Emperor Sui Yang

Chapter 530 Be Cautious
15 people gathered on the plain with a radius of [-] miles, and you can imagine how crowded it is.

But no one dares to change the formation. Once you change the formation, the opponent will take advantage of the gap between your formation and attack with all your strength. That is no joke.

Because it takes time to change formation, just like the wild geese flying in the sky, they take the shape of a herringbone for a while, and the shape of a letter for a while.

The decisive battle has begun, and the problem must be resolved within five days. Both sides do not have enough food and grass, and no one can afford it, and no one dares to withdraw.

In the wilderness at night, the soldiers rested on the spot, half asleep and half alert, alternately.

All the cavalry should take good care of their horses. Those who were frightened during the day have been dragged down and cut down, and keeping them will affect other horses.

That's why every war horse wears blindfolds, which are fixed on the cheek leather on both sides of the horse's eyes, because the horse's eyes can cover 360 degrees around, and can see everywhere. Focus on the front.

It is especially important when fighting on the battlefield. If it sees the tragic death of the same kind around it, it will collapse psychologically and will not be controlled by the knight.

Every ten people are a team of rangers, and they will keep cruising outside to detect the enemy's movements and prevent sneak attacks.

In fact, with the two armies arrayed at such a close distance, there is no longer a sneak attack, and the sneak attack has no effect, because the formation has already been set up.

In the temporary simple marching tent, Yu Wenshu is discussing tomorrow's war with a group of generals.

Wei Xuan sat on the cushion with a serious face, but Yu Wenshu didn't respond to him, so he didn't give him a good face.

Yu Wenshu dared to deal with Dong Chun, but he did not dare to deal with Wei Xuan.

"In the daytime battle, our army's formation was not in any disorder. It can be seen that Goguryeo's armored cavalry has a false name and is nothing to be afraid of. If he is still like this tomorrow, our army will be able to fight decisively," Yinshi said.

Armored cavalry was originally the most suitable for charging into battle, but Yu Wenshu has already practiced a set of infantry formations that specialize in heavy cavalry, which is composed of platooners, pikemen, modao teams, and bow and arrow teams.

The rower is to resist the impact, the spearman is to attack from a distance, the Modao team is surrounded by three people and one cavalry, blocking the joint defense between the cavalry and the cavalry, and the bow team is to shoot.

This formation has achieved great results today. The more than ten thousand heavy cavalry charged by the enemy were called back in less than two hours.

Because I can't rush in.

Yu Wenshu said with a smile: "I see that most of the enemy troops are heavy cavalry, so let's continue to use this method to consume their energy. When their energy is lost, it will be a decisive battle."

Li Jing frowned: "We need to seize the time. If there is no accident, the naval army who came to the general manager should have already stationed troops in the south of Pyongyang. Our army needs to fight quickly, and the enemy has Pyongyang's support behind them, so we are not in such a hurry."

Yuwen said: "Pharmacist, don't be eager, the decisive battle is over, no one can change it, today is just a test, in the early morning, the enemy will use all their strength to break the formation, our army is insufficient, it is better to defend than to attack. "

Li Jing said: "What if the enemy doesn't attack tomorrow?"

"How is it possible not to attack?" Yu Shiji said: "Today's battle, we can see the impatience of the enemy army. Our main force has arrived here, less than five hundred miles away from Pyongyang. Gao Yuan should be restless now. Seeing that our army is outnumbered, Definitely going all out.”

"It's not called being outnumbered," Li Jing said with a wry smile: "The strength of the army is not judged by the strength of the troops. I have the best [-] troops against the barbarians. I have the advantage. Now that I have successfully crossed the river, it is time to break the river in one fell swoop." In short, go straight to Pyongyang."

Wei Xuan agreed: "Most of the enemy's troops are heavy cavalry, and there are too many of them. Once they suffer a serious setback, they will be torn apart. Our army should concentrate on attacking the central army. As long as the central army is in chaos, the cavalry from all directions will collapse without fighting."

The role of heavy cavalry is to rush into the formation, and light cavalry is to harass and drive away, but when you can't break through the formation and drive away, the combat effectiveness is actually not as good as infantry.

Because your two legs are definitely more trustworthy than the horse under the buttocks, so the real decisive victory depends on the infantry.

Cavalry run fast, and they run fast too.

"Yes," Li Jing nodded and said, "Tonight is a good opportunity. Our army should take advantage of the darkness and advance slowly to close the distance between the enemy and ourselves. The heavy cavalry that cannot charge are just pawns sitting on horseback. As a heavy cavalry, it does not have the power to fight me decisively."

This is the shortcoming of Goguryeo's overemphasis on arms, a hundred thousand troops and sixty thousand heavy cavalry.

If you can break the formation, the lethality will undoubtedly be unprecedentedly terrifying, but if you can't break it, everything is useless.

"No," Yu Shiji was the first to object: "Our army hastily crossed the river. We are already exhausted. After fighting during the day, we are even more tired. We must not act tonight."

Li Jing looked at Yu Wenshu, and it was he who made up his mind.

At present, many generals in the tent are in favor of Li Jing's strategy. After all, after today's first battle, they cleaned up the battlefield and found that the enemy's heavy cavalry was extremely worn out, but their own formation remained unchanged.

So everyone has confidence.

Qiu He also agreed: "The armor of the enemy army is vulnerable in front of my refined weapons. The crown prince should be the first to make this expedition. I will bring this magical weapon to destroy the thief as soon as possible and join forces with Lai Huer." Bing Pyongyang."

