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Chapter 1397 Kaiyuan encounters obstacles

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    After the left and right garrison troops were divided in Yuexi, Guo Rong led his 15,000 troops to Kaiyuan City.

    Because Yuan Taizuo concentrated his troops on the front line of Xiaoliao River for defense, the Kaiyuan area was weak in troops, and there was no obstruction along the way, not even a patrol team of scouts.

    The Sui army sped up and headed all the way to Kaiyuan City.

    At this time, the former army scouts reported to Guo Rong that they had learned from reconnaissance in the city two days ago that there were only a thousand Goguryeo defenders in the city, most of them were logistics personnel and their combat effectiveness was not strong.

    After hearing this, Guo Rong was overjoyed. This is exactly "God helps me"!  He hurriedly ordered the entire army to attack Kaiyuan City and be sure to break the city before dark.

    The mission of the Youtun Guards in this battle was to block the attack. They came from afar and did not carry any siege weapons.  However, in Guo Rong's view, the city's defense was insufficient, and with more than a thousand defenders, even the city walls and gates were not well distributed. They did not need to prepare, but could just attack by force.

    More than 10,000 Sui troops immediately surrounded the entire Kaiyuan City and began a siege.

    The Sui army deployed simple siege ladders and shielded weapons and crossbows under the city, but this did not reduce the Sui army's enthusiasm for attack.  Kaiyuan City is a logistics base. Once the city is broken, the harvest will be rich. Everyone is waiting for a bumper harvest.

    But the Sui army soon discovered that the Goguryeo defenders in the city were indeed unprepared. They were beaten badly at first, but soon the counterattack at the top of the city began.

    On the top of the city, rolling logs and stones were kept hammering down.  Several of the siege ladders improvised by the Sui army were burned by the Goguryeo army.

    This made the Sui army, which already had few attack ladders, even more stretched.

    Because there were no siege weapons, the Sui army attacked several times, but never succeeded.

    At this time, Guo Rong, who was commanding the siege, was full of anger. He thought that the failure of the attack was due to the lack of effort by the army. This kind of city could not be breached. I really don't know what the tens of thousands of troops in Youtun Guards were doing.

    Guo Rong then ordered to retreat and behead him.

    The person responsible for the frontline command was Xin Wenli, who at this time served as General Hu Benlang of the Youtun Guard.  The core troops of Youtun Guard were brought back from the Sashui battlefield by him. Although he was only a small general, he had a high prestige in the army.

    The messenger behind brought Guo Rong's order, reprimanding Xin Wenli for his inability to attack the city, and ordered the front army to attack the city overnight and must break the city.

    Xin Wenli, who had been in front of the formation at this time, became angry when he heard this.  He personally commanded the commandos to launch two charges, both of which were suppressed by the Goguryeo people on the city wall.  Kaiyuan City is already dangerous, and they don't have any siege weapons. What should they do?

    As for what was said before the war that there were only more than a thousand weak defenders in the city, Xin Wenli even cursed loudly, "These are more than a thousand old and weak, what kind of heavenly soldiers and generals are the elites of Goguryeo?"  Especially looking at the Goguryeo soldiers all over the city, there are probably more than a thousand soldiers on one wall alone.

    But facing the pressure from the supervising team, Xin Wenli had no choice but to bite the bullet and attack.

    Countless bonfires were lit outside Kaiyuan City, and Xin Wenli attacked the city at night.  But in the end, because the city was strong, it was never possible to break the city.

    By daybreak, the bodies of Sui soldiers were scattered outside Kaiyuan City.  The Sui army attacked all night and was exhausted.

    Xin Wenli had no choice but to go to the Chinese army to ask for rest before fighting again. If the fight continued like this, all the soldiers would be wasted in the ant attack, and the gain would not be worth the loss.

    Looking at Xin Wenli covered in blood, Guo Rong also pondered for a while.

    Things were a bit beyond my expectations, and I had no idea why.

