Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3005 Showing the enemy to be weak
Yuan Gai Su Wen felt a little restless after being relieved just now.Thousands of miles away, there is really no good news...

But who would have thought that when the entire Goguryeo would gather heavy troops on the front lines of Far East City, Huaiyuan Town, and Gaimu City, hoping to resist the Tang army's offensive and frustrate its edge, the Tang army would actually go up the Liao River and search for it in the Xincheng area? How about crossing the Liao River at the breakthrough point and bypassing the Goguryeo defense line all of a sudden?
In the final analysis, Goguryeo's national strength is limited, and more troops have not been able to invest in the northern front line to resist the attack of the Tang army...

He looked up at his second son, expressionless, and said indifferently: "The Tang army is powerful, and our Goguryeo is in a weak position. We cannot take the initiative to attack, but can only defend passively. Try to keep the ground intact, and if any place is attacked by the Tang army, you will call for reinforcements. How can there be so many troops to support it? Why don't you all surrender together!"

He doesn't care too much about the gains and losses of a city or a place.

After the last conquest of Goguryeo by the former Sui Dynasty, domestic wars broke out everywhere and heroes stood side by side, which gave Goguryeo a rare respite, and immediately began to start the area southward along the Liao River, mobilizing the power of the whole country to build a border defense system, including The defense line of the Great Wall of thousands of miles and more than two hundred strong mountain cities, almost all the rivers and roads in Liaodong are firmly locked by the large net woven by these mountain cities.

If Tang Jun wants to go deep into Liaodong, he can only use human lives to fill it up, and gnaw down one mountain city after another.

Not to mention how many lives need to be filled in these mountain cities, whether the Tang army can bear it, but just the time required for this is enough to make the Tang army collapse-the autumn and winter seasons in Liaodong come early, when the roads are difficult to travel, the weather is bitter and cold, and the Tang army has heavy supplies. Transportation was difficult, and the Goguryeo army took the initiative to attack again. The seemingly powerful Tang army could only repeat the mistakes of the previous Sui Dynasty. After leaving corpses everywhere, they retreated to Yingzhou in embarrassment.

This is where Yuangai Suwen's confidence lies. He firmly believes that under his leadership, Goguryeo can defeat the mighty Tang army and win the final victory!

At that time, his popularity will climb to an incomparable peak, and the whole Goguryeo people will know who will bring them victory. Even if he deposes the treasure king and ascends the throne himself, everyone will rejoice and give their all support!

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At this time, the eldest son Yuan and the eldest sun Huan asked to see each other.

Yuan Nanjian originally planned to quit, but immediately changed his mind and stayed.He didn't want his elder brother to have a chance to perform alone in front of his father, especially that eldest son Huan, who was obviously just a stray dog, but full of cunning tricks, but his father still valued him quite a bit, and now he was working hand in hand with his elder brother...

Yuan boys and eldest Sun Huan entered hand in hand, and they all stepped forward to salute.

Yuan Gai Suwen did not pretend to be polite to his son, but he was very polite to his eldest grandson Huan, and said with a smile: "Recently, the weather has turned warm and it has rained several times in a row. Presumably the eldest grandson is still able to adapt to it?"

Changsun Huan said: "The climate in Guanzhong is actually similar to that in Liaodong. It's just that the winter in Liaodong comes late and leaves early, and the rest is still adaptable."

A waiter came forward to offer tea, Yuan Gai Su Wen said: "Sit down and drink tea."

"promise."

"Thank you, Da Molizhi."

When the three of them were seated, Yuan Gai Suwen sighed, and said to Changsun Huan with some regret: "Unfortunately, the two countries are currently at war, and the two countries are facing each other to the death. Otherwise, I will definitely go to Chang'an for a trip to see the great Tang Dynasty. If you are prosperous, you can go to the mansion to bother and ask for advice from a great hero like your father."

Changsun Huan sat upright and said with a smile: "There is no long-term interest between countries, and naturally there is no long-term hatred. Now Goguryeo endangers the northeast border of the Tang Dynasty, and war is inevitable. However, after this war, the two countries will still meet. Join hands to develop together, and the day when Da Mo Lizhi will go to Chang'an is very much in sight."

Neither humble nor overbearing, the response is very decent.

Yuan Gai Suwen obviously valued him very much. Hearing this, he nodded slightly, and said with emotion: "The great Tang army is the most powerful in the world, and the four kingdoms cannot resist it. If you can give me ten more years to connect the Great Wall of Liaodong into one piece, Maybe there will be a little more chance of winning. Right now, the mountain cities of the Liaodong Great Wall can only fight on their own. I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the sharp offensive of the Tang army. Perhaps in a few days, the Tang army will be able to approach the city of Pyongyang and capture me and King Baozang. prisoner."

