Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 407
The third one is here!

mid-September.

Lai Huer couldn't wait for the second batch of sailors to cross the sea. After discussing with Yu Zhongwen and others, Lai Huer used naval warships to retreat the more than [-] Sui troops in Dahang City to the islands on the Jiangkou Sea. .

Dahang City abandoned.

After voluntarily abandoning Dahang City, Lai Huer returned to Pyongyang with more than [-] soldiers and horses.

The 3 troops are no longer the navy soldiers he brought, but are composed of six generals, Zhong Wen, Xue Shixiong, Song Laosheng, Hou Mo Chenyi, Lai Huer, and Zhou Fashang, who each selected [-] elite soldiers from their subordinates. .

The fleet is mighty.

Just as we were about to leave, a speedboat arrived.

But it was an angel who came from Linhaydn in the west of Liaoning Province. This messenger brought the latest edict from the emperor.

The emperor has issued an imperial edict on the tenth day of September.

"Old man Yuwen actually escaped back?"

"In addition to General Yuwen, four generals Cui Hongsheng, Zhao Cai, Zhang Jin, and Jing Yuanheng have also returned. The Ninth Army has withdrawn about [-] defeated soldiers to Liaodong."

I heard that 10 people went back, and everyone finally felt a little better. Adding in the [-] people withdrawn from Dahang City, and the [-] people from Luo Cheng, the Ninth Army still retained [-] troops.

"His Majesty has decreed to remove Yu Wenshu and other five generals from their official titles, and sent them all to prison for crimes. Also, General Xin Shixiong died in battle."

Everyone was silent.

"The emperor sent me to pass an edict to tell the generals in Dahang City to withdraw their troops and return to the court."

The sailor who came to protect the children also received an order from the teacher.

"The minister obeys the imperial edict."

Yu Zhongwen received the edict, turned around and said to the angel, "We have received your majesty's edict, but before that, I still have one thing to do, and I can only leave after I finish it. Luo Cheng, the general of the Left Fifth Army, He also led [-] brothers near Pyongyang, and we had to pick him up."

"General Luo is still alive?"

"Definitely still alive."

The angel said happily, "Then I will immediately report this good news to Your Majesty."

"It's a pity that His Majesty has sent an order to Donglai to recall the second army of the navy that has already set sail. Otherwise, it would be safer." The angel said.

"Even if there is no reinforcements, I still have to pick up Luo Cheng. This is owed to Luo Cheng by this old man and the tens of thousands of soldiers who survived the robbery in Dahang City." Yu Zhongwen said resolutely.

The fleet continued south.

At the beginning of late September, they finally arrived at Beijiangkou.

Only then did I meet the naval auxiliary yacht that had been waiting near Jiangkou.

When Lai Hu'er learned of the drastic changes after he left, she was shocked and speechless.

"Sail the boat quickly, and go back to see General Luo."

On the island.

As Lai Huer and others arrived with [-] soldiers, the island was full of joy and laughter.

The accompanying angels personally read the edict to Luo Cheng and the soldiers of the Fifth Left Army.

Luo Cheng accepted the edict with a heavy heart, and it was finally over.

"I didn't expect Luo Dajun to make such great achievements. My God, I really can't imagine that when the Eighth Army was defeated, you were able to shoot back and kill Pyongyang. With only half of the army and 2 horses, you can attack hard. Going down to Pyongyang and capturing Gao Yuan alive, it’s amazing.”

"Not only that, General Luo also wiped out another 5 horses of Goguryeo Ulchi Ieyasu at Beijiangkou."

"Yeah, it's unbelievable. I'll write a good report to His Majesty now."

Yu Zhongwen patted Luo Cheng's arm and sighed, "Our Eighth Army has nearly 30 people, which is not as good as your left five armies and one army. If we can hold on, we will return to Pyongyang after you break through Pyongyang. Then the Eastern Expedition won."

Lai Hu'er was even more ashamed and said, "The biggest culprit for the failure of this Eastern Expedition is me, Lai Huer. If I don't rush forward, I won't let the Ninth Army be short of food and help."

"Sin of sin."

Luo Cheng shook his head, "War is like this, the situation is changing rapidly, and no one can guarantee that everything will go as planned. This is the end of the matter, and we will not talk about those retrospectives. Now that His Majesty's command has been issued, we are still preparing to retreat Bar."

Lai Huer looked at the countless people, horses, money, food and supplies on the island, and smiled wryly, "I sent the fleet back to Donglai to transport troops. As a result, the soldiers and horses just passed the Miaodao Islands, and His Majesty's command arrived, and they have already returned. I There are only a few hundred boats here, which can only transport 3 people. Now we have to return in batches, and wait for the first batch of people to be shipped back before we can come to pick up the second one."

"It doesn't matter, it's good to arrange by Shuai."

"Don't worry, I'll write to the Donglai Naval Camp to send all the ships there to pick up people."

In order to show respect to the brothers of the Fifth Left Army, Lai Huer specially said that he would send the brothers of the Fifth Left Army back to the Central Plains first.

Luo Cheng gave way a few times, but Yu Zhongwen and others also said that Luo Cheng and the other great heroes should go back first, so they finally decided like this.

I spent a few days with Yu Zhongwen, Lai Huer, etc. on Bailing Island, and talked a lot about the Eastern Expedition. They also made a replay of the war, and finally came to the result. There is indeed a chance of success, but the success rate is extremely low.The key point is that it is too risky, using too many soldiers and civilians, and the chain is intertwined, and the execution is too difficult. If one step is wrong, the whole game will be lost, just like now.

Moreover, due to the fact that too many soldiers, horsemen and civilians were used in this Eastern Expedition, it has also led to instability in many places in the Central Plains. Of course, the main reason for the current turmoil in the Central Plains is that the Yellow River just broke its embankment this year, flooding more than forty people. County, which led to the famine this year, and a large number of civil uprisings began.

But in the final analysis, if the imperial court and the local government hadn't been fully preparing for the Eastern Expedition in the past two years and conscripted too many people to serve, the Yellow River would not have fallen into disrepair and this year's major embankment would not have broken.

And because of the Eastern Expedition this year, a large number of young and strong people went to Liaodong to deliver money and food, so when a disaster happened, the relief was insufficient.However, a large number of government soldiers were recruited, which made the local defense empty, and after the disaster happened, bandits and bandits sprang up and the people changed continuously.

The root of everything still stems from this too large and risky Eastern Expedition.

The weather was fine in the morning, and the sea was breezy. It was a good day for sailing.

Luo Cheng took the remaining [-] brothers from the Fifth Left Army and boarded the ship loaded with money, silk, gold and silver they had looted. Because there were too many looted things, he could only take the most valuable ones first, and there were still a lot of The money, silk, materials, livestock, and captives can't be loaded, so they can only be placed on the island first, and then transported back when the follow-up fleet arrives.

"Sail!"

"Starting!"

Standing on the deck, Luo Cheng watched Bailing Island become smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared into the vast sea as a small black spot.

The fleet traveled along the coastline, and Luo Cheng could see the coast of Goguryeo not far away.

"I'm not reconciled."

Lai Huer patted the lever and said, Yu Zhongwen, Xue Shixiong, Zhou Fashang, Song Laosheng, Hou Mo Chenyi and other generals, looking at the stretch of coastline, looking at the green mountains and plains on the shore, all of them are bosom belts Unwilling and heartbroken.

"We'll be back sooner or later."

Luo Cheng just said something flat.

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