Chapter 40: Hunger and thirst
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In broad daylight, the roads are sparsely populated.
"Straight lady thief, just lost the blue-faced ghost, and there is another Zhishilang, this damn Zhishilang, where did it come from, and I don't know who didn't clamp the crotch of his pants and let out such a thing." Luo Si rode a jujube red horse, swaying and swaying, and his mouth was not clean.
After getting the errand of the county order, Luo Feng didn't delay much in Zhangqiu City, the armor warehouse chose a weapon, and then went to the stable to choose a horse, and then prepared dry food and went out of the city.
It's just that along the way, there are not a few people to be seen at all, and since the people who escorted the grain in Zhangqiu City were robbed, there are now fewer and fewer people on the official road leading to the county town.
"It doesn't matter if he is a Zhishilang or a cowherd and a pigherd, if he dares to come, we will just take them in a nest so that they can be rewarded by the Yamen."
The third brother-in-law, Scarface, Zhao Si, has a big heart, the last time his brother-in-law Luo Wu and his second cousin Qin Qiong met the blue-faced ghost, they made a great contribution and won a heavy reward, not only won dozens of rewards, but also entered the yamen to become a fast catcher, this kind of opportunity made him envious.
He wished he could go to the better of the world.
Luo Si tried hard to control his body on the horse, he had never ridden a horse before, this was the first time to ride a horse, fortunately, this horse was actually a tamed horse, and he was not in a hurry to hurry, he was bold, and he was able to ride steadily after a few falls.
"I said Scarface, don't be crazy, this Zhishilang can quietly rob three hundred stone grain and fifty people in the county, this is not an idle person. Even the blue-faced eighteen ghosts may not have such skills. If you want me to say, let's be honest and careful, or pray that we don't run into this ghost Chishiro. ”
Luo Feng rode his own big black.
After this period of recuperation, this horse has grown more energetic, feeding concentrate every day, feeding night grass, plus no need to pull a cart to pack goods, and the mane and tail have also been carefully trimmed, and suddenly become a lot more energetic. Especially with a good saddle, he has become a rich and handsome horse.
Although Luo Feng is also a newcomer to horseback riding, it is not the first time he has ridden it, and he is very good at riding among the crowd.
Listening to the fourth brother and the third brother-in-law talking there, Luo Feng couldn't help but shake his head.
"There's going to be a war!"
"It's good to fight, the fame will be taken immediately, and the wealth and wealth will be sought in danger." Zhao Laosi Zhao Gui said, he is bent on turning over and becoming rich.
"You have only seen the triumph of the general, but you have ever seen the cruelty of the battlefield? One general succeeded in ten thousand dry bones, the eighteenth year of the emperor conquered Goguryeo, and 300,000 troops sent to Liaodong, but before the battle, 290,000 were wiped out due to heavy rain, floods, epidemics, and food shortages, and in the end only 1,000 people returned. ”
When Emperor Wen was still alive, Wei Jiayu was in the world, and only this Goguryeo dared to invade Liaoxi, Emperor Wen Yang Jian naturally could not tolerate it, so he sent an army of 300,000 to conquest, and also sent Yang Liang, the king of Han, as the main commander, and the general Wang Shiji as the deputy marshal, and the prime minister of the DPRK and the central government Gao Gong as the long history of the army to conquer, but the result was beyond everyone's expectations, and the 300,000 army was broken without a fight, so that the Sui Empire was in full swing at that time, and since then, until Yang Jian's death, there has been no mention of the Eastern Expedition to Goguryeo.
Ten years have passed since the Eastern Crusade.
Now that the Son of Heaven is preparing to conquer Goguryeo again, Luo Feng knows that in fact, many people in the government and the opposition regard the conquest of Goguryeo as a copy, and Goguryeo as an opportunity for them to earn fame.
Few people would have believed that Goguryeo would become an important straw that crushed the Great Sui.
In order to be able to succeed in the battle, Yang Guang made a lot of preparations, built a canal to Zhuojun, built four military fortresses on the west bank of the Liao River, built warships on the Denglai Peninsula, and trained sailors. Build ordnance in Zhuo County, let the world's rich families raise military horses, and expand the Xiaoguo army······
But Luo Feng knew that the first crusade in the seventh year of the Great Cause failed, and then there would be a second failure, a third failure, and Yang Guang's fourth crusade was even aborted before it could be implemented in the end.
For those monarchs and ministers above the temple, the conquest of Goguryeo was just a show of martial arts, an expansion of territory, and a necessity for future generations to get rid of future troubles.
But for ordinary people, this is the beginning of a disaster.
At the beginning of this Eastern Crusade, some plans were too big, too many troops were mobilized, and the people recruited would be unprecedented, and Yang Guang gathered 1.1 million troops to gather in Zhuo County, and recruited several times the number of people to transport grain and grass equipment, not to mention how many warships, ordnance, grain, forage, horses, etc. were drafted before and after this Eastern Crusade, and the soldiers and people mobilized in the war alone amounted to several million, which seriously affected the production and life of the entire empire.
Everyone wants to be the general who has succeeded in a hundred battles, but in fact, once a general has achieved success, there are more cannon fodder who died in the war, and more wives, children, and parents in the rear hometown of those who died in the war and the remnants of the war are helpless.
It is better to be a peace dog than a troubled world.
"Little Wu, aren't you optimistic about this crusade?" Luo Si asked?
"What is there to be optimistic about, although it is said that the war is still fought in the end, and in terms of national strength, the Great Sui Yuan threw off the ten streets of Goguryeo, but sometimes, the war cannot be predicted. If you can win only by talking about national strength, there will be no defeat in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign. ”
"Last time, it was a bad time, but this time I have been prepared, and I will definitely succeed in the battle." Fourth brother-in-law Zhou Xindao, he is actually very envious of those soldiers who can go to the battlefield in Liaodong.
It's a pity that although there are many men in his family, his family is poor, and he is not qualified to select government soldiers at all, and he has no financial resources to purchase equipment.
"Sometimes, if you take too big a step, you'll get an egg. Although Goguryeo is small, it is also a country of 2,000 miles, with a population of five or six million, many mountain cities, and far and dangerous, if they resist wholeheartedly, it is not so easy to fight. ”
"Besides, Dasui is too far away from Goguryeo, especially when the weather is bad and the roads are difficult. The more troops and horses we send out, the more food and grass will need to be expended, and if we can't quickly destroy Goguryeo, once we get into a protracted war, then the huge logistical needs will crush the Eastern Expeditionary Army. ”
"Impossible, right?"
None of them listened to Luo Feng's words, and everyone thought that playing Goguryeo was a matter of pinching a snail with three fingers and catching it with their hands, and they only regretted that they didn't have the opportunity to participate, and they couldn't easily earn money for military merit.
"Hey, I can't beat the Goguryeo barbarians, I can only catch thieves and suppress bandits in the future and get rewards, Xiao Wu, I'm looking forward to this Zhishilang jumping out now." Zhao Si carried the longbow in his hand, "Hunger and thirst!" ”