Two days have passed since the bloody battle on the north bank of the Taizi River.
But now the floating corpses on the Taizi River are still floating on the water, dyeing the entire river red.
And because the Taizi River makes a big bend from here, then goes north and then west through Xiangping North City.
So at this big turn, the corpses floating down from the middle stream directly blocked the river, and they were densely packed. Pieces of Wuya crunched and circled above it, enjoying the feast.
The camp on the south bank of the Taizi River was also the exit for the Goguryeo people from the Changbai Mountain Valley. Depression enveloped the camp, and even the flags were hung low.
Today, the owner here is still a Goguryeo, but he is no longer Yeon Dae-eul.
Yuan Dayi, his son and all the Goguryeo generals died on the north bank. In that bloody battle, six thousand Goguryeo elites were killed and countless people threw themselves into the water. Only a few four were able to surrender to the Taishan army in the end.
There were less than a thousand people, which shows how brutal this battle was.
The biggest mistake in this battle was not that the Goguryeo army on the north bank failed to build barriers, nor was it that the giant horned deer attacked in anger, leaving the entire army on the north bank leaderless.
The biggest mistake in this battle was that Yuan Da Yidong followed suit and cut off the eight pontoon bridges. The consequence was not only that it cut off the retreat of the entire army on the north bank, causing it to be finally gathered and annihilated. More importantly, he blocked the army that had just arrived here.
The army of the King of Sichuan from his homeland went to support the past.
Yes, the army of the old King Sichuan arrived very quickly and arrived at the mountain pass one day earlier than planned.
But no matter how quickly they arrived, they were still a step too late.
Looking at the cut-off pontoon bridge and listening to the miserable screams of the people on the other side, King Chuan of the homeland of Goguryeo screamed in pain and fainted.
In this way, the war situation cannot be changed.
The 50,000-strong army that left the mountain city had already lost 20,000 before it reached Xiangping.
Yesterday, the king of Chuan, my home country, woke up and convened a military meeting of the entire nation.
At the military meeting, the nobles in the army were divided into two groups.
Among them, the priest of Buyeo who accompanied the army shouted that the heaven was not paying attention to us, Goguryeo. This defeat was a warning to us, and we should immediately break up camp and retreat to the mountain city.
In the words of this sacrifice, this hundred years is not the era of us Goguryeo people, our era will be in the next hundred years.
Goguryeo was a society that had not yet gone far from being ignorant, and sacrifices had a profound influence in the country. Therefore, when the chief priest of Buyeo said these words, it shook the determination of many nobles, so they all persuaded the king of Chuan of his home country to withdraw his troops and return to the army.
At this time, the king of Sichuan, his homeland, remained gloomy and silent.
Another chief priest who was responsible for worshiping the high god understood the king's intention and came out and said something like this:
"God's will is unpredictable. Mortals always use their own minds to guess, so they often do wrong things. This time is indeed God's warning to Goguryeo, but it is also a test. Only by being able to survive this test can we
It proves that we are capable of possessing this fertile land in Liaodong."
In the religious world of Goguryeo, there are two absolute factions. One of them worships Buyeo God, and the other worships Gao God.
Buyeo God's sacrificial troupe came out to establish a business together with Jumong, the ancestor of Goguryeo. Therefore, these people have been on an equal footing with the Goguryeo royal family from the beginning. One of them represents the real world of the people, and the other explains the spiritual world of the people of the country.
But the confrontation between secularity and religion never stops, and the former always tries to seize the latter's final right to interpret prophecies and celestial phenomena.
Therefore, King Damu, the grandson of Jumong, was also the most outstanding among the Goguryeo kings in terms of martial arts and martial arts. He elevated his grandfather Jumong from a human to a god, calling him Gao Shen.
Because the Goguryeo people previously called themselves Gaomin because they lived on high mountains, the so-called Gao Shen by Jumong represents the ancestral god of the Goguryeo nation.
Since then, the struggle between the priest group of Buyeo God and the priest group of Gao God has never stopped.
This quarrel over the interpretation of blessings and misfortunes is nothing more than a repetition of countless others in the past.
Then a fierce quarrel broke out between the two sides, blaming each other, and even starting a fight in front of the king of Sichuan, his home country.
But at this time, the old god, King Sichuan, was still there, silent.
The three ministers beside them couldn't stand it any longer, and one of them, an older man, stepped forward and said to his father, King Sichuan:
"Your Majesty, whether we fight or leave, the remains of Yuan Dayi and other nobles from the Nuclear Tribe must be brought back. We have to have people cross the shore to talk to the Han people."
The old man is the head of the Slavery Department. Although he is not the strongest, he is highly respected.
And what this person said is very appropriate, because Goguryeo is a country that advocates generous burials. Even if manpower is precious, it must use stone as a coffin, bury it with gold and silver, then seal the tomb many times, and finally build a stone tomb.
It can be said that death is an extremely sacred thing for the nobles of Goguryeo. But now, as one of the largest nobles in the country, he was also the head of the royal family's Slavery Department in the past. If he died fighting for the country and he was not buried well, then
It's unjustifiable.
