When Pei Xingjian was in Chang'an, he once told Wanniang about his experience in Liaodong. One of them he mentioned many times, that is, when attacking Goguryeo, some special situations were only available for eating cold food and eating dry food, especially in winter, so I won't mention the taste.

Pei Xingjian said that the person was unintentional, but Wanniang was intentional, so she came up with a way to heat lime. She wrapped the lime tightly with paper so that she didn't have to worry about leaking out. She also used cloth sewings on the outside for easy carrying. When it was used, it would be enough to pour water. Although the heating temperature was not high, it could at least allow Pei Xingjian to have a bite of hot rice.

However, because Pei Xingjian was a little anxious and had no time to take these things away, Wanniang asked Li Xiu to help deliver these things to Liaodong. That is, when Pei Xingjian was about to come out this time, he received the things sent by Wanniang, so he brought some lime bags on his body. Unexpectedly, it was really useful, and even Su Dingfang took his meal with him.

After a while, the can was heated. Pei Xingjian handed the can to Su Dingfang and took another bottle of can and put it in. After all, he didn't bring many lime bags, and he didn't know how many days he would stay in Goguryeo, so he naturally had to save some use.

Su Dingfang was not polite, and smiled and picked up the canned plug. It was covered with oily braised pork. If it was not heated, it would be cold and greasy, and even a little fishy, ​​but now it is fragrant. It feels warm after one sip. If there is a little wine at this time, it would be great. Unfortunately, wine is prohibited in the army, and he, the chief general, is no exception.

After eating, it became dark outside. Pei Xingjian arranged for some people to take over the patrolers outside. Although the possibility of the grain transport team rushing to the road at night was not high, they should not be careless, let alone beware of the enemy's discovery, so they must be careful at all times.

The night passed peacefully. The next morning, Pei Xingjian immediately sent more people to patrol the surroundings, and Su Dingfang also ordered the entire army to prepare, because the grain transport team could arrive at any time, and they would also face a fierce battle. After all, the Goguryeo people were not stupid, and their grain transport team must have heavy troops to guard.

At noon, a spy rushed to report and found a team of grain transporters approaching the southwest. This shocked Su Dingfang. He ordered the spy to explore and report again. At the same time, he led the Tang army to sneak out of the valley quietly and ambush the grain transporters in the direction of the direction of the grain transporters.

This team transporting grain is quite large, and the long carriages are shipped for several miles. It is not counted as transporting personnel. The Goguryeo army alone has more than 2,000 people. In fact, it is not that the Goguryeo people have no one to send, but the more troops the guards are, the more food they consume on the road. Even if this batch of grain is transported to Pyongyang, there may not be much left. Therefore, during transportation, a large army will only be added at the border. After leaving the border, the manpower will be reduced as much as possible and the consumption on the road will be reduced.

As a general in the army, Su Dingfang naturally knew the above situations, so he took the risk of going deep into the Goguryeo to let the Goguryeo people relax their vigilance. In fact, he also bet right. Although the team transporting grain in front of him was comparable to theirs in terms of military strength, according to past experience, when fighting in the field, a Tang army could match four or five Goguryeo soldiers. This was mainly because the two sides had too big gaps in equipment, training, morale, etc.

"Kill!" As the grain transport team entered its ambush range, Su Dingfang immediately rushed out first, and all the two thousand Tang troops came out, and the sound of killing sounded throughout the world.

The Goguryeo's grain transport team was also shocked by the Tang army who suddenly came out. After all, they did not expect to encounter a surprise attack from the Tang army at this time. Until Su Dingfang's cavalry was almost at the forefront, the Goguryeo general who was responsible for escorting it, and immediately ordered his soldiers to set up a defensive formation, hoping to withstand the first wave of the Tang army's attack.

Su Dingfang brought all the cavalry. Two thousand cavalry charged forward, just like a scattered sea. The Goguryeo army on the periphery had just formed a defensive formation and encountered the Tang army in the forefront. As a result, it turned out like a sand castle encountered sea water. The defense collapsed in an instant. Then the Tang army rushed in like a sharp arrow.

"Let the fire!" Although the enemy was vulnerable, Su Dingfang was very calm. After entering the grain transport team, he immediately sent an order again. Then he saw a special cavalry behind him took out a special turbulent bottle from the horse's back, lit the fuse on it and threw it at the carriage transporting grain. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of people shouting and neighing the horses were endless.

Su Dingfang and his main purpose was to destroy food rather than kill people. Even if they have an advantage now, Su Dingfang was unwilling to fight because their number was limited and they could not be replenished in Goguryeo. One of them would be less powerful if they died. And if they were entangled by the enemy and reinforcements were allowed to arrive, their situation would be even worse.

