Zhang Xuan read the letters of state of the two countries, and it was still the same as the third battle of Goguryeo, imploring the Great Sui not to destroy Goguryeo, they were willing to guarantee the complete surrender of Goguryeo, and if the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo reached an armistice agreement, they were also willing to urge Goguryeo to fulfill the agreement.

Zhang Xuan couldn't help sneering, and handed the national letter to Fang Xuanling, "Take a look at it!" ”

Fang Xuanling took it and looked at it, his brows furrowed slightly, and asked, "Does Your Highness believe in their guarantees?" ”

"What guarantee do they have?"

Jang Hyun sneered: "The front is to guarantee surrender, but the back has become to supervise the performance of the contract, and when it comes to key interests, they are unwilling to guarantee, this is the sincerity of Baekje and Silla!" ”

Cui Junsu said on the side: "Su and Pei also think that they lack sincerity, and Su Xiangguo speculates that perhaps because Goguryeo has not yet reached the end of the mountain, so the two countries still have leeway. ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the window of the boat, the big ship had already entered the Yalu River, and the mouth of the tributary Sashui could be seen in front of him, and the shadow of the enemy camp could be faintly seen over a forest, and after a while, Zhang Xuan said coldly: "The initiative is in our hands, don't pay attention to Baekje and Silla, the key is to completely annihilate the Goguryeo army, and wipe out the Goguryeo army, they can only let us slaughter." ”

Sashui is also called Lengjiang, is an important tributary of the lower reaches of the Yalu River, in the eighth year of the Great Cause, Goguryeo after seizing a small boat yard set up by the Sui army on the Liao River, then transferred this boat yard to the bank of the Sashui River, specially built a transport ship of 500 stone to transport materials.

In the third Goguryeo campaign in the 11th year of the Great Cause, the Sui army did not find this shipyard hidden in the tributary of the Yalu River, so the shipyard was fortunately preserved.

This time, because it was necessary to transport troops and food supplies north to Liaodong, this shipyard was completely open, and more than 100 transport ships became the main transportation force of Goguryeo on the Yalu water, but the powerful Sui army sailors captured and destroyed more than 90 transport ships in a single raid.

In order to protect the shipyard and the last 16 transport ships, the 50,000-strong army of Goguryeo did not hesitate to build the military camp on the shipyard, surrounded the shipyard with thick and solid board walls, and the sixteen transport ships were also safely moored in the barracks.

At night, a Sui army sentry boat anchored at the mouth of the Sashui River, three water ghosts quietly slipped into the water from the sentry boat, dived to the depths of the Sa water, after entering the Sa water for a mile, a large number of patrol soldiers began to appear on both sides, but these three water ghosts are the most elite soldiers in the Sui army water division, diving and concealment ability is very strong, they swim to the Goguryeo camp like a fish, and constantly dodge a water net, this is the Goguryeo soldiers specially placed in the river to prevent the Sui army water ghost alarm device, the mesh is very large, the general fish can not touch, but people touch the water net, Immediately the bell rang on the shore.

These three water ghosts did not want to enter the barracks, they were just here to investigate the information of Sashui in detail, and the closer they were to the Sashui barracks, the more closely the patrol soldiers on both sides of the strait became.

At this moment, a water ghost poked his head out under a cluster of bushes on the shore, and under the water was an iron fence, and he could not swim over, and he carefully observed the gate of the barracks a hundred paces away.

The military camp of Goguryeo was built across the river, so it has two north gates, one is the land gate, which is currently heavily guarded, and the other is the water gate, which is made of hundreds of thick wooden bowls, and three iron chains are locked between the two gates, and the water gate is closed tightly and has not been opened for a long time.

After observing for about an hour, the three water ghosts quietly dived back to the mouth of the river and overturned into the sentry boat, which quickly turned around and headed for the camp on the north bank.

The Dazhai of the Sui Army Water Division is located at the mouth of the Wugu River in Yalu River, about 20 miles away from the mouth of the Sashui River, the river surface in this area is very wide, the Sui Army surrounded a water village of thousands of acres with a wooden fence along the river, there are more than 300 big ships moored in it, and the military camp on the shore has also been settled, and it also covers an area of thousands of acres, and 80,000 troops are stationed here.

On the northwest corner of the water village is the Sui Army's naval division of the warship repair yard, responsible for the maintenance and repair of damaged ships, more than 2,000 shipwrights and blacksmiths with the army are busy building weapons and repairing ships, and in a corner, more than 300 blacksmiths are building a huge triangular iron head, two zhang high, one zhang wide, weighing thousands of catties.

This iron collaptor is designed by Li Chun, compared with the general collaptor, its front end is very sharp, not only has a strong collision force, but also has a strong cutting ability, its destructive force is more than three times stronger than the ordinary collaptor.

