Tang's dining table

Yunchu's achievements in the small town of Tongding basically came from the two Zhechong captains under his command.

They have very rich combat experience. They have lived to the current age of forty, half of which was spent on the battlefield.

The reason why he was still just a subordinate of Yun Chu was entirely because of his poor background and lack of opportunities.

Yunchu's origin has the shadow of Master Xuanzang Ruoyouruowu, so no one has ever doubted his identity.

Zhang Donghai and Wang Defa are different. They have names and surnames, and their ancestors have been documented for seven or eight generations. There is no way they can be mistaken for being involved with someone.

Therefore, I could only climb up a little bit from Fubing, and finally climbed to the position of Captain Zhechong, which is very rare.

Both of these people are from Li Zhi.

There is no doubt about this.

Because when Yunchu was chatting with these two guys, he talked about how he took his whole family to have a drink and talk with Li Zhi and a giant bear in Qujiang.

Zhang Donghai's four-year-old son even played on the back of a bear, while Li Zhi just laughed and was extremely kind.

This reminded Yun Chu of his former Shangguan Ding Dayou. This guy once said that as long as he did not participate in such shady things as rebellion, the emperor would basically be lenient with him and would not impose heavy responsibilities on him.

In the Tang Dynasty, who had the thickest thighs? There was no doubt that it was Li Zhi.

Holding anyone's thigh is not as stable as holding Li Zhi's thigh and not letting go. Of course, the premise is that Li Zhi is willing to lower his body and allow them to hug his thigh.

But Li Zhi is such a person. He likes to hang more pendants on his legs, and is willing to spend time communicating with them emotionally.

From the early years of Yonghui to the current first year of Xianqing, Li Zhi often behaved coldly and ruthlessly when dealing with big figures, but when dealing with officials at the level of Captain Zhechong, he showed affection.

According to the information Yunchu got from the official documents, he had not personally dealt with any Captain Zhechong in the past seven years. The most severe punishment was to send eunuchs out of the capital with sticks to beat up Captain Zhechong who had committed many evil deeds. Ten sticks are enough.

When officials from other places came to Beijing, Li Zhi would not summon them unless necessary. There were 634 Zhechong prefectures in the Tang Dynasty. As long as the captains of these Zhechong prefectures came to Beijing, Li Zhi would definitely summon them and give them wine.

There are 261 Zhechong mansions in the pass, and Li Zhi can name every Zhechong captain.

If you treat me like a countryman, I will repay you as a countryman.

This is the reason why Li Zhi dared to hand over the entire army of 260,000 to Li Ji's command.

The emperor is the eternal boss, while the generals are only temporary leaders. This is very clear to the captains.

The Zhechong Mansion within the pass accounted for 40% of all the Zhechong Mansion in the Tang Dynasty. This formed a military structure that combined the power of Guanzhong and dominated the world.

This also formed the basis of Li Zhi's power.

That's right, Li Zhi's power comes from the 630 Zhechong mansions in the world, not from the people. Of course, if you have to say that the soldiers of the mansion are also the people, this makes sense.

This is a very simple truth, and a very simple truth, far less complicated than people think.

Yun Chu was rich and well-connected. He was also tolerant of his soldiers and listened to their opinions. He was not stubborn at all. Therefore, both Zhang Donghai and Wang Defa were willing to serve under Yun Chu.

He also had the consciousness not to abandon Yunchu and run away on his own in times of extreme danger.

After delivering the Tongding Ferry to Gao Kan and receiving Gao Kan's handover documents, he handed over the general team to Gao Kan. Yun Chu's army officially crossed the Liao River and set foot on the land of Goguryeo.

At this time of the march, we did not dare to continue hanging bacon on the barrels of our guns. Although there were not many people, scouts, front troops, middle troops, patrolling left and right, and rear troops were naturally formed under the deployment of Captain Zhe Chong.

The main force of Yunchu's Chinese army was the five hundred bad guys with Zhong Kui as the captain. There are many horses in Yunchu's army. Although they can't form a full cavalry team, they are almost the same. Even the infantry can take turns to jump on the carriage and take a rest on the ox-cart.

Along the way, Yunchu didn't see anyone. Occasionally, he could see one or two dogs without owners, barking at them at the entrance of the ruin-like village.

The scouts entered the village to search and came back to report that there was no one alive in the village.

Since there are no living people, that means there are only dead people, and many of them.

The wheat in the fields beside the village has already grown ears, and it will be harvested in another month at most.

Wen Wen ordered the civilians accompanying the army to gather some wheat that had already filled with grain so that they could be fed to the horses.

The result of this was a delay of half an hour. If they wanted to reach Xuantu City before dark, the entire army would have to speed up.

After crossing the Liao River for one hundred and twenty miles, they arrived at Xuantu City. Yunchu's army set off at the fourth watch and did not complete the one hundred and twenty miles until the evening.

After walking for two days in one day, when we arrived at Xuantu City, we were already exhausted.

However, Pang Tongshan, the guard of Xuantu City, did not agree to Yun Chu's army entering the city. Even though Pang Tongshan met Yun Chu at the top of the city and verified Gao Kan's seal to Yun Chu, he only agreed that Yun Chu's army could back Xuantu City. We set up camp and want to enter the city, we will do it after sunrise tomorrow.

There was no way, this was military regulation, Yun Chu's face was not big enough to ask Pang Tongshan to open the city gate for him at night.

I just don’t know if Pang Tongshan can prevent Li Zhi from entering the city late at night. I think Pang Tongshan can’t do it. Although the famous Han general Zhou Yafu once did this and won the emperor’s praise, but later, Zhou Yafu went on a hunger strike for five days. On the same day, he vomited blood and died.

