Zhou stayed in the city, Zhenguan 21st year of the eighth month of the eighth month of the Tang army with 35,000 troops in the field battle to defeat the more than 80,000 Gaobai coalition army out of the city to meet the battle, after the victory of more than 20,000 enemies, the defenders immediately retreated in the city, no matter how the Tang army provoked, they no longer dared to go out of the city to fight; On June 13, Jin Chunqiu left 30,000 troops to garrison Zhuzhou to guard against the enemy army of Jialin, and led 110,000 troops to arrive at the city of Liuzhou, and joined forces with the Tang army victoriously, and immediately divided tens of thousands of troops to harvest winter wheat under the noses of the defenders, and obtained nearly 6,000 stone of grain, which greatly relieved the pressure on the logistics supply of the Tang and New Coalition forces, while the defenders in the city fell into a dilemma because of the lack of food and grass.

In order to alleviate the huge pressure of the Tang and Xin coalition forces on Zhou Liucheng, the generals of the Three Kingdoms Alliance Army argued for several days, and finally adopted the suggestion of Gao Quansheng, the commander of the Goguryeo army, to besiege Wei and save Zhao, and gathered 32,000 men and horses of the Japanese naval division and cooperated with 5,000 Baekje troops, taking advantage of the emptiness of Silla's troops, to enter Silla, in order to mobilize the Tang and new coalition forces to come back, so as to solve the crisis of Zhou Liucheng. The Silla left-behind general Kim Yu Xin heard the news, retreated without a fight, the strong wall cleared the wilderness, leaving only an empty city to the enemy, the Japanese hundred coalition army then took it without much effort, thinking that the army was diligent and heavy after the location, and on June 17 successively launched a rapid attack on the Ginu River, Queshan and other cities, all of which were not resisted, and the Japanese hundred alliance army that took three empty cities then turned to Pang Mountain, in order to turn over this mountain and enter the hinterland of Silla. At the cost of more than 2,000 casualties, but nothing was gained, so he had to be stationed at the foot of Pangsan Mountain and formed an armed confrontation with the Silla army.

On June 21, the 21st year of Zhenguan, the Tang Army's sailors Niu Jinda, who had been wandering at the mouth of the Jinjiang River, turned into the Baicun River, and joined the main force of the Tang Xin Coalition Army under the city, completely blocking the last external passage of Zhou Liucheng, so far, more than 60,000 defenders in Zhou Liucheng have become turtles in the urn, and there is no channel for external communication. On June 25, the 21st year of Zhenguan, the Japanese Hundred Coalition Army withdrew from Pangshan, took the Jinjiang River, entered the Baicun River waterway, and prepared to start a decisive battle on the water with the water division of the Tang Army's Niu Jinda Division, and the news reached the Tang New Coalition Army, Xue Wanche immediately went to the water village to convene the generals of the Navy to discuss the strategy of dealing with the enemy.

In the spacious meeting hall of Shuizhai, Xue Wanche sat on the top, Silla General Jin Chunqiu, and Niu Jinda, deputy marshal of the Tang Army, sat on the left and right, and the generals of the land and water armies at the bottom were on the left and right, and on the left hand side were headed by Shi Fengshou, Xiao Long, Du Zhengxin and other generals, and the Silla generals were listed behind, and on the right hand side stood many naval generals such as Hao Wanshan, Chen Mingwu, Ye Faliang, etc., nearly 100 generals gathered together, but there was no trace of noise, everyone stood without squinting, waiting for Xue Wanche's instructions.

Xue Wanche sat calmly on the big seat, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, which seemed to be extremely relaxed, but in fact, his heart was far less freehand than on the surface - Xue Wanche led the troops all his life, and experienced countless wars, which can be described as a person with outstanding achievements, but all of them were land battles, and Xue Wanche really hadn't experienced the trick of water warfare, even if he had listened to Niu Jinda's detailed explanation these days, he still didn't know much about how to fight this battle now, To put it bluntly, Xue Wanche has no bottom in his heart, but he can't help but fight - these days, all kinds of plans, all kinds of calculations, just to be able to exterminate the Japanese naval army on the Baicun River, in the final analysis, is to ensure the safety of the sea grain route, after all, with the main force of the prince Li Zhen deep into the belly of Goguryeo, the land grain route is too long, it is not cost-effective to transport grain by land, and it is impossible to mobilize a large number of people, only to transport grain and grass by water is the best policy, and in order to achieve this, it is necessary to ensure the smooth flow of sea routes, In this way, the annihilation of the Japanese Navy has become a strategic goal that must be achieved, and this is also the most important task that Li Zhen gave to Xue Wanche at the beginning.

