In early April, a total of 120,000 troops from the Tang, Wei and Zhou dynasties finally gathered in Kundu, facing the Fen River across the Fen River.

Fang Li left Xun Yu and Cao Ren to stay in Luoyang, and led Gao Shun, Dian Wei, Sun Cehe and other military generals who led their troops to come to watch Shuduocheng.

Shuduocheng is facing the natural danger of Fen River. Behind it is steep mountains, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The Fen River flows rapidly and has become the most natural moat and a major border town of South Korea. It has changed hands several times in the Battle of Shanxi and South Korea, and South Korea has heavy troops stationed here.

As long as he can defeat Shuduo, Fang Li's army can go north along the Fen River, bypass the endless mountains and hills, and go straight to the capital of South Korea.

Fang Li was wearing a special bright yellow soft armor and stood on the Kundu city tower and looked at the other side of the Fen River. Behind him were a group of generals led by Zhang Liao and Jia Xu.

Kundu originally belonged to Jin. After the three families divided Jin, they were transferred to Tang. The north was the territory of Yan. The people here had not yet completely surrendered, and they also had rebels who tried to restore Jin from time to time, which gave Cao Cao a headache. Fang Li chose to let the army stationed here, and it might not be intimidating.

The Fen River in front of me is endless, and the turbulent water flow makes the river surface smoky all year round, and it is impossible to see the situation on the other side clearly.

In this situation, even Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel a little headache: "Lord, half of the Fenshui River is within the range of the crossbow arrows of Shuduo. If we want to cross the army forcibly, our army will suffer heavy casualties."

"I know." Fang Li curled his lips indifferently, "Tomorrow morning, let the Wei army take the lead and try to cross the river with a tentative attitude."

Zhang Liao nodded in agreement: "Indeed, although there is information from the inner guard, it is true after all, so it is better to let the Wei army try it."

On this side, the ruler and minister of the Tang Kingdom instantly decided the fate of the Wei army. As the commander of the Wei army, Wei Liao pursed his lips tightly, wanted to refute but swallowed it back. He was not sure whether Fang Li was really planning to test it or use it to destroy the strength of the Wei Kingdom.

Yu Guang glanced at Wei Liao's solemn expression. Fang Li, who knew what the other party was thinking, held the city wall made of blue bricks with both hands and asked casually: "General Wei Liao, what do you think about this battle?"

Wei Liao thought about it and said, "Duke Tang, the famous Korean general Bao Yuan, who was guarded by the Duo, has experienced many battles and has served as a vanguard to defeat the Jin army several times during the battle between South Korea and Jin. It is impossible not to be prepared. With tomorrow's temptation, our army may suffer heavy casualties."

Wei Liao loved soldiers like his sons, so he naturally felt dissatisfied with the Tang army's open behavior of treating the Wei army as cannon fodder. Although he did not feel guilty about the Wei army, he still had to pay attention to the idea of ​​the talent Wei Liao.

Fang Li smiled: "General, don't worry. I don't mean to let the Wei army's children die in vain. To cross the river tomorrow, just need to roughly test the defense of the Han army, and you can withdraw immediately."

A tentative offensive is imperative. No matter what Wei Liao thinks, Fang Li has no intention of letting the Tang army take over. As for the Zhou army, Fang Li has already regarded him as half of the Tang army in his heart, and this task of dying can only be handed over to the Wei army.

Wei Liao knew the situation of the Wei army very well, and no matter how unwilling he could only bow his head and respond.

Looking at the back of Wei Liao's retreating and preparing, Jia Xu suddenly smiled and said, "Since the lord wants to subdue Wei Liao, why not say it clearly? I think he is not very loyal to Weis."

"Grind his mind and nature." Fang Li straightened his lips, "Wei Liao has been the commander of the Wei State for a long time and is in charge of the three armies. He really has the position under my command, but he is not that high."

In the early morning of the next day, under the command of Wei Liao, ten thousand Wei troops lined up at the Fen River and rode on the "shell ship" specially made by the Ministry of Works of the Tang Dynasty in batches, and slowly rode towards the opposite shore under the heavy fog.

Fang Li and others watched the battle at the top of the city. When the Wei army crossed the river to one-third, a rain of arrows suddenly came from the sky opposite. The arrows were nailed to the top of the crust ship, and some of them penetrated, directly piercing the unprepared Wei soldiers on the ship to a cool heart.

Wei Liao hurriedly directed the ships on the river to spread out the formation, and ordered the soldiers to raise their shields high. The crossbowman drilled out of the cabin to put pressure on the opposite shore, but he did not have any effect because he could not integrate the formation densely.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the first hundreds of Wei troops crossing the river were wiped out, and Wei Liao regrouped and tried to cross the river again.

Zhang Liao on the city tower was shocked when he saw this: "Lord, can the Korean army be arranged on the other side?"

"I'm afraid yes." Fang Li's expression became solemn, "If they were still on the city tower, they would not be able to see our army crossing the river at this time."

As everyone was talking, the Wei army by the river had boarded the ship in batches again. Compared to the first time, Wei Liao was obviously much more cautious this time. The cabin was filled with swords, shield soldiers and crossbowmen, and the formation was scattered very wide, obviously not for landing battles, but just to test the real situation on the other side.

