The navy that came to protect the children fought three major battles with the Goguryeo navy in the offshore area of the Korean Peninsula, sinking 67 enemy warships.
At present, the Goguryeo Beishu Navy and the Zhushui Navy have withdrawn into the Zhushui River. After all, the Zhushui River is an inland river. Sea ships cannot exert their advantages in the inland river. The biggest disadvantage is that the large sea ships coming to protect the children carry a large number of soldiers and enter the river.
In inland rivers, it is especially easy to get stranded.
And cannot take advantage of numbers.
Therefore, a group of soldiers had to be unloaded in advance. Zhou Fashang was the vanguard. After entering the river, he had been looking for a suitable landing place. The ship's draft was too deep, and without the support of waves and wind, its speed was extremely slow.
Since ancient times, many types of obstacles can be deployed in inland water battles, such as barrage ropes, artificial reefs set up by throwing stones into the river, fire rafts, nailed wooden stakes, etc.
The trick that Goguryeo is currently using is called charging wood, which means cutting down forest trees, cutting them into sections, sharpening both ends, throwing them into the river, and using the force of the water to rush downstream to hit enemy ships.
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 destroyed directly with the charge wood.
But the premise is that the gate must be opened, because only when the gate is opened, the water will have a flow rate, which can drive the charging wood to impact the dam. If the gate is not opened, the impounded lake water will be still.
Zhou Fashang ordered four huge ships to be connected end to end, lying across the river to block the charging wood, while the large ships behind were urgently unloading soldiers.
The boats were closely connected to each other, with planks erected in the middle. From the boat in the middle of the river, the soldiers moved to the boats on the shore, and finally landed ashore.
There were no ambushes on both sides of the strait, so the landing of Zhou Fashang's troops went smoothly.
As soon as they landed, they needed to form a formation to prevent enemy attacks and provide cover for the landing of the main force coming to protect the children.
All the armies landed on the north bank of the Xishui River, because Pyongyang is to the north.
"It's strange, this is already the hinterland of Goguryeo, why are there no traces of the enemy?" Zhou Fashang asked doubtfully.
Deputy General Guo Chang said: "The rangers have been sent out. If there is any enemy situation, we will know it as soon as possible."
Zhou Fashang nodded: "Send the order to unload the warships of the guards and continue eastward along the river to pursue the remnants of the enemy ships."
The large ships of the Sui navy were all equipped with rackets. This thing was invented by Yang Su when he was building the five-tooth ship. It was a weapon for inland water warfare. Zhou Fashang had fought in the Sui Dynasty's battle to destroy Chen and was familiar with inland water warfare.
I knew that the remaining Goguryeo fleet was already vulnerable to the Sui warships.
After unloading the soldiers, the big ship's hull floated up and it was time to continue upstream.
Zhou Fashang organized his army into formation and took the lead in marching towards Pyongyang.
The land route from here to Pyongyang is more than 160 miles, and the water route is almost the same. The Haishui River flows completely from the edge of Pyongyang City.
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 still killed.
Of course, there were not many people in the county to begin with. When news of the Navy's defeat came, all the counties and villages around Pyongyang had already fled towards Pyongyang.
Around midnight, Zhou Fashang received military information that an enemy force was already approaching them. Because it was night, the number of enemy troops had not yet been determined.
"The baggage has not caught up yet, so it is not appropriate to engage in battle at the moment. I am ordering all the troops to defend themselves and not to advance rashly. We will wait until daybreak to find out the situation."
His 20,000 people are stationed in this unknown county, and the main force who came to protect the children will stay on the seaside to build barracks and build temporary docks for docking large ships.
After nearly a month of rough seas, the soldiers needed to adapt to the feeling of land. Therefore, they were not able to engage in battle with the enemy in the early stage and needed 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 into battle, but Yang Wanshi never knows how to charge into battle.
Because he was afraid of death, he never pulled out the sword on his waist.
Below the mountainside of Lianhua Mountain, corpses piled up like mountains, and half of the mountain was stained red with blood. However, the Goguryeo soldiers who attacked the mountain showed no intention of backing down.
After capturing several prisoners and interrogating them, Yang Wanshi found out that these people were civilians on the peninsula. The food in their homes had been plundered by the government and the army, and all the green crops in their fields had been trampled. There were no living heads left, and they could only eat food by going east.
, so they all came this way.
If you pick up an arrow from the Sui army, you will be rewarded with one dou of grain. If you kill a Sui army, you will be rewarded with five dou of grain. If you seize a pair of precious armor, you will be rewarded with one stone of grain.
What the hell, I didn’t plunder your grain, nor did I trample your young crops. Why are you here looking for grain?
Yang Wanshi suddenly felt that these barbarians were really boneless. They were forced to this point by the officers and soldiers. Why didn't they rebel? Instead, they were tricked into beating me?
If this were placed in Hebei, it would have been reversed long ago.
