Chapter 35 Liaodong City
After a sailor was in the position of Yao Jin, a smile couldn't help but flashed across the corner of his mouth. He kicked Cheng Yao Jin's butt without hesitation: "Get up, get up, don't be stubborn."
If someone dares to kick his butt on the land, Cheng Yaojin will definitely jump up and fill his old fist immediately, but at this moment he can only humble his mouth. Luo Shixin showed a gloating smile. Cheng Yaojin was defeated by Luo Shixin and was quite dissatisfied along the way, but he was afraid that he would lose again and even more embarrassingly, so he could only squeeze in words. Luo Shixin had little experience, but Yanyu was not Cheng Yaojin's opponent. At this time, he was undoubtedly very happy about Cheng Yaojin's cheating.
But he just grinned a few times, and with a "bang", Luo Shixin also got kicked in the butt. Luo Shixin was furious and left the side of the ship he was leaning against, and asked without looking back: "Who has eaten the Bear Heart Leopard dares to kick grandpa?"
"Dong" Luo Shixin was kicked in the butt again. This time he didn't stand firm and fell to the deck. Luo Shixin was furious and wanted to fight the man who kicked his fart suit twice. He just got up from the deck and fell to the ground with a "Dong". This time, no one kicked him, but he fell down by himself.
"Haha, such a little brat wants to act as someone else's grandfather, I'm so laughing to death." The sailor who kicked Luo Shixin's butt shouted loudly and did not mock him, and the other sailors also smiled.
"Damn it, I dare to kick my ass. When I become the general, I will cut you bastards one by one." Luo Shixin felt fierce.
"I said, brother, he is still a child. Isn't this too cruel?" A sailor looked at Luo Shixin's figure and said a little unbearable.
"Children are really children, but since they are kids, why don't they stay at home? Why do you come to the battlefield? Will the enemy let him go because he is a kid? Get up and get up. You landlady, you are a waste of money and can't even stand, aren't you men?"
The sailors not only kicked Cheng Yaojin and Luo Shixin, but all the soldiers lying on the deck or leaning against things were kicked until they were driven up to stand.
The soldiers of the palace were all gritted their teeth, but they were helpless. There were basically half of the government soldiers and half of the navy on the ship. When they got on the ship, they were destined to be bullied. Fortunately, they were their own people after all, and the navy would only beat and scold the soldiers who were lying down. As long as you stand up, it would be fine. In addition to driving the ship, the navy also had to clean the messy deck and provide food to the soldiers. It was not too much.
In fact, these sailors treated the soldiers who boarded the ship in this way, and they received the orders from the above. They only had a few days of sea routes from Zhuojun to the capital of Goguryeo. Once they arrived in Pyongyang, they would have to start fighting and had no time to adapt. If they could not lift up their weapons at that time, wouldn’t they send them to the Goguryeo people to slaughter? Naturally, they would have to be more ruthless on the ship, so that they could restore as much combat power as possible after they got off the ship, and also reduce the pressure on the navy.
After the troops set off, Yang Yong finally stopped in Zhuo County. Under the escort of 50,000 imperial guards, he claimed to be a 100,000 army. He began to move to the Liaodong front line, maintaining a marching distance of 50 miles a day, and it is estimated that he will reach Liaodong City in about 20 days.
Crossing the sea to the east is a glory that has been passed down through the ages, but Yang Yong gave the opportunity to his ministers. It was not that Yang Yong had thought about going there himself, but he was fiercely opposed by the ministers around him. Of course, the reason was to think about the emperor's safety. In fact, with the weather conditions in the Bohai Bay, there were very few opportunities to encounter big waves. The storm that year in Kaihuang could only be said to be too unlucky for the Sui army. However, the ministers could not let the emperor take risks at all, so Yang Yong could only give up regretfully.
At the city of Liaodong, the Goguryeo people had reached the most critical moment. Since the Sui Dynasty unified the south, the Goguryeo people knew that there must be a battle with the Sui army. They began to strengthen the city walls early, store military rations, and train troops to prepare for war. Now, with a population of less than 4 million, Goguryeo has a armored 400,000, and its military strength is not bad. However, facing the huge Sui Dynasty, Goguryeo still feels breathless.
This feeling made the Goguryeo people always show a kind of erotic and provoke the Great Sui Dynasty. Faced with the Emperor's personal expedition, Goguryeo was united. Now the Liaodong City has been under the fierce attack of 200,000 Sui troops for more than 20 days, and the city walls have collapsed in many places. Most of the 100,000 Goguryeo soldiers have been killed and injured, and the entire Liaodong City has reached its limit.
