I was shocked for a long time before I said, "Sent by Yang Xuan?" ”

Du Kill nodded.

Why are they all aimed at me? I do not quite understand.

Du Kill said: "For the one thing you have in your hand." ”

What do I have on my hands? After thinking about it for a while, I was shocked, could it be that these two people would rebel?

Thinking of this, I asked again, "Then why did he kill me?" ”

Du Kill said: "He wants to kill you, you are already dead." ”

That's right. I thought my swordsmanship was good, but it was not worth mentioning in front of Qiu Budu, his swordsmanship was much higher than mine. In this way, I will be in big trouble in the future.

Seeing that I was silent, Du Shu said, "You don't have to worry. ”

I wasn't really worried about my own safety, and no one could really do anything to me until they got what they wanted.

In the first month of the eighth year of the Great Cause, Yang Guang officially issued an edict to go to Goguryeo.

The whole country sent troops, claiming to be two million, and the actual number of troops was about 1.1 million, and in order to supply the grain and grass of these soldiers, Yang Guang recruited twice as many people.

When I heard these things, I was already on the journey to Liaodong with Yang Yichen, and Yang Guang poured all the strength of the whole country into the army, and recruited all the people he could think of into the army, regardless of whether I was at home with filial piety.

He also personally sat in the town, served as the commander-in-chief of the army, divided the army into 12 armies on the left and right, and set off to arrive at different places in Liaoshui at the same time, each army had a chief and deputy general, and directly obeyed Yang Guang himself.

What Yang Yichen's army needs to arrive at is Su Shendao, I became a deputy general, which is the most surprising thing for me, because with my qualifications to march and fight, I am not qualified for this position at all. In this army, there is also Wei Ting, who has not been seen for a long time because of his service in the army.

Wei Ting told me that the reason why I was selected by Yang Guang to be the deputy general of this road army was the result of Yang Yichen's words to Yang Guang and his courage and courage.

I think it's strange, when I fought Tuguhun, I didn't make any merit at all, and because of the pursuit of Fu Yun, I stayed in the Turks for more than half a year, how did he take a fancy to my bravery?

We walked for a month or two to reach the destination, the early spring in the northeast is still very cold, every day there is a bad news that the soldiers are freezing to death to the Chinese army, Yang Yichen every time he listens to it is helpless, I sometimes look at Wei Ting, I only feel that such a large-scale conquest of the army is only afraid of failure. In fact, Wei Ting and I have the same opinion.

Facing the frozen Liaoshui and the land on the other side of the Liaoshui, I don't quite understand why Yang Guang is so exhausted.

Wei Ting saw that I often stood alone in the military tent and went out of my mind, and once I finally couldn't help but come over and ask, "What are you looking at?" ”

I pointed to the distant land and said, "You say, what are we wasting so much manpower and material resources for?" ”

Wei Ting smiled and pointed at me: "You are wrong, it's not us, it's him." ”

I smiled wryly, "Yes, it's him." So what is he for? ”

Wei Ting said with a smile: "The king of Goguryeo, Gao Yuan, despised the Sui court and did not follow the courtesy, so the emperor naturally wanted to teach him a lesson. ”

I waved my hand and said, "You see, the water is wide, and it is not easy to cross. Coupled with such a prosperous division, the Goryeo royal court must have known the news. Since they dare to disobey the courtesy of the vassal state, it shows that they have a certain strength. If they take advantage of the danger and strike at us while we are crossing, then our chances of victory are slim. ”

Wei Ting nodded and said: "And the imperial tent is too far away from the front, the news is separated, and the situation on the battlefield is ever-changing, how can the emperor be able to get a glimpse of the whole picture in the imperial tent." I have always believed that since we have the right to command the troops, we should take measures according to local conditions and concurrently perform the duties of dispatch. But this is clearly not the case at the moment, and I thought that this battle would be lost. He said and looked at me with a hint of compassion in his eyes.

I know very well that the object of this compassion is the lives of the millions of soldiers behind us, and perhaps ourselves.

"Duan Shangshu of the military department died of illness on the way not long ago, and before he died, he wrote to His Majesty, asking His Majesty to advance lightly and take Pyongyang directly, and then determine the counties of Liaodong." Behind him, Yang Yichen didn't know when he came, and he didn't reprimand us after listening to our negative conversation, but only sighed a few times, "It's a pity that Your Majesty is in order to ...... Reluctance to listen. ”

Wei Ting turned around and arched his hand: "The general forgives the sin." ”

Yang Yichen laughed, shook Wei Ting's hand and said: "Wei Xianjiu is so young, he has such knowledge, I deeply admire it, how can I blame it?" ”

I also arched my hand and said, "Built guilty." As a lieutenant general, I don't think about how to break the enemy, but I am so lazy and disturb the morale of the army, it is really ......"

Yang Yichen shook his head and said: "The rebellion in the hearts of the army is not between the words of the two of you. Now His Majesty is in full swing, although there are complaints in the army, the morale is actually high. It's just that His Majesty strictly ordered that you should not enter lightly, and if you surrender, you will not be killed, no matter how high your morale is, it is useless. ”

I arched my hand and said, "When will the royal car arrive?" ”

Yang Yichen said: "It's soon, just in these few days." ”

Five days later, the royal car arrived at the shore of Liaoshui. In fact, the whole army was stationed along the coast, not close to Liaoshui, and the imperial tent was even farther away.

We were stationed on the west bank of the Hunshui River, and the Goguryeo soldiers on the other side were really defending the danger, and it was difficult to cross the river.

The stalemate lasted for more than half a month, and the pontoon bridge had already been erectioned.

Yang Yichen came to the battle in person, I thought he was just acting as a commander, but I didn't expect him to lead the soldiers to rush to the front.

Only two of the first hundred men were left after rushing across the pontoon, and the next hundred were replenished, and I was in the fourth formation, and by the time I reached the opposite bank, there was a layer of corpses floating around the pontoon, and the water had been dyed red.

I didn't have time to think about it, I could only hear the shouts of killing, and I was almost pushed forward, the long sword in my hand slashed left and right, and several people had fallen around me.

I blushed and looked around, staring at the person who was rushing at me, with the idea of killing one by one, the sword in my hand swung out uncontrollably, but it did not cut the person, only cut off the man's hood, the man continued to pounce on me, a long hair brushed my face, I only felt a sharp sting in my leg, and without thinking about it, I backhanded the sword into his vest.

I held it up with my sword, and I nailed the man to the ground.

I was wounded, he died.

I didn't have time to rest when someone came towards me, and I drew my sword and pushed the dead man to the ground, and when he was facing me, a beautiful face that looked out of place with the blood around me, and I realized that this man was a woman!

Her eyes were open, she didn't know where to look, and the corners of her mouth were still bleeding.

I suddenly had the illusion that I had returned to the Liangyi Temple, and that the slain maid was still staring straight at me, as if to condemn me for my heinousness.

There is simply no room for people to think so much on the battlefield.

As I thought, I slashed my left arm, and I stood up angrily and stabbed the other man in the throat with a backhand.