On March 14 of the eighth year of the Great Cause, Zheng Yanqing led his troops to Haipu.

The so-called Haipu is actually a desolate beachhead. Due to the fact that it is not far from the capital city of Goguryeo, and the water here is gentle and the draft is very deep, it is very suitable for the Wuya battleship to dock. Therefore, Laihu'er chose this place as the landing site.

The tragic battle in Liaoshui has begun, but Zheng Yanqing is still extremely relaxed.

In fact, in this situation, he is ready to play soy sauce and is ready to retreat to Donglai County at any time.

The reason is very simple, Laihu'er doesn't want to see him at all. Since the beginning of Ye County, he has appeared in front of the world as a reserve army.

In battle, it's not his turn to charge!

Since this is the case, Yanqing is also happy to be relaxed and leisurely.

He couldn't remember whether Laihu'er's expedition to Pyongyang was a victory or a defeat. Anyway, the first expedition to Goguryeo must have ended in failure. For such a result, Zheng Yanqing can't change it, and he can't change it. Laihu'er was not ready to meet him at all, as early as the first three days of Yanqing's arrival in Haipu, Laihu'er had already led the Chinese army and marched towards Pyongyang. He took Mai Zizhong and Feng Zhiyu as the vanguard officers, and Zheng Xing as the left guard, commanding the six clans and attacking 3,000 cavalry together; With the Jianghuai Navy as the right escort army, a total of 8,000 soldiers and horses.

Laihu'er personally supervised the Chinese army and rushed towards Pyongyang with a thunderous momentum.

Therefore, the person who greeted Zheng Yanqing was still the deputy head of the navy, Zhou Fashang...... Zhou Fashang felt very embarrassed, and at the same time, he was also very dissatisfied with Laihu'er's insistence.

You are the head of the dignified naval army, General Zuo Xiaowei!

Even if you don't like Zheng Yanqing, or even hate him, hate him...... But you can't do that, right? Anyway, Zheng Yanqing is a cloud cavalry lieutenant appointed by the imperial court, and he has traveled thousands of miles to help you fight. But it's good that you've been here for more than three months, and you haven't even seen anyone, what's going on? Just because Zheng Xing said that he was arrogant, and because Feng Zhiying killed a few people, it was like hiding from the plague and avoiding Zheng Yanqing. If this is preached, it will be ridiculed by the whole world.

However, Zhou Fashang couldn't say anything to protect his son.

In fact, every time Zhou Fashang mentioned Zheng Yanqing, Lai Hu'er seemed very impatient and would immediately change the topic.

So much so that Zhou Fashang had been brewing words for a long time, but he couldn't find a chance to say them.

Looking at Zheng Yanqing, Zhou Fashang was a little embarrassed and said, "Captain Zheng has worked hard all the way......"

This sentence has been said three times, and even he himself doesn't find it interesting. But he couldn't help but say it, so as not to misunderstand Zheng Yanqing.

However, what should I say to Zheng Yanqing?

Lai Hu'er can offend Zheng Yanqing without caring about everything, but Zhou Fa can't.

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "I said that the Malay newspaper was reported before, and the Goguryeo chieftain Gao Yuan was sixty miles south of Pyongyang, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers on the front line of the river dam water, intending to compete with our army. The manager has led his troops to attack, and I'm afraid I won't be able to see you for a while. However, before leaving, the chief said that your soldiers and horses were close to the army of the first government, so he ordered you to rest in place and wait for new orders. ”

According to the Great Sui military system, the number of soldiers and horses in one government is between 800 and 1,000.

Zheng Yanqing, with the rank of lieutenant, is in charge of 1,100 people, even if 300 of them are sects, they have already reached the number of a military government. Previously, Zhou Fashang did not think too much about it in order to ensure the smoothness of grain and grass. But since Laihu'er proposed it, Zhou Fashang had to think about it seriously. Is it to promote Zheng Yanqing's official position, or to cut the soldiers and horses in Zheng Yanqing's hands, which is appropriate?

