Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 180 A Great River

"Ulla Ula!"

"Duan Hongchen, I'm here to save you!" Xu Qing yelled while holding the rein tightly on a fast-running prairie horse, but almost turned his back on his back.No way, this prairie horse is too fierce!Xu Qing usually only dared to let the horse trot when he rode an ordinary horse, but now in order to keep up with the troops, he could only "step on the gas pedal wildly".

"Ula!" Approaching the Goguryeo people, the Dahe cavalry quickly drew their bows and shot arrows, cutting across the periphery of the Goguryeo people's encirclement.The Goguryeo people also had crossbow arrows, but without the assistance of three rows of line arrays, the crossbow arrows could not exert their power at all, so they hurriedly took out their shields to resist.

After a large circle, the Goguryeo formation was scattered.

Seeing this, Duan Hongchen turned the circular formation into a charge formation of arrows, pinpointed Gao Chan's position and rushed over.This array is shaped like an arrow, so it is named Arrow Charge Array.Its advantage is that it will not affect the function of the crossbowmen in the army when charging.

While shooting, he ran straight to Gao Chan.

The formation was in chaos, and Gao Chan ordered his generals to stabilize the troops, but the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, 5000 people from Duan Hongchen and Chujiang had already rushed in front of them.

There are cavalrymen constantly harassing outside, and every time they run around, hundreds of Koreans will die.Duan Hongchen inside was getting closer and closer, and he kept shooting with crossbow arrows. Every time they took a step forward, hundreds of Koreans would die.Although the Goguryeo people also fought back, but with little effect, Gao Chan panicked!
The army was defeated like a mountain...

Gaochan Gecko cut off its tail, led the soldiers away like fallen leaves, fled for more than ten miles, and returned to the ancient ferry.When he returned to Gudukou, Gao Chan only had more than a thousand people in his hands.This time, it was Gao Chan's turn to burn all the boats to prevent others from crossing the river.

"Woo~" Xu Qing stopped the horse, his stomach was in a tizzy, he rolled off the horse's back, and fell to the side to vomit wildly.

After chasing the Bohai people for a while, everyone retreated after a quick kill.Chujiang set up a camp, Duan Hongchen set up another camp, and the Dahe people also set up a camp, and the three camps were far away from each other.

Duan Hongchen and Chu Jiang found the half-dead Xu Qing on a small slope, helped him up and said, "Xu Qing, where did you get these thousands of cavalry?"

Xu Qing slowed down and said, "I won't go racing again..."

"what?"

"Oh, I said, these cavalry are all borrowed from the Dahe clan."

"Why did the Dahe clan borrow troops for no reason? Did you mean making peace with the Xi clan a few days ago?"

Seeing Duan Hongchen's puzzled face, Xu Qing shook his head in order to regain his composure: "Tsk tsk, you don't know something..."

Xu Qing will talk about how he made friends with the Xi family these days, how he went to the Dahe clan to borrow troops, and what agreements he reached, one by one.After saying these words clearly, Duan Hongchen was filled with emotion and worried: "Then, will the Dahe clan take this opportunity to attack me, Bohai?"

"Yes, but he won't do anything within three years. He needs to guard against the Turkic oriole."

Chu Jiang said: "What if these three thousand cavalry take the opportunity to attack us and control us instead of annexing them?"

Xu Qing narrowed his eyes, thinking that this is a good way, but...

Xu Qing pointed at Duan Hongchen and said, "Doesn't he have crossbowmen in his hand? If he is controlled by the Dahe clan like this, he will not be Duan Hongchen."

Duan Hongchen smiled and approved Xu Qing's words.

"Oh, that's right..." Chu Jiang remembered something: "My lord, Gao Chan ran away in a panic. I didn't have time to take away the things in his tent. I found this..."

As he spoke, Chu Jiang took out a stack of letters from his large armor.Xu Qing picked one to look at, sneered, and handed it to Duan Hongchen.Duan Hongchen's expression was stern: "Okay, I know this group of people who eat inside and out."

The three of them discussed for a long time, and decided to let Duan Hongchen lead the troops northward, and use the power of crossbow soldiers to surprise the Xi people.Xu Qing led the cavalry and a thousand state soldiers under Chu Jiang to approach the ancient ferry to defend the Goguryeo people from attacking again.

Ancient Ferry:
Gao Chan returned in a big defeat, all his soldiers were lost, and his brother was killed again. The heavy blows made him sick.Although his brother was killed, he agreed with both hands and feet, but it was under the situation of victory, and now, he can only wait for Gao Feng's mother to get angry and find him, the coach, to settle the score.

"Cough cough cough... Where's Gao Cong, where's Gao Cong?" Gao Chan had a wet towel on his head, his face was pale, and his lips lost any color.

"Brother..." Gao Cong walked into Gao Chan's tent, his expression as calm as before.

"Third brother, I'm afraid I can't do it..." Gao Chan was so angry that he lost the strength to speak, but he still insisted: "My mother died, and now the soldiers and generals have lost all. In order to maintain dignity, my father , I'm afraid I won't recognize my son..."

"Father?" Gao Cong smiled, father is a warm name only in the common people's family, royal family, where is there any father?Gao Cong continued: "Father, he won't be so cruel..."

Gao Chan's eyes rolled for a moment, with a little vitality, he looked at Gao Cong and said, "You mean I'm cruel? You still blame me for killing your second brother?"

