Emperor Sui Yang

The navy that came to protect the children fought three battles with the Goguryeo navy in the offshore area of ​​the Korean peninsula, sinking 67 enemy warships.

Right now, the Goguryeo Beishe Navy and the Weishui Navy have withdrawn into the Weishui. After all, the Weishui is an inland river, and sea-going ships cannot take advantage of the inland river. Inland rivers are especially easy to run aground.

And it cannot take advantage of numbers.

Therefore, a group of soldiers must be unloaded in advance. Zhou Fashang, as the vanguard, has been looking for a suitable landing place after entering the Weishui. The draft of the big ship is too deep, without the blessing of waves and wind, the speed is extremely slow.

Since ancient times, in inland river water warfare, many types of obstacles can be arranged, such as barrage ropes, artificial reefs set up by throwing stones into the river, fire rafts, nailed wooden stakes and so on.

The tactic that Goguryeo is currently using is called assault wood, which is to cut down trees, cut into sections of logs, sharpen at both ends, throw them into the river, and rush downstream to hit enemy ships with the help of the water.

A single piece of this thing can hardly cause any damage to a large ship like the Sui Army, but if there are too many of them, the impact is still extremely terrifying.

The dam on the Yalu River will also use this thing when the gate is opened in the future. Because the water volume is not large when the gate is opened, the dam will be smashed directly with the assault wood.

But the premise is that the gate must be opened, because when the gate is opened, the water will have a flow rate, which can drive the charging wood to hit the dam. If the gate is not opened, the stored lake water will be static.

Zhou Fashang ordered the four giant warships to connect end to end, stretching across the river, blocking the assault logs, while the large ships behind were urgently unloading troops.

The boats are closely connected with each other, with wooden boards erected in the middle, the boats in the middle of the river, and the soldiers move to the boats on the shore, and finally land on the shore.

There was no ambush on both sides of the strait, so Zhou Fashang's landing went smoothly.

As soon as they landed, they needed to form an array to prevent enemy attacks and cover the landing of the main force of the guards.

All the troops landed on the north bank of the Wei River, because Pyongyang is to the north.

"It's strange, this is already the hinterland of Goguryeo, why is there no trace of the enemy army?" Zhou Fashang asked doubtfully.

Lieutenant General Guo Changdao: "The Rangers have already been dispatched. If there is any enemy situation, we will know as soon as possible."

Zhou Fashang nodded: "Here's an order to unload the guard's warship, continue to advance along the river, and pursue the remnants of the enemy's ship."

The big ships of the Sui Army Navy were all equipped with rackets. This thing was created by Yang Su when he built the five-tooth warship. It was a sharp weapon for inland water warfare. Zhou Fashang fought in the battle of the Sui Dynasty against Chen and was familiar with inland water warfare. He knew that the remaining Goguryeo fleet was vulnerable to the Sui warships.

After the large ship unloaded its soldiers, its hull floated up, and it was ready to continue upstream.

Zhou Fashang assembled his army and took the lead in marching towards Pyongyang.

From here to Pyongyang by land, it is more than 160 miles, and the waterway is similar. The Weishui flows completely from the edge of Pyongyang.

But the Sui army had no choice. The load was too heavy to pass by boat, so they could only go by land.

That night, Zhou Fashang's army entered a county less than a hundred miles away from Pyongyang. Although he had strictly ordered his subordinates not to kill indiscriminately, half of the Goguryeo civilians in this county were killed.

Of course, there were not many people in the county. When the news of the navy’s defeat came, all the counties and villages around Pyongyang had fled towards Pyongyang.

Around midnight, Zhou Fashang received a message from the army that a wave of enemy troops was already coming towards them. Because it was night, the number of enemy troops had not yet been ascertained.

"The baggage has not kept up with it. It is not suitable to fight at the moment. The troops are ordered to defend themselves and not to rush forward. We will wait until dawn and find out the situation."

His 2 people are stationed in this unknown county, and the main force who come to protect the children will stay at the seaside to build barracks and temporary docks for large ships.

After nearly a month of rough seas, the soldiers need to adapt to the feeling of the land, so in the early stage, they cannot engage with the enemy, and it will take a period of adjustment.

Besides, Yu Wenshu hasn't come yet.

Yang Wanshi is a timid person. Yang Xuanting and Yang Yuanqing of the old Yang family are all fierce generals who charge forward, but Yang Wanshi has never been able to charge forward.

Because he was afraid of death, he never pulled out the horizontal knife in his waist.

Below the mountainside of Lianhua Mountain, corpses were piled up like a mountain, and half of the mountain was stained red with blood, but the Goguryeo soldiers who attacked the mountain showed no sign of retreating.

After interrogating a few captives, Yang Wanshi found out that these people were civilians on the peninsula, their homes were looted by the officers and soldiers, their fields and crops were trampled, and they had no living heads. They only knew to go east to get food , so it all came here.

Pick up an arrow from the Sui army, get a bucket of food, kill a Sui army, get five buckets of food, capture a pair of armor, and get a stone of food.

