Laizheng brought more than 500 guards who were familiar with water properties. All of them took off their armor, held a crossbow in their mouths, and swam towards the other side in the dark with a short crossbow on their waist.
Their pioneer team for crossing the river took dozens of ropes with them. As soon as they landed on the shore, they would immediately drive down wooden stakes and fix the ropes. The army behind them would lay wooden planks on the ropes and then quickly cross the river.
There are two round holes punched on both sides of each wooden board to fix it with ropes to prevent the wooden board from falling due to instability. This is the simplest floating bridge. If it is not built stably, it is extremely easy to cause problems.
The Goguryeo army responsible for guarding the dam was small in number, between three and four thousand. They were all stationed on the opposite bank. The barracks were built according to the mountains. The highest barracks were slightly higher than the water level of the barrier lake. This was responsible for opening the gate. of.
If you want to prevent the enemy from being alerted and opening the gate immediately, you need to occupy the highest point of the mountain as quickly as possible.
This requires death squads, and those who are afraid of death cannot do this job.
Tonight is doomed, and strategic victory will be achieved by relying on a large number of casualties.
Thousands of people who were crossing the river one after another were already attacking the mountain. Laizheng volunteered and led a thousand people, all wearing armor, to attack the top of the mountain. Another two thousand people provided cover for him and escorted him to the top. The brutal fighting began in the night.
Wu Benlang led Zhang Jun with 3,000 men. After crossing the river, he continued southward, looking for favorable terrain to form an array to prevent Goguryeo's reinforcements.
Wei Xuan was sitting at the rear, paying attention to the situation on the battlefield.
He is the boss, and he needs to analyze the specific situation to determine when to notify Yuwenshu's main force to urgently cross the river.
If he captures the dam, he will have to defend it, because the enemy will definitely come to rescue him. However, with his current strength, he can withstand it. Jing Yuanheng, Xue Shixiong, and Cui Hongsheng can no longer deploy any more people, otherwise the east defense line will be destroyed. Collapsed.
So he sent a ranger to notify Li Jing for support.
"Once most of them have crossed the river, immediately reinforce the pontoon bridge," Wei Xuan ordered.
His nerves were completely tense, but there was no expression on his face. As a general, he could not panic at any time, otherwise if he panics, everything down below would be in chaos.
At about midnight, reports came from the front and found enemy reinforcements, the number of which was unknown.
Wei Xuan immediately ordered the main force to move forward and line up on Zhang Jun's flanks, each with a horn to intercept the enemy.
Deputy General Manager Hu Si Wanshan frowned and said, "I didn't expect the enemy troops to come so quickly. Li Jing is at least forty miles away from our headquarters. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up."
He is the eldest brother of Hu Sizheng, the Minister of War, and Wang Bian, another soldier who joined the army, is an old subordinate of Wei Xuan.
Wang Bian said: "It is difficult to break the formation at night. Our army has prepared in advance and the defense line is in place. We should be able to overcome it tonight. I am afraid that if Li Jing does not arrive tomorrow morning, my entire army will be annihilated."
Wei Xuan was extremely nervous right now, but he still had to have the magnanimity of a general:
"The dam was discovered only after Li Jing called for inspection. He also requested the general to send troops. This person knows the overall situation. He will definitely arrive in time."
In fact, when Li Jing left Yu Zhongwen's side, he had already led his troops to the upper reaches of Yalu River. When he learned that Wei Xuan had sent troops, he accelerated his march.
However, the movement of Wei Xuan's main army was discovered by Zhong Shiwei, who was guerrilla outside. He had contacted the Western Master Gao Jianwu, and the two led an army of 40,000 to go south.
Therefore, Wei Xuan and Li Jing were about to fall into a situation of being attacked from both sides.
After Xue Shixiong of the East Route Army detected this enemy situation, he urgently notified Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen, hoping that they could send troops to intercept.
"If something happens to the Chief Guard, they won't even think about going south. They've been resting for four or five days, so it's time to do something." Xue Shixiong was very dissatisfied with Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen's inaction.
It's true that you are the main force fighting Pyongyang, but the strategy must also change according to the situation. In order to cope with you, our east and west routes suffered heavy casualties. Now Wei Xuan is in danger again. If you don't send troops, I will not care about the east route. I will go save.
Xue Shixiong, this is a famous general. He knows very well that if there are three shortcomings in the Wei Xuan Department, the whole situation will be in chaos. The dam is really too important.
Pang Huidao, the deputy general manager of Didao County, said: "I'm afraid the general manager won't send troops. Looking at their posture, it seems they are counting on us to pave the way for them."
"What the heck, if he dares to move, I will clear the east road. I don't think they can move," Xue Shixiong said angrily.
Pang Hui hurriedly advised: "You must not, withdraw the east line of defense. The blame lies with you and me. Your Majesty will not cause trouble for others in the future."
"You don't need to say more. I am the commander-in-chief. If anything happens, I will take the responsibility," Xue Shixiong said coldly: "There are more than 70,000 elites, with a company of dozens of miles. We should have detected the enemy's movements long ago, and you still want me to inform you? Gao Jianwu has tens of thousands of people heading south, how could they not know?"
Pang Hui sighed: "I also think they probably won't come. Let's wait until tomorrow morning. If they don't come, we'll leave. It's about the overall situation. I'm the deputy general manager, and I can't let you take all the blame."
