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Yu Ming rode on horseback, looked at the army behind him, and couldn't help but sigh: After more than 20 years of hard work by Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, the Great Sui is much richer than the Turkic, Khitan, Murwei and other nomadic peoples, even countries like Goryeo that have entered an agrarian society are completely incomparable with the Sui Dynasty.

Not to mention that among his 10,000 troops, there were originally 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry. Even those 20,000 recruits were actually equipped with sophisticated weapons such as armor, iron shields, spears, and bows and crossbows according to the standards of the main force. And because Yang Guang left in a hurry, he didn't take a lot of supplies with him, and the weapons, grain and grass left behind were very sufficient. can be called by Yuming, he can supply as much as he wants, which makes him a little dumbfounded after learning about his family background.

The Sui army was divided into two types: cavalry and infantry, and both cavalry and infantry were divided into light and heavy. The light cavalry mostly used sabers and short bows as their main weapons, and wore leather armor. It is mainly engaged in combat tasks such as summoning, reconnaissance, and mounted archery, and the number of people is small.

The heavy cavalry, on the other hand, is the main force of the cavalry wearing heavy armor, able to resist the fire of ordinary bows and arrows, and holding a cavalry gun as a weapon, and their duty is to charge into battle.

The light infantry were mainly archers, sappers, etc., who also wore leather armor or light armor, and even wore ordinary military uniforms for the convenience of drawing bows and work. The defense is low, and he mostly uses bows and arrows, trebuchets, javelins, etc., to kill and injure enemies from a distance.

The heavy infantry consisted mainly of pikemen and shieldmen, but there were also some swordmen and shieldmen and swordmen with broadswords or swords, who wore armor and engaged mainly in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy.

Among the 10,000 people led by Yu Ming this time, there are 5,000 cavalry, of which 1,000 are ironclad cavalry, and the rest are light and heavy cavalry, with heavy cavalry being the majority.

The infantry has 25,000 people, of which 5,000 are heavy infantry, which is considered an elite force, and the remaining 20,000 light infantry is very unsatisfactory. Although they were fairly well equipped, they were only recruits and had been trained for less than a month. Yu Ming and the other generals were really not at ease with their combat effectiveness.

Before the battle, in order to unify the order and facilitate the cooperation between the various arms, Yuming broke up the 10,000 people after obtaining everyone's consent, and reorganized it in the way of bringing the old with the new.

He was a formation according to the type of troops, with the brave and rough Guo Yi commanding the most elite 1,000 ironclad cavalry, the wise and brave Luo Cheng commanding 4,000 heavy cavalry, and Lin Mo, a young general with more than 10,000 talents, in charge of commanding 10,000 light infantry.

The heavy infantry, which originally consisted of only 5,000 people, was expanded to 15,000 after being replenished and replaced with new recruits, which was commanded by the veteran oil lieutenant Chi Jingde.

In this sniper war against Goryeo, Woo Ming made up his mind to lure the enemy deeper, and then dealt a fatal blow to the enemy when the enemy's exhaustion reached the point and the supply line reached a time limit.

He told the generals about his battle plan, and demanded that the area along the Yalu River to Liaodong City be cleared, the inhabitants evacuated, all the wells filled in, and not a single grain of grain left, so that the Goryeo people could not get supplies along the way.

And these things were naturally handed over to the more than 100,000 people to do, and while they were doing this, they retreated backwards, so as not to flee in panic at the beginning of the battle, affect the morale of the Sui army, and disrupt the formation of the rear army.

At the same time, Yu Ming also emphasized that he would have a small defeat in the early stage of the sniper battle, and after leading the enemy to the city of Liaodong, he would repel the Goryeo army in one fell swoop. It is hoped that the generals will do a good job in the ideological work of other low-ranking officers and soldiers, and will not lose confidence in victory because of the deceit in the early stage, which will cause the morale of the army to fluctuate.

After learning about Yu Ming's battle plan, the generals were all amazed. If they were still worried about whether they could get out of the way, now they can say that their doubts have disappeared.

At the end of the meeting, everyone unanimously agreed with Yuming's battle plan. Then he ordered the Minfu team to start retreating and evacuate the residents along the way. And the people were surprised and delighted when they learned that they could retreat to Liaodong City before the commander, but they rarely saw the officials themselves cut off and let these civilians retreat first.

In addition to being moved, more than 100,000 people cooperated with the retreat. Many people even said that they could participate in the repair of the city walls and defenses after retreating to Liaodong, and contribute to the defense of the Goryeo army in the future.

After Yuming got the report of these situations, his courage increased greatly, which further strengthened his confidence in victory.

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The Yalu River is mostly mountainous along the river, with many hills. Although the river is long, there are only a few places suitable for large armies to cross the river.

A few days later, Woomyung ordered the construction of fortifications facing the center of the river directly opposite the main force of the Goryeo army, cutting off its access to the river.

At this time, Lin Mo sent someone to reconnoiter back, and saw that Yuming personally came to inspect the defense line along the river, so he hurriedly came to visit.

Yu Ming took the opportunity to let Lin Mo take him and the generals to inspect the situation.

After everyone arrived at a high ground, they saw that the camp tents of the Goryeo army stretched for more than ten miles on the other side of the river, which was indeed huge and intimidating. There were also many Korean soldiers carrying logs to tie rafts along the river. Judging from the number of rafts that have been launched, it is already quite large, and it is estimated that the enemy army will launch a river crossing in the near future.

