On the first night, we were not far from Chang'an City, and there were many scouts around, so nothing happened.
Many people in the team were on the battlefield for the first time. When they set out from Chang'an City, they were already extremely nervous. They thought they would encounter some camp robberies tonight, but from the time they closed their eyes to the time they opened them, nothing happened. So these people were inevitably disappointed.
"You don't have to look so bitter and resentful. According to my estimation, it's still a long way from here to Liaodong. I don't think anything will happen along the way. Our enemies are not very strong right now. At most, they will send a few spies. It's unlikely to have a big impact on us."
Qin Huaiyu knew that Fang Yiai had been nervous all night. Although Qin Huaiyu had not fought in a big battle, he was much stronger than Fang Yiai. If it were not for winning over the prime minister, Li Xiang would not have brought this guy with him. Although he had good abilities, he was going to fight on the battlefield after all. It was better for a scholar to stay away from such things.
"That's not true. No matter what happens to Goguryeo, we must remain vigilant. Pass on my order. Tonight's shift will be divided into two. The original one shift's time is divided into two to ensure that the soldiers have sufficient energy. In addition, after the front army sets out, the central and rear armies will extend the formation to at least thirty miles."
Qin Huaiyu was just about to show off his knowledge of the military to Fang Yiai, when Li Xiang's voice came over. Qin Huaiyu touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly.
"Why is it so long? If the line is that long, it means we are not good at management."
Qin Huaiyu said in some confusion, but Niu Jinda and General Li Jing beside him had already laughed. Although Li Xiang was young, he knew military affairs very well. Now we don’t have to worry about Goguryeo’s destruction and attacks on us, but their spies must be around.
The imperial court has announced an army of 800,000 to march eastward to attack Goryeo, but in reality there are only about 200,000 of them. If we don't extend the team, they will most likely figure it out. Yesterday we were around Chang'an City and there was no way to extend the team too far. Today we still walked forty miles, so of course we have to change the formation quickly.
Qin Huaiyu didn't understand Li Xiang's idea, but Fang Yiai next to him did. Although this guy had no experience in the army, he had read a lot of military books at home, so he naturally understood what it meant to have an army of 800,000.
Qin Huaiyu felt embarrassed after losing face in front of the scholar, and hurried out to reorganize the troops. He didn't expect that he, a descendant of a military family, would lose to a scholar in comprehension ability.
Originally, Li Xiang was not interested in this cuckold king. If your father was not the prime minister, Li Xiang would not have brought this guy into his team. After all, your reputation is not very good. However, after spending a long time together, Li Xiang also realized that this guy definitely has Fang Xuanling's genes. He plans everything very well. As long as he is trained a little, he will definitely be a good helper in the future.
After Li Xiang's order was issued, the four teams became two teams. The front army had already set out for more than an hour before the soldiers of the central army started on their journey.
On a hillside 800 meters away from the team, two people had been lying there for a night. They saw the flags covering the sky in the distance. The two looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.
It is no longer a new thing for the Central Plains dynasty to conquer Goguryeo.
Since the time of Emperor Yang of Sui, the Central Plains dynasties had sent out numerous armies, but they had always returned in defeat. So the people of Goguryeo were very scared at first, but later they had nothing to be afraid of. They believed that they were protected by gods, and no matter how powerful the Central Plains dynasties were, they would never be able to occupy their land.
But the situation is different now. Half a year ago, they were attacked by the Tang army, but there were not many people and they did not take it seriously. But after the farming season, they realized what these Tang troops came for. They were not really fighting with us, but simply wanted to prevent us from farming.
Then a dispute began within the court. The prime minister and the king fought endlessly. The prime minister was a powerful official in Goguryeo, and the king wanted to take back his power, so the two sides created one bloody incident after another, which made many people in Goguryeo very anxious.
Our agricultural harvest is going to be poor this year, and the entire Goguryeo may face a large-scale famine. We should now work together to solve this problem, but the top officials of the court don't care about this at all. They only think about fighting for power. At first, there were quarrels in the court, followed by news from within the capital, and then the troops from all over the country gathered in the capital, and the two sides fought battle after battle under the city.
Just when the outcome was about to be decided, shocking news came from the Tang Dynasty, that is, they were preparing to march eastward to attack Goguryeo. Many people panicked at this time. The last time Li Shimin attacked Goguryeo, he had actually caused them losses, but in the end Li Shimin still returned to the court.
But at that time, Goguryeo was also very united, and the army was able to mobilize 200,000 troops. If the Tang army came now, how could we have such ability? Let alone 200,000 troops, we could only gather half of the army. Moreover, the morale of this half of the army was not very high, and they had not received their wages for several months.
"Master Lu, what should we do?"
The young man said anxiously that the two of them were spies from Goguryeo, and were ordered to find out the strength of the Tang army. In the past, this task always required the cooperation of dozens of people, but because Goguryeo had not given them funding for half a year, many of their subordinates simply quit. Who would do this for you without money? Some people ran back to Goguryeo, and some people just lived in the lobby according to their identities.
Yesterday afternoon, when Lord Lu sent out the signal, he wanted to gather all the spies of Goguryeo. However, except for the young man in front of him, the rest of them all ran away. No one was willing to do such a job that would risk their lives.
"Hurry up and get the message out. Then we can do what we need to do. We have done our best..."
Lord Lu’s words left the young man dumbfounded. Are you going to commit treason too?