As Li Dongsheng thought, Li Shimin did not adopt Li Dongsheng's suggestion in the end, and the army immediately marched to Liucheng and then prepared to cross the Liao River and enter the territory of Goguryeo, and the first target of the Tang army to attack was Liaodong City, followed by Baiyan City.

Or hundreds of thousands of troops walking together, Li Dongsheng moved slowly with the team, thinking of the upcoming hard battle, his heart was very painful, the era he came to did change some things in this era, but in the society ruled by man, the changes brought by Li Dongsheng are all superficial, like floating sand on the ground, and the wind will disappear without a trace, maybe in the future the history books will write that the person who is most like a traverser is Li Dongsheng, and then give an example to say one, two, three.

Li Dongsheng was originally a Buddhist, he just wanted to live this life quietly with his family and try to improve his life as much as possible. But now let him just watch hundreds of thousands of Han family men die tragically because of one person's selfishness, he can't do it. He sat on his horse, looked at the Tang army in the distance, and made up his mind that he must bring them back as much as possible.

When I walked to the Liao River, it was already spring, the Liao River had thawed, the river was flowing in front of me with ice cubes, and Goguryeo had already stationed a large army on the opposite side, and the two armies faced each other across the river.

The camps on both sides stretched very widely, and Li Dongsheng was isolated from the tent, which was a military meeting at the highest level of the army, and his rank was still not enough. When he was bored, he saw a lot of people dressed in strange clothes coming and going in a tent, and he estimated that these people were scouts who had been sent to Goguryeo to inquire about the news.

The barracks, which used to be noisy during the day, also fell silent, the soldiers became silent, and some young people were still a little panicked, this is war, and it is going to die. Everyone was wiping their weapons, they were the guarantee of their survival on the battlefield, and the atmosphere in the barracks became very depressing.

The scout brought back the news that it was Goguryeo's Moli Zhiquan Gaisuwen who transferred 80,000 Goguryeo troops, and he was very afraid of the Tang Dynasty's personal conquest, and he also knew that it was useless to sue for peace, so he was ready to give the Tang army a head-on attack. What they relied on was the Liao River in front of them, although the river water was thawed, it was still very cold, it was impossible to wade across the river, and all the boats and trees by the river had been cut down, which meant that the Tang army wanted to cross the river and build a pontoon bridge.

Li Shimin immediately organized a meeting to discuss how to cross the river. Although there were few people on the other side, they were familiar with the terrain, and if they attacked when the Tang army crossed the river, the Tang army would definitely suffer heavy losses. Everyone expressed their opinions, some said to go upstream to cross the river, some said to go downstream to cross the river, and in the end, it was decided that Cheng Yanjin and Zhang Jian would each lead 30,000 people to the upstream and downstream to find a place to cross the river, and then disperse the strength of the Goguryeo army.

Li Dongsheng did not attend the meeting, he went to the Liao River accompanied by Daniel Zhang, looked at the dense barracks opposite, and thought about how to send the Tang army to the other side in the shortest time.

Li Siwen led hundreds of people to follow behind Li Dongsheng: "Dongsheng, how do you think I can make meritorious contributions?" ”

"Undress!" Li Dongsheng is very direct.

"Huh? What do you want? Although I really want to make meritorious contributions, I am a nobleman, not the kind of person who is willing to do anything for the sake of meritorious service! Li Siwen hugged his chest with his arms, pretending to be frightened, and made the soldiers behind him laugh.

"!" Li Dongsheng scolded angrily: "Find a few people who are in good health and lead a horse over to test the depth of the river." ”

"Have you figured out a way to cross the river quickly?" Li Siwen was pleasantly surprised: "This is a great achievement!" ”

"Test the depth of the water first, and then see if it works!" As soon as the surrounding people and soldiers heard this, they immediately began to undress, ready to go into the water, the spring cold is precipitous, they first drank a sip of wine, warmed their bodies, and then tied a rope around their waists and led the horse to walk slowly, Li Dongsheng looked at it, it only thawed in spring, and now it is still a dry period, and the river is not very deep, and it is only one person high. I checked it with my spear, made a mark, and came back.

Li Dongsheng knew what to expect, let them get dressed quickly, and asked Daniel Zhang to take them to warm up. shouted Li Siwen to his side: "Now there is a way to cross the river quickly, you wait to go to your chief officer and tell him!" ”

"This is your credit, I don't want it!" Li Siwen still has a bit of backbone, how can he rob his eldest brother of the credit.

"Don't hurt me. I've got two credits in hand, and I haven't started the war yet. Now I don't know how many people are jealous of me, if I make meritorious contributions again, the pink eye people don't hate me to death. Our brother, the credit for this is yours. ”

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"Don't shirk anymore, this is also for my Tang Dynasty soldiers, you don't want them to die in this cold river." Li Dongsheng said seriously: "They are all men of my Han family, I don't want them to die worthless." ”

"Okay then, I'll be cheeky!"

"I'll tell you how! Now there is a batch of cotton cloth in the warehouse, which was donated by Li Ting, you tell the chief officer, let them find a tailor to sew the cotton cloth into a big bag, fill it with soil, and then order my Tang army soldiers to carry one on their backs, according to the queue, when His Majesty gives an order, everyone throws the bags into the river, if the action is fast, the river can be cut off in a cup of tea time, and the army will cross the river as if walking on the ground. ”

Li Siwen is also a veteran on the battlefield, and he understands it at one point: "This is the same principle as letting the soldiers build arrow platforms during the siege of the city, one is stacked and the other is thrown into the river." It's simple, but we don't think about it! ”

Tell Li Siwen the method, and he will return to the handsome account, just like he said, if he makes another meritorious service, it will be too conspicuous, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, so let's keep a low profile.

In the end, the identity of Li Ji's son played a role, and when he woke up early the next morning, he saw that the entire camp had been played with potholes, like a pockmark. The camp was full of cotton bags full of soil, like a mountain, and the soldiers were very motivated to dig the soil, and they also knew that with this thing, many people would die less, so they worked very hard, and their morale improved a little, and at least they could see smiling faces.

Li Dongsheng is very satisfied in his heart, his cleverness can make his compatriots die a lot, which is equivalent to saving a lot of families. Do as much as you can.

Before dawn the next day, the Tang army camp was already agitated. Goguryeo on the opposite side saw that the military camp of the Tang Dynasty had begun to move, and hurriedly woke up the sleeping people with punches and kicks, preparing for a decisive battle with the Tang army.