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Chapter 1179: Cleverly capture and humiliate the barbarians

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    No matter how eager Eulji Wende was, he could not let the Goguryeo people who humiliated Yi City know the news of the Sui army's arrival.  Therefore, at this time, Shangyi City was still in a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.  At least that's what Gao Shun, the defender of Shangyi City, thinks so.

    ??Hangyi City is close to the East China Sea (Goguryeo calls it the West Sea) and is located at the mouth of the Xu River. It is an important barrier for Pyongyang City.  At this time, as a rear city, there were only more than a thousand people guarding the city.

    The guard general of Humiyi City is named Gao Shun, who is the cousin of the former Pingyuan King Gaotang. Although he is not very capable, he is still the most capable person in the clan and has been responsible for guarding Humiyi City for more than 20 years.

    At the beginning of the year, in order to prepare for the invasion of the Sui Dynasty, Pyongyang transferred most of the troops in Shaoyi City to the Liaodong front line, leaving only more than a thousand old, weak, sick and disabled.  Although Gao Shun was dissatisfied, he had no other choice.  Besides, he is not good at commanding troops, so he might as well stay in the city and be happy.

    Later, Lai Hu'er attacked from afar. Because his target was Pyongyang City, he did not attack the surrounding cities. Therefore, the humiliating city was miraculously not captured by the Sui army.

    Afterwards, Onda made a plan and cleverly set up an ambush, and Laihuer was defeated; Eulji Wende made a plan and dug water at night, so the Sui army retreated.  The two sides were going back and forth, even though they were fighting life and death, it miraculously did not affect the city of humiliation, and it had nothing to do with Gao Shun.  Gao Shun also saw that he was already over fifty years old and had no great achievements. It was good to stay in Humili City and be a local bully.

    Early that morning, the gates of Shangyi City were not opened as usual. Pyongyang had issued an order. In order to prevent the Sui army from attacking and spies sneaking in, the gates of each city were closed on a daily basis. This policy has been implemented for a year.  However, Gao Shun disagreed. The people in Pyongyang always like to exaggerate. Closing the city gate will reduce the city entrance tax to the city of humiliation. Are they worried about the Sui army's attack?  But the Sui army is there.

    Early in the morning, Gao Shun was enjoying the cool air in the backyard. At this time, a subordinate came to report that thousands of defeated troops had come outside the city, all of whom had retreated from Pyongyang. The report said, "General Eulji Mundeok was defeated by the Sui army in Sa River, Goguryeo."  The army is finished."

    Gao Shun's heart went cold when he heard this. He staggered and almost lost his footing. The attendants around him quickly supported him.

    "What? Why did you lose?"

    Gao Shun asked somewhat stammering, didn't he say before that the Sui army was retreating and that the Sui army was going to be defeated?

    "City Lord, that was a plot by the Sui army. With so many people in the Sui army, how could they be defeated? They faked defeat deliberately to lure General Eulji Mundeok into taking the bait."

    After hearing this, Gao Shun stood up suddenly and cursed: "Ulji Munde is incompetent and is harming our three armies."

    At this time, Gao Shun completely believed the news of Ulji Mundeok's defeat.  In fact, in his opinion, the strength of the Goguryeo and Sui armies was too different, and Ulji Mundeok's failure was completely inevitable.

    As for the defeated troops outside the city, Gao Shun ordered his men to gather them quickly.

    There are not many soldiers and horses in Shanyi City. Once the Sui army comes, it will be difficult to fight.  If we gather these broken soldiers into troops and be responsible for defending the city, when the Sui army comes, we will have the capital to fight or surrender.

    After the city gate defenders listened to the order, they let the defeated soldiers enter the city.

    Not surprisingly, this group of defeated soldiers was pretended by Cai Zhiyun, just to deceive the city.

    Although Cai Zhiyun has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, Huiyi City is a strong city with a large population.  What's more important is that Cai Zhiyun has no idea how many soldiers and horses there are in the city.  Once the Sui army attacked the city with great fanfare, the defenders in the city mobilized the people in the city to defend the city. They could not break the city without two or three days of effort, and this was without reinforcements.