"General, let's get started." Niu Jinda, who was sitting on the side, saw that Xue Wanche had not said anything for a long time, so he had to turn his body to the side and whispered.

"Oh, well, let's get started." Xue Wanche was thinking of himself, and when he heard Niu Jinda's reminder, he nodded helplessly, and responded casually, and then looked around at the generals in the hall, faked a cough, his eyes were sharp, and he slowly spoke: "Everyone, this general has been accurately reported, nearly 40,000 troops of the Ubai Water Division have entered the mouth of the Baicun River, and they can arrive here in three days, this battle is inevitable, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order here!" When Xue Wanche said this, Huo Ran got up and stood facing south, and when the generals saw this, they all bowed and saluted.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has an order: You must wipe out all the sailors of the Japanese Kingdom, and you must not let go of one person or one boat, do you understand?" Xue Wanche looked at everyone with sparkling eyes and asked loudly.

"No!" All the generals shouted their promises.

"Good!" Xue Wanche was obviously quite satisfied with the spirit of the generals, and after nodding in approval, he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "Ye Faliang!" ”

"The last general!" Ye Faliang, who was in the column of the navy, heard Xue Wanche's name, and hurriedly flashed out from the side, and replied in a loud voice.

Xue Wanche stared at Ye Faliang for a long time, and then said calmly: "Since you are responsible for the investigation, the analysis of the enemy situation will be up to you." ”

Ye Faliang is the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the navy, responsible for investigating the enemy's situation, and has more than 20 fast warships of various sizes such as yachts and sea falcons, and this time he is responsible for monitoring the dynamics of the Japanese naval division is the warship under his command, and he knows the enemy situation, 41 sea falcons, there are 174 large ships, supplemented by more than 100 small boats, and the village of the joint operation of water and land is guarded, and it is located at the mouth of the Baicun River under the eyes of the enemy, and there are 3 out of 60 large ships that can carry 210 people, and 7 out of 260 medium-sized warships that can carry 80 people, both of which are equipped with offensive and defensive equipment such as throwing cars and shooting rods, and about 300 boats and small boats, with a total strength of about 35,000, which is about three days' distance from our water village. ”

The building ship in the Tang army is a large warship, the ship starts three floors, more than 100 feet high, the left and right front and rear are placed six poles, and 50 feet high, can accommodate more than 500 soldiers, the column of women wall battle grid, tree flags, open crossbow windows and spear holes, place and throw the car base stone iron juice, like a city fortress, for the backbone of attack and defense.

The ship, the shape of the ship is long and narrow, which is conducive to the conflict of enemy ships, adopts a closed structure, is equipped with armor (raw cowhide), the shape is small and flexible, and the speed is fast, mainly used for the purpose of surprise attack and reconnaissance and communication liaison.

Fighting ship, set up a female wall on the ship, can be three feet high, open the hole under the wall, five feet inside the boat and build a shed, and the female wall together, build a female wall on the shed, rearrange the enemy, there is no back, the front and back left and right tree tooth flags and banners and golden drums, this warship also fights the ship is a cascade duplex structure, the sailors can be arranged in steps to meet the enemy, the rower is hidden in the boat, rowing through the hole, it is the main combat ship of the Tang Army Naval Division, can accommodate more than 200 soldiers.

Walking, standing on the side of the female wall, placing more husbands, less soldiers, limited to thirty to fifty, but all choose the elite of bravery, back and forth such as flying gulls, take advantage of the people, the golden drum flag is listed on it, this warship is fast, mainly used for raids and impacts, is a sharp weapon for sea attack; Yachts and Sea Falcons were small warships and were generally used for reconnaissance purposes.