There was no psychological burden in rejecting Yun Chu and Pang Tongshan, so Yun Chu had no choice but to set up camp with his back to Xuantu City.

In order to appease the angry hearts of the soldiers in his headquarters, Yunchu ordered the cooks to stew the meat in the boss's pot.

The black-faced pot helmets, stewed meat, and vegetables obtained from the abandoned villages along the way made the soldiers guarding the city head curse incessantly.

Some soldiers who liked to show off even deliberately leaned against the city wall with their iron lunch boxes filled with bacon and ate and drank loudly.

Then, the soldiers at the top of the city untied their pants and peed...

It was not until the officers arrived that the dispute was resolved.

After dawn, I learned from Pang Tongshan that the next step of Yunchu's troops was to go to Xiangping City. Because the fighting in Xiangping was very fierce, the Tang army had not captured Xiangping City yet.

Therefore, Yunchu was not very willing to enter Xuantu City because the city was so smelly and he was worried about attracting plague in such hot weather.

After discussing with Wen Wen, Zhong Kui, and the two Zhechong captains, Yun Chubu left Xuantu City the next day and arrived at a hill called Panshan Ridge as described in the military order.

Panshan Ridge is to the east of Xiangping City and is the only place to pass between Xiangping City and Gaimu City. The purpose of Yunchu's troops stationed here is to block the reinforcements from Gaimu City.

Although this military order seemed to be to prevent reinforcements from Gaimu City, Yunchu felt that he might have to face the strong Gaimu City and the Mohe tribe behind Gaimu City.

Li Ji's advance was too fast, and he implemented a strategy of not growing a blade of grass along the way, killing all the Goguryeo people he encountered along the way. As a result, when Yunchu arrived at Panshanling, Gaimou City's reinforcements had not yet arrived. arrival.

There is a ditch between the two mountains, and a small river flows through the ditch.

Yunchu had no idea of ​​preparing an ambush to attack the Goguryeo people here. The fire outside Tongding Town completely eliminated Yunchu's idea of ​​ambushing and killing people.

Therefore, he started to build a wooden walled city in this ditch. As long as the enemy hadn't come yet, he was going to build the wooden walled city here as strong as possible.

As for whether the enemy would have to take a detour of five hundred miles to rescue Xiangping City because the walled city here was too strong, this was something that Yun Chu could not control.

After all, Li Ji's military order asked him to defend Panshan Ridge. As long as he defended it, he would be successful.

Although I heard that Qibi Heli and Xue Rengui had already captured the new city without losing any blood.

After reading the battle report, Yun Chu felt sour in his heart.

Xincheng, as the name suggests, is a newly built city by the Goguryeo people after Emperor Taizong's Eastern Expedition.

The new city was built on the mountain. It was a stone city that took three years to be built by Yeungaisu Wenzheng and 100,000 people. It is 400 feet long from east to west and 300 feet wide from north to south. From the plain to the highest point of the city wall, there is another 50 feet. The gap, the terrain is dangerous, the city is high and the walls are thick, making it extremely difficult to attack.

In addition, there are still 5,000 defenders in the city. Without the use of gunpowder, tens of thousands of people will die. It is a pure dream to capture this city.

However, just when Qibi Heli ordered Xue Rengui to prepare for a strong attack, the flower of Xue Rengui's famous general bloomed at this time.

A great traitor named Shifu Chou appeared in the new city. He saw the mighty and strong Tang army outside, and knew that he was no match for him, so he tied up the defender of the new city, opened the city gate and surrendered... (not apocryphal, historical fact)

Pei Xingjian's side was even more exaggerated. An army of 100,000 people rode 600 warships and sailed to the mouth of the Xiongjin River. A war of annihilation that was simpler and more boring than the Western Turks began. .

Why is it easier than destroying the Western Turks?

Because facing the powerful Tang Army, the Western Turks still had a choice. They could fight or run. The Western Region was so big that they could go anywhere.

But Baekje is very miserable, because their land is very small, measuring no more than a thousand miles vertically, and only 600 miles horizontally. There is really no place to run in a palm-sized area.

What's more important is that the distance from the mouth of Geumjiang River to the capital of Baekje, Siyeon Fortress (pronounced tearful), is only one hundred and fifty miles, and there is no room for maneuver.

Faced with an army of 100,000 that was obviously stronger than his own, King Buyeo Yiji of Baekje had a look of helplessness on his face. He had no choice but to go up and put heavy troops at the mouth of the Ungjin River, thinking that he could defend the enemy at the gate of the country. outside.

However, this battle was still extremely boring. It was not a fight between the two sides at all, but a unilateral massacre of the Baekje Army by the Tang Army.

So much so that there were only a few words in the military newspaper - the army landed ashore and marched forward bravely, but the Baekje army was defeated and collapsed...

As soon as Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian and the others landed, they destroyed the main force of Baekje in just one battle. As for Su Dingfang's excellent strategy and Pei Xingjian's heroic deeds of rushing through the army, they didn't have time to perform at all. (Historical facts, not fiction)

Looking at his subordinates who were carrying wood to build the military stronghold, Yun Chu really felt that these soldiers were worthless. If they followed Xue Rengui or Pei Xingjian, it would not be difficult for each of them to gain one or two military merits.

Yunchu could even imagine what kind of arrogance Pei Xingjian would show when he saw him.

Although Xue Rengui doesn't like to show off very much, all he needs to do is stand there and say to Yun Chu that Xincheng is a wasteland, which is enough to put Yun Chu to shame.

In order to reduce his guilt, Yunchu personally participated in the construction of the military camp, driving nails into the wood with a sledgehammer.

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