Chapter 373 No Food
While Yu Feilong was still thinking about the reason, a general of the Rus Kingdom next to him patted him on the shoulder and asked, "General Yu, didn't you say a few days ago that you would lead troops to attack here?" Now that we've taken this place without a single soldier, I don't know how you feel? ”
"Ahh yes, what do you think? The other Rus' generals who also saw this scene around him also asked with a smile.
This also attracted the attention of Lev, who was walking in front, but he really didn't say anything, but in his heart he looked down on Feilong, this is simply a timid and fearful person, and the previous value has become much lighter at this moment.
Yu Feilong didn't know how to answer this question, so he could only respond to all the accusations and ridicule with silence. But what he didn't know was that if he really listened to his words at that time and stormed the old imperial city and entangled Zhang Chao, then Yuan Shao's army could march into Youzhou, and in this case, the situation would be very unfavorable.
The army of the Rus Kingdom successfully entered the Imperial City of Goryeo, and there were more than 50,000 people here who were unwilling to move with Park Jinli, but at this moment, at the moment when the soldiers of the Rus Kingdom entered the city, they became the target of random robbery and looting.
If there is food in the house, there is money to be robbed, and even a woman will be robbed.
In the face of the animal husbandry behavior of the soldiers of the Rus' country, the people of the imperial city only dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, they knew too well the nature of these wolf-like soldiers, and if they resisted, they were afraid that it would lead to an even more brutal slaughter of the city.
And this scene was also seen in Yu Feilong's eyes, which made him angry, so he entered the palace and met Admiral Lev.
"General, please restrain the soldiers under your command, no matter what, now these people belong to Goryeo, and they are the subjects of the king of Rus' country." According to the regulations, Yu Feilong will take over everything here, and he naturally can't watch his people being bullied like this.
However, after hearing Yu Feilong's request, Lev did smile as if he had not heard it: "Okay, General Yu, you also know that we suffered a small loss in the last war, and now these soldiers have anger in their hearts, you just let them vent." As you say, these people will all be subjects of our Rus' kingdom in the future, and even if this is the case, what is there now to comfort our valiant Rus' soldiers with practical actions? ”
Lev's words poured on Yu Feilong's head like cold water, and he finally saw the true face of the general. I'm afraid that everything he promised himself before will not come true, and even if he becomes the new king of Goryeo, he is afraid that he will be the most cowardly one in history from now on, which is obviously something he doesn't want to see and can't accept.
Leaving the palace in a huff, Yu Feilong suddenly regretted a little, if he had known this, he should not have betrayed Park Zhenli, at least compared to the control of the Han army, they would not treat the people of Goryeo as human beings like the soldiers of the Rus' Kingdom.
It's just that it seems too late to think about it now, and there's no point in it.
With some significance, Yan Shan walked out of the palace, and met a subordinate, this is a deputy general in charge of intelligence, as soon as he came to Yu Feilong, he said: "General, we just got the news, there seems to be movement in the Beishan Canyon, you see..."
"North Mountain Canyon?" Hearing that there was movement there, Yu Feilong was also stunned, and then his face changed, he suddenly figured out why the old imperial city was occupied so easily, thinking that Zhang Chao should have done it on purpose, not because they were invincible, but because they wanted to take this opportunity to outflank and annihilate Lev's 200,000 army in one fell swoop.
If he had such an idea before, he would have reported it to Lev as soon as possible, but now he really did not do it immediately. Instead, he said to this subordinate: "Probe again, report to me as soon as there is a situation." By the way, don't tell anyone about this for the time being. ”
"Yes." The subordinate in charge of intelligence nodded, and then retreated, leaving Yu Feilong alone to stand there and think for a long time.
Yu Feilong helped Lev before, and seriously said that he saved his life, so he was also reused, that is, he was in charge of intelligence. After all, this person is a native of Korea, and he is familiar with the terrain here, so it is reassuring to have him in charge of intelligence affairs.
It's just that the person he once trusted, Lev really broke his heart, and his attitude of not taking the people of Goryeo seriously obviously angered the other party, and this time the matter was not reported, and it also caused the biggest bitter fruit, and Lev had to swallow it himself.
