Just when Yu Zhongwen was generous and intense, and he was complacent, there was a "report" outside the tent that dragged out his voice, Yang Liang frowned, and shouted: "Come in and talk!"

A herald with two small flags on his back, his face full of servants and dust, rushed into the account, holding a scroll in his hand, after coming in, he didn't care about saluting the four generals, he directly took the scroll and handed it to Yang Liang, and said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness the King of Han, the high servant shoots eight hundred miles and expedites, and it is strictly ordered that this order must be passed on before the king's army crosses the Liaoshui!"

Yang Liang's heart moved, and he didn't rush to open the letterbox, and said to the herald in a deep voice: "Are you a sergeant from Zhuo County?" ”

The sergeant shook his head: "No, the villain is the post guard of Yingcheng County to govern Liucheng, he took this scroll the night before yesterday, and rushed over eight hundred miles, because the road is really muddy and difficult to walk, two days and one night, he rushed here, fortunately, he didn't miss the military plane!" The messengers who rushed to Liucheng were all like villains, changing people and horses for about 500 miles to deliver letters. ”

Yang Liang nodded: "It's hard work, go down and rest." ”

Wang Fei suddenly waved his hand and said, "The king is slow, his subordinates have something to ask this sergeant." After Yang Liang nodded, Wang Yan asked, "This sergeant, have you seen the military supplies that were transported to my camp along the way, and where have they been now?" ”

The sergeant thought for a while and said, "General, as the villain has seen all the way, the convoy carrying grain for the army is like a long dragon, reaching a hundred miles in front and back, and more than 100,000 people are carrying on their shoulders, occupying the entire road. ”

A cold glint flashed in Wang Fei's eyes: "You set off from Liucheng, how can you know the situation in the south of Yingzhou?" ”

The sergeant Zhengse said: "Before the villain set off, he listened to the messenger who ran to Yingzhou from Shanhaiguan. He also said that Gao Servant should know that the military rations could not be delivered in time. That's why I need to wait for the message to be delivered quickly. The army must be withdrawn before crossing the Liaoshui and entering the territory of Goguryeo, it will be too late to do so!"

Wang Yan's face changed, and he said sharply: "Have you read the secret letter written in this letterbox? ”

The sergeant panicked suddenly, knelt on the ground with a "plop", and arched his hand: "The villain knows the military law of the Dao, and this kind of military order, our non-commissioned officers who send the letter can't read it at all." Even if the fire paint is damaged, it is a capital crime, His Royal Highness the King of Han Mingjian! If you don't believe me, please take a look at the fire paint seal on the mouth of the letter!"

Wang Hao snorted, walked up to Yang Liang, and saluted: "Please let King Han let his subordinates take a look!"

Yang Liang took the letter and looked at it carefully, then handed it to Wang Gong and said with a smile: "Wang joined the army, this person did not lie, the sealed fire paint and flower monograph (special sealed tokens in the lacquer mouth. Generally, it is bird feathers, as long as it has been painted. then the monogram will obviously be different) are all good. ”

Wang Hao took the letterbox, didn't look at it much, and directly raised his hand to wipe it, and a piece of fire paint suddenly fell off, and even the bird feathers that were used as flowers fell to the ground. Just when the herald was stunned, Wang Hao shouted: "What a traitor, he dares to peek at the letter without permission!" Come on, drag this person down, behead him!"

Before the herald could react, several wolf-like warriors outside the tent rushed in, and without saying a word, he picked up the man and dragged him out, until he was dragged out of the tent, and the herald woke up like a dream, and shouted: "The villain is wronged, the villain is wronged!" His Royal Highness the King of Han, please take a closer look at the fire ......"

Before he could finish speaking, the sound of a watermelon-like object falling to the ground was heard, and the outside of the tent suddenly became unusually quiet.

Wang Shiji sneered: "Wang joined the army, and his proposal was rejected during the military discussion, so he wouldn't kill a herald to vent his anger, it's not easy for people to travel all the way from Liucheng, but you say kill it, isn't it too ruthless?" ”

Wang Jun said coldly: "Wang Zhuguo, do you think I killed people to get angry? You also underestimate my king, aren't you going to cross the river and send troops? If I don't kill this person, I'm afraid you won't be able to get out!"

Wang Shiji was slightly stunned, and then turned angry: "It's a joke, even your Wang Senjun and General Xiao can't stop us from sending troops, how can a small herald do this?" ”

Wang Jun didn't answer immediately, and shouted outside the tent: "Evacuate all twenty steps beyond the big tent, and no one is allowed to approach!"

