(The red envelopes of the alliance are too heavy... Thanks to Zhao Wuxiu 2014, the headless Duke, K continues to support him as always during the New Year!)

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The front and central troops of the Liaodong coalition army were deployed the next day, and the troops were directly aimed at Goguryeo. Le Jin led the infantry and cavalry of the White Wolf Army and the baggage to Houcheng County, southwest of Xuantu County, which was still dozens of miles away from Goguryeo City.

The two armies led by Ma Han and Xiahou Lan had a total of more than 3,400 cavalry. Except for the two guards, they were basically all Hu cavalry. One of the major characteristics of Hu cavalry is that they rely very little on logistics, and as long as they have a small amount of supplies, they can fight for a long time.

The more than 3,000 cavalry led by the Marhan, there were 5,000 war horses and packed horses, and they brought enough dry food and horse materials for seven days. At least before passing the Ghoul Tower (the border city between the Han Dynasty and Goguryeo), there was Xuantu County supply along the way, without the need to use reserves. After entering Goguryeo, there was a seven-day military ration that was enough to reach Heshenggu City, the northern capital of Goguryeo.

What are you most afraid of when going deep into the enemy's territory? There is no doubt that the enemy's army is firmly clearing the fields, using the geographical advantage to cut off the food roads, and even setting up obstacles to block the army's return. The King of Goguryeo did this and achieved considerable results, so the Liaodong army had to guard against it.

In view of this, Ma Han decided not to wait for logistics and advance. The best result was to catch up with the Baqi army and annihilate it. Even if it was not good, it would catch the Goguryeo people off guard and could not strengthen the walls and clear the fields.

When passing through Xigaima City, it was obvious that it had just passed a fierce battle here, the farmland was destroyed, the children's mountains were washed away, and the dry blood was faint and the people were cut off.

Xigai Ma Chang led the people of Hecheng to carry food and labor for the army. Thanks to the Liaodong prefect for personally leading the army to rescue. Xigai Ma Chang was both happy and worried about the plan of the horseman to go out to attack slaves, and repeatedly reminded him that the highlands of the Goguryeo Mountains were dangerous and the rivers were complicated. In summer, you must be more careful.

The Ma Han heard it one by one and gave the Xigai horse a long gold and silk to praise his courage. The Xigai horse provided more than ten reliable Han and Goguryeo as guides to the army.

Another day later, the army came to the border between the two countries. The guide pointed at a small earthen city beside the Xiaoliao River and said to Ma Han: "Prevent, please see, there is the Gully Tower. Usually there are only more than ten garrison soldiers and servants guarding them, while the sheds outside the city are guarding their families."

The Gourd Tower was built by the people of Goguryeo. At that time, the Han Dynasty granted Goguryeo a skilled man, court robes and clothes, and was often received from Xuantu County. Since the founding of the King of Goguryeo, he was arrogant and disrespectful and refused to go to the county and built a small city on the eastern border. He set up the Gourd Tower among them and came to take them over the years. After a long time, the city was named the Gourd Tower.

To put it bluntly, I want the thing, just put it here, I'll pay you a visit... This gutter tower can be said to be a manifestation of the arrogant heart of the Goguryeo people.

The Mahan pointed at the long whip: "Damn it, the Goguryeo people will never use it anymore."

The Hu people are not good at building, but they are experts in sabotage. Destroying things can best vent the anger in their hearts. At that moment, the three hundred Hu cavalry made a thunderous cry. The hundreds of riders roared and rushed towards the small earthen building.

The soldiers and servants in the gutter building saw it from afar. They all frightened and rolled out of the divine city, rushed into the shed and pulled their wives and children, and fled to the mountains and forests for a desperate price.

The Hu people failed to kill, and vented all their anger on this small earthen city. They first robbed everything in the city and robbed all the things that could be dismantled, and finally lit a fire. The flames soared into the air, and were shocked from far and near. This fire officially kicked off the battle to destroy the country.

