When Yang Ji returned to Beijing with the news of his victory, he also wrote a personal letter to Yang Guang, "encouraging" Yang Guang to mobilize an army of three to four million people and send him to fight in person. He also took care of the Long nobility, Shandong nobles, and the direct descendants of the southern nobles.

Go to the battlefield and die.

After reading this, Yang Guang almost turned his nose with anger. The Sui Dynasty and the major political factions were very delicate. Even he could only carefully use the method of combining vertical and horizontal forces to eliminate the strong and help the weak. Not only did the nobles and nobles not

Silly, but quite smart. If a few direct descendants of each family die, they will immediately wake up, fall out, and cause trouble. If not, they will unite to overthrow the Sui Dynasty.

So although Yang Ji's weird idea made him extremely excited, after weighing the pros and cons, he was scared and didn't dare to do it.

As for the imperial commander's personal expedition, Yang Guang thought, but Goguryeo had already been beaten half to death by Yang Ji. If he tried to mobilize the troops again and the imperial commander personally conquered it, it would be leftovers. The result would not only be glory, but also humiliation. Even if he wanted to conquer the emperor himself, it would be a waste of money.

In a personal expedition, the target of the expedition is also a complete big country. For example, the Eastern Turks are very good; this is Yang Guang's historical merits, and he cannot attack Yang Ji again.

Although he is not what Yuan Ziyou said: the cancellation of the Northern Patrol was because he wanted to launch a large-scale expedition to Goguryeo, but at least it still has some relationship. However, Yang Guang no longer looks down on the half-dead Goguryeo, and he is not like the one in history.

Such "messing around", while he allowed Yang Ji to mess around, with the intention of not making great contributions to the Guanlong nobles, he just appointed Zhou Fashang as the naval commander, the deputy commander of the Liaodong Road Marching Road, and led 50,000 elite troops northward.

Help in the fight.

This line of elite soldiers not only avoids the consumption of a lot of manpower and material resources, but is also very targeted and efficient. What's more, Goguryeo's national power is far weaker than that of the Sui Dynasty, and it was killed by Yang Ji in the first year of Daye and this year.

With tens of thousands of elite troops, Goguryeo at this time simply could not sustain it for long, and the Sui Dynasty had no need to mobilize troops for this doomed country.

If Yang Ji fails or is in a stalemate, it is not too late to consider adding more troops. However, Yang Guang has full confidence in Yang Ji. His trust in Yang Ji is higher than that of Yang Ji himself, which leads him to think of these two possibilities.

It's simply impossible.

At the same time when Yang Ji and Yang Lun separated and decided to march towards Lianshan Pass, on the sea southeast of Beisha City in the Liaodong Peninsula, the sails covered the sky and the sun, and nearly a thousand large ships formed a huge front array.

We crossed the Bohai Strait in a mighty way and headed towards Muyang City.

On top of a huge five-toothed warship, Zhou Fashang was fully clothed and stood on the fifth deck with a sword at his waist. He stared at the sea ahead. Colorful clouds like mountains were piled up where the water and the sky met. Below the colorful clouds

The sea surface is sparkling and beautiful.

Zhou Fashang was the general with the most experience in naval warfare in the Sui Dynasty and was proficient in land and water warfare. Although he was the commander-in-chief of the navy this time, 30,000 of the 50,000 soldiers in the fleet were in the army.

The 30,000 army consists of 20,000 Xiaoguo troops and 10,000 Jingyue troops. This was a special request made by Zhou Fashang to the court because he knew that the navy was not good at land warfare. If the Sui army advanced step by step on land, it would still be impossible.

Have to rely on land

He thought that the imperial court would only send an elite army to him, but he never thought that the emperor would actually use the Xiaoguo Army, which was known as the emperor's personal army, as the main commander. The leader was Yang Ji's second uncle Dugu Sheng, and the deputy general was Yang Ji's old subordinate Gao Jun.

Ya and Wang argued.

The chief generals of Jing Yue's army are General Zuo Xiaowei of Jianxiao and Qing Shixiang of Honglu. Their deputy generals are General Zhao Xiaocai of Youwuwei and General Wei Xuan of Jianxiao Youyuwei.

The deputy general of the navy is Pei Renji, the deputy commander of the Northern Navy, and Wang Rengong, the general of the left imperial guard, and the marching commander of the entire army is Dao Wang and Yang Jing, the governor of Qingzhou.

There are three types of Wuya warships: large, medium and small. The large Wuya warship where Zhou Fashang is located is five stories high and can accommodate a thousand soldiers and sufficient combat supplies. The ship shrinks layer by layer from bottom to bottom, and the platform on the top layer is

It was an observation tower, a combat command tower. The signal soldier looking out from above suddenly said loudly: "General manager, we have seen the coastline!"

Zhou Fashang stared into the distance, and sure enough he saw a black line appearing in front of him. He shouted loudly: "Give orders to all command ships in the fleet to go to Bisha City to rest first!"

