The siege was in full swing, arrows were like rain, wood and stones were smashing like hail, and screams kept coming out in the darkness, and shadows fell to the city. It was hard to tell whether it was the Sui army or the
Goryeo Army.
But a ladder was pushed away from the city with an iron fork by the Goryeo soldiers and fell heavily to the back. A series of soldiers on the ladder screamed in despair.
Sui soldiers continued to attack the city, but were constantly killed and thrown down the city. On the city, the spear of Sui soldiers pierced the chests of the Goryeo soldiers and pushed the body high down to the city.
For siege battles, night battles are actually not of great significance. Both sides do not need to arrange troops or deploy troops, they just attack and kill.
The siege seized every opportunity to rush upward, while the defender tried his best to defend the city, not allowing the enemy to attack the city. They just blindly shot arrows at the shadows.
In the dark night, death will come quietly without any signs, which will put huge pressure on the soldiers on both sides of the offense and defense. Only by fighting to the death, either you die or I live.
But Yang Yuanqing chose night battles with another purpose, which is to contact the scouts in the city and attack the city at night, which gave the scouts in the city opportunities.
Fifty Sui army scouts in the city were all organized into the ranks of civilians who assisted in defending the city, but they were disbanded. The captain Wu Jie and more than a dozen other brothers were thrown into the defense tonight.
The chaos at the top of the city quickly brought them together. Wu Jie hid behind a battlement and watched the Sui army's attack. He found that the Sui army did not invest much troops, but just a tentative attack.
After pondering for a moment, he whispered to several subordinates: "I have to find a way to send a brother down the city."
"Captain, use a rope!"
A soldier found a roll of rope not far ahead, which was used to hang arrows onto the top of the city, six or seven feet long. Wu Jie rushed forward and carried the rope back.
In the night, the city was in chaos. There was no Sui army siege here, and there was no Goryeo army siege to notice their strange actions.
Wu Jie ordered a thin, flexible scout to go down to the city to report the news. He tied the rope around the soldier's waist and repeatedly told him, "Tell the general manager to let the army attack Nancheng tomorrow night, we will connect to the west of the south gate hanging rod.
answer."
The soldier nodded and turned over and went down the city. The soldiers pulled the rope and put it down little by little. When they were still three feet from the ground, the soldiers reported to him to cut the rope with a dagger and jumped down gently to see no one on the left and right. He got into the moat.
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A mile away, Yang Yuanqing watched the Sui army attack Pyongyang City. Although the battle between the two armies was not clear in the night, the Sui army obviously did not attack the city. He invested too little troops to break through the dense defense of the Goryeo Army.
Yang Yuanqing frowned. This kind of normal siege method was too much casualties, and it was a bit unworthy of the loss. He still had to find a way to find a breakthrough.
At this time, Luo Shixin stepped forward and suggested: "Master, it's better to use the Modao Army to attack the city and try it."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The city is too high and the Modao Army is too bulky. In addition to not being afraid of arrows, it is not as flexible as ordinary soldiers, making them more dangerous to siege the city."
"Then let Huye go! Huye is sure to break through the defense line of the Goryeo Army and kill the city." Luo Shixin said impatiently.
Yang Yuanqing thought for a while and said, "It's feasible, but today I'm just a test attack, let's talk about the formal attack."
Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered, "Transfer my order, stop the attack, and withdraw the army!"
The order was followed, and the bell of the Sui army immediately rang out from the camp of the Sui army. This was the sound of gold and withdrawal. Thousands of Sui army retreated like a tide, carrying the injured soldiers, leaving only the remaining ones.
Cross broken ladders.
The Goryeo soldiers cheered on the top of the city, celebrating the Sui army's failure to siege the city. Soldiers had already rushed to the inner city and reported to Gao Jianwu about the battle situation of defeating the Sui army...
...
In the big tent, Qi Yuanqing was listening to Niu Jinda's report. Niu Jinda was the commander of the temptation of the attack tonight. His offense was very unsuccessful, which made him feel very ashamed.
"Report to the general manager, more than 700 people were killed and injured by the brothers who attacked tonight, of which about 430 were killed, and the rest were injured. All the ten ladders were destroyed. The Goryeo army fought very fiercely. The brothers attacked four times.
He went up to the city, but failed four times in the end, and more than one hundred brothers were killed due to this. He was because of the poor command of the position, so he asked the general manager to punish him."
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The attack tonight is not your responsibility. I only invested 4,000 people, and the defenders had 20,000 or 30,000 people, and the city was based on it. It is reasonable that you failed in the battle, but you just want to have a good life.
To appease the wounded soldiers, the fallen soldiers must find a way to retrieve the bodies."
"I understand, thank you for your forgiveness."
Yang Yuanqing looked at everyone again and said, "Everyone gathers his mind to see if there are any surprise troops breaking through the city."
At this time, Cheng Yaojin raised his hand and said, "Master, I have a plan."
Cheng Yaojin was still a little good at siegeing the city. Yang Yuanqing attached great importance to his suggestions and smiled and said, "Please tell me, General Cheng!"
Cheng Yaojin has always cherished his life like gold. He would not take the risk of volunteering, but he is very good at thinking about bad ideas. He smiled and said, "We all over the way, and we saw that there are villages on both sides of the strait, with dense populations.
