Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 176
The two armies at Gudukou were locked in a stalemate. On Duanhongchen's side, the defense of the water village was getting stronger day by day. On the Goguryeo side, they were also studying the strategy of breaking the ground every day, and they made tentative attacks several times.

the first time:
Gao Chan couldn't stand the challenge of some radical generals under his command, and one day when the night fog rose, he ordered 1000 men to attack.Unexpectedly, when the night fog rose, Duan Hongchen sent a cruise ship to patrol outside the ferry, and after discovering the surprise attack by Goguryeo, he quietly signaled to come over.Duan Hongchen and others made preparations, but the night attack on Goguryeo failed, losing a thousand troops.

Gao Chan ordered that whoever dares to fight again will be killed without mercy.

the second time:
Someone offered a strategy to Gao Chan, which can be installed on the bow of the ship with thick wood.If you don't take it out at the beginning, just treat it as an ordinary forced crossing.After entering the range of the crossbow arrows, take out the thick planks together and charge at full speed to achieve the unexpected effect.

Gao Chan adopted this suggestion and ordered his subordinates to rush to manufacture fifty such assault rafts.

It was still night fog when fifty assault rafts were launched.Fifty assault rafts with wooden boards can only take five hundred axemen and a few hundred oarsmen, but the shieldmen are omitted and replaced by archers.Gao Chan didn't think these hundreds of people could turn the situation around, he just wanted to use these hundreds of people to try the effect of the new assault boat.Still encountered a patrol cruise ship, after Duan Hongchen heard the report from the cruise ship, he gasped inwardly, very surprised.Didn't you say that you will learn a lot from a pit?This Goguryeo man, how did his brain grow, come again?
Belittle the enemy strategically, but pay attention to the enemy tactically.Although Duan Hongchen admired the clear thinking of the Goguryeo people, he did not relax his vigilance, and still called up the entire battalion of soldiers to form a formation to defend against the enemy.

But this time, Duan Hongchen still suffered a disadvantage.

Those Goguryeo people, relying on the power of the baffle, abruptly rushed to the vicinity of the water village.Leaning on the board again, he stood on the raft and shot arrows towards the shore.

Fortunately, there are few people in Goguryeo, otherwise it will be breached this time.The two sides fired at each other from the cover, and Duan Hongchen lost more than 500 soldiers, and the Goguryeo people also lost more than [-] soldiers.The remaining Goguryeo people paddled and drifted away.

After the war, the coaches of both sides sighed to the sky.

Duan Hongchen sighed: "Why did I forget to bring the bed crossbow here?!"

Gao Chan sighed: "Oh, this time the whole army should attack!"

The lesson from the past is the lesson from the past, and the lessons from the past are lessons for both sides.Duan Hongchen moved the bed crossbow to the front of the water village, and sent people to watch day and night.Gao Chan built an assault raft and cut down all the trees on his bank, leaving some small trees.If you want to build a raft again, you have to go ten miles away to find the woods.

Correcting the mistakes in this way, the result of the third battle can be imagined.

The bed crossbow smashed through the raft, and after an arrow pierced through the plank, it could kill three or four people behind the plank.In addition, Duan Hongchen tied all the crossbow bolts to combustible objects, ignited them before launching them, which made the function of the baffle even more useless.

In this battle, Duan Hongchen won a big victory, and Gao Chan lost 6000 troops.[-] people went out to fight, and they lost nearly [-] people before they reached their territory.One to six, now it has become one to four.The enemy has no losses, the key is that there is no way to break the ground at all.

After Gao Yuan heard the battle report in the capital, he was so angry that he couldn't eat for two days.A royal edict was issued to scold him as the eldest son, insulting the identity of the little god.

After learning from the pain, Gao Chan decided to consolidate the foundation on the river side first, and also built a water village with both offensive and defensive capabilities.He thought, even if he didn't take down Goryeo this time, he could drive a nail here and come back later.

In a flash, more than ten days passed, and the two sides of the Yalu River became a cold war again.

Chujiang Qitai stayed in Longquan Mansion, and Xu Qing and his party followed the mission to visit the Xi clan all the way north. Since the Xi clan and Bohai are "friends and neighbors", after arriving in the territory of the Xi clan, they were highly valued by the Xi clan authorities.There are guards along the way, of course, there may also be surveillance.

After arriving at the destination, Xu Qing quietly left the team with two naughty girls, one big and one small, and headed for the Dahe clan according to the route arranged by Dark River Exploration.

The Dahe clan is an alliance of grassland tribes. The Manchus are divided into several "banners", and the Dahe clan is divided into many "divisions".The largest department is the Dan department that Yelubai now controls.The Dan tribe has the largest population, the strongest cattle and sheep, and its influence is greater than that of the other tribes combined.Over time, he became the leader of the Dahe clan.

I don't know what methods Yelubai used to control the people in Danbu into obedience. No one would dare to disobey his orders.Not only that, but under the leadership of Danbe, the entire Dahe clan became a single rope.

The grassland where the Dahe family is located is not considered to be rich in water and soil, nor can it be considered that the birds do not shit.It's just that the Xi people in the south and the Turks in the west are stronger than him.It's just that the Xi clan has a small population, so it is much weaker than the Dahe clan. .

Due to innate disadvantages in water and soil, the strength of the Dahe clan has been going downhill, and it is getting worse and worse compared to other nearby tribes.When competing for aquatic plants, they also gradually fell behind.

After Yelubai took control of the Dahe clan, he clenched his fists and started to fight back.

