Zhao Jun was a good person, and entertained the eunuchs who came to deliver the decree, and gave them some money the next day to send them away.

As soon as he sent off the eunuch and his party, Zhao Junsheng received a report that someone asked to see him.

"Hey, isn't this Cui Taichang and the national teacher? Why did you two come to Liaodong again? Zhao Junsheng was quite surprised when he saw the comer.

Kou Qianzhi and Cui Taichang saluted Zhao Junsheng with a bitter face: "I've seen the prince, the two of us are here to defect to the prince, and I ask the prince to take him in!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was taken aback: "Two, don't you dare to make such a joke, one of you is Tai Changqing, and the other is a national teacher of the dynasty, but you came to Liaodong to come to me Zhao someone, you are tormenting me, the court is accountable, how can I Zhao explain?" ”

Cui Hao said with a wry smile: "It's not a secret, since Zong Ai took power, all the court officials who were sad with him in the past have been liquidated one by one, and the national teacher and I are considered to be running fast, otherwise we will definitely be poisoned by Zong Ai like everyone else at this time!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was puzzled: "This is unlikely, both of them are great talents, no matter how much Zong Ai is in return, no matter how stupid he is, it is impossible to do something to destroy the Great Wall!" ”

Kou Qianzhi sighed and touched his snow-white beard: "Lao Dao is nearly seventy years old, and I don't know how many days I have left to live, thinking of the pain of fleeing, it is better to simply die in Pingcheng for a hundred."

Zhao Junsheng saw that the demeanor of these two people didn't seem to be fake, and remembered that these two people were indeed talented and learned, so he said: "Since the two of you are fleeing for your life and came to Liaodong, Zhao naturally can't ignore it, so let's do it, the two of you live here now, Cui Gong will be a military advisor in our army for the time being, and Kou Tianshi will be a member of the army, I don't know if the two of you are willing to give in?" ”

Where do Cui Hao and Kou Qian have a choice? So they said to Zhao Junsheng together: "Thank you for taking it in!" ”

Although Zhao Junsheng sent someone to collect news in Pingcheng, there were too many things happening in Pingcheng every day, and it was naturally impossible for the spies who collected the news to report everything to Zhao Junsheng, and Zhao Junsheng also had to verify the matter of Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao, so he ordered Guo Yi to send a letter to Pingcheng to verify the matter of Kou Qianzhi and Cui Hao.

On this day, Zhao Junsheng convened the generals and officials accompanying the army to discuss the matter, and Cui Hao and Kou Qianzhi were also invited.

Zhao Junsheng said to everyone with a serious face: "Everyone, our mission of this Eastern Crusade is to conquer Yan State, although the territory of Yan State has been captured by me, but Yan King Feng Hong and others fled all the way to Goguryeo, and now they are moved to Suicheng by the King of Goguryeo, if we don't catch or kill Feng Hong, our Eastern Crusade will not be over." Therefore, this battle has to continue to be fought, with our seizure now, there is no shortage of grain and grass for the time being, and it can be used for at least a year and a half, if Goguryeo does not hand over Feng Hong and his party, we will never give up! ”

In the lobby, all the generals and colonels shouted together: "Fight to the death!" ”

Zhao Junsheng pressed his hand, and continued: "The 20,000 horses reinforced by Goguryeo have arrived on the south bank of Mazishui to confront our army for more than ten days. Please feel free to speak! ”

Chang Kun first stood up and clasped his fists and said: "Lord Wang, the last general has sent someone to find out that there was a bridge leading to the other side from the river side of the domestic city before, and since our army arrived in Lai, the Goguryeo people have destroyed the bridge!" From Anping to here, the last generals have sent people to investigate, but all the sections of the river that can be crossed on foot are guarded by the Goguryeo army, and it is obvious that the Goguryeo people are very familiar with the hydrological situation of the river section here, and they know where to cross the river on foot and where not to cross the river on foot! ”

"Now we have to cross the river to fight, one is to collect boats; The second is to order craftsmen to build! It's just that the ships along this coast have long been rowed away by the Goguryeos, and it would take too much time to order craftsmen to build ships! ”

Zhao Junsheng frowned when he heard this, and asked, "What else do the others think?" ”

The generals and officials were all frowning, and they were using their brains one by one, but no one could think of any way.

Kou Qianzhi pushed Cui Hao, Cui Hao touched his long beard, stood up and said: "Lord Wang, the lower officials don't think that how to cross the river is a difficult problem, but how to prevent the Goguryeo people from crossing the river to attack our army is a difficult problem!" ”

The eyes of all the generals and officials were on Cui Hao, these people had long been familiar with Cui Hao's name, served several generations of emperors, and every time they gave advice, they could rewrite history.

Zhao Junsheng suppressed the surprise in his heart and asked, "Why did the military advisor say this?" First of all, let's talk about why our army crossing the river is not a difficult enemy! ”

Cui Hao said: "Mazi water is too common, our army scouts only explored the hydrological situation along the river from Anping to the domestic city, if you send people to continue to search upstream, you will be able to find many places that can cross the river, Goguryeo's troops are limited, it is impossible to gather heavy troops to defend every place that can cross the river, our army only needs to send scouts to figure out the reality of these river crossing sites, you can choose a weak place to forcibly cross the river!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and the other generals were all fans of the authorities, ignoring the limited strength of Goguryeo, there were too many places along the entire Yalu River that could be crossed, and it was indeed impossible for Goguryeo to deploy heavy troops to defend every river crossing site, and some of the river crossing sites must have been deliberately bluffed.

