Chapter 416: Damming the Dam

In the big tent, Li Shimin sat on the upper seat, and the rest of the generals sat on both sides.

"Zhang Aiqing, you are the governor of this Yingzhou, or should you introduce the situation in Liaoshui first!" Li Shimin looked at Zhang Jian and said.

Zhang Jian stood up, saluted Li Shimin and the others first, and said in a deep voice: "Within a hundred miles of the upper and lower reaches of the Liao River, the last generals have all sent people to investigate. Because the current here is slower and the river surface is narrower, it is most suitable for river crossing. Of course, when the last general said about crossing the river, he meant crossing the river by boat. If you want to build a bridge, walk more than 20 miles downstream from here. Most of the riverbed there is shallow, and the deep water is only two or three feet wide, which is the most suitable for building bridges. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Li Ji asked: "Zhang Dudu, how does the Goryeo army defend the Liaoshui line?" ”

Zhang Jian smiled: "This is exactly what the last general is going to say." The best places we could think of to cross the river, the Koreans thought of it too. Therefore, on the entire Liaoshui line, all the places where the forcible crossing offensive and bridge building operations can be carried out are guarded by the Koreans. It can range from a few thousand to twenty or thirty thousand. On our side, for example, there were 20,000 infantry. In addition to these forces, there was also a cavalry as a maneuver. Speaking of this, Zhang Jian suddenly remembered something, and added, "By the way, they also stopped a lot of small rivers and streams, probably to open the sluice gates and release water when our army crosses the river!" ”

When Li Ji heard this, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "In this way, there are tens of thousands of troops on the entire Liaoshui line?" ”

Zhang Jian nodded: "Yes, according to the rough estimate of the scouts, the total strength of this Liaoshui front line is about 50,000!" Alas, after all, there is such a natural danger as a barrier, of course, it has to be heavily guarded! ”

After Zhang Jian's introduction, Li Shimin said: "If our army forcibly crosses the river from several directions at the same time, Zhang Aiqing, I don't know if it's possible?" ”

"Absolutely!" Zhang Jian nodded at the moment and said, "My army is all concentrated here, and I only need to send tens of thousands of troops to carry out a forcible crossing offensive in various suitable places, and the army of Goguryeo will not be able to stop my elite of the Tang Dynasty." However, those Koreans were afraid that our army would cross the river at the same time, so they built dams in the upstream tributaries to block the water, and when the army attacked on all fronts, they opened the sluice gates and released water to attack our army. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help but feel secretly proud when he saw that his opinion was recognized, although I have enjoyed great glory for more than ten years, I have not lost my ability to march and fight!

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, everyone sent horses up again, which coaxed Li Shimin to laugh.

After a moment of pride, Li Shimin continued to talk about business.

"In this way, as long as we can destroy those dams one by one before crossing the river, then our army will force the attack at that time, and we will be able to worry about it!" Li Shimin said.

Zhang Jian nodded heavily: "That's what the last general means!" But the task of destroying the dam is not so easy to accomplish! ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd couldn't help but be quiet. Indeed, this destruction of the dam cannot be carried out with great fanfare, and can only organize a small force to quietly cross the Liaoshui, and then dig the dam unknowingly. This task is really difficult, you know, the Koreans have an army of about 50,000 on the east bank of Liaoshui! And no one knows how many Goryeo soldiers are guarding the dam.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and did chuckle: "How did I forget, isn't Yunwen the best at doing this type of thing?" Tell him to get out of the way! ”

"Hehe, Weichen thinks the same way!" As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, the voice of echo suddenly sounded. Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Yunwen.

Zhang Yunwen took two steps forward, walked into the field, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is indeed not difficult!" Since those Koreans wanted to form a flood peak with stagnant water and impact the army, they must have set up a mechanism on the dam that can be quickly dismantled, such as beams or something, as long as these things are pulled out, the dam can be quickly removed! However, after the dam was removed, a flood peak would inevitably form, and there were many clever people in the Goryeo army who would have thought about the destruction of the dam. At this time, we will face the encirclement and suppression of the Goryeo army. Therefore, Weichen suggested that as soon as Hong Feng passed, the army would immediately attack. As soon as the dam was destroyed, the Goryeo army would surely be shaken, and this was the best time to attack. Second, the Goryeo army will definitely send cavalry to search for us, transfer some of the cavalry, and share the pressure of the soldiers crossing the river! ”

When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but nod their heads in unison.

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, and suddenly shouted: "Come on, go and call Li Chunfeng and Li Daochang!" ”

Everyone was puzzled, what did Li Chunfeng call over for?

It didn't take long for Li Chunfeng, who was wearing a blue-black robe, to appear in the big tent.

"Li Aiqing, you have been observing the sky for many years, and you must know the law of this meteorological change! Tell me what the weather will be like in the next few days? Li Shimin asked with a grin.

