There was no suspense in the battle in Huilong Town. More than 100 Goguryeo soldiers who were monitoring the sea in Huilong Town were completely wiped out. Wang Renshou ordered three piles of burning fires to light on the beach, and the black smoke surged straight into the sky. Soon, dense black dots appeared on the sea in the distance, and headed towards Huilong Town. These were three hundred main warships of the Sui army preparing to land on the Liaodong Peninsula.

But the fireworks ignited in Huilong Town also alarmed the city of Beishe, fifty miles away. There were 5,000 troops in Beishe City, of which 3,000 soldiers were stationed in the mountain city, and another 2,000 soldiers were stationed in the seaside castle to strictly prevent the Sui army from attacking the peninsula from the water.

The chief general of Beishe City was Ning Yihan, who was one of the eight powerful generals under Yuan Taizuo. He was appointed as the governor of the west and led 8,000 soldiers to guard the Liaodong Peninsula.

At this time, Ning Yihan stood on the castle and looked towards Huilong Town. He saw three thin black smoke appearing on the sea in the distance. He was really puzzled. Beishe City could not see the situation on the sea surface of Huilong Town, and could not know if there was an enemy attack. But no matter what, the appearance of three black smoke is an abnormal phenomenon.

Ning Yihan was full of confusion, and he immediately ordered his left and right to say, "Go to Huilong Town to find out the situation!"

Several spies left Beishe City and rode down the mountain, but they turned around and rushed back after riding down the mountain. They led a few soldiers to the gate of the mountain city. Ning Yihan could see clearly on the mountain. He was shocked and hurried down the mountain. When he reached the second gate, the soldiers came forward and knelt down and burst into tears.

Ning Yihan stomped his feet in a hurry, "Stop crying, what happened?"

The leader of the soldiers cried and said, "The Sui army came ashore from nowhere and attacked our military camp at night. We were unprepared and suffered heavy casualties. Almost all the troops were destroyed. We climbed over the wall and escaped by luck."

Ning Yihan was stunned. Is the three thousand troops just finished? He reacted for a while and asked again: "Is Huilong Town Harbor lost?"

"It shouldn't be true. There was no movement in Huilong Town when we escaped."

At this time, Ning Yihan suddenly realized that the Sui army must have been on a small boat. Black smoke appeared on the beach just now. It must have been the Sui army notified the main force of the ship to land. Ning Yihan realized that he had a little time, so he immediately ordered: "Raise the beacon and let the harbor army retreat!"

There were only 3,000 defenders in Beishe City. If the troops were not concentrated, the troops would be annihilated by the Sui army. Just like annihilated the troops in Huilong Town, he and the two thousand garrisons in Harbor had an agreement that as long as the beacon fire was raised on the top of the mountain, the troops in Harbor must retreat immediately and concentrate their forces to defend the Sui army.

The top of the mountain in Beishecheng immediately ignited the war to inform the troops of the harbor to retreat. At the same time, Ning Yihan also released three letter eagles and asked them to go to Pyongyang to inform Yuan Taizuo that the Sui army had launched an attack on the Liaodong Peninsula.

The main army of Lai Hu'er landed at noon. Lai Hu'er himself inspected the battle situation last night accompanied by Wang Renshou. At this time, the barracks had basically been cleaned up, hundreds of large tents were stacked together, and there were a large number of armor and weapons next to them. The dead Goguryeo soldiers had been dug holes and buried deep to prevent the epidemic, but there were still pools of blood on the land.

After walking around, he didn't see a prisoner of war. He felt a little strange and asked Wang Renshou, "Has General Wang not captured the prisoner of war?"

Wang Renshou replied calmly: "The night raid was chaotic, and the scene was very chaotic. Bei Yi was worried that the Goguryeo soldiers would surrender, so he did not accept their surrender. Except for the escaped soldiers, all the other Goguryeo soldiers were killed."

"What?"

Lai Hu'er was shocked. Of course, he understood what Wang Renshou was saying, that is, all the soldiers were massacred. He restrained his displeasure and asked again: "How many enemy troops have been killed in total?"

"About two thousand and hundreds of people in front and behind."

Lai Hu'er finally couldn't help but feel angry. There were only 3,000 enemy troops in total, and more than 2,800 people were killed. Isn't this the massacre?

More importantly, the Sui army suffered less than a hundred casualties, which means that the Goguryeo soldiers were not prepared at all, just one-sided massacre. He glared at Wang Renshou fiercely, "Although I did not say that I would accept prisoners of war, the Qingzhou army could only kill all the enemy troops if His Highness King Qi issued a killing order. Generally, they had to accept prisoners of war. This is a convention. Why don't you abide by the convention of the Qingzhou army?"

