The moon is bright, and the clear light shines on Liaojie. The clouds are temporarily hidden, and the flowers are dotted across the trees. The spirit is full of laurel branches, and the wheel cloud mirror is lacking. The city is scattered, with a halo and a heavy encirclement. Stand on the pill capital and watch the demon atmosphere disappear. - "Liaocheng Looking at the Moon"

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, in the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, Taizong Li Shimin led the elite of the Tang Dynasty to besiege the city for half a year, and when he was defeated and returned, a new generation of military god Xue Rengui was born and captured the city. Taizong was overjoyed and sang this poem as a commemoration.

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The ancient name of Liaocheng is Yanzhou City, built by the mountain, the whole body is made of white marble that is excavated, it is one hundred and thirty-five zhang long (45 meters), there is a water well pool in the width of ninety-five zhang (35 meters), the east of the city, the west and the north are surrounded by mountains and built, and the Liaoshui under the cliff in the south is the natural moat.

This city has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and its momentum is a key to ten thousand people!

At the end of the Warring States period, Prince Dan of Yan sent Jing Ke to assassinate Qin after a failed attempt, and then fled here, preparing to use the city as a base to resist Qin Shi Huang's tiger and wolf army.

It can be seen that Liaocheng is dangerous!

It's a pity that the king of Yan at that time was afraid of the army of Qin Shi Huang, so he issued an edict to give the dead prince Dan and gave his head to the first emperor Yingzheng, but it could not avoid the danger of the destruction of the Yan Kingdom.

The people of Liaodi admired the heroic and unyielding spirit of Prince Dan, and in order to cherish his memory, they called Liaoshui the Taizi River.

At the beginning of the sunny day after the snow, the ancient city of Yanzhou completely blends in with the surroundings.

Therefore, more than ten days ago, Gao Si and Mai Tiezhu and others watched the formation, but only saw the fortress built along the river, and found no trace of the fortified city behind it.

The army of the yang world has not yet been launched, and the luck of the yin division is the first to compete! Who started the country at the beginning? The grandson of Emperor Shi is named Tanjun.

Under the city of Yanzhou, the white gas on the wide Liao River is dense, and a cloud of water vapor condenses swimming above the river. At the bottom of the river, a white and green qi slowly flowed with the sacrifice, and an imperial figure gradually condensed, and finally tended to awaken, and launched a confrontation with the Great Sui Qi.

Liaoshui is one of the largest rivers in eastern Liaodong, with a vast basin area. "Hanshu • Geographical Chronicles": "The Great Liao Water goes out of the Saiwai, south to Anshi and into the sea, traveling 1,250 miles. Therefore, it is necessary to erect a pontoon bridge about dozens of feet wide and on the surface of the river, which has never been seen in eternity.

It's just that in the eighth year of the Sui Dynasty, the eighteenth year of the establishment of the military force in Goryeo, and the ninth day of the lunar month, on this day, three iron cable pontoon bridges suddenly appeared, spanning both sides of the Liaoshui River. Mai Tie Staff led an army of 60,000 men, and the dense heads of men crossed the river and attacked.

"I wish the general a victorious start. The boy sat in the camp and waited for the good news. Yuwen said with a smile.

Lu Qing was trembling with both hands in his sleeves, instinctively afraid of being found to have a problem with the pontoon.

Mai Tie Staff was too busy with his march to take a closer look, so he said his farewell, then turned and put on his armor and set off.

Liaoshui County is of course very wide, but with the pontoon bridge, it is much easier to cross the river. At first, it took tea cup kung fu to cross the river, and later there were more and more soldiers crossing the river, and it became more and more stable, and Meng Jincha followed the first group of soldiers to cross the river, holding his mouth early to break the anger of the Goryeo barbarian army.

Twenty miles upstream from this Tieqiao ferry, Gao Si brought 20,000 soldiers to start smuggling.

I saw ten dragon boats lined up, rowing sailors each holding wooden oars, ready to transport the army to the opposite shore. At this time, early in the morning, the sky will not dawn, and the river is the most calm, according to common sense, this is a good thing, which is conducive to a quick landing and breaking the enemy's blockade along the river.

Gao Si shuddered suddenly, and as soon as he stepped onto the deck, his sideburns were wet by the thick fog, but he didn't realize it at all. When I was about to leave, my heart became more and more calm.

Using the supernatural power to look at the good fortune, you can see that the Goryeo fortune intertwined with white and blue qi luck is boiling and counterattacking, but the water flow is calm and slow.