Sure enough, when they reached one-third of the way, the Han army's arrow formation arrived again. The Wei army, who were prepared, was not in a hurry this time, and each launched a defensive formation on the ship. The crossbowmen frequently fought back under the cover of the big shield. Although they could not see the situation of the Han army clearly due to the heavy fog, it was obvious that the Wei army was slowly advancing.

Zhang Liao always paid attention to the battle situation on the river surface and suddenly said, "Lord, the Korean army is afraid that the battle formation will be directly placed on the river bank."

Fang Li nodded in agreement: "Bo Fu, what do you think?"

Sun Ce stood behind Gao Shun, always paying attention to the situation on the water surface. Hearing this, he clasped his fists and said, "I agree with General Zhang's judgment. Lord, it's meaningless to continue testing. Let the Wei army come back."

Indeed, since Bao Yuan had all the soldiers on the bank of the river, letting these 10,000 people continue to force the troops to survive would only cause annihilation.

Fang Li waved his hand: "Ming Jin to withdraw his troops!"

The crisp sound of gongs sounded, the Wei army paused, and the ships on the river slowly turned towards the rain of arrows.

All the Wei soldiers who survived went to the city to repair them. Wei Liao, who was covered in blood, ran up the city tower panting and knelt in front of Fang Li: "Duke Tang forgive me, but foreign ministers have not been able to cross the river!"

Fang Li did not answer immediately, but looked up and down at Wei Liao's scarred body and said in surprise: "Have you got on the boat?"

Wei Liao responded calmly: "If you don't lead by example, your morale will be affected."

Unlike the Zhou army, which has been half included in the Tang army and can be rewarded with military merits, in the eyes of most soldiers of the Wei army, they fought to the death or fought for the enemy of the Tang Kingdom. The morale was not strong at all, and it would be fine if ordinary marches were not a doubt about crossing the river, and if they encountered this kind of river crossing, they might explode the camp if they were not done well.

To be honest, Fang Li actually looked forward to the Wei army turning the gun head. While the 10,000 Wei army went to war, 10,000 crossbowmen had already ambushed at the top of Kundu City. If something was wrong, all the rebel Wei army would be shot to kill.

But unexpectedly, in order to ensure the high morale of the Wei army, Wei Liao led the way to such a point and forced his way. As long as an arrow was not eyed, Wei Liao could not kneel here to report the battle situation to Fang Li.

Perhaps it would take some other strategy to conquer this fierce general. Fang Li thought, but instead reached out to help the person up, he said in a different tone: "Wei Liao, I am here to worship you as the third-rank tiger-toothed general of the Tang Dynasty and to command the Wei army for me!"

Fang Li's tone was unquestionable, and he didn't even ask whether the other party was willing. Wei Liao was stunned by the sudden strength: "Duke Tang, the foreign minister is a minister of Wei..."

"So what?" Fang Li leaned over and held Wei Liao's shoulder, "It was time to give me a reward when you led your army to help me take Quwo. In the future, not only you, but all the soldiers of the Wei army, who have made military achievements for our Tang Dynasty, can accept the reward from our Tang Dynasty!"

This is to include the Wei army in the sequence of the Tang army. Although it was not a strange thing to have a few official positions in a few countries at that time, it was often the case that a general of a country held military talismans for several countries, but it was a bit incredible to expand it to the entire legion.

Wei Liao was staying on the spot, not knowing what he thought for a moment, but he had to accept the kindness in the room, because after this guarantee, although the status of the Wei army would be far inferior to that of the direct army from the Tang Dynasty, at least the soldiers and soldiers had a chance and would no longer be as dead as ministers of the destruction of the country.

"Foreign ministers thanked Mr. Tang for the Wei army!" Wei Liao bowed sincerely, but felt a great force stopping him from bowing down. He looked up and happened to crash into Fang Li's smiling eyes.

"Okay, let's not talk about these for now." Fang Li lifted the man up and looked around and said, "Everyone said that Bao Yuan didn't know why our army crossed the river today, so why did he prepare in advance?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Ce took the initiative to clasp his fists and said, "I think that the Han army may not have prepared in advance, but instead directly set up the camp outside the city. If there is any disturbance, they can react immediately."

"I'm asking." Jia Xu touched his beard, "Bo Yuan's marching and combat capabilities are average, but he is very clear about himself. He knows that if he wants to defend Shuduo, he must rely on the natural danger of the Fen River to avoid a head-on battle with our army, so he simply relied on the end, intending to isolate us from the other side of the Fen River."

If this is the case, it will be troublesome.

After a silence, Wei Liao, who was newly promoted to the Tiger Tooth General of Tang State, opened his mouth to break the silence: "Duke Tang, why don't the army withdraw from Kundu and find another place to cross the river?"

This is also a solution, but Fang Li did not make this plan. He originally planned to save this killer weapon until he attacked Handu before using it, but he did not expect it to be used so soon.

"Come here." Fang Li waved his sleeves and turned around, looking at the long mist in the distance, "Call Dian Wei to me."

Since entering the city, Fang Li's actions were under the shadow of the generals and stars, so Dian Wei was relieved and boldly stayed at the Bai Army's garrison and cultivated a tacit understanding with the newly trained Bai Army's 300 Bai Army.

Dian Wei knew from the very beginning that the purpose of this surprise soldier was to immediately ride a horse to the city tower after hearing Fang Li's summons.
Chapter completed!