The Tang Army's ships are nearly half less than those of the U.S. Coalition Army, but both the size of the ships and the equipment are far superior to the opponents, and the training level of the soldiers is also much stronger than that of the U.S. Hundred Coalition Army, the only disadvantage is that the Tang Army warships that went out this time are not satisfied with the troops because they want to carry Xue Wanche's army, especially the building ships that should have 500 soldiers, are only equipped with more than half of the elite naval soldiers, even so, in terms of overall combat strength, the Tang Army still has a certain advantage, If it is a head-on confrontation with the Japanese Hundred Alliance, most of the victories will be won, but it is extremely difficult to completely annihilate the enemy, unless the enemy army can be introduced into the Jedi, it will inevitably be impossible to achieve this purpose, this point is well known to all the generals of the Tang Army, after Ye Faliang introduced the enemy's situation, all the generals fell into hard thought, and they silently thought about a good way to break the enemy.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if there is any good way to break the enemy, let's talk about it." Xue Wanche waited for a while, and when he saw that no one stood up to offer advice, he asked calmly.

"General Yu, although the enemy is outnumbered in this battle, our army is victorious in the battleship, and the soldiers are well trained, even if we meet the enemy head-on, we can also win the battle, however, if we want to completely annihilate the enemy, we need to break the enemy with a clever ambush, the last general suggests to ambush the mouth of the stream all the way, and use light boats to induce the enemy to pursue without investigation, and our main force will meet the enemy head-on near Wulitan, and wait until the battle is in full swing, and attack it with ambushes, and then completely annihilate the invading enemy!" As soon as Xue Wanche's words fell, Hao Wanshan, the deputy general of the navy, immediately stood up and offered a strategy.

"No, although our army is a large number of soldiers, but the strength is less than half of the opponent's, if you want to divide the troops to attack the enemy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the enemy head-on, and after the division of troops, the variables have increased sharply, I am afraid that the enemy will not be able to break the enemy, but my own family will be in chaos because of this, this strategy is absolutely not feasible!" As soon as Hao Wanshan's words fell, Chen Mingwu, the general of the navy, immediately stood up unceremoniously and retorted.

"Not necessarily, just rely on those small ships of the Japanese country to be worthy of the power of our huge ships, and our army is like a rainbow with the wind and water, just a few Japanese people, what can I do? Since the best policy is to divide the troops to break the enemy, if you are afraid, and say, a certain self-led 3,000 strong brigades to ambush, if you can't break the enemy, a certain willing to be a military order! Facing Chen Mingwu's rebuttal, Hao Wanshan was stunned and unceremoniously fought back.

"You ......" Chen Mingwu's rank is not as good as Hao Wanshan, he was reprimanded by Hao Wanshan like this, he was so angry that his face was red, but he didn't dare to be presumptuous, but he didn't want to agree with Hao Wanshan's strategy, so he simply didn't look at Hao Wanshan's black face, turned his head to look at Xue and Niu's second generals, and bowed down and said: "General Yu, General Niu, the last general thinks that it is better to be still, now my water village has been established, and the inherent ability to hold on, the enemy is to solve the danger of staying in the city, there is no need to lure the enemy, it will come, our army can sit on the advantage of the water village, lure the enemy to attack, wait until the enemy is tired, and then attack it along the river." , there is no danger of breaking the enemy, and I hope that the two generals will see clearly. ”

"Oh?" Xue Wanche heard Chen Mingwu say this, and felt reasonable in his heart, but he didn't know the way of water warfare, and he didn't dare to express his position easily, so he snorted lightly, looked sideways at Niu Jinda, who was silent, and his face was full of inquiry.

Niu Jinda is a number of naval generals in the Tang Dynasty, since he received the heavy responsibility of annihilating the Japanese naval division, he has been thinking about how to achieve this strategic goal all the time, Hao and Chen have long thought about the strategy they said, but they feel that they are not very sure, after all, this battle is to annihilate the enemy rather than defeat the enemy, in order to achieve this goal, ordinary means are difficult to deal with, at this time was hesitating, seeing Xue Wanche looked over, Niu Jinda frowned, slowly shook his head and said: "These two strategies are the way to win, But it is difficult to win completely, and if the Japanese are scattered, it will be even more difficult to pursue and destroy. ”

"Hmm." Xue Wanche nodded, indicating that he understood Niu Jinda's concern, and then glanced at the generals under the hall, and said in a thoughtful tone: "Do you have any other plans?" ”

The generals in the hall thought about the same strategy as Hao and Chen Erjiang, and when they heard Niu Jinda's remarks and vetoed Hao and Chen's suggestions, they didn't dare to stand up again to hold the old proposal, and for a while the hall was quiet.

"What? Are you dumb, huh? Xue Wanche waited for a long time, but he didn't see anyone come out to offer a plan, and when he got angry, he straightened his face and snorted coldly, and his tone was extremely unkind.