The sword was beating in the box, and the road ahead was unpredictable, Gao Si reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword tightly, and said in a deep voice: "Vice General Qian!" The voice is like a sword unsheathed, firm and powerful.

"Well, the last general is here, please order!" Qian Shixiong's rough voice sounded.

Lao Qian is the deputy general, and the specific affairs of boarding the boat and crossing the river are all arranged by him. These six-story dragon boat official boats can each carry 1,200 soldiers, and the army can cross the river twice.

In the wax moon, the cold wind in the middle of winter blew like a knife, and the severe cold quickly hit everyone's body. The first centaurs have already boarded the ship.

"Adjutant General Qian, I see that the beacon towers on the other side of the strait are continuous, and the evil spirit is soaring, and the omen is killed, so you must be cautious in this trip!"

"The general still knows how to tell hexagrams?" Qian Shixiong hurriedly asked.

"I haven't learned, just a little bit of hope. Judging from the auspicious luck on the other side, our battle is in danger of being auspicious and vicious. It is good luck before evil, and the suffering is still to come, after you cross the river and land, you must send someone downstream as soon as possible to get in touch with the marshal! ”

"Haha, Gao Taibao is too worried. On the other side, who else can stop the mighty of the Great Sui Army. Qian Shixiong didn't care.

Another lieutenant general, Zhu Fang, also smiled: "It's just a group of thieves!" ”

Speaking of this, he said "Huh", only to see that the fog on the river was even bigger, and he hurriedly put his hand on his forehead and looked at the other side.

"Haha, as I expected, today's fog lock river is a good opportunity to break through the other party's blockade." Gao Si's face was overjoyed, and then he decisively ordered: "Go!" ”

When the words fell, his eyes immediately flashed with an inverted triangle fierce light, and Qian Shixiong and Zhu Fangyan paused suddenly.

Gao Si landed on the river bank and continued to order: "In this battle, those who retreat will die!" ”

The dragon boat was like an arrow in the string, carrying the Great Sui soldiers to the east bank. The white vapour of water surged towards the bow of the boat from all directions, the hull of the dragon boat swayed, and the sailors on both sides exerted their strength, swaying, and breaking the waves in one direction!

It took a long time for six dragon boats to return from the other side.

Gao Si grabbed it and asked, "Is there anything abnormal?" ”

"General, the thieves got down the ropes in the river, and our dragon boat was knocked over four times, and there are sharpened bamboo thorns underwater...... The brothers who capsized and fell into the water were so miserable, they were either stabbed to death or drowned! The returning shipwright wept and pleaded: "You are of noble birth, you are a general at a young age, and you can lead troops to attract the attention of nobles, so why don't you stay on the west bank." ”

"If you just want to rescue General Mai, nearly 10,000 horses have passed, which is enough to make a surprise strategy, for the best of the best, it is better for Gao Gongzi to stay where he is, and he doesn't know what to do?"

"Villain, like a ghost, you can't see the light. Whether you are Yuwen Valve or the spies of other parties, you don't want to tempt me with profit. Someone said that those who retreat die! Speaking of this, Gao Si drew his sword and stabbed it out like lightning, and the fake boatman tried hard to avoid the struggle, but it was too late, and he was pierced through the chest by the short sword, and he died with a muffled snort.

He asked Wei Chigong to throw him into the river, and after a while, he only heard a "plop" sound, and the man plunged into it, without the slightest struggle, and sank without a trace.

Gao Si put away his sword and said, "In the next life, don't be a slave again, you can cast a good baby!" ”

Then he stepped on the dragon boat and ordered the army to set off.

When we landed, the sun had already risen, the golden sunlight dispelled the thick fog, and the glow was clear on the water, sparkling, and the people around were noisy.

Gao Si jumped off the dragon boat, boarded the river beach, and assigned his own soldiers to command the men and horses to disembark and reorganize the army.

At this time, Qian Shixiong, the first batch of commanders to cross the river, had already come over, and his left arm was tied with a belt, which was very embarrassing. This Jiangzuo general, unlucky, crossed the river in a dragon boat and flipped over, fell into the river and his arm was also pierced, fortunately proficient in water, although he escaped with his life, but he was also frozen half to death.

