When Yang Ji returned to Beijing with the news of his victory, he also wrote a personal letter to Yang Guang, "encouraging" Yang Guang to mobilize an army of three to four million people to march under his own command, and also to take care of the direct descendants of the Guanlong nobles, Shandong nobles and southern nobles. Go to war and die.
After Yang Guang read it, he almost turned his nose with anger. The Sui Dynasty and the major political factions were very delicate, and even he could only carefully use the method of joining forces vertically and horizontally, eliminating the strong and supporting the weak to do things. The nobles and nobles are not stupid, but are quite smart. If a few direct descendants of each family die, they will immediately wake up, fall out, and cause trouble. If not, they will unite to overthrow the Sui Dynasty.
So although Yang Ji's weird idea made him extremely excited, after weighing the benefits and losses, he was too scared to do it.
As for the personal conquest by the imperial commander, Yang Guang thought, but Goguryeo had already been beaten half to death by Yang Ji. If he continued to mobilize the troops and mobilized the imperial commander to conquer personally, it would be leftovers. The result would not be glory, but humiliation. Even if he wants to conquer in person, the target of the expedition is a complete big country. For example, the Eastern Turks are very good; this one is Yang Guang's historical merit, and he can't fight it again for Yang Ji.
Although he was not what Yuan Ziyou said: the cancellation of the Northern Patrol was because he wanted to launch a large-scale expedition to Goguryeo, but at least it had some relationship. However, Yang Guang no longer looked down upon the half-dead Goguryeo, and he did not "fool around" like in history. While he allowed Yang Ji to fool around, in order not to make great contributions to the Guanlong nobles, he just appointed Zhou Fashang as the The Navy Chief and the Liaodong Marching Road Deputy Chief led 50,000 elite troops northward to assist in the battle.
This elite troop route not only avoids the consumption of a lot of manpower and material resources, but is also very targeted and operationally efficient. What's more, Goguryeo's national power was far weaker than that of the Sui Dynasty, and more than 300,000 elite troops were killed by Yang Ji in the first year of Daye and this year. At this time, Goguryeo simply could not sustain it for long, and the Sui Dynasty had nothing to do. This mortal country mobilized its troops and mobilized its people.
If Yang Ji fails or is in a stalemate, it is not too late to consider adding more troops. However, Yang Guang has full confidence in Yang Ji. His trust in Yang Ji is higher than that of Yang Ji himself, which leads him to think of these two possibilities. Totally impossible.
At the same time that Yang Ji and Yang Lun separated and decided to march to Lianshan Pass, on the sea southeast of Beisha City in the Liaodong Peninsula, the sails covered the sky and the sun, and nearly a thousand large ships formed a huge front and a huge formation. We crossed the Bohai Strait in a mighty way and headed towards Muyang City.
On top of a huge five-toothed warship, Zhou Fashang stood on the fifth deck with a sword on his waist and was fully clothed. He stared at the sea ahead. Colorful clouds like mountains piled up where the water and the sky met. Below the colorful clouds. The sea surface is sparkling and beautiful.
Zhou Fashang was the general with the most experience in naval warfare in the Sui Dynasty and was proficient in land and water warfare. Although he was the naval commander this time, 30,000 of the 50,000 soldiers in the fleet were from the army.
The 30,000 army consists of 20,000 Xiaoguo troops and 10,000 Jingyue troops. This was a special request made by Zhou Fashang to the court, because he knew that the navy was not good at land warfare. If the Sui army advanced step by step on land, it would still be impossible. He had to rely on the army; he thought that the imperial court would only send him an elite division, but he never thought that the emperor would actually use the Xiaoguo Army, known as the emperor's personal army, as the main general. The leader was Yang Ji's second uncle Dugu Sheng, and the deputy general was Yang Ji's old subordinate. Gao Junya and Wang Bian.
The main generals of the Jingyue Army are General Zuo Xiaowei of Jianxiao and Qing Honglu Shixiang. Their deputy generals are General Zhao Xiaocai of Youwuwei and General Wei Xuan of Youyuwei of Jianxiao.
The deputy generals of the navy are Pei Renji, deputy commander of the Northern Navy, and Wang Rengong, the general of the left imperial guard of the inspection school. The marching commander of the entire army is Yang Jing, the king of Dao and the governor of Qingzhou.
