Chapter Twenty-Nine: Out of Control

When the sky was bright, there was another wooden fence in front of the Han army camp...... However, compared with the previous one, this wooden fence seems to be a lot more damaged, and it is obvious that this is a defective product that the Han army hastily repaired overnight by relying on the camp wall.

"The Han army is no more, this morning I worked hard to leave you to lead the cavalry to pull down this fence, and then we don't have to rest, and at noon I will let the whole army join the camp!" In the Goguryeo army, Ming Lin Dafu smiled and said a few words to Yu Qiliu, the patriarch of the Huanna tribe beside him, and then turned over and appeared majestically in the middle of the battle.

However, Yu Qiliu, who had a gloomy face, only reluctantly saluted on the horse, and went directly to the front army, and did not talk to this Goguryeo Mo Lizhi...... In other words, although Yu Yuliu had deliberately excluded the dumb and dumb, and he was also excited for a while to obtain the command of the cavalry of the whole army, but as the patriarch of the Huan tribe, he didn't expect that Ming Lin Dafu would tear the dumb and dumb who was as famous as himself into pieces in public like tearing a big mushroom!

The rabbit died and the fox was sad and hurt, and on that day, this Ming Linda could easily tear apart that part and the dumb and dumb part, and tomorrow could naturally easily tear apart himself and Huan.

And this anxiety and anger were still hidden at the beginning, but with the rapid passage of the armed forces in Yu Qiliu's hands, they became more and more obvious and unobtrusive!

You must know that the more than 10,000 cavalry that Yu Yuliu obtained from Ming Lindafu that day was originally used to outflank the left and right actually became the most casualties in this battle...... There was no way, if the Goguryeo people, who lacked siege weapons and technology, wanted to uproot the camp, the only thing they could count on was animal power.

The 10,000 cavalry lost two or three thousand men in two days, and the livestock died significantly more because of the prominent target! As for the cavalry without mules and horses, is it still cavalry?

If it weren't for the fact that Ming Lin Dafu also provided a large number of foot soldiers and sacrificed his life to help the cavalry drag the terrifying fence, perhaps Yu Liudu would have thought that this Goguryeo Mo Lizhi wanted to unite with the Han people to weaken himself!

Thinking of this, Yu Yuliu, who was staring at the tattered fence in front of him, couldn't help but close his eyes helplessly...... For this inexplicable fence, I don't know how many Goguryeo people will die again! However, when the battle is fought on this point, unless one side takes the initiative to retreat, how can it end halfway? Besides, when this fence is pulled down, maybe the Goguryeo people will be able to take the initiative in the situation.

As soon as he thought of this, Yu Qiliu almost endured his nausea and issued an order to his lieutenant generalβ€”not an order to attack, but an order to let the Overseer take the lead in position.

So, with a trumpet, the overseer took the lead; Then, the trembling Goguryeo cavalry held a wooden shield in one hand and dragged the overly clever fruit to dismount and line up on the blood-soaked battlefield; In the end, it was the slaves, the strong men of the countrymen, and even some of the women of the countrymen who were deprived of their weapons, who were driven to the open space in front of them with a dull expression holding the ropes!

Although there is no wind, no snow and sun, it is still a standard cold winter wax moon, but some of these people who were driven out only wore a single coat, and some people were even shirtless!

"What's going on?!" The situation was so obvious that Yu Yuliu noticed it almost immediately. "Why do some soldiers have no clothes?!"

"Hui Zuo Xiang (Yu Yuliu has held the largest official position)," leaned for a moment, and someone immediately turned around and returned. "General Ming Linquemen, who was in charge of collecting the weapons of these countrymen, said that he was originally a person who went up to send him to death, and there was no need to waste clothes...... If you do this, your clothes will rot when you pick up the corpse! ”

On the battlefield of these two days, except for the unlucky ones who were filled in the trenches, most of the corpses were cleaned up at night by the Han army with the camp wall to rely on...... Arrows, iron armor, and leather armor are naturally to be recycled, after all, the Han army also has the meaning of a miscellaneous army, and this kind of thing will naturally be lacking...... But the corpses, the Han army did not mean to insult, most of the corpses will be tacitly carried to the open space two arrows away from the Han army camp, and then wait until the next morning to be collected by the Goguryeo strong men.

