In the afternoon, the grain guard changed the formation again, and Li Xu, who was originally the defender, and his subordinates were transferred to the front of the team. The recruits, who had been guarded in the center of the line, scattered on both sides of the team with battle flags made of grain bags. Qian Jiulong and Fan Xing each led a team of Li Mansion veterans, and kept a distance of about two miles from the team as scouts. Liu Hongji's order to them was to kill a lone enemy scout immediately when they encountered it. When encountering a large group of rangers, they quickly return while giving warnings, and wait for the army to come to support.

At the same time, the grain guards adjusted their marching speed, no longer burying their heads in the road, but put on a posture of being ready to start a war with the enemy army at any time, and slowly advanced along the black bone water. The number of horses in this team is four times the number of personnel, and it is already very impressive. After Liu Hongji and others deliberately adjusted, they immediately became more and more ostentatious. From a distance, it looked as if there was an iron cavalry of more than 10,000 people marching, and whoever stood in front of it would be crushed by it.

This kind of trick really deceived many people, from the afternoon to the sunset, the grain guards met at least three Goguryeo soldiers with no less than 500 people, and every time, the other party saw the Sui army's banners covering the river beach, and they were so frightened that they left in the wilderness. None of the teams dared to put on a position to probe the reality of the Iron Cavalry.

"It seems that the Goguryeo people are also recruits!" Li Xu looked at the enemy army who had fled far away and didn't even dare to turn back when the battle flag fell, and muttered secretly.

"They are all from nearby tribes, and they disappeared in the first place. Now that I see the cheapness, I come back and fight the water dogs! Yu Wenzhong angrily explained to Li Xu the reason why the roadblockers did not dare to fight.

It turned out that there were many tribes in Liaodong, and many tribes were nominally under the jurisdiction of the Goguryeo king, but in fact they did not listen to anyone's orders. When the expeditionary force passed by, these tribes looked away. Now that the news of the defeat of the Sui army spread, of course, they rushed forward to fish in troubled waters in the name of Goguryeo. When such a tribe sees a regular army of tens of thousands of people, it will definitely not have the courage to come forward to fight. Therefore, Liu Hongji's suspicious tactic was used at the right time, even if he did not deceive the defenders of Black Bone City, at least it had the effect of avoiding harassment by tribes along the way.

At noon the next day, this huge "iron horseman" drove to the vicinity of the Black Bone City. The defenders of the city of Bones, who had been badly injured a month earlier, did not have the courage to cross the river to intercept them, and across the river, they closed all the gates tightly, and the soldiers climbed the city walls, twisted the bowstrings of the crossbows, and aimed their huge crossbow arrows at the river beach facing the north gate. If the Sui army stormed the city, it would be their first foothold after crossing the river. The defenders can guarantee that the other side will have to pay thousands of lives in order to seize this river beach.

To the great relief of the defenders, this army, which consisted entirely of cavalry and had at least a hundred brigade flags, had no idea of crossing the river. After a slight pause on the other side of the river, they turned in the direction of Bo Shan Village. At the moment when the enemy army was far away, the sharp-eyed lookout saw that there seemed to be some emptiness in the middle of the cavalry, and he immediately reported this observation to the new commander-in-chief.

"General, let's not chase!" The lookout held the waist knife in his hand, hoping that the Lord would give a positive answer. Since the day before yesterday, the companions who went out of the city to intercept and kill the remnants of the Great Sui have each gained a lot. Although those Great Sui soldiers were as hungry as sheep, they had no power to fight back. But the iron armor on his body and the horizontal knife on his waist are genuine. Compared with the "unique weapons" that each person prepared on the Goguryeo side, the weapons uniformly manufactured by the Ministry of Industry of the Great Sui are not known to be many times better.

