Since Laihuer captured the Liaodong Peninsula, the Sui army began to transport troops to the Liaodong Peninsula on a large scale. Ships of troops gathered in Beishe City. Endless tents were stationed on the open space on the top of the Mount Beishe City. In just ten days, the Sui army transported 60,000 troops from Beihai County and Donglai County to Beishe City. Together with Laihuer's 20,000 troops, a total of 80,000 troops were stationed on the Liaodong Peninsula, and nearly a thousand warships were anchored in the bay where Beishe City was located and Huilong Town Bay.

In order to win this warship, the Sui army mobilized 200,000 stones of grain and countless armored weapons, and also requisitioned 3,000 small boats and 10,000 civilians. The role of civilians is to load and unload food and food supplies. This is the advantage of water transportation, which can minimize the labor of people.

In a stone house on the top of the bay mountain, dozens of civil servants and military generals gathered together. The commander Zhang Xuan stood in front of the sand table to explain to everyone the latest military deployment information of Goguryeo and the recent situation of Goguryeo.

"This time Goguryeo mobilized a total of 100,000 troops from all over the country, plus 50,000 troops guarding the capital, a total of 150,000 troops. They have devoted all their national strength to capture Liaodong, and we have also mobilized 120,000 troops. Both of us have equal strength, but the war is not just about the number of troops, but also the combat effectiveness of the army, military equipment, logistics support, etc. To put it rationally, our strength is similar."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan pointed to the sand table with a wooden pole and said, "There are two battlefields, one in the Liaodong battlefield and the other in the Pyongyang battlefield. The other party obviously knew this, so they did not kill each other to Liaodong, but only sent 70,000 troops to fight in Liaodong."

"Can the general confirm that Goguryeo has only 70,000 troops to go to Liaodong?" Fang Xuanling asked in a deep voice next to him.

Zhang Xuan generally doesn't like others to interrupt his conversation, but Fang Xuanling is an exception. This is not Fang Xuanling's personal question. All generals have this question. If there are only 70,000 Goguryeo troops in Liaodong, then they will encounter resistance from 80,000 Goguryeo troops in attacking Pyongyang by water. Everyone is a general who has experienced many battles and has rich experience. First of all, the worst case scenario must be considered when fighting. If it is dragged into a protracted war, will the Tang army take the opportunity to attack Hebei? Will the Wagang army launch a large-scale attack on Qingzhou?

"The information from Liaodong was transmitted, Goguryeo sent 70,000 troops to Liaodong, and this information was basically consistent with the information we obtained in Goguryeo."

Zhang Xuan stopped talking. He felt everyone's worries and smiled and said, "Please rest assured. Although Goguryeo is ready, we will not follow his plan. If we are surprised and unprepared, we will be the key to winning this battle."

Everyone returned to their military camps, and only Zhang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were left in the room. At this time, Du Ruhui asked in confusion: "Your Highness just said that he had received information in Goguryeo. Do we also have information points in Goguryeo?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "We do have a team of scouts near Pyongyang, but the intelligence they can provide is only how many warships there are in the water, how many troops are deployed at the entrance of the sea, and so on. But they cannot access the core intelligence of high-level intelligence such as Goguryeo mobilized to Liaodong."

"How can your highness say that it is consistent with Pyongyang's intelligence?"

"I'm just talking nonsense!"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and said, "I said this to make the generals believe that we have completely controlled the situation. Even the total force of Goguryeo is 150,000. I also followed the merchant's estimates. There was no accurate information. However, the intelligence of Goguryeo has 70,000 Goguryeo troops in Liaodong is relatively reliable. In fact, these information is not important. The reason why I summoned the generals to discuss matters was just to encourage their confidence."

Du Ruhui couldn't speak for a long time, and the King of Qi's analysis was absurd and he could not imagine it, but Fang Xuanling could understand it. He nodded and said, "It turns out that Your Highness has also seen it."

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Of course I can see that they don't have much confidence in this battle. The failure of the three battles of Goguryeo left a shadow in their hearts. They all said they were worried that Li Yuan would attack Hebei. This was just an excuse. They just wanted to fight in Liaodong and were unwilling to enter Goguryeo."

"Then how is Your Highness planning to win this battle?" Du Ruhui asked again.

