Chapter 254 Hurry up and feed the fish

On October 28, the ninth year of Daye, the east bank of the Liao River.

The Sui army successfully forced 90,000 Goguryeo Allied Forces to the bank of the Liao River. The Goguryeo Allied Forces and Zhang Xutuo reinforcements fought each other, but in the end, Chen Kefu, the third tiger, seized the opportunity.

For the Sui army, this was an opportunity to lay the victory. For the Goguryeo people, this was bad news. The Goguryeo people who fought hard for a day and a night had just tried their best to kill Zhang Xutuo's 20,000 reinforcements. Before they had time to gather their troops and take a breath, the Sui army in Liaodong City came to fight.

Whatever you are afraid of is what you are afraid of, the most feared thing about the Goguryeo Alliance is that the Sui army will come at critical moments, and now all worries have become facts.

The arrival of the Sui army in Liaodong City has shown that the camp in Liuhe City is over. They have no way out. There are only 90,000 people left when they set out to fight. This is everything about them.

The north wind yelled, and the Liao River, less than ten miles behind, had begun to freeze, and the ice all over the river became a Jedi. There were 60,000 Sui troops in front and Liao River intercepted them in the back, and they had no way to go. The entire 90,000 coalition forces were so sad that people were panicked.

In the afternoon, a cavalry commander arrived quickly, bringing better news. Lu Shishen and General Shen Guang's five thousand cavalry had arrived in Liaodong City, and it was only half a day to reach the Liaohe battlefield.

For the Sui army, this is excellent news, and the five thousand cavalry is not a small number.

A tent had been temporarily set up in the military formation. All the generals in the army had arrived. Chen Kefu went up to sit and the generals in the army knelt in two rows.

"Is there any news about General Zhang and Su Xiangguo?"

When the Sui army's vanguard arrived last night, Zhang Xutuo was already dead, but only the Goguryeo people knew about his death in battle, and the Sui army did not know about the military situation. Just arrived last night, they continued to fight with the Goguryeo people, and almost all night. Many wounded soldiers were taken in along the way, but no one saw Zhang Xutuo and Su Wei.

Chen Qing stood up and said, "After the last general arrived last night, he happened to meet the two captains of the Zhang Damashang Zhang's front army, Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin, who were surrounded, and later encountered many wounded soldiers along the way. He heard that the Zhang Damashang's central army was buried and suffered heavy losses. The General Zhang had already broken through the siege, but later he returned to the siege to rescue other soldiers who had not broken through. Many of the wounded soldiers were rescued by them. According to the wounded soldiers, in the end, General Zhang went to rescue the Cheng Yaojin, who was back in the rear army. There was no news afterwards. I have sent a lot of people to look for it, but there is no news yet."

At this time, almost 3,000 defeated soldiers from Zhang Xutuo's troops had been collected in the army, and basically everyone was injured. Chen Kefu heard that there was no news about Zhang Xutuo, and he didn't know whether to be worried or happy for a moment.

"Immediately dispatch two battalions of light cavalry to search. You must search carefully. You must see people no matter what." Chen Kefu said very seriously.

"Marson, let's take people to find Zhang Shuai too!" The two young generals below stood up, but they were Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin. "We are all subordinates of Zhang Shuai. Now the head coach's life and death are unknown. What face do we have to sit here safely? Please help the marshal."

This was the first time Chen Kefu saw these two future famous generals, but at this time, these two were just two young generals. Their official positions were just a sixth-rank Yueqi Captain, and this was because they were promoted to the extraordinary results of fighting when they came to fight Lu Mingyue.

Although he had first met, he had long heard of these two names. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the two most famous groups in the world were Guanlong Group and Shandong Group. Guanlong Group had gradually become stronger during the Western Wei Dynasty. The group behind the Northern Zhou, Sui and even Tang were all dominated. Yang Jian and Li Yuan came out here, and they were all real power figures holding military power.

The Shandong Group is not a group of companies, but refers to this huge area. The Shandong area here refers to a large number, even including Henan. The Shandong Group was very important at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and countless strong men came out from here. When Yang Xuangan first started his rebellion, he united these people. The Central Plains was in turmoil, and the most bandits emerged in Shandong. Later, two major armed forces, Wagang, Gaojipo and Douzigang, were formed.

Even in history, Li Shimin took over his brother's power mainly by the Shandong forces he incorporated. Zhang Xutuo himself belonged to Shandong, and his subordinate Qin Shubao and Luo Shixin were of course the outstanding ones here.

If we want to seriously distinguish the difference between Guanlong and Shandong heroes, it is that Guanlong is above the court and Shandong heroes are the tyrants of the world. For Chen Kefu, who is determined to restore the country, the Guanlong Group's aristocratic families are his competitors. Even if the Sui Dynasty was destroyed, some of the big families would only think of replacing them. Only Shandong heroes are what he really wants to win over, and they are the ones he has the most opportunity and confidence to win over.