At that time, the only valuable items left on these people's bodies, that is, the original clothes, will naturally be recycled.

Hearing this explanation, Yu Qiliu lowered his head and was speechless for a while, and then suddenly got up again, and actually left the front army and went to the Chinese army.

"Is that what it looks like?" Ming Lin replied to the husband stunned on the horse. "My nephew did this kind of thing?"

"Yes!" Yu Yuliu's eyes were red, and he looked directly at the person he had feared for most of his life.

"He didn't do it right." Ming Lin Dafu looked up at the figure under the white horse on the high platform opposite, and then bowed his head repeatedly. "What he did is really wrong, you are the former army commander, what do you say you are going to do with him?"

"I want to ask Mo Lizhi to kill him to calm the army." Yu Qiliu replied with red eyes. "Slaves can be treated at will, and savages can be ignored in the current situation, but the countrymen are our roots, they go to war, not to be sent to death as meat shields...... At least you can't say that! The gains and losses of the original are related to the results of our expansion in the previous decades, but the hearts of the people are related to the survival of this country! ”

Ming Lin replied and looked down at Yu Qiliu in front of him...... Its own country is a mixture of tribal alliance and feudal system, on the one hand, like the Han people, there are kings and ministers, cities and people; On the other hand, like the Buyeo people, the Sanhan people, and the Xianbei people, it is the system of tribal leaders in their bones. Therefore, what kind of people's hearts, what country's survival, after this kind of words came out of the mouths of several nobles, although the truth is right, it always makes people feel a little funny, especially the purpose of these words is to kill another top nobleman, his nephew Ming Linquemen.

To tell the truth, in the past, Ming Lin replied that he might have seriously thought about whether the other party was ready for a mutiny or something. But now, on the battlefield, he knows better than anyone else what Yu Liu's mind is, the other party is really crushed by the casualties, and has great dissatisfaction and anger towards himself, so he will make such a request to himself before the battle.

However, Yu Liu, after all, is the patriarch of the Huan Na tribe, the second only great nobleman in the army, the object of common support of all other nobles after the death of the dumb and dumb, and the person who has to unite for the victory of the war. And Ming Linquemen, just a nephew......

"Bring Que Men and the other officers in charge of this matter over and kill them." As soon as he thought of this, Ming Lin replied no longer hesitated, and spoke directly on the horse, and then pulled down and grabbed Yu Yu's hand. "But Zuo Xiang, don't delay any longer, there will be no clothes today, there will be no clothes, attack quickly!"

Yu Yiliu, who had regained a trace of clarity, glanced deeply at the little old man in front of him, but finally bent down respectfully again: "Obey the orders of Mo Lizhi!" ”

This was the end of the turmoil in the Goguryeo army, but the re-mounted Myeongrim Tafu was a little shaken when he raised his head again...... Because he suddenly remembered that two days ago, he and the young Han general on the opposite side confronted each other from afar, and the two sides, as the commanders of the two armies, although there was no agreement, but they tacitly never dismounted and the other never left the high platform, and both sides did not lose half of the dignity and demeanor of the commander from beginning to end.

But today, he was forced to dismount after the confrontation began, or because of his own people's forced palace, which was a little discouraging and helpless.

………………

The trumpets blow and the war returns to its usual rhythm!

The Goguryeo people's determination to recapture Zaowon was very firm, and at least the upper and upper echelons still stabilized their mentality. Therefore, according to the social structure of the Goguryeo people, in front of the warlords, the big nobles commanded the small nobles, the small nobles commanded the national officers, and the national officers drove the national soldiers and slaves forward, repeating the situation of the previous two days.

However......

"Why can't you drag the enemy fence?!" The former commander of the Goguryeo army, Yu Yuliu, was terrified.

