The right army camp.

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

"I want to thank you for your food, and I brought wine again."

"Just a little homemade wine."

The two sat opposite each other.

One old and one young smiled at each other, one was the glory of the eight pillars of the country, and the other was the emerging aristocratic celebrity.

"Actually, we shouldn't go south anymore. I'm sure that near Pyongyang, the Goguryeo people have gathered a heavy army group of about 100,000 or even about 150,000 people, and they are waiting for us."

"I can also estimate it." Yu Zhongwen said bluntly, "I mentioned to General Yuwen that I would not go south to Pyongyang for the time being, but to attack the Yalu River mouth first, seize one or two cities at the river mouth first, and take food to rescue emergency, and occupy Haikou at the same time. You can wait for the navy to transport grain and then move south calmly after replenishing the food. But Yuwen Shu brought out the imperial edict to urge the troops to send troops, and I was helpless."

Luo Cheng shook his head helplessly.

"To be honest, all the food in our army has been distributed to the army, and only a little food we own is left. However, this little food, divided by a large army of 300,000, will not increase the food for a few days. A decisive battle of thousands of miles apart, will never be simple."

"I understand, but the nine armies have no commander." Yu Zhongwen said a troublesome question.

Yes, the Nine Army has no commander, which means that there is no leader in the group. There is really a disagreement. There is a 300,000 army, not even a person who can really make decisions.

"It's mid-June now, and I don't know if the first fleet of General Hu'er's fleet has arrived on 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 to take a big adventure.

Liaodong City has not yet been captured. Xincheng, Anshi, Fuyu, Jinshan, Baiyan, Beisha, Wugu, Domestic, Heshenggu, Duwancheng, these fortresses are still stuck in their rears, and the subsequent thirteen armies are stuck on the front line of the Liaohe River.

However, the eight armies on the sea were limited to the vast sea. Even if ships were transported, it was impossible to transport 300,000 people to Pyongyang at one time.

You should know that although the straight line is very close from Donglai to Pyongyang, the shipping technology of this era makes direct flights to the deep sea a gamble of luck. The navy's route is not a direct flight, but a sailing along the coastline, crossing the Bohai Bay from the Miaodao Islands, reaching the Liaodong Peninsula, and then passing through the Yalu River Estuary along the coastline of Liaodong, then heading south along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula to the Datong River Estuary near Pyongyang, landing against the river.

Yu Zhongwen planned to fight to the Yalu River Estuary to seize a city, which actually makes sense. After all, the navy's route actually has to pass through the Yalu River Estuary.

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

Even if the attack on Pyongyang is not good in the future, there will be a stronghold in retreat. At that time, you will take a boat from Jiangkou to retreat to the Central Plains. There is no need to worry about being blocked by countless mountain cities in Liaodong.

Unfortunately, Yuwen Shu refused to adopt such insightful opinions.

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

Luo Cheng directly stated the purpose of this trip. He did not want to act with the Nine Army because they would be a big pit.

One general was incompetent and exhausted the three armies.

With a pig-headed commander like Yuwen Shu, Luo Cheng was unwilling to be cheated by him.

"Wouldn't it be better to act together? You said that there must be an army of ten to fifty thousand 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 or under Pyongyang. They are hiding near Pyongyang, but I don't know where it is. I want to lead the troops to act alone so that they can find their traces."

Yu Zhongwen hesitated.

"Please help me, otherwise, with the petty character of Yuwen's old thief, he would definitely object on purpose."

"You have another army and our eight armies advance together, which is a perfect match for the law of military use. But you must be careful. If you are surrounded by the Goguryeo army, your lonely army may be wiped out."

"Don't worry, the Goguryeo who could eat my Left Five Army is not born yet."

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

"Ship Yu has agreed to me and help us send troops alone at the Ninth Army Military Conference."

"Why do you need to act alone?" Xue Wanche, the newly joined, asked in confusion.

Luo Cheng just smiled and didn't say in detail. In fact, what Luo Cheng was worried about was that Yuwen Shu also had people like Liu Shilong, a commander of the surrender. After all, Yuwen Shu was not only a general of the Left First Army, but also a member of the Left Five Army. When he went south, if he encountered some tricks from the Goguryeo people, even if Luo Cheng reminded him, Yuwen Shu probably wouldn't pay attention to him.

Since that's the case, it's better to act separately and avoid being influenced by them.

Sometimes, I am not afraid of opponents like gods, but I am afraid of teammates like pigs.

"I will announce the route and plan for this march. Our left five army will act alone, and the target is Pyongyang, and we will meet at the city of Pyongyang. However, we will not go south directly, but first go to the mouth of the Yalu River. We will first raid the Daxing City at the mouth of the river. After we seize this city, I will leave 4,000 chariots and 6,000 baggage troops to garrison. Then I will lead the remaining 30,000 people to head south along the west coast and rush to Pyongyang to join the army."

"Fight the city of Daxing?"

Daxing City is at the mouth of the Yalu River. In fact, Luo Cheng and his friends have to pass Bodiaocheng on the way, which is at the intersection of Yalu River and Wugu River.

But now Luo Cheng doesn't have so much time to attack the city one by one, and the city defense and defenders of Bo Diaocheng are obviously stronger than those of Daxing City, so he picked the persimmons and pinched them, so Luo Cheng first went to fight Daxing City.

First, Daxing City is weak, and second, Daxing City is at the mouth of the Yalu River. If it arrives, it will inevitably be defeated in history. They will also have a chance to retreat here, and there is a temporary resting place where some food and weapons can be stored. Another thing is that it is near the sea, and there is still a chance to get supplies from the sea and retreat from the sea.

So Luo Cheng's opinion is that this stronghold is very necessary.

June fifteenth.

Yuwen Shu and Yu Zhongwen led the left wing, the first 234th Army, the right wing, the first 234th Army, across the Yalu River to move south.

However, Luo Cheng led the left five armies to advance downstream along the west bank of the Yalu River.

The two teams split into different ways and went their separate ways.

On June 16, Yuwen Shu and others finally encountered the Goguryeo army coming to block the attack, and about 30,000 Goguryeo soldiers came out to intercept.

The two armies fought, and the Goguryeo army was defeated, and Yuwen Shu led his army to pursue.

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

Yuwen Shu led his army to pursue the situation.

On the 20th, Yuwen Shu led his army across the Sashui River.

On the same day, Luo Cheng had 40,000 soldiers and horses. After five days and nights of striving to attack the city, he finally broke through Daxing City, which had only 3,000 defenders.

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

After the war, Luo Cheng left the Asian general Song Laosheng to lead 4,000 chariots and 6,000 baggage troops to station in Daxing City, and left behind many equipment, food, grass, livestock, carriages, horses, etc. The entire army only carried meat floss and fried noodles and the weapons used, and then walked lightly and briefly across the Yalu River estuary and rushed towards Pyongyang.

It was still on the same day.

Lai Huer and Zhou Fashang led the first fleet of the navy, and arrived at the mouth of the Beijiang River near Pyongyang. They were covered with a huge fleet of 100,000 armies, and were carried into the river by tens of thousands of Jianghuai sailors.

White sails dotted.

On the deck of the bow, Duke Rong and the General of the Right Guard came to Hu'er with his helmet and armor, pressing his sword in his hand, "Turn straight to Pyongyang, break through the enemy's capital, and capture Gao Yuan alive!"

Behind him, the two generals Lai Liulang and Fei Qingnu showed strong fighting spirit in their eyes, and they wished they could fly directly to the top of Pyongyang City and kill him happily.
Chapter completed!