On October 28, the tenth year of the Great Cause, on the east bank of the Liao River.

The Sui army of 60,000 horses successfully forced the Goguryeo coalition army of 90,000 to the bank of the Liao River.

For the Sui army, this was an opportunity to lay the foundation for victory. And for the Goguryeo people, this was bad news. The Goguryeo people, who had fought hard for a day and a night, had just tried their best to kill Zhang Xutuo's 20,000 reinforcements, and before they could gather their troops and horses, they took a breath, and the Sui army in Liaodong City was killed.

What the Goguryeo coalition army is most afraid of is that the Sui army will be killed at a critical moment, and now all worries have become a fact.

The arrival of the Sui army in Liaodong City has already shown that the Liuhe City camp has been finished. They have no way back, and now there are only 90,000 of the 500,000 people left at the time of the expedition, and that's all they have.

The north wind shouted, and the Liao River, less than ten miles behind, had begun to freeze, and the ice of the river had become a Jedi. There were 60,000 Sui troops in front and the Liao River in the back, and they had no way out. The entire 90,000 allied troops were gloomy and misty, and the people were panicked.

In the early afternoon, a herald arrived quickly, bringing even better news. The five thousand cavalry of Lu Shishen and General Shen Guang had already arrived in Liaodong City, and it would only take half a day at most to reach the Liaohe battlefield.

For the Sui army, this was excellent news, five thousand cavalry was not a small number.

In the midst of the military formation, a tent had been temporarily erected. All the generals in the army have arrived, Chen Kefu sat down, and the generals in the army knelt in two columns.

"Is there any news about Zhang Da Groove Army and Su Xiangguo?"

When the vanguard cavalry of the Sui army arrived last night, Zhang Xutuo was already dead, but only the Goguryeo people knew about his death in battle, and the Sui army did not know about this military situation. I just arrived last night, and I kept fighting with the Goguryeo people, and I fought almost all night. Along the way, many wounded soldiers were taken in, but no one saw Zhang Xutuo and Su Wei.

Chen Qing got up and said, "After the last general arrived last night, he happened to encounter Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, two lieutenants of Zhang Dashuai's former army, who were surrounded, and later encountered many wounded soldiers along the way. Listening to them, Zhang Dashuai's Chinese army was ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Zhang Dashuai had already broken out of the encirclement, but later he returned to the encirclement to rescue other soldiers who did not break through, and many wounded soldiers were rescued by them. According to some wounded soldiers, in the end, Zhang Dashuai went to rescue Captain Cheng Biting Jin of the rear army. There is no news from the end, and I have sent a number of people to look for it, but there is no news yet. ”

At this time, the army had gathered almost 3,000 defeated soldiers under Zhang Sutuo, and basically everyone was wounded. Chen Kefu heard that there was no news of Zhang Xutuo, and he didn't know whether to worry or be happy for a while.

"Immediately send two more battalions of light cavalry to withdraw and search, you must look carefully, no matter what, you must see people." Chen Kefu said very seriously.

"Marshal, let's take someone to find Zhang Shuai too!" The two young generals below stood up, but it was Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, "We are all Zhang Shuai's subordinates, and now the life and death of the boss are unknown, what face do we have to sit here safely, please make it a good marshal." ”

It was the first time Chen Kefu had seen these two future famous players, but at this time, 1 and these two were just two fledgling young players. The official position of the two is just a six-rank Yue cavalry captain, which was unusually promoted because of his meritorious combat when he fought Lu Mingyue before he came.

Although it was the first time I met, he had already been the same name for a long time.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the two most famous groups in the world were the Guanlong Group and the Shandong Group. The Guanlong group had gradually become strong in the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Northern Zhou, Sui and even Tang Dynasty were the leading groups. Yang Jian and Li Yuan are all from here, and they are all powerful figures in charge of the military.

The Shandong Group is not which faction, but refers to this huge region, and the Shandong place here refers to a large area, even including Henan. Shandong Group was very important in the late Sui Dynasty, and countless strongmen came out of here. At the beginning of Yang Xuangan's army, he united these horses. The Central Plains moved dàng, and there were the most bandits in Shandong. Moreover, in the future, two major armed forces of Wagang, Gaojibo and Douzigang were also formed.

Even in history, Li Shimin's seizure of his brother's country mainly relied on these Shandong forces that he had absorbed. And Zhang Xutuo himself also belongs to Shandong, and his subordinates Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin are of course outstanding people here.

If you want to seriously distinguish the difference between Guanlong and Shandong Haojie, that is, Guanlong is above the court, and Shandong Haojie is reckless. For Chen Kefu, who is bent on recovering the country, the big lords of the Guanlong Group are all his competitors. Even if the Sui is extinguished, some of the great clans will only think of replacing them. Only Shandong Haojie is what he really wants to win the most, and it is also the one who has the most opportunity and grasp to win over. ,

Chen Kefu walked in front of the two young generals and looked at them carefully. Qin Shubao is seven feet tall, his face is yellow but beardless, and his age is only sixteen years old, and his virtual age should be eighteen. Qin Qiong is tall, but she has a loyal and honest appearance. Luo Shixin stood beside Qin Shugao like a younger brother, only a little more than five feet tall... But the whole person is short and concise. Full of horizontal meat, his body is full of tendon meat, his face is indifferent, and his face is full of short beards like steel needles. Chen Kefu knew that he was eight years old and twenty years old this year, but at first glance, he looked more like a half-grown boy who had not grown at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Standing with Qin Qiong, how do you look like Qin Qiong's little brother.

