Half of the area belongs to the Liaohe River alluvial plain, and the other half belongs to the low-lying area of Liaoze, with crisscrossed waterways, lakes, and reeds everywhere.
The great melee between the five armies took place in this low-lying area filled with reeds, and the fighting lasted for dozens of miles.
Xue Zuo's 6,000 infantry, which were the only refined troops, walked sideways as soon as they entered the battlefield. No enemy could stop them. He Douling and Huang Shilang were so jealous that they almost vomited blood.
As for Yu Wenhuaji, he did not come because the Goguryeo reinforcements from Wuliluo City moved south, and he had to build a defense line again on the plain north of the low-lying swamp to stop this enemy army from going south.
As a result, such a situation was formed. Liaodong City, which was in the center of the whirlpool, did not start a fight, but the surrounding areas were in full swing.
The defense general of Liaodong City was Gao Yuan's younger brother Gao Jianwu, who was also called the Master of the West.
But he is not in Liaodong City, he is in Wunvshan Mountain City. Because Liaodong City is easy to be surrounded, the headquarters of the Liaodong defense line is on Wunvshan Mountain.
This man was quite capable of fighting, and he was also the next King of Goguryeo after Gaoyuan in history. However, he did not die at the hands of the Tang Dynasty, but at the hands of Yeon Gaesumun, a powerful official of Goguryeo.
Wei Yunqi mainly attacked Wunv Mountain in the east of Liaodong, and attacked the mountain cities such as Xiagu City and Gaojiandi. The battle was not smooth at all because these cities were all on the mountains.
It is really difficult to go up the mountain.
"These bastard barbarians are huddled in the mountains. There are several city walls arranged along the mountains. It is really impossible to fight," General Liu Dong complained.
In the temporary tent set up at the foot of the mountain, Wei Yunqi continued to digest the battle reports ahead, and said with a solemn expression:
"Wait for the wind. The southwest wind should be blowing in this area. When the wind arrives, set fire to the mountain."
Goguryeo's mountain city was set up on a mountain. There were circles of city walls on the outside. In fact, it was a low defense line built with bluestones. Within the city walls, all the trees were cut down, just to prevent you from setting fire to it.
But if there is a southwest wind to help, once a fire is lit at the foot of the mountain, the wind will blow the smoke to the top of the mountain. But there is also a disadvantage, that is, the wind in the mountain, because of the terrain, it will move randomly. If you are unlucky, it will blow.
Burn yourself.
So after Wei Yun started the fire, he had to run farther away.
After a wildfire occurs, not many people are actually burned to death. Most of them are choked to death. Don't underestimate the thick smoke of the wildfire. As long as you are in a position facing the wind, you can't hide and you will be choked in a short time.
, and then suffocated to death.
That heat wave can burn you to death.
However, the method of setting fire is more cruel. After all, there are not only soldiers in the mountain city of Goguryeo, but also ordinary people. It is a mass killing.
Wei Yunqi could not go up the mountain, so he could only order the army to retreat, deploy it on every road out of the mountain, and block the passes to prevent the enemy from breaking through.
After waiting for two days, the wind came in the morning, so Wei Yunqi ordered the mountain to be set on fire. After lighting the fire, he immediately ordered the army to retreat for more than ten miles.
It is April now, and the trees and grass stems are in the recovery stage. They are short of water and can easily be ignited. Once a fire breaks out, it will start a prairie fire.
Moreover, wildfires are difficult to control. Even though Wei Yunqi had to retreat for more than ten miles, if the situation was not right, he had to retreat.
As the fire broke out, soldiers were dispatched from all the mountain cities, including Wunu Mountain City. They were not trying to put out the fire, but to run away while the fire was still small.
Where to run? Run to Wei Yunqi's place.
The people in the city evacuated along the mountain road to the south.
The decisive battle at Wünv Mountain was ignited by Wei Yunqi's fire, but Wei Yunqi didn't know that Gao Jianwu was here.
In the Liaohe Plain, the southward armies of Yuwen Huaji and Wuliluo City also started to attack.
At this time, Li Jing had just arrived at Sanfo Village and learned about the military situation ahead from Li Jing.
"It's a mess, it's just a mess." Li Jing is also the father of Li Yuantong of Longxi, the former Minister of War, and like Li Yuan, he is a descendant of Li Hao, the monarch of Xiliang during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
Historically, Li Jing's branch is absolutely fine, but Li Yuan, the orthodox descendant of Longxi Li, is quite troubled.
However, in today's Sui Dynasty, the issue of Li Yuan's bloodline is not a problem.
Li Jing was sixty years old, and Yang Guang sent him to the front line. Although this man was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty, he was still old after all.
In front of him, Li Jing was the junior among the juniors.
"Actually, it's not a chaos. Wuli Luocheng will go south to help sooner or later. It's just that they came a little earlier, mainly because there is a problem with Huaji's defense line."
Li Jing looked at the map, frowned and said: "It is not easy to build a defense line in the plains. Huaji's defeat is not entirely wrong. But now that your Majesty asked me to replace Huaji, this hard job falls on me."
Li Jing hurriedly said: "It is not appropriate to pick them up at this time. There is a battle ahead. If you want to pick them up, you have to wait until the situation becomes clear. General Manager Duan's army attacking Fuyu City is almost here. By the time they cross the river and head north, the threat from Wuliluo City will be insignificant. , the clan father is still here to watch the changes."
"When I arrived, Duan Wenzhen's vanguard army was already preparing to cross the river," Li Jing said solemnly, "I will follow him on his way north and decide the time to take over based on the situation."
