After a while, Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others arrived. In the face of a powerful enemy, the two did not dare to be too polite with Xue Shixiong, and immediately suggested that everyone withdraw. As for the thousands of torches, they stayed in place and continued to use their remaining heat. Goguryeo in the company camp
People didn't know how many enemy troops came, but they didn't dare to chase them. Even so, the remaining soldiers didn't dare to go home along the Wugu River. Instead, they hurried northward all night under the leadership of Yu Wenzhong, and arrived at
At dawn, we found a hidden valley to camp temporarily.
The more than 3,000 people had not smelled the smell of military rations for several days. As soon as they stopped, they immediately shouted for rice to cook. However, Yu Wenshiji had a straight face and only allowed each group to share half a bucket of rice to make porridge. As for losing,
The skirmishers who had joined the organization were required to form their own gangs. Every ten men would introduce a gang leader and register their names before they were allowed to receive rations. The soldiers were so angry that they cursed and tried to rob them violently, but Wang Yuantong and his men used it to rob them.
The back of the knife was smashed back hard.
"If I risk my life, will all I save are heartless beasts? Huaiyuan Town is more than 800 miles away. I ate all the food in one day. Tomorrow you will be waiting for the Goguryeo people to cut off your heads.
Go!" Wang Yuantong cursed angrily and beat the leader of the troublemaker to the ground. Some rational officers also understood that Wang Yuantong was right, so they watched helplessly from the side, refusing to stand up for their brothers.
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After struggling for more than an hour, all the sergeants finally had breakfast. General Xue Shixiong of the Woju Dao Army comforted his brothers and came to the food guard to apologize. He saw that Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others were all injured.
, General Xue was inexplicably moved. He respectfully raised his hands and said, "My sons are fainting from hunger and losing their minds, so they do reckless things again and again. My benefactors, please don't worry about it. Xue guarantees that this matter will
It will never happen again!”
"General Xue is so polite. We all live and die together at this moment, so there is no point in distinguishing each other. But the army rations are really not much, so we can't let everyone eat it!" With the support of two soldiers, Liu Hongji stood up and returned the salute.
"Xue knows this truth! Xue dare not say thank you for your great kindness. If you are lucky enough to escape this time, your majesty will definitely report your contribution to the rescue!" Xue Shixiong glanced at everyone and said sincerely.
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If this was said before last night, Li Xu and others would definitely be very happy. Xue Shixiong was a famous brave general in the dynasty. With his recommendation, everyone has a little more hope of promotion. But after a bloody battle last night,
At this moment, everyone would rather lose all their fame and honors, and also want to wake up the good brothers who died in the battle. Therefore, their performance was a little dull, and they just bowed their hands lightly, which was considered a response.
As a third-grade general, Xue Shixiong's position was much higher than the others. Seeing how indifferent everyone was to the general, the soldiers around him felt a little angry. They snorted softly in their nostrils and wanted to step forward to scold them. Then they took a step forward.
, but his own general glared back at him.
Liu Hongji was an experienced man. He already knew that Xue Shixiong was embarrassed when he saw the actions of several soldiers. He sighed and explained to the other party in a low voice: "In the battle last night, the brothers suffered heavy casualties. Everyone is extremely sad at this time. If you are rude,
Please forgive me, General Xue!"
Hearing this, Xue Shizhong felt sad. He sighed and replied: "If the brothers hadn't risked their lives to save him, Xue's head would have been cut off by the Goguryeo thieves. How could Xue dare to act carelessly after saving his life?"
Reason? Don’t worry, brothers, we will reorganize our troops one day, and Xue will have to come back here again to avenge the dead warriors with the blood of the Goguryeo people!"
"There is no need to mention the matter of revenge. If the chaos continues like this, without the Goguryeo people chasing us, we will fight each other ourselves! Who has the life to return to Liaoxi!" Yu Wenshiji stepped forward with some condemnation.
means reminder.
"That's natural!"
The flattering Yuwenshu continued to plot against Li Yuan openly and secretly. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, it was Li Yuan's general who sent food to save Yuwenshu. And it was Yuwenshu's son who risked his life to defend the interests of Li Yuan's general last night.
Then I thought about it. At this moment, everyone is trapped in Goguryeo. It is still unknown whether they can return home alive. It would be too unscrupulous to divide your family and mine at this time. Thinking of this, the doubts in my heart were relieved, and I smiled and whispered.
Added: "That's why Xue needs a few strong men to help. I think that the Goguryeo soldiers, although they are large in number, lack training. If the same number of people fight head-on, they may not be our opponents..."
"Three hundred thousand people have been killed in the battle, so what's the point of being brave..."
"General Xue, if you have anything to say, just say it. I'll just listen to your orders!"
Yu Wenshiji and Liu Hongji answered almost at the same time. Xue Shixiong cupped his hands again and lowered his voice to explain to everyone: "Our more than 3,000 soldiers and horses are elite soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles. We have been hungry for a long time and have lost our fighting spirit. If
If we can keep them energetic, they will definitely be able to fight their way out. But not all of these people are Xue's subordinates..."
"If they are not subordinate to the general, then whose subordinates are they?" Yu Wenshiji frowned and asked, not understanding Xue Shixiong's difficulties at all.
Xue Shixiong sighed again and brought the subordinates of this army one by one. Half a month ago, General Yuwenshu sent thousands of cavalry back first to wait for military food supplies in Bobi Village. Therefore, the battle at Sashui was defeated.