Yu Wenshu was expressionless, thinking secretly in his heart.

He wanted to procrastinate, as long as he procrastinated, Lai Huer would definitely not be able to resist going to Pyongyang, but Lai Huer didn't have many refined weapons, and they were temporarily recruited by the Jianghuai Navy and the Lingnan platoon hand, the combat effectiveness is worrying.

It is unrealistic to rely on Lai Huer to fight Pyongyang, so he needs to wait for Lai Huer's big defeat.

If the navy is defeated, and Yu Zhongwen is trapped in black bones, the morale of his army will collapse. At that time, many generals will be willing to withdraw their troops. If he deliberately plans a few small defeats, the main force will be defeated. No one can stop it.

If the front is defeated, the Liaodong army must withdraw before the water level in the seaside road rises, otherwise the supply will be cut off, which will be extremely dangerous.

At that time, it will be a good opportunity for the East Turks to start fighting.

So Yu Wenshu categorically denied it: "When the two armies are facing each other, it is a taboo to underestimate the enemy. Right now, Yu Zhongwen has not crossed the river. I should focus on safety. The enemy's strength is twice as large as mine. If we attack it strongly, we may be taken advantage of by the enemy. I've made up my mind, and you don't need to discuss it."

After all, Yu Wenshu looked at Yu Shiji: "What do you think?"

Yu Shiji is a civil servant, a sycophant, he knows a thing, in his opinion, he can't do risky things, because he is with the army, and if the army is defeated, he has to finish the game.

"It's better to be cautious and prudent, our army is really not easy to take risks," Yu Shiji nodded.

Yu Wenshu didn't care about anyone's opinion, but he had to take care of Yu Shiji's face, and he was sure that Yu Shiji was a coward and would definitely not agree with Li Jing's offensive strategy.

"Okay, all the generals will go back to the headquarters, but if there is something wrong, report it immediately," Yu Wenshu said with a final word.

Li Jing, who left the military tent, just got on his horse when he heard the sound of hooves behind him.

Wei Xuan rode up to him, leaned over and whispered, "I feel something is wrong."

Li Jing frowned, approached and said, "What does Duke Wei mean by this?"

Wei Xuandao: "According to what you said, I went all out to capture the dam in order to provide gaps for the main forces to cross the river, but they didn't even cross the river, and they even divided up. Yu Wenshu said that it was Xue Shixiong who threatened him. If he didn't save me, he would withdraw. I think he is looking for an excuse for the defense of the East Road, how could he be frightened by Xue Shixiong?"

Li Jing nodded: "The chief executive has been in the field for a long time, so he shouldn't have made such a wrong judgment. He should be able to see Wei Gong's intention to take the dam, but he ran in the opposite direction, which is really confusing."

Wei Xuandao: "At that time, if we forced the crossing, with the strength of the left and right Yiwei, the black bone defenders and the remnants of Liaodong, they would definitely not be opponents, but the result was that the main force divided the troops, giving people an opportunity to take advantage of. Now Zhongwen and Mai Iron Staff, I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult, and there are only 5 of us crossing the river, and we are blocked by powerful enemies, so the prospects are not optimistic."

Li Jing sighed: "After the rendezvous the day before yesterday, I observed the baggage of the army. The rations that His Majesty ordered each of the soldiers to carry were not much left. Presumably they were afraid of affecting the march and abandoned them halfway. But why were they marching in such a hurry when they went south from Liaodong?" , when you should be anxious now, why not worry?"

"Don't spread the matter about the military rations, it may affect the morale of the army," Wei Xuan instructed in a low voice.

The reason why the soldiers dared to abandon the military rations was because Yu Wenshu's army had more than 300 military vehicles, half of which were filled with military rations.

But half of the army rations were eaten by animals, and the remaining half was not enough for them.

Yu Zhongwen was trapped, food and grass were in short supply, and Gao Dayang's army blocked him in front of him. In addition, the delay made Lai Huer rush forward. Yu Wenshu's initiative to seek defeat was approaching success step by step.

In the early days, Yang Guang ordered the main army to carry nearly one hundred catties of grain each, which had both advantages and disadvantages. Now that there is a shortage of grain, he will think of Yang Guang.

People are afraid that you will be hungry, but you are still hungry.

Li Jing whispered: "I have sent Pei Xingyan to Wugu, I hope there is still time, as long as the main force of the general manager Yu can cross the river smoothly, our army's advantage will not change, I am afraid that we will spend too long here, and the general manager will not be able to support us, so we can only attack by force." , once frustrated, it will be extremely difficult.”

"That's why I said there is a problem," Wei Xuan said, "Everyone knows right now that it's hard to make it difficult for Lai to take care of his children, but Yu Wenshu seems to be delaying on purpose, as you can see tonight, most of the generals who support the main battle, The strength of our army's armor has been verified for several months, and the armored cavalry that Goguryeo is proud of cannot do anything about it."

Li Jing asked suspiciously: "The chief executive doesn't dare to procrastinate on purpose, does he? What good does it do him?"

"That's something I can't figure out," Wei Xuan shook his head and said, "So I can't make up my mind whether he is delaying on purpose, or whether he really puts safety first. Let's wait and see. Anyway, the enemy and us have already lined up, and success or failure is also a matter of course." It's been three to five days."

Li Jing smiled wryly, "I'm afraid that the manager will not be able to wait for three to five days."

Wei Xuan also sighed for a while, patted Li Jing on the shoulder, and rode away.

(End of this chapter)