Since it had just rained heavily on the upper reaches of the Liao River, the Liao River surged and the water flow was very turbulent, which was obviously not conducive to crossing the river. However, Ning Wuli's eyes were red with anger. He felt that the Sui army following behind was about to arrive, so he ordered without regard for the consequences: "The army crossed the river immediately!"

Ning Wuli brought nearly a hundred small leather rafts, which could transport more than a thousand people at a time. The hungry and cold soldiers threw the air-blown sheepskin rafts into Hanoi, dragging the long rope on the raft tightly. The river water was too fast and if you were not careful, you would be washed away by the torrent.

"The first battalion got on board!"

Ning Wuli shouted loudly, and the first thousand soldiers were on the raft, and everyone saw that the water was too fast and no one was willing to try it first. Once the raft was overturned, they would all die of the Liaoshui River. However, under Ning Wuli's forced force, more than a thousand soldiers had to be forced to board the raft. The soldiers on the shore let go of the ropes, and the soldiers on the raft began to paddle desperately and paddled to the other side a hundred feet away.

Just two miles away from the Goguryeo army, Luo Shixin led 5,000 troops and had been waiting for a long time. Luo Shixin stood beside a big tree and looked at the Goguryeo army preparing to cross the river from afar.

At this time, Huya Lang General Liu Ke whispered to Luo Shixin: "General, the other party seems to have many sheepskin rafts. If you don't attack, you may get away."

Luo Shixin sneered: "Do you think this sheepskin raft can help them escape to the other side?"

"But the Goguryeo army has also used it before."

"There were calm before and the water flow was slow, but look at it now!"

At this time, a scream came from the Liao River. Luo Shixin looked up and saw that he could clearly see the situation on the river surface at a high place. He saw more than 30 rafts in a row were overturned by the torrents, and the soldiers on the boat were gone. There were more than a dozen rafts in half-crossing state. More than a dozen soldiers grabbed the belts on the raft and shouted for help. After less than fifty feet of sailing, half of the rafts had problems.

On the shore, Ning Wu was so anxious that he stamped his feet and waved his hand and shouted. Luo Shixin couldn't hear what he was calling, but Luo Shixin knew that the time for attack was ripe.

"Strike!"

Luo Shixin shouted loudly, and the drums suddenly sounded loudly in the woods. Five thousand Sui troops rushed out of the woods to the north and shouted at thousands of Goguryeo soldiers a hundred steps away.

Ning Wuli was just worried that the Sui army would come, so he deployed many spies on the way back. As long as the Sui army entered within ten miles, he would get news. But he never expected that there was a Sui army ambushing by the river. He was panicked and the sword in his hand almost fell to the ground.

The Goguryeo soldiers, who were extremely sluggish in morale, were even more chaotic. Hunger and fatigue made them unwilling to resist. They suffered only the first round of shocks from Sui soldiers. More than 3,000 Goguryeo soldiers collapsed, and countless soldiers fled south along the Liao River.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ning Wuli fled, but he ran less than twenty steps, and rushed out of the slanting thorn and blocked his way. He had an iron armor and silver helmet, and was tall and burly. He held a large iron spear in his hand and was compelling. It was the powerful general Luo Shixin. Luo Shixin had already set his sights on Ning Wuli, so how could he allow him to escape?

"The enemy general was killed!"

Luo Shixin shouted, and the big iron spear shook, and seven spear heads appeared, stabbing Ning Wuli like lightning. Ning Wuli could not resist it. He waved his knife and slashed in the air. He felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he lowered his head, the other party's spear had pierced his chest. Ning Wuli screamed, and Luo Shixin took off his horse and shot it one after another, resulting in his life.

The main general was dead, and the Goguryeo soldiers fled desperately, but were chased by the Sui army, killing more than 2,000 people, while the rest of the soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy and escaped.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xuan led an army of 20,000 to Liaoshui, and Luo Shixin led several generals to pay homage to the commander.

"How is the situation?"

Zhang Xuan asked lightly: "Have you wiped out the Goguryeo army?"

"Reported to the Grand Marshal, the more than 3,000 soldiers who stayed on the shore have been wiped out by us, and even the opponent's chief general died under the guns of the turret. In addition, most of the more than 10,000 people crossing the river on rafts were overturned. According to our posts, there were less than ten rafts that successfully landed on the other side, and at most seventy or eighty people were lucky enough to get ashore."

"How many prisoners of war are caught?"

"Report to the Grand Marshal, there are about 1,200 people."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I have also hunted more than a thousand people along the way. In addition, there are about three thousand prisoners of war in Xincheng. You can work harder and use these three thousand people to cut down trees to build a floating bridge!"

