I took off the telescope pinned to my waist and looked around, there was nothing abnormal, I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as long as the pontoon bridge is still there, even if the bridge head is guarded by Goguryeo soldiers, it can still break through, this 10,000 elite horsemen, but the elite of the Tang Dynasty, many of them are veteran ruffians who have traveled thousands of miles with Su Dingfang to attack Xue Yantuo, with rich combat experience and extraordinary bravery.

The men and horses were rapidly assembling, and at this time, the guide who had gone to explore the way galloped back, and called out as he ran: "My lord, please cross it quickly, and send a message from the other side, there are Goguryeo cavalry coming this way, about five miles away from the pontoon bridge." ”

As soon as I heard this, I almost subconsciously grasped the saber on my waist, choked, the long knife was unsheathed, and Su Dingfang on the side had already changed his face, and the solemn air was on his face: "The whole army is advancing!" The former army of 1,000 people immediately crossed the bridge with Ben and defended the east bank of the bridge! ”

"No!!" More than 1,000 soldiers around him heard Su Dingfang's general order, and they all drew their swords and drank. The guide turned on his horse and led the way, and galloped away, and I ran forward with the front army, and sure enough, after crossing a tree-lined path that was not wide, the pontoon bridge was in front of me.

With Su Dingfang's arm waved vigorously, the two horses ran in parallel, galloping forward, fortunately, although the Liao River is turbulent, it is not wide, the war horse can be crossed by a gallop but more than ten breaths, and soon a thousand horses have passed, on the river bank, the high slope on the side, there are personnel from the Jinju Institute here to detect the enemy, Su Dingfang raised the telescope in his hand and then chuckled and said: "The enemy is not more than a thousand horses, I want to come to inspect the east bank of the Liao River to see if there is an invincible situation, they did not find us, we can wait for the whole army to cross the Liaoshui with peace of mind, As long as all my cavalry reaches the east coast, even if tens of thousands of people come to Goguryeo, Su will be able to defeat his army. Su Dingfang's confidence and pride were written all over his body, and the famous Tang generals looked proud.

I nodded, I agreed with Su Dingfang's words, this is not bragging, Datang has fought countless times with the surrounding area, which time is not to win more with less, not to mention that this time, the army led by Uncle Li is all recruited from the elite of Chang'an, and they are all the kind of fierce soldiers who are eager to use blood and military exploits to decorate their honor and medals.

----------------------------------------------------Uncle Li had already accepted my suggestion when he was in Chang'an, and he had already posted a notice when recruiting troops: In this battle, all those who participated in and were able to make meritorious contributions would receive a medal representing the conquest of Goguryeo, which was used to commend their merits and honors, and the medal was kept by the soldiers themselves. The atmosphere at the time of recruitment was indeed much warmer than before, and besides, any soldier hoped that when he was old, he could recall his enthusiastic past and experience from this small medal.

The Goguryeo cavalry a few miles away passed us leisurely, this little episode did not bring anything, but made us more aware of the Goguryeo army, Su Dingfang gave two comments: "The army is not in order, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit!" ”

"That's right, the former king was not killed, and now, the news of inviting me to come to the Tang Dynasty to quell the rebellion has spread throughout the country of Goguryeo, and the former king is very popular, if Gao Wu appears here, I am afraid that among these soldiers, five out of ten people can listen to their generals." I smirked.

"Hehe......" Su Dingfang nodded with a smile, rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, and walked slowly with me: "Brother Xian, when you capture Xuansu, it will all depend on you, but this time, why don't you have a large siege equipment that you are carrying, could it be that Brother Xian really thinks that it is just those ......" Su Dingfang gestured, as if he couldn't remember the name.

"Tiance General Cannon, Brother Tai is relieved, unless it is a strong city like my Tang Chang'an or Luoyang, otherwise, it is easy to take." I'm also confident and proud, and this comes from my knowledge of firearms, and no one in this era understands the destructive power of these things better than I do.

The next day, the army arrived, it took two days, slowly crossed the Liaoshui, the front was a smooth road, Su Dingfang was the forward, pointing directly at Xuansu located in the middle of the Liaohe Plain, and I didn't know that the main force of my Tang Dynasty had crossed the river Xuansu City Goguryeo guards even closed the city gate when my Tang cavalry vanguard approached the city, and there were even some Goguryeo people and soldiers outside the city who didn't have time to enter the city, Su Dingfang didn't kill anyone, just drove them, so that they couldn't escape from Xuansu City, and finally, These people all surrendered, and Su Dingfang's troops didn't even use a long arrow.