On the grassland, a giant stood up.

Not long ago, the spies heard that the Xi people had suffered a great loss in front of the Bohai people, and thousands of cavalry were wiped out.Yelubai realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

While you are sick, I will kill you.

Yelubai sent troops to wipe out several vassal tribes next to the Xi people, and also wooed some neutral small tribes.

The Xi clan was terrified, united those who could unite, and ceased all wars that could be ceased. This was the purpose of the mission to Bohai not long ago.

The Xi tribe seeks to survive, and the Dahe clan seeks to rise.Both nations are engaged in a war that must be waged.Standing by the side, you can speak without back pain and say:
"This war is unjust, it is bloody, and those who waged it are thugs!
But if you look at it from the perspective of the two nations, this war is great and will be praised forever by the victor.We must sing, only victory is always great, and morality is not necessarily.

After several days of rushing, Xu Qing and his party finally arrived at the territory of the Dahe clan.How to contact Yelubai, Xu Qing has not thought of a good way.They didn't dare to wander around on the grassland. At this time, the Xi clan and the Dahe clan were fighting, so Xu Qing might be regarded as a spy.

One day, when everyone was eating, Yang Cheng suddenly let out a surprise and asked:

"My lord, how much salt do you bring?"

"It's a big bag, so lazy..."

"I have a solution!"

"You mean, this salt..."

Salt is almost a hard currency outside the Great Wall, let alone Xu Qing's fine salt.Qian can communicate with ghosts and gods, regardless of the inside and outside of the pass, this is not wrong at all.Ten catties and half a bag of salt were sent out, and Xu Qing got an old Danbu member as a guide.With the leadership of this old Danbu, Xu Qing and his party finally stopped worrying.

Salt given to the guide?Impossible, the guide couldn't even see Yan Mozi.Salt is given to the leaders.In addition to a free guide, Xu Qing also received a recommendation from the head of the small department, and with his recommendation, he would have the opportunity to "meet" Da Khan.Of course, there is also the reason why Xu Qing called himself the envoy of Bohai Sea.

As expected, Xu Qing met Yelubai.

In the sweat tent, Yelubai ate alone, holding half a lamb leg and roasting it on the fire.The leg of lamb was not shredded and it was difficult to cook it.So every time it was cooked, Yelubai would cut it off with a knife and eat a bite.The lamb is crispy and buttery.

A mouthful of mutton and a mouthful of wine, the weather is a little hot, and the charcoal grilled meat makes Yelubai sweat profusely.At this time someone outside reported:

"The envoy of the Bohai Kingdom requests to meet the Great Khan!"

"Bohai country?" Without raising his head, Yelu cut a piece of half-cooked mutton with traces of blood, dipped it in salt, and put it in his mouth: "Where is the Bohai country to the south of the Xi people?"

"Yes……"

"Let someone come in, you go and get twenty horsewhips yourself."

"Ah?" The guard was surprised and asked himself, was that sentence wrong?

"You should say 'a person who claims to be an envoy from Bohai Sea wants to see me'. If others say he is an envoy, do you think he is an envoy?" Yelubai explained while eating mutton.

The guard nodded, suddenly realized, he was also refreshed, and went out to receive the whip with his hands clasped.If the leader is willing to scold people, that's what we should like the most.Of course, they all speak the language of the Dahe clan.

Soon, Xu Qing came in alone.What Huang Shimei and the others said this time, they can't come in, let Yang Cheng and Yang Xin guard it all.

Xu Qing stepped forward, seeing that Yelubai was the only one in the tent, looked him up a few times, and was about to speak.But Yelubai refused to look at him, and just lowered his head to eat the meat.Just like that, Yelubai didn't look at Xu Qing, and Xu Qing ignored Yelubai, one stood and smiled slightly, and the other sat and stuttered.

After half a cup of tea, Xu Qing smiled, and Yelubai raised his head: "Hmph, can't you help it? How dare you pretend to be in front of Ben Khan! Huh?"

"You are……"

"benefactor!"

Yelubai's expression ranged from disdain, to disbelief, to surprise, to surprise, and it was even better than Sichuan Opera.

Xu Qing shook his head and said with a smile:
"I didn't expect you to recognize me..."

Yelubai threw the lamb leg aside, wiped his mouth on his body, stood up and said: "How can I not remember my benefactor, benefactor, please accept my worship!"

Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Hey, get up, you are sweating profusely here, you shouldn't be saluting to me..."

Yelubai stopped saluting, punched him, and shouted outside the tent in a language that Xu Qing couldn't understand: "Come here, come here, kill cattle and goats, Ben Khan is going to throw a big feast today!"

Just as Xu Qing was about to speak, Yelubai hugged Xu Qing again and said, "Benefactor, I don't care why you came here, let's eat and have fun first."

After speaking, Yelubai went out by himself, leaving behind Xu Qing who hesitated to speak.At the banquet, Yelubai also said, to welcome Xu Qing today, anyone who dares to speak seriously will be killed.Then there was a prairie dance that broke the Xi people, and there were real Xi people as slaves, giving food and wine to the guests at the banquet.

What Xu Qing wanted to raise was held back again.

In the evening, a girl from the Xi ethnic group sent over, yes, it was just a dozen, and she said she was going to wait for Xu Qing to rest.Xu Qing refused, and at this moment he suddenly understood what it means to kill those who dare to speak up and do business.

Yelubai was pretending to be confused, or he was pretending to be confused, thinking he understood, and then continued to pretend to be confused.

(End of this chapter)