Updated: 2012-05-24

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It has to be said that the expedition of more than 300,000 troops of the nine guards such as the Left Guard, Right Guard, Left Guard, Left Guard, Left Guard, Left Guard, Left Guard, etc. was hasty. From the return of Emperor Yang Guang to the Liaodong City Camp to the army to the expedition of the army, there was only five days of preparation time. Moreover, the maps in the hands of the major generals had almost no effect on Goguryeo. Basically, the expedition of the Sui army was an exploratory advance.

Between the Liaoshui and the Mazishui, several big cities could barely be seen on the military maps used by the Sui Dynasty, such as Fuyu, Anshi, Wugu, etc. However, after going south after the Mazishui, there was nothing on the map.

This expedition requires speed. Before the beginning of winter, it must be encircled with General Laihuer's navy and conquered Pyongyang.

The army set out from the Liaodong camp in turn, with General Wang Rengong's left Wu Guard as the vanguard and Xue Shixiong as the rear team. It stretched for more than ten miles in front and behind, and was in a mighty manner.

The next itinerary was not good, and the initial itinerary of the army was extremely smooth. The Goguryeo city along the way was closed and did not dare to fight. The Sui army's goal was to directly attack Pyongyang, so most of the cities were too lazy to attack. A few fools who were blinded planned to attack the army's rear, but were defeated by Xue Shixiong, the general of the left guard who was cut off. After setting off from Liaodong City, the army won consecutive battles, and the Goguryeo people were vulnerable to the 300,000 elite state soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty.

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

As a witness, he had already prepared for experiencing disasters. But when he saw the disaster approaching step by step, the sadness in his heart became stronger and more intense and he couldn't breathe. But he could not affect anything. Putting aside his identity as an enemy to the Yang family of the Great Sui Dynasty, Li Xian wanted to reverse the arrival of this disaster, but he was just a small grain guard captain who could not change the direction of history at all. The disaster was coming step by step, and Li Xian's mood was getting heavier and heavier day by day.

Because the burden was too heavy, even if every four soldiers of the Great Sui Palace could use a single horse, the food that was spread to each person was still too heavy. From the fourth day, Li Xian saw that many soldiers secretly buried the food in the soil because of the heavy shoulders of their shoulders. This was the beginning of the disaster. Although the number of horses in Zuotunwei was five hundred more due to the relationship between Yu Wenshi and the relationship, some people still dug the pits and buried the food in because they felt that it was too hard to bear it. Li Xian went to Xin Shixiong several times to ask this question to attract the general's attention. Although Xin Shixiong agreed, he did not pay attention to it because he focused his mind on the march.

In fact, the situation where the soldiers of Zuotun Guard discarded food was the lightest. Because under Li Xian's reminder, Xin Shixiong at least issued an order not to allow soldiers to discard food. This order barely played some role, although the effect was minimal.

The originally cheerful young man frowned and tightened, and Luo Fu and others could see clearly what Li Xian was worried about. They even initially expected the defeat of the Great Sui army, because only in this way could they get the greatest benefits from it. However, as the day got closer, they were also in a heavy mood.

Originally, when they looked at problems from a hostile perspective, they could face everything with a relaxed attitude, but when they were in it, this relaxation never appeared in their hearts again.

All Li Xian could do was to strictly order the Zuotun Guards to never throw away a grain of food, and decisively killed a team with a lax supervision and a dozen civilians who had secretly buried the food in the fields because they were overwhelmed. At this time, Li Xian was so strict that he seemed like a demon, but what could this happen?

The grain protection soldiers supervised the civilians to transport grain, but the 30,000 troops of Zuotun Guard were responsible for only one-fifth of the food and supplies they carried. In addition, many people fell ill and even died suddenly after death. The food consumption rate did not decrease due to the decrease in personnel, but instead increased sharply.

I have to say that this is an irreversible disaster.

Li Xian once thought, if his identity was a general rather than a small general, could he do his best to save the disaster? But when he came back from Xin Shixiong for the fifth time, he suddenly discovered that even a general could do so? The soldiers' actions of discarding food could not be stopped at all. While demanding excessive speed of the march, discarding baggage had become an inevitable choice.

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

The generals led by Yuwen Shu were not unaware of the fact that the soldiers buried their food in private, but they mistakenly believed that if they lost the food, they could rob them. The Goguryeo people were also human beings, and they also had to grow food for food, so they didn't have to worry about supply issues. Just use war to raise the war, and the food could be snatched from the Goguryeo people along the way. But after the army played the gale and advanced all the way, they realized that they were wrong.

The Goguryeo people had already prepared to face the challenge. After this year's autumn grain was collected, the Goryeo people in various villages hid in the tightly defended city under the strict orders of the city lords of each city. After passing the Mazishui, it was desolate along the way. Not to mention that there was no grain of food, almost no Goguryeo people could see it! The guide was the Goguryeo people caught near Liaodong City. After passing the Mazishui, the guide gradually lost its function. The army had to speed up, but it could not clearly know the direction of its advance, so the speed of the march was actually much slower than before passing the Mazishui.