Chen Kefu walked to the two young players and looked at them carefully. Qin Shubao was seven feet tall, with a yellow face but no beard. He was only sixteen years old, and Xu Sui should be eighteen. Qin Qiong was tall, but he looked like a loyal and honest person. Luo Shixin stood beside Qin Gao, but he looked like a younger brother. He was only five feet tall, but he was short and concise. He had a face full of horizontal flesh, his body was covered with tendon flesh, and his face was cold, and his face was short and whispered like a steel needle. Chen Kefu knew that he was eight years old this year and Xu Sui was twenty years old, but at first glance he looked more like a half-birth boy who had not grown up at the age of fourteen or five. Standing with Qin Qiong, he looked like Qin Qiong's younger brother no matter how he looked.

He reached out and patted the two of them on the shoulders. They had just fought for a day and a night yesterday, and their faces were tired at this time, especially their armor was covered in blood.

"I know you two, Shubao and Shixin. Although you are young, you are the bravest young generals under Zhang Shuai's tent. The last time you beat Lu Mingyue, you two led your troops to defeat his old attack and finally won. Shubao seemed to have been to Liaodong last time, right?"

When Qin Shubao saw Chen Kefu's so noble Marshal of Liaodong, he knew about him, his yellow face turned red with excitement, and nodded quickly, "Last year in the battle against Liao, I was the Fighting of the Army. General Shen Guang, who was under the Marshal's account, turned out to be the same team leader as me, but I don't have as much ability as him."

"No, you are not bad at all than him. You really hit it off at first sight. You must talk to you later. I can understand Shubao and Shixin's mood, but I think you have been fighting for a day and a night, and what you need more at this time is to go and rest. I will send more people to search for General Zhang. When General Shen Guang arrives, I will transfer his cavalry to search together."

"Oh, by the way, I just heard that General Zhang disappeared when he went to rescue Captain Cheng Yaojin of the Later Army. So is there any news about Captain Cheng?" Chen Kefu said with some confusion in his heart. According to what he knew, Cheng Yaojin had never been an official army in history. He was a village soldier at first, but later he joined Wagang. Why is it that now, he suddenly became Zhang Xutuo's subordinate and a captain? Is the change in history so great?

Shubao smiled gently, "This is the thing. When we came, we met the brothers Cheng Yaojin, the leader of the Dong'a Township soldier. He heard that we were from Liaodong and insisted on following him. So Zhang Shuai incorporated his 300 subordinates and promoted him to the Yue cavalry captain in the army, and came to Liaodong together. During the war yesterday, Zhang Shuai ordered him to bring a thousand people to protect Su Xiang. Speaking of which, Captain Cheng mentioned to us many times on the way that the general he respected the most was Marshal. "

Chen Kefu nodded with a smile. He did not expect that Zhang Xutuo would take in three such famous subordinates at once. He couldn't help but make up his mind that he would definitely find a way to win over the three of them over this time.

"Master, when will we attack?" Guo Xiaoke couldn't help asking. The army had already driven the Liao people to the edge of the Liao River, but he was slow to attack, which made him feel itchy. Although they now have only 60,000 troops and 90,000 Liao troops opposite him, he believed that his 60,000 people would definitely defeat these 90,000 people.

Chen Kefu's eyes swept across the generals in the tent, and even Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were waiting for his reply.

"Everyone, do you really think we should launch an attack like the Liao people now?"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Master, the Liao coalition has not rested for almost two days and two nights. This is the time when the soldiers are tired. Our army has arrived at this time. We should take this opportunity to attack the Liao people immediately without giving the Liao people any breathing opportunity. In this way, we will definitely defeat the enemy in one battle."

Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, Chen Kefu shook his head, "No, there are many ways to fight. Now the war starts, killing 10,000 enemies and losing 3,000 yuan by yourself is a loss-making business. Only by defeating others without fighting is the best strategy. At present, the Liao people have no choice but to retreat. In this way, we will launch an attack at this time, although we will win. However, in this way, the Liao army will fight back at the death, which will inevitably cause serious casualties to our army. Therefore, the general believes that it is not necessary to fight at this time, but to surround us."

"Environment?"

"That's right, the soldiers and horses of the Liao people's Liuhe City camp have been annihilated and captured, and all the forces of the Liao army have been placed in front of us. We are different. In another half a day, the 5,000 light cavalry of the two generals Lu Shishen and Shen Guang will arrive. Moreover, the general has sent a commander to return to Liaodong City and transfer 10,000 troops and horses in Liuhe City. Don't transfer heavy infantry and heavy cavalry to join the battle. In addition, the general has also transferred the engineering battalion to carry catapults and crossbow beds to the battlefield. Since we have so many reinforcements and excellent equipment, why should we exchange the lives of the soldiers with those lowly Liao people?"

Li Jie agreed, "The general's words are reasonable. We have suffered a lot of casualties in this battle in Liaodong City. Now everything is clear. At this time, there is no need for us to fight the Liao people again. As long as we surround the 90,000 Liao people who have no logistics and food, they will be starved to death in a few days if they are not frozen to death. At that time, we can easily drive the Liao people down from the Liao River to feed the fish."

***: Today, I was in a very good mood and was very depressed by a malicious attack. I had opinions and feelings to mention. If I could answer, I would answer, but I would refuse personal attacks. Thank you!
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