Sure enough, after these mature and solemn words were spoken, the priest groups on both sides stopped talking, but the face of the chief priest of Fuyu God was a little gloomier.
Because although these words are prudent, they are not beneficial to him.
After all, he didn't think that the Han people would hand over Yuan Dayi's remains to them, and if they didn't, these nobles would not retreat to the mountain city anyway.
But he didn't dare to stop it directly. After all, he was not willing to bear the wrath of the Slavery Department.
The King of Sichuan, his hometown, who had been silent before, finally spoke at this time. He said calmly:
"Then find someone who can speak Chinese, wade through the water, and negotiate with those Han people!"
After saying this, the king of Sichuan, the homeland, ended this military discussion.
Today was the day when the Goguryeo envoys came back, and surprisingly, the Han people really sent back the bodies of the Nobles and other nobles.
In order to transport these corpses, the Taishan Army also built a small pontoon bridge on the Taizi River specifically for transportation.
The Goguryeo people did not take this seriously, because on this narrow pontoon bridge, as many soldiers as they came up were killed.
Afterwards, after a little processing of the bodies of these nobles, King Sichuan of his old country held a military meeting again, and this time he directly asked all the nations about their thoughts on this war.
Obviously, the King of Chuan from his home country did not intend to go back in despair. It was his suggestion to go out this time. If he went back like this, he would definitely not be able to hold the throne.
Therefore, the only choice left to the King of Sichuan in his hometown was to fight!
And now let’s discuss how to fight!
As a result, many nationalities expressed their opinions. Some said they would declare war directly with the Han army on the opposite side. Some said they could select warriors to cross the border to attack the enemy's food supplies.
Anyway, everyone is enthusiastic.
When the King of Sichuan from his hometown saw that his previous elders had been silent, he asked:
"My dear, what can you teach me?"
The old minister pondered for a moment and said seriously:
"Why do we insist on breaking through here? Isn't it true that the only way out of Goguryeo is the Taizi River? So my suggestion is that we can spread suspicion here, and then order the remaining people in the country to come from Xiaoliao in the north.
We will go upstream and go south. All the Han soldiers are gathered here, which is suitable for us to take the rear."
Then the elder began to narrate:
"There are three advantages to doing this. First, you can enter uninhabited territory, and it is very easy to win. Second, you can expand the land and gather people, and take all the fertile soil of Xuantu to obtain supplies. Third, you can go from the north to the south to echo our place. When the time comes,
The enemy army is frightened and attacked from both sides and will be defeated!"
It can be said that this suggestion is very pertinent no matter which way you look at it.
But there is one shortcoming, that is, there is no consideration at all whether the Gongsun family in Xiangping City can persist until the Goguryeo people win.
When the king of his hometown Sichuan expressed these worries, he added:
"Even if we really capture Xuantu, if the Gongsun family is attacked and destroyed by the enemy at this time, it will be useless. We Goguryeo people cannot occupy this vast Liaodong by ourselves."
King Sichuan of his homeland had his own strategic arrangements for coming out this time. He understood that the prestige and population of the Goguryeo people alone were not enough to occupy Liaodong.
At this time, it was necessary to support a Han puppet to ease the difficulty of Goguryeo's rule, and the Gongsun family of Liaodong was considered the most suitable candidate by the king of Sichuan, his home country.
This is also the reason why he wants to rescue Xiangping.
But when the King of Sichuan from his homeland finished saying this, the old man smiled contemptuously and said this:
"I am a small tribe in Goguryeo. The Han people are a big tribe, and the small tribe is fighting against the big tribe. I don't want to take advantage of one thing first, but my immediate interests are affected by some impossible things. It is really stupid."
The old man said even more unceremoniously in the end:
"Your Majesty, at this point, four out of ten warriors in the country are dead. Are you still thinking of taking over Liaodong? We, the Goguryeo people, spent a hundred years to conquer the White Mountains, and another hundred years to expand to the coast and snowy fields. But what about these places?
Every place is not sparsely populated, and Liaodong is ten times more powerful than the rest of Liaodong. And just like this, we have been using it for two hundred years. Does your Majesty think he is wiser than King Wu?"
At this moment, the face of King Sichuan of his hometown was already quite ugly, but he restrained himself and said with a forced smile:
"What I said is serious. Everything is done by people. If today's people are not as good as the ancients, then we, Goguryeo, will not be where we are now. We are still wandering in the mountains."
But the elder didn’t give him any face at all, and said something even more heart-wrenching:
"Your Majesty, the reason why I still propose to attack Xuantu now is because I know that we can't retreat. Now that we have suffered such heavy losses, regardless of how to explain to the people of the country, even those Fuyu people will devour us. At this time, our clan has actually arrived
At this critical moment of life and death, your Majesty, stop dreaming."
These words finally allowed the King of Sichuan to break his defense.
The man rolled his sleeves and angrily shouted:
"Old man, you are old. This important military matter is beyond your control. Please step back."
After saying that, he asked the palace guards to drag him down.
The old man who was pulled out saw that the King of Sichuan in his hometown was still stubborn, so he could only look up to the sky and lament: