Well, yes, Gongsun Du ran away.
When most of the former army was in chaos, Gongsun Du once again chose to turn in.
But you can also say that his current transformation is a kind of wisdom, a kind of flesh-cutting, which requires great courage. You can also say that he chose to keep his body to avenge his bloodshed, which reflects his intelligence.
But no matter who said it, Gongsun Du escaped after all, and there was no one in the camp at this time.
This is bad for Ma Chao and others, because great achievements have once again flowed out of their hands. But it is good for the entire Liao campaign, because the ground in Liaodong has lost its last trump card, and it is only a matter of time before the entire territory falls.
Soon, the news spread throughout the battlefield that Gongsun Du had abandoned his troops and quietly retreated with the three thousand cavalry under his direct command.
The armies in Liaodong, which were already fighting hard without help and were highly nervous, abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
This chaotic battle on the south bank of Xiaoliao River ended dramatically.
There are many reasons why the Taishan Army won this battle. Needless to say, the soldiers were talented and brave, and their morale was high. But the more important one is that the Taishan Army, or Zhang Chong, was too good at seizing the opportunity.
At that time, there were at least 30,000 Liaodong elite soldiers on the south bank. It would never be like this if they fought at a normal pace.
But the result? After a chaotic battle, the Liaodong Army was too weak to use three points, so Gongsun Du once again had no choice but to cut off his tail.
It can be said that as a handsome man, Zhang Chong can be the best in the world.
The rest of the battle will be simple.
After surrendering the remnants of the Liaodong Army, the Liao army, which had been fighting for several days, once again marched non-stop, aiming directly at Xiangping.
Xuantu was captured on August 26, and only three days later, Zhang Chong led the Liao army to attack Xiangping City.
Xiangping is a county in Liaodong and the center of the entire political, economic and commercial trade in Liaodong.
It can be said that the construction of the Han family in the four northeastern counties was built around Xiangping, which was the real foundation of the four northeastern counties. Therefore, Xiangping's gains and losses meant whether the entire Liao campaign could come to an end.
Because Xiangping is so important, the Han family can be said to have done their best to manage the city.
Geographically, Xiangping is located on the lower reaches of the Taizi River, the most important tributary of the Dongliao River Basin. It is in the center of Liaodong County and radiates to the four counties.
In terms of terrain, there are endless Qianshan Mountains to the east of Xiangping, the 200-mile-wide Liaoze to the west, and the sea to the south.
It can be said that there are both dangers of mountains and rivers and benefits of fish and salt.
And now, Zhang Chong, who comes from Jinan, Qingzhou, has gone through many years and traveled around half of the world, and finally led his army to the foot of Xiangping City, which is a thousand miles away from Licheng in Jinan.
At this time, the Xiangping City located in front of Zhang Chong was built by the earliest people of the Yan State. The location of the city fully reflects the Yan people's ability to control people.
Since the war period, when the art of Kan Yu flourished, the location of cities has followed the basic principle of being close to mountains and rivers. It is adjacent to Taizi River in the east and north, Xiaoliao River in the west, and faces Shoushan Mountain in the southwest. The terrain is flat, the land is fertile, and the atmosphere is auspicious.
And now, Zhang Chong's Liao Zheng camp was stationed near the Taizi River, watching the city with eager eyes.
In fact, the Taizi River used to be called Yanshui, but after the Qin State captured Jicheng, the capital of the Yan State, King Xi and Prince Dan of Yan led the elite troops of the State of Yan to retreat to Liaodong, stationed in Xiangping City of the State of Yan, and established a city with Xiangping City as the center. The new Yan regime.
Later, in order to survive, King Xi of Yan trapped and killed Prince Dan who was hiding in Yanshui, and dedicated his head to the people of Qin.
Obviously, King Xi of Yan was a mediocre king and felt that peace could be achieved through begging.
So Prince Dan died, and Liaodong Yan was also fully occupied by the Qin people five years later. The divided and powerful world was finally merged into one world in the hands of the Qin people.
Now, Zhang Chong continued to look at the turbulent Taizi River in front of him, sighing at the rise and fall of many heroes, but the water of the Prince River was still continuous.
When Zhang Chong was visiting the Taizi River and remembering the past, Wang Ze beside him was also talking about the blood and killings in this river basin.
Because the Central Plains people are indifferent to the remote Liaodong, they rarely write about this area far away from the center of power.
But in fact, Liaodong is equally exciting.
Since the Yan Dynasty, people from Yan, Qin, Donghu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Goguryeo have all been performing bloody mimes with Xiangping as the center and the Taizi River Basin as the stage.
The reason why there are so many fights and battles here is because this remote land has abundant reserves for military and national purposes.
Whether it's salt, iron, copper, lead, or silver, these materials that make a powerful country rich and the army are everywhere in the mountains and valleys here. In particular, salt and iron materials can go directly southward through the water network of Taizi River and Xiaoliao River to the outlet of Daliao River and directly enter the sea.
The plain wilderness created by these two rivers has become the large granary of Liaodong, supplying all the military supplies here.
Therefore, for these rich materials, the surrounding barbarians are eager to come to this land flowing with honey to survive.
The Wuhuan and Xianbei people in the northwest can come here through the Xiaoliao River, while the Sushen people in the long Baishan Mountains in the east can go south along the Taizi River and go straight to Xiangping.
It was such a rich and superior transportation hub that made Xiangping a must-win place for the Liao army.
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After Gongsun Du took control of Liaodong, he built Xiangping on a large scale, making the city high on a high ground. The walls were all covered with bricks. There were pavilions and towers at the four corners of the city. There were moats around the city, and the Taizi River entered the moats to form a moat.
