About an hour later, Wei Yan also led his army into Xuantu City from the north of the city. Three years ago, the army led by Zhao Yun and Wei Yan consisted of 20,000 light cavalry and 20,000 heavy cavalry. After these three years of hard fighting,
, the army fought from west to east, a total of 40,000 troops, and now
More than half of them have been lost. However, the remaining soldiers are all elites who have been trained in the flames of war. If the light cavalry and heavy cavalry of the past can be regarded as the first-class army in the world, then this current army
The army can already be called the strongest army in the world!
The 20,000-strong army slowly passed through the city gate, with a chilling air from time to time as they walked. The people of Xuantu City around looked at it and suddenly got goosebumps all over their bodies, as if they could smell the air emanating from these soldiers.
The smell of blood! For a time, the news of a powerful army entering the city spread throughout Xuantu City, making the people of Xuantu City panic, and they were all considering whether to leave Xuantu City for refuge.
However, Wei Yan, who was at the forefront of the army, obviously did not give these people a chance to escape Xuantu City. This time they went south to catch the other side off guard. If these people were allowed to escape and the news leaked out, then the hard work of the past three years would be lost.
, wouldn’t it be a failure? So, just after entering the city gate, Wei Yan ordered the people behind him
Several lieutenants asked them to lead their soldiers and horses to block all the gates on all sides of Xuantu City, and no one was allowed in or out! At the same time, they settled the army in the long-abandoned military camp in the city, and officially took over Xuantu City.
!After all the arrangements, Wei Yan brought Fazheng, Liao Li, Pang De and others to the inn where Zhao Yun was staying.
At this time, Zhao Yun had already finished interrogating the Goguryeo prisoner through those guys. What surprised Zhao Yun was that this Goguryeo prisoner was not an ordinary person. His father was a general of the Goguryeo Kingdom. This time
This group of people came to Xuantu City because the Goguryeo Kingdom was planning to attack Xuantu City again in the near future, and this time they would not just plunder and then leave like before, but they would really attack Xuantu City.
Take it and turn it into the land of Goguryeo!
After getting this news, Zhao Yun was so angry! No matter how the Goguryeo man begged for mercy, Zhao Yun just killed him with a sword to vent his anger! When Wei Yan and others walked into the inn, they happened to see Heitou and others killing him.
The bodies of the Goguryeo people were carried out. After Zhao Yun told what happened, Wei Yan and others were equally angry.
However, if you are angry, you still need to carefully discuss what to do next. According to the original plan, after capturing Xuantu City, the army immediately went south to capture Liaodong, and then used Liaodong as the basis to attack Youzhou.
Go straight to Fan Yang!
But now such a thing happened for nothing, which made everyone hesitate. Although whether Xuantu City was captured by Goguryeo did not conflict with the plans of Zhao Yun and others, no matter what, this Xuantu City was captured by Goguryeo.
The city is still the territory of the Han people! The people in the city are still Han people! Are Zhao Yun and others going to sit back and watch these Han people being ravaged and killed by Goguryeo?
Fazheng and Liao Li also frowned and said nothing. One of them was the commander of the army, Bo, and the other was the Sima of the army. They were the counselors who accompanied the army in this battle. Their duty was to provide advice and suggestions to Zhao Yun and Wei Yan.
.In fact, from a purely strategic perspective, this decision couldn't be simpler. Leave Xuantu City immediately and seize Liaodong as planned! As for Xuantu City, after capturing Youzhou, we can recapture it.
.
But neither Fazheng nor Liao Li could express such a suggestion. Leaving Xuantu City aside for the time being, this suggestion might not have much impact on them, but for the people of Xuantu City, without an army
Protect, wait until Zhao Yun and the others capture Youzhou and then kill them back. God knows how many Han people are left in Xuantu City!
Taking a deep breath, Zhao Yun said to everyone in a deep voice: "Everyone, this matter must be discussed to come up with a result! Then let me take the initiative! I decided to stay in Xuantu City and fight with those Goguryeo people.
Field!" Zhao Yun was the first to say this, which shows that Zhao Yun's character is a person who dares to take responsibility.
Because this decision is obviously contrary to the plan that everyone had discussed before. If the plan to attack Youzhou is ruined because of this, then Zhao Yun will bear the responsibility! Even though he knew such a result, Zhao Yun still decided
This kind of responsibility made Wei Yan and others feel ashamed.
Immediately, Wei Yan slapped his thigh and shouted: "Zilong! Since this is what we have said, I, Wei Yan, am not a timid person! My lord, you will be the chief general, and I will be the deputy general, responsible for this operation! If
If something unexpected happens, there is no reason for you to carry it alone! This operation is
I made the decision together with you! If anything happens, you and I will share the responsibility!" Wei Yan's words made it clear that he and Zhao Yun would bear this responsibility together. In this way, the army's next actions can be said to have been decided.
