After listening to the opinions of several generals under his command, everyone discussed the next plan, and listened to everyone's reports on their preparations, Wang Junlin said: "The oppression of ordinary people by the Goguryeo nobles is very serious, and we have always been
We have laid a good foundation by doing no harm to ordinary Goguryeo people. What I mean is that we have to win the support of a larger number of tenants than the local big landowners and gentry. Let the ordinary poor people feel that we are going to
To occupy this place for a long time, we must first announce the permanent abolition of the Ding tax, divide the fields of the Goguryeo nobles around Daluo City and Nanyangzhai who do not surrender to us, and let the poor people rent the fields, and the land rent must not exceed 30%."
"In short, we want to make it appear to the poor people that if they support us, they will have fields to plant, food to eat, and houses to live in. Let the Koguryo auxiliary soldiers who surrendered to us firmly believe that even if they die on the battlefield, their small families will
We will also receive pensions, so we don’t have to worry about livelihood problems. For those Goguryeo gentry who were forced to surrender to us, we must also show our righteousness and do a good job in fighting for and winning over them. As long as we substantively control the situation when we occupy these territories
Those who we support and support will no longer be held accountable for any previous responsibilities, and will protect their property. Our only request to them is to ask them to sell their rice grains to us..."
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Having the initiative to choose the battlefield gives you a strategic advantage.
Goguryeo's Nanyang County only had 10,000 troops to the north of Daluo City, but it had three counties to defend. Facing Wang Junlin's troops, apart from holding on to key towns, there was no way to prevent Wang Junlin's army from entering the territory of these three counties.
Zhang Tiangang led a small force of 500 special forces to carry out operations in these three counties to distract the defenders of the three counties. Wang Junlin, in accordance with the newly formulated plan, left Luo Chunlai's 5,000 navy troops to guard Daluo City.
He led Lu Han, Guan Xiaotong and Yuchi Jingde with nine thousand troops to attack Baishan County northwest of Daluo City.
Baishan County is the shortest and most convenient passage from Daluo City to Annan County.
Therefore, Baishan County is also a key defensive area of Yeon Gaesumun, but due to the overall military strength, the actual garrisoned troops are actually very limited.
However, in order to capture Baishan County at the minimum cost, Wang Junlin still led his generals to formulate a detailed battle plan.
Yuchi Jingde led 3,000 cavalrymen and quickly inserted into the north side of Baishan County before Yeon Gaesumun figured out Wang Junlin's initiative direction to prevent Yeon Gaesumun from dispatching reinforcements to strengthen the defense of Baishan County.
In order to confuse Yuan Gaisuwen, he deliberately abandoned the direct attack on Baishan County from Daluo City and took a detour to attack another military stronghold east of Baishan County.
Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong led 6,000 lightly armed soldiers, crossed the mountains non-stop, and rushed directly to Baishan County.
Both of them were led by strong men, carrying bows and swords, traveling lightly and at high speed. When the six thousand troops entered Baishan County and could see the Baishan County town, the smoke was ignited in a military fort near Goguryeo.
The black smoke column is not blown away by the wind, soaring straight into the night sky.
When Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong led their troops to the Black Snake Ridge, an important military stronghold in the south of Baishan County, a garrison team of more than 300 people hurriedly climbed up to the head of the Black Snake Ridge to intercept them.
Obviously, the Goguryeo people in Baishan County mainly defended against the Sui army's attack in neighboring counties. They set up a large number of obstacles and deployed defenders there. They did not expect that the Sui army had the intention of crossing the mountains and attacking Baishan County further away.
The mountainous terrain of Black Snake Ridge is easy. Although it can hinder the passage of large groups of soldiers and horses, it cannot stop the lightly armored soldiers from climbing over.
Seeing that the defenders had rushed over to the Black Snake Ridge, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong did not organize their formations, and immediately ordered a thousand men and horses with relatively complete armor penetration to directly attack the summit from both sides. At this time, they wanted to gain speed.
You must seize time and do not allow the defenders to gain a foothold at the head of the ridge. Otherwise, even if they reorganize their formation, the difficulty of attacking will be doubled.
They traveled lightly, carrying bows and swords, mostly light armor, no large shields, large crossbows, and no equipment like flying chariots that could block the rain of arrows. Two teams of soldiers and horses advanced from both wings with rapid-fire crossbows.
From a relatively high place, accurately shoot the defenders of Black Snake Ridge. The other soldiers either use light shields to protect the front, or let the soldiers wearing temporary double armor directly raise their hands in front to protect their faces and rush upward.
The more than three hundred defenders were in a hurry, and they were panting when they rushed to the top of the mountain. They were mainly local warriors recruited from the local area, and they had many bows. When they saw the Sui army charging like wolves and tigers, most of them felt their feet weak and their hearts beating. Although
Taking advantage of his commanding position, he fired arrows in a hurry and sparsely, unable to form a threatening volley.
When the Sui army's fast crossbowmen fired fierce and accurate crossbow arrows from two hundred steps away, the defenders at the head of Black Snake Ridge were immediately thrown into chaos. Even if they attacked from the rear and crossed the ground within one shot, it would only take twenty seconds.
At the right time, the armored soldiers rushed forward, and the Mo Dao hand, covered by the sword and shield soldiers, was like a murderous weapon. There were also armored soldiers in the defenders, but they could not cooperate with each other in fighting. No matter how thick the armor was, it would be severely chopped by the 14 to 50 kilogram Mo Dao.
Under the knife, it also opens with one split, and ordinary spears and spears also break with one split...
The defenders at the head of the Black Snake Ridge were defeated. The armored soldiers who were the first to board the ridge were not busy pursuing them. They just let the fast crossbowmen occupy a favorable position to shoot them. They mainly stabilized the position and covered the large army of soldiers and horses climbing up.
Each soldier of the Sui army carried a hemostatic medicine with him in a small porcelain bottle. When a knife wound was made, the powder was sprinkled on the wound to stop bleeding and prevent the wound from festering. The wound was then wrapped in gauze and ready to continue fighting.
Those who are seriously injured, as long as they are not fatally injured, will be treated and bandaged by the army doctor, and then five people will be left to cover and garrison on the spot. Together, they will be responsible for covering the retreat of the advancing soldiers and ensuring that Black Snake Ridge is not captured by the enemy's scattered soldiers.
go.
Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong boarded the Black Snake Ridge military camp and looked over. Baishan County was at the northwest foot of Black Snake Ridge. At this time, hundreds of defenders from Black Snake Ridge hurriedly withdrew northward and fled toward Baishan County.
Baishan County is worthy of being the largest county of Goguryeo in Annan County. Standing at the top of Black Snake Ridge and looking over, the city is no smaller than Daluo City.
According to the information sent by Shen Guoer before, although Baishan County has 3,000 defenders, there are less than 1,000 soldiers. The rest are local warriors and auxiliary soldiers recruited from the local area.
In addition to leaving two hundred men to guard Black Snake Ridge, Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong did not delay, and immediately led more than 5,000 lightly armed soldiers down the narrow and winding ridge road. Lu Han led his troops and Chen Bing to the south of Bai County, and
Guan Xiaotong led his troops to bypass Baishan County and attack Dashiling, another mountain ridge in the north of Baishan County.
The mountain of Dashiling is not high, only more than ten feet high, but it lies in the north of Baishan County. To avoid Dashiling, one needs to go around seven or eight miles of mountain road before entering Baishan County.
The battle lasted for a stick of incense, and Guan Xiaotong had already captured the outskirts of the Dashiling military camp, directly blocking the entrance from Annan County to Baishan County, and severing the connection between Baixian County and Yuengai Suwen.