Chapter Thirteen: Bravado
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The biggest feature of Goguryeo is imitation. It uses various knowledge learned from the Han people to deal with them. With the unique terrain of Goguryeo, the Han people suffered a lot.
Liaodong traces back to the Han Dynasty and is already a territory of the Han people, and now it is stolen and occupied by Goguryeo. Goguryeo has always been deeply uneasy about this, especially as the Tang Dynasty is rising, their uneasiness is increasing. They are naturally afraid of being attacked by the Han people again. Although Yang Guang's three campaigns for Goguryeo are a joke, even if three million pigs are erected on Goguryeo's territory, it will cause considerable harm.
Although Yang Guangsan's three-time campaign for Goguryeo was not worth the loss, Goguryeo was not easy to live, and he paid a certain price. Especially when Luo Shixin made a fuss, Goguryeo fell into an inevitable civil strife, and his national strength and politics were greatly affected, and his strength was not as good as Goguryeo at its peak. Of course, Goguryeo has never won by strength.
In order to prevent the Han people from coming again, Goguryeo once again imitated the knowledge of the Han people and built the Great Wall.
The Great Wall was a barrier used for foreign invasion during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty was unified, the Great Wall became a symbol of farming people's resistance to nomadic peoples. Emperors would repair the city defenses in all dynasties. In the hands of Goguryeo, the Great Wall became a powerful tool to resist the Han people.
Taking advantage of the steepness of the Liao River, they built a Great Wall near the Liao River that blocks the east and west. The Great Wall and the Liao River reflect each other. Relying on each other, they formed a line of defense that combines the innate and acquired.
If the Tang Dynasty soldiers wanted to attack Liaodong and regain the territory of Liaodong, the Great Wall and Liaoshui were the first problem they encountered.
The Great Wall and the Liao River are mixed together. The person responsible for this defense line was Yuan Binzhi, a member of Goguryeo, the oldest in the Yuan family. He was the youngest brother of Yuan Ziyou, the most outstanding clan leader of the Yuan family. In the past, he worked with Yuan Ziyou to resist Yang Guang's army of 600,000 to 700,000 troops under the city of Liaodong. Later, Yang Guang attacked Goguryeo for the third time. Yuan Binzhi personally led guerrilla troops and continued to ambush Yang Guang's army, cutting off their supply line, forcing Yang Guang to be blocked in this conquest, and nearly one million troops were not even able to fight against Liaodong. He was controlled by the west bank of the Liao River.
After Yizhi Wende died at the hands of Luo Shixin, Yuan Binzhi was now the oldest general with the most outstanding military achievements. Although he was a member of the Yuan clan, he did not participate in the internal struggle between the Yuan clan and the Goguryeo royal family, and was determined to guard Liaodong to prevent the Han people from seizing it. Because of this, Yuan Binzhi not only received support from the Yuan clan, but also King Rongliu of Goguryeo was extremely kind to him and supported his proposal to repair the Great Wall in the Liaoshui River.
Since Yuan Binzhi led his troops to invade the Tang Dynasty, he sent his eyes and eyes to investigate the movements of the Tang army.
As expected, the Tang Dynasty was indeed as he expected. In the face of Goguryeo's provocation, it really mobilized troops to fight.
Judging from the recent news, the Tang army's water and land army has set out, with its target directly aiming at the Great Wall defense line.
"Where is the Tang army now?" Yuan Binzhi is over 60 years old this year. His hair and beard are white, his body is not tall, but he is extremely strong. He is not angry and powerful in his eyebrows. He sits on the military tent with a golden sword. He feels like Huang Hansheng is getting stronger. On both sides of him are civil and military generals, both of whom are capable officials promoted by Yuan Binzhi for 45 years in Liaodong.
Listening to Yuan Bin's question, the black robe on his right hand responded: "I guess the Tang army was afraid of us. Their marching speed was very slow, but it was very steady. They were step by step and slowly advancing. Today, they just passed Yingzhou and officially entered the territory of Goguryeo."
"So slow!" Yuan Binzhi guarded Liaodong for 45 years and was very familiar with every tree and grass in Liaodong. He didn't need to open the map to check the Tang army's movement route. He just closed his eyes and a clear route map appeared in his mind.
"I guess I'm afraid!" A young and heroic general said with a smile: "Grandpa's battle back then, with less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, the Sui army, which had been stirred up by hundreds of thousands, was unable to sleep at night and was furious. The emperors of the Sui Dynasty were as furious as toads. They dared not repeat the same mistakes, but dared to fight slowly." As Yuan Binzhi's grandson, Yuan Song was naturally well-educated and had a good military standard, but because of his youth and vitality, he had the motivation to be a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.
Yuan Bin was above this age and was calm and steady. He shook his head silently, ignored his grandson's words, pondered for a moment, "Do you have a closer look at the movements of their navy?"
The first black-robed general said: "The generals have been paying attention to it. Their navy has not taken action, but they trained in the Bohai Sea until late at night every day. It is a bit strange. Maybe it is because their navy is not strong, so for the sake of safety, we will train first and wait for the critical moment before going into battle."
A middle-aged scholar on the right smiled and said, "According to the information in our hands, we can see that the Tang Dynasty was dominant with its shamans and cavalry, but the navy had never heard of it. Perhaps it was because their navy was not strong, so for the sake of safety, we should train first and wait for the critical moment before going into battle."
