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    Thanks to huanyu, hejin, and nickname Yuanwei for their support, thank you!  "Whoosh!" The three eagle-feathered arrows were as fast as arrows. Three of the wild geese flying in the sky were hit by the arrows one after another, and the remaining autumn geese fled away in mourning.  The sound of horns echoed in the mountains, breaking the tranquility of the mountains. The majestic mountains were filled with the panicked howls of wild beasts.  A group of cavalry galloped towards them, kicking up billowing smoke and dust. The rumble of the road was mixed with the clang of swords. In the mist emitted by the war horses, countless tough and weathered faces flashed through.  The mountain wind gusted, pulling the blood-red flag straight, revealing a solemn big character - "Sui".  Li Jing, the envoy to the Privy Council and the Marching Marshal of Yanshan Road, squinted his eyes slightly and looked down at the galloping cavalry from a high slope, watching them hunting in the mountains.  Since his troops left Yuguan, they have now traveled eastward for more than 400 miles and arrived at Songshan Mountain at the southern end of Bailangshui.  The purpose of running hundreds of miles long distance is to cut off the retreat route of tens of thousands of Gaoguli soldiers and horses in Liucheng, Yingzhou, to retreat to Liaodong City on the east bank of the Liaohe River.  The long journey not only did not wear them down, but instead made the desire to fight that had been building up in their hearts become more urgent.  All the soldiers expected to intercept and kill the Goguryeo people on the banks of the Bailang River, annihilate %¡Ý% of these Donghu who dared to invade the Central Plains, and then return with a triumphant song.  "The general is good at archery. He fired three arrows in a row and all of them hit the target. The wild duck in autumn is the most delicious. We are in for a treat tonight." General Li Jing praised Li Jing with a smile.  Li Jing didn't look back, "This place in western Liaoning is still very good. The land is fertile. The prey is plentiful, but what is missing is people. What is missing is the development of this place." "Yes, let's go out to hunt. In this day's work,  Countless prey have been hunted, enough to last for more than ten days, and they don¡¯t even need to transport food and grass back. No wonder these people outside the Great Wall are so tough. They have been fishing and hunting for many years, and they have long been accustomed to bows and horses. In addition, there are prey everywhere outside the pass.  You can hunt anywhere, and you don¡¯t really need to rely on logistics to supply food and grass. It is indeed completely different from the war in the Central Plains." A soldier also sighed.  Along the way, they traveled a long distance of more than two hundred miles, from Bailang City to Songshan. The cavalry and infantry were all galloping on horseback, and they only brought half a month's worth of food and grass.  But along the way, every day during the march, Marshal Li Jing would let them set aside some people to hunt when they were setting up camp. They could easily hunt a large number of prey and catch a lot of fish every time.  As a result, the dry food they carried was almost untouched.  When they arrived at Songshan, while the soldiers stepped up their efforts to set up camp, the cavalry also went hunting every day, so that they now did not need to rely on the transportation of food and grass from the rear.  On the contrary, a batch of fish was accumulated, and soldiers were responsible for smoking, roasting or drying it every day, which made it much easier for him, who was responsible for food and grass, to join the army.  "When will the car camp arrive?" Li Jing asked.  "Go back to the marshal. The sentinel came to report that the carriage camp is still a hundred miles to the west. Arrive before noon the day after tomorrow at the latest." The person who answered Li Jing was the forward general Luo Yi.  The chariot battalion is not only the chariot battalion in the infantry, but also includes the baggage train in the baggage battalion.  The baggage train not only carries a large amount of food and consumable ordnance.  More importantly, it also carries many heavy ordnance, such as crossbows, trebuchets, kerosene and other equipment essential for siege and defense.  Gao Yuan lost more than 20,000 people in White Wolf City, but they still have at least 50,000 people.  If Li Jing wants to intercept them in Songshan, then this battle must not be easy.  A temporary camp was not strong, and these heavy equipment were urgently needed to help defend the camp.  Although the cavalry have hunted a lot of prey and are not short of food, the large number of horses in the army do not eat meat and they need feed.  Just letting them out to graze every day is definitely not enough for war horses. War horses must eat feed and concentrates to maintain their strength and not lose weight. War horses are much more expensive than human pride.  Without the food from the baggage camp, they could still hunt and fish in western Liaoning. Without the equipment from the baggage camp, the engineer battalion could still make temporary arrangements.  But without the horse supplies transported by the baggage camp, their horses' combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced.  "What are the movements of Gao Yuan's troops in Liucheng?" "Gao Yuan is still in Yingzhou and there is no movement. They don't seem to know that we have penetrated here and got behind him." Li Jing continued to answer, he had already dispatched  Several reconnaissance cavalry teams were always paying attention to the movements of the King of Goguryeo's troops.  But so far, Gao Yuan in Yingzhou City seems to be still immersed in the emotion of defeat at White Wolf City, and has not noticed their bold move at all.  "Where is Liaodong City, is there any movement?" Li Jing sneered, "How much do you know about Liaodong City?" "Liaodong City is four hundred miles away from us, and more than six hundred miles away from Yingzhou. Even Yingzhou is there.  We are still unaware of our movements, and Liaodong City is even more unclear. The latest information from the Military Intelligence Department is that Liaodong City is currently empty of guards. Gao Yuan led 80,000 troops across the Liao River, most of which came from the Liao River.  Liaodong City, an important town on the east bank of the Liao River, etc.There are only eight thousand defenders in Liaodong City, and most of them are old and weak. The elite have all gone to Yingzhou City.  Therefore, we don't have to worry about Liaodong City sending troops over. We only need to deal with Gao Yuan's troops.  