Yan Qing arrived in Ye County, but he did not make an inch.

If you want to say it, it will not be too abrupt for him to serve as the commander of a mansion as a cloud cavalry captain. But the problem is that Yanqing's age is too young! At the age of fourteen, he became the chief general of a government, Guo Yi was a lieutenant, and he was unarmed, and it was difficult to convince the public.

After all, this naval army has a total of 60 soldiers and horses, and there are hundreds of officers up and down, and the youngest is in his early twenties. Zheng Yanqing's appointment as a lieutenant at the age of 14 is already an exception. He is not Yuwen Chengdu, and he has no merit of capturing the flag.

With the reputation of the other people in the forest alone, how can they convince those big bosses and coarse people?

Therefore, promotion is obviously unlikely. If you can't be promoted, you can only cut the soldiers and horses under his command...... Zhou Fashang thought for a while, "Captain Zheng, after you go back, send three hundred and fifty people to your command and wait for orders; Gongzi Xie also temporarily served as a captain, leading a regiment of soldiers and horses, in addition to the headquarters of the sect, and ordering 350 Xiaoguo to serve. The remaining 100 people, you two can form another group of subordinates as appropriate. Start now and rest in place. As soon as the military order from the front comes, the two of you need to attack at any time. ”

"Whoa!"

Zheng Yanqing and Xie Ke intervened in the salute and withdrew from the Chinese army's big tent.

Zhou Fashang let out a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

What kind of deputy head of the navy is this, he even has to think about such a trivial matter. This distribution is equivalent to not reducing Zheng Yanqing's soldiers and horses, but on the contrary, taking the military position of a captain. Xie Ke was born in the second grade, and it is not too much to say that he has the position of school captain. At least the big guys in the army won't have any emotions because of this incident.

Three hundred and fifty Xiaoguo is equivalent to a full legion.

The sect group brought by Xie Ke was originally his private soldier, so it was not included in the army register and could be ignored. The only thing that is out of the ordinary is that they have military positions, and they do not yet have the qualifications to have subordinates. But in such a situation, who would really care about it?

Anyway, Zhou Fashang thinks that he has made the most appropriate arrangements.

Let's hope this war ends soon...... Zhou Fashang rubbed his cheeks lightly, and said with a wry smile in his heart: Send these young masters away quickly, so as not to cause any trouble.

March 16, fine.

It was a rare good day, with clear blue skies and cloudless skies.

Zheng Yanqing and Xie Ke divided their troops and set up camp on the Haipu beachhead. Although Zhou Fashang did not assign them specific tasks, the two still camped at an angle and defended each other. During the day, they played the soldiers and horses, and at night, they led the subordinates and placed the commanders of the other battalions.

Laihu'er can not dump them, but it doesn't mean that all the officers in this Haipu will not dump them.

In addition, Zheng Yanqing deliberately made friends with them, so after coming and going, everyone got along happily, and even called them brothers.

On this day, Zheng Yanqing was talking in Xie Ke's camp, when suddenly Shen Guang came to report, saying that Zhou Fashang had convened the generals to discuss the matter.

Yan Qing and Xie Ke didn't dare to slack off, and immediately put on their helmets and armor, and rushed to the Chinese army's tent neatly. The camp of the two was not far from the Chinese army's tent, so they arrived quickly. The captains of all prefectures and regiments have all gathered in the big tent, and their faces are solemn.

Zhou Fashang is also wearing a helmet and armor, dressed in a military uniform.

He said in a deep voice: "Today, there is news from the front that the general has defeated the Goguryeo rabble on the banks of the river dam. Now that our army has arrived at the city of Pyongyang, the general ordered us to build a dock fort along the river dam to ensure the smooth flow of the grain route. ”

When the people heard this, they answered in unison.

Zheng Yanqing responded weakly, not very excited.

The reason is very simple, anyway, Lai Hu'er can't look down on him, this kind of thing will definitely not fall on his head.