The black-robed general shook his head and said, "I don't think it's so simple. The Tang Dynasty's style is martial. They may not have put their minds on the navy, but the people in the Jiangnan area are good at sailing. The Tang Dynasty's system of government troops has allowed the whole people to receive military training. Their lack of attention to the navy does not mean that they lack navy soldiers. As long as the soldiers who are good at Jiangnan and supplemented with tactical training, they can join the battle in a short period of time. The adoptive father, the last general believes that the Tang army's move is probably of a deep meaning."
Yuan Binzhi nodded with a smile, "My son's words coincide with being a father!"
Yuansong was dissatisfied, but he did not show it.
"I suspect that the Tang Dynasty naval army is covering up. Their real naval army has sneaked out of the Bohai Sea when we were not paying attention, waiting for an opportunity to move." Yuan Bin's expression was serious. They have occupied the land of Liaodong for two centuries. In their opinion, Liaodong is already their Holy Spirit of Goguryeo and are inviolable territory. They must do everything possible to resist the invasion of the Tang Dynasty invaders.
The middle-aged scholar's expression suddenly changed and he said in a lost voice: "Is the Tang army planning to break through our defense line by water? Their huge army is just bluffing, actually attacking the east and west, and the real purpose is Huaiyuan Town?"
Huaiyuan Town was built with the Liao River and was a military important military location to protect the Liao River. If Huaiyuan Town was obtained by the Tang army, the Tang army would be able to cross the Liao River safely without worries and break the Liao River defense line they carefully arranged in the Great Wall.
This time they resisted the Tang army, and their biggest reliance was the Great Wall and the Liaoshui defense line.
Whether the Tang army breaks through the Great Wall or crosses the Liao River, the enemy can point directly to Liaodong.
The importance of Huaiyuan Town is self-evident.
Goguryeo has only more than tens of thousands of soldiers in the country, and it also needs to defend the cooperation between Silla and the Tang Dynasty. The capital also needs troops to protect the capital. Their troops guarding Liaodong are less than 50,000. If they face the attack of the 100,000 troops from the Tang army, the current defense strength of Huaiyuan Town will not be able to support it for three days.
Yuan Song stood up and said, "Grandpa, give me ten thousand soldiers and horses, I promise that the cunning Tang people will not be able to eat well."
Yuan Binzhi hesitated for a while, looked at the black robe general and said, "Xiegu, I will give you ten thousand soldiers, and you will handle everything in Huaiyuan Town."
The black robe general looked at Yuansong, hesitated, and finally said in a deep voice: "I wish to listen to the orders of the adoptive father."
Yuansong looked at the black robe like a general with a jealous face and said nothing.
Yuan Bin's way: "As for the rest of us looking at the situation, we just doubt that we are not sure yet. We still need to pay attention to the Great Wall, and we cannot be careless at all. When we look at the situation and determine the target of the Tang army, we will be in Huaiyuan Town. I am personally dispatching troops to support and dispersing the meeting!"
Just as everyone was about to leave, Yuan Binzhi said again: "Xiegu, stay."
The black robe was about to stop.
Yuansong gritted his teeth and left the tent with a little anger.
The black robe sighed: "The adoptive father's love for Xigu cannot be repaid, but he is afraid that it will make the young master unhappy."
Yuan Binzhi hummed with a blue face: "At a young age, he is too ambitious and wants to run without walking. What's the future? My son is incompetent and puts his expectations on his grandson. However, he develops his young master's temperament instead. He talks loudly and eager to express himself, but he doesn't know that even a talented person needs to go through training to shine in the world. Besides, he is just talented and far from being a talented person. He is far inferior to those shining generals in history. Among the generals in Liaodong, you are the most calm and resourceful. I am old and there is no other person in Liaodong to be worthy of entrusting in the future."
The black robe will be moved and said, "If my foster father had not taken the risk of taking me in that year, Xigu would not have been able to repay the great kindness and virtue. It would be a pity for me, an outsider, to be disagreeable with my father, grandparents, and I would be sorry," he said.
Yuan Binzhi said without hesitation: "You are my son, don't talk about anything outsiders. Your father and I have no choice but to protect him back then, so he brutally killed him as the tyrant Yang Guang. This is my regret... At that time, I told myself that you, Huoxiegu, is my son of Yuan Binzhi. You have the right to inherit the position of Brother Zaoyitou. Let's go on. As a father, you must carefully judge the movements of the Tang army. If you determine that their target is Huaiyuan Town, I will personally lead the troops to help."
The black robe bowed deeply and stepped back.
After the meeting ended, Yuan Binzhi sent people to reconnaissance the movements of the Tang army. Sure enough, he found that the Tang army was very powerful on the surface, and the target was directly aimed at the Great Wall defense line. In fact, every night, he would secretly divide his troops and transfer thousands of troops away from the large army, and march slowly along the coast of the Bohai Sea. The target was Huaiyuan Town.
Yuan Binzhi received the information and saw that the Tang army was indeed bluffing and attacking the east and west. He knew the importance of Huaiyuan Town. Without any hesitation, he placed heavy troops on Huaiyuan's aspect.
The 40,000 generals of Huaiyuan Town surrounded Huaiyuan Town, and continued to adopt their most original but sensible defensive counterattack tactics. (The novel "The Tang Dynasty Tiger Ben" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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