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Chapter 46 Login

On the south bank of Beishui, just opposite Pyongyang City, the tents of the Goguryeo army stationed for more than ten miles. Here, the tents of the Goguryeo army were stationed here for more than two months. In the tent of the head coach in the middle of the tent, the Goguryeo Moli Zhiyuan Taizuo, Rongliu Wang Gao Jianwu, General Gao Yanshou, Gao Huizhen and others sat together, looking sad.

Their capital Pyongyang, separated by water, was surrounded by the Sui army, but they could only watch from the other side of the river. In the past two months, although Yuan Taizuo had tried countless ways to cross the river, he had no choice but to face the powerful navy of the Sui army and could only wait and wait. In this situation, no matter how strong the person is, he will inevitably feel angry.

"Master Mo Lizhi, you can't wait any longer, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable if the army has no food." Gao Huizhen broke the silence in the tent and said what everyone was most worried about.

It's funny to say that Yuan Taizuo's army is clearly fighting on its own territory, and the south bank of Beishui is a few large-scale grain-producing areas on the Korean Peninsula. Now they are facing the threat of food shortage.

When the Sui army came, it happened to be the season when summer grain was about to be harvested. After the Goguryeo naval army was defeated, facing the murderous battleships of the Sui army on the Beishui River, the Goguryeo people along the coast fled one after another. In addition to a small part of the grain on the South Bank Plain, after the arrival of Yuan Taizuo's army, most of the grain had been rotten in the ground and lost the food on the South Bank Plain of Beishui River. Although the other areas controlled by Yuan Taizuo now are hundreds of miles, most of them are mountainous areas, how can they meet the consumption of more than 100,000 people?

"So what if you don't wait, can General Gao find a way to cross the river?" Yuan Taizuo said lightly.

Gao Huizhen opened her mouth but still didn't say his thoughts. With the Sui army's navy, it was impossible to cross the river. Now that we have seen food out of food in less than ten days, retreating is the best choice, but the capital is the other side, and the king and civil and military officials are all in the city. Who dares to easily say the words of retreating?

Seeing that Gao Hui was really speechless, Gao Jianwu said: "Lord Mo Lizhi has always been extremely wise. Since he can't think of a way to cross the river, Xiao Wang believes that others can't think of any other people. Instead of being useless in stationing here, it is better to detour through the Dafeng Mountains, which is worse than being stronger here."

"Yes, this is what the last general means, and he detours the Dafeng Mountains." Seeing Gao Jianwu supporting him, Gao Huizhen was shocked and quickly added.

Yuan Taizuo kept silent and wanted to detour the Dafeng Mountains to Pyongyang. It was possible when he first arrived here. At that time, the military food was sufficient and the materials were abundant. Even if the mountain road was difficult, it might not be impossible to reach Pyongyang after spending several months. Now the remaining food and grass in the army is only more than ten days, and I want to take this route to Pyongyang and only seek death.

Gao Jianwu, Gao Huizhen and others naturally had other intentions. If the army crossed the Dafeng Mountains, if they wanted to survive, they had to occupy the northern grain-producing area first. At that time, the army would have no chance to rescue Pyongyang. If Pyongyang is captured, there would be only one to establish another king, and Gao Jianwu is undoubtedly the best candidate.

Yuan Taizuo was full of disgust for Gao Jianwu's ambition. Yuan family held the position of Mo Lizhi of Goguryeo for several generations. Unless he wanted to go further, the power would really reach its peak. Yuan Taizuo did not need to betray the current king, but he was not willing to offend Gao Jianwu. After all, Gao Jianwu did not have any pure rebellion, and if Pyongyang was captured, it would undoubtedly be the best choice to establish Gao Jianwu as the king.

Yuan Taizuo sighed exhaustedly: "Prince, several generals, are you forced to take a detour? Should you wait for another five days? If you can't think of a way to cross the river, it will be too late for the army to take a detour."

Everyone in the tent suddenly became richer. They had not found a solution for two months. What's the use of waiting for another five days? Knowing that Yuan Taizuo still chose to compromise. Several loyal generals wanted to persuade him but didn't know how to persuade him, but the others were very happy. They were unwilling to wait until the military rations were exhausted before being chased by the Sui army.

"Since Lord Mo Lizhi said this, let's wait for another five days."

As soon as Gao Jianwu's words fell, everyone knew that even if these meetings were over, everyone was about to disperse, and a messy footsteps came from outside the tent. Then a soldier rushed into the tent. Everyone was shocked. Who dared to break into the commander's tent after being brave enough to break into the commander's big tent?

