Yu Shiji was bored not long ago, and this time he instinctively wanted to follow Yang Guang's meaning, but he glanced at Yu Wenshu, who had been silent, and retracted the words that came to his lips.

Yang Guang glanced at Yu Shiji dissatisfied, then moved his gaze to Pei Yun's body, and said in a deep voice: "Pei Aiqing, I remember that you have led troops as generals before, according to you, can our army win today?" ”

Pei Yun swallowed a bubble of saliva, when he was in the Southern Dynasty, he was a pure civilian official, but he secretly exchanged information with the Sui army, and became a leading party, and he had no military talent, giving Yang Guang such a question, he was dumbfounded, sweat flowed down, and muttered in his mouth: "This, this, this, this Your Majesty is personally driving, the soldiers of the three armies, all excited, Goguryeo clowns, just dying and struggling, how can they ......"

This sycophant was so loud that even Yang Guang couldn't stand it anymore, and roared angrily: "Enough, I usually have heard enough of your rhetoric, but this is on the battlefield, I am now asking about the success or failure of the war, not about you saying beautiful words!" ”

Pei Yun was so frightened that she kept her mouth shut and didn't dare to say anything more.

Yang Guang's gaze still fell on Yuwen Shu's body, and said coldly: "General Yuwen, you are a veteran, a general, I trust you the most in military affairs now, you can tell me, can you take the Goguryeo army on the opposite side today?" ”

Yu Wenshu's eyes were shining, his face was red, his expression was serious, he groaned for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, from the perspective of the old minister, today's situation is not good!" ”

Yang Guang stood up all of a sudden, and said in a lost voice: "What, the situation is not good?" What do you mean? Am I an army of millions. Even the Goguryeo army on the other side couldn't help it? ”

Yu Wenshu shook his head. Pointing to the Liao River ahead. Said: "Your Majesty, please see, this Liao River is more than 200 steps wide, and now the water flow is beginning to become rapid again, and there is ice floating in the river, but the river cannot be frozen, which is really unfavorable to our army from heaven, and in this climate, it is very difficult for soldiers to force their way across." The Goguryeo army only needed to defend the river and shoot with bows and arrows, and it would be difficult for our army to gain a foothold on the opposite bank. ”

His hand pointed to the three pontoon bridges again: "The most terrible thing is that these three pontoon bridges were bombarded by the trebuchets of the Goguryeo army, the left pontoon bridge was broken, and it was finally connected and then smashed immediately, today is actually good luck, the two pontoon bridges in the middle and right have not been broken, but they are too unstable, when our soldiers are running on them." Pushed into the river by the waves in the water, in this weather. Wearing iron armor, you will sink to the bottom of the water and drown at once, it's not that the soldiers don't work hard, it's really too difficult. ”

Yang Guang gritted his teeth: "I don't believe it, I don't believe that this small Liaohe River can stop my million-strong army!" In the past, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian, when he conquered the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south, once boasted of Haikou, saying that his million-strong army, as long as he threw the horse whip into the Yangtze River, he could block the Yangtze River, which is of course bragging, but this Liao River is not the Yangtze River, I have millions of athletes, that is, one person carries a sandbag and throws it in, and it is not too difficult to block the Liao River! ”

Yu Shiji and Pei Yun hurriedly said, "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

But Yu Wenshu's brows were still tightly wrinkled: "Your Majesty, this takes time, this land in western Liaoxi, it is not yet spring, the soil is still frozen, not to mention digging the soil and filling the river, even when camping in the village, it is difficult to erect this wooden fence, and it is difficult for the soldiers to sleep on the frozen soil at night. ”

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth rose slightly: "Could it be that there is nothing to be done?" ”

Yuwenshu smiled slightly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, today at least you can see that the tactics of pontoon bridges are feasible, as long as our army erects more pontoon bridges, erects thirty or forty roads, and sets them up in all directions of the Liao River, the Goguryeo army can only take care of one and lose the other!" ”

Yang Guang's expression softened a little, and nodded: "What General Yuwen said is very agreeable, it's just ......" His brows furrowed, looked ahead, and said, "It seems that there are one or two thousand soldiers in our army who died on the other side of the river today, and now there are still hundreds of soldiers left on the east bank, waiting for rescue, do you have to watch them die?" ”

Yuwenshu shook his head: "Your Majesty, the vanguard of our army was ambushed by the Goguryeo people, I didn't expect them to have so many arrows, so fast, now these three or four hundred remnants of our army are left on the east bank, and it is impossible to make a difference, Your Majesty, please forgive the old minister, now it is the best policy to collect the troops, the vanguard of the Mai Iron Staff Department, now the sharpness has been lost, the soldiers have the heart of fear of the enemy, the morale is low, and it is difficult to gain anything if they fight again, it is not worth sacrificing thousands or even tens of thousands of lives in vain for three or four hundred people." ”

Yang Guang's face sank: "What is General Yuwen talking about?" Is it for the sake of the rod of wheat to be punished? Hum! Although I have not directly commanded a war before, I have been on a few expeditions, and I still know the truth of the courage of the generals. He was the main generals of the army, such as the Iron Staff, Qian Shixiong, and Meng Cha, who were not brave enough to charge into battle, but commanded his subordinates to cross the bridge and die, so who would be willing to rush forward? I don't believe it, if Mai Tiezhu personally led the charge with people, he would not be able to rush through the 200-step pontoon bridge! ”

The corners of Yu Wenshu's mouth hooked, and said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, and the old minister can't do it!" But he was secretly proud in his heart: Mai Tiecane, aren't you a southern barbarian who can be very good, don't you want to grab this pioneer? Take your life and grab it! Even Lao Tzu didn't dare to let Chengdu be the pioneer general, but you should be at ease, okay, let you have no return!

Yang Guang's mind was immediately decided, and he said in a deep voice to Yu Shiji on the side: "Yu Qing, hurry up and draft an order, send a herald to go, and tell Mai Tiecane that I am watching him from behind, if he doesn't personally lead the charge with the team, come and see him!" Also, he ordered Wang Shichong to supervise the war well, and he was not allowed to withdraw from the army unless he had my will! ”

Mai Tiecane was by the Liao River, beating the drum anxiously, seeing that there were three rounds of charge, but each time it was shallower than the other, the first time it was half of the bridge, the second time it was only eighty steps, the third time it was only more than fifty steps, two big waves came, and more than 100 soldiers were washed into the water, and the rest of the people did not wait for the order, they retreated, he cut two teams by the river that took the lead in escaping, but to no avail.

A sound of horses' hooves came, Mai Tie Staff looked back, but only saw that it was a herald wearing gold armor, riding a handsome white horse, with four small flags on his back, at a glance it was the sergeant of the imperial camp, he hurriedly threw down the drumsticks, adjusted the military uniform, walked forward, only to hear the herald say loudly: "There is a decree on the saint, the general of the Zuotun Guard, Mai Tiecane listens to the order, I am watching you from behind, if you don't personally lead the charge in person, come and see!" (To be continued......)