After all, the two commanders have the same opinion, and the others have no veto power.
Fazheng and Liao Li also breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other with wry smiles on their faces. Compared with their courage, they are still not as good as Zhao Yun and Wei Yan! But now that this is the case, there is no more use for them.
Having considered this, what we have to consider now is how to deal with the next battle!
Even so, everyone now knows nothing about the upcoming Goguryeo army. This is a taboo for military strategists! Therefore, Fazheng and Liao Li also need to think carefully about the next countermeasures, especially Fazheng.
Right, as Qingcheng College
An outstanding student of military art, Fa Zheng has been responsible for the army's operational planning in the past three years, and this time will naturally be no exception. Although Liao Li majored in official art at Qingcheng College, Liao Li's intelligence is not bad.
It can also provide a lot of help for Fa-rectification.
"Although I don't know the number of the Goguryeo army, I think Goguryeo should already know the situation before Xuantu City. To deal with such an empty city without defenders, they shouldn't send too many troops, right?" Liao Li frowned and analyzed.
"That's not necessarily true!" Fazheng shook his head and said, "The Goguryeo people are definitely not fools. They have annexed the territory of Xuantu City many times before. Although it is also because Gongsun Du was seriously ill and unable to fight back, the more important thing is
The reason should be that Goguryeo's behavior has not yet touched the Gongsun family.
Bottom line! If Xuantu City is directly occupied, I am afraid that the Gongsun family behind Gongsun Du will never accept it! And the Goguryeo people definitely understand this. It is not difficult to capture Xuantu City, but the difficulty is how to defend Xuantu City!
So in my opinion, the number of troops sent by Goguryeo this time will probably not be small!"
"Uh!" Hearing what Fazheng said, Liao Li was stunned for a moment, and then he had to admit that what Fazheng said was very reasonable. Now Liao Li's face became a little heavy, and he said: "If
If this is the case, that would be troublesome! Gongsun Du is not an ordinary person either.
Goguryeo has been able to continue to be so arrogant under Gongsun Du's nose in recent years, which shows that the combat effectiveness of Goguryeo's army is not inferior to that of Gongsundu's Liaodong Army! If Goguryeo's soldiers and horses are not large in number, it will be easier to handle, but if there are too many,
, then this battle will be difficult to win!"
Fazheng also nodded in agreement, and finally took out a sheepskin scroll from his sleeve and bounced it directly on a low table next to him, but it turned out to be an extremely broken map. This map was the previous
Found in a battle with the Xianbei people, it marked the situation in various places in Youzhou. It can be seen that the Xianbei people may have been planning Youzhou for a long time! If the Western Qin army had not suddenly appeared, I am afraid that troops would have been sent out at this time.
Those from Youzhou should be the Xianbei army!
Fazheng pointed to the upper right corner of the map, which is the location of Xuantu City. Fazheng said: "This is Xuantu City! According to the information we have received, the Goguryeo army should have almost reached Xiaoliaoshui at this moment! If not,
What does it mean
Otherwise, the Goguryeo army will arrive at Xuantu City on the third day!" The information Fazheng mentioned refers to the information Zhao Yun obtained from the previous torture of the Goguryeo man. Zhao Yun on the side also kept nodding.
, to express understanding.
Liao Li suddenly said at this time: "No! I'm afraid this time will be shorter! Don't forget, the man General Zhao killed was the son of the general who commanded the Goguryeo army this time! They came to Xuantu City
The purpose is to explore the mystery
The situation in Tucheng! Now that they have all been killed by General Zhao, how can the Goguryeo army not know that something happened here? If I am not wrong, I am afraid that the Goguryeo army will arrive at Xuanzong at the latest or the day after tomorrow at the earliest.
Tucheng!"
Liao Li didn't say anything, but Fazheng really forgot about it, and Zhao Yun also said with an embarrassed face: "Oh, I didn't think of this at the time. I just listened to his words and felt very angry, and I couldn't control it for a moment.
Just kill him! This, this is my fault!"
Seeing Zhao Yun taking the initiative to take responsibility for his mistakes, Fa Zheng and Liao Li laughed. Fa Zheng waved his hands and said: "General Zhao does not need to blame himself. This matter has nothing to do with General Zhao! Even if General Zhao did not kill him, we would not be able to kill him."
Just put the opponent back like this! If he didn't see his son coming back, the general of the Goguryeo army would do the same.
Speed up the march and get to Xuantu City early! Moreover, this way, not only our preparation time is shortened a lot, but the same is not true for those Goguryeo people! They arrived in too hasty, for us
, it’s not a bad thing! Speaking of which, General Zhao’s killing was really a good one!”