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Yu Ming did not immediately order the army to enter the battle, but let the troops go into the dense forest to rest, and Lin Mo led a team of scouts to find out the current situation of the Goryeo coalition army and the Zhang Sutuo army.

He didn't dare to go into battle so recklessly. After all, in the battles of the past and present, there have been endless examples of encirclement points and reinforcements. Yu Ming is a cautious person, so naturally he will not take such a big risk with his own troops.

About half an hour later, Lin Mofang hurriedly walked into the dense forest and reported to Yu Mingyu: "General, it has been found out: although Zhang Xutuo's army was besieged, his army's combat effectiveness was amazing, and several attacks by the Goryeo coalition army were repulsed. So at present, the two sides are still in a stalemate. Shall we go up and help General Zhang? ”

Yu Ming was also slightly shocked when he heard this, and secretly thought that this was in the plain area, and Zhang Xutuo's army was mostly infantry. Moreover, he had only 50,000 men, but the enemy army was all cavalry, and the number was several times greater than his. He was able to hold his position and repel many enemy attacks. It seems that he really deserves to be called the first fierce general of the Great Sui.

Wei Chi Jingde finally spoke: "Zhang Xutuo is a person who is strategic, the art of war is like a god, and the most terrifying thing is that he himself has extremely high martial arts, and he has the courage to be unstoppable, and it is rumored that he is already a master in the molting period." Moreover, he has always treated his subordinates like brothers, and whatever rewards and seizures he had, all of them were given to his subordinates, and he never kept them for himself. ”

Therefore, his men have always been brave and fierce. When the rebel army led Pei Changcai and Shihe to lead 20,000 troops to attack Licheng, Zhang Xutuo did not have time to gather men and horses, so he only led five horsemen to fight. ”

"Five horsemen? And where are his other horses? Do you dare not listen to him? "It was Lin Mo who asked this question. He secretly thought in his heart that Zhang Xutuo was brave enough, but could it be that he was brave but not strategic, and his soldiers didn't listen to his dispatch?

"At that time, it was the busy season of autumn harvest and farming, and Zhang Xutuo's soldiers were busy with farm work at home, and Zhang Xutuo thought that he would miss the fighter plane if he was recruited now, so he did not notify his soldiers who were busy with farm work to come to the war." Yu Chi Jingde said lightly.

Lin Mo was also relieved when he heard this. The Great Sui is now a government military system, soldiers send troops during war, and farm in their spare time, but soldiers can be exempted from tax service, so there are still many people who are willing to be soldiers in various places. Since Zhang Xutuo was known for his love for soldiers, and it was the busy season of autumn harvest at that time, it was normal to let his subordinates go home to farm. And Pei Changcai and Shi He should seize this gap before they send troops to attack Licheng. ”

Yu Ming also nodded, he still had a lot of respect for Zhang Xutuo.

Wei Chi Jingde continued: "Although Zhang Xutuo was under siege in Henan Province at that time, his morale was not damaged at all. His five elite soldiers killed the bandit army into a river of blood, the corpses piled up like Shandong, as if entering a no-man's land, and later the reinforcements of Qi County arrived, the righteous army collapsed in an instant, and Zhang Xutuo's cleverness can be seen. ”

Looking at everyone's surprised and awe-inspiring expressions, Yu Ming was not afraid in his heart, his eyes swept to the people on the side, and found that in addition to Yu Chengdu and Guo Yi's somewhat dazed and unbelieving looks, Lin Mo and Red Sleeves were also speechless, with admiration on their faces, as if they wanted to meet Zhang Xutuo.

"This Sudra is indeed the name of a man and the shadow of a tree. High prestige in the Sui army. It is worthy of being called the first fierce general of the Great Sui," Yu Ming said secretly in his heart.

At this moment, another sound of horses' hooves sounded, and a Sui army herald wearing a golden helmet rode in front of Yu Ming, he dismounted and gave a military salute, and then handed a warrant to Yu Ming Dao: "General Yu, Your Majesty's direct army and General Qu Tutong's troops will arrive early tomorrow morning." His Majesty asks General Yu to launch an attack on the Goryeo coalition army before noon tomorrow with General Qu Tutong, and strive to completely annihilate the enemy here! ”

"Okay! Please return to Your Majesty: I, Yuming, will definitely do it! "Yu Ming is colorful.

After the herald returned to his life, Wei Chi Jingde was a little puzzled and said, "General, if Your Majesty and General Qu Tutong's troops arrive early tomorrow morning. It is impossible for the scouts of Goryeo not to detect it. When they learned that our support army was coming, they would inevitably launch an all-out onslaught on General Zhang overnight. I'm just afraid that General Zhang, they won't hold out until noon tomorrow. ”

What Wei Chi Jingde said, Yu Ming didn't know. He knew very well that even if Qu Tutong's army arrived tomorrow, it would be overnight, and under the fatigue of the soldiers, even if he launched an attack, he was afraid that it would have little effect.

And the commanders of the Goryeo army, whether it is Gao Jianwu, Ulzhide, or Gaisu, who was defeated under his own hands, are all resourceful generals. Naturally, they can see that, too.

