Listening to Liu Hongji's words, everyone burst into tears, looked at the flames around them, and wished that this fire would burn forever and burn the Goguryeo people to the point of extinction.

That night, 300 strong men of the grain guard army entered the enemy camp, and only 63 returned with wounds.

In that year, the Goguryeo monarchs and ministers built the Great Wall with the corpses of the Sui army, which stretched for hundreds of miles along the south bank of the Maqi River. The remnants of the army rescued by Liu Hongji and others from Bo Shan Village were actually one of the most complete teams retained after the defeat of Ma Li's sailors.

This team was completely supported by the hope in their hearts, and they supported each other to escape from the encirclement. rushed to the front of Yuwenshi and others, and everyone firmly believed that His Majesty the Emperor had sent elite soldiers to come to the rescue. When he saw the thousands of torches and the thirty or so soldiers under the torches who blew their trumpets and began to turn blue, they realized that this place was only a suspicious army, and all the other reinforcements had already met with everyone in the enemy camp.

The people were frightened and frightened, and some of the cowards took their horses and went first. Yu Wenshi turned cold, stood in front of the pack horse with a horizontal knife, and scolded loudly, "Do you still have a handle, the life-saving benefactor is still trapped in the enemy camp, and he wants to run away?" Liaodong is so big, and there are enemy troops everywhere, where can you run to? Even if you run back to the Central Plains, do you have the face to face your ancestors? Today, everyone will either stay and retreat with their life-saving benefactor, or they will step over my Yu Wenshi and his corpse. I want to be a white-eyed wolf to grab food and horses and flee first, but there is no door! ”

He was known for his sharp tongue, but at this time his heart was angry, and his words were even more bitter. Although the number of remnants who wanted to seize the horse was large, no one had the courage to step forward and cut down the horse governor who was the emperor of the dynasty. After a few breaths of stalemate, dozens of soldiers under Liu Wuzhou's command rushed over on horseback and protected Yu Wenshi and his side.

The remnants of the soldiers felt weak and were forced to retreat again and again by the Yuwen Shi and his gaze. Looking back at the Goguryeo people's camp that stretched for dozens of miles, he was afraid that the enemy army would chase after him and fall into a heavy siege again. Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly heard someone say aloud: "Lord Pony is scolding very much, if I leave now, I will never look up in front of people in this life." Besides, we don't know the way, and we can't go far. It's better to wait for the strong men of the camp to return, and everyone will go back to Liaoxi together! ”

When everyone heard this, they looked back, only to see Xue Shixiong, the general of the Wofu Dao Army, riding a weak old horse, slowly coming to the torch. After the army was killed by the Goguryeo people on the banks of the Maqi River, this person broke into the Bo Shan village with dozens of personal guards. Bo Zhai can hold on to this day, all because of his planning and scheduling. The fact that everyone was able to escape successfully tonight was also thanks to General Xue, who saw the fire outside the camp and made a quick decision to abandon the village and break through. Therefore, Xue Shixiong was extremely disappointed in this remnant army, and when he said this, everyone couldn't help but put down all kinds of thoughts for the time being.

Xue Shixiong has been in the army for many years, and when he met Liu Hongji, he was already vaguely aware that there were not many soldiers who came to the rescue. When I saw these thousands of torches, I immediately understood that the so-called reinforcements were just a few people I met on the way. In addition to admiration, a little bit of pity inevitably rose in his heart, and he immediately jumped off the war horse and shouted loudly: "Xue Mou prides himself on being brave in his life, and today he knows what great courage and wisdom are." Such wisdom and courage must not be disrespectful, everyone line up, follow me to welcome the return of the warriors! ”

With that, he stood in front of the torch and stood with his fists clenched. When the sergeants saw General Xue like this, they suddenly remembered that their lives were saved by others. The whole team blushed one by one, and clasped their fists behind Xue Shixiong to salute.

Xu Yu, Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others arrived. At the moment of the great enemy, the two did not dare to be too polite to Xue Shixiong, and immediately suggested that everyone withdraw their troops. As for the thousands of torches, they remained in place and continued to exert their residual heat. The Goguryeo people in the company camp did not know how many enemy troops had come, but they did not dare to chase them. Despite this, the remnants of the soldiers did not dare to swagger home along the black bone water, but hurried north overnight under the leadership of Yu Wenzhong, and only at dawn did they find a hidden valley to temporarily station.

The more than 3,000 people had not smelled the smell of military rations for several days, and as soon as their footsteps stopped, they immediately shouted for decimals of rice for cooking. As for the stragglers who had lost their formation, they had to form their own groups, and every ten men had to send a gang leader to register their names and surnames before they were allowed to receive rations. The morale of the soldiers was so angry that they scolded and wanted to rob roughly, but they were smashed back by Wang Yuantong with the back of a knife.

