Chapter 417: Forcibly crossing the Liaoshui

The dam was built on a temporary basis and could not have been constructed in a conventional way, with the foundation being tamped, the piles being laid, and then the sand and gravel filled. It simply cuts down trees nearby, piles them up in the river, and digs up sediment from the adjacent riverbed to fill them. The most important thing is the four wooden stakes that are erected one after the other, which prevent the logs stacked in the middle of the river from tumbling back and forth.

The scouts stood on either side of the riverbank, clutching the rope in their hands and dragging it to the side. The other end of the rope was tied to the wooden post that had been erected.

"One-two, one-two......" The soldiers shouted neatly and worked together to pull the stakes that blocked the logs and slowly pulled them out.

As the stakes that fixed the logs gradually toppled down, the logs scattered under the pressure of the current, rushed out with the current, and gradually slowed down the momentum of drifting where the current was gentle.

Silently watching the originally clear river water gradually become turbid, after a while, Zhang Yunwen said softly: "Go!" ”

This is happening in each of them. Eleven dams were pulled open at the same time, and the river rushed downstream. These rivers are like a herd of wild horses that have escaped from the reins, under the constraints of the river bank, rushing left and right, recklessly, flowing to the place where it meets with the Liao River, as if the wild horses have entered the grassland, surging and colliding, and the clear water of the Liao River, going downstream. Along the way, there was a continuous absorption of the flood water that poured into Liaohe, and finally gradually grew up, forming a large flood peak.

When the water of the Liao River gradually became turbid and the water level rose, whether it was the Goryeo side or the Tang army's side, the military camps on both sides moved together.

On the Tang Army's side, Chen soldiers lined up. Well-armed armies stood by the river, ready to board the boats that were still tossing up and down in the floodwaters. The Goryeo army, on the other hand, nervously sent a group of cavalry upstream. And those Goryeo soldiers looked at the surging water blankly, and they all guessed the purpose of the cavalry team rushing out of the camp just now.

Li Shimin stood in Liaoshui, looked at Liaoshui, which had risen a lot, and then looked at the Gaoli soldiers who were in a state of panic, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a sneer.

Time is like the flow of water in the Liao River, flowing away quickly. The only difference is that the water gradually slows down, and time still flows at that rate.

When the soldier who was in charge of observing the water level by the river hurriedly ran over and reported to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the water level has returned to normal!" Li Shimin fiercely pulled out the long sword in his hand and pointed at the east bank of the Liao River: "Pass the order, prepare to cross the river, and force the Liao River to cross!" ”

"Knock knock-" As Li Shimin's words fell, the drum was struck hard by the drumsticks with the thickness of his arm, and the drum surface vibrated and made a huge sound.

Then one of the soldiers threw the torch into the pyre mixed with dry horse dung. Suddenly, smoke rose into the sky. As soon as the smoke rose here, another forcible crossing site less than ten miles away from Li Shimin's army also lit up the beacon smoke, transmitting the signal of the attack.

There are five locations suitable for launching a forcible crossing offensive within 100 miles of the upper and lower reaches of Liaoshui. As the beacon smoke gradually ignited, the Tang army in these five forcible crossing sites launched a forcible crossing offensive one after another.

I saw that on the vast water, countless boats of different sizes shot towards the opposite side like arrows from the string. These boats are all powered by wood pulp. The boatman moves his oars like flying.

This crossing was different from the last small-scale forced crossing, in the face of such a large number of boats, the Goryeo crossbowmen flew arrows like a rain, but the results were very small. After firing more than a dozen arrows, the arms of these archers were already soft, and the rain of arrows was sparse.

At this time, the Tang army boat had already reached the shore of Liaoshui.

As soon as the ship docked, the Tang army swarmed out of the cabin and killed the Goryeo army. And the boats, rowing back again, were ready to transport the next group of soldiers.

The Tang sergeants who landed on the shore were all armed with sharp lances, and some were also equipped with small steel crossbows, and their bodies were covered with thick bright light armor, which looked dazzling under the reflection of the sun. The defensive effect of this Mingguang armor is very good, even if it is shot by a Goryeo bow and arrow, at most it will shoot a depression on the armor, and the strength can penetrate the armor, but it can't hurt anyone.

General Li Shimin's Zhongming Guangjia was gathered and handed over to the first batch of Tang soldiers who rushed to the east bank of Liaoshui for use.

The Goryeo army couldn't help but feel cowardly when they saw that the saccharin sodium defense was amazing and the combat effectiveness was also amazing. Especially when the bow and arrow attack was not effective, they dispatched cavalry, wanting to use the power of the cavalry charge to knock the Tang army down Liaoshui again, as they did last time.

However, this time they encountered a Tang sergeant with a long lance. After hearing the sound of horses' hooves and neighing horses, those Tang sergeants who held the lance in their hands stood in line neatly and stood up obliquely with the lance in their hands as a way to reject the horse.

The long lance is layered on top of each other, and the soldiers' feet are as solid as a rock, which is really as strong as a forest and a mountain as a mountain.

Seeing this formation of the Tang army, the Goryeo cavalry hesitated for a long time and finally rushed over.

Although the Tang army was stretched into a linear queue and looked weak, no matter how the Goryeo cavalry attacked, the Tang army was always as stable as a mountain. Even if there is an occasional breakthrough, it is quickly made up. However, the Goryeo cavalry was a different story, with impaled horses and knights lying on the ground, blood pouring out, staining the ground under the feet of the Tang army a dark red.

Finally, after two assaults, the Goryeo cavalry gave up the assault and gradually retreated with the infantry.

At this time, the second batch of Tang troops landed on the east bank of Liaoshui, which greatly strengthened the strength of the Tang army on the east bank.

With the gradual increase of the Tang army, the Tang army also began to expand eastward.

In this way, groups of Tang troops continued to pour onto the east bank of Liaoshui. When the cavalry and their horses landed on the east bank of Liaoshui, it was already noon.

After the cavalry had slightly sorted out their formation, they began to take on the task of patrolling and guarding. If it weren't for Li Shimin's clear order, I'm afraid these cavalry would have been impatient to pursue the Goryeo army to the east.

At this time, the entire east bank of Liaoshui had been owned by the Tang Army. They set up barracks, fences and watchtowers at the landing site, as if they were building a new barracks.

The boats that transported soldiers and materials were still shuttling back and forth, the boatmen had changed twice, and the Tang army had transported nearly half of the army to the east coast. It is believed that with these more than 60,000 troops, even in the face of the 100,000 troops of Goguryeo, they can achieve victory.

Li Shimin followed the third group of soldiers to the east bank of Liaoshui, and arrived with him, along with nearly half of the generals, and the other half were staying on the west bank to coordinate and direct the crossing of the river.

When Li Shimin's feet stepped on the land on the east bank of Liaoshui, an inexplicable emotion spread in his heart. Liaodong, this is Liaodong, the Liaodong of the Han family!

Just when Li Shimin sighed, on the other side, Zhang Yunwen and others had to face the Goryeo cavalry who were looking for their figure.

Xiao Ban finally tasted what liquor tasted like today, he had never drunk liquor before, but now after drinking half a glass, his head was dizzy, and the whole person was about to float! It's so unpleasant!