Chapter 1087: The Great War Begins
Wang Junlin finally spoke: "What Tang Gong said is extremely true, and I think it is true. β
After saying the tentative words, Wang Junlin gave a clear signal again, Li Yuan's expression was solemn, and he began to enter the important link, he sighed and said: "I hope that the army will conquer Goguryeo as soon as possible and conquer Pyongyang!" β
Wang Junlin looked at Li Yuan and said, "Tang Gong is not optimistic about this expedition to Goguryeo? β
Li Yuan hesitated for a moment and said: "The old man doesn't think that our Great Sui will lose, but our Great Sui dispatched more than one million troops, more than three million laboring people, and consumed a huge amount of grain and grass. β
Wang Junlin exclaimed: "Tang Gong can recognize this and admire it. β
Wang Junlin is telling the truth, many people know that this battle should not be fought, this is actually not difficult, and some people with insight will know it when they see the current situation of Da Sui. But no matter what they think, they all think that the Great Sui can win, after all, the difference in military strength and national strength is so great.
Therefore, except for him and Nie Xiaoyu, the two people who are open-minded, it is absolutely rare to see that the Great Sui will win miserably even if it wins.
However, Wang Junlin could also see that although Li Yuan was not optimistic about the outcome of this war, he still hoped that the Great Sui would successfully sweep the Goguryeo plough court.
"Qin Angong praised it." Li Yuan humbly sighed, sighed again, and said quietly: "In this expedition to Liao, nearly a hundred envoys from subject countries followed the army to watch the battle. If he wins, he can also deter those barbarians. If the army is unfavorable, not to mention the Turks and other countries, there may be changes......" He sighed and shook his head: "Even if it is the counties of the Great Sui Dynasty...... I'm afraid there will be a big mess too! β
"Before the troubled times came, the old man wanted to form a family alliance with Qin Angong and secretly help each other." Li Yuan finally said the ultimate purpose of today.
Wang Junlin said with a smile: "Why should Duke Li see outside, with the relationship between Xuanba and Zaixia, our two families have already formed an alliance. β
Li Yuan was ecstatic in his heart, to be honest, the current situation of their Li clan was not good, after being deposed from the position of Taishou, he didn't even have a place to settle down, although he tried his best to behave in front of Yang Guang, and secretly sent a lot of benefits to Yu Wenshu, Yu Shiji and Pei Shiju and other close ministers of the Son of Heaven, but it is not certain whether it can succeed! And what he wants to plot is the Taishou of Taiyuan County, Hedong, this is a good place, and there are many people who are staring at this Taishou position, such as the Taiyuan Wang family.
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After meeting with Li Yuan, Wang Junlin immediately set off and sailed south to Fanyang County.
Before coming to Liaodong, Wang Junlin had already made arrangements, the 6,000 elites of the salt field led by Lu Han and Guan Xiaotong, and the 4,000 elite soldiers led by Wei Chi Jingde also secretly transported to Dami Island and Bailing Island by big boat, and a total of 10,000 elites of the sailors under his command were also concentrated on the two islands.
When Wang Junlin returned to Fanyang County, Zhao Chen, the head of the Fanyang County Water Division, couldn't wait to set off with 30,000 water divisions.
In early April, Wang Junlin directly ordered Zhao Chen to follow the coastline and approach Goguryeo, and he went directly to Dami Island and Bailing Island.
Although the combat strength of the 30,000 sailors is not as good as the 10,000 sailors trained in the Snake Island training camp, and the equipment is also quite different, but now that the Goguryeo sailors have been disabled by Wang Junlin, these 30,000 sailors are enough to contain a lot of Goguryeo's energy, and in Wang Junlin's plan, the role of these 30,000 sailors is not small.
Moreover, it is not necessary for him to go over in person to control these 30,000 water masters, with Huang Shaoqiu's existence, he is not worried that these 30,000 water masters will be disobedient.
