The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1240 The Former Crown Prince
"Why did General Gao say that?" Xuan Shijing said: "Didn't General Gao see that there are many high platforms in this camp and have prepared a lot of rafts?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"There is no place for our army to stand on the high platform to store grain and grass. Although there are rafts in the camp, but my army is 12. A few rafts, even if the lives of the soldiers are saved, even if half of the [-] soldiers and horses in the upper reaches are divided, it will be difficult for us to fight. Can you surround the camp and let the soldiers in the camp wait to die inside?" Gao Huanquan said.

"Then General Gao, what do you intend to do?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Gao Huanquan is very annoying, but Xuan Shijing doesn't intend to talk nonsense with a dying person.

"My tribe, together with Lord Hou, went out to meet the enemy." Gao Huanquan said.

"They're all gone, who will guard the enemy?" Xuan Shijing asked: "You must not lose the food, grass, and supplies in the enemy. Who will guard it? Gao Huanquan, you heard it clearly for me. What I say is an order! This It’s a handsome tent! It’s not your Anshicheng Gao Mansion! Since General Gao wanted to go out of the camp to meet the enemy, then Benhou allowed General Gao to lead [-] troops out of the camp to meet the enemy head-on. Ten thousand Liaodong Army, stay in the camp!"

"That's what you said!" Gao Huanquan pointed at Xuan Shijing and said.

"That's right, it was Ben Hou who said it!" Xuan Shijing slapped Gao Huanquan's arm aside: "Pointing at Ben Hou and speaking, this is the first time and the last time you, General Gao took Goguryeo soldiers to the front line , maybe the other party will read that they are also from Goguryeo, so show mercy to the general."

"You!" Gao Huanquan gritted his teeth angrily at Xuan Shijing's words, and then angrily left the handsome tent.

"Master Hou." Chang Le looked at the back of Gao Huanquan leaving: "Just let him go like this?"

"Otherwise?" Xuan Shijing said with a smile: "Generals, since we want to guard the camp, we should all disperse and prepare well. All the rafts in the camp should be lined up, even if they go out of the camp, it doesn't matter. It is necessary to ensure that all the soldiers can stand on the raft before the flood comes, and now, the generals will start to divide the raft."

Fang Shu handed what Xuan Shijing had written to the general in the tent.

"The layout of our Liaodong Army, I know in my heart, including the number of people in each department, the luggage, and now the luggage is properly kept in the camp, so I won't talk about the luggage anymore. This is the distribution of the battalion rafts. It took you half an hour to bring all the rafts to the various ministries, and half an hour later, the rafts were spread out outside the camp and fixed."

"Yes!" The generals in the battalion clapped their hands together in response.

"Okay, hurry up and get ready." Xuan Shijing waved his hand.

Flooded camp?Xuan Shijing prepared for so many days, not only to flood the enemy's camp, but also to protect his own camp.

The location of the decisive battle was chosen upstream of the opponent's camp, because the opponent didn't want to be downstream. In that case, wouldn't they dig their own grave if they built a dam to store water?

Gao Huanquan didn't know that the Tang army was blocking the flow of the Datong River upstream. He saw the people on the other side building a dam near the camp, so he quarreled with Xuan Shijing, asking his own people to leave the camp instead of waiting to die in the camp. This is pushing yourself to death.

The original plan changed quietly. It was originally to sacrifice the camp, but now it is to preserve the camp, but the only thing that has not changed is to sacrifice Gao Huanquan.

Half an hour later, the Tang army's camp was covered with rafts on the inner and outer three floors and the outer three floors, and the Tang army stood beside the raft.

The high ground in the camp can accommodate [-] soldiers. For the time being, these soldiers only need to find a place to stand in the camp, and they don't need to worry about the rest, even lying on the food bags.

There are also a lot of rafts. One raft can carry six Tang soldiers standing on it safely. When the water rushes down, six soldiers can lie on the raft and hold on to the short wooden stakes erected around the raft. , stabilize your body, wait until the impact of the water flow passes, cut off the rope that fixes the raft, and then start searching for and killing the enemy.

There is a distance between each raft. Next to the rafts, the soldiers began to drive piles and nails to the wood, and then tied the ropes to the wood to fix the rafts and resist the impact of the water. If this was not done, the soldiers on these rafts might be able to They were rushed directly to Pyongyang City.

Gao Huanquan led 3 Goguryeo soldiers towards the agreed place. On the way, Gao Huanquan's deputy general came to Gao Huanquan's side: "Your Highness, we only have 12 people. Are we really going to fight against those [-] people? Xuanhou Why not send the Liaodong Army to help us?"

"Even if he sends someone, I will refuse." Gao Huanquan said: "This is a war between Goguryeo people."

"What is your Highness going to do? Persuade the enemy's generals to surrender? If the general remembers correctly, the 15 defenders in Bozhuo City are all loyal to the royal family. If His Highness persuades them to surrender"

"Persuasion is to persuade. Since I am loyal to the royal family, I am still the Gao family, and I am considered half of the Wang family. These days, I have lived in fear, for fear that Xuan Shijing would do something to me. Now it seems that Xuan Shijing has already I'm very impatient with me, if I stay in the Tang army camp any longer, I'm afraid I'll lose my life." Gao Huanquan said.

"Your Highness is planning to defect before the battle?" The deputy general was surprised: "Your Highness, now Goguryeo is under the cover of the Tang army, and there is no chance. Even if His Highness turns back and returns to Goguryeo, it is impossible to turn the tide."

"There is still a glimmer of life here, and I can find another way for you to survive. You have settled down. Even if I am not in front of people in the future, I will find a place to live in seclusion and I will survive. But in the Tang camp, I will definitely die!" Gao Huanquan said.

Ten miles away, for more than an hour, Gao Huanquan brought [-] Goguryeo soldiers to the front of the formation, and confronted the [-] troops on the opposite side.

"What? Isn't it [-] troops? It looks like it's only half of it now. Are you afraid, Lord Marquis?" The other general looked at the people under Gao Huanquan, only about [-] people, what about the rest?
"The general is the former general of Zhuocheng City?" Gao Huanquan said loudly.

"Hey, there is someone who can speak Goguryeo official dialect." General Cheng smiled: "I don't change my name when I walk or sit or change my surname. It's Cheng."

"Goguryeo Rongliu, the son of the king, Gao Huanquan, asked the general to speak before the battle." Gao Huanquan said.

"Gao Huanquan?" The scribe next to the general said, "I heard that when King Rongliu was in power, he sent the crown prince to Chang'an as a hostage. Later, after Quan Gai Suwen became regent, the crown prince disappeared. I heard that he was recruiting troops in Anshi City and wanted revenge, why did he suddenly appear in front of the two armies today?"

(End of this chapter)