The Liaodong Peninsula was almost covered by vast forests during the Sui Dynasty, and the only control point was the southern end of the city of Beijiao, which is the area of today's Dalian, a mountain city built on the mountain, and also the military center of Goguryeo's control of the Liaodong Peninsula.

During the long period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Central Plains forces had gradually withdrawn from the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Liaodong Peninsula was then occupied by Goguryeo.

In the Sui army's three campaigns against Goguryeo, Beixu City has been controlled by the Sui army's water division, but with the imprisonment of Laihu'er, the Sui army's water division controlled by Laihu'er was also forced to disband, and the Sui army immediately withdrew from the Liaodong Peninsula, and Beixu City fell into the hands of Goguryeo again.

At present, there are 1,500 garrisons in the vicinity of the city, and in order to control the bay wharf, the garrison of the city has built a military camp by the sea, garrisoning 1,000 people, and there are more than 100 large and small warships.

Since the fishing industry in Beihai County gradually recovered, many Qingzhou fishing boats have also appeared in the waters near Beixing City, which not only fish in the sea, but also secretly transport some daily necessities to exchange game and fur with the Goguryeo defenders of Beixu City, and both sides have their own place.

When the Sui Dynasty naval army was disbanded, thousands of warships were dismantled in the Beiping County Dock, which meant that the Sui army could no longer attack Goguryeo by water for at least ten years, and it stands to reason that the defensive role of the city was gone.

But in fact, with the weakening of the Sui Dynasty's national strength, Goguryeo's ambitions began to gradually expand, and the city of Beilu has become the starting point of Goguryeo's ambition expansion to a certain extent, especially the Liaodong Peninsula penetrates into the interior of the Bohai Sea, and can be killed in Liaodong to the north, Youzhou can be attacked in the west, and Qingzhou can be invaded in the south.

In the evening. Several Qingzhou fishing boats sneaked into the bay where the Goguryeo military camp was located, and after making some kind of exchange, they quickly sailed out of the bay, and on the bow of the boat, a young fisherman stared at a guard tower on the coastal cliff.

This watchtower was built by the Sui army three years ago and is made of large stones. Very sturdy and sturdy, it sits right on a cliff that stretches into the sea, and the huge waves under the cliff are constantly crashing against the reef, stirring up monstrous white waves, and the watchtower faces the south and east, with a wide view, and if an unknown ship approaches, it will immediately raise fire and sound an alarm to notify the city to enter a state of defense. It can be said that this watchtower is the eye of the city of despicability by the sea.

"Captain, are you ready to go into the water?" Another young fisherman asked.

The real identity of these fishing boats is the Sui army sentry boat, their target is the sentry tower on the mountain cliff, they entered the bay under the pretext of material exchange, but it is not so easy to go ashore directly.

The young fisherman's name is David Kang, who was born as a fisherman in Beihai County and served as a captain in the Qingzhou Navy. He was the leader of the Sui army's uprooting of the watchtower in the city of Beiluxe.

David Kang was very calm, he stared intently at a reef in front of him. The reef is three zhang high, more than 20 zhang long, the shape is like a whale floating on the water, when the fishing boat sails past the reef, the reef just blocks the view of the watchtower on the cliff overhead.

David Kang immediately shouted: "Go into the water!" ”

A dozen young fishermen emerged from the cabin and glided silently into the water under the leadership of David Kang. The fishing boats then sailed out of the reef and continued towards the surface, followed by the second and third fishing boats, with a dozen fishermen diving into the water as the boats sailed over the reef, and the three boats drifted away. Nearly thirty fishermen, disguised as elite Sui soldiers, were left behind, hiding behind the reef and waiting for the coming night.

The last rays of sunset disappeared at the end of the sea, and night fell quietly, and twenty-eight Sui soldiers swam past the reef and circled the bottom of the cliff to the north of the cliff.

There was a rock wall on the north side of the cliff that could be climbed upward, because the water was full of reefs, the boats could not approach, and under the cover of night, 28 Sui soldiers climbed the reef with rope soft ladders and quickly approached the sentry tower on the top of the mountain.

The hilltop watchtower covers an area of about two acres, in addition to a bluestone watchtower as high as three zhang, there are also three barracks also made of large stones, a total of 50 defenders, the watchtower is about three miles away from the Goguryeo military camp in the distance, and the watchtower will light a fire to warn in case of an emergency military situation.

David Kang observed for a moment, then waved his hand at one of the fire commanders and whispered, "Take a few brothers to cut off the enemy's retreat!" ”

The firemaster nodded, and ran towards the path with four of his men, who were responsible for cutting off the tower's escape path to the city, so that no one could escape.

David Kang led two dozen other men to the watchtower and stone house.

They waited for a moment behind a pile of rubble, and one of his men bent down and rushed over, whispering: "Captain Qiqi, the situation in the watchtower is not clear, but two of the three stone rooms are empty, and there are a dozen people in one room, who are gathering to drink and eat. ”

David Kang thought for a moment and asked, "Can the outer wall of the watchtower be climbed?" ”

"Yes!"

