The river flowing from east to west has a city on both sides of the north and south. The city on the north bank is larger and the city on the south bank is relatively small. There is a floating bridge connecting the two cities, and there are scattered pedestrians on the bridge.

Occasionally, people would ride horses on the bridge and cross the river, shouting loudly, "Give up the way". After passing these rushing riders, they would continue to walk leisurely.

But the leisurely pace of the pedestrians was disturbed by the sudden sound of horns.

It was the sound of a trumpet sounding in the direction of the south city. The sound was rapid, and it seemed to be an early warning.

Everyone looked around and found that the lower reaches of the river (to the west), the wilderness on the south bank was filled with dust, and it seemed that cavalry came from west to east.

Judging from its momentum, it is possible that hundreds of cavalry run together to make so much dust.

The pedestrians looked at the dust with a serious expression: dozens of miles west, there was an endless sea, so...

People walking on the pontoon bridge speeded up and rushed to the other side of the river, but the people working in the fields were not so calm. There were large areas of farmland outside the city on the south bank, and many farmers were busy. When they saw something was wrong, they quickly carried farm tools and led the ox to run into the city.

It's afternoon, just in the morning, the beacon towers in the west of Mazhaohu City conveyed the enemy's situation, but the people who left the city did not expect the enemy to come so quickly. Many people still wanted to hurry up and work when they left the city in the morning.

At that time, the official army also sent cavalry to Maitzhaohu City to support it. Everyone felt that even if the enemy really came here, it would take a day or two to get here.

As a result, the other party rushed over that day.

Fortunately, there were cavalrymen in the south city attacking to face the approaching enemy and could be entangled with the opponent no matter what.

People desperately rushed to the city gate, and the farmers who ran away with their legs ran fast, but the people who were pulling the cows couldn't run at all, because the cows didn't know that the danger was right in front of them. They walked slowly, and no matter how they whipped or pulled them, they were useless.

If you pull the cows together, you may not be able to enter the city and be hacked to death by the enemy. If you give up the cows and run into the city by yourself, you will not be hacked to death by the enemy, but will be hacked to death by the master.

Considering that the family was still in the city, the tenants still had to bring the cattle back.

Not long after, a crackling sound rang out, as if a string of thunder exploded in the battle between the two armies. People running towards the city were frightened to find that the officers and cavalry had quickly dispersed.

The soldiers at the city gate shouted loudly, "Run quickly", and many people ran towards the city gate regardless of everything, and the cavalry coming from the west gradually approached, so the city gate slowly closed.

The people who failed to enter the city looked at the whistling cavalry, panicked, turned around and ran to the river.

Some people fell to their knees, and some were standing blankly, watching the fully armed cavalry rushing towards them.

Passing by himself, rushing towards the soldiers who returned from the city and woodcutters.

The fields were in chaos, and the soldiers and civilians who had no time to return to the city ran away with their heads. The defenders in the city saw the enemy cavalry chasing their companions who had returned from chopping woodcutting. They watched their companions fall down but they were helpless. They were so angry that they shouted and shot arrows in vain, but the arrows could not reach the enemy at all.

Outside the city, the Goguryeo military and civilians under Cheng Zhijie's command who were not in time to enter the city were surrounded. Looking at the city gates closed, and then looking at the people fleeing everywhere. They were very satisfied with the small group of attacks.

Even if he did it unexpectedly, this city was not something his subordinates could succeed in a surprise attack. As a graduate of the military academy, Cheng Zhijie is currently a lieutenant (cavalry captain) with more than 200 cavalry under his command. How could he capture this city defended by thousands of troops?

However, their purpose was not to seize the city, but to force the other party to stay behind closed doors. In this way, the people who left the city to work during the day and the soldiers who were woodcutting would not have time to return to the city.

This is equivalent to weakening the city's garrison ability in disguise.

Tonight, the captured Goguryeo military and civilians were taken to the city, and the arrows could not be shot, and they were ordered to cry for their parents, which was enough to make the guards in the city feel in chaos.

Intimidate for one night, and when the main force arrives tomorrow, you will be finished.

Cheng Zhijie thought so, looked at the city and signaled his subordinates to approach him: "What's the name of this city?"

"Captain, this is Goguryeo's comfort city."

"No, I'm asking, what was the original name of this city?"

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As the sun sets, on the coast and on the tidal flats, trestles have been formed and extend straight into the sea, allowing many large sea boats with draft to berth and unload people and supplies.

The sea ship that carries its own crane lifts food, supplies and cannons from the cabin, then puts them on the trestle, and a transport ship that opens the door on the side of the ship, releases a large number of war horses and pack horses.

The fully armed soldiers passed the springboard and climbed the pier, lined up in a row, and walked quickly towards the shore.

On the shore, tents have been built one after another, and the former Goguryeo beacon tower has now become a temporary central army tent.

Zhang Xutuo, the general manager of the Shenqiudao Army, summoned the generals to discuss matters in the big tent and made pre-war arrangements for the subsequent development of the offensive.

Today's landing went very smoothly. There were few Goguryeo defenders on the shore and could not make effective resistance at all. The vanguard had already attacked and raided the opponent's nearest city.

