Chapter 912

The new division commander found Qin Huaidao and said that it was raining heavily, but there was no way to attack, and now it was also the rainy season, and it was estimated that the light rain would take a month or two, and the roads would be muddy by then, and there would be no way to start the march.

"It's okay, we can still fight, besides, we came here just to attract the main force of Goguryeo and force them to come to a decisive battle, the weather is good, let's go out to kill, if the weather is bad, we will rest!" Qin Huaidao looked at Master Li Ancheng with a smile and said.

"Well, that's what I said, but after all, we are in the heart of the enemy, and once they surround us, I'm afraid there will still be danger with our little troops!" Li Ancheng said worriedly to Qin Huaidao.

"Well, it's okay, don't worry, you're here, we still have a little confidence in our hearts, if it clears up in the past two days, our troops will also set off and occupy the surrounding cities one by one, so that if the enemy surrounds them at that time, we will also be able to know!" Qin Huaidao continued to look at Li Ancheng with a smile and said, Soon, Liu Yujun and Cheng Yaoye also came over.

"There's nothing going on today, it's hard to take a break!" Cheng Yaoye sat down with a smile and said, Qin Huaidao's soldiers also brought them tea.

"I like to come here and sit and have good tea, in the barracks, you can't drink alcohol, and it's good to drink tea!" Cheng Yaoye took the teacup and said happily.

"Well, the tea is there, by the way, are all our wounded settled? How much was sacrificed? Qin Huaidao asked Cheng Yaoye and them.

"More than 300 people were sacrificed, but they couldn't be rescued, the injuries were too serious, there were more than 1,000 seriously wounded, and there were not many lightly wounded. Liu Yujun reported to Qin Huaidao and said.

"That's not bad, beheading more than 7,000 people, annihilating more than 20,000 enemies, this casualty is acceptable, mainly at night, the enemy's random arrows are placed, we can't prevent it, if it's daytime, it is estimated that the casualties will be smaller!" Qin Huaidao nodded and spoke.

"Yes, Hu Guogong, after the heavy rain, you need to send those seriously injured back?" Cheng Yaoye reminded Qin Huaidao and said.

"Of course, why stay here? Let them go back, but, after the heavy rain, come, come and see, I am ready to occupy all those cities in the south, two benefits, there is a way out,

At the same time, the troops of Baekje are also killed, and now the troops of Baekje may not dare to come, but if we occupy these places, they know that there are not many of us, and they may send troops, and when the time comes, as soon as the troops of Baekje come, we will clean up together, and there are about 30 cities in the south.

According to the previous reconnaissance report, it is estimated that there are 110,000 troops stationed, plus the ones they are raising now, at most no more than 200,000, mainly distributed in a few large cities, so, my suggestion is, General Chen, you take 3,000 heavy cavalry, 3,000 light cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and start to kill,

Anyway, those cities, you just beat them all down for me, after the fight is down, the young adults inside are taken away for me, those women, let them go first, they can't run, after killing, just leave some people in each city, mainly for monitoring, once you find that the enemy army is killed, immediately retreat, give up those cities! Qin Huaidao pointed to the map and said to a few of them.

"Hu Guogong, if you fight like this, you can't occupy it, why should we fight it, it's also dangerous to divide the troops, isn't it?" Li Ancheng looked at Qin Huaidao and said puzzled.

"In the past, we plundered resources, and those cities must have a lot of food, and now how long this battle will last, we don't know yet, Pyongyang City is easy to fight, but after the battle, the troops of other cities, we will not be able to fight, not to mention the others, that is, all those cities in Goguryeo are occupied, and the troops are mobilized to fight, it will take three months, not to mention, they still have obstacles,

And in the north, it is mostly mountainous, and it is now the rainy season, and it is difficult for our army to march, so in this battle, don't look at us now that we have some advantages, but say, once the enemy is familiar with our mines, they will think of a way to deal with us, and when the time comes, it will enter a stalemate, and we are now in the field, what will we do in winter? We can't stay here any longer, can we?

In addition, we can't always rely on domestic food delivery, right? Besides, when they went to fight those places, the main thing was to plunder the population, and plundered those populations, you say, when Goguryeo was short of soldiers, would they still have soldiers to recruit? The other is to expand our strategic depth, so that our troops can advance and retreat, not just at this one point.

