Infinite war begins with Cao thief.

Chapter 422 The First Battle
In the winter of the seventh year of Daye, Yang Guang organized the expeditionary army in the southern and northern suburbs of Jicheng and personally appointed the generals to command them.

The army was organized into 24 left and right armies, each with one general and one deputy general. In addition, the imperial camp (the central army) included the 12 guards, three courts, five provinces, and nine temples, and was divided into six armies: inside and outside, front and back, left and right. Together with the 24 left and right armies, there were 30 armies in total. There were a total of 1,133,800 people, or 2 million, and the number of people who transported food was double that.

The generals of the army included the famous generals Mai Tiezhang, Yuwen Shu, Lai Huer, Tu Wanxu, Duan Wenzhen, Jing Yuanheng, Xin Shixiong, Wang Rengong, Zhou Fashang, Xue Shixiong, Cui Hongsheng, Li Jing, Fan Zigai, Shi Xiang, Yang Yichen, Zhao Cai, Yu Juluo, Zhang Jin, Li Yuan, and Yang Xuangan.

There is one more Li Yuan and one more Yang Xuangan here than in history.

In history, Li Yuan was transferred from a civil servant to a military post in the eighth year of Daye, and he supervised the transportation of grain and fodder in Huaiyuan Town during Emperor Yang of Sui's second expedition to Korea.

Such changes in this time and space are naturally related to the war agents.

Some war agents wanted to surrender to Li Tang and rise to power with the help of Li Tang, and naturally some wanted to kill Li Yuan's family. After all, the reward for killing Li Yuan's family was too generous, so they used tactics such as counter-espionage and spread all kinds of rumors. It was only at this time that Li Yuan was still trusted by Yang Guang, otherwise he would have been finished long ago.

Yang Xuangan was even more unlucky. There were constant rumors that Yang Xuangan had a destiny and was plotting a rebellion, which made Yang Xuangan, who was already somewhat suspected, be taken by Yang Guang and refused to give him the opportunity to lead the army independently. Yang Xuangan did not dare to take the initiative to ask for independent leadership, and he felt very aggrieved.

Historically, the Yang Xuangan Rebellion, which did not break out until Yang Guang's second Eastern Expedition, undoubtedly came to an end. After all, it was not certain whether Yang Guang could launch a second Eastern Expedition.

After everything was ready, on the second day of the first lunar month in the eighth year of Daye, Yang Guang issued an edict ordering the 24 armies to march from Jicheng.

On the third day, the first army set out, and one army was sent out every day. Each army was 40 miles apart, and they set up camps one after another. At the end of the 40th day, all the armies had set out. The armies followed one after another, drums and horns could be heard, and flags stretched for 960 miles.

The imperial camp consisted of twelve guards, three towers, five ministries, nine temples, and six armies inside and outside, front, back, left and right, which set out in sequence and stretched for another eighty miles.

At the same time, the Sui navy, under the command of Lai Huer, Zhou Fashang and others, set out from Denglai, intending to attack Pyongyang first.

This Eastern Expedition was "so grand and large-scale as to be rarely seen in history."

When Yang Guang just moved to Jicheng, Dayu took the initiative. The army disguised as rebels, went upstream along the river, and raided Jinling City.

The defenders of Jinling did not expect the enemy to come from the river and soon fell.

Dayu then released Haojing.

Dayu, a capital built after going through many worlds, once again absorbed a city called Jinling, and its area and level were further increased. Under the protection of thirty-six continuous mountains and a large formation covering the entire area, it became the largest and most solid core base of Dayu.

If Dayu was willing to do so at all costs, Dayu's five million armored garrison troops alone would be enough to sweep across the south of the Yangtze River.

Dayu held back its attack, on the one hand because it was afraid that Yang Guang would retreat, and on the other hand because it was waiting for more people to break through.

There are many elites in Dayu who are stuck at the first to third levels of mythology. In this world with richer spiritual energy, the chance of breaking through the bottleneck is very high. If you fight after the breakthrough, the loss will undoubtedly be much smaller.

Dayu's sword was placed at the south of the Yangtze River, but at this time Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty did not care too much.

One reason is that Dayu never raised its flag, but just pretended to be a rebel, trying to march on the river under the cover of fog. Even when attacking Nanjing, it chose to attack at night, so Dayu’s intelligence was not leaked much.