Luo Yi grinned and replied. "Eight thousand old men and weaklings are guarding Liaodong City. It is impossible for them to dare to go 400 miles out of the city to attack us. There is no need to worry about the east."  "Li Jing laughed easily. Li Jing did not smile, but frowned. He looked at Luo Yi, "Are you sure that neither Yingzhou nor Liaodong City knows that we have arrived here, and Liaodong City only has  Eight thousand old and weak guards?  " "Indeed.  " Luo Yi replied. Li Jing held the saber in his hand and let the mountain wind roll up the silk cloak and slap it on his face. There was a hint of excitement in his eyes. A bold plan was formed in his mind. If it really happened  That's right, there's a lot to be done. "I'm going to change my plan. I'll leave only one soldier and horse in Songshan to guard here, and then I'll lead the other soldiers and horses to continue eastward.  " "Continue to move eastward?  "Luo Yi and Li Jing were stunned. They had rushed all the way here. They were already deep behind enemy lines alone. They were already more than 400 miles away from Yuguan. If they continued to advance eastward, it would be too risky. But Li Jing was already excited.  , he clenched his fist and waved vigorously, "That's right, keep going eastward.  Since the Goguryeo people have not responded to our appearance here, it means that they have not discovered us.  There are only 8,000 old and weak people in Liaodong City.  At this time of extreme emptiness, if we attack with light cavalry for a long distance, we can reach the Liaodong City before the Goguryeo people fully react. We have a lot of opportunities to capture Liaodong City.  ¡± Luo Yi and Li Jing were both shocked by Li Jing¡¯s plan to capture Liaodong City. Liaodong City was originally called Xiangping City. One hundred and ninety years ago, the Goguryeo people captured Xiangping City and changed it to Liaodong City.  After the Goguryeo people occupied this city, they carefully built it into a fortress in the past two hundred years, making Liaodong City their most important core in the eastern region. According to the intelligence of the Military Intelligence Department, the fortress was square in shape.  There are two walls inside and outside, the inner city is the official office, and the outer city is the commercial area. The outer city has three gates, with the east and west gates facing each other, and the city wall also has turrets, battlements, parapets and other buildings outside the city.  There is a fortress, which is heavily defended. Moreover, Liaodong City has a long history of being built around the city wall. According to the information obtained by the spies of the Military Intelligence Department, Liaodong City has a long history.  The city is not just a mountain city like those in Goguryeo, but a real city. Liaodong City is not only a military fortress, but also a commercial and trade center on the Liaohe Plain. There are more than 50,000 residents in Liaodong City, and there are usually more than 20,000 soldiers.  This does not include the large number of mobile traders, etc. As the first fortress in Liaodong, the city has more than 500,000 stones of grain and grass reserves, as well as a large number of bows, arrows, swords, guns, armors and other equipment. There are also many buildings surrounding Liaodong City.  City fortress and mountain fortress. It was crazy for Li Jing to attack such a long distance. Even if he could reach Liaodong City unexpectedly, how could he capture such a fortress with two inner and outer walls?  If they can't be captured, they will be eight hundred miles away from Yuguan, and they will really die without a burial place. Luo Yi feels a little panic. He thinks he is brave, but Li Jing is even braver than him.  It can no longer be described as bold, but can be called crazy. Damn it, Luo Yi wiped the sweat on his face and said cautiously, "Commander, should we think about it again?  "    "yes.  "Li Jing also felt that he couldn't keep up with Li Jing's pace. He had ignored the emperor's strict orders and had to come to Yuguan to attack Yuguan. After all, he led the army to stay in the pass.  , and they were really panicking. And after they came out of the border, they did win a great victory in White Wolf City, but Li Jing was not satisfied at all and couldn't stop at all. After the adventurous tactics of White Wolf City were successful, Li Jing immediately divided his troops.  They rushed to Songshan to intercept. According to the reason Li Jing told them at the time, the court and the emperor would immediately send troops to reinforce them after learning about the victory in White Wolf City. Therefore, they had to seize the opportunity and not let Gao Yuan go.  They ran away, at least they couldn't let Gao Yuan run away with the people of Yingzhou. They took a detour to occupy Songshan, which Gao Yuan must pass through for his retreat, and blocked Gao Yuan. When the imperial troops arrived, they would double-team from both front and back, and White Wolf would attack again.  A great victory. At least this reason is sound and exciting. But now we have to change our mind and attack Liaodong City. What does this mean? "Commander, your Majesty will never agree to our taking risks like this. Liaodong City is far away from Yuguan."  It is eight hundred miles away, and it is such a strong fortress that the Goguryeo people have occupied and operated this city for 190 years.  " Li Jing nodded, "Precisely because Liaodong City is so important to the Goguryeo people, the more weWe must seize this opportunity to capture this city.  If we can capture this city, not only can we recover all the land in western Liaoning, but we will also have the opportunity to recover the land in eastern Liaoning that has been occupied and invaded by the Goguryeo people for hundreds of years.  Luo Yi and Li Jing, you are both generals. Isn't it the duty of our soldiers to recover our Han territory?  Are we still hesitant and timid at this time?  As long as it is difficult to capture Liaodong City, I will have no regrets even if His Majesty removes me from my post and seizes my official position afterwards.  " Li Jingluo Yi looked at each other in confusion, not knowing how to answer this superior. "If you are unwilling to go, you can stay at the Songshan camp and I will personally lead the troops.  " Now that the conversation has come to this, what else can the two of them say. "Commander, someone is willing to go with us.  " "Okay, here's the order. Tomorrow morning I will personally lead 30,000 cavalry to attack Liaodong City, and the rest will stay behind at Songshan Camp.  "Li Jing glanced at the red clouds in the western sky, and his heart was filled with excitement. Luo Yi and Li Jing looked at the back of the young coach and shook their heads helplessly. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better and more updated novels.  quick!    
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