At the beginning of April, the 120,000 troops of the Tang, Wei, and Zhou Kingdoms were finally assembled in Kundu, facing the 50,000 Han troops across the Fenshui.

Fang Li left Xun Yu and Cao Ren to stay in Luoyang, and led Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Sun Ce, and Zhang Liao, Yingbu, Ma Zhong, Wei Yi and other generals who led their troops to watch Duocheng with their eyes.

Shouduo City is facing the Fenshui natural danger, behind it is a steep mountain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the Fenshui water flow is turbulent, it has become the most natural moat, it is the border town of South Korea, it has changed hands several times in the battle of Jin and Han, and South Korea has a heavy army here.

As long as they could defeat Shouduo, Fang Li's army would be able to go north along Fenshui, bypassing the endless mountains and hills, and heading straight for the capital of Korea.

Fang Li was dressed in a special bright yellow soft armor, standing on top of the Kundu City Tower and looking at the other side of the Fenshui, behind him were a group of generals led by Zhang Liao and Jia Xu.

Kundu originally belonged to the Jin land, and the three families were divided into the Tang State, and the north was the territory of the Yan State, and the people here have not yet been completely attached, and from time to time there are vain attempts to restore the Jin State's rebellious party rebellion, which makes Cao Cao very headache, Fang Li chose to let the army be stationed here, and it may not be without deterrence.

The Fenshui in front of him is endless, and the turbulent water makes the river surface foggy all year round, and it is impossible to see the situation on the opposite bank clearly.

In this situation, even Zhang Liao couldn't help but have a headache: "Lord, half of the surface of the Fenshui River is within the range of Shouduo's crossbow arrows, and if we want to force it over, our army will definitely suffer heavy casualties." ”

"The widow knows." Fang Li curled the corners of his mouth nonchalantly, "Tomorrow morning, let the Wei army take the lead and tentatively cross the river and try the defense on the other side." ”

Zhang Liao nodded approvingly: "Indeed, although there is information from the internal guards, after all, seeing is believing, and it is good to let Wei Jun try." ”

Here, the monarchs and ministers of the Tang State decided the fate of the Wei army in an instant, as the commander of the Wei army, Wei Yi pursed his lips, and wanted to refute but swallowed back, he was not sure whether Fang Li was really just planning to test or to use it to kill the strength of the Wei State.

Yu Guang glanced at Wei Yi's solemn expression, and knew what the other party was thinking, Fang Li, who put his hands on the city wall made of blue bricks, and asked casually: "General Wei Yi, what are your opinions on this battle?" ”

Wei Yi thought about it again and again, and said: "Tang Gong, the famous Korean general Storm Kite, who is guarded by Duo, this person has experienced a hundred battles, and he has defeated the Jin army as a vanguard in the Han and Jin wars several times, it is impossible not to take precautions, tomorrow's temptation, our army may suffer heavy casualties." ”

Wei Yi loves soldiers like a son, so he will naturally be dissatisfied with the Tang Army's blatant use of Wei Jun as cannon fodder, although he has no sense of guilt for the Wei Army, but he still has to pay attention to the idea of Wei Mi's talent.

Fang Li smiled: "The general doesn't need to worry, the widow doesn't mean to let the children of the Wei army die in vain, cross the river tomorrow, just roughly test how the Han army's defense is, and then you can withdraw immediately." ”

A tentative offensive was imperative, no matter what Wei Yi thought, Fang Li had no intention of letting the Tang army take over. As for the Zhou army, in Fang Li's heart, he had already regarded it as half of the Tang army, and this kind of task of sending him to death could only be handed over to the Wei army.

Wei Yu was very aware of Wei Jun's situation, and he could only bow his head and promise no matter how unwilling he was.

Looking at the back of Wei Yu retreating and preparing, Jia Xu suddenly smiled and said, "Since the lord wants to subdue Wei Yu, why don't you say it?" The ministers no longer have much loyalty to Weiss. ”

"Sharpen his heart." Fang Li straightened the corners of his mouth, "Wei Yu has been the commander of the Wei State for a long time, and he is the commander-in-chief of the three armies, but his status is not so high when he really reaches the command of the widow." ”

In the early morning of the second day, 10,000 Wei troops lined up at the edge of Fenshui under the command of Wei Yu, and took the "carapace boats" specially made by the Ministry of Industry of the Tang State in batches, and slowly galloped towards the opposite shore through the heavy fog.

Fang Li and others watched the battle at the head of the city, and when the Wei army crossed the river to a third of the way, there was a sudden rain of arrows in the opposite sky, and the arrows were nailed to the top cover of the carapace boat, and some of them penetrated, directly piercing the defenseless Wei soldiers on the boat.

The lieutenant hurriedly commanded the ships on the river to disperse in formation, ordered the soldiers to raise their shields, and the crossbowmen to drill out of the cabin to put pressure on the opposite bank, but it had no effect because they could not form a dense formation.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the first few hundred Wei troops to cross the river were all wiped out, and Wei Yi regrouped and tried to cross the river again.

Zhang Liao, who was on the city tower, was taken aback when he saw this: "Lord, isn't the Han army already lining up on the other side?" ”

"I'm afraid so." Fang Li's expression became solemn, "If they are still on the city tower, they won't be able to see our army crossing the river at this time." ”

In the gap between everyone's discussions, the Wei army on the river had boarded the ships again in batches, and this time the lieutenants were obviously much more cautious than the first time, and the cabins were full of sword and shield soldiers and crossbowmen, and the formation was very scattered, obviously not for landing battles, but only to test the real situation on the other side.

