Will Ming

Meng Jincha rushed to Mai Tiezhang's side with all his strength, and was a little panting after wiping a handful of blood. He turned around and looked at the broken pontoon bridge, but there was not much sadness and panic in his eyes.His Mo Dao had already drank the enemy's blood, dripping down his arm continuously.

After the bridge was broken, almost all the Zuo Tunwei soldiers gathered around Mai Tiezhang.Ulchi Mundeok waved the command flag, and tens of thousands of Koryo troops began to surround him.The phalanx formed by more than a thousand Sui Zuo Tunwei soldiers was surrounded on three sides, and behind them was the surging Liaoshui.

"Generals!"

Mai Tiezhang's beard and hair were all red, but his face was calm as usual.

He pointed at Liaoshui with an iron rod: "We have become a lone army now, without backup! Behind you is Liaoshui, and in front of you are tens of thousands of enemies. Now you only have two choices."

He paused and said, "One, surrender to the enemy. Two, die in battle!"

He raised his head abruptly, and his piercing eyes swept across the blood-soaked Zuo Tunwei soldiers: "Tell me, how do you choose!"

His voice was like thunder, and his eyes were wide open.

"Give me death! Do not surrender!"

More than a thousand soldiers of the Sui government shouted in unison, and the voice shook the sky.

On the other side of the river, Daye Emperor Yang Guang had already stood up from his large seat, and walked a few steps to the edge of the high platform. Looking at the soldiers of the Zuo Tunwei re-arranging in the distance, he couldn't help but feel a surge in his heart.When the shocking sound of "I would rather die than surrender" came to his ears across the river, the emperor who had created countless brilliance finally turned his eyes red.At this moment, his deliberately straight waist slowly bent a little, but it looked more in line with his real age.A strand of white hair hung down from the golden helmet, blowing in the wind and blocking his view.

With trembling hands, he stuffed the strand of white hair into the golden helmet, only to find that a big tree on the river bank blocked the back of Zuo Tunwei's attack again.Especially, it blocked the back of Mai Tiezhang.

"Come on! Cut that tree down, cut it down!"

The emperor shouted hastily.

Nayan Suwei called softly: "Your Majesty..."

He seemed to want to remind Emperor Daye that dozens of foreign envoys from foreign countries were watching him under the stage.But obviously, at this time, Yang Guang didn't care about the emperor's face anymore.He pointed to the big tree that blocked his sight, and shouted hoarsely: "Cut it down!"

"According to the order!"

The son-in-law Yuwen Shiji, who was standing in the middle of the official queue, stood up and walked down the high platform quickly.Holding his robe, he grabbed a horizontal knife from a guard soldier and rushed to the side of the big tree, slashing down with red eyes.Under the astonished gaze of the envoys of those small foreign countries, his solemn and solemn cutting down of trees seemed to be doing the most solemn thing.An ordinary soldier with the same red eyes gritted his teeth, rushed over and drew out his horizontal knife, and slashed vigorously.Following his movements, more and more people gathered to join in the tree-cutting.

A soldier threw a rope and tied it to the tree trunk, and hundreds of people grabbed the rope and pulled it vigorously.As the sawdust cut by the horizontal knife on the trunk flew, and as the thick-big rope stretched straight, the big tree that had grown for an unknown number of years crashed down, throwing up a cloud of smoke and dust.

Daye Emperor Yang Guang stood on the side of the high platform, looking red-eyed at the back of the one thousand soldiers attacking fifty thousand Goryeo soldiers on the other side of the river.

"Beat the drum! Cheer for Old General Mai!"

he growled hoarsely.

Pass!Pass!Pass!

Hundreds of Sui war drums were beating at the same time, one sound at a time, like thunder coming into spring.Even the water of the Liaohe River seemed to be shaken by the roar of the war drums.On the west bank of the Liaoshui River, one hundred thousand soldiers of the Sui Dynasty drew out their horizontal knives almost at the same time, and beat the shields with the blades to echo the sound of the war drums.The blade of the blade hit the shield, and the sound was like a battle song!

On the east bank of the Liaoshui River, General Mai Tiezhang of Zuo Tunwei turned around and bowed to the high platform on the other side of the river, then grabbed his iron rod and strode forward.Behind him, Ying Yanglang closely followed Meng Jincha holding a Mo knife, his eyes bright!

In this way, with the sound of drums cheering, more than a thousand lone troops of the Sui Dynasty launched the last charge against the Koryo soldiers fifty times their own!

"Zuo Tunwei!"

"forward!"

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On the banks of the Liaoshui River, the first battle of the Great Sui's conquest of Liaodong ended with such a sad and heroic drumbeat.Zuo Tunwei, Zuo Wei, nearly [-] government soldiers who took the lead in crossing the river were all killed in battle, and none of them surrendered.General Mai Tiezhang of Zuo Tunwei, Qian Shixiong of Hu Benlang, and Meng Jincha of Ying Yanglang.The first battle, because the pontoon bridge was smashed by the Goryeo soldiers, ended in the defeat of the Sui Dynasty.

"A man's life is his own. How can he lie in the hands of his sons and daughters for moxibustion with moxa sticks and fragrant melon seeds, which can cure yellows well?"

"I would like to be the first to set foot on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, and stamp out the barbarians for Your Majesty!"

