms, so I chose to take action when the autumn harvest is about to be held. If the Goguryeo people are really cruel, they will burn the crops in the fields. If the reserves are insufficient, the winter in Goguryeo this year will be very difficult!" Unlike Murong Shrine, who has already started the war, Sima Ji has not yet arrived at the place.

It has to be said that his road on this side is much harder to walk than in Murong's side, and there are much fewer route choices. The first time King Yan felt that the bottom of the large funnel terrain in the northeast was really a scam. Although he had passed this Guandong, the sky was high and the birds could fly, he had to pass it.

"Hurry, hurry up, it's going to be dark. As long as you can finish it before dark, you can give a five-cent reward for every person! You won't let you do it in vain!" Yan Yan stood on the dock and shouted at the chief of the surveillance officer who was recruited, "The king is not bad to us. The food and grass required by the army this time must be collected immediately. The big ship will start tomorrow morning. You must fill all the ships today."

"Remember, isn't this a little difficult! Even if we don't rest for a night, we may not finish it." A slander complained, "Can you give another day?"

"Will the soldiers of the army wait for you to rest? They are using their lives to fight, and it seems like you are complaining here!" Yan Yan said with a mean look on his face, "Da Jin Dynasty, during the extraordinary period, males over 14 years old and under 65 years old are all recruited. Men are not enough for women to make up for. If you are willing to come and accompany them, I have no objection."
Chapter completed!