Secondly, after capturing Jinling, Dayu did not take any further action, which further paralyzed the Sui army.

Yang Guang, who was ready to march east, did not pay much attention to even Pan Lian, who was even more powerful in Shandong, let alone this "minor issue" of only losing a city.

Yang Guang simply ordered Wang Shichong, then the chancellor of Jiangdu, to lead an army to attack.

Wang Shichong, who was always ambitious, was overjoyed and immediately began to recruit soldiers on a large scale.

The history of the Jiangnan region during the Sui and Tang dynasties was a mess.

During this period in history, the formal rebellion in Jiangnan had not yet been launched, and the chaos would not occur until the next year.

Historically, the first batch of generals sent by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty to quell the rebellion were not Wang Shichong, who won the appreciation of Emperor Yang Guang for his flattery, but the generals Tu Wanxu and Yu Juluo.

Wang Shichong's early promotion also gave some war agents an opportunity.

The Sui Dynasty did not pay enough attention to the Dayu Army, but the war agents could not do the same.

Even with the cover of fog, it was impossible for an army of more than 100,000 people and a powerful fleet to completely hide from the sight of the war agents. Moreover, in the end, Dayu directly captured Jinling! Moreover, none of the scouts sent by the major war agent forces sent out any intelligence!

Many war agents sent people to join Wang Shichong's army, ready to assist Wang Shichong in defeating the Dayu army, and then wait for an opportunity to seize Jiangnan.

Today's war agents have learned to be smart. They no longer concentrate all their forces in a few cities. Instead, they send their elites to join various forces, making bets on multiple sides, and they themselves cannot hide.

In this way, even if someone wants to settle accounts afterwards, they may not be able to find anyone. At the same time, the ability to resist risks is also greatly improved.

The hero Wang Shichong was naturally the choice of many war agents.

Not only that, in order to further expand their strength, after seeing someone raise the banner of rebellion and take the lead, the already restless Jiangnan was completely thrown into chaos under the instigation of war agents.

Liu Yuanjin from Yuhang was the first to lead his troops in rebellion, and his followers soon reached tens of thousands. Zhu Xie from Wujun and Guan Chong from Jinning also raised troops to rebel, with 100,000 soldiers and calling themselves generals.

Liu Yuanjin was a man who "loved chivalry since he was young and was respected by the people in the state." To put it bluntly, he was a gangster boss.

In fact, many leaders of uprisings in history had similar identities.

He has money, military power, and a group of fearless subordinates. When the world is in chaos, he wants to take a big chance.

Because of the involvement of war agents with various purposes, the war became a complete mess from the very beginning.

The chaos was so severe that Wang Shichong was completely at a loss as to what to do, for the entire Jiangnan region was almost everywhere filled with rebels. Having only received a few days of military training, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and hurried across the river, for he knew very well that given Yang Guang's temperament, no matter what his reasons were, if he did not cross the river to quell the rebellion, the responsibility for the chaos would be pinned on him, and he would lose his life.

However, the cunning Wang Shichong did not directly attack Nanjing, where no intelligence had been received after many investigations, but instead attacked Yuhang first.

The reason for attacking here was, firstly, because Liu Yuanjin had just rebelled and his men were a group of mobs; secondly, because this place was rich and a large amount of money and food could be obtained, and only with money and food could a strong army be trained.

Wang Shichong was still very cunning.

While Wang Shichong was sharpening his sword against Liu Yuanjin, the Sui army's eastern expedition also suffered its first disastrous defeat.

The fiasco took place at sea.

Lu Xun led one-third of Dayu's fleet and, taking advantage of his mobility, made a major detour at sea, bypassing Lai Huer's fleet and launching a surprise attack at night with the wind.

Lu Xun first used a small sailboat equipped with a regeneration core, controlled by the Shark, and quickly advanced with ninjas who were good at fire escape, using the fire attack + fire ship tactics.

Lai Huer's troops were greatly shocked.

Naval warfare is different from land warfare, and naval ships are the foundation of everything.

The Sui army quickly woke everyone up and sent out the death squad, the water ghosts.

Unfortunately, when the fireships were discovered, they were already too close, and the Sui army was not prepared at all. By the time the water ghosts entered the water, it was already too late, and they were unable to stop the fireships.