"That should be the case," Li Jing smiled and nodded.
Wuliluo City was on the only way for Duan Wenzhen's troops to go north to Fuyu. His and Zhang Jin's mission was to attack Wuliluo City and Fuyu City, with a total force of 63,000.
Zhang Jin is the general of Zuo Beishen Mansion. He will definitely not be able to take Zuo Beishen Mansion with him. He is Yang Ming's former right guard and Qiu He's left guard.
The two generals under the right guard are Wang Shilong and Yang Gongdao.
Wang Shilong went to Xinan Xingtai to serve as Shangshu's right servant, and half of the right guard was stationed in Nanzheng County, the capital of Hanchuan County, responsible for keeping an eye on Bashu. The person who took over Wang Shilong's squad was Shi Wanbao.
The current General Youhou Wei is King Yang Rui of Qin.
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Yang Ming, who is in the capital, has been paying attention to the fighting on the front line, but because the distance is too far, he only knows that the pontoon bridge is being built.
Once the pontoon bridge was built, he felt half at ease.
After presiding over the court meeting every day, Yang Ming would also host a small court meeting in the East Palace. He never stopped. In the imperial city, officials from various ministries came and went in a hurry, all worried about the war on the front line.
"Is there any news from Cui Wei?" Yang Ming sat in the main seat of Cheng'en Hall and asked with a sleepy look on his face.
Yuan Wendu shook his head and said: "Not yet. Calculate the time. Regardless of whether it goes well or not, he should have left Lingnan. He will definitely send someone to pass the news through the inn in advance. We will know the situation in less than half a month."
Yang Ming nodded and said: "There is no new news from Shandong today. I don't know how Zhang Xutuo is doing. Please inform the post station to send more postmen to convey the military information from Shandong to the capital as soon as possible."
"I'll make arrangements right away," Du Ruhui stood up and left.
Yang Ming's side is also in a lot of trouble. Shandong side is already in chaos, and Hebei is getting worse, because civilians are constantly escaping back from the front line, and they are all going to these two places.
The construction of the canal has caused misfortune to Hebei, and now it is suffering from another wave of chaos. Once chaos breaks out in the future, it will be no bigger than Shandong.
Just when Yang Ming was about to leave Cheng'en Hall, a military report from Shandong was handed over.
Zhang Xutuo led his army into Linji County and defeated Wang Bo. Now Wang Bo led thousands of remaining troops to flee to Yangxin County in Bohai County. Zhang Xutuo led his troops to pursue him.
This military report was undoubtedly inspiring. Prince Xian Ma Liu Xuan was greatly pleased and praised:
"This man is good at using troops, and he always surprises others. He is a good general. The king's thief fled north to Yangxin and had to cross the Yellow River. Maybe the Yellow River was the place where he died."
The faces of the East Palace subordinate officials in the palace were much more relaxed at this moment, especially Fang Xuanling. After all, it was his hometown that caused the trouble.
"The king's thief is extremely hateful and good at deceiving people's minds. He needs to be eliminated as soon as possible. His head should be sent to the capital in the future and hung at the Mingde Gate."
Yang Ming just smiled slightly.
In the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, those who were good at demagoguery had not shown up yet. Among those people, Wang Bo did not have much standing.
its not right........
Yang Ming suddenly frowned. Li Yuan, the idiot, hadn't come back yet, but Jinyang Palace had been repaired. Although Yang Ming felt that this old boy didn't have the guts to betray him right now, he was still very worried.
After all, there is an empty group in Guanzhong right now.
He could not be transferred back to Li Yuan because Comrade Yang Guang had not yet accepted the project. If he wanted to get Li Yuan back, he would have to wait until Yang Guang went to Jinyang.
Shimin has been staying in the East Palace in an orderly manner, but Jiancheng is no longer here, and this is his eldest son.
If I detain your eldest son, you will not dare to rebel.
"How long has Jiancheng been employed in Xiangcheng County?"
Li Baiyao replied: "Almost two years."
Yang Ming asked again: "Is there any vacancy in Shangshu Province recently?"
After this question, everyone immediately guessed that the prince wanted Li Jiancheng to enter the Shangshu Province.
The person in charge of connecting the East Palace with the Shangshu Province was Li Gang. Li Gang said:
"Liu Mo, the host and guest minister of the Ministry of Rites, died of illness during the expedition. Currently, this position is the only one vacant."
Yang Ming immediately said: "Transfer Jiancheng back to the capital, replace the host and guest minister, and issue a document immediately."
Although in Yang Ming's view, Li Yuan's rebellion at this time was purely seeking death and had no chance, he still had to make complete preparations.
So he secretly sent a secret message to Xiao Maha from Hedong, and ordered him to transfer Song Laosheng to station at Pujing Pass, and wrote a letter to Qiao Zhongkui, asking him to keep an eye on the Longmen Ferry.
These two places are the only way to reach Guanzhong in Shanxi.
During the last outing, thanks to Yang Ming's sacrifice of his own body, both Yan Xiaotang and Wei Xianhui became pregnant.
Feng Yuzhi can no longer use this excuse to complain.
That night, Yang Ming called Yang Rui, Yang Jin, and Shimin Wuji to have dinner together. During this period, he told Shimin about the transfer of his brother back to Beijing.
Shimin was very happy and insisted on leaving the palace tonight to tell his mother Dou the news.
Changsun Wuji also hopes to leave the palace tomorrow and go home to tidy up, waiting for his mother and sister to return to Beijing.
The period of mourning for Mrs. Gao and her eldest grandson Wugou has come, two years and one month, and the mother and daughter have already planned to leave for Beijing.