Gao Cong lowered his head and said nothing, Gao Chan said again: "Isn't that good? Your second brother is dead, and I have this kind of virtue, so I just let you pick it up..."

"Shut up! Don't think of me as the same person as you!" Gao Cong was furious: "Do you still remember, seven or eight years ago, when we were only teenagers, how happy were the three of us at that time!"

"In those years, you took us to run, you taught us how to ride horses, and you taught us how to practice swords!"

"The Sui army came calling, you took us to hide under the quilt and said: 'I protect you, I am your big brother!'."

"Where did the elder brother who loves his younger brother go?"

"Where did the big brother who said he wanted to protect us go?"

"Eight years, back then, you designed and killed your younger brother with your own hands!"

Gao Cong questioned repeatedly, Gao Chan's eyes were slightly wet, and he fell into memories.Gao Cong continued: "You think I'm rare in the throne of bullshit? What I'm rare in is brotherhood!"

Gao Chan came back to his senses, his lips moved slightly: "Third brother, I was wrong..."

But in a flash, Gao Chan said again: "But third brother, you don't understand what elder brother does, you won't understand, because you are the third child!"

The throne of Goguryeo was inherited from the elder, but there are also examples of favored ones, so if the throne is not passed to Gao Chan, then it must be Gao Feng. As long as there are no accidents, it will definitely not be in the hands of Gao Cong.

"You won't understand, you won't understand..." Gao Chan repeated this sentence over and over again, and then said: "Third brother, I don't regret it!"

"When I get to that world, I will go to apologize to my second brother. I only hope that in that world, we will never fight each other again!"

Gao Cong didn't catch a cold, and asked coldly, "You asked me to come here just to talk nonsense, didn't you?"

"Father, no, father, those people around him, what kind of god are they flattering him every day? He is old and confused..." Gao Chan said: "After I die, he will definitely raise his own troops. Be sure to persuade father .”

"In this matter, I naturally know the pros and cons, but I can't persuade him according to my father's temperament."

"Bohai people, we can't beat them, hold on to this ferry, get rid of Silla Baekje first, then we can beat them!" At Gao Chan's words, he suddenly felt the blood in his chest throbbing. It was very difficult to breathe, and he knew that it was his destiny.A trace of ferocity flashed in Gao Chan's eyes, and he hurriedly said to Gao Cong:
"If you can't persuade my father, kill him! Keeping the prosperity of my Goguryeo people is the most important thing!"

Gao Cong was surprised for a moment, and after confirming that Gao Chan had passed away, an imperceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Gao Chan died.Gao Cong took over the army and reported the military situation.The old man Gao Yuan was furious and prepared to mobilize heavy troops to conquer himself.Gao Cong wrote a letter to persuade Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan refuted Gao Cong: "My great misfortune, your Cao's great fortune!" Repeatedly, Gao Yuan was almost not mad at this "stupid" son.Soon, Gao Feng's mother hanged herself in despair and set fire to the palace.Gao Yuan was shocked and seriously ill, so the matter of personal conquest was put on hold.

A few days later, a royal edict came, making Gao Cong the prince's heir and commanding the whole nation's troops.Gao Cong became a half-King of Goguryeo.

In the past few days, Xu Qing cleared up all kinds of materials left by the Goguryeo people and stationed by the Yalu River.There is no way, even if he wants to cross the river to "chasing the poor with the remaining courage", there is no way to go.What's more, if the [-] cavalry under his command could not lead horses across the river, they would not be as good as a Goguryeo infantry. In addition, Xu Qing didn't want to use his state soldiers to die, so he stationed on the river bank for defense.

It wasn't for nothing to be stationed. Xu Qing found a small village built by the refugees a few miles behind the river bank, with only a few families.After Xu Qing found this village, he ordered the Koreans with captives to reclaim wasteland here, built many houses, and then built a castle.

Sticking to the border is actually the most resource-consuming, and the best defense is actually development.Let the border be able to supply itself with one bucket of rice, and five buckets of rice will be left in the rear.

Xu Qing wants to build a border fort here that integrates military and civilians.This fortress will be handed over to the peasants who come here to guard it in the future. The peasants serve as soldiers in wartime and farm in peacetime.The combination of soldiers and farmers is an important guarantee for Qin Neng to have sufficient economic strength to defeat six countries with one country.Of course, this fortress can also be a prison, and all captured prisoners can be "reformed through labor" here.

For the current Bohai Sea, if a war system cannot be effectively established, any war will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.Especially after Xu Qing left, Bohai faced great challenges.

Duan Hongchen has already set off to the Xi Clan, and under the attack from both sides, the chance of victory should be relatively high.As long as a large number of people and materials are obtained, the key is the slaves in the hands of the Xi people. Rescuing them can also bring back red and blue to the riddled Bohai Sea.

"A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides. My family lives on the bank, and I am used to listening to the chant of the boatman."

"I'm used to seeing the white sails on the boat. There are good mountains, rivers, and places, and all the roads are wide."

"When a friend comes, there is good wine. If the jackal comes, there is a shotgun to meet him."

Xu Qing stood on the earthen hill by the river bank, looking at the Yalu River flowing endlessly, and unconsciously hummed this song that he knew when he was a child.

(End of this chapter)