That night, taking advantage of the dark moon and high wind, coupled with a local guide, we went straight to Nampo City, the largest port city at the southern tip of Goguryeo.

Nanpu City is located at the mouth of the Datong River, and the Datong River flows through Lelang City before entering the sea in Nanpu City, which is the most important river in this area.

After preliminary exploration, only the port of Nanpu City had the conditions for large Sui warships to dock, and in order to quickly replenish the follow-up, the city must be captured first.

Because Nampo Fortress is a port city, there are many fishermen, and it is located in the hinterland of Goguryeo, so there are few wars, so the castle here is an open structure, the walls are not high, and there are too many houses outside the city that can be connected.

The first batch of the Great Sui army arrived with more than 2,000 people, and these people checked their weapons and equipment in an orderly manner.

The leader of Lai Hu'er could almost only see an outline under the dark night, carrying a pitch-black spear and saying to everyone: "We have practiced a lot of food before entering the steps to seize the city, and His Royal Highness the King of Jin specially sent me over, just for this day, the big guys cheer me up, everything is carried out according to Li Jing's deployment, the goal is to capture Nanpu City within one day, Lelang City within three days, and attack with me." ”

"Come general, you can also give us some opportunities to make contributions, we will go to this siege task, you are responsible for intercepting it, you can rest assured that we will not be able to embarrass you."

How can any military general not want to make meritorious contributions, these soldiers have gone through a period of training, and now they are full of confidence in the landing operation, and many of them are generals who have followed Yang Guang or have been under the command of Laihu'er for a long time, and it is reasonable that they want to make meritorious contributions.

And what about the person who came to Hu'er, the fierce general is a real fierce general, and there is nothing to say about taking the lead in the charge, but because of this, every time he shows up, he has the first credit, and everyone has seen the reward of the King of Jin for coming to Hu'er, and it is a lie to say that it is not hot.

Lai Hu'er couldn't help but smile, remembering what the King of Jin said when he sent him, and told him earnestly to give his subordinates more opportunities to get credit, and said to himself: "Sure enough, nothing is expected by His Royal Highness the King of Jin." ”

"Okay, I'll give you a chance to show your face, but I can say ugly things in front, according to our Nanpu City, there are less than a thousand soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is not strong, and there is no firearms and equipment like ours, we have more troops than them, and the equipment is better than theirs, if you guys don't beat me down, I will take your own heads to fill in the guards."

The soldiers were very excited and said, "Yes, come to the general!" ”

Come to Hu'er spear and pestle, his eyes widened and said: "Give me cheer up, this is the task ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you wait for Mo Jiao'er Lang, don't be arrogant in the war, I don't want to protect the military merits of this battle, so I will go to the rear and bring a small team of people to intercept and kill the scouts who escaped to spread the news, the opportunity is to wait, come back and add the official or the military law to deal with it, you will choose for yourself." ”

Emotions were running high.

Lai Hu'er led a small group of people, less than 200 people, and directly detoured to the rear of Nanpu City according to the Kanyu map, ready to intercept and kill those who escaped from Nanpu City at any time.

The army of the Sui Dynasty divided into four routes and rushed directly to Nanpu City.

The defenders of Nanpu City suddenly saw a group of people rushing towards the city gate in the dark night, first puzzled, and then surprised, this group of defenders did not know how many years had not fought, and when they saw such a battle, they were all panicked for a moment.

The muskets rang out, and the army of the Great Sui drove straight in, encountering few obstacles, and even if there were, it could not cause a real obstacle to the Great Sui army.

The people of Nanpu City heard the sound of the battle and hid in their houses, not daring to come out.

The Great Sui army soon rushed into the heart of Nanpu City, and surrounded the city lord's mansion at the height of the night.

Attacking the City Lord's Mansion can be regarded as encountering interception in the true sense, and the best equipment in the city and the strongest combat effectiveness are the soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion.

After surrounding the City Lord's Mansion, the gate could not stop the Great Sui soldiers at all, but as soon as the gate was opened, countless arrows flew in, and the soldiers had to retreat slightly, and then used musket salvos and individual bows and crossbows to indiscriminately cover and throw at the City Lord's Mansion, ensuring that any enemy troops outside the house could not move and rushed into it.

Killed more than 500 enemies and successfully captured the city lord's mansion before dawn.