On the fifth day after the imperial city was occupied, under the advice of the generals, Lev decided to continue to the south, he wanted to take advantage of this power to take the new imperial city of Marudu, he wanted to beat Zhang Chao, who dared to fight him head-on, back to the Han Dynasty, if there was a chance, he would even work with other Han Dynasty princes to inflict heavy losses on Zhang Chao.
After the generals discussed and decided, leaving 30,000 people to stay in the old imperial city, Lev personally led an army of 170,000 to Marudu.
From the old imperial city to Marudu, the distance is not very far, about 300 miles, but under such a distance, there are indeed mountains and forests, and there are many lakes and rivers.
After the experience of the last defeat, it was obvious that this time Lev was much more cautious, he sent a general with an extremely cautious personality, and asked him to walk in the forefront with 50,000 soldiers as the vanguard, and he gave only one requirement, that is, to fight steadily, open roads in the mountains, and build bridges in the water. In short, there is absolutely no room for any hidden dangers.
It was because of Lev's order that the army marched slowly, but it was safe and undisturbed.
And this walk took half a month, so that they were finally only thirty miles away from the new imperial city of Marudu.
It was the beginning of July. In the so-called June and July, continuous rain, the weather was still very fine, and it was not known when there would be a light rainstorm, which caused the army to move more slowly.
On this day, another heavy rain was approaching, and the 120,000 Rus' army had to camp in place, and then hurriedly set up their tents and entered a state of rest.
Walking into the freshly set up military tent, Lev shook off the rain on his body, and the expression on his face became a little unbearable: "When will this ghost weather be a head?" ”
It had been raining heavily for three days in a row, and although there were sunny times every day, the roads had already become muddy after the heavy rain, and it was impossible for the army to move forward.
Seeing that the army seemed to be nesting here, it was no wonder that Lev was so angry.
Knowing that Lev's temper was not good, the soldiers around him didn't dare to say anything, but just lowered their heads and did their part.
When no one answered, Lev snorted coldly, and then sat down at the desk in front of the tent.
That is, as soon as the buttocks sat down, a shout came from outside the big tent: "General, the grain officer asks to see you." ”
"Biography." Hearing that it was the grain officer coming, Lev waved his hand impatiently.
The curtain of the tent was lifted, and a man dressed in a general's uniform covered in rain walked in.
As soon as he entered the tent, the man fell to his knees, and then said very reverently, "Honorable general, see Mixiu, the grain officer." ”
"Well, Mixiu, you came to see me, is there anything wrong?" Lev knew about this Mixiu, who was very good at calculating, so he put the heavy responsibility of being in charge of food into his hands.
"General, Mixiu has something to report, and there is no food in our army." As he spoke, he lowered his head deeply.
Mi Hugh had already thought of the possible outcomes of this trip, but he still wanted to come, this was because there was no food to cross in the army, and he made such a move out of desperation.
Lev, who was squinting his eyes, suddenly heard the word "no food", and immediately sat up straight, and then followed in disbelief, "What did you say?" Say it again? ”
"I said, there is no food in the army." Mihugh felt the anger coming from Lev, but he had to bite the bullet at this point.
"No food? How is this possible. Lev was obviously in disbelief, but then he thought that it was impossible for Misiu to make such a joke, so he continued to ask, "Then let me ask you, how much food is there in the army, and how many days can it last?" ”
"Back to the general's words, the food in the army can be eaten tonight and tomorrow morning, and there will be no surplus food after that." Michau replied with his head buried deeply.
To say, it's not to blame Mixiu for mismanagement. The rations in the rear have not been delivered for five days in a row.
At first, he only thought that it was delayed by the heavy rain, so he sent some soldiers to receive food, but when the soldiers sent did not return, he had a premonition that things were not good, and he felt the crisis at that moment, and at this time, the army's food was only enough for two meals.
This is also because the army at that time only ate two meals a day, otherwise, I am afraid that it would not have lasted this time.
"There are only two rations, and I come to ask you, what did you do earlier? Also, did you send a food pick-up team? "Lev is also a battle-hardened man, so he naturally knows that in such a climate, it will be difficult to transport grain.
Lev asked in detail, and Michau replied in more detail. "General, because of the weather, the food could not arrive normally, such a thing also happened, and no one paid too much attention to it, but there was no food for five consecutive days, and I realized that something was wrong, and therefore sent a food army, but the same is gone, I am wondering, is there something wrong."