At the time of the third watch, more than 20 large ships of the navy appeared at the mouth of the Sashui River, led by a warship of 2,500 stones, with a freshly made iron bumper head at the front, like a giant snake head spitting out red letters, which looked particularly hideous in the night.

These 20 warships are particularly slender in body, called Qilin boats, but the Sui soldiers and soldiers privately call it 'worm boats', there are small openings under the hull, and there are fifty long oars on each side to paddle the water, the shape is very much like a worm, it does not need to be driven by the wind, it sails by oars, the speed is extremely fast, it is a sharp weapon for the Sui army sailors to break through the blockade.

The more than 20 grasshopper ships behind are all about 1,000 stones, but the leader of this large ship has 2,500 stones, the hull is extremely strong, the physique is huge, and there are 100 oars on each side.

At this time, on the Goguryeo sentry tower, about three miles away from the mouth of the Sashui River, some soldiers found these two dozen ships with strange movements, but because the warships of the Sui army appeared on the Yalu water at any time, the Goguryeo sentries did not immediately call the police, but only closely watched the every move of these ships.

Suddenly, several poisonous arrows shot out from several big trees behind the watchtower, and the two sentries were shot by arrows in their throats, and with a weak wave of their hands, they fell into the watchtower, and several black shadows immediately climbed up the watchtower and controlled the alarm bell, and the other sentries sleeping in the watchtower were also killed by the Sui scouts who rushed in.

At the same time, another guard tower on the opposite bank was also pulled out by the Sui army scouts by the same means, and after another quarter of an hour, the time gradually came to three and two quarters, and the agreed time finally came, and the big worm ship led by it suddenly started, turned around and sailed towards the Sa water, and more than 20 stooge ships followed closely behind, sailing quickly in the direction of the Goguryeo camp in the Sa water.

It is about twenty miles from the mouth of the river to the Goguryeo military camp, in addition to the two guard towers three miles from the mouth of the river, there are two guard towers ten miles away from the big camp, and there are eight guard towers standing around the big camp close to it, and there are dozens of patrol teams patrolling around the big camp, only on both sides of the Sashui are sixteen guard teams, the Sui army also knew that it was impossible to avoid being discovered, but they had to buy time, after killing the outermost guard tower, at least won half a stick of incense.

More than 20 earthworm boats sailed in the Sashui at a very fast speed, the dense long oars on both sides were neatly aligned, the rowers were obviously highly trained, but after they sailed into the Sashui Bali, the fleet was discovered by the night patrol, the patrol began to shout, alarming the two watchtowers in the middle, and the soldiers on the watchtower found a large ship coming like a galloping wind, so frightened that he hurriedly sounded the alarm bell.

'When! While! While! ’

The sound of the alarm bell pierced the silence of the night, and the patrol soldiers in the camp hurried to report to the commander.

The Goguryeo camp was built across the river and had another practical significance, 50,000 Goguryeo soldiers belonged to two factions, one was the 30,000 army led by Yuanqing Palace, which belonged to the Yuantaizuo faction, and the other was the 20,000 army led by Gao Yanshou, which was the army directly under Gao Yuan, the king of Yingyang, these two armies were far from being harmonious, but the enemy was at present, they still barely maintained communication and cooperation, but in the garrison, the two armies were clearly distinguished, the 30,000 troops of Yuanqing Palace were stationed in the east of Sashui, and the 20,000 troops of Gao Yanshou were stationed in the west of Sashui, and there were pontoon bridges on the river.

Because Goguryeo's financial power is in the hands of Quan Huan, the granary is naturally located on the west bank of Sashui, 80,000 stone grain is stacked in a hundred tents, surrounded by camp fences, heavily guarded, Yuanqing Palace has a shortage of grain in its hands, so it has to rely on Gao Yanshou's food supply, and most of the ships in the hands of Yuanqing Palace have been lost, and the remaining dozen or so transport ships have also been taken away by Gao Yanshou, so that Yuanqing Palace has to swallow its anger and be in a weak position.

At this time, Gao Yanshou was woken up by the soldiers in his deep sleep, he put on his shoes and walked out of the big tent and asked, "What happened?" ”

"General Qiyu, there is an alarm sounding, I don't know what happened?"

Gao Yanshou was also a little worried in his heart, he also found that the Sui army on the other side of the river had increased significantly in the past few days, he was very worried because the battle of Liaodong had ended, and Zhang Xuan led the main force of the Sui army to the south, but he had no information about Liaodong, so although he was suspicious in his heart, he could not determine the actual situation, so he could only wait for news in anxiety.