Later, hundreds of thousands of troops regarded Bobu Village as a life-saving straw. During the Battle of Mazhai River, the soldiers who were lucky enough to escape were all fleeing to Bobu Village. Only after they escaped to the village did they realize that the thousands of cavalry could not sink.
He left the stronghold in anger to rescue everyone, but was wiped out by the Goguryeo people on the way.
The group was confused and wanted to turn around and flee, but the Goguryeo people had already surrounded the camp. As a last resort, everyone elected Xue Shixiong, the highest-ranking man among the remnants, as their leader. Liu Wuzhou, the leader of the team who was born in Zuowuwei, also because of his bravery and good fighting skills,
He was temporarily promoted by Xue Shixiong to lead the cavalry brigade.
The Goguryeo people are cruel by nature, and they often kill prisoners on the spot immediately after capturing them. Under the threat of death, the remaining soldiers in the village twisted into a rope and resisted desperately, repelling dozens of Goguryeo attacks. Later, the Goguryeo people saw a strong attack.
The casualties were too heavy, so they changed the strategy of forceful attack to long-term siege, preparing to starve the remaining soldiers in the camp to death. Thanks to Liu Hongji, Li Xu and others who risked their lives to kill, everyone had a chance to escape...
"Since General Xue has been elected as the leader, he will continue to give orders to everyone. I can't wait and am willing to lend a helping hand under the general's command!" After listening to Xue Shixiong's introduction, Liu Hongji expressed his stance magnanimously.
"Everyone's lives were saved by General Liu. General Liu should have been the leader of the army!" Xue Shixiong waved his hands repeatedly and humbly conceded in a low voice.
When leading troops in war, it is most taboo to order many people. Although Xue Shixiong has a high official position, the food, horses, and soldiers who are good at fighting, including the cavalry under Liu Wuzhou, are all controlled by Liu Hongji. Therefore, he would rather give up to Liu Hongji.
I also don’t want to leave everyone confused during the march in the future.
However, Liu Hongji had no intention of fighting for the leadership of this remnant army. He shook his head and said: "The general has been in the army for many years, and his experience, experience and position are much higher than that of the junior general. Therefore, this army is still commanded by the general. Liu
I will do my best to assist and share the general’s worries!”
"It's better like this. General Xue will be the commander-in-chief, and General Liu will be his deputy. Wang Shenjun will be in charge of the military rations, and the cavalry will be commanded by Colonel Li. Everyone will divide the work and cooperate to try to bring all the troops out of the desperate situation!" Before Xue Shixiong could refuse again,
Yu Wenshiji came forward and suggested.
He is the son-in-law of the current emperor. Although his military position is not high, his status is one of the most noble. If he makes a suggestion, how can everyone not follow it? Moreover, this suggestion is not unreasonable, and it just takes care of possible conflicts in the future.
All parties. So everyone expressed their agreement with each other, and in a short time, the relationship between the upper and lower ranks of the army was smoothed out.
At that moment, Xue Shixiong summoned all the officers above the rank of team leader to one place and explained the purpose of the army to everyone. Seeing that their savior did not object to Xue Shixiong being the leader of the army, everyone naturally nodded in agreement. Xue Shixiong thanked everyone for their trust.
, and then appointed Liu Hongji as the deputy general of this army, who was in charge of military affairs together with the chief general. Yu Wenshiji was the supervisor of the army, responsible for supervising the soldiers to obey orders and strictly observe discipline. Wang Yuantong was the marching leader Bo, and Qi Poning joined the army as Sicang.
Responsible for determining the daily military food expenditure, and organizing manpower to hunt along the way to replenish military supplies. Then he gathered all the cavalry and selected more than a hundred horses with relatively strong legs from the horses transporting food to form a full cavalry regiment.
, the position of school captain was temporarily taken by Li Xu, and Liu Wuzhou was his deputy. More than fifty experienced veterans were found, equipped with war horses, to serve as scouts, and Yu Wenzhong and Yu Wenji were in charge of the command.
After the officer team was determined, Xue Shixiong gathered all the remaining remaining soldiers, disrupted the original organization, and roughly divided them into nine regiments, each assigned a captain and captain. Then he once again affirmed military discipline to everyone, saying that although in the chaos
, if someone leaves the team without permission or disobeys orders, the same applies to Sui military law.
"Brothers, we still have two thousand stones of grain and four hundred pack horses." Xue Shixiong jumped on a big stone and shouted to everyone. This number was what he had just asked from Wang Yuantong. The moment he jumped on the stone,
He exaggerated the grain figures by one-third.
"If we save on food, based on one kilogram of rice per person per day, we can have enough food for another fifteen days, and it is only twelve days' journey from here to Liashui. There are mountains, rivers, and countless mountains in between.
Goguryeo people. I don't want to force you, but I just want to ask, are you willing to sit here and wait for death, or follow me to fight back to your home! Those who want to go home, draw your sword!" Xue Shixiong raised his voice and faced everyone.
roared, as if at this moment, he was still leading tens of thousands of elite warriors.
"Go home!" the soldiers raised their arms and shouted.
"I say it again, are you willing to bow your head and die, or come home with me!"
"Go home, go home, go home!" the soldiers shouted loudly, raising a forest of swords and spears. (To be continued)
