"Come in!"

Gao Kaidao had become very sensitive, and his heart began to jump when he heard the emergency.

A soldier walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and said: "A sentry was ambushed, nine brothers died, one brother was seriously injured but not dead, has been rescued, and now he is waiting outside the tent, he said that he has found important information, and he must personally report it to the commander." ”

Gao Kaidao was secretly surprised, there shouldn't be Sui soldiers outside the city, how could they be attacked?

He hurriedly walked out of the big tent, only to see a stretcher outside the tent, on the stretcher was a seriously injured soldier with a weak breath, he opened his eyes slightly, as if he wanted to say something, Gao Kaidao hurriedly squatted down and asked in a low voice: "What information did you find?" ”

The soldier's breath was faint and said: "The five Sui soldiers left by boat, it is the accent of Qi County"

Before he could finish speaking, the soldier convulsed all over his body and finally lost his breath.

Gao Kaidao couldn't say a word for a long time, he had already understood, it must be Zhang Xuan's people who arrived in Liucheng, Luo Yi's letter told him that Zhang Xuan would cross the sea by boat, so the Sui soldiers took a boat to Liucheng County, which completely matched Luo Yi's intelligence.

Gao Kaidao's mind suddenly went blank, and a deep fear surged from the depths of his heart, as if something he had been afraid of for a long time suddenly happened.

After standing for a long time, he turned around and walked towards the big tent, and dropped a sentence at the door of the tent, "Let Mr. Ning come to see me!" ”

The Mr. Ning mentioned by Gao Kaidao was a staff member of Goguryeo Moli Zhi Yuan Taizuo, who did not send formal troops and officials into Liaodong out of fear of the Sui Dynasty, but supported Gao Kaidao with private forces such as staff, samurai, and merchants.

Mr. Ning's full name is Ning Shoude, he is about forty years old, thin and tall, like a bamboo pole. He has followed Yuan Taizuo for more than ten years, and is Yuan Taizuo's very effective staff, he was sent to be Gao Kaidao's military advisor to assist Gao Kaidao in controlling Liaodong.

For a moment, Ning Shoude staggered into the big tent. Seeing Gao Kaidao standing in front of the map with a heavy heart, he smiled and said, "Could it be that Zhang Xuan's army has already been killed?" ”

"How does the gentleman know?"

Gao Kaidao raised his head and looked at Ning Shoude, he actually didn't like this Ning Shoude very much, he knew that this person was actually sent by Yuan Taizuo to monitor himself and prevent him from supporting his own army, and Ning Shoude represented Yuan Taizuo, and he would always involuntarily show a condescending posture, which made Gao Kaidao very dissatisfied. It was only when he needed the support of Goguryeo food and weapons that he had to hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart.

This was also the fundamental reason why Gao Kaidao insisted on attacking Liucheng County, which had enough food and military resources to free him from Goguryeo's control.

Ning Shoude narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Didn't Luo Yi say it?" Zhang Xuan will soon be killed by sea to Liaodong, so let's prepare for the battle. ”

Gao Kaidao suddenly scolded Luo Yi in his heart, he didn't tell Ning Shoude about Luo Yi's letter at all, but Ning Shoude actually knew it clearly, indicating that Luo Yi wrote two letters, one for himself. One letter to Ning Shoude, this two-faced bastard.

Gao Kaidao scolded fiercely in his heart. Helpless, he had to tell the news in detail about the discovery of the Sui army scouts by the outposts.

Ning Shoude frowned, "You can actually hear the Qi County accent?" ”

"My subordinates are all from Qinghe County and Pingyuan County, and Qi County is separated by the Yellow River, so they can clearly distinguish it."

"It seems that it is more likely to be Zhang Xuan's subordinates, but have you thought about it? Can a small boat cross the Bohai Sea? ”

Gao Kaidao nodded, "I thought about this, and it is also what worries me the most, I suspect that Zhang Xuan's fleet has arrived in Liaodong and is anchored by the sea. Send scouts to contact Liucheng first. ”

"And how is the general going to deal with it?"

"What else can I do but fight? But isn't the gentleman my military advisor? I'd like to hear what you think! ”

Gao Kaidao's words 'military advisor' bit extremely hard, his tone was full of sarcasm, he never admitted that Ning Shoude was his military advisor, and today he deliberately used this military advisor to squeeze Ning Shoude, see what he can do?

