The battalion of the 1st Army on the right.

Luo Cheng came over to visit Yu Zhongwen with two pots of good wine.

"And thank you for your food, and this brings wine."

"Just a little home-brewed drink."

The two sat opposite each other.

An old man and a young man looked at each other and smiled, one was the glory of the Eight Pillars Country, and the other was an emerging aristocratic celebrity.

"Actually, we shouldn't go south anymore, I'm sure that near Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people have gathered a heavy army group of about 100,000 or even 150,000 people, and they are waiting for us."

"I can estimate it, too." Yu Zhongwen said bluntly, "I mentioned to General Yuwen before that I will not go south to Pyongyang for the time being, but attack the mouth of the Yalu River first, first capture one or two cities at the mouth of the river, take food for emergency relief first, and occupy Haikou at the same time, you can wait for the sailors to transport grain, and then calmly go south when the food is replenished, but Yuwenshu moved out of the holy decree to urge the troops, and I was helpless." ”

Luo Cheng shook his head helplessly.

"To tell the truth, all the food in our army has been distributed to the armies, and only a little ration of our own is left, but this bit of food, divided by 300,000 troops, cannot increase the food for a few days. Thousands of miles of lone army, the decisive battle under the enemy capital Wang City, this decisive battle will never be simple. ”

"I understand, but the Ninth Army has no commander." Yu Zhongwen pointed out a troubling problem.

Yes, the Ninth Army has no commander, which means that the dragons have no leader, there is really a disagreement, and the 300,000 army does not even have a person who can really make decisions with ideas.

"It's already mid-June, and I don't know if the first fleet of General Laigo'er has reached the sea near Pyongyang."

"There's no news yet, and no one knows for sure if they'll arrive as scheduled."

The current situation is a big adventure.

Liaodong City has not been breached until now, Xincheng, Anshi, Fuyu, Jinshan, Baiyan, Beisha, Wugu, Domestic, Sushenggu, and Dumaru City, these fortified fortresses are still stuck in their rear, and the follow-up thirteen armies are stuck on the front line of the Liaohe River.

However, the eight armies on the sea route had to be constrained by the vast sea, and even if they were transported by ship, it would be impossible to transport 300,000 troops to Pyongyang at one time.

You must know that although the straight-line distance from Donglae to Pyongyang is extremely close, the shipping technology of this era makes it a matter of luck to sail directly to the deep sea, and the route of the sailor is not a direct voyage, but sailing along the coastline, crossing the Bohai Bay from the Miaodao Islands, arriving at the Liaodong Peninsula, and then passing through the Yalu River estuary along the coastline of Liaodong, and then going south along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula to the Taedong River estuary near Pyongyang and landing against the river.

Yu Zhongwen's plan to attack the Yalu River estuary first to seize a city is actually very reasonable, after all, the navy's route actually has to pass through the Yalu River estuary.

If you can capture a city over there, you can indeed wait for food support.

Even if it is unfavorable to attack Pyongyang in the future, there will be a stronghold for retreat, and then the retreat will be directly from the mouth of the river to the Central Plains, and there is no need to be afraid of being blocked by countless mountain cities in Liaodong.

It's a pity that such an insightful opinion, Yu Wenshu refused to adopt it.

"Yu Shuai, I am willing to lead the Left Fifth Army as the vanguard and lead the Ninth Army."

Luo Cheng directly stated the purpose of this trip, he didn't want to act with the Ninth Army, because they would be a big pit.

One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted.

Following a pig-headed commander like Yu Wenshu, Luo Cheng didn't want to be cheated by him.

"Wouldn't it be better to act together? You also said that there must be an army of 100 to 150,000 people near Pyongyang. ”

"But now this army does not know where it is hidden, the only thing I can be sure of is that this army is not in Pyongyang City and under Pyongyang City, they are hiding near Pyongyang, but I don't know where it is, I want to lead the troops to act alone to find their traces."

Yu Zhongwen hesitated.

"Please also ask Yu Shuai to help me, otherwise with the character of Yuwen's old thief with a small belly and chicken intestines, he will definitely deliberately oppose it."

"You have a separate army, and our eight armies are marching together, but you have to be careful, in case you are surrounded by the Goguryeo army, you may be annihilated as a lone army."

