Emperor Sui Yang

On the alluvial plain sixty miles south of Wuliluo City, Yu Wenhuaji and Damo Damo of Wuliluo City were separated by two miles, and they lined up separately.

There are 8000 people here, including [-] cavalry, and the rest are all infantry.

On the opposite side, Wei Fuliu, there were [-] armored cavalry, and the rest were infantry.

Therefore, Hua Ji formed a defensive formation, while Wei Fuliu formed an offensive formation of fish scales.

Or it must be done in Goguryeo, and in Central Plains, he is trying his best to learn, and he has learned all of his strengths and weaknesses.

In the square and circular formation, the general is in the middle, the middle is a circular formation, and the four sides are square formations.

The two phalanxes on the left and right front wings are inclined, like a horoscope, with a big gap in the middle, which is to let people in and then surround and kill.

After entering, the left and right front wings are responsible for blocking the door, and the two spearmen phalanx at the rear are used to kill the enemy troops entering the formation.

If there are too many enemy troops, the front wing will not block the door, but let the enemy troops come in, and then the army in the formation will be responsible for encircling the route and forcing the enemy troops to the middle of the big circle.

When the large circular formation is in defense, it is closed, and the surroundings are all lined with shields, keeping the enemy out of the formation. When the enemy troops in the formation are gradually saturated, the circular formation will be opened, expanded outwards, and deployed. The spearmen in the center will go out to kill the incoming enemies.

This formation was first created by Sun Bin, and the first person to use him was Zhao Kuo of Zhao Guo, who was the one who lost the battle of Changping in a mess.

On the other hand, the fish-scale formation is a large offensive formation, focusing on a central breakthrough.

There are too many troops on both sides, the formation has already been formed, and it is no longer easy to change the formation, and the soldiers and horses on both sides are similar, so the battle between Huaji and Wei Fuliu is a head-on contest between the square circle formation and the fish scale formation.

With the beating of the enemy's war drums, a mighty formation of 3 people marched slowly towards the Sui army.

The front wings of both sides are standard for defense, with the spearmen in front and the archers in the rear.

Armored cavalry are used to charge the formation, but not as soon as they come up, especially if the formation is already set up, and you only send cavalry to charge the formation, it is courting death.

As long as people put your cavalry into the formation, it is making dumplings.

Yu Wenhua and sit in the central army, surrounded by more than ten generals and more than 50 banner officers.

He is the hub of the formation, and once a battle is fought, the formation changes depend on him to command.

"Report! The former army has contacted and is fighting, but no cavalry is seen," a flag officer came galloping and reported.

Yu Wenhua and Ning Mei waved their hands, and the flag officer withdrew.

The first hand-to-hand combat was hard work, focusing on one consumption.

The phalanxes on the left and right front wings, once they are short of members, will continue to fill up in the back to ensure the defensive formation. The same is true on the Goguryeo side, and everyone is exhausted.

When will it be spent?The opponent's reserve soldiers were not replenished in time, and gaps appeared in the formation.

To fight like this for a while requires patience.

If you dare to charge, I'll let you in, otherwise we'll just be wasted.

Huaji is not afraid of exhaustion, because the enemy troops in Liaoze, Yanzhou City, and Shitaizi City behind him have been held back by Hedouling, Xue Zuo, and Huang Shilang, and Duan Wenzhen's main force is also heading north. Marching, as long as he can resist for three days, reinforcements will arrive.

In the low-lying area of ​​Liaoze, Xue Zuo's troops have already beaten the enemy to pieces by relying on the strength of their soldiers. Hedouling believes that good steel should be used on the blade, so he sent Rangers to contact Xue Zuo, hoping that the opponent can go north Supporting Huaji, he and Huang Shilang wiped out the enemy troops in the swamp.

So Xue Zuo's troops, who only lost 200 people, began to cross the swamp and march north.

