Chapter 1045: Crossing the River
Everyone was curious when they heard this, and they didn't understand why Li Xin was so sure that two pontoon bridges could destroy Gai Suwen in front of him? Although the Tang army is extremely brave and good at fighting, as long as the enemy holds the two pontoon bridges, the Tang army will not be able to cross the White Wolf Water at all.
"If there are too many pontoon bridges, Gai Suwen will burn down the pontoon bridges, so there can only be two." Li Xinyang pointed to the pontoon bridge in front of him and said: "Gai Suwen is not a fool, you see, we just built two pontoon bridges, and the enemy didn't put us in his eyes at all, so we can't say too much, too much, and it won't be safe." ”
"Yes." Although Wei Yuancheng and the others were curious in their hearts, they didn't dare to speak at this time, thinking about it, although the enemy was powerful, but the Tang army was an elite division, just like a siege war, a little loss was understandable, and the Goguryeo army was cowardly, and it was not necessarily their opponent.
"Three days later, in the night, the army was ready to go, and as soon as the cannons were fired, the army crossed the river, and those who violated the order were beheaded." Li Xin picked up the clairvoyant mirror in his hand and looked at Gai Suwen opposite, in the camera, he saw Gai Suwen being triumphant on the other side, but he didn't speak, but directly issued a holy decree.
"Night Fight!" Everyone was shocked by Li Xin's decision again, although the weather is relatively hot now, but the night battle is not only to consider the general's mastery of the army, but also to the physical fitness of the soldiers will be a major test.
"Yes." Wei Yuancheng and the eldest grandson Wuji were waiting to admonish, but they heard Luo Shixin, Cheng Yanjin and others respond loudly, and sighed slightly in their hearts, these generals are not afraid of death, but what about those generals? Wei Yuancheng swept Cheng Yanjin and the others, only to see that Cheng Yanjin and the others had no fear on their faces, even in the face of death, these people were the same. I suddenly sighed in my heart.
Gai Suwen on the opposite side didn't know that Li Xin was on the other side. The white wolf's water was very wide, but he could still see that there were many people working there on the opposite side, shouting from time to time on the water, and sawdust rolling down with the waves.
"It's a joke that two pontoon bridges want to break through the White Wolf Water." Gai Suwen looked at the pontoon bridge in front of him, and said indifferently: "Sending 20,000 archers can block the entire water surface, and it is impossible for Li Xinxiao to cross the White Wolf Water." ”
"20,000 archers are enough to block the two pontoon bridges in front of you. It is said that Li Xin is the most powerful king in the Central Plains for hundreds of years, invincible on the battlefield, and now it seems that it is just that, presumably because he has been the emperor for a long time, and people have become arrogant, so he is so rampant, thinking that he can break through the white wolf water with two pontoon bridges. Takazo nodded kindly.
Gai Suwen looked at the white wolf water in front of him and nodded, and said, "My Goguryeo itself is relatively weak, and I can't compete with a powerful country like Datang. So if you can not fight, you will not fight, I originally thought that this time I would be like last time, and finally surrendered. But this time, I'm afraid not, Li Xin is too squeezed within Datang, so many people are against him. If there is another emperor, there is an army in hand. Are you still afraid of these things, don't you hit wherever you want? ”
"So he can only fail. After unifying the world, it will soon fail, hey! The fate of the Central Plains Dynasty is getting shorter and shorter. It is only a matter of time before my Great Goguryeo rises. Gao Zang said with a laugh.
"Pass the order, if the enemy attacks, shoot arrows, if it is an ordinary craftsman, forget it, maybe it won't be long before we attack Li Xin's camp through this pontoon bridge, and then break through Lulongsai and attack the Central Plains." Gai Suwen admonished the soldiers around him. Although he had boats, however, where there was a pontoon bridge to cross the river quickly.
"Yes, after the pontoon bridge built by Li Xin himself, attacking Li Xin's country, where is there such a good thing." Gao Zang nodded repeatedly.
The progress of the pontoon bridge is very fast, and Gai Suwen on the opposite side has not stopped it, in his opinion, this pontoon bridge will be the greatest guarantee for his westward expansion into the Central Plains, it is better to keep it now, and wait until the end for my use.