Uncle Li Ji's main side corps followed up, and I continued to follow behind, but what annoyed me was that the road conditions in Liaodong were too bad, and our soldiers gritted their teeth and dragged these heavy and large equipment, fortunately, because they had already learned the road conditions in Liaodong from the intelligence, they specially used widened wheels to strengthen the friction with hard cattle wheel surfaces, otherwise, many things were afraid that they would be transported at all.

When I led my army to the city of Xuansu, the army of Su Dingfang and Uncle Li Ji had already surrounded the city, but compared to the noisy and complicated movement on the city wall, the Tang army camp outside the city was like a quiet walled city. "My lord, General Li and General Su have been waiting at the camp gate for a long time, my lord, you better go over and pay the order first, right? We almost missed the hour. Xi Jun, who was leading the team in front, sold his horse and rushed to my side, which was still in the rear, and called out loudly.

Uncle Li Ji and Su Dingfangfang were already waiting outside the camp gate. "The last general Fang Jun has arrived with his army! Give orders to the general. "I'll go up right away, and I'll go to Uncle Li Ji and hug my fist." You're almost too late! Half an hour in the evening, the old man should march to you. Uncle Li Ji threw me a roll of his eyes and said with a straight face.

I said helplessly: "It's not that the last general won't hurry, but these ordnance has been heavy in the past, and during this time, the heavy rain has made the roads muddy and difficult to walk, so I have not arrived until now." I pointed to the teams that were still pushing the horses one after another, and the soft ground was pressed out of deep ruts by these carriages, Uncle Li Ji looked at it for a while, and said straight to me: "Don't talk nonsense, go, follow the old man to see the city defense of Xuansu." ”

Xuanwu County is a county established in the Western Han Dynasty after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty destroyed Wei's Joseon, and Lelang County, Lintun County and Zhenfan County are collectively called the four counties of the Han Dynasty, Xuanwu County is the largest area of the four counties of the Han Dynasty, and it is also the most important one of the four counties. Its jurisdiction is the homeland of Wei's Korean vassal country, the first five years of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, the county of Xuansu County moved to the Yongling area of Xinbin to this day, and the land outside the river is divided into Lelang County, at this time, Xuansu County is about south to the north bank of the upper reaches of the Qingchuan River and the Datong River, and Lelang County is neighbored; North Dahada Ridge, Huifa River area, and Fuyu as neighbors; To the west is Liaodong County, bounded by the Great Wall; It is bounded by Changbai Mountain to the east, and it is bordered by Wofu, and its inhabitants are mainly Goguryeo. Later, Goguryeo broke away from the Central Plains Dynasty and began to annex the counties under the jurisdiction of Xuansu. Goguryeo took advantage of the civil war in the Central Plains to occupy the entire territory of Liaodong, and Xuansu County occupied it and set up Xuanwu City Commander......" Uncle Li Ji pointed to the tall and majestic city corridor and sighed softly, not only him, but the generals who followed behind him also looked hateful, and Lao Tzu was also on fire when he heard it.

----------------------------------------------------"The city wall is made of mud bricks, and during this period of time, Goguryeo has been repeatedly strengthened by the Tang Dynasty, so it can be regarded as a strong city. Uncle Li Ji put down the binoculars in his hand and frowned: "Our army can't stay here for a long time, otherwise, the enemy of Xiangping City will be able to learn the news that our army has crossed the Liao River, so that the enemy of Goguryeo trapped in Xiangping will retreat, although the danger of Xiangping has been solved, but it will increase the difficulty of our subsequent cities in the future." ”

"Fang Jun, how long will it take you to take this city?" Uncle Li Ji raised the corner of his eyebrows, squinted at me and asked, knowingly asked, I cleared my throat and said to Uncle Li Ji: "The last general thinks that it only takes a few words to take it." ”

"......" Uncle Li Ji looked at me for a long time before continuing: "Are you sure? This is not the test wall of the Martial Arts Research Institute, and this is not Chang'an. You'll have to think about it before you answer the old man. ”

Uncle Li Ji's words made me extremely depressed, a group of veteran ruffians always thought that I was faking, thinking that there must be ghosts on the wall, and the power of the artillery was exaggerated by me, which made me very angry: "General, the last general is willing to make a military order, and tomorrow morning, our army will be able to break through its west gate." ”

Uncle Li Ji stroked his long beard and chuckled, "Okay! Since you say so, the old man won't allow you to say it, but well, the old man still gives you two, as long as the two break the city, the old man will count you as meritorious. ”

"The last will obey." I should do so in my mouth, but I have already made an oath in my heart, if the more than 100 artillery pieces of the Tang Dynasty artillery led by Ming Gongzi can't blow up the broken mud wall of Xuansu City, Lao Tzu will simply hit his head against this mud wall and commit suicide, saving him from embarrassment to the people who cross it.

(To be continued)