Chapter 729
Zhang Xuan read the letters of the two countries and was still the same as the third Goguryeo Battle. He begged the Sui Dynasty not to destroy Goguryeo. They were willing to guarantee Goguryeo to completely surrender. If the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo reached an armistice agreement, they were willing to urge Goguryeo to fulfill the agreement.
Zhang Xuan couldn't help but sneer and handed the letter of the country to Fang Xuanling, "Let's take a look!"
Fang Xuanling took it and frowned slightly, and asked, "Does Your Highness believe in their guarantee?"
"What guarantee do they have?"
Zhang Xuan sneered: "There is guaranteed to surrender in the front, but the latter becomes the urge to perform the contract. When it involves key interests, they are unwilling to guarantee it. This is the sincerity of Baekje and Silla!"
Cui Junsu said on the side: "The two prime ministers, Su Pei, also believe that they lack sincerity. Su Prime Minister speculated that perhaps it was because Goguryeo was not at the end of his life, so the two countries still had room for room."
Zhang Xuan walked to the boat window with his hands behind his back. The big ship had already entered Yalu River. In front of him, you could see the estuary of the tributary Sashui River. After passing through a forest, you could see the shadow of the enemy camp. After a while, Zhang Xuan said coldly: "The initiative is in our hands. Don't pay attention to Baekje and Silla. The key is to completely annihilate Goguryeo's army and wipe out Goguryeo's army. They can only let us slaughter."
The Sashui River, also known as Lengjiang, is an important tributary of the Yalu River downstream. In the eighth year of Daye, after capturing a small boat yard set up by the Sui army on the Liao River, Goguryeo moved the boat yard to the bank of the Sashui River, and specially built a five-00-stone transport ship to transport supplies.
During the Third Goguryeo Battle in the eleventh year of Daye, the Sui army did not discover this shipyard hidden in the Yalu River tributary, which made the shipyard lucky to be preserved.
This time, because the army and food supply were to be transported north to Liaodong, the yard was completely open. More than 100 transport ships became the main force of Goguryeo's transportation on Yalu Water, but the powerful Sui Navy captured and destroyed more than 90 transport ships in a raid.
In order to protect the shipyard and the last sixteen transport ships, Goguryeo's 50,000 troops were willing to build the military camp on the yard and surrounded the yard with thick and solid walls. The sixteen transport ships were also safely moored in the military camp.
At night, a Sui army sentry boat was moored at the mouth of the Sashui River. Three water ghosts quietly slid into the water from the sentry boat and dived into the depths of the Sashui River. After entering the Sashui River for a mile, a large number of patrol soldiers began to appear on both sides. However, these three water ghosts were the most elite soldiers in the Sui army navy. They had strong diving and secret skills. They swam towards the Goguryeo camp like fish, constantly avoiding water nets. This was an alarm device specially placed by Goguryeo soldiers in the river to prevent Sui army water ghosts. The mesh was very large and fish could not touch it. However, when people touched the water net, the bells on the shore immediately rang.
These three water ghosts did not want to enter the military camp. They just came to investigate the information about Sashui in detail. The closer they were to the Sashui military camp, the more patrol soldiers on both sides of the Taiwan Strait became.
At this time, a water ghost poked his head under a cluster of shrubs on the shore. There was an iron fence under the water. He could not swim. He carefully observed the gate of the military camp a hundred steps away.
The military camp in Goguryeo was built across a river, so there are two north gates, one is a land gate, which is currently guarded by heavy troops and the other is a water gate, made of hundreds of wood as thick as a bowl. Three iron chains are locked in the middle of the two gates. The water gate is closed tightly and has not been opened for a long time.
After observing for about an hour, three water ghosts quietly sneaked back to the estuary and rolled onto the wardrobe. The wardrobe quickly turned around and headed towards the camp on the north bank.
The Sui Navy's Dazhai is located at the mouth of Wugu River in Yalushui, about twenty miles away from the estuary of Sashui River. The river surface in this area is very wide. The Sui army surrounded a water village of thousands of acres along the river surface with wooden fences, with more than 300 large ships moored inside. The military camp on the shore has also been completed, covering an area of thousands of acres, with 80,000 troops stationed here.
On the northwest corner of the water village is the warship repair site of the Sui Army Navy, responsible for maintaining and repairing damaged ships. More than 2,000 shipwrecks and blacksmiths accompanying the army are busy building military weapons and repairing ships. In one corner, more than 300 blacksmiths are building a huge triangular iron head, which is two feet tall, one feet wide, and weighing thousands of pounds.
This iron head hitting head was designed by Li Chun. Compared with the general head hitting head, its front end is very sharp. It not only has a strong impact force, but also has strong cutting ability. Its destructive power is more than three times stronger than that of ordinary head hitting head hitting head.
