Chapter 72, Smart Trick
The two sides didn't understand the language and did not communicate. Under Zhang Yuan's order, the army put on plastic surgery. The Silla generals and the Gaoguryeo generals smiled and tried their best to discuss the former residence. There were beasts, and it was futile for Zu Zhao's army to pose any kind of formation. At that time, the beast rushed, but they dispersed, not to mention Silla The army is cooperating in the battle.
The Goguryeo-controlled beast general blew the flute, and the beasts roared as if they had been ordered, and rushed over with a big mouth. When the soldiers of Zu Zhaojun saw it, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They couldn't help moving twice, and the weapon in their hands was held tighter.
However, Zhang Yuan has ordered that no one is allowed to move. Just stand according to this plastic surgery. Don't attack or retreat. Unless you get his hungry order, you won't be forgiven. In fact, this is not a defensive lineup, but a pursuit lineup. Their purpose is that if the enemy's beasts are scared away, they will immediately launch a chase to disperse the beasts.
Seeing that the enemy's beast army was about to rush to the front of the army led by Zhang Yuan, suddenly with an order, six huge mythical beasts roared out and roared in front of Zhang Yuan's army, making a huge and horrible roar throughout the world.
The army of beasts that launched an attack with all their heart suddenly saw such a horrible giant in front of them, and their roar completely covered their roar. They immediately panicked. There was no attack. They turned around and fled everywhere, like a homeless dog crossing the street mouse. The beast is majestic.
Seeing that his beast troops were scared away by the huge monsters that suddenly appeared in Zu Zhao's army, the general of Goguryeo was very surprised. He never thought that there were such monsters in Zu Zhao's army. Seeing all kinds of beasts fleeing around, and many of them bit directly at Silla's army. He hurriedly blew the flute to control the beasts, but it didn't work at all. Those beasts completely lost his control, gave full play to the instinctive animal nature of the beasts, and began to run around and bite when they met people. The Silla army Unexpectedly, such a situation would happen. The lineup was disrupted by the beasts, and they fought with the beasts. Many people died.
Zhang Yuan saw that the mythical beast really scared away the beast army and immediately commanded the army to launch a pursuit. Those beasts who escaped everywhere, who had the ability to catch up with them, were all killed, and the Silla troops had no resistance to the troops led by Zhang Yuan due to chaos. Under the trampling of the beasts and the attack of Zhang Yuan's army, they had no ability to fight back at all, and finally had to hurried back into the fortress.
Zhang Yuan commanded the army to chase straight to the gate of the fortress and was unable to attack by the random arrows in the city, so he led the army back with a great victory. The army of beasts in Goguryeo escaped from death, and none of them could be successfully recruited back by the generals of the accused beast.
After retreating from the fortress, the generals of the Goguryeo control beast couldn't help but lose their temper. At the same time, they wondered how there could be such a fierce beast in the Han army. The loud roar, like the roar of the sky, scared his beast completely without the ability to attack.
Qingwu Tulin, the general of Silla, who seized the military power, is also very depressed at this moment. He originally intended to cooperate with the attack of the beast to teach a good lesson to the Han army, but unexpectedly, he was beaten by the Han army. At this moment, the degree of depression in his heart is completely above the general who controls the beast in Goguryeo.
"Didn't you say that your army of beasts in Goguryeo is invincible and nothing can defeat them? A few days ago, I was attacked and retreated by Han munitions, hurting many soldiers of our army. A few days, I was scared and fled everywhere by the monsters of the Han army that I don't know what it was. I think your beast army in Goguryeo has gained a false reputation. Qingwu Tulin angrily vented his resentment on the generals of Goguryeo.
"How can I know that Han Jun and that monster? This is your territory in Silla. We kindly helped you resist the Han army. You actually slandered me in Goguryeo like this. Well, you can resist the Han army by yourself. At that time, I will see what you can do to defend here.
Qingwu Tulin sneered and said, "This is the first fortress of our Silla's resistance to the Han army. No one has ever broken through here and resist 20,000 Han troops. Why is it difficult? You will go to Goguli to train your beasts."
The general of Goguryeo was very depressed. After arguing with Qingwu Turin, he left the table angrily. He was unconvinced and wanted to know what kind of monster there was in the Han army that could defeat his beast army. He found his cronies and asked him to explore what monster the Han army used. That thing could walk. Roaring, he looked ferocious and horrible, but he had never seen it. Could it be that the Han Dynasty was really rich in everything? If so, why didn't they take the initiative to attack with that kind of monster in the past? There must be fraud.
The people sent by Goguryeo quickly explored Zu Zhao's camp. In fact, they had already known that they had entered Zu Zhao's army. Zu Zhao and Su De had long expected that the Goguryeo and the Xinluo people who had lost the battle would find a way to find out the news and deliberately let the soldiers let them in.
When they saw the enemy come in, the soldiers pretended not to see, but discussed today's victory in twos and threes, and naturally they were complacent.
"With the help of mythical beasts, the army of beasts in Goguryeo is nothing."
