Chapter 357 A piece of scorched earth
At this time, Qin Hao didn't know that he had been praised by Li Shimin for some reason, and he had a great contribution. He was worried about what he would do next.
All the battles that can be fought on the water have been completed. Now Goguryeo and Baekje don’t even think about getting into the water. If their navy army is only responsible for transporting supplies, wouldn’t it seem like we are too cowardly?
So Qin Hao opened the map and looked at the harassing targets along the coast. He could not make up his mind where to go. This guy just wanted to bully people and was not willing to take any risks.
Pei Xingjian hesitated and said, "How about we ask the saint? I heard that the saint has arrived."
Qin Hao immediately waved his hand to refuse. Li Shimin's war was considered from the overall situation. Compared with the fact that he didn't care about the losses of the war, he finally managed to use the obstacles of the vast ocean to allow himself to move freely. Do you still have to suffer? Do you know where Li Shimin would let him fight? What if he was asked to land in Shicheng and go directly to Pyongyang, would he do it or not?
In fact, he originally planned to go to Liaohe to call Li Ji 666, but he didn't expect that he would be so fierce that he directly broke the Great Wall. This sudden critical strike completely chaoticed the entire battle situation west of Yalu River. The defensive rhythm of Goguryeo was completely broken. This was of course a good thing for the Tang Dynasty, but Qin Hao was a little afraid to get into this muddy water.
In the end, Qin Hao still opposed the opposition and neither went to Shabu City nor Pyongyang, but chose to take a walk around the Yalu River.
Why? Because you don’t have to go ashore, you are so cowardly and shameless. The worst result of walking around can also hit their momentum, so why not do it?
This is really aimless, because the battle on the front line was so smooth. Qin Hao thought that the Yalu River defense line might not be able to be defeated. What if it passes?
If you can slow down their defenses by showing off your own power and harass them from time to time, wouldn’t it be a great achievement?
There are basically three defense lines in the entire Goguryeo, one is the Liaohe Great Wall defense line, the second is the Yalu River Changbai Mountain defense line, and the third is the Pyongyang defense line of their royal city generation.
Among them, there are plains near Pyongyang, and there is no danger to defend except the Datong River. It can be said that as long as the Yalu River is broken, Goguryeo will be not far from the destruction of the country.
If one can destroy this powerful neighbor in one battle, from then on, the power of the Tang Dynasty will definitely be better than the past, and then Silla's Jin Zhende naturally has no room for calculation.
In fact, the war on the front line was actually more smooth than Qin Hao imagined. Li Shimin had actually issued strict orders not to allow Qin Hao to go ashore to preserve his strength, but the order was not yet in his hands because of the poor communication in the vast sea.
Because of Li Shimin's arrival, the soldiers were full of morale. Gao Yanshou was still very difficult to seize. Li Shimin decided to keep Xue Wanche and continue to attack, while the large army simply refused to miss him and went around and continued to move forward.
This is very risky. The army's land supply base is in Youzhou, and the new city happened to be stuck on the supply road and nailed it here like a nail. Li Shimin's hundreds of thousands of troops were moving forward without any logistical support.
If the logistics are broken, the consequences will be unimaginable. Li Shimin's courage to use military force is really comparable to that of an extraordinary person.
Of course, Li Shimin was just brave, not stupid. After his own central army bypassed the new city, he advanced to the Chifeng generation in a normal manner, sniping Gao Huizhen's return to the rescue, but Li Daozong led all the Hu cavalry to go south to attack Shabei City.
The geographical location of Shabei City is equivalent to that of Dalian Heishan in later generations. It is one of the best sea outlets in the entire Central Plains. As long as it is captured, the army's supplies and materials can be continuously transported from sea to sea, becoming the new supply base of the Tang army. It is considered an insurance policy. Anyway, Li Shimin knew that Qin Hao's navy was invincible.
If Qin Hao had lost the navy because of his guild and influenced his transportation capacity, Li Shimin would have to kill him.
At this time, Qin Hao, who was struck by surprise, appeared on the surface of the Yalu River in a swagger. His style was like a leader's inspection, which made the Goguryeo soldiers on both sides of the Yalu River feel so angry that their teeth were itchy, but they were helpless.
The terrain of the Yalu River is connected by mountains and rivers. The endless Changbai Mountain almost blocked the road from north to south. There were only two small paths that were attacked by land. It was better than Sichuan and Shu, and it was not much to go. It was separated by a large river, which was a natural barrier.
When Qin Hao arrived here, the defenders were only 20,000 yuan on both sides of the Yalu River. They were stepping up the construction of fortifications. Seeing that they were in a state of hope, they could just build a sword gate.
The terrain is a hundred times more dangerous than the artificial Great Wall of the Liaohe River. If Goguryeo decided to give up the land west of the Yalu River from the beginning and build the Great Wall built by the whole country with manpower and material resources here, the Tang army would be exhausted in a few years.
Unfortunately, with the current national strength of Goguryeo, building a Great Wall is like a fool. What they can do now is nothing more than building a few more arrow towers.
Gao Jianwu was also a ruthless man. After the Great Wall was broken, he soon realized that the west of the Yalu River would inevitably be out of order. Although there were still hundreds of thousands of troops, this was the case when fighting. If you dare not fight for power in the field, you can only divide your troops to defend. Sooner or later you will defeat them one by one. This is the same as if Datong was broken in the Ming Dynasty, you could only think about defending Yanjing.
"Brother, it seems that they are planning to repair the arrow tower on the top of the mountain. Judging from the situation, it is probably less than 500. What should we do? Should we get on?"
"Oh my goodness, it seems that the saints and the others are fighting very hard. Judging from the layout of Changbai Mountain, it is a waste of time. Listen to me, don't care about the arrow towers on the mountain, and burn the fortifications on both sides of the strait first."
Now, the Goguryeo defenders west of the Yalu River have invisibly gone from retreating to blocking the enemy, and have gained time so that they can reorganize the troops across the country and prepare for the Yalu River defense line.
This is a large part of the reason why Li Shimin bypassed the new city. Of course, it is more that the soldiers were stimulated by the general vouchers all over the ground.
Li Shimin didn't dare to let them openly grab it. Conservatively, the general coupons in the entire Goguryeo have already reached more than 80 million yuan. Such general coupons can't stand the Tang Dynasty even if they can't take back the Tang Dynasty.
So only 30% of the general coupons that the soldiers rob can be taken away, and the rest will be handed over to the court. Including the handling fee, only about 20% of the ones that belong to them, which is similar to Niu Jinda and others. Although they cannot get rich, if they show more courage, it is still okay to get out the pension.
Therefore, the Tang army was so active. Originally, as the attacking side, they should have clenched a fist and attacked one by one, but the soldiers did not do it. In the face of tens of millions of universal coupons, the emperor Li Shimin could no longer suppress it.
In this case, except for Xue Wanche's troops who besieged the new city and Li Shimin's central army in Baiyan City, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops were scattered all at once. Except for a few big cities, the entire west of the Yalu River was already scorched earth.
Chapter completed!