The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 517 Yang Xuyan: Please call me General Yizhi Wende

Goguryeo was unlucky this year. It was forced to retreat to its own territory by the Sui Dynasty for three consecutive years. Its fiscal revenue was almost zero for three consecutive years, and there was no grain harvest but only expenditure. The civilian population suffered losses of 50% to 60%, and the number of soldiers and generals killed or injured was also not small.

After much difficulty, he relied on the threat of Master Yijian Fu Cailin and surrendered in shamelessness, and finally deceived the Sui army. He then turned around and denied his mistake, refused the imperial edict of the Sui Emperor to summon him to Chang'an, and turned around to become an independent ruler again.

When King Go Won of Goguryeo was feeling complacent about his "wisdom", Liaodong Marquis Yang Xuyan suddenly led a large army to wipe out all Goguryeo soldiers on both sides of the Yalu River and took military aid. Then the navy entered the Sa River and destroyed the Goguryeo navy which had just begun to be rebuilt, and looted all the materials and semi-finished warships.

All villages, towns and cities along the coast were more or less affected. After each attack, several or even dozens of people would shout out the shamelessness of the King of Goguryeo. This was just a warning. If the King of Goguryeo did not enter Chang'an, Goguryeo would not be able to have a navy, and the people of Goguryeo would not be able to live on the coast.

Goguryeo was a defeated country, and the Sui Emperor was merciful and could not bear to kill all of them, so he agreed to the Goguryeo king's request for surrender. But your shameless behavior really makes the border generals of the Sui Dynasty unable to bear it, so I have to teach you a lesson to let you know your own weight.

The battle did not last long, but the losses it brought made the King of Goguryeo heartbroken. Firstly, Goguryeo had been beaten to the point of being destitute and out of ammunition and food. When one is extremely poor, any loss is difficult to bear. What's more, Yang Xuyan's Three Alls Policy wiped out all the resources and manpower that Goguryeo was preparing to invest in the reconstruction of its navy, and it might not recover within ten years.

Secondly, it was a blow to his reputation, which was the most fatal. Goguryeo relied on the prestige of the Yijian master Fu Cailin to maintain its spirit, and relied on the shamelessness of the Goguryeo king to deceive the Sui Emperor, but what they announced to the outside world was that they had repelled the Sui army, forcing the Sui army to retreat.

At this moment, the Liaodong Marquis army slapped him hard in the face with an iron palm, telling all the people of Goguryeo that they had knelt down and surrendered and become slaves. Did he still want to keep his face as the King of Goguryeo?

The furious King of Goguryeo immediately sent a large army to seek revenge. Yi Ji Wende led tens of thousands of Goguryeo elite troops out of Pyongyang. However, within half a day after leaving the city, half of the horses fell down. Half of the food and grass were quietly robbed on the first night, and a quarter of the intact war horses were lost, while the guarding soldiers had a good sleep.

Early in the morning of the second day, a stone tablet suddenly appeared in front of the camp gate. The stone tablet had sharp edges and was smooth and flat. On it was a line of large characters: Yizhi Wende died in this expedition. Those who do evil will eventually perish.

Yizhi Wende was furious and ordered his men to smash the stone tablet. The strong men swung their hammers and smashed it hard. The stone tablet shook and suddenly broke into pieces with a thunderous explosion. The broken stones flew in all directions, and blood and flesh flew everywhere. There were casualties in the area of ​​five or six feet. Even the Goguryeo commander Yizhi Wende was slightly injured.

Opinions abounded, and the Goguryeo army was in disarray. Eulji Mundeok's efforts to suppress the enemy proved fruitless, forcing him to hasten his march and charge towards Pyongyang for assistance. As a renowned general of his time, and a close ally of King Go Won, he knew exactly what he had to do. Only victory could overcome all obstacles.

They all knew how powerful the Sui Dynasty was. If Goguryeo wanted to win, it could only rely on the right time and place. What was the right time and place?

Goguryeo was different from the Sui Dynasty in that it had extremely cold winters and beautiful mountains and rivers that allowed for many strategies to be implemented.

Relying on the right time and place, they forced the Sui army to retreat from Pyongyang City time and time again. Well, they did retreat, but whether it was a complete defeat is still another matter.

