Ninety-two bloody battles on the Liao River
The Sui army gathered 1,130,000 heavy troops in Zhuo County. The Feng family in Lingnan, which was thousands of miles away, sent 30,000 rows of Xiao soldiers. These southern warriors, armed with light shields and short spears, walked barefoot. All are experts in mountain warfare.
The Baekje Division, the Silla Division, the Khitan Division, the Thirteen Divisions of Murowei, and the Nine Divisions of the Intars. The East Turks were supposed to come, but they had fled into the desert. Combined, these tribes also sent more than 300,000 troops.
All the Great Sui claimed to have sent two million troops, which is not too exaggerated. Although Goryeo was also subservient to the Sui Dynasty, it often wooed and crusaded against other countries. Goryeo undoubtedly undermined the order of Liaodong and challenged the prestige of the Sui Dynasty in Liaodong. If Goryeo destroys Baekje, Silla, and Jeon, it will unify Liaodong. Goryeo's strength and prestige will undoubtedly multiply, and it will also pose a serious threat to the Sui Dynasty.
Unfortunately, the golden age of Goryeo sticks is over.
Under the unified order of the Great Sui Emperor, two million troops crossed the Liao River at the same time!
The 12th Army on the left road sent troops from the provinces of Fangfang, Changcen, Minghai, Gaima, Jian'an, Nansu, Liaodong, Xuansu, Buyeo, Korea, Wofu, and Lelang.
The 12th Army on the right side sent troops from Sticky Cicada, Hanzi, Hunmi, Lintun, Houcheng, Tixi, Badun, Sushen, Jieshi, Dongpu, Daifang, and Xiangping.
In the middle road, the six armies of the Son of Heaven approached Liaodong City. Yang Guang's imperial camp marched to the edge of the Liao River. On the opposite side is Liaodong City, which has just been attacked by the Goryeo army.
The 10,000 horses of the Iron Staff Headquarters are ready. These are all elites drawn from the Five Plains. Liaodong City is just across the river, in fact, there is no need to cross the river here, because the armies have already made a detour from other places. At most, it will take three days to surround Liaodong City. When the time comes, crossing the river will be like a leisurely stroll.
However, Yang Guang personally supervised the formation and let Lao Mai cross the river immediately. Although Mai Tiezhu was a rough man, he also knew that Yang Guang was going to borrow a knife to kill someone. It's a pity, what can I do if I know it? The six armies of the Son of Heaven, a full 100,000 Xiaoguo are pressed behind him......
The pontoon trucks designed and built by the master craftsman Yu Wenkai are being pushed into the river one by one, and the wheels and the body of another car can be connected by fixing the mechanism. One after the other, soon across the river.
War drums and horns sounded at the same time.
The rod was raised high above his head, and the first wave, about three hundred heavily armored sword and shield soldiers, slowly ascended the bridge, followed by three hundred archers.
The sky is almost dawn, and I hope that the Goryeo sticks are blind and cannot see this pontoon bridge. Lao Mai said to his three sons: "For my father, I am a high-ranking official, and I can't retreat when I am in battle." Today, I will go on the expedition and die for a lifetime. If I die a heroic death, the emperor will probably be relieved, and you must live well!"
Father, let the child go for you!
Father, let me come!
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Mai Tiezhu sneered: "Fool! You can't die once for your father if you die a hundred times." Tell your uncle of the Shen family and ask him to be careful, and run as fast as he can. Let's just say that the man is going to do it!
scolded the sons who were going to follow him to death, and Lao Mai also stepped on the pontoon bridge. But suddenly, something happened in front of him! It turned out that Yu Wenkai's pontoon bridge had been miscalculated, and its length was not enough! It was still more than a zhang away from the opposite bank! The ironclad infantry in the lead fell into the water one after another!
These soldiers from the northern desert didn't know the surname water at all, and the iron armor on their bodies weighed more than fifty catties, so they didn't go to the bottom of the water in a blink of an eye.
There were more and more crowded soldiers on the pontoon bridge! The soldiers in front were pushed into the water and kept falling into the water. There was no place to stay on the bridge deck, and more people fell directly into the river from both sides. Lao Mai looked back and saw that the banner of the handsome man was still moving forward! The drums of the charge sounded even more excitedly!
