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Chapter 15 Breaking the Line of Defense Without Blood

This insuffering attitude is their opportunity. When they have the opportunity, they can defeat the Han people again, letting the Han people know that they are the nemesis of the Han people. Liaodong has been owned by them for two centuries and has become their territory. Whether it is now or in the future, the Han people are not allowed to be taken away...

Yuan Binzhi thought that the Tang army had fallen into the rhythm of the Sui army in the past, and was confident about the subsequent war.

Defensive battles have always been their strength. Huaiyuan Town was built with the Liao River, and they also dug a canal to introduce the Liao River into the moat.

Yuan Binzhi was confident that even if the Tang army had 100,000 troops from land and land to fight, he would support him with 40,000 troops with a long-term consumption. As long as the consumption reached a certain time, he would use surprise troops to attack the Tang army's food route and the Tang army would be defeated.

Yuan Binzhi sent the scout again, and he wanted to have more accurate news.

After sleepless night, Yuan Binzhi finally felt a little sleepy. Seeing that Tang Jun's movements were the same as expected, he felt very happy inside, so he made a little arrangement and went back to the official residence to sleep.

It took only two hours before Yuan Binzhi woke the soldiers up. The latest Tang army movements were transmitted to his hands.

After the sleepy Yuan Binzhi knew the new trend of the Tang army, he suddenly shuddered and exclaimed: "What? The eight thousand vanguard cavalry of the Tang army were rushing towards my Huaiyuan Town without stopping? Arrived in half a day? What's going on?"

Faced with Yuan Binzhi's successive questions, the messenger obviously couldn't answer, but said: "For some reason, the vanguard of the Tang army suddenly accelerated the speed. They ran one by one and two horses in rotation. The speed was very fast."

"No! No!" An unknown premonition echoed in Yuan Bin's heart, and he immediately said: "Add to raise the tent and discuss matters!"

Yuan Bin's military rule was quite strict. In just a quarter of an hour, the civil and military generals who were summoned had arrived and explained the strange situation of the Tang army to the helper.

Yuan Song smiled and said, "It must be that the Tang army discovered the situation where we gathered troops in Huaiyuan Town. They knew that their tactics of fighting east and west failed, and they began to get angry."

"No reason!" Huxianggu has always avoided conflicts with Yuansong, but at this military meeting, he had to stand up and said: "The chief commander of the Tang army is Luo Shixin. This man is brave and crafty, and has great strategy in marching and fighting. He is really a tricky person. Even if he realized that we had seen through his tricks, he no longer concealed his intention to attack Huaiyuan Town, and decided to attack. But he would not have sent 8,000 cavalry to come... I don't think that the cavalry attacked the city. Luo Shixin, who has made great achievements in military affairs, would be so stupid."

Yuan Song was refuted, with a pale face and sneered: "You are also from the Central Plains. People in the Central Plains should understand the views of people in the Central Plains. What do you think?"

"Enough!" Yuan Binzhi shouted: "Don't say that these are all but not, Xiegu is right. Don't think that everyone in the Central Plains is as ignorant as Yang Guang, and you must not underestimate any opponent. Especially a person like Luo Shixin, who has no family background, can't be simple to get to where he is today. The eight thousand soldiers he sent must have a purpose." As he said that, he continued: "There is no news about the Tang army navy?"

HuXiegu shook his head silently.

Yuan Binzhi felt even more uneasy, and he always felt that he had overlooked something.

It was not until the soldiers in charge of guarding the Great Wall Pass in the north came from the soldiers in charge of guarding the Great Wall Pass that the Tang army passed through the swamp in the north and crossed the Liao River from the upper reaches of the Liao River, Yuan Binzhi realized that he had always been the one who was fooled. The Tang army had the same plan from the beginning to make a fuss to attack the east, and their original intention was to restrain them in Huaiyuan Town so that they could cross the river calmly.

The Tang army has already crossed the Liao River. What is the significance of the Liao River defense line?

"Not good!" At this moment, Yuansong suddenly jumped up like a snoring: "Grandpa. No, hurry up, support Gaimu City... The Tang army's goal is Gaimu City. Once Gaimu City is lost, all our previous efforts will be wasted." He looked pale and his expression was panicked.

Gaimu City is located east of the Liaoshui River, and there is no danger to guard around it. It is a rare city in Goguryeo, not a strong city, but this does not hinder its key as a strategic location. Because Gaimu City happens to be at the center of the Goguryeo Great Wall Defense Line and Huaiyuan Town, which relies on the Liaoshui River Defense Line, can support both places at the first time, and is also a place where military rations are stored behind Goguryeo.

According to Goguryeo's defensive tactics, the Great Wall Liaoshui Huaiyuan Town is their defensive fortress, while the Gaimu City is the back line that supports the defensive fortress, and can continuously provide various support to the front line. It is precisely because of the support of the Gaimu City that the Great Wall Liaoshui defense line appears indestructible.