    But the problem is that Cai Zhiyun simply doesn¡¯t have that much time.

    When a plan enters the implementation process, it is actually difficult to keep it secret.  Therefore, after Cai Zhiyun and Huang Mingli separated their troops, they knew that it was difficult to hide this strategy from Eulji Wende.

    Although Huang Mingli could block Eulji Munduk for two or three days, Cai Jiyun couldn't gamble.

    There happened to be a captive Goguryeo in the army. Cai Zhiyun planned this plan and did not kill him.  After some coercion and inducement, these people became Goguryeo traitors and fell into the arms of the Celestial Empire.

    This kind of thing is normal in this era. After the deaths of Goguryeo Prime Minister Yeon Gaesumun and Tubo Prime Minister Lon Qinling, who had fought with Li Tang for decades, their sons voluntarily surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty officials treated them generously.  I don't see any shame in these people. The Central Plains Dynasty is a kingdom of heaven, and there is no shame in surrendering.

    Cai Zhiyun ordered this group of Goguryeo traitors to be the forerunners, and asked Zhou Zhongan to select more than a thousand people to follow them, pretending to break the army and prepare to steal the city.

    It is true that as later generations said, "The two Japanese are worse than the Japanese." Each of these Goguryeo traitors seemed to be possessed by movie kings. They performed superbly in front of the Goguryeo army, and finally successfully deceived the gate of the humiliating city.The gate of Shangyi City opened, and the defeated troops of the brigade quickly entered the city.

    At this time, the soldiers of Shangyi City on the top of the city were still talking and laughing with the group of defeated soldiers.  As everyone entered the city, the leader's expression suddenly changed. He pulled out his sword and stabbed the leader of the city defender on the opposite side.  The opponent was caught off guard and was stabbed directly in the center, killing him in the end.

    "Do it!"

    The crowd of collapse killed the officers and soldiers of the city who was unprepared.

    At this time, Zhou Zhongan ordered his people to raise the "Sui" flag in the army, cover up the killing from behind, and seize the city gate.

    At this time, there were no more than a thousand Goguryeo troops in the city, and the number of defenders at the city gate was no more than 300.  The Sui army's cavalry rushed in in large numbers and attacked the Goguryeo army that was still lazily on top of the city.  In just a moment, all the Goguryeo defenders were killed.

    "The Sui army is coming!"

    The main force of the Sui army lurking outside the city also followed the troops who stole the city and broke into the city.

    Without the obstruction of the city wall, the more than a thousand people in the city were just a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. It took no effort for the Sui army to eliminate them. Even Gao Shun, the defender of the city, was captured alive.

    Cai Zhiyun led a large army into the city and quickly ordered all ministries to seize important places in the city, mainly to collect food in the city.

    The official warehouse in the city stores 20,000 shi of grain. Although it is not much, it is enough to feed an army of 50,000 for nearly a month.  But Cai Zhiyun knew that this was not enough, so he ordered the ministries to collect all the food of all residents in the city for military use.  As for other consequences, he can't control it.

    The Goguryeo people in the city were also driven out of the city. In this way, the Sui army collected another 40,000 to 50,000 stones of grain, which was enough for the Sui army to return to Liaodong.

    Having raised enough food, Cai Zhiyun¡¯s goal has been achieved.  At this time, Cai Zhiyun decided to go back to join Huang Mingli's troops, and then return to Liaodong.

    He was originally planning to abandon the city of Hanyi, but at this time he discovered that the city of Hanyi was not big, but it was high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was also close to the sea and had a good harbor nearby, which facilitated maritime support.  Cai Zhiyun then decided to order general Yao Junsu to stay in the city temporarily and wait for the follow-up.

    "Huiyi City can also be considered as a fallback route. If the main force of the army really cannot return from Liaodong, then crossing the sea from Humiyi City back to the Central Plains is also a way.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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