"Why can't you drag our fence?" Xu Rong, the commander of the Han army's front, was also quite stunned, but it did not prevent him from urging his soldiers to seize the time and kill and wound the enemy's animal power as much as possible.

After all, whether it was a field battle or an immediate offensive and defensive battle, whether it was a pursuit after victory or a retreat in case the camp wall was not secured, the Goguryeo Guoxia was obviously more threatening than the ordinary Goguryeo soldiers.

"Last night, when our army was repairing the fence, they poured a lot of water on the soil." The herald from the high platform behind explained everything perfectly and pleasantly. "Frozen overnight, the fence has formed a hard block with the soil, and the general also asked us to inform you that this is Lou Thief Cao's strategy!"

"The Han army poured water on the root of the fence...... "Yu Qiliu was at a loss for a moment." Go and ask Mo Lizhi, how to deal with it now? ”

"Trouble!" Ming Lin's answer was also pale, but he quickly strengthened his determination. "Tell Yu to stay that the Han people only have one fence left, don't keep your hands, and put all the livestock into the past to give it a try...... If not, let's talk about it! ”

"If it doesn't work?!" Yu Qiliu immediately asked rhetorically and asked the herald rhetorically. "Go and ask again, what if the livestock dies? If we don't have cavalry that can walk on the mountains, if we need to retreat, what will we do to deal with the pursuit of the Han cavalry? ”

"Tell Yu Jiliu that if you enter the camp, you don't need to deal with the pursuit of the Han cavalry, and if you can't get in, you won't be able to get in...... Then we will have a big camp to cover and break off! "Ming Lin's reply was very crisp." And if there is a time to retreat, I will personally garrison the camp after the break! ”

Yu Qiliu let out a long sigh, and no more words came out, but with a wave of his hand, he urged his subordinates to concentrate their mounts and use them, and a large number of fruits were sent to the front line when they were disembarked, acting as the main force dragging the fence.

In this regard, Xu Rong, the front-line commander of the Han army, who could almost see Yu Liu's movements, just sneered, and then turned around and sent a herald, asking Gongsun Xun to give up rotation and immediately increase troops to the front line to defend in order to kill intensively.

The request is reasonable, and Gongsun Xun has nothing to do.

This was the third day of the official battle, and both sides had a feeling of killing red eyes, and even if the Han army had a surprise response, it was inevitable that there would be far more casualties than the previous two days - the Goguryeo people had obviously been freed, they relied on their own numbers, and the Han army wanted to concentrate on killing and wounding livestock and people to protect the fence, so they began to take the initiative to bully and shoot bows and arrows above the camp wall.

After all, the camp wall is not a city wall, and since the invention of the arrow, the weapon has always been the most outstanding and traditional lethal weapon in the classical era of mankind, and it is the absolute protagonist in offensive and defensive warfare. So whether it is a Han Chinese or a Goguryeo, under an arrow that may have been recycled repeatedly, they are actually just as vulnerable.

From morning to noon, Gongsun Xun sat under the white horse flag, seeing more and more wounded soldiers carried down from the front line, and finally he couldn't hold it anymore...... He wondered if the watered fence would be self-defeating in the early afternoon, and would be easily uprooted if the winter sun could freeze the ground.

So Gongsun Xun issued an order to a righteous servant beside him.

"Han army reinforcements?!" The first to get the news was actually Yu Jiliu, who left the scattered fruit cavalry on the hills on both sides to serve as observation posts, and could clearly observe the general situation of the Han army camp opposite. "How many are there?!"

To be honest, Yu Yiliu's accent was almost trembling when he asked this question, and he even felt dizzy at one point...... You must know that behind the Goguryeo people's disregard for casualties and everything, they relied on the so-called huge military superiority, which allowed them to free up enough troops to sit on the original fortification after paying heavy casualties.

However, if there was no such force advantage to guarantee victory at the beginning, and if the Han army had been continuously connected to Zaohara from Xuansu, Liaodong and other places in the rear at the beginning, then the battle itself would have been a mistake! Goguryeo's strategic goals were wrong from the start!

Therefore, Yu Yuliu had already made up his mind that if the reinforcements exceeded 3,000 people, he would not fight!