A day later, his scouts discovered that the Huaji and enemy troops had already engaged in the plains seven or eight miles to the west.

Both sides are in a complete formation, and Xue Zuo will not be able to help if he goes, and may even be delayed.

It is obviously impractical to rely on his 6000 people to attack other people's fish-scale formations. There are [-] troops on both sides, and the formation stretches for seven or eight miles. He used to deliver food.

After thinking about it for a moment, Xue Zuo plans to go directly to Wuliluo City, isn't your main force coming out in full force?I will copy your hometown.

So he took six thousand elite infantry and marched all the way to Wuliluo city.

Duan Wenzhen and Zhang Jin took a rest in Sanfozhai for a whole day, and then rushed to the road, taking Li Jing with them.

They didn't count on helping Huaji at all. My main task was to fight Wu Liluo and Fuyu City. As long as I took down Wu Liluo, I would save myself from the danger. This is called besieging Wei and saving Zhao.

When he was halfway on the march, he learned that Xue Zuo's troops had left for Wu Liluo, so he immediately summoned Shi Wanbao:
"I'll give you [-] cavalry. Immediately leave the army and head north to support Xue Zuo in case of reinforcements from Fuyu City. If Wu Liluo can fight, you will fight. If you can't fight, form a formation and wait for me."

"The last general takes orders!" Shi Wanbao took the token, and went to order the troops with his entourage and staff.

Sitting on the horse, Zhang Jin frowned and said, "Xue Zuo is Mai Tiezhang's general, and he is under the control of Li Jing. He was going to fight south, but now he is running to the north. Do you want to say hello to Li Jing and send Xue Zuo to him?" Transfer to my department?"

Duan Wenzhen shook his head and said: "It's actually easy to fight in the north. Li Jing's task is arduous. We should have more soldiers, not fewer. We marched quickly. After we took down Wu Liluo, we ordered Xue Zuo to return south immediately. At that time, Liaodong When a fight is about to start, Li Jing needs to go south in time to open up a route, and the responsibility is heavy."

Zhang Jindao: "This man is a general. From crossing the river to now, he has managed calmly. I have seen that the defense around Sanfozhai is quite organized. This man's skillful management is quite similar to that of Duke Yue."

Many of the older generation still used to call Yang Su the Duke of Yue.

Duan Wenzhen nodded and said: "There are talented people from generation to generation, and we are all old. This time to conquer Goguryeo, there will definitely be some young generals, and these people will succeed you and me and become the backbone of the future military. Tiezhang has already been knighted, and Li Jing is next."

Zhang Jin nodded: "Your Majesty has decided that Liaodong will be captured on May [-]th, and Hu'er, who comes here, will also send troops within this time. After defeating Liaodong, it will be the beginning of the real difficulty. The time for the two armies to join forces, There is no room for loss."

Duan Wenzhen snorted coldly: "Yu Wenhuaji is such an idiot!"

Li Jing arranged for Xue Zuo to go north as soon as he learned of the collapse of the defense line. At the same time, he asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to allocate food and grass to Xin Shixiong's troops stationed in the south.

When Xin Shixiong set off in the early days, he only brought half a month's food and grass with the army, but Yu Huaji's omission delayed Tu Wanxu's attack on Liaodong City, so Li Jing had to send the food and grass to Xin Shixiong as soon as possible.

He can't leave Sanfo Village yet, he needs to wait until Tu Wanxu launches a general attack.

Xin Shixiong's mission was to attack Xiuyan Niangniang City, Anshi City, Futu City, and Desheng City in the south of Liaodong City, but now, he has a detailed history department by his side.

Tu Wanxu was also trying to catch his breath, because Li Jing was worried that their attack on Liaodong City would not go well, so he deployed Xin Shixiong to go south. People, transferred to the south.

Shi Xiang had already fought with people from the four mountain cities, but he didn't set fire to the mountains like Wei Yunqi, but attacked at all costs. After all, the strength of the four mountain cities was incomparable to that of Wunv Mountain. The enemy's army is less than 6000 people.