"General, the last general has a strategy, maybe he can break the enemy." In the silence, a young general dressed in a captain's uniform flashed out of the tail of the queue and bowed down to ask for instructions.

"Oh? Who are you, what are your opinions, and let's hear them. Xue Wanche saw that this person was very born and his grade was low, so he really didn't have much interest in paying more attention to it, but for the sake of this person who dared to volunteer, he didn't embarrass it, frowned slightly, and asked quietly.

"Back to the general's words, Liu Fawu, the captain of the second detachment of the left battalion of the last general, has seen the general, General Niu." The young general did not change color because of Xue Wanche's neglect, he saluted, and replied without being arrogant or humble.

"General Xue, this person was sent by the East Palace, and it is rumored that he had performed miraculous feats when he was in the Western Regions." Niu Jinda saw that Xue Wanche despised Liu Fawu, so he hurriedly leaned sideways and pointed to Xue Wanche's ear.

"Huh?" Although Xue Wanche is not a general of Li Zhen's family, and he has no personal relationship with Li Zhen, he still admires Li Zhen's bravery and good fighting. ”

"Yes, the last will obey." Liu Fawu meticulously saluted again, and then said freely: "The two generals, the previous General Chen Mingwu said that the enemy army will come, the last general thinks so, but if our army is based on the village and defends, once the enemy repeatedly cannot attack, it is very likely to retreat, even if our army pursues it, but it may be difficult to annihilate it, but it is a good place to break the enemy at Wulitan, where the river is slightly open, it can be regarded as a place for troops to use troops on the Baicun River, our army is arrayed here, the enemy will not be suspicious, will come to challenge, our army only needs to occupy the upper hand, After the enemy broke into the formation, the left and right fire ships attacked it, at that time the thief army was at a disadvantage, and gathered troops in one place, when it was difficult to escape the doom of burning the whole army, our army could win a complete victory, this end of the general's foolish opinion, I hope the two generals will investigate in detail. ”

"Good plan, this plan works!" Before Xue and Niu Er could express their position, Chen Mingwu stood up from the side and echoed in a loud voice.

"Yes, it works." Hao Wanshan also stood up and said: "Our army can still leave a small fleet to hide in the mouth of the stream, where the reeds are very dense, so that the enemy will not be noticed, and when the battlefield is on fire, exit the mouth of the stream to intercept the fleeing rout, so as to ensure that nothing is missed." ”

"Hmm, General Niu, what do you mean?" Xue Wanche saw that Hao and Chen, the two important generals of the navy, agreed with Liu Fawu's opinion, and his heart moved, but he did not rush to express his position, but first asked Niu Jinda's opinion.

Niu Jinda did not rush to answer Xue Wanche's question, but pondered silently for a while, and after calculating all the possible changes in detail, he raised his head and said: "This strategy is good, but it still needs to be planned in detail. ”

"Hmm." Xue Wanche saw that Niu Jinda had made up his mind, his mood was suddenly relieved, and he was about to make a statement to announce the decision, when he suddenly remembered that Jin Chunqiu had not said a word, so he stopped, looked at Jin Chunqiu with a smile and said, "Jin Wulie, what do you think about this strategy?" ”

Jin Chunqiu is not a strategy for water warfare, and secondly, as a minister of the Tang Dynasty, he does not dare to express his opinions casually at this time of deliberation, and he is just going to bring his ears to listen, at this time, Leng Buding saw Xue Wanche asking his opinion, but Jin Chunqiu was very flattered and excited, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The last general has no objection, everything depends on the general, but if there is a use of the last general, please ask the general to give an order, and the last general should act according to the order." ”

"Okay, that's it." Xue Wanche was very satisfied with Jin Chunqiu's acquaintance, nodded with a smile, and then turned his head, his face was solemn, he looked at the generals under the hall, slapped the copy, and shouted: "The generals listen to the order!" ”

"In!" Seeing this, all the generals stood up and promised loudly.

"The general's intention has been decided, three days later, the naval army will fight in Wulitan, and the rest of the armies will be closely defended to prevent thieves in the city from disturbing, this battle is a victory, and it is a foregone conclusion to regain Zhou Liu, I hope you will work hard to kill the thief, do you understand?" Xue Wanche smiled fiercely, gritted his teeth and gave the order.

"No!" A group of generals shouted promises, and in the violent sound, the murderous aura suddenly rose......