Lao Mai scolded secretly: Bastard, can't Lao Tzu die if he wants to?
Just as Lao Mai was trapped on the bridge, all the Goryeo ambush troops on the opposite bank were killed, and he was about to occupy the bridge! At that time, don't say that you can't say that you can't cross the river, even if you cross the river, you will be easily killed by the enemy.
Lao Mai raised his head to the sky and roared! With a loud roar, the Wuyuan Army heard the voice of the main general, and they all fell silent. One by one, they looked at death as if they were home, and walked towards the other side. All 300 heavily armored sword and shield bearers fell into the water, and most of the 300 archers also fell into the water!
The soldiers who fell into the water filled the river with their bodies, connecting the pontoon bridge to the opposite bank. They supported Lao Mai and his comrades with their hands and set foot on the east side of the river.
The enemy frantically shot arrows at the pontoons, and people kept falling into the water.
Lao Mai had no scruples, and led the hundreds of men who crossed the river to launch the first charge against the enemy.
These soldiers were lightly armored spearmen, and since there was no archer fire to suppress, and there was no sword and shield to cover. In general, such a charge is simply suicidal.
However, both Yang Guang and the Goryeo Army underestimated Wuyuan's elite soldiers.
I saw Lao Mai holding a big stick in his right hand, and holding a dead corpse in his left hand in front of him, resisting all those random arrows.
The spearmen did the same, and some of them threw away their spears, grabbed the corpses of their comrades, and stood in the front of the line. Temporarily turned into a dead shield bearer.
The Wuyuan Army, led by Lao Mai, began an offensive towards the enemy on the right flank. There were only a little more than a hundred paces of charge, and more than two hundred people were put down by bows and arrows. The dead bodies in the front row have become hedgehogs!
In just a few breaths, a ruthless general with red eyes, a dead man in his left hand and a big club in his right hand rushed to the middle of the Goryeo archers. The spearmen who came to intercept the enemy did not have time to rush forward, only to feel a rain of flesh and blood flying in front of them.
Lao Mai swept away more than a dozen people with a stick, and without looking, he rolled towards the pile of dead people. It was this roll, with the battlefield intuition of the rest of his life, that dodged the assassination of the six spears. Lao Mai didn't have time to get up at all, so he directly smashed the big stick forward, and yelled: Throw a spear!
Attacking the crowd with outnumbered, fighting strong with weak, only at the beginning of the war, most in terms of firepower and momentum, all overwhelm the enemy and knock the enemy unconscious. Spear throwing is the determination of the spearman to give up his main battle weapon and fight to the death.
The warriors who followed behind, with all their strength, threw more than two hundred spears towards the place where the enemy had the most. Then he drew his short knife and pounced.
Lao Mai grabbed an iron shield on the ground, and slammed it behind his back, blocking a few more spears. He immediately threw away his iron shield, leaped to his feet, pressed the enemy's spear, and crashed into the arms of a small soldier. Pull out the enemy's short sword and give him a throat cut. Then he took his body around and blocked the spear stabbed by the enemy.
Just as he was about to throw his short sword and kill the enemy, his warriors had already rushed up, and with seven hands and eight feet, they divided the corpses of more than 20 enemies who surrounded Lao Mai!
Kill!!!kill!!
Lao Mai picked up the big stick and rushed towards the place where the enemy had the most. The spearmen changed their outfits automatically. Use the enemy's weapons to form a mixed force and follow closely behind Lao Mai.
The war of cold weapons is a contest of martial arts and courage. Lao Mai used 500 spearmen to defeat thousands of archers on the enemy's right flank, plus 2,000 melee troops.
The situation on the pontoon bridge has improved slightly, and about 5,000 people have crossed the river. And the rest either fell into the water or were shot to death.
The Wuyuan Army crisscrossed the northwest, where had it ever suffered such a loss. The soldiers who crossed the river, led by the colonel, attacked the enemy's left flank and the center together.
But they didn't realize that because of their desperate struggle, they had opened up a safe bridgehead, and there were no reinforcements behind them to cross the river!
Half an hour after the battle, the enemy's left and right flanks collapsed. However, the enemy's army is still moving!
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