At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 160 I'm Serious

The river in front of me is a tributary of the Liao River. The supply point of the Goguryeo people was built on the edge of the official road near the river. The water and land transportation is very convenient, but as Gao Bufan expected, the terrain here is flat, easy to attack and difficult to defend. The supply point is built here, which is obviously out of convenience, but it is a bit too big.

The sun in the sky has already tilted slightly to the west, and there will be at most one and a half hours before night will fall on the earth.At this moment, Gao Bufan and Pei Xingyan were hiding in the shadow of a clump of reeds by the river, like two tigers waiting to hunt, staring at the camp not far away.

The Goguryeo people built their camps by the river, which can be divided into two parts, one part is the water village with a wharf, which is convenient for boats to dock, and the other part is the land village, which is also the main camp, built on the side of the official road. Several rows of barracks and warehouses have been built in the main camp area, which should be the place where the guards live and store food. The warehouses are pointed and very recognizable.

Gao Bufan counted, there are five warehouses in total, even if one stores [-] shi of grain, the total is as much as [-] shi, which is [-] jin, enough to feed a team of [-] people for several months.

As Pei Xingyan said, the fortifications built by the Goguryeo people were very perfunctory. There were no ditches, retaining walls, horse pits, or tripping posts. They just surrounded the entire camp with wooden fences about two meters high. A gate was opened on the side facing the official road, and there were two refusal horses in front of the gate, but an archery tower was built on each side of the gate, condescending, and had a certain lethality to the enemy who invaded from the front.

After observing the defenses of the entire camp, Gao Bufan was obviously more confident. He shrugged and said, "These Goguryeo people are too kidding. There is no defense at all on the river. If we have a boat to attack at night, we can do it without any effort." Can attack from the pier."

Pei Xingyan imitated Gao Bufan and shrugged: "No way, they just bully us for not having a boat."

Gao Bufan smiled: "It's true, if we had a boat, we would have crossed the Liao River long ago."

Pei Xingyan said solemnly: "But then again, the Goguryeo people's methods of defending the city are really powerful. Our army of [-] stormed for several months, but we failed to take Liaodong City. The fortifications of this supply point are so well repaired. Sloppy, it should be because they are careless, they didn’t expect us defeated generals to dare to attack.”

Gao Bufan nodded and smiled, "So it's God's will. If God doesn't take it, you'll be blamed instead."

"Idiots don't take it." Pei Xingyan also laughed.

Gao Bufan looked up at the west-slanting sun, estimated that the time was about the same, and then told Liu Gou'er behind him: "Tell Liu Wuzhou, it's time to start."

Liu Gou'er nodded cleverly, then turned around and left quickly, as agile as a dog.

Pei Xingyan whispered worriedly: "Is Liu Wuzhou reliable?"

Gao Bufan nodded and said, "Reliable."

Pei Xingyan couldn't help wondering: "Why is Brother Gao so sure? I think this guy is a bit slippery and unreliable."

Gao Bufan said: "I also think this person is unreliable, but in this matter, Liu Wuzhou is reliable because he is a sensible person."

Pei Xingyan was confused and said: "Then I'm confused, why is this person unreliable, but he is reliable in this matter?"

Gao Bufan said with a smile: "Because he understands that what I asked him to do would not be life-threatening, and the benefits outweigh the risks, so he will be reliable. If his life is in danger, he is unreliable, so I say he is a sensible person, to be precise, a shrewd sensible person."

Pei Xingyan suddenly said: "So that's the case, what kind of person does Brother Gao think I am?"

"You are a peerless hunk. Women may not like you, but men will definitely like you."

Pei Xingyan didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Am I serious?"

Gao Bufan said earnestly: "I am also serious. Brother Pei is brave and resolute. He is righteous. If he is a general, he must be a fierce general. If he is a brother, he can sacrifice his life. May I ask which man doesn't like it? I am very happy to give it to you." With a friend like Brother Pei, there is a big fool trying to get a knife out of him."

Pei Xingyan was a bit embarrassed by the praise, but the last sentence was immediately beaten back to his original shape, making him laugh and cry.

Gao Bufan patted Pei Xingyan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The last sentence is a joke, but I am serious about the previous one."

Pei Xingyan grinned and said: "Xingyan is also very happy to make friends like Brother Gao, so that someone will cover him, and he will not be sold and count the money for others."

Gao Bufan laughed and said, "Brother Pei still remembers the account of the swamp?"

Pei Xingyan shook his head seriously and said, "No, I'm serious."

"Okay, then I'll make you my friend." Gao Bufan also said seriously, and after speaking, he looked at Pei Xingyan and smiled.

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To be precise, there are 1000 taels in the Goguryeo garrison at the supply point, and the garrison general is named Li Zezhu, who is a commander.

This supply point was built after the Sui army was defeated and retreated. It was designed to provide logistical support for the Goguryeo army patrolling the front line of the Liaohe River. After [-] captives, they will be escorted to Liaodong City to demand a ransom from the Emperor of Sui.

As the saying goes, those who are close to the water first get the moon, so the cook is usually a fat man with a shiny face, and the man who is a turtle is more likely to be a thin monkey, who understands everything.Li Zezhu guards the huge granary, pays well and has light tasks. In addition to eating and drinking, he walks around the camp a few times every day, and occasionally goes out for a walk. It is difficult not to lose weight.

So Li Zezhu, the commander-in-chief, is a big fat man with a round and beautiful face. It is said that he is from the upper class nobles, no wonder he got such an easy and fat job.

It was neither early nor late, and Li Zezhu had already finished his dinner, and was planning to go fishing on the wharf of the water village to pass the time. When it got dark, he would have a supper before going to bed.

Let’s say that just as Li Zezhu prepared fish food and fishing tackle, a soldier who was also chubby ran in in a panic and reported: "The general is not well, a Sui army has come outside."

Li Zezhu was taken aback and said, "The emperor of Sui fled with his tail between his legs. Where did the Sui army come from?"

"It should be a remnant soldier, but the number is quite large, I'm afraid there are 100 people." The soldier reported.

Hearing this, Li Zezhu kicked the soldiers and staggered, cursing: "There are only a hundred remnant soldiers, you are so panicky, could it be that our 1000 taels guards here are all vegetarians, don't embarrass me. Hey, if you don’t catch the Sui dogs that come to your door, you won’t catch them, boys, let’s go and catch the Sui dogs with this general, and send them all to Liaodong City to ask the emperor of Sui for money.”

Li Zezhu threw away the fishing tackle, and walked out of the barracks with a chubby belly.

(End of this chapter)