"That's natural. Our ancestral general is the god who came down to the earth, so the god also asked the mythical beast to help us at this moment to break through Silla, which is just around the corner."
The soldiers began to brag. These words were quite natural and did not seem to be pretentious at all. In fact, in their hearts, Zu Zhao was indeed hungry like a god. As for the mythical beasts that appeared in today's army, except for those masons who made mythical beasts, most of the other soldiers did not know. Just before sending troops, Zu Zhao told everyone that they should shake their spirits to face the enemy. Don't be nervous. They have gods and beasts in heaven to help them. At first, they didn't believe it, but when they saw that there was really strange mythical beasts in their team, they were also stunned. When they saw that the enemy's beast troops were scared away by mythical beasts, they were naturally refreshed and had no fear when chasing and fighting, because there were mythical beasts to help them. In their hearts, these mythical beasts are real, and they are not at all like models created by Zu Zhao's people.
After hearing the discussion of the soldiers in Zuzhao's barracks, the people sent by the Goguryeo general couldn't help trembling, afraid that they would see a mythical beast behind them and swallowing them, so after learning the news of the soldiers' talk, they hurried back to the fortress and dispelled what they heard. He told the general.
After hearing this, the general was furious and said, "Nonsense, it's all nonsense. How can there be mythical beasts to help them? This must be fake. It must be false."
At this time, Qingwu Turin also came to the place where the Goguryeo general was. He saw that the general was angry with the soldiers and sneered, "What's the use of this? Whether it's a real mythical beast or a fake mythical beast, in short, your beast army is useless. Next, you still have to rely on my Silla army.
The general was mocked by Qingwu Tulin, and he was even more unhappy and said angrily, "What are you happy about? Without my help from Goguryeo, I think you Silla will be defeated by the Han army sooner or later. As long as your queen comes back, you know better than me what will happen to the person who killed the general and seized the military power without permission. At most, I went back to my court and received a little punishment, and you would lose your head.
After Qingwu Tulin got the military power, he was naturally heroic and very proud. Although there were thousands of soldiers and horses in this fortress, with this fortress, it was completely equivalent to hundreds of thousands of people guarding them. Not to mention that the Han army only came 20,000, even 100,000 came, he was not afraid, as long as he died. Guarding this fortress, then the Han army can't pass through here easily. As long as you stick to it for a few months, the Han army will naturally withdraw. At that time, you will be a great achievement. If you bravely retreat the Han army and return to the court, you will still have military power. Even the new king will not dare to seek military power for him.
Looking at the unusual arrogance of Qingwu Tulin, the leader of Goguryeo warned: "Don't underestimate the Han army. They can defeat my beast army today and conquer your fortress of Silla tomorrow. At that time, the army** will soon be able to occupy your Kyoto. When your queen returns to the throne, you will be unpreserving. . I advise you to think about how to fight against the enemy instead of relying on this fortress. Many people in the Han Dynasty had tricks. Maybe they could really break this fortress.
Qingwu Tulin laughed and said, "I think you are scared by the Han army. With this antenna fortress, the Han army can still fly in. I can guarantee that in less than a month, the Han army will definitely retreat. At that time, I will send troops to chase them again, so that the Han Dynasty will never dare to invade my Silla, and I will capture their territory and strengthen my Silla. At that time, I'm afraid that you Goguryeo will have to dress our Silla.
Listening to his words, Goguryeo's general just snorted coldly and sighed that this guy was really too arrogant. He thought that he would be invincible if he got the military power of Silla. Wasn't the previous general killed by them easily? Such a thing may not happen again, and he used improper means. The military power he got, coupled with his being so arrogant, I'm afraid there are not a few people who want to get rid of him.
Goguryeo's general did not want to argue with him, saying that he would go back to Kyoto to report the truth of the matter and ask Kyoto to send people to support here. Unexpectedly, Tulin said that he was doubting his ability to let him go back and asked him to stay here to see how he defeated the Han army. Seeing that the general insisted on leaving, Qingwu Tulin directly ordered to tie up Goguryeo's general and prevent him from leaving.
"I'm here to help you Silla. You can't do this to me." The general shouted.
Qingwu Tulin said coldly, "I just don't want you to go back to Kyoto and talk nonsense. Just stay here and see how I can defeat the Han army." After saying that, he took down Goguryeo's general's tie. He has also thought for a long time that he must not take the initiative to attack, but wait until the Han army retreats. As long as he defends this fortress, 20,000 Han troops do not have the ability to attack in, unless they can really fly, but this is impossible.
In Zu Zhao's army, the soldiers also reported the news of the enemy's sneaking into Zu Zhao, stabbing Zu Zhao Zezheng and Su De and others to study the next battle. After listening to the soldier's report, Zu Zhao couldn't help laughing and said, "The enemy couldn't help but wonder what kind of beast we were using, but easily scared off their beast army."
Su De said, "The general is indeed a resourceful man. He actually thought of using mythical beasts to repel the enemy."
