"Quick, rope, pull him out, leave the horse alone."

Li Po's face was covered with rain, and his voice was much darker, commanding the soldiers, and pulling out Cheng Zhijie, who was stuck in the swamp, with all hands and feet.

I can't see the color on Cheng Zhijie's face clearly, this is obviously a mud monkey, and muddy water flows down his beard.

This fierce man shook his head and hammered his chest like a hero, but the habitual laughter was long gone.

Looking back at the war horse that sank into the swamp, the eyes of this living bandit inevitably showed a gloomy color.

Li Po didn't have time to care about these anymore, so he raised his leg and kicked Cheng Zhijie, "Are you blind?" Look at the waypoint. ”

Turning around and leaving, Cheng Zhijie spit out a few mouthfuls of muddy water and followed behind him with palpitations.

At this time, they had already left Liaodong City.

The army was divided into two parts, one led by the general Yu Wenshu, and headed straight for the Yalu River.

The other part, commanded by the general Yu Zhongwen, marched in the direction of the southwest of the Black Bone City, this Goguryeo city is bound to be uprooted first, because after the army crosses the river, the Black Bone City is located behind the side of the army.

Of course, if the Black Bone City is defeated, it can also add a place for the army to transport grain and grass, if the people behind can still transport grain and grass.

However, a few days after the army set off, the Sui army knew from top to bottom that there was no need to count on the grain and grass behind.

The road is too difficult to walk.

A large primeval forest, in which jackals are rampant, insects and snakes are everywhere, after entering, don't think about turning out again.

And on the plains, there are swamps, and when it rains, it is even more dangerous.

People like Li Po, who have a certain degree of psychological preparation, were a little caught off guard, but they didn't expect Liaodong to have such a hideous face in this year, let alone others.

Yes, in Liaodong at this time, the winter when everything was frozen was terrible, and the summer was not a joke, it could almost be compared with some dangerous places in the south, and there were many similarities.

It's just that there's less smoke and miasma.

In fact, the Goguryeo people lived here, and they only lived in various castles or big cities, and they never wanted to build roads or anything, because their national strength did not allow them to do so.

This is also the main reason why the Central Plains Dynasty repeatedly occupied this place, but was unable to form an effective rule.

The cavalry all became foot soldiers, and Ma Yi's part followed the army to the Black Bone City, and along the way, they were all a little tired.

This is still because after a winter of physical training, the situation of other departments can be imagined.

However, this road of soldiers and horses, stronger than the other one, is that there are many horses that can carry things, and later the general Yu Zhongwen simply ordered that the war horses should also be used as pack horses, because the soldiers carried too many things.

In order to abandon the grain and grass for the soldiers, the general Yu Zhongwen issued the most sensible military order.

In June of the eighth year of the Great Cause, Yu Zhongwen led the army to pull out the Black Bone City.

There is nothing to say about this battle, the army passed everywhere, and all the castles and cities of the Goguryeo people were ruthlessly crushed by the army.

This time, the emperor who did not have mercy came to find trouble, and the soldiers faithfully carried out the military order.

All the food was used as military food, and all the Goguryeo people I met never had the opportunity to become prisoners of war.

The two armies swept the Goguryeo settlements along the way to the north bank of the Yalu River.

When the Sui army left, they set a fire in the Black Bone City and burned the Black Bone City, which had become lifeless.

This fire was set by Li Po and others, and the cruelty of the war and the difficult road had already made his heart as hard as iron.

He also led people into the Black Bone City and grabbed some grain and jerky.

Li Bi complained to him that the horses were overwhelmed.

Li Pozhen said, the grain and grass behind can't be transported, and when you cross the river, you will know how precious the food is, even if the horses are exhausted, the food can't be lost.

In fact, after coming all the way, Li Po no longer has much hope for the fate of this army.

Between the poor mountains and bad waters, the logistics are cut off, and when they arrive in Pyongyang City, how many people in this army can straighten their backs, take up arms, and fight with others?

This is obviously a journey to death, for the sake of now, I can only do what I can to prepare, and when it comes to escaping, it still depends on the luck of the big guys.

The collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops, Li Po couldn't imagine it.

Therefore, he still has a little luck, so many people scared the Goguryeo people to death, and besides, the commander of the army is not a group of fools, so he can't take so many people to death, right?

By mid-June, the two armies had finally converged on the north bank of the Yalu River.

At this time, the part of Yuwen Shu was much more miserable, and the food was almost exhausted.

This is not because there is not enough food brought, but because there are many soldiers who throw away the food.

The tired soldiers of the Sui army still maintain the establishment, but in terms of morale, there is no need to mention it.

At this time, the army stopped, because the Minister of Goryeo, Ulji Mundeok, came to surrender.

This person, in fact, there is nothing to say, and later the Peninsula people blew him very mysterious, but to be honest, this person not only has no blood relationship with the later Peninsula people, but also compared with the good ministers and generals of the Central Plains, this person can only be described as obscene.

Li Po saw with his own eyes that this person bent over and entered the Chinese army camp of the Sui army with a humble smile.

Li Po didn't understand much about what happened next.

This person ran away, and it is said that when he crossed the river, he left a letter or something for the general Yu Zhongwen.

It's like Zhuge crossing the river.

In fact, the role played by the Goguryeo minister in this battle is really not large.

The Sui army was short of food and the soldiers were tired, but they still crossed the river and marched in the direction of the Datong River.

Along the way, the fighting began to intensify.

But the Goguryeo people, who had already been hit hard, were vulnerable.

Whether it was luring the enemy to go deeper, or whether the soldiers of the Sui army were too brave, anyway, more than 300,000 troops drove straight in, and the troops were directed at Pyongyang.

But the process of marching all the way to the army made Li Po, who was in it, more and more chilling.

The Goguryeo people were fortified and cleared, and the signs of food shortage in the army were becoming more and more serious, and the shortage of food was to what extent, and in the end, the generals of the army had strictly ordered each army to eat only one meal a day.

And this meal is not even half full, and some are simply marching with hungry bellies.

More and more people died on the side of the road, all of them starved to death, and the deserters gradually began to appear, and the signs of the collapse of the army became more and more obvious.