I just said to give up, that is when our large army on the sea has not yet come, if the big army comes, then those cities, but a good place to resist the big army of Goguryeo, every time they attack the city, we have thunder, they are not here to die, so, we still have to fight, not only to the south, if we have full control of the south, Baekje's troops still dare not come, then we have to kill to the north, force them to fight with us! Qin Huaidao sat there and continued to explain to them,

Cheng Yaoye and Liu Yujun heard it and nodded, but Li Ancheng still didn't understand it, he was still a little unoptimistic, after all, the troops that landed at that time would have a total strength of 100,000 people, and now they had gone deep into the hinterland of Goguryeo, and the enemy would definitely not let them go easily, and they would go all out to encircle and suppress them.

"You, don't worry, listen to Hu Guogong, that's right, it's not my old Cheng who is a sycophant, General Li, in terms of command, you are really not Hu Guogong's opponent!" Cheng Yaoye said to Li Ancheng with a smile.

"I can't say that, I still have to listen to your opinions more in the war, after all, I am coming to the front line for the first time, and there are many places that are not considered enough, so I still need your help to mention something!" Qin Huaidao immediately waved his hand and said.

"Hu Guogong, I'm just worried, can our troops force the enemy's main force to kill, after all, Goguryeo is not a small country, and they have defeated our Sui Dynasty's troops before, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are buried here, you can't be careless!" Li Ancheng said to Qin Huaidao.

"I know, don't worry!" Qin Huaidao nodded and said.

"General Li, Hu Guogong is a cautious person, you can see his deployment, fighting those cities is to hope that if we can't beat it, we can still have a place to retreat, instead of retreating to the sea!" Liu Yujun explained for Qin Huaidao next to him, and Cheng Yaoye also nodded.

"It's okay, it's normal to worry, as long as we fight well, it's nothing, let's finish the fight first!" Qin Huaidao continued to smile and said,

A few people sat there and chatted for a while, and then they went back, Qin Huaidao also took his family soldiers to start patrolling the barracks to see where those soldiers lived, it was still good, after all, there was still a place to shelter from the wind and rain, and some soldiers still lit a fire and baked those wet clothes,

After Qin Huaidao finished patrolling a circle, he went to the place on duty in front to take a look, and now outside, Qin Huaidao released more than 300 scouts and horses, and there were a large number of secret sentinels.

After inspecting them all, Qin Huaidao returned to his headquarters,

It was still raining the next day, and there was no meaning of sunshine, and the city of Pyongyang was also unusually quiet, even if some heralds went out last night, Qin Huaidao did not stop them. Now they need to give orders, or if they don't give orders, how can they be forced to fight a decisive battle when the time comes?

"It's still raining, it's estimated to be a few days!" Qin Huaidao stood there with his hands behind his back and spoke.

"It is estimated that it is, however, at most three or five days, our division has a lot of soldiers from the northeast, they say, the rain in the north will not be so long, at most it will rain for three or five consecutive days, and then it will be clear, and once it clears, it will continue to rain for at least seven or eight days!" Liu Yujun came to Qin Huaidao's side and spoke.

"That's good, once it clears up, I estimate that the first wave of reinforcements from Goguryeo will arrive, and our troops will still have a big battle at that time!" When Qin Huaidao heard this, he nodded with a smile and said,

Then it rained for two consecutive days, and the troops of the latest division also landed and arrived in the barracks, and also brought letters from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Commander Su Dingfang, Qin Huaidao picked it up and looked at it carefully.

"Well, you see, Xing Guogong also means this, let us occupy the cities of Goguryeo as much as possible and plunder their population!" Qin Huaidao showed them Su Dingfang's letter,

Li Chengqian's letter Qin Huaidao did not show them, Li Chengqian said to Qin Huaidao in the letter, he wanted Qin Huaidao to take more people, and now there are many businessmen in Chang'an, they are all planning to come to buy people, regardless of men and women, the elderly are not needed, men and women are 10 yuan, women are 20 yuan, and children are 5 yuan!

Many workshops want to buy Goguryeo people to work as workers, so it's cheap, just give food. Qin Huaidao saw such a letter, and his mood was still very complicated,

After all, this is the rule of this era, and he can't forcibly change them, but as a modern person, it is difficult for Qin Huaidao to accept such a situation, if he stops it, then he will offend the entire Tang Dynasty, this is not the same as dealing with the family.

"Hu Guogong, what do you want?" Cheng Yaoye saw Qin Huaidao there in a daze, so he asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Qin Huaidao put away the letter, smiled and said, Qin Huaidao didn't say it, and they didn't dare to ask, but they also knew that it must have been something that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Qin Huaidao said, otherwise, Qin Huaidao would not have sat there and lost his mind.