"Smack!" The general replied with a resounding slap in the face for the courtesy of the lookout. While beating, the newly appointed chief general scolded loudly: "***, why don't you have a long memory." Last time I listened to your words, General Gao went to pursue the enemy, but he fell for someone's tricks. This time, people deliberately showed weakness again, and you still want to trick me into sending me to death......"

More than 10,000 soldiers woke up like a dream, looked at the direction where the smoke and dust were gone, and admired the judgment of their own commander.

After passing the Black Bone City, the remains of the fallen soldiers of the Great Sui began to appear on the riverbank. Everyone was stripped naked, and their scrawny bodies revealed the truth about their lack of food. Liu Hongji did not allow the team to stop and collect the bodies of the dead, but instead ordered the army to speed up. Bo Shan Village is almost here, and the answer that everyone is looking forward to is already in front of you.

The closer it got to Maqishui, the more Goguryeo stragglers the army encountered. There were only a few dozen people in each team, and each team was elated. Suddenly seeing a team under the banner of the Great Sui appear, many Goguryeo soldiers were stunned. A few of them even picked up their knives desperately and rushed up against Li Xu's horse's head. They were naturally greeted by a dense rain of arrows, and the Goguryeo soldiers fell in shock, and they couldn't believe that there was still a fighting force of Great Sui soldiers and horses at this time.

A small victory, but it didn't make everyone happy at all. The more the vigilance of the Goguryeo people was relaxed, the more it showed the poor situation of the Great Sui Expeditionary Force. Everyone sped up and hurried forward, and after traveling for more than ten miles, they suddenly saw a thick smoke rising in front of them.

Without waiting for Liu Hongji to ask, Fan Xing, who served as a scout, ran back to report the latest enemy situation, "General Qiyu, there is a group of Goguryeo foot soldiers in front, less than five hundred, it seems to be cooking!" ”

"Zhong Jian, you lead the team to surround it, cut them all, don't let one go!" Liu Hongji decisively ordered.

When Li Xu heard the order, he immediately led the people of his headquarters to rush forward. Hearing the violent sound of horses' hooves, the Goguryeo foot soldiers hurriedly got up to meet the battle. How could the same number of infantry be the opponent of cavalry, before Liu Hongji led a large group of men and horses to come up, the Goguryeo infantry was already defeated.

Wu Shi Tong and Li Lianglu led their cavalry to chase after them from behind, and cut down the Goguryeo infantry who were scattered and fled to the ground one by one. Gao Xiang, the third brigade under Li Xu, was newly promoted by him, and he didn't know much about his general temperament not long after taking office, so he didn't participate in the pursuit of the enemy, but honestly cleaned up the battlefield with dozens of soldiers. While he was concentrating on cleaning up the baggage left behind by the other party, he suddenly noticed something moving next to the fire where the Goguryeo people were cooking.

"Protect your lordship!" Gao Xiang was startled, and quickly turned the horse's head in front of Li Xu. Several veterans rubbed themselves and pounced, bringing out a wriggling "monster" from the dirt next to the fire.

It's people! Li Xu paused for a moment. Immediately afterward, a feeling of nausea rushed to his throat. The monster was human, but it had lost its human form. The Goguryeo soldiers just now cut off his hands and feet, leaving only a dying life for their amusement.

"Bring the water!" Li Xu jumped off the horse and forcibly took the survivor from the soldier's hands with the feeling of rolling in his abdomen. This person is undoubtedly a great Sui pawn, but his eyes have long been scattered, and he can't recognize his own banner at all.

"Porridge, porridge, give me a mouthful of porridge to drink. Please, let me be a full ghost! The rescued man writhed in Li Xu's arm and muttered. No matter what Li Xu asked, he always said this sentence.

"Where is the army, where is the army? What about General Xin, where is General Xin Shixiong? Yu Wenzhong recognized that he belonged to Zuo Tunwei from the soldier's uniform, jumped off the war horse, hugged the other party's body and asked.

