Yang Wanchun retreated to the "Zhuhan City" by the Yalu River, about 20 miles away from Danfeng City. Thinking of the 10,000 troops he had brought with him, and looking at the more than 100 lonely riders, his eyes flashed with deep hatred, and he couldn't help but sigh.

With a sound, he pulled out his sword and was about to commit suicide. The bodyguards who had already sensed something was wrong with him rushed out and knocked him to the ground. The sword flew several feet away.

The commander of the personal guards loudly said: "General, if you die, how will you explain to the brothers who died? If you die, who will avenge the brothers?"

Yang Wanchun sat on the ground blankly. After a long time, he got up, picked up the sword, cut off the thumb of his left hand, and said sternly: "God has witnessed that I, Yang Wanchun, cut off my finger today and swear that today's shame will never be forgotten."

.I will definitely avenge this blood on the day I come back..."

After he swore an oath, he rode his horse into the city and shouted: "Let's go!" Then he led his troops into the "Han City" without bandaging it and ignoring the injury of his severed finger.

"Brother Mo Lizhi! You will be punished by death!" On the tower, Yang Wanchun knelt on the ground and begged Yuan Taizuo Yizhi Wende for his sin.

"General Yang, what are you...?" Yuan Taizuo Yiji Wende looked at each other with shock.

"The general has been defeated, a disastrous defeat!" Yang Wanchun's face flashed with a look of despair, he looked at the sky and murmured: "The guilty general has wiped out his entire army! Please punish me, sir."

As he spoke, he presented the bloody sword with both hands.

"Wan Chun, what's going on with you?" Yuan Taizuo frowned and pulled him up.

Yang Wanchun immediately told the story of the war with a pale face.

Yuan Taizuo Eulji Wende was stunned.

Yang Wanchun was not well-known in Goguryeo, but no one who knew him dared to underestimate him. Yang Wanchun came from a very ordinary family, but he was eager to learn since he was a child and had great ambitions at a young age.

Han Chinese, while studying Confucianism, he was very interested in military affairs. He constantly collected the military strategies passed down by the sages of the Central Plains and studied them diligently. He was especially proficient in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu.

During Yang Guang's first expedition to Goguryeo, Yang Wanchun was determined to join the army. He performed well in the war and gained the respect of Yuan Ziyou, who was betrothed to him as his beloved daughter. It is said that he was Yuan Taizuo's brother-in-law.

But Yang Wanchun did not become a member of the Yuan clan because of Yuan Ziyou's respect. Because he learned the loyalty and patriotism of the Central Plains, he became very close to the Goguryeo royal family, and had an irreversible friendship with Eulji Wende, and became a lifelong friend.

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However, although Yang Wanchun was a core figure in the Goguryeo royal family, he had always been attracted by the Yuan family. Because of his status as the son-in-law of the Yuan family, he did not receive the attention of Gao Yuan and Gao Jianwu, and he remained unknown in Goguryeo.

But now, the people who both Yuon Taejo and Eulji Mundeok valued were completely wiped out and returned.

Yuan Taizuo glanced at Eulji Wende, and then said to Yang Wanchun: "Wanchun does not need to blame himself too much. The defeat in this battle is not yours. It was me who underestimated the Sui army. I didn't expect that after more than half a month of fighting, the Sui army still had

These powerful cavalry are the fault of me, the general. If I encounter such tactics, I will have no way to resist. Big brother! This is not a crime of war! What do you think of you?"

After hearing this, Eulji Wende's face immediately softened a little, and his mood calmed down. A young man on the side looked at Yuan Taizu with admiration. He is the leader, but he must first blame himself and then everyone, so that everyone can be united.

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This young man has a great beard, tall build, and sinister eyes that are very similar to those of Yuan Taizuo. His name is Yuan Gaisuwen, and he is the eldest son of Yuan Taizuo.

"Su Wen, take your uncle to bandage the wound!" Yuan Taizuo ordered.

"Here!" Yuengai Suwen gently helped Yang Wanchun out of the tower.

"The Sui army held on for more than half a month, but today they suddenly came out of the city. It is probably because reinforcements have arrived, and our army lacks cavalry, so this battle is not easy to fight! How do you think we should fight this battle?" Yuan

Tai Zuo said slowly.

Goguryeo's horse farms have been taken away by the Sui Dynasty, and there are no more horse farms in the territory. In the past two years, they have been fighting in Silla, and their war horses are almost exhausted. Now the whole country can barely scrape together 10,000 horsemen.

Eulji Wende bowed and said calmly: "Master Moliji, don't be anxious. Now that we know ourselves and don't know the enemy, we can't make a judgment. The two of us will go see where the other party came from tomorrow and then make a plan!"

"good."

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As the saying goes, some people are happy and some are sad, and the city of Han is falling into gloom and gloom. During the Sui Dynasty, Danfeng City was boiling with enthusiasm for returning from a great victory, and the Xuanjia Army headed by Yang Tong was treated as a hero.

Yang Tong was surrounded by a group of people and suffered a lot of complaints. Especially Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were so frustrated that they almost jumped.

"What's the point? Haven't we won? There are more than 10,000 Goguryeo troops, and they were easily defeated." Yang Tong said nonchalantly. To be honest, this war that was calculated without any intention was really easy.

"Everyone must be very aware of the situation in Goguryeo." After everyone had finished talking, Yang Tong returned to the topic and preached: "Goguryeo's strength today is not strong, especially after losing Ma Yuan, it has dropped a lot. But it can

Let me shake the foundation of Sui Dynasty, and you can see that it must be outstanding!"

Although he understood that Yang Guang deliberately failed miserably in order to consume the imperial guards, Yang Tong could only tell the lie to the end: "So, we must not take it lightly and repeat the same mistakes. We must also face up to Goguryeo and face up to their difficulties in dealing with them. Only in this way,

Only then can we be invincible."