The decent landing site has been successfully opened, providing reliable berthing and loading and unloading places for ships coming from across the sea, so that more troops can land as soon as possible.

Zhang Xutuo pointed to a city on the map and said, "This city is divided into two cities across the river. The south city must be taken down tomorrow and will not give the other party a chance to react... Have the siege troops set off?"

A general replied: "I have already set out and will arrive tomorrow at dawn!"

Zhang Xutuo nodded: "Very good. Next, as planned, send a fleet to the estuary, remove all obstacles, let the gunships enter the river, and sweep the enemy strongholds along the way."

Speaking of this, he pointed to a place north of the map: "The main force has probably arrived at the qikou and started to log in. Our combat progress cannot be slower than theirs."

This time, the Zhou Kingdom attacked Goguryeo, and used the King of Wei as the marshal. He sent 150,000 troops (excluding all kinds of "civil" armed personnel) to cross the sea to the east and attack Goguryeo in three directions.

These three attack directions are simply the North, Middle, South and Middle Road war zones are in the Goguryeo River Basin, with the target directly aimed at the capital Pyongyang, and the South Road Army is the Shenqiudao march of Zhang Xutuo, responsible for attacking the southern area of ​​Goguryeo.

The landing site for the march was the "Maizhaohu" area on the west coast of Goguryeo.

This place was originally a territory in Baekje in the early days, and a city was built. Later it was seized by Goguryeo and renamed "Maizhaohu". Maizhaohu City is located on the coast, about 60 miles from the mouth of the Dahe River - Alishui - in the north, and fifty miles from the Weili City of Goguryeo on the Alishui River.

Weili City is 400 miles southeast of Pyongyang and is the capital of Baekje in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The name of Baekje, the Alishui on the side of the city, is the Yuli River, which flows from east to west.

Later, Goguryeo in the north invaded the south and seized the Weili City, renamed the Yuli River "Alishui". Two Weili City in the north and south appeared on the north and south sides of the river, and Goguryeo and Baekje confronted each other across the river.

Later, the Baekje land on the south bank was also taken away by Goguryeo. Not only did Nanweili City change its ownership, but even Xiongjin City, which was the new capital of Baekje, was captured by Goguryeo more than 200 miles south of the Ali River.

Many years later, Baekje and the Silla Alliance fought against Goguryeo. The coalition went north to recover lost territory and pushed the front line to the area north of the Alishui River.

Then a war broke out between Silla and Baekje, and Silla included the Alishui area under its rule. Alishui had the name "Nihe" of Silla, and the city of Fuli belonged to Silla.

The war between Silla and Baekje lasted for decades. Goguryeo in the north occupied Liaodong and ruled the various tribes of Sumo and Mohe, but was defeated by the Zhou Kingdom, the great power of the Central Plains, and the areas north of Yalu River were all lost.

Thanks to the two countries' ceasefire, Goguryeo had the opportunity to survive, so she joined forces with Baekje, then concentrated her troops south, defeated Silla's army, and once again included the Ali River Basin under her rule.

Over the past hundred years, a city and a river have changed hands several times, and its original name has gradually been forgotten.

Now, everyone remembers it again.

It was the second year of Yuanfeng of the Han Dynasty. The Central Plains court established four counties, including Zhenfan County, Lelang County, Xuantu County, and Lintun County on the Haidong Peninsula east of Liaodong. The capital of Zhenfan County was located on the bank of a large river, and the city was named "Shu" (Shu County).

That river is called "Daishui".

The turquoise, with water, is the original name of this city and this river.

If the peninsula is compared to a person, then the turquoise (now the city of Weili) is located on the right side of the person's waist (the west coast of the peninsula), while the Dongqing, the capital of Lintun County in the Han Dynasty, was the left side of the person's waist (the east coast of the peninsula).

During this period, the east-west direction of the water (Alishui/Yulihe/Nihe) was like a belt around the waist of this person.

If you control the east-west direction, you can cut off the peninsula in half.

For the defenders of Weili City in Goguryeo, foreign troops could take a boat to enter the river from the entrance of the Ali River, and go up dozens of miles to directly attack Weili City, so a large number of obstacles were set up at the entrance of the sea to block the waterway.

However, the Zhou army, who came across the sea, chose to land on the coast west of Weili City and Maizhaohucheng area, and established a landing port in this flat terrain but densely covered with saline-alkali swamps, which caught the defenders off guard.

After the Zhou army took down Weili City, they could advance east along Alishui and cut off the peninsula in half.

The connection between the garrison in southern Goguryeo and the royal city was cut off so that the head and tail could not be taken care of each other. Then, Shenqiudao marched south and attacked the southern Goguryeo and the border cities.

Such division of labor is to ensure that when Goguryeo is destroyed, it will take down its key areas in the south. If Silla and Baekje are leading troops north to rob and seize Goguryeo territory, the Shenqiudao march must "move it with emotion and understand it with reason."

If the other party doesn't listen...

hehe.

Zhang Xutuo looked at the map and the planned attack areas in each stage of the combat plan, and was full of confidence in the war.
Chapter completed!