On the east bank of Mazishui, the camp of the Goguryeo army

The king of Goguryeo, Gonan Wuduan, sat in the big tent and listened to the report of the scouts below

"Your Majesty! In the southeast of Liao, a group of Han cavalry is coming at full speed, numbering 4,000, equipped with my Goguryeo bow! It is expected to arrive here at noon tomorrow! ”

Gao Nanwu sat there expressionlessly, without saying a word, his eyes calmly scanning the courtiers below.

"Brother Huang! There are only 4,000 cavalry, and the younger brother is willing to command 10,000 iron cavalry to destroy them! ”

The person who spoke was none other than the Goguryeo prince who was captured last year, Gao Nanxi.

"Your Majesty! The last general is willing to go! The last general only needs 5,000 iron horsemen to defeat the Han army reinforcements! ”

A tall and burly bearded man, about thirty years old, also stood up to ask for battle, and it seemed that he didn't have a good deal with Gao Nanxi.

At this time, Shi Zhan, who had redeemed the hostages on behalf of Goguryeo and Zhuang Shaoyou last time, spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this wave of cavalry of the Han army will either ignore it and besiege the city with all its might, or annihilate it with the force of thunder, if it is a battle, the minister thinks that he should send out 30,000 iron cavalry to annihilate the enemy at one time!" ”

Gao Nanwu bowed slightly, thinking that there was some truth: "What Shi Aiqing said is good, but we should not act rashly, at this stage, our army has an absolute advantage, and there is no need to risk a decisive battle with the Han army!" Pass the order! Strengthen the siege posture, but don't actually take it! ”

Gao Nanxi glared at Shi Zhan, secretly scolded this guy for not speaking to him, and then listened to Gao Nanwu's words, he suddenly became anxious, he didn't play in such a good opportunity, so how can he wash away his shame last year?

"Brother Huang! Do we just let the Han army come arrogantly and ignore it? It's just 4,000 cavalry, and the courtiers will definitely be able to wipe them all out! Raise my Goguryeo national prestige! ”

Gao Nanwu slapped the table: "Hmph! Have you forgotten last year? A sucker! ”

The bearded general just now also sarcastically said: "Lord Wang, it's better for you to be careful, don't be flooded by a scoop of water again, last year there were 8,000 cavalry against more than 1,000 Han troops, and most of them were infantry; Now this is 4,000 cavalry, and the last general thinks that without 50,000 iron cavalry, the prince should not fight! ”

"You! Lee Bang Mallet! This king is not finished with you! ”

"Enough!" The originally calm eyes of the tall man Wu at the top suddenly became sharp, and he glanced at the two people below, and the two of them were suddenly silent and no longer spoke.

Shi Zhan sighed secretly, this prince is really, since he was redeemed last time, the whole person seems to have changed his personality, very irritable, why did he stand on his side in the first place?

If it weren't for the fact that he was still a little useful, he would have been cut by Gao Nanwu a long time ago.

Gao Nan's generals saw everyone's expressions at a glance, and suddenly thought about it, and suddenly said: "Everyone stand down, Shi Aiqing, you stay, and I have something to discuss with you!" ”

In the big tent of the king of Goguryeo, Gao Nanwu, the generals dispersed one after another, Gao Nanxi glared at Shi Zhan fiercely before retreating, this dog really betrayed the king, no wonder he refused to speak for the king just now!

Shi sighed secretly, sorted out his mood, and prepared to deal with Gao Nanwu.

After everyone withdrew, Gao Nanwu looked at Shi Zhan with a smile and said, "Shi Aiqing is dissatisfied with Lonely? ”

Shi Zhan was shocked when he heard it: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay, Lone did it on purpose, Lone thinks it's too wasteful to follow Gao Nanxi with Shi Aiqing's talent!"

Cast a listen, it's coming! It's about getting yourself back on your feet! What to do? Gao Nanwu was not in a hurry, and waited patiently.

Shi Zhan's head was spinning rapidly, Goguryeo was divided into two factions, the king Gao Nanwu was Chinese New Year's Eve nine years old, supported by a military general, and held military power;

There are not many males in the royal family, and they are generally young, only one Gao Nanxi is thirty-two years old, which is considered to be the year of fighting.

And most of the ministers supported Gao Nanxi, such as the backstage of the national minister Zuo Kexian and Zuo Kexi, the queen Yu.

Thinking left and right, struggling fiercely in contradictions, and finally decided, military power is king! In the face of absolute strength, everything else is empty!

And Gao Nanxi's personality is getting more and more irritable day by day, and it is difficult to get along with, which is very different from the appearance of the handsome gentleman and corporal Lixian when he first came into contact! And Gao Nanwu's discord plan just now must have worked! This brainless prince!

After repeated weighing, he finally made up his mind: "The minister is willing to die for His Majesty!" As he spoke, he bowed down.

Gao Nanwu above was very happy to see this, and this weakened Gao Nanxi's strength again, so I will boil a frog in warm water and slowly consume him, anyway, there is no hurry! As long as Lone has military power, he can't oppose him!

Thinking of this, Gao Nanwu hurriedly got up and hurriedly walked down, and helped Shi Zhan up: "Shi Aiqing, please get up quickly!" With Aiqing's talents, you and I will be able to achieve great ambitions with one heart and one mind! ”

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At noon on 19 March, Zhuang Shaoyou's warship arrived at the mouth of Mazishui, and Tai Shici's cavalry battalion also arrived almost at the same time, completing the first stage of the march.