"If I sacrifice my life and forget to die, will I save all the beasts who have no conscience? Huaiyuan Town is more than 800 miles away, and all the grain is eaten in one day, so you will wait for the Goguryeo people to cut off your heads tomorrow! Wang Yuan cursed angrily, beating the leader of the troublemaker to the ground. Some sensible officers also understood that Wang Yuantong was right, so they watched from the sidelines, but they refused to stand up for their brothers.

After tossing for more than an hour, all the sergeants finally had breakfast. Xue Shixiong, the general of the Wofu Daojun, appeased his brothers, and came to apologize to the strong man who protected the grain. Seeing that Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others were all injured, General Xue was inexplicably moved in his heart, and stood respectfully and solemnly, and said: "The sons and daughters are hungry and faint, and they are not delirious, so they have repeatedly done reckless things, don't worry about it in your heart." Xue promised that this incident would never happen again! ”

"General Xue is polite, everyone lives and dies together at the moment, where is there anything to share with each other. It's just that there is not much military rations, so I can't let everyone eat openly! Liu Hongji, supported by two pro-soldiers, stood up and returned the salute.

"Xue knows this truth! Everyone, Xue didn't dare to say thank you. If you are lucky enough to escape this time, in front of Your Majesty, you will definitely play the role of saving you! Xue Shixiong's gaze swept over everyone and said sincerely.

If this was said before last night, Li Xu and the others would definitely be very happy. Xue Shixiong is a famous brave general in the dynasty, and with his promotion, there is a little more hope for everyone to be promoted. But after a bloody battle last night, at this moment, everyone would rather lose all their fame and wake up the good brothers who died in battle. Therefore, the performance on his body was inevitably unavoidable, and he just arched his hand lightly, even if he responded.

Xue Shixiong, as a general from the third grade, has a position far higher than everyone else. Seeing that everyone was so indifferent to the general, the soldiers around him didn't feel a little angry, snorted lightly in their nostrils, and wanted to step forward to reprimand. only took a step, but was glared back by his own general's gaze.

Liu Hongji was so old that when he saw the movements of several pro-soldiers, he already knew that Xue Shixiong was embarrassed, sighed, and explained to the other party in a low voice: "In the battle last night, the brothers suffered heavy casualties. Everyone is extremely sad at this time, if there is any rudeness, please ask General Xue to bear with me! ”

Hearing this, Xue Shixiong's heart was also gloomy. sighed and replied, "If there are no brothers who sacrifice their lives to save them, Xue's head will be cut off by Goguryeo thieves." Saving lives is in front of him, how dare Xue provoke indiscriminately. Rest assured, brothers, he will reorganize his troops and horses in the future, and Xue will come here again to avenge the death of the strong man with the blood of the Goguryeo people! ”

"The matter of revenge, I am not in a hurry to mention it, if it continues like this, there is no need for the Goguryeo people to chase and kill, we will be angry ourselves! Who has the life to go back to Liaoxi! Yu Wenshi stepped forward and reminded with a bit of condemnation.

"That's nature!" Xue Shixiong nodded, his face inevitably showing a little shame. At the same time, he secretly wondered in his heart, not understanding how the relationship between the Yuwen family and the Li family suddenly improved. Since Li Yuan fell out of favor in front of the emperor, Yu Wenshu, who is good at greeting, has been openly and secretly blackmailing Li Yuan. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, it was Li Yuan's subordinate who sent food to save Yuwen. And the one who sacrificed his life to defend the interests of Li Yuan's generals last night was actually Yu Wenshu's son.

After thinking about it, at this moment, everyone is trapped in Goguryeo, and it is unknown whether they can return to China alive. At this time, it would be too scheming to divide your family and mine. Thinking of this, the doubts in his heart were suddenly resolved, and he smiled and added in a low voice: "Therefore, Xue must have the help of several strong men." When I look at the Goguryeo soldiers, although they are numerous, they lack training. If the same number of people fights head-to-head, they may not be our opponents......"

"300,000 people are gone, what ....... to mention?"

"General Xue has something to say, I'll listen to your orders!"

Yu Wenshi and Liu Hongji replied almost at the same time. Xue Shixiong arched his hand again, lowered his voice and explained to everyone: "Our more than 3,000 soldiers and horses were originally elite soldiers in a hundred battles, and they lost their fighting spirit after being hungry for a long time. If you can let them nourish their spirits, they will definitely be able to fight their way out. It's just that these people are not all Xue's subordinates......"

"If they are not subordinates of the general, then whose command are they?" Yu Wenshi frowned and asked, not understanding Xue Shixiong's difficulties at all.

Xue Shixiong sighed again and brought the subordinates of this army of soldiers and horses together. Half a month ago, the old general Yuwenshu sent thousands of cavalry to return first, waiting for military food supplies in Boshan Village. Therefore, after the defeat of Sashui, hundreds of thousands of troops regarded Bo Shan Village as a life-saving straw. After escaping to the village, I learned that the thousands of iron horsemen who went out of the village to rescue everyone had already been wiped out by the Goguryeo people on the way.