Besides, he didn't want to join in the fun. It's nice to be in Haipu, you can evacuate at any time, you don't have to take that unnecessary risk.

Who knows, Zhou Fashang's eyes swept over the generals in the tent, but finally stopped at Zheng Yanqing.

"Captain Zheng!"

"Ah...... The end will be! Yan Qing was stunned at first, and hurriedly stepped forward and intervened to salute.

"Captain Xie!"

"The last general!"

"The two of you each led the troops and horses of the headquarters, immediately pulled out the camp and set up the village, and rushed to the river dam water." Zhou Fashang spoke, stood up, stopped in front of the cowhide map hanging in the tent, pointed to a thick blue line on the map, and then pointed to a black dot.

"This is the confluence of the river dam water and the south water, and it is also the place where our army's baggage must pass through the waterway.

Therefore, I want you two to build a dock fort here, and make sure that the grain route between Namsui and Pyongyang is unblocked. You two can camp by the water, and after five days, there will be a baggage boat passing through and arriving in Pyongyang. If there is a problem, you two will come to see you. ”

Zheng Yanqing's eyes narrowed, trying to remember what he had known about Pyongyang in his previous life.

It seems that the location mentioned by Zhou Fashang will be Nampo in North Korea in later generations. He and Xie Ke glanced at each other, intervened in unison, and bowed down to answer the order.

The two of them withdrew from the military tent, and just as they were about to get on their horses, they heard someone in the camp call Zheng Yanqing's name.

turned his head to look, but saw Zheng Hongyi walking out of the camp. Yan Qing couldn't help but be stunned, and glanced at Zheng Hongyi in surprise, "Hongyi, didn't you go out with the army?" Why are you here? ”

Zheng Hongyi jumped off his horse, "Yanqing, I am now serving as a herald under the general's account. Yesterday at noon, the river dam was a great victory, so the general ordered me to come and inform General Zhou and ask him to start his army immediately. Now that the army has arrived at the city of Pyongyang, it will soon break through Pyongyang. ”

Yan Qing nodded: "This is very good, I am about to pull out the camp and go to Nanshui." ”

"What, Manager Zhou ordered you to camp in Nanshui?"

"Exactly."

"Hehe, there are actually no enemies on the other side of Nanshui. After being defeated, the Goguryeo dog thieves retreated to Pyongyang, and the rest fled in all directions.

Yanqing, you can end up on a good errand now.

I'm waiting to fight hard in Pyongyang, and you're very leisurely...... Hehe, I really envy you! ”

Yan Qing sighed in his heart, glanced at Zheng Hongyi, but didn't say anything. He clearly felt that Zheng Hongyi seemed to have some changes.

It seems like...... Very proud!

"Yanqing, I still have to rush back to Pyongyang, so I won't wait for you to go along. When we have conquered Pyongyang and captured the Kowon thief chieftain, we will meet in Pyongyang. ”

After Zheng Hongyi finished speaking, he jumped on the horse and said goodbye.

Zheng Yanqing had the heart to remind him of two sentences, but he didn't know how to speak.

"Brother Xian, Hongyi seems to have changed a little!"

On the way back to the camp, Xie Ke suddenly said: "It seems that some people are complacent, and some people seem to have no one in their eyes, which is not a good phenomenon." ”

Zheng Yanqing said with a smile: "Who is not frivolous?

Hongyi is now the time when the spring breeze is proud, and it is normal to be a little arrogant. Actually, I'm not worried about his arrogance, what I'm worried about is that if the general is also arrogant, then there will be trouble. Xie Ke's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Xian, are you worried about ......?"

Zheng Yanqing scratched his head, "I'm not worried about anything, I just don't feel good." It is easy to get carried away with pride, and there is sadness when you are happy. I'm afraid that if the whole army is like Hongyi, it will be difficult to guarantee that there will be some chaos. Those Goguryeo people are very cunning. ”

Xie Ke was immediately silent!