"I don't know!" The sentry replied helplessly. "I just entered Zaohara from the back passage!"

"Go count it for me!" Yu Qiliu immediately urged, he had already faintly heard a gradually stronger cheer in the shouting and killing, and it was obvious that the front-line Han army had also noticed the arrival of the new army. "Count them one by one!"

However, before the words fell, the Goguryeo people actually cheered - it turned out that the fence that could not be pulled at all before began to tilt and shake, and it was obvious that the winter afternoon sun finally took effect, and after surviving that critical point, the freezing that originally played a reinforcing role was thawing and greatly weakened the firmness of the fence.

Is it time to advance or retreat? Yu left at a loss and didn't know what to do!

And when he instinctively looked back at the bordered golden frog flag, he found that the Goguryeo commander Myeonglin Dafu, who had been supervising the battle there, had actually left his banner for the first time, and then rode a pony to the side of the hill...... Obviously, this Goguryeo Mo Lizhi also got a report, and then decided to see the reality of the Han army reinforcements in person.

Almost at the same time that the Han army's fresh force replaced the first line of tired soldiers, the Goguryeo people finally broke through the fence that made them miserable under the Han army's semi-voluntary abandonment!

"General Yu Yuliu, don't leave the branch!" At this time, a herald also rushed directly down the hill. "The Han reinforcements are only about one or two thousand, and it is likely that they are the Liaohe camp garrison that was originally expected, and they are their reserve army...... The Han army has been exhausted, and the whole army was ordered to go to the city, and then carry torches, and today it is only to destroy the additional arrow towers and high platforms on the camp wall! ”

Yu Qiliu breathed a sigh of relief, and then immediately rejoiced, but almost immediately, he became gloomy again...... After all, the fact that 'today is only about destruction' itself shows that even Ming Lin Tafu did not expect to be able to cross the camp wall in one fell swoop when the other side had a fresh army.

That's it for today, this kind of fighting method that is extremely unfavorable to the attacking side still has to continue to drag on!

Sure enough, the battle ended again as the sun set, and the Goguryeo people only managed to destroy some of the facilities on the camp wall, and there was no success in climbing the wall.

However, it is worth mentioning that this time when the Goguryeo retreated, they dragged away almost all the wood in sight on the battlefield, in case the other side used the wood to repair something by watering and freezing it.

The night was silent, and early the next morning, Goguryeo first had a full meal for the whole army, and then rewarded a large amount of money and official positions in battle, and then went out of the camp to line up.

"What's going on this time?!" As soon as he came to the front of the battle, Yu Jiliu found the abnormality of the wall of the Han military camp. "Why is there a reflection on the camp wall?"

"They splashed water again." And soon, the reply that his soldiers exchanged for their lives made Yu Yiliu panic again. "This time it's on the wall, and the ladder won't hold it at all!"

"Withdraw your troops!" Yu Yuliu made a decision without hesitation, and then came to the Chinese army in person to find Ming Lindafu.

"It's right to withdraw your troops, just wait until noon to freeze and then attack." The back of Ming Lin's husband, who was riding on the horse, actually looked a little rickety. "It's just a pity that after the ice melts, the wood will be wet, and the arrow tower and high platform on it will not be burned."

"The enemy commander is younger and smarter than you," Yu Qiliu unceremoniously accused. "From agreeing to the dumb and ridiculous plan at the beginning, to the countless casualties now, even if you really take back Zaohara, you will completely destroy the prosperity momentum of Goguryeo for decades! For Goguryeo, you do more wrong things than good things! ”

Ming Linda was silent, or did not refute at all...... War is the best way to make a person's prestige rise or fall rapidly. When a soldier entrusts his life to a man, if he wins a series of battles, that person will soon become a god-like figure in the eyes of all; But if it is the other way around, even if there is no continuous defeat and retreat, it is just in vain, and the prestige of the commander in the army will plummet.

There were so many people who died, and many of them didn't know how many people died. And under so many casualties, even if the Goguryeo people recaptured Zaohara, it would be a big loss from the perspective of the entire campaign.

