Due to the heavy rain that had just fallen in the upper reaches of Liaoshui, Liaoshui was soaring, and the water flow was very turbulent, which was obviously not conducive to crossing the river, but Ning Wuli was already red-eyed, and he felt that the Sui army following behind him was about to be killed, so he ordered regardless of the consequences: "The army should cross the river immediately!" ”

Ning Wuli carried nearly 100 small rafts, which could transport more than 1,000 people at a time, and the soldiers who were hungry and cold threw the sheepskin rafts into the river, dragging the long rope on the raft to death, the river was too fast, and if they were not careful, they would be swept away by the torrent.

"The first battalion is on board!"

Ning Wuli shouted the order, the first more than 1,000 soldiers rubbed on the raft, everyone saw that the water was too fast, no one was willing to try first, once the raft overturned, they would all die in Liaoshui, but under Ning Wuli's forced persecution, more than 1,000 soldiers had to be forced to get on the raft, the soldiers on the shore let go of the rope, and the soldiers on the raft began to paddle desperately, rowing to the opposite bank a hundred zhang away.

In a mountain forest about two miles away from the Goguryeo army, Luo Shixin led an army of 5,000 and had been waiting for a long time, and Luo Shixin stood next to a big tree and looked at the Goguryeo army preparing to cross the river from a distance.

At this time, Huyalang General Liu Ke whispered to Luo Shixin: "General, it seems that the other party has a lot of sheepskin rafts, and if they don't attack, I'm afraid they will escape." ”

Luo Shixin sneered and said, "Do you think this kind of sheepskin raft can help them escape to the other side?" ”

"But it was also used by the Goguryeo army before."

"Before, the wind was calm and the water was slow, but look at it now!"

At this time, there was an exclamation from the Liaoshui side, Luo Shixin looked up, he was in a high place, he could clearly see the situation on the river, only to see that more than 30 rafts were overturned by the torrent in a row, the soldiers on the boat had disappeared, and more than a dozen rafts were out of a half-overturned state, more than a dozen soldiers grabbed the belt on the raft, desperately screaming for help, the voyage was less than 50 zhang, and half of the rafts had problems.

On the shore, Ning Wu was so anxious that he stomped his feet, waved his hands and shouted, Luo Shixin couldn't hear what he was calling, but Luo Shixin knew that the time was ripe to attack.

"Attack!"

Luo Shixin shouted, and the drums in the woods suddenly sounded, and 5,000 Sui troops came out of the woods in the north and rushed away with shouts and thousands of Goguryeo soldiers a hundred steps away.

Ning Wuli was just worried that the Sui army that was following him would be killed, so he deployed a lot of spies on the way behind, as long as the Sui army entered within ten miles, he would get the news, but he never thought that there was actually a Sui army ambushed by the river, he was flustered, and the war knife in his hand almost fell to the ground.

The Goguryeo soldiers, whose morale was extremely low, were even more chaotic, hunger and exhaustion made them have no intention of resisting, and only suffered the first round of attack from the Sui soldiers, and more than 3,000 Goguryeo soldiers collapsed, and countless soldiers fled south along the Liaoshui.

Ning Wuli saw that the situation was not good, so he turned his horse and fled, but he ran less than twenty steps, and a general rushed out of the oblique stab to block his way, iron armor and silver helmet, burly, holding a hundred catties of iron spear, the momentum was overwhelming, it was the fierce general Luo Shixin, Luo Shixin had already set his eyes on Ning Wuli, how could he escape.

"The enemy will die!"

Luo Shixin shouted, the big iron spear shook, and seven spear heads appeared, stabbing at Ning Wuli like lightning, where could Ning Wuli resist, he swung his knife and slashed into the air, only to feel a sharp pain in his chest, as soon as he lowered his head, the opponent's spear had pierced his chest, Ning Wuli screamed, and Luo Shixin picked off the war horse, and shot again, resulting in his life.

The main general was dead, and the Goguryeo soldiers fled desperately, but they were chased all the way by the Sui army, killing more than 2,000 people, and the rest of the soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy to escape for their lives.

Half an hour later, Zhang Xuan led an army of 20,000 to Liaoshui, and Luo Shixin led several generals to meet the commander.

"How's it going?"

Zhang Xuan asked lightly: "Have you completely annihilated the Goguryeo army?" ”

"Returning to the commander, more than 3,000 soldiers left on the shore have been completely annihilated by us, and even the main general of the other side has died under the guns of the inferior guns, and in addition, most of the more than 1,000 people who crossed the river on rafts have also capsized, according to the observation of our sentry posts, less than 10 rafts have successfully landed on the opposite bank, and at most 70 or 80 people have luckily landed ashore."

"How many prisoners of war were caught?"