Stretched out his hand and gently patted the shoulders of the two, the two of them had just fought for a day and a night yesterday, and their faces were tired at this time, especially the armor on their bodies was still stained with blood.

"I know the two of you, Shubao and Shixin. Although the two of you are young, you are the bravest young generals under Zhang Shuai's account. The last time I fought Lu Mingyue, it was the two of you who led the troops to break his old suppression, and finally won.

Uncle Bao seems to have been to Liaodong last time, right? ”

When Qin Shubao saw that the marshal of Liaodong, who was so noble as Chen Kefu, actually knew about him, his yellow face turned a little red, and he nodded busily and said, "Go to Liao, I am a strong fruit in the army." General Shen Guang under the marshal's account turned out to be the leader of the same team as me, but I didn't have as much ability as him. ”

"No, you're no worse than him. It's really like a friend at first sight, and I'll be sure to talk to you later. I can understand the mood of you and Shixin, but I think you two have been fighting for a day and a night, and what is more important at this time is to rest. I will send more men to search for Zhang Dashuai, and when General Shen Guang arrives, I will transfer his cavalry to search together. ”

"Oh, by the way, I just heard that Zhang Dashuai disappeared when he went to rescue Captain Cheng Jin, so is there any news of this Captain Cheng?" Chen Kefu was a little suspicious in his heart, according to what he knew, Cheng Yanjin had never been an official soldier in history, he was a township soldier at first, and then he was a gang who joined Wagang. Why now, suddenly becoming Zhang Xutuo's subordinate again, or a school captain, has history changed so much?

Shu Bao smiled gently, "The matter is this, when we came, we met Brother Cheng Bitingjin, the leader of the Dong'e Township Army, and he heard that we were coming to Liaodong, so he had to follow." So Zhang Shuai incorporated his 300 subordinates, promoted him to the lieutenant of the Vietnamese cavalry in the army, and came to Liaodong together.

During the battle yesterday, Zhang Shuai ordered him to take a thousand people to escort Su Xiang. Speaking of which, Captain Cheng mentioned to us many times that the general he admired the most was you, the marshal. ”

Chen Kefu smiled and nodded, he didn't expect that Zhang Xutuo would actually accept three such famous subordinates at once. I couldn't help but secretly make up my mind, this time no matter what, I must find a way to win these three people over.

"Marshal, when are we going to attack?" Guo Xiaoke couldn't help but ask, this army has already driven the Liao people to the edge of the Liao River, but it has been slow to attack, which makes him a little itchy. Although now they only have 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the Liao army on the opposite side has 90,000. But he thinks that his own 60,000 people can definitely beat these 90,000.

Chen Kefu's gaze swept over the generals in the tent, and even Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were both waiting for his reply.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you really think that we should attack like the Liao now?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Marshal, the Liao coalition army has not rested for almost two days and two nights, and this is the time when the sergeants are tired." At this time, our army has just arrived, and we should take this opportunity to immediately launch an attack on the Liao people, without giving the Liao people any respite. In this way, the enemy army will be defeated in a single battle. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Chen Kefu shook his head, "Definitely, there are many ways to fight. Now to go to war, kill 10,000 enemies and lose 3,000 yourself, this is a loss-making business.

Surrendering soldiers without a fight is the best policy. At present, the Liao people have no way to retreat, so we will attack at this time, although we will win. But in this way, the Liao army will fight back to the death, and it will inevitably cause heavy casualties to our army. Therefore, Ben Shuai believes that this time is not to fight, but to surround. ”

"Wai?"

"That's right, the soldiers and horses of the Liao Liuhecheng battalion have been annihilated and captured, and all the forces of the Liao army have been placed in front of us. We are different, in half a day, the five thousand light cavalry of the two generals Lu Shishen and Shen Guang will be able to arrive. Moreover, the commander has already sent a herald back to Liaodong City, transferred 10,000 soldiers and horses in Liuhe City, and did not transfer heavy infantry and heavy cavalry to join the battle. In addition, the commander also transferred the engineer battalion to the battlefield with catapults and crossbows. Since we have so many reinforcements and sophisticated equipment, why do we have to exchange the lives of our soldiers for those lowly Liao people? ”

Li Jie agreed, "What the marshal said is reasonable, in this battle of Liaodong City, we have suffered a lot of casualties. Now that everything has become clear, there is no need for us to fight with the Liao people anymore. As long as they are surrounded, the 90,000 Liao people who have no logistics food and grass will starve to death in a few days, if they are not frozen to death. At that time, we will be able to easily drive this Liao people down the Liao River to feed the fish. ”