Everyone suddenly realized that they had asked Li Chunfeng to come over and talk about the weather!

Li Chunfeng bowed his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty's words, the situation will change, and it is really difficult to predict. Wechen is just a superficial acquaintance, how can he be so accurate? However, according to Weichen's observation, at least in the next ten days, there will be no heavy rain in Liaodong! If Your Majesty wants to launch an offensive, don't worry! Your Majesty is a teacher of justice, and the Lord of Heaven dares not to be beautiful? ”

Listening to Li Chunfeng's words, Li Shimin had a smile on his face. After letting Li Chunfeng go down, Li Shimin said to Zhang Yunwen with a smile: "Did you hear it, Yunwen, there will be no heavy rain in the next few days!" Therefore, I will order my soldiers to line up in Liaoshui, and as soon as the flood peak passes, I will immediately launch an attack. Well, take a rest today, and tomorrow you'll cross the Liaoshui and destroy all those dams! ”

Zhang Yunwen stepped forward, hugged his fists and said, "Oh! ”

The second day and night. In front of Zhang Yunwen, two hundred scouts were gathered. These are the elite of this year's boot camp. Before, Zhang Yunwen had asked those scouts who had crossed the Liaoshui to understand the situation, and roughly knew which places had dams, but they didn't know if they had all been checked, after all, they had been on the east bank of the Liaoshui for so long, and the supplies had long been used up. So as soon as the flood waters receded, they immediately returned to the West Bank, and did not carefully scout the dams.

When they heard that Zhang Yunwen was going to take scouts to destroy the dam, they volunteered to ask Zhang Yunwen to take them there. Zhang Yunwen originally had the purpose of training recruits, where can these people go? But in the end, more than a dozen people were selected from among them to join the operation. These are more than a dozen people, scouts who have been to the dam.

The night was cloudless, and a waning moon hung in the sky, sprinkling a light that was not very bright.

Zhang Yunwen divided the troops into 20 groups, each group of 10 people, carrying a set of equipment, swam across the water, and quietly touched the east bank of Liaoshui.

Zhang Yunwen led a team of people, the rest of the teams were led by those veterans, and those without veterans were led by the best performers among the ten. After arriving at the east bank of Liaoshui, it was agreed that at the beginning of the morning tomorrow, when the sun rose on the top of the mountain, the dam would be destroyed. Then they split up, and the twenty teams disappeared into the night.

Quietly avoiding the secret sentry set up by the Koreans along the way, Zhang Yunwen led the scouts to shuttle through the forest and flatland, like a cheetah, moving like flying, but without making a sound.

Behind him, when those scouts saw Zhang Yunwen's steps, their hearts suddenly swelled with admiration, and then they inadvertently imitated it.

Finally, after walking along a river for a long time, I finally found a dam. More than 50 Goryeo soldiers and a number of civilians were stationed here. In the small camp that was set up, a light flickered on and off.

Zhang Yunwen carefully observed the surroundings of the camp for a long time, turned around, and made a gesture to call everyone to follow.

But he was walking in the same direction, farther and farther away from the dam. Although the middle scout had doubts in his heart, he remained silent and followed Zhang Yunwen closely.

Arriving at a secluded place, Zhang Yunwen lowered his voice and said, "Just now more than a hundred steps away from our right-hand side, Chen Xiaosan's kid is leading people to stare at the camp!" ”

Everyone suddenly realized that the place had already been targeted.

So, Zhang Yunwen had no choice but to take everyone to find another dam.

However, to his dismay, everywhere he went, someone had already arrived first. As a last resort, Zhang Yunwen had no choice but to continue to walk far away.

In this way, time passed little by little, when the eastern sky appeared a touch of fish belly white, the entire Liaohe River basin suddenly burst into life, the chirping of birds, the chirping of insects, all kinds of sounds slowly sounded, with the murmuring of the water, it sounded very pleasant.

To Zhang Yunwen's regret, he still couldn't find a dam in the end, so he had to squat with another team in the Goryeo camp next to the dam. As for those Goryeo soldiers, they have all been leveled by Zhang Yunwen and them, and their bodies are piled up in a camp.

Eight other teams were in the same situation, and they also failed to find the dam. It seems that there are only so many dams built by the Koreans. Zhang Yunwen is more than 40 miles away from where they crossed the river, and further upstream, there are mostly abandoned farmland and villages, and the possibility of dams has been greatly reduced. Therefore, Zhang Yunwen did not go upstream, and also marked several conspicuous places, so that the rest of the team should not continue to move forward.

Eventually, the sun began to emerge. Zhang Yunwen stood by the dam, watching the sun gradually rise from the distant mountain, and asked the scouts to prepare by the dam.

At the moment when the sun jumped out of the mountain, Zhang Yunwen shouted loudly: "Prepare - start!" ”