However, there are still some differences. On the three pontoon bridges, the Sui army in the second half did not suffer any casualties. Their organization is still intact.? Want to read the book
However, they did not go to rescue their comrades. Instead, under the leadership of the officers, they retreated in an orderly manner, as if they had already arranged it.
Then, the Goguryeo people on the other side cheered. The battle was over.
Youtunwei General Mai Tiezhang, Wu Benlang generals Qian Shixiong, Meng Jincha, etc. all appeared on the death list. After a war, Youtunwei Mansion and General Mai Tiezhang's cronies were uprooted.
The disciples of the wealthy family were very happy. They originally despised the fact that Mai Tiezhang and others were of low origin and were ashamed to be in the same class as them. Therefore, Mai Tiezhang died.
The three armies were silent, silently enduring the fact of defeat.
There is almost no high-spirited and generous revenge for the fallen soldiers. For every Sui soldier here who watched the battle of crossing the river, the first thing that came to his mind was how lucky he was to not be sent to grab the beachhead.
This is a war involving millions of troops. They are not from the same group. They come from many places all over the world. The so-called comradeship is better to say that the rabbit dies and the fox mourns.
Perhaps the most angry person was Emperor Yang Guang, who lost his beloved general.
But in this matter, his mistake was that he overestimated the combat power of the Sui army, and he should not have sent Mai Tiezhang to lead his army to forcefully cross the Liao River.??
It's not like he didn't know how many people among the generals of the Weifu, or even those under the Youtun Weifu, wanted Mai Tiezhang to die.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the world has always been dominated by powerful families. Anyone who breaks this rule will pay a heavy price. Mai Tiezhang is just a clear example.
Mai Tiezhang's posthumous reputation is much stronger than that of Duan Wenzhen.
Because literati prefer such brave guys, his origin and experience were quickly exaggerated and filled with legend.
But in fact, in terms of military exploits, official position, and even importance to the Sui Dynasty, he was far inferior to Duan Wenzhen.
It can only be said that he appeared in the right place at the right time, making him famous in one battle.
Of course, this is not a good thing for the Iron Rod.
Because he died in this battle, and he, a rough-tempered Jiangnan gangster, probably wouldn't care about his posthumous reputation.
But what's interesting is that this man's fifth-generation grandson, well, probably his grandson, was a famous figure during the Xuanzong period, but he was much more famous than him.
His name is Gao Lishi, one of the top eunuchs.
Of course, if he knew that there would be such descendants in his family, Mai Tiezhang might not hesitate to strangle one of his three sons to death.?
The name of Mai Tiezhang quickly spread to the army, and his image was full of positive energy.
The next day, the Sui army redeemed the bodies of Mai Tiezhang and others from the hands of the Koreans, and transported them back to Luoyang under the attention of the entire army. Various rewards were also awarded.
After Emperor Yang Guang comforted his injured soul for a while, he began to vent his anger.
If it can be said that Duan Wenzhen's death caused the Sui army to lose its best and most critical component in the campaign to conquer Liaodong.
Then, the death of Mai Tiezhang finally made Emperor Yang Guang lose his mind.
These two men were both Emperor Yang Guang's confidants. Their deaths were a huge blow to Sui Emperor Yang Guang, and the emperor quickly lost trust in his ministers.
Afterwards, he tried his best to hold the military power of the army in his own hands, completely forgetting the rules he had set for himself when he led the army to the south. The most important one was not to interfere with the generals easily.
their decision.
Therefore, Sui Emperor Yang Guang started his war game mode, and soon became the unwavering protagonist in this war.
However, no one on the west bank of the Liao River realized that the emperor was going crazy. Many guys were still complacent and did things so well that the emperor had no clue.
Indeed, as they expected, they did a good job. No matter how angry Emperor Yang Guang was, he could not kill the general in the army.
Therefore, Yu Wenkai, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was unlucky first.
He received a very severe rebuke from the emperor. At this time, because he was in the army, the emperor did not remove him from his official position. However, after the army returned to Luoyang in triumph, he would probably lose his position as minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Yu Wenkai was also quite old. After working hard and being frightened, he soon fell ill after returning.
Therefore, he did not cross the Liao River with the army, but returned to Yan County to recuperate. He could not afford to fall ill in Yan County and died in October of the eighth year of Daye. Together with Duan Wenzhen, Minister of the Ministry of War, he embarked on the road to death.
Later, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty ordered He Chou, the governor of the Shaofu, to succeed Yu Wenkai and continue to build the pontoon bridge.
He also sternly ordered all armies to restrain themselves and kill the enemy.
This time, no one wanted to provoke the emperor.
Standing at a high place, Li Po once again had the honor to witness the Sui army's second river-crossing battle.
With the many lessons learned in the past, both the forward troops who boarded the pontoon bridge and He Chou who built the bridge completed their tasks perfectly.
The officers and soldiers of the Sui army who crossed the Liao River immediately started a fierce battle with the Goguryeo people at the beachhead.
The strength of the Sui army was finally revealed at this point.
First came the small group of Sui troops, who gathered into a group and moved forward with all their strength, regardless of how many Goguryeo people were in front of them. They were all veterans of the Sui army who had fought for many years.
When they were assigned to this mission, they all knew that their chances of survival were slim.
But this is the scary thing about the Sui army. Once the chance of survival is slim, these veterans of the Sui army who have experienced hundreds of battles will not choose to retreat, but to fight hard, because they know that only by moving forward can they get a glimmer of hope.
The result of retreating is that they either die under trampling, or have their heads cut off and hung on a flagpole for public display.
Therefore, at this moment, the energy they burst out was very terrifying.
When the first Sui soldier plunged into the Goguryeo army formation, he almost jumped up and allowed his body to be pierced by a spear, but he waved his sword desperately. At the last moment,
Cut off the head of a Goguryeo man with one sword.
Move forward, move forward, keep moving forward. One by one, the officers and soldiers of the Sui Army used their own lives to open the gap, allowing the comrades who followed to quickly insert themselves into the Goguryeo army.
In the middle of the formation, there were waves of bloody storms.
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(Alas, the backend of Qidian was revised today, and the pre-saved chapters were gone. Ah Cao just discovered it, but it wasn’t until the 24th, haha.)
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