Zhang Xuan pointed to the mountains and ridges in the northern part of Goguryeo with a wooden board and said, "It is very simple to win this battle. The biggest problem in fighting in Goguryeo is logistics, that is, food transportation is very difficult. This is the case for the Sui army back then, and the same is true for the Goguryeo army. Therefore, as long as we destroy their logistics support in this battle, the Goguryeo army will undoubtedly be defeated!"

At this time, a soldier reported at the door: "Report to the Grand General, come and ask for your meeting!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "I don't let him participate in the military discussion this time, so I guess he should be anxious."

He immediately ordered the soldiers, "Let him come in!"

After a moment, Lai Hu'er walked in angrily, "Does Your Highness plan to let me retire in Beishe City?"

Looking at Lai Hu'er's expression a little angry, Zhang Xuan, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui all laughed. Zhang Xuan asked knowingly: "Why did the old general say this?"

Lai Hu'er raised his eyebrows, "I didn't even inform me to attend such an important battle meeting. Can Your Highness explain the reason? Could I be the one who I Lai Hu'er is not qualified to attend the meeting?"

"Where did the old general talk about it?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and explained: "The reason why the old general was not informed is because I don't think the old general needs to participate unless the old general is also afraid to fight in the hinterland of Goguryeo!"

"Will I be afraid of the Goguryeo?"

Lai Hu'er seemed to have heard the most ridiculous thing in the world. He Lai Hu'er participated in the expedition to Goguryeo three times and attacked Pyongyang for the third time. If the emperor had not ordered him to stop, Pyongyang would have been plundered by his army long ago. Zhang Xuan was his general back then, and he actually said that he would be afraid of the Goguryeo people?

"I'm afraid of Goguryeo people or not, Your Highness knows better than anyone else!" Lai Hu'er clenched his fists and said.

"It is precisely because I know this very well that I did not inform the general to come to attend the meeting."

Lai Hu'er was so angry that she was dizzy that she didn't hear what Zhang Xuan said before. Zhang Xuan added the word "unless", but he didn't hear it. Now when he finally calmed down, he finally understood the meaning of Zhang Xuan's words.

"Are so many generals afraid to fight the Goguryeo army?" Lai Hu'er felt a little incredible.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Of course they were not afraid of the Goguryeo army, but the Sui Dynasty was very sensitive to attacking Goguryeo. There were too many rumors, just like there were swords and seas of fire over there. I need to cheer everyone up and enhance their confidence, so I gathered everyone together."

Lai Hu'er then breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, I simply let me fight directly to Pyongyang as the pioneer and make a good start. Wouldn't it be more effective than Your Highness's encouragement?"

"I am indeed planning to make the veteran general a pioneer, but I am not going to Pyongyang."

Lai Hu'er was stunned. If you set out from Beishe City and don't go to Pyongyang, where will you go?

On the sea about a hundred miles away from the Yalushui River estuary, a fleet of more than 60 medium-sized sea ships are sailing towards the Yalushui River estuary. This is one of the two grain transport fleets in Goguryeo. It can transport 30,000 stones of grain at a time to Wugucheng and domestic city on the north bank of the Yalushui River. Then thousands of ox carts will continue to transport the grain northward and finally to Liaodong City and Xincheng. A complete grain transport lasts at least one month, so transporting grain northward to ensure the logistics of the front army is also a very stressful thing for Goguryeo.

Because the sea ship was not big, there were no more troops to accompany the guards. The army responsible for protecting the sea ship was about 1,200 people, and a Qianyong was in charge of the command. Their mission was not to fight against the Sui army, but to deal with the scattered pirates near the Yalu River mouth and some desperate villagers along the way.

But for this guard, what they really feared was the Sui army warships. They were going smoothly all the way. They were about to reach the mouth of Yalu River. At this time, a row of warships suddenly appeared in front of them, with dozens of them lined up, completely blocking the sea surface of the fleet heading north.

Qian Yong's face changed drastically and he said anxiously: "Change! Turn around quickly and go back!"

"It's too late!"

One boatman shouted, "There are also their ships behind."

Qian Yong turned around and saw dozens of warships appearing behind them, cutting off their retreat. Not only behind, but also warships appearing in the east, making them unable to dock. They were surrounded by the Sui army on three sides.
Chapter completed!