Chapter Eighty-Five: Raid on the Beach
After Su Ji came out of the Goryeo Palace, Lin Mang immediately came up and asked, "Childe, what's going on?" β
Lin Mang had learned disguise techniques in the rivers and lakes before, so since the victory in Yuyang, he has been disguised and followed Su Ji's side, Su Ji said in a low voice: "Tell the brothers, no matter whether General Zhou can win or not, Sha Tuo can't stay." β
"Okay, I know, by the way, just after Yan Zongbi's personal guard leader came out, he said that Gongzi had already arranged a place to live in Pingyang, so I let Xiao Liang'er go."
Su Ji nodded and looked at the south and muttered to himself: "Zhou Gongjin, it's up to you now, I hope you won't disappoint Your Majesty." β
Wanyanzong County rushed over in a hurry, and at this time, Zhou Gongjin was also facing a dilemma, on one side was the 50,000 sailors of Goryeo, and on the other hand, the 300,000 stone grain and grass in Yangtan, what should he do to not lose the soldiers and generals, but also to complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty.
Time was already very urgent, Zhou Gongjin immediately convened the generals to discuss the matter, and after the generals came together, Zhou Gongjin first asked: "Have you investigated the terrain clearly, is there a second sea route that can bypass the Goryeo sailors and go straight to Yangtan." β
The people of Jinyiwei immediately stood up and shook their heads, and said: "General, I have already surveyed more than a dozen times, and there is indeed no second way, and for this reason, my brothers of Jinyiwei have also sacrificed three people. β
"Brothers who have worked hard, when the war is over, Ben will definitely ask for credit for the brothers of Jinyiwei." Zhou Gongjin comforted.
"Thank you, General."
Zhou Gongjin glanced at the generals and sighed secretly in his heart, his army was still too young, and at the critical moment, there was not even one who could hold the beam.
There was no way for Zhou Gongjin to tell the strategy he had come up with, and at this moment, Wang Zhen, who had been silent, suddenly said: "General, you said that the suspicious soldier is good?" β
Zhou Gongjin's eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "Wang Wenwen and Ben Jiang thought of going together." β
"I don't dare to do it." Wang Zhen hurriedly said modestly, Wang Zhen at this time was much calmer, and he also came to the barracks, Wang Zhen felt how naΓ―ve he had done before.
Zhou Gongjin saw that some of the generals still didn't understand, so he shook his head and ordered directly: "Vice General Li will take 5,000 soldiers to confuse the Goryeo Navy, make more sheng flags, and make a big fanfare, if you can scare the Goryeo Navy, even if you have a great achievement." β
"No, the last will obey." A bearded general immediately stood up and replied, this person was Li Han, the deputy general of the Northeast Water Division, and Zhou Gongjin's most trusted person.
"The rest of the generals will go straight to Yangtan with the general, the speed must be fast, the reinforcements of Wanyan Zong County are already on the way." Zhou Gongjin continued to order.
"No." The generals were ordered to leave, as long as Wang Zhen had not left, Zhou Gongjin asked strangely: "Wang Wenwen, is there anything else?" β
"General, I want to ask for my order to meet the Koreans." Wang Zhen gritted his teeth and pleaded.
Zhou Gongjin will be wrong, thinking that Wang Zhen is afraid of being robbed of credit, Zhou Gongjin said with a smile: "Don't worry, Wang Wenwen, your contribution will be truthfully reported to Your Majesty, in my Northeast Water Division, the meritorious will be rewarded, and the guilty will be punished, this is an iron law." β
Wang Zhen blushed and immediately shook his head and said: "General, this is not what the humble post means, the humble post heard that Gao Pei, the commander of the Goryeo Naval Division, is a vassal and elegant, and the humble post may be able to buy some time for the army." β
Zhou Gongjin sighed, grabbed Wang Zhen and said solemnly: "Brother Wang, please, protect yourself well, wait for you to come back, don't get drunk and don't return." β
"Thank you general, Wang Zhen only found his value today, there is one more thing to ask the general, some juniors can't stand the suffering of the army, and are ready to resign from the army and return to their hometown, please allow the general." Wang Zhen arched his hand.
Zhou Gongjin laughed and said: "Don't worry, there is a piece of gold from Brother Wang, and those stubborn stones are not needed." β
"Haha, okay, then Wang Zhen will go."
Zhou Gongjin watched Wang Zhen's departing back, and yelled at his generals: "Brothers, let's hurry up, and then go to pick up Wang Wenwen and General Li as soon as possible." β
"Datang Wansheng, Datang Wansheng." The shouts of tens of thousands of people soared into the sky.
When Zhou Gongjin led the army to Yangtan, the people of the Dhara Department were very relaxed, and the seaside was full of drunk Dhara warriors, Zhou Gongjin thought that there would be a fierce battle, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he said with a wry smile: "It seems that we still pay too much attention to these people." β
"General, is there a deception? Why don't you send a small army to explore first? One of the generals whispered.
The person in Jinyi Wei next to him sneered: "This general is really too careful, this Dhara Department is in the extreme north of the Northern Jin, fierce and abnormal, but arrogant, so this should seem to be true." β
"Hmph, you also said that you should, in case of falsehood, can you afford to pay this responsibility?"
"You are presumptuous, if it is fake, I will pay you my head......"