There are three types of Wuya warships: large, medium and small. The large Wuya warship where Zhou Fashang is located is five stories high and can accommodate a thousand soldiers and sufficient combat supplies. The ship shrinks layer by layer from bottom to bottom, and the platform on the top layer is It was an observation tower and a combat command tower. The signal soldier looking out from above suddenly said loudly: "General manager, we have seen the coastline!"
Zhou Fashang stared into the distance, and sure enough he saw a black line appearing in front of him. He shouted loudly: "Give orders to all command ships in the fleet to go to Bisha City to rest first!"
The home port of the Northern Navy is in Donglai County. It is only more than two hundred miles from the home port to Beisha City along the Changshan Islands. Before Zhou Fashang set out, he had already received the military information forwarded to him by Li Zixiong and knew that the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula was already occupied. Recover it for King Teng and arrange for five thousand soldiers and horses to stay behind.
"Yes!" The signal soldier quickly waved his flag to convey the commander's order. When the surrounding ships saw the signal from the command ship, they immediately passed it on.
Every ship in the fleet sailed according to the order, and it took about two moments to move forward. The relatively loose lineup became more and more compact and tight.
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Bisha City is located in the Jinzhou District of Dalian City. It is more than ten kilometers away and is the only important city in the Liaodong Peninsula. During the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was the county seat of Pingguo County, Liaodong County. In the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangshi of the Southern and Northern Dynasties (404) , the entire peninsula, including Bisha City, was forcibly separatist by Goguryeo.
This city is located on the top of Dahei Mountain, on the middle peak, south peak and adjacent mountain ridges. It is built with the mountain and the sea in mind. It strangles the strategic point of water and land. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The bay outside the south of the city is a natural harbor that can accommodate thousands of warships without deliberate construction.
Several large five-tooth warships broke out of the formation and slowly docked.
Six five-foot-high shooting poles were set up in the front, rear, left and right of the third-class Wuya warships and the second-class Huanglong warships. Each shooting pole had a square iron block tied to the top and a winch underneath. When the ship and the enemy ship are close, the naval officers can quickly lower the shooting pole with the winch and use the iron block above to smash the enemy ship. If you miss a hit, you can use the winch to put the shooting pole away and put it back again; if the enemy ships are surrounded on all sides, you can use a "six-pronged attack". Of course, shooting poles are not generalized, but are placed according to the size of the boat. If the size of the boat is different, the length of the shooting pole, the size and weight of the iron block will also be different.
When the Chen Navy of the Sui Dynasty launched its first battle on the Yangtze River, Yang Su only sent four large five-tooth warships to fight. These four warships successively sunk and destroyed a fleet of the Chen Dynasty with rods. The Chen Navy was frightened and stayed away. The ferocity and domineering power of his fighting power can be seen clearly.
In normal times, the two shooting poles at the bow or stern of the ship have become tools for soldiers and supplies to travel back and forth. As long as the two shooting poles are put down and covered with large shields to block arrows, it will be a building as wide as a month. The pontoon is five feet tall.
The pontoon tower is good. Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing strode ashore. Mai Mengcai and Qian Jie, who had already heard the news, rushed up to the crowd. They stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists: "The last general Mai Mengcai/Qian Jie met with Manager Zhou and Yang Changshi." !”
"General Mai, General Qian, thank you for your hard work!" Zhou Fashang was courageous, capable of both civil and military skills, and broad-minded. He would not be arrogant because of someone's inferior status. He personally helped up the two young generals, glanced at Beisha City in front of him, and walked forward. , while asking General Mai Mengcai, the lord of Bisha City: "General Mai, do you have any information about King Wei's military situation? Is he still on the north bank of Daliang River?"
Mai Mengcai was stunned when he heard the words, and then realized that the news that Zhou Fashang knew was still more than half a month ago. He quickly explained: "Reporting to Manager Zhou, the main army led by King Wei was defeated one after another in the afternoon twelve days ago. On the north bank of the Daliang River, the eminent monk Luo had 30,000 elite troops, and on the south bank of the Daliang River, Gao Dayang had 60,000 troops; the next day, General Wei Yunqi completely carried out Hengshan City, the logistics center of Goguryeo, and seized countless grains, weapons and equipment."
"Today, our army has suppressed the Goguryeo army to the east of Liao River, west of Changgong Ridge and Hengshan City, and south of Daliang River, and has made new deployments based on Changgong Ridge, Daliang River, and Liaodong City. General Yang Yichen led The main force was stationed at the eastern foot of Changgong Ridge, confronting the enemy general Yang Wanchun; General Li Jing went south from Daliangshui and garrisoned at the northern foot of the western foot of Changgong Ridge. General Li's mission was to both deter Yang Wanchun and attack the plain area under the jurisdiction of Liaodong City. Pressure, his main opponent now is Yuan Zicheng, the eldest brother of Goguryeo."