It can be said that from a military perspective alone, Xiangping is indeed the number one city in Liaodong, impregnable.
But war is never military.
On August 29, Taishan's army came to the city. Zhang Chong led an army of 20,000 and more than 10,000 infantrymen to accompany his husband. Their banners blocked out the sun, and the mountains and fields were so vast that they could not see their tail.
After successively pacifying Wuhuan and the north of the Xiaoliao River, the headquarters of the Liao Army and a group of surrendered troops, coupled with the accompanying Hu Han in the process, the Liao Army at this time can be said to be full of military power and excitement.
After seeing Taishan's army marching south, the Han army in the city was tightly fortified, and no flaws could be seen from the outside.
After Zhang Chong led his army around the city, he first decided to have people fill in the place where the moat and Taizi River intersected to block the continued communication between the two waters.
After that, the Liao army did not besiege the city on all sides and chose to set up camp and solidify it.
August 30, the second day of the siege.
The Liao army began to arrive at the northeast corner of the city one after another in the morning and began to cross the Taizi River one by one.
At this time, the Liaodong Army in the city took advantage of the fact that not all the Liao army had crossed the river and took the initiative to go out of the city to attack.
At that time, Gongsun Li led three thousand cavalrymen out of the north gate and directly killed Taishan's army across the river to seize the land.
Even Gongsun Du came to the North Tower in person to beat drums and cheer.
However, as soon as the three thousand cavalrymen arrived at Taizi River, they were ambushed by the bednu camp ambushed here. Under the dense arrows, Gongsun Li's tribe suffered heavy losses.
Afterwards, Zhao Yun and Taishi Ci, who had secretly crossed the river as early as last night, led thousands of cavalry to kill them from the upper reaches, and the two armies fought together.
At the same time, many infantry camps crossed the river one after another, compressing Gongsun Li's movement space from both sides.
At noon, the Liaodong army outside the city was exhausted and collapsed.
At this point, the Gongsun family's elite military equipment was completely lost.
That night, King Zhang stayed on the south bank of the Taizi River. Gongsun Du was drunk and singing.
August 31, the third day of the siege.
In the city, the wealthy families of Liaodong and the people living in Youzhou saw Gongsun Du drunkenly and knew that his heart was dead. But they were unwilling to accept it and decided to do their best and line up outside the north gate.
At the same time, Goguryeo, which had been ambiguous before, finally decided to send troops to rescue Xiangping, and had already traveled five miles outside Xiangping City.
Previously, the Gongsun family had sent envoys to the inner city of the capital of Goguryeo. This city was originally an earthen city built by morale in the Western Han Dynasty, and was later occupied by the Goguryeo people.
At that time, the king of Goguryeo, King Chuan of his homeland, had five tribes and governed an area of 2,000 miles, mostly in valleys.
At that time, envoys from the Gongsun family came to ask for reinforcements, but the five leaders in the country did not agree. Because the Gongsun family was at odds with Goguryeo, they repeatedly entered the mountains, destroyed the city, and killed the people.
In the power structure of Goguryeo, the king's power actually came from the five masters. Each king is selected from these five divisions.
The ancestor of Goguryeo was Jumong, a nobleman of Buyeo. He brought his tribe and the local indigenous Hao tribe to combine to form the earliest Goguryeo royal family.
At that time, Goguryeo was still very weak, and its active area was only in the upper reaches of the Xiaoliao River.
However, with the emergence of several generations of wise kings in Goguryeo, they conquered the east and west, and successively unified the surrounding mountainous tribes, and formed a vast area centered on both sides of the Yalu River, extending to the upper reaches of the Taija River in the west, the sea in the east, and Buyeo in the north.
The royal families of the previously conquered areas and the royal family of Goguryeo together formed the governance structure of the five tribes. They include the Xiaonu Department, the Juenu Department, the Shunnu Department, the Guannu Department, and the Guilou Department. Previously, the royal power of Goguryeo had been maintained by the Extinction Department, which was also the royal family of Goguryeo.
However, with the decline of the Xiaonu tribe, its royal power began to flow among the tribes, eventually forming the current power distribution of the five tribes co-governing.
So when the other four adults did not agree to send troops, the will of Goguryeo had actually been decided.
But as the war in Liaodong changed, the upper echelons of Goguryeo realized that something was wrong.
That means Gongsundu may not be able to survive this time.
At this time, the king of the mountain discussed with the other four ministers and decided to change the plan and go out to rescue Gongsun Du.
It's not that these Goguryeo people have any insight, nor are they worried that the so-called King Zhang will attack them after destroying the Gongsun family.
To put it more arrogantly, these Goguryeo people believed that if the Han people wanted to enter the mountains to attack them, they would be seeking death.
Goguryeo is a country that loves to build mountain cities. Its capital, cities, and important towns are all built on mountains.
For example, Goguryeo built a series of mountain cities on the upper reaches of Xiaoliao River and Taizi River. These mountain cities completely controlled these two valley channels and defended against the threat of Han forces in the west.
With these mountain cities outside, Goguryeo could sit back and relax.
So why did Goguryeo come out of the mountains?
This involves an ambition of Goguryeo. Since its founding, this country has had ambitions to develop westward. They were eager to seize the developed Liaodong County, where the agricultural population and the benefits of salt and iron made the country of Goguryeo covet.
Therefore, the kings of Goguryeo in the past dynasties often led their troops out of the mountains to plunder Han people to enrich the domestic population.
And now that the Taishan Army is here, even with their little historical experience, they can conclude that if they cannot defeat the strongest, their ambition to completely occupy Liaodong will come to nothing.
So they appeared in the upper reaches of the Taizi River and meandered down.
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