Deng Hao nodded and said: "Your Highness is right. Goguryeo is indeed a tough nut to crack. In my opinion, this battle is about winning steadily and establishing yourself in an invincible position first. Don't give Goguryeo an opportunity to take advantage of it."

, and then the winning fighter."

Zuo Tiancheng continued: "After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, there was no decent threat from the surrounding area. After Nanchen was easily destroyed, the Turks, the only powerful enemy, were repeatedly divided by our Sui Dynasty's tricks. It can be said that throughout the ages, there has been no dynasty like ours.

Sui is so relaxed."

Seeing that Zuo Tiancheng couldn't let go when he said this, Yang Tong smiled and said: "General Zuo, we have nothing to worry about here. Everything is for victory. If you have any ideas, it's okay to just say it."

"Well!" Zuo Tiancheng said: "Take Goguryeo, a small country as an example. In terms of real combat power, it is not really strong. But our Sui Dynasty was too smooth, so when Goguryeo tried to expand to western Liaoning, Emperor Wen did not hesitate.

Three hundred thousand troops were mobilized for the expedition. From the generals in charge of the troops at that time, it can be seen that Emperor Wen did not take Goguryeo seriously at all."

Everyone also knows this period of history and strongly agrees with Zuo Tiancheng's theory.

At that time, Yang Jian took Yang Liang as his commander and sent King Shiji of Gaojun and General Zhou Luohu to lead an army of 300,000 land and water to attack Goguryeo.

Wang Shiji of Gaojuan was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty who had experienced hundreds of battles. Gaojuan was shrewd and powerful, he conquered Wai'an and pacified Nanchen, which can be said to be brilliant in battle. Wang Shiji destroyed Nanchen, Dingyu, Zhang, Luling and Xunyang, and he was invincible in all battles.

However, when attacking Goguryeo, they advanced rashly and marched straight in with both land and water armies. As a result, the water army encountered strong waves and many ships sank. Zhou Luohu, the commander of the waterway, had already lost his troops and was seriously injured. He was just about to rest and recuperate, but was defeated by Goguryeo in one fell swoop.

After King Shiji of Gaojun could not conquer the key fortress, he simply abandoned it and went deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo. The battle line was too long and all the food and logistics supplies were not available, which led to the collapse of the army and 90% of the troops were left behind in the land of Liaodong.

To be fair, if Goguryeo had not been looked down upon from top to bottom, even if Gaojun Wang Shiji could not defeat Goguryeo, he could have done the same as Li Shimin and retreated calmly after achieving great results. However, in the previous wars of the Sui Dynasty, he had always used strong troops to fight against Goguryeo.

The enemy was crushed, so everyone was careless and underestimated the enemy, resulting in a huge defeat.

This mentality of underestimating the enemy and being careless continued until Zhang Xutuo, Xue Shixiong, Song Laosheng and other generals who countered the rebellion. It can be seen that this is a matter of national conditions.

"As for Emperor Wu's expedition to Goguryeo... I won't go into details... In short, everyone despises Goguryeo!" Zuo Tiancheng ignored Yang Guangzhi's expedition, paused, and concluded: "Goguryeo has a unique geographical advantage. And it is very good at taking advantage of the right time and place.

advantage, so I suffered big losses again and again!"

Yang Tong nodded, looked at the map of Goguryeo carefully produced by Deng Hao and others, and asked: "In war, you must know yourself and the enemy. Please ask General Deng to summarize the geographical advantages of Goguryeo."

"Here!"

Deng Hao stood up and said without hesitation: "Combining the gains over the years, plus many arguments with General Zuo, we have summarized four major advantages for Goguryeo!"

"The first road! The terrain of Goguryeo is high in the north and low in the south. It is mountainous and steep. There are not many routes that can accommodate a large army. The best way is to go east along the seaside. However, the weather is unpredictable, and sometimes

The sea wind blows, and sometimes landslides occur, so the logistics support task is arduous."

"The second water! In addition to the high and precipitous mountains in Goguryeo, there are also large and small rivers. From west to east, there is the Da Ran Teal River, the Lu River, the Sa River, and the water. Only then can you reach its capital - Pingye."

"The third city! The biggest characteristic of Goguryeo is that it is good at imitating. It relied on various city-building techniques learned from the Central Plains and improved them using its own terrain characteristics. It built cities based on mountains. Nine out of ten cities were close to steep mountains. Only the big city

There are four of them, namely Xuantu City, a domestic city northwest of Yalu River, and Zhuhan City facing Danfeng City. Pingyao City to the east of Yalu River has been repaired for hundreds of years. In terms of the strength of the city, perhaps

It's not as good as Daxing Luoyang, but it's not much inferior. The location is also difficult to defend and difficult to attack! The northern part of Goguryeo is mountainous, which is not conducive to the movement of the army. If we march, we can only advance along the sea. Therefore, we must kill Hancheng.

It is the first obstacle that our army must overcome! In order to prevent the retreat from being cut off, the inner city and Xuantu City to the west of the Yalu River must also be restrained."

"The fourth people refer to the people of Goguryeo!" Deng Hao glanced at the people who were listening carefully and said: "Goguryeo is a small country with few people and living in a harsh environment. Everyone is brave and good at fighting.

It is not an exaggeration to describe them as those who are willing to die. The so-called bad people from poor mountains and unruly people are not exaggerated. In addition, Goguryeo is extremely hostile to the Sui Dynasty. Do not expect their soldiers to surrender. Only by killing them can they go into battle lightly. What they call

All the surrenders are false, and once you are fooled, all your efforts will be wasted."
Chapter completed!