Chapter 118: The Water Master Makes Another Contribution
For several days, the Goguryeo people only launched a few symbolic attacks, completely losing the momentum of the first day, and only surrounded Xi'an Ping with tens of thousands of troops. Seeing that the enemy army was weak and weak, Wei Shuo and the others were also happy and relaxed, and only told everyone to be careful and vigilant to prevent the enemy from sneaking up.
At this point, the Xi'an Ping War fell into a stalemate stage. In the face of the siege of the city, the Jin army and the people in the city were not worried at all, anyway, they had already stored enough food. Only the tens of thousands of Goguryeo people under the city had to bring some grain and grass from the country.
Liaodong County does not produce much, especially in the vast western region, there is only one Xi'an Ping County, and several other counties in Liaodong are all distributed in the relatively rich areas in the east. Therefore, it was impossible for the Goguryeo army to raise enough food locally, so they had to transport grain and grass from within the country.
As soon as the Goguryeo army moved, the Jin cavalry, who had been monitoring them outside the city, got the news. With 3,000 cavalry, Speedu's main task was to find an opportunity to burn the grain and grass of the Goguryeo people. Before this, Shomaru had already circled the Goguryeo camp a few times, but he didn't find an opportunity to burn the enemy's grain and grass.
On this day, I received an urgent report from the scouts that the grain and grass in the Goguryeo camp was about to run out, and a large amount of grain and grass would be running from the country to the front line.
This made Speedu realize that a good opportunity to destroy the enemy was about to appear. I saw that his spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered: "From now on, the whole army will be ready to attack at all times!" Send out all the scouts and be sure to find them before the enemy arrives in Xi'anping! ”
The distance between Xi'an Ping and Marudu was nearly two hundred kilometers, and during this distance, it was full of Jin scouts and scouts. After some inquiry, Speedu quickly got the military information he needed, but unfortunately after receiving the scout's report, he was dumbfounded.
"What do you say?! The grain and grass of the Goguryeo people were transported to the front by ship? Speedu looked dumbfounded, unable to believe that what the scout said was true.
The strategy of burning the grain and grass of the Goguryeo people with the cavalry was a strategy that Wei Shuo, Feng Yi, Sumaru and others came up with after discussing for a long time to retreat from the enemy, and as a result, the Goguryeo people did not transport grain on land at all, but relied on ships to transport it directly from Marudu City to the Goguryeo camp in Xi'an Ping through Mazishui.
"This, this...... How good is that? "In the face of the Goguryeo sailors who transported grain and grass on the water of Mazi, Speedu was completely out of line, and no matter how brave and good the cavalry under his command was, it was impossible for him to run to the water to burn the enemy's grain and grass, right?
Speedu thought for a while and said, "No, you can't be in a hurry here, you have to quickly report the news to Lord Wei in the city, if you can't do it, you can only dispatch the sailor." ”
It didn't take long for the city to receive news that the Goguryeo people were transporting grain and grass by water, and he hurriedly gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures.
"This is the latest military information sent by the commander of the Shomaru outside the city, let's talk about countermeasures!"
"Hehe, I didn't expect the Goguryeo people to have this hand, it was really beyond our expectations!" Feng Yi couldn't help laughing after reading the military report, to be honest, don't look at the menacing Goguryeo people, but at first everyone really didn't take the Goguryeo people in their eyes. Now there was a slight accident, but it suddenly made everyone look at the Goguryeo people outside the city.
"Actually, this is nothing, you may not know the domestic geography of Goguryeo, but you know a little bit below." He touched his beard and said, "Starting from Xi'an Ping, two hundred kilometers upstream along the Mazi River is the capital of the Goguryeo Kingdom, Marudu, so it is not surprising that the Goguryeo people take advantage of the waterway. ”
Wei Shuo nodded and agreed, only the people present knew a little about Goguryeo, but he was the least good at military formation, so it was reasonable for him to make mistakes.
"Since the Goguryeo people have used the water division, then our previous plan is completely nullified, and now if we want to cut off the grain and grass of the Goguryeo people again, we can only rely on the water division. It's just that the sailor is still in the coastal area of Lelang, and he needs to notify them to return as soon as possible. Feng Yi quickly thought of a countermeasure.