But whether it's him or Zheng Yanqing, it's hard to say anything.

Because the whole country, inside and outside the barracks, everyone thinks that Goguryeo is a small country, and it is easy to eliminate it.

In this optimistic mood, if he and Yanqing have any objections, they will be charged with shaking the morale of the army.

"Yanqing, you and I should join forces."

Xie Ke made a suggestion, Zheng Yanqing thought about it, and nodded in agreement.

There are many people who are easy to do, and if they join forces, the two of them will have a house of soldiers and horses in their hands, and even if there is really chaos, they can take care of each other.

I hope there won't be any mess.

I hope it will ...... Laihu'er can successfully capture Pyongyang!

But if Laihu'er really captured Pyongyang, then it should be recorded in the history books. Why do you have no impression?

Thinking of this, Zheng Yanqing's thoughts suddenly became confused.

The battle situation in Liaodong was not smooth.

After the loss of the three generals of Mai Tiezhu, Qian Shixiong and Meng Jincha, there was another doctor of Guanglu, Duan Wenzhen, the general of Zuohou Wei, who died of illness in the army.

This Duan general is also a famous general who rose in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and became famous during the Kaihuang period.

Born in Beihai, he is the same townsman as Tai Shici in the Three Kingdoms era. Few arm strength, courage, and strong ambition. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was in power, and when he attacked the king of Haichang in the Northern Qi Dynasty, he was more valuable than Jinzhou, and led dozens of people to take the city with a cane and a lance, and captured Jinzhou. Later, when he captured the state, he captured the east gate, which made the Northern Zhou Dynasty a complete victory. Therefore, during the northern anniversary, he was awarded the same ceremony as the county prince of Xiangguo. After Yang Jian, he was a hussar and served as the governor of Lanzhou; The battle of Pingchen was to go to war with Yang Guang, the king of Jin, and confer the post of Sima as the governor of Yangzhou.

This is a general with a legendary surname, but he can't escape the natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Before he died, Duan Wenzhen wrote to Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty: With the strength of the Sui army, it is easy to defeat Goguryeo, but please ask Your Majesty not to meddle in military affairs.

This is also the last time Duan Wenzhen has written a book, even if he is as rigid as Yang Guang, he is a little hesitant.

However, at the suggestion of the military department Shangshu Hu Silu, Yang Guang finally did not listen to Duan Wenzhen's opinion, and issued an order: if the Goguryeo people wanted to surrender, the Sui army must stop attacking to show the benevolent demeanor of the emperor of the Celestial Empire...... As a result, a long-lasting siege battle kicked off in Liaodong.

By the time the edict was issued, Zheng Yanqing and Xie Ke had already arrived at the Nanshui bank and quickly set up a camp.

This place is not too far from Pyongyang City, and sitting in the camp tent, you can hear the sound of people shouting and neighing from under Pyongyang City.

The south water is surging, and the water of the river dam is merged.

Although it was late spring, the air still had a hint of chill.

March 19 was sunny.

The Goguryeo and Sui armies fought to the death under the city of Pyongyang, but were routed by the Sui army in one fell swoop. The Sui army took advantage of the situation to storm the city of Pyongyang and quickly occupied the outer borders.

Gao Yuan, the king of Goguryeo, stationed troops in the inner outline of the imperial city, and fought as a trapped beast.

Raigoer, who won a complete victory and successfully captured Pyongyang, was even more complacent. After entering the outer area of Pyongyang, he actually ordered a truce to plunder Pyongyang. He did not take advantage of the situation to attack the Imperial City of Neiko...... In fact, if Laihu'er had pursued the victory at this time, the Goguryeo people would not have been able to resist the attack of the Sui army at all. In that way, Pyongyang was broken and Gao Yuan was captured, which could deal a heavy blow to the Goguryeo people even if the war in Liaodong did not go well. But this truce and plundering made the Sui army in Pyongyang fall into a crisis!

(To be continued)