"Are these barbarian bastards brainless?" Staff Brother Shu Li said.
At present, Lotus City has suffered heavy losses. Although the enemy army is a bunch of miscellaneous soldiers, they cannot hold up too many men. The Sui army will always be tired. I will kill ten or eight. If you are not tired, I will kill twenty.
My hands are weak.
"If I continue to hold on for dear life, I will die here, or I will become a barbarian, an uncivilized savage at all." Yang Wanshi was already hesitating whether to withdraw.
If you don't withdraw, you can't bear it any longer. If you withdraw, what will you do when you go back?
Last time we were in Hejian, he had already been punished with a major demerit just because he abandoned the city and fled. If Yang Ming hadn't fished him out, this kid wouldn't know where in the capital he would be gambling and playing with women.
If he runs again, I'm afraid the prince won't be able to hold him back.
If nothing else, his uncle Yang Yue dared to kill him.
"The general needs to go to the city wall to supervise the troops. The soldiers are currently impetuous. It will be even more difficult if you are not there to control the formation," Ge Shuli advised.
I won’t go! I’m afraid that a cold arrow will suddenly appear and shoot me to death.
"You go to the front to supervise the troops. If anyone flinches, kill them!" Yang Wanshi said.
Who am I? If you let me go, I will be one of your staff. I don’t even have a military position. Who will take me seriously?
"This kind of thing has to be done personally by the general. His subordinates don't have the prestige of a general," Ge Shuli said.
Yang Wanshi cursed helplessly, turned around, took down his own armor from the armor rack, put it on with the help of Ge Shuli, and then headed to the front line with more than fifty of his personal entourage.
"Listen up, sons and daughters. The achievements of the twelfth rank are waiting for you. It is difficult now, but you will enjoy the blessings in the future. Lots of money, food and women are waiting for you."
Yang Wanshi, protected by the shields surrounding him, shouted:
"If you die here, I will spend the reward for you, woman, I will sleep for you, but if you all live, in addition to the reward from the court, I will also leave something else for you here.
One share, you cowards, our little girl in Guanzhong is waiting for you in the bed at home, let me kill you."
After shouting here for a long time, Yang Wanshi took his followers to the other side of the mountainside to shout.
When communicating with ordinary soldiers, don't use formal or vulgar words. This can actually bring you closer to the soldiers, especially the kind of joking and joking, which will make you appear closer.
It can be regarded as spiritual encouragement. After all, when two armies are fighting, it is extremely important to keep calm.
As for the old Yang family, their ancestral skill is to deceive soldiers.
The Mingchan Temple where Pang Tao was located was originally under the greatest pressure. The outermost city wall changed hands several times, but he took it back again.
After all, the mixed soldiers composed of civilians have no discipline at all, and they don't have much combat effectiveness, but they are willing to risk their lives for that morsel of food.
At first they couldn't fight, so they began to sneak up to the top of the mountain at night. The purpose of touching was not to kill the enemy, but to steal food. This method was still very effective. Hundreds of people sneaked into the top of the mountain every day, but no one was there.
Stealing food successfully.
Military rations are strictly guarded. How could you possibly succeed in stealing them?
Pang Tao's eyes were already bloodshot, and his heart was about to collapse. He couldn't finish the killing. He really couldn't finish the killing.
In fact, the Goguryeo soldiers who attacked the four cities were similar in nature to the civilians who rebelled in Shandong. They all came for a bite to eat. Food is the most important thing for the people. Have you ever truly experienced the feeling of not having enough to eat for three days? Then what are you doing for a stutter?
It can all be done.
In prosperous times, just beg for food with shame. In troubled times, risk your life to grab it.
The horizontal sword in Pang Tao's hand has been curled, and his hands are shaking and he can hardly hold it steadily.
It's not that he doesn't want to withdraw, but he can't withdraw. He and his cousin Pang Ben have been following the prince since the time of King Hedong, and he can't embarrass the prince.
It doesn't matter if you die, the prince will make arrangements for your family, but if you run away, you will lose everything.
Late at night, a scout came to report that his cousin Pang Ben's two thousand elite heavy cavalry had passed through his defense line, as if to deal with the main enemy force ahead.
General Manager Xin Shixiong ordered them to hold on for another seven days. After seven days, the main force of the General Manager will pass their defense line. At that time, they can withdraw and take a breath.
Pang Tao burst into tears: "Whether I can carry it for another four days is a question."
Then, he stood up and stretched his muscles, came to the water tank, picked up the water ladle and poured a ladle of water, and then said to the person beside him:
"Let's go, I'm still twelve heads short of a hundred people. Lieutenant Huairen, Rank 4, is waiting for me."
One of the followers laughed: "Don't you want to seal the country of Zhu, General?"
Pang Tao raised his foot and kicked the man's thigh, and said with a smile: "That grass doesn't grow on my ancestral grave."