Everyone hurriedly looked at the person coming and found that the person coming in was just an ordinary soldier. They couldn't help but secretly called the soldier bold and turned all his eyes to Yuan Taizuo again to see how he dealt with the person coming in?

"Bastard, who are you? You dare to hit the big tent, where are the guards?" Yuan Taizuo was also puzzled. In order to prevent the military discussion from leaking, all the guards had to be isolated ten steps away from the camp. Unexpectedly, they were negligent to release people into the camp.

The soldier who came in looked panicked on his face. When he heard Yuan Taizuo's words, he was so scared that he knelt on the ground with a trembling voice: "Sir, urgent military information, they... they have landed."

"Go to the shore?" Everyone was puzzled and was about to ask more details. Another chaotic footsteps sounded. Two furious personal soldiers rushed in, pinched the neck of the previous soldier and dragged it out, and apologized: "Sir, I deserve to die. I was negligent to let this person break into the commander's tent and ask him to punish him."

"Slowly, let him explain clearly what has landed." Yuan Taizuo stopped his two personal guards from dragging the soldiers who had previously broken into. When the two personal soldiers heard the commander's words, they had to put down the hand that had grabbed the soldiers' necks and stayed aside and dared not move.

After being pinched on his neck, he quickly coughed several times before the soldier replied: "It's the Sui army, they are going to get ashore."

All the generals heard it clearly and were shocked in their hearts. The Sui army had the advantage of the navy. If they wanted to fight, they would fight, and if they didn't fight, they would not fight. What's strange is that in more than two months, the Sui army had not launched an attack on them, even though Goguryeo thought from top to bottom that the Sui army was afraid of their strong combat power. Although they didn't care about the Sui army's several increases in troops, if it weren't for the military rations that could not be supported, they would not have thought about the withdrawal of troops. Did they just want to withdraw when the Sui army came ashore?

"Go out and have a look."

All the generals could not stay anymore, so they walked out of the tent, took the report soldier, and stepped onto the back of the horse and ran towards the shore of the Beishui River. However, when they arrived by the river, they saw that the river was quiet. Apart from the patrolling Sui army ships, no one was seen landing.

"Where, where did they land?"

"Master Mo Lizhi, they are below, just over ten miles below." The soldier hurriedly returned.

"Go, go down." Everyone turned their horses' heads and walked down the river bank. After walking for a few miles, they had already received several reports from scouts. The Sui army was landing, and everyone did not dare to neglect them. They even whipped the horse's back and ran downstream.

After running for several miles, everyone quickly stopped and stared at the boats coming and going in the Beishui River. The former wide Beishui River suddenly became very narrow, and the entire river surface was occupied by large and small. The distance between the ships seemed very small, as if you could directly cross the boat to the north shore from the south shore.

Over the past few months, the Goguryeo generals have been immune to the warships that the Sui army drove on the Beishui River. However, it is rare to squeeze so many ships together this time. If you look closely, you will find that there are significant differences from the past. This time, there are many small boats in the river. Most ships can only carry dozens of people, while there are very few ships that can carry hundreds or even thousands of people.

All the generals became angry. How many people did the Sui army come to?

"No, they are not Sui army, look at their flags." A sharp-eyed general shouted.

When everyone looked carefully, it was indeed not the Sui army flag floating on it, but it looked like the flags of Baekje and Silla. Everyone's faces looked even more ugly. What does this mean? It means that the Sui army was indeed colluding with Baekje and Silla.

"Sir, what should I do? Do you want to fight?"

While they were watching, some of the people from Silla and Baekje coalition landed on the shore. As soon as the boat landed, they jumped off the boat and immediately lined up on the shore. The south bank of Beishui was a plain. It rained soon after, and the river was abundant. They were riding on a small boat, so they didn't need a dock to land at will.

"Want, or not?" Yuan Taizuo hesitated in his heart. If all the soldiers were not brought by him from the front line, he really suspected that there were spies from the Sui army in his army. He had just decided to leave. Silla and Baekje's coalition forces would soon start landing. If it were in the past, he would definitely attack without hesitation. But is it necessary to fight another big fight before leaving? What's more, the ones who were fighting Silla and Baekje?

Gao Yanshou looked at Yuan Taizuo's hesitant face strangely and attacked halfway. What else should I consider: "Sir, if you stop, you will be in trouble. No matter whether he is Sui Dog, Baekje or Silla Dog, you will beat them down as long as you dare to go ashore."

Yuan Taizuo was shocked when he heard this. He understood that if the coalition forces of the two countries were allowed to shore, they just wanted to go out and turned their heads: "Go back and attack immediately."
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