David Kang immediately said to the two capable men: "You two first climb three floors from the back, so that they can't raise the fire to call the police, and then shoot an arrow at our side after success." ”

The two men nodded, and walked along the perimeter towards the watchtower, the two of them were athletic and strong in martial arts, and quickly climbed up from the back.

The Sui soldiers here were all extremely nervous, and their hearts were raised to their throats, this was a key link, and if they missed, the consequences would be very serious.

I don't know how long it took, but there was a faint sound from the direction of the watchtower, 'Click! There was a sound, and then a crossbow arrow shot down the rock beside the Sui soldier and bounced.

David Kang was overjoyed, and he immediately divided his troops into two directions, sending ten soldiers to block the gate of the watchtower, while the rest of the soldiers rushed to the stone house where the only light was on.

The stone house was steaming with wine, and more than a dozen Goguryeo soldiers were gathering together to drink and eat meat, chatting and laughing.

At this time, the room began to be filled with a strange sweet fragrance, many soldiers began to dizzy, lying on the table, several soldiers found that the situation was not good, covered their noses and ran out, just arrived at the door, the door 'bang! With a kick out of the way, several men in black jumped in from the outside, knocking several Goguryeo soldiers to the ground, killing them with a single sword, cleanly, and without a scream.

Immediately after that, the rest of the soldiers poured into the room and killed the Goguryeo soldiers who had been poisoned and were still in a daze, and in just a moment, all the eighteen Goguryeo soldiers in the room were killed, and none of them escaped.

At this time, only dozens of Goguryeo soldiers remained in the watchtower, and a soldier wearing a Goguryeo military uniform knocked on the door of the watchtower, and Kang Dawei led more than 20 Sui soldiers to rush in and kill mercilessly in the watchtower

The time had gradually reached two o'clock, and on the sea about 20 miles away from the bay barracks, four huge transoceanic boats and more than 100 warships had quietly appeared.

This is Zhang Xuan personally leading 5,000 naval troops to attack the city of Beiluxe, and he must take this strong strategic isolated city at the lowest cost.

Although Goguryeo built many villages after occupying the Liaodong Peninsula, with the outbreak of the three Goguryeo battles, the Sui army occupied the city, and Goguryeo immediately evacuated all the inhabitants of the peninsula to the south of the Yalu River.

The distance from the humble city to the black bone city on the bank of the Yalu River is about 500 miles, and these 500 miles are barren and inhabited, and there is no road to transport supplies, only the deserted Orion Trail, and the whole peninsula is covered by reckless forests, infested with wild beasts, and it is difficult to move an inch.

Therefore, as long as the Sui army captured the city of Beiluxury, if Goguryeo wanted to regain it, it first needed to restore the inhabitants of the peninsula and clear the roads, but this would take several years.

In the short term, the Goguryeo army could only attack from the sea.

"When?" Jang Hyun turned around and asked.

"Returning to the big handsome, it's been two shifts."

Zhang Xuan made an agreement with the scouts of the navy sent by him that the Sui warships would enter the bay at the second watch, and the scouts must take the watchtower before the two watches, blind the enemy's eyes, and buy time for the Sui army.

The capture of the watchtower was of great significance to the Sui army's reduction of casualties, but it would not hinder the Sui army's offensive plan, whether the watchtower was captured or not, the Sui army would launch an attack on the bay military camp, and the capture of this strategic place was inevitable.

Zhang Xuan looked at the night sky, a full moon hung in the deep blue sky, there was not a trace of clouds in the sky, under the bright moonlight, the sea surface was sparkling, and the sentry tower should be able to clearly see the Sui army fleet twenty miles away, but the sentry tower did not raise fire to warn, indicating that his scouts had succeeded.

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered: "The front army is attacking!" ”

The light on the mast flickered, this was the order of the front army to send troops, thirty warships under the leadership of Qi Liang, the former general of the sailor division, sailed towards the bay, and the rest of the warships also moved forward slowly, responding to the actions of the front army behind.

There are hundreds of Goguryeo ships moored in the bay, mainly small boats, and there are more than 30 large ships of more than 1,000 stones, all of which are unoccupied, and the warships are tied to the pier by cables.

Two watches had passed, and the Goguryeo soldiers in a small barracks on the shore had fallen asleep, and the soldiers in the two watchtowers had fallen limply with arrows stuck in their throats, and a squad of about ten soldiers had died in the grass.

When Qi Liang's first warship docked on the dock, David Kang appeared with his men.

He stepped forward and reported in a low voice: "There are about 100 soldiers in the barracks, and the sentries along the way from here to the large barracks on the mountain have all been killed, and they are unimpeded!" ”

"Well done!"

Qi Liang praised it, turned around and hurriedly ordered: "Don't worry about this military camp for now, go up the mountain to control all the key points." ”

One thousand Sui soldiers disembarked one after another, and under the leadership of Qi Liang, they ran along the narrow mountain road to the top of the mountain.

At this time, the main force of the warship fleet led by Zhang Xuan had already sailed into the bay. (To be continued.) )