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Chapter 1381 Breaking Pyongyang (Part 1)

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    Zhou Fashang and Huang Mingli's troops totaled 50,000 troops. These 50,000 troops were specially arranged by Huang Mingyuan to land from behind the enemy, and their purpose was Pyongyang City.

    Zhou Fashang has already been to Pyongyang once and is familiar with the roads along the way.

    It was not the first time that the Sui army raided Pyongyang City, but this time it was different from the first time.  Although Laihuer also led his troops to raid Pyongyang City at that time, it was a temporary decision. In addition, at the beginning of the war, Goguryeo's strength still existed, and Laihuer himself was eager for quick success, so he ultimately suffered a failure.  But this time is different. Three years of war has completely exhausted Goguryeo's war potential. Facing 50,000 elite troops approaching the city, there will be no more miracles.

    After Zhou Fashang and Huang Mingli's army entered the mouth of the Xishui River, Huang Mingli ordered Xi Ju to lead 8,000 cavalry to board the boat from the south bank of the Xishui River and attack Pyongyang City directly.  The main force of Zhou Fashang and Huang Mingli continued to advance along the Xishui River.

    Although there are not many defenders in Pyongyang City, it is still a big city with a strong city and deep pond.  And south of Pyongyang, there are still many Goguryeo people.  Xi Ding's troops marched by land not only to speed up the raid on Pyongyang City, but also to block troops that might reinforce Pyongyang City from other directions.

    Xi Jing went straight to Pyongyang. The cavalry was very fast and the distance was less than a hundred miles. By evening, the entire army had arrived in the west of Pyongyang.

    At this time, the city of Pyongyang was extremely quiet.

    Because of the war, the atmosphere in Pyongyang is very tense.  The city that used to be bustling with people is now empty of people even during the day.  Through the darkness of night, the city with its back to the river is particularly solemn.

    Therefore, he was unable to get in touch with the intelligence personnel in the city. At this time, Xi Jing did not know clearly about the situation in Pyongyang.

    Everyone has different opinions on whether to fight or wait now, but most people believe that the main force will be able to arrive in Pyongyang by dawn.  All the armies are cavalry, which is not conducive to attacking the city.  Rather than laboriously attacking the city now, it would be safer to wait until early tomorrow morning to attack the city.

    Xi Jing finally agreed to the matter. It was indeed difficult to enter the city with only eight thousand cavalry and no siege equipment.

    Xi Jing then ordered the main force to stand by in the west of the city, and also ordered a small group of scouts to spread out and pay attention to the movements around them.

    It was a difficult night. The Sui army attacked from the sea to attack Pyongyang suddenly. If the other side was aware of the Sui army's appearance and panicked, they would have a night of preparation time, and the attack on the city would be even more difficult.  .

    Hiding in the darkness, Xi Ding kept staring at Pyongyang City under the night. He wished he could leap over the city wall and enter the city.

    At the fourth watch, it is the time when people are most sleepy.  The soldiers of Zuo Wuwei had been wandering on the sea for a long time and marched for a whole day. They were all exhausted and each rested on their horses.

    As the coach, Xi Jing closed his eyes and rested his mind, but he was worried about the war and couldn't sleep.

    At this time, the scouts came to report that a group of food escort teams were found more than ten miles southwest of the city, heading towards Pyongyang City.

    Xi Jing immediately sat up straight and trembled.

    ??For Xi Jing, a group of teams escorting food is not worthy of attention, and he will not pay attention to these food.  But the problem is that they are now lurking outside the city. If they are discovered by this group of people and their whereabouts are exposed, then their lurking in the middle of the night will become meaningless, and it will also affect tomorrow's attack.

    Xi Jie immediately ordered his troops to attack slowly from behind to capture the food transport unit without allowing anyone to escape.

    There are six to seven hundred grain transport teams, and the grain trucks are very full, with almost five thousand shi.  As for the escorting officers and soldiers, there were two to three hundred people, and there were no flags. They did not look like regular troops, but more like a group of family private soldiers.

    ¡°And it¡¯s very unusual for people to transport food at night.

    Zuo Wuwei's Jingqi quietly moved toward the opponent, then suddenly attacked, quickly capturing all the grain transport teams.  The escorting soldiers were very brave and fearless in the face of the Sui army's attack, but they seemed to lack battle experience. As for those transporting food, they were old and young. They were obviously not organized and did not dare to resist at all.

    The general who was responsible for commanding the raid ordered people to keep an eye on these food transporters. As for the officers and soldiers, all except the leader were executed.  In front of all the people, more than two hundred people's heads fell to the ground, and everyone was heartbroken.

    The leader was also frightened and was escorted to Xi Jian. Before being tortured, the man immediately poured beans out of a bamboo tube and told his details clearly.

    This group of people are private soldiers of the Yuan family, transporting food to Pyongyang City. The leader is Yuan Shi.  The Yuan family is the largest grain merchant in Pyongyang. The food supply in Pyongyang is tight these days. Because they are worried that transporting food during the day will attract the attention of others, they secretly transport food at night.

      Xi Jing couldn¡¯t help but sigh. It seemed that no matter where they were, those in power were people who didn¡¯t care about the country¡¯s peril.

    Xi Jing then asked Yuan Shi how they would transport food into the city. Yuan Shi quickly said that they had already opened up the gate guards of the inner and outer cities. When they arrived at the city, the other party would open the city gate and let them in.

    When Xi Jing heard this, he felt even more angry. These thieves are so shameless.  Although the Goguryeo people were guarding and stealing, it was too hateful.

    However, although Xi Jing was angry, he suddenly had a plan in his mind. Since this group of people had opened up the road to transport food, wouldn't it be a good opportunity for them to sneak into the city if they pretended to be a group of people transporting food.

    Xi Jing threatened Yuan Shi to serve the Sui Dynasty and falsely opened the city gate, otherwise he would be executed.

    Yuan Shi suddenly fell into the hands of the Sui army, and he was also very frightened.  If you can survive at this time, of course you are willing to serve.  As for the life and death of Goguryeo, the more people who are slaves of these wealthy families, the less they care.  Many people are people who deceive superiors and subordinates, and harm the public and enrich themselves. Some people don't even care about their masters, let alone the country.

    Xi Jingnai ordered people to put on the clothes of those private soldiers of the Yuan family and disguise themselves as private soldiers, and also ordered some people to disguise themselves as coachmen.

    As for the grains, Xi Jing had people take them down, and hide two people in each cart, covering them with grain bags and cloth bags. As for the weapons, they were also hidden in the carts.

    Pyongyang City is divided into inner and outer cities. It is useless to just attack the outer city.  Lai Hu'er had already conquered the outer city, but was still defeated by the Goguryeo who counterattacked.

    Xi Jingnai ordered the team to load several fully loaded vehicles, and then deliberately damaged the wheels.  These cars were then divided into groups in front of and behind the cars.

    These carts are also good things to prevent the city gates from closing.  At that time, the car will take the opportunity to fall at the city gate and block the city gate from closing, which can buy time.

    Of course, because the inner and outer cities are separated, the car damage incident had to be carried out twice.  When both sides launch the attack depends on their respective commanders.

    After Xi Jing ordered everyone to disguise themselves, it was almost the fifth watch.  Xi Jie found some soldiers who could speak Goguryeo to follow Yuan Shi and never leave his side.  This is to protect Yuan Shi and prevent Yuan Shi from playing tricks.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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