However, the imagined scene of pursuing the victory and grabbing the spoils never happened once. Instead, they were repeatedly attacked by the Sui generals and suffered heavy losses. Later, the Sui emperor was very unkind in granting Liaodong to a young man who had just reached adulthood. This young man was very unkind in beating up the original owner of Liaodong several times.

That unpretentious young man was highly skilled in martial arts, well-versed in military tactics and battle formations, and particularly adept at using tricks. Unfortunately, the Goguryeo leaders, who were also adept at tricks, couldn't outmaneuver him in this regard. One's own tricks required cooperation from the other side, and the other side's tricks had to be endured, whether one was willing to cooperate or not.

Just like this expedition, how many times have I been harassed along the way? Three surprises a day is not enough, but the enemy appears and disappears without a trace. They can do whatever they want to you, whenever they want, however they want to do to you. It is impossible to be on guard.

Not to mention the means, they are all small means, not very lethal, extremely insulting, and very easy to undermine morale.

Finding a mouse in your food is a minor matter, and horses going into estrus en masse isn't a big deal, but it's a bit disgusting when the entire army is sprayed with itching powder and starts crying out loud.

There were countless other things, such as the general's armor turned into the robes of a Pyongyang brothel girl, the granary was full of feces and urine, the military flag was painted with a turtle (with a retracted head), the middle of the road was full of potholes and scattered with large and small sharp stones, but the scouts and pioneers sent out could not find anything.

Oh, maybe there were some discoveries, but all the scouts who made any discoveries never came back, and they all disappeared without a trace.

There must be enemies around, but these enemies come and go without a trace, or even hide in the army, and no one can catch them. It is hard to say how many there are, but these things do not seem like something that one person can do.

But what is the truth?

I have to say that sometimes it is easier to get things done when there are more people, especially when these people are all elite and great teammates.

Dugu Feng felt that the past few days were very magical. She, the legitimate daughter of the Dugu family, actually followed the Liaodong Marquis to forge iron for two days, and then followed the army to fight across the two rivers (Yalu River and Sashui).

It turns out that being a bandit is such a refreshing thing. Dugu Feng has never really gone into battle with the army. Charging into battle among thousands of troops to capture cities is completely different from fighting in the martial arts arena. No matter how high one's martial arts skills are, there are still many things to pay attention to.

Although Dugu Feng is a congenital, she is not a grandmaster who can gallop through thousands of troops and be invincible. Such an opportunity to fight in a battle with thousands of people where everything goes smoothly is rare. Although she is only a supporting role, she still gains a lot.

Afterwards, he followed Yang Xuyan to disguise himself and sneak into the Goguryeo army. From the vanguard army to the central army, from the fire army to the cavalry, Dugu Feng witnessed the god-like makeup and disguise skills. He really pretended to be a god like a god and a ghost like a ghost. When he pretended to be a groom, he could make all the horses revolve around him. When he pretended to be a general, even the personal guards could not tell the real one from the fake one.

It is obviously an ordinary thing, but if the ratio is slightly changed and two non-toxic things are added, it becomes a poisonous thing, or if two non-toxic things are eaten together, they can take a person's life in an instant.

What shocked Dugu Feng most was that within this 200-man force, a remarkable 10% were innate masters, and the remaining 100 or so were equally skilled. Their Qing Gong skills were unparalleled, and their stealth, disguise, and long-distance raids were unprecedented. Can you imagine how 200 people could steal half of the military supplies of a 50,000-man army without a trace?

If they weren't afraid of stealing too much and scaring them off, they could even steal all the supplies and food for the 50,000-man army. The longer Dugu Feng stayed with his master, Yang Xuyan, the more he found him unfathomable. "Master, we've already taken the horses, food, equipment, and scouts. What's next?"

Dugu Feng was eager to try. The sense of crisis of being surrounded by 50,000 troops right under the enemy's nose if she was not careful constantly stimulated Dugu Feng's sensitive nerves and made her unable to stop.

"Don't call me Master. Starting tomorrow morning, I will be the commander-in-chief of the army. Please call me General Yizhi Wende!"