More than 30 miles upstream, hundreds of ships were heading down the river, with a large number of enemy flags flying on their ships.

It was clear that the Goguryeo army, which had come to the aid of the towns in the upper reaches of the Yalu River, was trying its best to prevent the Middle-earthers from crossing the river to the east.

The emergency report came at the right time, which happened to help Cui Hongsheng extinguish the anger in his heart and resolve his embarrassment.

After listening to the scout's urgent report, Cui Hongsheng calmed down while thinking about it, and Luo Yi was no longer aggressive, because the battle situation changed as soon as it was said, the enemy's reinforcements had arrived, and it was a reinforcement with a large number of ships, so even if he wanted to cross the river and march eastward immediately, he would not have the conditions. There were no boats on their side, only simple means of crossing the river, and Hun Tu was a small raft made of sheepskin, which was as vulnerable as a piece of paper in front of the boat in the battle on the water.

Luo Yi is no longer aggressive, Cui Hongsheng has no intention of sneering at each other, the two looked at each other, each thought for a moment, Cui Hongsheng took the lead and said, "The opponent is very well prepared, even if we are galloping and killing Yalu Water at a speed beyond their imagination, but in the third year of the war, even if the Goguryeo people are at the end of the crossbow, they will not be restrained, they still have to fight to the death, or they must fight to the death at all costs, and Yalu Water is their bottom line of defense, they can only firmly hold the Yalu Water before the rainy season comes, In order to win a glimmer of life for Pyongyang, it is not difficult to imagine that on the other side, in front of us, the Goguryeo people will use their own flesh and blood to build a strong wall, and if we want to break through this wall, we will have to pay a huge price. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Hongsheng glanced at Luo Yi, who was still arrogant, and accentuated his tone, "After all, for Goguryeo, this is a battle for survival, a battle of life and death, and defeat is the extinction of the dead race. ”

Luo Yi sneered, "The enemy reinforcements are coming, the defense line on the east bank of Yalu Water is becoming more and more stable, the situation is seriously unfavorable to me, and forcibly crossing the river will inevitably incur heavy losses, so you decision-makers are afraid of cowardice, so you retreat to the second, on the one hand, Chen Bing on the west bank of Yalu Water, in order to contain and attract the main force of the enemy, on the other hand, it is hoped that the Andong Army will break through the enemy's defense line from the flank and kill to the east of Yalu Water. It's foolproof. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Yi couldn't help but sneer, and mocked unceremoniously, "Don't you think it's ridiculous that a group of traitors and barbarians have become crucial pawns in your hands, and even directly decided the outcome of the Third Crusade?" Don't feel like you're making a fool of yourself? Is it because you are discerning and far-sighted, or is my palace so degraded that no one can use it? ”

Although Luo Yi's personality is not liked, he is proficient in military strategy and can fight, especially good at fighting with foreign races outside the desert, otherwise it would be impossible to make repeated military exploits in the border and worship Wu Benlang generals. Before, he actively asked to cross the river and march eastward on the grounds of the speed of the soldiers, this strategy is feasible from the perspective of the war situation, but the problem is that the resistance is too great, up to the Holy Lord and the center, down to the Eastern Expedition Command and Cui Hongsheng and other generals of the unified army, all of them have suffered heavy losses in the Eastern Expedition, all of them have psychological shadows, confidence and courage are seriously insufficient, looking forward to the future and suffering from gains and losses, coupled with the lack of congenital conditions such as difficulties in the transportation of grain and grass, resulting in the decision-making level being passive and conservative, and this is the tacit understanding of taking Yalu water as the bottom line.

Cui Hongsheng said it tactfully, but he took a clear stand and a resolute attitude, and he could not go against the will of the command, and he could not go against the orders of the headquarters when selecting the front army.

Luo Yi said bluntly, the Weifu has fallen, the military bigwigs are even more cowardly and incompetent, and there is no hope for the Third Crusade.

Luo Yi's arrogance and recklessness made Cui Hongsheng have a splitting headache. Cui Hongsheng and Luo Yi will not have contradictions, and Luo Yi will not become the "thorn in the eye" of the military bosses, but after the selection of the front army stopped advancing, the contradiction broke out immediately, not only Cui Hongsheng and Luo Yi will break out into conflict, but after the right guard general Guo Rong and the left imperial guard general Xue Shixiong with the main force to Yalu Water, the conflict between the decision-making level and the commander-in-chief generals will inevitably expand and intensify, and the decision-making level will be passive and sluggish, and Luo Yi and other radical generals are full of complaints about the decision-making level. This will inevitably seriously affect the morale of the military and even seriously undermine the control of the decision-making level over the entire battle situation.

