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Yu Ming led the victorious division back to the barracks, in a good mood.

Originally, he was worried that the Goryeo coalition army wandering nearby would come out to support, and if it was the Goryeo army or the Tiele and Khitan armies with strong combat effectiveness, then he had to deploy and retreat.

But I didn't expect Jijun to suffer a loss, and it was even settled. After Kim Minhyun led the remnants back to the camp, the hundreds of thousands of Goryeo coalition troops in the camp did not assemble to attack, but shrank in the camp and did not move. Yu Ming was proud, but he was a little puzzled: Was Gao Jianwu really scared by the Sui army? Don't dare to pursue?

And the results of this battle also inspired the newly recruited Minfu Army. Originally, they were still a little afraid of war, because they knew their combat effectiveness, and they were really a bit of scum, for fear that they would be killed by the enemy as soon as they entered the battlefield. But now it seems that the coach Yuming only rushed over with a thousand men and horses, just like chopping melons and vegetables, killing the enemy army, only more than one of his own people were wounded, and only a dozen people were killed in the battle. Such a result made them cheer. It is believed that the Goryeo coalition army is not so terrible, and even if there are fewer people, it may not be impossible to defeat the other side.

In the next few days, the training in the Sui army camp was even more intensified, because all the generals knew in their hearts that it would be impossible for the Goryeo coalition army to suffer this dumb loss. They will definitely send troops to retaliate. And this time the attack will inevitably come with all its might. It's never been easier for them to deal with it.

A few days later, just when Yuming was slightly relaxed, Red Sleeves reported an unexpected situation: although the Goryeo coalition army did not have a large-scale build-up, it sent a lot of troops to the rear of Goryeo on the right bank of the Yalu River and escorted many prisoners.

These captives were all Sui soldiers who had been defeated and captured during the first two expeditions to Goryeo, and after they were taken to the front line, they were forced by the Goryeo coalition to build fortifications, dig trenches, and build fences. It seems that the Goryeo coalition is also planning to fight a protracted war.

After Yu Ming heard this, he was very puzzled, secretly wondering how could this Gao Jianwu make such a stupid move? The longer the time dragged on, the more beneficial it would be to the Sui army, wasn't he afraid that he would train these militia recruits into qualified soldiers? Moreover, these nomadic people in the Liaodong grassland are not monolithic, and there are often wars between various tribes, so he is not afraid of changes over time?

Just when Yu Ming was puzzled, Du Ruhui went to the big tent, bowed to him and said: "Marshal Qiyu, my subordinates have been patrolling around for a while, and the trenches, horse rejections, and fences around our Sui army camp have been strengthened again. Now there is enough food and grass in the camp, and unless the Goryeo coalition army brings over those large siege equipment for siege, we will not want to break through our camp. ”

"Hmmm! That's good! Anyway, we're just going to drag it out for a while, and after the training of those recruits is somewhat preliminary, we can counterattack. Yu Ming nodded and said, "It's just that one of the things reported by Sister Red Sleeves is a bit strange." ”

"What's strange about General Redsleeve's report?" Du Ruyan said with a slight surprise.

"The Goryeo coalition doesn't know what the hell they're up to. In the past few days, instead of attacking our camp, they sent quite a number of troops to the other side of the Yalu River, and from that there they drove over many of our officers and men who had been captured, numbering about 20,000. Forced them to build fortifications around the camp. Sister Redsleeve also secretly sent scouts to follow and check and try to rescue. However, we found that the enemy was very well defended, and the Goryeo coalition army dispatched 10,000 people to patrol around, and unless we were also dispatched, we could not save people at all. I really don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Gao Jianwu's gourd? Could it be that he wants to confront us here? Yu Ming recounted in detail what Red Sleeves had detected.

After Du Ruhui listened, his expression changed greatly, and he frowned: "Oh no! If Du's prediction is correct, I'm afraid that this Gao Jianwu is going to ......"

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"Not bad! Ben Shuai is to make this trick to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and drive out the Sui army and pioneers captured in the last two wars by 5,000, so that they can also exert their residual heat in the war! In the camp of the Goryeo coalition army, Gao Jianwu was arranging the battle plan with a proud face, it was already July at this time, and the main force of the Sui army had left the camp for twenty days.

According to Gao Jianwu's arrangement, the Goryeo coalition army will drive these captured Sui soldiers as meat shields to attack the Sui army camp in Liaodong, in order to win the battle and break the well-defended camp of the Sui army.

And the main force of the Goryeo coalition army, 100,000 cavalry, will follow these captives. As long as the opportunity arises, they will attack with all their might. Once the Goryeo coalition army broke through the Daying fence, the defeat of the Sui army was inevitable.

Gao Jianwu even emphasized again at the combat meeting that it was best for the leaders and generals of the Goryeo coalition army not to directly engage the Sui army before the battalion was breached, but to vigorously drive those Sui prisoners, drive them to the Sui army's camp, and then use iron cavalry to carry out a surprise attack.