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At dusk, the Liaodong coalition forces were stationed on the south bank of the Xiaoliao River. The whistle cavalry was everywhere, and the cordon was released thirty miles away. At the same time, dozens of Goguryeo people nearby were captured and asked about the traces of Baqi's army. The information they obtained was that Baqi's Goguryeo army had passed here the day before yesterday and had already headed southeast.

"It's only two days away." Ma Han was a little satisfied after listening to the scout's report in the main tent. In this way, at least the Goguryeo people had no time to strengthen the walls and clear the fields.

Bing Yuan, who was living in the lower head of the horse, coughed lightly and frowned and said, "Do you chase me too quickly? What Yuan saw along the way was that Goguryeo was steep and the wild forest was deep. Nu Kou was familiar with the geography. If he was living in danger and blocked or was hiding in the forest, he was afraid that something would not be allowed to say."

Bingyuan and Guoyuan have a transcendent identity, and are considered to be Ma Han's guest ministers, and can express their opinions freely. Moreover, in his name, Ma Han, the self-led prefect of Liaodong, was still blunt and even in front of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao.

Guoyuan also advised: "The envoy is the commander of the central army, and the commander of the three armies. The march should be at the back. How can one break out before the entire army? This is a taboo in the march, and the commander of the three armies must be observed."

Ma Han's right index finger on the desk kept rubbing his thumb and smiling helplessly. Of course, he couldn't say that what you two said was actually the same thing. I ran to the front army as the commander of the three armies to be the captain of the scouts, just to prevent the Goguryeo people from ambushing!

When a large army is advancing, under normal circumstances, the vanguard cavalry will first send out the vanguard cavalry to explore the road before, and the army will slowly move backwards. Each 20 miles line, after receiving the safety message from the scout in front, the marching speed will be accelerated. In this way, if an army is a cavalry, it can run a hundred miles, and if it is an infantry, it will be up to 40 or 50 miles. In the rugged terrain of Goguryeo and the hot weather, this value will be reduced by half.

Of course, this kind of marching speed cannot satisfy the Marhan. He wants to catch up with Baqi and annihilate it in the field. At such a slow speed, there is no chance to eat dust behind the enemy. According to the Xigai Horse Chief, Baqi's Goguryeo Army is mostly infantry and has few cavalry, while the Liaodong coalition is all cavalry, so it is entirely possible to catch up - as long as you are not afraid of being in a hurry, shrink the scout's reconnaissance radius, the army let go of their worries and run at full speed.

So Ma Han decided that from tomorrow, he would not only continue to act as the captain of the scout, but also snatch the vanguard officer. He wanted to make the speed of the Liaodong Army and the White Wolf Cavalry a nightmare that the Goguryeo people would never be able to get rid of.

Of course, Ma Han cannot be with Binghara, Guo Yuanming said, so he just smiled slightly: "What the two gentlemen said is that the reason why Feng moves all the way is to meet someone who is more familiar with geography than the Goguryeo people. Well, he must be coming soon."

Who can meet in this Goguryeo land? Jeonghara and Guoyuan looked at each other, although they wanted to know it. But Ma Han didn't say it, and with their reserve, they naturally couldn't let go of their posture to ask. Anyway, the answer was revealed soon, so it's better to wait quietly.

Sure enough, after a while, I heard a vague noise outside the camp, and it seemed that many people were coming. Soon, a guard came from outside the tent and reported: "The king of Yu Kingdom, Qiu Tai, asked to see the prefect."

Ma Han'an couldn't sit still and raised his hand and said, "I'll invite you to see you in my husband, Lord Yu."

It turned out that they had joined forces with the King of Fuyu! Bingyuan and Guoyuan suddenly realized that no wonder. Goguryeo was originally the old place of Fuyu, and the two countries fought each other all year round. To talk about the terrain and geography of Goguryeo, no one of the Han border residents could be as familiar with Fuyu people.

