Night falls.

At the foot of the mountain, tents were erected.

Although the night in the mountainous area of Liaodong is relatively cool, because of the detour, every day in the mountains for dozens of miles, but also to carry a large amount of grain and grass, once to the camp, everyone is tired to death.

During the day, the body was sweaty and dry, dry and wet, and the body was already wet and sour.

"It's really not good, I have to carry so many things tomorrow, who can bear it."

In the camp tent, a government soldier complained.

When they set out from Huaiyuan, they carried a large amount of grain and grass, almost three stones of grain per person, plus dozens of catties of equipment, enough for 100 days of grain and grass military supplies. It was fine at first, after all, there were pack horses and mule carts. However, since General Yuwenshu decided to bypass the Black Bone City, they were originally only more than 100 miles away from the Yalu River, but now they have to go around 400 miles, and the most important thing is that they are not familiar with the geography.

I often went around for a long time, and found that I made a mistake, or the front collapsed to block the road, and the river water swelled to block the road and had to detour again.

In fact, the road is getting farther and farther.

The more the road detoured, the more difficult it became, and finally the carriages and mules were no longer carried, and only horses and men carried them.

One person and one horse have to carry three stones of grain and dozens of catties of equipment.

Don't say that people can't bear it, horses can't bear it.

Fortunately, there are policies and countermeasures.

"Stop talking nonsense, bury it quickly, don't let the patrol find out."

A government soldier said.

So everyone stopped complaining, and began to dig pits secretly in the tents.

They dug the pit for nothing other than to secretly bury the grain they were carrying.

Every day when they camped, they buried a little food.

Burying a little bit a day can lighten the burden a little.

As for saying that this is their food for 100 days, what will happen if there is no food in the future, everyone has no time to think about it so much. If they carry so many loads around, they will be exhausted to death before they reach the Yalu River, let alone fight to the city of Pyongyang.

Besides, when you get to the Yalu River, you won't be far from Pyongyang.

At that time, 600,000 sea and land troops will be gathered under the city of Pyongyang, and Goguryeo will not be able to stop it no matter how tenacious it is. Even if you can't attack it for a while, there is still food for the sea route sailors.

Dawn.

The soldiers and horses again set out for the camp.

The food bags on the shoulders of the soldiers and on the back of their horses were much lighter, but unfortunately Yu Wenshu did not notice it at all.

Perhaps this veteran of the battlefield also discovered these situations, but he didn't break it. Because the day when the emperor limited to reach the Yalu River is getting closer and closer, but they are still far from the Yalu River.

Yu Wenshu had to speed up his march in order to be able to reach the riverside before the deadline.

The situation of Yu Zhongwen and the rest of the armies was similar to that of Yuwenshu, and in the face of Jiancheng, they did not choose to break through the city, but chose to take a long detour.

The soldiers became more and more tired, and the detour was difficult, and the baggage carts could not pass, so the burden on the soldiers increased, and finally all the armies and battalions had quietly buried the grain.

The generals all turned a blind eye, hoping to reach the Yalu River as soon as possible.

Yalu Riverside.

Luo Cheng's Fifth Left Army had already erected several pontoon bridges, and Siye and Zhao Gui had even set up two large camps on the other side of the river, and 10,000 soldiers and horses had already been stationed on the other side of the river.

Luo Cheng was waiting for the arrival of the rest of the Eighth Army.

He has been waiting for more than ten days, every day is very relaxed, there are no Goguryeo people to disturb him, and there are no Goguryeo people in the vicinity to disturb him, he seems to have come to a place outside the world.

Fishing, fishing, hunting, and picnics every day.

The Left Fifth Army was very leisurely, training every day, then going fishing and hunting, and then holding a bonfire party in the evening.

Don't worry about eating, drinking, and no enemies, although the weather is hot, you can enjoy the shade in the woods during the day and swim in the Yalu River in the evening.

Originally, many soldiers who couldn't swim recently practiced in this river for more than ten days, and they were all trained to have good swimming skills. On more than one occasion, many soldiers shouted that they would go straight to the city of Pyongyang.

It's just that Luo Cheng is still waiting patiently.

Zhao Gui also sent his scouts and light cavalry to investigate many times, and the farthest reached Sasu, which was only a hundred miles away from Pyongyang, but no trace of the Goguryeo army was found.

