On the alluvial plain sixty miles south of Wuli Luo City, Yu Wenhua and Wu Li Luo City Da Mo Da are two miles apart, and they are arrayed.

Of the 28,000 men on this side, there were 4,000 cavalry, and the rest were all foot soldiers.

On the opposite side, there were 8,000 armored cavalry, and the rest were foot soldiers.

Therefore, the defensive formation is a square circle formation, and the opposite position is an offensive fish scale formation.

Or say that Goguryeo must do it, there is something in the original, and he is studying desperately, and he has learned all the strengths and weaknesses.

The square circle array, the general is in the middle, the middle is the circle array, and the four sides are the square array.

The two phalanxes on the left and right front flanks are oblique, like a figure-eight, and there is a big gap in the middle, which is to let people in and then surround and kill.

After entering, the left and right front flanks are responsible for blocking the door, and the two spearmen phalanx in the rear are used to kill the enemy troops entering the formation.

If there are too many enemy troops, then the front flank will not block the door, but let the enemy army in, and then the army in the formation will be responsible for blocking the route and forcing the enemy army into a large circle in the middle.

When the large circle is defensive, it is closed, and the periphery is all covered by shield-holding platoons, blocking the enemy from the formation, and when the enemy troops in the formation are gradually saturated, then the circle will open and expand outward, and the spearmen deployed in the center will go out to kill the incoming enemy.

This formation was initiated by Sun Bin, and the first person to use him was Zhao Kuo of Zhao State, that is, the one who lost the Battle of Changping.

On the other hand, the Fish Scale Formation is an offensive large array, focusing on a central breakthrough.

There are too many people and horses on both sides, the formation has been formed, and it is no longer good to change the formation, and the soldiers and horses on both sides are almost the same, so the battle between Huahe and the Position Breeze is a head-to-head battle between the Fangyuan Array and the Fish Scale Array.

With the beating of the enemy's war drums, a vast array of 30,000 fish scales slowly marched towards the Sui army.

The front flanks of both sides are standard for defense, with spearmen in front and bowers in the rear.

Armored cavalry is used to charge the formation, but it is not to rush the formation as soon as it comes up, especially if the formation of others has been set up, and you only send cavalry to charge the formation, that is looking for death.

As long as people put your cavalry into the formation, it is to make dumplings.

Yu Wenhua and the Chinese army are surrounded by more than ten generals and more than 50 flag officers.

He is the hub of the great formation, and once engaged, the formation change depends on him to command.

"Report! The front army was in contact and was fighting, but there were no cavalry in sight," a flag officer galloped in, reported.

Yu Wenhua and Ning Mei waved their hands, and the flag officer retreated.

At the beginning, the short-handed combat was hard work, focusing on consumption.

The phalanx on the left and right front wings, once there is a shortage of personnel, will be constantly filled in the back to ensure the defensive formation, and the same is true for the Goguryeo side, everyone is just consuming.

How long will it take? The reserve soldiers of the other side were not replenished in time, and there was a gap in the formation.

A fight like this can be fought for a while, and it takes patience.

If you dare to rush into battle, I'll let you in, otherwise we'll be so consumed.

Huaji is not afraid of attrition, because the enemy troops of Liaoze, Yanzhou City and Shitaizi City behind him have been dragged by the Sudouling Department, Xue Zuo Department, and Huang Shilang, and Duan Wenzhen's main army is also marching north, as long as he can resist for three days, the reinforcements will arrive.

In the low-lying area of Liaoze, Xue Zuo's troops relied on the advantages of the armor to beat the enemy army to pieces, and Sudouling believed that good steel should be used on the blade, so he sent a ranger to contact Xue Zuo, hoping that the other party could go north to support the enemy army in Huahe, and the swamp was exterminated by him and Huang Shilang.

So Xue Zuo's army, which had lost only 200 men, began to cross the swamp and march north.

A day later, his scouts discovered that in the plains, seven or eight miles to the west, the enemy had already been engaged.