After passing the Mazishui, Li Xian obviously found that the army's marching speed had decreased. From this, Li Xian knew that the situation of the army was getting more and more difficult. The most food was the soldiers of General Wang Rengong, the vanguard army's Zuowu Guard. They were the pioneer army and would be the first to fight. In order to lighten the enemy, the food was discarded the most serious. After passing the Mazishui, it is said that the Zuowu Guard had already begun to limit rations.

When Li Xian knew that when the army had already begun to experience a potential crisis of food outage, the generals not only did not withdraw their troops immediately but chose to accelerate their advancement. Yuwen Shu and the others must have wanted to arrive in Pyongyang as soon as possible to join the navy of General Laihuer and borrow food from the navy!

Li Xian could understand the difficulties of Yuwen Shu and others. If he had been sitting in the position of the general, he would have made such a choice. The 300,000 army was on an expedition and had to return to the Mazishui because of the food and grass problems. No matter what, it was difficult to explain to the emperor. The navy who came to Hu'er brought a large amount of food and supplies, and it was not a big problem to solve the food required for the 300,000 people to return.

Others don’t know, but Li Xian knows that when the army arrives in Pyongyang, the navy who came to Hu’er has been defeated and retreated!

Without the support of the navy and without food, how can the army be invincible?

But how did Li Xian tell Xin Shixiong? He said that the navy had already defeated the army and returned immediately. Not to mention whether Xin Shixiong believed it or not, at this critical moment, Xin Shixiong would not spare him lightly by thinking about Li Xian and Yu Wenshi and his unclear relationship. A crime that disturbed the morale of the army was enough to cut off his head!

When he went to war, Li Xian did not expect this.

But now, when his sad and painful mood became heavier, he had no idea of ​​taking the opportunity to make a fortune.

After returning from Xin Shixiong's tent, Li Xian was surrounded by Luo Fu, Wang Qinian and others. Everyone thought that Xin Shixiong had just sent someone to ask Li Xian to discuss matters and ask what was going on. But when they saw Li Xian's serious face, everyone didn't know what to say.

According to the level, Li Xian is far from qualified to attend the military conference. However, judging from his relationship with Yu Wen Shiji, Li Xian has indeed managed the rear team well these days, so Zuo Tun Guard is relatively the least worried about food, so Xin Shixiong specially sent someone to ask Li Xian to attend today's military conference. The most important thing is that he asked Li Xian in detail how long the food and grass would last.

"Sir, Master... What does the General say?"

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

Li Xian slowly made it on a stone, took off the water bag and took a bite.

"The army must accelerate, and strive to reach Pyongyang within ten days to join General Laihu'er's navy, and then take Pyongyang as quickly as possible, and return at mid-September at the latest."

"Add to speed up?"

Luo Fu was stunned for a moment, then cursed softly: "It's not the fuck that I'm looking for..."

He didn't say the word behind.

"This is impossible. After passing the Mazishui, the army must not return without success."

Tie Liaolang spread his hands, indicating that Yuwen Shu and others' choice was actually correct.

"Today, General Wang Rengong, the Zuowu Guard, came to find General Xin in person, and seemed to be very unhappy. Wang Rengong was so angry that his face turned pale. It seemed that General Xin was also very angry and threw the table."

Li Xian told everyone what he heard.

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

Fuhunu asked.

Wang Qinian opened his mouth and wanted to ask, but after looking around, he was full of confidants brought by the lieutenant, so he didn't dare to ask. After hearing Fu Hunu's question, he also tilted his head and waited for Li Xian's answer.

"Borrow grain."

Li Xian slowly spit out two words. This is the fundamental reason why Xin Shixiong called Li Xian away. Because Wang Rengong came to borrow food, Xin Shixiong must know if he had any food to borrow.

"Borrow grain?"

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

"Sir, you have to persuade our general that we must not do this. Although our food and grass are the least damaged, it is not enough to return from Pyongyang. We can still last for twenty days without saving food. If we lend it out, what will our Zuotunwei soldiers eat?"

Li Xian glanced at him and sighed, "I am just a lieutenant who protects the grain soldiers!"

"Well……"

Wang Qinian was stunned and then went silent.

"General Xin probably did not agree to General Wang Rengong's request, otherwise he would not leave in anger."

Li Xian analyzed.

Everyone nodded.

Although the food was left behind, everyone felt no happy. The soldiers of Zuotuan Guard were from the Great Sui army, and the soldiers of Zuowu Guard were also from the Great Sui army. Seeing that the robes were about to be out of food, none of them felt good.

Li Xian rubbed his sore eyebrows and sighed, "General Xin said that he would fight to defeat the city ahead, but time is tight. If he can't take it down within three days, the army must set off. It is best to join the navy of General Laihu'er before the end of the month, otherwise the army will be forced to the dead end."

He looked up at the hazy sky, and the gloom in his heart was heavier than the sky.

"Don't break the back!"

He thought of Yu Wenshu and his solemn words again, and felt a sense of pain in his heart for no reason.
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