It was precisely for the above consideration that Su Dingfang led the cavalry to burn from the beginning to the end like a gust of wind. Although the Goguryeo army organized several counterattacks, he was defeated by him. After the food was burned, Su Dingfang immediately led the army to roar away, and in the blink of an eye it disappeared into the vast land of Liaodong. Behind them were only a piece of food burned into charcoal, as well as the Goguryeo people with heavy casualties.

The raid was very beautiful, but it also exposed the fact that Su Dingfang and the others sneaked in. As a result, Goguryeo also responded immediately and mobilized large troops everywhere to encircle Su Dingfang's army. It can be said that this was the most dangerous time, but Su Dingfang had already made plans. Just when the Goguryeo people thought he would retreat towards the Tang Dynasty, he went the other way and actually killed the northeast, burning the grain when they saw it, as if repeating the brutality of previous years.

Su Dingfang's bold behavior completely angered the Goguryeo people. At present, countless Goguryeo armies were transferred to the northeast, hoping to intercept Su Dingfang's army, and even the border troops were mobilized.

However, as soon as the Goguryeo army left on the border, another Tang army entered the border. Taking advantage of the empty border of the Goguryeo people, they burned several granaries in one fell swoop. The Goguryeo people were panicked and hurriedly asked the army to turn around. However, they did not expect that Su Dingfang, who was originally in the heart of the heart, suddenly became quiet. However, at this time they didn't care about Su Dingfang. After all, if there was any loss on the border, the consequences would be serious.

However, just as the Goguryeo army arrived at the border in a dusty manner, the Tang army that had attacked the border suddenly withdrew, and Su Dingfang behind him could not find it. This made countless Goguryeo popular with liver pain, but there was no way. When they finally found Su Dingfang's trace again, the other party had retreated to the border. Finally, taking advantage of the night to break through Goguryeo's blockade and fled back to the Tang Dynasty.

This is just the first harassment attack by Su Dingfang this autumn. There will be a second and third time next. It will not stop until the Goguryeo army was exhausted and the harvested food was also greatly lost. What's worse is that this harassment war has lasted for almost three years. The Tang Dynasty has been strong and the price paid is nothing at all, but Goguryeo cannot afford such a price.

In Chang'an City, Li Xiu was also paying attention to the battle situation in Liaodong. Although the southwest of Tubo invaded, Hou Junji's army had already set out. With the current combat power of the Tang army, Tubo had almost no chance of winning. Of course, the most important thing was Li Shimin's determination. The reason why he sent Hou Junji to come and ordered the other party to wipe out the invading Tubo enemy was actually a deeper plan.

The Tang Dynasty's bloodletting strategy for Goguryeo has been going on for many years. It is obvious that Goguryeo is about to be unable to hold on. In addition, there are also problems within Goguryeo. The most important one is the contradiction between King Rongliu and Dalu Quan and Gai Suwen.

The name Quangai Suwen should be familiar to later generations, because it was him who blocked Li Shimin from destroying Goguryeo and was able to block Li Shimin's military attack. Naturally, he was not an ordinary person. In fact, he was born into a Goguryeo aristocrat, and his father was the Great Lu of Goguryeo, equivalent to the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and he also had military power. It can be said that he was less than one person and more than ten thousand people.

After Quan Gai Suwen's father died, he inherited the position of the Great Lu. However, after King Rongliu ascended the throne, he wanted to be inside Goguryeo and naturally hated Quan Gai Suwen, who held real power, so he also hated Quan Gai Suwen. However, it was not easy for him to deal with Quan Gai Suwen, because there were many support from the other party, which led to a split within Goguryeo. Although the two sides had not yet reached the point of confrontation, the open competition had lasted for several years.

It can be said that Goguryeo is now in internal and external troubles, and his strength has been extremely weakened by the Tang Dynasty. Seeing that Li Shimin was about to harvest the delicious fruit of Goguryeo, he did not expect that Tubo in the southwest would jump out to cause trouble. How could Li Shimin not hate him? That was why he issued an order to completely annihilate Hou Junji, in order to teach Tubo a severe lesson, at least to make the other party be honest for a few years, so as not to have something happen to the southwest when he attacked Goguryeo.

It was in the above context that Li Shimin also invested a lot of money on Hou Junji's army, especially the firearms were almost open, because the southwest was mountainous, which was not conducive to the Tang army's cavalry charge. With the firearms, the Tang army's losses in combat power could be made up for. The Tubo people were almost a group of uncivilized primitive people. As long as Hou Junji was not particularly stupid, he would hardly have to worry about defeat.

Although Su Dingfang's war in Liaodong this year was a bit twists and turns, it was generally very smooth. As the weather got colder day by day, the war in Liaodong was coming to an end. However, at this moment, Su Dingfang suddenly sent a hundred thousand urgent news to Chang'an.
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