Cui Hongsheng made a categorical decision to "expel Luo Yi", eliminate hidden dangers, and suppress opposition voices to ensure that the decision-making level firmly controlled the development of the situation.

"Xiangyang Gong, complaining and insulting can't solve the problem." Cui Hongsheng sighed, "Under the current situation, we can't count on the sailor, when the sailor will cross the sea and when he will arrive at the Yalu water, we don't know, we can only pray for God's favor." In fact, even if the sailors come, it is unknown whether they will be able to cooperate closely with our land army. One of the important reasons for the defeat of Sasu was that the naval division attacked Pyongyang without waiting for the main force to arrive, resulting in a crushing defeat. If the naval division could follow the predetermined strategy and attack Pyongyang with the main army, perhaps there would not have been a great defeat in Sasu, and even the Eastern Crusade would have already ended. ”

"Shameless Jiangnan people." Luo Yi blurted out and scolded without thinking, "The culprits of the defeat of Sashui are Lai Hu'er and Zhou Fashang, who are the self-righteous people of Jiangnan Sailor who strive for merit and profit, but what is even more shameless is that they are not only innocent, but meritorious." Those who died on our side were imprisoned and imprisoned, but they were all promoted and knighted, how can this be reasonable! If you act perversely and resentfully, what good end can you get? The division of the Weifu and the loss of the morale of the army will inevitably affect the Middle Earth and bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

Cui Hongsheng was numb by Luo Yi's unstoppable words, and he didn't hear it, his left ear went in and out of his right ear, and he turned a deaf ear.

"The sailors can't count on it, and we can't go deep alone, and in the end we can only hope that the Anton Army will break through from the flank." Cui Hongsheng said unhurriedly, "The current situation is very clear, it is definitely not possible to rely on us to attack all the way, the risk is too great, in the absence of an absolute chance of victory, Xu Guogong and Pucheng Gong, as the supreme commanders, are bound to adopt a conservative strategy, not seeking merit, but seeking no fault, so if you want to break the situation, you can only break through the enemy's flank and break the current confrontation." It's just that, as you said, Anton's army is composed of a group of traitors and barbarians, and it is extremely difficult to expect them to force their way across the Yalu water, break through the enemy's flank, and then form a flank attack with our army, and create fighters for our army to cross the river and advance eastward. ”

When Luo Yi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and a bold idea suddenly emerged.

"It is better to seek others than to seek yourself, instead of pinning your hopes on others and being passively controlled, it is better to be self-reliant, fight a bloody way out of a desperate situation, and take the initiative to create fighters." Luo Yi looked at Cui Hongsheng with a provocative look in his eyes, "Can Ming Gong dare to break the game?" Do you dare to take the initiative to break the current standoff? ”

Cui Hongsheng secretly rejoiced, remained silent, glanced at Luo Yi obliquely, and asked, "Do you want to be agitated again?" It's useless to provoke, if you can come up with effective countermeasures, what if you take the head of the item and fight a bloody way with you? ”

"As you wish." Luo Yi was not arrogant this time, nodded solemnly, then flew off the horse, turned around and waved at the guards standing dozens of steps away, and shouted, "Take the picture." ”

Cui Hongsheng then dismounted and stood side by side with Luo Yi.

The guard walked up to the two men, opened the map, and held the ends in front of them.

"Ming Gong, please take a look." Luo Yi raised his horsewhip, and the tip of the whip pointed to the intersection of the black bone water and the Yalu water on the map, "This is where our army is now, at the mouth of the river." Go north from Bo Shan Kou, go against the west bank of Yalu Water for more than 400 miles, and it is Shizhukou, which is the intersection of boiling water and Yalu water. More than ten miles diagonally opposite the mouth of the stone pillar, it is the intersection of the 雩 (yu) water and the Yalu water. ”

Cui Hongsheng comprehended his heart and bowed slightly, "Send a detachment of partial divisions to rush to Shizhukou day and night, quietly cross the Yalu Water from the direction of Shizhukou, and lurk to the first line of the Yalu Water on the east bank of the Yalu Water." Cui Hongsheng also stretched out his horsewhip and pointed to the Jiangnan Mountains on the east bank of the Yalu River on the map, and continued, "The water is at the northern foot of Jiangnan Mountain, and the partial division is rushing south along the east foot of Jiangnan Mountain, and it goes straight to the Dading River day and night. After the Dading River flows out of Jiangnan Mountain, it travels southeast and joins the mouth of the sea with Sashui, so as long as the division goes down the Dading River to the estuary, captures Qingchuan Castle, and controls the passage connecting the Dading River and Sasu, it can cut off the passage between Yalu Water and Pyongyang, and can cut off the way for the enemy to retreat to Pyongyang on the east bank of Yalu River, so as to ......"