After a burst of collision of armor leaves and the sound of footsteps, Wang Yan sighed: "General Yu just said that Gao Servant Shooting will not let us retreat, in fact, his meaning is very clear, sending this person to come like this is to force us to retreat!"

Yu Zhongwen's face changed, and he turned to Yang Liang, who was reading the letter: "King, is there a clear order in the official document that our army should retreat now?" ”

Yang Liang didn't answer, he carefully read the letter twice, his face was full of suspicion, and said to Wang Hao: "Wang joined the army, I'm afraid you guessed wrong this time, Gao Servant shot in the letter asking me to wait for the camera to act, and said that he would try his best to urge the army to arrive in the army as soon as possible, but he didn't ask our army to retreat!"

Wang Jun sneered: "How shrewd Gao Servant is, how could he say it clearly in the official document?" Although our army has been stockpiling grain for less than two months, thanks to the strict military discipline and secrecy system, ordinary soldiers don't know how much grain and grass they still have, so now they are all in high morale and have a strong fighting spirit, but what about this messenger? Is it normal for him to be a messenger to know how far away the supply convoy behind the road is from us?

The ranks are all veterans who have been in charge of the army for many years, and when they know the logistics of military rations, the heralds in the rear must not talk about it, but this herald is to listen to the previous herald take the initiative to say, everyone knows that when the road replaces this 800-mile fast horse messenger, he can't even take care of drinking water, how can he have the heart to say where the grain transport team has arrived? ”

Yu Zhongwen said sharply: "Wang Fei, what do you mean, do you mean that Gao Servant deliberately withdraws from the army, but he deliberately wants to send the soldiers to spread rumors about the shortage of military food in our army, so that our soldiers will be panicked, and we, the generals, can only conform to the will of the army and be forced to return to the army?" ”

Wang Hao sighed: "Although I don't want to admit it, but all the facts have clearly confirmed this, Gao Servant Shot was personally ordered by the emperor to go on the expedition this time, I heard that he himself had tried to persuade Goguryeo that the time was not ripe, and then the emperor sent Long Wei, he reluctantly agreed, the two followed Gao Servant Shot to fight for decades, when did you see him like this, thousands of miles away from the battlefield, only in the rear to manage the transportation of grain and grass?" ”

Wang Shiji said in a deep voice: "Who said no, when Nanchen was destroyed back then, Gao Servant didn't cross the river at the beginning, and he was commanded in Guangling on the other side of the river. ”

Wang Jun shook his head: "Guangling is only a water away from Jiankang, and then it didn't take half a day for Gao Servant to arrive in Jiankang City, but now?" Three thousand miles away from us, but asking us to act with cameras, and the grain convoy is still 500 miles away from us, and this kind of road condition may not be able to reach it in a month, doesn't this mean to imply that we will take the initiative to withdraw our troops? ”

Yu Zhongwen waved his hand: "No, Wang joins the army, these are just your guesses, Gao Servant is sitting in the rear, not only to take care of our grain and grass along the way, to transfer two or three thousand miles, but also to transfer the materials and grain and grass soldiers of the sailors who cross the sea expedition, the pressure is beyond you and I can imagine."

Except for Gao Servant Shooting, no one can do this job well, you see, in less than half a year, he has completed the dispatch of more than 300,000 troops, all the grain, grass and ordnance are complete, although because of the heavy rain in the sky, the roads are muddy, temporarily affecting the supply of our army, but Gao Servant Shooting made it clear, he will do his best to dispatch in the rear, how can it be in your mouth, it becomes a matter of care? ”

Wang Hao sighed, the corners of his mouth moved, as if he had something to say, but he still closed his mouth, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Yu Zhongwen said to Yang Liang: "His Royal Highness the King of Han, the opportunity must not be lost, the time will not come again, the supply team behind is only four or five hundred miles away from our army, a month's journey only, I still said just now, I will lead the 50,000 army to cross the Liaoshui first, make a fierce attack posture, the army is stationed on the spot, once the supply is obtained, cross the river to meet our army, and the thief will be broken in a battle!"

Yang Liang glanced at Wang Fei, only to see his gloomy face, shook his head slightly, and swallowed back when the words came to his mouth. So Yang Liang gritted his teeth, stood up, drew the sword at his waist, and said in a loud voice: "Order, cook on the third watch, eat on the fourth watch, and at dawn tomorrow, the prince will lead an army of 100,000 to cross the river!" (To be continued......)