If they can preemptively annihilate Zhang Xutuo's troops before the Sui reinforcements launch an attack. The morale of the Goryeo coalition army must have been greatly boosted, and there will be no worries. You can wait for work and meet the Sui army that has come after a long journey. Under the condition that they had the advantage of troops and the right time, place and people, they were afraid that Yang Guang would be able to suffer the first defeat again.

Of course, if the Goryeo coalition forces could not annihilate Zhang Xutuo's army before the Sui reinforcements arrived, they would face the risk of being attacked by the Sui army inside and outside, and the enemy would be attacked on both sides. At that time, I am afraid that the only one who will suffer a major defeat will be the Goryeo coalition army.

If Yuming was a general loyal to the Sui Dynasty, then he would indeed lead his army to rescue Zhang Xutuo immediately. With the strength of their two armies, it is bound to be difficult for the Goryeo coalition army to eat both of them at the same time. He and Zhang Xutuo can safely withstand the arrival of Yang Guang and Qu Tutong tomorrow, and then attack inside and outside, and defeat the Goryeo army.

Of course, the consequence of this is that both Zuo Ling's guards and Zhang Xutuo's army will suffer heavy casualties.

However, Yuming already knew that it had been a few years since the fall of the Great Sui. He intends to dominate the world in troubled times in the future. And Zuo Ling's guard is the foundation of his foothold. How could he risk his own descendants? Let his men suffer so many casualties.

Moreover, he also knew that Zhang Xutuo was a loyal general to the Sui Dynasty, and in the past few years, he had made great contributions to Yang Guangnan's expedition to the north and the suppression of bandits. Yang Guang also trusted him very much and never had a heart of suspicion. For example, last year's order for Zhang Xutuo to replace him as Liaodong Guard, is a signal.

This saint has a lot more trust in Zhang Xutuo than in him Yuming. After all, Yu Ming was born in the Yu family, and he was the one who wanted to weaken the Yu Valve of the Guanlong Group. But Zhang Xutuo is a poor person without any family background. Will only be loyal to the emperor and the court. Compared with the two, it is self-evident what choice Yang Guang will make.

Therefore, Yuming quickly decided that he could not go to help Zhang Xutuo immediately, but to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Of course, he can't just tell Wei Chi Jingde, because it will make this capable general think that he will not save his allies if they die.

So, he rolled his eyes and quickly came up with an idea.

"Jingde, General Zhang is also someone I admire Yuming, and I can't wait to lead the army to rescue immediately. It's just that in this way, it violates His Majesty's military order to go to war again tomorrow, and it becomes a disobedience to the military order. My personal official position is not a matter of honor and disgrace. But this will make it difficult for the brothers of the entire Zuoling Guard to be promoted...... In my opinion, it is better to revise a letter first, inform Your Majesty of our speculation, and ask Your Majesty to approve our attack in advance to relieve the pressure on General Zhang. Yu Ming said seriously at this time.

Wei Chi Jingde thought about it, Yang Guang was originally a stingy and arrogant person. If he knew that Yuming didn't listen to his orders and launched an attack without authorization, he was afraid that he would cause a lot of trouble to his own general. So he nodded in agreement: "Since this is the case, then please ask the general to repair a book, and Rong Mo will bring it to Your Majesty!" According to the report of the herald just now, His Majesty's army should be less than fifty miles away......"

Yu Ming naturally readily agreed to Wei Chi Jingde's request, and then wrote a letter for him to take away.

After Wei Chi Jingde left, he summoned Lin Mo and Guo Yi and said: "Mo, Yi, you two accompany me to the small hillside next to me to have a look, since we are going to attack the Goryeo army tomorrow, we must first observe their formation......

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At this time, the quarrel was also very fierce in the camp of the allied army of the nomads of Goryeo and Liaodong.

The commander of the coalition army was Gao Jianwu, a famous commander of Goryeo, and he said impassionedly: "Although the attack on Zhangxutuo in the past two days was unfavorable, it was also because our army did not understand its combat methods and did not do its best. Zhang Xutuo is known as the first fierce general of the Sui army, as long as he is defeated, the other two Sui troops will not be a problem. ”

"Last year and the year before last, there were as many as 10,000 Sui troops, and they were like a sea of people under the city of Liaodong. But he also bowed down in front of my Goryeo warriors and returned defeated. Now they have only 200,000 troops, which is not as large as our coalition forces...... Therefore, as long as we all go out and give Zhang Xutuojun the final blow, he will fall like a rotten door panel! ”

"Then, when we defeat the reinforcements of the Sui Emperor Yang Guang, we can take advantage of the victory to attack Liaodong City, which is two miles away. It was the base camp of the Sui army, and there were tens of thousands of stone of grain in the city, and countless armor, weapons and baggage. As long as we take Liaodong City, not only everyone's weapons and equipment can be replaced. and the mountains of goods that are piled up in the city are ours. ”

"This marshal can solemnly promise: as long as he wins this war, he will recover the occupied cities and territories of my Goryeo. Except for the captured Goryeo surname who needs to be returned to our country, all the rest of the Sui prisoners and property will be divided equally between your families. Gao Jianwu added another important weight to the request for land cession that his king Gao Yuan agreed. Now that the most critical moment of the war has arrived, it can no longer be delayed. So in a hurry, he had to endure the pain and offer such generous conditions.

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