Xue Zuo's pioneer of crossing the river has only one task, which is to defeat the enemy's bank protection troops, and only by clearing the obstacles on the shore can the follow-up army land smoothly.

This army of his is a man of life, and the reward is also the highest, if he dies in battle, he will be rewarded with 50 horses of cloth, 20 pieces of money, and 5 acres of fertile land.

This is very generous for civilian guards, as for whether it can be implemented, that is a later story.

On the other side of the Liao River, the forest is high and deep, and the hills are undulating constantly, which is not suitable for heavy cavalry to charge into battle, so Xue Zuo's department only has a platoon of men and a team of bows and arrows.

He Chou chose this place to build a pontoon bridge in order to avoid the armored cavalry of Goguryeo.

Goguryeo's last guest (equivalent to a military general) Su Shili did not expect this to be the case, the Sui army coming from the other side was obviously scattered, basically a combat formation of ten people, scattered, obviously able to defeat in one fell swoop, but the result was completely immobile.

On his side, on the other hand, the shieldmen on the periphery were shot through.

Located in the center of the military array, Su Shili took the armor-piercing arrow handed by his subordinates, stared at it, and saw a cold light bursting from the arrow, which was completely different from the Sui army arrows he had seen before.

"This arrow pierces the armor fiercely and is indescribable, and the Sui army not only has the advantage of arrows, but also its armor and ordnance are completely new and different from the past," the general under his command described.

Su Shili's face was solemn, he was on the shore of the strong wall and cleared the wilderness, and burned out a few plains early to use the large army array, and now the six military formations have been in full contact with the Sui army that crossed the river, but the military information sent from the six directions makes people feel heavy.

Relying on the advantage of armament, the Sui army has crossed the river and is frantically attacking the shore defense line.

Su Shili said in a deep voice: "Order all armies to hold on with all their might, and not take a step back, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." ”

The composition of the Goguryeo army was relatively complex, consisting of Goguryeo, Xianbei, Mahan, Zhan, Jian, Buyeo, and Han soldiers, and its main force was Goguryeo and Buyeo.

Most of the people under the command of Su Shili are composed of Xianbei and Han people, and they are strong in battle, especially the edict issued by Gao Yuan, the king of Goguryeo, this is a battle to defend the country, if it is lost, the country will die, so they are defending this line of defense.

What is called stubbornly defending, and you must defend when you die.

A Han general said at this time: "The last general thinks that it is better to slowly retreat to the Three Buddha Village, where the terrain is flat, which is conducive to heavy cavalry charging into battle." ”

"It's not proper," Su Shili raised his hand and denied: "The enemy army is numerous, numbering two million, although it is an exaggeration, but according to the Sui Dynasty emperor's practice of using troops, there are at least 500,000, our army is at an absolute disadvantage, the three Buddha villages are conducive to the formation, I am afraid that it will become a decisive battle, and the enemy army has the advantage of armor, how easy is it to break the formation?" ”

Several generals in the tent don't look good at the moment, in the final analysis, the equipment of the Sui army is too good.

Although Yang Guang's waves, marching time, troop numbers, and commanders of various roads were all disclosed to the public, but the Great Sui had divine weapons and sharp weapons, so that as soon as the two sides came into contact, Goguryeo suffered a big loss.

After crossing the river, Xue Zuo ordered the whole army, and the brigades formed a formation, step by step, and coordinated with each other, while he himself unfolded a map and consulted with several generals under his command in the woods not far from the bank.

The map was drawn by Deng Wei, and the six camps set up by Goguryeo on the opposite bank, where are all located, are marked on the map.

A general said: "This place of Sanfozhai is conducive to array, our army should send 3,000 people to attack in this direction, and after opening up the route, the follow-up army of General Manager Mai can form troops here, leading to a decisive battle." ”

Xue Zuo nodded: "The enemy's six military villages, quite imitating my Yellow River Nine Curve Array, with the three Buddha villages in the middle, and the remaining five villages are in the posture of arch defense, it can be seen that this should be the main force of the enemy, if I attack it, the five villages will be saved." ”

In Sanfo Village, Xue Zuo can't fight, because his troop combination is not to attack the fortifications, but to press forward to make room for the rear army to land.

At present, except for sending 6,000 men to continue to advance, the rest are guarding the shore in case the enemy suddenly kills and attacks the pontoon bridge.

As a matter of fact, enemy soldiers in the woods were constantly attacking their lines with fire oil in the hope of destroying the pontoons.

Xue Zuo immediately ordered: "Order Zhang Wunu and Wang Tong to assemble in the direction of Wuyu Mountain, make every effort to open up the passage to Sanfo Village, report the military situation to General Manager Li, and wait for the next military order." ”

Zhang Wunu, Wang Tong, and Wu Yushan, these are all hussar generals in the military government, and their positions in the army are detention officials.

The three combined, there are more than 3,000 people, and the distance is not far at the moment.

After the landing, relying on the advantage of armaments, the vanguard army fought very smoothly and smoothly, and had advanced seven or eight miles, during which it continued to fight with the enemy army, and had obvious advantages.

So much so that there was a strange phenomenon in Goguryeo, instead of fighting you with the sword and spear in his hand, he picked up a stone and hit you.

Armor piercing requires heavy objects, that is, heavy weapons such as hammers and axes, but only 200 of the Goguryeo shore defenders are equipped with this thing, and these 200 people no longer know where they died.

It's late at night, and the two armies don't use torches to illuminate it very tacitly, it's completely black, you don't know where I am, I don't know where you are.

The vanguard army has the task of delaying the enemy, so it doesn't care if it can collide with you, and if it hits, it will fight, and if it can't hit me, it will continue to push forward.