This person's ancestors were also very powerful. His ancestor Pang Shen served as a Taiwei during the period of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, and Pang Hui had a son who was even more famous in history, Pang Yu, the Korean public in the Tang Dynasty.
Pang Yu is currently in Liaodong City.
Wei Xuan's attack on the dam this time was like Li Yunlong's attack on the county town. It affected the entire battle situation. Everyone who could move followed suit. Both the enemy and us knew how important the dam was.
The main force of Wang's division, which was originally stored in Sa River, rushed to the dam under the command of the great envoy Gao Dayang.
Gao Dayang is the half-brother of Gao Yuan and the half-brother of Gao Jianwu.
The official positions in Goguryeo are divided into twelve levels: Da Dui Lu, Yu Zhe, Da Envoy, Silk Clothes Elder Brother, Ambassador, Eldest Brother, Upper Envoy, Brothers, Small Envoy, Festival, Ancestor, and Gu Zou Dajia.
Gao Dayang took away a hundred thousand troops this time, including 60,000 armored cavalry.
It can be said that if he is eliminated, the road to Pyongyang will be very smooth.
In the early morning, the bloody battle on the top of the mountain ended. Lai Zheng was stabbed three times, but fortunately none of them were critical. At this time, the person he was most grateful to was the prince.
I took countless swords, but only three swords broke my armor. My life was saved by the prince.
Laizheng stood on the top of the mountain, took off his armor and bandaged his wounds.
First clean the wound with drinking water, then apply hemostatic medicine and wrap it with a cloth.
You don't dare to use lake water to clean it, as that will easily lead to infection. As for the hemostatic medicine, all the doctors who accompany the army carry it, and it specializes in treating wounds caused by swords and axes, and the effect is quite good.
This is a minor injury. If the bleeding doesn't stop, you can only wait to die.
There are ways to stop bleeding. Just burn the wound red with a soldering iron, but most people can't handle this. Besides, there are only five military doctors in each brigade, and only one soldering iron can save many people.
Some people died of pain before they bled to death.
Therefore, with the current medical conditions, if an ordinary soldier suffers external or internal injuries, whether or not he can recover depends entirely on luck. Excellent doctors and high-quality medicines are concentrated in the head, and not everyone can enjoy them.
Sun Simiao doesn't treat everyone's disease.
It was not without reason that Yang Wanshi was afraid of dying after taking such a beating.
Laizheng looked at the uninjured soldiers collecting the corpses of their companions, and the murderous aura in their bodies gradually settled down, and he secretly said that he was lucky.
If the refined armor hadn't blocked so many knives for him this time, he would be a cold corpse right now.
"Come here, slave. Pile the bodies of the fallen soldiers together and burn them. Use the soil from their hometowns that they carry with them to find a place to bury them. Burn the enemy's too."
Lai Zheng needs to stay here, so the body must be disposed of.
Because after a person dies, the corpse will breed various bacteria, and the presence of these bacteria will cause the proteins, sugars, etc. in our body to decompose into inorganic substances, gases, etc., which is the so-called corpse decay.
If not dealt with as soon as possible, it will attract a large number of flies and scavenging organisms, and these organisms will become the vector for the spread of pathogenic bacteria. Once infected, it will be fatal.
Especially now that it is June, the weather is getting hotter, and the body will decompose very quickly.
Laizheng was born into a general, and although he had fought few battles, he was familiar with them.
Now that the dam was captured, Wei Xuan immediately sent people south along the river and notified the main force to hurry up and cross the river. He would stick to this place to ensure the safety of the dam.
In his opinion, as long as Yuwenshu's main force can successfully cross the river, the enemy forces targeting him will definitely abandon him and deal with Yuwenshu. After all, he is just a dam watcher, and Yuwenshu is here to take care of you. You should be able to tell which one is less important and which one is more serious, right?
Li Jing had already discovered the pursuers behind him, but he had only cavalry under his command and could not catch up. However, it was very difficult for the cavalry to cross the river, and the pontoon bridge was not stable.
Fortunately, Wei Xuan could still withstand it, leaving plenty of time for Li Jing to cross the river.
"Eulji Wende also moved, and the main force was deployed. It was completely like a decisive battle. Something is wrong." The Chinese army's tent twenty miles east of Wugu City, Mai Tiezhang received the Wugu City News of the enemy's exhaustion.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. So many natural enemy troops are deliberately avoiding us. As soon as General Manager Li walked upstream, there was movement on the other side." General Zhou Shaofan frowned and said, "It can be seen that something must have happened in the upstream dam. Well, Eulji Munduk is trying to contain us."
Su Lie said: "If Manager Li's prediction is correct, then Manager Wei may have appeared at Feiyanling Dam. This is a place where we must attack and the enemy must rescue. There may be a big war."
Mai Tiezhang said: "I can't leave, and the enemy wants to advance again. It just suits my purpose. I sent an order to all the troops to assemble the army. Let's fight here with Ulji Mundeok."
"No, it still depends on the movement of the main force," Su Lie said: "If the General Manager of Wei captures the dam, he will immediately notify the General Manager to cross the river. If the General Manager cannot cross the river, it means that the dam has not been captured, and it is not appropriate for our department to fight decisively. "
"That's true. We can't be anxious yet," Mai Mengcai said.
Mai Tiezhang thought for a while and nodded: "The materials for building the pontoon bridge have been prepared. As long as the main force moves south, our department will build the bridge immediately." (End of Chapter)