Zhou Fashang stopped for a moment, the shock in his eyes could not be concealed. He glanced at Yang Jing, who was also shocked, and asked again: "King Wei is progressing so fast?"
"Exactly!" Mai Mengcai looked at Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing who were stunned, and said in a regretful tone: "In the words of the king...in the words of King Wei, it's not that our army is too strong, but that the enemy is too understanding. Cooperate; our army actually wants to lose, but the other side refuses to give face, which is really unreasonable!"
After hearing this, Zhou Fashang and Yang Jing's faces turned dark; looking at Mai Mengcai, who was serious and talking nonsense, they really wanted to hit someone at this moment.
"General Manager Zhou, Yang Changshi!" Qian Jie saw that the two men's expressions were not right, and quickly added: "King Wei wanted to be defeated but failed, and he was almost sick with anger; he has now handed over the Eastern Army to General Yang Yichen, and he Let’s relax. It is said that King Wei was so idle that he had nowhere to express his temper, so he had to look for temples and stone tablets to smash!"
Zhou Fashang, Yang Jing: "..."
Good guy, do you think that humans are no longer opponents, so you want to fight with gods?
Yang Jing felt that it was necessary to explain to his brother, and he said to Zhou Fashang: "Mr. Zhou, no normal person would dare to do such a thing as fighting against the gods, and our Yang family cannot do such a thing. From now on. Judging from past experience, this is clearly the idea of General Yin Shishi. My uncle listened to General Yin and burned the Turkic saints, dug up the graves of the Turkic ancestors, and abandoned the bones of the Turkic ancestors in the wilderness."
"What King Dao said is very true. In fact, I think so too!" Zhou Fashang was convinced. As he spoke, he walked forward again and asked as he walked: "What about King Teng? Is he in Anshi City?"
"No more!" Mai Mengcai said: "A few days ago, Gao Huizhen, the small Sasa of Goguryeo, and Gao Xinggong, the commander of the Imperial Guard, led more than 20,000 soldiers to escort Gao Yuan's family to the south. King Teng and General Li Duan took the initiative to attack. The enemy army was defeated in the Chenghe River Basin, and the enemy army escorted Gao Yuan's family and retreated to Lishan City at the western foot of the Qianshan Mountains. King Teng and General Li led an army of 5,000 in pursuit. Gaimou City and Anshi City are now led by General Xue Wanche and General Li, respectively. General Wang Haokai is on guard."
After roughly understanding the progress of the Sui army and the current situation in the Liaodong Plain, Zhou Fashang changed the topic and asked: "Does the Goguryeo army have any movements in the Liaodong Peninsula and the 'Qianshan-Yalushui' zone? Please tell me in detail."
"Here!" Mai Mengcai responded, explaining the situation of these two areas one by one: "There are not many Goguryeo troops in the Liaodong Peninsula, and they are concentrated in Bisha City, Muyang City, and Langu City. These cities were defrauded by Gao Jianwu , after being dedicated to our army, there are no enemy troops on the peninsula. However, we only have 5,000 troops and we have to guard the Goguryeo army exiled on Lianhua Island, so we dare not launch an offensive to the north."
"The 'Qianshan-Yalushui' area is extremely steep, with large and small cities and fortresses, and the garrison soldiers are all different. Generally speaking, this area is dominated by four important cities on the north bank of the Yalu River, from top to bottom. , from north to south, they are Neiguocheng, Wugu City, Bobi City and Dahang City."
At this point in the introduction, Mai Mengcai took out a roll of military information from his arms, presented it to Zhou Fashang, and said: "This is the military information I just received this morning. It says that the deputy lord of Wugu City, Eulji Yideok, has assembled 30,000 elite soldiers and two soldiers. Thousands of soldiers decided to go north along the "Qianshan-Bisha River" road this morning and march to Anshi City in the northwest; Wu Bin, the lord of Boli City, dispatched all his troops and led 30,000 elite troops to Dahang City at the mouth of Yalu River Assemble.”
Having said that, Mai Mengcai breathed a long sigh of relief.