At this time, Zhang Xuan walked quickly under the escort of dozens of personal soldiers. Li Chun and the shipbuilding manager hurriedly bowed and saluted. Zhang Xuan greeted everyone and came to the dark head-striking for a while. Seeing that the front wedge was very thin, eight feet long and five feet wide, it looked like a huge three-pointed two-edged knife. Zhang Xuan asked Li Chun with a smile: "It's so thin, will it not be broken if it hits it?"
Li Chun smiled and said, "The key to this head-to-beating lies in the front wedge. It was repeatedly forged by steel clamping. Sixty blacksmiths took turns to work, creating it for three days and three nights. It is not tough, but it is extremely hard. It is actually a giant sword."
Zhang Xuan nodded. He was a little worried, so he asked the shipbuilding manager: "The news from the scout is that a warship of 3,000 stone cannot be used. At most, a warship of 2,500 stone can only be used. Can this head-hitting be installed?"
The shipbuilding manager named Yu, who is also an experienced old ship craftsman, quickly bowed and said, "Report to your Highness, we have tried it. The warship of 3,000 stone is just right. It is a little heavier for the warship of 2,500 stone, but it can be used, but it won't work for 2,000 stone."
Zhang Xuan breathed a little relieved. They originally planned to use a warship of 3,000 stone, but according to the latest information, they could only use a narrow warship of 2,500 at most, which made Zhang Xuan really worried for a while.
"When will it be installed on the ship?"
Manager Yu glanced at Li Chun, and Li Chun smiled and said, "It will be completed by hitting his head tonight."
Manager Yu hurriedly said: "If the head hits the body and completes the work tonight, we promise to install it on the Kirin Boat before noon tomorrow."
Zhang Xuan said happily: "Everything is ready, I only need the east wind, I'll wait for you." "We will never delay military affairs!"
At noon the next day, dozens of generals gathered in the central army's tent, including Li Jing, who had just arrived from the domestic city. Everyone was ready to fight, waiting for the arrival of the decisive battle with the Goguryeo army.
Zhang Xuan stood in front of a huge map and slowly said to everyone: "Some of the Goguryeo troops retreated a while ago, but they returned again, which shows that the Goguryeo army was unstable or the determination of the upper class was unstable. I don't want to see the Goguryeo army withdrawing back to Pyongyang. Our number of troops far exceeds them, and they have the ability to fight water that they do not have. As long as we do not make mistakes, victory will definitely belong to us."
There was a silence in the tent, and everyone was listening to the commander's instructions silently. Zhang Xuan glanced at everyone and said, "The key to winning this battle is to concentrate superior forces to eliminate the enemy. This is the principle, but it must be flexible and changeable in tactics. We must find ways to split the enemy. Everyone knows that there are two main generals in the Goguryeo army, Gao Yanshou and Yuanqing Palace. They belong to different factions. They are not a solid piece of solid pieces. Now they seem to be together, but once they encounter major military situations, they will separate."
At this time, Li Jing raised his hand and asked, "Master, what does this important military situation mean?"
Zhang Xuan nodded, "This question is good. This important military information is food. The reason why Yuanqing Palace is stationed with Gao Yanshou is because their military rations are in the hands of Gao Yanshou, which forced Yuanqing Palace to rely on him. Once their food is not secured, the two armies will inevitably split. This is what we need to do now."
Zhang Xuan winked at Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling understood and walked up to everyone and smiled: "The Goguryeo army obviously cares about their boatyards and more than a dozen ships, so they do not hesitate to camp across the river for this reason. Although this is the common way of camping in the water village, unfortunately they do not have many ships to guard the waterways and station the dry camp in the water village. There are loopholes in it. Think about Yu Culture and how they camped in the Huai River, and then they will understand where the loopholes are."
Most of the generals in the tent participated in the interception of Yu Wenji. They pondered for a moment and gradually understood what Fang Xuanling meant, with excitement on their faces.
At this time, Zhang Xuan raised his voice and said, "I hope the enemy will be first and the deployment will be first. This is the way to defeat the enemy. All the generals can listen to my military orders!"
Everyone stood solemnly, straightening their waists one by one. Zhang Xuan walked back to his seat, took out a command arrow and said, "General Su Lie obeyed the order!"
When Su Dingfang heard the coach call him first, he felt excited and walked out of the queue and bowed, "The last one is here!"
"You can lead 10,000 troops to ambush beside the official road east of Sashui. If the enemy retreats south, ignore it first and wait until the enemy has gone all out before it will stop its way north."
"Abide by the order!" Su Dingfang took the order and retreated.
Zhang Xuan took out another command arrow, "General Xiong Kuohai obeyed the order!"
Xiong Kuohai's majestic body strode out and bowed and said, "The last one is here!"
"You can lead three thousand Modao Army to rush ahead and deploy on the east coast. Be sure to cut off the enemy's way back south!"
Chapter completed!