The home port of the Northern Navy is in Donglai County, and it is only more than two hundred miles from the home port to Bisha City along the Changshan Islands. Before Zhou Fashang set out, he had already received the military information forwarded to him by Li Zixiong and knew that the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula was already occupied.

Recover it for King Teng and arrange for five thousand soldiers and horses to stay behind.

"Yes!" The signal soldier quickly waved the flag to convey the commander's order. The surrounding ships saw the signal sent from the command ship and immediately passed it on.

Each ship of each branch of the fleet sailed according to the order, and it took about two moments to move forward. The relatively loose lineup became more and more compact and closer.

.....

Bisha City is located in the Jinzhou District of Dalian City. It is more than ten kilometers away and is the only important city in the Liaodong Peninsula. During the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was the county seat of Pingguo County, Liaodong County. In the fourth year of Emperor Guangshi of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (404)

, the entire peninsula, including Bisha City, was forcibly separatist by Goguryeo.

This city is located on the top of Daheishan Mountain, on the middle and south peaks and adjacent ridges. It faces the mountain and the sea. It is built according to the situation and strangles the water and land. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The bay outside the south of the city is a natural

A good harbor can accommodate thousands of warships without any deliberate construction.

Several large five-tooth warships broke out of the formation and slowly docked.

The third-class Wuya warships and the second-class Huanglong warships have six five-foot-high shooting poles set up in the front, rear, left and right of the ships. A square iron block is tied to the top of each shooting pole, with a winch underneath.

When the ship and the enemy ship are close, the naval officers can quickly use the winch to lower the shooting pole and smash it with the iron block above.

Enemy ship. If you miss a hit, you can use the winch to put the shooting pole away and then put it back; if the enemy ships are surrounded on all sides, it is a "six-pronged attack". Of course, the shooting pole is not generalized, but is placed according to the size of the ship.

;The size of the ship is different, so the length of the shooting pole, the size and weight of the iron block are also different.

When the Sui Dynasty and Chen Dynasty launched their first battle on the Yangtze River, Yang Su only sent four large five-tooth warships to fight. These four warships successively sunk and destroyed a fleet of the Chen Dynasty with rods. The Chen Navy was frightened by the news and stayed away.

His fighting power is fierce and domineering, which can be seen clearly.

In normal times, the two shooting poles at the bow or stern of the ship have become tools for soldiers and supplies to go back and forth. As long as the two shooting poles are put down and covered with large shields to block arrows, it will be a building as wide as a month.

The pontoon is five feet tall.

The pontoon tower is good, Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing strode ashore. Mai Mengcai and Qian Jie, who had already heard the news, rushed up to the crowd. They stepped forward and clasped their fists and saluted: "The last general Mai Mengcai/Qian Jie met with Manager Zhou, Yang Changshi

!”

"General Mai, General Qian, thank you for your hard work!" Zhou Fashang was brave and courageous. He had both civil and military skills and a broad mind. He would not be arrogant because of someone's inferior status. He personally helped up the two young generals, glanced at Beisha City in front of him, and walked forward.

, while asking General Mai Mengcai, the lord of Bisha City: "General Mai, do you have any information about King Wei's military situation? Is he still on the north bank of Daliang River?"

Mai Mengcai was stunned when he heard the words, and then realized that the news Zhou Fashang knew was still more than half a month ago. He quickly explained: "I reported to Manager Zhou that the main army led by King Wei was defeated one after another in the afternoon twelve days ago.

The eminent monk Luo had 30,000 elite troops on the north bank of the Daliang River, and Gao Dayang had 60,000 troops on the south bank of the Daliang River. The next day, General Wei Yunqi completely carried out the Hengshan City, the logistics center of Goguryeo, and seized countless grains, weapons and equipment."

"Today, our army has suppressed the Goguryeo army to the east of Liao River, west of Changgong Ridge and Hengshan City, and south of Daliang River, and has made new deployments based on Changgong Ridge, Daliang River, and Liaodong City. General Yang Yichen led

The main force was stationed at the east foot of Changgong Ridge, fighting against the enemy.

Confronted Yang Wanchun; General Li Jing went south from Daliangshui and garrisoned troops in the northern part of the western foot of Changgong Ridge. General Li's mission was to both deter Yang Wanchun and put pressure on the plain area under the jurisdiction of Liaodong City. His main opponent now is Goguryeo Silk Yi

The eldest brother Yuan Zicheng."

Zhou Fashang stopped for a moment, and the shock in his eyes could not be concealed. He glanced at Yang Jing, who was also shocked, and asked again: "King Wei is progressing so fast?"

"Exactly!" Mai Mengcai looked at Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing who were stunned, and said in a regretful tone: "In the words of the king... In the words of King Wei, it's not that our army is too strong, but that the enemy is too understanding.

Cooperate; our army actually wants to lose, but the other side refuses to give face, which is really unreasonable!"