He and Qian Jie were worried about Wu Bin's army that was about to invade. If Wu Bin and the defenders of Daxing City were to mobilize in full force, they would be at least 60,000 people. With only 5,000 of them, they were no match for the enemy.
Fortunately, Zhou Fashang arrived in time.
Zhou Fashang looked at the military situation and found that everything was just as Mai Mengcai said. He reviewed the map engraved in his mind and asked: "We are new here and know nothing about the situation here. In your opinion, is Wu Bin converging?" After the defenders of Dahang City, march towards the Liaodong Peninsula along the coastline?"
"Mr. Zhou, this is exactly what we have judged!" Mai Mengcai said: "If the defenders of the two cities are deployed in full force, there will be 60,000 troops."
"I understand!" Zhou Fashang was extremely happy in his heart. If they had come one day later, the situation would not be like it is now; and the opportunities they would get would not be as many as they are now.
Thinking of this, he did not go to Bisha City. Instead, he asked his soldiers to set up a "Sui" flag on the beach. At the same time, he sent people through several generals to gather them here.
About two moments later, Dugu Sheng, Gao Junya, Wang Bian, Shi Xiang, Zhao Xiaocai, Wei Xuan, Pei Renji, and Wang Rengong disembarked one after another. After hearing the news, they gathered towards the flag.
Zhou Fashang asked Mai Mengcai to repeat the military situation he had mentioned before, and then said to the eight generals: "King Wei divided this battle into the Liaodong battlefield in the north, the Qianshan-Yalushui battlefield in the middle, and the Yalu River battlefield in the south. Lushui-Pyongyang Plain' battlefield; the northern battlefield no longer requires our participation, and the southern battlefield is relatively far away, so we have to fight the central battlefield. Judging from the military information provided by General Mai, Dahang City, Bobu City, and Wugu City After the defenders mobilized in full force, there were no soldiers left to defend the three cities."
"Based on the enemy situation in the central battlefield, I have a rough strategy. I am going to let General Pei and General Wang each lead 10,000 navy troops to take ships and go south along the coastline to recover the empty cities of Dahang and Bosu respectively. General Shi, the 10,000 Jingyue Army led by General Zhao, and General Wei divided into east and west routes and went north to recapture the cities in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula. General Dugu, General Gao, and General Wang led the 20,000 Xiaoguo Army to fight against Goguryeo led by Wu Bin. military."
After finishing his thoughts, Zhou Fashang looked around the generals and asked: "This is just a temporary decision I made based on the information brought together by General Mai and General Qian. It does not have to be implemented in accordance with the law. If the generals have different opinions, Difficulties can be raised immediately and then corrected.”
After listening to Zhou Fashang's battle plan, the eight generals weighed it in silence. After a while, General Zuo Xiaowei, the most senior inspector and Honglu Qing Shi Xiang, bowed to Zhou Fashang and took the lead in saying, "The general manager's method is the best strategy and is in line with the current war situation, but there will be two problems in the end! "
Zhou Fashang signaled: "General Shi, please speak!"
"Here!" Shi Xiang responded and said: "First of all, we are a side force, and everything must be based on King Wei's order. Marching rashly is against the rules. If we are held accountable afterwards, no one will be able to bear the responsibility."
Both problems are very real, especially for generals like them. Although people often say that "a general will not accept the emperor's orders", but since ancient times, at least eighty of the one hundred generals who did not accept the emperor's orders did not end well or ended miserably.
Although Yang Ji is not a king or emperor, he is the commander-in-chief of an army. If the war goes wrong, he can completely shift the responsibility to the "uncommanded" generals.
Zhou Fashang was about to say that he would carry it, but Yang Jing next to him had already said: "General Shi's first question is not a question, and King Wei is not an irresponsible, chicken-hearted person. If he pursues it later, I, Yang Jing, will bear all the responsibility."
Zhou Fashang glanced at Yang Jing, and then said to the generals: "I am the leader of this army, and I share the responsibility with King Dao, but I don't know what General Shi's second question is?"
"The second problem is seasickness!" Shi Xiang said with a wry smile: "I don't know what happened to the Xiaoguo Army soldiers, but the thousand Jingyue Army soldiers who were on the same boat with me were very seasick. The soldiers vomited all the way and their combat effectiveness was very high. Without Zunyi, the other officers and soldiers of Jing Yue Army will definitely not be much better. If they are allowed to fight immediately, ordinary people will kill them."
Dugu Sheng didn't wait for the general to ask, and immediately said: "The Xiaoguo Army is not much better!"
