Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 770
After sending Zhang Liang to contact Chen Leng, Luo Cheng stopped his march in Linyi.

It's not that Luo Cheng expected Chen Leng to join him, but because now Linyi has assembled three armies, more than [-] people, and tens of thousands of civilians.

With such a huge army and civilian husbands, it is very terrifying for people to eat horse chews.

Luo Cheng's army came from an expedition across the sea from Liaodong. When they arrived in Linyi, Luo Cheng was faced with the problem of not being able to keep up with the supply of food and grass.

Speaking of which, in the past few years, the Central Plains have been destroyed by war, and the land of Shandong is not much better.The plain counties along the canal in the west were originally grain-producing areas, but they were the most severely damaged by the war, with population loss and barren fields.

The central Shandong area is all mountainous.Donglai Peninsula is relatively stable, but the land is narrow and populated, making it difficult to support oneself.

For more than a year, Shandong itself has raised tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Since then, Luo Cheng has continued to send troops south, and now, he has led two armies to land again. As a result, there are now six soldiers in this small Shandong. There are as many as 15 soldiers and horses in the army.

Relying on Luzhong Mountain and Donglai Peninsula, where can it be supplied?

So Luo Cheng had to transport grain across the sea from Liaodong, which was a huge burden.When Yang Guang conquered Liaodong, he conscripted millions of peasants to transport grain to Liaodong. Now Luo Cheng wanted to transport grain back to Shandong.

Although the number of troops is only a little more than [-]% of Yang Guangchu's expedition to Liaodong, it is still a big project.

While waiting for food and grass, Luo Cheng simply asked the three armies under his command to start farming on the spot. Anyway, they were idle, training while farming.

He also adjusted the three armies, so that the Zuo Shenji Army, which was originally the weakest, was supplemented by many experienced Liaodong officers and veterans of the Zhongwu Army.

The city is in flames.

People's livelihoods are ruined.

"It's true that Li Yuan went north from Jiangdu and plundered Jiangdu, Pengcheng, Xiapi, and Donghai counties. Otherwise, we can go south to fight against the enemy for food. But now the southern counties are all empty cities. , if we pass by, not only will we not be able to get supplies, but we will have to distribute food to those hungry people.”

There is no need for Chen Leng to strengthen the wall and clear the field. In fact, Li Yuan has already searched it once, and it is very clean.

In this war, the most important thing is food.

The bigger the army, the more afraid of food shortage.

Even a God of War figure like Luo Cheng, with an army of more than 7, would be unable to move an inch without food.

"At this time, I am really envious of Dou Jiande and Li Mi. One of these two people occupied the Liyang warehouse and the other occupied the Xingluo warehouse. These are the savings of the Sui Dynasty for decades. Now they rely on these Food can be tossed as much as you want, and we can't do it with reckless violent soldiers and grabbing land everywhere. I have worked hard to farm in Liaodong for several years. Du Ruhui repeatedly confessed that this time I sent troops. "

Guo Xiaoke, who had just replaced Xue Wanjun as the deputy envoy of the Zuo Shenji Army, said with a smile, "After all, the soldiers are not made of iron. If they don't die this day, they have to eat and drink. Besides, they have to consume weapons in battle. Not to mention other things, just Those war horses and pack mules in the army don’t know how much food and grass they have to chew in a day.”

"That's why I envy Li Mi and the others even more."

From this point of view, Luo Cheng also has to say that Li Mi is actually quite good. He decided to go north to attack Luoyang. In fact, he had a good vision. He successfully captured the Luokou warehouse, and only then did he have continuous violence situation.

"Marshal, Li Mi's life is not easy right now. Li Yuan went all the way to the west, broke through several counties, robbed him of countless money and food, and even forcibly took countless people into the customs when he left. This can be regarded as stabbing Li Mi severely. But The most ruthless ones were Wang Shichong, Pei Renji, and Wei Wensheng, who killed Li Mi by surprise and prevented Li Mi from defeating Dou Jiande."

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"When Li Mi was not finished, this old boy was very smart. He and Dou Jiande were about to fight, but in the end they fought a few battles, and each of them injured tens of thousands of people. But when the other side intervened, he immediately took the initiative to truce with Dou Jiande. Stop fighting, shake hands and make peace, this kind of decisiveness is not something everyone has."

Although Li Mi has suffered some losses, but it hasn't hurt the root cause. So what if Li Yuan destroys some counties and robs some of his population?It's not like Li Yuan can only grab and run, and Li Yuan can't stay and occupy his territory, so this loss has little effect at all.

At best, it can only be said that Li Mi missed a great opportunity to solve Li Yuan and get rid of future troubles.If he looks back after he defeats Dou Jiande, Li Yuan may indeed never be able to return to Guanzhong.

As for Wang Shichong, although he didn't know how to persuade Wei Wensheng in Guanzhong to come to help, but in terms of the overall battle situation, he couldn't change much of the disadvantages.

After being beaten by Li Mihang for so long, what's the use of sneaking back now, neither captured the Luokou warehouse, nor broke through the Hulao Pass, but only ruined Li Mi's good deed and helped Li Yuan escape. Nothing has changed.

Originally, Li Mi wanted to destroy Dou Jiande first, and then attack Shandong. As for Luoyang, he just planned to continue to trap him to death. Now, Li Mi was angry and shook hands with Dou to make peace. Li Yuan also ran away, and Luo Cheng couldn't care less about intercepting , and now he is trying his best to return to Luoyang, so he must be destroyed first.

"It's Dou Jiande who is really going to die. He ran to Henan and went through all kinds of troubles. He didn't get any benefits, but he lost more than 1 soldiers. Now he is still being cheated." Luo Cheng said with a smile. We are all waiting for good news from Hebei.

I just hope that Dou Jiande's lair, Hejian Leshou, can be broken soon. In this way, Dou Jiande, the king of Hebei, is almost there.

At that time, he will sweep Huainan, Siye and others will sweep Hebei, and then the north and south will join forces to attack Luoyang. No matter who wins, Wang Shichong or Li Mi will be difficult to survive under his north-south attack. This is the grand strategy.

Regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a place, it is the layout of Go, and the dragon is slaughtered.

river.

Le Shou, Jincheng Palace.

"It's over!"

Gao Junya, Dong Kangmai, and Wang Xiaohu, who were staying behind, were all generals of the Xia army, all of whom had panicked expressions on their faces.

"Luo Siye captured Qingyuan City in the northwest of Hejian!"

"Rothmore captured Xiong County!"

"Feng Xiaoci captured Lucheng and Changlu in the northeast."

"Report!"

"Guo Xuan invaded Lucheng and Wuqiang counties of our Xindu County from Anle, Hengshan County, and has already killed us to the south of Leshou, and stationed troops on the north bank of the Zhangshui River."

"Le Shou is surrounded on all sides!"

Dong Kangmai asked tremblingly, "Where is Your Majesty, where is Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty's striker, Liu Yabu, has just passed Qinghe, and His Majesty is still in Guantao!"

Now the faces of the generals became even uglier.

"It's hard to put out the fire near the water, what can we do!"

(End of this chapter)