"In this way, the Goguryeo people have only two ways." Luo Yi said, "Either the defenders on the east bank of the Yalu River immediately retreat to Pyongyang, or the Pyongyang defenders immediately counterattack Qingchuan City, in short, after the division broke through on the flank and penetrated deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo, Pyongyang was caught off guard, and the deployment was bound to be chaotic, so it created the best fighter for my main force to cross the Yalu Water, and at that time, as long as my main force crossed the Yalu River, the enemy's belly and back were attacked by the enemy, and it was difficult to resist, and the whole line must be retreated, so more fighters appeared." If the partial division can firmly hold the city of Cheongcheon and resolutely cut off the enemy's retreat road, then our main army may completely annihilate the enemy's retreating army between the Yalu River and the Dajeong River. ”

Cui Hongsheng shook his head disappreciatively, "Xiangyang Gong underestimated his opponent and was too optimistic. Look here......" The horsewhip in Cui Hongsheng's hand pointed to the domestic city on the map, "This is the domestic city, an important town in the north of Goguryeo, less than two hundred miles away from the stone pillar mouth at the intersection of boiling water and Yalu water, and less than two hundred miles away from the water on the east bank of Yalu water. If the Anton army cannot carry out an effective attack and defeat the Taya people, then it is foreseeable that under the current situation, a large number of troops should have been gathered in the domestic city and its surrounding areas, and the Tatar people may launch an attack on the front line of Wugu and Liaodong City at any time, so as to plunder our grain route to achieve the purpose of containing and attacking our army. ”

Cui Hongsheng looked at Luo Yi and said, "That is to say, our partial division has entered the enemy's hinterland, but the enemy's friendly troops have also appeared behind us, and each other is suffering from the enemy's back. Tenaciously hold on until the arrival of the main army, otherwise the consequences can be imagined. ”

"Counting on the timely support of the sailors, it is better to hope that the Andong army will defeat the Tatar people in the Hakufa River." Luo Yi was indignant, "Since this plan has not been approved by the Ming Duke, then a certain will retreat and lead the division to the north to attack the domestic city, if the time is right, cross the river and enter the first line of the Yanshui and Dading rivers, and threaten the enemy from the flank, if Pyongyang makes a miscalculation, abandons the Yalu water, and retreats on the whole line, the situation is favorable to me, and it can also help the main army to cross the river and advance east before the rainy season." ”

Cui Hongsheng was silent.

Luo Yi was very disappointed, and said angrily, "Opportunities are created, not falling from the sky, if you want to capture the fighter plane, seize the fighter plane, we must be proactive, we must pay a hundred times the effort, we can't be passive because of difficulties, inaction, how can there be results on the battlefield without hard work?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cui Hongsheng was very surprised, and his perception of Luo Yi suddenly changed.

Luo Yi's card is indeed not good, but Luo Yi's record is obvious to all, and Luo Yi's official is getting bigger and bigger, which shows that in addition to Luo Yi's personality being criticized, he must also have his merits and outstanding points. Now Cui Hongsheng has discovered one of Luo Yi's advantages, his records are all cut with a knife, his career is killed from the rain of guns and arrows, he relies on his real skills, not with the power of the wealthy and the shadow of his ancestors, so Luo Yi is independent and special, incompatible with the public, and even suppressed by Shangguan and ostracized by colleagues.

This reminded Cui Hongsheng of a person, a secret soldier of Middle-earth with multiple identities and unpredictable behavior. The secret knife is also independent, and it is also incompatible with the public, and the enemies are all over the world, such an unruly and lawless person, and Luo Yi, who has a similar temperament, will burst out of combat power when he meets and works together? What will be the impact on the Eastern Crusade?

Cui Hongsheng made a decision after a little weighing, agreed with Luo Yi's strategy, and allowed him to cross the river, but the premise was that he must meet with Li Pingyuan and cooperate with Anton's army, so that he can not only ensure that he gets the maximum benefit in this Eastern Crusade, but also will not challenge the bottom line of the headquarters and Yuwenshu, and at the same time sold Pei Shiju and Li Pingyuan a natural favor, and gave Anton greater help on the basis of fulfilling the existing promises.

"I can agree with your plan." Cui Hongsheng said, "But this plan is too risky, relying only on you and the partial division to go deep alone, the strength is too weak, not only is it difficult to achieve the expected goal, but also the danger of annihilation of the whole army, so you must agree to a certain condition." ”

Luo Yi was also surprised, he didn't expect that Cui Hongsheng, who had always been cautious and conservative, would accept his risky strategy, and his impression of Cui Hongsheng changed greatly in an instant. It's just that this plan is nine deaths, once it fails, Cui Hongsheng will have to bear all the responsibility, so it is reasonable for Cui Hongsheng to ask Luo Yi to agree to him on one condition.