The Tang army has now crossed the Liaoshui River, and the defense line of the Great Wall Liaoshui River has been broken, and it has no meaning to stick to it. The value of Gaimu City has also fallen instantly and becomes an optional existence.

However, the real value of Gaimu City lies in the strategic materials saved in the city. The reason why Goguryeo defeated the Sui Dynasty many times and ignored the crushing number of people in the Sui Dynasty. In the final analysis, this is still a waste of money. The Sui Dynasty was not that it could not defeat Goguryeo but that it could not consume itself. Facing the narrow front and facing Goguryeo's interception of the grain road. Over time, all kinds of situations would come one after another during these tens of thousands of miles of expeditions, and then Goguryeo took the opportunity to achieve the final victory.

This time, the Tang Dynasty came to kill 100,000, and Goguryeo, neither their king nor the generals, had the intention to defeat the Tang army in one fell swoop. It was their unanimous tactic to use defense instead of attacking.

What they played was a waste of money. If the Tang army robbed their food and supplies and supported their army, this would definitely be a huge blow to the morale of Goguryeo.

Yuan Binzhi and Huoxiugu looked at each other, and each saw the fear in each other's eyes.

A general of Goguryeo who did not respond said, "How is this possible? Five thousand of our troops were stationed in Gaimu City. Even if the Tang army crossed the swamp, they crossed the Liaoshui River from a place we could not expect. Their troops should not be enough to attack Gaimu. They should build camps on the banks of the Liaoshui River to assist the subsequent army to cross the river."

"How can five thousand soldiers and horses resist tens of thousands of troops?" Yuan Song said furiously: "The cunning Central Plains people did not arrange a naval army from the beginning. They have been bewitching us that the naval army existed, and their naval army would attack Huaiyuan Town with infantry forces. In fact, their naval army was on land, pretending to be infantry, and disturbing our sight. In fact, the real elite infantry had already left our sight. It was not their naval army that disappeared. Their naval army had always existed under our noses, but we didn't know. What really disappeared was their elite infantry..."

"Calm down!" Yuan Binzhi shouted angrily, looking at his grandson with a little joy and anger. He had been guarding Liaodong for half his life. His greatest hope was to hope that his descendants could inherit his will and guard Liaodong, becoming a legendary myth of the Liaodong generation. Unfortunately, his sons were all mediocre and were useless. The only thing that is thankful is that the youngest grandson Yuansong has had a different talent in military strategy since he was a child and has the potential to stand up to one side.

Yuan Binzhi was ecstatic about this and cultivated him without any effort. He lived up to expectations. He had already had certain military insights at a young age. However, because he was too young and had too much expectations, he was too frivolous and too fond of showing off, and he was not at all cunning.

Yuan Song's current performance is enough to prove this. He noticed Tang Jun's ghost strategy first before anyone else, but such a frivolous and impatient attitude is really difficult to take on a big responsibility.

Yuan Bin drank, suppressed Yuansong, glanced around, and said calmly: "The sky cannot collapse. Even if there is no Liaoshui or Great Wall, we still have Liaodong. Yang Guang's 600,000 army could not conquer tens of thousands of Liaodong. What's more, the Tang army was only 100,000? As Yuansong said, we were wrong and fell into the trick of the Tang army. From the beginning, we fell into a passive position, gathering all the troops in Huaiyuan Town, and even neglected the swamp road in the north. This order was my fault, and it has nothing to do with you. The people of the Central Plains said that it was not too late to make up for the problem. Gao Changyong, you lead 15,000 soldiers out of the city to fight the Tang army. Even if you die, you should drag them to Huaiyuan Town to prevent them from interfering with our withdrawal."

A burly and sturdy Goguryeo general fought out and spoke the heavy Fuyu word and received the appointment.

Yuan Binzhi's eyes stopped for a moment on Huxianggu and Yuansong, and said, "Xigu, you lead all the cavalry under my command to cross the river as fast as possible, support Gaimu City as fast as possible, and do everything possible to rescue. If you can save it, save it. If you can't, retreat to Liaodong, and let Liaodong stabilize its morale first."

Huxianggu stood up bravely and received the order.

Yuan Binzhi continued: "The others packed up and immediately gave up the Great Wall and the Liaoshui defense line, burned Huaiyuan Town for me, and withdrew back to Liaodong."

At this critical moment, the veteran Yuan Binzhi was not panicked at all. He was steady and orderly and bold and willing to let go, and abandon him, without any drag on him.

After being in charge for forty-five years, Yuan Binzhi had an unmatched prestige in the army. His order was issued, which could be said to be a prohibition. The generals under the tent took the order and left in a short time, and carried out the retreat in an orderly manner.

Looking at the empty tent, Yuan Binzhi felt exhausted and sat on the horse tiredly. He seemed to have become ten years older, muttering: "The soldiers are not bloodless, and the soldiers are not bloodless. The Liaoshui Great Wall defense line that I carefully built was broken by the Liaoshui Great Wall... It's really ironic!"
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