Both sides are in a complete formation, and Xue Zuo will not be able to help if he goes, and he may even be held back.

Relying on his 6,000 people, to rush other people's fish scale array, this is obviously impractical, the two warring sides have a total of 60,000 troops, the large array stretches for seven or eight miles, he used to deliver food.

After thinking for a moment, Xue Zuo planned to go directly to Wuli Luo City, didn't your main force pour out? I'm going to raid your hometown.

So he took 6,000 elite foot soldiers and marched all the way to Wuli Luocheng.

Duan Wenzhen and Zhang Jin rested for a day in Sanfo Village, and then urgently went on the road, taking Li Jing with them.

People don't count to help Hua Ji at all, my main task is to fight Wu Li Luo and Fuyu City, as long as Wu Li Luo is taken, the danger will be solved, this is called Wei Wei to save Zhao.

When he was halfway through the march, he learned that Xue Zuo's troops had gone to Wuliluo, and immediately summoned Shi Wanbao:

"I'll give you 4,000 cavalry, immediately leave the army and go north, and respond to Xue Zuo, in case Fuyu City reinforcements, if Wu Liluo can fight, you will fight, if you can't fight, you will wait for me."

"The last general commands!" Shi Wanbao took the token, and then took his entourage and staff to order the soldiers and horses.

Zhang Jin sat on the horse and frowned: "Xue Zuo is the general of the wheat iron rod, under Li Jing's control, this is to fight to the south, but now he is running to the north, do you want to say hello to Li Jing and simply transfer Xue Zuo to our department?" ”

Duan Wenzhen shook his head and said: "We are in the north, in fact, it is very easy to fight, Li Jing's task is arduous, there should be more soldiers, not less, we march quickly, after taking Wu Liluo, we will order Xue Zuo to return south immediately, at that time, Liaodong is about to fight, Li Jing needs to go south in time to open up the route, and the responsibility is heavy." ”

Zhang Jindao: "This person is a general, from crossing the river to the present, calm scheduling, the defense around the Three Buddha Village, I have seen it, quite disciplined, this person is skillful in scheduling, quite similar to the public." ”

Many of the older generation are still accustomed to calling Yang Su the Duke of Yueguo.

Duan Wenzhen nodded and said: "There are talented people in the country, we are all old, this expedition to Goguryeo, there will definitely be some young generals, and this group of people will take over from you and me and become the backbone of the future military, Mai Tiecane has been knighted, and Li Jing is next." ”

Zhang Jin nodded: "Your Majesty's decision is to take Liaodong on May 5, and Hu'er will also send troops within this time, and after fighting Liaodong, it will be the beginning of the real difficulty. ”

Duan Wenzhen snorted coldly: "Yu Wenhua is really an idiot!" ”

As soon as Li Jing learned of the collapse of the defense line, he arranged for Xue Zuo to go north, and at the same time asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs for grain and grass, and allocated it to Xin Shixiong's troops stationed in the south.

When Xin Shixiong opened in the early days, he only brought half a month's grain and grass with the army, but Yu Wenhua and such a leak delayed the time for Tu Wanxu to attack Liaodong City, so Li Jing had to send grain and grass to Xin Shixiong as soon as possible.

He can't leave the Three Buddhas Village yet, and he needs to wait until Tuwanxu launches a general attack.

Xin Shixiong's task is to attack Xiuyan Niangniang City, Anshi City, Futu City, and Victory City south of Liaodong City, but now, he has more historical details around him.

Tu Wanxu was also to fight for a breath, because Li Jing was worried that their attack on Liaodong City would not go well, so he deployed Xin Shixiong to go south, but Tu Wanxu thought that I would be very smooth and I didn't need your help, so he transferred the 20,000 people from Shi Xiang's department to the south.

Shi Shen had already done it with the people of the four mountain cities, but he did not set fire to the mountains like Wei Yunqi, but attacked at any cost, after all, the strength of these four mountain cities could not be compared with the Wunu Mountain, and the enemy army here was less than 6,000 people.