However, Shi Xiang didn't play well in the early stage. People were condescending and threw rolling stones and logs down. It was true that he suffered a lot, but as the rolling logs and rocks in the mountain city were exhausted, the next step was very smooth.

The four cities were successfully captured, Shi Xiang let out a sigh of relief, he was not ashamed at all, otherwise he would be seen as a joke by Li Jing's West Route Army.

His mission was to fight Liaodong with Tu Wanxu, so after taking the four cities, Shi Xiang captured more than [-] civilians and escorted them to Liaodong, while Xin Shixiong was in charge of staying to take over the four cities.

Wei Yunqi's side was the worst, with half of the 2 casualties, and there was already a sign of defeat. After all, he fought with Gao Jianwu's main force.

Of course, Gao Jianwu's side was also having a hard time. They were eager to escape from the mountain fire area and broke through completely desperately, so that they even broke through several checkpoints set up by Wei Yunqi, but their own losses were quite heavy.

In desperation, Wei Yunqi had no choice but to order the withdrawal of the army. If he did not withdraw, he would be unable to control the remaining 1 soldiers. By then, they would all be deserters, which would mean that the entire army would be wiped out, and he would be beheaded.

After Tu Wanxu learned that the main force in Liaodong was in the direction of Wei Yunqi, he also fell into hesitation.

Whether to fight Gao Jianwu or continue to encircle Liaodong, he didn't dare to make up his mind for a while, after all, His Majesty had already set a deadline for him to die.

When in doubt, you have to ask the emperor for instructions.

So a military report was urgently sent to the rear, whether to fight Gao Jianwu or Liaodong, the emperor has the final say.

Su Wei said: "East Liaodong is an isolated city. If Gao Jianwu's main force is broken, Liaodong will collapse. I believe that Tu Wanxu should be ordered to reorganize the army immediately. Together with Shi Xiang and Wei Yunqi, they should encircle Gao Jianwu and destroy it in one fell swoop."

Yang Yue frowned and said, "Wei Xuan's department is crossing the river right now. At this time, you transfer Tu Wanxu away. If the enemy troops in Liaodong City come out in full force, how can you resist?"

Su Wei immediately said: "Don't miss this opportunity. Our Liaodong defense line is at Sanfozhai. Li Jing's troops are there right now. If the Liaodong enemy troops leave the city, let Li Jing defend them. We must buy time for Tu Wanxu."

Yang Yue shook his head and said: "Li Jing is the West Route Army, and the Lord will open up the road to the south. If we are disabled in Liaodong, how will my main force go south?"

"Wars are ever-changing, we have to adapt to local conditions," Niu Hong also said, "Li Jing will make up for what he loses, but this time, the key is Gao Jianwu. If I defeat this man's main force, it will be of great benefit to me."

The two opinions have their own reasons. Don't think that Yang Yue doesn't know about soldiers, and that he is more powerful than Su Wei Niu Hong in the art of war.

He felt that with Gao Jianwu outside, he could completely resist it, so as to buy time for the main force to attack the city, without having to spend a lot of time swearing to kill the enemy general.

Even if Gao Jianwu is defeated, you still have to fight in Liaodong City, so what is Fei doing?
Why is Gao Jianwu outside? Isn’t it just to harass your main attacking force?As long as you understand Gao Jianwu's purpose, it's actually easy to make a decision.

It's a pity that Yang Guang chose to listen to Su Wei Niu Hong's opinion. To be precise, this was also Yang Guang's plan.

Beheading the enemy general will bring glory to his face.

So after the officials quarreled for a long time, Yang Guang said:

"Order Li Jing to deploy the defense line, Tu Wanxu to concentrate the main force, and destroy Gao Jianwu."

Yang Yue sighed inwardly, he had no choice but to be greedy for small gains and lose big ones. (end of this chapter)