Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 372
The camp of the First Army on the right.

Luo Cheng came to visit Yu Zhongwen with two jugs of good wine.

"Thank you for the food, and here comes the wine."

"Just a little home-brewed wine."

The two sat opposite each other.

An old man and a young man looked at each other and smiled, one was the glory of the eight-pillar country, and the other was the rising aristocratic celebrity.

"Actually, we shouldn't go south anymore. I'm sure that near Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people have assembled a heavy army group of 10 or even 15 people, and they are waiting for us."

"I can also predict it." Yu Zhongwen said bluntly, "I mentioned to General Yuwen before that I will not go south to Pyongyang for the time being, but to attack the mouth of the Yalu River first, capture one or two cities at the mouth of the river, and get food first. Emergency, occupying Haikou at the same time, you can wait for the navy to bring food, wait for the food to be replenished, and then go south calmly, but Yu Wenshu issued an imperial decree to urge troops, and I have no choice."

Luo Cheng shook his head helplessly.

"To be honest, all the food in our army has been distributed to the other armies, and only a little ration of our own is left, but this amount of food, divided by 30 troops, will not increase the food for a few days. A thousand miles alone , a decisive battle under the enemy's capital city, this decisive battle will never be easy."

"I understand, but there is no commander in the Nine Armies." Yu Zhongwen asked a troublesome question.

Yes, the nine armies have no commander, which means that the dragons have no leader, and there is a real disagreement. There is no one who can really make up his mind to make a decision in the 30 army.

"It's already mid-June, and I don't know whether the first fleet to come to General Hu'er has reached the sea near Pyongyang."

"There is no news yet, and no one can be sure whether it will arrive as scheduled."

The current situation is a big adventure.

Liaodong City has not yet been breached. Xincheng, Anshi, Buyeo, Jinshan, Baiyan, Beisha, Wugu, Guoguo, Heshenggu, Duwancheng, these strong fortresses are still stuck in their rear , The thirteen follow-up troops were stuck on the front line of Liaohe and could not come over.

However, the eight armies by sea are limited by the vast sea. Even if it is transported by ship, it is impossible to transport 30 people to Pyongyang at one time.

You must know that although the straight-line distance from Dongnae to Pyongyang is extremely short, the shipping technology of this era makes it a matter of luck to go directly to the deep sea. The route of the navy is not a direct flight, but along the coastline. Cross the Bohai Bay from the Miaodao Islands, arrive at the Liaodong Peninsula, then pass the Yalu River Estuary along the Liaodong coastline, and then go south along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula to the Datong River Estuary near Pyongyang and land against the river.

Yu Zhongwen's plan to go to the mouth of the Yalu River first to seize a city is actually very reasonable. After all, the navy's route actually passes through the mouth of the Yalu River.

If you can capture a city there, you can indeed wait for food support.

Even if it is unfavorable to attack Pyongyang in the future, there is still a stronghold for retreating. At that time, we can directly retreat to the Central Plains by boat from Jiangkou, and we don't have to worry about being blocked by countless mountain cities in Liaodong.

It's a pity that Yu Wenshu refused to accept such insightful opinions.

"Yu Shuai, I am willing to lead the fifth left army as the vanguard and lead the ninth army."

Luo Cheng directly stated the purpose of this trip, he didn't want to act with the Ninth Army, because they would be a big pit.

One will be incompetent, exhausting the three armies.

Following a pig-headed commander like Yu Wenshu, Luo Cheng didn't want to be tricked by him.

"Wouldn't it be better to act together? You also said that there must be an army of 15 to [-] people near Pyongyang."

"But now I don't know where this army is hiding. The only thing I can be sure of is that this army is not in Pyongyang City or under Pyongyang City. They are hiding near Pyongyang, but I don't know where it is. I want to lead troops alone Move, so that we can find their traces."

Yu Zhongwen hesitated.

"I also ask Yu Shuai to help me, otherwise, with the small-bellied character of Yuwen's old thief, he will definitely oppose it on purpose."

"You go out separately, and our eight armies advance together, which also conforms to the law of using one army, but you have to be careful, in case you are surrounded by the Goguryeo army, your army alone may be wiped out. "

"Don't worry, the Goguryeo people who can eat my left five armies haven't been born yet."