After listening to Lin Mo's report on the reconnaissance situation in the past few days, Yu Ming said: "Mo, most of the soldiers under your command are new recruits. In the past few days, the confrontation with the Goryeo army must have been somewhat damaged, so it is better to withdraw some old, weak, disabled and wounded soldiers to Liaodong City in batches. ”

Lin Mo was taken aback when he heard this, and said in shock: "General Yu, you can't do this!" Now that the enemy is strong, most of our soldiers are not confident, and if the enemy launches a fierce attack while retreating, the whole line will collapse due to low morale. At that time, if the enemy's cavalry pursues them, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.

Yu Ming shook his head and said, "Mo, the possibility you said would have been considered a long time ago. Actually, Mo you are too worried, I originally planned to have a small defeat in the battle of crossing the river, so as to lure the enemy deeper, so it doesn't matter if it is a real defeat...... Moreover, when retreating, I will not let the recruits retreat in a chaotic manner, but will retreat in an orderly manner. At the same time, when retreating, I also want to raise the morale of the army and enhance the confidence of our soldiers in victory. ”

This time, not only Lin Mo, but everyone else also looked at Yu Ming in amazement. An orderly and unchaotic retreat may be possible under the current circumstances. But in the eyes of most soldiers, retreat is actually equated with fleeing, how can it be possible to improve morale because of retreat?

Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Fang smiled and said, "You don't have to be surprised, as long as you follow what I said, you can be safe." ”

"First of all, the retreating soldiers must be wounded and old and weak, not soldiers who can not be injured. Moreover, I would like to announce to all the soldiers of our army that the army left by the Holy Lord to garrison is not only our 10,000 people, but also 80,000 elite troops. They are now outflanking the Goryeo army, and we are now fighting that army on both sides to annihilate the Goryeo army in one fell swoop. In this way, the morale of the whole army will certainly be greatly boosted, and the soldiers will have the confidence to win. No longer cowering and uncertain about retreating. ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, although the war pays attention to the soldiers and does not get tired of deceit, but the enemy is deceived, and Yuming's trick is to deceive even his own people, and the means of acting like this are unheard of by everyone.

However, after thinking carefully, the generals had to admit that Yuming's method was the best way to improve morale, stabilize the morale of the army, and make the soldiers high-spirited.

With 80,000 reinforcements coming, plus the 10,000 soldiers stationed here, there are already 110,000 troops, which is equivalent to the total strength of the Goryeo army on the opposite side, which can be regarded as evenly matched.

In this way, it will naturally give the soldiers peace of mind. In addition, after learning that the main force of his own army will also launch a fierce attack on the Goryeo army, and will copy the Goryeo army, he will catch turtles in an urn, how can this not greatly increase the confidence of his soldiers?

"General Yu is really extraordinary, my lieutenant Chi Jingde really admires you so much!" Wei Chi Jingde was originally a little unconvinced that Yuming was promoted so quickly, thinking that he relied on his grandfather Yushu's relationship. But after listening to Yu Ming's plan today, he was really convinced by Yu Ming.

"Mo, you should arrange the retreat as soon as possible, draw up a list of retreating troops, and then inform them to rest now, recuperate, and then when it is dark, secretly retreat at night." Yu Ming said with a smile.

After Lin Mo heard this, he instantly understood, and then happily returned to the camp.

Then, Yu Ming, Luo Cheng, Changsun Wuji, Wei Chi Jingde and others led their own personal guards to carefully observe along the river and hills, study the nearby terrain, and design how to set up an ambush, striving to give the enemy a hard blow when they finally retreated.

After Lin Mo returned to the camp, according to Yuming's request, he sent the news that Yang Guang had sent 80,000 reinforcements to arrive, and sure enough, the morale of the army was greatly boosted, and everyone was gearing up to counterattack the Goryeo army.

When Yu Ming returned from investigating the situation on the front line, Lin Mo had already drawn up a list, and according to his statistics, more than 8,000 people would have to retreat. Yu Ming waved his hand and asked Lin Mo to direct the soldiers to retreat. Then he gathered all the generals in the commander's tent and began to arrange the first battle with the Goryeo army.

The eldest grandson Wuji explained to the sand table: "The Yalu River flows through all the hills and valleys in this area, and the river is turbulent. Now our Broken Rear Army has sent a detachment of scouts with carrier pigeons at each of the places where the enemy is likely to cross the river, and as soon as the enemy crosses the river here, they will be reported by carrier pigeons. Troops in the rear will urgently support. The enemy had also tried to force their way across the river before the raft was ready, but we discovered it and intercepted it. Since the number of troops they crossed the river was not large, they were repulsed by us with great difficulty, and of course, both sides paid a heavy price for casualties. ”

Luo Cheng sighed: "Luo accompanied General Yu to check the situation of the enemy army, looking at the number of their camps, you can know that the strength is more than double ours, and from the number of the Goryeo army that we know, it should be their front army and the left army and the right army, this army is their most elite main army, and the combat effectiveness is not below us." If they build all the rafts and cross the river to attack, it will be very difficult for us to resist. ”

"Brother Wuji, when is it estimated that the enemy's raft will be built?" Yuming asked.

"It should be these two days." The eldest grandson Wuji replied.

"Then without further ado, we will prepare for battle at once, and even if the enemy army does not attack the night after tomorrow, we will find a way to let him attack. Firewood and grass can be piled up in the tent, and the camp may have to be set on fire to stop the enemy's cavalry. ”

Then, after discussing how to dig traps, set up ambushes and fire attacks, they dispersed and returned to the camp to prepare.

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