Zhuang Shaoyou led the crowd to land on the west bank of the mouth of the Mazi River, and the 1,000 sailors of Ink naturally had no problem, but Zhang San's infantry battalion was embarrassed, for no other reason, seasickness!

The soldiers on the two four-masted warships were better, just a little dizzy, but the soldiers on the four three-masted warships were vomiting a mess, and as soon as they went ashore, they fell on the shore one after another, and it was difficult to get up, Zhang San wanted to stop them from standing in formation, but was stopped by Zhuang Shaoyou, since the Goguryeo army did not come to meet the battle, it didn't matter, after all, it was hard enough to be a three-day ship!

Although Tai Shi Ci's four thousand cavalry had a tired look, but the army was neat and tidy, showing no signs of dissipation, Zhuang Shaoyou was very relieved, and sighed that he had no one to trust, Tai Shi Ci was really a good general!

Zhuang Shaoyou and the generals gathered on the shore to hold a pre-war meeting.

Zhuang Shaoyou first analyzed the current strategic situation, the Goguryeo king Gao Nanwu personally conscripted, with a large army of 70,000, 30,000 iron cavalry, 40,000 infantry, a large camp on the east bank of Mazishui, and 3,000 sailors, 40 sloop warships, 10 brig warships, and hundreds of temporarily requisitioned civilian ships, and the role of the Goguryeo navy was mainly to transport grain and grass and transport soldiers to cross the shore to attack the city, not to fight.

Xi'an Pingcheng is three miles long from east to west, less than two miles wide from north to south, surrounded by mountains on three sides, only the east of the city faces the water, and below the east city is an open river beach, but from the river beach can only accommodate thousands of people to attack the city at the same time, and the geology here is soft, and it is laborious to move the siege equipment, so the siege of Goguryeo is completely a war of attrition, and the city fights for consumption, after all, the number of defenders in the city is limited, and Goguryeo can not be consumed anyway.

Goguryeo stationed 15,000 infantry on the river beach on the west bank of the Mazi River, divided into three shifts to attack the city, the east bank battalion had 30,000 cavalry, 20,000 infantry, in addition, the Goguryeo granary was located on the east bank of the Mazi River 30 miles upstream, and 5,000 infantry were stationed to guard it.

Mazishui branched off into a tributary near the granary, and from the granary, you could use small boats to carry grain along the tributary to reach the Goguryeo Daying, and the water surface of Mazishui had been blocked by the Goguryeo sailors.

After Zhuang Shaoyou analyzed the enemy situation, when everyone had not yet spoken, Hua Xin was the first to say: "General, there are two possibilities for subordinates to think that Goguryeo did not come to fight, one is that they have discovered our army's sailors and can't figure out the situation, so they don't dare to act rashly;

The second possibility is that they are sending reinforcements at the encirclement point! The offensive of Goguryeo in the past two days seems to be fierce, but it has not really broken through the defense of Xi'an Ping, so it is very likely that it is trying to attract our army to support! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou heard that, yes, his fleet came from the sea, and the land scouts of Goguryeo might not have found out, thinking of this, he hurriedly ordered: "Someone!" The herald ordered the four-masted warship of the sailor to retreat ten miles and hide! The four three-masted warships are standing still, and they will be eliminated immediately if they find enemy scouts! ”

Then he turned to Hua Xin and asked, "Mr. Hua, oh! No! From now on, Mr. Hua is the military division of our army! Hua Junshi, if the Goguryeo army is indeed luring our army to rescue Xi'anping, then how should our army respond? ”

Hua Xin thought for a while: "General, Xi'an Ping must be saved, and Goguryeo is right at this point, so he will not move and wait and see what happens!" As far as our army is concerned, since it is necessary to save, it is necessary to pay attention to the strategy of personal rescue! ”

"What's the best strategy for the military advisor?"

"Hehe, the subordinates have three strategies, the upper, middle and lower, and the next strategy is that the cavalry cooperates with the naval army to raid at night and unexpectedly enter Xi'an Pingcheng for reinforcements! The advantage of this is that the success rate is very high, and the naval army blockading the river to block the enemy's reinforcements is completely easy to achieve, and the naval army of Goguryeo is definitely not comparable to ours! The disadvantage is that our army will fall into passivity, be besieged by Goguryeo in Xi'an Pingzhong, and lose the initiative!

The central strategy is to contact the defenders in the city, flank the Goguryeo army on the west bank of Mazishui, and the two armies cooperate to defeat the 15,000 Goguryeo infantry besieging the city on the west bank! The advantage of this is that the Goguryeo infantry on the west bank has been attacking the city for several days and is exhausted, and with the sharpness of General Tai Shi Ci and the cavalry battalion, it can be easily defeated by a combined attack of land and water on both sides! The disadvantage is that there are many uncertainties, although our naval division is elite, but the Goguryeo naval division has many ships after all, if the naval division is under siege, it will be very troublesome, because we can't afford to lose any of the warships! ”

"Let's talk about the best strategy!"

"The best policy, since Goguryeo wants to surround the point and send reinforcements, then why don't we come to encircle Wei and save Zhao?"