After a while, the curtain was lifted, and a handsome young man appeared in front of the tent wearing a scoop hat and gold and silver. He wore white pleated rosy clothes, a high nose and deep eyes, and a yellow beard under his chin. He looked handsome and handsome.

"Husband Yu Wei Qiutai, pay homage to the prefect." The visitor bent down deeply and bowed to Ma Han.

Ma Han smiled and asked: "Mr. Yu is here at the right time, please sit down."

Wei Qiutai quickly thanked him, took off his dusty leather boots, changed into the wooden mat handed over by the guard, stepped into the tent covered with felt blankets, and carefully knelt down on the white mat that had been prepared on the right.

Wei Qiutai was able to be the king and dominate in Fuyu. But in the Han Dynasty, he was just a monarch under Xuantu County. In front of the Liaodong prefect who even Xuantu County had to obey orders, it was not surprising that such a performance was done.

Ma Han introduced the two scholars of Bing Yuan and Guoyuan to Wei Qiutai. Wei Qiutai hurriedly greeted him. The two scholars just nodded lightly. Even though they were both poor people and were not from aristocratic families, their reputation would never be used to disrespect a foreign king.

Wei Qiutai also knew that in the Han Dynasty, the status of famous scholars was respectful, but in the eyes of a foreign king like him, he actually looked down on people who were polite. Only a prince like Ma Han could make him feel awe from the bottom of his heart.

Ma Han ignored the two sides' contempt in their hearts and asked, "How many people are you bringing in Husband Yu?"

Wei Qiutai replied carefully: "The prefect summoned him very quickly. Xiao Wang could not summon too many troops and horses, so he only brought three hundred guards to the capital palace, and one thousand infantrymen of the frontier confronting Goguryeo..."

"Only one thousand three hundred people? Too few! Too few!" Ma Han's face darkened, and he was forcing people. "Mr. Yu, you should know how important it is to Yu's country in this conquest of Goguryeo. Decades of humiliation will be rewarded in one day. Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity should be used to gather troops. But you are just going to bring only this little. Hehe..."

Wei Qiutai was moving rapidly, and he was already hot. At this moment, he felt sweat on his forehead and bowed to apologize: "The prefect is kind, how can Xiao Wang not know? It's just that time is really hasty, and Xiao Wang dared not miss the time to join forces with the prefect, so he didn't even recruit a large army..."

"Forget it, I don't want to explain, I just want the army." Ma Wen waved his hand, "Mr. Yu will bring this group of troops first, join forces with our Liaodong Army, and then summon a large army to help. Anyway, the domestic city is not ready, as long as the subsequent army can hurry up and join the war."

Wei Qiutai repeatedly said that he was yes. Seeing that Ma Han had not been punished, he sat upright while wiping his sweat and his heart was still beating.

Ma Hanmu's note on Wei Qiutai: "Now, do you have any news to me?"

Wei Qiutai quickly paused: "I just reported to the prefect for something important - Goguryeo Wang Bogu, who is already dead."

What?! This is really shocking news. With the calmness of Ma Han, the calmness of Jue Yuan, and the calmness of Guo Yuan, they can't help but change their color. On weekdays, they don't care whether a vassal king is dead or alive, but at the moment, Bogu's life and death directly affects a major battle.

"Be serious?" Ma Han looked at Wei Qiutai and looked at him so hard that he did not dare to raise him.

"Yes, it's true... it's the sister of the little king, and the concubine of the King Bogu sent an emergency message."

Ma Han was slightly stunned. Wei Qiutai was at most about thirty, and his sister... I heard that Bogu was already over sixty. Well, it was normal for a weak country to serve a strong country, and it was normal for a woman to send gold and territory to send her territory. Bogu's concubine sent a message, and it seemed that the news was sure of it.

Ma Han really didn't expect that before he went to war, he once said, "King Bogu, you are dead." As a result, this guy was really dead.

So, what impact will Bogu's death have on this war? (To be continued)
Chapter completed!