"Porridge, give me a mouthful of porridge to drink. Ask anything, I'll tell you all! The rescued soldier looked at Yu Wenzhong with godless eyes and muttered a pleading.

Qian Jiulong ordered people to put the dry food in the water and mash it into a paste, hold it with an iron fist, and bring it to the rescued. The smell of grain that wafted out in an instant immediately lifted the man's spirits, and he immediately opened his mouth and bit the edge of the iron bowl.

"And, also, let me feed you!" Qian Jiulong shouted loudly. But the man refused to listen to him, and his mouth made a sound, and he sucked the paste into his mouth as fast as he could.

Someone brought a piece of felt, and Li Xu gently put the injured person on the felt. Then another bowl of paste was brought and fed into the mouth of the wounded person spoonful by spoonful. I don't know how many days I haven't eaten, but this person has bitten the copper spoon several times. Every time his teeth and the copper spoon clashed, his eyes lit up, jumped like a ghost, and then quickly dimmed again.

When the sixth bowl was finished, the injured man finally relieved himself. Moving his head slightly, he touched Li Xu's copper spoon to the side, and then, in a wheezing voice, he asked, "You, are you from Sui, Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent you to save us, right?" ”

"We are the Great Sui Grain Guard, and we have been ordered to come to deliver food! What about the army, where has it gone? Li Xu put down the copper spoon and asked eagerly.

"The army?" The injured man was like a dream, trying to think about Li Xu's question, and suddenly, he laughed softly, and on his dirty face, the smile looked so weird.

"Isn't the army right in front of you?" He replied with a smile, a smile, as if he had discovered something very interesting. Suddenly, his smile froze, and his head hung limply to the side.

All of a sudden, only the sound of the wind remained. "The army is right in front of you!" Everyone heard the answer. The defeat of the Crusade is already an indisputable fact. And now, the grain guards are less than 20 miles away from their final destination, Bo Shan Village!

"Bury him!" Liu Hongji stepped forward and ordered in a low voice. At this time, he was also in a state of confusion, not knowing whether to continue to lead the grain transport team forward or retreat quickly. Today, there is basically no difference between the two options, and the Goguryeo people, who have annihilated the expeditionary army, will soon surround them like wolves smelling blood, whether forward or backward.

"Report to the general, there is a battle in the left front two miles. The Goguryeo soldiers besieged a forest, and the number did not exceed fifty! Just when everyone couldn't make a decision, Fan Xing, who was the scout, ran back and reported loudly.

"Kill it, save one and count one!" Liu Hongji ordered without hesitation.

The cavalrymen, who were holding back a depressed breath in their hearts, immediately rushed over and cut down the Goguryeo people to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables. The two stunned Goguryeo people panicked and plunged into the woods, and only after rushing out less than ten steps did they fly out two feathered arrows head-on, nailing them to the ground one by one.

"Who is in the forest, Captain Li Xu of the Great Sui is here!" Li Xu put his hands to his mouth and shouted loudly. What everyone needs to know most now is whether the expeditionary force still exists, and the people in the woods still have combat effectiveness, which is tantamount to God sending him the information that everyone needs.

"The people are gone, and there are still two hungry ghosts!" In the woods, there was a faint yin and yang strange answer. Immediately after, two guys dressed as Orions supported each other and stumbled out. Zhang Xiu walked up with Li Xu's personal soldiers, wanting to search the other party's body, but was rudely pushed away by this person. The person who came scolded while pushing: "With my little strength, I can still move your captain." Get out of the way, get out of the way, let me see who the savior is! ”

After that, this person held on to the trunk of the tree beside him, and tried to raise his head, revealing a face that Li Xu didn't want to see the most.

"Ha, I didn't expect you to save me!" The man's face and lips were as pale as ghosts, except for a tongue, which was still bright red in his mouth.

"I didn't expect that it was you who saved it!" In an instant, Li Xu completely forgot Liu Hongji's advice that day, and fought back with joy and anger.

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