Fortunately, this was not a normal historical dynasty, and the Sui army’s ships had certain fire-proof functions, and there were no iron chains, so the entire camp would not be burned down at once.

The bad news is that a large number of the ships' sails were set on fire.

Even the Fireball, known as the Fire of Mercy, made a significant contribution.

The Sui Dynasty's fleet was, after all, a sailing fleet. If they lost their sails, the situation would be very bad.

However, the Sui army was not completely powerless to resist.

Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang quickly commanded the fleet to disperse and called on archers to attack. At the same time, a situation that Dayu had not encountered when it destroyed Japan, Goryeo, Silla and other countries occurred.

The Sui Dynasty actually has an established spellcasting team!
On every warship of the Sui Dynasty, there were at least two officials wearing the official uniforms of the Imperial Observatory.

Under their spell, the wind direction actually changed.

The wind direction blowing towards the Sui army remained unchanged, but the wind direction blowing towards Dayu actually turned into a headwind.

It was as if there was a magical barrier separating the battlefields of Dayu and Sui armies.

"Spell?"

Lu Xun's eyes lit up. He called for acceleration on his own side and slowing down on the other side, and ordered the ninjas who were good at wind escape to perform wind escape. At the same time, he ordered the fleet to lower the sails and move forward completely relying on steam power and regenerative nuclear power.

Unexpectedly!

Our sails are just a disguise, the real power is the steam engine!
"Use firepower to cover the enemy's boat. Don't rush into a boarding battle. Use their strength first! The sharks and the beastmen will deal with the enemy's water ghosts, and wait for an opportunity to smack the boat!"

Although Lu Xun wanted to capture some mages from the Imperial Observatory, he was a very cautious person. He was afraid that the enemy had other cards up their sleeves, such as summoning water monsters, or transforming into their ancestors, so he played it safe.

Under Lu Xun's calmness, Lai Huer was so anxious that he was scratching his head.

If it was a land battle, he would have led the charge long ago, but at sea, Lu Xun took advantage of the performance of the ship and only played long-range warfare, not giving him any chance for boarding combat. In this situation, Lai Huer couldn't even leave his ship, and his only role was to shoot a few arrows.

But in the dark, how many people could he shoot?
On the contrary, the Dayu army, because of the existence of the White Eye, can accurately locate the position of the Sui army's ships.

Wrong!

No other frustration!
Facing Lu Xun, who was as steady as an old dog, Lai Huer knew that if he continued like this, his entire army would be wiped out. He could only give the order with resentment, asking his second-in-command Zhou Fashang to lead the army to cover their retreat.

Theoretically, there was nothing wrong with his order. First of all, he was the commander-in-chief, and it was inappropriate for him to be the rear guard. Secondly, as the commander-in-chief, he was mainly responsible for land battles, and Zhou Fashang was the real naval commander.

Zhou Fashang had no choice but to carry out the order.

But the problem was that the Sui army was on the verge of collapse, and a large number of Sui soldiers who were ordered to stay behind to cover the retreat surrendered after their sails were burned.

However, Dayu didn't care whether it was a real surrender or not.

"Let the ironclad ships lead the way! Ignore the enemy ships that are not blocking the way, just destroy their sails and masts. The army will give priority to chasing the fleeing enemy ships!"

Lu Xun gave the order calmly.

If it was just a sail, the other party might have a spare sail. But if even the mast was destroyed, the other party could only go with the flow. Whether he lived or died at that time would depend on Dayu's mood.

Lu Xun's order directly caused the retreating and fleeing Sui troops to collapse.

In this battle, the troops of Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang were completely wiped out.

Lai Huer committed suicide, Zhou Fashang died in battle, and most of the Sui army surrendered.

The news of Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang's failure would not reach Yang Guang's ears for a while, but Yang Guang's mood was still not very good these days.

First, Duan Wenzhen, the General of the Left Guard and Minister of War, who led the Left Sixth Army out of Nansu Road, fell seriously ill on the way and died in the army on March 12.

The campaign ended with the loss of a key general, adding an ominous atmosphere to the battle.

Although Yang Guang did not believe in evil, it was impossible for the army to return in disgrace just because a general died of illness. After all, it was not Zhuge Liang who died of illness.

However, Yang Guang's opponent was Zhuge Liang.