Returning from the camp of the first army on the right to the camp of the fifth army on the left, Luo Cheng immediately told the generals the news.

"Yu Shuai has promised me to help us send troops alone at the Ninth Army Conference."

"Why do you want to act alone?" Xue Wanche, a newcomer, asked puzzled.

Luo Cheng just smiled and didn't go into details. In fact, what Luo Cheng was worried about was Yu Wenshu and people like Liu Shilong who comforted the surrender envoy. When going south at that time, if he encounters some tricks of the Goguryeo people, even if Luo Cheng reminds him, Yu Wenshu probably won't pay attention to him.

That being the case, it is better to act separately to avoid being affected by them.

Sometimes, you are not afraid of opponents who are like gods, but teammates who are like pigs.

"Let me announce the route and plan of this march. Our left five armies are acting alone. The goal is also Pyongyang, and we will meet at the city of Pyongyang. But we will not go directly south, but go to the mouth of the Yalu River first. We will raid the big line at the mouth of the river first." After taking this city, I will leave 3 chariot soldiers and [-] supply troops to garrison, and then I will lead the remaining [-] people to go south along the west coast and rush to Pyongyang to join the army.”

"Strike Dahang City?"

Dahang City is at the mouth of the Yalu River. In fact, Luo Cheng and the others had to pass through Bodiao City on their way to Dahang City. Bodiao City was at the intersection of Yalu River and Wugu River.

It's just that now Luo Cheng doesn't have so much time to attack the cities one by one, and the defenses and defenders of Bodiao City are obviously stronger than those of Dahang City, so Luo Cheng went to attack Dahang City first.

Firstly, Dahang City’s soldiers are weak, and secondly, Dahang City is at the mouth of the Yalu River. In case of an unavoidable defeat like in history, they still have a chance to retreat here. There is a temporary resting place where they can store Order food ordnance.Another one, here is the sea, and there is still a chance to get supplies from the sea and retreat from the sea.

So in Luo Cheng's view, this stronghold is very necessary.

June fifteenth.

Yu Wenshu and Yu Zhongwen led the left-wing [-]th army and the right-wing [-]th army to cross the Yalu River and go down.

However, Luo Cheng led the Fifth Left Army to advance downstream along the west bank of the Yalu River.

The two men and horses parted ways and went their separate ways.

On June [-]th, Yu Wenshu waited in the east of the Yalu River, and finally met the Goguryeo army who came to stop them. About [-] Goguryeo soldiers came out to intercept them.

The two armies fought, and the Goguryeo army was defeated. Yu Wenshu led the army to pursue it.

In one day, there were seven battles and seven victories, and the Goguryeo army was defeated repeatedly, and finally collapsed all the way south.

Yu Wenshu led the army to pursue the momentum.

On the [-]th, Yu Wenshu led his army across Sashui.

On the same day, Luo Cheng's [-] soldiers and horses, after five days and nights of siege, finally broke through Dahang City with only [-] defenders.

In this battle, Luo Cheng's troops suffered more than a thousand casualties.

After the war, Luo Cheng left behind the sub-general Song Laosheng to lead [-] chariots and [-] heavy troops to garrison Dahang City, and left behind many equipment, grain, livestock, chariots, etc. The whole army only carried fried noodles with dried meat floss and the weapons used, and then lightly packed OK, cross the mouth of the Yalu River and run all the way to Pyongyang.

Still on the same day.

The first navy fleet led by Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang arrived at the mouth of Beijiang River near Pyongyang. It was filled with a huge fleet of 10 people from the three armed forces, and was manned by tens of thousands of Jianghuai sailors into the river.

Bai Fan nodded.

On the bow deck, Duke Rong and General You Yiwei came to protect his son, put on his armor and put on his long sword, "Go directly to Pyongyang, break through the enemy capital, and capture Gao Yuan alive!"

Behind him, Lai Liulang and Fei Qingnu, two fierce generals, showed a strong fighting spirit in their eyes, wishing they could fly directly to the top of Pyongyang city and kill him happily.

(End of this chapter)