Fortunately, Yu Jiliu did not mean to continue the accusation, the war was not over, and this accusation was only based on anger, which was meaningless in itself.

"Later, I'll let the nobles of the rafter take the lead." Seeing that Yu Jiliu let him go, Ming Lin replied that he also took the initiative to make concessions and make a statement. "Let them die first! The last hurdle is over, hand-to-hand combat is fair to everyone, and we won't suffer very much. ”

"I hope that the Han army will take the initiative to retreat after losing the camp wall." Yu Qiliu replied boredly. "It's good for everyone, there's no point in fighting like this!"

"Maybe it's possible." Ming Linda Fu continued to comfort. "If we do break through the camp wall, we will send messengers...... But I said before the particularity of this army, the young general headed by him was born in a big aristocratic family of the Han people, although he sent troops this time to bring the regular army of Liaodong and Xuansu, but it is said that he sent troops into an army privately, so he should be worried about casualties! ”

"It's not something to be happy about." Yu Yuliu's eyes were red and he looked at the camp wall that was still shining. This shows that the casualties of the Han army were very few before...... This general is much stronger than Mo Lizhi, he guessed our ambush, prepared the defense line in advance, and then there is this clever plan of surprise ice water. On the other hand, if you don't leave you, you will only fill with the lives of the Goguryeo people! ”

The topic seemed to have turned back, but Ming Lin replied this time: "When the camp wall is taken down, I won't go back to the national capital, just stay here." Then when the front line eases up, I will also pay tribute and pledge to the Han people in the name of Goguryeo Mo Lizhi, and if the Han general on the opposite side wants to kill me to vent his anger, I will also sacrifice my head...... When I die, I will leave you to take over as the next Mo Lizhi, so that the people of the country will not blame you for this incident. But when the time comes, you must recuperate and recuperate, focusing on restoring the population...... Our Goguryeo is too small and too weak! ”

Yu Qiliu wanted to speak and stopped, and the surrounding Goguryeo nobles and officers were also speechless, and the Chinese army was embarrassed and silent for a while.

From morning to noon, from noon to afternoon, watching the glittering ice on the opposite camp wall gradually melt, the Goguryeo people finally strengthened their spirits and prepared to take action.

However, just as Yu Qiliu was about to return to the front army to supervise the battle, the cheers on the wall of the Han army camp and the rush of Goguryeo lookouts on the hills on both sides made almost all the senior officers of the Goguryeo Chinese army pale.

And sure enough, an answer that was almost ready to come out came from the sentry horse: "There are reinforcements from the Han army again!" ”

This time, Yu Yuliu and Ming Lin Dafu climbed to the side of the hill to watch.

"About two thousand, just like yesterday!" The short Ming Lin Dafu was supported by someone and stood on the horse, and only then did he see the scale of the Han army. "What do you think?"

"I don't know!" Yu Yuliu's face was pale.

"I think it's a suspicious soldier!" Ming Lin replied to the other party seriously. "Otherwise, why is it exactly the same regulation as yesterday? It must have been the Han army that took advantage of the night to send those 2,000 soldiers and horses outside the valley mouth behind, and then waited until now to let them appear disguised as reinforcements, so as to motivate the Han army and make us feel terrified......"

"The moon is round at night." Yu Yuliu shook his head again and again. "We're garrisoned here, and if we really change out at night, we'll definitely find out!"

"It's the fog after the sun goes down." After a little thought, Ming Linda Fu gave a reasonable explanation. "I built it by myself, I've been here for a long time, and I know very well that Zaohara gets foggy here every winter evening, and you should have seen it...... At that time, we and the Han army were generally cleaning the battlefield, and it was not impossible for the other party to take the opportunity to sneak out. ”

Yu Yiliu bowed slightly, but shook his head slightly: "But what if, what if the reinforcements of the Han people are real?" Four thousand reinforcements are not the same thing as two thousand, and continuous reinforcements are not the same thing as disguised reinforcements...... If it's really reinforcements, there's no point in us continuing to fight, right? If we drag on any longer, our military rations won't even be able to hold up the retreat, right? Mo Lizhi, can you guarantee that this is not a real reinforcement? If it's really reinforcements, and the Goguryeo people are here because of your persistence, and finally die in the country, what can the rafters and your Ming Lin Dafu come up with to atone for their sins?! ”

Ming Lin's face was as white as his beard for a while, and he was speechless.

