Liaodong, Yalu water.

In March, there is no ice floe on the Yalu water, and the turquoise water is crystal clear, and you can clearly see the fish in the river constantly shuttling back and forth when standing on the side of the boat.

However, at this moment, no one is going to enjoy this beautiful scenery at all, and the Liaodong Army wearing black and white camouflage is pulling out, and groups of people are boarding the warships parked in the center of the river in batches.

According to the Tang military system, ten people are set up as a fire chief, fifty people are set up as a chief, and then up is the regiment, a regiment of 300 people is set up as a captain, and the top of the regiment is the government.

Because the mansions of the Sixteen Guards are not the same as the prefectures and counties, the most basic point is the number of people, the number of the Sixteen Guards and the Prince's Six Rates has reached more than 4,000 people, while the prefectures and counties are about 1,002.

The 60,000 soldiers of the Liaodong Army, disguised themselves as 80,000 in order to confuse Goguryeo on the other side, and after boarding the ships in batches, the big ships began to leave the center of the river and began to move towards the Goguryeo side.

At the same time, the Goguryeo side was also in full swing, and more than 10,000 Goguryeo defenders stood on the river embankment, their bows and swords unsheathed, ready to fight desperately.

"General, when will Your Majesty arrive? Now that the Tang army has all boarded the ship, it is estimated that they will soon launch an attack on us, and if Your Majesty and they don't arrive again, it will be impossible for us to hold this place. ”

The deputy general of the Goguryeo garrison stood beside Xing Ziqiu with a nervous expression, he had no confidence in his 10,000 people at all, looking at the Tang warships on the opposite side that were adjusting their direction, his legs trembled faintly.

"What's the panic, they haven't come here yet!" Xing Ziqiu glanced at the guy next to him disdainfully, and regretted why he chose to take him out in the first place.

"Are we just standing here and being a target for them? Datang has a lot of advanced equipment, and I heard that there is also something that can make a loud sound, which can hit a place 500 steps away at once. The deputy general naturally knew that Xing Ziqiu was already dissatisfied with him, but even if he was dissatisfied, he had to live to have a chance, and if he died, it would be a hundred.

So now he has let go of everything, if Xing Ziqiu can nod and say a word to withdraw, he promises to be the first to escape.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty has arrived ten miles behind us, just when the Tang Army boarded the ship, I have arranged for someone to inform Your Majesty, and now it is estimated that General Yizhi Wende has arrived behind us." The big war was imminent, and Xing Ziqiu no longer hid anything, and he also told him about the movement of reinforcements.

For half a month, because Xing Ziqiu didn't believe in the deputy general's personality, he had never told him anything about reinforcements. In addition to knowing that there are reinforcements, the adjutant general does not know how many reinforcements there are and where they are.

This effectively played a role in preventing the deputy general from defecting, even if he fled to the side of the Tang army, he would not leak anything.

Xing Ziqiu didn't know why Li Chengqian had stopped on the opposite side and didn't launch an attack, and he also thought about whether the enemy would bypass this section of his defensive line, but after a long period of observation, he found that the number of Liaodong legions on the opposite side was not small, except for those on the ship, who didn't know how much, it seemed that there was exactly a large battalion of 80,000 people in the big camp.

Moreover, according to the number of stoves for cooking in the Liaodong Army every day, Xing Ziqiu's judgment of the Tang Army was also about 80,000, and there was no shortage of personnel.

It was precisely because of this that Xing Ziqiu judged that Li Chengqian had no intention of attacking from other places, so he honestly guarded this side of the river and quietly waited for Li Chengqian's attack.

But now he knew why Li Chengqian didn't attack, and in his opinion, it should be because of Li Yuan's death.

But no matter what Xing Ziqiu thought, the final battle would come, and the holy decree urging Li Chengqian to return to Beijing had already passed Youzhou, and whether or not Gaozangwu's reinforcements arrived, Li Chengqian decided to lead his troops across the river in order to create a good strategic position for the Liaodong Army before he left.

"General, General Etoji Wende has arrived, and the special villain has come to talk about the general's past." Just as Xing Ziqiu watched the big ship on the opposite side move its position little by little and adjust the offensive formation, a personal guard subordinate to Yizhi Wende sent him the information he needed.

"Where is General Wende, take me quickly!"

"It's not far behind, please come with me."

Eulji Wendeok's personal guards were very polite, and after saluting Xing Ziqiu, they led the way and left in the direction behind the Goguryeo defenders.

"Gao Ming, what happened to that Goguryeo man? Does he want to run away? On the warship of the 'Sea Wolf', Duan Zan put down the binoculars in his hand and said with a frown.

"No, there must be something wrong with his rear, that's why he left in such a hurry." Li Chengqian dealt with it casually, but the telescope in his hand was not put down, and he kept holding it in front of him, searching in the direction of the Goguryeo defenders, as if he was looking for something.

"It's all at this time, what can be the problem, could it be that Goguryeo's reinforcements have arrived?" Duan Zan said a word.

"Order the troops to temporarily slow down the progress of adjusting the formation, we will wait." Under Duan Zhan's reminder, Li Chengqian decisively put down the binoculars in his hand and issued an order to postpone the attack to the heralds who were here.

"Why? I'm just saying it casually, you won't take it seriously, will you? Duan Zan asked suspiciously.

According to the pre-made plan, if the Goguryeo reinforcements arrived, then there would be spies lurking on the opposite bank to send the information back through signal flares, and the Liaodong Army would decide whether to send a signal to the upstream cave brother according to the situation on the battlefield and inform him to blow up the dam.

Therefore, if the Goguryeo garrison on the other side left because reinforcements had arrived, then it was obvious that Li Chengqian and his team had to carry out the plan at the beginning, otherwise there would be no second way except for the destruction of the entire army if 60,000 people forcibly landed.

This is a contest of patience and wisdom, and the timing of the attack must be grasped well, if the Goguryeo reinforcements can be severely damaged at one time, this crusade will basically end early.

After all, there are more than 400,000 reinforcements this time, and it is also a personal expedition by Gaozang Wu, under such circumstances, if the plan started by Li Chengqian can be implemented, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Goguryeo.

For Datang, it is equivalent to standing on the championship podium one step in advance, and then as long as the large army pushes over, it can take the entire territory of Goguryeo without much effort and end this crusade perfectly.

(End of chapter)