"Hui Dashuai, about 1,200 people."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I also searched for more than 1,000 people along the way, plus the prisoners of war in Xincheng, there are about 3,000 people, you can work harder and use these 3,000 people to cut down trees to build a pontoon bridge!" ”

"Obey orders."

Luo Shixin began to get busy, relying only on 3,000 prisoners of war to build a pontoon bridge across Liaoshui, the time was too long, so Luo Shixin invested 5,000 Sui troops to participate in the construction of the bridge, and strive to complete the construction of the pontoon bridge in five days.

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In a big tent in the new city, Zhang Xuan met with the leader of the Su Mo Ya Tu Di Ji, the Yan people are divided into two branches, the Black Water Ya and the Su Mo Ya, in history, the two branches of the Su Ya people due to different political orientations, and finally went to two different development paths, the Su Mo Ya was attached to the Central Plains, very actively accepted the Central Plains civilization, and finally established the Bohai State with a highly developed civilization, but due to the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Bohai State lost the support of the Central Plains Dynasty, and was finally destroyed by the Khitans.

On the other hand, the Black Water Turtle rejected the Central Plains civilization and still maintained the traditional fishing and hunting life and serf society, and one of them eventually evolved into the Jurchens and established the Jin Dynasty.

Zhang Xuan knew this very well, so he also attached great importance to the Sumo Tatar people who were willing to rely on the Han civilization.

Tudiji walked into the big tent with a few elders, and they stepped forward and knelt down, "Tudiji greets His Royal Highness King Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly helped Tu Di Ji up, asked a few elders to get up, and said to them with a smile: "You don't need to be polite, please sit down!" ”

He invited the five people to sit down, and let the soldiers serve tea, introduced Du Ruhui to everyone, and everyone saw the salute again, Zhang Xuan said sincerely to Tudiji: "This time to seize the new city, the soldiers of the Yan Ya have made great contributions, and also laid the foundation for the victory of the entire Liaodong Campaign, Zhang Xuan is grateful to the chieftain for his selfless support!" ”

After speaking, Zhang Xuan bowed deeply, Tu Di Ji and several elders glanced at each other, everyone was overjoyed, they were afraid that the King of Qi would understate the capture of Xincheng, that is, to deny their merits, deny the benefits they deserved, and now the King of Qi has a high evaluation of the battle of Xincheng, so that they all feel the sincerity of the King of Qi.

Tudi Ji said a little ashamedly: "This time to capture Xincheng, thanks to General Sun and their hundred subordinates, we can't win Xincheng alone, if we talk about credit, we only dare to accept half of it." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and asked, "How is the situation in Buyeo City?" ”

"There are not many Goguryeo defenders in Buyeo City, and we have already taken it, if His Highness no longer needs our assistance, we will withdraw our troops back to Buyeo."

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know how many troops the chief still has?" ”

Tudiji immediately understood what Zhang Xuan meant, and he hurriedly said: "At present, there are more than 7,000 people in the new city, and if His Highness needs it, we can also transfer 10,000 soldiers over." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This time, our goal is to completely cripple Goguryeo, so that they can no longer go north to Yalushui, which is not only conducive to the safety of Liaodong, but also allows the Sumo Ya to live and work in peace and contentment, so I hope that the Ya warriors will fight side by side with us." ”

Tudi Ji stood up and bowed deeply, "The warriors are willing to obey the dispatch of His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”

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Tudiji and several elders said goodbye and left, leaving only Du Ruhui and Zhang Xuan in the big tent, Du Ruhui asked, "Does Your Highness plan to support the Su Mo Yan people?" ”

"It's not that I supported him, it should be said that Yang Guang planned to support the Su Mo Yan people in the Yang Guang era, this Tudiji is still the Golden Purple Guanglu Doctor, Liaoxi Taishou, but the rebellion at the end of the Sui Dynasty made him and the tribe have no sense of security, and he was afraid of being retaliated against by Goguryeo, so the tribe returned to Fuyeo, and it is not bad to let this tribe participate in the prevention of Khitan and Goguryeo."

Du Ruhui said slowly: "I'm afraid that the people of the Yan Dynasty will sit big and become the second Goguryeo." ”

"So there's a need for balance."

Zhang Xuan explained with a smile: "I didn't say that I would let the Yan people sit big, nor did I say that they would be raised as the overlord of Liaodong, I just said that they should participate in the defense of Khitan and Goguryeo, of course, if they are willing to accept Han culture, I will try my best to help them." ”

Du Ruhui heard that Zhang Xuan was a little insincere, and he didn't persuade him anymore, but said lightly: "If it's not my race, its heart will be different, I think this person is also ambitious, His Royal Highness can use him, but he also needs to be guarded against, and it is a safe way to think in the long run." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Keming's golden and jade words, I remember them!" ”

(To be continued.) )