"Could it be that His Majesty is reluctant to reward you?"

"How can you enjoy drinking a glass of wine? Your Majesty is too stingy. If the minister led the Zuo Tunwei to take the lead in setting foot in Liaodong, Your Majesty will give you three hundred altars of fine wine!"

"They are all soldiers of the Sui Dynasty, and they cannot give up a brother!"

"Soldiers! You have only two choices, one, surrender, or die in the second!"

"Give me death! Do not surrender!"

The sound entered the ears, and the lingering sound never dissipated for a long time.

Standing on the high platform, two lines of tears flowed from the eyes of Daye Emperor Yang Guang.His body trembled slightly. At this moment, where is the majesty of an emperor?Yes, it's just a sadness that is so heavy that even the Liaoshui can't be overthrown.He didn't expect that the first battle of Zhengliao, which should have started perfectly and easily, would end like this. In the first battle, he lost a great general!And this general named Mai Tiezhang has been valued and single-handedly promoted by him since he was King Jin!Among the generals of the guards, except for the Zuowei general Yu Wenshu, Mai Tiezhang is the person he trusts the most!

Tears flowed down the emperor's chin and onto the high platform, wetting a small piece of wooden platform.

When the last fiery red battle flag of the Sui Dynasty fell down on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, all the soldiers, headed by the general Yu Wenshu, raised their horizontal knives on their chests and marched towards the east bank of the river in the most solemn way. The Great Sui Army Ceremony.

The Liao River is still running, and the strong men will never return.

Just less than 500 meters away from the place where General Mai Tiezhang of Zuo Tunwei died in battle, on a tall tree, Li Xian, who disguised himself as a branch and hid in the dense branches, rubbed his sore nose. He didn't let the tears fall.He hid very well, his whole body was covered with green pine branches that would not wither and change color in winter, lying on a thick-big tree branch, he had been almost motionless for a whole night and a half day.

In order to be able to see the first battle of the Sui Dynasty's conquest of Liao Dynasty, he even risked being killed by the rebel army and hid here.Because of lying on the ground for too long, his body became somewhat stiff and stiff.Fortunately, although there were no less than 5 Goryeo soldiers waiting in formation on the east bank of the Liaoshui River, their attention was first on the pontoon bridge, and later on the attack launched by the Zuo Tunwei soldiers, no one would notice him, even if he You don't have to worry about being discovered if you move your body a little bit.However, after hiding for half a night, the most uncomfortable thing is not the body but the heart.

He has always been curious about how the first battle of Sui Zhengliao was fought by the Liaoshui River.How did Zuo Tunwei General Mai Tiezhang and others die in battle? Today, he finally saw this scene, and he wanted to save him but was powerless.According to the information he researched in his previous life, there are many doubts about Mai Tiezhang's death.The information on the Internet is inherently limited, and its credibility is not very high.

For example, according to records, General Mai Tiezhang of Zuo Tunwei, General Qian Shixiong of Huben Lang, General Meng Jincha of Ying Yang Lang and others were trapped on the east bank because the pontoon bridge built by Shangshu Yu Wenkai of the Ministry of Industry was short. There is more than ten feet.Based on Li Xian's understanding of Yu Wenkai, he thought it was a strange thing.You must know that Yu Wenkai was a genius who designed and supervised the construction of Daxing City, Luoyang, the eastern capital, dug the Guangtong Canal, and built the Guanfeng Temple for Yang Guang. How could he shorten the ordinary pontoon bridge by more than ten feet?If it is said that it is a foot longer, it is understandable.Although the pontoon bridge is ordinary, this battle is of great significance. How could Yu Wenkai neglect his duties?

However, after seeing the development of the matter with his own eyes, he solved the doubts in his heart, but he did not feel the slightest pleasure or relief.

Mai Tiezhang died in battle, Qian Shixiong died in battle, Meng Jincha died in battle, Yu Wenshan died in battle, and he all watched helplessly.

For a moment, he even wanted to jump off the big tree, regardless of his life or death, he only thought about how impassioned and happy it would be if he could fight the enemy side by side with Mai Tiezhang?If you die in battle like this, even if you die with regrets, your life as a soldier will not be in vain?However, he finally endured it.At this moment, he even hated his calmness and cowardice.He felt that he was a ghost who was afraid of death, and he didn't have any responsibility that a man should have!At this moment, he found that the Zuo Tunwei soldiers who died in battle, even the most ordinary soldiers, were far more manly than himself.

Just when he couldn't help but wanted to jump down, it was Luo Fu who was hiding beside him who spoke softly and made him endure the cheap and meaningless impulse.

"If you go down at this time, what can you do? If you really want to kill the enemy and Tuman, why do you have to do it now? If in the future, you can avenge Mai Tiezhang and let the whole Goguryeo be buried for him, wouldn't it be better? ?”

Li Xian was slightly taken aback, and asked himself in his heart.

I...can I?

As if he had guessed what he was thinking, Luo Fu said in a very soft voice but with an unusually firm tone: "Anzhi, I believe that sooner or later you will be able to do it!"

Li Xian was silent.

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Yang Guang wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed to the other side of the Liaoshui River and said, "Go! Send someone to tell Ulji Wende that I am willing to pay a lot of money to redeem the body of Old General Mai!"

Someone hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty does not