Chapter 5 Homeless (Part 1) In the afternoon, the food protection army changed its formation again. Li Xu, who was originally the rear guard, and his troops were moved to the front of the team. The recruits who were originally guarding the center of the team were fighting with food bags.
The flags were scattered on both sides of the grain transport team. Qian Jiulong and Fan Xing each led a team of Li Mansion veterans to keep a distance of about two miles from the main team. Liu Hongji, who served as the scout, gave them the order to encounter lone soldiers.
If the enemy scouts encounter a large group of rangers, kill them immediately, and quickly return while warning them, waiting for the army to arrive for support.
At the same time, the food guard army adjusted its marching speed and no longer immersed itself in the road. Instead, it put on a posture of being ready to fight the enemy at any time and slowly advanced along the Wugu River. The number of horses in this team was enough to equal the number of people.
Four times, the momentum was already very impressive. After Liu Hongji and others deliberately adjusted it, it immediately became more and more arrogant. Looking from a distance, it looked like there was a cavalry of over ten thousand people marching. No matter who stood in front of them, they would be crushed.
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This deceitful trick indeed deceived many people. From the afternoon to sunset, the food guard army encountered at least three groups of Goguryeo soldiers numbering no less than 500. Each time, the other party was frightened when they saw the Sui army's banners all over the river beach.
And no team dared to open up their formation to explore the reality of the cavalry.
"The Goguryeo people seem to be new recruits too!" Li Xu muttered secretly as he looked at the enemy soldiers who were fleeing in the distance and didn't even dare to look back to pick up the fallen battle flags.
"They are all from the nearby tribes. They disappeared without a trace. Now they see the advantage and come back to fight the lost dogs!" Yu Wenzhong angrily explained to Li Xu why the blockers did not dare to fight.
It turns out that there are many tribes in Liaodong, and many tribes are nominally under the jurisdiction of the King of Goguryeo. In fact, they do not listen to anyone's orders. When the expeditionary army passed through various places, these tribes stayed away. Now that the news of the Sui army's defeat has spread, of course they want to fight against Goguryeo.
Such a tribe would definitely not have the guts to step forward to fight when they saw tens of thousands of regular troops. Therefore, Liu Hongji's trick of suspecting soldiers was used at the right time. Even if he did not deceive the defenders of Wugu City, at least
It also has the effect of avoiding tribal harassment along the way.
At noon the next day, this massive "iron cavalry" arrived near Wugu City. The defenders of Wugu City, who had been seriously injured a month ago, did not have the courage to cross the river to intercept them. Across the river, they blocked all the city gates.
Close it tightly, the soldiers climbed up the city wall, unwrapped the bowstring of the crossbow, and aimed the huge crossbow arrows at the river beach facing the north gate. If the Sui army stormed this city, that would be their first stop after crossing the river.
The point defenders can guarantee that the other side will have to sacrifice thousands of lives in order to snatch this river beach.
To the great relief of the defenders, this army, which was composed entirely of cavalry and carried at least a hundred brigade flags, had no intention of crossing the river. After stopping on the other side of the river, they turned to the direction of Bobu Village.
The moment the enemy troops retreated, the keen-eyed lookout noticed that there seemed to be some space among the cavalry. He was eager to make a contribution and immediately reported this observation to the newly appointed general.
"General, shall we pursue you?" The lookout held a waist knife in his hand, eager for the general to give a definite answer. Starting from the day before yesterday, the companions who went out of the city to intercept the remaining soldiers of the Sui Dynasty each gained a lot. Although the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were hungry,
Like a sheep, he has no power to fight back, but the iron armor on his body and the horizontal sword on his waist are genuine. Compared with the "unique weapons" prepared by everyone in Goguryeo, the weapons uniformly manufactured by the Ministry of Industry of the Sui Dynasty are better.
