Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 527

"It's a mess, it's a mess," the youngest Mai Jicai ran into the army tent, and said with an ugly face:
"Big brother (Mai Mengcai)'s line of defense has been defeated. After the enemy broke through, they have already headed towards General Manager Yu. A military report was received from the east, and a large number of enemy troops are approaching the east wing of General Manager Yu. Most of them are the remnants of Liaodong troops wandering outside. The general manager's soldiers have not even seen a shadow."

Mai Tiezhang narrowed his eyes, and said with a gloomy face, "Immediately pass on my general's order to gather troops and horses to attack Ulji Wende, and make sure that the general management department cannot be damaged."

In the military tent, Su Lie said in a deep voice: "The pontoon bridge has been set up, but people can't cross it. If the soldiers of the chief manager are not here, then it is very likely that they are going to support the general manager. In this way, not only will he not be able to save the general manager, but the main force of the general manager will be attacked by things. The situation is extremely unfavorable."

Shi Wanbao snorted coldly: "It's a good situation, but it's so sad to be dragged into the current state forcibly."

Everyone was almost certain that Wei Xuan was about to finish playing, and the scouts stationed on the other side had come to report that the main force of Goguryeo hoarding in Sashui had already gone upstream.

The upper reaches of Yalu River and Sa River are mountainous terrain, the middle reaches are plains, and the lower reaches are delta plains, which are conducive to heavy cavalry combat. Weixuan's cavalry of one or two thousand is good, and they can't hold it at all.

Su Lie said in a deep voice: "Our cavalry only has [-] soldiers, so give me all of them, let me cross the river and attack Sashui, maybe I can break the siege of the chief of guards.

If he wanted to save Wei Xuan, there was actually only one way right now, and that was to get some water.

Gao Dayang took away [-] troops, so the troops stationed near Sashui must be weak. If Sashui can be taken down, it will be tantamount to breaking the connection between Gao Dayang and Pyongyang, and there is a great chance to force the other side to return to aid.

And the army in Pyongyang did not dare to go out of the city casually, because Lai Huer was watching. If they dared to come out, Lai Huer would directly attack Pyongyang.

Li Jing is now going to Sashui.

Mai Tiezhang is not the kind of person who hesitates, no matter right or wrong, as long as he looks for it, he will go all the way to the dark.

"Xue Zuo led five thousand step armor and crossed the river with you. Don't worry about me here. The general manager Yu is the most elite of our Sui Dynasty. How can the barbarians defeat him?"

Su Lie said worriedly: "The chief can't be careless, just try to contain the black-boned enemy army as much as possible. As for the remnants of Liaodong, after the chief chief finds out, he will definitely lead the army to help. At that time, the advantage will be changed, which will be of great benefit to us."

"Understood, you go quickly," Mai Tiezhang urged.

Su Lie hurriedly mobilized troops and horses to cross the river before Xue Zuo. This time he took away [-] cavalry, [-] were light cavalry, and [-] were heavy cavalry. After crossing the river, he would go straight to the enemy camp in Sashui to investigate the situation, and Xue Zuo was in charge of attacking the fortifications.

The three stable pontoon bridges were originally built for Yu Wenshu and the others, but now they are used by themselves.

Not long after Su Lie crossed the river, he met Li Jing's rangers, and only then did he know that Li Jing had also gone to Sashui.

"What's the situation with the black bones? Why doesn't the main force of our army cross the river?" You Qi asked.

The ranger scout is responsible for investigating the enemy's situation and the communication between the various departments of the friendly army, so he must figure out the situation.

"Director Yu has been held back, and the movement of the chief executive's main force is unknown. It may have gone to Feiyan Ridge," replied the youngest Mai Jicai who came out with Su Lie.

The ranger lamented: "Our troops are approaching Sashui, General Su please hurry to support."

Su Lie nodded, flicked his horsewhip, and set off with four thousand Qingqi in advance.

Sashui, the later Qingchuan River, flows from east to west like the Yalu River. On the map, it is roughly parallel, and the north and south are separated by two hundred miles.

This is the last barrier to the north of Pyongyang City. In history, Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo for the second time. He was defeated at Sashui.

Xin Shixiong died in the battle of Sashui.

But this battle was not actually the turning point of the Sui army's defeat. The real turning point was when Yang Xuangan set fire to Yang Guang's back.

There is no dam in Sashui right now, because there are tens of miles of camps around the river bank, all of them are our own people.

However, most of the barracks are now empty, people were taken away by Gao Dayang, and went to work as Wei Xuan.

After Li Jing arrived, he took advantage of the maneuverability of the cavalry to change places with one shot, and beat the Sashui defenders until they were dizzy.

They didn't know how many people from the Sui army came, anyway, there were alarms of enemy attacks everywhere.

Guarding here is Goguryeo's elder brother Yu Sue Shi, who is almost a general. He immediately reported the military situation here to Gao Dayang and Pyongyang.

And he himself led five thousand heavy cavalry, wandering outside, looking for the enemy's movements.

The Sui Dynasty had the advantage of being a soldier, and Goguryeo already knows everything about it now, but it is two different things whether you have seen it or not.

After all, human nature is to only believe in one's own eyes, and when placed on the battlefield, it is called not knowing if you don't fight.

Li Jing's team was not concentrated, but dispersed, and harassed everywhere, just to give the enemy the illusion that they were besieged from all sides.

Yang Yuanqing ran into a deserted village just after leading people to burn a few barracks. There was no food, but there was well water, but he dared not drink it.