The problem of seasickness is more realistic! No one can make the Xiaoguo Army and Jing Yue Army become active immediately.
While everyone was silent, Mai Mengcai said: "Goguryeo does not have many soldiers and horses in the Liaodong Peninsula, and the remaining cities are not strong cities. Now that the army is coming, the general's five thousand soldiers and horses can set off at any time to regain the entire peninsula."
Zhou Fashang's eyes lit up and he asked Mai Mengcai, "What about Wu Bin's army? How do you think it's appropriate to respond?"
Mai Mengcai saluted and said: "The Liaodong Peninsula is surrounded by the Qianshan Mountains in the north. There is a very narrow passage on the east and west sides. The west entrance is Gaimu and Anshi cities, and the east entrance is Jili City on the west bank of the Bisha River. and Niangniang City, the former is located upstream and the latter is located at the mouth of the sea. They are about 350 miles away from Dahang City."
"The Goguryeo troops in Dahang City and Bobi City are mainly infantry, and they already know that the Liaodong Peninsula has fallen into the hands of our army. When Wu Bin led his army to march westward, in order to allow his soldiers to have the physical strength and combat skills to fight at any time, If we march normally, it will take three and a half days to reach the Bisha River. Excluding today, it will take about two days."
Zhou Fashang thought for a moment and immediately adjusted his previous tactics and said, "In that case, we will focus on annihilating Wu Bin's army."
He looked at the rising sun and ordered to Pei Renji and Wang Rengong: "The navy officers do not need to disembark or capture Wugu City. Adjust the direction and set sail immediately; after capturing Dahang City, attack Wu Bin's army from behind. Let the navy and this task be left to the two generals!"
"General, I will obey your orders." Pei Renji and Wang Rengong clasped their fists in response.
"Since there are not many enemy troops in the Liaodong Peninsula, and Bisha City has been in the hands of our army for many days, it is obvious that the most chaotic and dangerous time has passed here!" After Zhou Fashang finished speaking, he looked at Mai Mengcai and ordered: "Mai General, you lead four thousand defenders as the vanguard of our army, and immediately march eastward while it is still early, and be sure to seize Jili City and Niangniang City before Wu Bin arrives."
Mai Mengcai clasped his fists and responded to the order: "I will obey the order!"
"General Dugu, General Gao, and General Wang, please immediately let the officers and men of the Xiaoguo Army disembark and rest in Bisha City for one night. At Chou time tomorrow, march to the east."
Dugu Sheng, Gao Junya, and Wang Bian saluted together and said: "I will obey your orders!"
After arranging the troops for the expedition, Zhou Fashang said to Shi Xiang: "General Shi, compared with the Xiaoguo army from all over the country, the Jingyue army is all Yongzhou people who don't know how to swim, and the seasickness is the most serious. You, General Zhao, and General Wei Let Jing Yue's army rest here and wait until the situation improves, then go north to recover the northern cities."
"I will obey your orders!" Zhou Fashang told the truth, and Shi Xiang, Zhao Xiaocai, and Wei Xuan all agreed.
"General Qian, you bring a thousand soldiers and horses to stay and assist, and you serve as the guide going north." Zhou Fashang arranged the task for Qian Jie, and added: "In addition, you send scouts to the Chinese Army Camp, Anshi and Gai respectively. Mou sent a message, saying that we have arrived and explaining our decision to fight."
Qian Jie cupped his fists and saluted: "General, I will obey your orders!"
Zhou Fashang nodded and said to everyone: "According to what General Mai and General Qian said before, the area between Bisha River and Yalu River backs up mountains and faces the sea, showing a pattern of narrow north and south and long and narrow east and west. It can also be seen from this that, Whoever occupies this area will take the initiative in the war. Our time is very tight and we cannot delay it for a moment. Everyone, please go down and make arrangements!"
"Here!" the generals responded loudly.
After the arrangements were made, the generals went about their business.
Half an hour later, Mai Mengcai led his four thousand soldiers to leave Bisha City and march toward the Bisha River in the northeast. Since the navy provided food and grass, he went into battle lightly and did not carry any baggage. Each soldier only carried five days' worth of supplies. Dry food.
As for the 20,000 northern naval officers, they did not even get off the ship. The ships and supply ships they were on finally completed the U-turn after an hour. Under the leadership of Pei Renji and Wang Rengong, they, together with the supplies on board, headed towards Advance in the Northeastern Sea.
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