A day later, at the head of Liaodong City, Yuan Taizuo watched a large number of Sui troops in the distance like ants moving, began to withdraw from their camps, and marched towards the mountain of baggage and grain and grass that had just arrived the day before yesterday, thinking thoughtfully and not saying a word.

Yuangai Suwen couldn't hold back a little, and said: "Father, the Sui army is withdrawing its troops, or we can open the city and assault, maybe we can break the siege." ”

Yuan Taizuo shook his head, pointed to the Sui army camp a few miles in front of him, which was still densely packed, and said: "Don't be too optimistic now, the Sui army has not completely withdrawn, but only divided a part of the troops and went to the south, I think they are going to attack Pyongyang City, but even so, Yang Guang's imperial camp Liuhe City is still there, and there are still hundreds of thousands of Sui troops besieging us. ”

The corners of Yuangai Suwen's mouth hooked: "But as my father said, they are going to Pyongyang City in the south, if Pyongyang City is captured, then we have only one way to surrender in Liaodong City, Father Shuai, although the king will not save us when we see death, but after all, we are Goguryeo people, and we can't sit back and watch the country die." ”

The corners of Yuan Taizuo's mouth hooked up a grim smile: "Son, don't worry, with the old fox of Eulzhi Wende, Pyongyang City will never fall, Yang Guang is on the battlefield in person, even our Liaodong City can't be conquered, Pyongyang City is stronger than here, and the defenders are four or five times our time, and it is impossible for these 300,000 Sui troops to be captured." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "I, Goguryeo, now rely only on our east. Against the million-strong army of the Sui Dynasty. The other four departments add up to more than half a million troops. Until now, they are still motionless, they are by no means watching a play, but they have to wait for the right time to break the entire Sui army in one fell swoop, pass on my general's order, hurry up to repair the city walls everywhere, dig more trenches and tunnels at the root of the walls in the city, and prevent the Sui army from attacking the city in the crypt. There will be no large-scale siege in the future, and we have to prevent the Sui army from digging tunnels to make a trick! ”

In Li Yuan's camp, the grain and grass were piled up like a mountain, and more than a dozen temporary rice bag warehouses had become like small mountains, and tens of thousands of heavy soldiers were like ants moving, constantly coming to the vicinity of these rice mountains, carrying bags of military grain to the carts of the various armies that were about to go out, and the soldiers who were full of carts were in groups of four. In groups of five, they struggled to pull these because they were filled with too much rice. And the cart, which is difficult to push, marched with difficulty outside the camp, and outside the camp, the long dragon-like army, singing military songs, taking neat and uniform steps, is constantly dividing into several roads, advancing towards the south, people shouting horses neighing, horns shaking the sky, and the sound of the sergeants' leather boots stomping on the ground, shaking the heavens and the earth, can be heard clearly more than ten miles away.

Li Yuan and Yu Wenshu stood side by side, Yu Wenshu looked at the army of the Southern Expedition with a smug face, and said with a smile: "Tang Guogong, this time thanks to you for arriving in time with a million stone of military rations, otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to scrape together three months' food and go straight to Pyongyang." ”

The corners of Li Yuan's mouth hooked, and said: "Xu Guogong (Yuwenshu was named Xu Guogong), Li still asks you to think about it again, it's good to wait for three or five days before setting off, now the sergeants are directly carrying these rice bags on the car, and they have to transport war equipment and weapons, the burden is too heavy, wait a few days, we will make these rice grains into dry food, let the soldiers carry them, it will be much better than the current situation, everyone with dry food, than everything is pressed on these thousands of baggage trucks, it is much better." ”

Yuwen Shu waved his hand: "The soldiers are very fast, the guards over there have already attacked the city of Pyongyang, the Goguryeo army is defeated like a mountain, in case he is given the first chance to conquer Pyongyang, then we will be busy in vain this time, Tang Guogong, you and I are both from Guanlong, this time to conquer Goguryeo, we are also for the benefit of the title of our descendants, if we let Laihu'er, the southern barbarian, get the first credit, Your Majesty will inevitably use these southern generals more in the future, we have controlled the military power of the Northern Dynasty for a hundred years The Guanlong family, how will we mix it in the future?" ”

Li Yuan sighed: "Xu Guogong, do you really think that Goguryeo is no longer capable of fighting and can't even hold Pyongyang?" They are now only using the military strength of Liaodong to confront our entire Great Sui, the main force has not yet seen it, and there are four or five hundred thousand troops and have not been dispatched, the plan is big, Xu Guogong, your attack on Pyongyang's troops this time is whether our army can destroy all the hopes of Goguryeo in one fell swoop, and we need to pay more attention to the movements of the enemy army. ”

A trace of displeasure flashed on Yuwenshu's face, and he didn't see it for a moment, laughed, and said: "Of course Ben Shuai can think of this, don't worry, Tang Guogong, we have three months of food, we will fight steadily, step by step, and we also need your brother to support a lot of food and energy to continuously transport food and energy to the front line for the use of the army, to be honest, Ben Shuai doesn't think that Laihu'er can really take Pyongyang independently, in case he wins first and then loses, and is forced to retreat to the beach or is eliminated, then our army will really become a lone army, Therefore, Ben Shuai can't expect all the food to depend on his supply, or he has to rely on Tang Guogong's response. ”

Li Yuan nodded: "I have no problem here, when I set off, I have already asked the subordinates who stayed in Huaiyuan Town to sort out the second batch of military rations as soon as possible and go on the road." It's just that this requires General Yuwen to keep the rear passage safe, otherwise I have millions of grain stored here, and it is impossible to send it to the front, after passing the Yalu water, the mountain road is rugged and difficult to travel, and it is also very easy to be cut off by the ambush of the Goguryeo army, so Xu Guogong must be careful, not to attack too fast, and the back road must leave enough troops to defend, so that the Great Sui is very lucky, and His Majesty is very lucky. ”

Yuwen Shu said with a smile: "Tang Guogong, please rest assured, I will let General Yu Zhongwen stay in the rear, with him, you can protect the future." ”

Li Yuan's face changed, and he lost his voice: "What, you put Yu Zhongwen in the back?" ”

A cold look flashed on Yu Wenshu's face, and he nodded: "What's not to do?" ”

Li Yuan shook his head: "Xu Guogong, I know that you and General Yu have been looking at each other at the same time, and they are secretly competing, but this is a major national matter, and you can't easily involve your personal feelings, Yu Zhongwen is resourceful, and he is a general from the Zhu family, let him do the matter of guarding the rear passage, it is too condescending, and he will definitely not want to do it." ”

Yu Wenshu sneered: "I am the former general of the army this time, he is my subordinate, what I want him to do, he has to do it!" (To be continued.) )