Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 369 Take Down Luo Cheng
"I've already sent a letter to my family to ask Shimin to send your third and fourth sisters to Liaodong, and bring Saburo and Shiro with them." Li Yuan tapped on the couch lightly.

"Shimin is 15 years old this year, and his eye disease has healed. It's time for him to come out and see the world. Yuanji is also 12 this year, and he spends all day messing around at home. It's better to send him to Liaodong to suffer. Xuanba is [-] years old. But my health has always been bad, but I was worried that he would be alone at home, so I asked him to come with me."

Li Jiancheng is still very resolutely opposed to this marriage.

But Li Yuan told his son that marriage is the best way to exchange power.Even if you are dissatisfied, you have to get used to it and accept it.At that time, his father married the daughter of Zhuguo Duguxin, and he also married the daughter of the Dou family. His younger sister married the Wang family of Taiyuan, and he also married the daughter of the Zheng family of Xingyang.

"Erlang is fifteen this year. Originally, I was thinking to see if I could ask the princess for him, but now it seems that the princess is not yet available. The eldest grandson's family has a nice girl. Maybe I should find someone to ask her uncle Gao Shilian Propose marriage."

If the Li family hadn't relied on the marriage all these years, they wouldn't have survived today.But now if the Li family wants to survive, they must continue to rely on marriage.

"Dalang, please remember that the marriage of the children of aristocratic families must be considered for the interests of the family. As children of aristocratic families, we have enjoyed the benefits brought to us by the family since birth and enjoyed various superior treatment. In the end, they all have to contribute to the interests of the family.”

Li Yuan got up, "I'll go to the hall to have a look, you should think about what my father said just now, and father has no objection to you continuing to walk with Yu Wenhuaji, but in the future you must not fight against Luo Cheng again, Remember, in a short while, Luo Chengcheng will be your brother-in-law, and we will be relatives at that time, you should find a way to make Luo Cheng your helper, not your enemy."

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Luo Cheng waited by the Yalu River for another half a month before the other soldiers from the Eighth Route Army arrived one after another.

The first to arrive was Yu Zhongwen's army, which was originally far away, and Yu Wenshu's army, which was originally the closest, rushed to the end, and the other two armies arrived, so they were late.

By the time Yu Wenshu's troops arrived, it was already June [-]th.

Twelve days have passed since the date set by the emperor for crossing the river.

The nine armies gathered, and the Yalu River was full of troops.

Fortunately, Luo Cheng had already prepared and asked the transportation group to prepare a camp for them in advance.

"Why are these guys in such a mess?" Luo Cheng took his brothers to Yu Wenshu's camp to participate in the Nine Army Conference.

Each of the nine armies has its own generals, but the emperor appointed Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen to co-unify the nine armies. Yu Wenshu was in charge of the fifth army on the left, and Yu Zhongwen was in charge of the fourth army on the right. Some important matters should be resolved through consultation between the two generals. .

Yu Zhongwen is the grandson of Yu Jin, one of the eight-pillar countries. His father once succeeded the Duke of Yan, and in his generation, he was downgraded to the Duke of the county. .

However, the important ministers of the three dynasties of the Yu family, especially when the Sui Dynasty was founded, the support of the Yu family was very important. Therefore, in the Sui Dynasty, Yu Jin was named the Duke of the State. He had nine sons, two Dukes of the State, four Dukes of the County and three Dukes of the County. The Duke of Manmen is extremely honorable.

But now, the Yu family has declined a bit.

Although there are many children in the Yu family, each of Yu Jin's nine sons gave birth to seven or eight sons. For example, Yu Zhongwen's father gave birth to nine sons, and another uncle gave birth to thirteen sons. From more than 100 brothers.It's just that although there are many people, most of them are not promising.

At that time, the Yu family owned ten duke titles, including Yan Guogong and Qi Guogong, but now there is only one Marquis Yu Zhongyu.

But anyway, after all, Yu Zhongwen is the grandson of the Yu family of the Eight Pillars Country, and he is quite capable, so he is still serving as a general in the court. Commander of the Four Armies.

However, Luo Cheng belonged to the Fifth Left Army and belonged to Yu Wenshu's command.

This time, they were discussing matters in Yuwenshu's army. The brothers came all the way and saw Yuwenshu's soldiers in the first left army, most of them were very tired and thin.

"Why do you look a little hungry?"

Siye was also puzzled.

"Didn't they bring a hundred-day supply of food when they came out? It's only mid-June, and it's only been less than a month and a half since the troops were dispatched. Why did they use up the hundred-day supply?"