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"Pah!" The general responded with a loud slap in the face. The newly appointed general, who was looking at the attentive hand, cursed loudly: "Grandma, why don't you remember what you said last time? General Gao I went to chase the enemy, but fell into their trap. This time they deliberately showed weakness, and you actually wanted to trick me into sending myself to death..."
More than 10,000 soldiers woke up as if from a dream, looking at the direction where the smoke and dust were retreating, admiring their commander's judgment.
After passing Wugu City, the remains of the fallen soldiers of the Sui Dynasty began to appear on the riverbank. Everyone was stripped naked, and their emaciated bodies revealed the truth about their lack of food. Liu Hongji did not allow the team to stop to collect the bodies of the dead, but instead ordered the army to speed up. We have almost arrived at Boli Village, and the answer everyone is looking forward to is already right in front of us.
The closer it got to Mazhaishui, the more Goguryeo stragglers the army encountered. Each team had only a few dozen people, and each team was fighting happily. Suddenly, they saw a team with the banner of the Sui Dynasty appear. Many Goguryeo soldiers were shocked. A few groups even waved their swords desperately and rushed towards Li Xu's horse head to greet them. Naturally, they were greeted by a dense wave of arrows. The Goguryeo soldiers fell in shock. They could not believe that there was another arrow at this time. The existence of powerful Sui soldiers and horses
A small victory, but it did not make everyone feel happy at all. The more the Goguryeo people relaxed their vigilance, the more it showed the difference in the situation of the Sui Expeditionary Army. Everyone speeded up and moved forward. After walking for more than ten miles, they suddenly saw a rising sky in front of them. A puff of smoke
Before Liu Hongji could ask, Fan Xing, who was serving as a scout, ran back and reported the latest enemy situation, "General Qi, there is a group of Goguryeo infantry in front, less than five hundred, and they seem to be cooking!"
"Zhongjian, lead a team around and chop them all down, don't let any one go!" Liu Hongji ordered decisively.
Li Xu heard the order and immediately led his men and horses to rush forward. Hearing the fierce sound of horse hoofs, the Goguryeo infantry quickly got up to fight the same number of infantry. How could they be the opponents of the cavalry? Before Liu Hongji led the large group of men and horses to come closer, the Goguryeo infantry had been routed.
The warriors Xun and Li Liang led their cavalry to catch up from behind and cut down the fleeing Goguryeo infantry one by one. Li Xu's third brigade led Gao Xiang, who was newly promoted by him. Not long after he took office, he had not yet He knew the nature of his general so well that he did not participate in the pursuit of the enemy. Instead, he led dozens of soldiers to clean the battlefield honestly. When he was concentrating on cleaning up the baggage abandoned by the enemy, he suddenly found something next to the fire where the Goguryeo people were cooking. Something moved
"Protect your lord!" Gao Xiang was startled, and quickly moved the horse's head in front of Li Xu. Several veterans rushed forward and picked up a squirming "monster" from the soil next to the fire.
It's a human! Li Xulu was stunned for a moment, and then, a nauseating feeling rushed into his throat. The monster was a human, but it had lost its human appearance. Just now, the group of Goguryeo soldiers cut off his hands and feet, leaving only A dying life for them to enjoy
"Bring water!" Li Xu jumped off the horse, resisting the rolling feeling in his stomach and took the survivor from the soldier's hands. This man was undoubtedly a defeated soldier of the Sui Dynasty, but his eyes were already scattered and he couldn't recognize his own flag at all.
"Porridge, porridge, give me porridge to drink. Please, let me be a full ghost!" The rescued man squirmed in Li Xu's arms and murmured. No matter what Li Xu asked, he always said this.
"Where is the army? Where is General Xin? Where is General Xin Shixiong?" Yu Wenzhong recognized the soldiers from their uniforms and belonged to Zuotunwei. He jumped off his horse and hugged the opponent's body to ask.
"Porridge, give me some porridge to drink and ask questions, and I'll tell you everything!" The rescued soldier looked at Yu Wenzhong with dull eyes and murmured a prayer.