"Knock, knock!" In the evening, in Li Xin's camp, the sound of war drums sounded, and the generals who were originally supervising the training or practicing martial arts heard the sound of the war drums, they changed their armor one after another and came to the big tent of the Chinese army.
"Fire! Nine rings. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Li Xin said to Song He beside him.
"Boom, boom!" A loud bang sounded, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, the thunder rolled, shaking the entire White Wolf Water, and a huge explosion sounded on the shore of the White Wolf Water, which could be heard clearly within a radius of dozens of miles.
The generals in the big tent were very curious, at this time, the cannon had no effect at all, was it just to deter Gai Suwen on the other side? The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Xin behind the handsome case, but he was extremely shocked in his heart, he now has the secrets, in fact, he already knows that something happened to Lu Longsai, the grain and grass have not been transported for eight days, according to the reason, the grain and grass have already been transported to the granary at this time, but there is no news so far, which is enough to show that there is a problem in the rear.
"Tonight, the army will cross the river and attack Goguryeo, the three armies will be brave, and the time has come for the generals to make meritorious contributions." Li Xin said lightly: "General Su Dingfang has led 50,000 cavalry and will launch an attack tonight. ”
"Ahh After everyone heard this, their faces showed surprise, they didn't expect Li Xin to say such news at this time, and they didn't expect that General Su Dingfang, one of the most famous generals in the Tang Dynasty, would have appeared on the east bank of the White Wolf Water long ago, and would launch an attack on the Goguryeo camp tonight. No wonder Li Xinhui forcibly asked the army to build a pontoon bridge, and it was not himself who served as the main direction of attack, but General Su Dingfang, who was already on the opposite bank.
"Your Majesty, I'm old Cheng." Cheng bit the boss with Jin's mouth open, and couldn't help but say loudly.
"Auxiliary aircraft, lead 3,000 guards to block the various intersections of the west, and not let go of a single person, from now on, the army is allowed to enter but not to leave. The generals were not allowed to pass any news to the imperial court, and violators were punished as rebellion. Li Xin glanced at everyone, and the faces of the people he swept through suddenly changed color, even for people like Cheng Yanjin, after listening to Li Xin's words, their faces also changed. There's a lot to include in this sentence.
Although the great battle was imminent, and it could even be said that victory was in sight, but everyone's faces were solemn, and they suddenly discovered that there may be many secrets behind this expedition to Goguryeo, and these secrets are terrifying, even His Majesty the Emperor is cautious, for fear that something will happen. There will even be a blockade of the barracks.
"A bunch of clowns jumping off the beam, it's nothing." Li Xin showed a smile on his face and said: "After this battle, the generals have been feudal princes, feudal marquises, and there are many people who want to expand their fiefdoms, why, I am a little scared." ”
His Majesty said and laughed, as long as His Majesty pointed to wherever he went. Wherever the minister goes. Cheng Yanjin patted his head and said.
"Alright, generals, then wait!" Li Xin nodded, and asked people to go to the river to inquire about the situation on the other side.
On the other side, Gasuwen also heard the loud explosion. Subconsciously, Gasuwen thought that his large camp was attacked, but after he arranged his army, there was no attack. In addition to curiosity, I came to the bank of the river again, and there were two huge pontoon bridges in front of me. They had reached the shore, and although there were still some places where there were no joints, the soldiers could wade through the water.
"I suddenly had a bad feeling." Ghost Fuxin suddenly whispered: "Li Xin, this person is a peculiar person, although I have not seen this person, but at this time, using the pontoon bridge to attack our big camp is clearly not taking the lives of these soldiers to heart, Li Xin, this move?" "Ghost Fukunobu is still a little worried, because this is the part of this war that cannot be explained.
"This is very easy to explain, because what Li Xin wants to deal with now is the family within the Tang Dynasty, and most of the soldiers in the army are from the family, and he is now following the same path as Yang Guang of the previous dynasty, in order to weaken the family, these soldiers are sent to the battlefield, so he will build two pontoon bridges and want to fight a war of attrition with us." Gai Suwen thought for a while, and said indifferently: "We shouldn't have any difficulties this time, just like back then, how to deal with Yang Guang, just how to deal with him." ”
"Perhaps." Ghost Room Fuxin nodded, he also knew the situation back then, wasn't Yang Guang's million army buried in the land of Liaodong like this?