After hearing this, Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing's faces turned dark; looking at Mai Mengcai who was serious and talking nonsense, they really wanted to hit someone at this moment.

"Mr. Zhou, Yang Changshi!" Qian Jie saw that the two men's faces were not right, and quickly added: "King Wei asked for defeat but failed, and he was almost sick from anger; he has now handed over the Eastern Army to General Yang Yichen, and he

Let’s relax. It is said that King Wei was so idle that he had nowhere to vent his temper, so he had to look for temples and stone tablets to smash!"

Zhou Fashang, Yang Jing: "..."

Good guy, do you think that humans are no longer opponents, so you want to fight with gods?

Yang Jing felt that it was necessary to explain to his brother, and he said to Zhou Fashang: "Mr. Zhou, no normal person would dare to do such a thing as fighting against the gods, and our Yang family cannot do such a thing. From now on.

Judging from past experience, this is clearly the idea of ​​General Yin Shishi. My uncle listened to General Yin and burned the Turkic saints, dug up the graves of the Turkic ancestors, and abandoned the bones of the Turkic ancestors in the wilderness."

"What King Dao said is very true. In fact, I think so too!" Zhou Fashang was convinced. As he spoke, he walked forward again and asked as he walked: "What about King Teng? Is he in Anshi City?"

"It's gone!" Mai Mengcai said: "A few days ago, Gao Huizhen, the little Sasa of Goguryeo, and Gao Xinggong, the commander of the Imperial Guard, led more than 20,000 soldiers to escort Gao Yuan's family south. King Teng and General Li Duan took the initiative to attack Haicheng.

river

The enemy army was defeated in the river basin, and the enemy army escorted Gao Yuan's family and retreated to Lishan City at the western foot of the Qianshan Mountains. King Teng and General Li led 5,000 troops to pursue them. Gaimou City and Anshi City are now guarded by General Xue Wanche and General Wang Haokai respectively.

."

After roughly understanding the progress of the Sui army and the current situation in the Liaodong Plain, Zhou Fashang changed the topic and asked: "Is there any movement of the Goguryeo army in the Liaodong Peninsula, in the 'Qianshan-Yalushui' zone? Please tell me in detail."

"Here!" Mai Mengcai responded, explaining the situation of the two major sectors one by one: "There are not many Goguryeo troops in the Liaodong Peninsula, and they are concentrated in Bisha City, Muyang City, and Langu City. These cities were defrauded by Gao Jianwu

, after being dedicated to our army, there are no enemy troops on the peninsula. However, we only have 5,000 troops and we have to guard the Goguryeo army exiled on Lianhua Island, so we dare not launch an offensive to the north."

"The 'Qianshan-Yalushui' area is extremely steep, with large and small cities, fortresses, and garrison soldiers of different sizes. Overall, this area is dominated by four important cities on the north bank of the Yalu River, from top to bottom.

, from north to south, they are Neiguocheng, Wugu City, Bobi City, and Dahang City."

At this point in the introduction, Mai Mengcai took out a roll of military information from his arms, presented it to Zhou Fashang, and said: "This is the military information I just received this morning. It says that the deputy lord of Wugu City, Eulji Yideok, has assembled 30,000 elite soldiers, and two

Tens of thousands of soldiers decided to go north along the "Qianshan-Bisha River" road this morning and march to Anshi City in the northwest; Wu Bin, the lord of Bobi City, dispatched all his troops and led 30,000 elite troops to Dahang City at the mouth of the Yalu River.

Assemble.”

Having said that, Mai Mengcai breathed a long sigh of relief.

He and Qian Jie were worried about Wu Bin's army that was about to invade. If Wu Bin and the defenders of Daxing City were to mobilize in full force, they would be at least 60,000 people. With only 5,000 of them, they were no match for the enemy.

Fortunately, Zhou Fashang arrived in time.

Zhou Fashang looked at the military situation and found that everything was just as Mai Mengcai said. He reviewed the map engraved in his mind and asked: "We are new here and know nothing about the situation here. In your opinion, is Wu Bin converging?"

After the defenders of Dahang City, march towards the Liaodong Peninsula along the coastline?"

"Mr. Zhou, this is exactly what we have judged!" Mai Mengcai said: "If the defenders of the two cities are deployed in full force, there will be 60,000 troops."

"I understand!" Zhou Fashang was extremely happy in his heart. If they had come one day later, the situation would not be like it is now; and the opportunities they would get would not be as many as they are now.

With this in mind, he did not go to Bisha City. Instead, he asked his soldiers to set up a large flag with the word "Sui" on the beach. At the same time, he sent people through several generals to gather them here.

About two seconds later, Dugu Sheng, Gao Junya, Wang Bian, Shi Xiang, Zhao Xiaocai, Wei Xuan, Pei Renji, and Wang Rengong disembarked one after another. After hearing the news, they gathered towards the flag.
To be continued...