Wang Shichong nodded: "The last general was thinking just now, this ten-mile-wide river surface can indeed only add three or five pontoon bridges, and any more will kill and injure the enemy's catapults, and if the other party rains down on arrows and stones, and the pontoon bridge is too close, it is easy to smash the pontoon bridge for the enemy's stones." ”

"Just like one of today's three pontoon bridges was smashed, and our pontoon bridge is only made of a boat with wooden planks on it, it is still too narrow, and it can only pass the infantry, not the cavalry. So the general wondered if it was necessary to build a wider pontoon bridge to facilitate the crossing of the river by more troops, especially cavalry. ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "General Wang is really resourceful, you are exactly the same as I thought, so now you can tell me, what should you do next, in order to erect more and wider pontoon bridges?" The more bridges there are, and the more they are widened, the more likely they will be hit by stones. ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "So my army can't just count on this ten-mile-wide river, and find a way to force it to cross it in other places, if it crosses the river at the same time within a hundred miles, the Goguryeo army will inevitably take care of one and lose the other, and it will not be able to deal with it!" ”

Yang Guang shook his head, a trace of disappointment flashed on his face: "General Wang, you don't know the hydrology of the Liao River, now in this season, the flow of water everywhere is very fast, only this ten miles wide place is the slowest place for the water flow, change other places, I am afraid that as soon as this pontoon bridge is thrown into the water, it will be washed away." ”

Wang Shichong's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Back to Your Majesty, the water here is slow because the river here is wider. There are many stones at the bottom of the water. But elsewhere. There are other ways we can slow down the river. For example, find the narrow upper reaches of the Liao River, throw a large amount of sandbags into the river, or even directly block the Liao River, so that the flow of water everywhere can be slowed down and meet the requirements of crossing the river! ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the civil officials and military generals in the tent all changed, and they exchanged words with each other. A smile appeared on Yang Guang's lips, and he coughed dryly and said, "Generals, Aiqing, what do you think of General Wang's proposal?" ”

Yu Shiji was bored last time, and he didn't dare to squeak this time, but Pei Yun rolled his eyes and stood up: "General Wang." This is a good idea, but according to this official. I'm afraid it may not be feasible. This Liao River is not an ordinary small river, thousands of miles long, the source is still in the barren mountains in the north, how far this upstream has to go, can you calculate? ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "The last general has only been in Liaodong for a few days, and he has not yet explored the waterway in the upper reaches of the Liao River, but the last general thinks that he may not need to go to the water source." ”

Pei Yun said "oh": "If you don't get to the water source, how can you find a river that can be blocked?" Can throwing sandbags into the rapids really block the flow? ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly: "You don't have to find a water source, you just need to find a place that is narrow enough and use some special means to succeed!" ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly: "General Wang, do you have any special means to block the water of this Liao River?" ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said, "Well, it's very important, and the last general also asks to play alone with His Majesty." ”

Yu Wenshu's face sank: "General Wang, this is a military discussion, all the civil and military generals present are the pillars of my Great Sui, you still have to keep it secret here, what does this mean?" Do you want to say that among us, there will still be spies and spies of the Goguryeo army? ”

Wang Shichong hurriedly shook his head: "No, General Yuwen, the idea of a humble general is not like this, but the idea of a humble general is not yet fully mature, so I want to play against Your Majesty alone first to listen to Your Majesty's teachings." ”

The corners of Yu Wenshu's mouth hooked, and he wanted to say more, but Yang Guang waved his hand: "General Wang is reasonable, everyone Aiqing and retreat first, and let the widow discuss with General Wang first." ”

A bunch of civil and military ministers went out of the tent indignantly, Pei Shiju's expression was serious, and he shook his head when he passed by Wang Shichong, as if he was a little strange that he shouldn't be in the limelight at this time, and Wang Shichong's expression was determined, standing in place, with a faint, confident smile, without saying a word.

After a group of civil and military officials withdrew from the big tent, the air became a lot fresher, Yang Guang waved his hand again, except for the three deaf and dumb guards in the tent, all the guards also left, he looked at Wang Shichong's face, and said slowly: "Wang Aiqing, now you can talk about your method." ”

Wang Shichong put away his smile and said: "Actually, the last general also came up with the idea from today's river crossing operation, since we can let the sergeants pass on this pontoon bridge, we can also make a pontoon bridge full of sandbags and throw it directly into the river to block the rapids." ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked: "What do you mean, I don't understand it too well!" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and said: "Our army can be somewhere upstream in the rapids, pretending to be the same as elsewhere, to force the crossing of the Liao River, and then make some pontoon bridges, which are not only covered with boat boards, but also covered with sandbags under the wooden boards, and when this pontoon bridge is built in the center, such as the fifth and sixth sections, then chisel through the boat boards, let these boats full of sandbags sink, so that even if the first time can not block the flowing water, as long as one or two more comes, then even if our army can not completely block the Liao River, the flow rate of the river can be greatly slowed down. At this time, if you go all out to build a bridge, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort, and it may be like some narrow places, you can directly cross the river without a bridge. ”

Yang Guang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in a loud voice: "Okay, good, great, Wang Aiqing, you are really too smart, it's just ......" His brows frowned slightly: "It's just that the Goguryeo army will let us sink the sandbags on the pontoon bridge so easily to block the flow of water?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded confidently: "Your Majesty, believe me, the number of the Goguryeo army is far inferior to our army, and it is impossible to defend the river bank hundreds of miles wide, as long as our army divides its troops everywhere and puts on the posture of crossing the river in an all-round way, then the Goguryeo army will definitely divide troops everywhere to defend, a camp of up to one or two thousand people on the riverbank, to this extent, it is impossible to prevent our army from suddenly sinking a ship somewhere to block the river." ”

Yang Guang laughed: "Wang Aiqing, your thoughts are exactly the same as mine, okay, just do as you say, but have you chosen where to cross the river?" ”

Wang Shichong scolded Yang Guang in his heart for being shameless, and he didn't know what the beginning was, even the ideas of these subordinates had to be stolen from him in a grand manner, and he said in a beautiful name, your thoughts are exactly the same as mine. (To be continued......)