These words seem to be decadent, but they are not blindly belittling themselves.

Goguryeo dominates the Far East. It is indeed a first-class power, and it has gradually shifted from a nomadic people to an agricultural people. In time, even if it cannot be on an equal footing with the Tang Dynasty, it will definitely become a serious problem for the Tang Dynasty.Ordinary times are fine, once there is turmoil in the Tang Dynasty and there is no time to look outside, the Goguryeo people take advantage of the situation to break through the Great Wall fortress and invade the Central Plains.

It's just that no matter how strong Goguryeo is militarily, it can't hide the fact that its economy is backward. The semi-agricultural and semi-nomadic survival situation makes it impossible for the country to control taxation.

The Central Plains Dynasty has a long history of building the Great Wall, at least dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty. The famous allusion "The Beacon Fire Opera Princes" that happened in Gaojing originated from the Beacon Tower on the Great Wall.During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, various countries competed for hegemony and defended each other. The construction of the Great Wall entered its first climax, but the length of the construction at this time was relatively short.After Qin destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, Qin Shihuang devoted all his efforts to connecting and repairing the Great Wall of the Warring States Period, and it was called the Great Wall of China.

Since the Qin Dynasty, successive dynasties have expanded and repaired the Great Wall. It winds up in the mountains and resists the Great Wall that the Hu people in the north cannot graze their horses and go south. Countless manpower and material resources were spent.

Goguryeo also wanted to build its Great Wall as majestic and solid as the Central Plains Dynasty, standing on the top of the mountain, and becoming an insurmountable moat on the border of the empire. However, the national power is limited, and the national finances simply cannot withstand such construction...

We can only retreat to the next best thing, connecting mountain cities in a line, relying on each other and supporting each other, relying on the geographical advantages to tightly control the traffic gateways, hoping to resist the fierce attack of the Tang army.

However, judging from the current battle situation, Goguryeo is obviously thinking too much...

The second son Yuan Nanjian frowned, a little dissatisfied with his father's way of "destroying his own prestige", and couldn't help but said: "Father's words are wrong. The Tang army is indeed aggressive, but why was it not like this in the Sui Dynasty? Liaodong has a vast territory. , The mountains and valleys are densely covered, and the terrain is very unfavorable for the Tang army fighting with large corps, making it difficult to give full play to its superiority in strength. In addition, Goguryeo is united and vowed to resist foreign aggression, and the victory or defeat is even more uncertain."

Yuan Gai Suwen glanced at his second son indifferently, without saying a word.

What a fool!
What is the use of such a sharp tongue?Lao Tzu said that Tang Jun is welcome to enter Pyongyang City. Does it mean that Lao Tzu does not resist?

Ignoring the second son, Yuan Gai Suwen looked at the elder Sun Huan and asked: "The Tang army fought without announcing it. This was indeed beyond my expectation, so I lost the initiative at the beginning of the war, and the Tang army captured several cities in succession. , Far East and other big cities have also fallen one after another. But the most important thing is that when the Tang army attacked the city, they used a brand-new weapon. Just bury it at the bottom of the city wall and then ignite it, and it will explode with powerful force. The city wall was overthrown... These weapons are the thunders used by the Datang Navy?"

The appearance of firearms can be regarded as the biggest difference between this Eastern Expedition and history.

The mountain cities that were originally spread across mountains and rivers in Liaodong, relied on their strong walls to resist the attack of the Tang army, causing countless Tang troops to encounter bloodshed under the fortified city, and countless soldiers were buried in Liaodong. speed of advance.

As a result, when winter came, the army was still lingering in the city of Anshi, unable to make an inch of progress, and had to return in defeat.

But now, the mountain cities along the Liaoshui River are like paper-pasted clay sculptures in front of Tang Jun, vulnerable to a single blow.

The Far East City, which Yuan Gai Suwen had placed high hopes on, was lost even for a day.Although there was a double attack by the Tang army, which not only cut off the way to support elsewhere, but also caused the morale of the defenders in the city to collapse, but the more important reason was the use of gunpowder.

The thick city wall fell apart under the power of gunpowder, and it could not play the role of shielding at all. This was the main reason.

The Tang army had such a siege weapon in their hands. Goguryeo spent the treasury and sacrificed the mountain city defense system built by countless civilians, and it was completely reduced to a display.

This forced the Goguryeo army to fight against the Tang army.

But when it comes to field battles... Tang Jun is invincible.

(End of this chapter)