Yang Guang, who refused to believe in evil, continued his march and arrived at the Liao River on March 14. At this time, all the troops of the Sui Dynasty had gathered and deployed a large battle array on the west bank of the Liao River, while Zhuge Liang blocked the water and defended the east bank of the Liao River.

On March 15th, Yang Guang personally went to the bridge construction site and ordered the Minister of Works Yuwen Kai to build three floating bridges from the west bank.

On the 19th, the Sui army moved the pontoon bridge eastward, across the Liao River, intending to cross the river with the help of the pontoon bridge.

However, an embarrassing thing happened.

Yuwen Shu's bridge was broken, and it was still more than ten feet away from the east bank.

Yang Guang even wanted to kill Yuwen Shu with a knife, and there was laughter coming from the other side of the river.

The Dayu army had fought for so many years, but this was the first time they had seen a floating bridge built this way.

Some of the Yu army began to sing: "Yang Guang won the world with a clever plan, and his reputation spread after he killed his father and mother!"

bass--

Yang Guang, with a green and red face, drew out his sword and asked, "Who will help me kill this beast?"

The lord was humiliated and his subjects were killed, so the brave warriors of the Sui army bravely crossed the river, went to the water to engage in battle, and launched an attack on the Dayu army.

Zhuge Liang sat on the chest of Optimus Prime, one of the thirty-six golden men that Dong Huang had given him last time, holding a fan and smiling.

As his fan fell, Dayu fired thousands of arrows.

Both sides have the blessing of military formations, and the bonuses of the elite military formations of both sides can almost offset each other. The elite troops of the Sui army are generally mythical levels three and four, wearing three or four layers of heavy armor, with strong aura and fearlessness of death.

However, Dayu's arrow array was composed almost entirely of armor-piercing heavy arrows. No matter whether it was the modified Zhuge Crossbow or the hard bow, they were all extremely powerful. With the support of Huang Zhong, they exerted shocking lethality.

The Sui army suffered heavy casualties at once.

In addition, generals such as Jiang Wei, Wei Yan, Ma Dai, Wu Yi, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, Zhang Yi, and Ma Zhong personally defended the river bank, making it impossible for the Sui army to land.

This time, the Dayu army sang even more happily.

Yang Guang's expression became even uglier.

At this moment, Yuwen Shu wanted to die. Knowing Yang Guang's character well, he couldn't help but ask for a fight.

However, there was someone who was faster than him.

The Sui army's right garrison general Mai Tiezhang led the tiger guards Qian Shixiong, Meng Cha and other fierce generals, broke out of the formation, personally landed and attacked, and continuously smashed several armors.

Faced with this scene, Zhuge Liang just smiled faintly, and did not even give any other instructions. He just asked Huang Zhong to get in the car.

Because he knew that it would be impossible for the enemy to fail to break through.

as predicted.

Although Mai Tiezhang and others were brave, they were just showing off their bravery at this time.

In the end, Mai Tiezhang and others were killed by Jiang Wei, Wei Yan and others.

With the death of Mai Tiezhang and others, the morale of the Sui army plummeted, but Yang Guang still did not want to give up.

Just as he was about to order Yuwen Shu, who had humiliated him, to lead his army to attack, an arrow suddenly shot out.

Huang Zhong took action.

The arrow was like thunder, arriving in an instant.

At the critical moment, Yang Guang's imperial luck and military power saved his life.

Huang Zhong's arrow, which he shot with all his strength, was so weakened that he only shot out two of Yang Guang's front teeth.

Yang Guang was horrified and retreated in panic, and the Sui army retreated immediately.

However, what the Sui army did not expect was that the Dayu army took advantage of the Sui army's retreat and sent cavalry to pursue them.

The Dayu war horses used their regeneration cores to walk on water as if it were flat ground, and under the leadership of Zhao Yun, they easily crossed the Liao River.

The unprepared Sui army was in chaos, with countless Sui soldiers either killed by the Dayu cavalry or trampled to death.
Zhao Yun's troops chased the Sui army for thirty miles and successively destroyed seven large camps of the Sui army.

It was not until the Acting Right Tunwei General He Chou appeared with 30,000 crossbowmen from the imperial camp that the Dayu army slowly retreated.

In this battle, the Sui army suffered more than 100,000 casualties.

Yang Guang was furious and decided to launch a more violent attack to avenge his broken tooth!
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These chapters give the main generals a chance to appear at the end.

(End of this chapter)