Chapter 366: The Shadow of Defeat
Luo Zhaoyun accepted a new assignment and replaced Duan Wenzhen's general, responsible for protecting the safety of the grain and grass passage between Huaiyuan Town and Liaodong City, hundreds of miles of road, this task is a heavy responsibility, related to the survival of the Sui army, and there is no room for error. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yu Wenshu and the others did not object, but also considered that once there was a big mistake, they would be able to kill people with a knife and let Luo Zhaoyun and Luo Yi be finished.
But Yuwen, Dugu and other old lords they never imagined, Luo Zhaoyun has been operating in Youzhou, Yuyang, and even western Liaoning for several years, and the news is much better than them, it is regarded as a snake in the ground, scattering the secret power, and at the same time sending the cavalry of the scout battalion to repeatedly reconnoiter some major roads, and can hide the location of the ambush soldiers, focusing on the investigation.
Luo Zhaoyun left the front-line camp and returned in the direction of Dasui, he was not disgusted with this errand, and accepted it gladly, because the front line was too depressed, he had already sensed the signs of failure, but unfortunately, he couldn't persuade Yang Guang, in fact, no one could persuade Emperor Yang of Sui.
People who are paranoid and arrogant, and whose personality is easy to go to extremes, will not listen to persuasion, will not knock down the south wall and will not look back, and will not give up until the Yellow River!
Instead of watching the soldiers of the army continue to die tragically, it is better to be out of sight and stay away!
Luo Zhaoyun thought of what Gao Yufei had said to him before leaving, many ancient martial forces were watching Yang Guang, and they had already speculated about the change in his personality, and even there were onmyoji and Kanyu masters, who had already predicted that the catastrophe of the Great Sui was coming, and it was in Liaodong.
Therefore, many forces will send people to secretly help Goguryeo and let it drag down the main force of the Great Sui.
At the same time, some domestic families began to recruit troops, such as Yang Xuangan, Li Mi, Northwest Xue Ju, Jiangling Xiao Milling, Chudi Lin Shihong, Jiangzuo Chen Xingye, etc., all of whom were about to move.
Luo Zhaoyun doesn't want to get involved for the time being, he is a Sui general, and he has no objection for the time being, and the previous reserves are also taking precautions, worrying that there will be a real chaos in the future, and he and the Luo family also have the capital to protect themselves, and the second is to compete for the world, otherwise, with Luo Yi's heroic temper, how can he be willing to deign to join other leaders of the rebel army.
"Increase the scout team, patrol sentry and secret sentry, and monitor the precipitous places along the way, whether there are Goguryeo soldiers in ambush." Luo Zhaoyun knew it in his heart and was methodical.
And he vaguely guessed that Goguryeo's plan was to drag down the Sui army step by step, delay the fighters, and in another month, it would snow in the area of the Yalu River, and at that time, he could only retreat.
Luo Zhaoyun began to purchase enough cotton clothes and began to escort grain and grass on a small scale, and did not move the army, so that the Goguryeo army would not find out, and it was also a great merit to give some protection to the last retreating Sui army, and reduce the army that froze to death and starved to death.
According to historical records, every time the Sui army attacked Goguryeo, a million lions, and finally less than tens of thousands of people fled back, in fact, later generations were exquisite, not more than one million people died in the battlefield of Liaodong, only one-fifth of the war dead, and one-fifth of them were drowned, starved to death, and froze to death, and three-fifths were scattered, did not return to the army, hated fighting, often burrowed into the mountains and forests, and fell into the grass.
Therefore, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the wolf smoke was everywhere, and the green forests and horse thieves in various places became the rebel army, as many as cow hair, in fact, there were many soldiers who fled or deliberately fled during the conquest of Goguryeo and failed to withdraw the army, and flocked to many mountains and remote mountains and forests.
The people who actually died in battle were far less exaggerated than recorded in history, as if more than a million soldiers had died in battle.
Another half a month has passed, and Luo Zhaoyun has gone through several large and small chapters, successfully escorting several sections of grain and grass to ensure that the front-line battalion has enough food.
On this day, the defense line of the Yalu River was finally broken, but the Sui army camp was densely covered with wounded, and there were not a few missing arms and legs, because there were no anti-inflammatory drugs, special drugs, etc., many people could not survive, high fever, wind chill, infection and other diseases, which took the lives of many soldiers.
"It's getting colder." When Yang Yichen saw Luo Zhaoyun, he couldn't help but express his worries.
The two have worked together a few times, have a good relationship, and have a feeling of sympathy for each other.
Luo Zhaoyun asked, "General Yang, is the war going well now?" ”
Yang Yichen, who was dressed in armor, with a little tiredness on his face, stood in front of the camp, looked at the mountains in the distance and sighed: "Although our army is victorious, the cost is too great, seeing that the weather is approaching October, here is a bitter cold place, our Sui army officers and soldiers are infected with a lot of wind and cold, and they are about to be unable to hold on, and hundreds of thousands of troops can't resist natural and man-made disasters." ”
"Your Majesty's intention, is it to destroy Goguryeo, or to force it to become a vassal?"
"No one knows, who can guess the mind of the saint?" Yang Yichen said with a wry smile: "Now the command of all military horses is limited, and they must obey the unified command of His Majesty, so that there is no art of war at all, there is a cloud of soldiers, the soldiers are fast, unexpected, and various strategies are guided by the situation, but now, our march has almost no password at all, and there is no flexible mobility, and it is completely rigidly advancing. ”
Luo Zhaoyun asked: "Are the other generals also thinking the same way?" ”
Yang Yichen nodded and said: "Yes, Xue Shixiong, Fan Zigai, Mai Tiecane, Zhao Cai, Zhang Jin, including your father Luo Yi, etc., which of these people is not a general who commands the three armies and has real talents?" This time the battle is too aggrieved, but I can only complain in the camp, who dares to do as much, otherwise it will be heard by the prison envoy, or the secret agent of the saint will know about it, and play a book, the fate of Gao Gong and He Ruobi, who wants to repeat the mistakes of the past? Last time, you pleaded, but this time, no one can persuade Your Majesty anymore, including you! ”
Luo Zhaoyun smiled bitterly: "Yes, I have been idle this time." ”
Yang Yichen smiled and said: "That's because you are too young, but you have made great contributions several times, if you are allowed to pacify Goguryeo again, the general will not be sealed, such a young young marshal and general, it will make Your Majesty feel insecure, in addition, there is nowhere to put the face of other old generals, hehe, in the end, you are too brave." ”
"It's just my luck!" Luo Zhaoyun said humbly.
Yang Yichen said: "Don't be modest, if you can't win Goguryeo on this trip, the second expedition here, there must be a chance for you to lead the army!" ”
"If it is still a royal expedition, who leads the army to rush and kill, what does it make difference?" Luo Zhaoyun shook his head, not optimistic. (To be continued.) )