When Gao Yanshou heard that there was an alarm, he suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, this was the first time that the alarm bell sounded, could it be that the Sui army had begun to attack? Thinking of this, he hurriedly put on his armor and ran towards the camp wall.

The wall of the Goguryeo camp was about three zhang high, strong and sturdy, and the patrol sentries were lying on the wall looking out, when Gao Yanshou walked quickly and asked in a loud voice, "What did you find?" ”

"General, a cavalry came to report just now that more than a dozen warships of the Sui army were discovered, and their intentions are unknown."

Gao Yanshou frowned, what can more than a dozen warships do, and it is sailing against the current, and it is not the north wind, how can the ship sail? Although he was brave and good at fighting, after all, he was young, he was born in a royal family, and he had almost no actual combat experience, so he didn't think what the Sui army's dozen warships could do?

At this time, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General, look, they are coming!" ”

Gao Yanshou looked closely, and sure enough, he saw the shadow of a ship speeding towards this side, and the shadow of the boat was by no means a small boat, and at the same time, the alarm bell of the big battalion also rang at the same time, waking up the Goguryeo soldiers in their sleep, and the soldiers ran out of the big tent one after another, whispering in groups, not knowing what was happening.

Yuanqing Palace was also alarmed, and he walked out of the big tent and asked, "What happened?" ”

The soldier shook his head and said, "There are already brothers who have inquired, but there is no news yet." ”

Yuanqing Palace looks very much like his brother Yuan Taizuo, only more tall and majestic, he is far from his brother's political acumen, but he is brave in martial arts, good at leading troops to fight, is the most trusted person of Yuan Taizuo, and commands the most elite army of Yuan Taizuo.

Yuanqing Palace sensed the tension in the atmosphere, and the general's instinct made him immediately shout: "Order all the soldiers to get up, put on their armor, and take their weapons!" ”

At this time, the Sui army's big ship was only a hundred steps away from the barracks, only to hear two muffled sounds under the water, the two iron fences in the water had been knocked over by the big ship, and the strong inertia made the big ship not stop at all, and rushed towards the water gate of the Goguryeo camp with a devastating force.

Gao Yanshou saw the hideous head bump at the front of the big ship, he immediately understood, and shouted to the soldier in a hurry: "Quickly release the arrow and stop it from advancing!" ”

More than a thousand soldiers suddenly shot arrows like rain and shot at the big boat at the head, but there was no effect, Gao Yanshou yelled again, "Throw sandbags into the river!" ”

Throwing sandbags into the river is the most effective way to block the navigation of boats, but the side effects are also obvious, this method also blocks the navigation of their own ships, and at the same time causes the river to rise, flooding the camp tents on both banks, especially the damage to food, so until it is forced to do so, the Goguryeo army will never use this method, but now the situation is extremely critical, and Gao Yanshou finally gave the order.

Hundreds of soldiers carried sandbags and threw them into the river, but only one round was thrown, and before they could see any effect, they heard an earth-shattering crack, 'Boom! The water gate was struck open by a warship of 2,500 stones, and one gate was broken and hung diagonally on a wooden pillar, and the broken wood was splashed everywhere.

The powerful impact force also made the oarsmen in the boat fall one after another, the hull made a terrifying creak, as if it was about to break at any time, the Goguryeo soldiers in the barracks were stunned, as if time was frozen, all movement stopped, hundreds of sandbag throwing soldiers were swept to the ground by the waves, looking at the giant ship in front of them stupidly, Gao Yanshou on the camp wall held a wooden stake, did not fall off the wall, but his eyes were full of despair.

He suddenly realized something and shouted, "Follow me!" More than 1,000 soldiers followed him and rushed down the high wall to the grain camp in the northwest corner.

At this time, the oarsmen in the big ship were in place, the big boat started again, and sailed to the depths of the barracks, and more than 20 thousand stone grasshopper boats behind followed and rushed into the camp, and thousands of Sui soldiers began to fire rockets at the camp tents on both sides, throwing fireballs, throwing torches, especially concentrated on the grain camp on the west bank, and soon after, the Goguryeo camp fell into a sea of fire.

At the same time, shouts of killing began to rise in the west of the camp, and I don't know how many troops were coming to the west of Goguryeo. (To be continued.) )