Only those who are guarding the shore use torches, this is to prevent sneak attacks.

On the side of Tongding Town, Li Jing, who received the military report, immediately ordered the main force of Mai Tiecane to cross the river overnight, and according to Xue Zuo's method, he went straight to the Three Buddha Village, and must form a formation in the wilderness outside the military village before noon tomorrow.

The Iron Staff hurried down to prepare the horses.

"The two ways to cross the river are very smooth at the moment, and Mrs. He is a great contribution," Li Jing smiled at He Chou.

He Chou hurriedly humbled himself: "If the river crossing is smooth, I will be relieved." ”

The six camps on the shore of Goguryeo are the outermost barrier of Liaodong City, as long as they are taken, the follow-up army can cross the river one after another, forming a high-pressure situation on the surrounding mountain cities of Liaodong.

Historically, the wheat iron rod suffered the loss of not being able to cross the river, but if you let him cross the river, you can't stop it.

Li Jing was in the lobby and continued to arrange the follow-up river crossing with the generals.

The two pontoon bridges, counting the Tuwanxu Division, will cost more than 200,000 people, and it will take seven or eight days to cross them without stopping.

"After the Mai General Department crosses the river, Manager Xin is about to cross the river this way, you don't care about anything, after crossing the river, divide the troops into four routes and go directly south, and set up camp on the periphery of Xiuyan Niangniang City, Anshi City, Futu City, and Desheng City, and wait until the Tuwan General Manager attacks Liaodong, you must take these four mountain cities as soon as possible."

Xin Shixiong nodded: "Then how many days of military rations do I have to prepare for this trip?" ”

"Half a month is enough," Li Jing said: "The follow-up baggage is still on the way, I will send it to you at that time, and now it is better to march first." ”

The dispatch of the army, one of the most critical ones, is the allocation of resources, this can not be less, that can not be more, it must be reasonably arranged, although the grain and grass of the forward army is completely sufficient, but most of it is still on the way.

And all the military baggage, only Li Jing can deploy.

Xin Shixiong's part, there are 28,000 people, and it is easy to fight the four mountain cities, originally these four mountain cities are not for him to fight, but Li Jing is worried that Liaodong City will fall into anxiety, so he wants to open up the southward route as soon as possible.

At this time, there was a military report on the other side of the river, and Xue Zuo's Zhang Wunu, Wang Tong, and Wuyushan were on three roads, attracting a large number of enemy troops, and now there was a danger of being surrounded, Xue Zuo asked the main force to immediately cross the river to support.

And Li Jing had already arranged for the wheat iron rod to cross the river just now.

"The Yellow River Formation of Nine Songs, the Japanese Formation Garrison, the Xia Zhai uses it, and it is combined into nine formations, so that it can be used, and the Three Buddha Villages, where the Sun Formation is located, is the place where it must be saved, the six villages are nine songs, the Qiankun is invisible, and it is a bit nondescript," Li Jing said lightly.

Pei Xingyan said with a smile on the side: "Stealing a teacher is a small trick after all, the country of Fanbang, I don't know the essence of the art of war in the Central Plains." ”

"Don't be careless," Li Jing said with a smile: "Looking at the terrain, the enemy army only has six villages, and it is also a last resort, don't be underestimated." ”

Pei Xingyan hurriedly said: "The last general has been taught." ”

As the drums and trumpets sounded on the shore, the wheat iron staff crossed the river.

"The three of you will lead your headquarters, and after crossing the river, go directly to the place where Wuyushan and the others are, and meet as soon as possible, and before dawn the day after tomorrow, you must clear the obstacles to the advance of my main force, and you must do it," Mai Tiezhu instructed his three sons.

The three brothers said at the same time: "The last general will take the order." ”

Yang Guang praised Mai Tiecane for taking his three sons to the front line at the court meeting, because this was an example, and Yang Guang wanted to set up Mai Tiecane and his son as an example in the army, so that others could learn more.

It's impossible to learn, no one will learn the wheat iron rod, you don't leave your old wheat family behind.

And Yang Guang means, you see, the whole family works for me, look at you again?

Whoever is faithful and who is not is seen at a glance.

Yu Wenshu also followed suit, because he has a son who is also in the army, the difference is that the son of the Mai Tie Cane is a pioneer, and your son is in the Chinese army.

Dead soldiers are not generals, it is a traditional rule in the army, and the death of a general affects the dispatch of the army, so he cannot die.

The wheat iron rod is fierce and fierce, wearing armor on his body, and he is also walking like flying when he crosses the river, Yang Guang intends to cultivate him, so he once jokingly called it at the court meeting, long live the little.

It means a miniature version of Shi Wansui.

It can be seen that he and Shi Wansui are on the same path, and they are both desperate Saburo.

If the pontoon bridge is trampled on by so many people, there will definitely be problems, so Yang Wanshi's role is to be responsible for the stability of the pontoon bridge and not to affect the march.

The long locks on both sides of the bank have been pulled up, and although the pontoon bridge has gone off, the guards are constantly wedged to stabilize the bridge.

arranged such a cheap errand for Yang Wanshi, it was Yang Yue who greeted him, Li Jing was inconvenient to refuse, the people in the army and the court were sophisticated, he had to take care of them.

It is really not easy to lead a soldier to fight, it is one thing to be able to lead troops, but also to be a man.

Therefore, the two essential skills of a general are to comprehend the will and control his subordinates, which is even more important than how you can use soldiers, and Li Jing's two skills were taught to him by Yang Su.

is grateful for the teaching, so Li Jing will take proper care of Yang Wanshi and Yang Yuanqing, but there is also a limit, because understanding the intention is the priority.

And his favorite is the crown prince Yang Ming. (End of chapter)