Under the city, the red Sui army was still launching waves of attacks. Huge crossbow arrows flew up from the city, nailing the Goguryeo soldiers guarding the city to the city wall. The catapult sent hundreds of kilograms of stones to the top of the city, and killed them when they hit them, and injured them when they hit them. As the guardian side, the Goguryeo people had no advantage at all when facing the Sui army's advanced siege equipment. They just hid behind the city wall, and watched the Sui army's long-range weapons show their power in fear.
When the huge rocks and crossbow arrows stopped, the Sui army under the city had approached the city wall. Countless Sui army climbed up along the gap in the city wall, and approached the back of the city wall with long spears. Facing the Sui army's steel jungle, the terrified Goguryeo soldiers retreated step by step.
Seeing that the city wall fell was about to be a foregone conclusion, a heroic woman in a purple-colored white robe jumped up from behind and killed the Sui army camp with a long sword in her hand. She was surrounded by more than a dozen loyal guards, blocking the left and right swords and guns for the woman. In the blink of an eye, more than ten people were killed and injured. However, the Sui army was also killed several times, and the spear formation opened a gap.
"It's the princess, Princess Pingkang, kill Sui dogs, kill!" The remaining Goryeo soldiers mustered up the courage and followed Princess Pingkang into the Sui army camp, and died one after another. The Goguryo people seemed to have endless fighting spirit.
Over the years, Princess Pingkang has never married in order to assist her brother's country. In the minds of the Goguryeo people, Princess Pingkang is their goddess and cannot be violated by outsiders.
The Sui army, who had just come up, was unstable and was forced to retreat step by step, and finally completely retreated from the city wall.
"Damn it!" He Ruobi, Yu Zhongwen, Shi Wansui and others who were watching the city were sighing unwillingly. This situation has been more than a dozen times. Whenever the Sui army attacked the city wall and thought that the Goguryeo people could no longer support it, the Goguryeo people would immediately exert several times more combat power than before, and drove the Sui army down like they were taken with stimulants.
"Clang, Clang, Clang." The Sui army retreated, and the Sui army that was attacking retreated like a tide. The Goguryeo people on the city found that it had darkened. They finally spent another day, but there was no cheer. Everyone sat on the ground and gasped. Some people even fell down and never woke up again.
Princess Pingkang held the ground with the sword in her hand and barely kept her body unfalling. She had just killed several Sui soldiers, but there were several wounds on her body. The last guards beside her were dead. In addition to the fatigue accumulated over ten days, if she had relied on the long sword in her hand, she would definitely sit on the ground regardless of her image.
The city walls were full of corpses. The Goguryeo and the Sui people were entangled together, but there were more Goguryeo people. In terms of the quality of the army, Goguryeo people were not the same as the Sui army. The Sui army was composed of people who were around 20 to 30 years old. However, there were old and young people in the Goguryeo army, and most of the Sui army were wearing armor, while Goguryeo people only had thin clothes on their bodies. They could be so dependent on the protection of the city wall and the unity of the top and bottom.
When the war ended, the people in the city came up to clean up the bodies without expression. Both the Sui army and the Goguryeo people threw them directly under the city. Naturally, the Sui army was responsible for burying the bodies under the city, which almost formed a tacit understanding between the two sides. Otherwise, if a plague broke out, neither side could escape.
"Princess, thank you for your hard work." A middle-aged man in his forties came to Princess Pingkang and held Princess Pingkang's hand, with a sad face.
Seeing the middle-aged man, Princess Pingkang looked shocked: "Prime Minister, why are you here?"
This middle-aged man was Goguryeo's prime minister, Yizhi Wende. Yizhi Wende was indeed a good prime minister. During the years when he assisted Gao Yuan, Goguryeo had always been in harmony with the people and the national treasury was abundant. Only then could he support the scale of a 400,000 army. Without Yizhi Wende, Goguryeo would be crushed by itself before the Sui army came to attack in recent years.
"Princess, the Sui army's offensive was urgent, and the Yuan King was worried, so he sent his ministers to the front." Yizhi Wende said calmly.
"Prime Minister, your job is in the rear and you shouldn't come to the front line." Princess Pingkang couldn't help but complain.
"If Liaodong City is captured by the Sui army, what can I do if I stay in the rear? Why not go to the front line and contribute some effort to the princess."
"The Liaodong city has been broken, and we still have Wugu City. If Wugu City has broken, we still have Xuantu, Fuyu... and more than 100 cities, as long as we have a solid wall and clear the fields, we will burn all the supplies after the city is broken. Even if the Sui people have a million troops, they cannot attack Pyongyang. Why don't they be afraid of this? Isn't this the Prime Minister's plan? Is it because the Prime Minister has other plans?"
Yizhi Wende shook his head: "No, it's just that one city and one city are broken down. Even if the Sui army eventually defeats Goguryeo, it will be severely damaged. I have a plan that may turn Liaodong City into danger, so I have to come here."
Chapter completed!