"Let's go! There are archers guarding here, and Li Xin is difficult to fly even if he has wings. Gai Suwen said with a smile. Didn't he leave the two pontoon bridges here for this purpose? Let Li Xin act in the direction he has set.
At night, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, only a round of crescent moon hangs in the sky, but there is a different situation in the camp on both sides of the strait, under the bright lights, the Goguryeo camp has fallen into a deep sleep, and in the Tang camp, the soldiers and horses are mobilized, countless soldiers have stepped out of the camp, and come to the pontoon bridge together, in front of the army, one is Cheng Yanjin, one is Luo Shixin, and the rest of the three army soldiers followed.
Li Xin rode a war horse, Wei Yuancheng, Changsun Wuji and others guarded the left and right, and the guards had already surrounded the small hillside. Wei Yuancheng and the others looked at the camp opposite, waiting for Su Dingfang's army to appear.
"Your Majesty, there has been." When the moon was in the middle of the sky, a large group of torches appeared in the distance, and the torches illuminated the night sky, and the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly screamed, and it must have been Su Dingfang's men and horses who appeared at this time. The officers and men of the three armed forces, who were watching the movement from the sidelines, let out a burst of shouts.
"The army is on the offensive." Li Xin slowly pulled out the sword at his waist and looked at the other side.
At this time, the large battalion on the opposite side obviously also discovered that there was a huge cavalry surprise attack on the large battalion, but the speed of the cavalry was so fast, although it had already discovered the enemy's sudden attack, where could it be quickly prepared, and soon fell into a panic.
"Where did Li Xin's cavalry come from?" Gai Suwen was woken up in his sleep, and when he got that his military camp was besieged by a large army, he immediately panicked, but he didn't expect that Li Xin's army would appear on the east bank of the White Wolf Water, and at the most critical time, he launched an attack on his own camp.
When Gai Suwen came out of the big tent, he found that the camp was full of flames, and the shouts of killing sounded in the camp, and the clothes on the ghost room Fushin were not properly dressed, so he fled to the camp of the Chinese army in a hurry under the escort of some Baekje troops.
"The enemy is all cavalry, it should be killed from the steppe, Li Xin has already defeated the Turks and occupied the entire steppe, so there will be a large number of cavalry, killing from the north, we have no defense at all." Ghost Fushiro looked at the shouts of killing around him, and his face turned pale.
Under the firelight, the black armor can be seen everywhere in the crowd, this is the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty, these soldiers ride high-headed horses, in the chaos of the army, the horse chopping knife in their hands is so fierce, a knife cut, there will be Goguryeo soldiers will be cut off the horse, because there is not enough time to guard, the army can not form an effective attack, can only be killed by this cavalry retreat, looking about to be killed into the Chinese army.
"Li Xin is really cunning." With a cold sweat on his face, Gai Suwen commanded his own personal guards to resist, and cursed loudly, his mouth was full of Goguryeo's rural slang, where is the demeanor of Goguryeo aristocracy.
"Not good." Onimuro Fuxin's face suddenly turned pale, and he said to Gai Suwen: "It's not good, we were fooled, the enemy is attacking at this time, I'm afraid it's not to try to defeat my big battalion, but to meet the army on the other side of the White Wolf Water." General, quickly order the archers to go back, they cannot support the battalion. Ghost Room Fushinobu thought that there was a 20,000-strong archer brigade on the shore of the White Wolf Water, and couldn't help but urge.
Gai Suwen's face also changed greatly, he also thought of this problem, there was an attack in the Chinese army camp, and the 20,000 archers who were stationed on the shore must also know the changes here, and they will definitely come to the rescue of the Chinese army camp, since Li Xin let the army raid him, the other side must be ready to cross the river, and when the time comes, he will definitely face a two-sided attack.
"It's too late." Gai Suwen had already found that on the white wolf water in the distance, two teams of flames were rushing towards the camp, this situation can only show that Li Xin had actually been prepared for a long time, and took the opportunity of the chaos of his camp to finally kill him.
"Li Xin is really amazing." Ghost Fuxin has to say that before this, everyone thought that Li Xin was looking for death by building a pontoon bridge, but now he knows that Li Xin was ready at the beginning of the war, so that it was tonight.
"Break through! Taking advantage of the fact that Li Xin's army had not yet been killed, he hurried to break through. Gai Suvin finally said. (To be continued.) )