When the sky was bright, Laihu'er was guarding the main road out of the city to Lelang City, and when he saw a small group of people running away in a panic, he took advantage of the situation to arrest all the other party.

When he saw that the young man in the carriage was white and clean, and he was frightened by his buttocks, he shouted: "Who are you?" ”

The white young man understood the Central Plains dialect, and said tremblingly: "I am the third son of the king of the Goguryeo Plain, and I ask the general to spare my life." ”

This soft-boned young man didn't expect to claim to be the third son of the king of the Goguryeo Plain, so he came to Hu'er to understand with him in detail how he appeared here.

It turned out that the king of the plains was worried about changes in the war on the front line, so he arranged for his sons, except for Wang Shizi, to be scattered, also as an insurance.

It's just that who would have thought that the soldiers of the Great Sui would come from the rear?

Lai Hu'er smiled embarrassedly, and said to the subordinates beside him: "Look, Your Highness said that we are lucky generals, this is really true, we will give up all the credit for the siege of the city, who would have thought that this prince of Goguryeo would still drill our spear, and inexplicably won military merits, isn't this a proper embrace?" ”

"The general's embrace is to describe a woman, and it is not appropriate to use it here."

"This guy looks like a little girl, so I said he was giving him a hug."

"The general has the final say."

Lai'er smiled for a moment, and then began to give orders.

"Can't miss the business, occupy the city lord's mansion, quickly control the major roads of Nanpu City, search for horses, send a message to the rear, and let the warships step up to the shore."

The matter is serious, and the requirements of this operation must be fast, before they can react.

The people of Nanpu City saw more than a dozen warships docked at dawn, as well as small fishing boats.

The heavily armed soldiers of the Great Sui were densely packed from various ships, and the grain and grass materials were constantly carried down.

Such a horrific scene made ordinary people dare not speak even if they are dissatisfied, and they have closed their homes.

And they also found out that as long as they closed the door and didn't come out and walk around at will, the Great Sui soldiers wouldn't bother them.

Li Jing appeared in the harbor, and after getting off the warship, he began to observe the situation around him.

Laihu'er lifted his crotch and said with a smile: "Li Jing, why are you here as a commander?" ”

"Come to the general, we have been planning for a lot of time in this battle, there is only one victory in this battle, if I don't win, my Li Jing's life will also stay here, and we will share weal and woe."

"I like the momentum on your Li Jing, hehe, how do you attack next, do you want to go immediately?"

"The faster the better, but be prepared to tell me how many horses we have captured so far."

Lai Hu'er said with some disgust: "There are less than three hundred, and there are not many materials, but there is a lot of gold and silver in the city lord's mansion, and all of them have been stored in the treasury, so that the warship can bring it back." ”

"Three hundred horses, the number is too small, it is definitely not enough for us to surprise attack three hundred people in Lelang City, order the army to start now, first press in the direction of Lelang City, the vanguard army is all on horseback, according to the footsteps, after arriving in two days, directly attack Lelang City."

Laihu'er waved his spear excitedly: "Command!" ”

Here is sorting out supplies in Nanpu City, but the regular army has already begun to set off.

They have to be faster than the speed of the message.

In this era, the exchange of information relied on the transmission of letters, and the people who ran out of the city to transmit the message were cut off before, and the news could not be transmitted, and in the case of no fast horse transmission, even if the ordinary people ran out, according to the footsteps, they were definitely not as fast as the soldiers of the Great Sui marching in a hurry.

And in order to speed up the march, Li Jing ordered the soldiers to take off their iron armor and march in light armor.

He concluded that now that the Goguryeo army was on the border, there should not be many heavy cavalry in Lelang City, and the army's combat effectiveness was not strong, so light armor and firearms.

In his opinion, light armor and firearms are the trend of the future battlefield, and his soldiers are faster than the news in exchange for space with speed.

The road of Goguryeo is not easy to walk, the official road made by their court is smaller than that of the Great Sui, and the soldiers of the Great Sui are really much more convenient to march in light armor, and they also march at night under the leadership of a guide.

Laihu'er allocates rest time and induces everyone with rewards after winning the battle, so everyone's mood is high.

And Yang Guang had previously taught him the eight-minute rest method of the Navy SEALs, which he handed over to the soldiers, and after the speed reached the expectation, he ordered everyone to take a break first and maintain sufficient physical strength.

On the night of the next day, they finally arrived outside Lelang City.