And the water bladder of the thousand heavy cavalry he was carrying was already empty, and he urgently needed to replenish drinking water.

"Go east and see if you can find some streams to replenish drinking water for the war horses." Yang Yuanqing didn't dare to stay in one place for too long, so he took his people to the east again.

As a result, when he left, he directly met the five thousand heavy cavalry of his elder brother Yusumi.

Putting it on others, one thousand is against five thousand, and the arms are the same, most of them dare not go up.

But Yang Yuanqing dared, first of all, this kid came here from Liaodong, and he has already shown his confidence. Moreover, his character is just like this.

Ever since Yang Suyang made an appointment with their brothers in the old Yang family, many of the next generation were like this kind of people, a fierce group, Yang Wanshi was an exception, he was a cowardly group.

The two armies collided head-on in a grassland area.

No one moved, Yang Yuanqing was thinking about how to rush forward, and Yu Mo was really waiting for Yang Yuanqing to run away.

Heavy cavalry vs. heavy cavalry, whoever runs will suffer the disadvantage. From Yusuemi's point of view, if so few people see me, they must run away.

But he was wrong.

Yang Yuanqing and the others were slowly approaching them, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Good guy, you want to fight hard with me, right?He was a brave man, Yusumi immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

The heavy cavalry from both sides collided fiercely like two bulls.

At night, Su Lie, who was taking a temporary rest, received a report from the scouts:
"There is a battle fifteen miles ahead, which seems to be over, but the night is too dark to distinguish friend from foe."

Su Lie didn't dare to be careless, and immediately ordered to be on guard, and everyone dragged their tired bodies onto their horses one after another, and formed a formation.

After a while, a scout returned and said: "The front is our own, and it is the heavy horse of Officer Yang."

Su Lie was overjoyed in an instant, I marched desperately and finally saw you all.

So he led the army and slowly approached Yang Yuanqing's direction.

After Yang Yuanqing learned that Su Lie had come, he was overjoyed and immediately rode his horse to see him:

"Ding Fang, Ding Fang, it's really time for you to come," Yang Yuanqing reined in his horse and laughed, "I thought we would be alone, but I didn't expect you to come anyway. Now it's all right. With you, I don't have to worry about taking Sashui."

The night was too dark, Su Lie couldn't see the surrounding scene clearly, if it was daytime, he would be stunned.

Because there were enemy corpses all over the wilderness as far as he could see, Yang Yuanqing won a big victory with one thousand against five thousand.

This is the brave man wins when he meets on a narrow road.

Such a victory is a great boost to the morale of the Sui army, and it will make the soldiers feel that the enemy is so fragile?

Simply vulnerable.

Su Lie said: "Where is Director Li?"

Yang Yuanqing said: "I have already sent someone to contact. In the daytime battle, I defeated the enemy Sashui heavy cavalry. Now is a good opportunity to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Don't rest, follow me."

Su Lie pondered for a moment, then nodded.

Yu Moshi five thousand to one thousand, almost died himself, and fled with more than 1000 remnants.

On the battlefield, most of the real casualties do not come from the fighting between the two armies, but the process of one side fleeing and the other chasing and being chased is the most fatal.

If you are really stubborn, not many people will die, because you are afraid that I will run away and you will chase after me. If you don't have eyes behind your buttocks, you won't be able to hide.

After discussing the enemy's situation on the road, the two didn't wait for Li Jing, and directly killed in the direction where Yuzumi was fleeing.

Isn't Yang Yuanqing short of water? It's natural to attack the enemy's lair.

Two days later, with the arrival of Xue Zuo's elite infantry, the Goguryeo barracks scattered on the north bank of Sashui were caught in a vast ocean of fire.

Gao Dayang, who received the news, was reluctant to come back.

Because Wei Xuan's troops had already been defeated by him, and Wei Xuan himself fled to the top of the mountain to guard under his personal guard.

Now there are only more than 3000 people left in the dam camp, and the rest are either killed or defeated.

Wei Xuan was already extremely angry, he hated Li Jing, and even more hated Yu Wenshu.

It was Li Jing who asked him to come, and it was Yu Wenshu who tricked him.

Looking at Lai, who has no strength to fight anymore, Wei Xuan respected him: "Liulang is so good, I didn't insult you to Lai's family."

Lai rectified by sitting on the ground, with a dilapidated look on his face:
"Grandfather once told me that you should never entrust your life to others while you are alive. Now it seems that this is indeed the case. Our move is too risky. It is just wishful thinking to expect others to save us."

Wei Xuan sighed: "On the battlefield, the focus is on coordination and cooperation to maintain strategic unity. I took the initiative to get into a dangerous situation to eliminate hidden worries for the main force. It's a pity that Li Jing abandoned me. Yu Wenshu's delay of the military plane is not a strategic mistake, but a human fault."

Lai Zheng endured the severe pain of the injury: "If I can survive this time, I will go before Your Majesty and sue Yu Wenshu."

Wei Xuan didn't speak any more, he felt that they were dead this time.

The current defense in the camp will completely collapse until the next strong attack by the enemy.

His life has entered the countdown.

After an unknown amount of time, at the foot of the distant mountain, dense horns sounded in the enemy formation.

Wei Xuan sat up abruptly, and looked at the generals beside him:
"What does this horn sound mean?"

One of the generals who was familiar with the signals in the Goguryeo army said: "It seems to be an enemy attack. So, our reinforcements have arrived?"

Wei Xuan opened his eyes wide, and the desire to survive was rekindled.

(End of this chapter)