But Shi Xiang's early fight was not smooth, the people were condescending, and threw rolling stones and rolling wood below, which really made him suffer a lot of losses, but with the exhaustion of rolling wood and rolling stones in the mountain city, the next thing was very smooth.

The four cities were successfully taken, and Shi Shen breathed a sigh of relief, he was finally not ashamed, otherwise he would have been laughed at by Li Jing's Western Route Army.

His task was to follow Tu Wanxu to fight Liaodong, so after taking the four cities, Shi Xiang captured more than 6,000 civilians and escorted them to the direction of Liaodong, while Xin Shixiong was responsible for staying behind to receive the four cities.

Wei Yunqi's side was the worst, half of the 20,000 casualties, and there was already a rout, after all, he was fighting with Gao Jianwu's main force.

Of course, Gao Jianwu's side is not having a good time, they are in a hurry to escape from the mountain fire area, and they are completely desperate to break through, so that they have broken several checkpoints laid by Wei Yunqi, but their own losses are also quite heavy.

In desperation, Wei Yunqi could only order the withdrawal of the army, and if he didn't withdraw, he would not be able to control the remaining 10,000 people, and all the deserters would be deserters at that time, which would be equivalent to the annihilation of the entire army, and he would be beheaded.

After Tu Wanxu learned that the main force of Liaodong was in the direction of Wei Yunqi, he also fell into hesitation.

Whether to fight Gao Jianwu or continue to besiege Liaodong, he didn't dare to make up his mind for a while, after all, His Majesty had already set a deadline for him to die.

When you can't make up your mind, you have to consult the emperor.

So a military report was urgently sent to the rear, whether to fight Gao Jianwu or Liaodong, the emperor has the final say.

Su Wei said: "Liaodong is a lonely city, if you break the main force of Gao Jianwu, then Liaodong will collapse, and the minister thinks that Tu Wanxu should be ordered to immediately reorganize the army, and the Shi Shen Department and Wei Yunqi Department will encircle Gao Jianwu and break it in one fell swoop." ”

Yang Yue frowned and said: "Wei Xuanbu is crossing the river right now, at this time, you will transfer Tu Wanxu away, if the enemy army in Liaodong City pours out, how can you resist?" ”

Su Wei immediately said: "Don't miss the opportunity, our army's Liaodong defense line is in Sanfo Village, Li Jingbu is there right now, if the enemy army in Liaodong goes out of the city, let Li Jing Yuzhi, be sure to buy time for Tu Wanxu." ”

Yang Yue shook his head and said: "Li Jing is the Western Route Army, the main one is opening up the road to the south, if it is disabled in Liaodong, how can my main force go south?" ”

"The war is unpredictable, and we have to adapt measures to local conditions," Niu Hong also said: "How much Li Jing loses, how much he will make up for later, but this time, the key is Gao Jianwu, if this person's main force is defeated, it will be of great benefit to me." ”

The two opinions have their own reasons, don't think that people Yang Yue doesn't know soldiers, people are in the art of war, and they are more interested than Su Wei Niu Hong.

He felt that Gao Jianwu was outside, and he could completely resist it, so as to buy time for the main force to siege the city, and there was no need to go to great lengths to swear to kill the enemy's main general.

Even if you defeat Gao Jianwu, you still have to fight in Liaodong City, what are you doing with that?

Why is Gao Jianwu outside, isn't it just to harass your main siege force? As long as you understand Gao Jianwu's purpose, it is actually very easy to make decisions.

It's a pity that Yang Guang chose to listen to Su Wei Niu Hong's opinion, to be precise, this was also Yang Guang's plan.

Kill the enemy's main general, and there is a light on his face.

So after the ministers quarreled for a long time, Yang Guangdao:

"Order Li Jing to deploy a defensive line, Tu Wanxu to concentrate the main force, and exterminate Gao Jianwu."

Yang Yue sighed in his heart, helpless, greedy for small profits and lost his big profits. (End of chapter)