Zhou Gongjin stopped the quarrel between the two and said angrily: "Shut up the general, our task this time is to burn the grain and grass, so don't care if there is fraud or not, rushing over is the best tactic." β
"No, the last general will obey."
At this time, the people of Jinyiwei quietly slipped away, and Zhou Gongjin didn't care about them, although Jinyiwei said that he was the emperor's personal soldiers, but everyone who understood knew that these people were actually the emperor's dirty gloves, just because they did have a hand in spying on enemy intelligence, so everyone pinched their noses and admitted their existence, for example, this time, if it wasn't for Jinyiwei's people who found out in advance that Beijin transported grain to Yangtan, Zhou Gongjin might not be able to eat this piece of fat.
Not much to say, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty have always been unambiguous in their wars, 15,000 people roared and rushed in the direction of the grain and grass, most of the Dhara people were still asleep, they were killed by the Tang army, a small number of sober generals, and also knew how to organize troops to protect the grain and grass, but in front of gunpowder, their behavior was like moths to the fire, and it became the military merit of the Tang army in vain.
A commander looked at his warriors who could fight against the tiger and the bear, falling down one by one in front of the Tang army's explosives, and said bitterly: "This is the secret weapon of the Tang army, it is really thunder from heaven and earth." β
After saying that, the commander raised his sword alone and rushed towards the Tang army, several Tang soldiers looked at the commander who rushed over stupidly, and just wanted to throw the explosives out, but was stopped by Zhou Gongjin, Zhou Gongjin said with a smile: "This is a warrior, use a bow and arrow, leave him a whole corpse." β
"Yes, General."
Soon a wave of feathered arrows flew over, and the commander, who had just been full of ambition, lay on the ground and was shot into a hedgehog.
An old family member of Zhou Gongjin's family saw the scene in front of him and sighed: "Alas, this battle is getting more and more boring, what kind of war is this, this is obviously a massacre." β
Zhou Gongjin said slowly on the side: "Uncle Wang, Your Majesty once said a sentence, the future war of my Datang is very simple, that is, to strive to destroy the enemy on the way to the charge, and these people are a group of miscellaneous fish, when we meet the elite of Beijin, the power of gunpowder will never be so strong, and it still needs to be solved in close combat." β
"Haha, Master Hou, I'm old, after this battle, I'll wait for the veterans to retire, I'm afraid I can't compete with Lord Hou on the battlefield." The old man laughed and said.
"What? Uncle Wang is a little disheartened? Zhou Gongjin asked with a frown.
The old general waved his hand and said: "Master Hou, don't get me wrong, it's just that this war has made Lao Yu and others find that these old guys are no longer suitable for this kind of battlefield, so it is better to abdicate and make way for Xian, and let you young people play well." β
"Uncle Wang's mind, Gongjin knows, Uncle Wang can rest assured, as long as my Zhou family is still in the day, I won't forget you."
"Haha, thank you Master Hou, Master Hou, the old man will give you a sweep, let's have a good kill."
"Okay, Uncle Wang, look at my Zhou Gongjin's ability." After speaking, Zhou Gongjin personally rushed up, and when the soldiers saw that the commander had personally charged, their morale was greatly boosted for a while, and they soon broke through the battle formation of the few Dharas and came to the granary.
Zhou Gongjin raised the torch and roared: "Brothers, burn them all, and not a drop of grain will be left for the people of Beijin." β
"No."
Soon, the land was convenient for thick smoke, and the 300,000 stone grain and grass that Beijin had seized from Goryeo this time turned into ashes with the smoke.
Seeing that he could see his hands, Zhou Gongjin immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops, and when he returned to the ship, the captain who had quarreled with the people of Jinyiwei said to Zhou Gongjin: "General, the people of Jinyiwei have not come back yet, is it inappropriate to withdraw the troops in such a hurry now?" β
Zhou Gongjin said with a smile: "The people of Jinyiwei have their own tasks, just leave a boat to pick them up, and the rest of us have to hurry to Seoul, after a long time, I am afraid that I will show my stuffing." β
"No, General."
After Sha Tuo, the leader of the Dhara tribe, woke up from wine, he happened to see this scene in front of him, and Sha Tuo was furious, picked up his knife and hacked to death all the two Goryeo women who were serving beside him.
At this time, the tent was opened, and several people wearing the clothes of the Dhara tribe walked in, and the leader said with a smile: "The leader of Shatuo really doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, but it's a pity that there are two peerless beauties." β
"Who are you?" Sha Tuo asked warily.
"Good question, our brothers, it's a group of Jianghu rangers, someone spent five hundred gold to buy the head of your Shatuo leader, and we took this deal, so now do you understand who we are?"
"Five hundred gold, Lao Tzu's head is so worthless, so let's see your martial arts are also very good, otherwise you wouldn't have entered my camp so easily, I'll give you a thousand gold, help me do things, okay?" Sha Tuo asked with a smile.
The leader laughed and said: "What a smart leader Shatuo, it's a pity, your price is still low, and what Lao Tzu wants is Guan Neihou." β
"What? Are you from the Tang Kingdom? β
The leader raised his sword and nodded, and Sha Tuo roared with a face as earthy as earth: "If you kill me, my son will avenge me, and he will follow the prince now." β
The leader glanced at Sha Tuo, shook his head and said, "No, your son has been killed by Su Ji in Pingyang City." With that, he swung the knife down......