After Zhao Junsheng came back to his senses, he immediately ordered: "Someone is coming, pass it to the commander of the scout battalion, and send elite scouts to the section of the Goguryeo defense on the other side of the Mazi River to probe their troops!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng asked again: "How can the military advisor say that it is a difficult problem for our army to prevent the Goguryeo army from crossing the river?" ”

Cui Hao arched his hand and said: "Lord, first of all, Goguryeo has a water master; Secondly, they have taken away all the boats along the Mazi River, so they have enough boats to cross the river at any time and come over and attack our army! Their sailors can also drive over from the sea to land and outflank our rear routes, cut off our supplies, etc., and the prince can't help but guard against this! ”

Zhao Junsheng listened with a tight expression, Cui Hao was right, the ships in this era are not too big, there are not many people who can be loaded, and the sailors of Goguryeo can indeed transport some soldiers and horses to land and sneak attack, although the troops that can be transported are not much, and they cannot cause too much attack damage, but they can cut off the supply line, and the Eastern Expeditionary Army is now not short of food and grass, but the loss of ordnance and materials cannot be made up for by capture.

Zhao Junsheng humbly asked for advice: "I don't know if the military advisor can teach me?" ”

Cui Hao said: "Since the prince is not short of grain and grass, his subordinates think that the prince does not need to be in a hurry, and it is easy to be taken advantage of by the enemy if he is too greedy for merit!" Our army can afford to wait, the Goguryeo people can't afford to wait, as long as it takes another three months or so, it snows heavily, and Mazishui will be frozen, and then our army can cross the river to attack anytime and anywhere! ”

"Goguryeo will not sit idly by and watch the situation turn against them, and will definitely find a way to defeat our army, and crossing the river to attack our army is the best way to fight!"

Zhao Junsheng couldn't admit that Cui Hao was very reasonable, and asked: "I don't know where the military advisor thinks the Goguryeo army will cross the river!" ”

Cui Hao said: "This is the difficulty that his subordinates said, the river bank line and coastline are too long, and the Goguryeo naval army has enough choices." However, the subordinates thought that the most likely thing for them was to cross the river near Anping! ”

"Why?"

"Anping is not far from the mouth of the sea, the sailors can directly drive in and immediately land and attack, and their subordinates think that the defense along the coast of Anping should be strengthened!"

Kou Qianzhi continued: "Instead of strengthening your defense, it is better to lure you into the urn!" ”

Zhao Junsheng's eyes lit up: "I don't know how to lead you into the urn?" ”

Kou Qianzhi said with a smile: "Goguryeo must have a fine work in Jiangbei, the prince can order General Gao Xu to come from Anping to converge, in this way, Anping's troops are weak, if Goguryeo sends a naval division to land and attack Anping, once Anping is captured, our army's flank will be threatened, if they cross the river from the front to attack, our army will fall into a situation of being attacked on both sides, Lao Dao thinks that Goguryeo will not let go of such a good opportunity!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, the plan to join the army and the military advisor is very good, let's think about it carefully!" ”

After some deliberation, Zhao Junsheng and the generals and officers all felt that if they wanted to cross the river to attack Goguryeo, they must first solve the opponent's sailors, and the opponent's sailors were a huge threat, and if they did not solve the Goguryeo sailors, the Goguryeo people could send sailors to land and cut off the supply lines and retreats of the Youzhou army.

On the 10th day of the seventh month, the army of Gao Xu in Anping received an order to rush to the domestic city to join the main force of Zhao Junsheng, and when the vast army of thousands left the city of Anping, the fine work of Goguryeo who had been placed here immediately sent people to cross the river in a hidden boat and report it to the Goguryeo general Jiang Heng.

Goguryeo's North Daying, the camp is brightly lit.

Jiang Heng took the secret letter and walked while watching, he thought for a while and asked, "What is the movement of the Wei army on the other side of the Jiangbei?" ”

A Goguryeo official stood up and replied, "General, it seems that the Wei army is building a large number of ships on the other side and has used a lot of manpower and material resources!" ”

"Really? How many ships have been built now? ”

The official replied: "More than 600 large and small ships!" ”

Jiang Heng frowned, the Wei army's movements were too big, it only took a few days to build more than six hundred boats, if they were given half a month, they were afraid that they would have to build more than a thousand boats, and by then they would have enough boats to cross the river!

After thinking for a while, Jiang Heng ordered: "Send people to closely monitor the movements of the Wei army starting from Anping!" ”

"Yes, General!"

Jiang Heng ordered to send people to Pyongyang, ordered the sailors to be mobilized to set off by sea, and stopped at Fanhan, and then ordered to transfer 1,000 cavalry and 1,000 infantry to Fanhan to prepare to board the ship.

Jiang Heng has received orders from Gao Lian, the king of Goguryeo, to deal with the attack of the Wei army this time, he is the general of the expedition to the north, and he has enough authority to mobilize the water division to participate in the battle to attack the Wei army.

Zhao Junsheng's scouts were not vegetarians, and as soon as the Goguryeo sailors moved, Zhao Junsheng's side quickly received relevant news.

"Hahaha······ The Goguryeo people really used the sailors! Come on, pass on my order, let Bai Jinguang speed up and rush to Anping, you must be hidden, and you can't be detected by the people of Goguryeo! ”

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