The fleet sailed into the Liao River, on both sides was a flat alluvial plain, covered with endless forests, lush and overwhelming forests, and from time to time you could see deer drinking water by the river, and they looked curiously at the big ship passing by their eyes.
But there is no fear at all.
The fleet continued to sail northeast with the southeast wind. Gradually, they saw traces of people, which were small wooden houses built by hunters, distributed by the river.
Suddenly, more than a dozen people rushed out of the wooden house and waved to the big ship desperately.
"The general manager, it seems to be the Sui army!"
A soldier recognized the person who was waving on the shore. Yang Yuanqing saw that it was more than a dozen Sui soldiers wearing armor. They should be scouts of the Sui army.
Several small boats went down the river and sailed towards the shore, and picked up more than a dozen Sui soldiers and their war horses onto the big ship. The leader of the team knelt on one knee in front of Yang Yuanqing, saluting and saying, "The Chief of the Announcement, we are
General Luo’s scout, the captain was Xiao Yannian, who was here to wait for the general manager under the order of the captain.”
It turned out to be Xiao Yannian and the others. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "How long have you been waiting here?"
"Report to the steward, we have been waiting here for three days."
The team is presenting a map, "This is the distribution map of the troops on both sides of the Liao River that we have drawn. Please check it out."
"Thank you, let's take a break first!"
Yang Yuanqing took the map and immediately ordered his subordinates to take a dozen scouts to rest. He quickly walked to the command cabin, spread the map on the table, and soon found the location of the big ship.
The map is drawn in very detailed. The Goryeo Army’s logistics camp on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, the Goryeo Army’s three floating bridges, Huaiyuan Town, and more than a dozen Goryeo Army’s sentry towers.
There is also the deployment of the Goryeo Army. The logistics camp on the east bank of the river has 5,000 garrisons, and 2,000 garrisons in Huaiyuan Town. With this map, he can deploy calmly.
"Create Cheng Yaojin for me!" Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered.
After a moment, Cheng Yaojin hurried into the cabin and bowed to salute, "The last one is here!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled and asked him: "Are you still seasick now?"
Cheng Yaojin scratched his scalp and said ashamed: "Report to the general manager, he is no longer fainted after entering the mouth of the river."
"Okay! I'll give you a task."
Yang Yuanqing knocked on the map with his knuckles, "When the fleet approaches Huaiyuan Town, you can lead 5,000 cavalry to attack the Goryeo garrison in Huaiyuan Town, without having to wipe out them all, and let them escape and report the news, do you understand?"
"The last one will obey the order!"
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At dusk, the sunset glow reflected red on both sides of the Liao River like fire. In a forest on the west bank of the Liao River, Xiao Yannian led more than 30 scouts to prepare dinner. They have been active in this area for nearly ten days. This area is sparsely populated, and there are no Goryeo Army patrols.
, relatively safe.
A bonfire was burning, and several hunted deer were scorching on the bonfire, with fat scents everywhere. The soldiers laughed loudly, sprinkled salt and other seasonings on the barbecue, and several soldiers stood in the trees.
On the one hand, the vigilance is to prevent enemy patrols from discovering, and on the other hand, to prevent being attacked by beasts. They have encountered tigers several times.
"Before dark, remember to put out the fire!" Xiao Yannian reminded everyone that they had been together for more than half a month and they had gradually become familiar with each other.
"Don't worry, lieutenant! The meat will be roasted soon." A soldier replied with a smile.
Xiao Yannian turned his head again, sat on a big rock, staring at the Liaoshui River in the distance. He calculated the time that ten days had passed, and the Sui army's fleet should be almost here.
At this moment, the spy on the tree shouted: "There are cavalry coming!"
The soldiers were stunned for a moment, and suddenly picked up the water can on the ground, put out the fire, and picked up crossbow arrows and hid behind the tree. Xiao Yannian also hid behind a big tree, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, looking vigilantly.
Outside the woods, they heard the sound of horse hooves, and there were only three cavalrymen.
At this time, the spy on the tree shouted again: "It's our brother!"
Everyone was relieved and flashed out from behind the tree. Xiao Yannian jumped onto a big rock and used his hand to cover the dazzling sunset. In the sunset, three cavalrymen were running towards this side and gradually approaching. Xiao Yannian recognized it.
It was the three brothers he sent to find the fleet.
Three cavalrymen rushed to the residence of the Sui army. Xiao Yannian jumped off the big stone and stopped them, "Have you found the fleet?"
Three cavalry dismounted, one of them stepped forward and said, "Report to the lieutenant, we waited for the fleet and brought the order from the general manager."
"Maintain!"
Xiao Yannian was stunned, "Is the manager on the boat too?"
"The fleet was led by the general manager, and he gave orders to the captain."
The soldier handed over an order to Xiao Yannian. Xiao Yannian opened the note and looked at it, and immediately said to everyone: "Everyone hurry up and eat, we have work to do after eating."
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The night is shrouded on the Liao River, the wind is light and the clouds are light. A lonely moon passes through the thin clouds, making the Liao River become light and dark. In the dark, the river water is sparkling, and the slight waves hit the long floating bridge.
The Goryeo Army built three pontoon bridges on the Liao River with boats and wooden boards. Each pontoon bridge was about two miles apart, and Goryeo soldiers guarded both ends.