However, Luo Cheng firmly believed that Goguryeo must have a large army near Pyongyang.

This belief is not as good as Wei Zheng's speculation, but based on historical calculations. In history, Yuwenshu was defeated by the Ninth Army, but it was not in Sashui.

The Goguryeo army, which could defeat the 300,000 horses of the Ninth Army, would certainly not be less than 100,000.

Luo Cheng tried to find out the 100,000 army, but no matter how he looked for it, he couldn't find it.

The scout light cavalry only dared to go 100 miles away from Pyongyang at the farthest, so they did not dare to go any further.

After all, they were not so arrogant that they rushed directly under the capital.

Luo Cheng's current location is still 500 miles away from Pyongyang.

It takes five days to travel 100 miles in one day, and 10 days to travel 50 miles in a day.

Wang Ziming came over with a letter, "Letter from Yan Guogong of Nansu City." Handing the letter to Luo Cheng, he said beside him, "Just wait for the Eighth Army to arrive, let's push all the way over, and after crossing the river to Pyongyang, there will be no important famous mountains and rivers along the way, 300,000 troops, let's kill it, who can stop it?" And under the city of Pyongyang, there are 300,000 troops by sea, and these 600,000 troops attack a city, oh my God, flooding can submerge Pyongyang, and it is not a matter of success. As he spoke, he counted the days of going home, waiting for the Eighth Army for ten days, and then killing under the city of Pyongyang for ten days, and then breaking the city of Pyongyang for another ten days, and after the aftermath for another ten days, then he would be able to go home in forty days.

"It's June, and it's only early July in forty days, and we'll walk for another two months, and when we get home, it's less than October, and the weather is fine, and we can still catch the autumn harvest."

"I came out in the first month of last year, and I came back in autumn this year, and it's been almost two years since I came out, and I don't know if the little rabbit cubs at home have listened to your sister."

Luo Cheng opened the letter and watched it carefully, and Luo Yi wrote a lot of things on the letter. First of all, the emperor attacked Liaodong City, the onslaught was difficult, the casualties were heavy, Liaodong City has suffered casualties of more than 80,000 soldiers and horses, there were several times before there was a chance to capture, but Goguryeo said to surrender at a critical time, and then the emperor really believed, so he stopped the attack, and as a result, when the Goguryeo people breathed well, they continued to resist, and so on, the siege soldiers had long lost the slightest morale.

He also told Luo Cheng that the Luo and Li families had married.

Tang Guogong Li Yuan negotiated with him, Li Sanniang promised Luo Siye, and Li Yuan also promised Li Siniang to Luo to become a concubine.

"What's this about?"

Luo Cheng shook his head and sighed, he didn't know why Li Yuan had negotiated such a bizarre marriage with Luo Yi.

"Oh, Li Yuan has been dismissed from the post of Weiwei Siqing and transferred to the young eunuch in the palace."

"Ah, Luo Yi originally promised to help Li Yuan attack Xincheng, but just two days after the attack, the emperor sent Guo Yan to lead the two armies of the imperial camp to attack Xincheng, Luo Yi went to fight Baiyan City, and Li Yuan returned to Liuhe City to serve as a young eunuch in the palace. So this marriage is still valid? ”

"When did Li Yuan actually speak so well, what about the arrogance of the nobles, and the glory of their eight-pillar country?"

"What glory of the Eight Pillars Nation?" The second brother-in-law, Wang Ziming, asked.

Luo Cheng raised the letter in his hand, "Luo Yi made his own decision and helped the heir to set up a family affair, and the other party is the third lady and concubine of the Tang State Mansion." ”

"What a good thing!" Wang Ziming was pleasantly surprised, "The Tang Mansion is an eight-pillar country. ”

"So the glory of the Eight Pillars Country, Luo Yi also helped me to set a family, the fourth lady from the Tang State Mansion, and promised me a concubine. That's not. ”

"This is a great thing, what else is there to be unhappy about, immediately reply to thank Yan Guogong, if you are embarrassed to write, I will write it for you."

Luo Cheng looked at Wang Ziming's excited look, as if he had married the daughter of the Tang State Mansion of the Eight Pillars Country.

"Li Yuan hasn't been very lucky lately, it is estimated that he feels a little burned butt, so he doesn't even want the face of the Eight Pillars Country, and he actually wants to marry an upstart family like our Luo family, and even tie the knot."