Wang Renshou still said calmly: "During the first Goguryeo Battle, Beizhi saw Goguryeo soldiers massacre Sui army prisoners of war. At that time, Beizhi vowed that the general would never accept Goguryeo prisoners of war and would repay blood with blood. Of course, if the Lord General had special orders, Beizhi should obey it."

Lai Hu'er's face calmed down a little, and he nodded, "I can understand your mood. I Lai Hu'er is not a person who repays grievances with kindness. It's just that we need prisoners of war to build fortifications for us. His Highness King Qi also needs a lot of manpower to log and mine on the Liaodong Peninsula. Prisoners of war are the best coolies. It's easy to kill them, but it's a pity to lose so many coolies in vain. Does the general understand what I mean?"

Wang Renshou bowed his fists and said, "The master will keep the teachings in mind!"

At this time, a soldier rushed to report, "Report to the main general, all the troops stationed in the harbor in Beishecheng have been withdrawn, and the harbor is empty."

Lai Hu'er was overjoyed and immediately said to Wang Renshou: "General Wang can continue to lead his army south to the harbor of Beishecheng to join the army. Be sure to be careful of the ambush of the enemy on the way."

"Abide by the orders!"

Lai Hu'er then left a thousand people to guard Huilong Town, and the rest of the troops boarded the ship again, and the fleet sailed towards the harbor fifty miles away. At the same time, Wang Renshou also led 5,000 soldiers along the path to the harbor. In the afternoon, the Sui army occupied the harbor outside the city of Beishe. The Sui army did not immediately enter Beishe City, but rested in the harbor for a night. It was only the morning of the next day that the army set out and the army marched towards Beishe City more than ten miles away.

At this time, Ning Yihan had made sufficient defense preparations. The entire castle was built along the mountain, made of bluestone, which was very strong, while the Beishe City was condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

General Zhou Meng asked Lai Hu'er in a low voice, "I heard that the old general had conquered Beishe City and wiped out more than 10,000 enemy troops. I wonder what strategy the old general used?"

Lai Hu'er smiled and said, "I didn't attack the city at that time. I directly commanded 30,000 troops to siege the mountain city. Ten days later, they cut off their food and went down the mountain to surrender. This time I guess they should have enough food and it's difficult to use the same trick again."

Zhou Meng immediately clasped his fists and said, "I am willing to lead the army to attack Beishe City. Please beg the general!"

Lai Hu'er smiled. He glanced at another general next to him, Qi Liang, and said to the two without panic: "Do you know why General Zhou and General Qi have to wait until I come before starting to attack the Liaodong Peninsula?"

Qi Liang and Zhou Meng looked at each other, bowed and replied, "I don't know the humble position!"

"The reason is very simple. The Great Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo three times, and I entered Beishe City as the commander of the navy. My nephew came to the prefecture of Beishe City for three years. Although he unfortunately died of illness, he wrote a large number of letters to me, which made me understand this mountain city very well. Capturing Beishe City is the key to seizing the Liaodong Peninsula. Apart from me, I am afraid no one can seize this strong city built on the mountain at the lowest cost."

Everyone suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "I wish to listen to the old general's order!"

Lai Hu'er immediately ordered: "The army was stationed at the foot of the mountain to rest, and wait until it was dark and attacked Beishe City at night!"

The 20,000 Sui army then set up a camp at the foot of the mountain. Lai Hu'er ordered that the camp should not be surrounded by a barracks or spears, and casually set up the camp in the open space. He ordered a hundred soldiers to go up the mountain and build a brick platform of one square foot with bricks under the city of Beishe.

The city of Beishe is divided into three layers of defense, the outer layer, the middle layer and the inner layer. Each layer is built with a city wall, which is equivalent to three city passes. Even if the Sui army captures the outer layer, the Goguryeo army can still retreat to the middle layer of defense and then retreat to the inner layer. Although the Sui army has a large number of troops, it is impossible to attack the city on a large scale in the narrow mountain road. As long as the city wall is covered with crossbowmen, as many troops will die as many troops come.

At this time, three thousand troops were deployed on the outer wall. The soldiers held crossbows and blocked the hovering path up the mountain. Not only did they have sufficient food, they also had a large number of rolling wood and stones and bows and crossbows that could be equipped with 10,000 people, which was enough to deal with the siege of the 20,000 Sui army.

Ning Yihan looked at the Sui army at the foot of the mountain strangely. It is understandable that the Sui army was not guarding against it. There would be no third army here. But why the Sui army soldiers had to lay brick platforms below him, which made him puzzled. There were several large pine trees above the brick platforms, which made them unable to threaten the soldiers who built brick platforms. Of course, this was also a location deliberately selected by the Sui army and used several large trees to protect them.
Chapter completed!