Of course, Ning Shoude heard the sarcasm in Gao Kaidao's tone, he sneered in his heart, don't care about it now, and then slowly clean up this person later, he thought about it and said unhurriedly: "The White Wolf Water is too narrow, it is difficult to drive a sea boat, and the small boat cannot cross the sea, so I deduce that Zhang Xuan's army will not march along the White Wolf Water, but it will take a long detour, his army should go straight to Liucheng, then it is about one hundred and fifty miles away from us, tomorrow at the earliest, the day after tomorrow at the latest, Zhang Xuan's army will definitely kill." ”

Gao Kaidao shook his head, "It seems that Mr. doesn't know how to cross the sea, most of the fishing boats are three hundred to five hundred stones, there are many of them in the Bohai Sea, the wind and waves in the Bohai Sea are much smaller than those in the East China Sea, and the five-hundred-stone boats can cross the sea and sail into the White Wolf Water, I think the Sui army will definitely follow the supply fleet, and Zhang Xuan's army should go north along the White Wolf Water." ”

"That's not it!"

Ning Shoude still stubbornly insisted on his thoughts, "The reason why Zhang Xuan contacted Liucheng County is that he hopes to get supplies from Liucheng, I estimate that he doesn't have many ships, food and soldiers can't be both, and there must be a shortage of grain and grass." ”

Gao Kaidao finally got impatient with this kind of paper talk, he walked quickly to the door of the tent and shouted: "Send two teams of spies, one team along the White Wolf Water to the mouth of the river, and the other team to go straight to the beach, and give me detailed information about the enemy!" ”

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Facts have proved that Gao Kaidao's judgment was not wrong, and in the afternoon, Gao Kaidao received a report from the Flying Eagle that the Sui army had been found near Yancheng County, Yanxian County, about 10,000 people and a fleet full of grain, and they were not in a hurry to march in the direction of Liucheng, but stationed in Yancheng County.

The other spies who walked in a straight line found nothing.

Gao Kaidao sneered again and again, he no longer ignored Ning Shoude's suggestion, and led the army to the direction of Yanjun, since he could not avoid a battle with the Sui army, then he took advantage of the fatigue of the Sui army in Qingzhou and caught them off guard.

But Gao Kaidao's cunning was full of display at this time, his army only walked less than fifty miles, so he secretly sent his henchman Yang Zhizhi to lead 6,000 troops to go around Liucheng County from the trail, once Lu Chifeng led the army out of the city to cooperate with Zhang Xuan's army, then the opportunity to seize Liucheng County arrived.

The 1,000 warships of the Qingzhou army crossed the Bohai Sea in four days and arrived at the mouth of the White Wolf River in Liaodong.

The white wolf water originates from the white wolf mountain in the south of Liucheng County, flows through Liucheng County to the north, then turns to the east, after flowing into Yan County, it turns to the south, and finally flows into the Bohai Sea in Wanghai Town, Yan County, showing an irregular arc type, the white wolf water channel is not wide, at most it can only run a boat of 500 stones, after passing Yan County, the river narrows sharply, the water flow is turbulent, and can only go north by boat, so the Sui army fleet stops moving forward after arriving in Yancheng County, and unloads the grain and grass into Yancheng County, and Yancheng County has become the logistics center of the Sui army.

At the head of Yancheng County, Zhang Xuan and several generals stood on the head of the city and looked at the Yiwulu Mountain in the distance, like a dragon-like mountain range lying on the Liaodong Plain from north to south, leaving only a passage about 100 miles wide in the south of Yanjun.

A few years ago, the million army of the Sui Dynasty killed Goguryeo in the west from this passage, although the million army has dissipated at any time, but the remains left by the million army can still be seen everywhere, the bridge on the white wolf water, and the camp with a thick fence is still preserved.

"I used to be stationed there!"

Jang Hyun pointed to the ruins of a large camp in the north and said to the crowd: "That was the first time I led an army north and led a thousand brothers to Goguryeo, and now I think about it as if it happened yesterday. ”

"But Goguryeo's ambitions never subsided!"

Li Jing said lightly: "The only way to destroy the country is to destroy it." Only then can the Goguryeo issue be completely solved. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "That's right, Goguryeo has never been sincere, although he was forced to surrender, but it was just a perfunctory attitude, just as the so-called country is small and not humble, weak but not afraid of strong, rude and insulting neighbors, but also perish." ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan saw that Su Dingfang was silent in thought, so he asked, "What is General Su thinking?" ”

Su Dingfang hurriedly said: "I'm thinking, will Goguryeo send troops to attack us from the Eastern Front this time?" ”

"From the current point of view, it is unlikely, but if this battle drags on for too long, it will be difficult to say, after all, Gao Kaidao is related to the vital interests of Goguryeo, so this war must be resolved quickly and must not be delayed."

"What about the Youzhou Army?" Next to him, Luo Shixin said: "Will Luo Yi send troops north and interfere with us to exterminate Gao Kaidao." ”

"This is indeed possible, but I believe he does not dare to overdo it, in any case, it is our top priority to defeat the Gao Kaidao army."

Zhang Xuan looked into the distance and said slowly: "When the scouts come back, we will send troops immediately!" (To be continued.) )