"Don't worry, the Goguryeo people who can eat my left Fifth Army haven't been born yet."

Returning from the camp of the 1st Army on the right to the camp of the 5th Army on the left, Luo Cheng immediately told the generals the news.

"Yu Shuai has already promised me to help us send troops alone at the Ninth Army Military Conference."

"Why go it alone?" The new joining Xue Wanche was puzzled.

Luo Cheng just smiled and didn't elaborate, in fact, Luo Cheng was worried that Yuwenshu still had people like Liu Shilong, who was appeased by the surrendered envoy, after all, Yuwenshu was not only the general of the First Left Army, but also the identity of the assistant commander of the Fifth Left Army, and when he went south, if he encountered some tricks of the Goguryeo people, even if Luo Cheng reminded him, it is estimated that Yuwenshu would not pay attention to him.

In that case, it is better to act separately so as not to be influenced by them.

Sometimes, if you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate.

"I would like to announce the route and plan of this march, and our Left Fifth Army will act alone, with the same goal of Pyongyang, to meet under the city of Pyongyang. However, we will not go south directly, but first go to the mouth of the Yalu River, and we will first raid the city of Dahang at the mouth of the river, and after taking this city, I will leave 4,000 chariots and 6,000 baggage troops to garrison, and then I will lead the remaining 30,000 men south along the west coast to Pyongyang to join the armies. ”

"Hit Daxingcheng?"

Daxing City is at the mouth of the Yalu River, in fact, Luo Cheng and they go to Daxing City, and they have to pass through Bodiao City on the way, which is at the intersection of the Yalu River and the Wugu River.

It's just that now Luo Cheng doesn't have so much time to attack the city one by one, and the city defense and defenders of Bodiao City are obviously stronger than those in Daxing City, so the persimmon picks a soft pinch, and Luo Cheng goes to fight Daxing City first.

First, Daxingcheng is weak, and secondly, Daxingcheng is at the mouth of the Yalu River, in case it is inevitable that the army will be defeated in history, and they will also have the opportunity to withdraw here, and there is a temporary resting place, where some food and ordnance can be stored. Again, this is close to the sea, and there is also a chance to get supplies from the sea, as well as retreat from the sea.

Therefore, in Luo Cheng's opinion, this stronghold is very necessary.

June 15.

Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen led the 1234th Army on the left flank and the 1234th Army on the right flank crossed the Yalu River and headed south.

However, Luo Cheng led the Left Fifth Army to advance downstream along the west bank of the Yalu River.

The two teams went their separate ways.

On June 16, Yuwenshu and others were in the east of the Yalu River, and finally encountered the Goguryeo army that came to intercept them, and about 30,000 Goguryeo soldiers went out to intercept them.

The two armies fought, the Goguryeo army was defeated, and Yuwensu led the army in pursuit.

In one day, seven battles and seven victories, the Goguryeo army was defeated repeatedly, and finally collapsed all the way south.

Yu Wenshu led the army to pursue him.

On the 20th, Yuwenshu led his army across Sasui.

On the same day, Luo Cheng 40,000 soldiers and horses, after five days and nights of hard work to attack the city, finally broke through Daxing City, which only had 3,000 defenders.

In this battle, Luo Cheng's troops suffered more than 1,000 casualties.

After the war, Luo Cheng left the Asian general Song Laosheng to lead 4,000 chariot soldiers and 6,000 baggage soldiers to garrison Daxing City, and left many equipment, grain, grass, livestock, carts and horses, etc., the whole army only carried meat floss fried noodles and weapons used, and then traveled lightly, crossed the Yalu River estuary, and ran all the way to Pyongyang.

It's still the same day.

The first fleet of the sailors led by Laihu'er and Zhou Fashang arrived at the mouth of the Bei River near Pyongyang, and a huge fleet of 100,000 people from the three armies entered the river with tens of thousands of Jianghuai sailors.

White sails dotted.

On the bow deck, Rong Guogong and General Youyiwei came to protect the armor and pressed the long sword in his hand, "Drive directly to Pyongyang, break through the enemy capital, and capture Gao Yuan alive!" ”

Behind him, the two fierce generals, Lai Liulang and Fei Qingnu, both revealed a strong fighting spirit in their eyes, and they couldn't wait to fly directly to the city of Pyongyang and kill him.

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