Qian Jiulong ordered people to put the dry food in water and mash it into a paste, and held it with an iron fist. When it was brought to the rescued person, the aroma of the food that wafted out immediately cheered up the man. He immediately opened his mouth and bit down.
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"And, and let me feed you!" Qian Jiulong shouted loudly, but the man refused to listen to him. He made a lot of noise in his mouth and sucked the paste into his mouth as quickly as possible.
Someone brought a felt, and Li Xu gently placed the injured person on the felt. Then he asked for another bowl of paste, and fed it into the injured person's mouth one by one. He hadn't eaten for how many days. This person
He bit the copper key several times. Every time his teeth collided with the copper key, his eyes would light up, jump like a will-o'-the-wisp, and then quickly dim again.
After the sixth bowl of paste was eaten, the injured man finally regained his composure and moved his head slightly. He touched the copper spoon that Li Xu had stretched out to one side, and then asked in a breathy voice: "You, are you?"
Are you from the Sui Dynasty? Your Majesty sent you to save us?"
"We are the food guarding army of the Sui Dynasty, and we have been ordered to deliver food! Where is the army? Where are they?" Li Xu put down the copper key and asked eagerly.
"Army?" The injured man was mumbling in his sleep, trying hard to think about Li Xu's question. Suddenly, he laughed softly. The smile on his dirty face looked so weird.
"The army is right in front of you, isn't it?" He smiled, smiling, as if he had discovered something very interesting. Suddenly, his smile stopped and his head hung softly to the side.
Suddenly there was only the sound of wind in the world: "The army is in front of you!" Everyone heard this answer. The Eastern Expedition army collapsed. This is an indisputable fact. And now, the food protection team is far away from their final destination.
Boli Village is less than twenty miles away!
"Bury him!" Liu Hongji stepped forward and ordered in a low voice. At this time, he was also confused. He didn't know whether to continue leading the grain transport team forward or to retreat quickly. Now, the results of the two choices are basically
There is not much difference. No matter forward or backward, the Goguryeo people who have wiped out the entire expeditionary army will soon surround them like wolves smelling the smell of blood.
"Report to the general, there are fighting Goguryeo soldiers two miles ahead on the left and besieging a forest. The number does not exceed fifty!" Just when everyone was unable to make a decision, Fan Xing, who was serving as a scout, ran back and reported loudly.
"Kill them and save each one as one!" Liu Hongji ordered without hesitation.
The cavalrymen, who were feeling depressed in their hearts, immediately rushed over and chopped the Goguryeo men to the ground like chopping melons and vegetables. The two stunned Goguryeo men panicked and plunged into the woods before rushing out.
When they reached ten steps, two feather arrows flew out in front of them, pinning them to the ground one by one.
"Who are those people in the woods? The Great Sui Colonel Li Xu is here!" Li Xu put his hands on his mouth and shouted loudly. What everyone needs to know most now is whether the expeditionary force still exists and whether the people in the woods still have fighting ability.
It's like God sent him the information everyone needs.
"There are no more people, but there are still two starving ghosts!" In the woods, there was a faint and strange answer, and two guys dressed as hunters supported each other and stumbled out. Zhang Xiu took Li Xu's
The soldier walked up to him and wanted to check the opponent's body, but he was roughly pushed away by the person. The person pushed and cursed: "With my little strength, I can still move your captain. Get out of the way. Let's move."
Come on, let me see who the savior is!"
After saying that, the man held on to the tree trunk next to him and tried to raise his head, revealing a face that Li Xu least wanted to see.
"Ha, I didn't expect you to be the one who saved me!" This man's face and lips were as pale as a ghost, and he only had one tongue, which was turning bright red in his mouth.
"I didn't expect that it was you who saved me!" In an instant, Li Xu completely forgot about Liu Hongji's instructions that day, and counterattacked with a mixture of joy and anger.