Sure enough, when the line reached a third of the way, the Korean army's arrow array arrived, and the prepared Wei army was not in a hurry this time, and each of them launched a defensive formation on the ship, and the crossbowmen frequently returned fire under the cover of the big shield, although the situation of the Korean army could not be seen clearly due to the fog, but it was obvious that the Wei army was slowly advancing.

Zhang Liao always paid attention to the battle situation on the river, and suddenly said: "Lord, the Han army is afraid that the battle formation has been directly lined up on the river bank. ”

Fang Li nodded approvingly: "Bo Fu, what do you think?" ”

Sun Ce was standing behind Gao Shun, and he was always paying attention to the situation on the water, and when he heard this, he hugged his fists and said: "The minister agrees with General Zhang's judgment, lord, there is no point in trying it any longer, let Wei Jun come back." ”

Indeed, since the Storm Kite has all its soldiers on the bank of the river, letting these 10,000 people continue to force the crossing will only cause a total annihilation.

Fang Li waved his hand: "Mingjin retreats!" ”

The crisp sound of the gong sounded, the Wei army was in formation, and the boats on the river slowly turned to meet the rain of arrows.

The Wei soldiers who were waiting to survive all entered the city to repair, and the bloodied Wei Yu ran up to the city tower panting and knelt down on one knee in front of Fang Li: "Duke Tang forgives the sin, the foreign minister failed to cross the river!" ”

Fang Li didn't answer immediately, but looked up and down at Wei Yu's body full of scars, and said in surprise: "Are you on the boat?" ”

Wei Yu calmly responded: "If you don't take the lead, this warrior's morale will be affected." ”

Unlike the Zhou army, which has been semi-included in the Tang army sequence and can be rewarded for its military exploits, in the eyes of most of the soldiers of the Wei army, they are still fighting for the enemy of the Tang State, and their morale is not strong.

To be honest, Fang Li actually expected that the Wei army would turn the gun, and at the same time as the 10,000 Wei army went on the expedition, 10,000 crossbowmen had been ambushed at the head of the Kundu city, and if the situation was not right, all the rebellious Wei troops would be shot.

But I didn't expect that in order to ensure the high morale of the Wei army, Wei Yu would take the lead to such a point, and force the crossing, as long as an arrow does not have long eyes, he Wei Yi will not be able to kneel here to report the battle situation to Fang Li.

Maybe some other strategy is needed to subdue this fierce general, Fang Li thought, and instead of reaching out to help the person up, he said in a different tone: "Wei Yi, the widow now worships you as the three-grade tiger tooth general of the Tang Dynasty, and leads the Wei army for the widow!" ”

Fang Li's tone was unquestionable, and he didn't even ask the other party if he was willing, Wei Yu was stunned by this sudden strength: "Duke Tang, the foreign minister is a courtier of the Wei State."

"So what?" Fang Li leaned over and pressed Wei Yu's shoulder, "As early as when you led the army to help the widow take Quwo, it should be rewarded, in the future, not only you, but all the soldiers of the Wei army, but anyone who has made military achievements for my Datang can accept my Datang's reward!" ”

This is to include the Wei army in the sequence of the Tang army, although it is not uncommon to say that one person has several official positions at that time, and similarly, the generals of a country often have several national military talismans, but it is a bit unbelievable to expand to the entire army.

Wei Yu stayed on the spot, not knowing what to feel for a while, but he had to accept the kindness of the room, because after this guarantee, although the status of the Wei army must be far inferior to the descendant army from the Tang Kingdom, at least the corporal and the soldiers have a head, and they will no longer be lifeless like ministers of the dead country.

"The foreign minister thanked Tang Gong for the Wei army!" Wei Yi bowed down sincerely, but he felt a strong force to stop him from bowing down, and when he raised his eyes, he just crashed into Fang Li's smiling eyes.

"Okay, let's not talk about that." Fang Li picked up the person and looked around and said, "Let's talk about it, the storm kite didn't know that our army crossed the river today, so why did it prepare in advance." ”

As soon as the words fell, Sun Ce took the initiative to clench his fists and said: "The minister thinks that the Han army may not have prepared in advance, but directly set up the camp outside the city, and can react immediately once there is a disturbance." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Jia Xu touched his beard, "The marching combat ability of the Storm Kite is mediocre, but you have self-knowledge, knowing that if you want to hold the priesthood, you must rely on the natural danger of Fenshui to avoid a head-on confrontation with our army, so you simply rely on it to the end, intending to isolate us on the other side of the Fenshui." ”

If that's the case, it's going to be a problem.

After a period of silence, Wei Yu, who was newly promoted to the general of Huya of the Tang State, opened his mouth to break the silence: "Tang Gong, why don't you withdraw from Kundu with a small army and find another place to cross the river?" ”

This was not a bad idea, but Fang Li didn't plan to do it, he originally planned to save this killer card for the attack on Han Du and then use it, but he didn't expect it to be used so soon.

"Someone's coming." Fang Li waved his sleeves and turned around, looking at the long mist in the distance, "Call Dian Wei to the widow." ”

Since entering the city, Fang Li's every action has been under the stars and moons of the generals, and Dian Wei has also confidently and boldly concentrated on staying at the garrison of the White Army, and cultivating a tacit understanding with the newly trained 300 White Army.

Dian Wei knew from the beginning that the purpose of the establishment of this strange army was to immediately ride his horse to the top of the city tower after hearing Fang Li's call.

All the generals are unknown, but Gao Shun and Sun Ce are bright-eyed, the existence of the White Army is not a secret, Gao Shun and Sun Ce have more or less participated in their training, and naturally know that this mere 300 people are powerful, and they are all looking forward to it at this time.