"Abide by the orders of humble duties."

Luo Shixin began to get busy and relied on three thousand prisoners of war to build a floating bridge across the Liao River. It took too long, so Luo Shixin invested another five thousand Sui army to participate in the construction of the bridge, striving to complete the construction of the floating bridge within five days.

.........

In a large tent in Xincheng, Zhang Xuan met with the leader of Sumo and Moh, Tudiji. The people of the Moh, were divided into two branches: Heishui and Sumo and Moh. Historically, the two branches of the Moh, eventually embarked on two different development paths due to their different political orientations. Sumo and Moh, relying on the Central Plains, actively accepted the Central Plains civilization, and finally established the highly developed Bohai Kingdom. However, due to the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai Kingdom lost the support of the Central Plains dynasty and was eventually destroyed by the Khitans.

The Hei Shui Mohe rejected the Central Plains civilization and still maintained the traditional fishing and hunting life and serf society. One of their branches eventually evolved into the Jurchens and established the Jin Dynasty.

Zhang Xuan knew this very well, so he also valued the Sumo Mohist people who were willing to rely on the Han civilization.

Sudhiji led several elders into the tent, and they stepped forward and knelt down, "Sudhiji paid homage to His Highness, King Qi!"

Zhang Xuan quickly helped the slash and asked several elders to get up, and said to them with a smile: "Don't be too polite for everyone, please sit down!"

He asked the five people to sit down, and asked the personal soldiers to serve tea, introducing Du Ruhui to everyone. When everyone saw the ceremony, Zhang Xuan sincerely said to the sudden world: "This time the capture of the new city, the soldiers of the Mariner made great contributions, and also laid the foundation for the victory of the entire Liaodong Battle. Zhang Xuan was very grateful to the chief for his selfless support!"

After saying that, Zhang Xuan bowed deeply and suddenly looked at several elders. Everyone was overjoyed. They were afraid that the King of Qi would underestimate the capture of the new city, so that they would deny their achievements and their worthy benefits. Now the King of Qi has a high opinion of the Battle of the new city, which made them all feel the sincerity of the King of Qi.

Suddenly, he said a little ashamed: "This time we captured Xincheng, thanks to General Sun and their 100 subordinates, we cannot win the Xincheng by relying on our own. If we talk about the credit, we will only dare to accept half of it."

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and asked, "What's the situation in Fuyu City?"

"There are not many Goguryeo defenders in Fuyu City, and we have been taken down by us at present. If Your Highness no longer needs our assistance, we will withdraw our troops back to Fuyu."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I wonder how many troops the chief still has?"

Suddenly Ji immediately understood what Zhang Xuan meant, and he hurriedly said: "There are currently more than 7,000 people in the new city. If your Highness needs it, we can also transfer 10,000 soldiers over."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This time our goal is to completely destroy Goguryeo so that they can no longer go north to Yalushui. This is not only conducive to the security of Liaodong, but also allows Sumo and Marin to live and work in peace and contentment, so I hope Marin soldiers will fight side by side with us."

Suddenly, he stood up and bowed deeply, "The warrior of the Martyr is willing to obey His Highness the King of Qi!"

.........

Suddenly, Diji and several elders left, and only Du Ruhui and Zhang Xuan were left in the tent. Du Ruhui asked, "Does Your Highness plan to support Sumo Mile?"

"It wasn't me who supported him, it should be said that Yang Guang's time planned to support Sumo and Mohe people. This sudden divine was still the Jinzi Guanglu doctor and the prefect of Liaoxi. However, the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty made him and the tribe feel no sense of security. They were afraid of being retaliated by Goguryeo, so the tribe returned to Fuyu. It would be nice to let this tribe participate in the prevention of Khitan and Goguryeo."

Du Ruhui said slowly: "I'm afraid that the Marais will become the second Goguryeo."

“So you need to balance.”

Zhang Xuan explained with a smile: "I didn't say that the Marines could be big, nor did I say that I would build it into the overlord of Liaodong. I just said that it would participate in the prevention of Khitan and Goguryeo. Of course, if they were willing to accept the Han culture, I would do my best to help them."

Du Ruhui heard Zhang Xuan’s words a little insincerely, and he no longer advised him, but said lightly: “If you are not a race, your heart will be different. I think it is a sudden inquisitive person who is also an ambitious person. Your Highness can use him, but you also need to be careful of him. Considering it from the long run is a safe way.”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I remember the good words of Keming, I've remembered!"
Chapter completed!