In mid-July, when the autumn wind was about to rise, Liu He took the 8,000-foot cavalry mixed dragon and tiger guard soldiers to Lingzhi in western Liaoning. Prior to this, the 3,000 light cavalry of the Zhenbei Army and the 5,000 Wuhuan "mercenary" cavalry had already marched to Yanglecheng, Liaodong, to join up with the Xu Huang troops stationed there.

Most of the Dragon and Tiger Guard soldiers who followed Liu He to the east this time were the soldiers who stayed in Jicheng and Juyong Pass last year, while the Dragon and Tiger Guard soldiers who participated in the defense of the western front of Youzhou last year stayed in Jicheng and Juyong Pass. In order to improve the actual combat effectiveness of each unit, Liu He always tried his best to mobilize all the troops under his command to participate in the battle, and even if he could not let the entire army participate in the battle, he should try his best to make the soldiers get tempered on the battlefield through this method of rotational warfare.

Five thousand Wuhuan cavalry is Liu He spent money from Shanggu and Yuyang to recruit mercenary cavalry, they are doing a living licking blood on the knife, if they lose their lives on the battlefield, then Liu He will let people send a sum of money to their tribe, if the life is not dead, then there is a chance to pass the test and enter the ranks of the Youzhou cavalry, and at the same time get a lot of money to settle in.

The road from Jicheng to Lingzhi in western Liaoning was not alarmed, because it was a wide and smooth official road, so Liu He only took ten days to arrive at Lingzhi.

When Liu He entered the city, the military advisor Li Ru came to greet him, while Xian Yuyin, the main general of the Duliao army, was nowhere to be seen. Without waiting for Liu He to ask, Li Ru explained: "General Xian Yu is leading his troops to conduct sea training on the beach in the Haiyang area, so he failed to come to greet Gongzi. ”

"It doesn't matter, this son's visit to Lingzhi this time is not for a tour of the mountains and rivers, as long as General Xian Yu can lead the troops to win the battle, these red tape forms don't matter." Liu He has never been a person who puts on a show, and he will not put on a stand for his old buddy Xian Yuyin, and investigate the faux pas of not coming to greet him.

After entering the military headquarters of the Duliao Army, Liu He couldn't rest, so he asked Li Ru to report in detail on the preparations for war.

Liu He asked: "Are there all the boats used to cross the sea?" ”

Li Ru replied: "In the past two years, the Haiyang Navy has built a total of 230 large and small ships. A sea crossing can carry up to 20,000 infantry, and this time it is only 15,000 people who can transport the Liao army, and the reserve ships are enough. ”

Liu He asked again: "Have all the 15,000 infantry been trained to resist seasickness?" ”

Li Ru replied: "According to Gongzi's instructions, the Liao army organizes sea training every summer and autumn, and each of the 15,000 soldiers in the army has at least two months of sea training and life experience. Nowadays, no more than 30 percent of the soldiers get seasick after boarding the ship, and the remaining 70 percent can assist the soldiers of the boat division battalion in sea operations. ”

"If the fleet is intercepted by the Liaodong Naval Division when it is close to the waters near the Yushi, is the Boat Division Battalion sure that the army will be brought ashore safely?" Located at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, the Jinzhou region of Dalian in later generations, the Yu clan had already set up a county in the Han Dynasty.

"In the past two years, the officers and soldiers of the Boat Division Battalion have gone to sea to engage the Liaodong Naval Division, although they have lost more than they won. But he has also accumulated a lot of actual combat experience, as long as he does not encounter the main force of the Liaodong Naval Division, he should be able to send the army to the landing of the Yushi. ”

Liu He saw that Li Ru's answer was a little lacking in confidence, so he stopped asking, and then turned to Guo Jia and said, "Feng Xiao thinks that with such a level of preparation, can the army go to sea?" ”

Although Guo Jia was very wise, he had never been in contact with the navy, and it was inconvenient to judge the efforts of Xian Yufu and Li Ru easily at this time, so he pondered for a while. said: "It has been nearly ten years since the Liaodong Naval Division was formed, and it has been less than three years since the establishment of the Haiyang Naval Division. The stakes are high. For the sake of safety, his subordinates suggested whether it was possible to divide a part of the troops along the coastal coast to Liaodong Bay, and it was best to let the Gongsun Du army on the shore find out. It was thought that our army intended to land south of the Xihe River and outflank Gongsun Du's army in the rear of the defense line of Yiwulu Mountain. ”

"Feng Xiao's intention was to send a small number of ships as a feint to attract the main force of the Liaodong Naval Division from the waters near the Great Liaoshui to the waters south of the Xihe River. Then the main force of our naval division took the opportunity to carry the landed infantry to the Hushi? Liu He's current military literacy is not low, and he immediately understood what Guo Jia meant.