What the hell, I didn't plunder your food, and I didn't step on the young crops. Come to me to find food?

Yang Wanshi suddenly felt that these barbarians were really boneless, they were all forced to this point by the officers and soldiers, why don't they rebel?Instead, he was tricked into hitting me?
If this was placed in Hebei, it would have been the opposite.

"Aren't these barbarian bastards brainless?" the staff brother Shu Li said.

Right now, Lianhua City has suffered heavy losses. Although the enemy army is a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers, they can't stand up to too many people. The Sui army will always be tired. I will cut down ten or eight, and I will not be tired. My hands are soft.

"If I stick to it, I'm going to die here, or I'm a barbarian, or an uncivilized savage," Yang Wanshi was already hesitating whether to withdraw or not.

Don't withdraw, I can't bear it anymore, withdraw, how can I explain when I go back?

The last time he was in Hejian, he fled because of abandoning the city. He had already been punished with a serious demerit. If Yang Ming hadn't picked him up, this kid wouldn't know where in the capital he would be gambling with women.

Run again, I'm afraid the crown prince won't be able to hold him back.

If nothing else, Uncle Yang Yue dared to kill him.

"The general needs to supervise the army in the direction of the city wall. Right now, the soldiers' morale is impetuous. It will be even more difficult if you are not present to hold the line," Ge Shuli persuaded.

I won't go!I was also afraid that a sudden cold arrow would shoot me to death.

"You go to the front to supervise the army, but if there are those who retreat, cut them off!" Yang Wanshi said.

How old am I?You let me go, I'm one of your staff, I don't even have a military position, who will take me seriously?

"This kind of thing still has to be done by the general himself. The subordinates don't have the prestige of a general," Ge Shuli wondered.

Yang Wanshi cursed helplessly, turned around and took off his precious armor from the armor rack, put it on with the help of Ge Shuli, and then went to the front line with more than 50 of his followers.

"Listen to me, sons and daughters, the merits of the [-]th revolution are waiting for you, it is difficult now, but you will enjoy the blessings in the future, a lot of money and food women are waiting for you,"

Under the protection of the surrounding shields, Yang Wanshi shouted loudly:

"If you die here, you deserve your reward, and I will spend it for you, woman, I will sleep for you, but if you can all live, besides the reward from the court, I will leave you another One, my dear, the girl in our Guanzhong is waiting for you in the bed in my hometown, and I will kill you."

After yelling here for a long time, Yang Wanshi took his entourage to the other side of the mountain to yell.

When communicating with ordinary soldiers, don't say that kind of polite words, no matter how vulgar it is, this will actually make the relationship with the soldiers closer, especially the kind of jokes, which will make them appear closer.

It can be regarded as spiritual encouragement. After all, the two armies are fighting, and it is extremely important to breathe.

And their old Yang family's ancestral skill is to fool soldiers.

Ming Chan Temple, where Pang Tao lived, was originally under the most pressure. The outermost city wall changed hands several times, and he took it back again.

After all, the miscellaneous soldiers composed of civilians have no discipline at all, and they don't have much combat effectiveness, but for that morsel of food, they can be considered to go all out.

At first they couldn't get in, so they started to sneak up to the top of the mountain at night. They didn't feel like killing the enemy, but to steal food. This method was very effective. Hundreds of people sneaked into the top of the mountain every day, but no one Successfully stole food.

Military rations are strictly guarded against, how could it be possible for you to steal successfully.

Pang Tao's eyes were already covered with bloodshot eyes, and his heart was about to collapse. He couldn't finish killing, really couldn't finish killing.

In fact, the Goguryeo soldiers who attacked the four cities were similar in nature to the civilians who rebelled in Shandong. They were all for one bite. Can do it all.

In prosperous times, then lower your face and beg for food; in troubled times, then risk your life to grab it.

The horizontal knife in Pang Tao's hand was curled up, and his hands were trembling, and he was almost unable to hold it firmly.

It's not that he doesn't want to withdraw, it's that he can't. He and his cousin Pang Ben have followed the prince since the time of King Hedong. He can't embarrass the prince.

It doesn't matter if you die, the family members and the prince will make arrangements, but if you run away, you will lose everything.

In the middle of the night, a scout reported that his cousin Pang Ben's [-] elite heavy cavalry had already passed his defense line, as if to deal with the main force of the enemy ahead.

Chief Xin Shixiong ordered them to stand firm for another seven days. After seven days, the chief chief's main force will pass through their defense line. At that time, they can retreat and breathe a sigh of relief.

Pang Tao burst into tears: "Whether I can carry it for another four days is a question."

Then, he got up and exercised his muscles and bones, went to the water tank, picked up the water ladle and poured a ladle of water, and then said to the relatives beside him:

"Let's go, I'm still short of twelve heads, so there are only a hundred people. Captain Huairen, who is on the fourth turn, is waiting for me."

A entourage laughed: "Don't the general want to seal the Zhu Kingdom?"

Pang Tao raised his foot and kicked the man's thigh, and said with a smile, "That grass didn't grow on my ancestral grave." (End of this chapter)