Liu Heimin gritted his teeth and said: "Yuwen Shu and the main generals of the army, seeing that the army was defeated like a mountain, could not be forbidden, so they threw down the troops and took the lead in fleeing for their lives under the protection of the generals of the tribe, leaving only the general of the Right Tunwei, Xue Shixiong, the head of the Youyun army, to clean up the rout and break the rear behind. ”

"Less than half a day later, more than 40,000 cavalry in Goguryeo's ambush at the dam were killed, and more than 8,000 people of General Xue were surrounded, amounting to dozens of weights, arrows rained down on all sides, our army abandoned a large number of armor and shields, and the soldiers were hungry, and they did not even have the strength to pick up arms, so they suffered heavy losses, thanks to General Xue, who first took the weak soldiers as a phalanx, and served as a human shield outside, and after seeing that after half a day, when the enemy's spirit was slightly frustrated, he sent four sons to lead a thousand people to lead his own troops to rush to the weak links of the opponent's camp, Only then did they fight a bloody way and break out, but only the 8,000 people in the department were almost all killed, and less than 500 escaped. ”

Xu Gai sighed: "In the case of defeat, you can still have such a performance, dragging the enemy's main cavalry force for half a day, Xue Shixiong is also a famous general, if he doesn't die this time, he will have to be reused after he goes back." ”

Lai Hu'er ignored Xu Gai's words and continued to ask, "What about the losses of the other units of our army?" ”

Liu Heimin's eyes glistened with tears: "In the first battle of Sashui, almost all the troops on the south bank were killed, and the seventy or eighty thousand troops on the north bank had no fighting spirit, and Yu Wenshu and others threw down the troops and fled first, because the troops behind had no command and lack of organization, and in the mountains north of Sashui, they were caught up by the enemy's cavalry and slaughtered wildly, more than 70,000 people, and the corpses were more than 400 miles. From Sashui to Yalu Shuinan. Almost no one was spared. The Goguryeo army was also red-eyed, regardless of whether they surrendered or not, they were all killed, in order to make military merits, and I heard that in the end, Yu Wenshu and other generals crossed the Yalu water with their own troops, less than 2,700 people, 300,000 troops, it can be said that there is not one in a hundred. ”

There was a deathly silence in the tent. Although Liu Heimin said at the beginning that this battle was an unprecedented, unimaginable fiasco, but this process is still so thrilling, and it is still so tragic and abnormal, even now, it is difficult for everyone to accept the fact that the main force of the 300,000 Sui Army was wiped out like this. said: "Liu Teamzheng (Wang Shichong arranged a team leader position for Liu Heimin in his personal guard unit this time, specializing in this kind of reconnaissance and sentry work that penetrated into the enemy camp). You have worked hard, go down and rest for your reward. ”

Liu Heimin bowed and retreated, came to Hu'er to look around the tent, and finally his eyes fell on Wang Shichong's body, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone has heard the battle situation, how our army should act now, let's discuss it." ”

Lai Yuan said hatefully: "Our army has suffered such a fiasco, the Goguryeo army is now arrogant and arrogant, our army has few soldiers, and there is not much food, so we can't hold out here, so let's withdraw." ”

Lai Wei immediately shouted: "No, we can't just retreat, we have to avenge the 40,000 comrades who died in Pyongyang City, and the 300,000 comrades who died in the new battle, hold on, the Supreme will definitely send another army!" ”

Lai Hong was also bright-eyed: "The enemy's victory is arrogant, our army can surprise and raid the enemy's forest camp again, these days it has begun to fog again in the middle of the night, our army can repeat the old trick, not to mention conquering Pyongyang, at least break the forest camp, it is still possible." ”

Zhou Shaofan also echoed: "Yes, yes, that's what the book of war says, now that the enemy army is proud of the victory, presumably the battalion is also lax in defense, and they are all celebrating, and they will never think that our army will take advantage of the situation to counterattack at this time." ”

The muscles at the corners of Laihu'er's mouth jumped, and he didn't listen to the opinions of many sons, looked directly at Wang Shichong, and said in a deep voice: "General Wang, you are the think tank of our army, this time our army can have the current situation, it all depends on the general's clever plan, in this case, what do you consider?" ”

Wang Shichong didn't answer directly, he looked at the fourth person standing on the right, came to the whole place silently, and said calmly: "What do the six generals think?" ”

Everyone's eyes are on the body of Laiquan, this time the conquest of Goguryeo, this Lai Liulang has become the biggest discovery, even Lai Hu'er has arrogant and defeated times, Zhou Fashang also has panicked times, in addition to Wang Shichong's wisdom and close to the demon, this Lai Liugong's array beheaded Gao Jian, Pyongyang City turned the tide, several military discussions of the views are almost the same as Wang Shichong, as a young general less than thirty years old, has already shown the characteristics of a first-class handsome talent, no wonder has been admired by everyone, recognized Wang Shichong, will take the initiative to ask him.

Lai nodded and said: "At present, the morale of the enemy army is high, and we will never relax the defense of the camp in front of the forest at this time, since this burst, our army has tried to dig a hole out of the enemy camp several times, but has been stopped by the enemy's deep trench, the enemy has such a big victory, and there is nothing unusual in the camp in the past two days, and Liu Scout has been mixed into the enemy camp for three or four days, and he cannot get out, it can be seen that his garrison is tight, and our army failed in the last attempt, but lost as many as 3,000 soldiers, and its defense is strict, and the camp is strong, you should know it, Attacking at this time is by no means a good intention. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said with a straight face: "So, should our army stick to the beach and wait for reinforcements?" ”

Lai Cheng shook his head and said: "By all means, our army has suffered such a crushing defeat, morale is lost, not to mention sending reinforcements, even if the army can return safely from Liaodong, it is not easy, this expedition, failure is a foregone conclusion, if my expectations are good, in these two or three days, His Majesty's edict asking our army to withdraw will come soon." ”

As he was talking, there was a protracted "report" sound outside the door, and a herald officer hurriedly entered with a messenger and said, "Dashuai, this is the imperial envoy from Liaodong. ”

Wang Shichong looked at it fixedly, and was slightly moved, this imperial history was none other than the fate that had been in the Western Regions, and he had canonized Mohe Khan, and brought the Hosana Khan, who was still in Luo Khan at that time, back to Cui Junsu, the direct confessor of the Great Sui.

Cui Junsu looked serious, and when he saw Wang Shichong, he nodded slightly, Wang Shichong also nodded, which was regarded as a return gift, and came to Hu'er to stand up and said: "The envoy has come from afar, and he has worked hard, what is Your Majesty's will?" ”

Cui Junsu took out a yellow silk book from his arms, and said in a deep voice: "There is a decree in the saint, come to protect the child to receive the decree." ”

Lai Hu'er hurriedly walked down the handsome case, knelt down neatly with the generals in the camp, only to listen to Cui Junsu unfold the holy decree, read it, and said a bunch of clouds and fog, the key point is nothing more than a few sentences: The northern army is not good, and all the generals above the marching commander have been locked up to chase the responsibility of Yuwenshu and other generals above the marching chief, and now the holy car has withdrawn from Liaodong City and returned to the west bank of the Liao River. (To be continued.) )