"Zizhuan is reasonable, the sailor should return as soon as possible. In addition, tell the commander of Speedu not to be discouraged, although it is a pity that the cavalry failed to complete the task of burning the enemy's grain and grass, but the cavalry will still need to bear the heavy responsibility to counterattack the enemy in the future! ”
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"Hahaha, thanks to the foresight of the Prime Minister this time, otherwise our grain and grass would have been plundered by the cavalry of the Jin army! Today, I transported grain with a water division, and I avoided the harassment of the Jin cavalry at once! "Gao Yifu has been in a lot of interest recently, and the previous plan of the state minister Cang Zhuli completely avoided the edge of the Jin cavalry.
Cang Zhuli showed a slight smug smile, "The king has an overreputation, and the minister is just a little tricky." Before the war, the Jin army had harassed our western border with cavalry, and after the war began, the Jin people would definitely send cavalry deep into our rear to destroy the army's grain route. In the past, in great wars, both the enemy and the enemy have focused on destroying the enemy's grain and grass. How could the old minister not be cautious? ”
"Hahaha, the widow has the help of the country, why worry about the Jin army not being destroyed?!"
"However, the king can't take it lightly, and in a few days, when the next batch of grain and grass is transported to the camp, the army will immediately launch an offensive and strive to take Xi'an Ping as soon as possible!"
In the past few days, after the Goguryeo people have determined the safety of water traffic after the previous two trials, the Goguryeo people will carry out a large-scale transportation operation in the near future. The total amount is about 30,000 stone of grain and grass, which can be eaten by the Goguryeo army for ten days and half a month. In order to transport 30,000 stone grain and grass to the front line, Marudu Castle raised a total of 100 large and small ships, including 20 sailor warships to escort the ship.
On this day, Li Song, the general of the Goguryeo Naval Division, took his sons and daughters, and carried 30,000 stones, grain and grass, and a total of thousands of people went down the mighty river along the Mazi River. One hundred and ten boats, full of sails, all the way down the river, only to see the spring on both sides of the river, there are unknown water birds on the water surface to hunt, a beautiful color.
After only half a day's work down the river, the fleet reached the vicinity of the Goguryeo border.
After another while, when the fleet approached the waters of the Jin Kingdom, it was completely dark. Li Song did not dare to make a stop, but only urged his subordinates to advance with all their might, and be sure to arrive at the Goguryeo camp at noon the next day.
The river turned a corner, Li Song was drinking and resting in the cabin, when he suddenly heard the sound of killing outside, and the torches on the water were bright. Forty or fifty warships appeared on the opposite side, shouting and shouting, sounding gongs and drums, and rushed straight towards the Goguryeo fleet. By the light of the fire, Li Song faintly saw the bow of the ship under the banner of the word 'Jin'.
Li Song suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and said secretly: "It's not good! Hit the Jin army ambush! I saw him shout loudly: "Don't panic, you must take care of the grain and grass, and wait for the general to personally kill the enemy!" ”
Under the command of Li Song, although the Goguryeo water division was chaotic for a while at first, it did not take long to stabilize its position.
Mr. Liu looked at the busy but unchaotic Goguryeo sailor and sighed: "I didn't expect that there would be such a proficient water warrior in a small barbarian country!" You look at those Goguryeo sailors, who are familiar with the road when they drive their boats, it seems that this Goguryeo sailor is quite familiar with the water, and it is an elite division that has been in battle on the water for a long time. ”
Wang Wei said expressionlessly: "No matter what, we must wipe out the Goguryeo sailors as soon as possible, and then block the waterway to force the enemy army not to use this waterway to transport grain and grass."
"I don't know what Wang Sima's plan is to break the enemy?"
Wang Weidao: "The enemy general is familiar with water warfare, the only way to do this is to not entangle with it, quickly break through the blockade of the Goguryeo naval army, and use rockets to raid the opponent's grain and grass, which is the best policy!" ”
Mr. Liu immediately issued an order and ordered the naval division to go forward on the warship to break the enemy.
In the sound of war drums, Meng Chong, the battleship in the Laoshan Shui Division on the water, charged at the forefront, and rushed straight to the Goguryeo fleet in an arrow formation, and after the two armies approached, the warship first fired a volley of arrows, and the bows and crossbows shot out carried raging flames, nailed to the Goguryeo wooden boats, and burned.
Li Song drew his sword to dial the incoming rocket, and while directing his subordinates to shoot back, he also had to arrange for someone to extinguish the fire. How could the Goguryeo sailors be suddenly attacked, and they only cared about fleeing for their lives, so how could they care about anything else. After a while, the fire grew stronger, and most of the ships carrying grain and grass were engulfed in flames.