Datang Lingnan King

Chapter 359
During the day, the Goguryeo people were secretly discussing whether the expedition failed this time, whether Datang would retaliate next year, and whether they needed to escape secretly. They did not expect that enemies would appear at night.

The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were like terrorists made the Goguryeo people terrified, and many of them were disheveled and killed by the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who rushed into the camp without even getting their weapons.

The fierce battle didn't last long, because the entire new city had only [-] soldiers, originally [-], but they were transferred [-] away, and they never came back. Datang sent troops to attack in winter.

The new city was built on a hill, and the place was small, and the sporadic battles had disappeared before dawn.

They found war horses, and after a meal, Li Tian was left behind, and Fang Yiai led 2 people to guard the city.

Through interrogation, it was learned that the three cities of Nansu, Mudi, and Cangyan only had more than 2000 defenders, and they were the ones who selected the elite and left the rest.

Feng Daiwen made a bold decision to divide his troops and attack Nansu City with 1 troops led by Chen Hu, Li Zhen, and Feng Daihuo; An Xiuren led 1 troops led by Li Dejian to raid Nancangyan City; More than [-] cavalry raided the wooden bottom.

The established strategy is to swindle first, pretending to be a Goguryeo, and cheating to open the city gate. As long as the city gate is opened, it will be a beautiful woman with her pants stripped, just let it be squeezed.

The three routes are all cavalry, and they are rushing in the starry night, and they will definitely arrive before the news leaks.

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Five days later, Feng Daiwen arrived at Mudi City, the farthest city. It was more than 300 miles, five days and five nights. Except for the horses needing to rest, they would rest, and they would spend half of the night on the road. Fortunately, they finally arrived.

This time, 3 people were mobilized, and [-] were Turkic and Khitan soldiers. Firstly, they were able to adapt to eating and sleeping on horseback. Secondly, Feng Daiwen also ordered that, except for the things belonging to the city guard’s mansion, all other looted items belonged to them. personal.

Things went well. After many days of running around, they changed into Goguryeo's clothes, and they suddenly became like them. Their clothes were not covered, and their haggard faces were just like their starved faces. When Feng Daiwen saw Chen Xiong leading people into the city gate, Immediately let out a sigh of relief, waved his big hand, and charged with the army.

"Ah! Enemy attack!"

The brigade charged, of course they couldn't hide it from others. The Goguryeo defenders yelled in fright, some rang the bell to warn, and some hurriedly closed the city gate.

"kill!"

Chen Xiong and others who had sneaked into the city had approached the guarding soldiers intentionally or unintentionally, but when they saw the attack from outside, they immediately became violent and cut down many of them when they drew out their weapons.

"kill!"

Chen Xiong shouted again, without a shield in his hand, he grabbed a guard, danced wildly at the enemy in front of the shield, and smashed it out.

"Follow me!" Chen Xiong grabbed a stabbing spear, snatched it with force, and threw it at the guard who was closing the city gate, piercing through the two of them, and nailing it to the city gate.

Seeing that the door was still closed, he gave a loud shout and called the soldiers to rush forward together.

"Kill!" Chen Xiong rushed over to kill a man with an axe, grabbed the knife, and began to slash wildly. Others rushed up behind him and quickly cleared away the guards.

Just as Chen Xiong opened the door fully, Feng Daiwen had already rushed forward.

The soldiers at the gate of the city quickly dispersed, and Feng Daiwen led his men on horseback and rushed into the city.

As soon as the city guards rushed out of the camp, they were killed by the cavalry who rushed in.

"Chen Xiong stay!" Feng Daiwen shouted loudly, without stopping, he led the people straight to the city.

Chen Xiong was left behind to quickly clean up the enemy army, and at the same time guard the city gate, leaving a retreat for himself, just in case.

There are only more than 2000 guards in Mudi City. There are nearly ten thousand rattan armored soldiers there. After an hour, the city guard mansion has been breached and the four gates have been blocked.

3000 people were left on duty, and the others ate quickly and then went to sleep.

After sleeping until the next day, the recovered Feng Daiwen slowly arranged to clean up the city.

All the officials, merchants, and landlords in the city were looted. They were extremely poor and bored. Feng Daiwen ordered the people to be driven out, the city walls were dug down, the city gates were removed, and the city guard's mansion was burned down. Only then did they retreat with the looted supplies.

Leaving a devastated city to Goguryeo. As for the people, Feng Daiwen didn't want any of them. It was winter and there was so much snow, it was too troublesome to take the people with him. If it was summer, he could take them all away.

But it’s okay to stay, and there are still people. This mess of Goguryeo has to be cleaned up by itself. If there are no people, the empty city will definitely be abandoned.

Just when Feng Daiwen was evacuating, the other two groups of troops also succeeded, but they were much more vicious. They didn't even spare the common people's homes. They looted everything and took away everything that could be taken away. Ruin, this is none of Feng Daiwen's business. After all, the troops were dispatched in winter and they had only experienced a major war. There were not many recruits trained, so they could only be stimulated with supplies.

There must be some influence, but it is not a big problem. They are all Turks and Khitans. Anyway, it is not a day or two for the Khitans to harm Goguryeo. Ordinary people will not resent Datang.

The three groups of people returned with a full load. Taking advantage of the favorable weather and before the coldest time, Feng Daiwen left An Xiuren, Li Dejian, and Li Tian with 2 people to guard the new city, and left all the supplies that could be left behind. people go back.

Feng Daiwen didn't go back directly, but took a detour to Liaodong City, took the opportunity to sneak attack, but failed, and was discovered by the Goguryeo defenders, and did not attack by force.

Just outside Liaodong City, they showed off their might before leaving.

Although he didn't capture the city, Yuan Taizuo was very frightened. He didn't expect Datang's revenge to come so fast, and it was still in winter. After careful observation, Yuan Taizuo found that when his soldiers were shivering from the cold, Datang soldiers have no influence outside the city, and even the horses are wearing clothes.

Yuan Taizuo was disheartened, the more he understood Datang, the less confident he was, and even the ambition to replace Gao Jianwu was gone.

"Su Wen, I want to go back to Pingxiang for my father! You are good at self-cultivation, and the Tang Dynasty will not come to attack before the beginning of spring." After Feng Daiwen left, Yuan Taizuo returned to the Chengshou Mansion and lay on the bed with an expression on his face. said the pale son.

Yuan Gai Suwen looked at this period of time, and his father, who was ten years old, even bent his back a lot.

"Why did father go back to Pingxiang? Be careful that Gao Jianwu will kill you." Yuan Gai Suwen said anxiously.

"Hey! The gap between us and Datang is too great, and we have deep grievances. Only by uniting can we ensure that our country will not be destroyed.

Going back for my father this time is to suggest that King Chen Liu submit to the Tang Dynasty to be a minister and pay tribute. I hope that the Tang Emperor will look at this point and give up the idea of ​​attacking us, so as to ensure the continuation of the national oak. "Yuan Taizuo explained gently.

(End of this chapter)