Depressed, dignified!

This was the only thought of all the staff officers in Wang Ze's command in Liaodong City.

During this time, because of the weirdness of the whole battle situation, Wang Ze and the others were also extremely restless, causing all the staff officers in the command to be a little cautious, although Wang Ze had never scolded anyone, but the junior officer trainees who had just entered the Xia Army did not dare to make any big moves, and they did not dare to speak loudly.

All the staff officers and officer trainees, at this moment, are seriously looking through the topographic maps of Liaodong, classic combat cases, etc., one by one, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, while condensing a bookish atmosphere, the air is extremely dignified.

"Smack!"

There was a slight pencil drop.

The pen is a light pencil from Lake County, and the floor is a wooden floor made of fine oak, and the sound of the two hitting the two is not loud, but it is so harsh in this silent room.

The pen was accidentally dropped by a young officer trainee, and almost all the staff officers looked at him at the same time, and then one by one they went about their own affairs, as if nothing had happened.

Only a few staff officers glanced to the right worriedly, and then continued to pretend that nothing had happened, and the junior officer trainee who dropped his pen was startled, and the man in front of the map quietly picked up his pencil as if nothing had happened, and did not dare to turn the pen again.

At this moment, Wang Ze was wearing a military uniform and stood motionless in front of a huge map by the wall.

He frowned and stared at the map in front of him, his left hand was under his right elbow, but his right hand was holding his chin, gently twisting the growing beard on his chin and thinking carefully, why did the 300,000 Sui army seem to have disappeared suddenly?

Could it be that the target of the attack was really shifted, or did the Sui army choose to bypass this natural danger from the upper reaches of the Liaoshui, and then cooperate with the Turkic army led by Dulan Khan to attack from the upper reaches of the Liaoshui?

Wang Ze made countless assumptions in his heart, but after all, he couldn't figure it out, there was still no move on the Liaoshui front line at present, but it turned out that the Yan people who fled to Yingzhou often quietly crossed Liaoshui to inquire about the news during this time, but they were instead caught by the Xia army more than a dozen scouts, and the traces of other Sui troops were still missing.

But to say that the Sui army really went to the upper reaches of Liaoshui, and it has been nearly a month since they set off from Zhuo County, why is there no news yet? You must know that coming from Zhuo County, even if you take a detour to the upper reaches of Liaoshui, it still won't take so much time!

Not to mention that Liaodong City, Anshi City, Jian'an City and other places located on the east bank of Liaoshui have not seen any shadow of the Sui army, and even Xiping County, which is located on the west bank of Liaoshui, has not seen any trace of the Sui army, and even the Turks who originally attacked Xiping County have disappeared without a trace, and the current situation is really too weird.

Could it be that this time the Sui army's large-scale attack on Liaodong was just a cover to deceive people?

But it shouldn't be! No matter how strong the Sui Dynasty is, it will definitely not joke with the safety of the 300,000 army, not to mention that the sudden change of the previous strategy is not in the interests of the Sui Dynasty, which is also the fundamental reason why Wang Ze is puzzled.

"Your Majesty! There's news! ”

Jiang Chuan's voice suddenly came from outside the door, followed by the voice poured in a large group of infantry and cavalry generals led by Jiang Chuan, such as Xu Ning, Zhang Hang, Han Wen, etc., a group of them had both happy and excited faces, and a little weird, but looking at their expressions, it should be good news all in all.

When the generals came in, the staff officers and officer trainees in the room were sitting upright one by one, as if they were still studying maps and combat strategies on the table, but their ears were straighter than the other, and they were obviously very interested in the truth about the sudden disappearance of the Sui army.

Wang Ze was even more anxious than these people, he hurriedly walked over and grabbed Jiang Chuan's hand and said, "Twelfth brother, quickly tell me what the hell is going on?" I can't eat or sleep these days, can this Sui army still fly to the sky? ”

"Your Majesty is really powerful, how do you know that the Sui army has flown into the sky?" Jiang Chuan joked with a strange smile on his face: "Your Majesty, did you already know the news that the Sui army had almost been wiped out?" ”

"What?" Wang Ze was immediately stunned, "Sui Jun flew into the sky? Already wiped out? What the hell is going on? ”

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It turned out that Yang Shuang did set out as scheduled, and he had already set off from Zhuojun in mid-July, but it began to rain heavily within two days of the army's advance, which seriously affected the army's advance speed. Rainbow Literature Network

At first, Yang Shuang still wanted to advance in the rain, but when they marched to Beiping County, due to heavy precipitation, the road was washed out, and there was serious water accumulation along the way, so they had to set up camp here, preparing to wait for the heavy rain to stop before marching.