"In any case, before the emperor's conquest of Goguryeo, our plan at sea was basically realized, even if the emperor was defeated with a million troops, but because of our existence, Goguryeo would not be much better!" Wang Junlin stood in front of the wall chart of the offensive and defensive line situation on the southern coast of Goguryeo, and said with emotion.
Yang Kongcian said: "According to the emperor's will, before he sends troops across the Liao River and invades Goguryeo, the lord's side cannot be dispatched......"
Wang Junlin sneered: "At the moment, you can't openly disobey the emperor's will, just wait!" β
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Yang Guang with an army of more than one million people naturally could not stay on the west bank of the Liao River all the time.
On April 15, the sixth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, personally commanded and launched a strong attack on the east bank of the Liao River. The vanguard was the Zuo Wuwei, Zuo Tun Wei and Right Wuwei three road armies totaling more than 90,000 people, all of whom were elite, and there was not a single civilians who were temporarily recruited.
Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry was ordered to build a pontoon bridge for the army, and more than 40,000 people jumped into the icy Liao River before the army, carrying wooden planks, bamboo poles and short piles.
At this time, it is already spring, but the spring in Liaodong comes much later, the water of the Liaohe River is in the spring flood, cold and urgent, half a pillar of incense is not time, and more than 400 craftsmen who participated in the repair of the bridge have been swept away by the river. The others who gritted their teeth and insisted on the water morning were also frozen by the river and their lips turned purple, and the movements of their hands and feet became more and more weak.
Yang Guang was unmoved, and in his eyes, it seemed that it was not a human being, but more than 400 ants, and ordered to continue to build a pontoon bridge, and asked for a speed.
His order was quickly conveyed, and as the craftsmen and soldiers responsible for building the pontoon bridge continued to die, the pontoon bridge stretched with great difficulty to the opposite bank, and when it reached the center of the river, the Goguryeo army, which had been prepared on the opposite bank, also moved.
Thousands of heavily armored Goguryeo soldiers rushed to the shore and erected a wooden wall with huge shields. Behind the wooden wall, thousands of Goguryeo warriors in light armor pushed more than 40 ballistae for urban attack and defense, pulled the bowstring with oxen horses, and put the crossbow arrows with the length of the staff on the crossbow bed.
Compared with the sailors who were crushed and destroyed in the hands of Wang Junlin and did not have the slightest power to fight back, the army on the land of Goguryeo fought against Silla and Baekje all the year round, and it was also elite, and the weapons and equipment were no worse than those of the Great Sui.
This is mainly because there are good things in the Great Sui, Goguryeo quickly learned the past, in this regard, the entire Great Sui is arrogant, and the Turks still know that they will not buy weapons and iron tools for them, but Goguryeo does not seem to have any sense of secrecy.
The spring flood of the Liaohe River is urgent, the wind on the water is very strong, and when the distance is long, ordinary bows and arrows cannot cause trouble for the other party at all. Therefore, the two sides invariably thought of the bed crossbow, a long-distance crossbow battle, which was the first to kick off on both sides of the strait.
The sound of the rushing water was soon drowned out by the whistling of the crossbow arrows breaking through the air, and the first man fell into the river, where he was gently swept by the waves, and then disappeared in a circle of red ripples. Then came the second, and then the third, and the craftsmen and the people, who had no weapons other than wood in their hands, had nowhere to dodge and watched as one thick piece of wood flew after another, passing through the bodies of several people at the same time.
Hundreds of craftsmen and people soon died, and the fear of death made the living craftsmen and people chaotic and wanted to escape, but they were surrounded by turbulent water, and when they left the pontoon bridge, they did not know where they would be washed by the river. wanted to retreat, but the retreat was blocked by his companions, and at the beginning of the pontoon bridge, hundreds of overseers with bows and arrows forced up fiercely, and shot the dozen or so who escaped directly to death without hesitation.
PS: I'm sorry.,There's only these two more today.,Some Kavin.,The next big battle is very critical.,I'm going to think about how the protagonist breaks the gameββββ