I caught thousands of Korean women and children who were fucking him as meat shields to attack the city. I don’t think Koreans will even kill their own people!”
Cheng Yaojin's suggestion was opposed by the generals here, "How can women and children fight? When they fall, they are in chaos. They flee in scattered, which has also disrupted our army, which has affected the morale of the army."
Luo Shixin was particularly dissatisfied. He angrily scolded Cheng Yaojin and said, "The Sui army has always been strict in military disciplines and does not hurt women and children when fighting. The military rules are clearly written, but you let women and children fight for the vanguard. What is the meaning of this military rule?"
Cheng Yaojin's face was flushed when everyone said it, and he also said angrily: "The military rules are only aimed at the people of the Sui Dynasty. The Goryeo people are aliens, so it is best to kill them all. The kindness of a woman like you will kill everyone!"
"alright!"
Yang Yuanqing interrupted their argument. In fact, Yang Yuanqing also felt that Cheng Yaojin's plan was good, but the generals opposed it very much, so he no longer mentioned it. He asked again: "Let General Cheng put this strategy first,
Any other strategy do you have?"
Everyone was talking. Some said they were digging tunnels into the city, some said they followed the imitation of conquering Taiyuan City and made plans from the suspension bridge, some said they first withdrew their troops, and then sent soldiers to mingle into the city with nearby villagers, and attacked the city with both inside and outside.
While discussing, a soldier came in to report: "I reported to the general manager, a soldier came from outside the camp. He said he was a scout from Liaodong and had important information to report to the general manager."
Everyone was stunned. Why did the Liaodong scout come to Pyongyang? Yang Yuanqing understood in his heart and said happily: "Take him in!"
Soon, the personal soldiers brought the scout soldiers coming out of the city into the big tent. He knelt down in front of Yang Yuanqing on one knee, raised his military card high, and reported loudly that "I am the scout in Liaodong, named Wang Xiaoyi, Fengshao.
He ordered to leave the city and report important military information to the general manager."
There was a whisper in the big tent. Everyone could hear that there were scouts of the Liaodong Sui army in Pyongyang, which was deeply surprising.
Yang Yuanqing smiled and explained to everyone: "Before sending troops, I secretly ordered the Liaodong General Manager Hou Mo Chenyi to send scouts to sneak into Pyongyang, but I didn't contact him later, and I didn't expect it to be successful."
Everyone suddenly realized that Cheng Yaojin smiled and said, "Master, this is a good method. Let the scouts get mixed up among the defenders and put down the suspension bridge while the chaos is in the chaos, so we can concentrate our forces to attack the city gate."
No one scolded Cheng Yaojin's plan, and everyone thought it was feasible. Yang Wuqing asked the soldiers again: "How many people do you have in total? How are you going to pick up the army?"
"Report to the general manager, there are 50 of us, all of whom were organized by the Goryeo people as the guardians, but we can gather together. The commander Wu means to act at critical moments and help the Sui army siege the city."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "You lieutenant should sue you what plan you use!"
"I report to the Chief Executive, the Chief Executive, the Chief Executive means that he will be the same as today as he will attack the city, but in the south city, he will lead his brothers to the west side of the south city gate, and then he will ask the Chief Executive to send him to the station.
The most elite soldiers attack here, and we will respond at the top of the city.”
Yang Yuanqing summoned all the generals to discuss the plan of surprise soldiers, but news came from the scouts in the city, which was called: "Walking on the iron shoes without a rabbit" without any effort...
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Yizhi Wende led a dozen followers to the northeast and rode horses all the way to the northeast for nearly a day and a night. At about 4 o'clock, he finally arrived at the domestic city.
The soldiers guarding the city rushed to report to Gasuwen, "General! General!" A personal soldier was tying a window outside Gasuwen's house.
Gassuwen woke up from his sleep. He yawned twice and asked impatiently: "What's the matter?"
"Report to the general, the king sent the second prime minister Yizhi Wende to come urgently and said that something major happened in the capital."
This news made Gasuwen unable to sleep, and he immediately ordered: "Take him to your room to wait!"
Gai Suwen has been resting well during this period. He finally fell asleep tonight, but was awakened by the soldiers. He yawned several times, got up and put on a piece of clothing, and went to the guest room.
Soon, the guards led Yizhi Wende into the guest room. Yizhi Wende and Gaisuwen had a good personal relationship, which was considered a lubricant for the conflict between Gaisuwen and the Goryeo court. If there was no Yizhi Wen.
De and Gassuwen had long turned against the court.
Gai Suwen bowed and smiled politely: "I am here in such a hurry. What happened to the court?"
Eji Wende said anxiously, "General, Yang Yuanqing personally led tens of thousands of elite soldiers to attack Pyongyang from the sea. The king asked the general to go to rescue Pyongyang."
This unexpected news made Gai Suwen stunned. He thought about it and suddenly understood the profound meaning of Xie Sili's words. Yang Yuanqing could not let his father Yuan Taitai come back, but the condition was that he was not allowed to support Pyongyang.
Although Xie Sili said nothing, Gai Suwen fully understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, which was the condition offered by Yang Yuanqing.