Wang Shichong said with a straight face: "Back to Dashuai, the river bank is only more than fifty steps wide, and there is no cover on both sides, at that time, the Goguryeo army's blocking arrows were extremely weak, and the arrows raining down when shooting at my riverbank troops were not the same, so the last general judged at that time that the enemy army was deliberately luring more of my troops to cross the river, so that the army was crowded together, and it was not allowed to be expanded, and then they would first wash it with a rain of arrows, and then charge and kill with iron cavalry or infantry on both sides, and our army was nested together, and could not be arrayed at all, and could only be slaughtered before their eyes!" ”

Yu Shiji sneered: "Your Majesty, General Wang is clearly clever and excruciates his mistakes. General Mai could obviously attack the enemy's camp in formation, and later attacked it, if it was said that there were too many people on the riverbank in front of him, he couldn't use it, so he didn't send reinforcements, but after that, why didn't General Wang send reinforcements! ”

Yang Guang nodded, although Yu Shiji didn't understand military affairs, he also said what he wanted to say as a layman, so that in case he was embarrassed for a while, he also saved face for himself, he said: "General Wang, how do you answer Yu Shilang's words?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, looked at Yu Shiji, and said, "I wonder if Yu Shilang knows how long it will take for the reinforcements to go from the formation to the rush across the pontoon bridge and then to the formation of the formation?" ”

Yu Shiji doesn't understand military affairs at all, and today he just wants to take the opportunity to step on Wang Shichong, for himself and for Feng Lun, he has been hit and favored by Wang Shichong, he also knows that Yang Guang likes Wang Shichong very much, and it is impossible to really defeat Wang Shichong because of this incident, but he can take the opportunity to say what Yang Guang wants to say but is embarrassed to say, which is his duty as a professional sycophant.

Judging from his perception of Yang Guang today and his previous understanding. Yang Guang's military qualities and abilities. It's also half a pound and eight taels with himself. Most of the questions that he can't figure out are unknown to Yang Guang, but now that he has said it, he can still get the impression of a loyal minister, why not do it?

But Wang Shichong's words poked at his weakness again, and his talent, in addition to patting on the back, was in the gorgeous articles and the drafting of edicts. He hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "This, this is the business of your generals, how can I, a civil official, know?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and said to Yang Guang: "If you go back to the marshal, you should know very well that if you want to mobilize the army and line up. Pick a general, and then rush across the pontoon. It will take at least an hour to re-line the line. ”

Yang Guang nodded, pretending to understand very well: "This, I naturally know, but this array, if you can carry out the selection of generals in advance, then you will not be caught off guard." ”

Wang Shichong said calmly: "Marshal, at that time, in order to cover General Mai and his three columns crossing the bridge, our army put more than 200 catapults on the shore, and used the power of stone throwing to suppress the enemy's bows and arrows, so the shore could not be lined up at that time. ”

"As for General Mai, after they rushed across the bridge, the enemy situation is unknown for a while, I don't know if the enemy will be killed by iron cavalry, if our army is unfavorable in battle, we must leave a channel for General Mai to retreat, at this time, you can't rush over to support in a rash formation, Your Majesty has experienced a hundred battles, is familiar with the art of war, and the last general said these situations, you are naturally clear at a glance, and you don't need to explain too much about the general."

The corners of Yang Guang's mouth hooked, in this case, don't talk about Yu Shiji, a military idiot, even those generals also nodded again and again, or didn't say a word, no one came to refute Wang Shichong's words, he knew that these Guanlong generals, usually look at Wang Shichong unhappy, it was not one or two, if it wasn't for Wang Shiquan's impeccable answer, someone would have come out to refute him.

Yang Guang's brows softened slightly, and he said, "But when General Mai broke through all the way and entered the enemy camp, why didn't you organize troops to rescue?" At this time, there is no problem that it is difficult to line up, or that it cannot be spread out on the riverbank. ”

Wang Shichong sighed: "Back to the commander's words, at this time, the last general was going to order reinforcements to be sent, but at this moment, as the rear guard of our army, the riverbank troops, but because of the competition for the first rank, and the formation of self-confusion, at this time, the cavalry of the Goguryeo army appeared from both sides, and suddenly broke the defense line of our army, at this time, it was too late to send reinforcements, and the last general could only make a temporary decision, shooting the enemy cavalry with all his strength with catapults and crossbow arrows, hoping to open a passage for General Mai's breakthrough!" ”

Yang Guang's pupils contracted suddenly: "Why didn't General Mai withdraw at this time?" ”

Wang Shichong's face pretended to have a sad look: "With the judgment of the last general, General Mai knew that the back road had been lost, and knew that the defeat had been decided, if he broke through in the direction of the riverbank, the soldiers would definitely fight to escape from the pontoon bridge, and when the time came, the formation was scattered and could not resist, not only could not kill many Goguryeo troops, but also could not change the result of the annihilation of the whole army, to deter the enemy, it is also a manifestation of General Mai's loyalty to the commander and to my Dasui! ”

Wang Shichong said with tears in his eyes, a pair of green eyes, tears glistening, he is not entirely for the sake of playing, thinking of the friendship with Mai Tiezhu for more than 20 years of life and death, today is the eternal separation of heaven and man, his heart is also a burst of unstoppable sadness, even the voice became choked, and all the generals present were also infected by his emotions, and they were all moved and sighed.

Yang Guang also regretted a little that he had given the order to send the wheat iron rod to death today, Wang Shichong's words tactfully put forward this meaning, but he stopped at the point, only said that the military order was like a mountain, and did not say that his order was wrong, which was considered to have given him enough face, in this case, it was really difficult to say anything about Wang Shichong, he pondered for a while, and said: "General Wang, what are the results of today's battle, have you finally counted them?" ”

Wang Shichong wiped away his tears, and said in a loud voice: "Our army has 7,347 soldiers who crossed the river, and no one survived, because the battlefield was finally controlled by the enemy, and our army could not count the number of heads, so it was impossible to count the specific number of enemy losses, but judging from the experience of the last general for many years, the number of enemy soldiers killed today should be more than 7,000, and the wounded are also 7,800. ”

"In today's battle, although our army crossed the river and the troops were annihilated, it can also be said that it has severely damaged the enemy army and made it angry, those Goguryeo people, from generals to soldiers, have seen the strong combat power of the Great Sui Heavenly Soldiers, and they are already frightened, and if they fight again the next day, our army will undoubtedly win!" (To be continued......)