Zu Zhao said modestly, "This is not my credit alone. I also got inspiration from everyone's conversation, especially the words of the Queen of Silla that made me think of trying like this. Unexpectedly, it was really successful. In the end, it is thanks to our soldiers with extraordinary craftsmanship. Military, you can arrange a good reward for them. This time, they should be rewarded for making such a realistic mythical beast. If they don't act like it, they can't scare off the enemy's beast army.
Su De nodded and said, "The general has clear rewards and punishments, which really makes us admire. General, don't worry, I will definitely reward them, but how to break through the enemy's fortress next? Don't you know what new strategy the general has?
Zu Zhao said, "I have a little idea, but this idea is very immature. We need to observe their terrain many times to make a detailed plan. In the next days, Zhang Yuan and other generals will be responsible for fighting in front of the fortress every day to see if the enemy dares to come out and fight against us, and the most important thing for us is To send a group of people to explore the terrain near the fortress, I have to play the three-dimensional graphics of the whole fortress to formulate a feasible capture plan.
In terms of terrain mapping, Su De is a first-class pronoun. After knowing that Zu Zhao wanted to understand the three-dimensional graphics of the whole fortress, he immediately took the initiative to take over the job. He can't say that he will definitely draw the graphics of the whole fortress in three days. Zu Zhao is naturally very happy, and he also stressed that he must be as delicate as possible.
But no one knows what method Zu Zhao will use to attack the fortress. In fact, there is only a vague prototype in Zu Zhao's heart. He can't say what kind of plan it is. What he has to do now is to collect data to make his prototype gradually clear. So as to brake a feasible solution.
All the plans were completed. The next day, Sude took people up the mountain and directly observed the geographical location of the whole fortress from a high place. This fortress is located in a very dangerous place, with insurmountable mountains on both sides, and the whole fortress is built on the mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, the design of the fortress is a guard city defense, which has the cooperation of various organs. It is not realistic at all to attack.
And this fortress is also the only way to enter Silla from this direction. If you don't go here and want to reach other cities in Silla, I'm afraid it's impossible, let alone reach Kyoto in Silla.
Su De looked at the building of the whole fortress and couldn't help sighing that Silla had a great man in the early years. Unexpectedly, he could think of building the first gateway to Silla here. With this fortress, it was really difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to attack Silla. If they choose to defend and avoid fighting, Zu Zhao's army can survive for a month at most, and it is now the end of autumn. If they don't conquer the fortress in a month, it will be even more impossible to wait for winter.
For three consecutive days, Su De took people to measure and draw near the fortress, trying to see what they could see. In addition, they speculated about the invisible surfaces, and the buildings and terrain of the whole fortress were finally on paper. This made Zu Zhao very happy. With this fortress pattern, it is very helpful for the offensive plan he envisioned.
And these days, Zhang Yuan and Ma Yuan also took turns to fight in front of the fortress. As Zu Zhao expected, the Silla garrison did not choose to attack, but chose to defend. In the face of Zu Zhao's sarcasion, they also replied a few words on the tower and sometimes shot some arrows, but they just did not send troops.
After half a month in a row, Silla detectives came to report that the battalion in Zu Zhao's army had been reduced, many battalions were missing, and the chariots in Zu Zhao's army seemed to have been dismantled. They seemed to be building something.
General Qingwu Tulin was puzzled when he heard this. He sent people to continue to stare at Zu Zhao's every move. At this time, there was also news in Zu Zhao's army that their army was planning to withdraw due to lack of food. However, Zu Zhao's army did not intend to take those chariots back and directly dismantle them in order to prevent the Silla army. Got it. And some of their soldiers have withdrawn from Liaodong.
Some people suggested that Qingwu Tulin launch a raid at this moment to defeat the Han army. They came to fight every day, but they were deliberately creating a cover to cover their army's retreat. Maybe tomorrow, the whole Han army will suddenly disappear. At that time, it will be too late to pursue again.
Although Qingwu Tulin was arrogant, he knew that the Han Dynasty was full of tricks and would not withdraw his troops obediently in front of him, so he ordered that he would still fight against the Han army without going out, otherwise he would be killed. Those defenders are naturally aggrieved in the face of the Han army every day, but they also know that the Han army is good at strategy. No matter how angry they are, they dare not go out and fight directly with the Han army.
After a few days, suddenly, one day, the Han army did not come to fight, and Qingwu Tulin also felt strange, so he sent a light cavalry out of the city to see what was going on. The light cavalry rushed out of the city and went straight to the camp where Zu Zhao's army was stationed. They found that the camp was empty. There was no trace of the Han army, but a huge chariot was found there. A passage was left on a wooden board in Silla language: The Silla Fortress could not be conquered, and the Han army sighed that they did not dare to attack and had to retreat. Now Send a huge chariot to congratulate the new king of Silla on his accession to the throne, hoping that the king of Silla can make friends with the Han Dynasty and not disturb the surrounding people.
The captain sent someone to send the news back to the fortress to the general, and he continued to pursue and cross the hill. Sure enough, he saw a large group of Han troops retreating slowly in the distance. Presumably, the brigade had already left. Now all he saw was the army responsible for the break. The Silla light soldiers did not dare to pursue, and quickly reported the news that the Han army had retreated back to the general in the fortress.