Chapter 2 Tiger cubs (four) ride on the back of Hei Feng, Li Xu is embraced by the guards and heads eastward
The army took the same route that the food protection team took last year to rush to Mazhaishui. Experience has proved that this route to Mazhaishui is the shortest and the mountains on the road are the gentlest. The inconvenient part is that there are several cities and mountain villages on the way. They were still controlled by the Goguryeo people. Out of fear of revenge from the Sui army, the Goguryeo people inside shared the same hatred and protected the safety of the walled city with their lives.
The Xiaoguo camp put on an aggressive offensive posture and marched forward swaggering. Sometimes, they even deliberately relaxed their guard to lure the Goguryeo defenders along the way out of the city to attack. However, the Goguryeo defenders were all veterans of the battlefield and were brought in from outside the city. From the smoke and dust, they could judge that the number of enemy troops was at least 20,000, and they were fighting with the 20,000 cavalry in full swing. The Goguryeo people would not make such a stupid choice, so from Liaodong City to Wugu River, Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp A smooth journey
Zhongxiaoguo was not a fuel-efficient lamp when he was in his hometown. On the first night of the march, he was afraid of being intercepted by the enemy, and military discipline could still be maintained. When they passed Baiya City the next afternoon, the Goguryeo defenders did not dare to go out of the city to stop them, so they let them go. Their vigilance was greatly weakened. Throughout the third day, the whole battalion, from the forward to the rear, did not encounter an enemy. The Xiaoguo people's arrogance immediately increased. By the morning of the fourth day, most of the people's stubborn nature was completely exposed. Someone came out and left a good road on the plain, deliberately trampling the crops of the Goguryeo people before they could harvest. When someone passed by an uninhabited village, they conveniently tore down the door frames of the villagers, knocked down the courtyard walls, and made rice. The fire was lost and a large area of surrounding crops was set on fire. Military judges at all levels instinctively chose to turn a blind eye.
Seeing that the officers didn't care how they ruined things, the Xiaoguos did whatever they wanted. By the afternoon of the fourth day, there was often nothing left wherever the army passed. From a distance, the scene was definitely ten times worse than a locust plague. On the fifth day, some low-level civil servants finally couldn't bear the torment of conscience and asked General Xiongwulang to pay attention to the behavior of his subordinates. They all tried their best to reason with the young and successful General Li Lang, telling him that in the world, could it be those who escaped from the royal family? The Goguryeo people are logically the subjects of His Majesty the Sage Emperor of the Sui Dynasty. The teacher of benevolence and righteousness cannot ruin them like this. He said these harsh words of advice. Mr. Lang Jiang nodded his head again and again. Li Langjiang still turned a blind eye to the atrocities of the Xiaoguo people. Some people were so angry that they reported the problem directly to Yuwen Supervisor. Yuwen Supervisor seemed unwilling to pay attention to this matter, but asked in a longer voice, "Since you think the people of Goguryeo are the people of the Sui Dynasty, why don't they get in the way?" Where do you welcome Master Wang?"
Everyone who heard this was dumbfounded. They were indeed unable to answer Supervisor Yuwen's questions. Some of the guys who took the opportunity to "make a difference" were even extremely disappointed. They smashed their foreheads and couldn't figure out why Mr. Yuwen had anything to do with the people of the Li family. Wearing the same pair of trousers? Are the two sides obviously deeply hostile to each other? How come they secretly collude so closely?
Yu Wenshiji doesn't care what others think. He is not Li Xu. No matter what the thoughts of those middle and low-level civil servants and military generals, they can't move His Majesty the Emperor's son-in-law at all. In fact, compared to the ruined crops and cottages of the Goguryeo people, Yu Wenshiji was more interested in Li Langjiang. After several days of observation, he found that Li Xu was much more mature than last year, and he was much more experienced in handling problems. At least, so far, what Li Langjiang had done had not been disclosed to others. Leaving any clues behind is no better than setting fire to a place that has been ruined by the Xiaoguos, but lax restraint of subordinates and deliberate arson to harm the people are two completely different concepts. After this incident, even if the officials If he wanted to impeach Li Xu, the charges Luo Zhi came up with would not be enough to break his bones.
"This kid finally realized it!" Looking at Li Xu who was marching not far in front of him, Yu Wenshiji sighed with emotion as the ancient saying goes: After three days of separation, he looked at each other with admiration, but from the day he was selected to be the supervisor until now
, I haven’t met Li Xu for only a few hours, but the huge changes that have taken place in the other person make me unable to believe that I am facing the same person. Now this young man is no longer the impulsive, enthusiastic and reckless young man. He has slowed down.
Slowly becoming calmer, more worldly, and more sophisticated, these mature behaviors did not cover up his sharp edge. "Maybe he hasn't learned to cover it up yet!" Yu Wenshiji thought wishfully that the current Xuzi seemed to him like a knife that had been opened.
No matter how you cover it, you can't cover up the sharp light emitted from its sharp edge.
In the past three days, Yuwenshi and Li Xu had observed Li Xu from all angles, which made him feel that his family needed to increase the bargaining chip again. More than two months ago, the Yuwen family recommended the emperor to promote the other party's official position.
It was to make Li Yuan no longer able to control the young man. Now, what the Yuwen family needs to do is to put the young tiger that has escaped Li Yuan's control back on the reins of the Yuwen family.
For three days in a row, Yu Wenshiji found that Li Xu rarely spoke. Except for explaining the daily tasks of a few close generals and leaving five hundred to one thousand soldiers to garrison in several dangerous places, the young general in front of him almost spoke.
The expression on his tightly closed face and eyes also showed that he was thinking deeply all the time. Occasionally he shook his head, or there was some excitement in his eyes, which meant that he had figured out some mystery, or was concerned about this response.
He had some clever plan, but Li Xu wouldn’t say exactly what the other party had in mind, and it was hard for Yuwen Shiji to ask further.
If Yu Wenshiji could see the true thoughts deep in Li Xu's heart at this moment, he would definitely be so angry that he vomited blood on the spot. In fact, in the past three days, the total time Li Xu spent thinking about military affairs did not last more than two hours.
He was thinking about what the warrior Yu said before leaving, "She said she had never been angry with you!" Although it was only a short sentence, it made Li Xu savor it again and again.
Xuzi knew that he had never blamed Wan'er. Even if he was absolutely sure that he would be successful in the future, be able to worship a general, and be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households, he was not qualified to let a woman spend her whole life's happiness waiting for the day when she would become famous.
A child's youth is very short, and Asahi knows that he cannot bear the responsibility that he will grow old if he waits.
"Do I really like Wan'er? As much as I like Tao Kuo Tuo Si?" It took Li Xu a long time to give him a complete answer. Back then, by the Crescent Lake, he knew that he could no longer wait for Tao Kuo Tuo.
When he saw the silk figure, he remembered that he felt an unforgettable feeling of being heartbroken and dying. It is still unforgettable to this day. Every time he thinks about it, it feels like someone stabbed him heavily in the chest with a horse stick, and he feels pain from the bottom of his heart to his whole body.
It was painful, but for Wan'er's marriage, Li Xu had a different feeling in his heart. It was not pain, nor resentment, but a deep disappointment, just like the disappointment after the candy he was looking forward to was taken away.
Wan'er was different from any woman he had ever seen. She was born into a wealthy family. She was generous, mature, and sometimes willful, but more often than not, she was as wise, decisive and magnanimous as his father. Such a woman started from the day she appeared.
It was destined to attract Asahi who grew up in another class, but at this time Asahi gradually understood that being attracted and having the ability to possess are actually two completely different things.
He gradually became free and easy on the horse, and his eyes were no longer confused. He knew that he had to grasp what he had now before he could hope for future gains. Before he really reached a certain position, some things were destined to be a luxury.
But I am not too far away from this kind of luxury. In the autumn of three years ago, I looked at His Majesty the Emperor, the legendary General and the Grand Minister. It was just like looking up at the darkening night sky now, distant and unreal.
At that time, in my own eyes, His Majesty the Emperor was, to say the least, a prodigal son. He was a fool, and all the people in the court were fat-headed guys. None of them had wisdom and foresight. Now, he was gradually approaching the starry sky, and he could see more.
Be clear and be more careful. In fact, the original intention of those actions that were previously thought to be foolish may not be foolish. And those seemingly mediocre actions often contain many mysteries. However, every seemingly insignificant move of these people is of life and death for the people. So
, Xuzi knew that he could no longer go back to being a commoner. He wanted to break into the starry sky, just like Xu Dayan said back then, and build his own family there. This way, his descendants would not be affected by someone.
Officials left the Great Wall on a whim, and the suffering they experienced will never be repeated by their descendants.
After it got completely dark, Li Xu ordered the entire army to camp in a valley. He couldn't move too fast. The art of war has it that if you attack thousands of miles, you must defeat the general. He is just a young general, and he doesn't dare to lead his subordinates to risk the general.
risk taking
This order won him cheers from the whole army. Up to now, except for a few close generals, most of the heroes still don't know what the ultimate purpose of this army's trip is. They have been traveling like this for days.
The general march is very exciting, but also very tiring. Therefore, their biggest wish is to be able to walk, rest and play while walking.
The only person who disagreed with Li Xu's order was Yu Wenshiji. He exercised his duty of supervising the army for the first time. After the army was completely settled, he broke into Li Xu's military tent very angrily.
"Sir General Lang, if we go like this, are we, are we a little slower?" Glancing at the low-level generals in the tent who looked a little dazed due to being disturbed, Yu Wenshiji tried his best to keep his tone gentle, both now and in the future.
, the Yuwen family still has many opportunities to deal with each other. As the younger generation of the family, Yuwen Shiji does not want to make the conflicts too obvious.
Li Xu did not answer Yuwen Shiji's question. He ordered someone to bring a stool to the supervisor, and then moved the huge sheepskin map in front of everyone to Yuwen Shiji's eyes. It was a map according to the Sui Army
On the enlarged map of Liaodong promulgated by Fang Xin, a black ink line was drawn from Huaiyuan Town to Bobei Village, then turned from Bobei Village to the northeast, and then went around the mountains and forests in the north.
A huge circle, and finally turned back to the Liaohe River. Everyone who participated in the rescue operation of Bopi Village last year knew that this black line was the grass and trees on the marching route of the three hundred warriors of the grain protection army last year, and it was engraved in their hearts.
left an indelible mark
Xiaoguo Camp is currently taking the first quarter of the same route. It has just left the Daliang River Basin and arrived at the source of Wugu River. Then to the southeast, you can follow Wugu River to Wugu City, and then keep fighting.
The road next to Bobi Village is relatively flat. There are not many copycat villages in the Goguryeo cities passed along the way. The most threatening one is Wugu City. Li Xu has marked it out with charcoal.
"Are you worried that the defenders of Wugu City will go out to fight?" Yu Wenshiji asked in a low voice. Last year, Liu Hongji and Li Xu had used a trick to deceive the defenders of Wugu City. This time, they used the same trick with their opponents. It is indeed possible not to be fooled
Li Xu shook his head and did not answer. Instead, he gave the charcoal block in his hand to Yu Wenshiji, and then asked: "What if the supervisor is a Goguryeo general who hears some uncertain news and is unwilling to evacuate the enemy in a big way?" , where will you choose to intercept?"
Without considering the interests of his own family, Yuwen Shiji had a very keen mind and glanced at the map for a moment, then immediately pressed the charcoal in his hand to an unnamed valley less than fifty miles away from the current location of the army. If you want to stop the Xiaoguo camp, the most advantageous terrain for the enemy is the nameless valley fifty miles away. Similarly, if you withdraw troops from Mazhaishui against this route, the nameless valley is also the place where the army must pass.
When the charcoal fell, Yuwen Shi and his anger immediately disappeared completely. If the news of the civil strife in the Sui Dynasty had indeed been known to the Goguryeo people, the Goguryeo people would seize the unknown valley in the distance and block it anyway. The expeditionary army will have to take a detour to return west. The further the detour takes, the lower morale will be.
"The lower officials think," the marching commander Shi Zhao Ziming gave a salute to Yu Wenshiji and slowly explained, "The more hasty our march is now, the more alert the Goguryeo people will be, so General Lang has not enforced military discipline these days. Just to prevent the enemy from being suspicious!" He had been involved in official circles for many years, and very cleverly attributed Li Xu's behavior of indulging his subordinates to harm the people as an auxiliary measure for military operations, "But the navy did not land, and the army was in Mazhai The people of Goguryeo are suspicious and suspicious of the waterside..."
There is no need for him to say the next words. No one here will think that his analysis is unreasonable. The withdrawal order given by His Majesty the Emperor to General Yu Wenshu was issued before the Xiaoguo Camp moved eastward. Judging from the speed of delivery of military documents, General Yu Wenshu The date when the general received the imperial edict should be yesterday or today. If he returns west immediately after receiving the edict, the Goguryeo people across the Mazhai River will definitely not be able to follow and pursue them. Without the help of the terrain, the defenders of several remaining cities in Liaodong will The army had no chance of blocking the 300,000 Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The only chance for the people of Goguryeo to stop the old general Yuwen Shu was in the Wuming Valley, and the first test that the Xiongwu Xiaoguo Camp faced was also in the Wuming Valley.
The three men and horses focused their attention on one point at the same time.
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