As one of the few large cities in Goguryeo, the walls of Lelang City reached the scale of a second-class city in the Great Sui, and it would inevitably be damaged if it was attacked directly.

However, after some time of observation, Laihu'er found that the number of soldiers changing guards in Lelang City was insufficient, at least compared to a city of the same size as the Great Sui.

Either there is a shortage of manpower, or the defense is loose, either of which is good news for the Great Sui.

As soon as the ugly time came, Laihu'er was ready to attack.

He had changed the city wall before, and when he was ugly, it was when he was lazy to rest, and many people were like him, because this point was indeed the most sleepy time for people, and the defense was the lowest.

Everyone looked at the commander of Laihu'er and held their breath, and with his gestures, the black Sui soldiers in the dark night rushed towards Lelang City.

……

In the early morning, Yang Guang finished washing, and under the service of Yuan Tiantian and other maidservants, he put on a battle armor.

Yang Guang has always disliked the heavy armor, so even if he wears the armor majestic, he is generally reluctant to wear it, but today he put the armor on.

It's not like the kind of splendid Shu armor that the prince likes, this armor is just the general-level armor of the Youzhou border army, ordinary but has experienced countless war verifications, this is the best armor.

A cold mang's long sword was unsheathed, and Yang Guang praised it: "It is advisable to take out the sword today." Then he put the sword back in its sheath and pinned it to his waist.

Yang Guang was fully armed and walked out of the camp.

At this time, he was not in Youzhou City, but in the big tent of the military camp in front.

As Yang Guang walked out, Yin Shishi led a group of generals to pay homage one after another.

"Let's all be exempt, did our army and the Goguryeo army have some friction yesterday?"

"Yes, Your Highness, yesterday our army fired artillery across the river, and the Goguryeo army also fired muskets across the river, but unfortunately the sound of the muskets was too quiet, so they took a boat to release their guns, intending to provoke our army."

"How do we do it?"

"Adjusting the direction of the artillery, sinking the opponent's boat with one shot, our artillery crews have a better understanding of the accuracy of artillery."

Yang Guang smiled: "What is the reaction of the other side?" ”

"There is no response at the moment."

"Go ahead and fire."

Except for the Yin Shishi, the other generals were somewhat puzzled and angry about Yang Guang's behavior, and they knew every day that they were going to fire artillery, except for showing off their might, they had no other effect, but instead reminded Goguryeo to let them gather more troops.

It was even rumored that Yang Guangchun did this just to eat military salary, and he kept fighting and eating, which made everyone a little disdainful.

Yang Guang looked at the generals with their own ideas and didn't say much.

Someone saw that Yang Guang was wearing armor today, so he asked: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin is wearing armor today, but he is going to go into battle?" ”

"Do you want to fight?"

"Think, why don't you want to, the Goguryeo people are showing off their might with the current situation, when have we been so angry, the Turkic cavalry used to be afraid of the victory or defeat of the Turkic cavalry, what are the Goguryeo people afraid of, it happened suddenly before, and now we are ready, His Royal Highness the King of Jin, you let me lead the troops, and I will lead the troops to fight over."

Yang Guang smiled: "Hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting, and there are countless casualties, and this king is quite unbearable." ”

At this time, there was a military intelligence report, Yang Guang took the Di newspaper, took a closer look, and said with a flat face: "On the Western Front, our army broke Tuyuhun, and now it has reached the national capital, and it will inevitably win in the near future, and our army has no worries." ”

"Your Highness takes advantage of this good news, why don't we fight with the whole army, the morale is like a rainbow, and we will definitely win in one battle."

Yang Guang didn't answer him, but looked at another fast horse that was galloping outside the barracks.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, Shandong Military News!"

Everyone wondered, Shandong Military Newspaper, how could there be a Shandong High Military Newspaper, there was no war in Shandong.

Yang Guang took the military report, glanced at it and handed it to the Yin Shishi, who saw that the whole person was in a state of shock, and then showed it to others.

Everyone else was stupid after reading it.

The ministers were all stunned.

Under the sun, the cold light iron clothes on Yang Guang's body shone brightly.

"Our army has made a detour from the sea, conquered Goguryeo enough to put Nanpu and Lelang City, and reached the rear of the enemy's army, and the soldiers are still going, targeting the enemy's capital city in the country."

Seeing that the front line hasn't even started fighting, you let the other side directly start the defense of the capital?

(End of chapter)