The Summoning of the Troubled Times at the End of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 129 The Steady General Has Not Done His Best

In this battle, the reason why it was able to wipe out two-thirds of Goguryeo's defense force without much casualties is such a brilliant result.

Among them, Liu Bowen can be said to have contributed a lot!
From the very beginning when Zhang Liao reported that Goguryeo scouts were inquiring about the news, Liu Bowen quickly thought of a trick.

Use the eyes of Goguryeo scouts to convey your own movements, thereby attracting the main force of Goguryeo.

Instead, they are using enemy scouts as spies to hide their tracks for their own ambushes.

This is the highest state of "reversal" in the "Yongjian" chapter in Sun Tzu's Art of War.

After successfully ambushing the main force of Goguryeo, Zhang He and Su Lie took the opportunity to lead the army to attack the Goguryeo checkpoint.

It has to be said that this plan is followed by another plan, one link after another.

At this moment, Gao Qi realized the gap between himself and these top counselors.

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After closing, a fully equipped and highly morale army is attacking with all its might.

Looking carefully, this is the Yanmen Army Headquarters, and the leading generals are Zhang He and Su Lie.

It is only said that after Liu Yuan led the main force to pursue and leave.

Several days later, Zhang He and Su Lie led their troops to the pass.

Immediately afterwards, they carried out strong attacks day and night, day and night.

However, Hu Ertai, the Goguryeo general who stayed behind, is obviously not the same generation.

In the past few days, no matter what methods Zhang Yun and Su Lie used, they could be resolved by Hu Ertai.

Relying on the solid fortifications, Hu Ertai firmly held the line of defense, and he insisted that the Yanmen army could not advance an inch.

After several days of unsuccessful attacks, Zhang Yun and Su Liejin were helpless, and were about to use the final 'dark'.

Suddenly, an ominous scene appeared!

I saw that Goguryeo general Liu Yuan suddenly led [-] 'intact' troops into the pass.

In just two days, the situation in the pass was stabilized.

For a moment, Zhang He and Su Lie didn't dare to act rashly and use 'Yin Zi'!
But they all wondered in their hearts, why didn't Liu Yuan fall for the trick, and why did he lead the army back "lively and vigorously"?

Another day or two passed, and Gao Qi also sat on the horse, Bailongyin, and led Desheng's army back.

Zhang He and Su Lie also formed an army formation to meet them.

After meeting, Zhang Yun first knelt down on one knee towards Gao Qi, and pleaded guilty: "General, the last general is incompetent and failed to break through the barriers guarded by Goguryeo."

In addition to Zhang Yun's initiative to plead guilty, Su Lie also took the initiative to stand up and take responsibility.

Ever since Zhang He and Su Lie were in charge of the army, the relationship between the two has been unusual!

Hearing that Zhang Yun and Su Lie failed to capture the Goguryeo checkpoint, Gao Qi couldn't help being surprised.

Logically speaking, whether it is Zhang He or Su Lie, even if there is only one person, he should be able to conquer only one-third of the checkpoints.

But the current situation is unexpected!

Immediately, Gao Qi asked in a deep voice: "Junyi, Dingfang, it stands to reason that most of the Goguryeo army has been transferred out."

"Break through the checkpoint with your abilities, you should be more than prepared. Could it be that something happened?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yun couldn't help clasping his hands and explaining the whole battlefield.

First, he said that he led the army to attack fiercely, but the Goguryeo generals who stayed behind were obviously not weak, and they desperately blocked wave after wave of attacks by their own army.

In the end, when he was preparing to use "Anzi" to defeat the enemy, Liu Yuan, the main general of Goguryeo, suddenly returned to the pass with nearly [-] fresh troops.

The situation stabilized in an instant!
After hearing what Zhang Yun had said, Liu Bowen shook his feather fan lightly, walked out slowly and said, "It seems that the Goguryeo general Liu Yuan is also extremely calm, and he actually played a game of 'escape the golden cicada' for our army!"

Hearing what Liu Bowen said, none of the generals present could react.

After a long time, Gao Qi asked: "Berwen, what do you mean?"

"Wen can already be sure that with Liu Yuan's prudent mind, he will definitely not go directly into the valley with unknown information."

"Therefore, when Liu Yuan was marching halfway, he let other generals pretend to be him as the main general, while he himself led the most elite troops of Goguryeo to withdraw quietly, hide and observe the situation secretly."

"It's just that what he didn't expect was that our army's plan is so thorough that it's almost foolproof!"

"That's why Liu Yuancai saw that the Goguryeo army was bound to be defeated, so he decisively ordered to abandon it, and then the whole army rushed towards the checkpoint."

For a while, Liu Bowen analyzed sharply towards the generals.

After a while, all the generals listened to Liu Bowen's analysis, and all of them couldn't help but secretly said, "The thief will be cunning"!
Then, Gao Qi couldn't help sighing, and said: "It seems that a strong attack is not feasible now, we can only see the progress of Yuanchang and Zilong!"

For a while, all the generals were depressed, and they were all silent.

As a general, but now he can only hold a stalemate with the enemy.

If this spreads out, it will be a matter of shame.

After this battle, although the Goguryeo army was ambushed by the Yanmen army, two-thirds of the army was wiped out, which can be described as a serious injury!
But also because the chief general Liu Yuan was too cautious, he withdrew [-] of the most elite Koguryo troops ahead of schedule.

Therefore, although the number of soldiers in the Goguryeo Pass has been greatly reduced, the Yanmen Army can only look at the pass and sigh.

For a while, the situation was deadlocked again!
However, due to this disastrous defeat, Liu Yuan no longer believed in any of the scouts.

Therefore, no matter how provocative the Yanmen Army is, Liu Yuan will just 'close the door'!
The disadvantage of this is that Goguryeo knows almost nothing about the situation outside the customs.

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Goguryeo, originated in the Korean Peninsula and part of Liaodong County, is mainly composed of three ethnic groups: farming, nomadic, fishing and hunting.

Among them, the activities of the fishing and hunting people were mainly in Liaodong, Lelang, and Daifang generation, while the farming people were in the Korean Peninsula, where the royal city of Koguryo was located.

The nomadic people mainly live in the western Liaoning and Xuantu counties.

It is worth mentioning that the most intensified conflict with Goguryeo's current main ethnic group, the farming ethnic group, is also the nomadic ethnic group.

In Liaoxi County, a team of dozens of people is galloping.

After a long time, the crowd stopped, and the spies finally arrived.

Looking carefully, the leader is Zhong Yao Zhao Yun, who was ordered to go on an envoy.

It is only said that after Zhao Yun and Zhong Yao received the order, they went over the mountains and ridges, and finally walked out of the mountains through unremitting efforts.

Immediately, Zhong Yao discussed with Zhao Yun and decided to go to the junction of Liaoxi and Xuantu counties, which is also the habitat of the nomadic people in Koguryo today.

Zhong Yao was charged with persuading the nomads behind Goguryeo to raise troops, so as to give his own Eastern Expeditionary Army the conditions to make a breakthrough.

However, the difficulty of this is beyond imagination!
After all, this mission is aimed at a group of uncivilized barbarians who belong to the land of barbarians.

Maybe you might be rejected by others before you can say what you want!
However, since it is here, let it be!

Now that he has undertaken this mission, Zhong Yao will not give up on his own accord!
Where will the Sui Army's Eastern Expedition go this time?
(End of this chapter)