Midday.

Luo Cheng asked the slaughter of pigs and sheep to be the new envoy Yan Bi and the Asian general Song Laosheng to catch the wind, and the soldiers of each regiment also received some meat.

Yan Bi had been nibbling on dry food for several days along the way, and now he was eating hot meat and rice, but he still had troubles.

"This is obviously beef, and on this march, the ox can also carry heavy grain and grass, why do you want to kill the cow?"

"Because there are so many cows." Luo Cheng's words choked Lao Yan.

"Nonsense!"

Luo Cheng had to put down his knife and fork, "It's really a lot, and the number of them has already affected our marching speed a little." When we set off from Xuansu City that day, our army brought a lot of grain and grass baggage, and also brought a lot of mounts, horses, and mules, in addition, we also drove a lot of live cattle and live sheep with the army, I thought that it would be difficult to replenish grain and grass on this road, so I could bring more with me. ”

As a result, under the new city, Luo Cheng just cheated Yang Wanchun, and he couldn't stand it, and he accompanied the money and sent livestock beauties, and also sent a lot of food.

Not to mention, Zhao Gui, the heir, swept the surrounding area and got a lot of livestock and grain.

As a result, the Left Fifth Army was overloaded, not to mention too much food, but too much livestock.

And on the march, this group of livestock is actually quite troublesome, how can there be so much forage to feed them, there is grass to eat on the road this season, but so many people and horses, they can rush to eat at night, but not too late, after all, the next day has to hurry.

So these animals are getting thinner and thinner.

So, Luo Cheng ordered that the livestock should be slaughtered every day along the way, but all the fried noodles with meat floss prepared before should be kept, and the wheat grains that were easy to store should also be kept first.

"You eat meat every day?" Yan Bi thought that they had come to eat meat.

"Well, it's true that we eat meat every day, there's no way, we don't want to eat meat every day, we get tired of eating too much meat, but we can't help it. You can't drive such a large herd of cattle and sheep every day, and there is not so much forage to feed, and it is distressing to lose fat every day. ”

That's infuriating.

Song Laosheng held back very hard, so he didn't say a word to hold the grass.

I think that when they were stationed on the west bank of the Liao River before, they made some money by cooperating with Luo Cheng to sell wine, and the idols could also kill pigs and sheep to improve their food, but they also had more soldiers and less meat. Look at Luo Cheng again, during this march, he still eats meat every day, and he still says that he is greasy.

Murong Changsheng on the side said, "We are now eating and pickling every day, eating half and pickling half, but it's still a little too slow, and the livestock that we carry are not much missing." ”

Yan Bi did not speak, lowered his head, and ate the meat violently.

Originally, I wanted to use this to criticize Luo Cheng into a few sentences, but who expected that people would not be able to finish it.

Song Laosheng had to cough twice, "This is a good thing, our Left Fifth Army is not short of food, not short of food." ”

"We are indeed not short of food now, but by the way, we still need to sweep and sweep the surrounding area, even if we get too much livestock food from sweeping, we can't use it, but it's not all useless, at least, it's better than leaving it to the Goguryeo people. Also, I have a plan, I plan to save some marinated meat. ”

"Save?"

"Hmm."

"Where?" This is on the march, so you can't leave it here with the Goguryeo people.

"Just store it along the road, take the pickled and dried meat, and some of the unhulled grain on the spot, and store it in batches in some hidden places along the way, such as holes in the valley, or simply dig a pit and bury it."

With these things, it is still very slow down the speed of the march.

It's a pity to throw it away.

Besides, Luo Cheng knew that this attack in history was a failure, and if he had to withdraw at that time, if there was food storage on the way, he could also save the emergency.

As the so-called cunning rabbit also has three holes.

Song Laosheng has been a soldier for so many years, and he really hasn't encountered such a situation, on the way to the army, he has fought thousands of miles, and there is no supply of heavy grain and grass, and he can't use up more.

"It's also good to save it." That's all he could say, and he couldn't find anything else to say.

The weather is getting hotter, and he was still wearing spring clothes when he came out, but now it is very hot when he marches during the day, so Luo Cheng made summer clothes for the soldiers with the captured cloth and silk.

Although there are a lot of captured cloths, such a few pieces of clothing for one person can be directly digested.

The beef is delicious, the mutton soup is delicious, and after you have eaten your fill, you can also have a pot of tea to drink.

Yan Bi drank tea, and couldn't help but secretly sigh that this Luo Cheng is really a genius, this march and battle, and the life is still so nourishing.

Then he listened to Luo Cheng and Song Laosheng muttering there, pricked up his ears and eavesdropped, and actually heard Luo Cheng actually use grain to make wine during the march.

He couldn't help but be angry.

"Actually, in order to satisfy your appetite, you used precious military rations to make wine, Luo Cheng, you are too bold and reckless."

Luo Cheng pursed his lips.

"Ambassador Yan, you can eat things indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. How can I waste military rations in this wine, you also heard it just now, we are now in excess of military rations, and the ones we carry are seriously overloaded, and there are still a lot of them stored on the road, but there are still a lot of them, so I will use some to make wine, but not all of these wines are used to satisfy the appetite. ”

Over there, Song Laosheng also said, "Yan Langzhong may not know, this liquor is a good thing, not only can it be drunk, but it is also a good thing to treat wounds, using liquor to clean the wound can greatly reduce the possibility of wound swelling." Again, sometimes when it's cold and you drink liquor, you can warm up. Although it is now summer, it is still very cold in the morning and evening, and if you need to cross the river and wade through the water in the army, then you will not be afraid to get wet after drinking wine. ”

Yan Bi was skeptical.

"I'm sure there's going to be a tough battle or two." Luo Chengdao.

Song Laosheng also nodded, the defenders in the area of the new city were indeed crippled by Luo Cheng, but it did not mean that the big cities such as Susheng Bone City and Domestic City were also empty. ”

The two chatted very speculatively.

Although Song Laosheng is old, he has his own ideas about strategy, and he is very clear. He told Luo Cheng bluntly that in fact, there was no need to mobilize a million troops to conquer Goguryeo.

In his opinion, in fact, the best strategy is to not exceed 300,000 horses on land and water.

Don't think about a success, but be prepared to fight a long war.

Therefore, it is best to get 40,000 or 50,000 people by sea, and not to directly attack Pyongyang, it is better to plunder and sweep along the coast and engage in sabotage. Just like the Great Sui Dynasty's conquest of the Chen Dynasty, they had been preparing for many years, and the army was stationed on the north bank, often carrying out sweeping raids, burning granaries, destroying crops, and attacking villages, etc., which made them exhausted.

And on the land route, that is, in the direction of the Liao River, it is enough to have a dozen or two hundred thousand people, and the troops will attack in several ways, and if they fight in one place, they will stabilize one place, so that if they are not defeated, they will be dragged to death if they are not defeated.

"It's too much of a rush."

Luo Cheng also nodded, the plan formulated by the emperor and Duan Wenzhen and other generals was very bold, and it was not impossible to succeed, but the key problem was that the plan was too advanced, and the actual execution was difficult to achieve.

And this plan is interlocking, and if one is not implemented properly, it may cause a series of collapses.

Just like Luo Cheng and them, this way deep into the enemy's territory for thousands of miles, behind are all uncaptured mountain cities, this is not an attack on the Saibei grassland, this is full of mountain cities, once Pyongyang cannot be captured, no one dares to imagine what will be done after the 100 days of food is exhausted.

"General, I have a sentence to say to you, in fact, there is no need for us to rush to Yalu Water like this, we should probably go slower before the cities in the rear are down."