The Sui army retreated overnight, and the generals didn't know why, they didn't know that they were about to break the city, why they hurried up at night and withdrew from the territory of Goguryeo.

A northern expedition to Liaodong, and Goguryeo, it seems that more than one million troops, but the use of people, more than five million, there are 3 million requisitioned coolies to transport grain, shipbuilding, building armor, building cloth tents, repairing roads, etc., also need 2 million people, as well as from Huaiyuan Town, to Liaodong City, Yalu River and other places to transport grain and grass, there are also a million people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Heavy labor, in order to catch up with the schedule, it is inevitable that many laborers will die of illness and exhaustion on the way, causing great disasters to the former Northern Qi region of Hebei, the land of Qilu in Shandong, as well as the three armies of Zhuojun, Yuyang and Beiping.

This night, Luo Zhaoyun only left two generals, that is, Mai Tiezhu and Xue Shixiong, their sons are also there, Xue Wancheng, Xue Wanjun, Mai Mengcai and other young tigers, who are about the same age as Luo Zhaoyun, have now been exceptionally promoted to generals.

"At present, there are only our two route armies, less than 100,000 people left, 10,000 cavalry, and the remaining more than 80,000 people, all infantry, once the defenders in the city learn the news, they will definitely bite our tail, cover all the way, and make us tired, so after this break, we must go calmly, and we must not panic."

Xue Shixiong and Mai Tiezhu are both veterans, one is close to sixty years old, the other is about to be forty, they have been in the army for many years, they have rich experience, and they naturally understand this truth.

"General Luo has any strategy, even if he orders, we will definitely abide by it!" The two generals are now convinced of this young marshal, and they no longer despise the other party because they are young, because Luo Zhaoyun has repeatedly made military exploits, surprises, flexible use of troops, and breaking the fixed routine of the art of war, which is what makes the two generals admire.

Of course, there are many generals who are familiar with the art of war, but it is rare to find people who can learn and apply it lively, summarize it themselves, and be good at taking it by surprise according to the situation, and repeatedly inventing new tactics.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "General Xue, General Sell, General Yu, each of you three take 10,000 infantry, go to the other three camps, the external defense strength remains the same, the number of iron pots for cooking remains the same, and you have to bluff, put 10,000 people into the momentum of 100,000 troops, deter the defenders in Pyongyang City, so that they will not dare to come out easily, as long as it is delayed for three days, our army can transport some armor and food back to Liaodong City, and garrison there!" ”

"Cheng, we'll do our best." Xue Shixiong and others hugged their fists to lead their lives.

After these generals left, Luo Zhaoyun sent people to recruit Changsun Wuji, Ning Wufei, Chao Wei, Mei Changfeng and others, these were his cronies, when he was in Tuyuhun, he was stationed in the frontier with him for three years, and he had long been branded with the mark of Luo's army.

"I've called you late at night, and I have an important task to tell."

After hearing this, the generals were all shocked, and felt that the opportunity for meritorious service had come, and they had a feeling that they were highly valued.

"Brother Luo, General Luo, are you letting us sneak attack Pyongyang City?" The eldest grandson Wuji was a little excited, he was eighteen years old, he was powerful, both civil and military, but it was a pity that Luo Zhaoyun didn't give him a chance to fight in order to protect his ears, just did some clerical and military duties.

"Where do you want to go, can you people do those things that charge into battle, you are all my Luo Zhaoyun's most trusted subordinates, and you must have more important tasks."

"What's that mission?" The eldest grandson Wuji asked curiously, and the rest of the people were also hooked.

"Secretly escort grain and grass and armor!"

"Ahh Several people's faces fell, isn't this a baggage soldier? If the Xiaoguowei and the Imperial Forest Army are compared to the elite troops of the Great Sui, then the local government soldiers are the regular army, and the baggage soldiers are the reserves, and there are more old and weak soldiers, and the combat effectiveness is low, so they can only do some of this kind of hard work.

Luo Zhaoyun deepened his tone and said: "Remember, this matter is very important, you only have one day to prepare, pick up the best weapons in the army, as well as grain, grass, money and silk, set off tomorrow at dusk, hurry day and night, and return to Liaodong City as soon as possible, when the time comes, someone will contact you, enter the city separately, and then have their own way, this number, there is no need to remember in detail, and outsiders cannot say the exact number, try to say as little as possible." ”

When the generals heard this, they immediately understood that the boss was going to be greedy for some food!

Luo Zhaoyun looked at the strange eyes of several people, smiled slightly, and explained: "These materials, Your Majesty has given up, whether we leave the broken queen, or abandon the pawns, how much we can transport away, we have exchanged our lives, and moreover, a large number of nobles and poor people in the Central Plains have been created and revolted, and the Great Sui is about to be in chaos, we must take precautions and get some materials to prepare in advance, otherwise, when we have no food, the army will be disbanded." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji and others were surprised when they heard that the nobles of the Central Plains had rebelled, and they understood Luo Zhaoyun's thoughts, once the world was in chaos, they were in Liaodong, without food and armor, they could not continue, and the imperial court had no time to look north, and their fate was also very bad.

"Don't worry, general, we will definitely do it and take confidentiality measures!"

Luo Zhaoyun encouraged the morale of several people and said: "Okay, I trust you, don't let Ben Shuai down, complete this task, and each of you will be promoted by one rank!" ”

"Yes!" The generals hugged their fists together and took the order, and withdrew from the tent.

Luo Zhaoyun sighed lightly, after all, the Great Sui still did not avoid its decline, and the speed was faster than in history, he had a hunch that this war at the end of the Sui Dynasty would be more complicated, because this was by no means a historical space that had ever happened, but another similar world.

He no longer believes in the theory that traveling through time and space, going back to the past, and resurrecting the dead, but he thinks that he may return to another world and come to a certain realm of cosmic space that is extremely similar to ancient times, and he is staging the affairs of the Sui Dynasty.

Because even if he takes refuge in other big forces, such as Li Tang, such as Dou Jiande, etc., because he is famous all over the world, and he is a good commander with troops, any lord, relying on himself, after gaining the royal power, I am afraid that he will have trouble sleeping and eating himself, and the end can be imagined, and he will not be much better than Han Xin, so he has no way to go, so he can only continue to move forward, preparing to compete with the heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty.