The emperor was already preparing to break camp. When he heard the news of Lai Sa's death, he sighed slightly and waved his hand, "Let's give him a grand burial with the Mo family."
After that, he asked Gu Zhong to pick some porcelain and jades to send to the Mo family.
Gold and silverware could be cashed directly, and even if they were not as valuable as porcelain and jade, the emperor would not give them away.
Man Bao cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I will retire first."
The emperor waved his hand and stopped her again after waiting for her to turn around, "It's difficult to march in snowy weather. Can you people in the medical department insist on it?"
Man Bao said: "Since we have joined the army, we are serving in the army. Your Majesty does not need to treat us differently."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I will feel relieved if you say this. Even if Xueluo falls, I can continue the Eastern Expedition."
Yin Li strode over. After waiting for the report, he opened the curtain and came in. He bowed and reported back, "Your Majesty, the fifth batch of food and grass has been delivered."
The emperor's eyes brightened slightly, and after calculating the time, he said: "This time they have recognized each other, but have they been checked?"
Yin Li said: "Everything has been checked and there are no major problems." Small problems are unavoidable.
The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. Now he had enough food and grass. If he didn't capture Goguryeo, it would be a shame to have the right time, place and people.
He laughed heartily and said: "Okay, let's go down and break camp early tomorrow morning."
"yes."
With Gao Zhi as the vanguard, the Jin army marched forward and soon gathered in the inner city.
Because of Gao Zhi and Zhao Guogong, Ashina cleared the obstacles along the way, and the main tent only had to go all the way east. Even the snow could not slow down their speed much, and the group quickly caught up.
By the time Gao Zhi arrived at the last small town in front of the domestic city, the main tent was not far away from them. It was only about eighty miles away and could be reached in one day.
And this city has become the stronghold of Feng Shangshu. Because he didn't know about Gao Zhi's surrender, he thought it was Goguryeo's reinforcements and was planning to guard the city gate. As a result, he squatted on the city wall and looked at the flag. The more he looked at it, the more they looked like them.
The flag of Jin, he seems to have read the big word Jin correctly, right?
Gao Zhi didn't know that the city was occupied by the Jin army. He was about to send someone to convince the city lord, but when the two sides met, he also felt that the flag on the opposite wall did not miss them Goguryeo. Oh, bah, it belongs to the Jin Dynasty.
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The two parties stared at each other, but Shangshu Feng did not believe them and kept them outside the city until Zhao Guogong and the leaders of Ashina arrived, and then he let them in.
As Gao Zhi walked inside, he thought, if their gate officials had behaved like this when Ashina pulled the city gate, Anshi City would not have been destroyed.
When the emperor arrived in this small town and saw Feng Shangshu, he almost didn't recognize him.
Not only has he lost a lot of weight, his beard is messy, and even his clothes are starting to smell.
As soon as he saw the emperor, Shangshu Feng stepped forward excitedly and saluted, "Your Majesty, I finally see you."
He originally planned to hold out for a few days after the snow fell, and then withdraw from the sea when there was no more news of the army.
He went deep alone and kept his eyes open when sleeping.
When I saw the emperor now, I was so excited that I felt relieved, and then I wanted to cry.
The emperor was mostly distressed. He looked carefully at Shangshu Feng and the generals behind him. He felt extremely distressed, so he took their hands and said, "Thank you for your hard work, sirs."
The monarchs and ministers were in tears here. Not far away, Imperial Physician Zheng was holding on to Imperial Physician Lu, who was crying. In fact, he wanted to hold on to Zhou Man. After all, she was the chief officer, but there was no difference between men and women.
So he could only make Dr. Lu cry in front of Zhou Man. His trip was really too painful.
Seeing that he had lost weight and that the students behind him had also changed drastically, Man Bao felt distressed and asked quickly: "Why are you like this? Is it possible that Feng Shangshu deducted your military rations?"
"Then there must be a military ration deduction." Dr. Zheng wiped his tears and said: "Our place is not like your place. We take the sea route, and we go deep alone. In addition to the food and grass supplies at the beginning, there will be no more food and grass later.
No luck coming in."
Man Bao nodded to express his understanding. After all, they had few people and it would be difficult to defend the route along the way. Sending food and grass in would basically be a way to help the enemy, so it was better not to send it.
"So we can only raise military rations ourselves." Dr. Zheng cried: "It was not bad at the beginning. Feng Shangshu attacked the city very hard and conquered many cities along the way. Every time he conquered a city, he collected the food from the city's storehouse, and then some
If you walk around and sit in the homes of rich people, you will have enough military rations."
"But twenty-five days ago, Goguryeo started to become ruthless. Every time we captured a city, they would rather burn all the houses in the city than give them any food before retreating."
The remaining cities were severely damaged, but except for the city gates which were attacked by them, the rest were fought by Goguryeo soldiers and horses with extremely ruthless methods.
Before being granted the title of Minister, in order to prevent the Goguryeo people from cutting off his own retreat, he had always been friendly to ordinary people and had always restricted the army not to disturb the people.
They can gather food and grass without disturbing the people, so their relationship is not bad.
But after the Goguryeo people behaved like this, it would be difficult for them to maintain a good relationship with ordinary Goguryeo people.
Between Goguryeo and his own soldiers, Feng Liang chose his own soldiers without blinking an eye, so he directly asked people to collect grain and grass. If they couldn't collect it, they robbed it, and they attacked the domestic city arrogantly.
But the inner city is strong, and most of Goguryeo's remaining troops are in the inner city. Of course, Feng Liang alone cannot defeat them.
So he could only turn around and seize this small town as a base.
But it was also difficult. The city was so big. When the officials evacuated before, they took away what they could and burned what they couldn't take away. There were not even a few Goguryeo people left in the city.
They could only collect grain and grass, occasionally go to nearby villages and towns to rob, and at the same time besiege the domestic city.
Because of the shortage of food, everyone only eats two meals a day, and each meal is thin. However, they exercise a lot. If they go back and forth, won't everyone lose weight?
Both Man Bao and Dr. Lu looked at him sympathetically, especially Dr. Lu. Zhou Man still had to go to the battlefield, but he stayed with the emperor most of the time, so he was the most relaxed among the three.
Doctor Zheng suffered the most.
Manbao comforted Dr. Zheng and promised, "I'll treat you to steamed buns tonight."
Doctor Zheng stopped crying, raised his head and asked, "Is it true?"
Manbao nodded.
Seeing that the students behind Dr. Zheng were also swallowing their saliva, he said, "You guys come together."
They nodded immediately and almost knocked their heads off.
The arrival of the army gave Shangshu Feng enough food and grass for his journey. As soon as the two armies met, they began to cook pots. The aroma of food was everywhere in and around the small town, and even the people who had been huddled at home couldn't help but go out.
Looked around.
Feng Shangshu saw this and said: "Your Majesty, these people left behind are poor people who cannot escape. I plundered some food and grass from them before. Now it is snowing. Without food relief, they may not survive this spring.