But what he never expected was that not long after the army stopped advancing, the shadow completely enveloped the entire Sui army camp.

After all, it is still summer, and during this time of summer, there is a lot of water accumulation after heavy rain, followed by sunshine.

This kind of weather was originally a time when it was easy to break out of disease, and at this time it was a march, because of the bad living habits of some soldiers, which led to the first part of the people suffering from dysentery, but at this time, because there were not many people who got sick, so Lang Zhong in the barracks did not take it seriously.

After all, it is an army of 300,000 people, and it is not normal for no one to get sick one day.

However, after four or five days, the number of sick people suddenly increased, and they were all fever, diarrhea, dehydration, cold sweats and other symptoms.

At first, the army Langzhong tried his best to treat him, but later there were too many people who got sick, and even these Langzhong who treated the soldiers were soon infected with this vicious plague, and when they saw that even Langzhong was sick, the soldiers of the entire battalion panicked at once.

A large number of sturdy soldiers who had not yet contracted the disease soon began to flee in large numbers, and at this time, there were also generals such as Dou Luchang who organized manpower to stop them, and they had led the army for decades with extremely high prestige, and they could still control the scene more or less after they came forward.

But soon, even their generals, including Weiwang Yang Shuang and others, were infected with the plague one after another, so this time the entire camp was completely chaotic, and no one could intercept these soldiers from fleeing.

In just a few days, 70,000 or 80,000 of the 300,000 Sui troops had escaped, and the remaining 200,000 or so had fallen ill in the camp in Beiping County.

But no matter what, the Sui army camp has still become a ghostly place, a large number of soldiers die every day, even if these corpses are buried more than a foot deep, but a strong smell of corpses can still be smelled more than ten miles away.

Even the soldiers and civilians of Beiping County hid far away, and they no longer had the initial stammering mentality.

"King Wei, take the medicine quickly!"

In the Sui army camp in Beiping County (near Lulong and Jieshi Mountain), Li Chong, who was full of vicissitudes of life, was holding a bowl of soup and medicine, ready to feed it to Yang Shuang.

Yang Shuang sighed weakly: "That's it, what kind of medicine are you taking!" Defeated without a fight, I am also unprecedented, and I don't know if there is no one to come, but it's a pity that the 300,000 soldiers who came with me are unprecedented! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Shuang was already a little panting and panting, and after he coughed twice, his voice became even weaker: "Brother Yonglong (Li Chongzi), how many soldiers are still in good health in the camp now?" I know that the situation must not be optimistic, but the manager of Doulu, who used to come to see me every day, is now gone, but I am afraid that he is also sick! ”

Hearing Yang Shuang's words, Li Chong fell silent for a moment, and he said in a low voice: "Seven days ago, Chief Doulu was also suddenly infected with the epidemic, and he died of illness the day before yesterday. ”

Speaking of this, Li Chong could only smile bitterly and shake his head, the good army of 300,000 was almost wiped out in just a few days because of a great plague, who would have thought that there would be such an end before departure?

"Alas, providence!" Yang Shuang lamented, "The general will inevitably die in battle, but I haven't even seen the shadow of the enemy, so I'm really unwilling to die here, Brother Yonglong, if it's really not good, you can take the other soldiers who are not sick and go back to the division first!" ”

Li Chong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Where did King Wei come from!" Even if we want to withdraw our troops now, but the road has been washed away by the heavy rain before, how can we walk? It's better to stay here with you, even if it's with the brothers from before! ”

Seeing Yang Shuang's gloomy face, Li Chong comforted: "This battle is unfavorable to me, but it is not the responsibility of King Wei, King Wei, you still want to open a point, after you take care of your body, next time you will definitely be able to lead the army to attack again, and you will definitely win!" ”

Yang Shuang coughed and said softly: "My own body knows it, I'm afraid I can't hide this time, in the past, some people said that my brother began to suspect me, but I never took it seriously, after all, it is my own brother who still has this kind of thought, it is really sad, and now if I die suddenly, he will miss my brotherhood!" It's worth it! ”

"Brother Yonglong!" Yang Shuang looked at Li Chong with longing eyes, "I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out for a few days, and when I die, you will bury me and other brothers in this place, and I will watch the army of the Great Sui continue to fight in Liaodong in the future!" ”

At this time, Li Chong was speechless, big tears kept dripping down, and he could only nod desperately to respond to Yang Shuang.