The six gods had no owner, and they wanted to turn around and flee again, but the Goguryeo people had already surrounded the camp. As a last resort, everyone elected Xue Shixiong, the person with the highest position in the remnants, as the leader, and Liu Wuzhou, who was born in Zuo Wuwei, was also temporarily promoted by Xue Shixiong as a cavalry brigade leader because of his bravery and good fighting.

Goguryeo was cruel by nature, and after capturing them, they were often killed on the spot. Under the threat of death, the remnants of the village twisted into a rope and resisted desperately, repelling dozens of strong attacks by the Goguryeo. Later, when the Goguryeo people saw that the casualties of the strong attack were too large, they changed the strategy of the strong attack to be trapped for a long time, and prepared to starve the remnants of the camp to death. Thanks to Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others, everyone had a chance to escape.......

"Since General Xue has been elected as the leader, he will continue to order everyone. I can't wait, I'm willing to help under the general! After listening to Xue Shixiong's introduction, Liu Hongji expressed his attitude generously.

"Everyone's lives were saved by General Liu, this leading general, General Liu should have served as the leader!" Xue Shixiong waved his hand again and again, and whispered humbly.

Leading troops to fight, the most taboo is to order multiple doors. Although Xue Shixiong's official position is high, the current military rations, horses, and soldiers who are good at fighting, including those cavalry under Liu Wuzhou, are all controlled by Liu Hongji. Therefore, he would rather let Liu Hongji be virtuous than make everyone confused on the march in the future.

Liu Hongji didn't have the heart to fight for the leadership of this remnant army, shook his head, and said: "The general has been in the army for many years, and his experience, experience and position are much higher than the last general, so this army is still ordered by the general, and Liu Mou will do his best to assist and share the general's worries!" ”

"It's better to be like this, General Xue is the main general, and General Liu is the deputy. The military rations were supervised by Wang Shenjun, and the cavalry was led by Captain Li. Everyone works together to bring everyone out of the desperate situation as much as possible! Without waiting for Xue Shixiong to excuse himself again, Yu Wenshi came forward to suggest.

He was the son-in-law of the emperor of the dynasty, and although his military rank was not high, his status was one of the most noble. If he gives advice, there is no reason for the people not to obey it. Moreover, this proposal is not unusual, and it just takes into account the parties that may have conflicts in the future. Therefore, everyone spoke out in agreement, gossiping, and in a moment, the relationship between the upper and lower levels of the army was smoothed out.

At that moment, Xue Shixiong gathered all the officers in the team and above to explain the purpose of the whole army to everyone. Seeing that the life-saving benefactor did not object to this army with Xue Shixiong as the main force, everyone naturally nodded in agreement. Xue Shixiong first thanked everyone for their trust, and then appointed Liu Hongji as the deputy general of this army and horses, and was in charge of military affairs together with the main general. Yu Wenshi and the overseer are responsible for urging the soldiers to obey the orders and strictly discipline. Wang Yuantong was the main commander of the march, and Qi Poning joined the army as the Sicang, responsible for determining the daily cost of military rations, and organizing people to shoot and hunt along the way to supplement military supplies. Then all the cavalry were gathered, and more than 100 horses with relatively strong feet were selected from the horses that carried the grain, and a full cavalry regiment was formed, and the position of captain was temporarily led by Li Xu, and Liu Wuzhou was deputy. He also found more than 50 experienced veterans, accompanied by war horses as scouts, led by Yu Wenzhong and Yu Wen Ji.

After the officer corps was determined, Xue Shixiong gathered all the remaining remnants of the army, disrupted the original structure, and roughly divided them into nine regiments, each of which was assigned a lieutenant and a team. Then he once again affirmed the military discipline to everyone, saying that although in the chaos, if someone leaves the team without permission, or does not obey the order, the same applies to the military law of the Great Sui.

"Brethren, we have two thousand stone of grain and four hundred pack horses." Xue Shixiong jumped on a big rock and shouted at everyone. This figure was something he had just asked from Wang Yuantong, and the moment he jumped on the stone, he exaggerated the grain figure by one-third.

"If we save food, according to one pound of rice per person per day, we can eat a full meal for another fifteen days, and from here to Liaoshui, there are twelve days to travel. There are mountains, rivers, and countless Goguryeo people in the middle. I don't want to force you, I just want to ask, are you willing to sit here and die, or follow me back to your own home! If you want to go home, draw your knives!" Xue Shixiong raised his voice and shouted angrily at everyone, as if at this moment, he was still leading tens of thousands of elites.

"Go home!" The soldiers raised their arms and shouted.

"Say it again, are you willing to bow your head and die, or go home with me!"

"Home, home, home!" The soldiers shouted loudly and raised a forest of swords and spears.

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