Qian Shixiong's teeth trembled and said, "General, general, we were careless this time." When smuggling into a trap, the Goryeo barbarians laid a trap in such a big way, and it must be more difficult for the marshal to build a bridge and storm the place, please send troops quickly to kill the enemy. ”

Gao Si's eyes wandered, and after sweeping the whole army, he said in a deep voice: "Vice General Qian, you are a close confidant of the marshal, and you have always regarded General Mai as a father, and I can understand my anxiety. But this time you can't go, you stay to guard the ship, I have my own plans. ”

When he said this, Qian Shixiong shouted anxiously: "Oh, general, saving soldiers is like fighting fire, you can't be slow to delay the fighter." ”

At this time, a scout came to report: "My lord, our main force is encircled, the pontoon bridge has collapsed, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”

Gao Si's eyes shrank suddenly, and then nodded casually and said, "Prepare for battle, and set off in two quarters of an hour!" ”

Liu Zhuang, Wei Chigong and Zhu Fang each entered the camp to rectify the people.

"The pontoon collapsed?" The waves on his face were not shocked, and Gao Si's heart was already full of doubts.

After the pontoon bridge downstream was built, Mai Tiezhu was secretly happy when he saw it: "As long as you reach the opposite bank and can meet the enemy in close combat, then you will have no worries." ”

The human rank grass, the horse bit!

Mai Tiezhu once again clenched the thick Zhenshan Iron Staff, glared and raised his head sharply, and the cold light in his eyes was victorious.

Wave the flag, there is only one military order, kill!

Before leaving, his eldest son Mai Mengcai said: "The family is the father and son, and the general is the general. ”

Sure enough, if there is a father, there must be a son, so Mai Mengcai took the cloth to step on the pontoon bridge first: "If you don't break the thief, you will die and never return!" ”

Hearing this, Mai Tiecane's big hand hesitated for a moment, but still slashed hard.

The military order is like a mountain, and the 60,000 army is like a group of ants constantly rolling forward, even if there are casualties, the momentum of advance does not stop at all.

Not long after, the war drums on the other side of the river sounded suddenly, and the Goryeo army was like an iron wall blocking the tide of the Sui army. Until the fog dispersed, the Sui army was still blocked on the river beach and could not be saved!

Mai Tiezhuo's angry roaring voice resounded on both sides of the strait: "Order, after a quarter of an hour, the enemy has not been broken, let Mai Mengcai raise his head to see!" ”

The herald knew the temper of the marshal, and did not dare to persuade him again, so he had to announce the military order.

There was an uproar on the other side, and a large number of Sui troops jumped off the pontoon bridge, regardless of the cold water by the river, and bravely killed the Goryeo barbarians behind the low wall in front.

The battlefield became even more tragic at this time, swords, guns and arrows rained down, people kept falling into the water, people kept screaming and dying, gradually, the sun rose in the east, and the blood on the river beach became a river that stained the Liaoshui.

Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, and several sudden battles were fruitless, Mai Meng heard his father's military order, his face turned blood-red, and he waved his big knife with a long howl, and attacked forward regardless of life and death.

The eldest husband would rather die in battle than die under the sword of military law. What's more, how can a son disappoint his father?

One husband is desperate, and ten people are afraid. The major general of the right guard sacrificed his life to fight, and the personal guards followed and rushed into battle, and then the army was boiling!

Boom, the low wall in front of it collapsed section by section, and the Sui army flooded the position of the Goryeo army like a tide, and finally gained a foothold after a hard battle.

Mai Mengcai supported the ground with his knife and waved his hand vigorously: "Report back to the commander, the whole army will cross the river, I will break a camp of the enemy!" ”

"Yes, Major General!" The heralds breathed a sigh of relief.

When the iron rod on the other side of the river heard this, a smile flashed on his face, and then he also stepped onto the pontoon bridge at the urging of his personal guards.

But just when the last wave of the army was still on the pontoon bridge, the position of the standing bank suddenly collapsed, and in an instant, hundreds of soldiers fell into the river unprepared, and disappeared without a trace after only a few struggles.

Mai Tiezhu suddenly turned around and roared angrily: "Yuwen Pifu! He had already understood that this was a cut off road, and even the weight of grain and grass had been lost, and the only way to survive was to fight forward and build the fortress of Goryeo to repair.

The 60,000-strong army, after suffering more than 1,000 casualties, pursued the retreating Goryeo army with the momentum of tearing everything apart.

But at this moment, the Goryeo rout army regrouped with its back against the cliff, motionless as a mountain, like a fierce beast, waking up from its slumber to choose people and love it!

A blue and white staggered murderous aura slowly forced over from the left and right.

Suddenly, the ambush of the Goryeo army appeared, and countless Goryeo troops appeared on the top of the cliff, all of them were snow-clad and silver, with hard bows and columns, condescending, revealing a monstrous killing intention.

No more chances!

The wheat iron rod stepped forward, and the iron rod was held high, shouting: "Kill! ”