Yang Qianshou waved his hand, pointed to the brightly lit banks, and said: "You see, now on the surface of the river, like daylight, the movement of the enemy army within fifty miles is all in sight, and the downstream water flow is very fast, and the river can only be crossed at the time of Yin, and the upstream will not slow down until the daytime." ”

"They should now use the strategy of tired soldiers, or feints, to confuse our army, the day is the time for their main attack, when the time comes, I will see the situation to send Chun'er's cavalry to assault, these twenty-five miles, the iron cavalry rushed over, but half an hour, they have no time to line up, they will be impacted by my iron cavalry, when the time comes, let the Sui army know the power of my Goguryeo iron cavalry!"

Yang Chengzhe made an expression of sudden realization on his face, and nodded: "City Lord Gaojian, so how do we deal with it now?" Should the large battalions, especially the archers, be divided to guard the respective battalions? ”

Yang Qianshou shook his head: "No, the big camp is the key, there is no passage behind the other battalions, it is not easy to walk, and the back village of the main camp has a road, and the chariots and cavalry of the Sui army can catch up with our army's infantry in two days along the road, so our army must firmly hold the big camp, and when necessary, even if we give up all kinds of sub-villages, we must hold here." Moreover, the baggage supplies of our army are in the spare camp ten miles behind the camp, and now it is the cavalry led by Yuangai Suwen to protect the back road of our army, even if there is a Sui army interspersed with the rear of our army, Yuangai Suwen's cavalry can also defeat them through counterattacks, it is really not good, our army can also fight a bloody way to evacuate. ”

The corners of Yang Chengzhe's mouth hooked, and he pointed to the back of the camp gate, dense. There were seven or eight thousand cavalry. Said: "So the cavalry of the little general. It's a mobile force, and if any stockade is dangerous, you have to send them to put out the fire, right? ”

Yang Qianshou nodded: "Exactly, and the cavalry's auxiliary horses are also left in the camp, if necessary, you can send thousands of archers to ride horses to the stockade and use bows and arrows to block the Sui army's crossing of the river." ”

The two were talking. Suddenly, Yang Qianshou found something, closed his mouth, his eyes fell on the position of about twenty-five miles downstream, the four or five teams of Sui soldiers did not beat torches, or even gongs and drums, but quietly carried five pontoon bridges, and rushed quickly towards the river bank, their bodies were draped in black cloaks, if they were not carefully observed, in this night. It's really not easy to see.

Yang Chengzhe hurriedly said: "City Lord, these Sui troops are going to be smuggled. There is the thirteenth village of the left battalion, and there are only two hundred defenders in the village, so they can't be stopped, so please give the order to support them. ”

The corners of Yang Qianshou's mouth hooked, and he turned his head to a herald behind him and said: "Send a thousand archers to ride over, enter the thirteenth village of the left camp, and let each of the four nearby villages send a hundred people over, under the command of Liu Chengmin, the owner of the thirteenth village, Liu Chengmin (official name, middle and low-level officials of Goguryeo), remember to inform the owner of Liuzhai and let him not easily expose his strength, if the Sui army team smuggles in, you can shoot it with the bows and arrows of the people and horses of the headquarters, if the brigade goes ashore, then the firepower is fully opened, intercept it, and wait for reinforcements." ”

The herald received the arrows and ran out quickly, and soon more than a thousand archers, carrying quivers, mounted their horses, and went out of the side gate and ran downstream.

Wang Shichong still stood firmly on a small high slope in front of the camp gate, watching four or five pontoon bridges begin to be erected in the Liao River, the water flow is turbulent, the pontoon bridge has just been thrown into the water and washed away, suffering those water ghosts who are piling in the river, shouting one by one, using all their strength, barely keeping the bridge from being washed away, it took almost an hour, and only to build about three pontoon bridges forward, but no matter what, they can't build the fourth road.

Fei Qingnu stomped his foot heavily and sighed: "I can't imagine that the pontoon bridge here is so difficult, General Wang, do you want us to wait for a while, and wait until the second half of the night has passed, and the water flow is calmer before we go to build the bridge?" It's a waste of time. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head with a smile: "No, it's not a waste of time, if the sergeants and water ghosts are withdrawn now, then these three sections of pontoon bridges will be washed away at once, and if you really want to build it then, it will be too late." Ahead of the order, the water ghost team changes a team every moment, maintain sufficient physical strength, and the ginger soup should be boiled more, and the water ghosts who go ashore drink ginger soup, and then rotate after resting for two hours. ”

Fei Qingnu nodded and took the order. Wang Shichong turned his head and smiled at Wei Zheng: "Xuan Cheng, what time is it now?" ”

Wei Zheng glanced at the hourglass behind him and said, "General, it's five o'clock now." Are you on track? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Yes, now dispatch the stalkers and tell them that as long as they hold their breath underwater for an hour and a half, the first one to attack the other shore will be rewarded!" ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly, and said a few words to a herald beside him, the sergeant understood, walked off the high platform, waved his hand, took more than 200 sergeants, took off his shirt, pretended to be those water ghosts who built bridges and piles, and jumped into the water. Within a quarter of an hour or two, the men were each diving into the water and vanishing.

Wei Zheng sighed: "Lord, can these stalkers really complete the task?" Now the river water is cold, and they will have to lie under the water for more than an hour, but I am afraid that they will not be able to bear it. ”

Wang Shichong said: "These people are brought from the south of the Yangtze River by wheat iron staff, the water is proficient, a while ago in order to cross the river also specially trained in the river at night, they have a special reed pipe, can breathe from the water surface, emergency can also be under the water breath for more than an hour, before entering the water are covered in ointment, stay in the water for an hour and a half is not a problem, and so our pontoon bridge to the front, they can be at the bottom of the bridge under the water, thinking that they will rely on it, so as not to wash away the water." ”

Wei Zheng was born in the north and had never seen a person with a strong water nature, so he still didn't believe it, and shook his head: "Can people really do this underwater without sleep and hold their breath for half an hour?" ”

Wang Shichong smiled slightly, and patted Wei Zheng's shoulder: "Xuancheng, the south boat and the north horse, a thousand years like this, you are a northerner, I have never seen the power of the southerners, the Yangtze River is ten times wider than the Liao River, but back then, the wheat iron rod can still swim back and forth every night, and then come back after reconnaissance, at that time it was also a cold winter and a moon, not warmer than now, these people are brought from the south by the wheat iron rod, the water is excellent, and it is not a problem to cross the river." ”

Wei Zheng nodded, but his brows were still tightly furrowed, and he said: "But they have no armor on them, and they lack weapons, even if these hundreds of people go ashore, it is unlikely that they will break through the camp of the Goguryeo army." (To be continued......)