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I have to say that this time, Yu Wenshu, the general of the Left Guard, was the marshal of the army, and the expedition of more than 300,000 troops of the Nine Guards, including the Left Guard, the Right Guard, the Left Wuwei, and the Left Imperial Guard, was hasty. There was only five days of preparation time from the return of Emperor Yang Guang to the camp of Liaodong City to the departure of the army, and the maps of Goguryeo in the hands of the major generals had almost no effect.

Between Liaoshui and Mazishui, there are still a few big cities that can barely be seen on the military map used by the Great Sui, such as Buyeo, Anshi, Wugu and so on. But after passing the Mazi Water and further south, you can't see anything on the map.

This expedition required speed, and before the onset of winter, it was necessary to encircle and capture Pyongyang with the naval division of General Lai Goer.

The army set off from the Liaodong camp in turn, with General Wang Rengong's Zuo Wuwei as the vanguard, and Xue Shixiong as the rear guard, stretching for more than ten miles before and after, mighty.

The rest of the journey was lackluster, and the army's initial journey was a smooth one. The Goguryeo cities along the way were closed and did not dare to fight, and the goal of the Sui army was to take Pyongyang directly, so most of the cities were too lazy to attack. A very small number of dumb people who didn't open their eyes planned to sneak attack the rear of the army, but they were beaten by Xue Shixiong, the general of the left imperial guard, who was cut off. After setting out from Liaodong City, the army won successive battles, and the Goguryeo people were vulnerable in front of the 300,000 elite government soldiers of the Great Sui.

But on the tenth day, Li Xian's heart became tighter and tighter.

As an eyewitness, he was mentally prepared to experience the disaster. But when he saw that the disaster was approaching step by step, the sadness in his heart became more and more intense, and he was overwhelmed. But he can't affect anything, putting aside his hostile identity with the Yang family of the Great Sui, from a purely Han perspective, Li Xian wants to reverse the advent of this disaster, but he is just a small grain guard captain and can't change the direction of history at all. The pace of the disaster came step by step, and Li Xian's mood became heavier and heavier day by day.

Because the burden was too heavy, even if every four soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion could share a horse, the grain of three stones evenly distributed to each person was still too heavy. From the fourth day, Li Xian saw many soldiers secretly bury grain in the soil because of the weight of their shoulders, and this was the beginning of the disaster. Although the number of Zuo Tunwei's horses increased by 500 because of the relationship between Yu Wenshi and the Scholars, there were still people who buried the grain pits because they felt that they were carrying a heavy burden and too hard. Li Xian went to Xin Shixiong several times, hoping to raise this issue and hope to attract the attention of the general, although Xin Shixiong promised to pay lip service, but he did not pay attention to it at all because he was focused on the army.

In fact, the soldiers of the Zuo Tun Wei were the least able to discard food. Because under Li Xian's reminder, Xin Shixiong finally issued an order not to allow soldiers to throw away food. The order barely had some effect, though it had little effect.

The originally hearty young man's brows furrowed more and more tightly, and his changes Luo Fu and the others could see it clearly. Knowing what Li Xian was worried about, and they even looked forward to the defeat of the Great Sui's soldiers and horses at the beginning, because only in this way could they get the most benefit from it, but when this day was getting closer and closer, they were also very heavy.

Originally, when they looked at the problem from a hostile point of view, they could face everything with a relaxed attitude, but when they were in it, this ease never appeared in their hearts again.

All Li Xian could do was to strictly order the Zuotun guards and guards not to abandon a grain of grain, and decisively killed a team with lax supervision and more than a dozen people who secretly buried the grain in the ground because they were overwhelmed. At this time, Li Xian was strict as if he was a demon, but what could he do?

The grain guards supervised the people's transportation of grain, but the 30,000 troops of Zuotun Wei carried the grain and grass that the people were responsible for one-fifth, plus the water and soil were not adapted, many people fell ill, and even the horses died one after another, but the consumption rate of grain did not decrease because of the reduction of personnel, but increased dramatically.

It has to be said that this is an irreversible disaster.

Li Xian once thought that if he was a big general instead of a small general, would he be able to do his best to save this disaster? But when he came back from Xin Shixiong for the fifth time, he suddenly realized that even if he was a general, what could he do? The soldiers' discarding of food could not be stopped at all, and while the speed of the march was excessively demanded, discarding the baggage had become an inevitable choice.

It is impossible for the soldiers to throw away their armor, clothing, and weapons, so they can only throw away food.

And the generals led by Yu Wenshu were not unaware of the fact that the soldiers buried the grain in the ground in private, but they mistakenly thought that the grain could be robbed again if it was lost. The Goguryeo people are also human beings, and they also have to grow food to eat, so there is no need to worry about supplies. It is enough to feed the war with war, and the food can be grabbed from the Goguryeo people along the way. But it wasn't until the army marched all the way through Ma Zishui that they realized they were wrong.

The Goguryeo people have long been ready for war, after this year's autumn grain is harvested, the Goryeo people in the villages took the grain early and hid in the heavily defended city under the strict orders of the city lords. The guide was a Goguryeo caught near Liaodong City, and after crossing the Mazi River, the guide gradually lost its effect. The army wanted to speed up, but it couldn't clearly know the direction of advance, so the speed of the march was actually much slower than before crossing the horse.