"Please make it clear."

"According to Anton's urgent report, Andong's deputy capital protector Li Pingyuan has led the army to leave Fuyu City on the sixth day of this month, and attacked the Hanfa River in the east, so it is estimated from the time that Li Pingyuan should have defeated the Yan Ya people, and it is very likely that he is attacking the domestic city, and has even crossed the Yalu River to the east, pointing to the south of the Jiangnan Mountain."

Cui Hongsheng pointed on the map and said solemnly to Luo Yi, "So this condition is that you can lead the division to the east, but you must join Li Pingyuan and cooperate with the Anton army, only in this way can you have enough strength to achieve the expected goal." ”

As soon as Luo Yi heard it, he guessed that the rumors in the army might be true. The main officials of the Metropolitan Protectorate are not only responsible to the Holy Lord and the central government, but also accept the leadership of the military, so the middle and high-level military officials are full of curiosity about the sudden rise of Andong Deputy Metropolitan Protector Li Pingyuan, and there are various versions of rumors, one of which is that Li Pingyuan is the product of mutual compromise between Shandong people and Guanlong people in redividing the interests of Northeast Xinjiang. It can be inferred from this that in the Third Eastern Crusade, the interests of the Boling Cui clan and the Zhao County Li clan coincided, and Cui Hongsheng and Li Pingyuan naturally worked closely together.

Luo Yi immediately adjusted his assessment of the Anton Army, but seeing is believing, and hearing is false, "The stakes are very high, can Ming Gong have the exact news of the Anton Army?" ”

"That's exactly why I agreed to let you go north to the stone pillar pass." Cui Hongsheng said, "After you arrive at Shizhukou, don't rush into action, but first send people to the domestic city to investigate, and at the same time send people to cross the river to explore on both sides of the river, and actively look for the Anton army, and strive to get in touch with Li Pingyuan as soon as possible, just wait for the two armies to meet, and then quickly cross the river and march eastward." Of course, if Li Pingyuan is already on the verge of the water, you don't need to hesitate to cross the river immediately to join the army. ”

After hesitating for a moment, he added, "If a certain estimate is correct, Li Pingyuan has already hit the domestic city, then he will also send people to quickly go south to find my selected front army, in order to win the powerful strategy of our selected front army on the frontal battlefield, so as to help him break through from the flank, so you must also look carefully on the way north, and don't miss it carelessly." ”

Hearing this, Luo Yi was already secretly surprised. What Cui Hongsheng said is enough to show that there is a secret agreement between him and Li Pingyuan, which also confirms why Cui Hongsheng went against the norm in this Eastern Crusade, not only actively fought the main battle, quickly crossed the Liaoshui, but also killed Yalu Shui, which was originally to help and cover Li Pingyuan to break through the Yalu Water defense line from the flank, and do his best to promote the development of the war in the direction of the capture of Pyongyang and the destruction of Goguryeo, and then grab immeasurable political benefits from it.

It's a shocking layout, but thinking that Cui Hongsheng and Li Pingyuan still have the "great god" of Pei Shiju behind them, this layout is not surprising, and Luo Yi thinks more realistically, he doesn't care about anyone's layout, he can't care about it, he only wants to capture Pyongyang, only to destroy Goguryeo, and only to make great achievements on the battlefield of the Eastern Expedition, he is satisfied.

Of course, Cui Hongsheng "revealed" this secret to him, definitely not to give him credit, the two have no friendship, and they also belong to different political groups, and the conflict of interest is serious, so Cui Hongsheng took the initiative to ask for cooperation today, and the only explanation is that Luo Yi's plan happened to contribute to the success of this layout, so he pushed the boat down the river and sought his own benefits, why not?

Luo Yi was on high alert. He belongs to the "peripheral personnel" in Guanlong Wuchuan, and Cui Hongsheng is a bigwig-level figure in the Shandong political group, the disparity between the two statuses and power is too great, if Cui Hongsheng has the intention to kill him, it will be easy, so Luo Yi can't help but speculate on Cui Hongsheng's true intentions with the greatest malice.

After pondering for a while, Luo Yi asked, "Duke Ming, if the Andong army is still in the Hakufachuan and has not attacked the domestic city, will it take the initiative to attack the domestic city, or will it first join forces with Li Pingyuan to attack the domestic city?" ”

Cui Hongsheng thought for a moment and said, "You deal with it at the right time, but remember, you must meet Li Pingyuan before you can cross the river and march eastward. ”

Luo Yi bowed and promised.

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