    At this time, according to the scout investigation, the Sui army finally learned.  One day ago, five thousand Goguryeo troops rushed to the city and strengthened the guards.  Sui army scouts did not discover it during reconnaissance, and this important information was missed.

    These five thousand elite soldiers were sent by Meilong who was stationed in northern Xinjiang. They were originally intended to guard against the Mohe people.  But now that Goguryeo was about to die, there was a serious shortage of troops on the southern battlefield, and Shenyang threatened the safety of Kaiyuan. Yuan Taizuo then transferred 5,000 troops from Mei Long's command, commanded by General Chen Yinglong, to garrison Kaiyuan and guard the back road.  This force arrived just before the Youtun Guards attacked Kaiyuan and defended Kaiyuan.

    The Sui army had 5,000 new troops, but Guo Rong still had 15,000. In Guo Rong's view, he still had the strength to fight.  At this time, Guo Rong did not give up. After all, this attack was against orders. If he could not break through Kaiyuan and returned to Yuexi in despair, his prestige would be ruined.

    Guo Rong agreed to Xin Wenli's suggestion and agreed that the entire army would rest for one night and fight again tomorrow.  In order to make up for the lack of siege equipment, Guo Rongnai had people cut wood overnight to build siege rams, simple ladders, and catapults.

    Early on the next morning, Guo Rong personally directed the siege. He gathered his death squads and launched another attack from the south of Kaiyuan City.The officers and soldiers of the Sui army were not afraid of death, and they fought towards the city head along the siege ladder one by one.  Above the city, arrows rained down like rain. Both sides fought hard regardless of life and death. The Sui army tried their best but failed to break through the city.

    The fighting lasted until the afternoon, and the Sui army suffered heavy casualties.

    Seeing that it was impossible to break the city, Xin Wenli found Guo Rong again and asked for a retreat.

    Because the distance from Shenyang to Kaiyuan is about 200 miles, and to Yuexi is about 100 miles.  It took Yuan Taizuo's main force about four days to rush to Yuexi after discovering that Kaiyuan was besieged, and it was already the fourth day. Once they were unable to capture Kaiyuan and Yuexi was defeated, their army would  Being attacked from both sides.  With more than 10,000 people alone, the outcome is unpredictable.

    After Xin Wenli¡¯s reminder, Guo Rongshi woke up. In the past two days, he had been struggling with Kaiyuan¡¯s troops, but he had forgotten the main force of Yuan Taizuo behind him.  In Guo Rong's opinion, it is impossible for Huang Mingxin to defend Yuexi with only 5,000 men. Yuan Taizuo's troops will rush to Kaiyuan City in three days at the latest.

    Three days, I only have three days.

    Guo Rong was prepared to bet that he could break the city in three days, and he regarded breaking the city as a life-saving straw.  As long as Kaiyuan is captured, he will be able to stop the enemy in the city, and then all his mistakes will become a sign of his resourcefulness.

    Xin Wenli did not expect Guo Rong to be so stubborn, but he still persuaded him earnestly: "General, it is really difficult for our army to break the city within three days. Once Yuan Taizuo's main force is gone, how will he explain to the general manager's office? At this time, General Huang Mingxin will inevitably  After a bloody battle in Yuexi, General Yuan will lead a cavalry to Yuexi and will definitely stop Yuan Taizuo."

    Guo Rong was angry for a moment, slapped the table and scolded: "Asshole, I don't know better than you whether we can break through Kaiyuan. Xin Wenli, you are only responsible for executing the order. How to fight, I don't have to worry about it."

    Seeing Guo Rong being extremely tough, Xin Wenli felt bitter in his heart.  He didn't have an older brother like Huang Mingxin, so he didn't dare to challenge Xin Wenli as the coach.

    Xin Wenli went to find Yun Dingxing to discuss countermeasures, while Guo Rong was thinking about how to break the city.

    From Guo Rong's point of view, with this small amount of troops, it seems that it is not feasible to fight head-on, and can only be used wisely.  So is he making false claims, or is he hiding something from the truth?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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