After passing the Ma Zi Water, Li Xian obviously noticed that the marching speed of the army had decreased. From this, Li Xian knew that the situation of the army was getting more and more difficult. The soldiers who discarded the most grain were the soldiers of General Wang Rengong of the Zuo Wuwei Zuo Wuwei of the vanguard army, they were the pioneer army, and they must be the first in every battle, and the situation of discarding the food was the most serious in order to lightly kill the enemy. It was only after Ma Zishui that it was said that Zuo Wuwei's side had begun to limit rations.

Li Xian knew that when the army had begun to have a potential crisis of food shortage, those generals chose to accelerate the advance instead of withdrawing immediately. Yu Wenshu must have wanted to rush to Pyongyang as soon as possible to meet with the sailors of General Hu'er and borrow food from the sailors!

Li Xian can understand the distress of Yu Wenshu and others, and if he sits in the position of a general, he is afraid that he will choose this way. The expedition of 300,000 troops had only passed Ma Zishui, and they had to return because of the problem of grain and grass, and it was difficult to explain to the emperor anyway. The sailors who came to Hu'er carried a large amount of grain and grass baggage, and it was not a big problem to solve the food rations needed for the return of 300,000 people.

Others don't know, but Li Xian knows that by the time the army arrived in Pyongyang, the sailors who came to Hu'er had already been defeated and retreated!

Without the support of the sailors, without food, how can the army not be defeated!

But how did Li Xian go and talk to Xin Shixiong? Say that the sailor has been defeated, and the army will return immediately. Let's not say whether Xin Shixiong believes it or not, at this critical juncture, Xin Shixiong will not spare him because he thinks of the relationship between Li Xian and Yu Wenshi and is not clear, a crime of disturbing the army's heart is enough to cut off his head!

When he set out on the expedition, Li Xian really didn't think of this.

But now, when the sad and painful mood is getting heavier and heavier, he has long lost any idea of taking the opportunity to get rich.

After returning from Xin Shixiong's big tent, Li Xian was surrounded by Luo Fu and Wang Qinian. Everyone originally thought that Xin Shixiong had sent someone to call Li Xian over to discuss the matter and ask what the situation was. But seeing Li Xian's serious face, everyone didn't know what to say.

According to his rank, Li Xian was far from qualified to attend a military conference. But looking at his relationship with Yu Wenshi, and seeing that Li Xian has indeed managed the rear team well in these days, Zuo Tunwei is relatively the army that is least worried about food, so Xin Shixiong specially sent someone to ask Li Xian to participate in today's military meeting. The most important thing is that he asked Li Xian in detail how long the grain and grass are enough to last.

"Captain....... what did the general say?"

Chen Qi'er couldn't help but ask first.

Li Xian slowly made it down on a stone, untied the water bag and poured it.

"The army must also speed up, strive to reach Pyongyang within ten days to join up with General Woo'er's naval division, and then take Pyongyang as quickly as possible, and return by mid-September at the latest."

"Still want to speed up?"

Luo Fu was stunned for a moment, and then scolded in a low voice: "This is not fucking looking for ...... by yourself"

The latter word, he didn't say.

"This is also something that can't be helped, just after the Ma Zi Shui, the army can't return in vain."

The iron wolf spread his hands, indicating that the choice of Yu Wenshu and the others was actually right.

"Today, General Wang Rengong of Zuo Wuwei came to General Xin in person, it seems that it was very unpleasant, Wang Rengong was so angry that he left with a pale face, as if General Xin was also so angry that he choked and slammed the table."

Li Xian told everyone the news he had heard.

"Why? Isn't General Wang Rengong in the front team, what are we doing here? ”

Fu Hunu asked.

Wang Qinian opened his mouth and wanted to ask, but he looked around and saw that there were cronies brought by the school captain, so he didn't dare to ask. Listening to Fu Hunu's question, he also tilted his head and waited for Li Xian's answer.

"Borrow food."

Li Xian slowly spit out two words. This is the fundamental reason why Xin Shixiong called Li Xian, because Wang Rengong came to borrow grain, and Xin Shixiong must know if he has food to borrow.

"Borrowed food?"

Hearing these two words, Wang Qinian couldn't sit still.

"Captain, you have to persuade our general, you must not do this, although our grain and grass are the least lost, they are not enough to return from Pyongyang. If you save food and last for twenty days, if you lend it out, what will our soldiers of Zuotun Guard eat? ”

Li Xian glanced at him, sighed, and said, "I'm just a captain of the grain guard!" ”

"Uh......"

Wang Qinian was stunned, and then was silent.

"General Xin probably didn't agree to General Wang Rengong's request, otherwise he wouldn't have left in a bad mood."

Li Xian analyzed.

Everyone nodded.

Although the food was left, there was no happy feeling in everyone's hearts. Zuo Tunwei's soldiers are the soldiers of the Great Sui, and Zuo Wuwei's soldiers are also the soldiers of the Great Sui.

Li Xian rubbed the corners of his sour eyebrows, sighed and said: "General Xin said that he will strive to defeat the big city in front, but the time is pressing, if he can't take it within three days, the army must be pulled." It's best to join up with the sailors of General Laihu'er before the end of the month, otherwise the army will really be cornered. ”

He looked up at the overcast sky, and the gloom in his heart was thicker than the sky.

"Don't break off!"

He thought of Yu Wenshi and his solemn words again, and his heart was bitter for no reason.