In the night, five or six Sui army scouts swam along the pontoon bridge. They swam to the middle of the pontoon bridge and climbed up the pontoon bridge. Each of them carried three bags of turmeric oil. The soldiers moved quickly and cut the leather bags with daggers.
The cat ran away from the waist and poured the turmeric oil evenly on the floating bridge, applying a part of it in one piece, about hundreds of steps.
The Sui soldiers nodded, "Click! Click!" A few times, a ball of flame appeared in their hands, and they threw it on the floating bridge. With a bang, the fire burned, and several soldiers dived and struggled.
Swim to the west coast.
At the same time, the other two pontoon bridges also started to burn, and the fire became increasingly larger and stronger, burning rapidly on the wide Liao water. The three long pontoon bridges turned into three fire dragons.
...
The fleet finally approached Huaiyuan Town, twenty miles away from Huaiyuan Town. Huaiyuan Town is a central point on the map drawn by Xiao Yannian. The Goryeo Army Logistics Camp is located on the other side of Huaiyuan Town, and three miles west of Huaiyuan Town, it is stationed again
Two thousand garrisons.
Because the pontoon bridge was burned, the Goryeo troops on both sides were alarmed. You could not see Goryeo cavalry patrols appearing on the shore. The sudden appearance of more than 100 large ships made them extremely frightened and they turned around and ran back to report.
The fleet slowly landed, and teams of Sui troops came down from the ship and lined up by the river. Yang Yuanqing personally led 15,000 troops to disembark on the east coast, while Cheng Yaojin led 5,000 troops to disembark on the west coast.
An hour later, a mighty Sui army, led by Yang Yuanqing, rushed to the Goryeo Army logistics camp more than ten miles away.
The Goryeo Army Logistics Camp is located on a field a mile away from the east coast, covering an area of nearly 100 acres, stocking up 200,000 stones of grain, a large number of military tents, as well as hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep. This is the Goryeo Army's logistics camp invasion of Liaodong.
At the base, there are 5,000 Korean troops stationed.
Just the night before yesterday, the floating bridge was accidentally burned, which made the Goryeo soldiers alert, but there was not much panic. After all, the destroyed floating bridge was only done by the spies of the Sui army and posed no threat to the logistics camp.
At this time, the camp was in chaos. The Goryeo Army patrol found more than a hundred huge sea ships, less than twenty miles away from them, which was a huge threat.
Five thousand Korean soldiers stood densely on the south and west of the camp with bows and arrows in their hands, all of them nervously. They still don’t know what more than a hundred large ships mean to them?
At this time, a cavalry sentry rushed over and shouted in horror from afar: "The Sui army is here! The Sui army is here!"
The head general of the logistics camp was named Su Ande, who was Yuan Taifa’s confidant general. He shouted angrily, "Don’t panic!"
The sentry was so nervous that he couldn't even speak, and stammered: "General, many Sui troops, with nearly 20,000 people, came down from the ship and were coming towards us!"
Su Ande was shocked and asked anxiously: "How far is it from us?"
"There are ten miles left, and it will be here soon."
The Goryeo Army hated and feared the Sui Army, and the soldiers were extremely frightened. Su Ande's first thought was to evacuate quickly, but there were so many food and food supplies, so how could he withdraw? The logistics supplies were lost, so he could not go to the young master.
Explain.
Su Ande gritted his teeth and turned around and shouted: "Everyone is ready for bows and arrows, and must not evacuate!"
Yang Yuanqing led his army to stop two miles away and turned around and ordered General Li Chongwei, "You Mo Daojun prepare!"
The heavy armored soldiers usually travel lightly, each with two horses, one horse riding, and the other horse carrying equipment, and temporarily putting on the battle.
After Yang Sien retired due to injury, General Li Chongcheng became the leader of the Modao Army. This time he led three thousand Modao heavy armored soldiers to follow the expedition to Liaodong.
The general manager issued an order, and three thousand Modao soldiers dismounted and put on heavy armor. Soon, a three thousand heavy armored infantry had been equipped with the equipment. They held the Modao and stood in line.
"Brothers of the Modao Army!"
Yang Yuanqing held the battle knife in his hand and shouted loudly: "Let the Goryeo people taste your power! Let your Mo Dao become their nightmare, and use the blood of the Goryeo people to pay tribute to the unjust souls of the Sui army who were buried in this land!"
Yang Yuanqing waved his sword and said, "Warriors, set off!"
The three thousand Modao soldiers burst out with a shocking shout, raised Modao and lined up toward the enemy camp step by step. They were full of murderous aura and as heavy as a mountain, enough to destroy everything.
The remaining 12,000 Sui troops followed Mo Dao's heavily armored soldiers, with spears like a forest, and the sword light flashed, and their murderous intent was boiling.
The three thousand Modao soldiers were fifty in a row, arranged in sixty rows, and the queues were neatly shaped like a wall, and the handfuls of Modao pointed straight towards the sky, with cold light flashing and long swords densely.
"Dong!Dong!, the footsteps sounded from afar. In the camp, thousands of Koryois soldiers stood in front of the fence, waiting nervously for the appearance of the Sui army ahead.
They saw rows of soldiers who looked like iron men appeared. The long blades in their hands flashed coldly, and everyone's eyes showed a look of horror. This was an army that the soldiers of the Goryeo Army had never seen before.
Every step the soldiers took, the huge vibrations made their hearts almost stop beating.