Guo Jia said with an affirmative face: "As long as Xu Huang makes a lot of trouble on land and poses a huge threat to the Gongsun Du army defending the defense line of Yiwu Lu Mountain, we will send a small number of boats from the water to migrate to the river after all, with the skills of those dog-headed military divisions in front of Gongsun Du's tent, absolutely no one can see the true intentions of the Du Liao army!" ”

Liu He asked Li Ru again: "What does Wen Xiansheng think of Fengxiao's proposal?" ”

Li Ru replied with admiration: "Fengxiao's plan seems simple, but it just counts Gongsun Du, if it is so feint, the certainty of the main force of the sailor landing in the Yu clan will increase to more than eighty percent." ”

"Okay, since the plan has been decided, Wen Xiansheng will hurry up and send a letter to Xu Huang of Yangle City, asking him to make the movement as big as possible this time, if he can break through Gongsun Dujun's Yiwulu defense line at a small cost, I will give him the first credit!"

On the long beach fifty miles south of Haiyang City, a large group of shirtless soldiers are fighting and fluttering in the salty waters, and on a lookout near the sea, Xian Yuyin is holding a brass loudspeaker and shouting to the soldiers below.

"Rabbit cubs, take advantage of the good sea conditions these days, everyone should hurry up and practice! The eldest prince is about to come to inspect the troops, and if anyone embarrasses me at that time, Lao Tzu will throw him into the Bohai Sea to feed the fish! ”

"Since the formation of the Liao Army, except for General Xu who took the brothers of the 3,000 cavalry battalion to Yangle to fight a few beautiful battles, you guys have been eating and sleeping well for more than two years, and you haven't even fought a tough battle until now!"

"Do you know what the brothers of the other armies say? People laughed at us, saying that we ate the best food and received the same military salary as everyone else every month, but the entire 15,000 infantry army had not even fought a small battle, and it was simply a tiger kept in a cage, and there were only teeth left! ”

"This Eastern Expedition to Gongsun Du is the first attack task that Lao Tzu has repeatedly won from the eldest prince! We don't need the support of friendly forces in this battle, so with 15,000 brothers, we will tear a big hole in the defense line of Gongsun Dugui's son, and then kill into Xiangping City to catch this hateful guy who has no king! ”

After listening to Xian Yuyin's scolding, the soldiers trained on the beach were so angry that their faces turned red, they didn't want to be jokingly called a caged tiger with baring teeth, and they didn't want people to look down on the Liao army!

As one of the five armies in Youzhou, the Liao army has the same strength and the same treatment as other armies, and now it just lacks a chance to become famous in World War I, after all, this army has been aimed at Gongsun Du in Liaodong from the beginning of its formation, so even when the war on the western front of Youzhou was the most tight, Liu He did not mobilize a single soldier of the Liao army to go to the western front to help the war.

On the day Liu He arrived in Lingzhicheng, he took over the defense of the entire western Liao, so that the Liao army could fully prepare for the sea-crossing operation. Early in the morning of the second day, Liu He left the main force of Longhuwei in Lingzhi, and then went straight to Haiyang with some wine, meat and supplies for the troops.

Guo Jia and Li Ru stayed in the city to be busy perfecting the specific action plans of the various troops, dispatching all kinds of military supplies, and Sun Li and Murong Ping accompanied Liu He with 2,000 cavalry.

When Liu He saw Xian Yuyin, it was on the seaside. When Liu He saw Xian Yuyin, which was tanned like black charcoal, he almost didn't recognize it. Liu He thought to himself: Is this still the Xian Yufu who accompanied him through the state and county?

Xian Yuyin was not polite to Liu He, and the first time he saw Liu He, a tiger pounced on him, and he tightly held Liu He's hand and said, "Son, you are here!" I am looking forward to the stars and the moon in Liaoxi, and I have been waiting for you for two years! ”

"Come less, who doesn't know that you are now majestic in Liaoxi, and the people of Liaoxi only know the name of Minghui, but they don't know the name of Liaoxi County!"

"Childe's subordinates don't dare to do this! Everyone in Liaoxi knows the name of Gongzi's benevolence, and I was just sent by Gongzi to guard the door. ”

"It's useless to stop talking about this! How is the training of the troops now? Are you sure to go from Xiangping to Xiangping in one go? ”

"Don't worry, Childe! This time, I personally led the team, and I must let Gongsun Dugui and grandson know that the Tao is powerful, but this time I want to avenge the revenge of the previous time! ”

"Okay, I'm waiting for your good news in Lingzhi! Let the soldiers stop and rest, I have brought you some new soju and fine corned beef from Jicheng, so that the soldiers can eat and drink enough! ”

"Hehe, I know that the prince of Lu Dao has nothing to say to our Liao army. Heralds, pass on the general's order, all the soldiers suspend training, and line up to receive the reward of the eldest prince! ”

Moments later, the cheers of the soldiers were heard on the beach.

Liu He sat on the high lookout, smiling and watching Xian Yuyin gobble on beef, but his thoughts had already flown into the distance.

"In later landing operations, the defending side occupied a favorable position, so the landing side had to pay huge sacrifices to gain a foothold on the tidal flats. In this era, people's Haiyang consciousness was still very weak, even if Gongsun Du formed the Liaodong Naval Division, the main task was only to travel between the Shandong Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula, and undertook the task of transportation at sea, but the real landing battle never happened. This time, I spent two years to form a huge sea transport team, and in one fell swoop transported tens of thousands of troops to the landing of the Yushi, which can be regarded as worthy of Gongsun Du. I hope that Xian Yuyin will not live up to my expectations and cut off this hungry tiger entrenched in Liaodong for me! (To be continued......)