Chapter Seventy-Six: Stalemate

The two armies of Gudukou held each other, on the side of Broken Hongchen, the defense of Shuizhai was getting stronger day by day, and on the side of Goguryeo, they were also studying the strategy of breaking the ground every day, and they attacked tentatively several times.

For the first time:

Gao Chan could not withstand the invitation of some of his radical generals to fight, and one night when the fog rose, he ordered a thousand men to attack. Who knew that when the night fog rose, Duan Hongchen sent a pleasure boat to patrol outside the ferry, and after discovering the Goguryeo raid, he quietly called the code. Duan Hongchen and others were prepared, and the night attack of Goguryeo failed, and a thousand soldiers were broken.

Gao Chan ordered, whoever dares to fight again, there is no forgiveness.

Second:

Someone gave Gao Chan a suggestion that he could install a thick wooden plank on the bow of the ship. At first, I didn't take it out, but I just regarded it as an ordinary forcible crossing. Wait until you are in the range of the crossbow arrows, and then take out the thick planks together and charge at full speed to achieve the effect of surprise.

Gao Chan took this advice and ordered his men to hurry up and make these fifty assault rafts.

It was still the night fog, and fifty assault rafts were launched. Fifty rafts with planks could only carry five hundred axemen and a few hundred paddlemen, but shieldmen were dispensed with archers. Gao Chan didn't think that these hundreds of people could turn the situation around, but just wanted to use these hundreds of people to try the effect of this new assault boat. still ran into a patrol boat, and after Duan Hongchen learned the report of the cruise ship, he sighed in his heart and was very surprised. Isn't it said that eating a trench grows a wisdom? This Goguryeo man, how did his brain grow and come again?

Strategically despise the enemy, tactically value the enemy. Although Duan Hongchen admired the Goguryeo people's brains, he did not relax his vigilance, and still called the whole battalion of soldiers up and formed a formation to defend against the enemy.

But this time, Broken Hongchen still suffered.

Those Goguryeo people, with the power of the baffle, rushed to the vicinity of the water village. And he stood on the raft and shot arrows on the shore, leaning on the plank.

The loss is that there are few Goguryeo people, otherwise this time it will be broken. The two sides fired at each other according to the bunkers, and Duan Hongchen lost more than 300 soldiers, and the Goguryeo people also lost more than 500. The remaining Goguryeo people, paddling the pulp, floated away.

After the war, the coaches of both sides sighed to the sky.

Duan Hongchen sighed: "Why did I forget to move the bed crossbow over?! ”

Gao Chan sighed: "Alas, this time the whole army should attack!" ”

The lesson of the previous car, the teacher of the rear car, both sides take it as a warning. Duan Hongchen moved the bed crossbow to the front of the water village and sent people to wait day and night. Gao Chan built a raft and cut down all the trees on his shore, leaving some small trees. If you want to build a raft again, you have to go ten miles away to find the forest.

With such a correction of mistakes, the outcome of the third battle can be imagined.

The bed crossbow broke the assault raft, and an arrow pierced the plank, and it could stab three or four people behind the plank. In addition, Broken Red Dust tied the crossbow arrows to combustibles, ignited them and then fired, which made the function of the baffle even more chicken.

In this battle, Duan Hongchen won a great victory, and Gao Chan lost 6,000 men and horses. 30,000 people went on the expedition, and before they reached other people's territory, they had already lost nearly 10,000 people. One to six, now it's one to four. The enemy army has no losses, the key is that there is no strategy to break the ground at all.

After Gao Yuan heard the battle report in the capital, he was so angry that he couldn't eat for two days. sent a royal edict to scold him, the eldest son, which insulted the identity of the little god.

Gao Chan learned from the pain and decided to consolidate the foundation on this side of the river first, and also established a water village with both offense and defense. He thought that even if he didn't lay down Goryeo this time, he could put a nail in it here and come back later.

In a flash, more than ten days passed, and the two sides of the Yalu River turned into a cold war again.

Chujiang Qitai stayed in Longquan Mansion, Xu Qing and his entourage followed the delegation to visit the Xi people all the way to the north, because the current Xi people and Bohai are "friendly neighbors", after arriving at the Xi territory, they were highly valued by the Xi authorities. There are guards along the way, and of course, it is possible that it is also surveillance.

After arriving at the destination, Xu Qing quietly broke away from the team with two naughty girls, one older and one small, and went to the Dahe clan according to the route arranged by the dark river exploration.

The Dahe clan is a grassland tribal alliance, the Manchus are divided into several "flags", and the Dahe clan is divided into many "departments". The largest of them is the Danbu, which Yelubai now controls. Danbu has the largest population, the strongest cattle and sheep, and its influence is greater than that of the other ministries combined. Over time, he became the leader of the Oga clan.

I don't know what means Yelubai used to govern the people of the Danbu obediently, and no one dared to disobey his orders. Not only that, but the entire Oga clan, under the leadership of Danbe, twisted into a rope.

The grassland where the Ohe clan is located is not rich in water and soil, and it is not a bird that does not. It's just that the Xi people in the south and the Turks in the west are stronger than him. It's just that the Xi population is small, so it's much weaker than the Dahe clan.

Due to the innate disadvantage of water and soil, the strength of the Dahe clan has been going downhill, and it is becoming more and more bad compared to the various tribes next to it. In the competition for aquatic plants, it gradually fell behind.