At this time, Zhang Xuan walked briskly under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers, Li Chun and the shipbuilding steward hurriedly bowed and saluted, Zhang Xuan greeted everyone, and then came to this swarthy head to look at it for a while, and saw that the front wedge was very thin, eight feet long and five feet wide, quite like a huge three-pointed two-edged knife, Zhang Xuan asked Li Chun with a smile: "It's so thin, won't it break if it hits?" ”

Li Chun said with a smile: "The key to this head-banging is this front-end wedge, which is repeatedly forged by the steel clamping method, and sixty blacksmiths take turns to fight, which has been built for three days and three nights, the toughness is not good, but it is extremely hard, it is actually a giant Mo knife." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, he was still a little worried, so he asked the shipbuilding manager: "The news from the scout, I'm afraid that the 3,000-stone warship can't be used, and the most can only be used 2,500-stone warship, can this bumper be installed?" ”

The shipbuilding steward's surname is Yu, and he is also an experienced old shipwright, he hurriedly bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, we have experimented, a warship of 3,000 stones is just right, for a warship of 2,500 stones, it is a little heavier, but it can also be used, but 2,000 stones will not work." ”

Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, their original plan was to use a three-thousand-stone warship, but according to the latest information, they could only use a narrow-body warship of two thousand five hundred at most, which made Zhang Xuan really worried for a while.

"When will it be installed on board?"

Steward Yu glanced at Li Chun, and Li Chun smiled slightly: "It can be completed tonight by hitting his head." ”

Steward Yu hurriedly said: "If the collision is completed tonight, then we promise to install it on the Qilin Boat before noon tomorrow." ”

Zhang Xuan said happily: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and it is waiting for you." "We will definitely not delay the military situation!"

At noon the next day, dozens of generals in the big tent of the Chinese army gathered together, including Li Jing, who had just arrived from the domestic city, and everyone was gearing up, waiting for the moment of decisive battle with the Goguryeo army.

Zhang Xuan stood in front of a huge map and slowly said to everyone: "Some of the Goguryeo troops withdrew some time ago, but they returned, which shows that the Goguryeo army is unstable or the determination of the upper echelons is unstable, I don't want to see the Goguryeo army withdraw to Pyongyang, our troops far exceed them, and they do not have the ability to fight water, as long as we do not make mistakes, then the victory will definitely belong to us." ”

There was silence in the big tent, everyone was silently listening to the commander's instructions, Zhang Xuan glanced at everyone and said: "The key to winning this battle is to concentrate superior forces to destroy the enemy, this is the principle, but tactics must be flexible, we must find a way to divide the enemy army, everyone also knows that there are two main generals in the Goguryeo army, Gao Yanshou and Yuanqing Palace, they belong to different factions, they are not monolithic, now they seem to be together, but once they encounter a major military situation, they will be separated." ”

At this time, Li Jing raised his hand and asked, "May I ask the marshal, what does this major military situation refer to?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "That's a good question, this major military situation is food, the reason why Yuanqing Palace is with Gao Yanshou's troops is because their military food is in Gao Yanshou's hands, so Yuanqing Palace has to rely on him, once they don't have food, the two armies will inevitably split, this is what we need to do now." ”

Zhang Xuan gave Fang Xuanling a look, Fang Xuanling understood, stepped forward and smiled at everyone: "The Goguryeo army is obviously very concerned about their boat yard and more than a dozen ships, so they do not hesitate to camp across the river, although this is a common way to camp in the water village, but unfortunately they do not have many ships to guard the waterway, and the way to station the dry camp in the water village, there is a loophole in this, everyone think about Yu culture and how to camp in the Huai River, you will understand where the loophole is." ”

Most of the generals in the tent participated in the interception of Yu Wenhua, they pondered for a moment, and gradually understood what Fang Xuanling meant, and their faces showed excitement.

At this time, Zhang Xuan raised his voice and said: "Anticipate the enemy first, deploy first, this is the way to defeat the enemy, and the generals can listen to my military orders!" ”

Everyone stood solemnly, straightened their waists one by one, Zhang Xuan walked back to his seat, took out an arrow and said, "General Su Lie listens to the order!" ”

Su Dingfang heard the coach call him first, and his heart was excited, and he walked out of the queue and bowed down and said, "The last general!" ”

"You can lead 10,000 troops to lie in ambush next to the official road east of Sashui, and if the enemy army retreats south, ignore it first, and cut off its way north when the enemy army is exhausted."

"Obey!" Su Dingfang took the arrow and retreated.

Zhang Xuan took out another order arrow, "General Xiong Kuohai listens to the order!" ”

The majestic body of the majestic sea strode out, bowed and said, "The end will be!" ”

"You can lead three thousand Mo sword troops to the front, and deploy them on the east bank, and be sure to cut off the enemy's way back to the south for me!"

"General Li Jing, you lead 10,000 troops to cooperate with the Modao Army to clear out the defeated troops, and you can accept the surrender of the enemy army." Zhang Xuan handed over the two arrows to Xiong Kuohai and Li Jing

(To be continued.) )