"The Goguryeo people didn't act?!" On the high platform in the distance, Lou Gyu, who was looking at the Goguryeo military array, couldn't help but be a little depressed. "Could it be that I looked down on that Ming Lin Dafu, he didn't think about the fog at night, and then it was self-defeating and didn't dare to fight again?"

"It's self-defeating," Gongsun Xun, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but laugh. "But in my opinion, it's not necessarily that Ming Lin Dafu is not in place, but that Goguryeo itself is treacherous, and Ming Lin Dafu is difficult to control the situation because of his age, so he thinks that our army reinforcements are pretending to be like you and I planned, but he can't control other generals in the army!"

"After all, I thought of a good plan in vain!" Lou Gui became more and more disappointed when he heard this. "Reinforcements were distributed during the day, and suspicious soldiers were sent to pretend to leave at night when the fog rose, so that the Goguryeo people mistakenly thought that we were short of reinforcements, and then suddenly showed all the troops......"

"This kind of strategy is a small way after all." Gongsun Xun was also emotional. "National strength, troops, food and grass, equipment, training, these are the king's roads. If it can be pressed by the dignified array, these strategies will be useless after all; And if the country is as small and weak as the Goguryeo people, it is natural that they will not even dare to take the flaws! ”

"Speaking of this kind of trail," Lou Gui suddenly remembered. "Shaojun, why did you let the whole army tell me that the method of splashing water into ice is what I thought? I just thought of this anti-suspicious strategy, and I saw that there was no result. ”

"Splashing water as a strategy for ice to build a city defense came from you." Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "When the Goguryeo people did not arrive that day, you made a casual remark when patrolling the defense line with me, and I remembered it in my heart, but you yourself forgot ......"

"Is there such a thing?" Lou Zibo was at a loss for a while, but he was immediately relieved. "But no matter what, since the strategy of doubting the army is useless, it can be regarded as an explanation if it can help the battle situation elsewhere...... Judging Zhengnan is worthy of being a famous man in Hebei, as soon as he made a move, he turned the tide of the war, don't say it's me, it's Ziheng, I saw him at the fork of the Liaohe River yesterday, and I was also depressed that I could only guard the logistics of the rear battalion. ”

"If you have the opportunity, you have to tell Ziheng that his merits, my Gongsun Xun naturally knows it in his heart."

"Yes......"

"The same is true for your Uncle Lou!"

"I already feel the kindness of the young monarch...... Lou Gui hurriedly bowed his head and saluted, but just halfway through his words, he heard the cheers in his ears rise again, so he hurriedly turned back to look. The Goguryeo people have withdrawn their troops?! ”

"Ming Lin Dafu can't control the situation anymore." Gongsun Xun shook his head helplessly, but suddenly got up again. "The army has not yet been defeated, but it is too authoritarian to command the hearts of the people because it was too authoritarian in the past, and it should really be a lesson to learn."

"That's ......," Lou Zibo reminded tentatively.

"Since the enemy's army is in turmoil, then gather all the officers of the army, including Ah Fan and Ah Yue of the left and right small battalions, and prepare to counterattack!" Gongsun Xun said as he walked straight down the high platform. "The strategy of counterattack can be based on your previous plan!"

β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”I'm the dividing line out of controlβ€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”

"Lou Gui from the expedition to Goguryeo, even offered three miraculous strategies, praised in the army, judged and heard about it later, and the merit of breaking off the reinforcement was not known to the army, and there were quite indignant words. Xun Wenzhi wrote a letter in the camp, saying: 'There are many scholars in Hebei, who is like judging the south?' 'With great joy, the book is on the left and right, and he no longer competes with Gui. β€”β€”"Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Cang

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