After Yelubai took control of the Dahe clan, he clenched his fists and began to fight back.

On the steppe, a giant stood up.

Not long ago, the spies learned that the Xi people had suffered a great loss in front of the Bohai people, and thousands of cavalry were wiped out. Jerebael realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Take advantage of your illness to kill you.

Yelubai sent troops to exterminate several vassal tribes next to the Xi tribe, and also attracted some small neutral tribes.

The Xi people are terrified, and they unite those who can unite, and those who can stop the war will have a complete truce, and the envoy to Bohai not long ago is for this.

The Xi people seek to survive, and the Dahe clan seeks to rise. Both peoples are engaged in a war that has to be waged. Standing next to him, he can speak without backache and say:

"This war is unjust, the war is bloody, and those who wage war are thugs!

But if we look at it from the perspective of two peoples, this war is great, and it will be forever praised by the victors. It is impossible not to praise that only victory is eternally great, and morality is not necessarily.

After a few days of hurrying, Xu Qing and his party finally arrived at the territory of the Dahe family. How to contact Yelubai, Xu Qing didn't think of a good way. I didn't dare to wander around on the grassland, at this time the Xi clan and the Dahe clan were fighting, maybe they would treat Xu Qing as a spy.

One day, when everyone was eating, Yang Cheng suddenly sighed and asked:

"Lord, how much salt did you bring?"

"A big bag, lazy ......"

"I've got a way!"

"You mean, this salt ......?"

Salt is almost hard currency outside the plug, let alone Xu Qing's refined salt. Money can pass through ghosts and gods, regardless of the inside and outside, which is not bad at all. Ten catties, half a bag of salt was sent out, and Xu Qing got an old Danbu person as a guide. With the leadership of this old Danbu person, Xu Qing and his party finally don't have to be afraid.

Salt to the guide? Impossible, the guide can't even see the end of the salt. Salt was given to the leadership. In addition to a free guide, Xu Qing also received a referral from a small chief, with whom he could have the opportunity to "meet" the Great Khan. Of course, this is also the reason why Xu Qing called himself the envoy of the Bohai Sea.

As expected, Xu Qing met Yelubai.

In the sweat tent, Jerob ate alone, with half a leg of mutton in his hand, and roasted it on the fire. The leg of lamb is not chopped and is difficult to grill. So every time he was done, Jerebael cut it with a knife and ate it. Lamb is crispy and crispy, buttery and oily.

A sip of mutton and a sip of wine, the weather was a little hot, and the charcoal barbecue made Yelubai sweat. At this time, someone outside reported:

"The envoy of the Bohai Kingdom asks to meet the Great Khan!"

"Bohai Country?" Yelu didn't raise his head, cut a piece of half-cooked mutton with traces of blood, dipped it in salt, and put it in his mouth: "The Bohai country south of the Xi people? ”

"Yes......"

"Let people in, and you will get twenty whips yourself."

"Huh?" The guard was surprised, and asked himself, what was wrong?

"You should say that a man who calls himself an envoy of the Bohai Sea wants to see me, and others say that he is a messenger, do you think that he is a messenger?" Jerebael explained as he ate the mutton.

The guard nodded, suddenly realized, and refreshed, and went out to receive the whip with his fists clenched. The leader is willing to scold, that is the most joyful. Of course, they all speak in the language of the Ohga clan.

Soon, Xu Qing came in alone. Huang Shimei, what did they say this time, they couldn't come in, and let Yang Chengyang keep it.

Xu Qing stepped forward, seeing that there was only Yelubai alone in this sweat tent, he looked at him a few times, and was about to speak. However, Jerebael refused to look at him, but lowered his head and ate meat. In this way, Yelubai didn't look at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing didn't pay attention to Yelubai, one stood smiling slightly, and the other sat and muttered.

After half a cup of tea, Xu Qing smiled, and Yelubai raised his head: "Hmph, can't you help it?" Dare to pretend in front of Ben Khan! Hey? ”

"You ......"

"Benefactor!"

Yelubai's face changed from disdain, to disbelief, to surprise, to surprise, which is better than Sichuan opera.

Xu Qing shook his head and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect you to recognize me......"

Yelubai threw the leg of mutton aside, wiped his mouth on his body, stood up and said, "Where can you not remember your benefactor, benefactor, please accept my worship!" ”

Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Hey, get up, you are a big sweat here, you shouldn't salute me......"

Yelubai stopped the big salute, hugged a fist, and then shouted outside the tent in a language that Xu Qing couldn't understand: "Come on, come on, kill cattle and sheep, Ben Khan is going to have a big feast today!" ”

Xu Qing was just about to speak, but Yelubai hugged Xu Qing again and said, "Benefactor, I don't care why you came here, eat and have fun first." ”

After speaking, Yelubai went out by himself, leaving Xu Qing, who wanted to speak and stopped. At the banquet, Yelubai said again, welcome Xu Qing today, and those who dare to say the right thing will be killed. Then he performed a grassland dance of the Xi people, and the real Xi people were used as slaves to send food and wine to the guests at the banquet.

What Xu Qing wanted to propose, he was once again held back.

In the evening, a woman from the Xi tribe sent over, yes, it was a dozen, saying that she wanted to serve Xu Qing to rest. Xu Qing refused, and at this time he suddenly understood what it meant to kill someone who dared to speak up.

Yelubai is pretending to be confused, or he is confused, thinking he understands, and then continues to pretend to be confused.

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Sick, alas