Luo Cheng probably understood what it meant.

"It's definitely not enough to eat. One person has three stones of grain. How could it be possible to finish it in forty days? I probably threw it away."

"Throw it away? Why are they so bold, they don't want their lives? They are deep into the enemy's territory, but there is no supply. Throwing away the food, doesn't it mean that they don't want their lives?"

Everyone knows the importance of rations, and it is impossible for Yu Wenshu not to know.

"Ghost knows what they think." Luo Cheng shook his head.

All the way to the big tent of the left first army.

All the generals of the Nine Armies arrived.

"General of the Fifth Left Army, Xiangyang Hou Luocheng has arrived!"

"Song Laosheng, the runner-up general of the Fifth Left Army, has arrived!"

As the guards yelled, Luo Cheng and his group put on their helmets and entered the account energetically.

"Luo Cheng led the left five army generals to meet with General Yuwen, and joined the army with General Yu!"

Yu Wenshu just snorted, while Yu Zhongwen got up and came to the tent to greet him in person.

"I heard that General Luo was young and brave. Since he entered Liao Dynasty, he has achieved countless successes. Today, he finally saw the real person. He is young, so young." Yu Zhongwen took Luo Cheng's hand and walked in, "It is true that the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Talented people emerge from generation to generation."

Wait for everyone to sit down.

The first sentence Yu Wenshu opened his mouth was to ask Luo Cheng directly, "How much food and grass are in the army of the Left Five Army?"

"Our army still has plenty of food and grass." Luo Cheng replied.

When Yu Wenshu heard this, a smile appeared on his face, "That's very good, now the army is short of food and grass, Luo Cheng, you immediately take out half of the food and grass to distribute to the army to solve the current difficulties."

Luo Cheng laughed.

"General Yuwen, Luo Cheng is puzzled by one thing. The army set off from Huaiyuan Town at the beginning of May. When they set off, the imperial court provided them with weapons, supplies and food for a hundred days. It has only been less than a month and a half, but why did they say nothing? What about the food? There should be more than half of the food, right?"

"If you are asked to share the food, you will share it. What are you talking so much about?" Yu Wenshu said angrily.

Luo Cheng doesn't follow him.

"It's easy to teach the general to know that when my fifth left army set off, like General Yuwen, I only brought food for the first army. And the food and grass given to us by Siqing Weiwei at that time was not enough for a hundred days. There is only [-] days’ worth of grain, and a lot of grain is old and spoiled.”

Yu Zhongwen smoothed things over with a smile on the side, "Mr. Xiangyang, I was blocked halfway before, so I couldn't come by a long way. The mountain road is difficult to travel, so a lot of food and supplies have to be abandoned in order to catch up with time, so now the army is short of food. , I also ask the Marquis of Xiangyang to distribute food and help the troops."

"Since General Yu said so, then our Left Five Army must not sit back and watch our brother armies run out of food and starve. Well, the imperial court gave us 45 days of food, and we have used up [-] days of food, half of it. There is still half left, which is about [-] stone grain, I, Luo Cheng, are willing to give half to the troops, what does General Yu think?"

"Twenty thousand stone grain is fine." Yu Zhongwen frowned, but still agreed.

There are more than 26 people in the Eighth Army, and two liters of grain per person per day cost more than 5000 shi. The grain is divided into eight armies, which is only enough for four or five days.

But something is better than nothing.

Yu Wenshu was not happy.

"Since your army still has [-] shi of rations, it should be divided equally between the nine armies. You will give each army [-] shi of rations."

"Why?" Luo Cheng asked directly.
This question made Yu Wenshu furious!

"Just because I am the commander of the Fifth Left Army assigned by His Majesty!" He slapped the table and asked loudly, "Luo Cheng, do you want to disobey orders?"

That murderous look made people believe that as long as Luo Cheng really dared to say a word of disobedience, he would really dare to send someone to arrest Luo Cheng and chop off his head.

"General Yuwen is so majestic, but I, Luo Cheng, received the order that the nine armies go to Pyongyang, the five armies on the left will be unified by General Yuwen, and the fourth army on the right will be unified by General Yuwen. The word "union" means we If I understand correctly, it should be coordinating the armies, not directly commanding them, otherwise, why didn’t Your Majesty appoint General Yuwen as the Marshal of the Left Route, but appoint you as the General of the Left Route?"

"Presumptuous, come and take Luo Cheng down!"

Luo Cheng also slapped the table, "Who dares!"

(End of this chapter)