Seeing that all the generals were surprised, Yi Zhide added: "If the Sui army is indeed well-trained, it will not be able to override them with a prisoner shock. Then we will keep fighting with them, only firing cold arrows from afar, besieging them, and not being able to get out of the camp at all. When they run out of food and men, it will be the day when our coalition army will be disgraced! ”

When the two of them revealed the plan, all the tribal leaders looked at each other.

Yuan Zuo was the first to question: "Marshal, is it too cruel to drive out the captives and force them to go to the Sui army camp?" After all, these captives have always been more submissive, and they are also the main coolies of my Goryeo at present. If we do this, I am afraid that we will arouse the anger of the other Sui captives, and even make the enemy fight to the death in the future, and no one will surrender. Depending on the end, it's better to find another strategy! After all, we have an army of more than 100,000 people, so we should be able to win a mere 10,000 Sui army! ”

After Gao Jianwu heard this, he laughed, and said with a hint of cruelty in his eyes: "General Yuan, I see that you are also a woman's kindness!" These captives are nothing more than a pack of pigs and dogs, and if they are killed, they will be killed, so why have mercy! After we broke through the Sui army camp, are you still afraid that we won't be able to catch new prisoners? And I didn't say that they were all sent to die. Instead, they sent only 5,000 men to test it......"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "As for what you said about storming the Sui army's barracks, Ben Shuai has also considered it, but according to the scout's report, in the past 20 days, the Sui army has built the camp around the camp to be impermeable, and trenches, fences, horse traps, horse rejections, watchtowers, etc. abound. And even if we can storm it, we will have to pay a heavy price, so how can we spare the strength to attack Liaodong Jiancheng again? ”

"But...... Marshal, we can also bypass Yuming's military camp and directly attack Liaodong, Fuyu, and Black Rock City in the rear! Anyway, this area is all plains, and it has nothing to do with it, so it's easy to get around......" Yuan Zuo was still a little unbearable.

"General Yuan, it is not the best strategy to bypass Yuming's 10,000-strong Sui army. Their army is right under the nose of our camp, and if all of our troops attack, they will take the opportunity to attack our camp and cut us off. But if you leave the horses to guard the camp. If there is less, I am afraid that I will not be able to hold it, and if there is more, it will affect the combat power of the front. Moreover, their 10,000 people are lying behind our army, forming a two-sided attack on us with the Sui army in Liaodong City and other cities, so that our army will suffer from the enemy on the back, which is a taboo for soldiers. Therefore, even if the nail in front of you cannot be removed immediately, it must be rendered useless. And the method I just mentioned is the least expensive solution to solve the case. ”

Gao Jianwu paused for a moment, and then asked rhetorically: "The number of these Sui army prisoners is only more than 5,000 people, if you give up these more than 5,000 prisoners, you can put Yuming to death, and sweep away your worries for the future recovery of Liaodong, and even the Central Plains." General Yuan, do you think you still need to be worried? ”

After struggling in Yuan Zuo's heart for a moment, Fang gritted his teeth, bowed and saluted: "Since this is the case, the last general will no longer object!" ”

The leaders of the other tribes didn't take the lives of the Sui prisoners seriously, so naturally they didn't have any opinions. At the moment, he also said that he would definitely deal a fatal blow to the Sui army as planned.

Yi Zhide twisted his beard at this time and snickered secretly, and said in his heart that these tribal leaders also underestimated Marshal Gao, what kind of character the marshal was, how could he let himself be stigmatized.

The order to drive out those captives will be entrusted to a personal soldier to notify the grassland tribal coalition army in the form of an oral message, and not a single word is written in black and white, and afterwards it can be pushed on these tribal leaders, saying that they are the masters who drive the captives to attack the Sui army camp. Then use this as an excuse to kill these dissident tribal leaders, and then take the opportunity to get rid of the territory, food, cities, and people that were promised to them. Not only can they collect all their soldiers. It can also be used to buy the hearts of the surrendered Sui soldiers, which can be described as a one-fell swoop.

Gao Jianwu saw that all the generals had figured it out and received all the orders, and he was also overjoyed in his heart: "Okay! Now that Ben Shuai has ordered the whole army to attack, Gao will definitely let the Sui army taste defeat this time! ”

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In the camp of the Sui army, just as Du Ruhui was about to say his inference, Red Sleeves hurriedly rushed into the tent, bowed and saluted, and said in a hurried tone: "Senior brother, the situation is urgent!" The large force of the Goryeo coalition army was dispatched, with more than 100,000 people, including about 20,000 in the forward, mainly the Khitan and Xi armies, and they had already arrived ten miles away from our camp, ready to attack. And ......"

"And what?" When Yu Ming heard this, he was also shocked in his heart, and got up and asked.

"And these Goryeo coalition troops have done a heinous thing: they escorted out the captured soldiers of our Great Sui during the first two expeditions to Goryeo, thinking that they were rushing towards our army's camp......" Red Sleeves said with a thick melancholy on his pretty face.

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